No sleeves for the rest of the season
After discussing with friends about the fan base unity in not tieing shoes in denards honor. We have since discussed not wearing long sleeves the rest of the season to work or to games and it seems to be catching on in Coach Hokes honor. Any grass roots interest from the mgoblog community?
November 9th, 2011 at 10:43 AM ^
Fuck sleeves, I'm getting a Lloyd Brady haircut
November 9th, 2011 at 12:34 PM ^
Call it: "No Sleeves November."
November 9th, 2011 at 10:45 AM ^
November 9th, 2011 at 10:47 AM ^
Look, call me a wuss if you want, but if it's 30 degrees outside, I am going to wear long sleeves.
November 9th, 2011 at 10:50 AM ^
Wuss. I'll be wearing long sleeves too.
November 9th, 2011 at 1:12 PM ^
If it's 30 degrees out, I'm going to look like an Eskimo.
November 9th, 2011 at 10:47 AM ^
I haven't been wearing pants since the beginning of this season.
November 9th, 2011 at 12:15 PM ^
I haven't been wearing pants since JT resigned on Memorial Day!
November 9th, 2011 at 10:47 AM ^
November 9th, 2011 at 10:54 AM ^
I sweat my ass off in the summer but can't bring myself to wear a short sleeve dress shirt to work.
November 9th, 2011 at 10:56 AM ^
Just wear a regular t-shirt.
November 9th, 2011 at 11:02 AM ^
just wanted everyone to know that.
November 9th, 2011 at 11:18 AM ^
Pic or GTFO
November 9th, 2011 at 2:36 PM ^
Edit: OT question that I stopped being lazy and looked up on Wikipedia.
I made bank in school by tutoring lots of students from that high school. Rich parents north of Chicago would pay $60-$100 an hour for somebody to basically watch their kid do their homework.
November 9th, 2011 at 10:49 AM ^
It depends on how drunk I get at the tailgate.
November 9th, 2011 at 10:49 AM ^
Fuck sleeves at all.
/SWAG
November 9th, 2011 at 11:56 AM ^
I fucking hate vests!
November 9th, 2011 at 10:49 AM ^
Back when I was in college and broke I worked at a coffee shop. I wore shorts until it got to about 30 degrees.
Unfortunately I have a real job now that requires pants and a dress shirt.
I'm going to point at someone today though to honor Hoke.
November 9th, 2011 at 10:51 AM ^
You should get those really long shorts that look like pants.
November 9th, 2011 at 11:44 AM ^
I think they're called capris in da hood. I personally like shants.
November 9th, 2011 at 11:51 AM ^
You can purchase these jeans in the extra husky midget isle at Jean Claude Penny.
November 9th, 2011 at 10:52 AM ^
Not signature enough?
Denard not tying his shoes is so well known that people understand the nickname "Shoelace." Do people get that Hoke doesn't wear long sleeves?
Maybe pointing constantly would be more indicative of our support for Hoke. I don't even raise my hand in class anymore, I just point to myself.
November 9th, 2011 at 12:37 PM ^
Either that or we should start calling Hoke "Ol' No Sleeves" or "Tresleevless Fergodsakes"
November 9th, 2011 at 10:55 AM ^
I'm going to wear nothing but long-sleeved red shirts for the rest of the season.
BOOM REVERSE MOJO'D
November 9th, 2011 at 10:56 AM ^
How about not tying your shoelaces for the rest of the year?
November 9th, 2011 at 10:59 AM ^
overrated.
Seriously, tell your OC to call a game without gimic plays, put a headset on and be engaged the entire game. Not wearing long sleves is a gimic itself.
I love Hoke, but sometimes he misses the mark.
November 9th, 2011 at 11:37 AM ^
overrated.
November 9th, 2011 at 11:47 AM ^
If only Hoke wore a headset, we would be undefeated this year!
November 9th, 2011 at 11:02 AM ^
There is precedent in Michigan history for this.
The 12-0 National Championship team in 1997 went short-sleeves (and NO undershirts) in the second-to-last game of the season, at Wisconsin -- it was a late-afternoon or evening game, IIRC. It wasn't below freezing, but it was like 30s or 40s, and a wintry mix. But the TEAM, having only two regular-season games left with tSIO looming the next week, wanted to show its mettle (or should that be "metal"?). Team came out in short sleeves, it was cold as frak, and of course they won. Bucky wasn't a great team that year but they were dangerous, and I think we won be a couple touchdowns, something like that.
So frankly, when I saw the title of the post, that's what I remembered.
November 9th, 2011 at 11:15 AM ^
Does this regularly. I'm at work so I can't look it up, but the Bears played the Falcons (and Vick) in MNF a few years ago at Soldier Field in December. I think it was the Superbowl year. The announcers were talking about how miserable it was, had pictures of Vick looking miserable in a huge parka, and the bears Defense takes the field - no sleeves on anyone. Game was over before it kicked off.
Similar scene when the Saints went to Soldier for the NFC Championship Game with Reggie Bush. Playing football at USC certainly does not prepare you for the NFL and January games in Chicago or Green Bay
November 9th, 2011 at 11:17 AM ^
in every day situations. Aimed them at my son yesterday when he refused to eat his veggies.
November 9th, 2011 at 11:46 AM ^
Posted this, I have to ask. Did anyone else notice during the Iowa game, that during a two back set (one guy on each side of Denard) that both guys did the Vince point and shoot thingy? They did it one after the other, not at the same time....We need a GIF of that put up...
November 9th, 2011 at 7:33 PM ^
Vince alerted Northwestern to our shotgun formation. I bet that's why the offense took so long to get rolling.
November 9th, 2011 at 7:39 PM ^
No, those are pistols. If anything, he was trying to confuse the defense.
November 9th, 2011 at 11:21 AM ^
It's somewhat confusing to me, my high school football coach ONLY wore long sleeves, and wore jackets and pullovers even in 100 degree heat.
November 9th, 2011 at 11:23 AM ^
You may as well go all in and not eat during gamedays as well. I'm sure that puts Hoke in a great state of mind.
November 9th, 2011 at 12:43 PM ^
I can't eat on game day. Too many nerves.
November 9th, 2011 at 6:26 PM ^
November 9th, 2011 at 11:29 AM ^
I've worn long sleeves exactly once in my coaching career, even during November games. A few years ago, my players were concentrating more on the cold than football...and they played a horrible game because of it. Ever since then I wear shorts and short sleeves to practice, and I wear pants and short sleeves to games. If I can block out the cold to stand on the sideline, they can block out the cold while running around on the field.
November 9th, 2011 at 11:42 AM ^
I've been the same way. When the coaches start worrying about cold or rain, players see that. It may not seem like a big thing to outsiders who view it as the coach showing toughness (whether they think its a stupid gimmick or cool), but either consciously or subconsciously it does effect the players how the coach handles those conditions.
November 9th, 2011 at 11:46 AM ^
Exactly. It's the same reason I didn't like Rich Rodriguez's sideline behavior. The slumping of the shoulders and the grimaces on the sideline, I think, send a negative message to the players. You've got to lead by example.
November 9th, 2011 at 12:48 PM ^
...Brian Kelly then. And Ditka when he went nutso on Harbaugh. /s
November 9th, 2011 at 12:38 PM ^
That sounds suspiciously like Tuesday Morning Quarterback's Immutable Law - Cold Coach = Victory
November 9th, 2011 at 2:45 PM ^
I was a receiver in high school, a fellow receiver and I would rinse our hands in cold water and go out to practice or pregame on cold days. Specifically our Thanksgiving Day game, we played in PA so it was usally pretty cold. It definitely got me to block out the cold.
November 9th, 2011 at 11:30 AM ^
Guess who originally made wearing short sleeves regardless of the weather famous?
Wayne Woodrow Hayes.
November 9th, 2011 at 11:37 AM ^
Justice Hayes' grandfather, no doubt.
November 9th, 2011 at 6:10 PM ^
You know who else made a statement with regards to inadaquate clothing and weather conditions?
William Henry Harrison.