Input: [Date] 1 year 25 weeks ago [Body] The thing I dont understand is if a kid grew up loving a program, it offered everything they needed and they had the opportunity to play in that uniform and stadium, why would they all of a sudden decommit or consider someplace else? Seriously, I want to hear about kids are kids and its different these days (we were all 18 at some point). If your favorite program gave you everything you needed (academics, playing time, facilities...) why would need to reconsider? That's why I love kids like Morris and Ferns who appreciate the opportunity they have. [Title]

Output: The thing I dont understand


Input: [Date] 1 year 25 weeks ago [Body] Think about that party scene at state Malik... Get your degree and football on at Michigan and worry about the STD when you're making millions in the NFL [Title]

Output: Think about that party scene


Input: [Date] 1 year 26 weeks ago [Body] is it me or is lavert a bit of a ball hog tonight? [Title]

Output: is it me or is lavert a bit


Input: [Date] 1 year 26 weeks ago [Body] That town is going to lose it win or lose [Title]

Output: That town is going to lose it


Input: [Date] 1 year 26 weeks ago [Body] Where's Campbell, Harris, J Patrick, at on this list? [Title]

Output: Campbell?


Input: [Date] 1 year 26 weeks ago [Body] I was hoping for the same [Title]

Output: I was hoping for the same


Input: [Date] 1 year 26 weeks ago [Body] "you can already tell that the recruiting wand and magic he had two years ago is slowing down" I agree that this next season is pretty important for future classes, but how has he slowed down? The #2 ranked player in the country has commited to the 2014 class, 69% of this years class is either a 4 or 5* vs last year when we were we finished at 62% of the class ranked at either a 4/5*, a MSU recruit decommited to join the class, were recruiting nationally with 11 of the 16 recruits are outside of Michigan/Ohio. Looking at 2015, I see 2 of the 4 current commits being 4* and if we can win with the 2012/2013 recruits I see us in the mix for more. [Title]

Output: "you can already tell that


Input: [Date] 5 days 18 hours ago [Title] Not to go all DB, [Body]

Output: But by changing the name from big 10 you lose all that brand identity & goodwill worked up over the last 65+ years. And for a get off my lawn note, can we stop renaming things? Street names, products, etc. no one wants to learn a new name.


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 6 days ago [Title] Correct me if I'm wrong, [Body]

Output: but an athletic scholarship is NOT contingent upon a certain level of play, unlike an academic scholarship being contingent upon maintaining a certain level of scholarship (ie, GPA). If the student-athlete is in good academic standing, hasn't violated the code of conduct rules or team rules then those are the breaks if he doesn't perform as well athletically as projected. Therefore, why should "We could thus arguably say that Player X now has – through no fault of his own – reached a point at which he is failing to live up to his end of the scholarship-for-play bargain." even enter into it? The more this becomes the way college sports operates, the more I agree that they should be paid. Because if you are going to manage the roster like a pro team, then pay them.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 1 day ago [Title] And there are [Body]

Output: Still rumors of more transfers


Input: [Date] 8 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Aren't there quite a few walk-ons/preferred walk-ons? [Body]

Output: I always thought that they are part of the 25. Convert them to scholarship the next year and effectively even out the class sizes.


Input: [Date] 8 weeks 5 days ago [Title] The Detroit news has an article [Body]

Output: That reveals that the team uses a tool called the lobster to help improve hitting. Maybe the tigers can borrow it; sure wouldn't hurt.


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 3 days ago [Title] He's had the playbook [Body]

Output: since spring.


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 3 days ago [Title] And since when [Body]

Output: Are fans smart?


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Or they don't know what the color is. [Body]

Output: From the Detroit New's article: Chris MacGuire, Adidas's Director of Sports Marketing "The sentiment was to go back to the mustard -- for lack of a better term – away from the sun (color)."


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 14 hours ago [Title] The article also quotes [Body]

Output: the prosecutor in the case, Lynne Gast-King, as stating that she doesn't believe that Clark struck his girlfriend.


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 4 days ago [Title] I find that they say Coke. [Body]

Output: Waitress: Would you like a Coke Customer: Yes Waitress: What kind? And they don't mean regular, diet, etc. Orange Coke = orange pop


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 5 days ago [Title] I understand that Saban has some type of psych assessment done [Body]

Output: On each player so he knows what approach works best with each


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 6 days ago [Title] Kids these days. [Body]

Output: Let me try to explain this in terms you might understand, WD. The absence of "pings" is to baseball as noon games are to Michigan Stadium. And good riddance to 27-6 scores. That's a football game, not a baseball game.


Input: [Date] 15 weeks 3 days ago [Title] I think [Body]

Output: Things like chuck knolls coaching, the steel curtain, etc contributed to bradshaws rings After all, football is a team sport.


Input: [Date] 17 weeks 16 hours ago [Title] Were they at least the same shade [Body]

Output: of maize?


Input: [Date] 17 weeks 22 hours ago [Title] Not so fast. [Body]

Output: Harbaugh has done some of this - like the time he bought blue work shirts for his team. And he may not like the quotes on theweight room wall, but he does like them on twitter.


Input: [Date] 17 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Agree. [Body]

Output: I know you're getting some flack, but the primary responsibility for academic integrity lies with the college/university and the accrediting agency. The UNC scandal today, Univ. of Georgia scandal in the early 80s happened because the universities put athletics above their academic mission. The NCAA has to deal with the fallout because such misbehavior does give a school an unfair athletic advantage, but that's mop up duty really.


Input: [Date] 17 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Yes. [Body]

Output: I checked MaizMama's diary, and the WFA the last 2 years took place during the satellite camps.


Input: [Date] 17 weeks 5 days ago [Title] It was announced in Jan [Body]

Output: that Harbaugh would speak. There are pics from the banquet on the front page of the MHSFCA's web site. Some in suit & tie, some in polos, etc. http://www.mhsfca.com/ Here's video of Nussmeier speaking at last year's banquet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Okv7ey_PwzQ


Input: [Date] 18 weeks 3 days ago [Title] It's actually hard to do. [Body]

Output: The identical color will look different on different materials.


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


Input: [Date] 19 weeks 4 days ago [Title] The Hokes declined & you got a note from the [Body]

Output: athletic development dept? Doesn't that sound like it didn't go through Hoke's office, but the AD's office? Just the note makes me think that there are going to be a lot of juicy details in Bacon's upcoming book.


Input: [Date] 19 weeks 4 days ago [Title] I can confirm the pizza meeting one. [Body]

Output: Don't remember the thread,not looking it up because I have problems with th search here. I can't address down votes; I usually stay logged out.


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 2 days ago [Title] The top of the 2-tone shorts looks an awful lot like [Body]

Output: the top of maternity pants.


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 5 days ago [Title] It did happen under Brandon. [Body]

Output: It was part of the deal worked with SCG that was announced just before Brandon resigned. The piece that got the most attention was cutting the price of student football tickets. But in the full release was a bit about even further reduced prices for students with financial need. See 5th paragraph of this Daily article.http://www.michigandaily.com/sports/michigan-wolverines-football-dave-brandon-athletic-department-ticket-prices


Input: [Date] 24 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Additionally, Hoke inherited a lot of roster issues: [Body]

Output: Unbalanced roster (where were the Olinemen, for example), a 2010 class with ~75% attrition ,etc. It seems that as he got further into his tenure he was able to redshoirt more. Peppers & Cole were 2 notable non-redshirts from the 2014 class, but they were both exceptional players.


Input: [Date] 24 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Also, he seems to be a leader in the locker room. [Body]

Output: It was reported after Hoke was fired that Hoke asked Desmond to help keep the team together.


Input: [Date] 25 weeks 1 day ago [Title] Huh? DeBord hasn't coached at um [Body]

Output: For how many years? He had a fill in job just during the coaching search. Before, what - 1 dec 14? - he was the Olympic sports coordinator or some such title..


Input: [Date] 25 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Gospels or [Body]

Output: The beatles


Input: [Date] 25 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Don't know how tOSU feels about it, [Body]

Output: But headlines in Alabama papers shortly before signing day were about Alabama having cut a player. Flat out cut, as if he were an nfl player who didn't make the roster. Wasn't medical, wasn't school or character issues. He just wasn't a good enough player. So much for All those noble NCAA principles.


Input: [Date] 26 weeks 1 day ago [Title] Why do so so many people confuse code of conduct [Body]

Output: with legal system? You attend a college/university, you agree to abide by the code of conduct. There's no "innocent until proven guilty" with the code of conduct. It covers more than sexual misdeeds. For example, the daughter of a friend of mine was living in on-campus housing operated by a 3rd party. The daughter's roommate was a real piece of work. There were some serious issues which the housing staff blew off. But then the roommate took to posting threats against the daughter on Facebook. Because the school policy allowed parents & such to also file complaints, my friend was able to report the Facebook threats to the school, which took action as this was a serious violation of the code of conduct. That was the last semester the roommate was enrolled at the school.


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 1 day ago [Body] similar to this, but stained glass. djpgolf42@sbcglobal.net [Title]

Output: Email me with an approximate cost for a 40" light


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Unless I am missing something. The other block M light with 3 lights is not what I am looking for as I would rather have stained glass. [Title]

Output: All stained glass do not have the block M


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 2 days ago [Body] NT [Title]

Output: How much and what kind of experience do you have with this?


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 2 days ago [Body] I wasn't going to have a ping pong table too? [Title]

Output: Who said


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Good idea, but I think I like the one above even better than the original one I posted. [Title]

Output: Thanks


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 2 days ago [Body] That is sharp. I'll wait a day or so to see if there are any others I like better, but will probably be buying that one. [Title]

Output: Thanks


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 6 days ago [Body] You'll be #1 if we have to kick anyone because they didn't use attacks in war around 11:30 PM. I've told noone to reject, but if someone does ask the next day and I'll add you. [Title]

Output: Great, saw your request Poseidon (IP)


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 22 hours ago [Body] We are full right now, but if people don't participate it wars, etc. They will be kicked out so sorry to those we had to reject because we are full. Check back in a couple of days. [Title]

Output: Yes, thank you for the overwhelming response


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Ok done Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad [Title]

Output: Ok done


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Mainly 50 to 109 Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad [Title]

Output: Mainly 50 to 109


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Unbelievable that he told Davis not to draft Russell Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad [Title]

Output: Unbelievable that he told Davis not to draft Russell


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 6 days ago [Body] I then got impatient initially and bought gems. I won't do that again probably though. [Title]

Output: Me too!


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 6 days ago [Body] We've already had 12 mgoblog members join today! [Title]

Output: Great!


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 6 days ago [Body] $5 to mgoblog as penance. Good recommendation. [Title]

Output: I just donated


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 6 days ago [Body] I am djpgolf42 [Title]

Output: Clan tag #9QGR92Q2


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Had several already join! [Title]

Output: Thanks for the responses


Input: [Date] 2 years 9 weeks ago [Body] 247 is all fluff [Title]

Output: agree


Input: [Date] 2 years 9 weeks ago [Body] I am currently paying for ESPN, Scout and Rivals and used to have a 247 account. If you want information as to what the staff is thinking Scout is #1 and it isn't even close (then Rivals and ESPN and 247 just give you guesses you could come up with regarding what the staff is thinking). If you want interviews of the kids all are about the same. I value most the insider information and let's face it Sam Webb is the best. At Scout you are paying for Sam Webb. Their website design will soon be updated. My recommendation is that you go with Scout if you are truly looking for insider information. [Title]

Output: Scout and it isn't close


Input: [Date] 3 years 47 weeks ago [Body] I've never used U-sports as this is the first time I have ever played college fantasy, but use cbs for all my nfl drafts and think that cbs is the best. [Title]

Output: CBS


Input: [Date] 3 years 47 weeks ago [Body] really can't. Though do you really think that I would set up a league that requires an invitation, take part of the live draft, set up the live scoring for only $220? I'd have to be desperate. I had a similar post last year for a michigan regular fantasy league and some guys from this site joined. It was a great league and very competitive. Right now we have 7 who have joined and I was hoping for at least 10, but would do the draft if I had one more. I normally post on another pay site, and have gotten a few from that site, but wanted to see if anyone would be interested here. [Title]

Output: Can't blame you for your skepticism,


Input: [Date] 3 years 47 weeks ago [Body] a prediction of what is to come, I believe they are tailoring their offense around Denard's skills. [Title]

Output: If this last game is


Input: [Date] 3 years 47 weeks ago [Body] start at QB this week? [Title]

Output: Thanks, who will


Input: [Date] 3 years 47 weeks ago [Body] and they should finish in the top 5 of every site's rankings. [Title]

Output: A few more 4 and maybe a 5 star


Input: [Date] 3 years 47 weeks ago [Body] This looks great. I will put it as my background. Go Blue!!! [Title]

Output: Nice


Input: [Date] 3 years 47 weeks ago [Body] I went to bed at the same time. I wish I would have not given in to my wife and stayed out in the living room and watched it. [Title]

Output: Me too.


Input: [Date] 3 years 47 weeks ago [Body] did not look as good as I expected them to against YSU. [Title]

Output: State


Input: [Date] 3 years 47 weeks ago [Body] Looks like he will be a stud. Really think this kid is underrated. [Title]

Output: Standifer


Input: [Date] 3 years 47 weeks ago [Body] She is not my cup of tea, but I wouldn't say she is a guy. [Title]

Output: Agreed


Input: [Date] 3 years 47 weeks ago [Body] fo sho [Title]

Output: they are coming


Input: [Date] 3 years 47 weeks ago [Body] He had a headset at the beginning of the game. [Title]

Output: Headset


Input: [Date] 1 year 37 weeks ago [Body] I'd like to thank Al Borges for his first year, when he took control of a team whose offensive scheme was radically different than anything he'd ever run before and yet the offense ended the year with higher red zone efficiency and other metrics than RR ever managed. I'd like to thank Al Borges for his second year, when despite all those designed QB runs finally catching up with Denard, defenses finally figuring out his arm was nothing to fear, and who knows what in terms of injuries (the pinched nerve, possible knee issue, etc) all leading to the sudden transition of Devin from WR to QB, we came close to beating a 10 win SEC outfit in a bowl game. I'd like to thank Al Borges for the fact that we're going to a bowl these year and as bad as the offense is, I've seen worse from other offensive transitions in recent memory. As bad as the line situation is this year, I've seen offensive geniuses shit the bed to much worse degrees than this year. No one we've lost to has more than two loses and they have 5 loses total. The moments of futility suck, but so did offensive line recruiting for awhile and one of our higher ranked gets is currently a nose tackle because defensive line recruiting also sucked. [Title]

Output: I'd like to thank Al Borges


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] One of the things seems to be he doesn't keep any kind of momentum after he beats that first block. He crushes right through the line and then he's just kind of standing there, trying to find the ball, and once he figures out that the ball carrier is headed for the edge he has to get his body back up to speed. Better vision will let him come crashing through at full speed instead of needing to pause and figure out what is going on. Lots of wasted steps there, which in some instances comes close to letting the offensive linemen pick him back up. [Title]

Output: One of the things seems to be


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] The offending thing is actually something I've been pondering for awhil and it does present a problem. Least we forget, Tuley-Tillman has very displeased when a blog called him raw and basically failed to declare him the next coming of Long and Lewan. This blog has always excelled because when recruits are covered, attempts are made to break down their game film and critique their play. Things are said like "Likely won't start until their junior at the earliest, very raw.", "Likely to be passed from behind unless he works his ass off", and other such things. If the content is going to target kids who are 15 and not used to hitting the camps and being critiqued in a such manner, we're going to tie our hands in the future in terms of analysis. Last year it was unhappiness over being called raw, this year it was being young looking, and perhaps next year someone will mad when Ace says he doesn't have the world's greatest hands and is prone to dropping balls. You're always going to have to recruits who don't like the grading they get, but at least the older ones should in theory have gotten used to it after hitting those camps and talking to coaches on their officials. We have an admittedly small sample size here, but so far the trend line has started out in an extremely poor direction to say the least. We're not the kind of blog prone to mindlessly hailing fluff pieces, because if we were we'd all be watching Sports Center rather than hanging out here. [Title]

Output: The offending thing is


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] I went through Michigan with a full ride for academics and also worked 10 to 20 hours a week for General Motors. A fair number of folks in college get some or all of their college paid for with scholarships and cash a paycheck beyond that. A fair number of engineering grad students are in the same boat, tuition waiver and some kind of grant or hook up with a company that results in a stipend. I see no reason that a football player shouldn't be able to do the same. Just because a small percentage of them will go on to become wealthly in the pros is no reason to deny them money. By that logic we should go stick it harder to the Business School types since they might end up with Stephen J Ross kinds of money. In terms of wealth on hand, I had a significantly better deal in that I went to class and cashed a check for my work. A football player goes to class, has 20 hours of official practice with the coaching staff, more voluntary practice or film study with their teammates, which is supposed to average out to around 44.8 hours per week, and they don't even get a stipend for walking around money. Heck if they chose to stay in school rather than go pro early, their wallets take a hit because they have to buy injury insurance with their own money like Lewan did. There are a lot of services FBS programs could offer their students beside just handing them the cash (and half a million per head doesn't seem defensible) such as a living stipdent, program provided insurance for career ending injuries, a free grad degree as well as 4 years of undergrad, a trust fund of some sort, etc. Right now though players do get screwed considering the revenue stream they bring in. [Title]

Output: I went through Michigan with


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] Ghost is still the king. [Title]

Output: Ghost is still the king.


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] But I'd already bulk ordered the popcorn for when Saban ripped his former employer to shreds... [Title]

Output: But I'd already bulk


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] Next time DB is golfing with Hollis, he can slip him App State's business card. [Title]

Output: Next time DB is golfing with


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] Great's its Noon out here and now thanks to you I have to go drink or find someone I can buy a roofie off to repress my memories of Jordan Diamond. He could be playing guard right now and then move out to tackle next year like Schofield did. Gah! [Title]

Output: Great's its Noon out here and


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] Dial 1-900-Maize-And-Blue and kick them nasty thoughts! [Title]

Output: Dial 1-900-Maize-And-Blue and


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] That's what I fear, every recruiting cycle it seems we have one guy in our backyard who every analyst says is a perfect fit for Michigan and vice versa, we're in the drivers seat, and yet it never happens. I don't want McDowell being this year's winner of the Laquon Treadwell Memorial Award. [Title]

Output: That's what I fear, every


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] And if they could just get it up to positive non story like a water skiing chipmunk or something, things would be even better. Seriously though what did they say about him? Just sophomoric ass jokes? [Title]

Output: And if they could just get it


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] As I said, ask the kid to pass a request along to the parents in your first contact package. Alternatively if directly contacting the kids is seen as unacceptable, every school in America has a public phone number and someone who answers the phone during the school day. Leave the coach a voicemail and ask him to pass it on to the parents. In a lot of cases you don't even need to go that far, as a fair amount of the higher star ranked prospects have a Twitter or Youtube account dedicated to recruiting, which one assumes an adult is at least aware of, if not checking. Hit up that account, speak briefly with a parent, and move forward. Again the issue comes down to the fact that Brown's standard workflow does not included "Speak with a parent or gaurdian" as a step before interviewing a 16 year old. Which forms of social media are used and how you use them is something that is still up in the air, as some new social network comes out every six months it seems, but changes in the mechanics of contact doesn't at all influence the issue that sooner or later a parent is not going to be happy and the fact Brown doesn't attempt to speak to them as a matter of course only increases the odds of it happening sooner and more frequently. [Title]

Output: As I said, ask the kid to


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] I'm gonna go register ChiTownMaize just to thwart him. [Title]

Output: I'm gonna go register


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] It's all right here. He clearly states he has not talked with a parent or coach for every interview, which in turn means that speaking with the parents is not part of the standard contact package. As for his contact method, @BBrown has a clear history of sending out Tweets in the form of "Hey X, follow back", which in turn is designed to allow for private direct messaging. No additional context is provided by Brown in the initial contact. [Title]

Output: I do actually.


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] One area that the board is clearly going to be divided on are the ethics of not talking to the parents in all this. I've made my view clear upthread, so clearly have a bias in favor of contacting the parents. That said, from a pragmatic viewpoint: Let's say I'm a high schooler and I'm interview. Now I live with my mother in Michigan and my father lives in Hawaii since they divorced. I do an interview, my mother doesn't really mind, but my dad finds out and absolutely flips his lid. Maybe he does it purely out of a cynical ploy for usage in a custody battle or some other reason, at the end of the day it will still be MGoBlog didn't ask and at least one parent is pissed off and no parent approved since no one was asked. Ethics of interviewing minors aside, there is a certain cover your ass aspect of at least attempting to get approval from one parent. Better to beg forgiveness than ask permission is not always true. [Title]

Output: One area that the board is


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] This is really what it boils down to. Print journalism ethics first begins with question why you must interview minors. Clearly in this case, because they are potential Michigan recruits. Secondly you determine if parental (or gaurdian) consent is needed. If you determine it is not, you should leave contact information with the minor so his parents can contact you if they later object to the interview being used. I'd say that is pretty standard. So in this day and age, personally I strongly disagree with Brown's method of going from contact to publication. There is no reason why the initial contact could not also include "Also, I want to clear it with your parents, my email is xxxxxx@mgoblog.com." Clearly of course the kid could set up a fake email and impersonate his parents, but at least there is more of an effort to be upfront and reach out to the parents there. Here of course we enter into a slippery slope in that how much due diligence Brown has to do. The core issue though is right now he is doing nothing. At the end of the day, tweeting kids "Hello X, follow me back" seemingly out of the blue* and dropping interviews on 16 year olds strikes me as extremely low professional standards and I'll post negative comments about it. One of the first things you normally learn in the professional world is just because you are on social media, doesn't meant professional standards are thrown out. Ultimately that is going to happen is Brown is going to run an article and some parent is going to be pissed the fuck off by it and when that happens, if Brian thought the AD was on his ass before, he's going to wake up and find the Athletic Department so far up his ass, Dominos is opening a branch in his colon. *There also does seem to be an element of hypocrisy here, what did Kyle Kalis and Tuley-Tillman teach us? Don't tweet recruits. Yet now a business function of the blog is doing it via a personal twitter account and lacking any sort of formal letterhead...no thank you. [Title]

Output: This is really what it boils


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] The new one is earmarked for Life Sciences according to the general plan, although that could change. [Title]

Output: The new one is earmarked for


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] The industry is undoubtably grimey, but just because MGoBlog does partake in elements of the industry doesn't mean people can't express concerns about the level at which the blog partakes in this industry. Scout, Rivals, etc do a lot of things that MGoBlog choses not to do and I don't see the issue with people on the blog expressing concern about how deep into that industry the blog staff dives. After all, it was called the MGoCreeper Van because when TomVH started out, lots of people jokingly expressed concern about a dude driving around to various high school games for the express purpose of posting footage on the internet. Moving forward with hudl pages and all that the game has changed. That being said, it is still an ongoing discussion. Both posters and staff comment negatively on some of the offers made to 8 year olds by coaches, so it stands to reason different people would have different thresholds for where that age cut off is. [Title]

Output: The industry is undoubtably


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] I can confirm this is correct, a large portion of the wing on the Dental School was marked as no access when I did my orientation for Marine ROTC. However the Marines showed that area and the massive cracks because "Marines aren't pussies like those squids." Also the University never really repaired it beyond taking it to a point it wasn't condemned. Circa 2007 or so the patchwork as still visible in a number of classrooms and a couple of new cracks were coming along quite nicely. It's ashame because the building has a lot of history, but its time has clearly come. [Title]

Output: I can confirm this is


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] Yeah this is creepy, given we have lots of 2014 and 2015 people still out there. Well even if both those classes were full, it would be creepy given this is 2013, but a bit more understandable. [Title]

Output: Yeah this is creepy, given we


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] Ultimately at the start of the season, most of the 'experts' were calling us an 8 or 9 win team this year due to our youth and right now the fanbase is being reminded of that. The play where Chesson failed to dominate the tiny little sub 6' corner covering him his a prime example of that youth. Senior Chesson will likely just reach over the guy, grab the ball and proceed to burn down the field for another 10 yards. Freshman Chesson doesn't jump properly and it results in an Int. That said that throw made my happy, Chesson mistake aside, because it was one of many times that Gardner did throw to someone not named Gallon. Gardner was out of sync with a lot of those people but that can be fixed. The second half went well and in the 4th we really did start to establish something. Fitz was running hard and the defense finally got pumped up thanks to the Morgan pick. Hopefully that will carry into the bye week and give the coaches a little something positive to work with before showing the 6 hour long clip of things that need to be corrected. I'm really hoping with 2 weeks off we can get the offensive line settled into at least mediocrity and Devin calmed down and out of the "I need to win it all by myself mode." [Title]

Output: Ultimately at the start of


Input: [Date] 1 year 45 weeks ago [Body] This issue the higher ups who looked the other way on this did so in part to protect their cash cow of a football program from any taint of a scandal. PSU struggling to make ends meet is just in that is serves as a fair warning to every other administrator in the country (and the PSU community) that the coverup only makes it worse. The message needs to be sent that a better economic result will come from coming clean and taking the initial hit. True PSU never had some kind of secret meeting where the entire Board of Trustees said 'cover this shit up', but the culture was such that a group of school leaders thought they could do just that. Ultimately that is why they pay. Also you can't just blame sanctions. Donations to the athletic program are also down, likely because alumni are disgusted by the actions of the department, not just in the coverup but all its continued denial. Beside, they can always melt that statue down and sell the metal. [Title]

Output: This issue the higher ups who


Input: [Date] 1 year 45 weeks ago [Body] One of my GSI's student released coursework and grads I had performed on public forums and via mass email because they had an issue with me. Disclosure of grades of course falls under FERPA. Lewis as Dean of Rackham was actually the ultimate say in punishing this grad student, but kept ducking meetings with me, I had four rescheduled and denying responsibility until a letter from an actual lawyer rolled in, coupled with an official compliant to the Department of Education. Suddenly Lewis had all the time in the world to meet with me after that and I no longer kept getting routed to other departments. For awhile they had this whole "Oh no, we don't handle that, someone else does." thing going on to ping pong me back and forth. [Title]

Output: One of my GSI's student


Input: [Date] 1 year 45 weeks ago [Body] Whereas I personally feel Lewis failed ot adequately discpline a grad student who committed a FERPA violation and I had to hire a lawyer to send a threatening letter so that Lewis would get off his ass and respond. So I'll vote a strong "Hell no" on Lewis. [Title]

Output: Whereas I personally feel


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Body] I would like to see our starting tackles pulled around halftime or so and the backups (next years starters) inserted to work with interior line. Get the backups some experience and also look to the future. [Title]

Output: I would like to see our


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Body] Also for busy content days, the stock photos could be placed beneath the jump or shrunk. [Title]

Output: Also for busy content days,


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Body] Honestly I think State's defense is slightly overrated. They needed to bring 5 or 6 just to get pressure against USF. The Bulls burned them a few times with draws. Against better teams Narduzzi may be made to pay for that aggression with those draws and screens. State's front 4 are not as disruptive as they were in past seasons. [Title]

Output: Honestly I think State's


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Body] That stopping Denard defense comment is the key I think. Notre Dame early in the game was playing they thought Denard was still there and no one on our team could pass to save his life. They reopened with a rehash of their 2012 formations and were promptly murdered via a passing attack. As the season goes on we'll see if coordinators we face make different choices, like not stacking 7 or 8 in the box and having the LBs play to stop the run on almost every down, and what kind of running game improvement we see at that point. So far Devin has not been a free turnover machine when pressured, so we'll see what happens next. If we seems playing to stop the pass more and we still struggle to run, my worries will increase at that point. Funchess blocking mistakes that definitely hurt the run game. That's worrisome, but it is only his second year in the program and blocking takes time to learn (think back to Seth's work on how long it takes to prep offensive linemen to learn the blocking schemes, Funchess faces the same task to a degree). [Title]

Output: That stopping Denard defense


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Body] Well this should hopefully end the Sailboat Bill jokes (I have to admit, I've made a few myself). The oddly unified story I've heard is that Miles was exiled from AA by Bo for various sins beyond the whole screwing Mrs. Moeller thing, which might just be campfire gossip anyway. Which was why when coming into the 2006 season, when Carr wanted to retire and Bo was alive, no move was made to hire Miles. As the story goes, MSC felt that Bo was over reacting to some minor issues involving Miles, whereas Bo had full on excommunicated the guy. So long as Carr stayed on, MSC figured there was nothing to be gained by challenging Bo over this and let it ride coming into 2006 when Carr was making noises about retirement but people talked him into staying. What happened in 2008 supposedly was Carr and Martin were against Miles, but MSC ordered contact to be made and since she is the ultimate boss she had to be obeyed. Martin, a multimillionaire who has conducted many business deals on tight timetables, became suddenly incompentent (strategically so one might say) with his cellphone and Carr laid the groundwork for RR (since RR had the Nehlen link and Bo liked RR's read-option, although I assume Bo must have flipped channels during defensive series). Martin 'made a mistake' and 'lost the deal', then Carr presented RR as a viable Plan B. However Carr actually had buyer's remorse due to further interactions with RR and things went to hell as we all saw. [Title]

Output: Well this should hopefully


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Body] Seems fair. As long as we keep it together the next part of the schedule is nice. Plenty of time for the interior of the line to come together and Fitz to become less ginger. Also State is at #27, reaping of the benefit of people never watching them play and just seeing the final score on their news feed. [Title]

Output: Seems fair. As long as we


Input: [Date] 1 day 6 hours ago [Title] OT question: how does one see [Body]

Output: OT question: how does one see who's negging individual posts? I only knew about voting details for the OP of a given thread.


Input: [Date] 3 days 8 hours ago [Title] To be clear, I didn't mean [Body]

Output: To be clear, I didn't mean that Harbaugh will tell every kid he talks to that they'll play both ways, but if he maintains the practice of using skilled players in such a fashion, then you can bet that elite recruits will ask about it at the very least. Harbaugh doesn't have to promise anything but an opportunity, which I'm sure is all he ever promises. But it's nice to have that history behind him to prove he's not just selling snake oil to kids.


Input: [Date] 3 days 9 hours ago [Title] Like it or not, if he is, as [Body]

Output: Like it or not, if he is, as I stated "really productive" playing three ways there will be no stopping the early Heisman talk. Nowhere did I say he's going to win it, but the TV analysts always throw out their early hopefuls, and having UM players getting any positive talk after the past few years is a good thing. It doesn't mean he'll win it, but positive press is always good when it comes to recruiting HS kids who have big dreams.


Input: [Date] 3 days 11 hours ago [Title] Peppers playing offense could [Body]

Output: Peppers playing offense (as well as defense and special teams of course) could be the greatest thing to happen for the immediate future of the program, for several reasons, none of which are likely lost on someone as shrewd as Jim Harbaugh. 1. Get the best athlete on the field that much more 2. Get the ball in his hands and watch him dazzle 3. If he's really productive, generate Hesiman buzz, which further gets UM on major networks and not bumped by garbage teams, more Jabrill-centric highlight shows, etc. 4. If he's not really productive, it still makes the defense have to game plan for him 5. It becomes a great recruiting pitch for high level athletes who wish to play both ways 6. Profit


Input: [Date] 4 days 3 hours ago [Title] Could be a little awkward if [Body]

Output: Could be a little awkward if some German person addresses him. And junior high hilarious too.


Input: [Date] 1 week 19 hours ago [Title] Sound advice, coming from one [Body]

Output: Sound advice, coming from one Dr. Kimble. The problem is that if he ran, he'd probably get away temporarily, looking like he was going to escape, only to get caught before reaching his destination.


Input: [Date] 1 week 20 hours ago [Title] It actually does work like [Body]

Output: It actually does work like that, quite often. And in this case, I'm pretty sure Urban is more than capable of figuring out a role for a guy who has (for several years) mostly done nothing but shred other teams once he's gotten the ball in his hands. You have seen Miller play, haven't you? The dude simply has to get touches and the yards will come. This new role won't be much of a transition from his old role as a dual threat QB. The only concern for OSU is his durability.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 11 hours ago [Title] You mean Harbaugh will make [Body]

Output: You mean Harbaugh will make this team so good that we will be forced to play NFL teams? I can see it.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 2 days ago [Title] I can't really agree with the [Body]

Output: I can't really agree with the underachieving part of your assessment. If he underachieved with All Conference and All American play, leading to him being a first round draft selection, then I hope we get lots more underachievers - ASAP. The asshat part is highly probable, however.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Probably not Barwis [Body]

Output: Sounds to me like he's at a Holiday Inn Express.


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 11 hours ago [Title] Over 100 posts and not one of [Body]

Output: Over 100 posts and not one of them from "I Like Burgers". HE IS A FRAUD.


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 11 hours ago [Title] Also in the UP, albeit the [Body]

Output: Also in the UP, albeit the eastern end (in the Soo), you've got the "Big C" from Clyde's and the West Pier drive in burgers. Both are very much worth a stop if you're looking for a good, and large, burger.


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 3 days ago [Title] I think he meant Terrelle [Body]

Output: I think he meant Terrelle Pryor, who is there approximately 30-40 hours a week.


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 1 day ago [Title] FWIW, Chris Balas has matter [Body]

Output: FWIW, Chris Balas has (quite matter-of-factly) gone on record saying Hawkins will go blue.


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Don't sell the guy short; [Body]

Output: Don't sell the guy short; he's both of those things.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 1 day ago [Title] Holy shit [Body]

Output: Dude has an NFL build already.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 1 day ago [Title] Hello: Willis [Body]

Output: Hello: Willis


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 1 day ago [Title] Good thing there's a pill for [Body]

Output: Good thing there's a pill for that nowadays.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 1 day ago [Title] That's only because that's [Body]

Output: That's only because that's the last time ESPN updated its rankings.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 1 day ago [Title] If you were a real fan, you'd [Body]

Output: If you were a real fan, you'd have left work early to do that. (says the guy with no avatar)


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 2 days ago [Title] #fab30 [Body]

Output: #fab30


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Yes, but that's just her [Body]

Output: Yes, but that's just her stage name.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 3 days ago [Title] He had been discussed a bit [Body]

Output: He had been discussed a bit on the Rivals board by a member who seemed to know quite a bit about him. Said member also thought he'd likely be a commit. Voilà!


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Agreed. His comments toward [Body]

Output: Agreed. His comments toward the end of the video about making a difference are so true and insightful, especially for a young guy fresh out of college.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Well he's a former Red, so [Body]

Output: Well he's a former Red, so there's always the Ohio Hall of Fame.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Well alcohol does tend to [Body]

Output: Well alcohol does tend to provide a means for some people to absolve themselves from responsibility or accountability after imbibing, so I guess it's a fitting tribute for ol' Joe.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Thanks for the correction. [Body]

Output: Thanks for the correction. Seems I should've known that, but I mainly recall a HS buddy living in Tucson and saying he was 3 hours behind when we would chat on the phone.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 5 days ago [Title] If he works for the Suns, [Body]

Output: If he works for the Suns, then he likely lives in AZ, which is in the Pacific time zone. So it maybe wasn't all that late for him to be awake and tweeting. He could still be a tremendous douche, though.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Not a good idea, we don't [Body]

Output: Not a good idea, we don't want our boys getting MIP's.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 6 days ago [Title] I totally agree. Tomorrow [Body]

Output: I totally agree. Tomorrow would be a much better day for him to commit.


Input: [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Body] I learned how standards work on my first dirt bike when I was 12 or so, and it wasn't hard to translate that into driving a stick. The first car I really drove extensively was my ex-gf's father's 944 in high school. [Title]

Output: I learned how standards work


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 3 days ago [Body] I understand the law completely, and I stand by my point. A free-rider criticizing those who pay for the good they are consuming for free is an interesting concept. [Title]

Output: I understand the law


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 3 days ago [Body] I find it interesting that someone advocating an illegal alternative would strike such a holier than thou tone, but that's just me. [Title]

Output: I find it interesting that


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 5 days ago [Body] What I never understood is how "cocksucker" became a derogatory term. It seems to me that, no matter your orientation, they are doing a service to somebody. Are you anti-blowjob? Seems to me like they should be praised for the good they are doing society. Cowherd, on the other hand, is awful. [Title]

Output: I think you have it wrong


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Something about this seems weird. [Title]

Output: Something about this seems


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 15 hours ago [Body] The mere mention of Draftageddon has me excited for the coming season. HARBAUGH! [Title]

Output: Draftageddon!


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Assuming that Wuxia films also count, I'm going with Hero. [Title]

Output: Assuming that Wuxia films


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Utilities are absolutely "national security stuff," and they should be more than fretting about the "possibility" that their systems may be compromised. [Title]

Output: Utilities are absolutely


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 4 days ago [Body] From a national security perspective, this pales in comparison to what Snowden released. And I'm saying this as one of the affected. [Title]

Output: From a national security


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Dad bought it when I was 13 (1999) and we spent the next couple of years restoring it. Convinced him to drop a 351C in place of the 302 it came with stock. Pros: chick magnet, a ton of fun to drive Cons: cop magnet, 13MPG, no A/C Never going to get rid of it. Too many memories. [Title]

Output: '68 Mercury Cougar


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Or in this case we do know who is reading it, which is instructive. [Title]

Output: Or in this case we do know


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 6 days ago [Body] It seems to me that you and I will never agree, since the core of my argument is that the playoffs should be decided by series (7 game series at that) in order to determine who is the better team. Short series and the spacing between the games allow teams to roll out their aces twice a series, whereas longer series are a test of depth. Baseball has always been about the depth of teams. That is why the regular season is so long, and that is why until recently it was considered absurd to have anything but series. I don't entirely disagree with you and see that there is some merit to your reasoning, but I disagree with you entirely that these benefits outweigh the assault on the very core of the game itself. There are 162 games in the regular season, and if one wildcard makes it in by a couple games over the next best ones, then so be it. Just like the Braves, they could have helped themselves by winning their games. [Title]

Output: It seems to me that you and I


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 6 days ago [Body] I understand these arguments, but I think some of the positive components of what you outline are overridden by what happened in 2012 during the first iteration of this format. A 94 win Braves team had to play an 88 win Cardinals team and ultimately lost a game played under protest due to one of the worst calls I have ever seen. Anyone who watched that game - which wasn't many because it started at 5PM on a Friday - should understand why a one game anything in baseball is not tenable; precisely because of that randomness. That the Cards went on to win the WS is a moot point, as they had no business being given equal treatment to a team that had a 6 game advantage on them, which played in a superior division, and which had won 5 of the 6 games against the Cardinals that season. Any benefit is far outweighed by the above being allowed to happen. [Title]

Output: I understand these arguments,


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 6 days ago [Body] An individual baseball game is more "random" because there are far more variables at work than there are in basketball, for example, where the same 6-8 guys play the same 6-8 other who run more or less the same plays. In baseball the batter-pitcher matchup, coupled with just how difficult it is for the offense to score in general produces such outcomes. I think baseball would be less "random" if the playoffs were as inclusive as other leagues, where the top 6-8 from the AL/NL each make it and they play a 7 game series (5 game series are too short IMO). In that scenario I think the better teams would win out at a similar rate as in football. That being said, I would hate that as a baseball fan. I think the 1 game play-in game is an abomination that should be strapped to an ICBM and launched into the sun. [Title]

Output: Baseball is somewhat random


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 3 days ago [Body] I never understood this and it drove me nuts while I was in A2. It's MEIJER not Meijers. [Title]

Output: I never understood this and


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 4 days ago [Body] In the student section right behind a group of 30 or so PSU fans that were huge assholes to everyone around them the entire time. I can't believe how many M students sold their tickets during fall break; A2 was INFESTED with PSU bros that weekend. They were out on South U and elsewhere picking fights and whatnot the Friday before. Funny how they didn't seem to be around on Saturday night. This is when I lost all respect for PSU, well before the most recent...events. This and Braylonfest were the two best live moments in sports for me. That Saturday was one of the biggest party nights that took place while I was at M. I think because it was a generally terrible season to that point and the game ended at night the student body turned it up to 11. [Title]

Output: In the student section right


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 4 days ago [Body] If I'm not mistaken that correction has to do with the speed of the satellite in orbit being faster than the speed of someone standing on the surface. The same principle would apply if you placed a clock on an extremely tall tower - the top is rotating faster than the base. These are two different principles at work here. Says that guy who's never taken physics, anyway (me). [Title]

Output: If I'm not mistaken that


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 5 days ago [Body] At some point doesn't the University have to consider how far it is willing to go to remain competitive in this environment? I think we have two great coaches in Harbaugh and Beilein, but as the years go on, Michigan will be challenged in its ability to do things the right way while also remaining competitive. I think we are currently very near the edge of the envelope. [Title]

Output: At some point doesn't the


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 5 days ago [Body] There is proof [Title]

Output: This is true


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 6 hours ago [Body] This post is the total embodiment of a huge problem we have in this country. [Title]

Output: This post is the total


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 1 day ago [Body] This is the same coaching staff who set up shop at Penn State right after the Sandusky-related NCAA sanctions were imposed. As far as antics go, I wouldn't put anything past Beckman. [Title]

Output: This is the same coaching


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 5 days ago [Body] I think my senior year (07-08) was probably the last year you could really sneak in as a late night destination. They kept everything locked, but we found a tree next to the fence on the on the Crisler side that was helpful in getting over the fence. Depending on the security guard's enthusiasm and weather, you could get a lot of time in on the field. It was pretty epic after a fresh snow. The best part is that the security lights were bright enough for you to see pretty well. I'm sure it's totally different now. Thanks, Dave Brandon. [Title]

Output: I think my senior year


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Age? 29 Occupation? Nuclear security/nonproliferation Location? DC Alum? LSA 2008 Most MICHIGAN thing you've ever done? (funny, memorable, etc.) Snuck into the Big House at 1AM and played football. We got a whole hour in before being run off. [Title]

Output: Here we go...


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 6 days ago [Body] 5k - mid-80s 944 10k - 1996 Honda Prelude VTEC (probably buy for 5-6k and spend the rest gussying it up) 15k - BMW M3 [Title]

Output: 5k - mid-80s 944 10k - 1996


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 5 hours ago [Body] So if I understand this correctly, boxing is a complete waste of time for anyone involved. EDIT: anyone who isn't a sucker, since there are people making millions [Title]

Output: So if I understand this


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 12 hours ago [Body] The Iron Eagle soundtrack. All of it. Okay, maybe just Road of the Gypsy: [Title]

Output: Iron Eagle


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 3 days ago [Body] I love Beilein and I love Michigan Basketball, but I yearn for the day when we are good at football again. [Title]

Output: Michigan is a football school


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 4 days ago [Body] I was just in Tbilisi, though Yerevan is great too. I of course read mgoblog while there so at least for a time there's two mgobloggers in the Caucasus. EDIT: Okay, now there are at least three. EDIT EDIT: I accidentally upvoted myself, so rather than living with that shame I downvoted myself. [Title]

Output: I was just in Tbilisi, though


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 5 days ago [Body] I'm not really sure they are at a disadvantage in recruiting because Michigan is running a series of half day camps in the South. Auburn is permanently located in Alabama, so I don't think things have changed. Plus they pay their players, etc. They are just whining because they are babies. Also I think it's hilarious that Auburn thinks it is a bigger name than Michigan. [Title]

Output: I'm not really sure they are


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 5 days ago [Body] I had similar experience too, and it was an extremely bizarre feeling. On one hand I wanted us to ruin what I perceived at the time to be a small chance they would make the playoffs, just so I could be assured that they wouldn't win it all. On the other, I felt as you described - I needed Michigan to lose to ensure Hoke wouldn't be retained. I don't know if I was happy, but I sure wasn't upset about the whole thing. I hope I never have to feel like that again. [Title]

Output: I had similar experience too,


Input: [Date] 1 year 36 weeks ago [Title] I'd like to thank Al Borges [Body]

Output: I'd like to thank Al Borges for his first year, when he took control of a team whose offensive scheme was radically different than anything he'd ever run before and yet the offense ended the year with higher red zone efficiency and other metrics than RR ever managed. I'd like to thank Al Borges for his second year, when despite all those designed QB runs finally catching up with Denard, defenses finally figuring out his arm was nothing to fear, and who knows what in terms of injuries (the pinched nerve, possible knee issue, etc) all leading to the sudden transition of Devin from WR to QB, we came close to beating a 10 win SEC outfit in a bowl game. I'd like to thank Al Borges for the fact that we're going to a bowl these year and as bad as the offense is, I've seen worse from other offensive transitions in recent memory. As bad as the line situation is this year, I've seen offensive geniuses shit the bed to much worse degrees than this year. No one we've lost to has more than two loses and they have 5 loses total. The moments of futility suck, but so did offensive line recruiting for awhile and one of our higher ranked gets is currently a nose tackle because defensive line recruiting also sucked.


Input: [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Title] One of the things seems to be [Body]

Output: One of the things seems to be he doesn't keep any kind of momentum after he beats that first block. He crushes right through the line and then he's just kind of standing there, trying to find the ball, and once he figures out that the ball carrier is headed for the edge he has to get his body back up to speed. Better vision will let him come crashing through at full speed instead of needing to pause and figure out what is going on. Lots of wasted steps there, which in some instances comes close to letting the offensive linemen pick him back up.


Input: [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Title] The offending thing is [Body]

Output: The offending thing is actually something I've been pondering for awhil and it does present a problem. Least we forget, Tuley-Tillman has very displeased when a blog called him raw and basically failed to declare him the next coming of Long and Lewan. This blog has always excelled because when recruits are covered, attempts are made to break down their game film and critique their play. Things are said like "Likely won't start until their junior at the earliest, very raw.", "Likely to be passed from behind unless he works his ass off", and other such things. If the content is going to target kids who are 15 and not used to hitting the camps and being critiqued in a such manner, we're going to tie our hands in the future in terms of analysis. Last year it was unhappiness over being called raw, this year it was being young looking, and perhaps next year someone will mad when Ace says he doesn't have the world's greatest hands and is prone to dropping balls. You're always going to have to recruits who don't like the grading they get, but at least the older ones should in theory have gotten used to it after hitting those camps and talking to coaches on their officials. We have an admittedly small sample size here, but so far the trend line has started out in an extremely poor direction to say the least. We're not the kind of blog prone to mindlessly hailing fluff pieces, because if we were we'd all be watching Sports Center rather than hanging out here.


Input: [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Title] I went through Michigan with [Body]

Output: I went through Michigan with a full ride for academics and also worked 10 to 20 hours a week for General Motors. A fair number of folks in college get some or all of their college paid for with scholarships and cash a paycheck beyond that. A fair number of engineering grad students are in the same boat, tuition waiver and some kind of grant or hook up with a company that results in a stipend. I see no reason that a football player shouldn't be able to do the same. Just because a small percentage of them will go on to become wealthly in the pros is no reason to deny them money. By that logic we should go stick it harder to the Business School types since they might end up with Stephen J Ross kinds of money. In terms of wealth on hand, I had a significantly better deal in that I went to class and cashed a check for my work. A football player goes to class, has 20 hours of official practice with the coaching staff, more voluntary practice or film study with their teammates, which is supposed to average out to around 44.8 hours per week, and they don't even get a stipend for walking around money. Heck if they chose to stay in school rather than go pro early, their wallets take a hit because they have to buy injury insurance with their own money like Lewan did. There are a lot of services FBS programs could offer their students beside just handing them the cash (and half a million per head doesn't seem defensible) such as a living stipdent, program provided insurance for career ending injuries, a free grad degree as well as 4 years of undergrad, a trust fund of some sort, etc. Right now though players do get screwed considering the revenue stream they bring in.


Input: [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Title] Ghost is still the king. [Body]

Output: Ghost is still the king.


Input: [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Title] But I'd already bulk [Body]

Output: But I'd already bulk ordered the popcorn for when Saban ripped his former employer to shreds...


Input: [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Title] Next time DB is golfing with [Body]

Output: Next time DB is golfing with Hollis, he can slip him App State's business card.


Input: [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Title] Great's its Noon out here and [Body]

Output: Great's its Noon out here and now thanks to you I have to go drink or find someone I can buy a roofie off to repress my memories of Jordan Diamond. He could be playing guard right now and then move out to tackle next year like Schofield did. Gah!


Input: [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Title] Dial 1-900-Maize-And-Blue and [Body]

Output: Dial 1-900-Maize-And-Blue and kick them nasty thoughts!


Input: [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Title] That's what I fear, every [Body]

Output: That's what I fear, every recruiting cycle it seems we have one guy in our backyard who every analyst says is a perfect fit for Michigan and vice versa, we're in the drivers seat, and yet it never happens. I don't want McDowell being this year's winner of the Laquon Treadwell Memorial Award.


Input: [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Title] And if they could just get it [Body]

Output: And if they could just get it up to positive non story like a water skiing chipmunk or something, things would be even better. Seriously though what did they say about him? Just sophomoric ass jokes?


Input: [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Title] As I said, ask the kid to [Body]

Output: As I said, ask the kid to pass a request along to the parents in your first contact package. Alternatively if directly contacting the kids is seen as unacceptable, every school in America has a public phone number and someone who answers the phone during the school day. Leave the coach a voicemail and ask him to pass it on to the parents. In a lot of cases you don't even need to go that far, as a fair amount of the higher star ranked prospects have a Twitter or Youtube account dedicated to recruiting, which one assumes an adult is at least aware of, if not checking. Hit up that account, speak briefly with a parent, and move forward. Again the issue comes down to the fact that Brown's standard workflow does not included "Speak with a parent or gaurdian" as a step before interviewing a 16 year old. Which forms of social media are used and how you use them is something that is still up in the air, as some new social network comes out every six months it seems, but changes in the mechanics of contact doesn't at all influence the issue that sooner or later a parent is not going to be happy and the fact Brown doesn't attempt to speak to them as a matter of course only increases the odds of it happening sooner and more frequently.


Input: [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Title] I'm gonna go register [Body]

Output: I'm gonna go register ChiTownMaize just to thwart him.


Input: [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Title] I do actually. [Body]

Output: It's all right here. He clearly states he has not talked with a parent or coach for every interview, which in turn means that speaking with the parents is not part of the standard contact package. As for his contact method, @BBrown has a clear history of sending out Tweets in the form of "Hey X, follow back", which in turn is designed to allow for private direct messaging. No additional context is provided by Brown in the initial contact.


Input: [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Title] One area that the board is [Body]

Output: One area that the board is clearly going to be divided on are the ethics of not talking to the parents in all this. I've made my view clear upthread, so clearly have a bias in favor of contacting the parents. That said, from a pragmatic viewpoint: Let's say I'm a high schooler and I'm interview. Now I live with my mother in Michigan and my father lives in Hawaii since they divorced. I do an interview, my mother doesn't really mind, but my dad finds out and absolutely flips his lid. Maybe he does it purely out of a cynical ploy for usage in a custody battle or some other reason, at the end of the day it will still be MGoBlog didn't ask and at least one parent is pissed off and no parent approved since no one was asked. Ethics of interviewing minors aside, there is a certain cover your ass aspect of at least attempting to get approval from one parent. Better to beg forgiveness than ask permission is not always true.


Input: [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Title] This is really what it boils [Body]

Output: This is really what it boils down to. Print journalism ethics first begins with question why you must interview minors. Clearly in this case, because they are potential Michigan recruits. Secondly you determine if parental (or gaurdian) consent is needed. If you determine it is not, you should leave contact information with the minor so his parents can contact you if they later object to the interview being used. I'd say that is pretty standard. So in this day and age, personally I strongly disagree with Brown's method of going from contact to publication. There is no reason why the initial contact could not also include "Also, I want to clear it with your parents, my email is xxxxxx@mgoblog.com." Clearly of course the kid could set up a fake email and impersonate his parents, but at least there is more of an effort to be upfront and reach out to the parents there. Here of course we enter into a slippery slope in that how much due diligence Brown has to do. The core issue though is right now he is doing nothing. At the end of the day, tweeting kids "Hello X, follow me back" seemingly out of the blue* and dropping interviews on 16 year olds strikes me as extremely low professional standards and I'll post negative comments about it. One of the first things you normally learn in the professional world is just because you are on social media, doesn't meant professional standards are thrown out. Ultimately that is going to happen is Brown is going to run an article and some parent is going to be pissed the fuck off by it and when that happens, if Brian thought the AD was on his ass before, he's going to wake up and find the Athletic Department so far up his ass, Dominos is opening a branch in his colon. *There also does seem to be an element of hypocrisy here, what did Kyle Kalis and Tuley-Tillman teach us? Don't tweet recruits. Yet now a business function of the blog is doing it via a personal twitter account and lacking any sort of formal letterhead...no thank you.


Input: [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Title] The new one is earmarked for [Body]

Output: The new one is earmarked for Life Sciences according to the general plan, although that could change.


Input: [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Title] The industry is undoubtably [Body]

Output: The industry is undoubtably grimey, but just because MGoBlog does partake in elements of the industry doesn't mean people can't express concerns about the level at which the blog partakes in this industry. Scout, Rivals, etc do a lot of things that MGoBlog choses not to do and I don't see the issue with people on the blog expressing concern about how deep into that industry the blog staff dives. After all, it was called the MGoCreeper Van because when TomVH started out, lots of people jokingly expressed concern about a dude driving around to various high school games for the express purpose of posting footage on the internet. Moving forward with hudl pages and all that the game has changed. That being said, it is still an ongoing discussion. Both posters and staff comment negatively on some of the offers made to 8 year olds by coaches, so it stands to reason different people would have different thresholds for where that age cut off is.


Input: [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Title] I can confirm this is [Body]

Output: I can confirm this is correct, a large portion of the wing on the Dental School was marked as no access when I did my orientation for Marine ROTC. However the Marines showed that area and the massive cracks because "Marines aren't pussies like those squids." Also the University never really repaired it beyond taking it to a point it wasn't condemned. Circa 2007 or so the patchwork as still visible in a number of classrooms and a couple of new cracks were coming along quite nicely. It's ashame because the building has a lot of history, but its time has clearly come.


Input: [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Title] Yeah this is creepy, given we [Body]

Output: Yeah this is creepy, given we have lots of 2014 and 2015 people still out there. Well even if both those classes were full, it would be creepy given this is 2013, but a bit more understandable.


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] Ultimately at the start of [Body]

Output: Ultimately at the start of the season, most of the 'experts' were calling us an 8 or 9 win team this year due to our youth and right now the fanbase is being reminded of that. The play where Chesson failed to dominate the tiny little sub 6' corner covering him his a prime example of that youth. Senior Chesson will likely just reach over the guy, grab the ball and proceed to burn down the field for another 10 yards. Freshman Chesson doesn't jump properly and it results in an Int. That said that throw made my happy, Chesson mistake aside, because it was one of many times that Gardner did throw to someone not named Gallon. Gardner was out of sync with a lot of those people but that can be fixed. The second half went well and in the 4th we really did start to establish something. Fitz was running hard and the defense finally got pumped up thanks to the Morgan pick. Hopefully that will carry into the bye week and give the coaches a little something positive to work with before showing the 6 hour long clip of things that need to be corrected. I'm really hoping with 2 weeks off we can get the offensive line settled into at least mediocrity and Devin calmed down and out of the "I need to win it all by myself mode."


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] This issue the higher ups who [Body]

Output: This issue the higher ups who looked the other way on this did so in part to protect their cash cow of a football program from any taint of a scandal. PSU struggling to make ends meet is just in that is serves as a fair warning to every other administrator in the country (and the PSU community) that the coverup only makes it worse. The message needs to be sent that a better economic result will come from coming clean and taking the initial hit. True PSU never had some kind of secret meeting where the entire Board of Trustees said 'cover this shit up', but the culture was such that a group of school leaders thought they could do just that. Ultimately that is why they pay. Also you can't just blame sanctions. Donations to the athletic program are also down, likely because alumni are disgusted by the actions of the department, not just in the coverup but all its continued denial. Beside, they can always melt that statue down and sell the metal.


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] One of my GSI's student [Body]

Output: One of my GSI's student released coursework and grads I had performed on public forums and via mass email because they had an issue with me. Disclosure of grades of course falls under FERPA. Lewis as Dean of Rackham was actually the ultimate say in punishing this grad student, but kept ducking meetings with me, I had four rescheduled and denying responsibility until a letter from an actual lawyer rolled in, coupled with an official compliant to the Department of Education. Suddenly Lewis had all the time in the world to meet with me after that and I no longer kept getting routed to other departments. For awhile they had this whole "Oh no, we don't handle that, someone else does." thing going on to ping pong me back and forth.


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] Whereas I personally feel [Body]

Output: Whereas I personally feel Lewis failed ot adequately discpline a grad student who committed a FERPA violation and I had to hire a lawyer to send a threatening letter so that Lewis would get off his ass and respond. So I'll vote a strong "Hell no" on Lewis.


Input: [Date] 1 year 45 weeks ago [Title] I would like to see our [Body]

Output: I would like to see our starting tackles pulled around halftime or so and the backups (next years starters) inserted to work with interior line. Get the backups some experience and also look to the future.


Input: [Date] 1 year 45 weeks ago [Title] Also for busy content days, [Body]

Output: Also for busy content days, the stock photos could be placed beneath the jump or shrunk.


Input: [Date] 1 year 45 weeks ago [Title] Honestly I think State's [Body]

Output: Honestly I think State's defense is slightly overrated. They needed to bring 5 or 6 just to get pressure against USF. The Bulls burned them a few times with draws. Against better teams Narduzzi may be made to pay for that aggression with those draws and screens. State's front 4 are not as disruptive as they were in past seasons.


Input: [Date] 1 year 45 weeks ago [Title] That stopping Denard defense [Body]

Output: That stopping Denard defense comment is the key I think. Notre Dame early in the game was playing they thought Denard was still there and no one on our team could pass to save his life. They reopened with a rehash of their 2012 formations and were promptly murdered via a passing attack. As the season goes on we'll see if coordinators we face make different choices, like not stacking 7 or 8 in the box and having the LBs play to stop the run on almost every down, and what kind of running game improvement we see at that point. So far Devin has not been a free turnover machine when pressured, so we'll see what happens next. If we seems playing to stop the pass more and we still struggle to run, my worries will increase at that point. Funchess blocking mistakes that definitely hurt the run game. That's worrisome, but it is only his second year in the program and blocking takes time to learn (think back to Seth's work on how long it takes to prep offensive linemen to learn the blocking schemes, Funchess faces the same task to a degree).


Input: [Date] 1 year 45 weeks ago [Title] Well this should hopefully [Body]

Output: Well this should hopefully end the Sailboat Bill jokes (I have to admit, I've made a few myself). The oddly unified story I've heard is that Miles was exiled from AA by Bo for various sins beyond the whole screwing Mrs. Moeller thing, which might just be campfire gossip anyway. Which was why when coming into the 2006 season, when Carr wanted to retire and Bo was alive, no move was made to hire Miles. As the story goes, MSC felt that Bo was over reacting to some minor issues involving Miles, whereas Bo had full on excommunicated the guy. So long as Carr stayed on, MSC figured there was nothing to be gained by challenging Bo over this and let it ride coming into 2006 when Carr was making noises about retirement but people talked him into staying. What happened in 2008 supposedly was Carr and Martin were against Miles, but MSC ordered contact to be made and since she is the ultimate boss she had to be obeyed. Martin, a multimillionaire who has conducted many business deals on tight timetables, became suddenly incompentent (strategically so one might say) with his cellphone and Carr laid the groundwork for RR (since RR had the Nehlen link and Bo liked RR's read-option, although I assume Bo must have flipped channels during defensive series). Martin 'made a mistake' and 'lost the deal', then Carr presented RR as a viable Plan B. However Carr actually had buyer's remorse due to further interactions with RR and things went to hell as we all saw.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] Seems fair. As long as we [Body]

Output: Seems fair. As long as we keep it together the next part of the schedule is nice. Plenty of time for the interior of the line to come together and Fitz to become less ginger. Also State is at #27, reaping of the benefit of people never watching them play and just seeing the final score on their news feed.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] The horrible offense aside, [Body]

Output: The horrible offense aside, the other thing this game provided us with is that MSU students are too dumb to properly take shelter during a thunderstorm.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] I've always been impressed [Body]

Output: I've always been impressed with Guiton, he has good mobility and is a better passer than Miller.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] "Value 3 Feet". Maybe State [Body]

Output: "Value 3 Feet". Maybe State should aim higher than that?


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] Backing themselves out of FG [Body]

Output: Backing themselves out of FG range.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] USF is going to lose because [Body]

Output: USF is going to lose because of this basically, they can't take the MSU turnovers and get significant points.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] Aaaah the boo birds are out [Body]

Output: Aaaah the boo birds are out in full force now.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] Out of bounds and at least 5 [Body]

Output: Out of bounds and at least 5 yards short of the marker, this new QB is clearly a stud.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] Well that should be the game [Body]

Output: Well that should be the game for State right there. They can cling to an 8 point lead for the rest of the game I'm sure.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] There you USF, make those [Body]

Output: There you USF, make those blitzes work for you.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] Wow Sparty, wow. [Body]

Output: Wow Sparty, wow.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] The big worry for state is [Body]

Output: The big worry for state is that their defense is a beast when it comes downhill, but it is so aggressive it is wide open to exploitation by more discplined teams. The defense just looks lights out because they've yet to play an offense with the skill to counter those blitzes.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] This can't their shot of [Body]

Output: This can't help their shot of landing Cole as a WR. I also imagine if Campbell blows up and gets better offers, he'd jump ship pretty quickly.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] So State how does it feel to [Body]

Output: So State how does it feel to be up by a mere one point at home, against a team that had its ass whipped by a FCS team the week before?


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] He owed Tressel some favors I [Body]

Output: He owed Tressel some favors I assume. Just like how Carr rehired certain folks and all that.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] That was a good call to run [Body]

Output: That was a good call to run it with how bad the USF QB is. Better off running it to set up the easy FG than risk a turnover. 7-6 at halftime is good. Minimize your offensive risks and aim for more turnovers from State.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] The Pass interfence is nice, [Body]

Output: The Pass interfence is nice, but the dumb USF QB still threw into clear double coverage...


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] USF's line is also godawful, [Body]

Output: USF's line is also godawful, they have 2 offensive linemen vs 1 defensive linemen there as the QB goes for the corner, and the QB still has to throw it away.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] State should just go buy 5 [Body]

Output: State should just go buy 5 traffic barrels from MDot, same level of protection, but no risk of holding calls.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] Also USF needs to stop with [Body]

Output: Also USF needs to stop with all the motion and such, their players are not skilled enough. They always tip their hand, false start, or flirt with not properly setting before the snap. Plus State is too smart to fall for that shit.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] Finally USF realizes they [Body]

Output: Finally USF realizes they need to exploit the over aggressiveness.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] Well that was the only way [Body]

Output: Well that was the only way they were going to score.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] Aside from that run for the [Body]

Output: Aside from that run for the first down, it seems like State somehow figured out how to downgrade further at QB.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] Sept is normally when [Body]

Output: Sept is normally when Scheelhaase creates false hope for Illinois.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] That was some bad decision [Body]

Output: That was some bad decision making by the USF QB, basically just tried to hand a Spartan the ball.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] I wonder which program is [Body]

Output: I wonder which program is going to come along and make Narduzzi a rich man this offseason.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] Western Kentucky, 5 offensive [Body]

Output: Western Kentucky, 5 offensive plays, 5 turnovers. Wow.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] I'd imagine it is a lot [Body]

Output: I'd imagine it is a lot harder to write this kind of thing when you win the games and your players don't do stupid things.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] So what part of that logic [Body]

Output: So what part of that logic would you care to refute? It's a fairly demonstratable fact that sponsors play a big role in how organizations conduct themselves. Look at what happens when certain talk show hosts piss off large segements of society, sponsors pull ads and that talk show host is up at the podium later that week grating out an apology in hopes the money returns. Is Michigan anywhere close to having any company or ad agency have that much control over their program? No. One noodle isn't going to do it, but I was answering a question about why people dislike the noodle and don't want it on Michigan's lawn. You never stop at one noodle and the grand you got for putting it there. You're either in or out with relation to that kind of thing. People dislike the noodle out of the belief that today it is the noodle and perhaps a decade from now, it is a lot worse. Better to bitch about the one noodle than wait until the multilevel marketing deal has been signed and the AD has millions of dollars worth of incentive to ignore alumni bitching on the subject. Or are you of the belief that Brandon is going to just take a grand for the noodle once a year, a grand for the curly fries every couple years at the Big Chill, and just leave it at that?


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] While I do think that the [Body]

Output: While I do think that the Moeller thing was a bit shady, I do generally agree that we should strive to be Public Ivy and the AD should clearly be subdorinate to the President. After all, if Bo at the height of his power was less ethical and more focused on winning, well look what that brought Penn State. In a sense we were very lucky that Bo was so ethical and clean, overall history suggests you have at least as good of odds at getting a Yost (the whole racism thing), Paterno, Holtz (bails out before the sanctions), Saban (Ethics? The fuck are those...), or Miles (and he's off the Bo family tree, yet heavily oversigns). Obviously we all hope Hoke is of the same lineage as Bo, but I'd rather the academics have althetics by the throat and make it clear they will squeeze that trachea shut if anything shady goes on.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] The problem is once you [Body]

Output: The problem is once you accept cooperate sponsors as a large and public part of your revenue stream, you are giving the a certain level of control. You get used to the cash flow from said noodle and perhaps even start going out to get more deals from Kraft. At some point the future you have six noodles and a giant inflatable blue box in your yard and it looks like utter shit. Now obviously Martin allowed ads in some areas, such as the programs, and other ADs have done the same. That being said the general consenus at Michigan was the football stadium was off limits. Brandon keeps poking at that with curly fries, noodles, etc. Martin's own ideas of how to make a buck, his cheapness and such, were more in line with Michigan tradition than Senor Curly Fry. The other thing of course is too much usage and dependcy on advertising revenue gives the marketing companies power. They can threaten to pull ads and create budget shortfalls while you scramble for a replacement, unless you give them ground on issue (letting them bring in say noodles 2 through 6) which brings in outside influences. I prefer my outside influences to be named "Stephen J Ross and other large donors to the program". Plus ultimately in Michigan's case, it is crass. You need money Dave? Ask the alums for donations. Martin managed to rebuild most of the campus by telling people he wanted to give the place a face lift and make it feel more collegial and he got the money for all kinds of major projects. No noodles needed. I think the issue is Dave is only planning on beeing AD for a short period of time, due to political goals, so rather than spend years to raise money for things like Martin did, Dave just goes for the quick buck of ad revenue so he can kickstart a varsity sport or something of that nature and add it to his list of accomplishments for when he runs for office.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] Reading of that makes me [Body]

Output: Reading of that makes me think that whenever a pollster calls, a good Wolverine should swear they'd vote Brandon for Senator/Governor/President/whatever just to bouy his poll numbers and he bails. When Duderstadt is critical of you, that's a bad sign. This should make the Presidential replacement interesting, since odds are the new President will have to stand up to Brandon, who has a power base in AA, early on.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] I think they pay for it via [Body]

Output: I think they pay for it via the snack table behind the Law Quad after the rally.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] Our military rarely clears [Body]

Output: Our military rarely clears stuff for civillian usage. There are some designs from WWII you still need a clearance to get the full blueprints of, in part due to paranoia and in part due to laziness. Plus even if you could get say an old F-100 Super Sabre or something of that nature, an American jet from the same era as the MiG-17, no one operates them, so good luck getting parts, whereas countries are still building new MiG-17s for sale to third world warlords. Basically anything in active use by America or our allies won't be cleared for civillian sale and good luck getting parts for anything out service. I'll agree with the other, something from the Yankee Air Museum or Commenorative Air Force would have been better. Give me a call Brandon, maybe my wife can score us an overflight of Reaper drones or something. Actually that won't work, since the onboard computer might ID Nix as an enemy armored vehicle and launch a Hellfire.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] The Noodle [Body]

Output: “It’s actually kinda funny, everyone seems to be fixated on a noodle and not about a football game being played tomorrow,” he [David Ablauf] said. Why yes Dave, no one who graduated from Michigan was ever capable of multitasking. When focusing on the noodle, I forgot what football even is. Nor could it by a sign that we're all pretty confident we will destroy CMU and this we can focus on things like "Why the hell are there ads in our stadium? We told you no ads in the damn stadium." It's as if they assume the entire fanbase are morons with the attention spans of fruit flies, as opposed to alums of a top tier school.


Input: [Date] 1 year 47 weeks ago [Title] What does Bacon see as the [Body]

Output: What does Bacon see as the different sides in this issue and how did he go about interviewing? The genesis behind this somewhat loaded question is that I felt 3 and Out really suffered from being more of a "Bacon hangs out with RR" type of book, as opposed a definitive history of era. When Carr wouldn't comment, Bacon just left it at that and ignored one of the main actors in the saga. So I'm curious as to the methodology here before I consume.


Input: [Date] 1 year 47 weeks ago [Title] I would definitely like to [Body]

Output: I would definitely like to see the above asked just to hear Bacon's answer. As long as we provide at least 4 years on scholarship, what is the harm? After all during my college career I often made choices to say spend more time on a computer science project and half ass one of my cognate projects or an elective because I knew career wise it was more important for more career to have projects I could use to land internships, build my CV, etc. So isn't it in the interest of the players, at least ones with NFL potential, to play in a system dedicated to advancing their careers and rewards them for the money they bring in. Namely I'm not exactly sure how this is the soul of just college althletics, these days most bachelors and master level degrees are professional degrees, where you get paid internships over the summer, maybe even make some money doing 10 hours a week for a company during the school year etc. I see athletics more as lagging behind the rest of the school in this area. The average Michigan student had figured out that they are in demand and can make money while obtaining a degree and athletics needs to catch up.


Input: [Date] 1 year 47 weeks ago [Title] The problem I see with that [Body]

Output: The problem I see with that is you have a lot of depth at some spots. For example if Michigan had Cam Gordon flop, we could just pop in Beyer under Gordon could come in, and once Ryan is healthy we'd be three deep there. Same with the DTs, heck you rotate them out for a series anyways so they can get a break, so just have them flop when break time comes around. I'd imagine Alabama or someone with an even better depth chart can go up to 4 deep at some spots.


Input: [Date] 1 year 47 weeks ago [Title] Perhaps that is merely one of [Body]

Output: Perhaps that is merely one of the levels. First level is nothing is said about your injuries, the second level is requests for information, and level three is you get yourself a NCAA assigned doctor who calls bullshit on all the flopping. You move from the second level to third level if you end up submitting lots of shady looking paperwork. Of course that would require the NCAA enforcement guys to have some teeth, so that won't ever happen.


Input: [Date] 1 year 47 weeks ago [Title] I think Fitz either needs to [Body]

Output: I think Fitz either needs to win his division at the least in the next few years or he is going to have a meltdown. He's a competitive guy and it looks like he's not happy with having Northwestern in the top 4 for the conference (which is really quite an achievement). It seems like he wants to replicate Stanford or bust, and his bust might be an epic meltdown when the stress gets him.


Input: [Date] 1 year 47 weeks ago [Title] First I think it cuts both [Body]

Output: First I think it cuts both ways. For example the head of the NFL refs made it clear to Kelly won't be able to dictate the speed of the game to the refs like he did in college. If one guy is actually pressuring the refs into doing things at an abnormal pace, flopping to counter becomes a bit more understandable. One guy is messing with the refs to set tempo, another guy is just messing with player injuries. The big difference is we are fans always see the fake injury, whereas you don't always see the coach putting pressure on the ref. The big problem is any kind of immediate subjective penalty will have a chilling effect on the willingess of players to indicate they are injured and want to be pulled out. For the minor stuff they'll fear getting their team in trouble and stay in, risking further injury. So I would definitely be against any kind of immediate penalty to the player (longer sit out time) or flag against the team. Rather I'd say tape should be reviewed (along with perhaps the actual medical status of the player) and practice hours or recruit contact hours reduced based on the flops recorded.


Input: [Date] 1 year 47 weeks ago [Title] Notre Dame has no real [Body]

Output: Notre Dame has no real meaning for us this year beside the rivalry and serving as an early barometer for how games against ranked teams go. They lack the power to haunt us or decide our fate, conference play will decide the latter. Frankly we could lose to ND due to freshmen (redshirt and true) being freshmen and still be fine since our conference schedule is backloaded. Obviously you play to win, but this game really on matters because of "To Hell with Notre Dame."


Input: [Date] 1 year 47 weeks ago [Title] Well watching Sparty play [Body]

Output: Well watching Sparty play makes me feel less doom and gloom about the ratings handed out in the safety preview. Also be interesting to see how our offensive line handles all those interior blitzes.


Input: [Date] 1 year 47 weeks ago [Title] Dantonio seems to regret not [Body]

Output: Dantonio seems to regret not pulling a Bielma when his stock was higher...


Input: [Date] 1 year 47 weeks ago [Title] Why must you give them these [Body]

Output: Why must you give them these ideas?


Input: [Date] 1 year 47 weeks ago [Title] I think we enter the 4th on [Body]

Output: I think we enter the 4th on pace for that kind of win, but somewhere in the late 3rd or early 4th quarter, Mattison rotates in all the younger guys on the depth chart and CMU finds the endzone once.


Input: [Date] 1 year 47 weeks ago [Title] I think the headline only [Body]

Output: I think the headline only asks half the question. I'd argue that no huddle coupled with scripted plays/not giving the QB a lot of options to audible does reflect sizable coaching ego. Cubit also has a bit of a point about coaches doing it purely for stats. If you're a coach under fire or a less talented coach (Cubit would play many of them in his career) you might do it not for ego, but simply because you a want a stat that will get you noticed, save your job. Assuming you can't get the wins for whatever reason, a valid fallback is to try to excel on one side of the ball that gives you a bargaining chip come the offseason and the coaching carousel (something to the tune of "Hey, I'm an offensively minded coach and my offense kicks ass, I just need money for a new DC, don't fire me Mr. Athletic Director!").


Input: [Date] 1 year 49 weeks ago [Title] The programmer who invented [Body]

Output: The programmer who invented Excel should be taken out back and shot. All Excel does is turn into a poor man's version of a relational database with all kinds of fragile macros that eventually breaks and becomes a major headache for the programmers to fix. At least with MS Access I can dump it to MySQL or Postgre. With MS Office's XML from Hell, urgh.


Input: [Date] 1 year 49 weeks ago [Title] It extends down to form an [Body]

Output: It extends down to form an overpass over the railroad.


Input: [Date] 1 year 49 weeks ago [Title] A Michigan Man does not turn [Body]

Output: A Michigan Man does not turn the ball over, so that removes the fumble option. A Michigan Man also only grudgingly resorts to the forward pass and would never stoop so low as to employ a perfectly capable run blocker as a reciever.


Input: [Date] 1 year 49 weeks ago [Title] Caleb Stacey is currently [Body]

Output: Caleb Stacey is currently playing for the College of Mount Saint Joseph Lions (Champions Representing the State of Cincinnati*), after apparently only making it through only one day of summer sessions at Cincy. *Yes I'm aware that is not a state, their coach isn't though, watch the banner on the top of his page.


Input: [Date] 1 year 49 weeks ago [Title] We'd also get to look forward [Body]

Output: We'd also get to look forward to Rhett Rodriguez in 2017. What were fools we were to miss that boat.


Input: [Date] 1 year 49 weeks ago [Title] I think the decision not to [Body]

Output: I think the decision not to burn the Kalis redshirt last year was the smart one. Even if you toss in Kalis, you still have significant issues with the other guard and the center. Better to try to coach up some kind of chemistry with what you have than committing your top recruits in a scattergun style. You run the risk of Kalis getting frustrated and 2013 being the year the coaches struggle to correct mental issues that evolved during 2012 as opposed to his breakout year. What is interesting this year is if you burn the Kugler redshirt or that of another interior linemen should one of Braden, Miller, Kalis struggle. If the other two play well, replacing the third might be worth it.


Input: [Date] 1 year 49 weeks ago [Title] Penn State's fanbase has been [Body]

Output: Penn State's fanbase has been pissed off ever since they joined the B1G and instead of Paterno becoming the third great name in B1G coaching, Paterno became the guy who struggled to get by Iowa every year. So whenever some slight comes up, that one second Carr had put on the clock (never mind Paterno had two seconds put on early in the game), the fact we took Douglas and Wangler from them, etc, they'll nurse that grudge for years. Plus of course post giant child rape coverup, they're extra bitchy. Frankly right now there don't seem to be too many rational PSU fans out there, the sane ones are lying low for obvious reasons, leaving the crazies to have a nice echo chamber.


Input: [Date] 1 year 50 weeks ago [Title] When you lack a soul due to [Body]

Output: When you lack a soul due to Gingerness you are always aware of that fact! It always sucks when the interracial marriages don't work out, I've know a lot of people whose relationship just stalled out and died because of the families. On the bright side you have a good story for "The one that got away." My one that got away from high school currently has three kids with two different guys and I'm wondering what the hell I was thinking to ever pursue her, I must have been a moron or something.