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MGoShirt Alert - Winning Design

By Six Zero — August 31st, 2009 at 8:34 AM — 12 comments
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Editor's note: User Six Zero has been kind enough to run a t-shirt contest in the last couple weeks, and we finally have a winner. There's also been enough interest in one the runner ups to put in in the store as well, so the Desmond "Strke A Pose" shirt will be available for purchase as well.

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Six Zero, everyone who voted, and everyone who called him a hack because they didn't like a design or two. The internet, as always, is unimpeachably wonderful. We'll do this again next year, along with a banner contest, and this time we'll let it linger over of the offseason.



This is the final entry of the 2009 MGoShirt Alert, a design project that allowed MgoBlog readers to vote for a design in the MGoBlogStore.

(NOTE:  For all users who are currently or may one day plan to develop a design project, I would offer the following advice:  a.) Beware of Photobucket, who has the near-whimsical ability to wreck your posts with little to no previous warning, and b.) if you want to build up suspense for the grand unveiling of the project winner, you might want to think about keeping the final poll results to yourself.)

SO, YES... with that being said, ladies and gentlemen, the final winning design of the 2009 MGoShirt Alert, as voted on by you, the collective MGoCommunity, is...

DAY FIFTEEN'S DESIGN -- MASCOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


CLICK HERE FOR A DETAIL OF THE SHIRT GRAPHIC

 This shirt is sure to be a smash hit at tailgates, alumni mixers, frat keggers, or just sitting in front of your home theater on Saturday afternoons.  Wearers are advised to exercise caution while rocking the shirt in Columbus, East Lansing, State College, South Bend, Iowa City, Madison, West Lafayette, and any official conference gathering.  Don't worry about getting hurt in Minneapolis... after all, it's a gopher.

Over 800 votes were tallied for the final deathmatch between our four finalists, and to the surprise of many the MASCOTS shirt garnered 44% of our tallies.  In light of the weekend's events, perhaps it was Sparty missing the eyeball that made it so darn voteworthy.  Final poll results can be consulted here for the curious.

Shown here displaying the shirt is
our featured model, who we'll casually
refer to here as Richard, in an effort
to protect his anonymity.

Richard finds that this shirt goes
great with whistles, half-completed
stadium facades, and barrages of
obscenities.  It's also great to wear
when cleaning up urine stains
named Rosenberg.

Richard endorses the MGoShirt and
would like to add that it's a perfect
shirt for the inevitable Maize Out
that never seems to catch on.
They also go great with the
new Michigan Towels!

This design will be tweaked as necessary and the final vector artwork will be prepared for the print shop, and you can expect to see this design available for purchase soon in the MGoBlogStore.

I'd like to thank everyone for the interest and attention that made the MGoShirt Alert so much fun.  I sincerely hope I helped get you fired up for the upcoming season, and I hope you all enjoy wearing the design for seasons to come.  If I have any personal wish for this entire project, I'd like to challenge you-- any of you, all of you-- to get this shirt on national television!!   I want to see Michigan Student screaming like a madman with his mascot shirt in the student section just before ABC cuts to commercial!  I'd like to see Blazefire booing Herbstreit on College Gameday while wearing my shirt!  I'd love seeing all of you mob the field with my shirt after a dominating win against Western on Saturday.  Hell, I'll be satisfied with just the dominating win on Saturday!!

Gameday is Saturday, boys.  It's time to bury the ghosts.  Let's go get 'em. 
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August 31st, 2009 at 8:40 AM
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Me? Why, I'd be honored.

Me? Why, I'd be honored.

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August 31st, 2009 at 8:41 AM
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GatrHatr
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no fair

why wasn't the "Rosenberg/freep/A2 in flames" shirt included in the vote?

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August 31st, 2009 at 8:43 AM
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That photoshop of RichRod is

That photoshop of RichRod is the awesome.

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August 31st, 2009 at 8:55 AM
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Great Job!

I didn't vote, but this was my favorite.

And from a post of mine yesterday in case you missed it:

__________________________________________

I think there should be a rush order on another T-shirt design for the competition. Instead of Che Guevara, I'm thinking RichRod with a sombrero ala Treasure of Sierra Madre with the tagline:

"Violations? We don't have no stinkin' violations!"

video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqomZQMZQCQ

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August 31st, 2009 at 8:58 AM
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Six Zero

Any chance you'll have any of the finalist shirts made for the MGoBlogStore? I think all 4 were sweet and I would buy all 4. Obviously the mascot tee was the best.

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August 31st, 2009 at 10:01 AM
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A tree
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A great shirt

and a timely joy to balance out the heavy stuff occurirng lately. Looking forward to its addition to the Mgostore.

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August 31st, 2009 at 10:11 AM
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Enjoy Life
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Sweet!

I'll take 2!

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August 31st, 2009 at 10:43 AM
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BlueGoM
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dude - your license plate

Funny I think I was driving behind you for a while yesterday.... strange that I remembered that plate.... 'course I did a lot of driving yesterday (drove down to A^2 from Munising ) so I may have been seeing things.

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August 31st, 2009 at 11:05 AM
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I think the other three

I think the other three finalists need to be in the store. I realize I'm a really small sample size, but I would definitely buy the Desmond/Charles tees and I probably won't buy this one.

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August 31st, 2009 at 11:20 AM
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Magnus
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Agreed. I like the idea

Agreed. I like the idea behind it, but it's not a fashion choice I would make.

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August 31st, 2009 at 1:06 PM
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The photoshop of Richard

The photoshop of Richard should have a curled mustache for anonymous posterity

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September 1st, 2009 at 1:42 AM
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Yeah, I'll probably buy one,

Yeah, I'll probably buy one, not to wear to the games, but I'll happily wear it through the streets of Columbus everyday.

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