Bob Dantic and his wife, Jean, cheer during the UM Homecoming football game Sept. 21 at Washington-Grizzly Stadium.

The die-hard Griz fan bused 50 of his friends and relatives from Laurel for his 50th birthday party. He called the big event Bob's 50 Hours of Non-stop Fun.

The son of a Griz fullback and the brother of another football Griz, Bob manages the IGA grocery store in Laurel. Friends describe him as someone who knows how to squeeze the most out of life, and he rarely misses a game.