Meme Madness: Final Four

by RPT on May 12, 2009 8:30 AM CDT in Meme Madness

In the vortex of large-scale athletic emptiness until football season begins again, we're passing the days here at Rock M Nation with Meme Madness, a 32-entry, bracket style blowout to determine the best theme/inside joke RMN has to offer. The full bracket can be found here.

Today, we feature the last Final Four matchup.

No. 1 Thrust Nunchuk Upward vs No. 6 Handshakes
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Big 8 Conf. (Football)		Big Meme Conf. (Misc.)
As far as nicknames are concerned, Thrust Nunchuk Upward is the Goliath of Rock M Nation. Thrust Nunchuk Upward was not just a nickname -- it was a catchphrase in RMN's infancy that became a signature tagline in 2008. Chase Coffman will be remembered as the greatest tight end in NCAA history according to the record books, as well as a member of the inaugural induction class to the RMN Wall of Excellence. Around these parts, he'll also be remembered for one of the best nicknames this site may ever create. The story of its origin if a frequent topic of inquiry, so for posterity's sake, here it is again, straight from The Boy's mouth: 1) Chase Coffman hurdles a lot of people. 2) Last season, rptgwb suggested we name Coffman the "Y-button" (or something like that) because that’s the hurdle button on NCAA Football on Xbox. 3) I said (paraphrasing), screw Xbox, I have a Wii. 4) Ross replied (paraphrasing), "Well, ‘Y-button’ sounds a whole lot better than ‘Thrust nunchuk upward’ or however you hurdle somebody on Wii." 5) I replied: "THRUST NUNCHUK UPWARD!!!!!" FIRST ROUND: def. No. 8 The Beef's hatred of Ron Prince SWEET 16: def. No. 5 Junkyard Dog SCHLAFLY FINAL: def. No. 5 Grey Goose		It may not be SIZZLING BACON ACTION, but the Missouri football team may have the most underrated touchdown celebration in America. Is it an elaborate team celebration, an individual dance, or a way to draw attention to individual success? Nope. It's a handshake. Why? Because when Mizzou gets in the endzone, it's just business, baby. The background behind the handshake was fully examined in a 2007 video loaded on YouTube, reiterating that Missouri players wanted to "act like we've been there before." As a result, the handshakes caught on around Rock M Nation, with Live Threads being littered with exclamations of "HANDSHAKES!!!" and images/GIFs of the meme after touchdowns. With Mizzou football in the midst of a big time transition going into the season, two questions about the Gabbert era remain: How the Gabbert-led offense perform? Will the offense continue the most excellent tradition of the touchdown handshake? FIRST ROUND: def. No. 3 Kimmeh! SWEET 16: def. No. 2 Brass Bonanza BOULEVARD FINAL: def. No. 4 Party Starter

No. 1 Thrust Nunchuk Upward vs No. 6 Handshakes

Big 8 Conf. (Football)

Big Meme Conf. (Misc.)

As far as nicknames are concerned, Thrust Nunchuk Upward is the Goliath of Rock M Nation.

Thrust Nunchuk Upward was not just a nickname -- it was a catchphrase in RMN's infancy that became a signature tagline in 2008.

Chase Coffman will be remembered as the greatest tight end in NCAA history according to the record books, as well as a member of the inaugural induction class to the RMN Wall of Excellence.

Around these parts, he'll also be remembered for one of the best nicknames this site may ever create.

The story of its origin if a frequent topic of inquiry, so for posterity's sake, here it is again, straight from The Boy's mouth:

1) Chase Coffman hurdles a lot of people.

2) Last season, rptgwb suggested we name Coffman the "Y-button" (or something like that) because that’s the hurdle button on NCAA Football on Xbox.

3) I said (paraphrasing), screw Xbox, I have a Wii.

4) Ross replied (paraphrasing), "Well, ‘Y-button’ sounds a whole lot better than ‘Thrust nunchuk upward’ or however you hurdle somebody on Wii."

5) I replied: "THRUST NUNCHUK UPWARD!!!!!"

FIRST ROUND: def. No. 8 The Beef's hatred of Ron Prince

SWEET 16: def. No. 5 Junkyard Dog

SCHLAFLY FINAL: def. No. 5 Grey Goose

It may not be SIZZLING BACON ACTION, but the Missouri football team may have the most underrated touchdown celebration in America.

Is it an elaborate team celebration, an individual dance, or a way to draw attention to individual success? Nope. It's a handshake. Why? Because when Mizzou gets in the endzone, it's just business, baby.

The background behind the handshake was fully examined in a 2007 video loaded on YouTube, reiterating that Missouri players wanted to "act like we've been there before."

As a result, the handshakes caught on around Rock M Nation, with Live Threads being littered with exclamations of "HANDSHAKES!!!" and images/GIFs of the meme after touchdowns.

With Mizzou football in the midst of a big time transition going into the season, two questions about the Gabbert era remain:

How the Gabbert-led offense perform?
Will the offense continue the most excellent tradition of the touchdown handshake?

FIRST ROUND: def. No. 3 Kimmeh!

SWEET 16: def. No. 2 Brass Bonanza

BOULEVARD FINAL: def. No. 4 Party Starter

Poll

Meme Madness: Final Four... Who 'ya got?

No. 1 Thrust Nunchuk Upward

84 votes

No. 6 Handshakes

59 votes

143 votes | Poll has closed

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I think this one will be close

Thrust Nunchuck Upward may have a battle on it’s hands…it’s Chuck Norris roundhouse kick against Bruce Lee tornado kick.

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by brik on May 12, 2009 8:33 AM CDT reply actions

Close out of the gate so far...

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by The Beef on May 12, 2009 9:05 AM CDT reply actions

Thrust Nunchuk Upward.

It might be RMN’s first meme, and deserves a spot in the finals.

Let's change the Constitution so that Elvis Andrus can be our supreme overlord.

by ghtd36 on May 12, 2009 9:27 AM CDT reply actions

This may end up being close...

Gotta go with TNU though. Every time I think about it, it still makes me laugh.

Bring on the Cats
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by Panjandrum on May 12, 2009 9:30 AM CDT reply actions

This thing is crazy close

both Memes involve actions with the hand…

by CPC on May 12, 2009 10:52 AM CDT reply actions

Isn't a handshake just multiple TNUs?

Though TNU is a representation of the most dominant TE in college football since….well….the last dominant TE from Missouri, the handshake transcends an individual meme and represent the Mizzou FB in its entirety.

Thus my vote went to handshakes, why? Because that is taken care of business. TCOB!!

by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on May 12, 2009 11:09 AM CDT reply actions

"since... well... the last dominant TE from Missouri..."

That would be Rucker, good sir. Or Kellen Winslow depending on your perspective….

This was a tough one to vote for – apparently that holds true for everyone. 39-39 tie right now. I voted handshakes, but it was a coin flip for me. TNU is one of my favorites, but I love seeing the handshake (because it means TD).

If someone were to come from the future and tell me that handshakes after TD’s weren’t relevant after Mr. Saunders left Mizzou then I would change my vote to TNU.

by StoJo on May 12, 2009 12:01 PM CDT up reply actions