Guinness World Records has certified the crowd for the Michigan vs. Michigan State game at Michigan Stadium at 85,451 people, far short of the announced attendance of 113,411. It still was enough to beat the previous attendance mark of 77,803, set during the opening game of the IIHF world championships in May, when Germany hosted the United States.
Math is for fuckin nerds. It's just not our thing here in Michigan. We're about muscle cars, great lakes, and going 0-16. See no math necessary with that one. But even with our lack of numerical prowess, I still can't believe people are giving the Big Chill a free pass after being 28,000 off on their attendance number. I know that UofM takes into consideration all the concession workers, ticket takers, and media folk in their attendance number but there is no chance there was 1 worker for every 3 people in attendance. Sometime during the first period while I was still semi sober they cut to a shot from the student section at the top of the bowl. There were what seemed like 20 empty rows of seats. It's not the first time I've seen the Big House sorta empty and still heard a PSA stating that 112,000 were in attendance. Kinda sketchy if you ask me.
Even worse was The Palace of Auburn Hills claiming that this crowd was 12,000 plus against the Hawks. Maybe 5,000 people were there max. I suck at math and the Lady Friend is a math teacher but I can still smoke her in a times tables test. Time for the State of Michigan to get their shit together.
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