The Great Houses And Kingdoms Of Westeros (According To Big Ten Football)
http://www.buzzfeed.com/capricesopwith/the-great-houses-and-kingdoms-of…
14. The Westerlands/House Lannister= MICHIGAN
They are the champions of the west. They are leaders and legends. They have too much money, with no idea on what to do with it. They have good people and bad people among them, but ultimately, both U of M and the Lannisters are in a lot of trouble. Lately, things have NOT been going too well for either of the two. Being embarrassed by practically every other faction (B1G team) and being upstaged by the Tyrells (MSU) seems to have taken its toll, and its apparent that the end of their once-great empires will soon be upon them. Granted, there are a few favorites in the bunch, but its safe to say that not everyone is sad to see these guys go.
This is actually a fair assessment of Michigan football at the moment. Hopefully our "apparent end" is not happening any time soon.
****PLEASE NO BOOK SPOILERS****
Im assuming the B1G is the Iron Bank?
I was thinking the NCAA
A historic and once-proud house that took a rather large tumble after its Great Leader died... a case could be made, sure.
A case could also be made that OSU is the Lannisters: conniving, full of riches, willing to do whatever is necessary for glory.
I'd argue that Penn State is house Stark - formerly great, but in pieces after a total disaster.
Michigan could be Baratheon, or Stark, but what's interesting is the possibility of being house Targaryen - A ruling faction of conquerors, taken over by a mad king whose death gave rise to the Lannisters' reign. Now - one of the last surviving of its generation is in exile, gathering an army to regain the throne that is rightfully theirs.
I don't think about this stuff a lot, though.
Plus, this actually confirms MSU as the Tyrells...a dangerous group that's starting to flex its muscle, and has recently completely shown up the Lannisters.
the Tyrells wear green, just like Sparty!
Ah, but House Stark has honor.
Sure, but so does Daenerys. Also, for those of us who watch the show, we only know the Mad King (and Viserys, I suppose...) didn't have honor. Seems like the rest of the Targaryens were ok-ish, at least as far as I know. I've only seen the shows, though.
I meant the Starks' honor makes them a bad fit for Penn St.
Oh. Word.
Every time a Targaryen is born the gods flip a coin, or so it's said. One reason the books are better is the back story and the history.
James Franklin?
"Unwary factions (teams) will always fall victim to their traps."
This sentence concerns me a bit admittedly. Does Beckman have any traps that work on a reliable basis? I mean, he is definitely not the Zooker and would not (I assume) punt on 3rd and 4 at his opponent's 32 (also known as being "Ferentz'd", of course).
Let's be reasonable here. For the situation to come into play, Illinois would have to cross midfield.
Honestly, Illinois is more House Westerling (it doesn't exist in the show.) It's a very old house and they have very lofty opinions of themselves because of that, but "old" is just about all they have going for them.
Michigan is so the Starks.
Trying to be honorable about shit and just getting kicked in the nuts for it while all the cheaters and cynics prosper.
Nevermind.
Anyway, I didn't realize this would read like a comic strip:
Rutgers: No one knows much about them but they could be dangerous.
Illinois is Hodor.
There was an article (which I can't find now, I think it got taken down), which had every B1G school as a GOT character. We were Jaime Lannister, Ohio was Joffrey and MSU was Theon.
Perfect choices in my opinion, mostly because Jaime's my favorite character in the series , and he (current Jaime, not season begin of series pre-hand removal Jaime) fits UofM's awesomeness/touch of arrogance but going through hard times, we have going on.
Yes, all the viewers seem to have forgiven him this. What a difference a couple of years make.
I think his character arc is one of the best in the series, book and show.
Is it wrong of me to want to put book spoilers in this thread specifically since the OP asked not to?
Why did I know we would be the Lannisters...
...they wear red, and still in charge but looking a bit shaky. Like the article I had MSU as the Tyrells (upstarts, wear green) and Neb as the Martells (geographically isolated, last to join up) but PSU as the Starks (once strong, now picking up the pieces), Illinois as the Tullys (screwed), and M as the Night's Watch (up north, not as strong as we used to be).
That was great, but now I have coffee all over my shirt.
if people find out about the growth potion we won't have any more sunday threads!
This needs more upvotes.
Who am I to argue? Shamelessly double posted to the Friday Posbang thread