Michigan: Where Plagiarism Happens

by Hawkeye State on Jun 30, 2008 9:54 PM CDT Comment 45 comments

Our friend Brian, the owner and purveyor of mGoBlog, got some new digs over the weekend. They're very nice, and they have cool new features, like full-fledged comment accounts, a slick new blogroll, and commenter diaries.

The first diary posted today (by Max - and that most certainly is a pseudonym) was a link to a five-minute Youtube video entitled "Michigan: Where Amazing Happens." The concept is clearly stolen ripped off derived from our award-winning Iowa Basketball ad campaign. I have no idea why he's calling us the "NBA," unless it means "No BlackHeartGoldPants Affiliation." PLAGIARISM! PLAGIARISM!

As if that's not enough, I turned my internets on this afternoon and made my way to State of Game, the usually-fantastic Michigan-centric Big XI blog. Everything was going fine until I read this:

We've always been friendly with BHGP. We even use them as a witness (not like in court, but like "can I get a witnessss? can I get a witnessssss?) on the sidebar. But this time, they've gone too far, and will pay. I've got to go clean my verbal scattergun, but when I get back, there will be blood.

OPS: This is my serious face.

Really, Bixel? You want a piece of this? The road to OPS goes through me, my friend. This is 6'7" of Youtube-making, Don King-faking ferocity just waiting to scissor kick your nose off your face. And you want to talk about plagiarism? Perhaps we should compare commenter pics, Beauford?

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Steve McQueen says "Ali McGraw, bitch."

That's it. You asked for it, Michigan. BHGP Films proudly presents:

"Michigan: Where Amazing Happens"

We would have included such other Michigan-related observations as, "Where jangling our keys because we're too damn old, lazy, and effete to stand up and clap happens" and "Where no longer prestigious enough to lure away your coach unless you're West Virginia happens," but we couldn't fit those on a slide.

Consider yourself warned, Michigan.

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EPIC

+1, BHGP

by eleventy on Jun 30, 2008 11:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

That was beautiful

I’m not sure I’ll ever get sick of that picture of five completely unblocked Buckeyes swarming Hart.

by SpartanDan on Jun 30, 2008 11:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

i approve wholeheartedly

i am a self-loathing sort. HURT ME GOOD BHGP!

are you trying to use stats around here? what the fuck do you think this is? - MM

by colintj on Jul 1, 2008 1:23 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Yes great fantastic

What a nice way to start my day

by Wolverine_Dex on Jul 1, 2008 7:25 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

yes yes

1000 time yes.

they need an award show for this stuff.

Black Shoe Diaries

by Kevin HD on Jul 1, 2008 8:22 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Little Brother

C’mon now. Mike Hart rushed for 685 yards in his 4 games vs. Michigan State. The odds that the Spartan defenders have him down behind the line of scrimmage in that picture are almost zero.

Other than that, awesome job and fuck you for hitting where it hurts.

by jbrons on Jul 1, 2008 8:27 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

If it is a TFL, it’s almost certainly from the second half last year – you know, when Henne was completely incompetent on account of running for his life all day and Hart couldn’t get much of anything going either for a while. Before the idiots on our defensive staff switched to the prevent with 8 minutes left and abandoned the pressure game that had Henne rattled.

by SpartanDan on Jul 1, 2008 9:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Michigan has their home jerseys on, so it’s from 2004 or 2006. IIRC 2006 was a gray and cloudy day so probably from the first half of 2004. You know, when began building their 17 point lead that they squandered in 6 minutes and then lost in three overtimes to Braylon Edwards.

by jbrons on Jul 1, 2008 11:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh yes, that game. The one where Carr went 52 minutes before realizing “Hey, we’ve got a damn good receiver and he’s a foot taller than their best corner. Why don’t we try throwing to him once or twice?”

(Of course, if Stanton doesn’t get hurt before the half, it’s possible that we would have had such a big lead even we couldn’t figure out how to choke it away. I assumed Dowdell would throw six interceptions in the second half and was very pleasantly surprised when the offense was mediocre with him instead of godawful.)

by SpartanDan on Jul 1, 2008 10:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

speaking of plagiarism

happen to catch Brian’s new Fanhouse post? quite the reasonably well done plagiarization of the Joe Pa Chronicles. Yeah, I’m totally trying to start a faux blog war. BGHP vs MGoBlog promises to be far more witty and entertaining than the boohoo cheerio pissing slapfight that is The Big Lead vs Deadspin.

by georgiablue on Jul 1, 2008 8:54 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

AW HELL NO

WELL WELL WELL, IT HAS COME TO THIS

ONCE AGAIN, A DIRTY HIPPIE ATTEMPTING TO CASH IN ON THE HARD WORK OF OTHERS

THIS REMINDS ME OF THE TIME WHEN JOE JUREVICIUS REFUSED HIS WEEKLY HAIRCUT APPOINTMENT ON ACCOUNT OF WHAT HE CALLED “SCARLET FEVER”

I HAD HIM BEATEN WITH REEDS UNTIL THE SPIRIT OF LIBERALISM WAS OUT OF HIM

WHERE WAS I

WHERE AM I

SECRETARYYYYYYY

Where’s he going? That’s the broom closet. Anyhoo, Brian asked first. Although really, it’s not like Ann Arbor hippies ever take no for an answer.

"HS@BHGP: I'm the Dick Button of damn near everything"

by Oops Pow Surprise on Jul 1, 2008 9:10 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

wow

Our logo looks fucking sweet like that. If you look hard enough, you can almost make out the “G”.

by jebushchrist on Jul 1, 2008 9:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

to say nothing of

the sideways tidal wave or whatever the P is

"HS@BHGP: I'm the Dick Button of damn near everything"

by Oops Pow Surprise on Jul 1, 2008 9:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

hunh

Is that what that is? I thought it was the “c’mere” finger.

by jebushchrist on Jul 1, 2008 9:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

If we're going to blogwar...

...it’s with that son of a bitch RUTS.

Besides, he asked first.

"Bob Zook has to be the laziest man alive"

by Hawkeye State on Jul 1, 2008 9:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

But who says we can handle only one at a time? We’ll take them all on.

by jebushchrist on Jul 1, 2008 10:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey Hawkeyes, tell me how my ass taste.

Holy sweet big baby Jesus, I wish Penn State had beaten Michigan even once during the past 10 years. Although I could totally make a video like that about, uh, Temple. Punk ass cocktwats.

-- Run Up The Score http://runupthescore.wordpress.com

by Run Up The Score on Jul 3, 2008 6:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I understand very little of this post

But damn I love that video. It’s quite simply sublime. Well played, Button, well played.

by jebushchrist on Jul 1, 2008 9:14 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

just one thing missing

Despite my Michigan affiliation, I enjoyed that immensely. However, I felt sure you would include some reference to the absurd punt formation (which works for other teams and will be used by RR) that cost Michigan the 2003 game against Iowa (being an Iowa blog.) You may remember, the ‘almost blocked that one’, ‘damn, nearly got that one’, ‘yeah, blocked punt’, ‘woo hoo, another blocked punt!’ Maybe it didn’t resonate as much in the corn state… A few other old school references such as “Where Spartan Bob happens” (2001 game against Lil’Bro) or “where Miracles happen” (1994 picture of Law swatting at Westbrook.)

by blue-imafreak on Jul 1, 2008 9:48 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

True, true

The spread punt (Hee hee!) was under consideration, but was nixed in favor of the 2002 picture, only because that game was a blowout at Michigan and the picture was better.

We also had an excellent screengrab of #1 Iowa 12 – #2 Michigan 10 from 1985, but I was afraid it would make Maize n’ Brew Dave’s head explode.

"Bob Zook has to be the laziest man alive"

by Hawkeye State on Jul 1, 2008 9:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh, don't worry

It resonates just fine. We make a joke about it every game, even when we’re not playing Big Blue.

by jebushchrist on Jul 1, 2008 10:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Awesome.

That’s all I can say. Bonus points for difficulty – the fact that the smoking wreckage known as UM basketball was not shown once.

by Pete Rossman on Jul 1, 2008 10:02 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Also OPS

I think you broke Bixel’s brain over there at State of Game. He responded with a stream of slurs so stereotypical it could have been written by Jay Paterno.

by Pete Rossman on Jul 1, 2008 10:53 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs