MGoShirt Alert - Day 7

Submitted by Six Zero on

“Hello Heisman!”

This is the seventh entry of the 2009 MGoShirt Alert, a design project that will enable MgoBlog readers to vote for upcoming designs in the brand spankin’ new MGoBlogStore.


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Desmond Kevin Howard.  The fourth player in the history of football to win both the Heisman and Super Bowl MVP trophies.  Some of you also may recall that Howard was signed after a stellar high school career at tailback... where he lasted only three days before Bo moved him to the outside.  It's also worth mentioning that when Desmond won the Heisman, he secured a then-unprecedented 85% of all first place votes.  There was no controversy here.

I think this shirt pretty much speaks for itself... Certainly it's more of a general Michigan tee than an MGoBlog insider shirt, but I just felt it was about as classic as it can get.  I personally, would wear this shirt until it's as grungy as my legendary 1997 Nike UM team tee.

So, time to vote!  What do you guys think?

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What do you think of MgoShirt #7?
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***** Five Stars:  Desmond Howard
**** Four Stars:   Chris Fowler
*** Three Stars:  Lee Corso
** Two Stars:  Mark May
* One Star:  damn buckeye Kirk Herbstreit

As far as yesterday, I think we've learned that when it's finally time for Brian to reveal his plot to diplomatically conquer the world, I am clearly NOT the best choice for ambassador to Spain, Mexico, or large chunks of western Maryland.  I think it's fairly clear that "Tacopants for Heisman" was the preferred choice over "No quiero," and I guess the question is whether or not the general public wants to see that as an actual voting choice-- yes or no?  I still have yet to reveal my own BTN-practice-inspired-Tacopants design, and there's quite a few more to drop as well.  See you tomorrow for another round of-- MGoShirt Alert!

Comments

KBLOW

August 18th, 2009 at 11:08 AM ^

Yes, Yes and more Yes! It hits it all. Specific to Michigan football and tradition yet accessible to any fan, from rabid to merely fashion conscious.

captainbatman

August 18th, 2009 at 11:17 AM ^

For future six zero shirt contests, I'd love to see a head to head "playoff" system. I think yesterday's spanish mess vs. Tacopants for Heisman proved people are better able to give meaningful criticism when comparing two options.

This bowl system just doesn't give us any sort of sense of who is the best. We're comparing apples to oranges, Big Ten to SEC, with no consideration as to difficulty of schedule (i.e. maybe today's shirt is such a hit because yesterday's was such a cluster).

Anyhow, as others have mentioned, I'd like to see a font change on this one, but it is a strong shirt. Really enjoying the contest so far, six - thanks for the effort.

fritZ

August 18th, 2009 at 11:22 AM ^

My one tweak would be to put a little spacing to show that the left leg is in the pose. Right now, it looks like one jumbled lower body, even though we know what it is. I think w/ some space between the legs, the furthers the pose. Just my 2 cents. I'd still buy it as is.

Sgt. Wolverine

August 18th, 2009 at 11:26 AM ^

This is by far the best of the bunch. Love the idea. If anything, I might change the font; it makes me think of the "Vote for Pedro"shirts, which probably isn't what you're going for here. But otherwise...great shirt.

Yostal

August 18th, 2009 at 11:33 AM ^

I also know that you can't use Heisman without getting into a trademark/copyright kerfuffle, so I think this is the right choice. Can I also state that I appreciate the touch of having Desmond's taped towel in there. It's the small things.

ish

August 18th, 2009 at 12:13 PM ^

that's wrong. no one would really believe the downtown athletic club or whoever owns the trademark is really endorsing anyone for the heisman, no less "tacopants." "tacopants for heisman" is completely fine. also, the suggestion that someone should win the trophy is essentially an opinion and as such constitues a form of protected political speech.

Six Zero

August 18th, 2009 at 3:16 PM ^

I was going for that whole A&F/Old Navy/American Eagle cheesy tee look... you know, those "Virginia is For Lovers" shirts and the like. When all else fails, use Cooper for that funny t-shirt style, kids!

Personally, I'm more of an Impact, Chinese Rocks, and Agency kinda guy... and I never doubt the cultural prominence of Helvetica.

strafe

August 18th, 2009 at 3:09 PM ^

First shirt that I really like. Second (fifteenth?) the suggestions to fix the font, and I do like adding "Hello Heisman!"

lbpeley

August 19th, 2009 at 8:15 AM ^

Who are the 24 people (so far) that gave this a 1 on the voting? There's no way in hell a UM fan could give this the worst vote. You don't have to jack off over it but a 1? Really? How 'bout at least a 2?

van

August 19th, 2009 at 10:20 AM ^

I think simply "Hello..." would allow for reference to the Keith Jackson call without running into any copyright issues with the word Heisman.