Input: [Date] 5 years 1 week ago [Title] UM App, Android, etc. [Body]

Output: The application developed by the students was actually bought by the University (ITS) and is continuing to be developed. I believe they're also working on an Android version, but the initial iPhone version got out the door first because of the development work that was already done. FWIW, they're going to be adding more functionality to the UM app in the future. http://mobileapps.its.umich.edu/ -an ITS employee, not on the Mobile Apps team


Input: [Date] 5 years 5 weeks ago [Title] A Tie guarntees that Germany [Body]

Output: A Tie guarntees that Germany doesn't win the group, as Ghana is ahead of them going into the match, so they would still be ahead. They still could advance with a tie, but at best they'd be second which means we would have to play them. Ugh.


Input: [Date] 3 years 4 weeks ago [Title] Your're limited to 85 schollies [Body]

Output: So to say you recruit to a system is forgetting that there is not an abundance of guys in HS who are projected to play a true NT position in a 2 gap scheme; there just is not that many guys projecting to NT in HS, if you bust on one you've got issues. To me, it's riskier to run a system that is athlete specific in so many areas when you have the unknown variable of the talent you can acquire consistently. Not that 40 front defenders are less talented, but there are more guys who can play a 3 technique and out, then there is that can play a true NT. Mike Marting played NT but in a one gap scheme; very very different.


Input: [Date] 3 years 4 weeks ago [Title] Another reason the 3-4 [Body]

Output: Another reason the 3-4 is tough to run in college is that, unlike the NFL, you don't get to pick your players, they pick you in college. That being said, a prototypical NT in a 3-4 is a very specific type of player and those type guys are not very abundant coming out of HS. It is much more feasible to pick up a prototypical 3 technique DT and develop him based on his body type and HS film than a NT. Unless you oversign players and continually cut the guys who don't pan out as a NT, like Alabama does, it is very difficult to man that position adequately and consistently. There is no more important position in a 30 front (3 DL) than the NT who is responsible for the A gaps. The term used in coaching defense in a 30 front is the "Power Triangle", which is your NT, Two ILBs, and your safeties. If you're weak in the power triangle, the defense will not be affective no matter who is flanking them. Also, the other positions in a 3-4 take specialized athletes and to continually find and develop guys for that system would be taxing on a staff. Not that it can't happen, but you have to have the right mix of players on your two deep to be successful. Again, if your talent pool exceeds the 85 schollies and you cut players to keep the cream of the crop, it is less of an issue. Two years ago, UGA went to a 3-4 from a 4-3 base and they got destroyed because they had no NT to play the two gaps over the center. Proof of this was evident when they played South Carolina and Steve Spurrier ran the ball 50 times in that game because they couldn't stop the run. When you make Spurrier run the ball, you're doing something very very wrong. The 4-3 Under is actually pretty versatile with regards to the blitz because of the overhang defenders, so the blitz looks you can get out of it are also pretty diverse. I don't think blitz packages are an issue with our defense. Our blitz failures came when guys couldn't get home on the blitz because they couldn't defeat blockers consistently. You take a huge risk bringing a LB or DB on a blitz when they can't get home on the blitz because you're conceding numbers in the secondary.


Input: [Date] 3 years 12 weeks ago [Title] I think we need to jam [Body]

Output: the tune "Beastly" from Vulfpeck at the Stadium. They're obviously Michigan guys with all the UM swag they're wearing in this video. It's a cool jam. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQRV0c1KXYc


Input: [Date] 3 years 13 weeks ago [Title] All great leaders are flexible in their opinions [Body]

Output: and I think he's talking about two different things; a large format playoff system and a plus-one concept on the current system. You'd paint him as an old curmudgeon if he had one single, unwavering opinion on the subject. Until they level the playing field with regards to academics, admissions standards, and recruiting class sizes, the call for a playoff is a moot point. One September 1st, we'll see one college football team and one semi-pro football team compete against each other under the veil of amatuerism and tradition.


Input: [Date] 3 years 40 weeks ago [Title] So you're asserting that at the snap, Hawthorne should [Body]

Output: immediately flow against the direction of the slant? Basically, this play is a counter. It is not a play that just develops and the RB cuts back. It looks real time like a little delay counter action. Get the D Line flowing with the OL and then counter action pits the RB against LBs who are each targeted for blocks by FBs and pulling OL. This is the part of the game you refer to as rock paper scissors insomuch as they out executed us on the play. It is plausible that during film study EMU saw that our LBs were slow to diagnose run direction and late to flow to the ball; some refer to this as a false step, which is all it can take sometimes to trun right into a block versus beating it to a spot. With experience, this becomes less and less of a problem. You're not wrong in isolating this play, but you've got to keep in mind that these 3 guys are relatively young with regards to experience and that is a major factor in this. It is not that we've somehow recruited LBs who all cannot act like 5th senior robots or are incapable of performing like other LBs on other teams. When I listen to Hoke and Mattison talk about the defense, they allude to a lof of these issues when they speak of consistency. They want guys to take a read step and go, not step, think, go, stop, go, eat a block, etc. I think this play highlights a couple failures all around and one of poor execution. I would like to see one DL get some penetration and disrupt that pull action or create traffic in the backfield, but it seems to me that they are content in just slanting without reacting to the OL's moves. If I'm in the 3 tech and my guard of center pulls out, I am going upfield in a hurry.


Input: [Date] 3 years 41 weeks ago [Title] My point was that [Body]

Output: you don't know what the LBs keys were and MM is there and his job is not to just destroy the center. Demens and Hawthorne do need to close those gaps down, It's hard to take one play and dissect it to the point that you can make a determination about players...the comparison to MSU is like comparing apples to oranges in that MSU's linebackers were pretty much on autopilot as far as read steps in that they were either coming downhill at the A gaps or were not. I don't know about you, man, but this is night and day different than anything under RR the last two years and I'm loving it, even when they are not at their best, it's still more fundamentally sound.


Input: [Date] 3 years 41 weeks ago [Title] You're wrong on Martin, [Body]

Output: Touch the Banner is more correct; you're not exactly wrong. MM is guilty of playing with bad technique as he lets the blocker get too much into his body and is unable to shed and tackle. I doubt you're afraid to criticize anyone, but I think it's a matter of having intimate knowledge of DL play. The LBs keys might be different than what you think they should be and using the MSU strategy of blitzing the A gaps with reckless abandon. Our LBs have to be aware of the PA pass and keep their depth a little longer; MSU doesn't respect our passing game and there is not PA to speak of, so they are attacking the mesh point and causing denard to get happy feet. My guess is that Narduzzi and company wanted to attack the mesh point between Denard and the RB with a combination of edge pressure and the double barrel blitz on the A gaps. The wind was a factor in the pass game, so the thinking is to keep denard uncomfortable and make him make decisions in a compressed timeframe which leads to rushed throws and poor mechanics. At least that is what the film had shown on us thus far into the season.


Input: [Date] 3 years 41 weeks ago [Title] You're right and you're wrong [Body]

Output: First of all, you don't know what their keys were, so you're assuming that all MLBs should react the same way. You show the MSU still picture as a contrast to what our guys are doing, but that's not correct. MSU probably does a lot more play action than UM, so there keys were not to blirz up the A gaps upon the snap. It two very different types of offenses. Secondly, the real problem is the two DL not disengaging from their blocks and making the plays in the backfield. That gets compounded by the LBs holding in the middle and then taking bad angles to close the holes. I agree they should be closing in to close down the holes, but the DL needs to play with better technique and not let those blockers get into their bodies so much they cannot disengage and tackle in the backfield.


Input: [Date] 3 years 41 weeks ago [Title] Bielema [Body]

Output: Bielema could rescue baby seals from a raging inferno and it would not lessen my disdain for him, but I will say that I hope he beats the snot out of MSU this weekend...between the whistles. That probably speaks more to my shortcomings than to his.


Input: [Date] 3 years 41 weeks ago [Title] Run the football [Body]

Output: I too screamed run the football, but it was much earlier in the game. However, after the initial shock and disappoint wore off, I rewatched the game and I can't say that Borges was totally wrong in his approach even in 30MPH swirling winds. MSU routinely had 9 in the box and was bringing a mix of edge pressure and blitzing the A gap(s) the entire game. Our offensive line was getting no push at the LOS and MSU was basically conceding the pass because they knew the wind was a factor and that Denard's kryptonite can be his passing/accuracy/footwork. As a defensive coach, I would attack UM with edge pressure and attack the mesh point of the read option plays to put denard on the defensive. Our WRs don't scare me, the OL does not scare me, and the RBs don't scare me, so I would focus totally on Denard and make him beat me with his arm in bad wind conditions with underneath throws. That is what MSU's game plan was and they executed. I think Borges was forced to go after what the defense was allowing and that was the pass more often than not. I think the anxiety came from not seeing our OL knock them off the ball like they did to us when they had the ball. We're stuck in this limbo between spread and shred and Manball. It was a disappointing day, but one that very quickly became apparent that it was going to take some fortunate bounces to go our way to win. When the other team wins the battle in the trenches, then you need some intangibles to go your way. We got two turnovers and a boatload of "derp" from MSU, but it wasn't enough to overcome their dominance at the LOS on both sides of the ball.


Input: [Date] 3 years 45 weeks ago [Title] Say what you will about BWC [Body]

Output: But in the very limited time I've watched his snaps, he has held up well against doubles and made some plays. Even though interior DL don't have tell-tale stats, BWC has played low and has gotten some push up the middle, which allows LBs to read and react to their gaps as opposed to dealing with blockers. At this point in the season, I still say that our best combination, even though it almost never on the field at the same time, is WDE of Roh/Black, MM, BWC, and then using RVB at the SDE. Yes, RVB packed on some #'s, but I think he's got the body of a DE not a DT.


Input: [Date] 4 years 6 weeks ago [Title] Look at who's offering their opinions [Body]

Output: Not to be negative myself, but on the occassion I got to watch a Michigan game with Tim, I realized he doesn't know how to scout players or assess football; he's not a coach and never has been, so I don't take any of his write-ups as anything more than a regurgitation of a bunch of these scout profiles, other's opinions, etc. One of the reasons a kid might be under the radar is that they don't hit the camp circuit heavily and are relying on their HS staff to get the word out, which has varying effectiveness. It's obvious that the kid is a project, but that the coaches say something there that they liked and thought could turn into a performer. It's akin to a kid getting all the hype, a 5-star rating, and all of the accolades of a future star while in HS, but they had already hit there ceiling in the 12th grade and they go to college and are mediocre players because they had no more room to develop. A kid that grew 4 inches last year has still not filled out his frame.


Input: [Date] 4 years 10 weeks ago [Title] If the spring game taught us anything [Body]

Output: It's that Mattison runs a lot of different looking defenses out of his base 4-3 Under look. There was some 30 front packages, some basic 4-3 alignments, over and under shifts, some 50 fronts, and some zone blitz plays that had the NT dropping into the middle. Even though the Big Ten Channel coverage is hard to see the alignment, there was a lot going on there, but it all started out of the base look. One of Bo's 8 Commandments of Defense was to be able to do everything out of your base defense. It seems like Mattison gets that philosophy in that it's best to do one thing really well then to do 5 things in mediocracy.


Input: [Date] 4 years 11 weeks ago [Title] There is no flag on the roof of Jalen's General Lee [Body]

Output: which is probably a good thing, and the General was 01 not 05...that is a Jalen Lee or General Rose or something...


Input: [Date] 4 years 12 weeks ago [Title] At what point [Body]

Output: At what point do we have to admit that the "process" actually worked? There is definitely a benefit to having a guy like Hoke in charge. He's made all the routine plays you expect the HC at Michigan to make and he's also pulled out a few surprises. Some will temper their enthusiasm until we play some games, but I think it can be said that there is a confidence that Hoke has instilled since he's been here.


Input: [Date] 4 years 15 weeks ago [Title] I don't know Craig Ross, but I disagree [Body]

Output: with his conclusion that we're looking at another 2008. The offense in 2008 was devoid of experienced starters, running a system none of them had ever run. All of these kids run a form of these plays from Midget to College. The personnel in 2008 was never going to be able to execute the spread at the one key position, QB. The difference between 2011 and 2008 is that Denard can do one thing exceptionally well. In 2008, none of the QBs could complete a 10 yard hitch without at least one hop on most tries. There was not a stable of running backs with plenty of game experience, and the OL was not a rag tag group with little experince playing as a unit. I understand the palpatations after watching the spring game, but these coaches have proven there not going to force square pegs into round holes. Denard has a lot of work to do, but the problems I saw were mechanical, not some lack of ability. If they can get him to calm down, be methodical in his drops and throw the ball on time, then you'll see his efficiency rise. I've rewatched the game broadcast (it's a poor source) and it was very apparent that they were going very vanilla and playing things out for the fans versus working on their normal reps. We saw one pass towards a TE all game despite hearing all about TEs in this offense; their WR's routes we drawn up in the dirt, and they kept things pretty stale. The only one that showed us anything was Mattison with his 30 front defenses and some edge blitzes. I understand there is a lot of work to do before September, but I think our offense can be productive and efficient with the players we have. Our situation today is night and day different than 2008 when our scholarship QB was a transfer student who had never seen game action in college football backed up by a guy who was a walk-on coach's son. Don't worry, it won't be as prolific as 2010, but it will be a more complete team than any we've had in the last 3 years.


Input: [Date] 4 years 15 weeks ago [Title] Thats right. [Body]

Output: the only thing RR could have done differently is win more and win sooner. He couldn't survive the slings and arrows stacked against him from the outset without winning big early, which wasnt going to happen in 2008 or 2009. Part of the blame goes to those who brought the guy here and assumed he could work his "magic" here as he did in Morgantown.


Input: [Date] 4 years 19 weeks ago [Title] I didn't mention RR [Body]

Output: I didn't mention RR and to be fair, I loved watching his offense last year. RR's offenses broke almost all of the single game records for receiving and QB rushing, points per game, etc. Nor did I say he didn't make progress here when it is undeniable his offense did. I would have been more than fine with RR if he was still the coach, but you cannot pretend that the defense regressed every single year and also broke records on par with the ones broken by the offense. You can't applaud the offense in a vaccuum and not take the defense with it. I have watched all of the games from last year a dozen times or more and I think you're either overly confident or forgetful of our success in short yardage situations. One of the most ciritcal aspect of short yardage is coming off the ball and getting push up front to reestablish the LOS beyond the marker. We were not good at doing that, especially in league play. As a defensive guy, I really don't care what offense we run as long as it is efficient and has the ability to sustain drives and chew the clock, not just score points. The reason is that the more snaps my defense sees, the more I have to engage in games of rock, paper, scissors, and no defense can stop everything. By keeping those snaps at a lower number, the better my odds are to play to convention.


Input: [Date] 4 years 19 weeks ago [Title] To be fair, that was low hanging fruit, but there is [Body]

Output: some validity to his question. To excuse that validity is just as narrow-minded. Not having played or coached football at all or very little would lead some to believe that Brian's opinions are based on second hand knowledge or theory. Theoretical knowledge clings to it's charts, graphs, and other statistical information while practical or applied knowledge leans on it's experience. Since no one has seen this offense in action and how it will feature Denard, then Brian's opinions are speculative. It is not ridiculous to question the extent of the Author's practical knowledge, IMO.


Input: [Date] 4 years 19 weeks ago [Title] WOW, just WOW [Body]

Output: I think there is a legitimate concern that a pro style offense would handcuff your best playmaker, but no matter how many times the staff talks about how they intend to use Denard's abilities to the fullest extent, Brian seems to think that MANBALL quotes from Hoke trump all other comments. The truth is that when Michigan needed a tough yard in the last 3 years, it was very difficult for them to get it in league play. Maybe there is or isn't a beloved chart or graph for that, but ask yourself how long you held your own breathe on 3rd and 1 inside the 30 yard line of the opponent knowing we couldn't kick a field goal. Another misconception on the message boards is that while we are going to single blocking that we've thrown out the zone blocking. All teams use both single blocking and zone schemes these days. The difference is that we'll feature single blocking and mix in zone versus the inverse we've had the last of the LC years and all of RR. Both have their strengths and weaknesses and one is not superior to the other if used in the right context. Many have already reported that the QB power is part of the package, bootlegs, zone reads, and other Denard friendly plays are in the offense as practice reports have trickled out. I think round pegs are going into round holes on both sides of the ball, which is a nice change to what we've seen as a defense for the last 2 years. To a football coach, it is always better when the QB has other players take some of the load and what the charts tell me is that we need to get Denard some help. Another point Brian didn't mention for whatever reason is that teams cannot scheme a pro style offense with Denard like they did the spread offense. Against inferior talent, Denard was unstoppable. Against the upper echelon of Big Ten teams he was mortal. Teams attacked off the edge to force Denard to make decisions rapidly in the read game. They can't do that as easily in a pro style offense insomuch as the offense is not 100% QB-centric. If Denard's passing and the RBs prove that defenses have to respect all 11 guys out there, then he'll have moments to exploit that within the framework of the offense. I'm sure the stats will go down, but at the same time, if the offense can be efficient and chew some clock and the defense proves to be competent, then the wins will come. I would trade a throttled down offense for a competent defense anyday because the last two years have been brutual to watch and there was never a Saturday that I thought we couldn't lose except Delaware State. How explosive was that offense against UMASS? As a defensive coach, I would fear Denard more in the pro style offense if he can beat you with his arm because I would have to account for him which leaves me short on the backend. Playing man free or cover 1 against a pro style is very high risk. Playing cover 2, cover 3, or quads leaves to much room for him and the RBs. If I had to defend him in the spread, I would use edge pressure and hope my guys could get him on the ground consistently. By pressuring him, I can play those zones because I am cutting down his time to read and throw with my pressure(hopefully).


Input: [Date] 4 years 27 weeks ago [Title] Draper and Colonel Akbar have something in common [Body]

Output: I read an article over the weekend about Draper's "resignation" and it said that Draper was thought to be the source of the leaks that came out on that fateful Tuesday saying RR had been fired by the local TV News. It was said that Dave Brandon set a trap to see who was the source of the leaks in the department and Draper was caught in the net. It said that Dave Brandon has done this a couple times to expose people leaking information. "It's a trap" T-shirts would be very appropriate if this is all true. This was a legitimate newspaper reporter on an official looking website for whatever that's worth these days.


Input: [Date] 4 years 40 weeks ago [Title] I think we [Body]

Output: should put a spy on Brian. I think run blitzing Denard has been more effective than any kind of spying. Make him read and decide faster than he wants to by sending run blitzers. With Denard, it's pick your poison.


Input: [Date] 4 years 40 weeks ago [Title] Kovacs into the backfield is [Body]

Output: Kovacs into the backfield is a good play if he's under control and makes the RB and/or FB hesitate or adjust his angle. It's akin to your little brother rushing at you with that wild-eye look like he's going to kick your ass and you just hap-hazardly brush him aside using his own momentum; you don't even break stride as he goes flying into the closet. I know I'm splitting hairs and using the post as a soap box for more adversion to 30 fronts, but I would feel much better with DE on that tackle and LBs free to flow to the ball.


Input: [Date] 4 years 40 weeks ago [Title] I think we send Kovacs an [Body]

Output: I think we send Kovacs an awful lot when we align this way. In fact, we did it a couple times earlier in the game. Iowa was going off tendencies on this play call and it worked. The goal for an offense is to exploit mismatches when they can and this must have been a mismatch in their eyes with their LT on one of our LBs and their fullback on Kovacs. They probably thought that even if Mouton takes the outside shoulder, kovacs stands up the fullback, and Michigan fills the gaps that they could get the 3 yards for the first down because of the push they would be able to get...otherwise, why call it?


Input: [Date] 4 years 40 weeks ago [Title] Mouton should [Body]

Output: Mouton should have the outside shoulder of the tackle here. What I don't get is the blitzing of Kovacs off the corner. Blitzing the weak side is what gives Iowa the numbers stalemate as Kovacs is toast anytime he's challenged by a blocker of any sort. The weak side blitz works when they actually run to the strong size as Kovacs is in unblocked and makes one of those diving ankle grabbers on the TB. Even more concerning to me is the fact that not one single DL is a factor here. A LB on a tackle is a mismatch, yet there is no one to even delay the tacke into getting out on the second level. In our running game, how good would we feel if the tackles got a free release into the secondary??? If we're in a 4 man front, it give the LBs a second to read the direction of the run and stuff the gaps. This 4-4 is really a 30 front with ROH(LB) with his hand down on the backside of the play. Iowa looks at this alignment, calls for the weak side run because the mismatches are on that side of the play. Kovacs vs fullback, Mouton versus unblocked Tackle, and DL inability to chuck their blockers even the slightest. Blame Mouton for the bad/incorrect technique, but blame GERG and RR for repeatedly grabbing the handle of the hot pot on the stove week after week after week. If there is one prevelant thought I have watching our defense this year, its that we just make it damn easy for the opposition. We make these guys look like world beaters because of style of play. Could we really do any worse if pressured the offense more? Wait, I forget about our bump and run technique of just freezing at the snap and watching the recieve just run by before we can lay a hand on them, so yes, I guess it could make it worse. If makes anyone feel better, I watched Alabama/Tennessee over the weekend and I saw Tennessee's DL/LB jump into the same gap several times.


Input: [Date] 4 years 41 weeks ago [Title] I think that's a pretty harsh example to picture page [Body]

Output: but playing DB in college is hard enough if you've spent 4 years working on it in HS, let alone being a converted player to a new position. Wouldn't it just be safer to play man with two deep safeties?


Input: [Date] 4 years 43 weeks ago [Title] I loved it [Body]

Output: I loved it. We need 5 more like him. This is football and it has to be played with passion and fire. His teammates got in there and RR got in there and handled it. I'm not saying we should fight on the field, but I do love his tenacity.


Input: [Date] 4 years 43 weeks ago [Title] I think he brings a lot [Body]

Output: to the table in terms of a feigned pass rush and as an actual rusher. It appears to me that other teams are very aware of where he is and send RBs out to chip him. I might be wrong but I don't think we've shown too much so far and he might ge some good pass rush opportunities as the coaches tweak these new nuckel and dime packages. If I had to guess, I would venture that tomorrow will be the type of day where you want to cut him loose a little more on the pass rush and forego zone drops etc.


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Title] I think BWC is a gamer... [Body]

Output: He looked disinterested in the drills on the Big Ten replay, but several times last year in game action he looked really good and got some penetration and disrupted things in the middle. I think it's important to note that tall NT have a hard time keeping their pads down in general. Guys like Renes and Zorich were guys who would excel in this defense because they were agile and were short enough to always have their pads underneath the OL. It's tough for guy's with certain types of bodies to play on the interior DL. If he's top heavy, then there is no way he can play effectively inside, but he looks to have his weight pretty evenly distributed on his frame. I think there is much conjecture from people who don't know about interior line play. If BWC stands straight up and eats up the center and one of the guards...who cares where his hands are. The guy has obviously worked hard at times or he wouldn't come into camp having lost weight, but the type of conditioning they are talking about is tough on big guys to do and there has to be some line of demarcation from 323 DL and 265LB DEs in the conditioning tests, but apparently there is not. I would have loved to see him practice with more passion than I have in the past, but some guys are just gamers and I think he's a gamer.


Input: [Date] 4 years 50 weeks ago [Title] We'd have to look at how defenses have evolved to counter the [Body]

Output: read option. In it's infantile stages, the one read option was just killing defenses because of teh inherent mis match between 270 LB DE and quick and nimble QBs on one side and the numbers advantage with blockers when the ball goes to the RB. Somewhere along that timeline there has been a shift in a defenses ability to counter the read option. I guess to compare the success of the zone read option in 2008 and 2009 as compared to the early 2000's would offer some glimpse of how much is attributable to the players and how much is attributable to the system and it's effectiveness. Interesting post. We'll find out in 18 days.


Input: [Date] 1 day 13 hours ago [Title] I have it on good authority [Body]

Output: I have it on good authority that it was not you who were late for anything. It was instead a Mr. W. Rabbit.


Input: [Date] 2 days 20 hours ago [Title] You're saying the NFL was [Body]

Output: You're saying the NFL was offered a spreadsheet conveniently put together by Brady's agents, on which they'd have to take the agents' word it was complete and accurate, and in order to find out what was on Brady's cell phone, they could instead track down multiple other cell phones and check off items on the spreadsheet? And that's a perfectly reasonable alternative to just spending 10 minutes scrolling through Brady's phone? Sorry, defending that approach is a stretch beyond stretches. All this fuck-Goodell outrage pretty much ignores the fact that Brady basically just broke into the Watergate hotel.


Input: [Date] 3 days 11 hours ago [Title] I hate your idea of suing [Body]

Output: I hate your idea of suing because I don't want to sit here for three years watching some godawful lawsuit wend its way through the courts while ESPN breathlessly reports on every stupid motion and argument and filing in existence. I just upvoted for the Few Good Men reference.


Input: [Date] 3 days 11 hours ago [Title] Yes, they can, but from the [Body]

Output: Yes, they can, but from the phone company, which would probably never give them up short of anything but a legal subpoena. To the NFL, they're as unrecoverable as if I called up AT&T and said, hey, give me so-and-so's stored-up text messages.


Input: [Date] 3 days 15 hours ago [Title] Today in Awkwardly Worded [Body]

Output: Today in Awkwardly Worded Headlines: it's good to know Tuskegee has finally gotten out from the oppressive shadow that is Dennis Norfleet.


Input: [Date] 4 days 14 hours ago [Title] Nay to Vanderbilt. Doesn't [Body]

Output: Nay to Vanderbilt. Doesn't pass the saltwater test. Close but no cigar, they're closer to Mobile Bay than to Lake Michigan. If you're closer to salt water than to a Great Lake, no Big Ten for you. That rule if actually enacted would've saved the Big Ten a lot of trouble.


Input: [Date] 5 days 3 hours ago [Title] Where have you been the last [Body]

Output: Where have you been the last 60 or 70 years?


Input: [Date] 1 week 12 hours ago [Title] How did we get this far into [Body]

Output: How did we get this far into the discussion and not mention the impact of Dave Brandon Junior on this whole thing? Sounds to me like Saban to Texas could've been done quite easily until Patterson pissed off his agent.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 3 hours ago [Title] My all-time favorite band, [Body]

Output: My all-time favorite band, playing one of their very best songs:


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 4 hours ago [Title] And in most cases that's a [Body]

Output: And in most cases that's a good thing. Here, maybe not, I just really like the very chill vibe of the studio version, but Billy Preston is killing it anyway and the whole band is as '70s as '70s can be, so hey.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 4 hours ago [Title] TMNT while it was on, then [Body]

Output: TMNT while it was on, then Animaniacs. Definitely some Animaniacs.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 4 hours ago [Title] I like the non-live version [Body]

Output: I like the non-live version of this song better than live, it's a bit more laid-back, but the OP said live, so I'll be obliging.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 13 hours ago [Title] I like this game. It's a [Body]

Output: I like this game. It's a great deal more memorable than pretty much any other game that year. Hell of a lot more interesting than your basic run of the mill 24-10 win.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 13 hours ago [Title] There's an xkcd for [Body]

Output: There's an xkcd for that: http://www.xkcd.com/1235/


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 17 hours ago [Title] If you like the Garcia page, [Body]

Output: If you like the Garcia page, also read up on Operation Mincemeat. In general the whole story of intelligence during WWII is fascinating. The Brits absolutely ran circles around the Germans throughout the whole war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mincemeat


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 18 hours ago [Title] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki [Body]

Output: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions Read and learn, everyone.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 1 day ago [Title] Fking grammar Nazis. [Body]

Output: Fking grammar Nazis.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 1 day ago [Title] Amazon's a retail company [Body]

Output: Amazon's a retail company like any other retail company. Which means they hype up sales to try and generate, you know, sales. Probably 100 years ago Sears or Montgomery Ward or Hudson's would have these big posters up advertising a sale and people would walk out going, "I say, old bean, that was a dilly of a letdown." Why anyone expects Amazon to be magically different because it's an Internet company and start selling $50 TVs is beyond me.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 2 days ago [Title] The change from calling it [Body]

Output: The change from calling it Big Jim's is a really recent development, so I don't know all that much about it.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Nobody from UVA ever said UVA [Body]

Output: Nobody from UVA ever said UVA had the "largest mall in the country." Just the only one that's a World Heritage Site.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 2 days ago [Title] The interesting thing to me [Body]

Output: The interesting thing to me about the Craig Ross blurb is this: Ross said he wished Franklin and Leach threw the ball more (and better) - which is basically RR's offense. Thus the highly ironic and idiotic nature of whatever boogeymen were out there during the RR era, pining for the good old days. Ever since Bo left, the offense we've run that bears the absolute least resemblance to Bo's offense..... is Lloyd Carr's! Lloyd's model was to find a bazooka statue and have him either give to the RB or shoot off rockets. I figure this is partly because Harbaugh showed what could be done with a QB with passing skills, and that combined with that being the direction the world was moving anyway, convinced Bo's successors to go find strong-armed QBs. Thus, Grbac, Navarre, Henne, etc. Bo's offense would've had little use for John Navarre; RR would never have recruited him.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 2 days ago [Title] I gotta admit....Pluto is a [Body]

Output: I gotta admit....Pluto is a cool-looking ball of rock. I did kinda think maybe it could be re-planetized. But putting Pluto back in the planet category is kind of like adding Rutgers to the Big Ten. Sure, Scarlet Knights is a cool nickname, and Rutgers was great back in the day....way back in the day. But they don't bring anything and they mess up the symmetry and if you think Rutgers is worthy of being in the Big Ten then why not dozens of other programs? Besides, neat as Pluto looks, there are some moons in this solar system that look way cooler. If that's the only criterion I propose Callisto as a planet. It hasn't managed to get rid of Jupiter from its orbit around the sun, but I don't know how you could turn down a giant floating disco ball.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Grounds grounds grounds [Body]

Output: Grounds grounds grounds grounds grounds. It's not a campus. Or, it's a campus that's called grounds.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 2 days ago [Title] May I humbly suggest you take [Body]

Output: May I humbly suggest you take an hour or two and walk around the UVA grounds. It really is worth the experience. I don't think they'd be doing tours in the summer, but you never know. Also, Monticello isn't the only presidential mansion in the area; someone mentioned Montpelier which is maybe 30 minutes away, and Ash Lawn-Highland is the house of James Monroe and right next door to Monticello. Actually there are two former houses belonging to Monroe in the area; one is smack in the middle of the UVA grounds.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 3 days ago [Title] I'm not letting Brandon off [Body]

Output: I'm not letting Brandon off the hook for hiring a coach that required an expensive firing. He made the choice and he signed the contracts.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 3 days ago [Title] And yet Dave Brandon left [Body]

Output: And yet Dave Brandon left behind a deficit.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Yep....Martin is actually one [Body]

Output: Yep....Martin is actually one of the hardy souls racing the Supermac, a once-a-decade-or-so race from Chicago to Port Huron (or vice versa, depending.) Over 500 miles, and then Stripes will turn around and do the regular Port Huron race.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 4 days ago [Title] If everything comes to [Body]

Output: If everything comes to fruition - never a safe assumption but things do seem to be rolling - the whole thing will work out brilliantly, I think. That's a huge empty space separating Midtown and downtown. The project as designed would be a huge, huge link, not to mention bringing very badly needed residential development to an area absolutely screaming for it. I don't know about the JLA site development, it sounded like a lot of wishful thinking, but it'd be great if they actually did build a 30-story skyscraper there, especially if that too was part residential.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Let's be clear: The new Wings [Body]

Output: Let's be clear: The new Wings arena isn't being financed with public money in the same sense these other stadiums generally are. I outlined this in another thread, but the "public portion" of the Wings arena is Downtown Development Authority money. DDA money is required by state law to be spent on economic development downtown. The DDA is financed by property taxes - but only that portion of property tax above the property's assessment prior to inclusion in the DDA. In other words, a parcel's taxable value before inclusion was X, when it was included it became X+Y, and Y is taken by the DDA to support downtown economic development - which again, by state law, is the only allowable purpose. X continues to go to the city for police and streetlights and whatever. This is why the DDA is called quasi-public. It's basically a homeowner's association for downtown businesses. And the DDA, by the way, will own the arena. This is a far cry different from the usual public funding mechanisms. The DDA exists precisely to fund things like this. And Oliver is not being honest by not noting the difference.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 6 days ago [Title] Frankly, in the case of this [Body]

Output: Frankly, in the case of this project, people who hate public funding of stadiums should be cheering the new Wings arena up and down the block. The bonds issued to pay for this thing are being paid back by the Ilitches and the DDA - NOT "Detroit taxpayers" which seems to be what fronts all the headlines. The Downtown Development Authority is more akin to a homeowners' association than anything, except its members are downtown businesses, and it's them who will pick up half the tab. It is most emphatically not being paid for by city residents. The DDA is funded by property taxes paid by downtown businesses, but only that portion of property tax above and beyond the value that the property would be assessed at if it wasn't in the DDA. And since state law requires that money go to economic development in the area, the arena is a more than logical use of the funds. Oh, and the DDA will own the arena, not the Ilitches.


Input: [Date] 1 day 5 hours ago [Title] Mike Leach... [Body]

Output: gives no shits and loves to troll media morons.


Input: [Date] 1 day 5 hours ago [Title] Been there [Body]

Output: That upper deck has an ok veiw but the ramp getting up and down from there is just stupid. It's easily the worst walk as a sports fan I've made. The rest of the stadium is old and the non-crazy fans will openly admit it. I sat in the north endzone last year and it's messes with your mind that the rest of the stadium and that section are actually part of the same place.


Input: [Date] 1 day 5 hours ago [Title] Agreed [Body]

Output: A buddy and I went a few years ago and came away with the same opinon. It's like W. Layfayette high school donated their old bleachers for their visitor section. When I told the guys at our tailgate they laughed since my experience in 2010 was similar to theirs... in the 1980's.


Input: [Date] 3 days 7 hours ago [Title] Thats ESPN [Body]

Output: Thats pretty much how ESPN handles everything. It's the only reason why First Take is still on the air.


Input: [Date] 3 days 13 hours ago [Title] Don't care [Body]

Output: As a Michigan fan I don't give a shit on how other teams handle issues like this. I care about how Michigan handles their own business. It's not like this issue made anyone here change their mind regarding MSU.


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Bleacher Report [Body]

Output: Don't worry about the source. They've gotten a lot better over the past couple of years and I love their Team Stream app.


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 2 days ago [Title] This should happen more [Body]

Output: The media morons are comical and rarely offer anything other than the same generic questions three different ways, ask subjects they know the coach won't touch (ex. injuries) or in the case of "shock jock" sports shows (ex. Cowherd, Mike Valenti) just make noise. More coaches should go the route of Harbaugh today, Popovich at the half or Dantonios "next question" because many of the reporters deserve it.


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Read about this [Body]

Output: There are articles about these rings and it said MSU puts the score of their second biggest win (after the bowl game) on their bowl rings. Their Rose Bowl ring celebrates the win over Ohio State in the B1G championship. Ohio State also does this and has the score of the Michigan v. OSU game from the 2008 season on their conference championship rings. I don't really read that much into it.


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 6 days ago [Title] Man [Body]

Output: This whole Nike/Addias thing is beyond stupid. I hope Michigan wears friggn' Russell or Skechers just to screw with some of the zealots.


Input: [Date] 8 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Harbaugh [Body]

Output: Where does he fit in based on your criteria of "class act" with some of his on field conduct?


Input: [Date] 8 weeks 3 days ago [Title] "fans" [Body]

Output: Many fans have a difficult time with the fact the coaches of rival schools usually get along just fine. They have the best idea of what the other coach is going through with their own fans and rival fans spracking off.


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Recruiting [Body]

Output: That's an easy one to get around since Michigan will be wearing Nike all the recruits in the country will want to play for Michigan! Nike solves all the ills of the football team and that extends to all other sports too! Because Nike! /S


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 5 hours ago [Title] Agreed plus [Body]

Output: They also were without a top flight forward. You could argue the merits of Franzen but regardless of that his contract is equal to many very good players and in the salary cap era that was a hit too. Also they were out another high priced player in Weiss simply because he just doesn't seem to fit anywhere. The Wings have about $9 million tied up in those two players that combined played just two games in the playoffs (both Weiss of course) so if you could substitute them for at least one really good player it couldhave been a different story. It's all hypotheticals but I've thought about it since game 5.


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 6 days ago [Title] Sorry [Body]

Output: I think we hear way too much about of a 26 year old, first year year postion coach who was hired on pure nepotisim. I cannot think of any other position coach that has ever garnered so much attention.


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 14 hours ago [Title] haha! [Body]

Output: AZ is pretty much Oregon south in the Pac12 with 3 helmets, 3 jerseys and 3 sets of pants. RR also had the yellow jerseys are WV.


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 14 hours ago [Title] 100% Correct [Body]

Output: I've read recently that Dantonio had direct talks with Nike about getting the green pants they first wore against Michigan for 2013 game in EL. Maybe Brady was indifferent (likely) or Brandon has more choices in uniform design (also likely).


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 1 day ago [Title] We get it [Body]

Output: The license plate thing bothers you immensely. We know because you cannot shut up about it as if it's a legitimate problem under any circumstance.


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Yup [Body]

Output: This happens when kids commit when they're juniors and sophmores.


Input: [Date] 15 weeks 2 hours ago [Title] That's tough [Body]

Output: Both were at football games. In 2005 a group of Michigan students were hurling half full Absopure water bottles as well as batteries at the Notre Dame visitors section. For whatever reason the visitors were seated right next to the students in the north endzone, the following year they were not. The other was a Michigan and MSU fan having sex in the back of a Ford Edge on AA Golf and Outing. Techincally that wasn't at the game though since it was before so...


Input: [Date] 15 weeks 1 day ago [Title] Thats my thinking too [Body]

Output: This is pretty weak in my veiw. College pranks are fine as long as they are relevant. Painting the spartan or diag the week of the Michigan and MSU in football or before a big basketball game is a lot different than in the middle of April.


Input: [Date] 16 weeks 10 hours ago [Title] Toronto has $ [Body]

Output: But that seems their best selling point since they might be headed to a full rebuild. I think Dion Phanuef has better chance of being a Red Wing than Babcock uprooting himself to Toronto. He and his family are pretty ingrained in the Plymouth/Northville community so it would have to be an unreal offer to get him to bolt.


Input: [Date] 16 weeks 6 days ago [Title] I saw it [Body]

Output: With the hand over the tip of the ball instead of the laces. It was interesting to see.


Input: [Date] 17 weeks 13 hours ago [Title] Yes [Body]

Output: Both were provided by dealers. Each truck had a dealer plate on the back so they were likely demos. I wouldn't be shocked if Harbuaghs F-150 has a dealer plate on it as well.


Input: [Date] 17 weeks 13 hours ago [Title] Poor Gerg [Body]

Output: Greg Robinson had a red Dodge Journey when he was here.


Input: [Date] 17 weeks 14 hours ago [Title] Dearborn [Body]

Output: Right now all F-150's are built in Dearborn until the other plant comes on-line in Kansas City. Only the HD Sierras and Silverados are built in Flint with the 1500's built in Ft. Wayne and Silao Mexico.


Input: [Date] 18 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Same here [Body]

Output: There seems to be more of a M-Live element as well where many rational discussions are eschewed or ridiculed. I pretty much stick to the front page now a days and leave the board alone.


Input: [Date] 18 weeks 6 days ago [Title] Block M [Body]

Output: I'm out on the football things from the 80's but I would fine with maize block M's for football acheviments on the blue part of the helmet and blue block M's for acedemic acheivments. It's a rip off of Georgia and their bones but I don't like the big helmet stickers on the Michigan helmet. If you have a helmet like Ohio State, FSU or even MSU it's one thing but the Michigan helmet already is more complex than most.


Input: [Date] 18 weeks 6 days ago [Title] God Bless Hunwick [Body]

Output: I miss that kid. Not shitting on the current goalies but that kid was a warrior every night and I think gave the d-men in front of him the confidence to cheat up a bit.


Input: [Date] 19 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Cut blocks [Body]

Output: I think that is something that needs to be banned from use with O-linemen. In the open field it's a little different like with RB blocking for a QB but on the line its awful.


Input: [Date] 19 weeks 2 days ago [Title] What a tool [Body]

Output: There are a number of real issues in regards to safety but up tempo offenses isn't one. I would say the length of the season is more of a threat than no huddle, up tempo schemes with both Ohio State and Oregon playing 15 games. As mentioned before, what about his scheme using massive linemen? How about sending your starting RB into the teeth of a defense 20 times per game, taking hits everytime? If he gets concerned about his players safety then use a time out. You get 6 per game Bret, use them. Adapt or die.


Input: [Date] 14 hours 56 min ago [Title] Careful. OSU will sue if you [Body]

Output: Careful. OSU will sue if you write out his full name.


Input: [Date] 16 hours 19 min ago [Title] That thing knows how to make [Body]

Output: That thing knows how to make a case for a presidential pardon.


Input: [Date] 17 hours 36 min ago [Title] I only caught the last half [Body]

Output: I only caught the last half of it, but there was nothing newsworthy there in terms of either actual news (i.e., things that people here would be interested in) or page click news (i.e., silly stuff that gets ESPN and talk radio excited).


Input: [Date] 17 hours 41 min ago [Title] That vacation question was [Body]

Output: That vacation question was stupid and obnoxious. To paraphrase, it was basically, "So you went to Paris. What, you could just not be a coach for awhile? Did you learn anything relevant there?" Harbaugh answered it much more gracefully than I would have. He talked about how he and Sarah hadn't spent much time together without kids or football in years, wanted to change that, and this was where she wanted to go. I probably would have said, "It's a fucking vacation."


Input: [Date] 1 day 15 hours ago [Title] Happy birthday, Coach. [Body]

Output: Happy birthday, Coach. Getting to know that guy a bit honestly turned me into a Michigan fan.


Input: [Date] 1 day 16 hours ago [Title] I dare that guy to stick [Body]

Output: I dare that guy to stick around until late November.


Input: [Date] 2 days 10 hours ago [Title] Can someone check whether I'm [Body]

Output: Can someone check whether I'm understanding this correctly? No snark, honestly curious/confused. So Mullen is saying that coaches are sometimes forced (or wanting) to play true freshmen. With more true freshmen soon to be ineligible because of their relatively low high school GPAs, these coaches will play true freshmen with higher high school GPAs who would benefit from a redshirt. Since those kids kind of get screwed in this scenario, he thinks they should be able to play five years of college football if their grades were good enough coming in. Is that right? If so, it's intriguing enough not to just respond with an eye roll. It would give kids a strong incentive to get their high school grades up and schools a stronger incentive to recruit kids with good grades (though the new policy might do that, too). At the same time, it's a pretty radical idea (five years of eligibility) and I'm not sure that the problem is big enough to justify that solution.


Input: [Date] 2 days 15 hours ago [Title] I don't know, but maybe it's [Body]

Output: I don't know, but maybe it's because he's still an active player? To the broader issue, I think it's sad that they totally killed the legends jersey concept. There was a lot to like about it. It kept numbers in circulation, allowed those numbers to be used in recruiting, kept Michigan legends in the fronts of our minds, and made for a really original way to acknowledge of a program's history. They made some mistakes with it - e.g., making the patches too big and encouraging guys to switch numbers - but those felt like relatively easy fixes. I think they threw out the baby with the bath water with that one.


Input: [Date] 2 days 18 hours ago [Title] RAND did an interesting [Body]

Output: RAND did an interesting survey on this last year. Basically, very high percentages (almost half) of U.S. adults say they're uncomfortable with their sons playing football and hockey. The vast majority (~95%) is fine with their sons playing baseball, basketball, and track, with soccer (89%) slightly behind. A disproportionate share of the concern for youth football/hockey came from college-educated parents.


Input: [Date] 2 days 18 hours ago [Title] It's not a fact just because [Body]

Output: It's not a fact just because he said it authoritatively. It got my attention, but I'd like to see a source and more details.


Input: [Date] 3 days 18 hours ago [Title] I'd imagine it's similar to [Body]

Output: I'd imagine it's similar to what rufftime, our resident Sparty, said above.


Input: [Date] 3 days 19 hours ago [Title] A pretty severe punishment? [Body]

Output: A pretty severe punishment? Come on, he pulled a gun on a fellow student. One of the most nauseating comments around here is this idea that since bad things have happened at Michigan, we're just as bad as everyone else and have no right to comment on anything. Do you honestly think that Delton Williams would remain with the Michigan football program if he did that to a Michigan student? Do you think the University of Michigan would allow that? Hell, in your one example (Gibbons), we have a direct comparison point with MSU. As shitty as Gibbons' conduct seemed, Michigan handled that incident a whole lot more seriously than MSU handled the Payne and Appling incident. MSU had a Final Four streak to preserve, after all. If Michigan did this, it'd be the lead story on ESPN, the Free Press, and damn near every other publication in America. Hell, Keith Heitzman possibly not getting a fifth scholarship year managed to become the top news story on Yahoo. Maybe that scrutiny and the lack of attention that MSU gets leads us to self-police differently, or maybe it's something else (e.g., our athletic department's power being more constrained by others in the university), but I have a really hard time believing that this would play out similarly at UM.


Input: [Date] 4 days 5 hours ago [Title] Oh, fun. Thanks. I'm [Body]

Output: Oh, fun. Thanks. I'm excited to tell the story of this post in my sure-to-come 30 for 30.


Input: [Date] 4 days 15 hours ago [Title] Wait, you gave yourself a [Body]

Output: Wait, you gave yourself a logo?


Input: [Date] 6 days 6 hours ago [Title] I agree. By my count, there [Body]

Output: I agree. By my count, there are 55 four-star WRs in this year's 247 composite rankings and 50 of them are at least 6 feet tall. The only way I ever really see recruiting sites evaluated is by how well their rankings predicted NFL draft status. In terms of college productivity, I'd guess that they tend to overrate kids with NFL bodies who might take a long time to develop as players and underrate kids likely to be productive in college but unappealing to the NFL.


Input: [Date] 1 week 16 hours ago [Title] You didn't read carefully [Body]

Output: You didn't read carefully enough. This is about Braxton Hicks to the wash room. The OP is just really sick of seeing false pregnancy contractions in public.


Input: [Date] 1 week 17 hours ago [Title] I think the original [Body]

Output: I think the original critique/concern was way overstated, but I'll admit that I have some questions, too. I'd feel great about all of the low-rated guys if those guys were clearly at the top of our coaches' lists. But they've given out a ton of offers this year, so it hasn't been quite that targeted. And I'm a little uneasy about how many teammates/brothers/etc. of high-level recruits seem to be getting offers. At times it seems like we're willing to use two or three roster spots to (maybe) get one top guy. Unless it's for a Rashan Gary-level recruit, I'm not sold on that approach. Having said that, I'll cut the coaches - and especially these coaches - a ton of slack on guys they've worked with at camps. And I agree with WolvinLA that recruiting, while important, gets so much attention now that its importance is exaggerated. It's also nice to see comments from Drevno, at Michigan [link] and before then [link], that basically say Harbaugh's the best talent evaluator he's ever seen.


Input: [Date] 1 week 1 day ago [Title] So you're telling me that if [Body]

Output: So you're telling me that if Mitchell, who's supposedly down to Michigan and OSU, tried to commit to OSU then Meyer would basically tell him, "That's okay. Go to Michigan."? Yeah, I'm a little skeptical of that one.


Input: [Date] 1 week 4 days ago [Title] I don't think anyone has [Body]

Output: I don't think anyone has mentioned the 2005 Rose Bowl against Texas. A loss, but a damn good game.


Input: [Date] 1 week 4 days ago [Title] I was about to post the exact [Body]

Output: I was about to post the exact same photo as migiT, but here's another (in white): As an aside, LaVell Blanchard is high on my list of all-time Michigan basketball favorites. Great player, great kid, bad timing.


Input: [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Title] I remember Brent Musburger [Body]

Output: I remember Brent Musburger joking about the great names on (I think) our 1996 team. That team had a Payne, Steele, Irons, Sword, Swett... and a Copenhaver.


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Title] In other words, no offense to [Body]

Output: In other words, no offense to mid-July threads with 154, 80, and 235 responses, respecitvely, but here's a much more relevant thread -- a look at a generally uninteresting position group class from eight years and three coaches ago (that happens to redirect to your site). This content is fine - in fact, I enjoy this kind of thing - but why do you need to be so condescending and snarky with your posts here?


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Title] Disagree. This thread ("Past [Body]

Output: Disagree. This thread ("Past event in History") is an instant frontrunner for the Most Redundant Thread Title award at this year's MGoBloggies. It also has an outside shot at the Harbaugh Peculiar Capitalization award.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 10 hours ago [Title] I totally agree. I'm [Body]

Output: I totally agree. I'm convinced that if we had lost that game in an ugly way (e.g., if the 4th quarter was like the first three), then people would think that jersey was just as hideous as the bumblebees.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 12 hours ago [Title] For a little while there, he [Body]

Output: For a little while there, he was crazy fun to watch in a "we're not good but had might as well enjoy this" kind of way.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 1 day ago [Title] Colin Cowherd and Fox seems [Body]

Output: Colin Cowherd and Fox seems like a match made in heaven. And I agree on Bomani Jones. In my opinion, he's the funniest guy - and one of the smartest guys - at ESPN. I generally hate sports radio, but his show is actually pretty damn good.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Do we know if the numbers [Body]

Output: Do we know if the (much smaller) numbers that people have been throwing around for peer programs and likely UM bids have been in terms of cash only or cash + apparel?


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Nice to see that MSU has [Body]

Output: Nice to see that MSU has gotten over its Michigan obsession now that it's won a few football games. I can't imagine the scenario that would end with me opening an RCMB account. And I seriously doubt I'm alone on that.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 2 days ago [Title] That's really stupid. If [Body]

Output: That's really stupid. If Harbaugh tweets a photo of himself at a McDonald's, he's just doing what half of the other people on Twitter do. It's the media who are deciding to cover all of that crap like it's newsworthy. Harbaugh's just being himself and living his life.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 3 days ago [Title] It's a nice area, but I'm [Body]

Output: It's a nice area, but I'm usually up for a day in Charlottesville before I need to get my ass to Dubuque.


Input: [Date] 3 years 4 weeks ago [Body] So to say you recruit to a system is forgetting that there is not an abundance of guys in HS who are projected to play a true NT position in a 2 gap scheme; there just is not that many guys projecting to NT in HS, if you bust on one you've got issues. To me, it's riskier to run a system that is athlete specific in so many areas when you have the unknown variable of the talent you can acquire consistently. Not that 40 front defenders are less talented, but there are more guys who can play a 3 technique and out, then there is that can play a true NT. Mike Marting played NT but in a one gap scheme; very very different. [Title]

Output: Your're limited to 85 schollies


Input: [Date] 3 years 4 weeks ago [Body] Another reason the 3-4 is tough to run in college is that, unlike the NFL, you don't get to pick your players, they pick you in college. That being said, a prototypical NT in a 3-4 is a very specific type of player and those type guys are not very abundant coming out of HS. It is much more feasible to pick up a prototypical 3 technique DT and develop him based on his body type and HS film than a NT. Unless you oversign players and continually cut the guys who don't pan out as a NT, like Alabama does, it is very difficult to man that position adequately and consistently. There is no more important position in a 30 front (3 DL) than the NT who is responsible for the A gaps. The term used in coaching defense in a 30 front is the "Power Triangle", which is your NT, Two ILBs, and your safeties. If you're weak in the power triangle, the defense will not be affective no matter who is flanking them. Also, the other positions in a 3-4 take specialized athletes and to continually find and develop guys for that system would be taxing on a staff. Not that it can't happen, but you have to have the right mix of players on your two deep to be successful. Again, if your talent pool exceeds the 85 schollies and you cut players to keep the cream of the crop, it is less of an issue. Two years ago, UGA went to a 3-4 from a 4-3 base and they got destroyed because they had no NT to play the two gaps over the center. Proof of this was evident when they played South Carolina and Steve Spurrier ran the ball 50 times in that game because they couldn't stop the run. When you make Spurrier run the ball, you're doing something very very wrong. The 4-3 Under is actually pretty versatile with regards to the blitz because of the overhang defenders, so the blitz looks you can get out of it are also pretty diverse. I don't think blitz packages are an issue with our defense. Our blitz failures came when guys couldn't get home on the blitz because they couldn't defeat blockers consistently. You take a huge risk bringing a LB or DB on a blitz when they can't get home on the blitz because you're conceding numbers in the secondary. [Title]

Output: Another reason the 3-4


Input: [Date] 3 years 12 weeks ago [Body] the tune "Beastly" from Vulfpeck at the Stadium. They're obviously Michigan guys with all the UM swag they're wearing in this video. It's a cool jam. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQRV0c1KXYc [Title]

Output: I think we need to jam


Input: [Date] 3 years 13 weeks ago [Body] and I think he's talking about two different things; a large format playoff system and a plus-one concept on the current system. You'd paint him as an old curmudgeon if he had one single, unwavering opinion on the subject. Until they level the playing field with regards to academics, admissions standards, and recruiting class sizes, the call for a playoff is a moot point. One September 1st, we'll see one college football team and one semi-pro football team compete against each other under the veil of amatuerism and tradition. [Title]

Output: All great leaders are flexible in their opinions


Input: [Date] 3 years 40 weeks ago [Body] immediately flow against the direction of the slant? Basically, this play is a counter. It is not a play that just develops and the RB cuts back. It looks real time like a little delay counter action. Get the D Line flowing with the OL and then counter action pits the RB against LBs who are each targeted for blocks by FBs and pulling OL. This is the part of the game you refer to as rock paper scissors insomuch as they out executed us on the play. It is plausible that during film study EMU saw that our LBs were slow to diagnose run direction and late to flow to the ball; some refer to this as a false step, which is all it can take sometimes to trun right into a block versus beating it to a spot. With experience, this becomes less and less of a problem. You're not wrong in isolating this play, but you've got to keep in mind that these 3 guys are relatively young with regards to experience and that is a major factor in this. It is not that we've somehow recruited LBs who all cannot act like 5th senior robots or are incapable of performing like other LBs on other teams. When I listen to Hoke and Mattison talk about the defense, they allude to a lof of these issues when they speak of consistency. They want guys to take a read step and go, not step, think, go, stop, go, eat a block, etc. I think this play highlights a couple failures all around and one of poor execution. I would like to see one DL get some penetration and disrupt that pull action or create traffic in the backfield, but it seems to me that they are content in just slanting without reacting to the OL's moves. If I'm in the 3 tech and my guard of center pulls out, I am going upfield in a hurry. [Title]

Output: So you're asserting that at the snap, Hawthorne should


Input: [Date] 3 years 41 weeks ago [Body] you don't know what the LBs keys were and MM is there and his job is not to just destroy the center. Demens and Hawthorne do need to close those gaps down, It's hard to take one play and dissect it to the point that you can make a determination about players...the comparison to MSU is like comparing apples to oranges in that MSU's linebackers were pretty much on autopilot as far as read steps in that they were either coming downhill at the A gaps or were not. I don't know about you, man, but this is night and day different than anything under RR the last two years and I'm loving it, even when they are not at their best, it's still more fundamentally sound. [Title]

Output: My point was that


Input: [Date] 3 years 41 weeks ago [Body] Touch the Banner is more correct; you're not exactly wrong. MM is guilty of playing with bad technique as he lets the blocker get too much into his body and is unable to shed and tackle. I doubt you're afraid to criticize anyone, but I think it's a matter of having intimate knowledge of DL play. The LBs keys might be different than what you think they should be and using the MSU strategy of blitzing the A gaps with reckless abandon. Our LBs have to be aware of the PA pass and keep their depth a little longer; MSU doesn't respect our passing game and there is not PA to speak of, so they are attacking the mesh point and causing denard to get happy feet. My guess is that Narduzzi and company wanted to attack the mesh point between Denard and the RB with a combination of edge pressure and the double barrel blitz on the A gaps. The wind was a factor in the pass game, so the thinking is to keep denard uncomfortable and make him make decisions in a compressed timeframe which leads to rushed throws and poor mechanics. At least that is what the film had shown on us thus far into the season. [Title]

Output: You're wrong on Martin,


Input: [Date] 3 years 41 weeks ago [Body] First of all, you don't know what their keys were, so you're assuming that all MLBs should react the same way. You show the MSU still picture as a contrast to what our guys are doing, but that's not correct. MSU probably does a lot more play action than UM, so there keys were not to blirz up the A gaps upon the snap. It two very different types of offenses. Secondly, the real problem is the two DL not disengaging from their blocks and making the plays in the backfield. That gets compounded by the LBs holding in the middle and then taking bad angles to close the holes. I agree they should be closing in to close down the holes, but the DL needs to play with better technique and not let those blockers get into their bodies so much they cannot disengage and tackle in the backfield. [Title]

Output: You're right and you're wrong


Input: [Date] 3 years 41 weeks ago [Body] Bielema could rescue baby seals from a raging inferno and it would not lessen my disdain for him, but I will say that I hope he beats the snot out of MSU this weekend...between the whistles. That probably speaks more to my shortcomings than to his. [Title]

Output: Bielema


Input: [Date] 3 years 41 weeks ago [Body] I too screamed run the football, but it was much earlier in the game. However, after the initial shock and disappoint wore off, I rewatched the game and I can't say that Borges was totally wrong in his approach even in 30MPH swirling winds. MSU routinely had 9 in the box and was bringing a mix of edge pressure and blitzing the A gap(s) the entire game. Our offensive line was getting no push at the LOS and MSU was basically conceding the pass because they knew the wind was a factor and that Denard's kryptonite can be his passing/accuracy/footwork. As a defensive coach, I would attack UM with edge pressure and attack the mesh point of the read option plays to put denard on the defensive. Our WRs don't scare me, the OL does not scare me, and the RBs don't scare me, so I would focus totally on Denard and make him beat me with his arm in bad wind conditions with underneath throws. That is what MSU's game plan was and they executed. I think Borges was forced to go after what the defense was allowing and that was the pass more often than not. I think the anxiety came from not seeing our OL knock them off the ball like they did to us when they had the ball. We're stuck in this limbo between spread and shred and Manball. It was a disappointing day, but one that very quickly became apparent that it was going to take some fortunate bounces to go our way to win. When the other team wins the battle in the trenches, then you need some intangibles to go your way. We got two turnovers and a boatload of "derp" from MSU, but it wasn't enough to overcome their dominance at the LOS on both sides of the ball. [Title]

Output: Run the football


Input: [Date] 3 years 45 weeks ago [Body] But in the very limited time I've watched his snaps, he has held up well against doubles and made some plays. Even though interior DL don't have tell-tale stats, BWC has played low and has gotten some push up the middle, which allows LBs to read and react to their gaps as opposed to dealing with blockers. At this point in the season, I still say that our best combination, even though it almost never on the field at the same time, is WDE of Roh/Black, MM, BWC, and then using RVB at the SDE. Yes, RVB packed on some #'s, but I think he's got the body of a DE not a DT. [Title]

Output: Say what you will about BWC


Input: [Date] 4 years 6 weeks ago [Body] Not to be negative myself, but on the occassion I got to watch a Michigan game with Tim, I realized he doesn't know how to scout players or assess football; he's not a coach and never has been, so I don't take any of his write-ups as anything more than a regurgitation of a bunch of these scout profiles, other's opinions, etc. One of the reasons a kid might be under the radar is that they don't hit the camp circuit heavily and are relying on their HS staff to get the word out, which has varying effectiveness. It's obvious that the kid is a project, but that the coaches say something there that they liked and thought could turn into a performer. It's akin to a kid getting all the hype, a 5-star rating, and all of the accolades of a future star while in HS, but they had already hit there ceiling in the 12th grade and they go to college and are mediocre players because they had no more room to develop. A kid that grew 4 inches last year has still not filled out his frame. [Title]

Output: Look at who's offering their opinions


Input: [Date] 4 years 10 weeks ago [Body] It's that Mattison runs a lot of different looking defenses out of his base 4-3 Under look. There was some 30 front packages, some basic 4-3 alignments, over and under shifts, some 50 fronts, and some zone blitz plays that had the NT dropping into the middle. Even though the Big Ten Channel coverage is hard to see the alignment, there was a lot going on there, but it all started out of the base look. One of Bo's 8 Commandments of Defense was to be able to do everything out of your base defense. It seems like Mattison gets that philosophy in that it's best to do one thing really well then to do 5 things in mediocracy. [Title]

Output: If the spring game taught us anything


Input: [Date] 4 years 11 weeks ago [Body] which is probably a good thing, and the General was 01 not 05...that is a Jalen Lee or General Rose or something... [Title]

Output: There is no flag on the roof of Jalen's General Lee


Input: [Date] 4 years 12 weeks ago [Body] At what point do we have to admit that the "process" actually worked? There is definitely a benefit to having a guy like Hoke in charge. He's made all the routine plays you expect the HC at Michigan to make and he's also pulled out a few surprises. Some will temper their enthusiasm until we play some games, but I think it can be said that there is a confidence that Hoke has instilled since he's been here. [Title]

Output: At what point


Input: [Date] 4 years 15 weeks ago [Body] with his conclusion that we're looking at another 2008. The offense in 2008 was devoid of experienced starters, running a system none of them had ever run. All of these kids run a form of these plays from Midget to College. The personnel in 2008 was never going to be able to execute the spread at the one key position, QB. The difference between 2011 and 2008 is that Denard can do one thing exceptionally well. In 2008, none of the QBs could complete a 10 yard hitch without at least one hop on most tries. There was not a stable of running backs with plenty of game experience, and the OL was not a rag tag group with little experince playing as a unit. I understand the palpatations after watching the spring game, but these coaches have proven there not going to force square pegs into round holes. Denard has a lot of work to do, but the problems I saw were mechanical, not some lack of ability. If they can get him to calm down, be methodical in his drops and throw the ball on time, then you'll see his efficiency rise. I've rewatched the game broadcast (it's a poor source) and it was very apparent that they were going very vanilla and playing things out for the fans versus working on their normal reps. We saw one pass towards a TE all game despite hearing all about TEs in this offense; their WR's routes we drawn up in the dirt, and they kept things pretty stale. The only one that showed us anything was Mattison with his 30 front defenses and some edge blitzes. I understand there is a lot of work to do before September, but I think our offense can be productive and efficient with the players we have. Our situation today is night and day different than 2008 when our scholarship QB was a transfer student who had never seen game action in college football backed up by a guy who was a walk-on coach's son. Don't worry, it won't be as prolific as 2010, but it will be a more complete team than any we've had in the last 3 years. [Title]

Output: I don't know Craig Ross, but I disagree


Input: [Date] 4 years 15 weeks ago [Body] the only thing RR could have done differently is win more and win sooner. He couldn't survive the slings and arrows stacked against him from the outset without winning big early, which wasnt going to happen in 2008 or 2009. Part of the blame goes to those who brought the guy here and assumed he could work his "magic" here as he did in Morgantown. [Title]

Output: Thats right.


Input: [Date] 4 years 19 weeks ago [Body] I didn't mention RR and to be fair, I loved watching his offense last year. RR's offenses broke almost all of the single game records for receiving and QB rushing, points per game, etc. Nor did I say he didn't make progress here when it is undeniable his offense did. I would have been more than fine with RR if he was still the coach, but you cannot pretend that the defense regressed every single year and also broke records on par with the ones broken by the offense. You can't applaud the offense in a vaccuum and not take the defense with it. I have watched all of the games from last year a dozen times or more and I think you're either overly confident or forgetful of our success in short yardage situations. One of the most ciritcal aspect of short yardage is coming off the ball and getting push up front to reestablish the LOS beyond the marker. We were not good at doing that, especially in league play. As a defensive guy, I really don't care what offense we run as long as it is efficient and has the ability to sustain drives and chew the clock, not just score points. The reason is that the more snaps my defense sees, the more I have to engage in games of rock, paper, scissors, and no defense can stop everything. By keeping those snaps at a lower number, the better my odds are to play to convention. [Title]

Output: I didn't mention RR


Input: [Date] 4 years 19 weeks ago [Body] some validity to his question. To excuse that validity is just as narrow-minded. Not having played or coached football at all or very little would lead some to believe that Brian's opinions are based on second hand knowledge or theory. Theoretical knowledge clings to it's charts, graphs, and other statistical information while practical or applied knowledge leans on it's experience. Since no one has seen this offense in action and how it will feature Denard, then Brian's opinions are speculative. It is not ridiculous to question the extent of the Author's practical knowledge, IMO. [Title]

Output: To be fair, that was low hanging fruit, but there is


Input: [Date] 4 years 19 weeks ago [Body] I think there is a legitimate concern that a pro style offense would handcuff your best playmaker, but no matter how many times the staff talks about how they intend to use Denard's abilities to the fullest extent, Brian seems to think that MANBALL quotes from Hoke trump all other comments. The truth is that when Michigan needed a tough yard in the last 3 years, it was very difficult for them to get it in league play. Maybe there is or isn't a beloved chart or graph for that, but ask yourself how long you held your own breathe on 3rd and 1 inside the 30 yard line of the opponent knowing we couldn't kick a field goal. Another misconception on the message boards is that while we are going to single blocking that we've thrown out the zone blocking. All teams use both single blocking and zone schemes these days. The difference is that we'll feature single blocking and mix in zone versus the inverse we've had the last of the LC years and all of RR. Both have their strengths and weaknesses and one is not superior to the other if used in the right context. Many have already reported that the QB power is part of the package, bootlegs, zone reads, and other Denard friendly plays are in the offense as practice reports have trickled out. I think round pegs are going into round holes on both sides of the ball, which is a nice change to what we've seen as a defense for the last 2 years. To a football coach, it is always better when the QB has other players take some of the load and what the charts tell me is that we need to get Denard some help. Another point Brian didn't mention for whatever reason is that teams cannot scheme a pro style offense with Denard like they did the spread offense. Against inferior talent, Denard was unstoppable. Against the upper echelon of Big Ten teams he was mortal. Teams attacked off the edge to force Denard to make decisions rapidly in the read game. They can't do that as easily in a pro style offense insomuch as the offense is not 100% QB-centric. If Denard's passing and the RBs prove that defenses have to respect all 11 guys out there, then he'll have moments to exploit that within the framework of the offense. I'm sure the stats will go down, but at the same time, if the offense can be efficient and chew some clock and the defense proves to be competent, then the wins will come. I would trade a throttled down offense for a competent defense anyday because the last two years have been brutual to watch and there was never a Saturday that I thought we couldn't lose except Delaware State. How explosive was that offense against UMASS? As a defensive coach, I would fear Denard more in the pro style offense if he can beat you with his arm because I would have to account for him which leaves me short on the backend. Playing man free or cover 1 against a pro style is very high risk. Playing cover 2, cover 3, or quads leaves to much room for him and the RBs. If I had to defend him in the spread, I would use edge pressure and hope my guys could get him on the ground consistently. By pressuring him, I can play those zones because I am cutting down his time to read and throw with my pressure(hopefully). [Title]

Output: WOW, just WOW


Input: [Date] 4 years 27 weeks ago [Body] I read an article over the weekend about Draper's "resignation" and it said that Draper was thought to be the source of the leaks that came out on that fateful Tuesday saying RR had been fired by the local TV News. It was said that Dave Brandon set a trap to see who was the source of the leaks in the department and Draper was caught in the net. It said that Dave Brandon has done this a couple times to expose people leaking information. "It's a trap" T-shirts would be very appropriate if this is all true. This was a legitimate newspaper reporter on an official looking website for whatever that's worth these days. [Title]

Output: Draper and Colonel Akbar have something in common


Input: [Date] 4 years 40 weeks ago [Body] should put a spy on Brian. I think run blitzing Denard has been more effective than any kind of spying. Make him read and decide faster than he wants to by sending run blitzers. With Denard, it's pick your poison. [Title]

Output: I think we


Input: [Date] 4 years 40 weeks ago [Body] Kovacs into the backfield is a good play if he's under control and makes the RB and/or FB hesitate or adjust his angle. It's akin to your little brother rushing at you with that wild-eye look like he's going to kick your ass and you just hap-hazardly brush him aside using his own momentum; you don't even break stride as he goes flying into the closet. I know I'm splitting hairs and using the post as a soap box for more adversion to 30 fronts, but I would feel much better with DE on that tackle and LBs free to flow to the ball. [Title]

Output: Kovacs into the backfield is


Input: [Date] 4 years 40 weeks ago [Body] I think we send Kovacs an awful lot when we align this way. In fact, we did it a couple times earlier in the game. Iowa was going off tendencies on this play call and it worked. The goal for an offense is to exploit mismatches when they can and this must have been a mismatch in their eyes with their LT on one of our LBs and their fullback on Kovacs. They probably thought that even if Mouton takes the outside shoulder, kovacs stands up the fullback, and Michigan fills the gaps that they could get the 3 yards for the first down because of the push they would be able to get...otherwise, why call it? [Title]

Output: I think we send Kovacs an


Input: [Date] 4 years 40 weeks ago [Body] Mouton should have the outside shoulder of the tackle here. What I don't get is the blitzing of Kovacs off the corner. Blitzing the weak side is what gives Iowa the numbers stalemate as Kovacs is toast anytime he's challenged by a blocker of any sort. The weak side blitz works when they actually run to the strong size as Kovacs is in unblocked and makes one of those diving ankle grabbers on the TB. Even more concerning to me is the fact that not one single DL is a factor here. A LB on a tackle is a mismatch, yet there is no one to even delay the tacke into getting out on the second level. In our running game, how good would we feel if the tackles got a free release into the secondary??? If we're in a 4 man front, it give the LBs a second to read the direction of the run and stuff the gaps. This 4-4 is really a 30 front with ROH(LB) with his hand down on the backside of the play. Iowa looks at this alignment, calls for the weak side run because the mismatches are on that side of the play. Kovacs vs fullback, Mouton versus unblocked Tackle, and DL inability to chuck their blockers even the slightest. Blame Mouton for the bad/incorrect technique, but blame GERG and RR for repeatedly grabbing the handle of the hot pot on the stove week after week after week. If there is one prevelant thought I have watching our defense this year, its that we just make it damn easy for the opposition. We make these guys look like world beaters because of style of play. Could we really do any worse if pressured the offense more? Wait, I forget about our bump and run technique of just freezing at the snap and watching the recieve just run by before we can lay a hand on them, so yes, I guess it could make it worse. If makes anyone feel better, I watched Alabama/Tennessee over the weekend and I saw Tennessee's DL/LB jump into the same gap several times. [Title]

Output: Mouton should


Input: [Date] 4 years 41 weeks ago [Body] but playing DB in college is hard enough if you've spent 4 years working on it in HS, let alone being a converted player to a new position. Wouldn't it just be safer to play man with two deep safeties? [Title]

Output: I think that's a pretty harsh example to picture page


Input: [Date] 4 years 43 weeks ago [Body] I loved it. We need 5 more like him. This is football and it has to be played with passion and fire. His teammates got in there and RR got in there and handled it. I'm not saying we should fight on the field, but I do love his tenacity. [Title]

Output: I loved it


Input: [Date] 4 years 43 weeks ago [Body] to the table in terms of a feigned pass rush and as an actual rusher. It appears to me that other teams are very aware of where he is and send RBs out to chip him. I might be wrong but I don't think we've shown too much so far and he might ge some good pass rush opportunities as the coaches tweak these new nuckel and dime packages. If I had to guess, I would venture that tomorrow will be the type of day where you want to cut him loose a little more on the pass rush and forego zone drops etc. [Title]

Output: I think he brings a lot


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Body] He looked disinterested in the drills on the Big Ten replay, but several times last year in game action he looked really good and got some penetration and disrupted things in the middle. I think it's important to note that tall NT have a hard time keeping their pads down in general. Guys like Renes and Zorich were guys who would excel in this defense because they were agile and were short enough to always have their pads underneath the OL. It's tough for guy's with certain types of bodies to play on the interior DL. If he's top heavy, then there is no way he can play effectively inside, but he looks to have his weight pretty evenly distributed on his frame. I think there is much conjecture from people who don't know about interior line play. If BWC stands straight up and eats up the center and one of the guards...who cares where his hands are. The guy has obviously worked hard at times or he wouldn't come into camp having lost weight, but the type of conditioning they are talking about is tough on big guys to do and there has to be some line of demarcation from 323 DL and 265LB DEs in the conditioning tests, but apparently there is not. I would have loved to see him practice with more passion than I have in the past, but some guys are just gamers and I think he's a gamer. [Title]

Output: I think BWC is a gamer...


Input: [Date] 4 years 50 weeks ago [Body] read option. In it's infantile stages, the one read option was just killing defenses because of teh inherent mis match between 270 LB DE and quick and nimble QBs on one side and the numbers advantage with blockers when the ball goes to the RB. Somewhere along that timeline there has been a shift in a defenses ability to counter the read option. I guess to compare the success of the zone read option in 2008 and 2009 as compared to the early 2000's would offer some glimpse of how much is attributable to the players and how much is attributable to the system and it's effectiveness. Interesting post. We'll find out in 18 days. [Title]

Output: We'd have to look at how defenses have evolved to counter the


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 15 hours ago [Body] Guy wasn't as universally loved as Yzerman, but offensively gifted...geeze. His number belongs up there. [Title]

Output: Agreed


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Government regulation is politics, and not for the board. 8 or even 6 years to recover capital is a long time when these companies are merging and buying eachother out it seems on a regular basis. $10 or $15 dollars a month is a ton when people are paying <$50/mo (Comcasts 75 Mbps package is $45, and a lot of customers stick to the slowest packages such as their 6 Mbps for $30/mo). Good luck having people swallow a 50% increase. [Title]

Output: My response:


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 5 days ago [Body] There are special exemptions for what is considered a previous relationship to being a recruit. Could people abuse this? Sure. Otherwise Fred Jackson couldn't have taken his son to dinner without it being a violation. [Title]

Output: Previous relationships


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Working for a small ISP the infrastructure generally is there. However it often is used as the backbone to get to a cable system. Regardless, switching to a pure fiber network and eliminating that "last mile" is not as simple as it sounds. Last mile construction for a home (or business) is estimated in that article as 1k per subscriber. It can go way beyond that.. Urban areas where wiring is all underground only adds to this. In addtion there are many network headaches of assuming everyone in a given node is upgraded and if so that there is truly enough fibers ran to that node. If not needing to multiplex the fiber can cause other issues. It is not just as simple to say "Oh, there is fiber within a mile, it is good to go." 3.0 can hit 500 Mbps and 3.1 is soon to arrive. Dealing with last mile copper is much easier. Most computers still have 10/100 WAN cards, and even the new MacBook Airs don't have LAN ports. It's easy to bash ISPs for saying people don't have it, but in most cases peoples' own equipment can't support Gigabit speeds. You don't want to pay $300 a month for the service, the companies don't want to invest thousands of dollars per subscriber. Government = politics and some of how we got to this point in the first place. I'll stop there so we don't stray into politics. [Title]

Output: Yes, but who is going to pay for it.


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 16 hours ago [Body] Rebecca Black [Title]

Output: Friday


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 2 days ago [Body] For today goodbye, for tomorrow good luck, and forever GO BLUE! [Title]

Output: Congrats!


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Both Psychologists and Psychiatrists are covered under HIPAA, and often Psychiatrists notes (not medical records) are protected, sometimes even more stringently. http://www.apa.org/monitor/feb03/hipaa.aspx [Title]

Output: Yes


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Fixed [Title]

Output: Fixed


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 6 days ago [Body] And one of the points in the article is that the counselors are some of the victims biggest supporters. It seems that they were unaware of this loophole themselves and are up in arms against this interpratation. I find it hard to believe that a doctor can in good conscience support something which is not in the best intrest of their patient as this appears to be. There seems to be a link that it is only because of the lawsuit against the University that this was able to be done which further clouds the waters. [Title]

Output: This is a good point


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 4 days ago [Body] It's full :/ [Title]

Output: It's full :/


Input: [Date] 29 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Whoever had the GIF of a fly moving around. I almost hit my screen countless times. [Title]

Output: Least Favorite


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 13 hours ago [Body] Plenty of punches thrown both ways. Odd anyone actually misses a game from this next year? 1%? [Title]

Output: Plenty of punches thrown both


Input: [Date] 38 weeks 18 hours ago [Body] While I agree they seem to be far and away the front runners, I have 0 expectations of them actually winning the B1G. It seems to be one of the times where everyone praises them, and they may easily buy into the praise and fall short. I still see them being a top 25 team, but just not the class of the B1G that everyone expects when every team they play is going to give them their best shot week in and week out. [Title]

Output: Wisconsin


Input: [Date] 49 weeks 5 days ago [Body] And our tournaments were during the fall. Missed quite a few games because of it. Normally it was just the non-conference since it was first couple weeks of the semester, but going to Nationals a couple times caused the team to miss a few B1G games as well. [Title]

Output: I waterskiied for U of M


Input: [Date] 1 year 1 week ago [Body] My personal favorites in wallpaper are generic, not specific to a single player or phrase. Focusing on team aspects, the Bighouse, a Block M etc. My wallpaper is still actually the Naughty or Nice Block M from MonuMental. [Title]

Output: Love it.


Input: [Date] 1 year 3 weeks ago [Body] I think Durant is going to get one here soon and Mitch may well contribute along the way. [Title]

Output: Agreed


Input: [Date] 1 year 10 weeks ago [Body] I thought this was going to be about waterskiing and was excited :( [Title]

Output: Boo


Input: [Date] 1 year 23 weeks ago [Body] My one issue is 3.5 hours. With GA for big games you have to add a couple hours to that. Still people should be able to unplug for an entire day and be fine. [Title]

Output: I agree


Input: [Date] 1 year 29 weeks ago [Body] Balance: All five starters in double figures. [Title]

Output: Thing that i'm most pleased with


Input: [Date] 1 year 29 weeks ago [Title]

Output: Upton Approves


Input: [Date] 1 year 29 weeks ago [Body] Bye Bye Borges! [Title]

Output: He gone


Input: [Date] 1 year 29 weeks ago [Body] I understand what you are saying, however I would simply disagree. My epinion: very little benefit in listing the names, and on a first casual glance it would seem to be against that rule. Saying "a Jr who hasn't seen the field yet (and there aren't many) could transfer" would acomplish the same thing. I do agree that it is completely different then looking at it from a scholarship crunch perspective/ I did not even come close to thinking you were saying they should leave. [Title]

Output: I understand what you are


Input: [Date] 1 year 29 weeks ago [Body] "Maybe figure a Terry Richardson or Chris Bryant or Jack Miller if they don't get on the field this year; every other junior has already played extensively and should again next year unless there's an injury or an early NFL departure among them, which doesn't seem very likely." Speculating about players transferring is a big no-no on the board and now this gets posted on the front page? Names could easily be redacted and the message be the same. I'm disappointed. [Title]

Output: Seriously?


Input: [Date] 1 year 32 weeks ago [Body] I mean at least longer than Terry Foster's joint? [Title]

Output: Will it last


Input: [Date] 1 year 33 weeks ago [Body] My team has 3 Top 10 rb plays for this week (Lacy, Stacy, Vereen) and I still have spiller and rice on my bench. I would never have believed that those two would be this bad in August [Title]

Output: Craziest thing


Input: [Date] 1 year 33 weeks ago [Body] Vernon Davis would be my call but Gates should be busy too [Title]

Output: sorry


Input: [Date] 1 year 33 weeks ago [Title]

Output: New kings in town


Input: [Date] 1 year 33 weeks ago [Body] We love voting [Title]

Output: THank you


Input: [Date] 1 year 33 weeks ago [Body] Mind has explodedededed [Title]

Output: Whaahaha


Input: [Date] 1 year 35 weeks ago [Body] http://mgoblog.com/content/fickle#comment-2295252 All sorts of bad IMHO [Title]

Output: This is unnecessary


Input: [Date] 2 days 13 hours ago [Body] a great set of recruiting assets to help with just such a problem. Tennessee for example. [Title]

Output: I thought many SEC schools have


Input: [Date] 2 days 15 hours ago [Body] He's played since 2nd grade. I did buy him a very nice Riddell Speed helmet for his varsity campaign. I figure the sport is or will evolve - as all sports should - around the concussion issue. [Title]

Output: Football is part of my second son's being