Mahmoud Ahmadinejad chimes in on Michigan football
Do we want his support? Not sure. But I don't see any ex-world leaders tweeting about Sparty...
https://twitter.com/Ahmadinejad1956/status/1052178368072945668
October 16th, 2018 at 12:25 PM ^
This will probably not end well.
October 16th, 2018 at 4:13 PM ^
You're right. LSU fans will be pissed when they find out Chris Jackson is a Michigan fan.
October 16th, 2018 at 12:27 PM ^
dafuq!!??
October 16th, 2018 at 12:30 PM ^
I believe Dafuq is an Iraqi town, not Iran.
Twitter should be nuked back to the Stone Age.
October 16th, 2018 at 12:32 PM ^
I heard that him and Assad were hosting a watch party this Saturday. Anyone going?
October 16th, 2018 at 12:36 PM ^
Can’t find my Members Only jacket.
October 16th, 2018 at 2:23 PM ^
I'll be in Raqqa for the game, anyone know where the Michigan Alumni gather. I'm staying in the 7 April Park area. Something close would be nice, I can only commando crawl for short distances.
October 16th, 2018 at 4:39 PM ^
Can someone update the "UM-friendly bar locations" sticky with the details? I'm in.
October 16th, 2018 at 12:28 PM ^
Didn't he go to U of M and have a brief trist with Madonna before heading to Tehran for the embassy takeover?
October 16th, 2018 at 1:04 PM ^
No silly. Your thinking of Glenn Rice and it wasnt Madonna, it was Sara Palin he nailed before taking over the Embassy and then returning to play for the Lakers.
October 16th, 2018 at 1:48 PM ^
Haha.... well played.
October 16th, 2018 at 2:56 PM ^
He always was better at scoring when going to the right.
October 16th, 2018 at 10:15 PM ^
I remember that. She was working as a sportscaster at the time for an Anchorage news station and wanted a bigger bang then what hubby could provide.LOL, so much for pretending to be some kind of Christian conservative. Just awful hearing her voice during that '08 campaign.
October 16th, 2018 at 12:29 PM ^
Why in the world would you post something like this?
And you're not sure if we want his support? Sweet mercy!
October 16th, 2018 at 12:42 PM ^
This is absolutely board worthy. The ex-president of one of the most influential countries in the world just tweeted about Michigan football. I for one am grateful to the poster who made known a fact, that I would've otherwise been oblivious too.
October 16th, 2018 at 12:47 PM ^
Yes, cheering for a guy who wanted to wipe the US and Israel off the face of the earth is very board worth.
October 16th, 2018 at 12:52 PM ^
I think you are confused. He is cheering for us, not the other way around.
Not our fault. We really can't help it that we are this awesome.
October 16th, 2018 at 1:10 PM ^
What are you talking about?
You criticize the OP, saying this isn't board worthy.
I then say it is clearly board worthy.
Then you somehow infer that I am all-in for Mr. Mahmoud, the Ayatollah, and the entire destruction of Israel.
Here's the whole story that you seem to be missing: a dude halfway around the world, who used to be very powerful, tweeted about an American football team. Our Wolverines, no less.
In other words, shit's ridiculous yo.
October 16th, 2018 at 1:20 PM ^
Yes, I admit, he was an unbalanced, irrational individual who said crazy, nonsensical things about the US and other nations during his time as president.
It must have been so hard for the Iranians to have an unbalanced, irrational individual saying crazy nonsensical things as their president. I wonder what that would feel like. I wonder...
October 16th, 2018 at 2:12 PM ^
No idea what you're getting at here. None whatsoever. Nope. None. Don't get it at all.
The replies on twitter are of course brilliant.
October 16th, 2018 at 3:54 PM ^
Yeah, that would totally suck. Sure am glad we here in America have had no experience with that...
October 16th, 2018 at 1:41 PM ^
To be clear, I am not in any way "cheering for him," I just thought it was a very weird story and worth sharing.
October 16th, 2018 at 2:28 PM ^
It's not like your past "political takes' have been any better.
October 16th, 2018 at 2:04 PM ^
You must be a gay holocaust survivor. /s
October 16th, 2018 at 12:29 PM ^
[Insert Andy Samberg's "Iran So Far" here]
October 16th, 2018 at 12:46 PM ^
Like a very hairy Jake Gullenhall to me...
October 16th, 2018 at 12:50 PM ^
I think of him as more of a very hairy Maggie Gyllenhaal
October 16th, 2018 at 12:53 PM ^
If you've never seen it, enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoS8DrrlnTQ
October 16th, 2018 at 12:32 PM ^
I had to think this was fake Twitter account. But @Ahmadinejad1956 is a blue checkmark account. ?!
October 16th, 2018 at 12:38 PM ^
It's real
October 16th, 2018 at 12:59 PM ^
Wow..just wow. Do Iranians watch American football? Serious question
October 16th, 2018 at 1:06 PM ^
Don't give Roger Goodell any ideas
October 16th, 2018 at 2:33 PM ^
Forget Goodall, what about Delaney? Next thing you know we'll add University of Tehran to the B1G to tap into the deep Tehran television market...
October 16th, 2018 at 3:25 PM ^
They'd probably be more competitive than Rutgers
October 16th, 2018 at 3:35 PM ^
Oh, for sure. In fact, I bet they'd kick the Shi'ite out of Rutgers.
October 16th, 2018 at 5:11 PM ^
This warranted a /golfclap.gif, but the site is just too damn clumsy for me to make the effort to learn how.
Bring back 2.0!
October 16th, 2018 at 1:55 PM ^
Funny that he had to do the year of birth thing in his username.
October 16th, 2018 at 12:32 PM ^
Not a bad guy. He has love for our blog expats in Bolivia.
Mr. @evoespueblo I wanted to thank you for your support of the #IranianPeople at the #UNSecurityCouncil . You have always been a loyal friend of the Iranian People; send my regards to your staff and the lovely people of Bolivia.
12:25 pm - 9 Oct 2018
October 16th, 2018 at 1:55 PM ^
Hear me out...could this mean that Maizen is Ahmadinejad?
October 16th, 2018 at 3:17 PM ^
Nah, Mahmoud A's prognostications on Michigan sports are way too positive to be Maizen
October 16th, 2018 at 9:20 PM ^
But he did say the Ayatollah can't recruit, so......
October 16th, 2018 at 12:33 PM ^
I did a quick search regarding his life, education, background, presidency, etc., and did not find one single reason why he would have even a passing interest in Michigan football.
October 16th, 2018 at 12:42 PM ^
Obviously, MSU is the Great Satan.
October 16th, 2018 at 1:58 PM ^
Except they spell it SAATN.
October 16th, 2018 at 1:01 PM ^
Probably just saw a Denard game.
October 16th, 2018 at 1:05 PM ^
former um pres lee bollinger is who allowed him to speak at Columbia. I’m certain he regaled MA with stories of the 97 championship while he was there.
October 16th, 2018 at 9:19 PM ^
As it turns out, the University of Michigan is a very well known and well regarded institution of higher learning.
October 16th, 2018 at 12:36 PM ^
What in the name of
October 16th, 2018 at 3:10 PM ^
He's the guy in office space whose name is impossible to say.