Petition to replace the Cursed MGoBlog banner
Petition to replace the Cursed MGoBlog Banner
Brian has explained his logic in the current site banner on a recent podcast and, respectfully, I'm pretty sure he's the only one that understands it.
That being said I strongly suspect having a banner showing a penis shaped head wearing sunglasses, licking the corner of their peachfuzz mustache on this fansite is affecting the Mojo of our team.
I propose replacing the above banner with something a bit more swole & wolverine-ish at least for the Wisconsin game as an experiment in positive Mojo.
Please sign below or neg me to oblivion thanks in advance!
Jobu approves of this petition
September 11th, 2019 at 1:28 PM ^
It may or may not be cursed, but it's ugly AF
September 11th, 2019 at 1:57 PM ^
I just want to note that this is just the 4th time Brian has commented during the 2019 calendar year.
September 11th, 2019 at 2:52 PM ^
But, who is counting
September 11th, 2019 at 2:53 PM ^
Always nice to see the man behind the curtain!
September 11th, 2019 at 5:22 PM ^
The Great and Powerful Wizard of...huh?
September 11th, 2019 at 9:50 PM ^
Slacker.
September 11th, 2019 at 2:05 PM ^
maybe the real curse is the friends we made along the way, on this blog
September 11th, 2019 at 2:19 PM ^
Instead of Pitbull, can it be pictures of Ace?
September 11th, 2019 at 3:23 PM ^
Curse or no curse, I'm just sick of seeing Pitbull seductively licking his chops every time I load a page.
September 11th, 2019 at 4:01 PM ^
Tell me more about your feelings.
September 11th, 2019 at 1:28 PM ^
How about something that reflects the quality of the content on this site, instead of some PoS that looks like it was scraped from MySpace? This would eliminate:
1. Reminding us of bad things (exasperated Harbaugh)
2. Humans no longer on the team.
3. Dumb pop-culture icons.
September 11th, 2019 at 1:54 PM ^
Not having a real good time
September 11th, 2019 at 4:36 PM ^
"Good Times" are 404 like MGoBlog points and our offense right now. Please check back in coming-soon-mightyfine HUEL amount of time.
September 11th, 2019 at 1:29 PM ^
Signed,
99601
September 11th, 2019 at 1:30 PM ^
I don't understand why this is such a big deal to people. It's a banner on a blog you don't pay for. Chill.
September 11th, 2019 at 1:33 PM ^
But we're undefeated with it!
If we beat Wisconsin, I vote it stays up all year!
September 11th, 2019 at 2:02 PM ^
I propose that we send this bill to the State Duma for further consideration. It has some merit.
September 11th, 2019 at 2:02 PM ^
And we start a petition to have Mr. Worldwide be an honorary captain for The Game. It could be a turning of the tides
September 11th, 2019 at 1:33 PM ^
Please save the deep philosophical aspects of the Blog to the actual posts and writings of the Blog. The banner just needs to “focus” on the current M sport for the appropriate season.
Go Blue!
September 11th, 2019 at 1:34 PM ^
There is no way I can look at that jackhole with his tongue out for another, what, 12 weeks? At least?
September 11th, 2019 at 2:04 PM ^
Focus on the braveheart one. It's less irritating
September 11th, 2019 at 1:34 PM ^
banner be damned......
September 11th, 2019 at 1:39 PM ^
Is that OSU Einstein?
September 11th, 2019 at 1:40 PM ^
Over 11 years on this blog I’ve come to my own conclusion that Brian doesn’t care about his customers opinions. He focuses on providing good content that interests him and is not available elsewhere. This has been a successful strategy that has led to this community for which I’m grateful, so I’m not saying this in a bitter way. I’ve just given up on hoping for changes and improvements to the blog that are not content related. High performing app? Nope. Good, content forward web design? Not happening. Better message board tooling and usability? Don’t hold your breath. Banner that has anything to do with our university? Not a priority.
Sure, they work on these things, but always as a second or third priority to the content, and the results show. Again, it hasn’t hampered the sites success, so more power to him, but I don’t suspect that Brian gives a shit about what others think of his pit bull banner.
September 11th, 2019 at 1:56 PM ^
If the choice is content or other frippery, I’ll take the content. Yes yes “why not both?” but I’m not about to complain about best-in-the-industry contenr that is delivered for free.
September 11th, 2019 at 2:35 PM ^
Agreed. As a consumer of content, I love that Brian has this mindset. The content here is on another level that all of the other nice looking websites cannot touch. However...
As a small business owner myself, I'm shocked that Brian doesn't put more effort into this website from a best product possible mindset. This website pays his mortgage and the mortgage of others. Providing the best possible experience to keep users engaged is critical. I've seen numerous board members say their interaction has dropped, which hurts business. A mobile app, well designed/functioning/feature rich website should 100% be just as important as the content.
As a web developer, I'm also flabbergasted that some of the UI issues haven't been resolved, given how dead ass simple they are to fix. I'm talking less than 4 hours for me with the one file of this website easy.
I'm also shocked, given the number of members that said they would be willing to contribute to a GoFundMe to improve the website, that a GoFundMe hasn't been started and providing what the people want.
September 11th, 2019 at 4:48 PM ^
Could not agree more.
September 11th, 2019 at 10:12 PM ^
I wrote them an app that solves all their scaling issues, asked no money for it and they showed no interest. I really don't get it. My sense is they are burnt out on this business but make slightly too much money to give it up
September 11th, 2019 at 9:35 PM ^
I think it's more that the economics of this business don't support those things. An app costs 50-100k to do properly. Good (non HUEL) designers are expensive. Ads for residence inn Ann arbor don't pay that well
September 11th, 2019 at 1:45 PM ^
Please keep Pitbull! This banner is the best one since...the last one, I've liked them all, tbh. Also, Jobu, that joke has not aged well. Maybe reference Tom Berenger's bad knees or Wild Thing if you need to bring up Major League.
September 11th, 2019 at 1:49 PM ^
Change the banner to something that recalls football excellence at the UM.
September 11th, 2019 at 2:17 PM ^
And I say that England's greatest prime minister was Looord Palmerston!
September 11th, 2019 at 1:50 PM ^
I believe Brian does these silly banners simply to annoy some people. I could not care less about the banner. Some are nice while others are not. This one is beyond awful, but I don't care. I read this site for the content - not because of how it looks.
September 11th, 2019 at 1:50 PM ^
Banner is more irritating than inspiring
September 11th, 2019 at 1:52 PM ^
The amount of people who take the banner on a blog seriously is hilarious to me
September 11th, 2019 at 1:56 PM ^
Some of you people really care about the banner, don’t you? That’s cute.
September 11th, 2019 at 1:57 PM ^
I don't pay attention to the banner and most of the time don't even see it.
Make it actual pit bulls .... or pit bulls wearing M gear .... or a black hole signifying BPONE ... i really don't care either way.
September 11th, 2019 at 2:11 PM ^
I don't have an issue with that banner but actually pit bulls would be an improvement.
September 11th, 2019 at 1:57 PM ^
Get rid of this Pitbull BS!! Mgoblog can do better
September 11th, 2019 at 2:22 PM ^
Every time I see the banner I ask myself WWPDD (What Would Pitbull Do, Dale). And that answer?
Let's have a real good time.
September 11th, 2019 at 2:53 PM ^
It's impossible for me not to hear the song after reading this and, subsequently, start having a real good time.
September 11th, 2019 at 1:59 PM ^
Might want to show up with pitchforks at his home and give him the Dave Brandon treatment!
September 11th, 2019 at 2:03 PM ^
Lol Pitbull haters. Let your anger go and let’s have a real good time.
September 11th, 2019 at 2:06 PM ^
Why do you guys care? We are a baseball school and it is the off season.
September 11th, 2019 at 2:10 PM ^
What...when did the banner fumble the damn ball or miss a blitz pick up?
September 11th, 2019 at 2:10 PM ^
You need to turn that frown upside down and generate some positive vibes....let's have a real good time!
September 11th, 2019 at 2:11 PM ^
A source, whom I consider highly reliable, intimated to me that Brian adds a week to how long the banner will be up for every time someone complains about it.
September 11th, 2019 at 2:12 PM ^
Don't really give a chit about the mojo, juju, or other hoodoo voodoo involved.... the banner looks like a$$ in my opinion. It has almost ZERO relevance to THE TEAM... and if you're going to play this type of game, then KEVIN BACON should be on the banner.
Though... in a way, it does mimic the cry for relevance...lol
September 11th, 2019 at 2:15 PM ^
The current banner needs a refresh, needs to go back to honoring a Michigan Man or Woman.
September 11th, 2019 at 2:26 PM ^
I think the banner sucks, but I'm not losing sleep over it. His site, he can make it look stupid if he wants, I'll still read.