Tacopants?
Ok I can't take it anymore. I guess I am relatively new to this blog and I no longer live in Michigan so please forgive me here. What the hell is this Taco Pants thing? I have absolutely no clue what it means or who it is about but I didn't want to say anything because I feared I would be attacked by everyone on here. He comes up at least once a day on this blog and I still can't figure it out. I figured I would wait it out and use context clues and eventually I would find the identity of this illusive fella.
Clearly I have had no luck. Can someone clear this up for me before I lose my mind?
January 28th, 2010 at 3:27 PM ^
It's in the Board's FAQ...
He's Jason Avant's 11ft invisible best friend that followed him all around the field. Henne's favorite target.
January 28th, 2010 at 3:32 PM ^
And has been granted infinite eligibility by the NCAA thanks to the intervention of Angry Michigan Quarterback Hating God.
January 28th, 2010 at 3:52 PM ^
Man, I wish. I'd love to be back in school.
January 28th, 2010 at 3:34 PM ^
The Himalayas have the Yeti, and Ann Arbor has the elusive, mysterious, Taco Pants. A legendary man-creature responsible for the demise of many a football game.
January 28th, 2010 at 3:36 PM ^
I've been reading this blog religiously for about a year now, and was always too hesitant to ask. I thought it had to do with Boren.
January 28th, 2010 at 3:40 PM ^
is sweatpants.
January 28th, 2010 at 4:10 PM ^
was Mr. Plow.
January 28th, 2010 at 4:50 PM ^
Or he is pants sweat.
January 28th, 2010 at 4:22 PM ^
Wouldn't it be "hatestosweatpants" because he couldn't handle the Barwis workouts?
January 28th, 2010 at 3:38 PM ^
Where did the name come from; is it just random, like "the otter" seems to be?
January 28th, 2010 at 4:45 PM ^
Henri, the Otter of Ennui, obviously has the look of "sigh, I am impervious to feeling the sadness because it has become so commonplace."
1st Post: My Name is Henri, Otter of Ennui
January 29th, 2010 at 3:58 PM ^
In reading that ol' post, I was amused by this bullet near the bottom of the page.
Until Carlos Brown's touchdown explosion, I was convinced we were going to suuuuuck at running back next year. Minor hasn't made a yard the offensive line didn't get for him all year save for his spectacular truck job on a Notre Dame safety; Brown had spent most of his time either fumbling or running directly into the backs of his offensive linemen. Both have been disadvantaged by the mop-up situations they find themselves in, but McGuffie will have a major opportunity, IMO.Funny how things turn out sometimes.
January 28th, 2010 at 3:41 PM ^
You said context clues...I feel like I'm back in Elementary School.
January 28th, 2010 at 3:41 PM ^
That has been eating at me for a while. Now that I know what it is that may very well be one of the funniest things that I have encountered on this blog. Good stuff. I almost pissed myself when I read it.
January 28th, 2010 at 3:48 PM ^
Was Tacopants enrolled when John Navarre was quarterback as well? I guess if he's Avant's best invisible friend, that would make sense. Or if you watched some of the balls thrown by John.
And why not leave and join him with the Eagles. Oh, that's right, McNabb doesn't overthrown that often, that bad.
January 28th, 2010 at 3:51 PM ^
Tacopants played sparingly in his early years with Navarre under center.. but he only started to figured prominently in the offense during Henne's freshman and sophomore years.
January 29th, 2010 at 12:51 PM ^
Actually, while Tacopants was enrolled during Navarre's time here, he was either redshirted or buried in the depth chart.
In his stead, we had Gaston, a one foot tall receiver that generally shadowed our tight ends or slot receivers. Navarre, being like 7'3", enjoyed targeting him because he could just keep his throws low, which often resulted in them being tipped at the LoS.
January 28th, 2010 at 3:58 PM ^
You have delivered.
January 28th, 2010 at 4:03 PM ^
I'd forgotten that TacoPants earned the #1 jersey at one point. He was certainly the go-to guy, and IIRC he led the team in receptions in '04 and '05.
January 29th, 2010 at 11:27 AM ^
Tacopants was clearly the young Ryan Mallett's go-to receiver that year. He wasn't quite on the same page with Henne that year, though, for some reason. He had a really quiet bowl game against Florida.
January 29th, 2010 at 11:28 AM ^
Mallett also enjoyed fooling around with his sister, Tacoskirt. And I don't mean that in just the RYAN MALLETT LOVES SLUTS type way, which he obviously did as well. But he threw footballs to her 1'6" frame plenty, too.
January 29th, 2010 at 12:53 PM ^
Mallett also loved to call the quick-hitter play to TP's brother Tacosocks, Mike Hart's imaginary tailback friend. Who can forget that trick play we ran against State where Tacosocks took the handoff, then lateraled it to Hart, who ran for the first down?
January 28th, 2010 at 5:12 PM ^
Wow, just wow. I'm in awe of your prodigious skills.
January 28th, 2010 at 5:27 PM ^
I was completely unaware that the mysterious Tacopants had ever been photographed. I mean, be careful what you put out there our you'll have crazies lined up on your post waiting to verify the claim and whatnot. Also, it's probably best to hide your porcelain cast of Tacopants' footprint while you still have the time.
January 28th, 2010 at 7:04 PM ^
This needs to be added to the MGoFAQ.
January 29th, 2010 at 3:54 PM ^
If ever there was a need for a +10,000,000 button, this would be it. Fine work, sir.
January 28th, 2010 at 4:26 PM ^
I knew this post we did last year would come in handy someday.
January 28th, 2010 at 4:46 PM ^
I can't believe it became such a household name. I will be looking for him this year and I hope he doesn't get one ball thrown to him all season.
January 28th, 2010 at 5:03 PM ^
that can only occur if he gets that extension on his eligibility.
January 28th, 2010 at 6:14 PM ^
it bugs me so much that i used to own green sweatpants with tacos, tomatoes, onions, etc covering it. i wish i had them solely to fed ex to brian.
January 28th, 2010 at 8:43 PM ^
get womens underwear in the mail. Bloggers apparently get guys sweatpants.
I've gotta learn to play the guitar...
January 30th, 2010 at 2:38 PM ^
There really should be something directing newer posters to that FAQ. Nobody should have to be afraid of the repercussions of asking something (even if the result are fun and awesome, as they are here).