Video of Mr. Tough Guy Ryan Day pumping his team up before The Game

Seems like a good time and place to drop a favorite bit of musical trivia: The same dude who did Yakety Sax played the iconic sax solo on Brenda Lee’s Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree. (Also, Brenda Lee was 13 when she recorded it 😳)

He should watch Happy Feet a few more times to see how it's really done.

This and "Where's Lou Holtz? / One bad half!" are the gifts that keep on giving.  Is there anything else that needs to go on a supercut of Day's most cringe moments?

never gets old

It's kind of like the Little Brother comment by Hart - it hurt MSU because it was so true.

So when Harbaugh called Day - indirectly mind you - Third Base, it hurt him, because it's so true. And now everything he does feels inauthentic.

Can you imagine Harbaugh letting his players throw him around like a rag doll? He looks like the little nerd walking in  the hall that the jocks decide to bully when he walks by them.

I can keep watching these re-posts all 2024.   No neg from me

This guy is such a clown show. 

I dunno, I get it, it looks silly, but so do a lot of team pump-up things when looked at from the outside. Jim's got his guys singing "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow," after all...

Probably won't make me popular to say it, but one reason there's so much silly talk about toughness in football is that so many of these guys are nerds. You sort of have to me. Start to dig in to the minutiae of football xs and os, and you know why.

That doesn't mean Ryan Day isn't an idiot.

Alright, who was the jerk who added the yakety sax music to it, because hayyy that's not very nice!

Thanks that is awesome not sure how I missed it.  Here’s hoping this lives forever, or at least as long as Ryan Day coaches.  

Eddie Munster dancing like Elaine before going in to pinch run on third where he'll get picked off in the seventh game of the world series--again!

Never gets old.

when you bring your kid brother into the mosh pit at a hardcore show and everyone lets him participate.

I think the Curb theme would have been more appropriate

UMxWolverines you are a frequent poster here who knows the board's unwritten rules. I am going to give you a pass that you legitimately did not see this yet. Your longevity and the fact that last week there were 15-20 new board topics a day gives you pass here.

Also, I'll take any excuse to watch this again.

And you wonder why so many players have hit the portal with this as a head coach 

12 players heading to the portal-so far

FFS, wake up and pay attention.

sigh. 

That's way to toughen up a team...a team of chinstrap penguins

Guys...maybe we should give him some space! He's going through a difficult transition.

In his mind he's tough.

This is almost 2 weeks old.  Why repost this?

Personally I thought Roman Wilson's video had the perfect background music for this bit. Yakety Sax is too up-tempo, punchy, and energetic to truly convey the dullness of this performance.

With the song used I think it would be funnier if you sped up the video as they used to do on Benny Hill. 

So how does pin ball get one ready for a game?

Still so dumb. Glorious, but dumb.

That just never gets old

I think every player that bounced him went to the player portal. 

This shd be the opening of their recruitment video.

Reminds me of these fools.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NDy6Rlijzo

Well worth the tenth watch. He is beyond awkward. Yeesh