NMU-PACKER WEEKEND ALUM NAMED TO NMU BOARD OF TRUSTEES

In one of his first appoinments, incoming Michigan Governor Rick Snyder named former NMU Quarterback Rick Popp to the school's board of trustees.

He is believed to be the first NMU football alum named to the board . . . and he is definitely the first (and likely last) NMU Packer Weekend alum (Class of 09) named to the board.


Rick will go down in NMU football lore as the man who did not change Buck Nystrom's ill-fated halfback pass call in the 1987 Divsion II Semi-Final game against Portland State. Being the good corporate exec (i.e. order taker) he is, Rick opted to stick with Coach Buck's play call rather than deferring to the wishes of everyone else in the huddle to change the damn play!

Rick is currently director of global benefits at Ford Motor Company. Sounds like an important job, but do car companies even give employees benefits anymore?


Rick is true Yooper, born in L'Anse Vegas and raised in Iron Mountain. Upon being named to the NMU Board he said, "[a]t Ford, I was fornutate enought to be a part of arguably the greatest turnaround in coporate history. I have confidence that with a fresh start, the future of Michigan is looking up as well."

Easy big fellah, you've been named to NMU's Board, not Congress! Just worry about turning around NMU's football program and you'll be in good shape.


Seriously, this appointment is well deserved. Rick will do a great job for NMU and make us all proud to have been his teammate. Kudos.

SOUND BITES PART DEUX -- FEEL FREE TO ADD YOUR OWN
1. "I've worked here two and half years and I've never given anyone my number." Tilted Kilt waitress to Fat Jesus. Ouch!

2. "Get some of that mustard Gregs" and "I think I'm going to get another burger so I can have some more of that mustard." Dalks apparently loves the Uncle Whatever's mustard at Lambeau a little too much.

3. "I'm so good the rest of the year, except when I see you guys!" Bubba.

4. "Dave babe, create a distraction while Bubba and I roll this out the back door" Dennis referring to a 200 pound tree stump on wheels at Ned Kelly's Bar.

5. "No the other passed out guy." Chuck to the entertainer in the Oval Office.

6. "Hey you fu@*ed up. You trusted me." Bubba to Chuck regarding his failed safeguarding of Chuck's ticket.

7. Q: "When's Chip getting here?" A: "I don't know. He's in the hosptial in Manitowoc and Mojo is picking him up."

WHAT THE HECK DOES TARARREL MEAN?

according to Wikipedia and other random Web resources, "tararrel" was something people would say in Europe in the 1930s. It's a source of pride, "Zing, boom, tararrel" -- a way of cheering for something you stand for and want to celebrate.

HEARD IN GREEN BAY: SOUND BITES FROM 2011

1. "I'm not going to do anything stupid this weekend." Bubba on Saturday afternoon.

1A. "So much for not doing anything stupid this weekend." Bubba on Sunday morning after losing Chuck's ticket in a convenience store and the bathroom incident.

2. "Don't test me!" Brys

3. "There's 60,000 deer hunters yelling in hear, no wonder we got a delay of game penalty!" Bears fan Whelpley regarding Cutler's delay of game penalty.

4. "Zing Boom Tararrell." My favorite line from Roll Out the Barrel. What the heck does it mean?

5. "You working for the highay department now?" Dahlke to Dave Babe regrding his M-22 jacket.

6. "Go Pack Go."

7. "The Scoreboard is your God." Whelpley remarking on the "Pack Mentality" of following all cheering instructions on the scoreboard.

8. "I was about ready to leave anyway." Stew to security after he was asked to leave for lighting up a smoke in the bratwurst line.

9. "Muuch."

10. "I swear I was aiming for the center of the toiliet." Bubba regarding his projectile vomit handiwork in the Best Western bathroom.

11. "Strass-burger! Strass-burger" spontaneous crowd chant upon seeing Ron in the Tilted Kilt.


12. "You're in the Circle Now!" Mayor to first -timer Harry Palms. Still not sure about Brys (kidding Kevin).

13. "Only in Green Bay." The Mayor about the convenience store clerk who called our limo compay after finding a Packers Bears ticket and then dropping it off at our hotel.

14. "Haywood? Haywood Yablowme?!" the ever quotable Bubba.