Not OT(!?) - Anybody watch Golf Channel tonight?
How could watching the Chevron Tiger Woods Target World Challenge presented by Northwestern Mutual on the Golf Channel have any relation to Michigan football? Talking about Iowa native Zach Johnson, Frank Nobilo mentioned that he had been to see Iowa play football "in the Big House." "It wasn't close," Nobilo said. "I've never been in a 120,000-seat stadium..."
So who was the lucky MGoBlogger who hosted Frank Nobilo on senior day at Michigan Stadium? Was it golf fan and frequent sponsor Al Glick and Alro Steel?
Update: Not Al Glick! Alro Steel has better seats than the top rows of Section 39. But obviously Frank Nobilo has some good friends in Michigan. Picture in his Twitter feed:
https://twitter.com/FrankNobiloGC/status/269848638375743488
November 29th, 2012 at 11:32 PM ^
What the fuck are you talking about?
November 29th, 2012 at 11:34 PM ^
November 29th, 2012 at 11:35 PM ^
Rich Rod golfs? What?
November 30th, 2012 at 9:38 AM ^
Yeah... he would enjoy a game that doesn't require any defense...
**yeaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh sunglasses*
November 29th, 2012 at 11:36 PM ^
because I didn't even know there was a golf channel.
November 29th, 2012 at 11:36 PM ^
What wasn't close?
Who is Frank Nobilo?
How'd this skin get on my arm?
November 29th, 2012 at 11:37 PM ^
November 30th, 2012 at 12:16 AM ^
Looks like we're outvoted. Da fanboize aren't golfers apparently.
November 30th, 2012 at 12:24 AM ^
November 30th, 2012 at 9:06 AM ^
+1 here ... and love me some golf channel!
Go Blue!
November 30th, 2012 at 10:59 AM ^
Are you going to get two years for internet-bagging this guy's golf handicap?
November 30th, 2012 at 12:30 PM ^
That's impressive. I've got about a 20 handicap. I have a better hook shot in golf than in basketball.
November 29th, 2012 at 11:38 PM ^
I think he's finally moved on from the RR years.
November 29th, 2012 at 11:47 PM ^
I'm not sure that trying to write a gossip column for an unwanted hyperlocal internet society rag is an upgrade.
November 29th, 2012 at 11:39 PM ^
what the duck? who?
November 29th, 2012 at 11:40 PM ^
*fart*
November 29th, 2012 at 11:45 PM ^
He could have just bought a ticket like the rest of us.
November 29th, 2012 at 11:49 PM ^
Buy a ticket? BUY A TICKET?! FRANK NOBILO DOESN'T JUST BUY A TICKET DAMMIT. IT'S FRANK. GODDAMN. NOBILO.
November 29th, 2012 at 11:49 PM ^
Maybe this is just Section 1's coming out party, where he reveals himself to be an insecure look-at-me poster who's going to refer to himself in the 3rd person until somebody bothers to guess that he's the one who hosted whatever Golf Channel schlub we're supposed to be impressed by.
November 29th, 2012 at 11:57 PM ^
Maybe this is just Section 1's coming out party, where he reveals himself to be an insecure look-at-me poster...
Nope, that was years ago
November 30th, 2012 at 11:46 AM ^
Alright, alright. I know its the day after but calm down everyone.
That said, this wasn't one of Section 1's better posts. If only because 95% of us either have no idea who that guy is and/or do not care. But its technically an on-topic post since it deals with Michigan football.
Section 1, for future reference, I think you'll get a much better reception if you host Kate Upton next year instead: [NOTE: No bewbs.]
November 29th, 2012 at 11:52 PM ^
Are they serving alcohol in section 1 now?
November 29th, 2012 at 11:52 PM ^
So do you remember that one time, I was watching TV, and this guy he was talking about football and he mentioned the Big House? It was awesome.
November 30th, 2012 at 12:06 AM ^
So, uh . . . Remember Beatlemania?
. . . That was awesome.
November 29th, 2012 at 11:54 PM ^
LOUD NOISES!!
November 30th, 2012 at 12:00 AM ^
Why didn't we know about this already? I thought John U. Bacon had complete access to the program. Smells like a Freep coverup.
November 29th, 2012 at 11:59 PM ^
November 29th, 2012 at 11:59 PM ^
it was me
November 30th, 2012 at 12:26 AM ^
I just had a moment where I felt like Oprah as I got to scroll down the thread and give a bunch of people their fifth point.
November 30th, 2012 at 12:41 AM ^
And you get a Normal! And you get a Normal! And you get a Normal!
November 30th, 2012 at 12:29 AM ^
I'm here for the gangbang.
November 30th, 2012 at 12:47 AM ^
November 30th, 2012 at 1:04 AM ^
crew we got up in here, effing hilarious, good show
BTW Section 1, it's the Big House Fergodsakes!!!
November 30th, 2012 at 7:38 AM ^
No, its Michigan Stadium. Keith Jackson threw the "Big House" out once and it became a thing. Yes, Michigan Stadium is big and I know everyone now calls it the Big House, but to be honest with you Big House means the State Penitentiary. I prefer calling our team's home by its real name, not a nickname for a prison.
November 30th, 2012 at 9:13 AM ^
November 30th, 2012 at 10:45 AM ^
I suspect that you are alone in your apparent dislike of the Big House's nickname.
I, personally, love it.
November 30th, 2012 at 1:25 AM ^
more people don't know who Frank Nobilo is and was.
The best New Zealand golfer of his generation maybe. Frank was one of golf's top 50 players for about 4 years in the mid-90's before his career tailed off due to injury. He had a half dozen top 10 the majors and looked sure to break through at some point.
He's been an announcer on the golf channel for about 10 years now, distinctive voice.
November 30th, 2012 at 6:29 AM ^
November 30th, 2012 at 11:49 AM ^
I am Doctor Remulak.
November 30th, 2012 at 9:39 AM ^
What the Fergodsakes does this have to do with ANYTHING?
Do people just start a thread just to say they started one?
November 30th, 2012 at 10:01 AM ^
This thead has made my Friday morning so far! Great job by all.
November 30th, 2012 at 10:20 AM ^
November 30th, 2012 at 10:47 AM ^
Not sure why there is so much criticism of this thread.
It's kind of a slow news week / day outside of recruiting threads. I, for one, actually think that it's cool when a non-Michigan person talks positively about our great school / stadium, etc.
November 30th, 2012 at 10:55 AM ^
...that the exact same OP, word for word, posted by another MGoMember, would have developed an entirely different thread.
"It's personal" would seem to be the best explanation. Complete, as usual, with the de rigueur reference(s) to "RichRod" out of nowhere, which sort of tips you off as to the origin of the criticism.
November 30th, 2012 at 11:27 AM ^
November 30th, 2012 at 11:27 AM ^
November 30th, 2012 at 11:52 AM ^
I agree. You have even more detractors than I do!
But you have to admit - it wasn't one of your best posts . . .
November 30th, 2012 at 12:05 PM ^
Maybe the fanboize would have chilled if I had given them a Twit-pic. Words are, like, so 20th century.
But as we both know, it's just because I posted it. Honestly, I was just watching golf from California (a pretty good field, too) at 11:30 in the evening, and all of a sudden Frank Nobilo is talking about "the Big House." I couldn't resist starting a thread. For no particular reason, I wondered if it had been an Al Glick thing. One of Al Glick's first forays into sport-sponsorship (after Indy racing, if I recall correctly) was his sponsorship of Dave Hill, the former Jackson (MI) Country Club pro who set the golf world on fire by almost winning the U.S. Open at Hazeltine (Tony Jacklin won) and calling it a "cow pasture" in the process.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/30/sports/golf/dave-hill-outspoken-pga-tour-pro-dies-at-74.html?_r=0
November 30th, 2012 at 12:22 PM ^
Yeah, it'll take some time for the rap to wear off (for some it never will). That said, you won't find me berating you, if only because maybe you'll be my sponsor for a game one day!!!
#selfish