Input: [Date] 4 years 45 weeks ago [Title] Thanks guys so much. I wrote [Body]

Output: Thanks guys so much. I wrote down this info and plan on visiting several of your suggestions. I do however have two questions. The first is were are the Heisman trophys on display and can i see/visit them? The second is, were is the best place to park? Thanks again guys for coming through and being so helpfull.


Input: [Date] 4 years 51 weeks ago [Title] urinal cakes [Body]

Output: I live in Columbus and once went to a bar downtown that had the block "M" painted on the inside of all the urinals. So naturally i emptied my bladder on the floor instead. lol


Input: [Date] 5 years 7 weeks ago [Title] I just dont get it. UM is [Body]

Output: I just dont get it. UM is struggling to stay relevant in football. We are quite frankly, the laughing stock of the Big Ten at this moment. I don't care if DD will go on to be genius. Is it any big suprise that a football player might be alittle underpar academically? I know it's a "no-no" to talk about, but what football team consists of nothing but legit 4.0 kids? Even Stanford will let a player slide if he's good enough. 5 star is pretty good....get him in here. I live in Columbus and i can tell you, bucks fans are having a good laugh at us right now. Not to mention the local radio stations have been reporting and literally laughing on air about it. Why wouldnt the university tell the admittion department to step aside on this one? He's kinda an important piece of the puzzle at the moment. Get picky when we are back to our winning ways and the 5 stars are lining up.


Input: [Date] 5 years 7 weeks ago [Title] I think some people have a [Body]

Output: I think some people have a distorted view of UM and the academics on a national scale. UM isnt lumped in with schools like Stanford. UM is considered by most to be a "good" school. 99.99999% of the world would say UM (in an academic sense) is on par with OSU or PSU. And schools like them are not only getting multiple 5 star recruits.....they are finding a way to get them admitted. We however get lucky enough to get a single 5 star to still come around and cant find a way to get him in? UM needs to find a way to get this kid cleared. We arent Northwestern. Who respects NW(in a football sense)? Thier football program is a joke and they arent even taken seriously. But ask an alumn and they'll defend with "but we have high standards". Is that what we are aspiring to?


Input: [Date] 5 years 18 weeks ago [Title] That still runs you into the [Body]

Output: That still runs you into the problem i was refering to. If you wanted to listen to a talk radio show, you would have your amp and subs playing them talking. With a toggle, you can shut the sub and amp off so you can still listen to things with your regular speakers. As for the op, its a subjective thing. People have different opinions on whats best. Names like kenwood, JL, kicker, etc are all safe bets.


Input: [Date] 5 years 18 weeks ago [Title] Yes, there are many [Body]

Output: Yes, there are many combinations that can and will work together. Dont listen to the comment about how you should get an amp that doubles the max power your sub can handle. This is completely untrue and im not sure why it was said. Its pretty simple. rca's and remote from headunit to amp, power from amp to battery, ground from amp to your grounding point. Putting an inline fuse on your power will help protect your amp from being burnt up. The ground should never be smaller in gauge than the power. Also, its very important to use a very short ground. i never surpass 2ft personally. Once your all set up, you can adjust your system with the high and low pass knobs on your amp. Low pass up with high pass down means it'll be all bass and visa versa. Also, a toggle switch on your remote is a good idea.It makes turning the amp off easy and if your listening to talk radio for example, the amp isnt needed. Hope this helps some.


Input: [Date] 5 years 19 weeks ago [Title] i knew jake was big [Body]

Output: I knew Jake was a big boy when i saw him standing next to Mike Hart. You could clearly see that Mike Harts head could easily fit as a life size tattoo on his arm.....and it would be proportionate.


Input: [Date] 5 years 24 weeks ago [Title] Years ago i had a friend that [Body]

Output: Years ago i had a friend that fell under the same circumstances. The teacher happened to be condescending and got kicks out of playing the tough guy role on his students. My friend asked politely to use the restroom and the teacher decided to poke him in the chest while stating "no, now introduce your backside to your seat". My friend pushed him out of the way to head towards the restroom and was suspended indefinently.He went on to get his GED, has a job,home and family now. He's never been in any sort of trouble since. My point is, without knowing the circumstances, I reserve any judgement. Although teens can and will make trouble, often times the teachers in high schools can be just as problematic.I don't think this single occurrence should give him the title of a trouble maker. He may well end up being an ideal student athlete. Even if this is a telling sign of this paricular kids attitude, who better to keep him on the straight and narrow then RR.


Input: [Date] 5 years 24 weeks ago [Title] Michael Phelps is a huge [Body]

Output: Michael Phelps is a huge Michigan fan.


Input: [Date] 5 years 24 weeks ago [Title] I plan on laughing at the [Body]

Output: I plan on laughing at the local suckeye fans for having a worse recruiting class.(i live 5 minutes from the horseshoe) Then i intend to obsess about which walk ons we pick up and what the spring game will look like. Then, after the spring game, I'll spend hours avoiding the negative articles the freep puts out.


Input: [Date] 5 years 24 weeks ago [Title] I own a piece of stone from [Body]

Output: I own a piece of stone from the coloseum in Rome.I know it's still only a stone, but i still like it.


Input: [Date] 5 years 25 weeks ago [Title] Speaking of Woodley, i just [Body]

Output: Speaking of Woodley, i just read an interesting and very impressive stat on him. There are 3 active players tied for the most sacks in the playoffs. Vrabel with 8 sacks in 17 games. Freeney with 8 sacks in 14 games. and Woodley with 8 sacks....but he did it in only 4 games. I know its alittle OT but it didnt warrent its own thread, and the mention of Woodley reminded me of it.


Input: [Date] 5 years 25 weeks ago [Title] This is good bit different [Body]

Output: This is good bit different from Brocks situation. Brock beat two former ufc hw champs and a well respected veteran with a 28-14 record to get his belt. However i believe Nagy (the man Walker just fought) has a 1-3 record.


Input: [Date] 5 years 25 weeks ago [Title] I follow mma very closely. [Body]

Output: I follow mma very closely. Walker was fighting what is known in the mma world as a "can". Someone who has no history of finishing fights. Nagy was there for the soul purpose of making Walker look good. Also consider that as mentioned, Strikeforce is far from the UFC. I've read a few interviews on the topic of mma vs more main stream sports, such as football. The popular opinion is that most really big athletic guys pursue a career in more mainstream sports. Which explains why the hw divisions are usually pretty thin in talent. The lighter the weight class, you'll notice a huge increase in talent and depth. This is explained by the fact that thier size isnt adequate for the nfl or nba. Thats the common theory at least.


Input: [Date] 5 years 27 weeks ago [Title] 2010 [Body]

Output: Courtney Avery is actually doing this exact thing this year. He's listed as the #211 pg on espn.


Input: [Date] 31 weeks 4 days ago [Body] I might be mistaken, but I thought only 4 guys in the NBA had a no trade clause in their contract... Kobe, Dirk, Tony Duncan, and maybe Garnett (got it from SnT from Boston)... I think you have to play with the same team for 8 seasons in order to get one... [Title]

Output: No trade


Input: [Date] 1 year 17 weeks ago [Body] I thought the exact same thing! [Title]

Output: Agreed


Input: [Date] 2 years 22 weeks ago [Body] Dallas will probably be somewhere in the early teens and would have a dire need to go after a true point guard. They have Collison on an expiring contract and have Mike James as their back-up so they'll be in the market during both the draft and in free agency next year. They are going to go after Chris Paul, but there is NO way he's going to sign with Dallas. So I think that the Mavs are either going to try to draft a true point guard OR they'll draft the tallest white guy available... [Title]

Output: Burke to Dallas


Input: [Date] 2 years 31 weeks ago [Body] My grandfather used to work for Bo and since he passed away a couple of years ago, my grandma has slowly been giving his stuff to my dad and me... This year, I got a Michigan apron signed by Ron Kramer, a piece of the field turf before they re-surfaced it in the early 90s, and an old school Michigan flag. Not to mention she got my 10 month old a cheerleader uniform for next season... [Title]

Output: Posted from IPhone


Input: [Date] 2 years 49 weeks ago [Body] A 2 mile walk from your hotel might be better than the walk some people have to make after parking... Good call! [Title]

Output: A 2 mile walk from your hotel


Input: [Date] 4 years 26 weeks ago [Body] Stuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!! [Title]

Output: Stu


Input: [Date] 4 years 41 weeks ago [Body] I still blame ABC/ESPN for Denard's poor performance last week... forcing half of the country (or at least where I live) having to watch him in standard definition should be illegal and I'm sure caused some of those bad throws because of the horrible pixelation. /s [Title]

Output: High Def


Input: [Date] 4 years 41 weeks ago [Body] Although I don't know how this will affect how Iowa's defense approaches this week, I don't think Norm Parker will be at the game. I'm not sure if their defense has operated any different since he's been out and who has been calling the defensive plays during the game... But I hope you are right with how Iowa approaches it! [Title]

Output: just an FYI


Input: [Date] 4 years 41 weeks ago [Body] Is Hoyer taking camera phone lessons from Brett Favre? [Title]

Output: How would the world know?


Input: [Date] 4 years 42 weeks ago [Body] My best is on chicken rings! Those things were awesome when I was in high school. Of course I did always wonder what part of the chicken they came from. [Title]

Output: Chicken Rings


Input: [Date] 4 years 42 weeks ago [Body] So I understand that a lot of media and rival fans are saying that Denard hasn't played a tough run defense yet, but I wonder if it crossed their mind that the reason the teams we have played aren't ranked high nationally against the run because they have PLAYED against Denard. I mean, when you play against a guy like Denard who shreds the defense for 200 yards on the ground by himself , isn't that going to cause the team to be ranked lower in run defense? I'm not saying that any of the teams we have played are stout defenses, but I think that part of the reason that they are ranked where they are is in part to having played against Dilithium. I can't wait for the next few weeks to see Dilithium run over teams that are ranked in the top 20 in run defense... [Title]

Output: So I understand that a lot of


Input: [Date] 4 years 42 weeks ago [Body] Seriously... ESPN really missed the boat on this one... Anyway we can start a mass flood of emails to ESPN to petition and change their minds by Saturday? ha [Title]

Output: Seriously... ESPN really


Input: [Date] 4 years 42 weeks ago [Body] That's what they call doing the "Lane Kiffin" now... (I know he doesn't do it everytime but he seems to pick random times to try for it) [Title]

Output: That's what they call doing


Input: [Date] 4 years 42 weeks ago [Body] I think your 9 points vs 7 points thought might not be entirely accurate because it doesn't account for the possessions that Michigan will already be getting after the other team converts a field goal/td after we attempt the onsides kick. I would think that if we convert 1 out of 4 then wouldn't the points look like this: THEM - 9 points (3 possessions) US - 28 points (4 possessions) I mean you could even say, that if they stop us once and we only get 3 touchdowns (21 points) on the four drives and they get 3 field goals and a touchdown (16 points), we are still statistically at an advantage, if our defense can bend but not break more times than not. But I do agree with you that is assuming a lot. EDIT: You can disregard this as it appears I wasn't the first to bring this to light... That's what I get for having a thought to post, but then having to actually do WORK at work and postponing the post. [Title]

Output: I think your 9 points vs 7


Input: [Date] 4 years 45 weeks ago [Body] http://mgoblog.com/diaries/wallpaper-denard-aganza [Title]

Output: Wallpaper


Input: [Date] 4 years 45 weeks ago [Body] The Heisman is pulling a Denard pose... [Title]

Output: The Heisman is pulling a


Input: [Date] 4 years 45 weeks ago [Body] * Lots of Illinois grads find their way to Chicago after graduation, where they run into lots of Michigan types professionally. (The same can be said for some other Big Ten schools, of course.) Some people may call these Michigan types -- bosses or managers... [Title]

Output: Bosses


Input: [Date] 4 years 46 weeks ago [Body] I get excited about the opportunity for Michigan to play in a bowl again, but can we hold off on the bowl predictions until we have 6 wins? Preferably after the Michigan State game... One the ESPN predictions: My wife (a Baylor grad) has mentioned a few times about how Baylor* also shows up in ESPN's week 2 bowl predictions (it's pretty close to the highlight of her year when it comes to Baylor football since they haven't seen a bowl since '94). *I remind her at least once a year about how Baylor was a part of Michigan's '97 national championship schedule... [Title]

Output: I get excited about the


Input: [Date] 4 years 46 weeks ago [Body] Here's a great idea for a shirt... Front: "Michigan Football" Back: "Teaching the Irish how to play since 1887" [Title]

Output: Based on the History


Input: [Date] 4 years 46 weeks ago [Body] Did anyone else see where Feldman mentions that Robinson's top speed could be "warp speed" -- If only he knew that was true and that Robinson is part dilithium... [Title]

Output: Warp Speed


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Body] If you go make sure to sport the 'Worst State Ever' shirt too... [Title]

Output: MGoStore


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Body] I actually do agree with you about Tate being more of a threat in the air... If you look at most of Tate's special plays from last year, majority of them were from the air, but try telling that to the DE from Notre Dame last year who is still looking for his jockstrap... [Title]

Output: I actually do agree with you


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Body] That is one of the few professions where someone can be wrong almost 50% of the time and still have a job... The other job that I can think of that is similar is working for the freep [Title]

Output: That is one of the few


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Body] Anyone else notice that Drew Henson is listed as a commentator for the Norfolk St. vs. Rutgers game on ESPN3? Haven't seen or heard anything about him since he was cut by Detroit so it's good to see he's getting back into football. [Title]

Output: Drew Henson


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Body] What am I supposed to do now if I can't start my morning at work with the CTK video? I can't start working until after I've seen the video... -- BTW, thanks for posting these Boyz [Title]

Output: What am I supposed to do now


Input: [Date] 5 years 25 weeks ago [Body] I completely agree... A rumor is actually getting information from a source close to the story... Just stating your own opinion on twitter is known as 'Navel Gazing' or 'Twiddling your dick'... [Title]

Output: Re:


Input: [Date] 5 years 41 weeks ago [Body] Two things: 1) I feel personally responsible for the turnovers in this game for some reason... A co-worker of mine was listening to ESPN radio here in Dallas and before every Wade Phillips press conference, they play the 'Yakety Sax' song. On Thursday before the game, I heard the song coming from his speakers... I feared that this was a bad omen but tried to forget about it*. 2) Right before Forcier was pulled, I remember the ABC sideline reporter commenting about how on the previous 3 and out, as Tate was coming off the field, RR was pretty frustrated and Forcier's response (according to the sideline reporter) was "I don't know what you want"... If true, this could have prompted RR's decision to sit Forcier (although I wish he would have put him back in with 1:40 left). *I know that I personally have no ability to affect the outcome of each play, yet I still feel personally responsible. [Title]

Output: Yakety Sax and other comments


Input: [Date] 1 day 5 hours ago [Body] If that happened, it was within the last week and a half... [Title]

Output: If that happened, it was


Input: [Date] 1 day 12 hours ago [Body] That wasn't our AD; that was the NCAA. [Title]

Output: That wasn't our AD; that was


Input: [Date] 2 days 7 hours ago [Body] I'm fine if you want to invite everyone else, but leave the koalas out of it. They are just plain mean. [Title]

Output: I'm fine if you want to


Input: [Date] 2 days 8 hours ago [Body] With all of those medical hardships in the SEC, those freshmen and being thrust into playing time. It truly is a burden. [Title]

Output: With all of those medical


Input: [Date] 2 days 9 hours ago [Body] C'mon man... You're giving a bad name to marsupials. [Title]

Output: C'mon man... You're giving a


Input: [Date] 2 days 11 hours ago [Body] The school schedule is in the spring, but there are leagues and tournaments that go year-round. For example, the younger kids will play beginning of April through mid-june, but there were 4 tournaments that I can think of in June and 3 this last month. I don't know of any in August and September, but October has a couple. November starts up the winter leagues at Detroit Country Day and Ultimate Soccer in Pontiac, which lasts through March. That doesn't include showcases for high school kids and these are only the ones that I personally know about. [Title]

Output: The school schedule is in the


Input: [Date] 3 days 15 hours ago [Body] He was a 4* to all of the services except ESPN [Title]

Output: He was a 4* to all of the


Input: [Date] 1 week 2 days ago [Body] Calling it now. Cristoph Waltz will be the best Bond villain of all time. [Title]

Output: Calling it now. Cristoph


Input: [Date] 1 week 3 days ago [Body] If they don't install viruses, why would I need anti-virus? "The ONLY way for a virus to get on your computer is for you to give it permission." I wish you knew how wrong you are. Flash and Java are being blocked in browsers now because of their constant battle with security exploits that allow viruses to be installed on your machine. Unless you are explicitly giving permission to run those programs using extensions like flashblock or the built in functionality, you are inherently giving permission to those applications to be executed on your machine. Anti-virus definitions are reactionary. They can only define viruses when they know what they are looking for. So, while your anti-virus may catch a majority of the malware that comes your direction, there's always the chance that something makes its way onto your computer that the AV hasn't seen before, not affording you the opportunity to approve or deny the application from running. [Title]

Output: If they don't install


Input: [Date] 1 week 3 days ago [Body] And they also install viruses. [Title]

Output: And they also install


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 14 hours ago [Body] What I think is cool is that if you click on the first link to another article (e.g. not the disambiguation links and not the language of origin links) in the description of any wikipedia page and then continue doing so, you will always end up at philosophy eventually. [Title]

Output: What I think is cool is that


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 1 day ago [Body] After head injuries, there is a substance that is produced that kills brain cells in a matter of hours. They have something to counteract the effects. [Title]

Output: After head injuries, there is


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 2 days ago [Body] To be fair, they said that there would be more deals than Black Friday, not necessarily better. [Title]

Output: To be fair, they said that


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 2 days ago [Body] It's an 11-year contract with a 4-year optional extension. the $169 million is only if the contract is extended. [Title]

Output: It's an 11-year contract with


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 3 days ago [Body] A lot schools allow former athletes to finish their degrees for free now. I think he's already made enough money that he could afford to pay for school out of pocket if need be. You act like he's going to be homeless as soon as he's out of the NBA. [Title]

Output: A lot schools allow former


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Reddit: Lots of programming-language-specific subreddits /r/programmerhumor /r/asoiaf /r/awardtravel /r/churning /r/personalfinance /r/financialindependence /r/frugal /r/investing /r/economics /r/ynab /r/beer /r/michiganbeer /r/dogtraining /r/bodyweightfitness /r/nutrition /r/running /r/bicycling /r/DIY /r/homeimprovement /r/fixit /r/lawncare /r/etymology /r/fantasyfootball /r/genealogy /r/IAmA /r/listentothis /r/news /r/worldnews /r/science /r/tech /r/technology /r/todayilearned /r/boardgames Mr. Money Moustache Mad Fientist JL Collins NH Nerd Fitness Lifehacker Two Cents (Lifehacker sub) Digg Usually, I develop a unique interest for several months and I do a lot of reading on that topic until I lose interest, then I move on. Sites that pertain to some of those topics come and go all the time. [Title]

Output: Reddit: Lots of


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 4 days ago [Body] madfientist.com - Doesn't update too often, but his past articles are very good. jlcollinsnh.com - Same as above. gocurrycracker.com - I have started reading regularly yet, but he has some good posts from the past. rootofgood.com - Same as above. bogleheads.com - I use the forum and wiki as a reference rather than daily reading, but it's one of the best resources out there. [Title]

Output: madfientist.com - Doesn't


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 10 hours ago [Body] I think that's a bullshit argument. If the kids are expected to commit to the school regardless of coach, the school should be committed to the kids regardless of coach. The coach, being the representative for the school, needs to uphold that. [Title]

Output: I think that's a bullshit


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 11 hours ago [Body] Your retain all of the academic benefits; you just can't play for the team anymore. [Title]

Output: Your retain all of the


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 1 day ago [Body] That's pretty close to what I do. Recently, though, I've just been using my clippers on my neck to keep it short. If I'm going to some sort of event, I'll actually shave it with the cheap off-brand razors. [Title]

Output: That's pretty close to what I


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 1 day ago [Title]

Output: (No subject)


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 4 days ago [Body] I agree for the most part, but I could also make the case that betting on your team to win by 3 runs could alter your tactics if you're only winning by 2. [Title]

Output: I agree for the most part,


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 3 days ago [Title]

Output: (No subject)


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 12 hours ago [Body] I didn't click until you said there were bikini shots of her... [Title]

Output: I didn't click until you said


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 12 hours ago [Body] That doesn't make it not gossip. [Title]

Output: That doesn't make it not


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 5 days ago [Body] GRRM was the one who suggested it to them. [Title]

Output: GRRM was the one who


Input: [Date] 8 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Non-lawyer: They have no case. Lawyer: Actually, they do. Non-lawyer: *ad hominem attack* I'm really hoping that the Lawyer comes back with "I am rubber, you are glue. Bounces off me and sticks to you." [Title]

Output: Non-lawyer: They have no


Input: [Date] 8 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Anytime that Emilia Clarke gets "angry" is a time that you can see how bad of an actress she is. It's like she's trying to make an angry face and snarl while talking. [Title]

Output: Anytime that Emilia Clarke


Input: [Date] 8 weeks 5 days ago [Body] No Bran this season. They got way to far ahead with his story. [Title]

Output: No Bran this season. They got


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 2 hours ago [Body] Silo Ridge? [Title]

Output: Silo Ridge?


Input: [Date] 2 years 51 weeks ago [Body] Same here on the West Coast. Back home in MI we used to play Euchre tournaments all the time for big money. Once I moved out here, everyone looked at me like I was crazy when i wanted to play. I have also found the Euchre can sometimes be a rather difficult game to explain to people. It's almost as if it's ingrained in your blood if you were born there. [Title]

Output: Same here on the West Coast.


Input: [Date] 3 years 6 weeks ago [Body] I am confused. There is one picture of the other side of those gold pants that has the initials. Is it just me or does it look like there is a giant phallic-looking object coming out of the pants? It may just be the end of a long work day but it seriously caught me off guard. [Title]

Output: I am confused. There is one


Input: [Date] 3 years 10 weeks ago [Body] I just have a hard time justfying a lot of the extra cost of the area. Go to the bar, pay 7-10 bucks for a mixed drink and 5-8 dollars for a beer. That's a long way from some of the bars i used to go to back home where it was 3 dollar wells and 2.50 20 oz beers all day every day. Fuel, groceries, and many other necessary items are also inflated. Now true, recruits don't have to deal with those types of things, but still, it's not an easy route. Then again, when i was 17 years old if you had told me, "hey, you can live here where it's 80 degrees year round and all the girls look like models" i would have probably overlooked a lot of wrongs as well. [Title]

Output: I just have a hard time


Input: [Date] 3 years 10 weeks ago [Body] The weather is hard to beat...take that as a fact from a Michigander who moved out here a couple years ago. However, the one thing I have never understood is how USC covers up the fact that the neighborhoods directly bordering campus are pretty crappy. I mean, sure there are probably bad areas around any large University Campus to some extent, but it's really not that nice. I would much rather hang around and explore the areas around AA than USC any day. Plus, anyone who has visited downtown LA or Hollywood can tell you that it's nothing near what most people think it is. Much dirtier, much less sexy than the mind would have you believe. Just my two cents on a Tuesday morning. [Title]

Output: The weather is hard to


Input: [Date] 3 years 14 weeks ago [Body] Depends on the manner of intake. Sure, smoking a joint would be more or less like a cigarette (actually probably more tar) and would have adverse effects. However, using a vaporizer that actually cools the smoke and mixes it with water vapor would have much less of an effect. Of course, if you wanted zero lung guilt and all of the high, they could always go with edibles, which would just be like eating a brownie or a sucker. [Title]

Output: Depends on the manner of


Input: [Date] 3 years 14 weeks ago [Body] I think the main thing to be worried about here is the munchies though. As bad as having a player suspended is, putting on all the bad weight due to late night runs for Funions, Cheetos, and Doritos would be the real dowside to weed use [Title]

Output: Very valid argument.....


Input: [Date] 3 years 15 weeks ago [Body] ...when I saw that. I was about half way up with my friends at the show when it popped up, an we all weren't sure whether to cheer or take a knee to have a memorial. It was definitely a creative way to pay tribute and to set their show apart from the other acts during a somewhat disappointing line up for Coachella's standards. [Title]

Output: I kinda messed myself....


Input: [Date] 3 years 22 weeks ago [Body] Same here. Been reading the blog for probably a year and a half or so, but really only post once and a while when something comes up that i feel i can actually add some decent commentary to. I do check the blog pretty much once an hour every day, on the hour, for the entire 12-15 hour work day. [Title]

Output: Same here. Been reading the


Input: [Date] 3 years 23 weeks ago [Body] I have noticed the same thing with some of my teenage nephews and nieces. I know that I use a computer and phone more than i should, but they are just silly how dependant they are with it. I tried to make them turn off their devices as well, and they about shit themselves with fear! I sometimes like to detach from the electronic world. I generally leave my phone on silent on the weekends, try and only look at it once or twice the entire time. Or go on a hike to somewhere that gets zero service. Nice to be away from it sometimes. [Title]

Output: I have noticed the same thing


Input: [Date] 3 years 23 weeks ago [Body] I completely agree for personal travel, and believe me I always go that route first. However, there are sadly not too many flights out of Burbank that go to the UK, which was the case not the other day. That is the curse of having to go on last minute overseas trips! [Title]

Output: I completely agree for


Input: [Date] 3 years 23 weeks ago [Body] True, but it generally tends to be more expensive to fly BUR to GRR than it does to fly from LAX to say MDW or ORD. I end up getting sent on work stuff last minute, so that is why i end up there a lot more often. Not at all saying I hate living here, just a change that takes some time to get used to i guess. [Title]

Output: True, but it generally tends


Input: [Date] 3 years 23 weeks ago [Body] I am over 21 and I agree that both are in the wrong here, as in my opinion the correct way to handle it would have been to discuss these types of grievances (sp?) behind closed doors. My Dad always used to say that you praise in public and discipline in private, and I believe that's a good way to go about it. A lesson can be taught and learned without needing to shout, use violence, or punish severely. However, I think had he even tossed the computer in the trash or even hit it with a hammer, the reaction would not have been as bad as him using a gun. While I don't agree with his tactics, I understand why he did it as I have grown up with guns all my life. My dad did the same thing to some of my stuff actually, got the 16 gauge out and blasted away at a couple of playboys he found under my bed. For us, guns were tools and were used as such, even sometimes for a satirical demonstration such as this. I see why he used the gun, and I really think he should probably have thought about the broad reach of his audience. Show that clip in certain locations, and you will get a bunch of laughing and back slapping for a job well done. Show it in a different area, and you have the cops on the way. In the end however, I could definitely see where his daughter got her attitude from. I personally would have made mine work for the money to install the upgrades on the laptop instead of giving them to her, would have made her appreciate the whole thing more anyway. [Title]

Output: 2 cents


Input: [Date] 3 years 23 weeks ago [Body] Once you actually move to Cali, you will understand a little better why it is disliked. For me growing up over on the west side of Michigan on the farm, this place is about the most backwards place I have ever seen, and i have been out here for a couple of years now! Probably has a lot to do with everything being expensive, everyone being somewhat fake, and having to deal with a lot of commuter/traffic issues that you wouldn't normally see. Just the other day it took me three hours to get from LAX to Pasadena, which is only about 25 miles or so away. Very frustrating. [Title]

Output: Live here for a while.....


Input: [Date] 3 years 34 weeks ago [Body] We are actually 2-1 in the whites, and 0-1 in the away bumble-bee explosion uniforms. [Title]

Output: Correction.....


Input: [Date] 3 years 36 weeks ago [Body] I don't know that i would call Allendale "out in the boonies". Believe me, there are far more "Boonies-ish" places than that in the area. The community, while small, has slowly grown outward a bit and has updated from when i was born there back in the mid eighties. It's no GR, Detroit, or AA, but it's still not miles from civilization. GVSU isn't ever going to be the best of anything, but for the money, it's a pretty damn good school. Entrance requirements have gone up over the last few years, which have weeded out some of the less serious students who solely want to go to college to party. I took a good look at them just solely becuase of the proximity (5 minutes) from home, although I ended up at Hope in the end. [Title]

Output: Boonies?


Input: [Date] 3 years 36 weeks ago [Body] Yes, we west siders decided that it should be Meijer's as opposed to meijer....not sure why that ever happened. I lived in Allendale for the first 24 years of my life, and never once did i hear someone refer to it as just Meijer. HAHA [Title]

Output: Darn Right....


Input: [Date] 3 years 40 weeks ago [Body] I was thinki about that the other day as well. Not sure if he has hands or not, but he would be one heck of a corner fade target in the red zone with his height and speed. Could be a really cool wrinkle to add. [Title]

Output: I was thinki about that the


Input: [Date] 3 years 40 weeks ago [Body] I do agree with you on that note, maybe I took the hockey analogy a little to literally. I think we will see fight out of the boys yet though. Just like when you first get hassled by the bullies at school, you learn to adapt and how to beat them the next time. [Title]

Output: I do agree with you on that


Input: [Date] 3 years 40 weeks ago [Body] I say good for him. Anyone would need time to begin righting that ship. Let a good guy who has passion for the game go out and try and make it happen. I will certainly pull for them to win more and more every year (excluding all contests agains Michigan) [Title]

Output: I say good for him. Anyone


Input: [Date] 3 years 40 weeks ago [Body] Bravo on the Les Miles comparison for Zooker. That made me laugh out loud in the middle of my meeting. [Title]

Output: Bravo on the Les Miles


Input: [Date] 3 years 40 weeks ago [Body] I think if we wanted to "fight back" we should have done it by beating them soundly in the game of football. Sure a push here and shove there don't hurt too much and might express dominance, but where's the line drawn? Fighting is a part of the game of hockey and is allowed to a certain degree, but it is not in football and back in the days of Sir Charles and Mr. Ray, they may have jaw jacked and tried to phycically dominate guys, but most importantly, they beat their opponents at the game of football. However, I do agree that some of the play calling could have been better, and we did get pusehd around and beat up quite a bit. The fact that this is THE GAME from Sparty's persepctive means their always going to give us their best, and we need to rise to that calling ourselves in years to come, which I believe we will do. We have recruited some very solid players along the line this year, and with Pipkins committing as the highly ranked stud DT (although I would have liked to see another DT commit myself), we will be in a great position to win those physical battles for years to come. I feel your pain man, but trust me, the pendulum is going to swing back to our side very soon. [Title]

Output: I think if we wanted to


Input: [Date] 3 years 40 weeks ago [Body] I love how that article also says how Kelly insisted the getting a BCS berth was, "never the main goal" and that the dangling of that carrot was just a sound byte. Love to see the back tracking going on to justify less than stellar coaching and performance. [Title]

Output: I love how that article also


Input: [Date] 3 years 40 weeks ago [Body] Some interesting information below on the histroy and usage of the free kick in NFL situations compliments of Wikipedia. Looks like it hasn't been overly successful but has been used a few times. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_catch_kick [Title]

Output: Some interesting information


Input: [Date] 3 years 40 weeks ago [Body] I agree with above. Onward and upward for us. I think that Michigan is actually in an interesting situation as we have been humbled in a lot of different ways over the last 4 years or so. The Horror, the entire 08 season, Toledo, continued losses to tsio and MSU. These are things that we hadn't necesssarily experienced before. However, now that we have, I think we have a chance to remain more level headed and also more aware of how to never take anything for granted. You can be sure that those Seniors out there don't want their last season to end that way, and many of them have learned through those items above as well. I have a great feeling they are going to turn up the intensity to a whole new level and bring us some amazing memories in the weeks to come. GO BLUE!!! [Title]

Output: I agree with above. Onward


Input: [Date] 3 years 40 weeks ago [Body] I actually for the most part agree with you. I can sleep in, wake up and make a more hearty breakfast than the "grab something and run out the door" weekday version, and then sit down at the coffee table with a huge mug of coffee and enjoy my weekly "Breakfast with the Wolverines". [Title]

Output: I actually for the most part


Input: [Date] 3 years 40 weeks ago [Body] I have one of each of the Russian 5, but i definitely wear my Konstantinov jersey the most. Vlad the Impaler will live on forever in my heart as one of the most dominant men to ever wear the colors [Title]

Output: Russian 5


Input: [Date] 3 years 40 weeks ago [Body] Damn right, I have to pour beer on my Cheerios just to make sure i get the day started with the most important meal and pregaming all in one. [Title]

Output: Damn right, I have to pour


Input: [Date] 3 years 41 weeks ago [Body] I am with youo there indeed. This year's ND game saw me open a fresh pack for kickoff and saw the last one get polished off after my run around my house to celebrate the win. I actually spent most of the second half watching the game through my living room windows as the GF refused to bend and let me smoke inside one time. [Title]

Output: I am with youo there indeed.


Input: [Date] 3 years 41 weeks ago [Body] I knew him a bit back in high school when I was a senior and he was a Freshman, and he is an overall good guy. He just sometimes thinks he is a little more wise than he really is. My prediction for Kirk for Saturday.....PAIN. [Title]

Output: I knew him a bit back in high


Input: [Date] 3 years 41 weeks ago [Body] I can assure you it is. I love Michigan and the winter season, but there's something to be said for 70 degrees in January as well. [Title]

Output: I can assure you it is. I


Input: [Date] 3 years 49 weeks ago [Body] Are my eyes playing tricks on me, or is that Martin at the top of the picture with no hand on the ground? [Title]

Output: Martin


Input: [Date] 3 years 51 weeks ago [Body] Juuussst a bit outside.....check about one page back on the board, title something along the lines of "Kinda OT"..... [Title]

Output: Juuussst a bit


Input: [Date] 3 years 51 weeks ago [Body] I'll take a finger pointing, jolly, portly, gold pooping recruiting master over an Affliction T-Shirt wearing douche-nozzle any day of the week. [Title]

Output: Just Wait Till November....


Input: [Date] 4 years 3 days ago [Body] I grew up in Hudsonville and Holland Christian was just starting to play varsity football around the same time my highschool started their program as well (Unity Christian). I graduated before he was in HS, but I can remember taking in a game that he played in and being pretty impressed already way back then. [Title]

Output: I Hear You


Input: [Date] 4 years 3 days ago [Body] That should decide the outcome of the game. No snaps, runs, or passes, just Martinez vs Robinson....goal line to goal line. [Title]

Output: Martinez vs Robinson


Input: [Date] 4 years 4 days ago [Body] That's true. However, I personally still have far too many painful memories of the 8th year, despite the fifth of Jamesons coursing through my veins, [Title]

Output: In the Books....


Input: [Date] 4 years 4 days ago [Body] Can't wait for the season to get underway so i can take a shot every time Hoke uses the word Tremendous! Going to make for some oustanding afternoons of college football [Title]

Output: Drinking Game


Input: [Date] 4 years 5 days ago [Body] Agreed, nonetheless starting the slow clap amidst the crickets...... [Title]

Output: Agreed, nonetheless starting


Input: [Date] 4 years 5 days ago [Body] Ever since moving to the west side of the country and transitioning to the aerospace industry vs the auto industry, i have been hooked on airshows as well. The air show at Miramar (sp?) is awesome, and always draws some amazing crowds and demonstrations. Gotta love the old Mustangs and Dauntlesses, they were the workhorses of WW2. It's amazing to see those old planes, state of the art technology for their day, and then watch the F35 and F22's take to the skys and realize how far fighter/bomber technology has come in the last half a century. [Title]

Output: Air Shows Rock


Input: [Date] 4 years 5 days ago [Body] Grew up just West of GR, but was cheering for Maize and Blue since I could walk. Had a damn good paying internship and couldn't risk losing it to try and move over to AA, so ended up going to and graduating from Hope College. Every year, would spend most every last penny i had on tickets in the nose bleeds of the Big House to see every home game rain or shine. Even went on a few road trips to see away games. I hope to some day move back home and do my Masters at U of M to get the real experience, but i will always bleed maize and blue (and orange and blue, go dutchmen!) [Title]

Output: Same Here


Input: [Date] 4 years 4 weeks ago [Body] You may think it is awful to watch, but i am pretty sure the other 2 or 3 Billion people that watch soccer and love it would have to disagree with you. Read the title, if you're not interested, don't click it. That simple. [Title]

Output: You may think it is awful to


Input: [Date] 4 years 5 weeks ago [Body] I was at the Dodgers/Tigers game last night and it was pretty tought to watch. I agree with a lot of your points, but I also think that the 2006 team (or was it 2005) that went to the world series wasn't necessarily a team that looked World Series bound from the get go. We haven't even hit the All Star break yet, and in my opinion teams really don't start pushing hard until after that happens, so i think as long as we keep pace with Cleveland for now and work towards a big push, we should be ok. One thing that has always frustrated me about the Tigers as of late is Leyland (Sp?). If you look at his career record, you pretty much get what the Tigers have had the last few years....inconsisten .500 baseball. I love the guy to death, but i sometimes sense a little lack of energy/creativity/drive from him. I am starting to persoanlly move towards the opinion that maybe it's time for some fresh blood at the helm of this team. Just my two cents. [Title]

Output: I was at the Dodgers/Tigers


Input: [Date] 4 years 7 weeks ago [Body] Their athletic department doesn't have any shoes to fill, TPeezy sold them all because he needed that cash! AMIRITE???!!!? [Title]

Output: Their athletic department


Input: [Date] 4 years 7 weeks ago [Body] Yes, Burbank is probably 20-30 minutes from the Rose Bowl depending on traffic. I will be taking the 5-7 minute bike ride from my apartment down to the Rose Bowl to watch the Wolverines take on whomever. Who wants to pregame? [Title]

Output: Yes, Burbank is probably


Input: [Date] 4 years 10 weeks ago [Body] Agree with you Yooper. Lloyd served Michigan well and quite frankly, he has a right to say what he wants to say. In fact, i think that he was being very courteous by saying so little. He could have easily gone off and ranted about several deadly sins over the last few year, but he kept it classy and gave his short two cents. That's what I always loved about him and always will. [Title]

Output: Agree with you Yooper. Lloyd


Input: [Date] 4 years 10 weeks ago [Body] I think you always have to take talent, because good competition will breed better performance. If a player knows that a couple of miscues lands him on the bench, he will keep the intensity and focus high. I believe a former Michigan running back had mentioned that the staff always told him that every year they were going to try and recruit the best running back in the country, and that he would always have to work to keep his spot as the number 1 back. [Title]

Output: I think you always have to


Input: [Date] 4 years 10 weeks ago [Body] That's how it has to be when you need that extra little push over the edge [Title]

Output: That's how it has to be when


Input: [Date] 4 years 10 weeks ago [Body] With that pointer finger he can change young men's lives, and put a hole through a 3" steel plate FWIW....that is one hell of an appendage [Title]

Output: With that pointer finger he


Input: [Date] 4 years 10 weeks ago [Body] Or a combination of molotov cocktail, baseball bat, and chainsaw....at least, when i go zombie slaughtering that's what i like to bring with me. [Title]

Output: Or a combination of molotov


Input: [Date] 4 years 10 weeks ago [Body] I don't think taking three DB's (or two CB's and a S/CB type person) is a bad idea, seems to be one of the positions you can never have too much depth at. Considering where we currently are at that position, i wouldn't mind sacrificing on OL to take another DB at all. [Title]

Output: I don't think taking three


Input: [Date] 4 years 10 weeks ago [Body] Hoke, Mattison, and Funk have done such a great job recruiting that someday there will have to be some building named after all three of them at the same time for their greatness. I am thinking something along the lines of the Honktison Center of Excellence....or some similar juxtaposition of their names. [Title]

Output: Hoke, Mattison, and Funk have


Input: [Date] 4 years 10 weeks ago [Body] I think getting more pressure on the QB definitely will help out the TO margain, and hopefully Mattison is getting the guys up front ready for that task. I honestly can barely remember what it feels like to jump up and cheer for a sack by a Michigan defensive lineman/linebacker. It's been far too long. [Title]

Output: I think getting more pressure


Input: [Date] 4 years 10 weeks ago [Body] Like how he continues to punish his man long after the play is over and the runner is down. Hopefully he has that just mean enough streak to hate whoever he is blocking, and does it without attracting any laundary in the process. He would definitely be another great addition to the road graders that we are looking to pick up. [Title]

Output: Like how he continues to


Input: [Date] 4 years 11 weeks ago [Body] I will second the kicking/SP debacle, really could use some insight from the coaches on that one. I would also be interested to hear where Mattison has seen the most/the least improvement on Defense. What areas are already looking great, and what areas will really need more work going into the summer and then fall. [Title]

Output: I will second the kicking/SP


Input: [Date] 4 years 11 weeks ago [Body] Lots of good advice here already, but i will agree with people above to just have fun first and foremost. Children are a gift (even if sometimes you swear they're not) and no matter how little you think have have in experience, parenting always comes out of people even when they don't think it will. Also, remember as they get older that you should never strive to be your childs BFF, you're their parent and they need to remember that. Have fun, but also know when to say that you're in charge and they had better listen to you. There are way too many parents that bend to their child's every wish becuase they are afraid their children will hate them. Guess what, a little tough love during the adolecsant years goes a long way later on, and while they may curse you sun up to sun down, later in life they will thank you for being hard on them. [Title]

Output: Lots of good advice here


Input: [Date] 4 years 11 weeks ago [Body] JB really continues to impress me. I can remember not thinking much about him or paying a lot of attention to him when we was first hired, but he continues to build the right way, and i am glad that the administration has given him time to do so. This is going to be a special next couple of years for Michigan Basketball. [Title]

Output: JB really continues to


Input: [Date] 4 years 11 weeks ago [Body] I think another thing that happens is that Hoke and Co. get into the parents ears (not all cases, but some) and the parents feel comfortable with sending their sons to play for someone that's going to "touch them" in a way to make them better football players but also better men in the long run. While parents don't make the decisions, it has to factor in when they feel like the coach of the school could really almost fill their role when they are not there. [Title]

Output: I think another thing that


Input: [Date] 4 years 11 weeks ago [Body] Even though I am a fan of all Michigan sports, until we put MSU back in their rightful place, i will only be rooting for their complete destruction on the football field for some time to come. [Title]

Output: Even though I am a fan of all


Input: [Date] 4 years 11 weeks ago [Body] Yeah, I think the ND game is one that a lot of us know will be a tough W and quite frankly, a well played close loss wouldn't be the end of the world. Hoke needs to worry more about toasting MSU and TSIO more (and not choking against his former team and letting one slip away) [Title]

Output: Yeah, I think the ND game is


Input: [Date] 4 years 11 weeks ago [Body] I think sometimes in recruiting, the attitude, work ethic, and dedication of the athlete can sometimes be way more improtant than the stars behind his name. A team that plays as a team always has a chance to win and be successful (reminds of the 2004 Pistons, not necessarily the biggest names, but a great cohesive unit). While not always the case, i am sure there are some egos attached to that 5th star. I think Hoke is recruiting guys who he believes in and who in turn believe in him and what he is doing. That is something that is really awesome, because I think when you take an existing group of players that have been through a lot and are really bonded through the adversity, then sprinkle in new young guys who want to make a difference and want to give their all, you have a team that can produce something special. [Title]

Output: I think sometimes in


Input: [Date] 4 years 11 weeks ago [Body] I am probably just being a Homer, but throughout this series i really felt like the Wings got very few breaks from an officiating standpoint. Almost like the Sharks were the sexier pick and they were going to do anything they could to push the old dynasty out of the way. Oh well, i will enjoy watching San Jose get shellacked by the Canucks. [Title]

Output: I am probably just being a


Input: [Date] 4 years 11 weeks ago [Body] The only piece of commentary Millen gave that I ever thought was any good was during the UCONN game (correct me if that is wrong) when Denard took off and all you hear is Millen saying, "That's 6!". Other than that, he has brought nothing but shame upon himself and a once proud NFL franchise. Good thing we are breaking down the old iron bars of the cage he put around the might Lions. [Title]

Output: The only piece of commentary


Input: [Date] 4 years 11 weeks ago [Body] I always thought he was a tool on around the horn. I guess now that he's going to jail he will get plenty of exposure to other "tools" that may or may not be to his liking. Good riddance. [Title]

Output: I always thought he was a


Input: [Date] 4 years 11 weeks ago [Body] Lemeuix going turtle in utter fear of what was coming his way. Never has a man been more terrified of is certain and impending demise. [Title]

Output: Lemeuix going turtle in utter


Input: [Date] 4 years 11 weeks ago [Body] Agreed, but he also seems like the type of guy who you could have never met and still carry on a conversation with for hours about things football and non-football related. I am pretty sure i could get into a great conversation about what type of lawnmower he prefers. [Title]

Output: Agreed, but he also seems


Input: [Date] 4 years 11 weeks ago [Body] "They're writing hand-written letters — Coach Smith, Coach Mattison and Coach Hoke." This comment really was interesting to me. The coaches are doing everything they can to show how excited they are for these players. I mean come one, and handwritten note!!? That's just fricken awesome of them to do. If I were a recruit that got a hand written note from a coach, it would really feel like i was part of a family. HOKEMANIA is amazing! [Title]

Output: "They're writing hand-written


Input: [Date] 4 years 11 weeks ago [Body] This is absolutely absurd. I can remember being stopped a couple of times while driving up North to go hunting and having a conversation with an officer about the benefits/drawbacks of the model of handgun I was carrying on my hip. Now, while my licsense made it a legal item to carry, I can't imagine how any of these are felony items. Camo....you and i could share a cell then, cuz i would have about 20 years and 10,000 dollars worth of felonies in the back of my truck too! [Title]

Output: This is absolutely absurd. I


Input: [Date] 4 years 11 weeks ago [Body] My heart was pretty cold and stoney to the hire of Hoke initially, but he formed a small crack in that stone when he got up at that podium and said things like, "we would have walked here" , "you want to win 'em!!" (in reference to rivalry games), and "This is Michigan for God's sake". Since then, everything he has done has worked that crack open bigger and bigger, and if he (and more importantly his corrdinators) can coach as well as they recruit, i am sure that crack will split wide open and i will get a gushy with man love for Hoke. Still, the win/loss columns are still 0-0, so I am going to remain a bit cautious and guard my heart a bit more until I see some really good results. I will be really interested to see what this team looks like come fall practices. [Title]

Output: My heart was pretty cold and


Input: [Date] 4 years 11 weeks ago [Body] I think it is the Wings game to lose. The way they dominated the other night in game six, really shows their poise and the fear that has been struck into the Sharks. I just hope that Abdelkader doesn't come up with any other boneheaded penalties late in the game, the hands in the face on Tuesday night was just silly. [Title]

Output: I think it is the Wings game


Input: [Date] 4 years 11 weeks ago [Body] I was about to say the same thing, less than two weeks until we are under 100 days until the season starts. Gosh it really can't come fast enough! [Title]

Output: I was about to say the same


Input: [Date] 4 years 11 weeks ago [Body] I would say 2-3 year bowl ban and 10-20 scholarships over that time would proabably be about right. However, they could use the alternate route and punish TSIO with a bulldozer, can of gas, and a match, nothing like a clean slate and fresh canvas to really send the message. [Title]

Output: I would say 2-3 year bowl ban


Input: [Date] 4 years 11 weeks ago [Body] Hey, it worked on Al Capone (well, i believe his was more for evasion if memory serves me correctly), so why not a sleazy car dealer in Columbus? [Title]

Output: Hey, it worked on Al Capone


Input: [Date] 4 years 11 weeks ago [Body] Don't know if it's a nickname, but I always liked yelling out "SIR CHARLES" during Woodson's days at Michigan, always seemed fitting of someone who was a cut above the rest. [Title]

Output: Don't know if it's a


Input: [Date] 4 years 11 weeks ago [Body] It still gives me chills to think about some of the talent stacked into the linebacker position over the next few years. Bolden, Ross, RJS.....oh man it's going to be great. This has been a great last few weeks to be a fan of sports throughout the state of Michigan! [Title]

Output: It still gives me chills to


Input: [Date] 4 years 11 weeks ago [Body] I would love to see this kid plowing the field down in Maize and Blue. Come on down Paul, you know that some of the great lineman in the NFL came out of AA, follow that great tradition! [Title]

Output: I would love to see this kid


Input: [Date] 4 years 11 weeks ago [Body] I am trying to get all my Kings fans out here to root for the Wings also. Nothing like getting in their ears and whispering (in my best fake Russian accent), "Do you really want the team that knocked you out of the playoffs in OT to win? Join the Red army my purple and black friends, it is the only way to the hockey promised land" We will be fired up on the West Coast for it! [Title]

Output: I am trying to get all my


Input: [Date] 4 years 11 weeks ago [Body] Totally jacked up for this game. With Clowe out it puts even more pressure on a lackluster performing Marleau....I am just hoping that is a good thing as it will cause him to be even less effective than he already has. Modano may be old but every time i watch him play, I see that hunger come across his face. I think he wants it bad enough and like Babcock said the other night, only those who have the strongest of desires to compete will still be around this time of year. GO WINGS!!!!! [Title]

Output: Totally jacked up for this


Input: [Date] 4 years 11 weeks ago [Body] Just what i needed to break the Tuesday afternoon blues!!! Now time to sneak out the back door and beat the traffic home to watch the Wings! This is all just another exciting dose of Michigan sports Viagra! [Title]

Output: Just what i needed to break


Input: [Date] 4 years 11 weeks ago [Body] Babcock needs to be the coach here and make the right decision. Put Modano's fresh legs on the ice tonight and keep Franzen out. I love the Mule as much as any Wings fan, but right now i think he hurts the team more than he helps. They did just fine without him in the third period of the last game. Let's take it to them tonight and then complete the crushing of their spirits in game 7. [Title]

Output: Babcock needs to be the coach


Input: [Date] 4 years 11 weeks ago [Body] I will echo everyone else here as well Denarded, absolutely fantastic work! Can't wait for the fall to descend upon us and make the world right again! [Title]

Output: I will echo everyone else


Input: [Date] 4 years 11 weeks ago [Body] I remember tearing my entire apartment apart during this game. My favorite michigan hat, my remote control, my tall beer glass, and the drywall just behind my chair all suffered the wrath that i wanted to impart upon GERG that day. I fixed the hole in the drywall, but i never blended it perfectly back into the wall, that way i would never forget the torment of that day and that man. [Title]

Output: I remember tearing my entire


Input: [Date] 4 years 12 weeks ago [Body] Agree with that completely. Football is important, but as well all know in football or any sport you are just one ligament/muscle tear away from never playing again. Whatever his path may be, having the education to get through life should always trump the sports. That being said, he could certainly help out both by working hard and getting that ultra-impressive Michigan education that is renowned the world over. Keep working hard young man! [Title]

Output: Agree with that completely.


Input: [Date] 4 years 12 weeks ago [Body] Totally with you Gunners....Government filters can be very annoying and since this is the only place that I can collect Michigan information, I see the value in it. But the PT thing is also a good idea as well [Title]

Output: Totally with you


Input: [Date] 4 years 12 weeks ago [Body] Don't forget Sparty, i mean come on....you have to really work hard to sink to levels low enought for them to seriously consider you....right? [Title]

Output: Don't forget Sparty, i mean


Input: [Date] 4 years 12 weeks ago [Body] Well done sir, now my days can be even more filled with content that has no relevance to work other than it gets me from the start to the finish! [Title]

Output: Well done sir, now my days


Input: [Date] 4 years 12 weeks ago [Body] I had the great pleasure of meeting former President Ford when I was just a little squirt and he was visiting Holland, MI. I will never forget even at a young age the presence that he had around people and the respect he demanded, truly a beloved son of Michigan. [Title]

Output: I had the great pleasure of


Input: [Date] 4 years 12 weeks ago [Body] Hey, if he can produce wins on the field this year, let the touching begin! [Title]

Output: Hey, if he can produce wins


Input: [Date] 4 years 12 weeks ago [Body] Always good to have more options to be able to move around the general area. Riding the commuter trains on the South Shore line from Michigan City to Chicago was alright, but it would really be nice to have another fast option to get there. [Title]

Output: Always good to have more


Input: [Date] 4 years 12 weeks ago [Body] Thanks for filling in on these, I was missing the "There Are...." post for today. I wonder what kind of notes Borges has written on that paper he's holding.... 1.) Denard is indeed pure dilithium 2.) Lewan can in fact throw donkeys a mile 3.) Note to self: get middle name changed to Gorgeous [Title]

Output: Thanks for filling in on


Input: [Date] 4 years 12 weeks ago [Body] I am with Scenario 2 as well. Not having Wisky on the schedule is always a plus, and getting Minnesota and Northwestern (although that's not as guaranteed as it used to be) back on the schedule will help. Marc beat me to it, but Denard will get better over the summer, his athleticism and overall work ethic will allow him to again improve. Should be a very solid season. [Title]

Output: 9-3/8-4


Input: [Date] 8 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Good luck Max. I hope he does [Body]

Output: Good luck Max. I hope he does well, but when he plays Michigan, I hope he plays relatively poorly. He's played for us for 4 years and did his time. Thanks Max.


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Thank you so much for your [Body]

Output: Thank you so much for your service. And thank your brothers for their service. Thanks for sharing the article with us. It helps give me a small, small taste of what it was like for you and others who fight for us. Have a great Memorial Day and I hope things keep going well for you and your brothers in life after Afghanistan.


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 5 days ago [Title] At Sapori Trattoria, an [Body]

Output: At Sapori Trattoria, an Italian restaurant in Lakeview Chicago. It's a delicious place. Was on a date and convinced my date to watch the comeback at the little bar there. Bartender was a Kansas fan. I remember telling him I was skeptical we could come back down 10, but he said he wasn't confident with any Kansas lead. He was right. I watched overtime on the screen over my dates shoulder. It was a wonderful night.


Input: [Date] 16 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Or maybe he decided the sure [Body]

Output: Or maybe he decided the sure thing was better than holding a spot open for Brown. There's a difference between recruiting Brown, a theoretical one and done, and passing on talented players at the risk of coming up empty with Brown. If they locked Brown down earlier, he would have taken the spot. Just because a player is a 5 star talent-aka one and done-doesn't mean you pass on other possibilities out there. He recruited both Brown and Wagner with hopes of getting or or both, depending on how the situation plays out. We have one, Wagner. Beilein went outside his typecast mold by recruiting Brown, but made a judgment call to take Wagner. Probably for good reason.


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 2 days ago [Title] When you're rookie of the [Body]

Output: When you're rookie of the year and then follow that up with two back to back all star seasons, with one season being an MVP season, one can see how he could be arrogant. But I guess his humility, combined with his trying childhood home environment make him an easy target for fan ridicule. Sorry his knees aren't holding up. I'm sure he loves the fact that his knees can't hold up in the last couple seasons.


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Thank you Brady Hoke. Your [Body]

Output: Thank you Brady Hoke. Your commitment and dedication to the University and the players has been unparalleled. I thank you for your time and shouldering the burden of leading this Team for the last four years. Lord knows it was not easy. I wish you the best going forward. Good luck with all your endeavors.


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 4 days ago [Title] It was a bad joke. [Body]

Output: It was a bad joke.


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Great story. Thanks for [Body]

Output: Great story. Thanks for sharing. Rooting for him even more.


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 2 days ago [Title] WOOHOO! [Body]

Output: Congrats for Glenn. Great news! Hope he kicks ass, has a fun time, and makes Michigan proud.


Input: [Date] 51 weeks 4 days ago [Title] It will be interesting to see [Body]

Output: It will be interesting to see if Michigan coaches use Bunting this year as a purely pass catching TE. At 6'7, it would seem he might be useful on third downs. Given his experience at WR, Michigan could flank him out and use him as a big target. Then again, we have a lot more pass catching options than before. Then again, he is 6'7.


Input: [Date] 1 year 3 days ago [Title] Couple things [Body]

Output: Does he know that Thomas Gordon was Michigan's other starting safety last season (or at least started most of the games)? Also, he conveniently forgets that Wilson was dropped in and out of the S lineup just as much as any of the other starters at S. That being said, I think we can be excited about Wilson too. He has improved each year and hopefully will put together an impressive season as an upperclassman. Also, I am not fully buying the Lewis supplanting Countess hype until we see more from Lewis in fall. Both Taylor and Countess have really good speed and, although smaller, are impressive athletes. I am slightly confused as to questioning their athleticism. Any attacks over the top had to do more with them getting beat on WR routes or moves, play calls, or just height issues rather than just any old WR with decent speed blowing right past them. Additionally, Countess rarely got beat during the season. It wasn't until Locket served him (and the other corners) up on a platter in the bowl game that we could say someone was blowing past Countess. Okay article and Nick generally does a solid job, but seems more like off-season speculation than anything particularly insightful.


Input: [Date] 1 year 1 week ago [Title] Gotcha. Yeah Randle is a [Body]

Output: Gotcha. Yeah Randle is a ridiculous player and athletic specimen. He was definitely bulling his way right to the basket. Going right through GRIII or around any of our bigger players we tried to match up with him.


Input: [Date] 1 year 1 week ago [Title] Agree with mostly everything [Body]

Output: Agree with mostly everything you said, but in regards to the UK game, so much of being bullied by them was an inability to keep their perimeter players in front of us on the defensive end. When UK's perimeter players blew past our defenders that requires Morgan or someone else to come over and defend. That allowed several UK forwards to have wide open dunk or put back attempts as the person guarding them was forced to rotate. It was a problem all year long. Hopefully defensive improvements from Caris, Irvin, and Walton on the perimeter will help keep more of the opposing team's perimeter players in front of them. That would help mitigate the defensive drop-off at the position. However, as you are apt to point out, Morgan was running the defense from his position, which Donnal will probably not be able to do this year. Might make it tougher for Caris, Irvin, and Walton to handle switches and the like. I guess we will see how it plays out. Morgan is a major loss. Hopefully Donnal can fill the void.


Input: [Date] 1 year 1 week ago [Title] Although, to be fair, doesn't [Body]

Output: Although, to be fair, doesn't ESPN have the most accurate rankings and evaluations for basketball?


Input: [Date] 1 year 2 weeks ago [Title] You can tell Jake Ryan has [Body]

Output: You can tell Jake Ryan has spent a lot of time under Hoke's tutelage.


Input: [Date] 1 year 2 weeks ago [Title] No problem amigo. Good luck [Body]

Output: No problem amigo. Good luck with the transition. I hope it goes well and you get to do some cool stuff.


Input: [Date] 1 year 2 weeks ago [Title] Sorry, figured I would change [Body]

Output: Sorry, figured I would change it myself. Didn't think you would be on the mistake so quickly. And I concur. It would be cool to be able to keep tabs on fellow Michigan alums and what they are doing in the Metro Detroit area. Hopefully, it is something we will continue to see grow.


Input: [Date] 1 year 2 weeks ago [Title] Oops. Forgot to make the link [Body]

Output: Oops. Forgot to make the link accessible. Try this: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/lsa/ci.indetroitlsaisonthemap_ci.detail


Input: [Date] 1 year 2 weeks ago [Title] Tried that. Doesn't work. [Body]

Output: Tried that. Doesn't work.


Input: [Date] 1 year 2 weeks ago [Title] Functionally, I think Isaac [Body]

Output: Functionally, I think Isaac is a 2014 recruit at this point if he gets the RS. Nonetheless, probably means we are only taking 1 RB in this class, which is fine.


Input: [Date] 1 year 2 weeks ago [Title] Irving? I believe he is [Body]

Output: Irving? I believe he is already on the Cavs.


Input: [Date] 1 year 2 weeks ago [Title] As the other posters said, we [Body]

Output: As the other posters said, we have a better chance with Roseboro. Additionally, the coaches had Roseboro ticketed as a SDE from the get go but expected Cornell to be a WDE. Once Cornell started growing into more of a SDE, maybe that changed the coaches perspective on Cornell and his abilities. It's better to focus on a guy we have a chance with versus a guy who doesn't seem to interested anymore. Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe Roseboro plays FB/RB on his team too which would indicate he has decent athleticism and mobility. Plus, I am sure much of Roseboro's weight isn't good weight and he will shed plenty of pounds when he enters a college strengthening and conditioning program.


Input: [Date] 1 year 2 weeks ago [Title] Michigan's depth chart, when [Body]

Output: Michigan's depth chart, when Weber would step on campus, will (most likely) read: Junior: Green, Smith, Johnson Sophomore: Isaac and Douglas That's 5 RB's with no seniors. Granted, Michigan will probably only be taking one RB in this class whereas MSU seems to be taking two and MSU has several other RB's on it's roster too, so the numbers look relatively even. I would just hesitate to say that this development is what puts us over the top in winning the recruiting battle for Weber. It will most certainly help and might help lessen MSU's focus on Weber, but how Michigan continues to rebuild its relationship with Weber will be more important.


Input: [Date] 1 year 2 weeks ago [Title] I wouldn't say that's the [Body]

Output: I wouldn't say that's the most likely scenario. MSU landing Scott probably does help Michigan, but I think Michigan continuing to develop a relationship with Weber is more important. I think the effect of a school landing another recruit at the same position is overstated, depending on what the depth chart looks like and depending on whether the recruit has specifically expressed a desire to be the only recruit in his class. If we end up landing Weber, this is probably only a minor reason it happens. If Weber is feeling MSU, I wouldn't put it past him to commit there even though MSU already landed Scott.


Input: [Date] 1 year 2 weeks ago [Title] Shitty recruiting? [Body]

Output: Have you been following Hoke's recruiting? Patience. Hoke's first full recruiting class is just hitting maturation. We should see that bounce back year you are referring to.


Input: [Date] 1 year 2 weeks ago [Title] Slight correction: Devin [Body]

Output: Slight correction: Devin would have been a RS FR in 2011. Regardless, we played really well that year as you are correct to point out.


Input: [Date] 1 year 3 weeks ago [Title] As others have mentioned, it [Body]

Output: As others have mentioned, it seemed like we were losing a lot of ground on most of our QB recruits. There seemed to be a lot of general interest in the 2015 class but no one seemed like they wanted to jump on board. Do you think patience and some more targetted interest at some of the remaining targets would have led to success with another recruit? The DeWeaver offer is the one that seems too soon. He seems like he has a lot of potential but with a prospect that seems to still be developing, it would seem prudent to see how he continues to develop. Maybe the situation resembles Beilein with recruits where the coaches are looking at kids who are still developing and trying to project talent and physical skills a couple years down the road. Obviously basketball recruiting is very different. Magnus, has there been any word on whether the coaches have stopped recruiting other 2016 QB's? All the general recruiting evaluations seem to keep mentioning Costello, Henry, and a few others. Does the strategy seem lock DeWeaver down early so we have a QB in the 2016 class and then swing for the fences with a higher rated prospect who could come in and not need to RS? Then we could RS DeWeaver and give him more time to develop. Just a thought.


Input: [Date] 1 year 3 weeks ago [Title] Seth, so sorry to hear this. [Body]

Output: Seth, so sorry to hear this. You and your family have my thoughts and condolences.


Input: [Date] 1 year 3 weeks ago [Title] Additionally [Body]

Output: He also struggled a lot in pass coverage, particularly covering TE's. I cannot remember where I was reading it, but someone in the Michigan blogosphere was writing about how offenses learned to take advantage of Ross' aggressiveness. Building on his experience from last season, hopefully he can make fewer mistakes, make a few more big plays, and continue making the necessary and boring plays that he does.


Input: [Date] 1 year 3 weeks ago [Title] Everybody. But seriously, [Body]

Output: Everybody. But seriously, probably Henry, Lewis, Wilson, Magnuson, and Glasgow. Any of Ross, RJS, or Bolden could too. It will be interesting to see how Pipkins, Darboh, and Butt come back from injury. With the 2012 recruiting class finally becoming upperclassmen, we could see a lot. Going to be interesting.


Input: [Date] 8 weeks 3 days ago [Body] At Dominoes and Michigan, he took a successful company and program and destroyed them. Maybe with a struggling company, the opposite will happen? [Title]

Output: At Dominoes and Michigan, he


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 1 day ago [Body] In the last 5 years, I've been pulled over only twice. Both times in Ohio on the same road trip to the east coast. This is despite going slower in Ohio than any other state knowing they target out of state drivers. [Title]

Output: In the last 5 years, I've


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 2 days ago [Body] If they make a movie about you getting harassed in the middle east for saying this and harbaugh tweets his support of it, we won't make a board post. Happy? [Title]

Output: If they make a movie about


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 2 days ago [Body] He did insinuate that any American should support the film. Beyond that, the film has only 2 characters who are not terrorists and they are killed almost instantaneously. The main character refers to Muslims as savages throughout the film and they never distinguish between good and bad guys. This may seem trivial to you but consider that threats and acts of violence against Muslims are increasing (see Chapel Hill and Tennessee from a couple days ago, etc). Jim Harbaugh is a highly respected member of the community and his comments, unintentionally of course, galvanized many racists in the community to say hateful things on twitter and through emails to the Muslim students association on campus. They received many hateful and threatening messages. I hope that explains the concern to some degree. He has the right to enjoy the movie obviously but people have a right to take issue with him supporting it as a public employee making several million dollars a year with a prominent pedestal. [Title]

Output: He did insinuate that any


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 2 days ago [Body] "No man only 1% of movies are bad on them and they only make up that percent of the country." Was this a troll post? I had to double check whether I was on RCMB or bucknuts. Your comment set things right Jon. [Title]

Output: "No man only 1% of movies are


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 2 days ago [Body] The most reasonable comment in the thread right. This is probably what harbaugh considered after his twee. Hopefully they can settle this issue today. [Title]

Output: The most reasonable comment


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Cue the "unamerican" "get out of my country" comments. Pretty surprising from a Michigan blog, a university that prides itself on diversity. I respect Jim for doing this today. Hopefully this is the last board post on this topic ever. [Title]

Output: Cue the "unamerican" "get out


Input: [Date] 15 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Agreed. The movie might be offensive or racist or even inappropriate for a public event at UMich but they showed it and it's over. Let's please stop talking about it. Football season can't start early enough. [Title]

Output: Agreed. The movie might be


Input: [Date] 15 weeks 3 days ago [Body] This reminds of me when people were upset with Dave Brandon and his response was, "why do you hate the players so much!" When did anyone in the terrible thread say they didn't like America? If someone said that American sniper was offensive, racist and stupid, does that mean they hate America? [Title]

Output: This reminds of me when


Input: [Date] 15 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Charlie has a job doing "charlie work". Give the guy a break. [Title]

Output: Charlie has a job doing


Input: [Date] 19 weeks 13 hours ago [Body] Honestly, the whole medical education system sucks. You undergo 4 years of grueling schoolwork, train another 3-7 years earning a salary well below what others w/grad degrees earn (while being treated worse) and leave with a huge amount of debt. If the tech industry was booming at the level it is now, there's no way I would have went into medicine. The best college students in America will run away from the field for better prospects. [Title]

Output: Honestly, the whole medical


Input: [Date] 19 weeks 14 hours ago [Body] Good luck man. This is an equally exciting and stressful day. Hopefully she ends up in Ann Arbor! [Title]

Output: Good luck man. This is an


Input: [Date] 29 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Didn't Joseph Fauria play under Mora? [Title]

Output: Didn't Joseph Fauria play


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 1 day ago [Body] After watching this video, I have to assume SF was just a place for him to pad his resume to coach at Michigan! [Title]

Output: After watching this video, I


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 5 days ago [Body] It is known. [Title]

Output: It is known.


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 4 days ago [Body] The MSU game was a giant embarrassment but I was pumped by his reaction after the touchdown. [Title]

Output: The MSU game was a giant


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Do you have a link? I must have missed the article. [Title]

Output: Do you have a link? I must


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 2 days ago [Body] WILD MAN!!! [Title]

Output: WILD MAN!!!


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Nuss without a doubt. Also, if his assistants are bad, that's a criticism of Hoke for hiring and retaining them. [Title]

Output: Nuss without a doubt.


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 5 days ago [Body] It appears that Michigan likes to run coaching searches the same way it likes to run offenses, slowly and passively. [Title]

Output: It appears that Michigan


Input: [Date] 35 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Slick Rick!! [Title]

Output: Slick Rick!!


Input: [Date] 35 weeks 6 days ago [Body] So is dropping passes! [Title]

Output: So is dropping passes!


Input: [Date] 36 weeks 5 hours ago [Body] How could anyone downvote this? [Title]

Output: How could anyone downvote


Input: [Date] 40 weeks 3 days ago [Body] I think he's a terrible person. He played one of his "sons" despite his consussion and ankle injury and refused to apologize or acknowledge any mistake on his part. If a coach put my son back in the game like that I'd beat the daylight out of him. [Title]

Output: I think he's a terrible


Input: [Date] 40 weeks 4 days ago [Body] There's nothing wrong with optimism. I do fault those who stood by Hoke and attacked anyone who ciriticized him as being childish or short-sighted. [Title]

Output: There's nothing wrong with


Input: [Date] 42 weeks 4 days ago [Body] I guess the number of fans isn't just a statistic? [Title]

Output: I guess the number of fans


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Can't diagnose someone when they're on the field in the middle of a play. [Title]

Output: Can't diagnose someone when


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 1 day ago [Body] They both should have been fired by Monday. [Title]

Output: They both should have been


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Why hasn't he been fired yet? What are we waiting for? If it's firing DB then why hasn't he been fired yet? [Title]

Output: Why hasn't he been fired


Input: [Date] 44 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Looks like Ray Rice decided he needed to pick on someone smaller. [Title]

Output: Looks like Ray Rice decided


Input: [Date] 4 years 36 weeks ago [Body] and the defense was terrible. And this defense has plenty of upperclassmen and/or guys with significant starting experience. The seconday is the one part that lacks experience, but unfortunately for us, the entire unit stinks. The defensive issues are much more than an issue of experience.Coaching is the issue. [Title]

Output: He had plenty of upperclassmen his first two seasons


Input: [Date] 4 years 36 weeks ago [Body] Saban won 12 games his second year, Tressel a NT, Carr a NT in his third, Dantonio won 9 his second season, Meyer a NT in his second..great coaches win and win almost immediately. A coach needs time if he is taking a Wisconsin circa 1990(Alverez) or a school like Eastern Michigan which has no recruiting base, no tradition, no fan support. Basically, you have to build the entire program which slows the process dramatically. That is not so at UofM where you have everything you need right off the bat to win 8 games. Facilities, fan support, brand recognition, tradition...UofM is perfectly set up to be an instant winner which is why so many have issues with RichRod. He frankyl ,looks like a guy in over his head at the high major level. I think if he is to survive that he surrender the defense entirely to the new DC.Scheme, coaching staff, size of players, etc. That is the only way UofM can have a good defense under RR because he clearly has no clue what to do on that side of the ball. [Title]

Output: Not so...


Input: [Date] 4 years 36 weeks ago [Body] Yo want us to believe something that all available evidence says won't happen--improvement by UM's defense. It has, in fact, worsened over Rodriguez's tenure here. SO why then should believe that it will improve? You have to provide facts to support your thesis that it will improve. Something, anything, of substantive value. [Title]

Output: Empirical evidence


Input: [Date] 4 years 36 weeks ago [Body] Offensively,yes, but defense and special teams are huge question marks. Strictly basing our opinion on evidence, one can say that UM will have a great offense, horrid defense, and so so special teams. What that translates to in terms of W's and L's is 5-7 to 7-5. In other words, mediocrity. Any prediction other than that is based on pure conjecture. [Title]

Output: Where is this evidence that UM will be "lots better"


Input: [Date] 4 years 36 weeks ago [Body] I think that is the problem.His tone is all offense, no defense. This is evident from his decisions regarding the defense. Why in God's name would you force your assistants on a DC? You have to allow a DC to make his own hires. Why would you run a finesse defense in a power minded conference. A 3-3-5 is great for a one week gameplan, but not as your base defense. It is a finesse defense schematically which then promotes a finesse MENTALITY. If he wants to succeed here, he needs to follow Urban Meyer's plan. Handle the offense and all the other compotents of a program but leave the defense to your DC. Let him decide the scheme, assistant coaches. The only think he should worry about is penalties because they can impact the team as a whole. One certainly has to question RR's decisionmaking ability. It was he who brought in these DC's. It was he who decide to not have a special teams coordinator. These fall bac on him because he is the CEO of the operation.The makeup of the program is what HE wanted. Thus, he has to be held accountable for the results that the program produces. [Title]

Output: You make a good point regarding HC establishing a tone


Input: [Date] 4 years 36 weeks ago [Body] What has UM gained by running the spread? [Title]

Output: But at least UM got to Rose Bowl


Input: [Date] 4 years 36 weeks ago [Body] UM did not gameplan for Appy State and UM still won 9 games that season including a win over a spread team in the Capital One Bowl. The 06' did get exposed, but they were 11-0 at one point. UM far more games with smashmouth than they are now. If you recall the 01' team. It too was young, but they somehow managed to win 8 games with a mediocre offense and defense---sorta like how Dantonio has managed to do in his 4 years. Furthermore, the dominant team in the conference uses alot of smashmouth. OSU only has won 5 straight Big Ten titles during the period you say that the Big Ten was tougher. Two spread teams won the NT.One did so with a less-than-stellar defense and they had Vince Young.UF won both of their NT's with great defenses. UM is younger, but not inexperienced. Defensively, they have plenty of experience in their front 7. Offensively, most guys have played more than one season. The youth argument fades with every passing game. Tackling, poor assignments, and bad angles are not experience issues. TThese guys have played football for years. They know how to tackle, how to pursue properly, their assignment in a scheme. It isn't difficult. Besides, they have plenty of experience. You act like they start 11 true freshmen who came in August. They do not. Your argument also ignores the fact that their defense was horrible his first two seasons with experienced players. [Title]

Output: Well, for starters


Input: [Date] 4 years 36 weeks ago [Body] The defense--namely the front 7--is not that young. There are many guys who have been here several years. Yes, the secondary is painfully young and no one would expect that side to be highly effective. But thre front 7 does have experience. Besides these guys are football players. They have been playing the game for most of their lives. They should know pursuit angles, their assignment, how to tackle..this is basic stuff. This is football, not theoretical physics. It is not that hard to coach fundamentals--at least not for a good coach anyways. Furthermore,T\the youth argument does not fly for defense as the defense was horrid for RR's first two seasons when they had experience in the secondary. That inconvenient fact is often left out--which is what partisans tend to do.Anti-RichRod often like to sugarcoat the difficulty of transitioning from a pro style to a spread and that is not right. I understand that people desperately want the guy to win. I do too. But when you argue you cannot ignore, dismiss, or warp facts that hinder your argument. At this point, just looking at the evidence on the field--and that is all what any of us have to base our beliefs on--the "Fire RichRod" crowd has more ammuno than the Pro-Rod crowd. The on-the-field performances leave alot to be desired. It is increasingly difficult to see how he can win here when he has displayed no abiity to field a competent defense. Everyone knows that to win championships you need a defense. What in his three years leads anyone to believe that he will construct one? Blind faith is not a legitimate argument. You have to bring something tangible to the table. to support your argument. The only conclusion I can make based off what I have seen for the past three years is that Rich Rodriguez has constructed a potentially dominant offense, an atrocious defense, and a so-so special teams unit. That is what the facts would tell anyone not in the thrall of RichRod's dynamic offense. He will be back and I am not sure what to think. If Brandon forces him to dispense with his entire defensive staff and hire a guy who wil be permitted to bring in his own guys with his own scheme, than I think RR has a chance. If not, we are just delaying the inevitable. He will fail here. [Title]

Output: I am tired of simplistic arguments


Input: [Date] 4 years 36 weeks ago [Body] But nothing has happened defensively to suggest that UM will be nothing more than Joe Tiller's Purdue teams. I have no reason to believe that UM will be better than 8-4 under Richrod, [Title]

Output: The offense is potentially great


Input: [Date] 4 years 36 weeks ago [Body] That style of football won many, many games in the Big Ten. RichRod's style has lost many, many games. I happen to think that you can win with his offense, but that's based more on theory than anything we have seen in reality. No one has won consistently at a high level in the Big Ten with the spread. Purdue was medicore and OSU used a hybrid spread pro style as did PSU.Both also had strong defenses. [Title]

Output: Explain why it taints the argument


Input: [Date] 4 years 36 weeks ago [Body] The Big East does not have the size and athletes that the Big Ten does, so your assertion that it works is not applicable to Michigan. [Title]

Output: Flaw in your analysis


Input: [Date] 4 years 36 weeks ago [Body] The whole defense is a fail as is the special teams. Many of the offensive players have been in the system for 2-3 years. The offense is younger, but they do have experience. This is a program that has serious issues in year 3. [Title]

Output: Unfortunately, it is not just the secondary


Input: [Date] 4 years 36 weeks ago [Body] You clearly know nothing about college football. Mark Dantonio won 9 games his second year and 10 in his fourth.Tressel won a national title in his second year. Saban won 12 his second year. But Michigan, the school that has as many resources as anyone, needs 5 years. And here I thought UM was the place for the leaders and best. I guess I was wrong. [Title]

Output: So it takes 5 years to build a decent program?


Input: [Date] 4 years 36 weeks ago [Body] when the offense started moving the ball. Where was the offense early on in those games? Just making a game competitive is nothing to crow about. A great or even good offense is there at the beginning, not just when you are desperate to score to get yourself back in the game. [Title]

Output: They were already down 21


Input: [Date] 4 years 36 weeks ago [Body] understand the concept of fair-weather fans. Fairweather fans only support the team when things are good. These people are supporting the team, but believe that the coach has to be fired because things are not working. [Title]

Output: You obviously do not


Input: [Date] 4 years 36 weeks ago [Body] Signed, David Brandon [Title]

Output: Well, behind the scenes things are great


Input: [Date] 4 years 36 weeks ago [Body] and still no win over a decent opponent. Progress? Third time this year UM has fallen behind by at least 21 points at home. Progress? [Title]

Output: Three years in


Input: [Date] 4 years 36 weeks ago [Body] is winning.7-5 is good enough for this season, but next year more is expected. The things he points to will be there, but will UM win enough for RR to keep his job? That is something only time will tell. [Title]

Output: But the thing that matters most


Input: [Date] 4 years 36 weeks ago [Body] I doubt very much he has the energy to coach at this stage of his life. [Title]

Output: Moeller is elderly man


Input: [Date] 4 years 37 weeks ago [Body] because Bielema can actually coach. [Title]

Output: Even bigger


Input: [Date] 4 years 37 weeks ago [Body] Those boys played a helluva game. [Title]

Output: Absolutely


Input: [Date] 4 years 37 weeks ago [Body] Bielema is the biggest dick in the Big Ten. [Title]

Output: Wispy has scored 83 on IU


Input: [Date] 4 years 37 weeks ago [Body] has been televised. There was never a game I could not see because of lack of TV.( since 95' anyway) That said, I do like the Big Ten network. It is not as bad as people say it is. [Title]

Output: Every UM game since Memphis in 95'


Input: [Date] 4 years 37 weeks ago [Body] Poor coaching performance is far worse for the program than fans complaints. He should worry about that more than what fans say.I also think players are more sophisticated now. They know fans are not always rational. [Title]

Output: I disagree


Input: [Date] 4 years 38 weeks ago [Body] An extension for a guy who has produced the worst season, Big Ten record, and defenses in UM? An extension for a guy who was in charge when UM was placed on probation for the first time? It boggles the mind that you think that he deserves an extension. [Title]

Output: Is that you Millen ?


Input: [Date] 4 years 38 weeks ago [Body] because the negatives still outweigh the positives. Poor record, bad decisions made in recruiting, NCAA sanctions applied to UM for first time, falling behind MSU in football....honestly, I do see how even a lawyer could successfully argue for RR with that track record thus far. Add to that the general lack of support for the man among alums and fans and it is still a near run thing that he keeps the job. So much had gone wrong--much of it not of his doing-- that assuming he us back us based on emotion more than logic. [Title]

Output: Not very powerful ammo


Input: [Date] 4 years 38 weeks ago [Body] Horrid defense and special teams indicate future greatness to you? 0-8 vs MSU, PSU, and OSU indicate future greatness to you? 6 nonqualifers in the last class indicate greatness to you? At this point, a rational being could only say that only the offense us headed for greatness based on the available facts. The rest of the team can only be assumed to continue to be terrible because that us what they have been for three years. [Title]

Output: There are signs of greatness? What?


Input: [Date] 4 years 38 weeks ago [Body] than explain the first two years? You act like this is a recent problem with RR, when in fact it is not. [Title]

Output: So if it just youth


Input: [Date] 4 years 38 weeks ago [Body] You can have the 11 greatest players on earth playing on defense and you still will not win if you do not tackle or play sound assignment football.Dorsey would make UM moe athletic, but that athleticism would be lost because of the crappy fundamentals. You're right. It is Michigan and it is not acceptable. People mock that, but when you beat your chest about your greatness you better damn well live up to it. UM did not get to 850 wins by tolerating mediocrity. It may seem like cheesy bravado to you, ask any person who has belong to an elite organization and they'll tell you that this "never accept anything less than the best" ethos is big factor in establishing a tradition of excellence. [Title]

Output: Tackling and assignment football is coaching


Input: [Date] 4 years 38 weeks ago [Body] that you feel the need to engage in name calling. There are certain facts out there that people will interpret differently. No need for name calling because you disagree with me. [Title]

Output: I'm sorry that you are so intolerant of different opinions


Input: [Date] 16 hours 57 min ago [Title] Does it have any eligibility? [Body]

Output: Does it have any eligibility?


Input: [Date] 2 days 13 hours ago [Title] I agree with Brian. I liked [Body]

Output: I agree with Brian. I liked the concept but thought it could have been executed better. I do have a few questions... How long do we predict Michigan football will be around? My assumption is for a long time. So what's the plan when we start running out of numbers? Also, to the people who thought the legends jerseys were a money grab, how much do you think the athletic department actually made off of them? Assuming they get a small percentage of each sale, they would have to sell hundreds of thousands of them to make enough of a profit to make it purely about money wouldn't they?


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 6 days ago [Title] This video is a year old. [Body]

Output: This video is a year old. They played a shorter version at every game last year.


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 2 days ago [Title] While I disagree with you [Body]

Output: While I disagree with you about the potential payoff for lacrosse versus soccer (even this game ended with 15 total goals scored), I do agree this was a boring game. It was bound to happen when two of the slowest pace of play teams in the NCAA played each other on one day of rest. Hopefully more people tuned into the semifinals on Saturday. Both were incredible games with great finishes.


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 2 days ago [Title] They didn't say that's where [Body]

Output: They didn't say that's where it NEEDS to happen. They said that's where it is GOING TO happen. We'd all love to see the big football schools add men's lacrosse. That won't happen very frequently for a lot of reasons. In the past 36 years it's happened exactly twice, at Notre Dame and Michigan. Meanwhile a couple of dozen or more smaller D1 schools without football have added men's lacrosse. That will continue to be the trend. Women's lacrosse will continue to be added at big football schools with regularity. Great Title 9 add.