Bo M vs Block M: which hat do you prefer/wear?
The Block M has always been my style, but I bought myself a Bo M hat at MDen and I really like it. Now I'm torn on which style I will wear for games.
I've always been curious to see where others stand on this.
I do notice that once the Bo M hat disappeared from the sidelines in 2004, we started going on a slide after that season.
August 18th, 2016 at 1:45 PM ^
August 18th, 2016 at 12:42 PM ^
For the hat, Bo M is preferred. But for larger items like shirts, I like the block.
August 18th, 2016 at 12:47 PM ^
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August 18th, 2016 at 12:48 PM ^
I never really cared until seeing the skinny M, which I will get eventually.
August 18th, 2016 at 12:51 PM ^
Block. It's powerful.
August 18th, 2016 at 12:51 PM ^
Block M all the way
August 18th, 2016 at 12:53 PM ^
I'd pay a king's ransom for an unstructured, fitted Bo-style hat. I can find structured Bo hats and unstructured regular hats. Drives me insane!
August 18th, 2016 at 1:17 PM ^
I hear you. I decided to give up and just live with the structured hat.
I don't like it as much as my unstructured ones but there just simply isn't one and I wanted the Bo/Skinny M. The first M hat I ever had was the same way, so at least it is nostalgic.
August 18th, 2016 at 1:36 PM ^
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August 18th, 2016 at 4:21 PM ^
47 brand FTW...but their block M is rather large & obnoxious.
August 19th, 2016 at 2:06 AM ^
But it a size big.
HOT water. Shower with it, or soak it in hot water. Option two is better since the bill is cardboard, and you want that to stay relatively dry.
Wear it wet. Put a beanie on top of it, to help it form to your head. Keep it on till it dries. This softens the plastic threads that run through the front of the crown, and as the hat dries (hair dryer helps if you don't want to spend hours wearing a wet hat) it shrinks and molds to your head, giving it a close to unstructured look/fit.
Or, if you are a little cocky, cut the front mesh out. Needle nose players help to get the plastic strands out. Takes a while, but works. If try it on an old hat first to practice.
I've used both of these methods on many hats. Sometimes both.
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August 18th, 2016 at 12:55 PM ^
The block M...just not THAT block M that looks like WVU got all tangled up with Michigan. That's like a Rich Rod block M.
I also don't like the super puffy block M like Drevno had on his hat in a recent interview. Just the clean fucking logo like my avatar.
That said, the Bo M is classic and it's much better than that Rich Rod option you have in the OP.
August 18th, 2016 at 12:56 PM ^
...I think the skinny M looks better, but only on hats. I personally think the stitching is bad for both looks but it's a little easier to handle in the skinny 'M'.
August 18th, 2016 at 12:58 PM ^
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August 18th, 2016 at 12:59 PM ^
The wolvebear hat is the best hat.
August 18th, 2016 at 1:00 PM ^
August 18th, 2016 at 1:00 PM ^
Bo M is the only Block M, IMO. The "Fat M" just looks like a hat off the rack at a gas station.
August 18th, 2016 at 1:02 PM ^
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August 18th, 2016 at 1:05 PM ^
We get an opponent watch, presser transcript, and a Neck Sharpies all in the same day, and you go with another apparel thread because you can't figure out whether you like your dad's or your grandpa's necktie better? WTF man? Go back to Jersey.
August 18th, 2016 at 1:06 PM ^
August 18th, 2016 at 1:21 PM ^
I returned all 3 shirts I ordered because they fit weird.
August 18th, 2016 at 2:03 PM ^
I got the long sleeve Nike "Michigan" t and it says "athletic fit" inside. To me that means trim at the waist, but this shirt is tight on my upper arms and shoulders, fine at the torso. "Weird" is right, but I'll probably just keep it.
August 18th, 2016 at 1:07 PM ^
I have had the New Era Bo M hat for a few years now, but may decide to get the Jumpman version.
August 18th, 2016 at 2:14 PM ^
...I bought the Jumpman Bo M hat from Fanatics--it's essentially an exact replica of New Era's 5950 model. Couldn't be happier.
August 18th, 2016 at 1:09 PM ^
As someone too young to remember Bo's coaching at all, I prefer the one that is actually our logo.
August 18th, 2016 at 7:24 PM ^
August 18th, 2016 at 7:54 PM ^
The M on Harbaugh's hat is not the one that appears on the University's website, on the signage of the buildings, on stationary, on the stadium scoreboard, etc.
August 18th, 2016 at 1:09 PM ^
As someone too young to remember Bo's coaching at all, I prefer the one that is actually our logo.
August 18th, 2016 at 1:10 PM ^
Bo M on the hat, Block M everywhere else
August 18th, 2016 at 1:13 PM ^
WD, what's the history behind the Bo M? Was that just the Michigan logo back in the day or did Bo prefer it for some reason?
August 18th, 2016 at 1:23 PM ^
Bo made it famous, but it's much older than that.
Or this much older photo of Ray Fisher with Branch Rickey (!)
August 18th, 2016 at 1:25 PM ^
So, it was just the font our logo was rendered in prior to the 80's, then?
August 18th, 2016 at 1:29 PM ^
Basically, yeah. Pretty much before the late 90s. This weird M crap didn't start until Nike. I probably have like 8 Nike hats with 8 different Ms on them.
I bought a skinny-M hat at Moe's the day before Band Week my freshman year. Skinny M. Adjustable. Low crown. It was perfect. Lasted a football season before it was faded out and unwearable. Could never find another one like it...
August 18th, 2016 at 2:30 PM ^
Interesting. When was the logo in my avatar adopted by the University itself, I wonder?
August 18th, 2016 at 4:24 PM ^
August 18th, 2016 at 2:50 PM ^
August 18th, 2016 at 1:15 PM ^
Normally I'd prefer the Block M, but on a hat, the skinny M works better.
August 18th, 2016 at 1:17 PM ^
The hat that does it for me and still the only hat I own to this day. Maybe a new friend can join it early next year... well see.
August 18th, 2016 at 2:55 PM ^
...if the words surrounding it are the same as on your hat.
August 18th, 2016 at 3:33 PM ^
August 18th, 2016 at 1:18 PM ^
Funny. I was actually just at the MDen yesterday and tried on both hats. I went with the Bo M.
August 18th, 2016 at 1:18 PM ^
the Bo hat.
August 18th, 2016 at 1:20 PM ^
Bo M. Clean.
August 18th, 2016 at 1:21 PM ^
I have the Bo. Perfect scale, subtle, classy
August 18th, 2016 at 1:23 PM ^
Block M. I wear it proud in my Michigan '47 hats (a blue and a maize).
August 18th, 2016 at 1:25 PM ^
That one on the bottom is my favorite.
August 18th, 2016 at 1:31 PM ^
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