January 16th, 2023 at 6:43 PM ^
Yes and no. He should not undermine his AD publicly, but outside of that he should be involved. A president’s primary job is to raise money and connect with state legislators. Athletics is a big driver of money raised. At my institution, alumni donations and applications see a good jump when we have a successful year in athletics. We get a big scholarly recognition system such as Nobel prize or Field medal and it is crickets.
January 16th, 2023 at 5:36 PM ^
Is Santa going to be on Brian"s podcast? That would be hilarious
January 16th, 2023 at 5:46 PM ^
They’ve already had 2 Regents, I believe
January 16th, 2023 at 5:37 PM ^
+1 to the Prez with A level trolling skills…
January 16th, 2023 at 5:37 PM ^
This guy is secretly on this blog. MAKE HIM PRESIDENT FOREVER!
January 16th, 2023 at 5:37 PM ^
I knew Santa was real.
Go Blue
January 16th, 2023 at 6:15 PM ^
So, can I be that guy? I don’t get it. What’s the reference?
January 16th, 2023 at 6:35 PM ^
Mumble,mumble, glossary something something.
https://mgoblog.com/content/mgoblog-glossary-terms-and-memes
January 16th, 2023 at 10:52 PM ^
Preciate it!
And Santa is awesome!
January 16th, 2023 at 11:23 PM ^
Did not know that existed.
January 16th, 2023 at 5:39 PM ^
This guy might be the best University of Michigan president in my lifetime. And I’m over a half century old. I love this guy! PS, Ward blows and can go.
January 16th, 2023 at 5:39 PM ^
That’s good shit, Jed.
January 16th, 2023 at 5:39 PM ^
Santa gets it. Right from the start he got it. It's great to know that he understands the importance of athletics to the university and its image. Great hire.
January 16th, 2023 at 5:40 PM ^
You mean the Central Park Rangers? Santa will ride off and Buddy will return the hero with lessons learned about faith. Who was Buddy's boss at that storied institution?
January 16th, 2023 at 5:40 PM ^
Santa Ono beat Mikey Barrett in an arm-wrestling match just moments after winning a dangerous game of chicken with Chuck Norris
January 16th, 2023 at 9:30 PM ^
Has anyone ever seen Santa Ono and Michael Barrett in the same room.
January 16th, 2023 at 5:42 PM ^
I hope I can kiss Santa under some mistletoe
January 16th, 2023 at 5:44 PM ^
Like mommy last night?
January 16th, 2023 at 5:45 PM ^
Exactly like that.
January 16th, 2023 at 5:45 PM ^
Jadyn Davis come on down.
January 16th, 2023 at 5:45 PM ^
Top tier shit poster, Santa.
January 16th, 2023 at 5:45 PM ^
Gotta love it!
January 16th, 2023 at 5:46 PM ^
This guy shits excellence. Absolute legend.
January 16th, 2023 at 5:48 PM ^
Santa Ono is one kick ass dude!
Next he is going to end tweets with Discuss...
I hope he tweets out a Tacopants reference
January 16th, 2023 at 5:51 PM ^
Gotta give Ono credit! He gets it.
I'm betting that the Regents do, too. In fact, I'm sure they do, for personal reasons.
January 16th, 2023 at 6:13 PM ^
I was very impressed with Jordan Acker’s interview with Brian.
January 16th, 2023 at 5:51 PM ^
The guy totally gets it. I am part of a group that recently purchased a European soccer club (formerly top division, relegated years ago down to 3rd division, but the plan is to hopefully achieve promotion to second in the next few years, and then hopefully first eventually). First thing we did was to spend a ton of time familiarizing ourselves with the local fan base to make sure that we didn’t do to alienate the most fervent fans. We studied where transitions to new leaders or owners failed and it was often because the new people didn’t understand the culture of the team (to some extent, see RichRod). If Ono is actually reading the major fan blog of our teams (or speaking to people who are) and sending those signals, it’s truly a master stroke.
January 16th, 2023 at 5:55 PM ^
You're Ryan Reynolds?
January 16th, 2023 at 6:14 PM ^
Clearly Mac.
January 16th, 2023 at 6:53 PM ^
Time for a Ted talk.
January 16th, 2023 at 6:03 PM ^
I’m pretty sure in conversation with Warde one, two, or both questions were asked:
1. What exactly do you do here?
and/or
2. What exactly am I paying you for?
January 16th, 2023 at 6:15 PM ^
Santa brought in The Bobs.
“that Harbaugh guy. Whoa! He’s got upper management written all over him!”
January 16th, 2023 at 6:03 PM ^
One of Colin Cowherds sayings is "don't try to be happier than happy". Is Harbaugh a fan?
January 16th, 2023 at 6:10 PM ^
Too much to ask for him to tweet out about Craig James and dead prostitutes?
January 16th, 2023 at 9:07 PM ^
Allegedly
January 16th, 2023 at 6:12 PM ^
that's awesome
Hail Santa!
January 16th, 2023 at 6:14 PM ^
Love that Santa guy. I'm glad he's real despite what my parents told me as a kid!
January 16th, 2023 at 6:57 PM ^
He's real and does not stumble over the first entendre.
January 16th, 2023 at 10:19 PM ^
He’s real, and he’s spectacular.
January 16th, 2023 at 6:18 PM ^
https://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/oakland-still-play-harbaugh
I found that from a quick Google search. MGoMeme dates back to 2015 at least, and some folks thought it was played out back then. Make sure you check out the first 2 comments. Too funny.
January 16th, 2023 at 6:21 PM ^
Santa was THE KNOWLEDGE
January 16th, 2023 at 6:27 PM ^
President Ono is truly amazing on so many levels.
January 16th, 2023 at 6:48 PM ^
If he ever just tweets “Justin Feagin” I will lose my shit.
January 16th, 2023 at 7:03 PM ^
He's Michael Barrett in tweed!
January 16th, 2023 at 7:06 PM ^
President Oh-yes.
January 16th, 2023 at 7:25 PM ^
Finally, someone in charge of things who actually cares about how things look. I hate Twitter as much as anyone, but thank god Ono decided to get out in public and try to make the university look good. Seriously, the publicity around this was a mass of damaging rumors and nothing to counter a narrative built to hurt he football program until Ono stepped in. I’m sure he stepped in first behind the scenes, but the had to do in public too and he did.
January 16th, 2023 at 7:43 PM ^
I don't say this lightly, but I do believe Santa Ono is overtaking ass right now.