Report on my MGoBlindDate
I'll keep this brief since it's not interesting enough for a diary and I'd prefer it to disappear in a day. On Monday I posted if anyone wanted a free Bball ticket and dinner beforehand in the Jack Roth Club for the Event Team appreciation dinner. I got two takers and said yes to the one who replied to my post first before I checked my email. At this point trepidation set in because who was this random poster that I would spend an hour over dinner with who had less than 10 pts since joining the site in 2014. I've been to over a dozen MGoGettogethers and I might want to share a beer with maybe half of the attendees (Brian might not make the cut).
Mr. MGoGMo and I turned out to have a lot in common. He and his wife both went to UofM and met there in the late '80's, my wife and I did the same in the early '80's. His son is a current student here and his daughter will be applying here soon. My son and daughter are both graduates of Michigan. We walk into the suites and the first athletic staffer we see he knows personally (this was probably the only staffer there that I didn't know). He used to do TV work at the football games for a Flint station and this last season helped out the Amazon crew on their documentary. I tried to regale him with my stories of working the football camps last summer and meeting half the coaches and maybe a quarter of the team. It was a better dinner than my senior prom to be honest. I had to leave early to usher the NU game but he made it a point to track me down at halftime at sec. 104 and to thank me again.
Let the snark begin...no we didn't get a room, no bromance...It's not MSU related nor has anything to do with recruiting. Go Blue!
January 31st, 2018 at 1:57 PM ^
I love how you specified that Scanner Blue is not his real name.
January 31st, 2018 at 2:01 PM ^
Although I think it was the clear assumption, I am upset that you confirmed his actual name is not Scanner Blue, because that would be awesome.
January 31st, 2018 at 2:07 PM ^
You get used to rejection after a while. In fact, I spent much of my h.s. years developing a tolerance to rejection.
January 31st, 2018 at 2:47 PM ^
EVERYONE MURDERS!!!
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February 1st, 2018 at 12:09 PM ^
blue's Dad...
February 1st, 2018 at 6:34 PM ^
+1 for the 70's baseball reference ... which reminds me of the recent passing of Oscar Gamble, one of the greatest heads of hair that MLB ever saw.
January 31st, 2018 at 3:47 PM ^
January 31st, 2018 at 4:32 PM ^
we've got a herd of boots so you can all help out - heck, who doesn't like to milk, muck out stalls, gather eggs, feed, hay, etc? and yes, there will be beer. i'll make sure to buy fancy-pants beer in case anybody would notice. and then we'll light the bbq and put on our all-natural, grass fed, no hormones/gmo/vaccines beef, chicken, lamb, whatever. you'll like it, i promise.
incidentally, thinking of bringing some of the kids to their first U of M hoops game saturday - anybody got a line on 4-6 tickets? location unimportant, as long as its inside crisler.
January 31st, 2018 at 5:29 PM ^
sec104 and i'll have stuff for the kids if you make it.
February 1st, 2018 at 6:57 PM ^
we'll be in sec 108 - i'm not sure who is going, probably some of the younger kids. we will stop by to say hi. i haven't been to a game in 33 yrs.
January 31st, 2018 at 5:55 PM ^
January 31st, 2018 at 6:00 PM ^
the barns would be good for you...
January 31st, 2018 at 8:18 PM ^
January 31st, 2018 at 9:47 PM ^
most likely to be like R. Lee Ermey, the full metal jacket marine sgt. favorite short video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaFy0x_Uixo
lets all chug off to mamby-pamby ville!! \
January 31st, 2018 at 1:41 PM ^
Whens the MGoWedding?
January 31st, 2018 at 2:27 PM ^
What's next? Karate in the garage?
January 31st, 2018 at 5:31 PM ^
....and bunk beds!
January 31st, 2018 at 1:52 PM ^
I really hope that Mr. MGoGMo posts in this thread so we can get the juicy details of how it actually went down.
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January 31st, 2018 at 2:28 PM ^
Sparty folk just don't get it.....
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January 31st, 2018 at 5:21 PM ^
Stop using the profile pics you use for Farmers Only, the ones with you hugging farm animals, on Tinder and Bumble. That might change things.
January 31st, 2018 at 3:22 PM ^
it kinda has a ring to it
January 31st, 2018 at 3:50 PM ^
January 31st, 2018 at 4:22 PM ^
I couldn't believe it when my son texted to tell me there was a thread on MGoBlog about me. Yes, I am MGoGMo and I was scanner blue's MGoBlindDate.
I just happened to be in Ann Arbor on Monday afternoon to pay a parking ticket(hard to believe in A2) and while I was at city hall, I decided to check in on MGoBlog, saw scanner blue's ticket and dinner offer, and figured- why not? At the time, I did not know my acceptance might be rejected because of my lack of points on MGoBlog and I'm glad blue scanner did not discriminate against me because of that. I happen to be an MGoBlog addict, but just never post.
Anyways, I figured I'd have no problem having a good time with a fellow MGoBlogger and I was right. Scanner blue and all the other workers at the Event Team dinner were super nice and, of course, we all had our love of all things Michigan to talk about. As scanner blue mentioned, he then had to go to work and I went in to Crisler to enjoy a Michigan victory over Northwestern.
After seeing all the replies to this post, I figured you all might want to hear my side of the story. Just goes to show the great community we have here on MGoBlog. Thanks again to blue scanner and Go Blue!
January 31st, 2018 at 4:35 PM ^
In light of recent events, the joy and innocence of this cybermatch has brought me to tears of joy. Thank you Scanner Blue and MgoGMo, you've restored my faith in humans again.
January 31st, 2018 at 5:35 PM ^
and to think 4 yrs ago I couldn't give away football tickets to Akron that they were giving to the Event Team.
January 31st, 2018 at 9:21 PM ^
Your similarities are fascinating. Glad you guys had a great time. Go blue!
January 31st, 2018 at 4:58 PM ^
January 31st, 2018 at 5:25 PM ^
I thought you were going to start mgoblog dating. Though I think there's only about 3 to 5 percent ladies registered on this site? May be even less.
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February 1st, 2018 at 12:08 AM ^
Nah nobody would like you if you did. Your one of my favorite posters because I can always rely on you to be a dick to people.
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January 31st, 2018 at 7:36 PM ^
A few years ago there was another attempted MGoHookup where one of the few female members of this forum was basically stalked by someone afterward. I don't remember all the specifics but there was a lot of he-said/she-said and the thread got deleted.
I'm glad this went better.