January 9th, 2024 at 9:01 PM ^
Not calling it a "natty"?
January 9th, 2024 at 9:08 PM ^
Ooo ya get mad about using the term natty
January 9th, 2024 at 10:07 PM ^
"Natty" sounds like a word a 6 year old loves to use. Never heard an intelligent person use it.
January 9th, 2024 at 10:10 PM ^
Well, seeing as how almost all M players were saying "natty"......
January 9th, 2024 at 10:33 PM ^
It's not just them or even just the kids. Its use is extremely widespread at this point. The pushback on it here is kind of strange.
January 9th, 2024 at 10:38 PM ^
Some people are born with sticks up their booties. What can I say?
January 9th, 2024 at 11:15 PM ^
It's not the least bit strange -- people are resistant to change, especially change that doesn't have any upside. It's not easier to say "natty" than "title" or "NC," and it already has an association -- and not a positive one -- for many people. I do concede that we've lost the battle, to the point where I'll only downvote the most mouth-breathing uses of it. Like, say, whatever this post was.
January 10th, 2024 at 12:12 AM ^
doesn't have any upside
if being prosocial, understanding, adaptive—whatever you want to call it—isn’t upside, man, stay out of my blunt rotation please and thankyou.
January 10th, 2024 at 2:18 AM ^
It's not easier to say "natty" than "title" or "NC,"
"Title" could mean many things -- Big Ten title, division title, or national title. I've never heard someone shorten national championship as "NC," at least not aloud, and in any event, I don't find vague acronyms a preferable alternative.
I don't understand this blog's disdain for the phrase "natty." It is thoroughly part of the mainstream vernacular, and it shaves off 5 syllables. Pretty efficient for casual conversation. If people don't want to say "natty," then don't say it. But the claim by some posters (not you) that only dumb people use the phrase is obnoxious and absurd.
January 9th, 2024 at 10:37 PM ^
The best part about being a human being is that if you don’t enjoy a word, you just don’t have to use it in your daily life.
Don’t worry, be happy.
January 9th, 2024 at 11:38 PM ^
I was chastised awhile back for using the word "natty" here one of the few times I started a topic. But for the record, I don't enjoy the words yummy, veggie, tummy, and samich.
January 10th, 2024 at 2:40 AM ^
And if I dont enjoy reading it?
January 10th, 2024 at 8:54 AM ^
Lighten up!
January 9th, 2024 at 9:17 PM ^
"natty" and "chip" are 2 of the worst slangs in sports. Both make my skin crawl when I hear them
January 9th, 2024 at 9:19 PM ^
"Natty" is a trash beer Sparty's use as part of their ritual couch sacrifice.
I dare anyone to change my mind.
January 9th, 2024 at 9:22 PM ^
'Natty' is an appropriate adjective for Desmond Howard's style on Saturdays.
January 9th, 2024 at 9:37 PM ^
ship?
January 9th, 2024 at 9:46 PM ^
You forget the gratuitous use of the word "stud", should only be used by a) trades people in regards to carpentry matters, or b) by employees of Home Depot or Lowes.
January 9th, 2024 at 10:00 PM ^
Might I add a few more to the sports word vomit dictionary:
“Generational” - The latest overused term to describe high-level players. There seem to be about 10 generational players per season these days.
”Classy” - We’ve all seen Anchorman, bro. And saying “keep it classy” or “real classy” or “you stay classy, ______” is so incredibly played out.
Adding A “y/ie” To Players Names: Announcers seem to gush at the opportunity to rename a player to a little kids name - turning Steve Breaston into Stevie Breaston, or Mike Sainristil into Mikey.
And the worst one…
Chippy: This one popped up a decade or so and is now so overused. Any time a player shoves another, the announcer has to say “it’s getting chippy down there.”
January 9th, 2024 at 10:22 PM ^
Trickeration , not a word
January 9th, 2024 at 10:38 PM ^
Generations are much shorter these days.
January 9th, 2024 at 11:16 PM ^
With more and more people waiting to start families, I'd assume the opposite would be true.
January 9th, 2024 at 11:00 PM ^
So it jumped the shark, much like jumped the shark, actually jumped the shark.
January 10th, 2024 at 12:09 AM ^
Adding A “y/ie” To Players Names: Announcers seem to gush at the opportunity to rename a player to a little kids name - turning Steve Breaston into Stevie Breaston, or Mike Sainristil into Mikey.
To be fair, Mike Sainristil's name is pronounced Mikey so people are just spelling it like they hear it rather than giving him a nickname.
January 10th, 2024 at 12:18 AM ^
To be fair, you’re being extremely generous on this point, which is widely known. The quoted remark is objectively ignorant and downright shitty to suggest that Mike’s actual, phonetically accurate name is somehow belittling to him.
At first I thought MF777’s entire comment was a bit of ironical jest, to mock the intransigent knuckle-draggers who prop up pretentious rigidity as a virtue. Ha!
January 9th, 2024 at 11:18 PM ^
or (c) in reference to an actual retired racehorse. Unless you're attempting some horrible eugenics program, please don't refer to a human -- particularly a male human -- as a "stud." :). (and if you are attempting such a program, please stop and turn yourself in to the FBI at the soonest possible juncture, before anyone gets hurt).
January 10th, 2024 at 11:35 AM ^
I can’t stand them either as both sound juvenile and substance-less, but I gave in and started using them because it seems that this is the vernacular in common usage and understanding.
That doesn’t mean that I have to like them. It’s kind of like when people use the term O.G. It’s such a stupid expression that borrows from everyone’s obsession now with having "street cred".
Moreover, depending on your vintage you either understand O.G. as Original Gangster or Old Guard. Both are for poseurs.
Most people that use terms like O.G. or "Old School" aren’t any of those things and lack any semblance of context. If they really were those things they would describe things as "old fashioned" which is what most people with more mileage on the odometer would say.
Old fashioned people knew what it was like to have a rotary phone, have roll-up windows, mail letters, and understood a time before your closest connections in life weren’t your Instagram followers. Nothing wrong with that. The world changes.
But unless they have old souls, none of these folks have any idea what would in today’s world would be construed as old. Now get off my lawn!
January 9th, 2024 at 11:50 PM ^
Then I walk up the first street, (Natty Dreadlock)
And then I walk up the second street to see. (Natty Dreadlock)
Then I trod on through third street, (Natty Dreadlock)
And then I talk to some Dread on fourth street. (Natty Dreadlock)
Natty Dreadlock in a fifth street, (Natty Dreadlock)
And then I skip one fence to sixth street. (Natty Dreadlock)
I've got to reach seventh street: (Natty Dreadlock)
Natty Dreadlock Bingy Bongo I (Natty Dread)
Natty dread, Natty Dread, now, (Natty Dread)
Roots Natty Congo I. (Natty Dread)
Maybe Bob was in Ann Arbor?
January 9th, 2024 at 11:59 PM ^
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January 10th, 2024 at 9:02 AM ^
I gotta say, I really hate this "natty" trend.
/lawnetc
January 9th, 2024 at 9:02 PM ^
Stop saying natty please
January 9th, 2024 at 10:38 PM ^
Not to mention, shouldn't it be 14 (including 1973 & 1985) not 12 and why does the NCAA think it's 10 (not including 1947 and 1932)??
January 9th, 2024 at 11:18 PM ^
We're not UCF. We're not counting made-up titles in the poll era. 1932 isn't particularly widely recognized, and 1947, Notre Dame was the pre-bowl champion, and Michigan and Notre Dame's relative bowl performances convince the AP to do a hitherto-unseen post-bowl poll. Michigan recognizes that poll; the NCAA does not, as it was added after-the-fact. In '48, AP committed to a post-bowl poll ahead of time.
January 9th, 2024 at 11:54 PM ^
So is it 10 titles or 12?
If it’s 12 doesn’t that also make us UCF as far as the NCAA is concerned?
January 10th, 2024 at 1:06 AM ^
I stated "in the poll era," which was specifically an acknowledgment that 1932 is fine. '47, I could go either way on, but I think Michigan's claim makes more sense because the AP specifically changed the rules because of how good the '47 team was. So, I'm good with 12. But '73 and '85, no.
January 10th, 2024 at 9:31 AM ^
The NCAA recognizes USC as national champions for 1932 because they defeated Pittsburgh in the Rose Bowl. Prior to the game UM was #1 (8-0), USC #2 (9-0) and Pitt #3 (8-0-2). However, the Big 9 didn’t allow members to participate in post season games. USC prevailed 35-0 and was recognized as national champions. UM did receive the Knute Rockne Memorial Trophy as national champions under the math-based Dickinson System over USC and Pitt.
The NCAA recognizes Notre Dame as national champions for the 1947 season because they were 8-0 in the regular season. At that time Notre Dame was not participating in post season games by choice. UM was #2 (9-0) and defeated #8 USC (7-0-1) in the Rose Bowl 49-0. An unofficial post-bowl AP poll was conducted between Notre Dame (8-0) and UM (10-0) and UM won by a vote of 226-119.
Interesting to note that in 1932 the regular season #1 was snubbed by the NCAA due to lack of a post season victory but in 1947 the opposite is true.
Way to be consistent NCAA.
If UM claimed both they would be ahead of Notre Dame in total championships by one (12-11) if we only clamed one we'd be tied 11 all.
So it would seem that per NCAA precedent UM could reasonably claim one of these (1947) but how does one make a case for both?
January 10th, 2024 at 2:41 AM ^
I dont mind people saying it, just seeing it written bothers me 🤷♂️
January 9th, 2024 at 9:04 PM ^
Blake called it a natty after the game, so I think it's kosher now?
January 9th, 2024 at 9:08 PM ^
Blake can get away with it.
January 9th, 2024 at 9:17 PM ^
Yup. win one and you can call it whatever you want
January 9th, 2024 at 10:42 PM ^
It’s just like my English teacher who said, “When you are an experienced professional writer, you can start a sentence with ‘But.’ Not now.” So I didn’t. But now I do. But not always.
January 9th, 2024 at 10:27 PM ^
I love kosher usage. Brings back memories
"Yeah its just not kosher" -- Penn State student circa 2008
"Kosher as in the jewish preparatory food sense?" -- Daily Show Correspondent.
"What?" -- Penn State student, perplexed.
January 9th, 2024 at 10:34 PM ^
Blake called it a natty after the game, so I think it's kosher now?
James Bond can wear a dive watch with a tux, you can't.
January 10th, 2024 at 12:01 AM ^
I’m willing to #bet the people who claim only dumbasses use the term “natty” wouldn’t say as much to Corum’s face
January 9th, 2024 at 9:04 PM ^
-1 for natty
January 9th, 2024 at 9:08 PM ^
Can we just enjoy this for a bit? Why do we immediately have to talk about running it back?
January 9th, 2024 at 10:00 PM ^
Do you think they selected "Other" because they didn't know what the other words meant? That's what I'm choosing to believe.
January 9th, 2024 at 10:21 PM ^
Other, because they were too busy loading up the plow trucks to go move some snow.
January 9th, 2024 at 10:35 PM ^
Speaking of which, fuck the Boren family.