Brady Hoke Calls Notre Dame A Chicken
http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2013/05/brady_hoke_notre_dame_chickeni.html#incart_river
Pretty straight forward really; Brady Hoke says Notre Dame is chickening out of the rivalry.
...except for that whole "Notre Dame is too chicken to play us" thing, which is, like, the topic of this post.
is just calling em like he see's em!
How many Notre Dame fans does it take to screw in a light bulb?
None, they just all stand around waiting for it to return to glory....
I can say "meow". I can say "moo".......
Didn't we cancel '17 & '18 before they canceled '15 & '16? And we are the ones who just added a new high profile opponent to the years where we were supposed to come off hiatus, essentially closing that door. Not saying ND doesn't hold some of the blame here, but it doesn't seem to me that they are "chickening out."
YES. THEY. ARE.
Dude, you're totally ruining it...
Looks like you're right on that one. So maybe not 100% ND's fault, but at least most of it. Boo ND
How is it not 100% their fault? We didn't want to cancel 2015, '16 and '17. They did.
This was at a luncheon I was at in downtown GR. He did indeed call them chickens, and seemed confused as to why that illicited so much laughter.
He also said, "I don't know why they won't play us . . . well actually I do."
My cool story bro is that as he left the podium, I snuck out of the room and grabbed him in a back hallway and he kindly paused for a picture even though he was running late to a coaches clinic. I don't know how to post a pitcture or I would do it.
Would you be offended if someone told you to eat a bag of vaginas (assuming you are hetero)? The dude came out to the world and said that's how he rolls.
Strong words. Hoke must be full of confidence after the Charity Bowl win.
Is William and Mary have been ducking Slippery Rock for years. It's time to give everyone the matchup they want to see.
Dropping the Michigan game only makes sense if you are afraid of losing. It is a huge game with "game of the week" coverage, more so now that it has become a night game. "Chicken" is the correct word.
Don't be so hard against Swarbrick. Those slots to squeeze in NC State and Wake Forest aren't going to open themselves.
Looking at the state of Notre Dame football, it's astonishing to see how far it's fallen in the past 20 years.
Honestly, $@#$ ND, aside from last year they have been a joke and they will likely go back to being a joke. I hope that we can get a better team on our schedule. We don't need ND to make our schedule look good, nor do we need it for our attention. At the very least we can stop having games that are announced by the shitty NBC announcers.
I'm just kind of sad that Nebraska is going away to the West. They would have been an excellent replacement and in conference for even extra hatred. As long as I'm getting games like VT though, I'm fine. To hell with Notre Dame (or half assed ACC ties work as well).
And bring someone to the Big House. I don't know how easy that is (probably not so easy), but a quick look at FBSchedules.com shows that Texas Tech and Louisville both have open dates on 9/6/14.
We bitch-slap them to the tune of a 35-40 point victory and then post-game Brandon announces his intent to buy out of the 2014 game in favor of finding a more competitive opponent.
The announcement comes in the form of handing an envelope to the Notre Dame AD.
Served.
We raised 70k in 30 days...I'm pretty sure we can fund the buyout ourselves. Also, we need to make F'cking sure we get said amount in pennies and drive a few dumptrucks over to that 1/2 scale replica of Michigan stadium and fill 'er up. To hell with Notre Dame.
They'll be talking about this quote in September, calling it bulletin board material and suggesting it gives ND extra motivation. If we really wanna make it sting, we've got to beat them. Really rub it in. If we can do it this year and next in their house, I'm actually happier that we don't get the return trip. Let that be their lasting memory of this rivalrly, losing the final matchup in front of a home crowd.
losses they can risk incurring going forward if they don't want to just become an afterthought in the national conversation. MSU gives them slightly better odds.
:)
Today's football landscape is about what will make good ratings and a shitload of money. Neither Purdue or MSU offer that like Michigan can. I know Notre Dame doesn't need the exposure, but everyone always needs more money. Notre Dame included. I'd understand cutting Michigan from the schedule only if they cut MSU and Purdue as well. It'd suck, but I could live with that, because it'd show Notre Dame is truly trying to get out of its Midwest roots and make a fully national schedule.
I'm with Hoke. Notre Dame bitched out to play two lesser Big Ten programs, and a bunch of ACC scrubs, minus VaTech, Clemson and FSU. I hope the game at home this year is drama-free: send them out with an ass-kicking they'll remember for a long, long time.
The reason seems pretty simple to me: since Stanford became good, ND had to cut one difficult opponent from their schedule, or go every year with a (potentially) beast schedule. They can't cut USC or Stanford, because they need that one game a year on the West Coast for recruiting purposes. They can't cut an ACC opponent. That leaves dropping either Michigan or their one-and-one with a national -power-to-be-determined. They don't want to drop the latter because that game gives them scheduling flexibility. That left the Michigan game (which was vulnerable because they already play two midwest teams for Midwest recruiting viz).
I hate to say it, but, in their shoes, I'd have dropped the Michigan game as well. It's the logical choice.
If Stanford drops from being an elite team, this will bite them a bit, but that won't happen soon, I don't think.
I don't disagree with Hoke often, but I do this time.
They should have dropped Michigan State. They're the power in the Big Ten. Just ask them.
If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck ....
I'd have to see the flying V before I was going to commit to if it's him or not.
...but when I was at the University of Maryland I used to work with this chic who'd fly around the country banging pro athletes.
Her nickname... "The Flying V."
It is definitely a shame that we'll no longer play this game after next season, and this is the final home game against ND for the forseeable future. I can't wait to go, and if any of you want to join and have access to a private Friday night Big House Tour, let me know!
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