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Already practicing the arm raise for "Hail"
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So today Michigan kicks off its 2012 college football season versus Alabama. I've already started priming my son Jackson for loving all things Michigan. It started in the womb, with my playing "Hail to the Victors" on my iPod and holding the speaker up to my wife's belly. After his birth, he had a mobile over his crib that played "Hail to the Victors" instead of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" as his lullaby. We brought him to Ann Arbor for the first time this past May on Memorial Day weekend. He also has a Michigan hat and a pair of Michigan onesies that we love dressing him in (as you can see, to the left).
Tonight Michigan plays Alabama in a game that Michigan is expected by many (unfortunately including myself) to lose, as the spread is 12.5 points. Win or lose though, this will be the first of every Michigan game that Jackson watches with me, so I am excited for kickoff to happen. I'll actually be in Michigan today (though not at the game, they're playing in Dallas) so it'll be great to watch the game in the state where I met Jackson's mom. I'm looking forward to watching games with my son for the rest of my life, so today a new Saturday tradition is born. Obviously, he's not going to fully understand what is going on just yet, that will come in time, but the tradition stars now nonetheless. Now, only 18 years until he goes to Michigan as a freshman!
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