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RAWK & RULE Issue 1 Vol. 1
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Welcome to the inaugural issue of RAWK&RULE! Around here,
we're inspired by things we consider purely awesome. In the first issue, we're
exploring changes to the Michigan Stadium gameday experience, a discussion
brought forth by the news of a potential night game between the Fighting Irish
of Notre Dame and your very own Meeeechigan Wolverines. Possible night game @ The Big House
First, a checklist of things that are pure awesome we would like to see at games: RAWK music? check
Night game? check
HYP-P-P-P-PE VIDEOOOOOOOOS!!!(with annoying announcer guy)? check
MAIZE JERSEYS
SMOKE MACHINES
FIREWORKS??
A GIANT WOLVERINE HEAD TO RUN OUT OF?
We look to the Chicago Bears introductions for inspiration:
As for the Wolverine to run out of, we have two choices for the "style":
First Example: The full snarling/attack position wolverine. In this configuration, the players run out from underneath the wolverine. This type of wolverine intro would imply the players are protected by it, like, "Don't mess with us...we've got this ANGRY wolverine backing us up." Which...ok, it looks frightening from the front, but from the sides or back, not so much. This is a big issue for me considering the position of the tunnel at Michigan Stadium. See picture below. Note: Maize jerseys provide maximum intimidation factor (like the Orange jerseys pictured definitely achieve.)
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Second Example: The head of the Wolverine appears to be coming out of the ground. In this configuration, the players run out of the mouth of the Wolverine. This implies, "We're so TUFF even this scary-ass wolverine couldn't eat us. We're gonna destroy you!". I prefer this method, as the visual is better from all angles, the giant teeth would be pretty scary, and it would achieve maximum intimidation for opposing players and fans.
Stay tuned: In the next issue of RAWK&RULE, we'll discuss the awesome power of intimidation with eye black....
First, a checklist of things that are pure awesome we would like to see at games: RAWK music? check
Night game? check
HYP-P-P-P-PE VIDEOOOOOOOOS!!!(with annoying announcer guy)? check
MAIZE JERSEYS
SMOKE MACHINES
FIREWORKS??
A GIANT WOLVERINE HEAD TO RUN OUT OF?
We look to the Chicago Bears introductions for inspiration:
As for the Wolverine to run out of, we have two choices for the "style":
First Example: The full snarling/attack position wolverine. In this configuration, the players run out from underneath the wolverine. This type of wolverine intro would imply the players are protected by it, like, "Don't mess with us...we've got this ANGRY wolverine backing us up." Which...ok, it looks frightening from the front, but from the sides or back, not so much. This is a big issue for me considering the position of the tunnel at Michigan Stadium. See picture below. Note: Maize jerseys provide maximum intimidation factor (like the Orange jerseys pictured definitely achieve.)
Second Example: The head of the Wolverine appears to be coming out of the ground. In this configuration, the players run out of the mouth of the Wolverine. This implies, "We're so TUFF even this scary-ass wolverine couldn't eat us. We're gonna destroy you!". I prefer this method, as the visual is better from all angles, the giant teeth would be pretty scary, and it would achieve maximum intimidation for opposing players and fans.
Stay tuned: In the next issue of RAWK&RULE, we'll discuss the awesome power of intimidation with eye black....
March 18th, 2010 at 10:41 AM | 
None of those pics or videos or whatever they were
None of those pics or videos or whatever they were
March 18th, 2010 at 10:56 AM |
Thanks for the laugh!
Thanks for the laugh!
That's soooo not happening at Michigan!
March 18th, 2010 at 10:56 AM |
Welcome to the inaugural issue of RAWK&RULE!
Welcome to the inaugural issue of RAWK&RULE!
WOW! Is this for real? Or is it some type of sarcasm?
Tressel: Pounding kids since April 2010.
March 18th, 2010 at 11:12 AM |
I assumed that it was sarcasm
I assumed that it was sarcasm
But I don't think that this is "diary worthy"
"A house divided against itself cannot stand"
March 18th, 2010 at 11:31 AM |
Well
Well
Well, thats too bad because I for one was looking forward to future issues of RAWK&RULE!
*EDIT* Not really.
*EDIT* Ok, throw in some strippers and I'm down.
Tressel: Pounding kids since April 2010.
March 18th, 2010 at 4:50 PM |
Sex
Sex
Sells.
"If life is the road, then Ohio is simply a place to stop for gas." -- Scott Burgess, Detroit News, 9/16/2010
March 18th, 2010 at 8:49 PM |
He meant
He meant
wire strippers
March 19th, 2010 at 8:13 PM |
+1
+1
Let's get the party started:
March 18th, 2010 at 11:25 AM |
oh Bouje...you're such a
oh Bouje...you're such a
oh Bouje...you're such a stick in the mud sometimes.
I'll try to have more meaningful content for you in the next issue.
'Murica & Footbaw: That's what Michigan Does
March 18th, 2010 at 11:28 AM |
You'd better
You'd better
Or we'll take away your posting privileges!
"A house divided against itself cannot stand"
March 18th, 2010 at 12:49 PM |
I agree. Not diary worthy.
I agree. Not diary worthy.
I agree. Not diary worthy. If we are looking to classify the type of writing in the OP, I would put it in the category of parody rather than sarcasm.
From Answers.com's dictionary:
Sarcasm:
1.A cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound.
2.A form of wit that is marked by the use of sarcastic language and is intended to make its victim the butt of contempt or ridicule.
Parody:
1.a.A literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect or ridicule. See synonyms at caricature.
b.The genre of literature comprising such works.
2.Something so bad as to be equivalent to intentional mockery; a travesty: The trial was a parody of justice.
Cranky, long-time MGoBlogger, prone to shooting his mouth off from time-to-time, missing the days of the neg-bang and a proud member of the "06/30/2008 Club".
March 18th, 2010 at 2:29 PM |
Parody
Parody
I meant parody of course! Look below for definitions.
Tressel: Pounding kids since April 2010.
March 18th, 2010 at 11:35 AM |
1st Example: attack position wolverine
1st Example: attack position wolverine
so instead of jumping up and slapping the banner, will they players give the giant inflatable wolverine a dongpunch?
So proud to be a Bears fan right now.
All-City '66, scored 4 TDs in one game!
March 18th, 2010 at 12:12 PM |
Ditch the MBB
Ditch the MBB
in favor of a live 80's rock band. Foreigner, Journey, something cool like that
March 18th, 2010 at 12:14 PM |
What about Kenny Loggins?
What about Kenny Loggins?
I'm allright... nobody worry 'bout me.
"So I come out of Ohio Stadium after we beat the Buckeyes, and right there on the hood of my friend's car, some one took a dump, in the shape of an 'O'. no shit. Oh, sorry, bad pun."
March 18th, 2010 at 12:12 PM |
I'm torn whether to pos or neg bang this post
I'm torn whether to pos or neg bang this post
If sarcasm, then +1.
If real, then -1, a pitchfork gang arriving at your door, and God having mercy on your soul.
"So I come out of Ohio Stadium after we beat the Buckeyes, and right there on the hood of my friend's car, some one took a dump, in the shape of an 'O'. no shit. Oh, sorry, bad pun."
March 18th, 2010 at 4:49 PM |
If this was meant to be real
If this was meant to be real
Then where it came from is beyond the mercy of God.
"If life is the road, then Ohio is simply a place to stop for gas." -- Scott Burgess, Detroit News, 9/16/2010
March 18th, 2010 at 1:13 PM |
USC has Traveller. Florida
USC has Traveller. Florida
USC has Traveller. Florida State has the Seminole. We should have
VALKYRIES!
(Their helmets have wings too. See?)
BOOM! Wagner'd
March 18th, 2010 at 6:15 PM |
Something tells me
Something tells me
these models weren't chosen for their ability to hit double-high "C."
March 18th, 2010 at 3:24 PM |
Live wolverine on a leash!
Live wolverine on a leash!
Live wolverine on a leash! You thought UGA hated Tennessee players. The wolverine "Yost" would be bad for everyone--especially handlers.
March 19th, 2010 at 8:38 PM |
Ca. 1927
Ca. 1927
According to UMAlumni.com:
On big football days, two of these wolverines were brought to Michigan Stadium and carried around in cages.
However, the animals grew larger and more ferocious, and as Yost states, "It was obvious that Michigan mascots had designs on the Michigan men toting them, and those designs were no means friendly." Therefore the practice of bringing wolverines into the stadium had to be discontinued after only one year.
March 18th, 2010 at 4:33 PM |
If this was actually serious
If this was actually serious
and I find out later it is, I'll have an opinion, or at least voice the one I have formed. But, for now I'll go with Sarcasm and let it be.
Not Diary-worthy, but does show how silly-looking some teams can be when "marketed" poorly. They chose...poorly.
What the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve and...Those Who Stay WILL Be Champions.
March 19th, 2010 at 8:40 AM |
"They chose...
"They chose...
poorly."
Excellent use of the quote by the last living knight/brother in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade."
Always enjoyed that line, and find ways to use it in my real life, too...
+1 to you, sir.
Larry
I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV
March 18th, 2010 at 5:09 PM |
Assumption
Assumption
I am going to assume this is a joke, made to take advantage of the night game we're playing and its changing of tradition to jokingly suggest we should take a wrecking ball to everything that makes us Michigan.
With that assumption made, I'm still not amused. Even a joking thought about something like a wolverine head makes me want to go into the corner and rock in the fetal position.
"Good evening, and welcome to Michigan Stadium for this the one-hundred thirty-second season of Michigan football, and the thirty-ninth meeting between Michigan and Notre Dame." -Carl Grapentine, September 10, 2011
March 18th, 2010 at 6:00 PM |
No one is thinking...
No one is thinking...
about the children!
This is gonna be great.
Time wounds all heels. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwGXMryTbwE
March 18th, 2010 at 6:02 PM |
So
So
Ya that won't happen.
March 18th, 2010 at 6:09 PM |
Wish for change
Wish for change
1. enemy team takes the field first,and we split em old school style
2. dump all jurasic rock
3. more coke zero
4. wrap around video boards aka. texas longhorn style
5. onions on the philly cheese steaks
6. pick up after your damn self, you ever seen that mess on sunday morning?
7. victories in the double digits
8. can we for the love of god, beat tOSU football program this year, my kid is 7and doesn't know how it feels.
March 18th, 2010 at 7:01 PM |
Suggestion
Suggestion
for next chapter (eye-black):
Edit: Better yet, how about Kiss for the half-time show, and have the team all made up like members of Kiss?
March 19th, 2010 at 10:57 AM |
Except
Except
The colors need to be Maize and Blue, not black and white. So Kiss Redux.
Semper Fidelis
March 18th, 2010 at 7:51 PM |
I thoroughly enjoyed this...
I thoroughly enjoyed this...
If no one else wants this posted as a diary, I'll gladly divulge my email address to receive a weekly newsletter of the sort.
Hilarious.
"Nowhere is there a better university, in any way, than this Michigan of ours."
March 18th, 2010 at 8:00 PM |
It seriously would be amazing
It seriously would be amazing
It seriously would be amazing if we could spell out Michigan in fireworks though
"Ohio is like a giant turd that Michigan just can't pinch off"
March 18th, 2010 at 9:49 PM |
Can't wait for the next issue
Can't wait for the next issue
I thought that this was hilarious.
+1 for you, BleedingBlue.
March 18th, 2010 at 10:21 PM |
Agreed! +1 for awesomeness
I
Agreed! +1 for awesomeness
I
Agreed! +1 for awesomeness
I love the breakdown of the giant wolverine configuration...hilarious!
I SAID "M" AS IN MANCY...
March 20th, 2010 at 9:31 AM |
Post
Post
This was hilarious, great post.
March 20th, 2010 at 12:03 PM |
Hilarious
Hilarious
I would like to see all of that happen at the Big House!
As always, Go Blue!
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***EDIT*** as soon as aI say that obviously the stuff comes up
"A house divided against itself cannot stand"