I just saw a ESPN commercial on TV that has to be one of the funniest ones I’ve seen. They show a high school team getting ready for a basketball game and interview locals. As it goes on, you find out that their team nickname is “the Nimrods.” It goes on showing the cheerleaders, folks saying “Go Nimrods!” and ends with the following words on the screen:
Without Sports, Who Would Cheer For The Nimrods?
I was laughing for a good minute after it was done. The even funnier thing is that this is a real school! And, they were on ESPN once before. Go Nimrods!
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10:59 am | 11 comments
January 27th, 2004 at 3:32 pm
PEGLEGS of Stuyvesant in New York City????!!!
January 27th, 2004 at 3:35 pm
I personally liked the Poca Dots
January 27th, 2004 at 8:19 pm
I love those team names on the link! We are the Ware Indians… Why can’t we be something COOL? Students have suggested the Ware Wolves. I like that, too.
January 28th, 2004 at 7:25 am
Ware as in :
ware, MA (CDP, FIPS 72845)
Location: 42.25319 N, 72.24547 W
Population (1990): 6533 (2849 housing units)
Area: 16.0 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 01082
not as in goods/items/commodities?
I got curious about the etymology of werewolf and found Lyconthrope. Nice
January 28th, 2004 at 10:25 am
No, Ware as in “Ware the hell am I? Western Mass? That sucks!”
January 29th, 2004 at 7:01 pm
Guys. Guuuuyyyyys. C’mon guys… Don’t make fun of Ware….
j/k
yes Ware, as in 01082
January 31st, 2004 at 11:34 pm
Watersmeet is in the UpperPeninsula of Michigan. I graduated from a school two hours away - the Kingsford Flivvers.
Go Flivvers.
February 29th, 2004 at 10:53 am
I saw the nimrods on “sunday morning” today and I saw that people couild order shirts from there. but what i want is a shirt that says flivvers on it, so does anyone no like a number or an address so I could ask for one?? that would be great, thanks
March 8th, 2004 at 8:12 pm
I went to the rival high school Bessemer that they played in the commercial. They were in my conference for sports. Im glad to see the U.P. get noticed in some way. Go Speedboys!!
March 9th, 2004 at 12:58 am
I should start hawking my Flivver gear on eBay or something. The authenticism of that commercial is what really gets me…the accents, the locker rooms, the deer camp, the gym. It was EXACTLY like playing basketball (and living) in the U.P. really was, especially when we played the little schools like Watersmeet.
March 16th, 2004 at 6:58 pm
how come nobody knows what a flivver is….i do cause i go to kingsford and i dont think its not that funny of a name….i think espn should come and do a commerical with us and watersmeet were only 45 min away