Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Wallpaper Wednesday: Big Brother Mike

I was surfing this weekend and ran into an incredible thread on Spartantailgate.com that motivated me to make this wallpaper.

OK, I have to admit that I sometimes go over there to see what Sparty is whining about. Most of the time it is someone proclaiming how elitist Michigan is or how MSU is poised to dominate Michigan for the next 100 years. This time I found a thread making fun of Mike Hart's diminutive size. The thread only started last Monday (August 17th) and has reached 35 pages of side splitting laughter.

Speechless.

15 comments:

surrounded in columbus said...

reminds me of a scene in the movie "Seabiscuit".

Tobey Maguire & the horse are getting into the gate for a race when the jockey in the next slot says something like: "that's an awful small horse". Maguire shoots back: "Yeah? Well, he's gonna look a lot smaller here in a minute"

that was Mike Hart. small guy who looked a lot smaller as he ran away from you further down the field.

Bigasshammm said...

You should join Spartantailgate and post this pic. While some of the pics on that thread are epicly hilarious it does seem ludicrous to make fun of someone that ran over them for almost 700 yards in 4 games.

WV : Shamizzl What Snoop thinks about Spartantailgate.

Andy said...

Joining would require me to remove my brain with an ice-cream scoop and eat it for breakfast. At least our buckeye friends here (except O_G) appear to have fully developed brains and opposable thumbs. How's that for Elitism ?

Seriously, I am not interested in engaging in daily internet slap fights with the green and white mob that hangs out there.

If anyone here is a member of STG, please feel free to share the wallpaper. I am sure it will be a welcome addition to their delusions.

Mikoyan said...

I don't know, that's almost like a thread about what someone wore for some banquet or something.....

Nice picture though...

And this is still bugging me....Are they going to put the 30ish Font "Michigan Stadium" back on the press box? or is it going to be replaced by "And Now Borders Presents Michigan Stadium"?

Andy said...

The font will be returned after you pay your Victors Club dues ;-}

Bigasshammm said...

I personally feel the font could use a face lift. Maybe make it more modern. Say 70sish font?

FloridaBuck said...

@SiC...well, "Seabiscuit" was a movie...and so the ending was just what you hoped it would be. As for the Buckeyes vs. Hart, he was still just a small man with a large mouth. He never did win the race, although he put on a great show!

Go Buckeyes!

Andy said...

Comparing Seabiscuit to Mike Hart is a bit of a stretch. Hart never had great "break away" speed - that is why he will struggle in the NFL.

He was a very patient runner (waited for his blocks to develop) and "hopped" from one direction to another inside the hole better than most college RBs I have ever seen.

I am thinking about putting together a video collection of Hart's performances versus Sparty. Any suggestions for background music ?

Bigasshammm said...

Would it be tragic to use the music from 300?

GoBlueBob said...

You could use the music from 300 but play it backwards.

whetstonebuck said...

"Speechless."

Good advice. I hope he takes it.

paul said...

Andy,

Check out the TOSU fan in this video.

http://deadspin.com/5345388/at-last-a-carl-monday-video-that-will-never-be-rubbed-out

gh said...

Paul, that story is somewhat old hat.

The M-zone even made a note of it a few years back.

http://michiganzone.blogspot.com/2006/07/ohio-public-libraries-perv-central.html

paul said...

Must have been a slow news day for Deadspin.

Andy said...

I think the folks at Deadspin realize the story is not new.

The article is about the long battle to keep the associated video up and available on the internets.