You know what really grinds my gears?
How all of these articles about the Big House's new capacity say things like "making Michigan Stadium the world's largest football stadium." None of them can be bothered to mention that the only reason Penn State was "biggest" for two years is because WE lost some seats during renovations. AND, we've had the highest attendance even with the few hundred lost seats. So there.
That's all.
I didn't think it was worth starting a post just to whine about it, but I do agree. :)
Respectfully disagreed. When I'm at work and have an opportunity to make a Family Guy reference in relation to something Michigan, it is not one to be wasted.
One of you needs to change your picture or you guys can't talk to each other. Sorry
We also joined a day apart. Maybe Wichitan and I are actually different personalities of mine.
..based on your MGoPoints, people like Wichitan more.
...MGoPoints were a popularity contest. Too bad for those of us who are just U of M nerds.
I do think you have a rather nice pic...
Well, now you know.
And knowing is half the battle!
It's not a competition (though I would clearly be winning if it were).
I think people just feel bad for me being stuck in Wichita and give me upvotes out of pity.
Not a bad idea, considering that I live in Cleveland.
it's always good to keep some hemlock on hand. Now the name makes even more sense!
By the way, in Soviet Russia, hemlock tea drinks you.
And oddly enough, based on a comparison of our MGoPoints...
* " I was like why is he talking to himself
that one has numbers under it(Narrwald), while the other has customized it with his name in it. Removing the "Michigan" and inserting "Witchitan" with a blue box border. I like them both, the way they are. Though i can see how one might get confused.
The pictures are different. No, not the part under the block M. look closer at Wichitan's block M.
Takes a sec to notice it. At first glance, yeah, they're too similar, so still worth changing.
edit: noticed the guy above me said almost the same thing. Sorry guuuise
Where in the Bible does it say that a man can't fire off some knuckle children in the privacy of his own neighbor's living room while his neighbor's at work because I don't have a DVD player? Well, I don't know where it says it because the Bible is way too long to read!
EDIT: So people don't think this quote from the Grind Your Gears portion of Family Guy is funny? I'm not sure I understand the negging.
The only people that even care are those that already know. I didn't hear any Penn State fans going around making a big deal about it after the first couple of weeks, because they knew it was temporary.
A few weeks ago when someone posted a video for NCAA 11 on Facebook, there was someone who commented stating that Beaver stadium was the biggest and posted the size.
I was going to correct him, but I thought I'd let him have his moment as he probably will never have it again.
Somehow it just doesn't sound quite as sexy when you phrase it the way you did. Journalistic half-truths FTW.
If you want to be literal, North Korea has a football stadium larger than the Big House. So does Prague and Kolkata, India.
Not soap opera football
that Soccer around these parts
K, thanks
Oh. That argument.
See, the OP said "World's largest football stadium," so, in other countries, what they call football, also has to be counted. Because in North Korea, or India, or Prague, what Denard Robinson plays is called "gridiron" or "American Football.'
K, Thanks.
countries is even aware of "Futbol" spelling.
CALLED SOCCER MUTHAFUC*ER
i've been to the one in prague...it's falling to the ground. only used for gymnastics expositions now, thing is a piece of junk.
I have some PSU friends who let me know about beaver stadium's capacity surpassing the big house. Now it is pay back time. I think we'll have to put an outer bowl around the big house to keep up with Texas A&M future stadium capacity around 120K!
Short lived, PSU. Short lived.
I never heard that A&M was planning on having a stadium that sat 120k. When did this news come out?
I honestly don't think they could fill it every week. A&M is popular but they are the step child of that state.
U of T planning future South end zone expansion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darrell_K_Royal_%E2%80%93_Texas_Memorial_S…
The final planned phase of the stadium's expansion includes the construction of permanent seating and an upper deck in the south end zone, completely enclosing the playing field. The stadium's seating capacity is expected to be between 115,000 and 120,000 once the south end zone is fully enclosed, which would mean DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium would surpass University of Michigan's Michigan Stadium, the largest football stadium in North America.[24] However, the date of the final construction phase to fully enclose the south end zone has not been set nor have any funds been raised.
Here's a press release from a very reliable source:
ANN ARBOR, MI - MGoBlogger, Njia, today announced plans for a second full tier of bleacher seating in Michigan Stadium. "I'd heard about the University of Texas proposal to go to 115,000 to 120,000 seats in their stadium, and I was, like, 'No way. Not gonna happen on my watch.'" Njia was quoted as saying to no one in particular.
Plans call for building the second tier of seating in the end zones between the ends of the recently completed club level seating and suites. When asked about the plans, University of Michigan Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, David Brandon, claimed to be unaware of Njia's plans, saying, "Who is 'Njia'?"
When asked about architectural renderings or other visual aids that might provide some clues as to the look of the stadium following his proposed renovations, Njia remarked, "Well, my 10 year-old son did build a really cool version of it out of Legos. Have you seen the new 'Lego City' models? Its kind of like that."
Njia did not disclose the start date for the proposed construction, but did say that funding had not yet been secured.
This is a nice start to an Onion article, it seems.
We should aspire to this:
I hope I wasn't the only one thinking of this...
That was the joke. Thank you for pointing that out, Captain. We'd all be in trouble without you.
Not a problem.
In my defense, this thread needed more Peter Griffin
I'm not a fan of Peter's character - he annoys me more than he makes me laugh. Give me more Brian or Stewie any day, but everyone else is 'meh' in my opinion.
Just to clear something up we didn't lose seats due to the construction. We lost seats because the school lost the lawsuit against them that they needed more handicap seating and so they had to take away a bunch of bench seating to add handicap seating along the entire east side of the stadium.
Thanks a lot, Bin Laden.
Tell us how you really feel.
when i heard "do you know what grinds my gears" the first thing I thought of was.....
"releasing the clutch too early" or something like that.
...in our offense. With two more recruiting classes, Coach Rodriguez should have successfully transformed the Big House into the fastest football stadium in the world.
than the Big House - those pills I bought really worked!
We have the bigger stadium once again but on the other hand they are winning the Bobblethon. Sounds like a wash to me...........