One of the most recognizable and exciting game day entrances in college football, the GO BLUE banner has been a staple at Michigan football games since 1962. This tradition has been performed by the Wolverines for nearly 50 years prior to the kickoff of every game at the Big House. After exiting the locker room, the team comes down the tunnel in unison. From that small hole at midfield, all the players can view is the large 30 by five foot banner that extends across midfield. On the directive, the players and staff run toward the banner that reads:

GO BLUE M CLUB SUPPORTS YOU

How did this tradition come about? Though the Graduate "M" Club made the permanent banner, it was the Undergraduate Club that started the tradition with a simple yellow block "M" on a six-foot wide strip of fabric. On the Friday practice before the 1962 team's homecoming game against Illinois, the "M" Club assembled all the non-football letterwinners to form two lines as the players ran off the field toward the locker rooms in Yost Field House. The club was given permission by then coach Bump Elliott to form the flag tunnel before the game the next day, and the rest is history.