Big Weekend coming for Michigan?
Nick -- great, great start on defense and I think they will focus on a QB for sure next year and look to bring in a couple of DTs as well as a couple of OL and WRs. I think Michigan fans are going to get some really good news very soon and it could be a big weekend.
I guess I'm confused, aren't most of the Michigan coaches on vacation this week?
What's Big Blue?
Obviously he is talking about the New York Giants...
When one snarky comment isn't enough.
...add another?
Apparently.
Is that Bobby Hill in your picture?
Seeing that I'm 6'2, doubtful.
If you'd post your picture, we could finally see what happened to Chastity Bono.
I find a grown man with an 11 year old Zack Morris in his picture to be disturbing. Although that may be the tip of the iceberg truth be told.
Wait a minute, I thought you died?
I used the magic from "the Last Action hero" to step out of the movie. I don't think Arnold will be looking for me either, he seems a bit preoccupied.
Oh, well that kind of ruins the movie for me now. Knowing that you really survive is going to put a downer on the end.
Are you the guy that says "You the man now, Dawg" to the young african american actor in a movie I can't place? Imagine my luck!
You've got the juice now
anyone else find it interesting that a dude with a children's-book-character avatar is giving crap to a dude with an avatar from a tv-show-aimed-at-middle-schoolers?
Fact: The BBC reported last week, that in a recent poll, adults read Harry Potter more often than children. The only female writer to become a billionaire from an idea for a book, is hardly solely a childrens book. Hell, even fake LordVoldemort on twitter has an incredible amount of followers. 11 year olds arent camping out for a midnight show, just saying. Time magazine also named Lord Voldemort one of the top 25 fictional characters ever written.
It's a bit odd to have a Lord Voldemort on Mgoblog. Usually i defend all things Potter, that I just can't.
It's a bit odd to have a Lord Voldemort on Mgoblog. Usually i defend all things Potter, that I just can't.
You think King of Hill is aimed at middle schoolers? Its humor is much more adult than that.
I was referencing Voldemort's comment about Zack Morris. I think Saved by the Bell was aimed at middle schoolers.
Also, calling what King of the Hill did "humor" is a bit generous, imo.
just buckshot approaching really, until I hit something.
Is Kentuky getting a big committment??
That you took time out of your day for that.
And I'm glad you took the time out of your day to respond.
The irony..... it burns!
I'm sitting on pins and needles here waiting for him to reply "And I'm glad you took the time out of your day to respond to my response".
That would be awesome.
You shouldn't have mentioned it, he probably was about to type it and then you ruined everything.
Are you really Sean Connery?
That Sean Connery is a life long Oklahoma Sooners fan. #Madeupfacts
I've seen you act in movies!
That's just people helping people.
Have a lot of experience with things burning do you? You can tell me, I won't tell anyone, save the hundreds of people who will no doubt see it.
Buckle Up!
It would make sense if you follow the "commits come in pairs" hypothesis.
is rather old. We say go blue alot, and our stadium is called the Big House. Is it really that much of a stretch?
This whole "I'm a better fan than you b/c I call you out on a nickname" is really old. "Big blue" is an acceptable name for Michigan in my opinion, and in many other people's opinions. We say "go blue" all the time. So we're not allowed to put "big" in front of it? Ufer called Michigan big blue all the time. What more do you need? And the excuse of "other teams use the same nickname" is so dumb it reflects poorly on this blog. Yeah, someone is going to post something on MGOBLOG referring to Kentucky as "big blue".
I'm neither for nor against, I'm just pointing out...
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As someone mentioned, it's not the confusion with Kentucky that makes "Big Blue" bad, it's the generic-ness of it.
Big Blue is dumb. It's just not creative, not original, not unique. Nobody on campus refers to the school, the football team or the athletic program as "Big Blue." It's a media creation that is generic.
The last thing we need is to be like everyone else. If bitching about "Big Blue" will somehow prevent people from using "Wolverine-Nation" or "Seven Nation Army" being our next fight song, I will keep bitching.
My lawn. Get off it.
Living in Connecticut I ocasionally hear UConn or UMass fans refer to Michigan as UMich. Makes my skin crawl but I do not correct them.
Other books by Neal Bernards
Obviously a lightweight.
wow, shotgun much? thats a lot of different shit to research well enough to write about.
I don't think I'm a better fan, but I really feel that the nickname is lame when appropriated by other schools and I think there's a general consensus here that Michigan deserves better than it. There are a few teams for whom Big ___ has a tradition (Kentucky and Nebraska come to mind) and I both want it to remain unique for them and for Michigan not to steal what's becoming the most generic nickname possible. Ufer may have used it, but very few others have so it's no longer a Michigan tradition.
It's the same reason I hate fans of every team being referred to as "_____ Nation." It's clever for the first few teams, it's annoying for everyone else. If Northwestern started cheering "N Go Purple", Oregon "O Go Blinding Neon" or State "Moo Go Green", it would both detract from Michigan and from those schools, in my opinion.
As for the responses, yes, they are snarky, but what else should they be? I don't think they're intended to be rude or demeaning, it's just a lot better than a straight "many of us find that nickname lame, we ask that you not use it."
The nickname dilution / ____nation example is the first time I have seen anyone with a decent reason for not using big blue. I don't use it myself, but I also don't flip out when I see/hear someone use it. But this is finally a decent reason for not wanting it. The best reason I heard before was that people can get "mixed up" or "not know who you're talking about", which is hilarious to me that someone would think a post would refer to Kentucky or IBM as "big blue" on this blog.
If you can embed one sound bight of Ufer calling Michigan "Big Blue" I'll eat my hat.
For a moment, I thought you were waggles.
I've made the snarky comment before myself, but now I agree with you. There is actually nothing wrong with the comment at all. It doesn't replace or in any way conflict with our heritage, tradition, or our key phrases. It's fine.