Obama Shoutout to Denard during Speech in AA
I know no politics on the board, but no matter, still pretty cool that President Obama gave a shoutout to Denard during his speech.
Josh Katzenstein from the Detroit New just tweeted:
Obama: "Where's Denard? I hear Denard Robinson's in the house. I hear you're coming back man. That is a good deal for Michigan." #ObamaAA
January 27th, 2012 at 10:41 AM ^
So Effing Awesome. GO BLUE!
January 27th, 2012 at 10:46 AM ^
Great moment for Denard I'm sure.
Wonder if this might impact a recruit. Prez comes to town. Prez shouts out player. Suck on that Stanford.
January 27th, 2012 at 10:50 AM ^
sent one of the members of his security detail to get it.
January 27th, 2012 at 10:52 AM ^
Moon race.. bike race? fuck all that.. potus just shouted out denard.. come at me bro
January 27th, 2012 at 10:56 AM ^
Your signature sucks..
That is all.
January 27th, 2012 at 11:05 AM ^
Yeah, what the hell, man?
Everybody knows CANADIANS have doggy-style sex so they can both watch the hockey game. Derrrrr.
January 27th, 2012 at 11:14 AM ^
And redacted.
January 27th, 2012 at 10:53 AM ^
Obama just hopes Brady Hoke doesn't fire him
January 27th, 2012 at 11:13 AM ^
Think Obama let Hoke work secret service for the visit?
January 27th, 2012 at 12:15 PM ^
Molk, Martin, and Van Bergen had it covered
January 27th, 2012 at 12:08 PM ^
Our president is a documented sports fan and something along the lines of "And your basketball team is doing pretty well too!" was said in the speech
January 27th, 2012 at 10:56 AM ^
Thats pretty damn cool to have the Prez know your name.
January 27th, 2012 at 10:56 AM ^
Regardless of your political affiliations, that is pretty stinkin' awesome to get a shoutout from the President.
Good for Denard, he will remember that forever.
January 27th, 2012 at 11:03 AM ^
No matter what your political leanings are, a shout-out from the president is a terrific honor. I think we can all agree, though, that as Michigan men and women the ranking of honors goes something like:
1) pointed at by Brady Hoke
2) headbutted by David Molk
3) shout-out from the President
By contrast, the ranking of honors for Sparties is:
1) acceptance letter from the University of Michigan
2) beaten up by Glenn Winston and co.
3) everything else.
January 27th, 2012 at 11:05 AM ^
I'll happily vote for the Dilithium party!
January 27th, 2012 at 11:11 AM ^
With Denard running for president, it wouldn't be much of a race.
January 27th, 2012 at 11:10 AM ^
Regardless of how you or Denard feels about Obama - he's the most powerful man on the planet. And he just dropped your name.
January 27th, 2012 at 11:15 AM ^
But here's a screen shot right after Obama mentions Denard specifically, with Denard getting an enthusiastic thumbs up from Carl Levin. Video > this, but there ya go
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January 27th, 2012 at 11:35 AM ^
Thank you sir
January 28th, 2012 at 1:51 AM ^
This is my pic with Denard. I'm the tall guy in the very center of the pic wearing a maize and blue winter hat, just on the other side of the rail. Go Blue!
January 27th, 2012 at 11:18 AM ^
Today's 'Friday Rough' is decidedly on topic...
January 27th, 2012 at 11:21 AM ^
Just awesome. Even the POTUS loves us.
January 27th, 2012 at 11:34 AM ^
NOTE: posted SOLELY for the period between 1:17 and 2:02
January 27th, 2012 at 11:46 AM ^
I don't think it was in the speech. I think POTUS knew (a) who Denard was, and (b) that he was coming back next year.
Pop quiz, Mr. President: who is Michigan State's quarterback?
January 27th, 2012 at 11:54 AM ^
assistants told him that it would be good PR to mention Denard. It's called playing to a crowd and it appears to have worked. Just look at the good will it generated on here.
He is a politician. Everything he or any politician does is for a reason.
January 27th, 2012 at 12:04 PM ^
It's very possible. But he seemed to be reacting to someone in the audience who yelled "DENAAAAAAARD" (as Michigan students are wont to do pretty regularly).
January 27th, 2012 at 12:10 PM ^
He puts his final 4 together for ESPN every year, he's a documented sports fan. Denard is a hugely popular/gets a ton of exposure athlete, been in a couple of Heisman races, I don't doubt Obama has heard of him.
January 27th, 2012 at 12:12 PM ^
The Kork Coupons thread/meme was pretty big, he might have seen it.
January 27th, 2012 at 1:02 PM ^
y u no moar than 5
January 27th, 2012 at 11:51 AM ^
I think we can all agree that if Lloyd Brady had gotten a shout out, the entire MGoCommunity would have to vote for Obama this fall, regardless of individual political leanings...
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<br>(Just kidding, obvs. Vote for whoever you want to.)
January 27th, 2012 at 11:56 AM ^
Denard made a backdoor deal to share the secret of Dilithium with the president after the 2012 season is over in exchange for a shoutout. I think we're going to hear a lot about it later on in the campaign trail as the solution to all our domestic energy needs!
January 27th, 2012 at 11:56 AM ^
Lets hope president Romney comes to Michigan next year.
January 27th, 2012 at 12:05 PM ^
Bolivian
January 27th, 2012 at 12:08 PM ^
Found an Annarbor.com article about this too, for anyone that is interested. http://annarbor.com/sports/um-football/michigan-quarterback-denard-robinson-gets-shout-out-from-barack-obama/
January 27th, 2012 at 12:20 PM ^
annarbor.com caption: Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson responds after his shout-out from President Obama.
January 27th, 2012 at 12:45 PM ^
I love that he wears his varsity jacket just about everywhere. Sweater appears full of win as well.
January 27th, 2012 at 12:56 PM ^
Oh man the possibilities to add captions to this photo are endless.
January 27th, 2012 at 12:23 PM ^
Found front page of Detroit news interesting " Bain delivered Dominos turnaround "
Helping an Ann Arbor company, thank goodness someone did.
January 27th, 2012 at 12:38 PM ^
Your politically inspired posts are becoming the bane to our existences. GTFU!
January 27th, 2012 at 12:45 PM ^
Start a political thread and everything is fair game. Larry Sinclair google him.
January 27th, 2012 at 12:56 PM ^
Thoroughly read the OP's post. Not one iota of political inference. PotUS gives shout out to Denard. Nothing more, nothing less. Take your drivel elsewhere.
January 27th, 2012 at 1:09 PM ^
Eric please post somewhere else, your negativity and rude comments are spoiling the site for other people.
January 27th, 2012 at 1:25 PM ^
You are blatantly violating the board rules. Enough already.
January 27th, 2012 at 1:20 PM ^
With the other poster deleted out..
January 27th, 2012 at 12:25 PM ^
I was talking to denard yesterday (humblebrag I know) but he was excited to see Obama so I bet he was pretty happy about this shout out. I'm surprised his smile didn't blind Obama.
January 27th, 2012 at 12:48 PM ^
Just Obama looking for the easy cheers. Politicians gonna politic.