Input: [Date] 1 year 5 days ago [Title] I don't understand what the [Body]

Output: I don't understand what the concern is with having a minor league football team loosely associated with a university. Is it what everyone is used to? No. Does it seem like a weird concept based on the current system? Sure. I just don't understand what's so noble or great about amateurism. It's a concept that, at least according to some accounts, was invented to allow the wealthy who attended universities to continue playing sports they enjoyed by eliminating the ability of professionals to play in their stead. In every other aspect of our society we encourage people to get paid for things they are good at. I have yet to see a reasonable justification for amateurism. Most are something related to: (1) maintenance of the status quo, (2) because people who watch college football like it, or (3) compensating students means they can't be students (or good students). And yes, I do think it is greedy and unreasonable to say "I should get what the market says I should get, but people who could detract from the labor budget from which I am paid should get their compensation set by a cartel."


Input: [Date] 1 year 6 days ago [Title] Cleveland [Body]

Output: To quite Ichiro, "To tell the truth, I'm not excited to go to Cleveland, but we have to. If I ever saw myself saying I'm excited to go to Cleveland, I'd punch myself in the face, because I'm lying."


Input: [Date] 1 year 7 weeks ago [Title] "I don't believe they are [Body]

Output: "I don't believe they are employees" - how so? What factors point against it being an employer-employee relationship?


Input: [Date] 1 year 15 weeks ago [Title] I hate Urban as much as the [Body]

Output: I hate Urban as much as the next guy, but based on what I've read he's doing this because he needs a lineman, not to screw with Michigan. This is a good thing - OSU's line has depth issues too.


Input: [Date] 1 year 17 weeks ago [Title] The sad part is that there's [Body]

Output: The sad part is that there's recruits and parents who he's able to convince that he's just a wholesome, swell guy. I bet he says "aw, shucks" on every visit he goes on.


Input: [Date] 1 year 22 weeks ago [Title] Now I wonder if Magnuson were [Body]

Output: Now I wonder if Magnuson were healthy right now, who would be on the right side, Dawson or Braden? Have to think that you would have the 2nd team guy take reps at left so the starter can focus solely on the position he'll most likely play, but who knows.


Input: [Date] 1 year 27 weeks ago [Title] Holy ellipses [Body]

Output: Holy ellipses


Input: [Date] 1 year 37 weeks ago [Title] Sounds like he should talk to [Body]

Output: Sounds like he should talk to Jeff Withey.


Input: [Date] 1 year 38 weeks ago [Title] I don't think that's quite [Body]

Output: I don't think that's quite the design of the blitz in the second play - the linebacker is gunning for Gardner with little to no regard for Toussaint (I admit it's possiblebthe chip Funchess gets on him may influence his decision of who to try to tackle). This play is really blown up because that safety comes screaming down to the line of scrimmage with reckless abandon. If Funchess realizes blocking that linebacker is futile (I doubt he's allowed the decision) and blocks that safety, this is 6. Or, if that safety is a step later because he actually waits to read the give and respects play action, Toussaint has him one on one with space to make him miss. As I look at it more, maybe that's Narduzzi's plan - let's not let M play action off this - Gardner will have to deal with the blitzing linebacker, and that will allow the safety to come barreling down in run support after he reads Funchess blocking. What is Schofield doing, by the way?


Input: [Date] 1 year 47 weeks ago [Title] Front seven looked very good. [Body]

Output: Front seven looked very good. Gardner a little bit concerning given the opponent, but I think he'll figure it out. Still like Smith better than Green at this point. Stribling is a huge coup.


Input: [Date] 1 year 51 weeks ago [Title] Helmets and shoulderpads [Body]

Output: Helmets and shoulderpads today and tomorrow, full pads on Friday.


Input: [Date] 1 year 51 weeks ago [Title] Take Cole and leave the rest [Body]

Output: Take Cole and leave the rest to Sparty. 2015 class is going to be tiny anyways.


Input: [Date] 1 year 51 weeks ago [Title] It's possible the statute [Body]

Output: It's possible the statute defines sexual assault as sexual contact less than intercourse, so I'm betting this was consensual hankypanky with a minor.


Input: [Date] 1 year 51 weeks ago [Title] Only pointing it out because [Body]

Output: Only pointing it out because I have made the same mistake more than a few times - tenet, not tenant. Then again the fumble debate occurs so frequently on here that it probably has started paying rent, so maybe that's actually what you meant.


Input: [Date] 1 year 51 weeks ago [Title] As does Mattison; have seen [Body]

Output: As does Mattison - have seen them in their neighboring spots in front of Schembechler.


Input: [Date] 1 year 51 weeks ago [Title] As much as I like leaving the [Body]

Output: As much as I like leaving the uniforms alone, I love the matte.


Input: [Date] 2 years 1 day ago [Title] Lolz Eleven Warriors less [Body]

Output: Lolz Eleven Warriors less than a month ago: "Damien Harris - Berea (Ky.) Madison Southern High School As impressive as Derrell Scott was on the 21st in Columbus, Harris may have been the best running back in attendance. Built like a college sophomore already, Harris has an incredible first step to go along with great balance and vision. Oh yeah, he also runs a 4.36. Meh. Considered an early lean for Michigan, Harris left Ohio State singing a different tune, claiming that the Buckeyes were now a co-favorite of his along with the Wolverines. This will likely be a classic Ohio State vs. Michigan battle until the fax machine is fired up."


Input: [Date] 2 years 1 day ago [Title] LET ME LOVE YOU BRAXTON [Body]

Output: LET ME LOVE YOU BRAXTON


Input: [Date] 2 years 1 day ago [Title] Don't think this says much [Body]

Output: Don't think this says much for the hype since he was unblocked, but I'll take any excuse to post this:


Input: [Date] 2 years 3 days ago [Title] Not calling him Randy Moss, [Body]

Output: Not calling him Randy Moss, but let's "take the ball deep take the top off the defense."


Input: [Date] 2 years 1 week ago [Title] Just another reminder that I [Body]

Output: Just another reminder that I don't have my moat yet. Good God do I need a moat.


Input: [Date] 2 years 1 week ago [Title] YMRMFSPA Tim Riggins [Body]

Output: YMRMFSPA Tim Riggins


Input: [Date] 2 years 1 week ago [Title] I think it's a matter of [Body]

Output: I think it's a matter of punctuation. Supposed to be: "Honesty? Treat women with respect? NO! Drugs! Stealing! Weapons!"


Input: [Date] 2 years 1 week ago [Title] I've heard Gruden say (yell) [Body]

Output: I've heard Gruden say (yell) "Spider 3 Y Banana" more times than Hoke say "tremendous." Guy fuckin loves him some Spider 3 Y Banana.


Input: [Date] 2 years 1 week ago [Title] Yep, but wasn't continous [Body]

Output: Yep, but wasn't continous like Freddy J. Didn't coach under Randy Shannon, Golden brought him back.


Input: [Date] 2 years 2 weeks ago [Title] The second one could be read [Body]

Output: The second one could be read that way, sure, but, "we were turned in by Ohio," is a pretty straightforward use of the Hokeism.


Input: [Date] 2 years 2 weeks ago [Title] Doesn't even look like [Body]

Output: Doesn't even look like camoflauge - looks like the front of a Trapper Keeper.


Input: [Date] 1 day 15 hours ago [Title] I have it on good authority [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 days 22 hours ago [Title] You're saying the NFL was [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 3 days 13 hours ago [Title] I hate your idea of suing [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 3 days 13 hours ago [Title] Yes, they can, but from the [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 3 days 17 hours ago [Title] Today in Awkwardly Worded [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 4 days 16 hours ago [Title] Nay to Vanderbilt. Doesn't [Body]

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


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

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


Input: [Date] 1 week 14 hours ago [Title] How did we get this far into [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 5 hours ago [Title] My all-time favorite band, [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 6 hours ago [Title] And in most cases that's a [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 6 hours ago [Title] TMNT while it was on, then [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 6 hours ago [Title] I like the non-live version [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 15 hours ago [Title] I like this game. It's a [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 15 hours ago [Title] There's an xkcd for [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 19 hours ago [Title] If you like the Garcia page, [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 20 hours ago [Title] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki [Body]

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


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

Output: Fking grammar Nazis.


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

Output: And yet Dave Brandon left behind a deficit.


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


Input: [Date] 1 week 2 days ago [Body] He knew the time to go, had a good succession plan in place that had qualified coaches and established a program identity / core values and never distracted from The Team. This is why I will always talk about Bo in only the most reverential terms, and most younger Michigan fans today will not understand why Bo was held this way "since he, you know, never won a national title". [Title]

Output: This is why Bo is so revered


Input: [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Body] That's when population control will oh so hip, and you'll have to get a license to have children, but then you'll also probably have to prove you're genetically worthy to have kids. SO don't worry, all the less qualified folks will just be bred out so that only the truly worthy people will be able to propagate. And then since there'll be less people, think of the less resources we'll use, so then we can arrest global warming, and we won't ever have to leave our house because the Googazonber.com corporation will bring me everything I need via robot drone and I won't have to deal with *people*, 'cause I mean who likes waiting in line with smelly people, or people that don't have the exact same opinion I do on everything from morality to dress to hair style to.... The dismissive attitude so many people have nowadays toward the erosion of personal freedom and individual responsibility is really scary, all under the name of progress/safety/ease of life. Life is hard, life has tragedy,but through all that there's great pride and personal fulfillment available by overcoming these things. [Title]

Output: But hey!


Input: [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Body] I'm growing more convinced I'm going to end up like Dennis Leary's character, eating rat cheeseburgers and purposefully maintaining a '79 El Camino in an underground cabal. [Title]

Output: You mean like Demolition Man?


Input: [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Body] but Judge Smails had it right, "The world needs ditch diggers too" I know no politics, but I thought this was a point that Charles Krauthammer brought out on a Fox News show about 6-8 months that really stuck with me, basically a lot of our political elite talk about "new economies" and getting more "green jobs" like computer programmers at google and what not.. but not everybody is capable of the high tech jobs or working finance at Goldman Sachs. That's not denegrating their work or value- you can have respect and pride in a manual labor job. That's what made the auto industry great IMO, sure it was tough manual labor on the line and it didn't take a lot of "skill" to turn a wrench, but you were building something and took pride in the end product. Culturally, we have over time de-valued the worth and "pride of ownership" in labor intensive fields, but there's value and moral good-i-tude in keeping productive and working hard. That translates into a society that then can overcome the really big challenges like financial hardship and wars and such. Unfortunately, you build in a mentality that everything's hard and we need automation to do some aspect of everything in our life, and then what? How does the human respond? I'm not saying we need to go back to a 1940's level of industrial technology, but the constant drive to automate everything is I think robbing humanity of some key maturation and resiliency aspects,and almost creating a permanent underclass of drones. But of course, automated cars theoretically can save lives, so "won't someone think about the CHILDREN???" [Title]

Output: Everybody laughs at the line


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Body] a couple years ago and managed to get a 'Space Bitches Space" in 24 month size. It is on kid #2 and will be saved for kid #3. We also sport the toddler sized Worst State Ever shirt and Cue the Muppets shirt. Works for both boys and girls. [Title]

Output: I badgered the MGoBlog staff


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Body] 1) M-den has onesies for boys that are light blue and have a silk screened maize n blue tie with a block M on it. Got it for my son and avoided having to dress him in crappy Baby Gap formal wear for months when we'd go to church or a party or something. 2) A kids M book. You're going to be reading to him at night for a long time, and while the writing style of Jim Brandstatter is good to put dad to sleep, not so much for baby moving into toddler. I always liked the "Michigan 101" board book at M-Den and other places on campus. It's got pages dedicated to different things abotu campus (including a page on the sports teams) and then the back two pages are the complete words (include preambles) to both The Victors and Maize and Blue. Great lullabys even if you suck at singing. And you'll sing, trust me. [Title]

Output: Two items


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 5 days ago [Body] When they got into their spat with Direct TV, DirecTV went out and put "Weather Nation" on their network instead. Very no-frills weather forecasting and conditions channel and no superfluous / politically themed programming like Weather Channel was venturing into. When Weather Channel finally made their peace with DirecTV, Weather Nation had gained enough market share that people simply didn't worry about watching Weather Channel anymore. I know in our house, our smartphones are source #1 for weather, but then after that is local Dayton digital broadcast weather HD station, then Weather Nation. Weather Channel doesn't even register for me anymore. The analogy for ESPN for me would be that if someone like FoxSports 1 focused on just presenting the sports (both live content of major leagues and news-based recap shows), they'd take away market share from the STEPHEN A. SMITH led ESPN. But FS1 has gone down the "we're going to be ENTERTAINING" road, and as such have already probably passed the point of no return. [Title]

Output: Add'l aspect to Weather Channel's downturn


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Dusty Rhodes. Miss you big guy. [Title]

Output: RIP


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 5 days ago [Body] especially when she had the glasses at her desk thing going on. [Title]

Output: Bailey


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 3 days ago [Body] He'll get plenty of minutes at the 2, there's a black hole of gravitational mass down low in Okafor/Noel/Embiid to suck down defenders and get space to shoot, 'Ish' is a servicable distributor, and Nik's defensive liabilities can be mitigated by the wealth of big men downlow to be rim protectors. Will he be an All-star? probably not, but if he's going to be a servicable pro, he'll be in the right situation to showcase it the next couple year. Plus have you seen the Atlantic division??? I'm not sold on Toronto as a world-destroying "new NBA" team, the Knicks and Nets are going to be waterboard-torture bad, and Boston still has minimal talent (but double + coaching). I could actually see Philly making a run at finishing 2nd in the division next year. Now with Stauskas and the big-men, I'd love to see the Sixers get a veteran penetrate-but-pass-first point guard like Professor Andre Miller or, gulp, the Sixers actually using some of those stockpiled assets to get Ty Lawson from Denver. [Title]

Output: Great situation for Nik


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Troy Athens '96. Always a .500 team except for an occasional blip every 3 to 4 years where we'd win 7 and come within a game of winning the league, and then lose to Troy High. My senior year, we thought we had a chance with a strong senior class and a junior QB who was groomed to be a golden boy since he was in 7th grade, and we had a run, but didn't go very far (I think we lost in the 1st rd of the state playoffs by a lot). On the other hand we were a "futbol" powerhouse, and that was what most of us who didn't play football did, tailgate for soccer. (I was a varsity baseball only guy) [Title]

Output: No


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Bill Nye, noted science expert, said there's "no way" that the footballs could deflate on their own without the Patriots cheating! [Title]

Output: But but but


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Hyman's exactly the kind of player Babcock will love. Gritty forward with skill, can play wing or center.. I bet Hyman's getting Draper-like 3rd line minutes next year on the big club. [Title]

Output: Babcock hire best thing for Hyman


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 6 days ago [Body] So our Bball roster for next year is (apologies for using 80's era position names): WITH BATTLE: PG- Walton, Albrecht SG- Battle, MAAR SF- Levert, Dawkins, Dun Robinson PF- Irvin, Chapman / Wilson / Wagner C- Doyle / Donnel / Wilson W/O BATTLE: PG- Walton, Albrecht SG- Levert, MAAR / incoming FR? SF- Irvin, Dawkins, Dun Robinson PF- Chapman / Wagner / Wilson C- Doyle / Donnel / Wilson Is this even remotely accurate? [Title]

Output: Battle or No Battle


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 6 days ago [Body] for Phil Jackson as he seems to me to fit the Bill Cartwright mold of a center Phil likes. If SVG is sold on Jackson over Jennings, then get value for Jennings now. [Title]

Output: Monroe would be appealing


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 6 days ago [Body] http://www-personal.umich.edu/~btcesul/purduefootball.jpg [Title]

Output: Never forget


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 2 days ago [Body] we still might be the conference favorite at this point. Minnesota needs to find a replacement for Wilcox and the defense depth they lost, PSU is still building talent, MSU is a tire fire besides goalie, Wiscy's going to be extremely young with a new goalie, and Ohio St is Ohio St. Welcome to the CHA circa 1999! [Title]

Output: The worst part is


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 2 days ago [Body] We'll have a winning record, both OOC and within B1G play, but with the lack of OOC strength and the B1G likely to be down again this year, the conference will be a 1 bid league with the tourney champ getting the bid. If we had a stronger OOC schedule with maybe 1-2 less wins, we might be in a better position for an at-large, but in reality without a stronger B1G, we're going to be 1-bid conference territory for a while. [Title]

Output: We're going to be in the same boat as last year


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 2 days ago [Body] I think his swing changes the last 5 years were an *attempt* to protect his right knee without actually doing anything to protect it, and subsequently putting more stress on his back which is manifesting itself now. I think Foley was a huge mistake, and his current "coach" is more of a yes man than anything else. I really believe if he went back to Harmon honestly and not because he thought it was the right PR move, Harmon could help him get back to a natural motion that fits with his body-- that's always the least stressful swing is letting your body tell you what it can do instead of forcing your limbs to do something their not naturally inclined to do. Now what that may look like at the end of the day is a Tiger who will not be able to drive 300+ yds with ultra stiff shaft steel irons, and that may not fit the persona of what Tiger wants to be-- the ultimate golf alpha dog-- but as is pointed out below, the delta in swing yardage is so small nowadays relatively, it's more important to play target golf and be solid around the greens and putting. With Tiger's natural talent, I still think he could be today a Nick Faldo in his prime type of player, but I don't think his ego will allow it. [Title]

Output: Yes but


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 2 days ago [Body] It's similar to why McGwire took the PED's. It wasn't necessarily that he was intentionally bulking up, but with his original frame, the PED's helped him recover from injuries and build muscle mass to cover up for degredation in his tendons. I'm guessing that if its true that Tiger took PED's, it was as much to cover up for injuries as it was to build muscle mass. Although based on some of the stories I read as well, Ol' Eldrick had a mighty big chip on his shoulder that he wanted to be considered as much of an athlete as the team sports guys; "getting big" might have been the process his fulfilled that mental checkmark. [Title]

Output: This


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 2 days ago [Body] This is why Butch Harmon is such a good golf coach. I've been reading a bunch of Golf Magazine, Golf Digest, etc the past 5 years and pretty much everybody is in agreement that Harmon's "methods" basically involve taking your natural swings and then tweaking it. Contrast that to Sean Foley and others who want to completely remake your swing in their mold of what a good golf swing should look like. I've read and listened to lots of interviews that what Butch did with Tiger was just to take his God given talent and refine it a little, take the hitches out, etc. It's when Tiger started getting too smart for his own good and started believing in every new technique / training regimine / psuedo-scientific advance that his and Harmon's relationship fell out. I personally think there's a huge hubris factor as well-- he never recovered from the divorce / scandal psychologically and his continued internal denial that he really didn't do anything wrong has rotted his karma to the core. He needs a full on Hollywood movie like bottoming out / reawakening of himself to really recapture his natural talent. He is the real life Roy Hobbs. I'm only disappointed that I think he's going to find that around age 50, and he'll put together one Nicklaus in '86 like tournament, but it'll be too late to really challenge Jack's record. For the amateur golfers out there, this relates to you in the best possible way. If you want to really improve your golf game, find a coach that doesn't say he has to remake your swing. Most times, golfers can get improvement to the point where they'e shooting below bogey golf (breaking 90, threatening 80 which means at that pointyou can play pretty much any course and have fun) just by tweaking your natural motion. A coach that's willing to work with you instead of remake you in his image is more invested in your improvement than building his own ego. [Title]

Output: Yes. This.


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Dear God, why Penn St on the last weekend? WHY???? I can't take more heartbreak late in the season. [Title]

Output: I can't believe I'm writing this but


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 3 days ago [Body] We say in our place that an air gapped network is only as secure as the guy who thinks its no problem to plug his iPod into the USB port cause its easier than buying an extra charging block. There are lots of cyber attack vectors. This particular breach was one of the more nefarious ones. [Title]

Output: Correct


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 3 days ago [Body] On official us govt business a number of years ago, I used to leave the TV in my hotel room on the "free" porn preview channel when I left. (Yes there is such a thing in upsacle Russian hotels) I figured if the Soviets were going to surveil my room, I'd leave them with something interesting to watch. [Title]

Output: When I visited moscow


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Imagine in a classic LeCarre type novel if the bad guy spy had the financial records of every employee in targeted agencies, who worked in what weapons program office, budgetary office, etc. You now have increased your success percentage of recruiting assets by an innumerable amount because you as the recruiter now know who makes how much money, who's got significant debt, who's been divorced mulitple times, who had psychological evuations, what criminal history exists, etc. These are things that in a classical sense takes months to develop on a single individual. Now you have that type of data in a sortable format for every federal employee, available at however fast your database software runs. [Title]

Output: You sir have nailed it


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 3 days ago [Body] "The intelligence community didn't connect the dots" line? Even the increased risk of being identified as a spy will reduce the desire to conduct collection opportunities in a nation with human sources and reduce the opportunities for overt collection opportunities through the delay / decline to issue visas, permits, etc. Less information means less data means less dots, to relate to my statement at the front of this post. [Title]

Output: Remember that whole


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 3 days ago [Body] From a national security perspective since Snowden. There are a lot of protected identities at risk now within federal service, and I'm telling my guys in my building to basically consider that they now exist in a database in potentially adversarial nation(s) with enough detail to be detained as a spy upon entry. And I work in an overt national security entity. I'm worried about guys who have kept their affiliation with national security as a contractor, researcher, academic, etc secret. [Title]

Output: This is probably the most serious data security breach


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 3 days ago [Body] He's Antonio Gates with Jake Long's blocking ability! He's Tony Gonzalez with a mean streak! He's JJ Watt with Randy Moss's hands! [Title]

Output: Engage Fred Jackson Hype Machine


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 3 days ago [Body] for debt forgiveness programs in Department of Defense civilian jobs, especially for engineers. It's a good career, you help your country, and after your repaymenrt service time (typically less than 10 total) you have an excellent resume to go get a higher paying contractor job. And these are civilian jobs not uniformed military. For one example that benefits folks going into the intelligence career field, see the Pat Robertson Intelligence Scholars Program. [Title]

Output: There's a lot of opporunities


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 3 days ago [Body] He was one of the big regional stars that was able to catapult to national level status when the territory model was basically killed by WWF and the consolidation of the NWA into the WCW. Dusty had legendary long standing feuds against Ric Flair and the Four Horsemen in the NWA / WCW era, and then even when purposefullly given a horrible gimmick by VInce McMahon during his late career WWF run became a fan favorite in that organization. In addition to using excessive Southern "common man" slang in his promos, dancing in the ring, extreme showmanship with all his moves, and being one of the first southern promoters to really push African American wrestlers, Dusty was most famous for popularizing the "Dusty Finish". This was when as the lead booker and wrestler in his NWA territory, if Dusty didn't have the title and was scheduled in the main event against a heel champ, the heel champ would win by disqualification, thereby extending the feud for another show, keeping Dusty believable as a babyface contender, and putting more heat on the heel. More recent fans to wrestling will know Dusty as father to Dustin Runnels (aka "Golddust") and Cody Rhodes (aka "Stardust"), but its important to know that Dusty was one of the giants in the 1970's / 80's wrestling scene and if you went into the South, was basically as popular as Hulk Hogan. Some wrestling historians have commented that The Rock's inital "People's Champion" shtick in the WWE was inspired by Dusty Rhodes's character in that The Rock was essentially the evil mirror universe version of Dusty. [Title]

Output: Dusty was one of the modern day wrestling legends


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 6 days ago [Title] I personally agree, for what [Body]

Output: I personally agree, for what it's worth. I think my point is that even if the program is utterly blameless in reality, this will not play well outside the fan base, which is a problem unto itself.


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 6 days ago [Title] I think we can all concede [Body]

Output: I think we can all concede that's a possibility. The problem is, that's not what Pipkins believes, and the best case scenario is this creates an unjustified black mark on public perception. Maybe Pipkins does have legitimate health problems, or maybe he can't take the pressure and pace Harbaugh demands of student athletes. Or maybe it is as he believes, a conspiracy to force him out. The truth behind the curtain doesn't change the problem this kind of PR problem this creates.


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 6 days ago [Title] Seems, from a journalistic [Body]

Output: Seems, from a journalistic perspective, they could at least have TRIED to get Michigan's side of the story on this...


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 6 days ago [Title] Interesting point, I hadn't [Body]

Output: Interesting point, I hadn't thought of that. There isn't much in the way of a benefit to not letting him finish his last year, if he is indeed healthy enough.


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 6 days ago [Title] We need a witch doctor to [Body]

Output: We need a witch doctor to clear up the bad juujuu following us around. My god, I need a drink...


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Heyoooo... [Body]

Output: Heyoooo...


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 4 hours ago [Title] Given that Ferentz makes so [Body]

Output: Given that Ferentz makes so much money Iowa can't even afford to fire him, Ferentz has no incentive to do anything more than is absolutely required of him. If the NCAA bans sattelite campuses, he has an excuse to do less work for the same amount of money.


Input: [Date] 37 weeks 19 hours ago [Title] Bravo. [Body]

Output: Bravo.


Input: [Date] 38 weeks 3 days ago [Title] This is a very good point, [Body]

Output: This is a very good point, but I think it also gets at the basis of the problem here. The Athletic Department did Yeoman service for the Mealer family, which is fine, and if that's why Elliot Mealer feels obliged to carry their water, that's understandable. Butr it misses ehy this whole "muggle"/"civilian" issue matters. There shouldn't BE a bunker mentality about this. The Athletic Department shouldn't be seen is seperate from the fans/alumni/students, because it all falls under the same institution. All these groups are extensions of the same entity, which is the University of Michigan. The relationship is meant to be symbiotic: without the fans there can be no team, and no AD to take care of them. If you start to see teh fans relationship to the team as parasitic, and seperate from what the AD does, you're not seeing the forest for the eco-system. I mean, if you want to see the players, the fans and the AD as soldiers, civilians and state department fine, but in that metaphor, we're still one nation. Can you imagine the metaphor if soldiers started to see themselves as so removed from civilian affairs that they constituted a different species? Chilling.


Input: [Date] 39 weeks 21 min ago [Title] The Day Has Come [Body]

Output: There's no bread, let them eat cake There's no end to what they'll take Flaunt the fruits of noble birth Wash the salt into the earth But they're marching to Bastille Day La guillotine will claim Her bloody prize Free the dungeons of the innocent The king Will kneel, and let his kingdom rise Bloodstained velvet, dirty lace Naked fear on every face See them bow their heads to die As we would bow as they rode by And we're marching to Bastille Day La guillotine will claim Her bloody prize Sing, o choirs of cacophony The king has Kneeled, to let his kingdom rise Lessons taught but never learned All around us anger burns Guide the future by the past Long ago the mould was cast For they marched up to Bastille Day La guillotine -- claimed Her bloody prize Hear the echoes of the centuries Power isn't All that money buys http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW72Gmqjse4


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 1 hour ago [Title] Negatory, sir. Pitt's OLine [Body]

Output: Negatory, sir. Pitt's OLine was also stripped of talent and experience when Chryst took over, and its last two recruiting classes were decimated by no less than three coaching changes. Chryst essentially inherited a program on the brink and cobbled together some success. I wrote a longer post about this further below.


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 1 hour ago [Title] Some Context on Chryst [Body]

Output: I talked about Todd Graham to add a "boots on the ground" context, so I might as well chime in on the subject of Chryst. While Chryst hasn't had a lot of success at Pitt on paper, there are some things that should be noted. First, most importantly, don't underestimate what a trainwreck Pitt was when he took the helm. The Panthers managed to burn through three head coaches in two years, not counting interim head coaches, complete with two scandals. Two successive recruiting classes fell apart, and they went from pro to spread to pro in three successive seasons. They had much the same problems with youth and depth on their lines, and an underwhelming picture at QB. Chryst exacerbated this by running a clean ship and getting rid of problematic student athletes, like 5* Rushel Shell, further limiting his talent pool. Chryst is a first time HC, and the warts are there. Particularly, his cloack management has been poor, and some rushed decisions at critical times are noted; that could be the result of inexperience, but it alsio seems to be a running theme with pro-style coaches. That said, Chryst has shown some real upside, and I've often used it to highlight Hoke's flaws. He recruits well, he's been getting some big name kids to stay home, and whateeeever else you want to say, Chryst can identify and develop talent. He saw Tyler Boyd, whose third to choice after Pitt and WVU was Michigan State pretty much by default, and saw talent; Michigan can't offer everyone, obviously, but Pitt fans were aware of what a talent this kid was supposed to be and what a big target he was for them, and he wasn't on Michigan's radar. Sure enough, he'll probably be in the pros after next year. More notable, I think, is James Connor. Connor was a non-descript, 3* DE in his last year of HS. He committed to Pitt, and suddenly it was declared they wanted him to be a running back. Pitt fans shrugged. Yet Connor became, from his first year, a better RB than Michigan has had since Mike Hart, and with an equally talent and experience-denuded OL. I look at him with some whimsy as he does all the things I know RBs are supposed to do, like break tackles, burst through holes and drag piles, make yards after contact. Michigan wouldn't have recruited Connor anyway, because the kid had grade problems in HS, but that's not really the issue. Chryst looked at a no-name DE and saw potential, and then quickly realized that potential into performance, which are skills Hoke has lacked. He can develop QB talent too, for what it's worth. He got Savage drafted, and that was not seen as a likely feat when he took over. People in Pittsburgh see his work with Savage as a continuation of what he did with Russell Wilson. Boyd, Savage and Connor are anecodtal examples, I know, but I hold them out as examples of what Chryst does right. He took a program that was worse off than I think anyone unfamiliar with the program realizes, and has largely stabalized it. I tend to think given two more years the Panthers will be doing well enough that Chryst will be a much hotter commodity, which is, all-in-all, not a bad trajectory for a first HC job. At Michigan? Well, he's obviously a gamble, but I think there are riskier gambles out there that are being talked about. I think more highly of the job he's done at Pitt in three years than the job Hoke has done here in four, especially given the disparity of experience, resources and prestige.


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 1 day ago [Title] I don't disagree in any [Body]

Output: I don't disagree in any particular. I think, though, that the difference between Graham and the other coaches you listed is slightly more than an issue of bad etiquette in the manner of his departure. That is to say, nobody blames a coach for moving up the ladder as a buisness decision (or at least, not too loud or for too long). I think the difference is, it's expected a coach on the rise leaves the program in better condition than when he inherited it. Most of the coaches you listed remained for multiple years, or in Brian Kelly's case, which is illuminating, for three, which is ample time to make your bones and to improve the school's situation for the next guy. The difference between one year and three can be dramatic, but I'm not trying to make that case, per se. Obviously Rice was better off, in a sense, than when he first came there. Pitt, on the other hand, actually suffered from his year-long tenure. And that, I think, is more the issue. I think I made the comparison to Chryst, somewhere in all this, who had the opportunity to leave and did not. At a minimu, whether it was the focus of his decision or not, he had to be aware that if HE left after a year, he would be the fourth Panthers coach to depart (willingly or not) in a three year span, and a program already on the brink would probably have collapsed in a fairly definitive manner. I think the fact that he remained reflects well on him, and he has done a great deal to restore the Panthers roster and on-the-field product to, if not exactly the heights of football, then at least out of the gutter.


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 1 day ago [Title] I believe he was at Tulsa [Body]

Output: I believe he was at Tulsa longer, but he was certainly one-and-done at Rice and Pitt. His departure from Pitt was used against him in recruiting with some success at ASU, at least initially, although I assume his extending tenure and winning ways will have silenced most of that. Of course, the more he moves around, the more some of that negativity will resurface.


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 1 day ago [Title] I wouldn't contest that, but [Body]

Output: I wouldn't contest that, but as a counter argument, it is believed (at least by the locals) that Paul Chryst received inquiries about the Wisconsin job after his first year and had the opportunity to take it. With that in mind, Pitt fans were resigned, and couldn't really fault him (being a Madison local/lifer). The story has it he stayed because he understood Pitt would completely unravel if he lleft, and he felt an obligation to build up the program before he moved on and upwards. Not groundbreaking stuff, again, just context. I do think most coaches feel an obligation to stay in a program for longer than a year. I don't even think Graham was much of a cultural fit, so perhaps it was for the best. I would draw a distinction between Hoke taking a job he was clear from the onset that he always wanted and would take and Graham, though, largely for the other, oh, we'll call them flourishes.


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 1 day ago [Title] I'll add this too, but just [Body]

Output: I'll add this too, but just for context: he did face some of the same problems Rich Rod did trying to take the Panthers from a pro team to a spread team, including the tempo-fatigue we became familiar with. The pro-style linemen he inherited would wear down under the fast tempo, and their play would unravel in the latter stages of the game. Much the same with the defense, if the the offense couldn't remain on the field. Naturally, that's a self-correcting problem over time: the players become more accustomed to the tempo as time goes by, especially as new recruits selected for the system come up. It didn't make for a pretty sight over the course of one season, though, especially given how it ended.


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 1 day ago [Title] He's a Texas native, who [Body]

Output: He's a Texas native, who seems most at home coaching and recruiting in that region, so you may be right. On the other hand, never underestimate a freebooting mentality. He might come to Michigan if the price is right, and to climb the ladder of school prestige. In that regard, though, he would be a flight risk as soon as a better, or perhaps even equitable, job opened down south.


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 1 day ago [Title] I was in Pittsburgh the year [Body]

Output: I was in Pittsburgh the year Todd Graham (now known in the Steel City as "Fraud Graham") coached the Panthers and fled. There are plenty of legitimate reasons to reject the guy without delving into stereotypes of accent and religion. It wasn't just that he pulled a one-and-done in Pittsburgh, he lied to everyone, including administrators, players and recruits, along the way, and wrapped it up by leaving the AD standing on his doorstep when rumors made their way into the news and questions required answers. Then he texted the team a quicck goodbye on his way to Arizona. Once at ASU, he gave what was essentially the same speech he gave when he got to Pittsburgh, a great to do about the school being a dream job, integrity, yadda yadda. Maybe not as well known in Michigan, but go to a Pitt fansite and ask them their opinions about Graham. I guarantee you, faith and folksy mannerisms will not be in the top ten list of negative things you hear.


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 1 day ago [Title] Cue gifs of animals that look [Body]

Output: Cue gifs of animals that look shocked....now!


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 1 day ago [Title] It's fun how you can be [Body]

Output: It's fun how you can be anyone on the internet, isn't it? Except, as you noted, someone who can spell.


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 1 day ago [Title] My first thought as well. [Body]

Output: My first thought as well.


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 1 day ago [Title] The eastern world, it is [Body]

Output: The eastern world, it is exploding Violence flarin', bullets loadin' You're old enough to kill, but not for votin' You don't believe in war, but what's that gun you're totin' And even the Jordan River has bodies floatin' But you tell me Over and over and over again, my friend Ah, you don't believe We're on the eve of destruction. Don't you understand what I'm tryin' to say Can't you feel the fears I'm feelin' today? If the button is pushed, there's no runnin' away There'll be no one to save, with the world in a grave [Take a look around ya boy, it's bound to scare ya boy] And you tell me Over and over and over again, my friend Ah, you don't believe We're on the eve of destruction. Yeah, my blood's so mad feels like coagulatin' I'm sitting here just contemplatin' I can't twist the truth, it knows no regulation. Handful of senators don't pass legislation And marches alone can't bring integration When human respect is disintegratin' This whole crazy world is just too frustratin' And you tell me Over and over and over again, my friend Ah, you don't believe We're on the eve of destruction. Think of all the hate there is in Red China Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama You may leave here for 4 days in space But when you return, it's the same old place The poundin' of the drums, the pride and disgrace You can bury your dead, but don't leave a trace Hate your next-door neighbor, but don't forget to say grace And, tell me over and over and over and over again, my friend You don't believe We're on the eve Of destruction Mm, no no, you don't believe We're on the eve of destruction.


Input: [Date] 1 year 40 weeks ago [Title] Sugar Bowl and the '99-'00 [Body]

Output: Sugar Bowl and the '99-'00 Orange Bowl (Hail Brady!). So there's two off the top of my head...


Input: [Date] 1 year 42 weeks ago [Title] Being a true freshman QB is a [Body]

Output: Being a true freshman QB is a lot less of aproblem when you are A.) An elite talent, B.) throwing to an elite WR, and C.) Facing a team with no pass rush. Right now that's check, check and check. Which in not to say that we WILL need him at PSU, but on the road, in a very hostile environment, we may. But your statement was broader than that, and if you don't think we'll need him against MSU, or maybe even to generate some pass rush against pass-happy Indiana, I don't know what to say.


Input: [Date] 1 year 42 weeks ago [Title] That's, like, your opinion, [Body]

Output: That's, like, your opinion, man.


Input: [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Title] It's purely anecdotal, so [Body]

Output: It's purely anecdotal, so take it for what it's worth, but in a similar situation I've seen a similar move produce positive results. In Wannestedt's last year, the O-Line was thin, the center an undersized JUCO. The Panther's got off to a woeful start, couldn't move the ball against lowly New Hampshire, got trampled and embarassed on national TV by Miami. They reshufled the O-Line and had a substantial increase in tehri play. They wound up with a respectable(ish) 8-5 record, which they likely would not have had if they stuck to the original configuration for consistency sake. As I said, it's anecdotal, but it impressed upon me that O-Line, like everything else, must be subject to change, and that change may potentially yield positive results.


Input: [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Title] Welcome to the family. You [Body]

Output: Welcome to the family. You will not regret your choice.


Input: [Date] 2 years 1 week ago [Title] It's actually a surprisingly [Body]

Output: It's actually a surprisingly well written story. Now, the key is it may not be a very entertaining story. But the underlying metaphor is very well crafted. In an age of movies without any form of plot or structure, I appreciate the competence of the storytelling as much as the homesickness inducing tour of A2.


Input: [Date] 2 years 2 weeks ago [Title] Surely you can't be serious? [Body]

Output: Surely you can't be serious?


Input: [Date] 2 years 3 weeks ago [Title] That's what I figure. Depth [Body]

Output: That's what I figure. Depth chart going forward has to look mighty appetizing to players who want playing time, on top of the usual assets PSU has. Silver linings. I'd also say, it's reasonably encouraging to see so many NJ and MD athletes scatering across the Big Ten. To the degree that we expanded to improve our footprint in recruiting areas, that seems to be paying off some returns.


Input: [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Title] Also forgot G: "Bunk" [Body]

Output: Also forgot G: "Bunk" Westmoreland: Built low to the ground, good with leverage. His motto is "to protect and serve" his QB. Possible drinking problem.


Input: [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Title] I've always thought of [Body]

Output: I've always thought of Barksdale as a Pro-style QB: real gunslinger, prefers to stay in pocket. But I hear he might have a real challenge this season holding of unheralded recruit, Marlow Stanfield.


Input: [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Title] Please believe me when I tell [Body]

Output: Please believe me when I tell you, just because an academic institution is accredited, that doesn't make it a fully functional academic institution. LOTS of schools in LOTS of fields have been accredited contrary to the common good of all mankind.


Input: [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Title] You know, to the downvoters: [Body]

Output: You know, to the downvoters: that was a legitimate comment. If his offer holds true, with Watson's committment, this could be his last chance to commit, if he's worried about another DB taking his place. So...in the same manner as O-Linemen dropping earlier than they expected because their potential places started filling up: maybe it's Westphal.


Input: [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Title] Maybe Westphal? [Body]

Output: Maybe Westphal?


Input: [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Title] It is indeed great to be a [Body]

Output: It is indeed great to be a Michigan Wolverine.


Input: [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Title] Spurs. Liked them since David [Body]

Output: Spurs. Liked them since David Robinson. And they're not the Pistons.


Input: [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Title] Oregon and Nike have had a [Body]

Output: Oregon and Nike have had a quid-pro-quo relationship for years. Orgegon gets all the trashy uniforms they want, and Nike gets a professional football team.


Input: [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Title] Is that....is the bear?...is [Body]

Output: Is that....is the bear?...is the guy?...seems like more of a game warden thing, to me...


Input: [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Title] Well then I hope you have a [Body]

Output: Well then I hope you have a flexible definition of "soon."


Input: [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Title] Grimm committed to Pitt about [Body]

Output: Grimm committed to Pitt about aweek ago.


Input: [Date] 2 years 5 weeks ago [Title] Largely well said. This is [Body]

Output: Largely well said. This is essentially the same schedule that got us to the Sugar Bowl, but with what seems to be a more talented team. To me, 8-4 would be a pretty substantial let down. I would imagine we split the ND and OSU games, and likely a split on the MSU and Northwestern road games. The possibility of a loss to one of Nebraska or Penn State is real enough as well. But generally, I think the firepower is there to win 9 or 10 games, barring unforseen exigency.


Input: [Date] 2 years 5 weeks ago [Title] WOOOOOOO! [Body]

Output: WOOOOOOO!


Input: [Date] 2 years 5 weeks ago [Title] You snooze, you lose Runyan! [Body]

Output: You snooze, you lose Runyan!


Input: [Date] 2 years 5 weeks ago [Title] It's not really fair to cast [Body]

Output: It's not really fair to cast it as "underperforming." He's only going to be a true sophmore, and the common assumption going in was that he would need a redshirt year to work on technique, if not size (which as it turned out, he needed as well). I think the fact that you hear so much about Bolden and Ross is because of their talent (especially with Ross) and depth issues.


Input: [Date] 2 years 5 weeks ago [Title] I think we could well use [Body]

Output: I think we could well use another WILL. Some think Gedeon will wind up at MIKE, which, if true, doesn't really leave that much behind Ross, who may well be a three year man based on his potential. RJS is his backup now, and Gedeon could be a WILL, but if you remove Gedeon it gets thin fast.


Input: [Date] 2 years 5 weeks ago [Title] We're also keeping a close [Body]

Output: We're also keeping a close eye on Dru Tranquill, for what it's worth. Hasn't been offered yet, but has exploded in camps and may well get one.


Input: [Date] 2 years 5 weeks ago [Title] I truly am weary beyond [Body]

Output: I truly am weary beyond imagining of the "They Have Hotter Women" meme that seems to come up whenever we're talking about schools from the SEC. Honestly, I suppose now that Mizzou is part of the SEC, their women have been promoted to goddess status as well. In my years at Michigan, I never once thought to myself "Why, why oh Lord, why did I go to a school populated by a race of savage turtle-women?" You know what I remember? Attractive women. And I wasn't even a football star. Then someone will bring up parkas, as if UofM girls walk around completely obscured like Kenny from South Park; as if they wore parkas in class and in the bedroom; as if it doesn't get cold in Lexington KY (it does). Honestly. Women don't become more attractive because they live south of the Mason Dixon Line.


Input: [Date] 2 years 6 weeks ago [Title] I don't mind that the players [Body]

Output: I don't mind that the players are, in essence, not Scott and Westphal...I refuse to second guess the coaches on talent. The nature of the school worries me more than a little...normally I assume the coaches would be on top o ofttha sort of thing, but IO have no idea how it works when the offer comes abruptly at camp like this.


Input: [Date] 2 years 6 weeks ago [Title] Well, that sounds unsavory... [Body]

Output: Well, that sounds unsavory...


Input: [Date] 2 years 6 weeks ago [Title] Justim HILard yesterday, 2014 [Body]

Output: Justim HILard yesterday, 2014 WR Freddy Canteen today, along with a CB teammate of Canteen (also today).


Input: [Date] 2 years 6 weeks ago [Title] Oh, no doubt! (Actually- a [Body]

Output: Oh, no doubt! (Actually- a fop. Dandyism was a later fashion wave created by Beau Brummel which was meant to get the effeminiate nature of fop-ism at a distance that men could still be fashionable). BUT- either way, I wouldn't care how much many pinches snuff my QB wanted to snort, how perfumed his handkerchief was, or how high pitched his laugh is....if he could summarily murder a guy with a few whispy waves of his sword. At least, I wouldn't laugh too loud.


Input: [Date] 2 years 6 weeks ago [Title] To be fair, that guy was [Body]

Output: To be fair, that guy was pretty lethal. That was the point. He was a "crouching tiger hidden badass" trope.


Input: [Date] 2 years 6 weeks ago [Title] Uhhhh.uhhhhhhhh...g.! Oh, [Body]

Output: Uhhhh.uhhhhhhhh...g.! Oh, dammit, I'm so bad at this!


Input: [Date] 2 years 6 weeks ago [Title] To be fair, last year we were [Body]

Output: To be fair, last year we were crowing about how OSU was going to be locked out on LBs because they waited too long/couldn't flip Gedeon and McCRay, and whiffed on all of their top targets. And that ended pretty well for them. Urby closes late, can usually flip late-risers who committed early to lesser programs and work his mojo on top recruits who wait forever. That's just how he does it. I grant you, I don't know how that will play with QB recruiting, given the nature of that particular beast- QBs, elite or otherwise, don't tend to be hanging around late in the process, or as likely to flip as any other position.


Input: [Date] 2 years 6 weeks ago [Title] I mean, statistics don't [Body]

Output: I mean, statistics don't always tell the tale. The idea of UConn's defensive quality, based on points per game, really should be filtered through a quality of opposition caveat. Playing in the Big East with a soft non-conference schedule is going to skew things wildly. I mean, that takes into account a shutout of UMass, which is still functionally an FCS team, and the normal squad of hapless Big East punching bags like South Florida and Temple.And I'll give you the fact that they held Louisville to an abusrdly low score (maybe Bridgewater was injured that day?) and did well against Rutgers (who were very up and down with Nova), but they also gave up 40 points to Nassib and Syracuse and 34 to Cinnci, and even 30 to Western Michigan....and after losing five starters, including several NFL draft picks, you think Gardner and Co. can't put up gaudier numbers than 14 points? I just don't see it.


Input: [Date] 2 years 6 weeks ago [Title] ...I really can't see the [Body]

Output: ...I really can't see the logic behind the 14-6 projection. Truthfully, one does notice that Borges is more conservative on the road. Part of that might be because he didn't trust Denard's arm. Factually, Borges let Gardner air it out against Minny and South Carolina. If you want to say Minny was just that bad...well...UConn isn't THAT much better. It's not really enough to say their linemen are big and their Mike is elite. BC had Luke Kuechly, after all, that was never enough.Really, a 14-6 prediction for an away game is almost projecting a tossup. All it would take is one careless pick-6 or the like, and the game is in the air.


Input: [Date] 2 years 6 weeks ago [Title] You really think Oklahoma is [Body]

Output: You really think Oklahoma is so much more distant than Virginia?


Input: [Date] 2 years 6 weeks ago [Title] Maybe for your birthday, [Body]

Output: Maybe for your birthday, Champ.


Input: [Date] 2 years 6 weeks ago [Title] Agreed. Thomas, if he's as [Body]

Output: Agreed. Thomas, if he's as advertised, you want on the field for every down. Nickel is supposed to be an easy to ease-into position, perfect for athletic, talented freshmen to get their feet wet. Let Thomas hand it off to Peppers, and so on down the line.


Input: [Date] 2 years 7 weeks ago [Title] For the record, I'm aware of [Body]

Output: For the record, I'm aware of that: I'm not saying he's wrong, I'm not saying the sky is falling, I'm not saying he's going to Bama. I simply thought this was of note. It simply seemed like an anomoly, six predictions that way in the last hour. It WAS the sort of strange, en masse shift that preceded Chase to Michigan. People can take it entirely for what it's worth.


Input: [Date] 2 years 7 weeks ago [Title] And on that note, though not [Body]

Output: And on that note, though not on the same topic, DeShone Kizer (2014 QB from Toledo) just committed to ND.


Input: [Date] 2 years 7 weeks ago [Title] I like those five picks as a [Body]

Output: I like those five picks as a starting point for 2015. Now if only they'd stop dithering and drop the hammer! HOKE CAN'T CLOSE! RABBLERABBLERABBLE!


Input: [Date] 2 years 7 weeks ago [Title] Any real program would want [Body]

Output: Any real program would want to bring in a talented QB every year, but PSU has even more reason to want to do so. They've been wobbly at QB for what seems forever now, with Mat McGloin, a walk on, being their best option (an gone). Not only is the QB situation totally unsettled now, but they're thin there as well. If Hackenberg goes bust (always a possibility) or gets injured, they're in a world of hurt. Which is not to say that I disagree with you about the lack of line recruiting. Then again, the Pats have been neglecting their OLine for a while, and Brady has been paying the price for that, do maybe O'Brien has a little of the spread nd shred fever, where you think of offense in terms of skill position players and not the guys up front.


Input: [Date] 2 years 7 weeks ago [Title] As has often been pointed [Body]

Output: As has often been pointed out, he is not a Florida kid, he just moved there (by way of TN, even) to get requalified. He is from the great frozen north. And it may be the kid just isn't that good, obviously the staff wanted Speight more than they wanted him. It IS possible, I imagine, that his reclassifying for 2014 instead of 2015 may have had something to do with it. Maybe coaches wanted to watch him throughout a year against better opposition than he faced up in Canada, and that prevented him from giving them that chance? That's pure speculation, so take it for what it's worth.


Input: [Date] 2 years 7 weeks ago [Title] Mmmmm, point of parlimentary [Body]

Output: Mmmmm, point of parlimentary procedure, sir, your complaint concerning complaints is invalid unless seconded from the floor, and supported by a quorum of MPs no less than 2/3's in number, and not containing any Welshmen (save those who fought under Chelmsford East of Suez, of course). Mmm, yes, bully.


Input: [Date] 2 years 7 weeks ago [Title] Nobody's guaranteed playing [Body]

Output: Nobody's guaranteed playing time. He's not transferring anywhere just because he won't be a three year starter, guaranteed.


Input: [Date] 2 years 7 weeks ago [Title] Carlisle isn't worth [Body]

Output: Carlisle isn't worth mentioning.


Input: [Date] 2 years 7 weeks ago [Title] Vlad Emilien, in particular, [Body]

Output: Vlad Emilien, in particular, suffered a debilitating injury which he never fully recovered from. He said one of the reasons Michigan got him was the fact that they persisted when other schools were backing away from their offers. But it didn't pan out. Also: insert list of kids with elite offer sheets who have worked out HERE. Longer list, isn't it?


Input: [Date] 2 years 7 weeks ago [Title] HEY! We don't recruit like [Body]

Output: HEY! We don't recruit like that at Michigan. That's SEC stuff!!! ...especilly in TN....mmmmm...dry rub...


Input: [Date] 2 years 7 weeks ago [Title] My problem with #2 is that [Body]

Output: My problem with #2 is that people are flipping the script. Their talking about the propriety )class) of the actions of a teenage kid, who is simply recounting an anecdote he found amusing from his life, about a grown man pursuing him against his wishes. It's his story, it's his to tell. There was actually no judgment about Meyer or his wuality as a human being, just that he had a funny look on his head. But here you have people weighing in on the quality of his actions, criticizing (and disparaging) someone for his perceived criticism of someone else. THAT would, by the definition of the criticism, be classless in and of itself. It was classy of Hand to hide the identity of the coach who made the weird Michael Jackson gaffe. But that reflects well on him, he's under no obligation to do so. Telling an anecdote about a pushy coach, or judging a kid's actions from a distant remove: which is more classless?


Input: [Date] 2 years 7 weeks ago [Title] Why should McDermott care if [Body]

Output: Why should McDermott care if Meyer's reputation suffers? He doesn't owe him anything. In fact, if a rival power house program's coach's reputation suffers, in a way that's a good thing. If it happened, he can say whatever he wants. These coaches are flying all over the country trying to attract recruits to their programs. I think it behooves recruits to remember they are but mortal, but all he did here was recount the events of an anecdote as he saw them. He didn't slander the man in any way.He doesn't owe Meyer any more, especially not while the man tries to tempt him into his gingerbread house.


Input: [Date] 2 years 7 weeks ago [Title] Come on now, brother. It's [Body]

Output: Come on now, brother. It's been a long night and my English has gone a little south of Wuthering Heights. I'm still above Fifty Shades of Grey, that's all that should be asked of me.


Input: [Date] 2 years 7 weeks ago [Title] There's at least six [Body]

Output: There's at least six Michigan commits from Ohio who've talked about Urban showing up to recruit them, after they've made it clear they're solid. So you really think he wouldn't put in the effort in THIS case?


Input: [Date] 2 years 7 weeks ago [Title] It's also totally in keeping [Body]

Output: It's also totally in keeping with Meyer's track record. Since year one, he's poached recruits from others, shown up to recruit kids already committed to Michigan. To him, no means maybe. Now, you can say that's good recruiting, because some time it pays off. But if someone I told not to bothered showed up face to face? I feel I'd have the right to tell him a firm no. In any other context, Meyer's conduct would be stalking.


Input: [Date] 2 years 7 weeks ago [Title] Campbell would be a [Body]

Output: Campbell would be a problem for Ways, not the other way around, and as noted, Scott projects more to the slot position.


Input: [Date] 2 years 8 weeks ago [Title] That's all true, top to [Body]

Output: That's all true, top to bottom. I think playing at Heinz Field is a double edged sword. It does keep the fan numbers low, especially in the bad times. Pain in the ass to get there. BUT, more so than other college teams playing in pro-stadiums, I think there is an upshot for Pitt. Unlike most teams, which are just leasing the field, Pitt has a strong working relationship with the Rooney family. The Panthers don't just play in the stadium, they use the same facilities on the South Side of the city. They LITERALLY spend their college careers under the noses of the Steelers staff. That gets some extra pro attention, and since what one pro staff knows generally becomes common knowledge to scouts, that's led to a lot of extra attention to Pitt players. Not a far stretch to imagine that's why so many of them have placed so well. The Big East, I think, is what's held them back more than anything. Their downturn really was tied to the creation of that poor doomed conference.


Input: [Date] 2 years 8 weeks ago [Title] Sure. Pitt had a ranked team [Body]

Output: Sure. Pitt had a ranked team and a ranked recruiting class going into RichRod's last year, when Michigan was buried in problems. SO things never change in this game. Of course the geography, quality of education and pro potential arguments concerning Pitt haven't changed either. So I suppose most football recuits don't make decisions based on your expectations of the future. Strange...


Input: [Date] 2 years 8 weeks ago [Title] Yes. Yes he has. [Body]

Output: Yes. Yes he has.


Input: [Date] 2 years 8 weeks ago [Title] On the stability logic, no [Body]

Output: On the stability logic, no one would have committed to Brady Hoke before his first season. A lot depends on the faith a coach can instill in recruits with regards to bis vision of the future. Hoke did it. Chryst has had considerable success in recruiting Western PA already: Off the top of my head, Orndoff and Holtz both had Michigan offers but chose to stay home and play for Pitt, as did Dorian Johnson. I add, parenthetically, that Pitt's profile as a university is essentially the same as those of Big Ten schools...in fact, it would rank ahead of most Big Ten universities in school rankings (or it did as of a year or two ago). Moreover, as to the stability, if Chryst didn't leave Pitt for Wisconsin, he can make a strong argument that he intends to make good his committment to Pitt.


Input: [Date] 2 years 8 weeks ago [Title] Pitt insiders have implied [Body]

Output: Pitt insiders have implied that his heart is with Pitt, but his mind tells him the train wreck of their program isn't going to get any better. Given his own inclinations (it is said) he'd wait and see how the next season develops, but he's afraid he'll lose his spot at Michigan or Ohio if he waits. The implication was that even he was wavering back and forth on it. That's a take it for what it's worth thing, I have no special insight beyond what Pitt people say on the matter.


Input: [Date] 2 years 8 weeks ago [Title] Beeeecause...you're from [Body]

Output: Beeeecause...you're from Western Pennsylvania? Because Pitt has lots of players in the pros? Because you get to play/practice/train in the same stadium and facilities as the Steelers? Because you like the city of Pittsburgh? Because they also offer a good education?


Input: [Date] 2 years 8 weeks ago [Title] That's not really true. There [Body]

Output: That's not really true. There are plenty of programs that make hay without much star power- in the Big Ten, Wisconsin and Iowa being prime examples. ANd some coaches can squander all the talent in the world because they don't know what the hell they're doing. Look at all the NFL talent Zook recruited, then see how he did on the field.


Input: [Date] 2 years 8 weeks ago [Title] Well, Brady is 2-0 against [Body]

Output: Well, Brady is 2-0 against Fitzgerald...so there's that...


Input: [Date] 2 years 9 weeks ago [Title] Ryan is RichRod holdover. [Body]

Output: Ryan is RichRod holdover. Kind of early to weigh in on any of the actual Hoke recruits, as most of them have yet to see much real action. Those that have and stand out are Funchess, Ross and Morgan.


Input: [Date] 2 years 9 weeks ago [Title] "The sneezeguard is broken! [Body]

Output: "The sneezeguard is broken! THERE IS NO LAW!!!"


Input: [Date] 2 years 9 weeks ago [Title] "Oh Danny Boy"? [Body]

Output: "Oh Danny Boy"?


Input: [Date] 2 years 9 weeks ago [Title] Golson made his first start [Body]

Output: Golson made his first start against us. Reese's relative success against us, I posit, had more to do with the relative talent gaps between our teams, which is evening out quickly.


Input: [Date] 2 years 9 weeks ago [Title] And Marshall to MSU, lest we [Body]

Output: And Marshall to MSU, lest we forget. I think we can stop thinkingof the crystal balls as reliable predictors of the natural order and think of them as what crystal bars really are...shiny props to distract people for entertainment value.


Input: [Date] 2 years 9 weeks ago [Title] Denard. Unique athlete, [Body]

Output: Denard. Unique athlete, superb human being and true Michigan Man. Carried us through some dark times, gave jaw-dropping performances and he did it all with class.


Input: [Date] 2 years 10 weeks ago [Title] No offer for Jayru yet. Nor [Body]

Output: No offer for Jayru yet. Nor from Ohio. He was told he should come to Michigan's camp to see how he's developed. So I guess you'd sy they're keeping an eye on him/ I think it's also safe to say he isn't their top choice by any means.


Input: [Date] 2 years 10 weeks ago [Title] Actually, I would think the [Body]

Output: Actually, I would think the most famous writer of minstrel show tunes was Stephen Foster, who was from Pittsburgh and only went to the south once, for his honeymoon in Louisiana. That means the writer of "My Old Kentucky Home" never spent any real time in Kentucky. Foster is so controversil for his happy slave songs Greenfield Village in Dearborn, contrary to their normal practice, doesn't use his name to label his house. Actually, if you are ever on the University of Pittsburgh's campus, just nect to the Carnegie Museum you will see an utterly shameful statue of Foster composing, or something, sitting in an elevated position over a bald, smiling, and, I kid you not, shoeless african american playing the banjo.


Input: [Date] 2 years 10 weeks ago [Title] I have to say, that does not [Body]

Output: I have to say, that does not in any way endear the tune to me more. I mean, it does make sense though. The first line is 'I wish I was in the land of cotton," which I guess implies that you aren't at the time.


Input: [Date] 2 years 10 weeks ago [Title] There are hot women [Body]

Output: There are hot women everywhere. And we all know we'll be fine without him. None of that changes the fallacious reasoning of your original post. Painting Ole Miss as some kind of valiant underdog who seems to be doing things on the up and up is incredulous at best. So sure. They have hot women. I'm sure that reasonably overrides the pictures of money he tweeted. Nothing to see here, move along. Also utterly unconvincing: your hypothesis that we won't recruit against them regularly. The better they do, the more we'll bump heads. Auburn had one good year and suddenly we were engaged in, and losing, multiple recruiting battles with them. Why should Ole Miss and their head coach be any different, except, apparently, because you say so? Also ALSO I don't need to know they are dirty to dislike them. The Rebels they named themselves after aren't the Rebel Alliance. I'm offended every time they score a touchdown and Dixie starts playing, so no, even if you WERE right, I still have every reason not to root for them over LSU and Alabama.


Input: [Date] 2 years 10 weeks ago [Title] Pull up a chair and I'll tell [Body]

Output: Pull up a chair and I'll tell you the story of a lad named Treadwell and his tweeted pictures of piles of cash, my friend...


Input: [Date] 2 years 10 weeks ago [Title] Go get 'em, girls. [Body]

Output: Go get 'em, girls.


Input: [Date] 2 years 10 weeks ago [Title] Where's the fish coming from? [Body]

Output: Where's the fish coming from? Kyle Trout committed to OSU.


Input: [Date] 2 years 10 weeks ago [Title] Peppers- It does make me feel [Body]

Output: Peppers- It does make me feel nervous that he suddenly has a Rutgers crystal ball prediction on 247.


Input: [Date] 2 years 10 weeks ago [Title] It is a "product," it's what [Body]

Output: It is a "product," it's what we're paying for. And you CAN pay to go them all, you just have to pay for transit. I come from Pennsylvania to do just that. Is it worth it? For you, apparently not. Maybe that's because it's so expensive. Parenthetically, nobody cares about what you would do in an alternate universe where you could go to all the games. It is not relevant to the issue. Parenthetically, some of us may equally be worried about the fact that the team has to wade through a killers row of a shcedule every other year rather than simply having a balanced schedule every year, which would probably be better for the team, aside from being more enjoyable to the fans.


Input: [Date] 2 years 10 weeks ago [Title] Sure. Because we get them for [Body]

Output: Sure. Because we get them for free. So the quality of the product doesn't matter.


Input: [Date] 2 years 10 weeks ago [Title] How does Brandon keep letting [Body]

Output: How does Brandon keep letting this happen? Does he get payoffs for setting up butcher seasons every other year? WTF?


Input: [Date] 2 years 10 weeks ago [Title] Just becaue Rutgers is (going [Body]

Output: Just becaue Rutgers is (going to be) in the Big Ten does not make it part of the Big Ten footprint for recruiting purposes. We do not have deep roots there, we have not had much success recruiting there. It is an eastern state, He is referring to the Midwest, which is where most of our recruiting traditionally happens, and where Hoke's predominant success has occurred. Getting top talent from Utah, Florida and New Jersey are firsts for Hoke here.


Input: [Date] 2 years 10 weeks ago [Title] At minimum, I'd say there's [Body]

Output: At minimum, I'd say there's nothing "cautious" about that optimism.


Input: [Date] 2 years 10 weeks ago [Title] Sensory deprivation chamber. [Body]

Output: Sensory deprivation chamber. Only safe course.


Input: [Date] 2 years 11 weeks ago [Title] You make us proud, Mr. Smith. [Body]

Output: You make us proud, Mr. Smith.


Input: [Date] 2 years 12 weeks ago [Title] A good and worthy man, and a [Body]

Output: A good and worthy man, and a credit to his Alma Mater.


Input: [Date] 2 years 12 weeks ago [Title] I see a distinction. OL [Body]

Output: I see a distinction. OL requires both numbers and time to cultivate, along with the highest rate of error in determining talent. QBs also generally need time to develope, and that situation has been admittedly mishandled, but the policy of taking no more than one a year, to make it obvious who the leader is, is a part of that. We can, and have, taken more than one RB most years. RBs are also the position most likely to walk on to the field and have an immediate impact. It is logical to take one every year, but in our situation- lots of numbers, small incoming class, many talented recruits at other positions interested- I don't see it without the talent. We don't need bodies at RB, we need skill. Because if some combination of Rawls/Johnson/Norfleet/Hayes/Shallman can't carry some of the load for the Green and Smith, adding more comprable huys isn't going to help. That's simply the outlook for the immediate future.


Input: [Date] 2 years 12 weeks ago [Title] Without arguing the logic of [Body]

Output: Without arguing the logic of your conclusion, you're looking three years into the future (after Green leaves) while assuming NO addition of RBs after this year. I don't think th lack of a RB in this class will lead to an apocalyptic "obly Smith, Johnson and Noefleet" scenario, especially with two very probable (and seemingly talented) RB options that could be called Michigan leans in the 2015 class.


Input: [Date] 2 years 12 weeks ago [Title] Typically, they do not. Not [Body]

Output: Typically, they do not. Not anymore, that is, they used to. Their physical and academic standards rule out a great many players, especially linemen. They usually look at a class of players who fit into their triple option system, which allows them to get a different breed of athlete, often overlooked by other schools, who are interested in serving their country. That's why the Armed Forces Academies allrun the same system: Navy proved they could make hay with it in their unique situation. The obvious caveat is that some of these recruits do have offers from higher schools, and simply make life decisions.


Input: [Date] 2 years 12 weeks ago [Title] Good for the lassies/ Go [Body]

Output: Good for the lassies/ Go Blue!


Input: [Date] 2 years 13 weeks ago [Title] Roh following in RVB's [Body]

Output: Roh following in RVB's footsteps, I suppose.


Input: [Date] 2 years 13 weeks ago [Title] Yes, but when? WHEN? My [Body]

Output: Yes, but when? WHEN? My refresh button can't last through July.


Input: [Date] 2 years 13 weeks ago [Title] GOOD NEWS, everyone! [Body]

Output: GOOD NEWS, everyone!


Input: [Date] 2 years 13 weeks ago [Title] It's not bad news. [Body]

Output: It's not bad news.


Input: [Date] 2 years 13 weeks ago [Title] Heavy is the flag that flaps [Body]

Output: Heavy is the flag that flaps in the tsunami breeze. That's as cryptic as I can make it for you.


Input: [Date] 2 years 13 weeks ago [Title] Well, it's kind of relevant, [Body]

Output: Well, it's kind of relevant, since he was competing for the QB position of a team we're playing next year, and every year hereafter. Moreover, it means Hackenberg (aka PSU's Shane Morrison) is almost guaranteed not to get a redshirt now.


Input: [Date] 2 years 14 weeks ago [Title] That came out of left [Body]

Output: That came out of left field...


Input: [Date] 2 years 14 weeks ago [Title] Wow. What a year for Michigan [Body]

Output: Wow. What a year for Michigan athletics.


Input: [Date] 2 years 15 weeks ago [Title] Buh-bye. [Body]

Output: Buh-bye.


Input: [Date] 2 years 15 weeks ago [Title] ...who...committed to a [Body]

Output: ...who...committed to a different coach, running a different system, and left when it became clear that coach was about to be shown the door.


Input: [Date] 2 years 15 weeks ago [Title] Real Classy [Body]

Output: Classy, classy, classy.


Input: [Date] 2 years 15 weeks ago [Title] Buy your own helemt, and [Body]

Output: Buy your own helemt, and you're hired.


Input: [Date] 2 years 16 weeks ago [Title] This is based on a false [Body]

Output: This is based on a false premise anyway. Whatever else, he wound up at PItt because he pulled a Touchdown Tony and knocked up his local girlfriend. He's abandonibg her and his newborn twin daughters to transfer, BTW, quite against her and his family's wishes.


Input: [Date] 2 years 16 weeks ago [Title] Ray Grahme was supposed to [Body]

Output: Ray Grahme was supposed to leave that year before he tore up his leg. Even then, he was 1. Recovering from an injury, 2. A different type of RB (smaller, shiftier) and better suited for division of roles, and 3. At worst leaving after one year instead of lining up almost exactly with your remaining eligibility. Do you think these worse case scenarios are equal: backing up Ray Grahme for one year before taking the starting role vs. backing up Derrick Green for ywo years before competing for the starting role with whatever other backs an ascendent Michigan is bringing in?


Input: [Date] 2 years 16 weeks ago [Title] That's not how systems work. [Body]

Output: That's not how systems work. There are such a thing as squre pegs for round holes. And Pitt's style of play is hardly for all.


Input: [Date] 2 years 16 weeks ago [Title] great googamoogum! [Body]

Output: great googamoogum!


Input: [Date] 2 years 16 weeks ago [Title] He wouldn't want to come to a [Body]

Output: He wouldn't want to come to a place where he has to compete with Derrick Green. Nor would we want someone who ahd personality disputes with Chryst over exercise and training (which is the word from the Pitt fansite grapevine).


Input: [Date] 2 years 16 weeks ago [Title] Mmm...it's a pretty sweeping [Body]

Output: Mmm...it's a pretty sweeping assumption. He left CMU, where he was a star and the focus of the team, because they fired his father. He's leaving Pitt because he's a role player who doesn't really fit the system, and who won't make it to the next level, even in Europe, if he doesn't go somewhere he can be the focus of play again. Is this sort of thing normal? No. On the other hand, there are rational, non-dramatic reasons for both moves. I add, for what it's worth, I rode on a megabus from Ann Arbor to Pittsburgh with Ziegler, and he struck me as a humble, well-grounded and respectful person.


Input: [Date] 2 years 17 weeks ago [Title] Ah [Body]

Output: Well, it is ON TV, just shifted to primetime. Look at the bright side.


Input: [Date] 2 years 17 weeks ago [Title] Based on picks for Nerlen [Body]

Output: Based on picks for Nerlens Noel and Cody Zellers? Yes. Top-5 isn't really the middle of anything.


Input: [Date] 2 years 17 weeks ago [Title] If he has the numbers he's [Body]

Output: If he has the numbers he's putting up now, he will, or near them, for a year he will, without a doubt, wind up in the top of the first round. Many big men have been highly selected for less.


Input: [Date] 2 years 17 weeks ago [Title] Unless you're against [Body]

Output: Unless you're against retiring numbers in general, I don't see how you can argue against retiring Burke's number. He WILL be national POY, and at a minimum he led this team to the Final Four. I don't even care about leaving after two years, and I'm someone who believes adamantly in players staying and finishing their degrees. Burke has already done everything he can for his draft stock, it will never rise higher. If he comes back, it will only decline (if only slightly) with the possibility of being hurt. In the end, if Burke's number isn't retired, their really isn't a scenario in which we retire ANY number ever again.


Input: [Date] 2 years 17 weeks ago [Title] Hoke has a big "I told you [Body]

Output: Hoke has a big "I told you so" coming from Magnus's direction. Damn.


Input: [Date] 2 years 17 weeks ago [Title] Strange how bad decisions end [Body]

Output: Strange how bad decisions end badly. Huh...


Input: [Date] 2 years 17 weeks ago [Title] In point of fact, RJS was the [Body]

Output: In point of fact, RJS was the ONLY commit at that particular game. Of course, many more followed shortly thereafter.


Input: [Date] 2 years 18 weeks ago [Title] They have a lot more to lose [Body]

Output: They have a lot more to lose than to gain with this. There's a reason Pitt extended Dixon, because they realized he might not be one of the best, but the odds of getting someone better were worse than of them getting someone worse. Indeed, Gken Mason'ed. On the bright side, Smith will land on his feet, just like Illinois's coach. He's good enough a decent program will want him.


Input: [Date] 2 years 19 weeks ago [Title] Kentucky [Body]

Output: In the words of Willy Wonka: "You get NOTHING! You LOSE! GOOD DAY, sir!"


Input: [Date] 2 years 19 weeks ago [Title] Uhhhhh....I'm not going to an [Body]

Output: Uhhhhh....I'm not going to an event in a place that frowns on...feel good juice. Yeah, that should be SFW...


Input: [Date] 2 years 19 weeks ago [Title] Or Kick Ass, the super hero [Body]

Output: Or Kick Ass, the super hero from the movie of the sam name.


Input: [Date] 2 years 19 weeks ago [Title] You can take that farther. [Body]

Output: You can take that farther. The Lions need safties, special teams players, and players who won't make headlines for all the wrong reasons. Kovacs has the hat trick.


Input: [Date] 2 years 19 weeks ago [Title] If those numbers for Kovacs [Body]

Output: If those numbers for Kovacs are considered legit, I can't believe he wouldn't be drafted. His instincts aside, those are fantastic numbers, easily worth a late round pick. You could do much worse than get a high-character, never say die special team's ace in the 7th round, and those numbers say capable backup at the very least. On other notes, was Denard on display at the Pro day? And is there any knowledge of what teams are actually there?


Input: [Date] 2 years 19 weeks ago [Title] That 2010 class deserves a [Body]

Output: That 2010 class deserves a "Never Forget" banner of its own. That list truly reaches Charge of the Light Brigade levels of martial tragedy.


Input: [Date] 2 years 19 weeks ago [Title] For the proper perspective, [Body]

Output: For the proper perspective, it seems that the RT-LG switch has solid reasoning behind it, although I couldn't say what it is. The Pros do, though. It seems to happen a lot in the NFL. As an example, Willie Colon, (fomerly) of the Steelers moved between RT and LG.


Input: [Date] 2 years 20 weeks ago [Title] I know, right??? [Body]

Output: I know, right???


Input: [Date] 2 years 20 weeks ago [Title] ...touche. [Body]

Output: ...touche.


Input: [Date] 2 years 20 weeks ago [Title] Well...this isn't BAD [Body]

Output: Well...this isn't BAD news...so I refuse to comment on it!!!


Input: [Date] 2 years 20 weeks ago [Title] We all salute one of the [Body]

Output: We all salute one of the greats! Surely he will dine in the halls of Valhalla, where the legends of yore shall live forever! In death it is a warrior's best and only bulwark!


Input: [Date] 2 years 20 weeks ago [Title] I'd feel a little iffy about [Body]

Output: I'd feel a little iffy about it if one of them was Doles. And I hope that's not seen as a knock on Doles, but given how stacked our interior is, I would think we would need at least two tackles. Doles seems like more of a quality depth guy at a position where we have all the dept in the world.


Input: [Date] 2 years 20 weeks ago [Title] Plus infinity for the [Body]

Output: Plus infinity for the Serpentor reference.


Input: [Date] 2 years 20 weeks ago [Title] Michigan is one of the finest [Body]

Output: Michigan is one of the finest centers of learning in the world...and we're getting out scienced by A&M???


Input: [Date] 2 years 20 weeks ago [Title] Then I call shenanigans! That [Body]

Output: Then I call shenanigans! That would mean they got more than a thousand votes in the last hour.


Input: [Date] 2 years 21 weeks ago [Title] It's getting pretty hard to [Body]

Output: It's getting pretty hard to come up with a permutation of events where Burke doesn't end the year as an All-American. If you don't want to go too deep into hypo. pound-for-pound comparisons, that puts him in pretty august company.


Input: [Date] 2 years 21 weeks ago [Title] Same with me. I was texting [Body]

Output: Same with me. I was texting my sister, who'd been groaning about the officiating all night, after the McGary TO. Then I looked up: glory.


Input: [Date] 2 years 21 weeks ago [Title] Ahhh...TRADITION!!! [Body]

Output: Ahhh...TRADITION!!!


Input: [Date] 2 years 21 weeks ago [Title] I think the point is that one [Body]

Output: I think the point is that one without the other is an equally invalid argument. You have to take the good with the bad and visa versa.


Input: [Date] 2 years 21 weeks ago [Title] GRIII is not, and never was, [Body]

Output: GRIII is not, and never was, a one and done kid. He came out strong in mock drafts because he has a high-profile name, played for a high-profile team, and had a massive surplus of highlight reel plays. That's all a lot of these people making mock drafts see: stat lines and highlights. But any judge of horseflesh could tell you he didn't have the skill set yet. He doesn't generate offense on his own, doesn't play defense, doesn't rebound the ball... And none of this should be interpreted as malice to Little Dog. He's a god kid and he'll be a good player. I just always laugh when I see people crediting mock drafts as anything other than a source of entertainment. GRII has a big future if he can grow as a player, but if he went out now? 2nd Round at best, based on athleticism alone.


Input: [Date] 2 years 21 weeks ago [Title] That's not going to happen. [Body]

Output: That's not going to happen.


Input: [Date] 2 years 21 weeks ago [Title] For whatever reason, I've [Body]

Output: For whatever reason, I've been pretty at peace with this. Usually a loss would send me into a funk, but not this time. This particular silver lining, however is not why. If they were going to learn from abject humiliation, they would have gotten their act together after the Michigan State game...or in the week layover before Illinois. What we have is what we have. Nothing is going to change before the end of the season.


Input: [Date] 2 years 21 weeks ago [Title] I would agree with that. [Body]

Output: I would agree with that.


Input: [Date] 2 years 21 weeks ago [Title] ....has been careful to not [Body]

Output: ....has been careful to not say we "lead," though he's made multiple comments on us setting the standard. High on us? yes. Likely to commit? Yes. Said we lead? Not unless that happened in the last day or two.