BEHOLD THE GIANT NOODLE OF MICHIGAN STADIUM
http://www.michigandaily.com/blog/game/football/8-new-advertisement-blocks-big-house-view-29
beautiful
it is a treasure forever
now i will purchase noodles
August 29th, 2013 at 11:42 PM ^
We cant even climb on it? Well fuck that shit
August 29th, 2013 at 7:03 PM ^
August 29th, 2013 at 7:12 PM ^
I hope your pee is toxic as shit and melts that thing down into a puddle of liquid gold.
August 29th, 2013 at 7:55 PM ^
August 29th, 2013 at 7:05 PM ^
August 29th, 2013 at 10:00 PM ^
So DB's got "You know you love it" tattooed on it? Not quite "Welcome to Jamaica, Have a Nice Day!", but close.
August 29th, 2013 at 7:08 PM ^
when news like this doesn't even make the front page anymore. Because Y U NO LIKE DAVE BRANDON HE HIR'D HOKE 'N HE WINZ FOOTBAWL GAMEZ!!!
Edit: Can we get our picture taken with Marlin Jackson in front of the Kraft noodle? On top would work too.
August 29th, 2013 at 7:05 PM ^
Is this for real?
August 29th, 2013 at 7:06 PM ^
It's going to totally ruin the Michigan football experience. One small noodle backward, one giant pasta fail for mankind. I doubt anyone will even go to games anymore because of this advertisement.
Or its going to have no impact on anything whatsoever and you can just choose to ignore 50 square feet and pay attention to the remaining 5 million square feet of the stadium site.
August 29th, 2013 at 8:11 PM ^
Just to be clear, you're saying you're good with advertising in the Stadium? Advertising strategically placed in front of one of the Stadium's biggest photo ops?
August 29th, 2013 at 8:51 PM ^
August 29th, 2013 at 8:53 PM ^
"Relatively small sculptural advertising"?
You do realize this thing is about the size of a small U-Haul truck, right?
August 29th, 2013 at 8:58 PM ^
August 29th, 2013 at 9:09 PM ^
Enough that the damned thing could be put somewhere that it wouldn't show up in every family's obligatory picture in front of the block M.
August 29th, 2013 at 9:17 PM ^
August 30th, 2013 at 6:36 AM ^
August 30th, 2013 at 8:57 AM ^
August 30th, 2013 at 10:45 AM ^
Maybe he's a Yankee Doodle Dandy.
August 29th, 2013 at 9:39 PM ^
Seriously. WHO CARES. It's a noodle. And it's pretty little compared to the stadium. You may not even see it when you go to games. Get over yourself.
August 29th, 2013 at 11:38 PM ^
August 30th, 2013 at 10:00 AM ^
August 29th, 2013 at 8:12 PM ^
While I see your point, there's also something to be said for the historical absence of advertising in Michigan Stadium. That's something fans have previously taken pride in and something we've pointed to as part of the "Michigan Difference." The objections of others here, after all, are based in large part due to this.
August 29th, 2013 at 7:08 PM ^
August 29th, 2013 at 7:57 PM ^
Well, at least they made it fast... and sexy
August 29th, 2013 at 8:53 PM ^
August 29th, 2013 at 7:09 PM ^
From the page of the the "producer"....(LINK)
"As part of the “You Know You Love It” campaign, Kraft Macaroni & Cheese realized that icons should mingle with other icons. We decided the Kraft Noodle was a big enough icon to mingle with the likes of iconic locations such as; Wrigley Field, Pier 39, Faneuil Hall, LOVE Park, Navy Pier and a few more. "
Pardon me while I plot the demise of the Big Noodle...
August 29th, 2013 at 7:13 PM ^
I've been in favor of most or if not all the decisions that Brandon and the AD have made in his term. But this is a little too much for me. I won't place all the blame on one man, but I hope it's short lived and doesn't metastasize throughout the stadium
August 29th, 2013 at 7:14 PM ^
Was Dave Brandon smoking weed with those 6 kids who got busted in the big house this morning?
If he thought trying to take the seat cushions away pissed people off, wait until the backlash of....whatever the hell this is.
August 29th, 2013 at 7:14 PM ^
The Noodle
The Noodle
The Noodle
August 29th, 2013 at 7:15 PM ^
Love it
August 29th, 2013 at 7:31 PM ^
There was a Coca Cola ad on the marquee this afternoon.
August 29th, 2013 at 7:31 PM ^
+1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
August 29th, 2013 at 7:36 PM ^
August 29th, 2013 at 10:27 PM ^
and terrifying. But let's be honest, the advertising will just slowly seep into Michigan Stadium like the change of maize to neon yellow. We won't even notice. Case in point, Absopure. It's all over the stadium. We don't even notice it anymore. Granted, he should have started with a smaller noodle and worked up to this monstrosity.
August 30th, 2013 at 8:13 AM ^
I am all for this!
August 30th, 2013 at 9:15 AM ^
He could be our new mascot! Don't mess with the Michigan Marshmallow man. He could dress in maize and blue. And we could bring back marshmallow throwing. (freezing of the marshmallows strictly verboten)
August 30th, 2013 at 9:31 AM ^
WSJ: When did the idea to construct a 100 foot walking advertisement for junk food enter your fevered mind and take us through the "thought process" that precipitated this abomination the students are now calling "the Horror, revisited"
Dave: I was only trying to generate a little cash flow. I knew advertising in the stadium was frowned upon so I tried to think of the most harmless thing. Something I loved from my childhood. Something that could never ever possibly destroy us. Mr. Stay Puft!
WSJ: Good think'in Dave.
August 30th, 2013 at 10:17 AM ^
I would posbang you so hard if I could.
August 29th, 2013 at 7:30 PM ^
Flood his inbox. Let him hear the rage.
August 29th, 2013 at 7:44 PM ^
and it shall be mine
August 29th, 2013 at 7:51 PM ^
and by someone, I mean 110,000 people on Saturday should vandalize it
August 29th, 2013 at 7:53 PM ^
That's Big Ten chic. I like it.
August 29th, 2013 at 7:55 PM ^
Close down the stadium. It's over. People will go on a strike against noodles.
I think it is something they could have outside the stadium. But this is kind of random.....a noodle in the middle of the concourse? The fuck?
Perhaps this is the mascot?
August 29th, 2013 at 7:56 PM ^
August 29th, 2013 at 8:07 PM ^
August 29th, 2013 at 8:12 PM ^
Ridiculous and embarassing.