Editing Wave (audience) (section)

=== University of Michigan ===
In the early fall of [[1983 Michigan Wolverines football team|1983]], the [[Michigan Wolverines football|Michigan Wolverines]] played the Huskies in Seattle and brought the wave back to [[Michigan Stadium]] in [[Ann Arbor, Michigan|Ann Arbor]]. A letter to the sports editor of ''[[The New York Times]]'' claimed,<ref>{{cite news |title=Don't Take My Wave Away |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=1984-07-08 |page=Late City Final Edition, Section 5, Page 2, Column 5 }}</ref> "There are three reasons why the wave caught on at Michigan Wolverine games: It gave the fans something to do when the team was leading its opponent by 40 points, it was thrilling and exciting to see 105,000 people in the stands moving and cheering, and [[Bo Schembechler]] asked us not to do it." The fans responded to his request by doing more waves, including "Silent Waves" (standing and waving arms without cheering), "Shsh Waves" (replacing the cheering with a "shshing" sound), the "Fast Wave", the "Slow Wave", and two simultaneous waves traveling in opposite directions. The following spring, fans who had enjoyed the wave in Ann Arbor introduced it to the nearby [[Tiger Stadium (Detroit)|Tiger Stadium]] in [[Detroit]]. The [[Detroit Tigers|Tigers]] won baseball's [[1984 World Series|World Series that year]] and appeared on many televised games throughout 1984, so people all over the US saw it.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}