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2010 Schedule Wallpaper - Maize is Blue - Game 7 Iowa
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So you've probably heard by now about the cease & desist letter I received from legal representation of the University of Michigan and the Heisman Trust, and that I decided to take down all of my wallpaper artwork last week while I worked things out.
The original legal notice was founded on the misunderstanding that I was manufacturing Denard Robinson action figures. After I explained that the action figure is not real (but that I was amused that they thought it was) and that I am not trying to make money from the project, I received a follow-up e-mail indicating that their perspective was that I was promoting my business because the wallpapers were hosted on my business web site. Which, OK. I can see that perspective. I was honestly not trying to make a link between the two (and had actually taken specific steps to avoid the crossover) but I've moved all of my artwork to a new, personal blog and believe that satisfies the demands of the cease and desist.
I'm really going out of my way to be cooperative and the University's lawyer has been reasonable so there's a chance that the wallpapers could disappear again if they don't agree with my interpretation of their legal position and want to talk about it some more.
Let's move on to this week's wallpaper which you will be able to enjoy seeing on your bright shiny screens until 3:30 p.m. tomorrow and maybe for the duration of the bye week if we can pull off the upset...
Close your eyes (not literally because then you'll have to stop reading) and picture a typical Iowa family sitting down for dinner...
There's a plate full of charred animal flesh and a pile of home-grown corn. Dad sits down at the table. He offers thanks for the meal. He picks up a piece of corn. He takes a bite. He cracks an incisor in half on a little Michigan helmet! Yeah! Come on scientists! We can land a man on the moon but we can't inject a chemical that grows little Michigan helmets into Iowa corn crops?
The image below is a preview only. You can get this week's widescreen, 4:3, iPad and mobile wallpapers at The Art. The Art. The Art!.
All of the 2010 Schedule Wallpapers
Season Wallpaper - Denard Robinson Action Figure
Game 1 Connecticut Wallpaper - Husky Puppy Piddles in Fear
Game 2 Notre Dame Wallpaper - Touchdown Jesus Says "No Good"
Game 3 Massachusetts Wallpaper - The $550,000 Cupcake
Game 4 Bowling Green Wallpaper - Wolverine vs. Falcon
Game 5 Indiana Wallpaper - Good at Basketball
Game 6 Michigan State Wallpaper - Sibling Rivalry
Game 7 Iowa Wallpaper - Maize is Blue
Game 8 Penn State Wallpaper - The Eyes Have It
Game 8 Penn State Wallpaper - JoePa Halloween Costume
Game 9 Illinois Wallpaper - We Be Illin'
Game 10 Purdue Wallpaper - I Think We Can! I Think We Can?
Game 11 Wisconsin Wallpaper - Cheesehead Cross Stitch
October 15th, 2010 at 9:35 AM | 
Nice work yet again
Nice work yet again
October 15th, 2010 at 9:35 AM |
A+
A+
yet another awesome piece of work. Thank You!!!
October 15th, 2010 at 9:44 AM |
Great stuff as always! Love
Great stuff as always! Love
Great stuff as always! Love the winged helmet kernel. Rocking it right now on all three screens at work!
Go Blue!
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GO BLUE
October 15th, 2010 at 9:49 AM |
Glad to have these back.
Glad to have these back.
Glad to have these back. Excellent wallpaper for my computer here at work. Thanks!
October 15th, 2010 at 9:53 AM |
Wow!
Wow!
Great job, keep them coming.
October 15th, 2010 at 10:06 AM |
God, that's awesome. Glad you
God, that's awesome. Glad you
God, that's awesome. Glad you worked out everything.
October 15th, 2010 at 10:22 AM |
Thanks!!
Thanks!!
The Pacnard just wasn't doing it for me.
"Finish Strong"
October 15th, 2010 at 10:23 AM |
Great job
Great job
Great job as usual. I really appreciate your assiduousness on getting these back and available to us.
October 15th, 2010 at 10:26 AM |
This is my favorite so far I
This is my favorite so far I
This is my favorite so far I think, very well done.
October 15th, 2010 at 10:29 AM |
Great Wallpaper
Great Wallpaper
I look forward to these each Monday, so was a little disappointed that they tried to shut you down earlier. Glad you are back up and running. Another great wallpaper!
October 15th, 2010 at 10:31 AM |
Outstanding
Outstanding
Thanks for making these available every week. They are all fantastic.
And I love that it was thought you were marketing the Denard action figures.
"I am delighted to have you play football. I believe in rough, manly sports."
- Theodore Roosevelt
October 15th, 2010 at 10:59 AM |
Outstanding!
Outstanding!
+10000 to you!
I automatically downvote "B1G"
October 15th, 2010 at 12:16 PM |
I think you're a cool guy
I think you're a cool guy
I think you're a cool guy
October 15th, 2010 at 1:15 PM |
I heart your talent. thanks
I heart your talent. thanks
I heart your talent. thanks man.
"Play hard and with great effort"
October 15th, 2010 at 1:52 PM |
This Just
This Just
Made my week. I was super bummed that I'd never see these again. Oh happy days! Great work, as always!
"Blame no one. Expect nothing. Do something. That is attitude." -Bo
October 15th, 2010 at 1:53 PM |
Awesome stuff, as usual.
Awesome stuff, as usual.
Awesome stuff, as usual. Wish I had this level of skill with Photoshop/other imaging programs.
October 15th, 2010 at 3:23 PM |
I'm glad to see you got
I'm glad to see you got
I'm glad to see you got everything worked out and could still put these up. Great job on all of these and keep up the great work. Look forward to these weekly.
October 15th, 2010 at 3:42 PM |
Fantastic,
Fantastic,
yet again.
...could use a little butter.
"He stood there like the house by the side of the road, and watched that one go by"
October 15th, 2010 at 5:52 PM |
FANTABULOUS!
FANTABULOUS!
Great work, yet again!
Fuck Urban Meyer!
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"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena...."
October 15th, 2010 at 9:23 PM |
This Corn Is An Angel
This Corn Is An Angel
Sir, you must neither cease nor desist!
I always did love the multicolored corn my mom would buy at Halloween. Now I'm inspired to replicate the desktop with some real life corn and my daughter's paints...
Go Blue!
October 15th, 2010 at 9:41 PM |
Best one so far!
Best one so far!
These make my week! Hope everything works out with the U on this, they should look into distributing your wallpapers on the mgoblue site.
October 16th, 2010 at 1:32 AM |
posted from iPhone
posted from iPhone
You continue to amaze, monuMental. This is definitely your best weekly to date, though I do have a soft spot for - and often go back to - the Denard season-long action figure edition.
October 16th, 2010 at 2:13 PM |
Man I love these wallpapers!
Man I love these wallpapers!
Man I love these wallpapers! Keep it up!
Nice work yet again monuMental. Glad that you got it worked out so far and hopefully they let it go. I really like the look of the helmet, looks really genuine and real. Keep them coming (if your able) because I love your work.
“What the mind can conceive, the mind can achieve and those who stay will be champions.” - Bo
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