Photo of Obama taking the field at the Big House
The White House released a set of behind-the-scenes photos on Monday from President Barack Obama's appearances over the past month.
One photo, by official WH photographer Pete Souza, shows Obama getting ready to take the field for U-M's commencement at the Big House on May 1st. The president is shown, by himself, touching the "Go Blue, Hold the Rope" sign above the entrance to the field.
Check out the photo below:
Can we get a picture of him touching the banner too! Perhaps with a winged helmet on?
He's pretty tall, right? Maybe he could take an outside WR spot.
But, we've got some good ones. What we need is a "Shutdown Corner". With his height and reach, I think he could easily play the opposing receivers tight.
How's his pad level? Anybody have a Fake 40 time?
OK, I really should know this and am embarrased to ask, but where does the 'hold the rope' referrence come from? Don't judge me,...help me.
It is an RR family atmosphere thing. He expects everyone on the team to trust one another to "hold the rope" if they were dangling off a cliff and about to get dead.
What long arms you have, Mr. President !
I didn't realize until this very moment that Obama has a striking resemblance to Tacopants...
Well done to you, mad props for the find!
Go Giants
Did anyone notice that the sign says "GO BLUE GO"? What's up with the extra "go"? Is it instructing players to "go hold the rope"?
This message seems grammatically inferior to "Those who stay will be champions."
That needs to be changed.
No.
What needs to be changed/removed is "Tow the Rope." Go Blue Go has sat atop the door frame leading from the locker room for longer than perhaps anybody can remember. "Tow the Rope" is something that's been added in the last 3 years.
Got it. My bad.
Incidentally -- and I was wondering this even before noting your sig line -- the "those who stay . . ." sign still exists somewhere between the locker room and the field, right? It's just that I figured it would have the pride-of-place location most amenable to a presidential photo.
It's always been that way.
You mean the sign has always said "go blue go?" Is the only new part the "hold the rope" thing?
I didn't know that.
GO BLUE GO!!!
Not really a fan of the HOLD THE ROPE thing, nor the HARD EDGE that's been painted in larger-than-life letters on the roof structure of the tunnel.
Were you a fan of "PURSUIT"? Carr had that painted in huge letters on the wall.
My only hope is that "SHOW NO MERCY" is no longer written anywhere in the facilities. I remember a photo from the 2008 season of this painted on a locker-room door or something. Some of us were scandalized!
MGobama?
MGoBarack? "MGobama" sounds like an SEC affiliation.
I think Underground Printing already has some shirts that say that, as well as the maize-and-blue Obama campaign logo and some other stuff.
definitely "All In."
And yes...He does have Dikembe Mutumbo's arms.