MGoEvent a resounding success
Tonight's event was a lot of fun, and I got to see some old acquaintances and make some new ones, in some cases even including people to whom I didn't owe any apologies.
Marlin Jackson raised some money for his charity, Jerome Jackson talked about his experiences at Michigan and with Lloyd, and Chris Perry outed himself as Section 1 by asking Marlin and Jerome a question that started out about something important and ended with a Title IX reference.
I think Chris Perry's contributions were probably the highlight of the night. He's clearly a funny guy. But for me, it was Marlin. In addition to being a stand up guy, he picked out the SQuad-West Quad snowball fight as his favorite off-field moment, and later he let me tell him the story of how I totally owned him in one of those fights (by hitting him with a snowball and then ducking behind some girl who absorbed the return fire on my way to celebrate heroically). He even signed a couple of photos of himself as a Colt for my dad, an Indiana native, and father-in-law, still a Colts fan despite having been jilted during his youth in Baltimore.
The beer was good and flowed freely until we drank it all. The food must have been good, because it had been inhaled by the time I arrived just before 8.
Before I shut up and let others fill in the rest, I just want to say thanks to Seth, Brian, and the rest of the MGoStaff for another great event.
September 6th, 2013 at 10:24 PM ^
September 6th, 2013 at 10:25 PM ^
Overall a cool event though - good to see Perry was getting into the sauce as well...
September 6th, 2013 at 10:38 PM ^
If these events occur regularly, I will convince my family to pack up and move back to Ann Arbor. So sad to have missed this.
September 6th, 2013 at 10:38 PM ^
September 6th, 2013 at 10:43 PM ^
Did Perry say what he was up to these days? He was always one of my favorites and I haven't heard much about him since he left the NFL.
September 6th, 2013 at 11:38 PM ^
I was wondering at one point, but I didn't hear him say anything about it. Jerome Jackson did talk a little bit about what he's doing, and I think he said something about training to become a pilot, along with a more regular job. But my recall after beer is obviously not great.
September 7th, 2013 at 12:30 AM ^
September 6th, 2013 at 11:05 PM ^
It really did go well, I thought. I enjoy being able to put faces with MGoHandles, and it was a bonus to not only have former players talk but to help out a great cause.
The bonus of the evening was the light display at the stadium as well as the band practicing inside, which you could clearly hear from the patio.
September 6th, 2013 at 11:10 PM ^
September 6th, 2013 at 11:11 PM ^
In his defense, Rosenberg deserves to be attacked.
September 7th, 2013 at 5:03 AM ^
Agreed. Also, if you read closely, Section 1 doesn't slam Lloyd. He has, in fact, often defended him.
September 7th, 2013 at 12:02 PM ^
September 6th, 2013 at 11:49 PM ^
It was a great night. Thanks to everyone that made it out here tonight, particularly the returning players. I hope everyone had a wonderful time. Thanks to the whole MGoBlog team for making things easy. I hope to more events here in the future.
Let's make the predictions come true and give ND a real reason to run away from this series.
LET"S GO BLUE!
BEAT ND!
September 7th, 2013 at 12:15 AM ^
A good time was had by all. Or at least many.
September 7th, 2013 at 12:28 AM ^
September 7th, 2013 at 8:02 AM ^
Brian (or Seth?) said they'd probably get 50 or so, and I predicted 100.
September 7th, 2013 at 9:31 AM ^
It seemed like - at peak - there were about 80-90 or so, if I had to guess, which I would say counts as an excellent turnout.
September 7th, 2013 at 5:13 PM ^
I told the fire department it was under 80 and I'm sticking to that.
September 7th, 2013 at 8:52 AM ^
I don't read MGoBlog either. I'm just here for the pics and animated GIFs.
September 7th, 2013 at 9:25 AM ^
September 7th, 2013 at 12:50 AM ^
September 7th, 2013 at 5:16 PM ^
Highlight of my night: I stayed after for awhile and a bunch of other players showed up late:
- Brandon Williams
- Jeremy LeSeuer
- Zia Combs
- Darnell Hood
Anyway I talked to B-Will for a bit afterwards--he was there with his kid (who's named after Jason Avant) and hadn't been back for awhile, so suddenly the band starts playing the fight song at the stadium next door and he pauses and is like "Ah, there it is!" And me and Brandon and Javant just stared at the Big House listening to the Victors echoing through the night.
September 7th, 2013 at 6:34 PM ^
September 9th, 2013 at 5:24 PM ^
I thought you guys were supposed to go to the Wolverine Tap Room afterwards. No dice?