Your Name and Avatar
December 26th, 2018 at 9:44 AM ^
Mine should be entirely self evident.
December 26th, 2018 at 11:26 AM ^
I guess I'm stupid because your avatar looks like Jeff Foxworthy to me and I have no idea what he has to do with Michigan or its football program.
Care to explain?
December 26th, 2018 at 9:44 AM ^
I swear this topic is on the board annually.
December 26th, 2018 at 4:55 PM ^
That's the point. Togetherness, mate!
December 26th, 2018 at 9:45 AM ^
Why: Mgo after the website
What: Strength because I love strength training
Who: Well, it's me
WTF is my avatar: It's a picture of my fiancee and I at PSU in '15
December 26th, 2018 at 9:45 AM ^
1). MAN-AT-ARMS
2.). MAN-AT-ARMS. I was raised on He-Man in the 80’s.
December 26th, 2018 at 9:46 AM ^
"rob f" because I advocate robbing someone whose initial is "f".
Rick Leach and Bo in honor of my favorite Michigan QB and head coach.
December 26th, 2018 at 9:46 AM ^
BigWeb is my nickname, 6-5 280. #17 is my number I always had playing baseball because I wanted to be a pro ball player.
Picture....my maize and blue tat I designed and my Michigan shooos
December 26th, 2018 at 9:47 AM ^
1) Geralt of Rivia
2) One of my favorite video game characters because he’s a badass, need I say more?
December 26th, 2018 at 9:47 AM ^
1) Malum In Se is latin for "inherently evil/wrong." The Romans called obvious crimes like murder Malum In Se. Something that was illegal just because the government said it was illegal was Malum Prohibitum. As soon as I read about it in law school, I started using it online because it was usually available.
2) It is a picture of Colonel Mustard from Clue. I used to be ColMustard on mlive back when mlive had its message boards. I was more active on the Lions forum than the UofM one.
December 26th, 2018 at 9:49 AM ^
My name is shredder... I attempt to kill turtles.
December 26th, 2018 at 9:50 AM ^
My name is Linda.
I live in Grand Blanc.
December 26th, 2018 at 9:51 AM ^
I'm not creative at all
1. Old high school nickname I just use out of habit for most things.
2. Picture of my 5 kids (1 more coming in April!)
December 26th, 2018 at 9:52 AM ^
It's MurderWolf, because I'm MurderWolf and I have always been here.
December 26th, 2018 at 10:33 AM ^
joindate does not check out.
December 26th, 2018 at 9:52 AM ^
Favorite poster was probably RollDamnTide and the way that all went down.
My name was inspired by Isiah Whitlocks character in the movie Cedar Rapids. He was The Ronimal. My name is Aaron and I've had a ton of different nicknames over the years. Around the time I saw Cedar Rapids some friends had been shortening my name to Ron so naturally that became The Ronimal. I also wanted a new name on here around that time and the rest is history.
December 26th, 2018 at 10:04 AM ^
All this time I thought you were a Clay Davis fan....sheeeeiiiiiitttttt partner I was wrong.
December 26th, 2018 at 2:10 PM ^
Lol I mean who isn't a Clay Davis fan?
December 26th, 2018 at 10:05 AM ^
There's a "Ronimal" on The Detroit Lions Forum where I lurk but seldom post---is that you?
December 26th, 2018 at 2:04 PM ^
Nope. My Lions fandom was crushed when I was a kid and Barry Sanders retired. I'll root for them but I learned to not care and take joy in the many ways they manage to blow it.
December 26th, 2018 at 9:53 AM ^
I am a Wolverine from Cali.
I like Charles Woodson.
December 26th, 2018 at 9:53 AM ^
Name and avatar are both of an obscure character in the old comic strip Pogo. Mr Miggle was a stork who ran a general store, not a great place to find bargains.
December 26th, 2018 at 9:53 AM ^
1. It's my name
2. My avatar is a picture of my wife.
I like having my name as my username because it encourages me to only say something I'd be willing to stand behind publicly. No hiding behind anonymity. We also are all Michigan fans, football fans, blue fans, etc., so an avatar like that doesn't tell anything.
My avatar is always a good reminder. One of these days I'm going to scan in another similar photo. Maybe for the next 10 years.
December 26th, 2018 at 12:31 PM ^
Your wife bears a strong resemblance to Jennifer Aniston.
December 26th, 2018 at 9:54 AM ^
I was watching The Boz documentary on ESPN and really enjoyed it. I decided to make it my name with a Michigan/Harbaugh spin on it. I know, not very clever.
Avatar is gangster Harbaugh.
December 26th, 2018 at 9:55 AM ^
1. I'm a Michigan fan since birth, and I've been a lacrosse fan ever since I started watching in 2008. Duke was fun to watch and was recovering from their fake news scandal earlier in the decade, so that Duke team was sort of a victim of the media. Duke made their second straight Final Four appearance in 2008 and would continue on to make six more consecutive Final Fours and won three national championships. This was all before Michigan started their lacrosse program, so I was and still am a Duke fan.
2. Michigan and Duke colors.
December 26th, 2018 at 9:56 AM ^
Name pretty obvious.
Picture made more sense when words used to show up with it. It’s John Heisman and the quote is “Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a young boy than to fumble this football.”
Love that quote.
December 26th, 2018 at 9:57 AM ^
1989 is the year I was supposed to have graduated. Hung around for an extra year as a "super senior." Avatar is the house I lived in during my first senior year.
December 26th, 2018 at 10:22 AM ^
I lived in that house too! Greenwood! Think it was 906?
December 26th, 2018 at 9:13 PM ^
Looks like 814 E. University
December 26th, 2018 at 9:57 AM ^
1) Name is a hybrid of Lloyd Carr (former UM NC winning CFB coach) and Carnac the Magnificent (a comedy skit character played by Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show).
2) Avatar is Carson w/Maize and Blue theme (cut me some slack, I'm color blind), in process of predicting an answer to an unseen question. .
December 26th, 2018 at 10:03 AM ^
ANSWER: Sis, boom, bah.
QUESTION: Describe the sound made when a sheep explodes.
December 26th, 2018 at 10:00 AM ^
Shoes is one of 3 or 4 nicknames I've had for a long long time (associated with different groups of friends). Still searching for just the right avatar.
December 26th, 2018 at 10:01 AM ^
1. A character from an old British sitcom.
2. A chain-smoking Beatle I found online.
December 26th, 2018 at 10:27 AM ^
Which Beatle is that? Ringo Starr?
December 26th, 2018 at 10:56 PM ^
“Are You Being Served?” was one of my favorite British sitcoms to watch on PBS. Captain Peacock, Miss Bhrams, Mr. Rumboldt, Mrs. Slocombe and her cat, and Mr. Humphries.
This also proves that I’m a nerd.
December 26th, 2018 at 10:02 AM ^
1. Qmatic comes from a combination of my last name (starts with a Q) and my love of hip-hop (favorite album being Illmatic). I used to write for some local hip hop acts and Qmatic was my “stage name” as well.
2. Avatar came to be during the Hoke “This is Michigan” era, and I just have never changed it.
December 26th, 2018 at 10:04 AM ^
1. There was already one person calling himself Andrew whenever it was that Brian first had an organized comment/ID capability. “Second Andrew” sounded stupid.
2. My M flag from my Buenos Aires balcony during the 2008 season. Should I change it for luck?
December 26th, 2018 at 10:05 AM ^
When Brian ported the site from blogspot to MGoBlog 2.0 we got to add signatures. I had this plastic helmet that I added "2008" and a block M to wear to a game that year (because of all the construction above us) so I took a phone photo of the helmet sitting on the trunk on my old car and added the signature "This team is under construction. We thank you for your patience."
December 26th, 2018 at 4:08 PM ^
yeah but where does your name come from?
December 26th, 2018 at 10:06 AM ^
1) Lake Michigan is the greatest of all the great lakes
2) picture of Chicago (where I live) which is, of course, on Lake Michigan
December 26th, 2018 at 10:06 AM ^
1.) "A squared" was a popular reference to the city when I was there. I'm sure some still refer to it that way.
2.) Old School Big House picture. I like looking at the old pics; imagining how things where at the time. Wonder how many people attended games. Looks like you could just walk off the street into the stadium. No gates.
December 26th, 2018 at 10:28 AM ^
You could - no gates. You could jump right onto the field, of you were so inclined. My first view of the Big House was walking over from Crisler during a ball game. It was awesome...
December 26th, 2018 at 3:10 PM ^
Thank you!
1.) There's an ad I keep hearing on the M-streamed game audios that makes a reference to the "[Best?...something-something].. in A-Two." To which I scream "It's A-squared!!" And then worry I'm a Luddite, that I've been too long away. But I defend the latter's more accurately educated/arrogant and kinda poetic Michigan tone.
2.) On the other hand, someone very dear to me keeps insisting that The Big House is a modern and outrageously inaccurate term for the stadium, that it was never called that, especially since everybody knows that was the official nickname of Southern Michigan Prison. I admit I tell her to calm down and go with the flow.
December 26th, 2018 at 10:07 AM ^
Simple.
First part: profession
Second part: beginning of last name.
December 26th, 2018 at 10:07 AM ^
Name: A family nickname/ a play on my last name.
Avatar: is the character Darkness from the weird 80's movie Legend- because he is my old friend.
December 26th, 2018 at 10:07 AM ^
I was westward wolverine (because I moved out west), but was then banned for a joke political post at a sensitive time. Still think that was overly harsh, but oh well. I do find it a little annoying that a lot of the people making serious political posts weren't banned.
Then I just made a nonsense name, Scootertooter, that was banned because I had the audacity to agree with Maizen in a thread where a bunch of people were seriously pretending like Georgia losing their back-up QB was the same thing as Aubrey Solomon transferring. How someone who could have posted positive threads after the Notre Dame game and the Ohio State game could be confused with Maizen is beyond me, but hey, you do you mgowill. Modding is an emotional game.
https://mgoblog.com/comment/243059101
https://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/relevant-big-ten-teams-vs-ranked-road-opponents-2007
https://mgoblog.com/comment/243204762
December 26th, 2018 at 10:51 AM ^
We're going to start publishing the comment that got users banned in the mod sticky. It won't stop all of the people who get banned for responding "You're a troll!!! I'm right and you're wrong!!!" at the first person to disagree with them from thinking it was their opinion, not their disposition, that got them banned, but hopefully the greater transparency will help make modding seem less arbitrary.
December 26th, 2018 at 10:09 AM ^
I like Japanese culture (history) and Michigan so put the two together. Did a Google image search for a blue Ninja and this is what came up. At the time I came up with name and avatatr I was working for a Japanese company as well.