The Big House is a sprawling complex, but as anybody who's taken in The Game there (especially this millennium) can attest, it's not a particularly loud venue.
Randy Edsall, whose Maryland team has a November 22nd date with the Wolverines in Michigan Stadium, doesn't sound too intimidated at the prospect.
From Dan Steinberg of The Washington Post:
“You know, I had the opportunity to play in the Big House when I was in Connecticut coaching there, and when they had just finished the expansion [to] 113,000,” Edsall said on 106.7 The Fan. “Yeah, it’s big, but it’s not loud. I mean, that’s one thing with Michigan, it’s not a loud crowd. And I think the biggest thing with that situation, you go in there and they understand that, ‘Hey, the field is the same size here at Byrd as it is there.’
“And the biggest thing you’ve got to do is go out and out and get on top of them and try to take the crowd out of the game,” Edsall went on. “But we’ve played at Clemson and Florida State and those places, and Clemson is as loud as it gets. So I don’t think our guys will be intimidated by that. It’s just kind of the history of the Big House and Ohio [State's] stadium and Penn State. But again, just go focus on what you’ve got to focus on, and that’s playing against the guy you’re lined up next to.”
What's that Michigan fans? I can't hear you... you need more key rattling.
Source: @andrewjholleran
