DETROIT — I’ve seen more 100,000 fans pack into college towns and been in a stadium where the press box shakes when fans begin to chant.

But I’ve been warned that Ford Field on a Detroit Lions gameday is something else.

“You’re going to love it. It’s going to be loud,” Tiffany James from Westfield said. “Hope you’ve got some ear plugs, because there’s going to be screaming.”

Thanks to my colleagues at MLive, I did indeed grab a set of ear plugs before arriving for my first regular-season game Sunday. I got my feet wet during the Lions’ two preseason matchups, so I at least know how to get in the building and where I’m supposed to go before and after games.

But the true Lions gameday atmosphere — particularly one against an NFC North foe in the Chicago Bears — is something I’ve been ant

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