Kinda OT - Where are they now? Johnny from RBUAS

Submitted by Laser Wolf on December 30th, 2014 at 10:23 AM

As I've been rapidly devouring every Harbaugh morsel available the past several weeks, now that IT'S HAPPENED I've started to crave the sort of unique insider/fan perspective that only the likes of Brian and select writers can provide.

This reminded me of the stylings of Johnny from Ronald Bellamy's Underachieving All-Stars (RBUAS). Johnny always had a very creative and unique spin on current goings-on and I realized that I've missed this since he's gone MIA. He was featured in a couple Hail to the Victors but I haven't seen anything since 2011. Is he still writing? Can we find his stuff in a different space?

Link to his old site: http://umichedme.blogspot.com/

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ndhillon

December 30th, 2014 at 10:29 AM ^

He's on Twitter. I think he writes for Vice now I always wondered if he was the one that influenced Brian to do the Monday feels posts. As good as Johny was I thought Brian almost closed the gap, writing wise, these last few years.

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jblaze

December 30th, 2014 at 10:36 AM ^

Brian's writing gives me goosebumps and makes me cry, but every damn thing Johnny writes does the same. Dude is a legend.

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dakotapalm

December 30th, 2014 at 10:45 AM ^

This. +1.

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Whoases Malone

December 30th, 2014 at 10:29 AM ^

He writes for Vice now:

http://www.vice.com/author/john-saward

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jblaze

December 30th, 2014 at 10:31 AM ^

His RUBAS page leads to his twitter

https://twitter.com/rbuas

which leads to seeing that he's a writer for Vice. http://www.vice.com/author/john-saward

Maybe he can write an article on Harbaugh. I'm sure it would be popular.

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turtleboy

December 30th, 2014 at 10:34 AM ^

To summon the invisible swordsman you must say these words and fire a shot into the air: Farley-farley-farley-farley-farley-farley... Hafurrrrrrr... *fires shot*

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His Dudeness

December 30th, 2014 at 10:35 AM ^

I follow who I belive to be him on twitter

@mrjohnnyryan

and let's just say he's been up to some things...

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TIMMMAAY

December 30th, 2014 at 10:48 AM ^

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JeremyB

December 30th, 2014 at 11:32 AM ^

Johnny's and Brian's forays into Feelingsball in 2005 changed the way I viewed sports, felt about sports, and felt AT sports (to paraphrase Stephen Colbert). It's crazy that it's been a full decade and we're introducing new generations of MGoFans to RBUAS.

Read up on the classics. This was after the same game as Brian's The New Math post.

Last year I was in Connecticut for a wedding and jokingly tweeted that I hoped I'd run into Johnny so I could buy him a beer to thank him. He enthusiastically replied and was totally up for it. We couldn't find time to make it work but I, as a passionate consumer of feelingsball almost as an essential ingredient in fandom these days, owe him at least as much.

I mean, goddamn.

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