Harbaugh meets the Pope, presents him with gifts
It happened. Looking forward to David Turnley's pictures of this exchange.
Not great video. Harbaugh handing Michigan helmet and Jordans to the Pope pic.twitter.com/UDAW9TINxy
— angelique (@chengelis) April 26, 2017
Coolest thing ever.
The Pope still has 4 years of eligibility left, right?
Can you imagine Wilton Speight handing the ball off to the Pope, who then runs untouched to the end zone...Because all of the defenders are being struck by lightning...
We would smite our opponents.
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with the Pope in our backfield, maybe we could get a call @Notre Dame for a change.
Maybe we'd finally get a call against OSU
April 26th, 2017 at 12:35 PM ^
of course we would--Jesus specifically addressed this when he said "the gates of HELL shall not prevail against you", nor their poopéd coolers.
Not unless we get the referees loyal to Stanford...
Get it? Stanford? Cardinal?
I'll show myself out....
Harbaugh should be the next Dos Equis guy, he really is the most interesting man in the world.
He drinks so much whole milk the Pope calls him "Your Wholiness".
April 26th, 2017 at 10:01 AM ^
His Holiness presents the pope with a Michigan football helmet. pic.twitter.com/oZLi8pagQw
— Scott Bell (@sbell021) April 26, 2017
Not sure what the holy father thinks about overpriced shoes produced through exploiting cheap labor, but surely the Michigan helmet is met with approval.
if nike doesnt turn JH giving the Pope Jordans into a commercial, their entire ad agency should be fired
has distinguished boys and girls basketball programs, though the girls have won more state tiles. Think of them as a Catholic HS version of UConn. Anyway, the teams are known as the "Popes" and "Lady Popes," respectively.
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They tend to be pretty good at crossing over.
I think you'd have to go with the somewhat humorous angle. If you went serious (along the lines of "a gift fit for royalty") you'd probably turn a lot of people off.
I think it'd be a great commercial around Christmas (since he's the Pope) - ::Don Draper voice:: - "What do you get for the person who's really hard to buy for? Easy."
Yes I sure do hope they use the Pope to make a few more bucks. All in the name of profit!
To counter, Urban will meet with the pastor of Westboro Baptist Church.
He'll just meet with Satan himself.
Aka, purchase a mirror.
why would he meet Rick Pitino?
April 26th, 2017 at 10:42 AM ^
I was gonna go with Coach K on that one. Better fit.
April 26th, 2017 at 10:57 AM ^
Pitino doesn't have a reflection...
Does WBC have any 5-star recruits?
April 26th, 2017 at 11:24 AM ^
Got to get those Kentucky recruits
I'm guessing that, after Harbaugh left, His Holiness asked his assistants: "(n)ow who exactly is that charming crazy man who gave me the funny hat? I already have plenty of funny hats, but none so shiny!"
Nice encounter - shame that Pope Francis is unlikely to have a man cave, given that he lives in a modest Vatican apartment.
What actually happens to the enormous amounts of gifts the Pope receives? I'm curious to know where that helmet and shoes will end up.
They have all the papal gifts for resale, plus they have tiny music playing during business hours.
Unless he's the Young Pope, in which case the gifts are housed in a special warehouse, or, in the case of kangaroos, released into the gardens.
STP reference. I like it.
Played by the world's smallest violin?
Ok yeah. My art school girlfriend told me about that place.
April 26th, 2017 at 12:36 PM ^
yeah, like five or four times
You have to believe that a Catholic Michigan fan would pay a ton of cash for a Michigan Helmet signed by Harbaugh and the Pope. Tom Monahan would probably pay a $100,000 or more.
Cool stuff, but I couldn't make out any details very well from the video.
If Jim Harbaugh didn't literally hand the Pope a football, video or no video, this didn't happen.
I just heard a media interview of Harbaugh after meeting the Pope. I'm a total heathen, but I was very moved listening to Harbaugh talk about his meeting and what it meant to him personally. You get a view into Harbaugh's soul that isn't often seen.
Link?
Michigan is blessed
April 26th, 2017 at 12:13 PM ^
want to be a college coach.
did they drink milk together?
WEUKTEGH*
*With Enthusiasm UnKnown To Even God Himself
Find Harbaugh with the Pope such a strange, but cool, thing. I'm not sure how this can be topped. Unless Harbaugh is the first person to greet aliens arriving on Earth.
Harbaugh would be the perfect "greeter" for any sort of alien "arrival." However, I hope he doesn't try to play catch on their ship. Might not end well.
Seriously - would there be anyone else better suited to be the first greeter of alien life than Jim MF'in Harbaugh? And our batshit crazy nutcase would look completely normal doing it!
April 26th, 2017 at 10:32 AM ^
To top this, Harbaugh would have to find Elvis alive and convince him to come to the next Signing of the Stars.
Great episode, especially what comes after this....
"Good morning, madam, I've come to read your poet."
"He's in the cupboard under the stairs"
"What is it? a Swinburne? Shelley?"
"No, it's a Wordsworth."
"Ahhh, bloody daffodils."