I haz sad.
Football team wins and wins big on the road. Denard does his Denardy thing and runs for hundredry jilliion zillion yards, Gibbons puts it through the uprights (even when he misses), D is dominant, gets a pick 6 and wins the turnover battle for a change this season.
Yet no glorious front page muppets. No "you can't have one without the other" glorious, wonderful, lovely, Muppets.
Does anyone know why?
Edit: And now I know - it's Purdue (not a Muppet-worthy win)
Because...
It was Purdue.
It was Purdue.
Many were wrong.
Many were wrong.
This is a win against Purdue
Fergodsakes.
This is Michigan,
This is Michigan, fergodsakes. We're supposed to beat Purdue.
Because we did what we were
Because we did what we were supposed to do. IMO, muppets should only come out against rivals like OSU and MSU and big-name opponents.
"They will meet a dastardly fate here for that! There isn't a Michigan Man who wouldn't like go out and scalp those Buckeyes right now."
Noob
Noob
Are we being muppet rationed?
Are we being muppet rationed? We were a mere 3 point favorite and every talking head (save Desmond) on ESPN picked Purdue, every analyst on the B1G network picked Purdue, and we not only won we throttled them on the road.
Not muppet worthy?
As if espn and BTN analysts
As if espn and BTN analysts know what they're talking about. You said it yourself, we were favorites. No muppets.
The MSM's expectations are low
Ourss are not so much. Beating a crummy B1G team like we know we can isn't muppet worthy
Adjusted expectations
The fact that anyone thinks that beating purdue is a remotely big win shows how much the past 4-5 years have diminished our expectations. It wasn't too long ago that purdue was viewed as a gimme game akin to umass. I know that they were getting some media love for beating up on the blind step-sisters of the poor in their non-conference shedule, bit that shouldn't change the fact that they are purdue, a perennial middling big ten school.
This is Michigan, fergodsake!
Darius Rucker said it best on Gameday
(The Hootie and the Blowfish guy) he said and I quote "one thing you can count on when Michigan plays an average team is for Denard to do great--Michigan wins big." He was dead on--and that's also why muppets are inappropriate.
"Everyone gets dumped Gabe. Let me give you some advice: a little coverup on your Adams Apple will make it appear smaller. Which will make you appear less like a transvestite."
Muppets
Are generally reserved for big wins. Beating purdue is not a big win.
Per BISB's Diary...
As part of the guidelines for in-season posts, there was this bullet:
"Muppets are for BIG THINGS only. Beating Alabama is a muppets thing. Beating UMass is not."
I don't think Purdue fits the criteria.
"Funny isn't it, how naughty dentists always make that one fatal mistake."
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Clearly this is...
...all BiSB's fault for leaving so much to interpretation.
Way to go Bry Mac. Way to go.
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We beat Purdue. We get
We beat Purdue. We get muppets when we beat MSU, OSU, ND, or the bowl game... and even then it is not guaranteed.
Tenim un nom el sap tothom. Barca, Barca, BAAARCA!
Nebraska?
I am more worried about Nebraska than Sparty this year (though Burkhead is looking more and more quetsionable).
OTOH lets face it, the B1G may suck so bad that maybe Ohio, the B1G Championship and the Rose Bowl are only muppet worthy.
Then again, a for serious beat down of Sparty might make me feel like we should bring out some muppetry.
We've come a long way. This
We've come a long way. This isn't 2010, where the muppets use reached an all time low with the unleashing after beating UConn
We had muppets last year
We had muppets last year after we beat Illinois.
I can't recall if that did
I can't recall if that did happen but if so I would think it was because that was the first complete performance and domination of an opponent in the Hoke regime. A celebration of the end of the dark years so to speak.
http://mgoblog.com/content/de
http://mgoblog.com/content/defensive-annihilation-muppets
True. Just wanted to give a little support to the OP to let him know he wasn't totally off.
Ok....I understand now. But
Ok....I understand now. But in two weeks, after we put an end to that wretched losing streak to MSU we get muppets.
we'll get muppets when Brian
we'll get muppets when Brian says we get muppets.
Tenim un nom el sap tothom. Barca, Barca, BAAARCA!
and you will be happy about
and you will be happy about it.
(I do so like Beaker though)
Semper Fidelis
This is Michigan
This is Michigan fergodsakes. We blow out Purdue.
For today, goodbye. For tomorrow, good luck. And forever, Go Blue.
If beating a 6-6 Purdue team
If beating a 6-6 Purdue team warrants muppets, I'd really "haz a sad".
wolverineliberationarmy.com/blog
FWIW it's not like we've been
FWIW it's not like we've been this dominant road team against anybody lately (see all games 2008-2010, Iowa & MSU 2011 and this year's Kick-off Classic) so I was kinda hoping for this game to get acknowledged - more so in the complete ass-kickingness of it.
But I understand why it wasn't.
because... it's purdue?
is this a trick question?
Tremendous!
Because we are going to have
Because we are going to have to beat them again for the B1G championship
If you don't like Michigan you are a peasant
Mgrowold's Wife
Am I the only one who feels as though mgrowold starts threads or posts just to show off that picture of his wife?
Not true. I usually start
Not true. I usually start threads to show off pictures of the coaching staff wandering by our tailgate trying to go home after games.
starts threads or posts just to show off that picture
I don't think he does, but it's a nice side benefit.
Purdue played
like some of their team were muppets
No Muppets, OK
Guess Kate is out too?
Because this win was expected.
This is Michigan fergodsakes!
It's Purdue
The only time you'll see muppets for beating Purdue is on Dec 1, when we beat them in the B1G title game
It's like beating Western
It's like beating Western Michigan - it's a nice win but you shouldn't throw a parade for it.
I can't wait for someone else
I can't wait for someone else to post the same thing after next week....
Hail to the Victors!
Well it wont be me that's for
Well it wont be me that's for sure.
Muppet worthy events
Here are items that would be Muppet worthy.
So, for the balance of the year, I would expect Muppets on the following occasions:
In basketball, the following might qualify:
In Hockey, winning the championship, and winning the NCAA.
"It does not matter how many times you get knocked down, but how many times you get up." Vince Lombardi
I think in basketball
beating MSU / OSU would also qualify for muppets. Also if we beat a quality team like Duke.
Even if it's not muppet
Even if it's not muppet worthy, how about something about the game on the front page?? I've found myself starting to ogle other blogs... and I feel dirty.
Obviously.