Thad Matta has no clue what ironic means

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March 2nd, 2011 at 10:38 AM
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Thad Matta has no clue what ironic means

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=310600213

OSU did us a big favor by de-pantsing PSU yesterday. 3bler had 10!! 3-pointers in the game. This quote from Matta was a little confusing though:

 

 

"Ironically, I told him in shootaround, 'We need a big night from you tonight. You're going to get your shots," Buckeyes coach Thad Matta said.
  Um...why is that ironic coach? He is just doing what he is paid to do. Bazinga!

Tom Harmon's last game:  In a 40-0 victory over OSU, he scored scoring three rushing tds, two passing tds, 4 extra points, 3 interceptions and punted 3 times. He was given an standing ovation by the OSU crowd. 

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March 2nd, 2011 at 10:43 AM | That's ironic that you'd post (Score:1)
sarto1g
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That's ironic that you'd post this article

March 2nd, 2011 at 10:44 AM | I mean, that's exactly like (Score:1)
MaizeAndBlueWahoo
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I mean, that's exactly like rain on your wedding day.

"We've beaten Michigan the last four years.  So where's the threat?"

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March 2nd, 2011 at 11:15 AM | Irony is pretty hard actually (Score:1)
kalamazoo
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Rain on your wedding day would only be ironic if you were marrying Ra, the Egyptian sun god.

Conversion of Ironic by Alanis Morissette to actual irony:

http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1711139

Most situations quoted as ironic are actually "major bummers" or "coincidence" so I abandoned quoting irony a few years back.  My life got boring so now I only speak in rhymes:

'No more rhymes now, I mean it!'

'Anybody want a peanut?'

 

March 2nd, 2011 at 12:08 PM | Quite ironic (Score:1)
ZooWolverine
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In defense of Alanis Morissette, singing a song about irony where you list situations that are not ironic is, itself, ironic.

I'm sure that's actually what she was intending to do.

March 2nd, 2011 at 3:36 PM | Alanis is DEEEEEEP, man... (Score:1)
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 Alanis is DEEEEEEP, man...

Intensity is a lot of guys that run fast.

March 2nd, 2011 at 12:08 PM | John U. Bacon's lecture on (Score:1)
MGoPHILLY
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John U. Bacon's lecture on "irony" and Alanis Morrisette was probably my favorite day of class at the University.

March 2nd, 2011 at 6:14 PM | Baked potato... (Score:1)
Kevin_blue
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......?

March 2nd, 2011 at 9:30 PM | French Fries (Score:1)
bsand2053
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French Fries

March 2nd, 2011 at 12:16 PM | Thad's still upset that he (Score:1)
WolvinLA2
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Thad's still upset that he met the man of his dreams, then met his beautiful wife.

March 2nd, 2011 at 6:37 PM | Far Less Ironic Than... (Score:1)
LSAClassOf2000
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It's far less hard-wearing and more prone to rust than galvanized irony, however. 

"Funny isn't it, how naughty dentists always make that one fatal mistake."

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March 2nd, 2011 at 10:59 AM | You wanna talk about irony? I (Score:1)
Laser Wolf
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You wanna talk about irony? I went in my kitchen this morning and found 10,000 spoons. All I needed was a knife.

March 2nd, 2011 at 11:03 AM | that's nothing... (Score:1)
steviebrownforh...
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my friend, Mr. Playitsafe, was afraid to fly...

but his plane crashed down :(

March 2nd, 2011 at 11:16 AM | You really want irony? I know (Score:1)
GVBlue_is_still_blue
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You really want irony? I know a guy who won the lottery...

 

He died the next day :(

 Robinson also packed snow into a plastic bag for his return flight.
"Melted on the plane," he said.
 


 

March 2nd, 2011 at 12:35 PM | And isn't it ironic...don't (Score:1)
Mich_Faithful
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And isn't it ironic...don't you think?

How 'bout I punchisize your face, for free.

March 2nd, 2011 at 2:38 PM | A little too ironic. (Score:1)
MaizeAndBlueWahoo
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A little too ironic.

"We've beaten Michigan the last four years.  So where's the threat?"

- Mark Dantonio

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March 2nd, 2011 at 3:44 PM | Yeah... (Score:1)
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I really do think.

"Those who stay will be champions."
"As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1."
March 2nd, 2011 at 4:26 PM | lol! (Score:1)
PitchAndCatch
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wow you guys are lame.

March 2nd, 2011 at 5:13 PM | You must be new around (Score:1)
WolvinLA2
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You must be new around here.

We used to quote Alanis like whoa. I thought about starting a new blog called www.MGoJaggedLittlePill.com

March 2nd, 2011 at 5:44 PM | Yeah, some people get (Score:1)
MaizeAndBlueWahoo
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Yeah, some people get nostalgic for the Haloscan days....I get nostalgic for the Alanis days.

"We've beaten Michigan the last four years.  So where's the threat?"

- Mark Dantonio

Blogging the Virginia Cavaliers at http://fromoldvirginia.blogspot.com/<

March 2nd, 2011 at 5:48 PM | You said it (Score:1)
InterM
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Just thinking about it, I'm sad, but I'm laughing.

March 2nd, 2011 at 7:04 PM | You're welcome (Score:1)
WolvinLA2
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March 2nd, 2011 at 7:04 PM | FML - someone smarter than me (Score:1)
WolvinLA2
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FML - someone smarter than me can fix this I guess.

March 2nd, 2011 at 7:20 PM | this reminds me (Score:1)
BiaBiakabutuka21
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of when someone asked you to convert your DVR'd Denard episode of Jeopardy into internet form and then post it on the board haha

March 2nd, 2011 at 7:34 PM | Yeah, same here.  I got a (Score:1)
WolvinLA2
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Yeah, same here.  I got a little internet cocky just now, thought I could do it.  I was wrong though.

March 2nd, 2011 at 10:26 PM | (No subject) (Score:1)
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How 'bout I punchisize your face, for free.

March 2nd, 2011 at 11:00 AM | Well he sure knows how to (Score:1)
brose
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rub shoulders with AAU runners/handlers to secure the highest number of one and doners in the last 6-7 years...so he's got that going for himself

March 2nd, 2011 at 11:14 AM | It sounds like Matta gave (Score:1)
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It sounds like Matta gave Diebler some good advice, which he, Diebler, then did, in fact, take.

Wouldn't that make the exchange the opposite of ironic?

Don't you think?

March 2nd, 2011 at 11:23 AM | Thad, you keep using that word (Score:1)
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March 2nd, 2011 at 11:38 AM | inconceivable! (Score:1)
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inconceivable !

"To hell with Notre Dame."

"You're my boy Lloyd!"

March 2nd, 2011 at 11:39 AM | well done Murph (Score:1)
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ironically original

 
 

Time is working funny again. Greg Mattison has a phonebooth time machine he sent the secondary back to Charles Woodson's childhood in; they have emerged with ZZ Top beards, children, and skills.-BC

March 2nd, 2011 at 11:35 AM | Two... (Score:1)
4godkingandwolv...
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...Princess Bride references in the same thread.  I like it. 

Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn't, do something else.

March 2nd, 2011 at 11:41 AM | If you see a grossly obese (Score:1)
RedGreene
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If you see a grossly obese person tucking into a kebab, this is not ironic. It is exactly what you expect them to be doing. If you see a fat person deciding to give their heart a break for once and instead of going to KFC, they cross the road to get to the salad bar and are then run down by a truck transporting diet pills which, this is ironic.

Yes I got him a gift. He had a kidney stone. You piss a rock through your pecker, you deserve more than just a pat on the fucking back.

March 2nd, 2011 at 12:41 PM | Ironically his name rhymes (Score:1)
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Ironically his name rhymes with, Mad Hatter.

 

How 'bout I punchisize your face, for free.

March 2nd, 2011 at 9:34 PM | Are you trying to say he's delicious? (Score:1)
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Go Blue!

March 2nd, 2011 at 10:28 PM | That's what she said..... (Score:1)
Mich_Faithful
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That's what she said.....

How 'bout I punchisize your face, for free.

March 2nd, 2011 at 12:19 PM | Haha You just made my day by (Score:1)
Bb011
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Haha You just made my day by saying bazinga....

March 2nd, 2011 at 12:38 PM | No no guys, you've got it wrong (Score:1)
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Thad WAS correct in his use of irony! It must mean that he expected his player to suck, and telling him "score more" was an attempt at a sarcastic joke. But the real irony in it all was the fact that his sucky player actually didn't suck!

Or something like that. 

I'm not a lunatic. Seriously, i'm not.

Ok, maybe just a little bit. 

March 2nd, 2011 at 5:04 PM | They are the suckiest bunch (Score:1)
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They are the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked.

"I don't see how having someone piss on my face is going to help me sell Lou Ferrigno's house."

March 2nd, 2011 at 8:11 PM | You're saying that they are to "suck" (Score:1)
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what college basketball recruiting is to "dirt, especially as it applies to sandwiches"?

March 2nd, 2011 at 9:45 PM | Yeah Moe, that team sure did suck last night (Score:1)
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Uh, I gotta go, my damn weiner kids are listening.

Link: http://www.rpi.edu/~markhn/sounds/suck.wav

March 2nd, 2011 at 12:44 PM | Thad is quite the lad, in an (Score:1)
nowayguy
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Thad is quite the lad, in an ironic sort of way.

March 2nd, 2011 at 1:58 PM | When in Rome... (Score:1)
nella
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When in Rome...

March 2nd, 2011 at 2:01 PM | Buck Murdock says......... (Score:1)
ReadYourGuard
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Irony can be pretty ironic.

"the Spirit of Michigan...is based on a deathless loyalty to Michigan and all her ways....and a conviction that nowhere is there a better university, in any way, than this Michigan of ours" - Fielding Yost
March 2nd, 2011 at 2:39 PM | Bender disapproves. (Score:1)
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Its not Ironic its coincidental!

 

 

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March 2nd, 2011 at 3:17 PM | Thad Matta at Ohio State is (Score:1)
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Thad Matta at Ohio State is lhe college basketball version of Being There.  He likes to watch.

March 2nd, 2011 at 3:40 PM | This is irony: (Score:1)
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This is irony: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/27051252/detail.html

March 2nd, 2011 at 4:37 PM | Good time to link to comedian (Score:1)
MBAgoblue
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Good time to link to comedian Ed Byrne's awesome takedown of moaning cow Alanis Morisette:

 

2011 Totals: 3 Cracker Jack, 1 Mike & Ike, 0 Candy Corn.

March 2nd, 2011 at 6:42 PM | Oddly enough (Score:1)
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Oddly enough, Thad Matta appears to be unfamiliar with the phrase "oddly enough", and when to deploy it.

"This is the EMU game, not the emo game."
March 3rd, 2011 at 12:14 AM | "Ironic" might be ironic (Score:1)
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Regarding Alanis Morisette's song "Ironic": I don't know much about her intelligence, wittiness, or creativity level, but I want to give her the benefit of the doubt. It is absolutely ironic ("don'tcha think") to write a song without any lyrical irony at all and then to title it "Ironic." That certainly satisfies the "denotes something opposite its literal meaning" requirement. 
 
Moreover, I remember seeing or hearing an interview of hers in which she called herself "The Queen of Malapropisms", in which case (though I admit this part could be seen as stretching things) maybe "ironic" is a malapropism for something that the song actually is... like histrionic or harmonic. Or something like that. (Or not.)
 

"I have long thought that anyone who does not regularly - or ever - gaze up and see the wonder and glory of a dark night sky filled with countless stars loses a sense of their fundamental connectedness to the universe."

March 3rd, 2011 at 12:17 AM | Or she realized she farked up (Score:1)
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and doesn't want to look foolish.

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