Mel Tucker Refuses To Say "Michigan," Copies Urban/Woody After Rutgers Loss
Just when you thought Mel Tucker couldn't get sadder, he pulls a page from Ohio State's playbook after his historic 7 turnover loss to the Scarlet Knights
Freep article linked to roast it, not as indication of journalistic excellence
October 27th, 2020 at 2:44 PM ^
Zzzzz ..... so original Mel.
October 27th, 2020 at 6:04 PM ^
Mel will get better acquainted with the name of that team down the road when the PA announcer says “First Down Michigan” about 25 times, and “Touchdown Michigan” 7-8 times!
Ok, maybe there won’t be a PA guy with an empty stadium, but you can imagine if there was!
October 27th, 2020 at 6:46 PM ^
Yes there will!
All stadiums (stadia?) are using PA announcers along with piped-in crowd noise. I'll be in my usual chair on Saturday.
October 27th, 2020 at 10:25 PM ^
It's funny watching games on T.V because you'll hear the fake crowd noise get excited, so you're thinking fumble or penalty but, the players are just walking back to the line. It gets me every time
October 28th, 2020 at 10:53 PM ^
Knowing that the correct Latin plural is stadia: the Michigan difference.
October 27th, 2020 at 2:47 PM ^
Then how does he say "Michigan Staee" when he tells recruits what team he coaches?
October 27th, 2020 at 3:04 PM ^
M Staee...
Oh, wait.
October 27th, 2020 at 3:36 PM ^
Come play for that Ag school up, down, across the road.
October 27th, 2020 at 4:02 PM ^
I think he uses:
Shit show and Spartan Swill to describe their program.
October 27th, 2020 at 4:09 PM ^
Xel tucker, coach at XSU?
October 27th, 2020 at 6:36 PM ^
Nailed it, Xtraxelanin.
October 27th, 2020 at 6:39 PM ^
I think he just tells them the name of the program he will bail on them for.
October 28th, 2020 at 7:03 PM ^
Come play for Little Brother.
October 29th, 2020 at 7:40 AM ^
Moo U?
October 27th, 2020 at 2:48 PM ^
Can't say as I blame him. "The school down the road" sounds much better than "The school that bitch-slapped us and took our lunch money."
October 27th, 2020 at 4:42 PM ^
Big Brother, Mel.... you can just refer to us as Big Brother.
October 27th, 2020 at 2:50 PM ^
I'm sure Mel had no problem saying Michigan up the the moment he became Sparty's head coach. But this is just further proof that they are obsessed with hatred for us. The little brother thing grates on them but it is so appropriate.
October 27th, 2020 at 4:25 PM ^
It grates on them so damn much because theyre aware of how utterly accurate it is.
October 27th, 2020 at 2:50 PM ^
I actually didn't realize he coached at both osu and msu previously, so that actually kinda makes some modicum of sense. I mean, it's still silly and lame to use stupid nicknames for your rival, but it makes sense. You can do better than that, little brother (irony intended)
October 27th, 2020 at 4:50 PM ^
I was surprised as well. I know the names of quite a few OSU and MSU assistants and dude never registered.
October 27th, 2020 at 2:50 PM ^
It's definitely a NIL move to impress Rayshaun Benny.
October 27th, 2020 at 2:54 PM ^
Good ole John L. Tucker. Always good for few quotes after losing to Rutger just like 2004.
October 27th, 2020 at 4:00 PM ^
"John L. Tucker." I am totally stealing that, but it's in compensation for the keyboard I just snotted on when I laughed out loud.
October 27th, 2020 at 4:26 PM ^
Bobby L. Tucker was the one I thought was even better. Ol' BLT...
October 27th, 2020 at 6:44 PM ^
You're just damn lucky my iPad is snotproof, mister, or you'd be buying one of them, too.
October 27th, 2020 at 2:55 PM ^
Yeesh, I guess maybe trying to get his guys ready to go, but, um, yeah, maybe try something else?
October 27th, 2020 at 2:57 PM ^
This is beyond pathetic. Find a new shtick Tucker, this one is already taken.
October 27th, 2020 at 2:58 PM ^
I mean, you have to take 96 to 23. So it's really down two roads, minimum.
October 27th, 2020 at 3:02 PM ^
What if you got crazy and took 127 down to 94.
October 27th, 2020 at 3:08 PM ^
I do that sometimes, depends on what part of AA I'm heading to.
October 27th, 2020 at 3:30 PM ^
Thats a good RV route.
October 28th, 2020 at 6:05 AM ^
He's saving 96->52->Terratorial->23->Main St. for when he's really feeling it.
October 27th, 2020 at 3:49 PM ^
Maybe he was talking about UM-Flint. That's just a straight shot on I-69.
October 27th, 2020 at 3:01 PM ^
No problem. He's playing to his audience and showing his awareness of the rivalry. What we think of it is of no consequence, he needs to win over his own people after a . . . shall we say disappointing . . . start.
October 27th, 2020 at 3:40 PM ^
Agreed. For all of the comments on this blog about "OSU just wanting to win more" vs. Michigan, I can't fault a new coach trying to get his team up for a rivalry after they lost at home to Rutgers.
That said, when the game is done and Michigan has won by 30+ I hope a handful of players yell "SAY OUR NAME!" to the MSU players.
October 27th, 2020 at 6:45 PM ^
Everyone gets he has to hate Michigan. There are less pathetic ways for him to express it.
Stealing from OSU is really lame.
Then again, there were people who liked that Hoke would only say “Ohio.”
October 27th, 2020 at 7:00 PM ^
One thing I like from Hoke. I still just say ohio.
October 27th, 2020 at 3:04 PM ^
No need to use our name. He’ll be calling us Daddy around 3:30pm on Saturday.
October 27th, 2020 at 3:07 PM ^
If not sooner.
October 27th, 2020 at 3:10 PM ^
Zaddy*
October 27th, 2020 at 3:12 PM ^
He'll be saying Uncle also! What a little bitch!
October 27th, 2020 at 3:05 PM ^
Does he know that MSU is located in Michigan?
I'm only half joking
October 27th, 2020 at 3:05 PM ^
That refusal to say Michigan was infantile when Woody Hayes started it. It is now both infantile and played out. One of the dumbest rivalry things out there.
October 27th, 2020 at 3:11 PM ^
It got really awkward when they got a coach whose initials are UM
October 27th, 2020 at 4:41 PM ^
They called him CUM.
October 27th, 2020 at 4:04 PM ^
Almost as bad as calling Ohio State, Ohio.
Clap, clap.
October 27th, 2020 at 4:16 PM ^
au contraire, mon frere. 'ohio' is the name of their stadium, the name their band spells out, the name on their little golden panties, and the actual lyrics to their fight song. so they can be 'ohio' al they want since they apparently like it.
October 27th, 2020 at 4:15 PM ^
The guy 2nd from the right looks like he is turning to come get some