In a CBS Sports story yesterday about Barkley Hill's confirmed season ending ACL tear, they referenced the Angry Iowa Running Back Hating God. Apparently the AIRBHG is in the Urban Dictionary.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/eye-on-college-football/19856802
Didn't Brian copyright this meme? He should have.
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I could be wrong, but I think BHGP actually came up with the AIRBHG meme.
Correct
It was a BHGP creation, which was appropriated by Brian as Angry Michigan Secondary Hating God. Rittenberg cited them for the creation of the meme,
I always thought it was the
I always thought it was the Angry Michigan BLANK Hating God (usually reserved for safeties) that got appropriated by BHGP when their running backs started dropping at a rate the would terrify Michigan safeties. Was AIRBHG around before 2007?
Yes
Here's a history of AIRBHG, going back to 2001:
http://www.hawkeyenation.com/forum/football/44730-airbhg-complete-saga.html
As far as when AIRBHG was first identified and credited with his accomplishments, I'm not sure. But he's certainly been in business for a while.
I searched BHGP for "angry
I searched BHGP for "angry iowa running back hating god" and "airbhg", and clicked on the "angry iowa running back hating god" tag. No references before 2010. So while they have noted the effects going back 2001, it seems that they didn't start using the phrase until well after the similar phrase was being used on MGoBlog.
yeah, pretty sure Brian is
yeah, pretty sure Brian is the originator. it goes at least back to OSU '06 in this blog's archives, but i don't think that was at all the first mention of it. i kind of remember it around Minnesota '05? in any case, BHGP came into existence in '07 unless it was a blogspot blog at some point. which, can't remember there.
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IIRC
Brian took it from BHGP and ran with the (less active recently but MUST, MUST, MUST be feared (never forget)) AMDBHG, but I could be wrong
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Take it FWIW, but in this
Take it FWIW, but in this article Patrick Vint (a main contributor on BHGP) states "Look, AIRBHG isn't only our thing (in fact, I'm pretty sure it first appeared in a post at mGoBlog, because it sounds like something Brian would write)" So, after finding this article it looks like it originated on MGoBlog.
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I think it's a BHGP meme, actually
and for the complete rundown of AIRBHG's activities: http://www.hawkeyenation.com/forum/football/44730-airbhg-complete-saga.html
Probably because
they all worked with Adam Jacobi (now of Bleacher Report, formerly of BHGP), progenitor of the meme. Also, Matt Hinton and Tom Fornelli.
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Although...
Jacobi said at one point on the twitters that he (and BHGP) couldn't take credit for it (the name, not the phenomenon). He claimed that the designation of the Angry Hating God in its more current, proper form came from Brian/MGoBlog.
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The author of the article is a friend of the blog. When Brian went on the Auburn road trip back in '08, Jerry was the Auburn fan on whose behalf the trip was taken.
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Hinnen covered sports for the
Hinnen covered sports for the Saline Reporter for a few years, ending somewhere in 2008-09, I believe.
Off Topic, Unsolicited Opinion:
While I read CBS Sports purely to not give page views to ESPN, I am journalistically disappointed in how they juxtapose links for news articles and newsy/opiniony blogs without much clear identification. Brian's model of sports journalism that doesn't hide its partisanship works because he's upfront and honest about it; to read opinionated analysis while thinking you're reading a straight news story is to be lied to.
That, and I have a sincere distaste for Hinnen's use of the royal "we."
/rant
The royal we really is the
The royal we really is the worst.
Agreed
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11 Warriors too
11 Warriors is using it too. Right now.
http://www.elevenwarriors.com/
Look near the top right of the homepage for the poll. The last poll choice is AIHRBG. Btw, feel free to influence their nice little poll while you're at it.
Hinnen is a member of the original bloggerati...
Along with Adam Jacobi, Brian Cook, Spencer Hall...everyone read each others' blogs because there were only so many independent sports blogs. Hinnen back then was Sunday Morning Quarterback, or "SMQ." Spencer Hall was "Orson Swindle." Brian Cook was "Brian Cook."
The earliest I remember the meme was from 2005 in reference to Michigan's safeties. It's possible Jacobi got it from Brian and made it a thing later, or Brian got it from Jacobi in '04 and applied it to the safeties. Jacobi thinks it was the first. Either way there is no better application than to Iowa running backs.
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I think he tried to trademark the phrase.
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