ESPN Michigan Bowl Projection Flub
Caught this on ESPN in regards to Michigan's bowl projections. Editing seems hard.
Big Blue? John Harbaugh?! I mean, John is heading to Levi's on 10/18, but I doubt that's what they were talking about in a college football bowl projection preview.
Worldwide Leader, indeed.
GO BLUE! Smash some beavers tomorrow.
Edit - Link for bigger image
September 11th, 2015 at 4:06 PM ^
September 11th, 2015 at 4:16 PM ^
sadly not tailgating :( I appreciate the offer though, generous of you. Have a good time.
September 11th, 2015 at 4:20 PM ^
September 11th, 2015 at 4:18 PM ^
He was just looking for an excuse to use that adorable baby duck GIF and you gave him a chance. It's all good!
September 11th, 2015 at 4:21 PM ^
September 12th, 2015 at 6:11 AM ^
Bowl projection threads in week 2 are extremely stupid.
Really any time before we're halfway in the season is pointless/redundant/etc. - it would be like posting a depth chart for the fall December, February, and April for the upcoming season...I mean, who does that?
September 11th, 2015 at 4:03 PM ^
but I'm more bothered by "Big Blue."
September 11th, 2015 at 4:16 PM ^
It irks me too. The problem is high profile guys like Peppers constantly refer to us as #BigBlue.
September 11th, 2015 at 4:32 PM ^
September 11th, 2015 at 4:46 PM ^
During the radio broadcast/audio streeming of the Utah game, Dierdorf referenced Michigan as "Big Blue." It struck my ears as odd, too; but I think it is seeping into common usage.
September 11th, 2015 at 4:56 PM ^
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September 11th, 2015 at 8:10 PM ^
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September 11th, 2015 at 10:49 PM ^
September 11th, 2015 at 6:19 PM ^
September 11th, 2015 at 8:23 PM ^
I don't remember hearing it until about 10 years ago.
September 11th, 2015 at 8:33 PM ^
I started going to games in the 60's and I always heard at least some people at games shouting "come on big blue!" in a spontaneous way when we needed to get going or make a stop or something.
I've heard it plenty from old blue's all my life in the stadium. It's not like it's our catch phrase or nick name or our cheer, nobody would say go big blue instead of go blue, but it is a historical fact that it's a phrase or exclamation that's been used over time in Michigan fandom.
There's nothing wrong with it being used correctly in context, not like a chant, let's go big blue, but said in earnest as a statement, an exhortation, occasionally. Just like you might tell someone "come on big fella!" in the moment, even if his nickname isn't "big fella" and you don't normally call him that as a matter of course.
Go Blue is our thing, but people also say Mighty Michigan (or they used to anyway) sometimes. It's ok. Michigan Stadium was always Michigan Stadium or The Stadium, there was no tradition or history of calling it The Big House, Keith Jackson started that during a broadcast and it caught on and was promoted.
September 11th, 2015 at 4:12 PM ^
Hurry! Somebody reference Mike Dantonio!
September 11th, 2015 at 4:13 PM ^
Maybe John Harbaugh's gonna coach the Giants next
September 12th, 2015 at 1:00 AM ^
is not only in the cards, it's in the schedule. The Ravens play the 49ers in SanFran on October 18th.
September 11th, 2015 at 4:18 PM ^
ESPN will ESPN in other ways that are known to drive people crazy too...
September 11th, 2015 at 4:27 PM ^
whose too much focus are we talking about?
September 11th, 2015 at 4:25 PM ^
John Harbaugh and the Ravens will be playing at the 49ers in October.
September 12th, 2015 at 1:29 AM ^
as a fragment and two clauses that are independent.
- Is Kentucky going to Silicon Valley? (The football team? The basketball team? The whole state to be annexed?) Or maybe IBM is going to relocate from Armond, NY to Silicon Valley?
- See the link for prognostications about Michigan's bowl destination
- John Harbaugh is returning to Levi's Stadium when the Ravens play there on October 18th
September 11th, 2015 at 4:27 PM ^
September 11th, 2015 at 4:58 PM ^
Mistakes aside, I'd be pretty down for a trip to the House Harbaugh Built at season's end.
September 11th, 2015 at 7:12 PM ^
September 11th, 2015 at 6:20 PM ^
At least they didn't add "Nation" at the end. Woo, Big Blue Nation!!!
September 11th, 2015 at 6:35 PM ^
big words like Nation.
September 11th, 2015 at 6:38 PM ^
The 2015 Foster Farms Bowl, featuring teams from two of college football’s ‘Power 5’ conferences, will be played at Levi’s Stadium on Saturday evening,December 26th. Kickoff time is 6:15 p.m. [PST]/9:15 p.m. [EST]. The contest will be televised live on ESPN and matches the 4th Pac-12 selection against an upper- echelon Big Ten team.
Being in California, I wouldn't mind this
September 11th, 2015 at 7:11 PM ^
September 11th, 2015 at 8:22 PM ^
having two west coast(-ish) bowl games in three years would be nice for the fans out there, especially if they follow it up with a Rose Bowl
September 11th, 2015 at 11:11 PM ^
September 12th, 2015 at 11:25 AM ^