Which piece of "Michigan Tradition" would you like to see return? (other than winning)
Which part of Michigan's tradition would you like to see return (other than the wins)? There has been some chatter on the board about helmet decals, or getting rid of the Legends numbers, etc. I personally, would like to see the Victors walk make a return in some form. I think it was good for both the players and the fans. Thoughts?
Go Blue!
January 6th, 2015 at 10:56 AM ^
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January 6th, 2015 at 10:56 AM ^
Captains in the beginning of the season. Granted, it was only different this season, but still.
January 6th, 2015 at 11:00 AM ^
Punt and Counterpunt - paper programs (or whatever they were). It was great getting the rosters of both teams for free, while walking into the stadium, and reading the Punt v. Counterpunt.
Go Blue!
January 6th, 2015 at 3:47 PM ^
And the paper programs made a great impromptu visor for sunny days and umbrella for rainy days. I still have a bunch of them all rolled up in thier visor or umbrella configuration depending on the weather that day.
January 6th, 2015 at 11:23 AM ^
Obviously there's a ton of passion related to this topic amongst folks on the board (and likely even among lurkers). Literally thousands of opinions.
My suggesion is this: given that we're in the offseason (despite basketball, hockey, recruiting, etc. things will still be relatively slow - and there's still plenty of time to impact the upcoming season) and have a potentially receptive Athletic Dept / head coach, I think Brian & co. could / should organize a formal survey on this topic to somewhat seriously see what the most passionate fans really want.
If it were curated properly and answers like (too expen$ive!!!) were not the focus, I think there could be some solid insight around what types of things are truly missed by fans - and at the minimum someone in the AD would take notice of the existence of the data set.
My personal hot takes:
- More MMB, less (or no) rawk
- More earlier games if possible (even living on the west coast right now, let's be honest, some of the games would be fine if they're not in the 3:30 or a prime time spot). Plus then folks can actually pay attention to other important games that day.
- Actual maize, not neon yellow (and MVictors always has good ideas to get the away jerseys right)
- Kill the "you suck" - not sure if this has been tried, but what about just replacing with "Go Blue" - I HATE that they tried to cover it up by adding notes to the song - douse that with fire, please.
January 6th, 2015 at 11:27 AM ^
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January 6th, 2015 at 1:19 PM ^
I guess most recently, it was actually Craig Barker, but MVictors RT'd and I'm pretty sure has had something to say about this topic in the past - here's a link to the uniform timeline which highlights what's being discussed:
http://mvictors.com/uniform-timeline/
@chengelis @MVictors The 1969-1996 away jersey is so perfectly Michigan and I wonder if Mr. Hackett could be convinced to go back to it.
— Craig Barker (@cdbarker) December 29, 2014
January 6th, 2015 at 11:49 AM ^
all through the song, or did they start that when the band tried to play over "YOU SUCK!" at the end?
While I agree, it appears stupid or arrogant a lot of the time, the whole signing of "yooouuu suuuuck" is pretty funny / appears fun for the students.
Did this stem out of Yost?
January 6th, 2015 at 1:20 PM ^
About 1/3rd of me thinks it's funny.
The other 2/3rds of me thinks it detracts from the majesty of the association of the MMB Temptation w/ Michigan Football.
January 6th, 2015 at 1:23 PM ^
Originally, as far as I can remember, people actually didn't say anything and it was just a tomahawk chop.
Then, folks started to push for "the claw" which always seemed to have a mixed response. Personally, I always advocated the hammer (a fist) as in the defense putting the hammer down on the opposing offense, but that obviously didn't ever pick up.
Then folks started yelling "You Suck" at the end (Yost is a decent bet though most of those cheers end in "You just suck..." which is the culmination of generally more creative cheers there so I'm okay with it. Anyhow, that evolved to the weird singing of "You Suck" which should just go away. Yelling "you suck" on its own just isn't creative and we can do better, in my opinion.
January 6th, 2015 at 11:08 AM ^
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January 6th, 2015 at 11:30 AM ^
I have to admit I am partial to the Bo-style thinner block M that he wore on his hat. I have multiple hats with both the thinner and the thicker block M, theres just something about the one that Bo wore.
January 6th, 2015 at 11:15 AM ^
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January 6th, 2015 at 1:27 PM ^
I've always hated the gimmicky shirts with the frilly armpit stripes, etc. Keep it clean.
A solid shirt with an M and khakis will do.
January 6th, 2015 at 11:22 AM ^
Before the new scoreboards were put up, the MMB used to wait for the team to take the field with a single drum beat. I think it was better than any pump up video has ever been
January 6th, 2015 at 11:26 AM ^
More MMB, less piped-in music.
I want gameday in Ann Arbor to be a traditional experience. Make is old school again.
January 6th, 2015 at 1:24 PM ^
Don Canham understood that. You can throw in a dash of spice here or there, but dumping the whole bottle of spice onto the dish hurts the experience.
Knowing when to stop is a grown-up thing.
January 6th, 2015 at 11:34 AM ^
I hated the Legends Jerseys being worn throughout the length of a career. One game is ok and I even thought when DG coming out in 2013 against ND wearing Harmon's 98 was pretty cool to honor him that way.
But it really lost it's inspirational significance when #98 couldn't complete a pass to #1 against Rutgers or Maryland an entire year later. If they're going to do that again, make our student athletes truly earn the patch or jersey, wear it for one game and be done. Let them make their own legends.
January 6th, 2015 at 11:48 AM ^
I hate using the word soft, but there were so many times over the past few years where the team just looked soft, and it got consistently outmuscled and beat to a pulp, physically, by better teams. Hoke preached physicality but never delivered it. I want Harbaugh to deliver physicality with a vengeance.
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I get that it makes wasted people feel really excited and it's a "wow experience" for first time or occasional attendees. I even like rap music. When you go to every home game it gets tired really quickly. This goes double for basketball games.
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January 6th, 2015 at 12:15 PM ^
bring back Whiskey or his grandchild to run the ball at half time
less piped in music -
1.00 starts in November
All Hail to the Yellow & Blue
passing the wine bottles up & throwing over the side if we ever lead again by 3 TDs
a running game
punt returns
January 6th, 2015 at 12:21 PM ^
bring back the paper programs that were given out on the corner --great items -- you get to see the roster of both teams -- some stats & easy to refer to during the game --
people will still buy the regular $5 program as their souvenir to keep - but the paper program was such a nice touch to have at hand each game
January 6th, 2015 at 12:30 PM ^
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He was the narrarator of my Michigan experience as a kid.
January 6th, 2015 at 12:58 PM ^
More marching band music! Both applified and piped in. More Hawaiian War Chant, Temptation
Virtually elimate all rap crap and other BS music!
Bring back small group of the Band roaming the stands and playing classic favorites, Dudley Do-Right, Rocky and Bullwinkle, etc.
Wave competitions!
Go vs Blue cheers!
January 6th, 2015 at 1:13 PM ^
I wish they would put National Championships and possibly B1G Title years up on the blue suites. They look too bear to me and I think that it would be a nice touch.
January 6th, 2015 at 1:33 PM ^
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January 6th, 2015 at 2:22 PM ^
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January 6th, 2015 at 1:40 PM ^
Big Ten Ticket on Saturday morning with Don Shane and Bo :(
January 6th, 2015 at 3:55 PM ^
Or these:
January 6th, 2015 at 1:45 PM ^
I can't have that?
January 6th, 2015 at 1:50 PM ^
Biff and Bennie. The real Wolverines: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biff,_the_Michigan_Wolverine
JK JK JK. PETA would go absolutely apeshit.
Does anyone else miss real grass? My friends and I snuck in to the Big House late one night and played 2 on 2 with a nerf football back when we had real grass. They had just irrigated and we would dive and slide for miles. We also ran zone read before RR ever got there...
January 6th, 2015 at 1:55 PM ^
find it difficult to watch during the week. Second Mdisciple87 on naming captains before the season.
January 6th, 2015 at 2:00 PM ^
without a doubt.
January 6th, 2015 at 2:01 PM ^
11, 21, 47, 48, 87, 98.....and 1 and 2 given out only when there is a returning All-American.
January 7th, 2015 at 3:29 PM ^
The number 4 should now only be given to a QB who signs a pledge to come back and be our head coach in 30 years.
January 6th, 2015 at 2:07 PM ^
I'd love to see the return of the helmet stickers.
January 6th, 2015 at 3:18 PM ^
I'm not a fan of alternate jerseys for big games. I think it was a neat thing for the first under the lights game, but since then I complained more about it than being interested in it.
I think the young athletes enjoy the neat new cool looking items. Like the gloves, being able to hold up both hands and show your school's logo. That was really cool when Nike introduced that. New helmets, facemasks, visors, those things are fine to change. I mean helmet styles, like a Bike helmet vs the new Nike super ligthweight deluxe 4000. Just don't change the look of the uniform, no need for that.
January 6th, 2015 at 3:36 PM ^
1. Blue leggings worn all the time, and white socks worn home and away.
2. Descendent of Whiskey:
3. This road uniform:
January 6th, 2015 at 4:45 PM ^
January 6th, 2015 at 6:14 PM ^
That stay retired.
MMBand music in the stadium during the game. And a regular marching band half-time, with Temptation and Hawaiian War Chant
Headsets