South Quad/West Quad Snowball Fight

Over here on the west side of town all the snow is powder and making a decent snowball is impossible.

And Barkevious Mingo is one of the great all-time college football names.

for a snowball fight.

I saw probably 6-8 guys who looked like football players on the West Quad side, and was personally tackled (and whitewashed) by one. I didn't recognize any of them, though.

were you out there hiphopoptamus or were you a recruit

I enjoyed reading this. thanks, you guys.

good work MGoAndy and The Hiphopopotamus. Your services to the michigan football program are greatly appreciated. I saw Tate at the Utah game and told him how badly we need and wanted him. Well, he committed that weekend so i'd like to think my actions went a long way in securing his commitment (but really, he had actually committed like 2 hours before that but that's neither here nor there). i did see anthony fera but kept walking cause i really didn't give a shit about a kicker.

but yeah, i think this stuff does have some type of effect on the recruits, even if it is just a little.

Good times. I was in West Quad for 1 year 1999-2000. I remember the fight. A taxi cab drove right down the road, the car took several hits, and the foolish driver tried to get out and yell at kids. Anyways, the snowball fight ended inside of south quad. It had cops and everything.

wow, I was in the fight as well this year. I wistfully glanced at the new, younger generation of kids and nodded, almost imperceptibly, at the way these kids grow up (im a junior, and this was my third year living in one of those 2 dorms.)

Btw, I walked into my neighbor's room last night, where 2 football players and friends of minewhich i will keep nameless for their and my privacy live, and who should I see but Tate Forcier and Anthony Lalota glance up when i walked in?

I slapped hands all around, then i was off to party.

Was he there by any chance if so did he look like he enjoyed the snow.

I think the best part about this weekend was the snow. Think about it. Many of these kids have never seen the stuff, so it is like a novelty to them. This was probably their first snowball fight, and they probably think now that this type of tomfoolery surrounds snow, which it really does. Snow is a good thing, and I bet they talk to the kids from the south about it before they decide. This snow can only help us.

I remember seeing Mike Hart at the snowball fight when I was a student. There was also like 5 fist fights. It reminded me of an old timey western bar brawl.

I fought on the South Quad side in 2002. We lost, of course. Braylon Edwards bodyslammed a friend of mine, and Marlin Jackson was in the middle of the street calling people out. Thems were the days

Come on guys. That's you tube quality kinda stuff! Where's the film at 11?

During the snowball fight, my friend got hit in the face... by a pumpkin.

If you had one chance to talk to a mondo 5-star recruit and address the cold/snow issue, what would you say - especially if they're also being recruited by USC, Florida and schools where the coeds are in bikinis half the time?

Last year I went to see a movie and Will Campbell was at the theater sitting a couple rows in front of me.

He was talking the whole movie, and on his cell phone, and when my girlfriend told me to say something to him to get him to be quiet I told her "False" and let him on his fun.

Then a few older guys got pissed (Had to be Sparties) and told them to shut up and I lowered down in my seat so in the faint glow of the projector all you could see was my Michigan hat and said "He's only a kid, who cares!"

So anyway ... welcome.