I just found out the meaning of 'WE ON' and wanted to share it with the rest of the Michigan family, that didn't know where it came from.
"WE ON" is the team slogan created by the staff and players. It stands for "When Everyone Operates In-Sync'...
Apparently the staff created a U-M fuse box in the locker room in which each player has a key word they focus on during the season. Each player flips their switch "on" before every practice and every game.
I didn't realize that second
Honestly, I took it for it's literal meaning
that we are on. However, this seems to make a bit more sense.
Re. the second part:
"U-M fuse box in the locker room in which each player has a key word they focus on during the season. Each player flips their switch "on" before every practice and every game. "
What does this even mean??
EDIT: Wait I think I get it.... LIke an actual fusebox? And each player is assigned a switch, which is labelled with his keyword?
CJK5H
Sam Mcguffy may transfer. I'm
Sam Mcguffy may transfer. I'm sad but good luck to the kid. Family issues.
All in for some manball.
lolwut
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I think the comment mean the
I think the comment mean the meaning of "We On" was annouced at the start of the basketball season, so this is fairly old news.
This was posted or at least I
This was posted or at least I knew about it after the first time they wore the shirts. Maybe Mitch told me. I can't remember.
All in for some manball.
I posed a question just last night about these shirts
on the "Michigan @ Illinois Game Thread" because I also didn't know the story behind the "WE ON" slogan:
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/michigan-mens-basketball-vs-illinois-open-th...
Pardon me if it's already been posted ...but is there a meaning behind the lettering on the warm-ups the guys on the bench are wearing? "WE ON" stands for what?
Though it may come off as sounding like an "excuse", my ignorance can be blamed on the fact I pay relatively little attention to Michigan Basketball until around the first of December. Not that I don't pay attention to Michigan Hoops in November, but it definitely takes a back seat to Michigan Football until after the Michigan-Ohio State game. There is just not enough time to read everything on the MGoBlog, so I skip many of the basketball threads during the non-conference portion of the basketball season. And I suspect there are many others that do, too.
Cool
I had heard what the meaning was previously, but couldn't remember it. Had heard something similar about the fuse box as well. Hopefully everyone's switches are on for this next stretch coming up. I include Northwestern because even though we blew them out last time, they didn't have Reggie Hearn and that could add a new layer to the game.
It's the basketball version
It's the basketball version of "The team, the team, the team"
"A Michigan Man will coach a Michigan Team"
More like...
basketball version of "Hard Edge". Awful.
Go Blue!
Personally,
I'm All In for WE ON.
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"I cannot think of a better person to guide our university's athletic strategy than the inventor of The Noid."
Yeah, but unlike the "Hard
Yeah, but unlike the "Hard Edge" years, this team is actually winning with this slogan in place.
"All I've had today is, like, six gummy bears and some scotch"
I still think
it's stupid
.
i bet you thought lloyd carr
i bet you thought lloyd carr giving the 97 team pickaxes was also stupid.
This is home...
To be fair...
I think it was Marcus Ray who said it wasn't the smartest idea to give a locker room full of college guys deadly weapons.
The context was a little different, of course.
"We bring you to Michigan to take care of Michigan; your job is to protect that block M."
-Carol Hutchins
I thought it meant...
...we're not off? I kid, I kid. Cool info. Thx.
you mean...
WE ONE
Meaning
"When Everyone Operates N-sync". It has that in the description for the shirt at the Mden.
I was never a huge fan, but hey if it helps them win!
*edit* nowayguy beat me to it, but how is Lance your favorite? Joey Fatone all the way!
“When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing” - Bo Schembechler
Are these shirts for sale?
Anyone know where I can buy a "WE ON" shirt?
EDIT: All sold out but here they are: http://www.mden.com/shopping/product.cgi?AD1287+2083
Yes...that guy.
MDen has them on backorder
MDen has them on backorder right now. They told me the next shipment should be received on 2/1.
"Ack ack!"
Do want.
Do want.
CJK5H
Quemar Los Barcos
Quemar Los Barcos
The Team, The Team, The Team.
It was "Queme los barcos."
It was "Queme los barcos."
No it was
Quiero los tacos
HAIL
I thought it was a rap
I thought it was a rap lyric.
I like how if you look at it different ways it says ONE to signify the team or ONE W for one win at a time maybe. A lot you can do with it. In the end it doesn't matter. Cool story though, bro!
The phrase definitely was a
The phrase definitely was a rap lyric in quite a few songs before it ever had any special meaning to the bball team. There's no chance that's a coincidence. When I heard the fusebox schtick last night I just figured that was the cheesy meaning one of the coaches thought of really qucikly so they didn't have to admit the team had a Lil Wayne quote on their warmup shirts.
for today, goodbye; for tomorrow, good luck; and forever, GO BLUE!!
N-Sync rocks! Lance is my
N-Sync rocks! Lance is my favourite member. He went to space with Zoltan.
Favourite? I think you are
Favourite? I think you are confused and really enjoy the Barenaked Ladies.
I love the bare naked ladies.
I love the bare naked ladies. Nothing more fun than a whole group singing "If I had a million dollars."
Whoa, wait...
bare naked ladies is a SINGING group??
The Team, The Team, The Team
Don't get excited.
They're not bare, naked, or even ladies. The name is full of crap.
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
Thank You
for sharing. Im glad it is not Ebonics.
Where to start...
Wow, very nice of you to stereotype grammatical deficiencies and/or differences with such a wonderful word. Alas, Ebonics is not very politically correct, as it is a combination of the words ebony and phonics and was thusly a word born by ignorance from its very onset. If you must ridicule this particular and popular vernacular, please call it by it's more accepted term, which is AAVE (why any word for it is even needed is beyond me).
Also, while we're on the topic of proper English, "Im" is not a word. I believe you meant "I'm." Lastly, "you," in the context you used it in, is a pronoun, and as such, does not need to be capitalized. That is unless "Thank You" is strictly your comment's title, which would then in turn make "for sharing" horribly incorrect on multiple levels.
Not disputing your overall
Not disputing your overall point, but I don't know if I'd say the term "ebonics" was born out of ignorance. It was coined by an african-american in the 70's if I recall - and the term "ebony" was a fairly "hip" way to describe African Americans at that time. Heck, there was (still is?!?) a magazine called Ebony geared toward the african american population.
Times change and the political correctness of words change as well, but ebonics was in no way, shape, or form an ignorant or disrespectful term when it was created.
The swag is back.
You're absolutely correct
You're absolutely correct (and I think barber shops are the only thing keeping Ebony magazine in business). While it was created much earlier, the term was not really widely known or used until the 90's, so at the time people finally became aware of the word, it immediately came under scrutiny. So to revise myself, unless you're still living in the 80's or earlier, it's an ignorant term to use.
What I love about the board
Countless nerds just waiting to strike
Speaking of which...
Interesting little tid bit about "nerd"; It's first known use was by Dr. Suess.
I, for one, am appalled that
I, for one, am appalled that our staff would allow such poor grammar to be plastered all over the players, and in front of so many young and impressionable fans.
It's an acronym
It's not grammar.
It's humor
It's not for serious.
For my privacy, my new username is "non-Oriental non-Andrew"
Well everyone's so SRS in
Well everyone's so SRS in this thread that I felt the need to snark out!
Yes, because t-shirts are the
Yes, because t-shirts are the #1 source for grammar lessons.
I wonder what some of the
I wonder what some of the players "switches" may be.
Akunne's has to be "SHOOT".
The swag is back.
I was wondering what that
I was wondering what that meant. Nice post.
THOSE WHO STAY WILL BE CHAMPIONS
When I first saw the "WE ON" shirts,
I thought, "WTH? Adidas strikes again." Now, I'm disappointed that the shirts are out-of-stock at M-Den. I want to order one in black, and grammar police be damned. I think the staff, players, and Adidas did a great job on these shirts. This team certainly "operates n-sync," and it's fun watching them play.
"He played the trombone. Did you know he played the trombone? That's a tough one to picture." --Kovacs, on Denard "Shoelace" Robinson
I Thought It An Acronym...
For:
Wolverines
Enjoy
Only
Nationalchampionships
L.S.A. '88
I can get behind that bad
I can get behind that bad grammar.
Over at RCMB they take it as
Over at RCMB they take it as two words - We on - and think it's an indication of illiteracy. No, not kidding.
I didn't realize that second bit. That's really cool stuff.
Touchdown Michigan!