October 30th, 2023 at 10:35 AM ^
I wonder how many people nowadays even know about the Spy vs. Spy, but I gotta say, this one stings a bit :-)
October 30th, 2023 at 10:37 AM ^
I didn't know people nowadays even know about Tank McNamara.
October 30th, 2023 at 10:44 AM ^
I didn't realize Tank McNamara was still around. One thing I miss about "the old days" is looking forward to the Sunday paper so I could read the funnies. And all the advertising inserts, particularly the toy-related ones ahead of Christmas shopping season.
And I love the spy vs spy cameo
October 30th, 2023 at 12:48 PM ^
Yeah, has Snuffy Smith covered our saga yet? Is there a Family Circle with Stalions dotted line around our coordinators on gameday?
October 30th, 2023 at 4:22 PM ^
Great reference & thanks.
October 30th, 2023 at 1:39 PM ^
Tank hasn’t aged a bit. Or gotten much wittier.
October 30th, 2023 at 1:42 PM ^
What does Andy Capp have to say?
October 30th, 2023 at 4:54 PM ^
I'd imagine most people read this thread title thinking it was related to Cade somehow...
October 30th, 2023 at 10:38 AM ^
I think it's hilarious. At this point we can only laugh about it. In the end, nothing will come out of this and everyone will forget about it just like UNC, Kansas, LSU and ASU. Just win the National Championship and everyone will forget everything else.
October 30th, 2023 at 10:42 AM ^
I agree - I'm just leaning into the memes. I changed my FB profile picture to me wearing M clothes and holding up a magnifying class, and telling my OSU co-workers that I'm one of Conor Stalions' operatives. The best way, imo, to deal with this is just treat it like the joke that it is.
October 30th, 2023 at 10:39 AM ^
Tank McNamara is still being published?
October 30th, 2023 at 11:00 AM ^
Primarily to generate NIL money for Cade.
October 30th, 2023 at 11:07 AM ^
underrated
October 30th, 2023 at 11:10 AM ^
Took me a second to get it.
October 30th, 2023 at 11:55 AM ^
It took me a second to realize this thread wasn't about Cade.
October 30th, 2023 at 11:24 AM ^
i thought this was going to be some sort of cade thing.
October 30th, 2023 at 10:43 AM ^
Who do I contact for a shirt with the Spy vs. Spy guy wearing the block M on it???
October 30th, 2023 at 11:57 AM ^
Probably less work to just make it Microsoft paint and submit it to a custom order tshirt printer lol
October 30th, 2023 at 10:47 AM ^
I laughed
October 30th, 2023 at 10:48 AM ^
Tank McNamara? Really? Is Gil Thorp next?
October 30th, 2023 at 10:49 AM ^
I'm waiting for Andy Kapp's take on the situation.
October 30th, 2023 at 10:56 AM ^
I think it was Brenda Starr who broke the story.
October 30th, 2023 at 11:03 AM ^
Pretty sure Dagwood Bumstead is a Michigan fan and part of the "vast network."
October 30th, 2023 at 11:07 AM ^
we are all old....
word is that hagar the horrible is willing to take the 'arrow' for U of M
October 30th, 2023 at 11:50 AM ^
I think Stalions may have taken some inspiration from Beetle Bailey
October 30th, 2023 at 11:05 AM ^
I thought she was still laying low after Ken’s Baylor debacle.
October 30th, 2023 at 11:37 AM ^
Gil Thorp unfortunately is going through a weird phase where the writer and artist both seem to have a passing familiarity with American football and sports.
For example, in a recent strip, Milford High (where Gil is the AD and FB HC) playing against Batavia High. Late in the game the Milford HIgh Mudlarks are behing but are driving when they give up the ball on an interception. Batavia wins the game.
The odd looks of Gil and his coaching staff in frame 2 shows the general confusion. Why would a team ahead SPIKE the ball to run out the clock?
But it wasn't always this way. Once upon a time 3 years ago, Gil decided to upgrade his offense to that new-fangled Delaware Wing-T ...
October 30th, 2023 at 12:26 PM ^
Never mind Gil Thorp; this is going to be worked into the plot of the next Chip Hilton book.
October 30th, 2023 at 1:21 PM ^
Modesty Blaise is really the ringleader. Stallions is just a patsy.
October 30th, 2023 at 10:52 AM ^
So they read Mgoblog…
October 30th, 2023 at 11:20 AM ^
I figured one in blue, the other in grey makes the most sense.
October 30th, 2023 at 10:55 AM ^
I am this old:
October 30th, 2023 at 10:59 AM ^
FWIW
Last year I watched a very concerted attempt by all the NFL blue-checks to absolutely destroy Desean Watson in the court of public opinion. Literally every day there was some new article on him, each one more salicious and reputation-damaging than the last. It started around May-ish and kept going through the summer. And regardless of your personal opinion of the guy, it's my contention that the NFL could care less about the women he allegedly molested but was VERY pissed at the guarenteed contract he got from the Browns.
So when the independent arbitrator ruled on a 6 game suspension the public was outraged and demanded more. And Roger was only too happy to oblige and added five more games to his punishment to appease the casual fan. BTW, notice you never read any more hit pieces on the guy as a person anymore? (plenty on him as a player but that's a different story)
Anyways, be very wary of what's coming next. The mass media has really jumped on this story and made us the supreme evil ones in college football. So when the B1G and the NCAA decide what to do next, my concern is they'll be more concerned about how it will be perceived by the casual fan/viewer (who right now sees us as nothing more than cheaters) than they will their bylaws and what actually happened.
October 30th, 2023 at 11:13 AM ^
No political statement whatsoever but the mass media is not to be trusted. They are in the business of maximizing clicks (previously known as ratings) for money and fuck whoever might be damaged in that pursuit. And you wonder why we are at each other's throats.
October 30th, 2023 at 11:18 AM ^
I'll risk a bit of politics here: I am a liberal through and through, and even I think our journalism model is broken for the reason you say.
October 30th, 2023 at 11:59 AM ^
I mean, that has nothing to do with being a liberal lol
October 30th, 2023 at 11:29 AM ^
It's not just the mass media. A lot of social media posts content designed to draw clicks and thus advertising revenue. This is especially true of the niche social media who need to constantly play the OUTRAGED! game to draw the largest percentage of their small market as possible.
October 30th, 2023 at 11:14 AM ^
I am also worried that the NCAA will ignore the facts and bylaws/rules, but I am hoping against hope that Michigan will finally its muscles if that occurs. I don't know enough about NCAA-related law to say exactly what this would look like, but there needs to be a "The heck with you; you're an illegitimate institution" lawsuit in that instance. Too much is at stake for this to be handled by a kangaroo court.
October 30th, 2023 at 11:19 AM ^
I'm worried about the NCAA doing that too. But I doubt Michigan flexes any muscles against the NCAA. They seem to be content treating the NCAA as a legit, and honest, organization acting in the best interests of student-athletes - which is ludicrous, I know, but that's how it feels like Michigan is acting towards the NCAA.
October 30th, 2023 at 12:16 PM ^
The NCAA attempting to go beyond its remit here seems like a good way to get Kavanaugh to finally drive the stake into its heart. That lawsuit wouldn't depend on Warde's developing a spine if it threatens the University of Michigan's football revenue.
October 30th, 2023 at 11:47 AM ^
Unfortunately true. I have been hearing it from people I thought were reasonable and responsible.
October 30th, 2023 at 2:47 PM ^
Beware the mob.
October 30th, 2023 at 11:01 AM ^
Am I the only one that thought this topic was going to be about Cade McNamara being the snitch?
October 30th, 2023 at 11:33 AM ^
Nope - I 100% thought something along those lines as well with the headline. :)
October 30th, 2023 at 11:03 AM ^
What does Garfield have to say about the issue?
October 30th, 2023 at 11:07 AM ^
Waiting for Arnold to break his silence too.
October 30th, 2023 at 11:10 AM ^
He was offered an extra lasagna to film Purdue's sideline, but the footage failed to load on the Google Drive, which is why he has a case of the Mondays.
October 30th, 2023 at 2:48 PM ^
This guy was there too.