2A - Friday, October 12, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 6 The biggest game in the Big House C1e fidtcipan Dat-11j 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com KARL STAMPFL DAVID GOH Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-647-3336 734-704-e5s8 stampfl@michigandaiy.com goh@michigandaily.com CONTACT INFORMATION Newsroom office hours:Sun.-Thurs.11 a. 2a News Tips news@michigandaily.co Corrections corrections@michigandaily.co Letters tothe Editor tothedaily@micligandaily.con Photography Department photo@michiganidailycon Arts Section artspage@michigandaily.con 734763-037 Editorial Page opinion@michigandaily.con 0 At every Michigan football game, the announcer tells fans that they are part of the largest crowd watching a college football game in the country. And on Nov. 22, 2003, fans were part of the largest crowd in the his- tory of not just the'Big House but of college football history. A record 112,118 people filled the stadium to watch the game, the 100th meeting between the Michi- gan Wolverines and the Ohio State Buckeyes. Michigan beat Ohio State 35-21, ending its run at the National Championship. The game secured a Big Ten Championship for Michigan and sent the Wolverines to the Rose Bowl. It also put a stop to the Buck- eyes' two-game win streak against Micligan. Since that game, Michigan has lost three straight to the Buckeyes Individual performances by run- ning back Chris Perry and quarter- back John Navarre helped secure a Wolverine victory. Perry led the team with two touchdowns and seven catches for 130 yards. In that game, Navarre tied the record for career touchdown passes formerly held by Elvis Grbac. It was broken by Chad Henne two weeks ago against Northwestern. The energy at the game was clearly contagious. After the game ended, thousands of fans stormed the field in excitement. They "gave high-fives to players, posed for TV cameras and hugged each other on the Michigan 'M' at midfield," The Michigan Daily reported at the time. One might wonder how the game had such a large attendance when the actual capacity of the Big House is 107,501 people - almost 5,000 fewer than went through the turn- stiles on Nov. 22, 2003. In fact, most games - the game 'K against Eastern Michigan last week T a was an exception - have official attendances of more than that num- ber because the total turnstile count includes everyone who enters the G E stadium, not just ticketed fans. That total includes both teams, coaching staff, marching bands, ushers, vendors, cameramen, police officers and other officials. That guy wearing the red hat who stands on the field during end- less television timeouts? He counts too. The 2003 game was so pivotal that it filled every seat in the sta- dium. The extra press and staff on hand for the decisive game likely helped tip the balance. Want to see the record broken, again? Go' to the Michigan-Ohio State game at Michigan Stadium A man holds up a sign at the 2003 Michigan-Ohio State on Nov. 17 and you might have a game, which had the highest attendance of any game in chance. college football history. Michigan won 35-21. Since then, KAREY QUARTON Michigan has lost three straight times. rm rm rm rm 63 rm Sports Section Display Sales Cassified Sales Online Sales spois@icihioondaily.com disploy@niiohigidaily.cm classifed@michigandaily.om o::tineadseiiihigaiidaily.on a CRIME NOTES CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Student forgets Cars crash at Concert by thes Pianist plays laptop at Union, intersection in Walkmen Mendelssohn reports it stolen stop sign snafu WHERE: Michigan Union WHEN: Wednesday at about 1:30 p.m. WHAT: A male University stu- dent left his laptop unattended overnight, the Department of Public Safety reported. He returned the next day, did not find the computer, and called DPS to report it stolen. 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