Sparty flies banner over game "Keep Brady Hoke"
Spartans fans fly plane asking "Keep Brady Hoke" on banner before game.
Not very bright if you think about it- are they trying to get rid of a pushover?
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/plane-with--keep-brady-…
October 25th, 2014 at 3:23 PM ^
Funny actually.
October 25th, 2014 at 3:25 PM ^
. . . Miscommunication
October 25th, 2014 at 5:18 PM ^
Under Hoke Michigan football is bad and a mess. If Hoke stays it would mean years of inferior MIchigan football and that is what Sparty wants.
October 25th, 2014 at 3:25 PM ^
I have no retort. Touché, Staee.
October 25th, 2014 at 3:26 PM ^
you can poke the old bear. . .
October 25th, 2014 at 3:26 PM ^
Apparently this is the year for flying dumb things over Spartan Stadium.
October 25th, 2014 at 4:29 PM ^
Jokes on us, Dave ordered it, and it just had poor directions
October 25th, 2014 at 3:27 PM ^
I'd want the same thing if I were them. And they're just having some good ol rivalry fun. Nothing "pathetic" about it at all.
October 25th, 2014 at 3:28 PM ^
Ugh you know it's bad when your last two coaching hires have been asked to be kept by your biggest rivals.
October 25th, 2014 at 4:27 PM ^
If State is now "our biggest rival", Michigan has fallen much farther than I thought. I remember when State wasn't even an after-thought. It was just another game to get through to get to our real rival - OSU. Yeah, it was fun for an in-state party, but otherwise it meant pretty much nothing. I work with many State fans and I remember when they first started winning; they'd say this or that, something about RR, or now, about Hoke, and I could always retort with, "I don't even know your coach's name; that's how low you rate on UofM's radar." Now on MGoBlog they are being called "our biggest rival"?? What the hell happened? :(
October 25th, 2014 at 5:10 PM ^
They've always been at least U-M's third biggest rival. Bo said they were the second biggest.
October 25th, 2014 at 5:13 PM ^
He said rivals, plural. Ohio State had a banner about keeping RichRod, and now MSU, hence our 2 biggest rival(s). You can think they were an afterthought, but I guarantee they weren't to the teams youre referencing.
October 25th, 2014 at 7:59 PM ^
double post
October 25th, 2014 at 8:00 PM ^
Connection issues - double post
October 25th, 2014 at 7:59 PM ^
Were they relevant to the kids on the field playing against them? Yeah, sure. But until recently Michigan never went into that game even really considering we'd lose to them. That's what made them an after-thought. They were nicknamed "little brother" for a reason - because they lacked any real significance. When all these Sparty alums I work with (ironically, AT UofM) talk trash about Michigan, they always have very specific things to talk about - like mentioning Hoke or a specific player, etc. yet when a Michigan fan razzes a Spartan (at least that I've both seen and done myself) it's very generalized, and that, IMO, is because while Sparty pays very close attention to what's going on at Michigan, the same can not be said in reverse (until recently). When a Sparty fan calls themselves a rival and I disagree, it usually goes something like "It's not that we don't consider you a rival, it's that we don't consider you," and I think that pretty much sums up what MSU has been to Michigan for many, many, years. Not significant; not important; just a game to 'get through' with a fun party mid-season before we meet our real rival. Kinda like 'okay, if you wanna say you're our rvial we'll play along. We'll have some parties and get a little amped up, and then we'll pat you on the head when you lose and go back to our regularly scheduled goal of beating OSU'. I hope we go back to that real soon.
October 25th, 2014 at 6:00 PM ^
If you're going by recent teams that have been good battles and challenging foes that provide good wins, then Northwestern has been our biggest rival the better part of the last decade. MSU and OSU are just teams that kick the shit out of us on the reg.
October 25th, 2014 at 3:29 PM ^
Well played sparty...
October 25th, 2014 at 3:31 PM ^
Lets hope the Maze Rage responds by spelling out "KEEP IZZO" on their chests.
Izzo is JB's little lap dog
October 25th, 2014 at 3:33 PM ^
Funny I was just thinking the same thing...
October 25th, 2014 at 3:33 PM ^
*maize....stupid 1pm alcohol
October 25th, 2014 at 3:31 PM ^
Now we can't fire him, because MSU was clearly trying to goad us into doing it. No way we'll be bullied by our rival's dull fans into firing Hoke.
Damn! I wouldn't have thought Staee capable of such high-level thinking!
October 25th, 2014 at 3:31 PM ^
PLZZZ
There's that Sparty education at work.
October 25th, 2014 at 3:32 PM ^
You got? I hate their sports, but MSU is a fine university. And you're pathetic.
October 25th, 2014 at 3:46 PM ^
No its not fool....faaaaar from fine look it up
October 25th, 2014 at 4:09 PM ^
That's all
October 25th, 2014 at 3:35 PM ^
I bet they won't come play us at practice.
October 25th, 2014 at 4:50 PM ^
This wins the day
October 25th, 2014 at 3:37 PM ^
'Pride comes before the fall'
October 25th, 2014 at 3:43 PM ^
It has been changed to:
"Hoke cometh before the loss"
October 25th, 2014 at 3:38 PM ^
That damn Hollis. Oh wait you mean the MSU AD wouldn't do something so stupid?
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October 25th, 2014 at 3:42 PM ^
...that this wasn't Brandon? I mean, has he denied it?
October 25th, 2014 at 4:03 PM ^
we'll know he did it.
October 25th, 2014 at 4:45 PM ^
It was supposed to say "Sweet Brady Hoke"
October 25th, 2014 at 3:42 PM ^
I fucking hate those shitheads
October 25th, 2014 at 3:54 PM ^
Wow...slight over reaction
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October 25th, 2014 at 4:25 PM ^
Not an overreaction, so fuck them! They are tough and play mean. We act like pussies on the field.
October 25th, 2014 at 3:55 PM ^
We should thank them, really. There are still a few important people holding onto the notion that Brady Hoke's Michigan is anything other than a national laughingstock.
October 25th, 2014 at 4:02 PM ^
First Rodriguez gets endorsed by Ohio State before he gets fired, then Hoke gets endorsed by MSU before he gets fired. Thanks for helping Michigan get bad coaches fired; extra thanks for endorsing Amaker and Ellerbe.
OTOH If they flew a banner showing fear of Hoke, Michigan would likely pick up on that and retain Hoke. ensuring a bad fooball team for the extended future. #ReversePsychologyIsKing #TheMichiganDifference
October 25th, 2014 at 5:02 PM ^
They don't expect a flyover to influence the decision. People are stupid to think that. We are stupid for letting Hoke stay over 3 million bucks. We are stupid to play by all of our old fake Michigan rules. We need to fire his ass, recruit with incentives, cut kids that don't try, and win. Hoke is a freaking lost puppy. This arrogance we have (not saying you at all) is killing us. I pray we could fly something like that over Michigan teasing Urban, but he wins. Right now our leaders are the idiots, and so are the fans supporting Mr. Clap Flintstone.
October 25th, 2014 at 4:04 PM ^
Fire hoke
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October 25th, 2014 at 4:25 PM ^
To stick it up Brandon's huge asshole.
October 25th, 2014 at 4:30 PM ^
come on, given the normal drivel those SAT failures are capable of, give credit where credit is due.
now go kick their ass, please (note the spelling...)
October 25th, 2014 at 4:39 PM ^
The money today.
Facing every camera... At the perfect time.
Clapping with the appropriate frequency every time.
October 25th, 2014 at 5:40 PM ^
Great execution
October 25th, 2014 at 4:46 PM ^
the kid in the stands with the Y on his chest is my co-worker's son...
ugh
October 25th, 2014 at 4:55 PM ^
We cant talk shit about banners or airplanea
October 25th, 2014 at 5:05 PM ^
Hoke was having himself a time laughing it up with an AD staffer on his way off the field...
Bobby Williams'ed. Shut down the damn program.
October 25th, 2014 at 5:07 PM ^
I think it's funny, but they really should have done it in skywriting to get the full effect.
October 25th, 2014 at 5:28 PM ^
Dave Brandon's Blog Quote, 11-27-2013:
"Brady Hoke is our coach and will be leading our football program well into the future. There is no question about it. Brady has done a great job rebuilding the program and reshaping the culture to the level it was under coaches Bo Schembechler, Gary Moeller and Lloyd Carr. Anyone making efforts to stir up a coaching controversy at Michigan is ill-informed and is likely promoting a personal agenda that is not in the best interest of Michigan Football."
I guess we go Back To The Future tomorrow, don't we?