JMo

January 9th, 2023 at 7:34 PM ^

The post is a ten picture collage of Braden on field shots.

The caption was originally just "Been Real 🤞" potentially implying a departure.

He has since edited it to say "Been Real #143 🤞" clarifying to an homage to last year's team.

 

JMo

January 9th, 2023 at 7:46 PM ^

I think it's all relative. In a world of instant-departure transfer portal happenings things move quickly and sometimes without warning. 

"Been Real" can certainly be read to be one thing in a contemporary context. Thankfully in this case he quickly edited and dispell those thoughts for anyone who had them.

Derek

January 9th, 2023 at 8:02 PM ^

At this point, I just assume that Gen Z lingo has a different meaning than what I expect as an elder Millennial.

It just seems unlikely that the lifelong Michigan fan from Port Huron is going to transfer just as he finally turned the corner and stands to have a big impact next season.

Derek

January 9th, 2023 at 8:13 PM ^

Hilarious. I actually typed out "victory/peace sign" then deferred to my Mac's emoji keyboard, which tags it as "peace sign". Anyway, it's both.

I thought about making a joke about how the peace meaning would have been sad, but the victory meaning was appropriate after he had those two almost-picks against OSU.

jp24elk

January 9th, 2023 at 7:23 PM ^

Just about every player has been posting a photo dump saying something about “Team 143  being real” and signing off for the year. Let’s hope he just forgot the Team 143 part.