Michigan fan couple gets married after meeting in ESPN comments section
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/13880958/michigan-fans-m…
Congats to Brandon and Kate, who met on ESPN's Big Ten blog comments section, ended up meeting IRL, and got married on last weekend (the bye weekend, of course).
October 29th, 2015 at 10:49 AM ^
Soooo any women on here into Michigan Fans? I mean my username has to count for something.
October 29th, 2015 at 10:57 AM ^
You're already married.
October 29th, 2015 at 10:58 AM ^
MGoblog Jim Harbaugh isnt though.... Cant be tied down.
October 29th, 2015 at 11:00 AM ^
Don't lie. I've heard about your "basement."
October 29th, 2015 at 12:21 PM ^
You have a girlfriend, her name is Shelby. She does NOT deserve this, James.
October 29th, 2015 at 11:16 AM ^
October 29th, 2015 at 11:23 AM ^
Don't you think?
October 29th, 2015 at 11:27 AM ^
I presume that is Mr. Dom Bombs. Hope he's doing better these days.
October 29th, 2015 at 12:02 PM ^
Yep that is mr Dommanic Ingerson. I still remmeber that day when my neighborhood here in Oakland was featured on MGoblog. http://mgoblog.com/content/naked-lake
Hope the man is doing better these days.
October 29th, 2015 at 12:23 PM ^
Yeah a little too ironic, yeah..I really do think.
October 29th, 2015 at 12:26 PM ^
almost like ten thousands spoons when all you need is a knife
October 29th, 2015 at 1:29 PM ^
It's like meeting the man of my dreams, then meeting his beautiful wife.
October 29th, 2015 at 3:03 PM ^
(In an ESPN comments section).
October 29th, 2015 at 11:25 AM ^
You might be confusing "coincidence" with "irony." If his friend's name was "Terrelle Pryor", that would be ironic.
October 29th, 2015 at 12:25 PM ^
exactly as my 10th grade English teacher demonstrated using that Anal Morissette song.
October 29th, 2015 at 12:32 PM ^
Anal Morissette?
October 29th, 2015 at 12:52 PM ^
It's a Canadian thing?
October 29th, 2015 at 1:17 PM ^
Have dated a Canadian. You wouldn't know her.
October 29th, 2015 at 2:05 PM ^
Well everyone knows she would go down on you in a theather, but did you know she would do anal at the strip club?
anyway, this was just a funny auto correct, and I left it in because I thought people would get a kick out of Anal Morissette.
October 29th, 2015 at 3:09 PM ^
from the Niagara Falls area?
October 29th, 2015 at 1:54 PM ^
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October 29th, 2015 at 5:55 PM ^
This is an example of situational irony. Perhaps if you look up or down on this chat thread you will see the names of Jim Harbaugh, John Harbaugh, and Matt Millen, none of which I would expect to actually be named Jim Harbaugh, John Harbaugh, or Matt Millen (I know I am assuming here). In a story about two people meeting on an anonymous chat forum for Michigan fans and/or trolling Michigan fans, the best man's actual real name is Tom Brady.
Yes, having a friend named Jim Tressel, Urban Meyer, or Terrell Pryor would fall under the definition of situational ironiy as well. But what do I know, I went to school on North Campus.
October 29th, 2015 at 6:56 PM ^
Not exactly, based on the definition of situational irony. Situational irony is when the sequence of events occurring is direcly opposite of what one would expect. For example, an injured person getting run over by an ambulance, or a police station getting robbed, or a fire station burning down.
A michigan fan being friends with someone named Tom Brady is not the opposite of what is expected, therefore it happening is not a good example of situational irony.
October 29th, 2015 at 10:17 PM ^
I agree that a Michigan fan being friends with a Tom Brady, but not that Tom Brady, is not ironic in and of itself. In the context of this story, I find irony. The two characters wind up married after meeting on a message board for Michigan fans where they knew eachother by their Michigan-themed screen names (e.g., AA_somethingorother and wolverinegurl) for a long period of time. The story refers to them by their respective screen names throughout. If I were to tell you that one of the characters in the story went by Tom Brady and that half of the characters in the story are referred to by their screen names, you'd expect Tom Brady to be one of the screen names and not one of the real ones. At least I would have. I mean in this thread alone there is a Jim Harbaugh, a John Harbaugh, and a Matt Millen. Why not a Tom Brady. And hence my finding of situational irony.
October 30th, 2015 at 7:51 PM ^
Well the guy named Tom Brady had a user name of "TheRealTomBrady" in the story, so one of the user names WAS Tom Brady. And it happened to be his real name as well. It's just a fitting coincidence that the best man in a wedding founded on a Michigan football blog is named Tom Brady.
November 1st, 2015 at 2:06 PM ^
October 30th, 2015 at 1:55 AM ^
Somebody finally defined "irony" correctly. A million upvotes for you, OC.
October 29th, 2015 at 1:09 PM ^
October 29th, 2015 at 10:23 PM ^
Which is defined as the use of words to mean something different than what they appear to mean. Rather, I am referring to situational irony. Kind of like the person correcting my use of irony not knowing the different types of irony.
October 29th, 2015 at 1:20 PM ^
That's funny...I actually know that Tom Brady. He's a UM aerospace grad.
October 29th, 2015 at 10:58 AM ^
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October 29th, 2015 at 12:01 PM ^
Show us a GM and we'll answer your question.
October 29th, 2015 at 11:11 AM ^
If you were married, and knew how marriage is, you wouldn't be so eager to jump in.
October 29th, 2015 at 11:20 AM ^
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October 29th, 2015 at 10:51 AM ^
I hate to disappoint all the single ladies on MGoBlog, but I'm taken. Don't get any ideas...
Is it mean for me to be surprised at how normal looking they are for a couple that met on a message board sports blog?
October 29th, 2015 at 3:06 PM ^
It's not a sports blog, it's the WWL.
Seriously, they're probably MGoUsers.
October 29th, 2015 at 10:50 AM ^
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October 29th, 2015 at 10:54 AM ^
I dont think I want to know what you're saying. Sounds dirty and smelly.
October 29th, 2015 at 10:56 AM ^
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October 29th, 2015 at 11:01 AM ^
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October 29th, 2015 at 10:52 AM ^
I was really hoping his Best Man would have been the real Tom Brady and not the "The Real Tom Brady"
October 29th, 2015 at 11:54 AM ^
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October 29th, 2015 at 10:57 AM ^
Wasting their time on ESPN. They have to be making up for lost time on here. Congrats you two.
October 29th, 2015 at 10:55 AM ^
However, I am still available for the occasional tryst.