The White & Blue
<meta>This is not a criticism of Rich Rodriguez.</meta>
Why does Rodriguez wear a white-and-blue polo shirt during the games? I realize he doesn’t choose the team attire, but has anyone sent Addidas the memo? Michigan’s colors aren’t white and blue.
Everyone agrees that the program will have at least some changes during the offseason. I’d like to suggest a fairly easy one: dress the head coach in the team’s colors. Is that so difficult?
January 2nd, 2011 at 10:56 AM ^
...That is all.
January 2nd, 2011 at 10:58 AM ^
wow. obviously a 1200 point posting minimum wasn't enough.
January 2nd, 2011 at 12:21 PM ^
That's a great picture.
January 2nd, 2011 at 11:02 AM ^
And didn’t I make it clear this wasn’t about the coach?
January 2nd, 2011 at 12:23 PM ^
First of all, I believe we call that color "maize."
So you're saying that the maize outline on the logo of Lloyd's shirt is the difference between Michigan Tradition and OMG WTF ARE U DOING THIS IS MICHIGAN!!??1??
EDIT: What I meant to say was, "I don't think this is a particularly big deal at this time. However, we thank you for your insight." I don't know if the tone translated well when written out; it may have come across as if it were written by a gigantic dickhead.
January 2nd, 2011 at 11:09 AM ^
WHO THE F#$# CARES
January 2nd, 2011 at 11:13 AM ^
TFU, S
January 2nd, 2011 at 11:21 AM ^
Please, take that sincerely. I’ve been on the Internet for about 25 years and haven’t seen a more brutal group. I’ve followed Michigan football obsessively since Ricky Leach was a freshman. Does that count for anything?
January 2nd, 2011 at 11:23 AM ^
apparently not
January 2nd, 2011 at 11:43 AM ^
Therefore, I'll respond sincerely.
You're right - the group can be brutal. But read Blue in South Bend's comment above - and understand that it captures what everyone is thinking in reading your post (or at least what he thinks and I agree with him) . See also Hail2's pictures. Not too interesting a post when put that way.
So the brutal response can be warranted because it provides a disincentive from posting things that are not interesting (putting it lightly). Hopefully, it makes you a better poster by giving a workout to that editor in your head that rejects a weak idea in anticipation of the brutality.
January 2nd, 2011 at 11:35 AM ^
We don't question your intelligence, dedication, or knowledge.
We simply question whether focusing attention on this particular slat in this particular deck chair is really warranted given the Titanic situation facing the Michigan football program.
January 2nd, 2011 at 11:41 AM ^
It does, and I appreciate the sincerity of your comment here. I was in school during Leach's last two years FWIW. But in all honesty, particularly given the circumstances, this was one of the most trivial criticisms (and there have been a lot around here) I have ever seen on this board.
January 2nd, 2011 at 11:42 AM ^
Don't take it personally. A person that's been following the program as long as you have is a great asset to the site, and younger folks like me appreciate your input and insight. Maybe not this particular insight, but everybody's got a thread they wish they could have back here and there.
January 2nd, 2011 at 12:11 PM ^
Mark:
I would've followed you in school as my freshman year was 1978 (yeah John Wangler) and agree that the board can be pretty tough at times but try and remember that you are speaking to the hardest of hard core Michigan football fans. These are not casual observers of the program, we are nutjobs that actually give a shit where some 16 year old is considering attending college in two years and will spend many happy hours during our workdays discussing Tate's GPA and Denard's ability to correcty execute the zone read option.
So starting a post about shirt colors the day after the program's most embarrasing bowl loss in the history of Michigan football is kinda asking for it if you know what i mean.
January 2nd, 2011 at 12:15 PM ^
Well I guess you're right. I once quit a job to go to a Michigan game that I couldn't get the day off to attend.
January 2nd, 2011 at 12:19 PM ^
I once killed a guy in a knife fight in Thailand
Wait... what?
Oh, no, it was in no way related to Michigan football. I thought we were just sharing 'shit I probably shouldn't have done' stories.
January 2nd, 2011 at 12:26 PM ^
I put myself firmly in the nutjob camp. I spent last week in London for a family vacation and bought internet access so I could check the board for any CC updates/news. And I scheduled our flight from New Jersey to Cleveland yesterday so I could find bar someplace in the Newark airport and watch the game.
Yeah...pretty nutty. And pretty embarrased by what i saw yesterday btw but that's a post for a different thread This is a thread about shirt colors.
January 2nd, 2011 at 12:43 PM ^
Are you originally from somewhere closer to AA than NY?
January 2nd, 2011 at 12:59 PM ^
Grew up in Pontiac, attended U of M from 1978 - 1981 and then left the state upon graduation due to the fact I was unable to secure one of the six jobs open in the state of Michigan in 1981. Now live in the Cleveland area and have since 1987. Have football season tickets and go to every home game and one away game every year. Attended Rose Bowls in 1986, 1997 and 2004. Went to final four in New Orleans in 1993. Recruited from Michigan in the early 90's for Bob Chemel. Great Grandfather was a U of M grad (dental school) as was Grandfather, Father and Brother (all Dentists).
More info than requested but given that it didn't involve CC I felt compelled to share.
January 2nd, 2011 at 1:19 PM ^
Jobs
...then left the state upon graduation due to the fact I was unable to secure one of the six jobs open in the state of Michigan in 1981
At least there were six jobs in Michigan back then.
January 2nd, 2011 at 1:44 PM ^
I'm so glad there's someone here who was in school when I was. I thought I was the oldest fossil by at least a decade.
January 2nd, 2011 at 2:18 PM ^
And for some reason they seem to be upset today.
January 2nd, 2011 at 11:09 AM ^
...color is often based on the color of jersey worn by the team so as to contrast the HC with the players surrounding him. This makes him easier to pick out from the playing field.
January 2nd, 2011 at 11:13 AM ^
There are approximately three trillion things I care about more than this.
January 2nd, 2011 at 11:17 AM ^
can you please change you sig to say miss st. wins??? looking at that score just upsets me all over again... :)
January 2nd, 2011 at 11:36 AM ^
There ya go.
January 2nd, 2011 at 11:40 AM ^
you sir... :)
January 2nd, 2011 at 11:46 AM ^
Darn. Still hurts like a fissure in my ass.
January 2nd, 2011 at 11:52 AM ^
Are you saying it's like having a Polinoidal cyst? Those do, in fact, hurt as much as the game yesterday.
January 2nd, 2011 at 11:57 AM ^
I don't know what that is, but it sounds awful.
I was thinking more along the lines of Zoolander's dad's line.
January 2nd, 2011 at 12:05 PM ^
If you'd like to learn more you can get a quick read here. They are very painful. I had suffered from one back when I was in the Air Force.
January 2nd, 2011 at 4:37 PM ^
Not safe for eyes.
January 2nd, 2011 at 11:16 AM ^
The last two threads you have started 1. Rich Rod era ends 2. Blue and White.
The first one was bad but by itself not completely stupid. Now pair it with this one and it is retarded, possibly functionally though, so keep your chin up.
January 2nd, 2011 at 11:24 AM ^
And my wife's name is Shirley...Seriously.
January 2nd, 2011 at 3:01 PM ^
Where the hell is imdwalrus when you need him.
January 2nd, 2011 at 11:37 AM ^
Yeah, and he wears running shoes with khakis... gag with me a spoon!
January 2nd, 2011 at 11:47 AM ^
those shoes are white.
/labor day
January 2nd, 2011 at 12:21 PM ^
<facepalm>
<sob>
January 2nd, 2011 at 12:32 PM ^
Possibly the most ridiculous post in the long history of ridiculous internet nit-pickery. And so, therefore, a peculiar, if appalling, kind of awesome.
January 2nd, 2011 at 12:41 PM ^
Now we're condemning the man's attire. Jesus......
January 2nd, 2011 at 12:55 PM ^
So what? Does this mean we have to add a new verse to the alma mater?
January 2nd, 2011 at 2:57 PM ^
As much as I hate the pro combat nonsense, I really miss having the Nike gear generally. The older stuff had much nicer aesthetics and weren't obnoxious about dropping the three stripes into every design.
January 2nd, 2011 at 3:24 PM ^
Nike Pro Combat unis
Nike Pro Combat unis
Nike Pro Combat unis
January 2nd, 2011 at 3:26 PM ^
We've reached a new low.
January 2nd, 2011 at 3:31 PM ^
Maybe he should wear...... Black and Yellow, Black and Yellow, Black and Yellow, Black and Yellow, Black and Yellow, Black and Yellow, Black and Yellow, Black and Yellow, Black and Yellow, Black and Yellow, Black and Yellow, Black and Yellow, Black and Yellow, Black and Yellow, Black and Yellow, Black and Yellow, Black and Yellow, Black and Yellow, Black and Yellow, Black and Yellow, Black and Yellow, Black and Yellow, Black and Yellow, Black and Yellow.
January 2nd, 2011 at 3:50 PM ^
Is RR going to be the next HC of the Steelers?