Senior Day Haiku
An annual tradition. Special bonus this year: holy pants there are no seniors. Usually I skip a bunch of anonymous walk-ons who never saw the field unless they have a silly name; this year this is it.
Martell Webb
It goes thump. Sometimes
it catches or drops a pass.
Mostly it goes thump.
Perry Dorrestein
Bad back, outed grades
but through it all a kickin'
Punisher tattoo
Steve Schilling
Been around forever
Witnessed the Horror up close
Football purple heart
John Ferrara
Thrown into the fire
just two weeks after switching
'08: the nutshell
Adam Patterson
One last swing hits sod
A shaft of daylight strikes down
Hello two deep
Renaldo Sagesse
Hurling hockey kids,
the largest man in Quebec came
and he was all right
Greg Banks
Took the Moosman crown
as player most likely to
impress your TA
Obi Ezeh
Why did you tattoo
"Stand around, think about plants"
across your torso?
BONUS NOT MEAN HAIKU
Like Schilling, lived
through every last awful bit
and never complained
Jonas Mouton
The west wind in fall
brings everything, and then
takes everything
Mark Moundros
Walk-on captains are
intimidatingly bald
pretty much always
James Rogers
The last vagabond
a-wander from spot to spot:
Dread Pirate Rogers
COMMENCE THE SYLLABLE COUNTING.
November 16th, 2010 at 4:21 PM ^
They have been through so much, within the past few years. The good news is the team is at 7-3, and still have two more games to shock the world.
Enjoy the Bowl Game fellas
November 16th, 2010 at 6:13 PM ^
that's way too many syllables, I think.
I'm not an engineer, which according to my 8 engineer housemates means I can't do any math or science.
(edit: obligatory /s was omitted for extra s, but probably necessary for some, so "/s")
November 17th, 2010 at 11:26 AM ^
Haha, I hear you. I lived with two engineers and I couldn't do math either. I guess economics doesn't require use of any of those funny symbols above the letters on a keyboard.
November 16th, 2010 at 4:25 PM ^
November 16th, 2010 at 8:05 PM ^
You are the winner
<br>
<br>Bless these seniors. One of my favorite Michigan teams, for reasons I probably wouldn't have understood 5 years ago
November 16th, 2010 at 4:21 PM ^
Steve Schilling
You were a five star
Last recruit from the Northwest
Go to NFL
November 16th, 2010 at 4:22 PM ^
We get it Brian. You don't like Obi Ezeh. It's okay, but maybe we could just let him have his Senior Day with best wishes from the fan base. Like him based on his body of work or not, he was a Michigan Man for the last five years and now after graduating will forever be a Michigan Man. That is enough to get wild cheering (from the Mountain Time Zone at least) from me this weekend.
November 16th, 2010 at 4:42 PM ^
I find Brian's insistence on insulting Ezeh to be UNACCEPTABLE. Very NDnationesque, really has no place in this OP.
November 16th, 2010 at 5:53 PM ^
DFW, this was a bullshit move by the Brain Cook. Obi gave it his all the last 5 years. He's a MICHIGAN MAN and deserves all of our respect.
November 16th, 2010 at 6:16 PM ^
for the pretty forced "e-greed"
and nothing else
November 16th, 2010 at 7:27 PM ^
AGREED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That "poem" was one of the douchiest douche moves that that douche Brian "Douche" Cook has ever written. Show some respect for someone doing something that you (Brian) could never hope to have accomplished in your pathetic pointless engineering life.
P.S.
That "poem" doesn't even rhyme.
November 16th, 2010 at 8:05 PM ^
Big Obi Ezeh
Forgives all of you people
Except for Brian
November 16th, 2010 at 4:22 PM ^
You stuck around when others complained and left. You endured the negativity and remained upbeat. You switched positions to help the team.
Thank you.
You will not be forgotten.
November 16th, 2010 at 5:00 PM ^
That's not a haiku, dude.
November 16th, 2010 at 6:17 PM ^
you took my joke before I could post it, well done. Though mine is higher up, so maybe it'll look like mine was first, hooray!
You executed it better than I did though.
November 16th, 2010 at 4:22 PM ^
Moundros and Webb are my favorite. Let's make Senior Day special this year! GO BLUE!
November 16th, 2010 at 4:25 PM ^
James Rogers
Stand twelve yards away
On third down six to go
You give great cushion
[edit] - like all, i appreciate the effort of every senior and admire their persistence through some tough times. go blue.
November 16th, 2010 at 4:40 PM ^
STEVE SCHILLING
You're better at guard
Than that fat bastard who left
You're better at life
November 16th, 2010 at 4:53 PM ^
especially since Brian's version is 6-7-5.
November 16th, 2010 at 6:20 PM ^
is never wrong, my brain counted 5-7-5:
"Been 'round forever," or "Been around fore'er," or even "Been around f'eva" like Jay-Z
But way to follow instructions and count them syllables
November 16th, 2010 at 8:34 PM ^
I wasn't going to count the syllables but Brian had to go and proclaim, "Commence the Syllable Counting!" Where do you go from there? By daring us to count the syllables he was, essentially, admitting that he knew there were flaws. The subconscious mind cannot let that go. However, if you point out his flaws, you fall victim to the old "He told me to do it, and I did, so I did what he told me trick," as you so subtlely point out. It's a total mind fuck.
By the way, I'm betting that Brian would rather not be referred to as the "Fearless Leader," even in jest. This blog is a career path. It is a hobby. It is not a means to attract mindless minions. With that said, watch out if Brian starts suggesting we drink grape Flavor Ade.
November 16th, 2010 at 7:42 PM ^
I nominate this for MGoBlog Haiku Of The Year.
November 16th, 2010 at 4:27 PM ^
Congrats to all the seniors. You have put in the hard work and have gone through more than possibly any other class. Enjoy the day, Go Blue, and enjoy the bowl game fellas.
November 16th, 2010 at 4:28 PM ^
waited many years
finally interceptions
great michigan man
November 16th, 2010 at 4:40 PM ^
Why do you always
Have to follow a great play
With an awful one
Brian's was much more poetic.
November 16th, 2010 at 4:41 PM ^
Wow, I knew it was young team that but still surprises me a bit.
November 16th, 2010 at 4:48 PM ^
Lloyd took you from Zook
No gentelmen's agreement
Kill bucky with french
November 16th, 2010 at 4:49 PM ^
You started better
The middle was just awful
Finish strong Obi
November 16th, 2010 at 4:50 PM ^
From Staten Island
So weird, no one leaves that place
Never return home
November 16th, 2010 at 4:52 PM ^
..."BONUS NOT MEAN HAIKU" for Ezeh
November 16th, 2010 at 4:52 PM ^
The second haiku
Obi gets isn't haiku
at all; four-eight-five.
November 16th, 2010 at 5:00 PM ^
"through every last awful bit"
I get seven here, not eight. Are you counting "every" as three syllables?
November 16th, 2010 at 5:01 PM ^
You mean as opposed to the generally-accepted-poetic-contraction "ev'ry"?
November 16th, 2010 at 5:02 PM ^
every has two syllables:
November 16th, 2010 at 4:54 PM ^
Where are the seniors
I guess the cupboard was bare
Lloyd, what did you do?
November 16th, 2010 at 4:57 PM ^
Why did you switch spots?
Defense? Over being a
Runaway beer truck
November 16th, 2010 at 5:05 PM ^
A coach we did need
Not some Syracuse reject
Fuck your 3-3-5!
November 16th, 2010 at 5:19 PM ^
Congratulations. You have discovered the haiku appropriateness line and lambasted it.
November 16th, 2010 at 7:41 PM ^
You know, it really isn't "his" 3-3-5.
November 16th, 2010 at 4:57 PM ^
The pimp hand is strong today.
November 16th, 2010 at 4:57 PM ^
Technically... Troy Woolfolk is also a senior. Just sayin'.
November 16th, 2010 at 11:16 PM ^
Good speedy player
<br>Unfortunate injury
<br>See you back next year
November 16th, 2010 at 5:00 PM ^
Bravo. Mouton is very '300'.
November 16th, 2010 at 5:01 PM ^
5-7-5, t'was
Senior-Junior-Sophomore count
in two thousand ten
November 16th, 2010 at 5:02 PM ^
here's to those who stayed
and finished what you started
thank you very much
November 16th, 2010 at 5:02 PM ^
Should we also write haikus for GERG?
Bend-don't-break defense
Turned into Bend-and-then-break
Sorry about depth
November 17th, 2010 at 9:19 AM ^
Alas, bent defense
Lost elastic properties
Now merely broken
November 16th, 2010 at 5:02 PM ^
Hello Two Deep = 4?
But hey, who's counting?
Well done Brian.
November 16th, 2010 at 5:08 PM ^
"But hey, who's counting?" is an appropriate line in your novel 5-5-4 (7-5-4?) format.
November 16th, 2010 at 7:12 PM ^
Counting syllables
"Hello two-deep" equals four
But hey, who's counting?
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