Killing another stupid meme: we had sleds last year

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September 17th, 2011 at 5:31 PM
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Killing another stupid meme: we had sleds last year

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrcVkDx1vD0

They are in the background all throughout this video.  See 0:28 and 2:28, etc.  I'm sure there's other videos of them actually using the sleds as well.  I went into youtube and literally opened one Countdown to Kickoff video from 2010.  I'm sure this won't stop people from parroting something they heard on BTN, though.

EDIT: OK, second video I open shows them using the sleds at 0:35 too.  It is pretty hilarious (sad?) how far some people will go to criticize the last coaching staff.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0qgFoYynDA&feature=related

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September 17th, 2011 at 5:33 PM | I went straight to YouTube as (Score:1)
cbuswolverine
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I went straight to YouTube as soon as I heard that, too.

September 17th, 2011 at 5:34 PM | Ya, I heard that while (Score:3 Normal)
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Ya, I heard that while listening to the game and pulled a Denard, "Whaaaat?"  Of course we had sleds last year.  Every team has sleds.

September 17th, 2011 at 5:34 PM | Hey (Score:3 Normal)
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did you guys know that Cam Gordon had two touchdowns in week 1? 

Don't listen to anything anyone on BTN says. 

September 17th, 2011 at 5:37 PM | Correct me if I'm wrong, but (Score:3 Normal)
cbuswolverine
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't it Jon freaking Jansen who said this about the sleds?

September 17th, 2011 at 5:38 PM | Yeah, didn't (Score:4 Normal)
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want to criticize him specifically.  But yeah...

September 17th, 2011 at 5:53 PM | Yeah! How dare anyone bring (Score:-1 Trolling)
September 17th, 2011 at 6:06 PM | It was posted 2 and a half (Score:5 Normal)
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It was posted 2 and a half hours after the Michigan game got over.  Rodriguez already got fired for his defense.  No need to make shit up in order to make him look bad.

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September 17th, 2011 at 6:14 PM | Seems like your gripe is with (Score:-1 Trolling)
September 17th, 2011 at 7:34 PM | What's your gripe then? (Score:2 Normal)
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What's your gripe then?

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September 17th, 2011 at 7:40 PM | Rationality? (Score:2 Normal)
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Moderation? Civility?  Maturity?  So many options

September 17th, 2011 at 7:40 PM | He still hates RichRod, even (Score:5 Normal)
BigBlue02
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He still hates RichRod, even for things made up about him that aren't true.

September 18th, 2011 at 10:17 AM | Oh the tired, the sad, the RR (Score:0 Trolling)
September 18th, 2011 at 8:05 PM | The fact that you haven't (Score:0 Trolling)
September 18th, 2011 at 7:07 AM | It's nice to see that you'll (Score:3 Normal)
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It's nice to see that you'll go hard after those people who spread nonsense...

...unless they played for Michigan.

Then they're beyond reproach.

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September 17th, 2011 at 5:51 PM | Yeah. (Score:4 Normal)
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Very Braylon of him.

I love a hoppy ending!

September 17th, 2011 at 5:37 PM | Well, the liveblog (Score:5 Normal)
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and several threads on here have posters going on and on about how stupid the coaches were last year for not having sleds.  Someone has to go out there and do the 30 seconds of research it took to debunk this bullshit.

September 17th, 2011 at 5:38 PM | Lazy (Score:5 Normal)
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I expect the national media to do that because they are lazy and shitting on RR makes for a great "Michigan is back" story.  When they have a choice between recycling stale memes and doing homework, they would rather recycle.  

What sucks is when people within the fanbase who should know better do it.  

 

 

 

September 17th, 2011 at 5:56 PM | laziness (Score:5 Normal)
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So true ... you're basically calling out meatheads like Tom Dienhart.

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If you look back on the Rodriguez years, there are *so* many easy targets (GERG, '09 defensive recruiting decisions, Gardner's wasted redshirt, etc.). Do RichRod's critics concentrate solely on those? Oh, no -- not when they can ridicule a 5'7" DEFENSIVE TACKLE!!! (Aside: Dominique Ware, a walk-on, was once cited as proof that Rodriguez was RECRUITING MIDGETS (!!!).)

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Aside (and verging on flamebait, sorry): As is my custom when bothering to vote (up in this case), I checked to see who had the nerve to -1 this. Not surprisingly, dahblue, who is apparently still afraid that Brandon might bring back Rodriguez, weighed in negatively. Keep the flame, dude! He was joined by his little buddy yoopergoblue. :)

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September 17th, 2011 at 6:20 PM | It really is hilarious. (Score:5 Normal)
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Someone on TV said something insane, absurd and false.  It starts getting repeated all over the site and taken as fact.  I take thirty seconds after the game is over to post a link showing video evidence that the statement was false.  It gets negged.  lol

September 17th, 2011 at 5:57 PM | Well... (Score:3 Normal)
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"Why let the facts get in the way of a good story?" - M. Rosenberg, Detroit Fish Wrapper, Aug. 31, 2009.

 

 

September 17th, 2011 at 8:47 PM | I appreciate your (Score:2 Normal)
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I appreciate your reliability, Section 1. Your hatred of Rosenberg and the Free Press is the great gravitational constant of this blog.

September 17th, 2011 at 10:57 PM | I also appreciate the reliability. (Score:1)
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I have a pretty good case of OCD, no joke.  I mean, I'm not medicated for it, but I just checked to make sure my front door was locked.  Then I checked it again.  Then I checked . . . you get the idea.  The problem with OCD is that it very important to remember your "triggers."  As in, don't fucking let yourself get triggered in to a loop if you can help it.

The funny thing, is that I apparently have a lot of loops that contain little diverticula where my hatred for the Freep, Rosenberg, et al comes to the forefront.  Check my front right pocket, check my front left pocket, I want to punch Rosenberg in the spleen, grab my car keys, lets go.  I seriously hate them as much as you do, Section 1.  I will never forgive them for what they did and I don't think it's unreasonable to remind people of their treachery.  I will always plus one your Freep hatred.

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September 17th, 2011 at 5:39 PM | Did the old coaching staff (Score:1)
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Did the old coaching staff take the sleds with them?  That seems like a pretty silly claim to make if it's not true.  Maybe the new staff just meant they thought they needed more sleds.

September 17th, 2011 at 5:46 PM | It doesn't take a lot to tarnish one's Wings. (Score:3 Normal)
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Ignorant comments from someone with no excuse for being incorrect can sure start things down that path. 

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September 17th, 2011 at 5:51 PM | Whether they had sleds or not (Score:-1 Flamebait)
September 17th, 2011 at 6:09 PM | I don't know if you were (Score:5 Normal)
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I don't know if you were trying to be funny or not, but if you were, it wasn't funny at all.  Also, get rid of the OSUSux license plate.  I hate the inferiority complex...

September 17th, 2011 at 6:18 PM | Might wanna take a peek at my (Score:2 Normal)
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join date, friend.

u mad

September 17th, 2011 at 6:29 PM | He literally went into (Score:3 Normal)
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He literally went into youtube

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September 17th, 2011 at 6:57 PM | Ha, good catch (Score:1)
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fixed.

September 17th, 2011 at 7:11 PM | Didnt they have Ohio State (Score:3 Normal)
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Didnt they have Ohio State logos on them to?

September 17th, 2011 at 7:45 PM | I seem to remember a story (Score:3 Normal)
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I seem to remember a story (or maybe it was a post on here) about the OSU jerseys on the sleds coming to the surface a couple years ago when another tired meme was being thrown around....that the reason we were losing to OSU and MSU was because RichRod didn't care about the games enough.

September 17th, 2011 at 7:34 PM | Clearly (Score:5 Normal)
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Clearly, Rich Rod shredded the sleds on his way out of town. And they were the only copy of the sleds in the entire University.

September 17th, 2011 at 7:59 PM | Maybe Jansen was talking (Score:3 Normal)
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Maybe Jansen was talking about when they all go up to the snow hill on the weekends....

September 17th, 2011 at 8:12 PM | You're right.  They didn't (Score:1)
Jeff
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You're right.  They didn't even have sleds, they stole West Quad dinner trays. Lack of morals!

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September 17th, 2011 at 8:39 PM | More sleds = less turnovers. (Score:3 Normal)
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More sleds = fewer turnovers.  Fact.

September 17th, 2011 at 8:33 PM | Rich Rod obviously shredded the (Score:3 Normal)
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Rich Rod obviously shredded the sleds along with all of his documents after he got fired. Duh.

 

EDIT: Damn, someone beat me to it.

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September 17th, 2011 at 8:32 PM | Well I can think of two (Score:2)
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Well I can think of two possible explanations:

1) Mike Martin SMASHED all the sleds in anger after the bowl game

2) GERG stole them after getting fired. Strapped them to the roof of his Prius (I always pictured GERG driving a Prius) and drove 'em right out of town.

September 17th, 2011 at 10:53 PM | Jon Jansen (Score:5 Normal)
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Jon Jansen  can stay way for another three years for all I care.

September 18th, 2011 at 7:09 AM | I might be wrong (I stopped (Score:4 Normal)
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I might be wrong (I stopped listening closely to the BTN announcers right around, oh, kickoff), but when I heard mention of Mattison talking about sleds, I got the impression he was talking about tackling sleds (a.k.a. the popsicle sled or something like it).

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September 18th, 2011 at 1:16 PM | Let's say he's right about (Score:1)
Jeff
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Let's say he's right about there being no tackling sleds (which seems unlikely but that's not what I'm concerned about here).  We've seen videos of them using tackling dummies.  Is there a major advantage to tackling sleds over tackling dummies?

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