tOfficial Dick Rod Mega Thread

Ye Ole Professor · 11-07-2009, 06:10 PM

Michigan football team melts down again, loses to Purdue - AnnArbor.com

Take a moment to read and review the posts on this article...Dick Rod aka NIM ROD is on his way out if the locals have their way!!! Enjoy!!!

GRR Spartan · 11-07-2009, 06:14 PM

The author never thought he'd be writing stories like that 2 years ago.

Ye Ole Professor · 11-07-2009, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by GRR Spartan

The author never thought he'd be writing stories like that 2 years ago.

Where there is Dick Rod/ Nim Rod there is confusion!!! I can hear the laughs all the way from Morgantown tonight.

teamdiscoverychannel · 11-07-2009, 06:22 PM

The comments on that story seem to be from a more reasonable fanbase. Hell, it's AnnArbor.com, so the readers are probably non-Walvies.

sfsd · 11-07-2009, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by GRR Spartan

The author never thought he'd be writing stories like that 2 years ago.

No, Birkett WAS writing stories like that while covering the Lions for the Oakland Press.

Fingercuffs · 11-07-2009, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by sfsd

No, Birkett WAS writing stories like that while covering the Lions for the Oakland Press.

What did Dave ever do to deserve Michigan football? The guy is an MSU grad.

Smashmouth FB · 11-07-2009, 06:48 PM

DickRod @ SCum & Jabba @ ND.........Beautiful !!

Misterray · 11-07-2009, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Ye Ole Professor

Michigan football team melts down again, loses to Purdue - AnnArbor.com

Take a moment to read and review the posts on this article...Dick Rod aka NIM ROD is on his way out if the locals have their way!!! Enjoy!!!

This is NimRod's vision of the Big Hole after renovations:

WBill@ · 11-07-2009, 07:52 PM

Has Michigan ever finished DFL in conference before (this year).

Handbanana · 11-07-2009, 07:58 PM

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Michigan has been outscored 75-12 in the second halves of its last three games, losses to Penn State, Illinois and Purdue.

BARWIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SpartanBrizz · 11-07-2009, 08:00 PM

apparently English is not a required course in the tough General Studies Major

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"Our heads ain't down,” running back Brandon Minor said. “We're not like no 12-year-old boys, we're in college. We can handle this mentally. I don't think none of us need to see Dr. Phil or Oprah."

TrueGreenSpartan · 11-07-2009, 08:04 PM

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"Our heads ain't down,” running back Brandon Minor said. “We're not like no 12-year-old boys, we're in college. We can handle this mentally. I don't think none of us need to see Dr. Phil or Oprah."

So when corrected for double negatives, "our heads are down, we are 12-year-old boys, we're in college. We can handle this mentally. I think we need to see Dr. Phil or Oprah."

couldn't have said it better myself

PennSpartan · 11-07-2009, 08:04 PM

What is the "red wristband" the commenters are refering to?

SpartyHardy · 11-07-2009, 08:05 PM

Yeah...savor the flavor Spartan fans because there is no way DickRod is gonna survive too much longer. Too bad too because it's been such a great ride.

goodbar · 11-07-2009, 08:40 PM

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“We didn’t have any second thoughts about winning here today,” Purdue coach Danny Hope said. “The bottom line was the team that wavered first or most often was going to be doomed. That wasn’t going to be us today.”

GaTechSpartan · 11-07-2009, 08:48 PM

Some Great quotes:

"Our heads ain't down,” running back Brandon Minor said. “We're not like no 12-year-old boys, we're in college. We can handle this mentally. I don't think none of us need to see Dr. Phil or Oprah."

"Michigan has been outscored 75-12 in the second halves of its last three games, losses to Penn State, Illinois and Purdue."

BARWIS

“It’s embarrassing,” defensive end Brandon Graham said. “But at the same time we just know we’re way better than that. We’re just trying to prove it to y’all, let people know that we work every day." FOR TWELVE HOURS A DAY, SON

“I don’t have a magic wand and can’t fix this right now,” Rodriguez said. “I’ve said it a bunch of times - some of our problems are going to take a little longer to fix than anybody wants. But we’re going to fix them, just give us time. It’s not going to happen right now. It’s not going to happen right now, I wish it would.” Not true, all people outside of Washtenaw county, Kalamazoo, Mt. Pleasant and the sports section at Walmart want this to take longer, Rich.

Frohberg · 11-07-2009, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by GRR Spartan

The author never thought he'd be writing stories like that 2 years ago.

Actually he had a good idea he would be. He's a former Michigan State student...haha.

Frohberg · 11-07-2009, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Fingercuffs

What did Dave ever do to deserve Michigan football? The guy is an MSU grad.

I talked to him today and he said "what on earth did I do to deserve this. The last 3 teams I've covered are JLS spartans, The Detroit Lions, and Rich Rod's Wolverines".

He's a curse...haha

T.C.O.B. · 11-07-2009, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by GRR Spartan

The author never thought he'd be writing stories like that 2 years ago.

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Originally Posted by sfsd

No, Birkett WAS writing stories like that while covering the Lions for the Oakland Press.

Birkett is a MSU grad. Worked for the State News while there, a short stint at the LSJ I think, then was the beat writer for MSU for the Oakland Press. Was also the B10 correspondent for that paper. Not sure what chain of events led him to where he is at now...........FTR, he is a Spartan. He is not Karsch.

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Originally Posted by PennSpartan

What is the "red wristband" the commenters are refering to?

DickRod wears a red wristband for some reason. I have asked a lot of different people but have never heard a legit reason why. He doesn't signal plays in, so I am not sure. Maybe he is a big Dusty Baker fan?

Bruce Banner Ad · 11-07-2009, 09:57 PM

He's only got three of them.

wusconsin and Minny last year, IU this year. He's 3-11 overall, right? Ouch.

Beachnutts1 · 11-07-2009, 09:59 PM

That Wisconsin game last year was crazy. Wisconsin was up big in that game and the crowd was booing scUM as they left the field at halftime.

Delta Grove · 11-07-2009, 10:03 PM

Had to be Wisconsin. After all, it motivated Mitch Albom to scribe this gem :

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The pass smacked off the Wisconsin receiver and shot into the air, and linebacker John Thompson held out his hands, praying for the rebound. Down came the ball, a gift from the heavens, and he squeezed it tight, turned toward the end zone and, with the crowd roaring, began his rumble.Five yards. Ten yards. He slowed, instinctively, waiting for his team to show up, the way the sold-out stadium had been waiting all afternoon, the way Michigan fans have been waiting all season, and suddenly there they were two, three, four, five, six maize-and-blue jerseys, thundering together with Thompson tucked safely in their midst, a force, a group, a unit too powerful to stop.

A Team.

Remember this day, folks. Because they may have just come together, this Michigan football group, a beleaguered collection of young players and a new coaching staff, lugging a wagon full of headlines that said the experiment wasn’t working, it’s taking too long, it’s embarrassing, it’s a mess. Heck, until the fourth quarter Saturday at the Big House, wouldn’t you have said the same thing?

The game had been a disaster, a humiliation, the worst Big Ten opener for Michigan in more than two decades. The Wolverines trailed, 19-0, had five turnovers, one first down, negative yards passing — and it could have been worse. Fans were only cheering sarcastically.

When they weren’t booing.

Out of the blue

But that fourth quarter. Wow. It was movie. An epic. It was Popeye’s spinach kicking in. It was Superman waking up from the kryptonite. It was an offensive explosion and a defensive resurgence that began with less than 12 minutes left, on a touchdown burst by Brandon Minor, and ended with only 13 seconds still on the clock, when Wisconsin’s Allan Evridge threw too high on a last-ditch two-point conversion attempt.

Final score: Michigan 27, Wisconsin 25. The second-biggest comeback in U-M history. The stadium exploded with yellow T-shirted fans leaping to their feet, as if a giant sunburst had splashed onto the seats.

And a new era had, officially, taken hold.

“I’m so proud of these young men” coach Rich Rodriguez gushed to a TV reporter. “They didn’t quit at halftime.”

No matter how logical it seemed.

Let’s be honest. Who expected Michigan to come back from this debacle?
Against Wisconsin? A top-10 team? Michigan had looked terrible losing to a mediocre Notre Dame and overmatched losing to a good but unranked Utah. Here, in the Big Ten opener, it was suddenly supposed to overcome 19 points and all those ugly mistakes against the Badgers, ranked No.9 in the nation?

Well. I guess that’s what they mean by a “team in transition.”

The moment of truth

Although let’s face it. Until the fourth quarter, you would have defined “transition” as walking in on a man changing his pants. U-M indeed looked like someone caught in his underwear, hopping awkwardly, bouncing, dropping things — and wanting to yell “Shut the door!” until the situation improved.

But quarterback Steven Threet, under duress all day, suddenly came alive with accurate throws and some fine running, including a 58-yard fake-handoff burst that led to the Wolverines’ third touchdown of the quarter.

And the U-M defense proved its mettle behind lineman Brandon Graham, who was everywhere, sacking Evridge and forcing a fumble after the Badgers had reached the shadow of U-M’s end zone. There was energy. There was excitement.
There was play-making.

There was a team.

“What does this mean to your program?” Rodriguez was asked by ABC.

“It means we’re 1-0 in the Big Ten,” he said.

And yes, it does. And no, it means more. Every new coach needs a signature victory. Bo Schembechler got his in 1969, in the classic upset of Ohio State.
Houston Nutt got his Saturday at Ole Miss, upsetting No. 4 Florida. These are victories that tell the fans the compass is working, great things are possible on any week, if not every week.

And now Rodriguez has his. It would have been big if U-M had simply won this contest. But to come back the way it did, to exert that pressure, to rise above the mistakes — well, nobody will be able to predict anything now. You won’t know which U-M team will show up in weeks to come — and that’s a good thing for a program just finding its new identity.
Remember this game. Or at the very least, that play, with Thompson thundering to the end zone, swarmed by his teammates, blue on blue on blue on blue. It may be just another highlight. Or it may be something much, much more

Bruce Banner Ad · 11-07-2009, 10:03 PM

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DickRod wears a red wristband for some reason. I have asked a lot of different people but have never heard a legit reason why. He doesn't signal plays in, so I am not sure. Maybe he is a big Dusty Baker fan?

It's supposedly lucky. I don't know about you, but if

had a lucky wristband the color of our main rival, I'd be yelling for him to take it off. It's not like the thing has brought him much luck lately, anyway.

OPSpartan · 11-07-2009, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Beachnutts1

That Wisconsin game last year was crazy. Wisconsin was up big in that game and the crowd was booing scUM as they left the field at halftime.

That was a watershed win. One they'll be talking about for millenia to come.

-frodo albom

DrTre11 · 11-07-2009, 10:03 PM

You better re-open your recruitment. Unless you are a second tier type of recruit...you have got to look at other options. Why on Earth would you sign up for the crap going on in AA and even worse, there is no way Dickrod is still there for the length of your career. This only helps MSU's recruiting efforts. We are not having the year we hoped, but i still believe people are looking at MSU as a program on the rise and next year will be a championship year, I truly believe that. Here is to hoping RR stays in AA for as long as possible.