Michigan State Fan Postpones Heart Surgery To Watch Michigan Game
1-liner, All, College Football, Retirees October 7th. 2010, 12:15pm
Save Him From Himself: Major Hester, 69, from Detroit is a retiree who suffers from cardiomyopathy. He’s also a Michigan State fan, a rabid one. He can’t watch with the sound because it gets him too riled up. Hester postponed heart surgery to get a pacemaker, because he was afraid complications would prevent him from watching this weekend’s game against Michigan. “It’s like going into combat,” Hester said. “You may come home alive or you may come home dead.” [DetNews]

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October 7th, 2010 at 12:16 PM
perspective, he haz it.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:17 PM
This one’s on you Stark. You had to rattle the cage.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:19 PM
Michigan State Fan Postpones Heart Surgery To Watch Michigan Game
luckily for us, Duffy was there with the story
October 7th, 2010 at 12:20 PM
I really was just joking but thanks for making me an “insider” Duffy!
October 7th, 2010 at 12:21 PM
Oh my god, I am dying of laughter over here
October 7th, 2010 at 12:21 PM
October 7th, 2010 at 12:21 PM
The world simply can not lose a great name like Major Hester…get the ticker fixed, sir
October 7th, 2010 at 12:21 PM
this man is going to die.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:23 PM
October 7th, 2010 at 12:23 PM
Major Hester, 69
Tee hee.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:23 PM
So will we all.
/inspirational thought of the day
October 7th, 2010 at 12:23 PM
liberate tutemae ex inferis
October 7th, 2010 at 12:24 PM
get busy livin or get busy dyin
October 7th, 2010 at 12:24 PM
as we all will, spence. as we all will…
October 7th, 2010 at 12:25 PM
It’s like my sergeant told me before one trip into the jungle.
MEN! Fifty of ya are going on a mission. Twenty fiiiive of ya aint comin’ back!
October 7th, 2010 at 12:25 PM
every man dies. not every man really lives
October 7th, 2010 at 12:26 PM
smells introspective-y in here.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:27 PM
I really hope this guy gets the chance to live like he was dyin’
October 7th, 2010 at 12:27 PM
I feel like I’m gonna die, Bart.
We’re all gonna die, Lis.
I meant soon.
So did I.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:28 PM
Live free or die hard?
October 7th, 2010 at 12:28 PM
Back to back blockbuster Simpson quotes from moleman.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:29 PM
mitchy mitchy mitchy
October 7th, 2010 at 12:30 PM
man, you really really really have a strong dislike for duffy, don’t you?
October 7th, 2010 at 12:30 PM
Wanted: Dead or Alive
October 7th, 2010 at 12:30 PM
I believe he actually got the turkey with that one. He had one in the last thread, too
October 7th, 2010 at 12:30 PM
Apparently a plane at Philly Airport has been evacuated because someone loading the plane couldn’t produce ID and has now disappeared.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:31 PM
Get him a drink.
Don’t be afraid.
Come on, you think I’d make my sister a widow?
I’m Godfather to your son.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:31 PM
Holy shit! Did he vaporize or was it more a puff of smoke, Jay V?
October 7th, 2010 at 12:32 PM
man, you really really really have a strong dislike for duffy, don’t you?
I actually like Duffy, but his passive aggressive approach to everyone saying they are sick of Michigan posts is mildly infuriating.
I prefer it when he’s not on his high horse, too.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:32 PM
Members of the Reds trying to escape undetected before Game 2 and Oswalt?
October 7th, 2010 at 12:32 PM
bond like
October 7th, 2010 at 12:32 PM
Typical Spartan. Comparing watching a football game to war.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:33 PM
what was passive aggressive about him saying “blow me” the other day?
i too like duffy a lot as long as he’s not taking potshots at cleveland.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:33 PM
Not sure if “blow me” counts as passive aggressive.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:33 PM
Major Harris > Major Hester
October 7th, 2010 at 12:33 PM
Hey spence, blow me.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:34 PM
im pretty sure he’s talking about going into surgery brah.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:34 PM
Major Dad > Major Harris > Major Hester
October 7th, 2010 at 12:34 PM
October 7th, 2010 at 12:34 PM
Not sure if “blow me” counts as passive aggressive.
I must have missed that. Was it in the comments? Because I don’t read the comments.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:35 PM
Glad I refreshed, had this very thing typed out ready to go
October 7th, 2010 at 12:35 PM
Major Nouget > Colonel Kataffy
October 7th, 2010 at 12:35 PM
not passive aggressive enough to convince me.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:35 PM
Whoa, how did I miss Duffy saying that? What post was that in?
October 7th, 2010 at 12:35 PM
Major Applewhite shits all over the others
October 7th, 2010 at 12:35 PM
Major Tom > Major Harris > Major Hester
October 7th, 2010 at 12:36 PM
+ 1 turned-up nose
October 7th, 2010 at 12:36 PM
colonel sanders > captain ron > major dad > major harris
October 7th, 2010 at 12:36 PM
I think it was in response to people bitching about the Michigan Defense post.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:37 PM
admiral ackbar > colonel sanders > captain ron > major dad > major harris
October 7th, 2010 at 12:37 PM
October 7th, 2010 at 12:37 PM
the general lee > colonel sanders > captain ron > major dad > major harris
October 7th, 2010 at 12:37 PM
Oh, I even commented in that one. I’ll have to look through it again
October 7th, 2010 at 12:38 PM
kernel bromes > admiral ackbar > colonel sanders > captain ron > major dad > major harris
October 7th, 2010 at 12:38 PM
Whoa, how did I miss Duffy saying that? What post was that in?
The one with Coop
October 7th, 2010 at 12:38 PM
Bears are fucked.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:38 PM
Damn it Clay!
October 7th, 2010 at 12:39 PM
Dirt wins the thread.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:39 PM
Haha, great job.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:39 PM
Captain Munnerlyn needs to be mentioned
October 7th, 2010 at 12:39 PM
I can see the high horse thing. Especially the way he writes and some of the words he chooses. He can be a bit dennis miller’esque.
But overall, I think he is a very good writer and does a good job explaining his stance. I just wish people would lay off of him a bit. Every one of his post turns into a bashing session. People complain about lack of football posts, too many basketball and soccer posts, not enough hockey posts, not enough titty posts, too many dick posts etc etc etc. People have been complaining since the site’s inception. But nothing has changed. TBL is what it is and he is not that interested in changing it. Just don’t show up. But almost every thread turning into a nagging session can get a bit old.
I’m talking in general, not specifically to you so please don’t take it personally.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:39 PM
C’mon Gaseous, get it right.
Captain Kangaroo > admiral ackbar > colonel sanders > captain ron > major dad > major harris
October 7th, 2010 at 12:39 PM
Major Major Major Major>all
October 7th, 2010 at 12:39 PM
Colonel Kurtz >>>>Colonel Klink >>> kernel bromes > admiral ackbar > colonel sanders > captain ron > major dad > major harris
October 7th, 2010 at 12:39 PM
Bears are fucked.
They might be ok, Carolina is a fucking hot mess.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:40 PM
what did I do? I just found the Duffy blow me thing. I skipped that post entirely. I’m glad I missed it.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:40 PM
Carolina is fucking terrible. that is gonna be an ugly game.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:40 PM
thats a mentality i am to puss to understand. hardcore.
2 >1 >0 > -1 > -2
October 7th, 2010 at 12:41 PM
God Shammgod > you
October 7th, 2010 at 12:41 PM
kernel bromes > admiral ackbar > colonel sanders > captain ron > major dad > major harris > Sgt. Slaughter
October 7th, 2010 at 12:42 PM
Shamwow Guy >> God Shammgod
October 7th, 2010 at 12:42 PM
Every one of his post turns into a bashing session.
that’s hardly true. And I will burn your house down for singling me out.
I’m talking in general, not specifically to you so please don’t take it personally.
never mind
October 7th, 2010 at 12:42 PM
I’ve never met this backwards hat duffy you speak of.
/likes huffy puffy duffy
//enjoys his embrace of his memes
October 7th, 2010 at 12:42 PM
Sergeant Slaughter > Colonel Kurtz >>>>Colonel Klink >>> kernel bromes > admiral ackbar > colonel sanders > captain ron > major dad > major harris
October 7th, 2010 at 12:43 PM
Shit, cleet, I have to type faster…
October 7th, 2010 at 12:44 PM
Is TBL now owned by ABC?
October 7th, 2010 at 12:46 PM
Really? TBL has always been a Michigan fanboy site? No.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:46 PM
I find myself being a huge Michigan State this weekend, this has never happened before (unless $$ was involved)…
October 7th, 2010 at 12:46 PM
I just wish people would lay off of him a bit.
Ty Duffy enjoys the company of juvenile farm animals.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:47 PM
Whoever added Ackbar is the internet winner of the day. Admiral Ackbar is better than every colonel, sergeant and major you guys can think of.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:48 PM
Whoever added Ackbar is the internet winner of the day. Admiral Ackbar is better than every colonel, sergeant and major you guys can think of.
It’s a trap.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:49 PM
Seriously Twitter, get a new fucking server.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:49 PM
Really? TBL has always been a Michigan fanboy site? No
Agreed. It has become a Michigan site because Michigan isn’t fucking horrible anymore.
Go Spartans!!!
October 7th, 2010 at 12:49 PM
Really? TBL has always been a Michigan fanboy site? No.
Duffy always has been, but this is the first year he’s been the primary college football writer (and the other guy only ever screams PLAYOFF and BOISE). And it’s very Michigan centric this fall.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:49 PM
That would be me. Yay for being an Internet Winner! Now accept my FB friend request, ma’am.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:50 PM
ive watched this for five minutes straight and im gonna watch it for five more minutes straight.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:50 PM
Unfortunately, the people at Ole Miss had their chance and failed to make Ackbar their new mascot.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:51 PM
That made me LOL
October 7th, 2010 at 12:51 PM
I agree with this; of course Duffy has always been M-centric…but this Fall has been pathetic.
And that isn’t a knock of Duffy’s writing…but the volume of Michigan shite sucks.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:52 PM
That was actually George Lucas who put the kibosh on having him as the mascot.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:53 PM
Spencer – Put this on your desk, too.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:53 PM
And that isn’t a knock of Duffy’s writing…but the volume of Michigan shite sucks.
the worst part is that the response to everybody’s comments has been to bombard the site with more Michigan crap, just to further infuriate everybody who Duffy bashes.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:53 PM
Instead it’s likely to be…Hotty Toddy???????
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2010/10/ole-miss-mascot-search-is-down-to-final-three-see-the-candidates/1?loc=interstitialskip
October 7th, 2010 at 12:53 PM
I’d say Michigan was one of the 3-4 biggest storylines heading in this season. The fact they’re unbeaten, Rich Rod saved his job, and the Wolverines have the best player in the country who leads the Heisman race …
October 7th, 2010 at 12:54 PM
agreed…because michigan is a disgusting, disgusting state and program.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:54 PM
given the amount of complaints and for how long people have been complaining, TBL would’ve spoke to duffy by now and told him to cool it a bit with michigan posts if he really cared about public opinion. Same with basketball and soccer posts. How long have people been complaining about those? yet he keeps churning them out. I don’t mind because soccer and basketball are my two most favorite sports, but if I were running the site and was inundated with complaints from you guys, I would think long and hard about the contents of my site. But whatever he is doing is obviously working, as evident by “low seven figure”.
Moral of the story is that people love to complain way too much about internet websites. I hate baseball, but I don’t ruin every baseball thread with comments about the game and how boring or uninteresting I think it is. Pick and choose what you want to read or comment on. That’s all. I just don’t understand the rationale behind complaining about subject matters of the website. If I don’t like something, I just click on address bar and type in the next sports website that I like to go to.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:54 PM
George Lucas sucks mule boner. Admiral Ackbar was a creative mascot for Ole Miss.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:54 PM
Yet without fail every single college football post devolves into comments on Michigan, Ohio State and the Big 10 in general.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:55 PM
This isn’t a certainty yet.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:56 PM
I’d say Michigan was one of the 3-4 biggest storylines heading in this season.
only here. And they haven’t played anybody. And no, that team doesn’t count as somebody.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:56 PM
fixed for accuracy.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:56 PM
that’s not fair…when someone talks about michigan it should be expected that OSU fans are going to take over. it’s in ohesian blood to ruin all things michigan.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:57 PM
Duffy big 10? of course
October 7th, 2010 at 12:57 PM
I do wish we’d see more college football posts but TBL’s right about Michigan being the story of the season, so far. Shoelace for the Heisman is pretty much all over the place, not just here. And Michigan going 6-6 will be the story of the second half.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:57 PM
So when they wind up a benign 8-4, and Robinson doesn’t finish in the Heisman top 3?….
October 7th, 2010 at 12:57 PM
I hate baseball, but I don’t ruin every baseball thread with comments about the game and how boring or uninteresting I think it is.
me too. and me neither. And quit singling me out.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:57 PM
Bayern, you’re fighting a losing battle there kiddo. What you said has been said here a million times. Unfortunately most of the people here get a lot of enjoyment mocking everything they don’t like about a sport, its fans, and this blog.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:59 PM
well, it’ll be a good thing the archives are gone.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:59 PM
ahhhhhh, Bayern = GrapeApe!!
October 7th, 2010 at 1:00 PM
bayern hows the view from your high horse
October 7th, 2010 at 1:00 PM
Unfortunately most of the people here get a lot of enjoyment mocking everything they don’t like about a sport, its fans, and this blog.
girls are dumb, and they get periods. Gross.
October 7th, 2010 at 1:01 PM
bayern hows the view from your high horse
he’s conveniently forgotten that he bitches plenty.
October 7th, 2010 at 1:01 PM
The most outspoken commenters are Big Ten fans. We have some SEC folks as well, just not in as many numbers. The ACC has maybe a handful and cassino doesn’t really frequent here anymore to talk about the PAC-10.
October 7th, 2010 at 1:02 PM
But they are soft and smell good…
October 7th, 2010 at 1:02 PM
Michigan can go 8-4 and Denard could still finish top 3 if he keeps making a big play or two every game and ends up 2000+ pass yds, 1500+ rush yds
October 7th, 2010 at 1:03 PM
gaseous, fair point. Keep quoting you so it seems like I’m just singling you out. Won’t happen again.
It’s more toward those that ruin basketball and soccer posts. If I’m not peeing on baseball, at least have common decency and not ruin basketball and soccer posts with 2,749 comments that you’ve made on this site about how you couldn’t be even paid to watch those sports and how boring they are.
October 7th, 2010 at 1:03 PM
to be fair, the south really hasn’t gotten a grasp of this whole “literacy” thing, hence the lack of balance.
October 7th, 2010 at 1:03 PM
this if just flat out wrong in my opinion. no doubt they were a story line, but top 3 or 4? no way.
October 7th, 2010 at 1:04 PM
I’m not a Pac 10 fan, per se, but I could start commenting about the conference more if that helps things along. I do watch a lot of Pac 10 games
October 7th, 2010 at 1:04 PM
+1 Auburn coloring book
October 7th, 2010 at 1:04 PM
Not so fast my friend. If DRob gets hurt, block the doors and light the place on fire.
Hey, at least Michiganders were smart enough to live in a place that didn’t require the draining of a large swamp.
October 7th, 2010 at 1:04 PM
It’s a tarp!!
October 7th, 2010 at 1:06 PM
Keep quoting you so it seems like I’m just singling you out.
i’m just continuing with the joke where you lecture all of us about not complaining, and only I am not supposed to take offense.
And you’re hung up on two or three guys that did a doo-doo in a soccer post, and projecting that feeling out to all commenters here.
A whole lot of us kinda like soccer, and a whole lot more like reading comments, and responding to them, even if they live in a soccer post. The few stinkers who ruined soccer for you are just a few stinkers.
And to reiterate, you bitch plenty yourself.
October 7th, 2010 at 1:06 PM
+1
October 7th, 2010 at 1:07 PM
yea but yall fucked the place up anyways.
October 7th, 2010 at 1:07 PM
Of course there’s a rape ape, he’s the guy going around raping those statues.
October 7th, 2010 at 1:08 PM
so now I’m the one on high horse? Can we get a ruling about this? Is a person on high horse if they don’t agree with you?
This is just hilarious now.
October 7th, 2010 at 1:08 PM
bayern = Simmons?
October 7th, 2010 at 1:08 PM
Detroit River > Cuyahoga River (unless you plan to cook using the river as fuel)
October 7th, 2010 at 1:09 PM
See, I view that differently than the Michigan stuff. I don’t get the complaining about a sport. But I easily understand when one team is over-represented on a site that purports otherwise (Jets-centricity excluded of course).
October 7th, 2010 at 1:09 PM
so now I’m the one on high horse?
I think you’re actually on a very tall lectern, or behind a pulpit.
October 7th, 2010 at 1:09 PM
which we do so HAH!
October 7th, 2010 at 1:11 PM
you’re on a high horse because you’re a soccer fan.
/also applies to hockey fans
October 7th, 2010 at 1:11 PM
I wish. I’d certainly like his bank account.
October 7th, 2010 at 1:12 PM
about 369 days ago, Michigan was undefeated, ranked and playing Michigan State. Then it all kinda fell apart. HOLY SHIT! WE TRADED PLACES!!!!
October 7th, 2010 at 1:13 PM
Whatever, just makes it easier to come in your mother’s hair from that high up then.
October 7th, 2010 at 1:13 PM
damn right. seattle is soccer city USA. Seattle also has a highly educated population. Translation, soccer fans are intellectuals and eat crumpets.
/looks down on dumb rednecks with their barbaric “football” obsession
October 7th, 2010 at 1:15 PM
/also applies to hockey fans
Bandwagon invitation postponed.
October 7th, 2010 at 1:15 PM
October 7th, 2010 at 1:16 PM
i see it’s not revoked so you’re telling me there’s still a chance!
October 7th, 2010 at 1:17 PM
shouldn’t it be cum
/grammar nazi
//not sure if I’m right
///realizes the irony of calling myself any type of “nazi”
October 7th, 2010 at 1:17 PM
why? do you run the media?
October 7th, 2010 at 1:18 PM
I refuse to spell it that way, it feels disgusting.
Much like spence’s mother’s hair ten minutes into a thirty minute process of de-comeing her hair.
October 7th, 2010 at 1:18 PM
i see it’s not revoked so you’re telling me there’s still a chance!
Sadly we can’t afford to turn anyone away.
October 7th, 2010 at 1:19 PM
*mails umbrellas to Seattle*
October 7th, 2010 at 1:19 PM
you’re a terrible human being.
October 7th, 2010 at 1:19 PM
It applies to everyone when they speak about something they’re passionate about.
October 7th, 2010 at 1:19 PM
Also that’s spelling, not grammar, you stupid Nazi fuck.
October 7th, 2010 at 1:20 PM
technically, it’s neither. it’s a “/stigs’d”
October 7th, 2010 at 1:20 PM
i did get a good laugh out of the “is TBL now owned by ABC” line
i mean … ?
October 7th, 2010 at 1:21 PM
ABC is now owned by Big Lead Sports.
Also anyway you could work a sponsorship with Big League Chew? Specifically the grape/purple flavor.
October 7th, 2010 at 1:29 PM
the ABC symbol is next to the big lead address in the address bar (mine at least).