Meta: Who are Mgoblog readers?
While making a rude joke about mGrowOld's age yesterday*, I found myself wondering about the demographics of the blog. I also wondered about this in the last day or two when a number of people said they were at Michigan in the late part of the last decade, which struck me as not too long ago to have still been in college...So, do we have information on the age, sex, place of residence, school (Michigan or other), hand orientation (left, right, amphibious), preferred pagan god, etc. of the average Mgoblog reader? I vaguely remember something that Brian posted saying that we're a bunch of men, but I don't recall much beyond that.
EDIT: See Seth's post below. One snapshot of the readership showed us to be, speaking very generally, a group of 30-something Eurasian men. We were reasonably diverse in terms of age, race, income, and having or not having kids. In terms of gender, we were...not so balanced.
*If it makes you feel better, mGrowOld, you have a lovely wife, while I am left in the same place as Mexican Milhouse.
August 22nd, 2013 at 6:58 PM ^
I worked on it at DDB, but I did work at Burnett on P & G and Fruit of the Loom. How long were you there?
August 22nd, 2013 at 10:05 PM ^
August 22nd, 2013 at 6:40 PM ^
The NSA will try anything now a days to get more data
August 22nd, 2013 at 6:55 PM ^
And I will be taking a campus trip in November in which I will also be attending the Nebraska game, so November 9 can't get hear fast enough! Go blue!
August 22nd, 2013 at 10:52 PM ^
good luck to you buddy.
August 22nd, 2013 at 7:00 PM ^
28
NW Ohio
Currently in Columbus(Live fairly close to Ohio campus and actually enjoy it)
BA from Toledo; Master's from Dayton. I wore a Michigan shirt underneath a Toledo jacket during the UT/M game...I never took the jacket off.
School Counselor(HIDE YOUR KIDS)
Married with dogs
Xinu
August 22nd, 2013 at 7:03 PM ^
Hoping in the coming trips to unite and consume some alcoholic beverages with some fellow MGoBloggers!!
This site is a godsend. I have been an everyday reader since 2006. Keep doin' what you do!
August 22nd, 2013 at 7:04 PM ^
August 22nd, 2013 at 9:36 PM ^
She says, "oh, did you go to Michigan?"
I say, yes. So she says, "my brother played football for Michigan."
Her last name was Gold, so I said, "wait, your brother is Ian Gold? Why am I just finding this out now?"
A year or so latter I found out that her cousin is Greg Jennings.
#coolstorybro
August 22nd, 2013 at 7:07 PM ^
42
Male
Grew up in Maybee, Mich (really)
First generation college grad
Live in Denver
UM alum - BS Mech Eng 1994
August 22nd, 2013 at 7:08 PM ^
25. male. Born and raised in Detroit, MI. Lifelong M fan, father graduated from M but I did not attend. Currently residing in North Florida, Just completed my Masters degree program in Management & Leadership from Webster University. Anyone know of any job openings in the Jacksonville area please let me know :-)
August 22nd, 2013 at 7:14 PM ^
Male - Caucasian.
Moved from Ypsi when I was 3.
Middle TN
Finance Manager... yes already (I finished college early and got promoted young)
Go blue.
August 22nd, 2013 at 7:28 PM ^
36 (this Saturday)
Caucasian
Born at Beaumont Hospital. My parents lived in Ferndale
Raised in Cleveland. Suffered numerous beatings due to Michigan fandom (and quite possibly, large, sarcastic mouth) . First season I remember is '85. I had a #22 jersey for Gerald White. Got it at Moe's.
Currently in Columbus
Married
1 son (he's 25 mos and 41" tall already...maybe a tackle?)
About to embark upon a second career (IT Consulting) after 13 years in mortgage banking..assuming I pass these last 3 classes
August 22nd, 2013 at 7:38 PM ^
August 22nd, 2013 at 8:35 PM ^
or else it may have been perv-ish
August 23rd, 2013 at 10:07 AM ^
I'm going to blow him straight to Mars.
Great movie and better book!
August 22nd, 2013 at 7:24 PM ^
25, Married, Christian, Conservative, from Ohio, Citadel graduate, United States Marine, can't wait for football season
August 22nd, 2013 at 9:24 PM ^
August 22nd, 2013 at 7:25 PM ^
Season ticket holder for 27 years
BS Electrical Eng 1990
White/Hispanic
Married
2 kids
First game I remember was Wangler to Carter against IU
August 22nd, 2013 at 7:26 PM ^
This is one of the more meta posts I've seen here in a while. 180+ comments, 1 downvote, anda whole bunch of people wanting to screw around with their age and gender. Good times.
August 22nd, 2013 at 7:44 PM ^
31, Female, graduated from Michigan in 2004, MA from Syracuse, now living in Orlando and working as a copywriter, right handed, vegetarian, getting flashbacks to the early days of AIM.
August 22nd, 2013 at 7:27 PM ^
36/Male/Battle Creek, MI/Right handed/Lee University/God, Jesus, Holy Spirit/ No Kids (Yet) - We processed through two IUIs with both failing. We also processed through surgeries for my wife and then went through the IVF process twice with both failing. We are now officially a waiting family for a domestic adoption!
Go Blue!
August 23rd, 2013 at 2:08 AM ^
August 22nd, 2013 at 7:39 PM ^
40
male
caucasian
originally from St. Louis
UM grad (MS '96, Aerospace Engineering)
Right handed
wife, 1 daughter (4yo)
Is somebody actually going to tally all of this information up?
August 22nd, 2013 at 7:41 PM ^
Kalamazoo, MI lived in Michigan my whole life
Family has had season tickets since 1995
College grad
Right handed
I really do have a girlfriend (not like Teo), no kids, we are talking marriage.
August 22nd, 2013 at 7:54 PM ^
39, M, b&r in Kalamazoo - Parchment/Plainwell schools, foodservice & hospitality professional- Johnson & Wales University, righty, Jesus, married 16 years- 2 kids-females 10&6, M fan since -86, Harbaugh @ Notre Dame.
August 22nd, 2013 at 7:54 PM ^
BA History 76
right handed Christian ADHD lawyer (surprise)
income: not enough
my freshman high school football team was 0-6, but we made up for that by going 0-9 as seniors.
profound hatred for Woody Hayes arose listening to the 68 game, we were only down 21-14 at the half., game not televised.
was at the 69 game, and hundreds of others
did some hockey radio play by play for WCBN
worked my way through school, and law school, largely by hustling tickets
wife's family had season tickets when we met, #1 daughter has 3 UM degrees, #2 loves horses, UK degree, still bleeds maize and blue
the longer I am on the planet, the longer it is between football seasons
August 22nd, 2013 at 10:00 PM ^
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August 22nd, 2013 at 8:28 PM ^
I am a 34 years old white male. Educated entirely by private tutors my whole life, I’m looking forward to interacting with children for the first time. Pounds are gonna fly, and fat is..... OUTTA HERE, MISTER! And we're gonna do it TOGETHER!
August 22nd, 2013 at 11:31 PM ^
Mr. Perkis, I'd like to introduce you to Seamore. Seamore Butts.
August 23rd, 2013 at 6:57 AM ^
The food's great I love the - WAIT TIL I FINISH THE QUESTION.
August 22nd, 2013 at 8:07 PM ^
August 22nd, 2013 at 8:13 PM ^
Male
I'm frank and earnest with women.
In New York I'm Frank and in Chicago I'm Earnest.
August 22nd, 2013 at 8:14 PM ^
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49, Male, DC, Alum, Righty.
August 22nd, 2013 at 8:20 PM ^
I am Hermano
19
Going into sophomore year at UMich, engineering
Originally from the east coast, now reside in AA
Right Handed
I am my own God
August 22nd, 2013 at 8:24 PM ^
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August 22nd, 2013 at 8:45 PM ^
Male
Right-handed
Madison
Grad student
ASRWHYHG (Angry Successful Reactions With High Yield Hating God). His wrath may exceed that of AIRBHG Himself.
August 22nd, 2013 at 8:46 PM ^
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August 22nd, 2013 at 9:02 PM ^
Days until I arrive in A2 with my girls for their first game - 8
August 22nd, 2013 at 9:24 PM ^
Female, 42, LSA 1993, 3rd generation at UM and developing the 4th!
Grew up in Atlanta, spent most of the past two decades in Haiti. Only UM grad of any prominence in Haitian history is Papa Doc...
Gods: Voodoo has a lot of them-- have to cover all your bases!
Never missed a game at school, never miss one in Haiti! Can even get BTN here!
August 22nd, 2013 at 9:30 PM ^
35, UM 2x, live in PA (for now).
August 22nd, 2013 at 9:34 PM ^
Born and raised just south of Lansing, moved down here to Huntsville, AL for college 6 years ago. Now I'm spending my post college years searching for permanent work. Right now I provide tech support for game film transfer software used by most of the D1 schools, including the good guys. :)
August 22nd, 2013 at 9:40 PM ^
these posts. with the exception of only a couple (which were weird or i just didn't get the cultural reference to the humor) they were excellent and in the 'old' days i would've posbang'd the crud out of them. should have to post pics of you all and have a bio link for each post.
go blue to you all. football in 9 days, and i will be there with some of the children. we need to have an 'mgoblog' tailgate party and everybody has to wear their screen name and/or avatar.
q
August 22nd, 2013 at 9:43 PM ^
August 22nd, 2013 at 9:48 PM ^
Age: 50 something
Sex: not nearly as often as I used to
Residence: grew up in Flint, now live in Oklahoma
School: The son and father of Spartans, I'm a Wolverine (AB Michigan) for the same reason I've been married for over 25 years: I was so grateful the answer was "yes" that I never looked back.
Three beautiful children: one undergrad at OSU (in Oklahoma, not Ohio), the other two are grad students, one at NC State and the other at UNM