O HOT-DOG-MAN! my Hot-dog-man (A tribute)

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O HOT-DOG-MAN! my Hot-dog-man! our fearful trip is done,
The team has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won,
The win is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Hotdog-man lies,
His seat is cold and dead.

O Hot-dog-man! my Hot-dog-man! rise up and hear the cheers;
Rise up--for you the baton is flung for you the (halftime) band trills,
For your Oscar Mejer’s and warm buns for you the students a-crowding,
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
Here Hot-dog-man! dear friend!
This arm beneath your head!
It is some dream that at the Big House,
You've face is cold and dead.

In case you missed it (or go to OSU) that was modern rendition of O Captain My Captain - a poem by Walt Whitman.

In honor of the many memories you've given me my good man. I will surely never forget you and your kindness of hot dog tossing (occasionally to the face). Thank you.

jam706

March 21st, 2010 at 3:41 PM ^

Took me forever to find this, the Daily's archive website is ridiculously slow. Hot Dog Man was one of the Seniors of the Year in 2008:

The 'Hot Dog Man'

Jay Trzciinski

At a home football game last season, LSA senior Jay Trzcinski found himself on the lamb. After switching shirts with a friend, Trzcinski slipped into a seat a few rows away from where four ushers were staking out his normal seats.

If they spotted him, he'd be kicked out of Michigan Stadium and fined. But Trzcinski, or Hot Dog Man, just couldn't resist throwing that one last hot dog.

Trzcinski's brush with the stadium law followed several game half times during which he made a name for himself as Hot Dog Man by throwing hot dogs into the student section. Trzcinski's antics pumped up the crowd, inspired a popular T-shirt and proved once and for all that when it comes to the regents' ordinance against throwing objects in the stands, stadium security means business.

"Most of (the ushers) were really cool about it," Trzcinski said. "But there's one guy, who is the head usher for the student section, he hates me with a passion."

Trzcinski was removed after throwing 10 hot dogs during the Iowa game amid chants of "let him stay" and "Hot Dog Man," but he said the reaction he has received from students during games and on the town kept him returning to his role.

Hot Dog Man, who tutors younger physics students and plans to work for Teach for America after graduation, is also something of a role model.

"My students found out I was Hot Dog Man and brought in pictures of me doing it to sign," he said. "They say their claim to fame in the hall is that their study group leader is Hot Dog Man."

Trzcinski graduates this spring, but that doesn't mean Hot Dog Man won't live on.

"I'm hoping to come to at least two or three games," he said. "Hopefully, they won't be looking for me next year."

preed1

March 21st, 2010 at 5:15 PM ^

This is crazy, in my drunkin haze last night i was searching michigan football video's and this came up, and i saw it for the first time last night

jmblue

March 21st, 2010 at 6:32 PM ^

There are some interesting comments on that video's YouTube page from people claiming to be Hot Dog Man's current students.

TTUwolverine

March 21st, 2010 at 7:23 PM ^

that I received a hot dog from the hot dog man. 'Twas a glorious October afternoon in 2006, and we were hosting Iowa. Those were simpler times, when the football team was still good and the stands were free of RAWK. *sigh*