OT - Vacationing on St. Simons Island, Georgia
August 20th, 2017 at 12:29 PM ^
They know what's coming.
Glad to see you were smart enough to not change your eyewear while amongst fans of other teams. You'd be charger-less otherwise.
August 20th, 2017 at 1:25 PM ^
Many people probably don't recall the story you're referencing (I got a chuckle out of it). Maybe you should include a link.
August 20th, 2017 at 2:16 PM ^
I spent a few minutes trying to find it but couldn't, which might just be me using shitty search terms - wouldn't be the first time that happened. Anyway, I remembered it as well and actually had to fight the urge to edit to make it more ridiculous when it was first posted. It may as well have ended with, "...and that's how the rotary engine was invented" or something like that.
August 20th, 2017 at 12:30 PM ^
Cool story, man.
I live in South Carolina and every "southern" football fan I have talked to down here respects Harbaugh. It's not an uncommon thing.
August 20th, 2017 at 12:44 PM ^
I love that region of Georgia. My wife and I had our honeymoon there. Go Blue!
August 20th, 2017 at 12:44 PM ^
Been going there my whole life and was just there last weekend. We spend most of our time on east beach.
As for places to eat, Iguanas is good, but for me Barbara Jeans is hands down the best.
It's a beach town and I wear my Michigan gear there all the time. People are friendly there in my experience.
August 20th, 2017 at 12:50 PM ^
I'm stuck in Brunswick.
August 20th, 2017 at 1:25 PM ^
Good.
August 20th, 2017 at 1:55 PM ^
To bang your mother though.
August 20th, 2017 at 1:57 PM ^
Fresh take.
August 20th, 2017 at 2:12 PM ^
your mother.
August 20th, 2017 at 7:58 PM ^
Same joke every time.
August 20th, 2017 at 1:34 PM ^
You are not alone in Brunswick, my friend! We moved down here (Exit 29) from Grand Rapids last Fall, just in time for Hurricane Mathew. It's interesting hearing the Georgia and Florida fans talk down here. I feel like they don't get too excited about things because they know Alabama going to wax the floor with them.
For those who come down to St. Simon's for vacation, that is great! Be sure to wear your M gear so I have someone to have a reasonable conversation with, lol. My advice though... if the beach is your thing, hope on I-95 and head south another 45 mins and go to a FL beach (Fernadina Beach on south). The water there is much more Blue! The water at the coastal Georgia beaches is not very appealing.
August 20th, 2017 at 1:13 PM ^
~2.5 mins
August 20th, 2017 at 2:05 PM ^
He was a greeter at the door.
Naturally, I threw out some trivia about how well Michigan is recruiting Georgia right now. No SEC troll would be able to withstand that. His response was "Harbaugh is a genius".
Soooooooooo......a guy who works at a business as a greeter who is paid to have pleasant interactions with people had very nice things to say to a customer about his favorite team?
This sounds like basically the platonic middle aged family friendly version of:
https://pics.me.me/why-the-female-cashier-is-being-nice-to-you-o-23098750.png
August 20th, 2017 at 3:00 PM ^
On vacation in Waikiki Beach, had a server tell us he was born in Ann Arbor (after he asked us where we were from). We said "oh, awesome!" And started talking to him about the city. He then said he moved away when he was 6 months old so he didn't know much about it. It occurred to us later that he must have made the whole thing up. Ever since then I've been very dubious of anyone in the hospitality industry who feels the need to pander to me.
August 20th, 2017 at 6:13 PM ^
There's a good chance he probably was.born in Ann Arbor. Parent(s) may have graduated from UM and relocated. I was also born in Ann Arbor and grew up elsewhere. Dude would get 20% from me regardless of where he was born unless his service was horrendous.
August 20th, 2017 at 1:36 PM ^
So much work and all for a simple humblebrag.
August 20th, 2017 at 1:41 PM ^
Georgia has a ton of transplants. Plenty of big ten fans down here.
August 20th, 2017 at 2:02 PM ^
It'll take more than that to get back in the board's good graces
August 20th, 2017 at 3:26 PM ^
I'm sitting on my couch today. I had some pizza delivered with ranch sauce. The delivery guy gave me an extra ranch sauce and that was BEFORE I tipped him. I take that as a sign that he thought Michigan would have a better than expected year.
August 20th, 2017 at 5:48 PM ^
Well that doesn't make sense because wasn't the delivery guy an MSU grad?
August 20th, 2017 at 3:55 PM ^
I live in Burlington Vermont and I'm wearing my Michigan hat today. As I was walking down the street a person I've never met smiled at me. It was a big, broad smile too, not just a quickie, 'hey, you're in my way' type smile. I take this as a sign that New Englanders think Michigan will be better than expected this year.
August 20th, 2017 at 9:14 PM ^
I call BS on that story Boddicker! I live in New England and people here don't smile at people they've known for years, let alone strangers.
August 21st, 2017 at 4:23 AM ^
I call BS on that story because I too live in New England, and no born and raised New Englanders know that college football exists.
August 20th, 2017 at 4:10 PM ^
My best friend moved to that area last year and I'm going to be there for the Penn State game. He went to PSU.
August 20th, 2017 at 4:49 PM ^
after the tigers game. i was wearing all tigers gear and a guy came up to me and said Go Blue... I looked at him and said Go Blue... I was sceptical at first.. but now I am a believer.
August 20th, 2017 at 7:40 PM ^
I'm going to take this moment to threadjack? Since this has evolved into a "Wolverines in GA", i ask the question, any Atlantan's or Georgian's come to our AAUM bars/events in Atlanta? Whitehall Tavern, Pepperoni's, etc.
August 20th, 2017 at 7:52 PM ^
I wore a Michigan shirt with a large block M. As I was walking around and seeing the sights, I had 9 different people say Go Blue as they passed by. I only saw one OSU hat and shirt during the long weekend
August 20th, 2017 at 10:06 PM ^
Yeah, but how many pizzas did you order? Gotta find the Buckeyes and Spartans in their natural element...
August 20th, 2017 at 9:07 PM ^
I served the first few months of my Mormon mission in Brunswick, GA and part of my assigned area included St. Simons Island and Sea Island. Such beautiful places and great memories from there! I hope you enjoyed your vacation!
August 21st, 2017 at 9:13 AM ^
I'm curious if you (and whatever portion of the Mormon community that is familiar to you) have any loyalty to BYU due to the faith connection. I would imagine that this would be a stronger connection than, for example, most Catholics to ND (or even Irish Catholics specifically), but I could be completely wrong. Interested in your take on it.
August 21st, 2017 at 4:12 PM ^
A little bit, yes. I root for BYU more than any other team except Michigan. However, my love for Michigan is a million times greater than it is for BYU
And yes, alot of Mormons root for BYU because it is a private, church owned school! No matter where I have lived in the US, a majority of members of the church I have been around will root for BYU as their first or 2nd fav team
August 20th, 2017 at 10:02 PM ^
down Haight St in San Francisco with my wife. Had a block M shirt on. Some lady wearing a very nice suit with a fine leather satchel walking the other direction said "Go Blue!!" as she passed by.
I was dubious but she had all her teeth so I knew she wasn't a Sparty or Buckeye troll so I retorted with follow-up "Go Blue!"
August 21st, 2017 at 9:00 AM ^
the dateline of the story is St. Simon's Island, just a fabulous place to visit and vacation. My experience is that while living in North Carolina, there are SEC and Big Ten fans everywhere, especially Michigan fans. People who live in southern Florida don't tend to go to St. Simon's Island to escape the August heat, they head to the Georgia mountains, especially Fllorida State fans.
In any case, college foothall fans know what is happening on a naional level and they know what Harbaugh is building at Michigan, and it's more than the second-coming of Bo Schembechler.