Palpatine Muppets

woo muppets!

woo!

Filled with dilithium.

I'm really beginning to enjoy the "pick yer poison" attack.  

if this analogy is true, then who is the Emperor? Is it RichRod or is it really Dave Brandon?

Yes, feed into your hate (of unsubstantiated rumors in local periodicals)... feel you growing stronger....

An excerpt from the screenplay:

(Rich Rod looks into the camera, his face suddenly solemn and knowing...)

RICH ROD:  Release the Kraken  Denard, the God of Third-Down Conversions!

Does that make ND the Ewoks?

I'm having a tough time working out the relationships here.  Let me know if I'm right, Brandon is the Emperor, Rodriguez is Vader, and Robinson is Skywalker--except he converts?  Does that make Forcier Darth Maul?

Where I'm really struggling is trying to figure out who the Jedi are played by--is it OSU?  I have a tough time thinking of Woody Hayes as Yoda.

Woooo!  Euphoria ftw!

No more crashes...you know this is like crack to many of us.

Was anyone else expecting the muppets to act out that Star Wars scene?  I thought Sam Eagle would have made a great Luke.

A lot of fun... what's the record on QB pass completion percentage? 19 for 22 has to be up there, no?

Great win and great way to start the year

Muppets on the opening game of the year.

This is going to be a fun ride.

Muppets on the opening game of the year.

This is going to be a fun ride.

is not like last year.

I love watching those videos after wins. Smells like victory

Someone set up them the bomb.

was a good day.  They won't all feel this good, but it's certainly rewarding after so many months of adversity and uncertainty.  A few thoughts:

1.  First and foremost, Denard.  We all knew, but it's still amazing to see it happen.

2.  I thought Mouton had a pretty solid game out there today.  He played like a senior, like a leader.  Roh and Martin also performed as advertised.

3.  I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Martavious will be fielding punts in South Bend next week.

4.  Hate to say it, but Anthony Fera looked much better than Brendan Gibbons today.  Here's hoping it was just one day and an incidental observation.

5.  I can honestly say that ever since halftime, Ms. Six Zero is officially infatuated with the word "Chanticleer."  And who can blame her.

6.  All in all, I must say that Floyd and Rogers exceeded my expectations.  Now, that's not quite the compliment it seems to be, because I wasn't expecting all that much... but for the first game they looked, hmmm... serviceable.

7.  The stadium is looking great, and sounding possibly better.  I will inform you all... A new T-shirt design was born sometime in the first quarter.

8.  And finally... the number one concern looking ahead is Carvin Johnson.  Like Cam, he looked comfortable and didn't seem too rattled.  We need as much depth as possible back there, esp. with Michael Floyd on the horizon.  The secondary will certainly get tested much harder next week.

All in all, it's been a day to be thankful for.  It was certainly not one of those run-of-the-mill games.  The national media is typically clueless, but they had one thing right:  Today was a HUGE game for Rich and the program in general.  And we got a show.  We'll all remember today for a long time, and that's all you really need to say about that game.

11 more glorious gamedays this fall.  This is what it's all about.  Thanks to all of you that I got to share it with today in some form or another.  GO BLUE.

I'm going to enjoy this win today, but I'm interested in the news this coming week about Tate separating himself from the team.  It pisses me off, because we could really use his experience from last year as DRob's backup, since odds are about 100% he'll have to miss a quarter/half/game or so this year the way he plays.  It would be nice not to throw a freshman with a shaky grasp of the O out there.  But if he's going to act like that.....

 When the "experts" say the game will be a "shootout" and Vegas sets the over/under at 50 or above, bet the under. Great win for Michigan and fuck Notre Dame!

Excellent performance, couldn't believe Denard's accuracy.  My only regret is we didn't see any of Hopkins.  Some power running to offset the shifty speed game of Denard, Shaw and Smith.

I'm a little bothered by the student section's xenophobic rant against the fine denizens of the Emerald Isle...wait, they mean the "Fighting Irish?"  Yeah, crush 'em.

was that first drive (after our defense forced them to go three and out, impressive in itself at the time) when UConn seemed to be utterly clueless as how to defend against Denard. I like to think that their fans cringed every time he had the ball in his hands.

I have a good feeling about this season. Something feels...different. I'm betting 2010 is going to be a year to remember in Michigan football.

(apologies if you already saw this in the LiveBlog comment thread)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kbwQAIR10E

... and anyone else that was at the game or perhaps watching but failed to recognize:

At some point during the third quarter (I believe right before the red hat incident on the kickoff) we had a confirmed Space Bitches tee sighting during a closeup on the student section.  MGoShirt officially rocked on national TV again.  Word.
 

A good season opening win.  I'm really impressed that we did not turn the ball over.  This killed us last season.  The defensive line needs to be more agressive against ND next week. DROB probably ran a bit more than I would like to see him run.  We need one of the RB to step up and be the go to RB.  I think we'll give ND a good game and if we play hard we'll have a good chance of winning this game.  I hope Tate will be more involved with the team.

relief?

It is. 

WOOOOOOO!!!!

I was literally cackling at many points during this game. The second graders in front of me thought I was weird. Those are smart second graders.