"Go Green!"  "Go White!" All throughout the campus on gameday, Spartan fans see-saw this chant back and forth.  The echoes converge on Spartan Stadium where one half of the arena blasts "Go Green!" while the other responds with "Go White!"  The cheer is simple, but piercing and at times, intimidating.  Spartan Stadium is a tall structure set amongst the beautiful campus in East Lansing.  For the most part, the green clad fans are gracious and modest.  Even if you come across some that are less welcoming, they quickly become allies when profanities directed at their hated rival, Michigan, are volunteered.  It's an effective way to make friends in the area.  Autumn in the state of Michigan is extraordinarily colorful and it makes for a classic college setting.  The stadium is equipped with a complete bowl for the lower deck and two upper decks that leave the ends open to views of the campus and the picturesque Red Cedar River.  The Spartan band is powerful and makes a grand entrance.  However, the repetitive playing of their fight song can be overwhelming.  I know when I left East Lansing, I had "FIGHT! FIGHT! RAH! TEAM! FIGHT! Victory for MSU!" lodged in my brain.  As with most college campuses, the fuel for this excessive exuberance is found in the cans of ales and lagers.  Their campus wide permissiveness to open containers recently underwent rule changes that confine consumption of extracurricular liquids to more remote locations.  However, kids will be kids and sneak their illegalities in a variety of fashions.  Evidence of this rests on my car decorated with Wisconsin paraphernalia.  Apparently, my loyalty to the Badgers cost me a cracked windshield.  Nevertheless, I leave East Lansing proud of their intense Big Ten atmosphere. You can feel the stadium saturated with history and tradition along with a undying faithfulness to the green and white.

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