thisismichigan.com
The annoucement that was teased last week is a new website to showcase all of the different sports at Michigan: thisismichigan.com
But is there an actual message board, so we can argue about the important things? Like Nike vs. Adidas. And Dogs Anal Glands
Also could someone please donate a server to Brian?
It's off season, posts get like this. I would rather have this than discussing what the coaching staff had for lunch....
neat
In all seriousness, this is like a web version of the interactive boards in Crisler.
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Dissapointed this easter egg didn't work
edit: url says /fergodssake ... idk why the picture got so squished
I really like the user interface and beautiful images of the facilities.
Holy shit! This is fucking beautiful.
Is this going to be a replacement for mgoblue.com? Because I.... don't like it. At least in comparison to mgoblue.com. Maybe it's because I'm an engineer, but as far as I'm concerned function >>>>> form. Give me something that's kinda ugly but makes it easy to find the information. This looks pretty, but makes it harder to find out actual information about the teams.
The worst thing I saw was the roster listing under "The Team" section for different teams. It shows 6 photos at a time, and you have to side scroll to see all the players. Not awful for the basketball team, which only has 15 members, but totally useless for the football team. Who the hell is going to scroll all the way over to Moe Ways?
It looks like this may be more of a recruiting pitch for athletes than a replacement for mgoblue.com
That being said, the roster scroll thing is incredibly annoying
This seems more like a recruiting-oriented site, given that it has sections like "TEAM LIFE: See What It's Like To Be A Wolverine, On And Off The Field," "Experience Life At Michigan," "Campus Life," and "Michigan Traditions," as well as quotes from current and former athletes that state how special, humbling, exciting it is to be an athlete and a student at Michigan.
If anyone, this is geared toward prospective student-athletes and their parents/guardians.
Very cool
I think they didn't get the whole name correct, should be
thisismichiganfergodsakes.com
*sunk
I just took a quick glance. The first thing that struck me was the colors. Notice all of the page coloring seems to use the correct maize color. It is especially evident when you look at it while also looking at the "traditions" picture with the cheerleader carrying the M flag that is highlighter yellow and blue. I hope this color correction leads to across the board color correction in uniforms, marching band flags, the M Go Blue Banner, etc.
Definitely a recruiting tool and a beautiful one at that.
This is the kind of 21st century thing Dave Brandon always was yammering about. I don't know if he had a hand in the beginnings of it. If he did, he finally got something right. If he didn't, well irony is sweet isn't it.
Yeah I'd imagine he did have a hand in this (at least a little bit) at some point because a build this size could easily take 6+ months to roll out.
If this is his parting gift, it was a pretty good one.
So I heard Michigan was maybe going to lose funding for the Pure Michigan campaign so this must be what is replacing it.
Brady Hoke and "This is Michigan" > Tim Allen "Pure Michigan"
In the words of Steve Irwin, it's gorgeous. 
of the site, but I'm not really the target audience.
On the other hand, anyone that says Michigan girls are ugly needs to be directed to that site, after you slap the crap out of them.
The MBB video makes me want to run through a brick wall and box a guy out. This is awesome stuff.
Ahhh the MGym one is awesome too. All of them are great.
For recruiting purposes, this seems like it would definitely be attention-grabbing. I watched several of the videos and they are quite well done. Great high-level information on each link, just enough to hopefully get students thinking that they might want to visit Ann Arbor. I really liked the look of it overall too. Very awesome way to showcase Michigan athletics.
I'm calling B.S. if you didn't "click to pick your team" and immediately click the Women's Dance team... I know I did.
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Talks about balance of academics and athletics.
When you move your mouse and get a headache from all the stuff jumping out of you because of the on-hover JS, that's not good.
As a person who designs websites, not my favorite.
Some clarification about the nature of the site.
This was conceived as a recruiting site for prospective student atletes who are considering Michigan. From middle school to high school. It was intended to illustrate the academics, the campus, the sports, the teams, the coaches, the facilities and what life is like on campus for these prospective student athletes. It was important to have all the teams treated equally and allow th e exposure to the lesser know Olympic sports. The site's primary goal is to get kids/parents/advisors excited about UM while answering the most common questions. Ultimately we want to entice these student athletes to schedule an unofficial or official visit and come to our great instituion. Go Blue.
QED Buckeye!