There's a new blog that is clearly MGoBlog inspired and because of its tremendous focus on a particular somewhat peculiar behavior of Michigan's head football coach, should rightly be added to the Michigan Blogs section.
Who's with me?
Haha I love it!
fuck that - go bigger
I think Brian should figure out how to RSS the most recent picture from that into a table box between MGoDiaries and MGoBoard. now that shit'd be epic
Linked on the front page a
Linked on the front page a few months ago. I was hoping you guys wouldn't rediscover this because it is my official source for all Brady Hoke pointing needs.
(Blogger alias: "Misopogon") This team is under construction. We thank you for your patience.
Well i guess that shows...
...how little attention is paid to the front page content.
LSA '89 - MBB Natl Champions, Big 10/Rose Bowl Champions | @MGoShoe
I'm surprised
I'm surprised this didn't make it into the blog.
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/im-bored-so-heres-gif
Michigan's offensive style requires more players that have greater interactions with the Higgs field.
Damn...
Thought you were referencing my new blog... wishful thinking blows...
David Cone is my homeboy...
Jeff Garland
... would play Hoke in a movie. lol
Haha
I knew Hoke had a penchant for pointing but never thought there were enough pictures to support an entire blog!
"Relax you panic monger" -Megatron
Should this mean
Les Miles:The Hat::Jim Tressel::The Vest::Brady Hoke:The Index Finger?
At hostes, pol, perniciter eant εις κοράκας
The Point.
The Point. (One syllable works best.)
The Finger.
The Finger.
Here I thought it would be my
Here I thought it would be my blog....but my blog is more Michigan the State and not Michigan the team.
Have you thought of adding a "Hoke Pointing at Something"section?
This
Is definitely my 2nd favorite "blog" on the interwebz. I can only hope that he continues to point at things as the years go on. May there never be a shortage of pointable objects!
"Blame no one. Expect nothing. Do something. That is attitude." -Bo
Tremendous!
Tremendous!
One of my subscribers pointed
One of my subscribers pointed this out to me a couple months ago. Hoke is pointing at something during the final minute of the 2002 Penn State game, although his arm is cut off.
Go Blue! Always!
BEWARE: The dreaded double
BEWARE: The dreaded double point!
Shh!
He's saving that for the rivalry games.
Not pointing pictures but
Not pointing pictures but some screen caps that were brought to my attention recently.
*1999 Notre Dame game: Hoke and Jim Herrman praying the defense will close out ND's final drive.
And a couple "You da man," shots from 1997 between Hoke and Woodson.
*1997 Michigan State game after Woodson's Super Man interception...
*1997 Ohio State game right after Woodson's punt return...
Go Blue! Always!
You joined up and made 20k+
You joined up and made 20k+ posts over a couple years just to promote your blog of pictures of a guy pointing who wasn't directly involved with Michigan athletics when you joined, didn't you?
Damn...
...you caught me red handed.
(hangs head in shame)
(not really)
LSA '89 - MBB Natl Champions, Big 10/Rose Bowl Champions | @MGoShoe
That is how these threads
That is how these threads typically go. Someone with exactly 100 points starts talking up a "great new blog" he "found" before indirectly and then directly admitting it's his own blog and he's looking to build his audience.
Bear huggin' Lloyd Carr in '97
If I were more competent, I'd put up a screen shot, but instead I'll embed the video and direct your attention to the 8:13 mark.
"You know, for a bartender/bookie, you're pretty judgmental."
That...
...is awesome. I've watched that game before but somehow I missed that. Thanks for pointing it out.
This post
Is right on point.
If anything...
BWS needs to be added to the Michigan blogs section, stat.
Denard's 2010 was spent redefining what one man can do.
Guys, this is great stuff
But this is, after all, MGoBlog. Have we really determined that Hoke's pointing is more frequent and effective than the average coach?
At the very least we should search an industry-leading sports-photo wire service's database for Hoke's name vs. several other comparable big-name university coaches' names for a time period ranging from the beginning of their coaching careers until a given date after their hiring at their current prestige job. (You could make it the number of days between Hoke's hire and today.) Then we would look at the ratio of pictures featuring pointing (semi-objective criteria involving elbow angle and finger visibility would have to be established) to total pictures.
This would just be a start, of course. There are a few obvious issues to be worked out, methodologically; for one, the fact that Hoke spent his early career at a high-profile gig might affect the number of pictures he's involved in, actually suppressing his pointing ratio. (anyone standing next to Woodson in 1997 was going to get photographed, but a guy who spent his early career at a more obscure school would ONLY get photographed if he were doing something visually interesting like pointing.) I'm sure Misopogon can help with this.
I believe STATS, Inc. has
I believe STATS, Inc. has distinguished "Quality Points" (arm, index finger straight) from your garden-variety point. A QP earns up to 2.0 Point points, depending on how close the arm and finger are to a 180-degree angle. (Some believe that eye contact should be factored into the analysis, but purists disagree.) Hoke is known for his high QP: P ratio.
Contrast a typical Hoke point with the following:
This is clearly a poor effort. Fulmer's finger is pointed overly skyward and his arm angle is all wrong. This earned very few Point points.
It's no surprise Fulmer was fired.
Pointing evaluations are going to need their own thread....
Until then:
Arm is 120 degrees give or take, and finger is straight, so this would be minimum 1.0 on the QP scale jmblue outlined for us above. Cant really assess eye contact here. Also a poor showing. Now we can finally see where exactly Willingham failed in South Bend.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback." -The Dude
Bahaha this is why I loved
Bahaha this is why I loved Willingham. Ever think about how much better shape ND would be in had they never fired that guy? But that also could have been bad for Michigan :/
"To hell with Notre Dame" ~ Bo Schembechler
God bless your cotton-pickin' maize 'n blue Meechigan hearts!
@ 8:02am 8/25/11
Site is down. Mgoblog broke that blog. Insert photo of overloaded suspension bridge breaking.
"Wasn't that Michigan drive just great. That's like Patton riding into Berlin." ~Bob Ufer
Check out this CHARLES
Check out this CHARLES WOODSON ROOKIE CARD
I just bought it - love me some Charles Woodson... but it was that big guy in the background that prompted me to buy it. That is Hoke, is it not? This makes it all the more awesome. And Woodosn with the #1 pose - great card!
Streaming UM games early Sunday morning from Korea, since 2007
That's awesome.
I want one!
Abort, Retry, Fail?
Haha I love it!
Quick! To the Hindenpeter!