Well-thrown protest towels appreciation
Felt compelled to applaud the shower of yellow towels thrown in protest after ND's touchdown, scored after ridiculous Pass Interference robbed us of an interception.
Special mention to the towel that landed and stayed on the receiver's helmet.
Also to the towel that landed on the camera, blocking the end of the ND touchdown celebration.
Just perfect.
October 27th, 2019 at 12:51 AM ^
And the one at O'Neill's mug
In the "hindsight is 20/20 category," I thought it would have been a great idea to bring in a quarter cup of kidney beans in the bottom of each pocket, and a rubber band to tie it off, and throw some real flags onto the field. I'm guessing they won't be doing this promotion again.
October 27th, 2019 at 12:54 AM ^
They should do it for every night game. The big house is too friendly.
October 27th, 2019 at 1:01 AM ^
Ask PSU, Wisconsin or ND how friendly it is...
October 27th, 2019 at 1:06 AM ^
More friendly that it would be with towels thrown in your face nonstop.
October 27th, 2019 at 4:33 AM ^
Shoutout to the kid behind me whose dad said "they gotta stop throwing those things or we're gonna get a penalty," to which the kid replied "Why? They haven't hit the ref yet."
The future is strong.
October 27th, 2019 at 12:56 AM ^
It’s a miracle that asshole didn’t hit us with 15 yards over that.
October 27th, 2019 at 1:49 AM ^
We should've been.
Because ALL of us would've been going nuts if our guys were getting wet towels thrown at them in Columbus against OSU.
That shit isn't cute...it's not that someone could get hurt, I'm not that guy - it's just a bad look.
We absolutely should've been penalized. Because now every drunk idiot is going to think it's okay to throw crap on the field.
Yeah, I know, marshmallows...these kids weren't even alive when we were doing that.
Stop throwing wet towels on the field and stop the "you suck, bitch." Everything else is fair game...but those two things are bad looks and the latter is cringeworthy after every 3rd down stop.
Scream, yell, make fun of opposing players, I don't give a shit when you curse...but the who chant is awful. If it was just some "YOU SUCK, BITCH!" that got picked up by a field mic...I'd probably laugh.
But be clear, if this was us at OSU...there would be everything from 6 threads about how OSU students are "classless" to a petition.org to have OSU forfeit the game.
October 27th, 2019 at 1:58 AM ^
Every OSU kickoff has the students chant "O-H-I-O RIP HIS FUCKING HEAD OFF" Did you know that? They've done it for years and no one cares that they are cheering for injury.
I don't mind calling people bitches, especially when those people are Brian Kelly and Mike Dantini. Big House hasn't been intimidating in decades. Nothing wrong with having an edge like every other big ten team (firsthand experience of open intimidation by OSU and MSU fans, cheers for injuries by Nebraska and Wisconsin fans)
October 27th, 2019 at 2:17 AM ^
Lighten up Francis. The O’Neill crew deserves to be ridiculed and shamed. The hostile environment tonight was refreshing compared to the usual relative passiveness of the Big House.
October 27th, 2019 at 2:19 AM ^
I don't think fans throwing things can get flagged. And this goes back many years.
Penn State fans pelted our players with snowballs in 1995. And it wasn't because of a blown call by the refs. It was because Mercury Hayes, Amani Toomer and Ed Davis had the nerve to be close to the PSU student section. This continued and continued until JoePa literally ran over to tell the students to knock it off. There was no flag.
And anyone remember the seat cushion incidents in the 89 Rose Bowl? When USC went up 14-3 at the half, Trojan fans (sensing a blowout) threw their seat cushions on to the field to...I don't know, express their "badassery?" When we retook the lead in the 4th quarter, Michigan fans retaliated and threw their seat cushions on to the field, holding up the PAT by several minutes. There's no penalty. It just delays the game.
Normally I would agree that throwing things on the field is dumb but I honestly didn't care about the towels. John Oneil clearly wanted to get ND back in the game and they robbed us of a clear and clean interception that was in NO WAY a pass iterference. Fuck those refs. And fuck Notre Dame.
October 27th, 2019 at 8:35 AM ^
From what I could see no towels were thrown until Mr. O’Neil tried to change the rules of football. (That was the PI call I’ve ever seen.)
October 27th, 2019 at 9:22 AM ^
Yep... That flag came out so late there is no doubt what the intent was. None.
October 27th, 2019 at 11:05 AM ^
I was at a game at Wrigley Field in the late 90s. It was Randy Myer poster day and Randy Myers was on the mound.
Myers got shelled in the 1st inning and after a home run put the Cubs down 6 runs literally thousands of Randy Myer posters rained down on the field.
It was hilarious.
October 27th, 2019 at 4:35 AM ^
You good, dude? Drink too much?
You are aware of the construction of towels, yes? Like... How they're made from a million little fibers and hurt as much as foam padding?
October 27th, 2019 at 6:53 AM ^
You feel better now?
October 27th, 2019 at 8:03 AM ^
You must be one of those old people who tell fans to sit down on 3rd down
October 27th, 2019 at 9:55 AM ^
It will never be us at Ohio State because they never have a bad call go against them home or away.
October 27th, 2019 at 3:10 AM ^
I think they were close to throwing a flag.
Harbaugh turned around and yelled something along the lines of “What are you guys doing?” to the student section.
October 28th, 2019 at 6:48 AM ^
He wasn’t as animated as Bo used to be.
October 27th, 2019 at 12:58 AM ^
I was just about to post this. I hate blaming the refs but that PI call was despicable, and then to turn around and review that catch 2 SECONDS AFTER the ball was snapped was horseshit. Towels deserved to be thrown for that.
THROW ALL THE THINGS
FUCK JOHN O'NEILL
October 27th, 2019 at 9:00 AM ^
scream, yell, curse, make as much noise as 112,000 can humanly make
but don't throw shit on the field
October 27th, 2019 at 1:00 AM ^
Awesome how the crowd just kept booing , but towel throwing doesn’t bode well as it could have yielded a penalty, and it will pretty much mark the end of that promotional item which is a shame since UM never does anything to generate atmosphere in the stadium.
October 27th, 2019 at 4:37 AM ^
Would be totally fine with that. Rally towels are a bad promotion that add nothing to the atmosphere and were being completely ignored up until that point. The first thing I thought was "hell yeah, maybe now we can go back to pom poms or get a real maize out with some damn T-shirts like everyone else."
Obviously tonight they worked out incredibly well, but one would hope it needn't come to that again.
October 27th, 2019 at 1:00 AM ^
The officiating blew tonight, glad it didn't effect the final outcome and in a strange way kept the crowd engaged and vocal throughout!
October 27th, 2019 at 1:01 AM ^
I liked the edge. Everyone is just fucking sick of shit not working out and going against UM.
October 27th, 2019 at 1:01 AM ^
Who would think that wet towels would make excellent and appropriate projectiles.
Hail.
October 27th, 2019 at 2:04 AM ^
Michigan Difference. I'm a student (though didn't throw anything) and everyone figured out quickly that tying them in a knot really reduced the wind resistance and made it easier to throw further. Poor OSU students would be sitting there trying to throw pieces of paper into the wind and getting mad when they fly back and hit them in the face
October 27th, 2019 at 1:03 AM ^
What a awesome crowd!!! Loved how we never gave up on that
October 27th, 2019 at 1:03 AM ^
https://twitter.com/247KevinBoilard/status/1188275542656802816?s=19
The relevant clip contained in tweet above.
October 27th, 2019 at 1:10 AM ^
That towel at the end covering the camera made that perfect.
October 27th, 2019 at 1:03 AM ^
Agreed. The towel throwing needed done. That PI call was totally egregious. Would have gladly joined in if I had been in attendance. Also...Fuck John O'Neill.
October 27th, 2019 at 1:04 AM ^
was wondering how that played out on TV. At the stadium the crowd was very vocal.
October 27th, 2019 at 1:08 AM ^
It was super loud on tv. Probably the wildest game I’ve seen in a long time.
October 27th, 2019 at 1:10 AM ^
Normally I wouldn’t be down with this kind of thing, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
October 27th, 2019 at 1:11 AM ^
They are planning to hand out towels again for the MSU game, but just to the students. Re-thinking that maybe?
October 27th, 2019 at 8:17 AM ^
Not if O’Neill’s crew is reffing.
October 27th, 2019 at 1:11 AM ^
Booing is fine and hilarious but throwing shit on the field is stupid, trashy, and embarrassing. I'd expect this in Columbus, not in Ann Arbor. They were still throwing shit on the field in the 4th.
I'm surprised there was no penalty for it, I'm assumed they announced to not throw shit on the field at the game. They showed the coaches / players telling fans not to do it.
October 27th, 2019 at 1:14 AM ^
Pearls have been clutched.
October 27th, 2019 at 1:18 AM ^
Fuck off.
October 27th, 2019 at 1:19 AM ^
Brb gonna throw towels at you.
October 27th, 2019 at 1:21 AM ^
That’s so trashy.
October 27th, 2019 at 1:22 AM ^
If I call a completely, 100%, objectively incorrect penalty, you can throw anything you'd like at me.
October 27th, 2019 at 1:19 AM ^
How else are we supposed to implore O'Neill to suck less at his job?
Write a strongly worded letter?
Ask to speak to his manager?
Ask a dumbass question?
October 27th, 2019 at 1:22 AM ^
“Supervisor” dude. Ask for the supervisor not manager.
October 27th, 2019 at 1:23 AM ^
Act like an adult?
I bet throwing shit on the field will show him! Who cares about the friendly fire or the potential additional penalties this may come from this.
October 27th, 2019 at 1:26 AM ^
Students at Cal used to throw full beers at visitors from USC and Stanford. At CAL!!! Michigan is atypically tame.
October 27th, 2019 at 1:33 AM ^
Calls sure seemed to even out after that, fuck it. Make the Big House less ref and visitor friendly.
October 27th, 2019 at 10:45 AM ^
“Friendly fire” lol.
October 27th, 2019 at 6:30 AM ^
How about we keep the towels and throw O'Neill on the field ... from the press box.
October 27th, 2019 at 1:43 AM ^
Your sentiment on this one although noble is just wrong. This was needed.