We Knew This Was Coming
Turnabout is fair play, the shoe is on the other foot, the hat has flipped, the penguins have rotated. Via House Rock Built comes a well-deserved Evil Yakety Sax:
Will there ever be a Michigan-Notre Dame game well-played enough to avoid this? Only the future knows.
September 16th, 2008 at 2:16 PM ^
That was pretty damn funny! I have a soft spot in my heart for ol' Benny Hill, and in a weird way, putting that putrid performance to sounds of Yakety Sax helps me put the game into perspective.
Touche, and well done HTRB!
September 16th, 2008 at 2:19 PM ^
I'd like to overanalyze this for a moment.
Now, I created last year's "Jimmy Clausen for Heisman" video, imitating the previous iteration as closely as possible in both style and substance. 2 minutes into the game I was already preparing for the "Steven Threet for Heisman" video that never came, as they don't even give us the opening jab.
The title is "Michigan vs. Notre Dame, Yakety Sax Version," because apparently the joke is always funnier when it's explained in the opening titles. With that title they've completely stripped the dry humor and replaced it with obvious observation, reducing the entire exercise from ironic satire into going-through-the-motions cash-cow milking. It's Shrek 3 to "Brady Quinn for Heisman's" Shrek.
Also, any Yakety Sax video from Saturday that does not include Charlie Weis falling mightily to the earth truly reveals the editor's intent: Vengeful retaliation, not spirited participation.
September 16th, 2008 at 2:22 PM ^
September 16th, 2008 at 2:23 PM ^
Am I wrong?
And for the record, I still LOL'd at the video. Dammit.
September 16th, 2008 at 2:30 PM ^
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September 16th, 2008 at 4:48 PM ^
The problem is that a real "Steven Threet for Heisman" video wouldn't work since he completed 17/23 and you'd be left with the three fumbles and, like, nothing else. So they had to go in another direction.
I do think it should have been "X for Heisman," with X being "Michigan" or "Rich Rodriguez" or something, but... what are the chances they actually watched the whole Yakety Sax I or YSII videos? I wouldn't if I was them.
September 17th, 2008 at 1:41 AM ^
Any "X for Heisman" would have been too strong; not even an uninformed blogger expects a Michigan Heisman in the next few years. A better title might have been "RRod brings the Spread & Shred to Michigan."
Also, this vid needs more frustrated RRod. RRod's facial expressions speak for the whole fanbase.
September 17th, 2008 at 11:10 AM ^
September 16th, 2008 at 2:45 PM ^
One video, profiling all 3 past games, filled with slapstick fumbling, Weis ACL-tearing, and Quinn/Clausen turf sandwiches.
Man, these two teams really don't like to play competitive football against each other, huh?
September 16th, 2008 at 5:30 PM ^
...and I would love to step up and say "I accept!"
However, I'm looking at my schedule for the next week or so, and the best I can do is "I'll give it a shot!"
September 16th, 2008 at 3:13 PM ^
Next September: Yakety Sax Bowl IV. Ann Arbor.
I'll be there.....screaming my head off!!!!
Go Blue!
September 16th, 2008 at 3:18 PM ^
We're all dorks. It's a football blog. Get over it.
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