Muppet Time
This is another post about The University of Michigan. I understand if you don't care. However, that's not gonna stop me. :-) Oh, and the blog is showing the wrong date for this post, this is Wednesday's post not Thursday's, I swear!
My mother grew up in Colby, Kansas and my father grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. They both attended and met at The University of Kansas. After graduating, my father got a job near Detroit, Michigan and my mother followed him there. That's where they met the man that would become my godfather, Bill. Believe me, this has something to do with Muppets.
Bill's company purchased many season tickets for Michigan football. These tickets were intended to be given to important customers as gifts. No one noticed (or cared) when Bill decided to set a few of these season tickets aside for himself and my parents. Believe me, this has something to do with Muppets.
Eventually, my parents became huge Michigan fans. I think you have to if you attend every home football game. My sister and I even got to attend one or two games every year. There's a great picture of my sister and I tailgating at a Michigan game when we were around 5 and 9 years old (maybe younger). I wish I had that picture with me so I could post it. Unfortunately, it's at my parent's house. Hopefully I'll get a chance to scan it in when we're at my parent's place for Christmas next week. Believe me, this has something to do with Muppets.
Suffice it to say, my sister and I grew up as Michigan fans. By the time I graduated high school, I had no doubt where I wanted to attend college. I wanted to go to the same school as my sister and the same school with a football team that I rooted for every fall Saturday. In fact, I didn't even apply to another school. Believe me, this has something to do with Muppets.
By the time I was a freshman at the University of Michigan and was able to obtain season tickets of my own, I had learned many of the school's traditions. One tradition that I never fully understood was the band's obsession with the song "Temptation". This is a song that I had never heard anywhere else. Yet, at every game the Michigan Marching Band played the full song at least once and played a few bars every time the Michigan defense forced a fourth down. Believe me, this has something to do with Muppets.
Until a few months ago, the only rendition of "Temptation" that I had ever heard was by the Michigan Marching Band. That was until I heard a familiar song from the other room. My wife was watching The Muppet Show on DVD.
Just in case you're interested, this is the version I am used to hearing.
This clip also appeared on MGoBlog. In fact, the author of the blog (also named Brian) loves this clip almost as much as I do. Every time Michigan has a big win, Brian posts this clip with the title "Muppet Time" (hence the title of this post). I think it's a fantastic new Michigan blog tradition. And because you can't have one without the other...
My mother grew up in Colby, Kansas and my father grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. They both attended and met at The University of Kansas. After graduating, my father got a job near Detroit, Michigan and my mother followed him there. That's where they met the man that would become my godfather, Bill. Believe me, this has something to do with Muppets.
Bill's company purchased many season tickets for Michigan football. These tickets were intended to be given to important customers as gifts. No one noticed (or cared) when Bill decided to set a few of these season tickets aside for himself and my parents. Believe me, this has something to do with Muppets.
Eventually, my parents became huge Michigan fans. I think you have to if you attend every home football game. My sister and I even got to attend one or two games every year. There's a great picture of my sister and I tailgating at a Michigan game when we were around 5 and 9 years old (maybe younger). I wish I had that picture with me so I could post it. Unfortunately, it's at my parent's house. Hopefully I'll get a chance to scan it in when we're at my parent's place for Christmas next week. Believe me, this has something to do with Muppets.
Suffice it to say, my sister and I grew up as Michigan fans. By the time I graduated high school, I had no doubt where I wanted to attend college. I wanted to go to the same school as my sister and the same school with a football team that I rooted for every fall Saturday. In fact, I didn't even apply to another school. Believe me, this has something to do with Muppets.
By the time I was a freshman at the University of Michigan and was able to obtain season tickets of my own, I had learned many of the school's traditions. One tradition that I never fully understood was the band's obsession with the song "Temptation". This is a song that I had never heard anywhere else. Yet, at every game the Michigan Marching Band played the full song at least once and played a few bars every time the Michigan defense forced a fourth down. Believe me, this has something to do with Muppets.
Until a few months ago, the only rendition of "Temptation" that I had ever heard was by the Michigan Marching Band. That was until I heard a familiar song from the other room. My wife was watching The Muppet Show on DVD.
Just in case you're interested, this is the version I am used to hearing.
This clip also appeared on MGoBlog. In fact, the author of the blog (also named Brian) loves this clip almost as much as I do. Every time Michigan has a big win, Brian posts this clip with the title "Muppet Time" (hence the title of this post). I think it's a fantastic new Michigan blog tradition. And because you can't have one without the other...
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Man, they make those symbol players work it.
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