Input: [Date] 1 week 4 days ago [Title] Good question [Body]

Output: Personally I am more optomistic about success on the basketball court, but I am more enthusiastic about seeing an improved football team under Harbaugh. Football has just been so depressing lately the breath of fresh air will be most welcome. In terms of success however, I am guessing that basketball finishes higher in the B1G standings and national polls than football.


Input: [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Title] Great to see the gains by Wilson and Robinson [Body]

Output: Mo Wagner needs to eat at Pizza House every day for a year.


Input: [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Title] Good. It was clear at the [Body]

Output: Good. It was clear at the start of July this team is going nowhere. Might as well get some pieces to start retooling. Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 1 hour ago [Title] Hard to say. They all have [Body]

Output: Hard to say. They all have shown signs and they all have reasons to doubt that they will emerge as above average starters. At least we now have a staff that I trust can develop them and use them correctly. Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Yup. Will Campbell anyone? [Body]

Output: Yup. Will Campbell anyone? Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 2 days ago [Title] He probably needed to sit out [Body]

Output: He probably needed to sit out a year anyway given his injuries so this really isn't a problem. Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Yea I get that [Body]

Output: I guess I was just expecting more rational behavior from people who themselves are coaches and who should have at least some interest in having the kid go to class and succed academically. Partically when high school coaches themselves have had to deal with their own players not making it academically. You would think they would be more understanding then the typical parent. Then again, Ted Ginn, sr. seemed to have a similar reaction when Carr rightly disciplined one of his players so maybe I am just giving high school coaches too much credit.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Does anyone know what caused the apparent rift [Body]

Output: between the King coaches and Michigan? If it is simply the Norfleet situation then I don't really understand how the King coaches could be upset with the Michigan staff disciplining a kid who was allegedly not going to class or missing tests.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Wow. I would not want [Body]

Output: James Harrison mad at me.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Can we please just start the season [Body]

Output: so much nonsense being discussed in the media. I can't wait for actual football that we can discuss.


Input: [Date] 1 year 36 weeks ago [Body] I would be hesitant to add players who haven't signed their LOIs yet. [Title]

Output: I would be hesitant to add


Input: [Date] 1 year 37 weeks ago [Body] He said it last game too. Didn't make sense then either. At least in this game they are broadcasting the crowd noise. [Title]

Output: He said it last game too.


Input: [Date] 3 years 18 weeks ago [Body] No jersey comments yet? You guys are slipping. Liked the prototype whites that some of the defenders were wearing. The numbers on Denard's jersey looked too small and the numbers on the sleves were unreadable. [Title]

Output: No jersey comments yet? You


Input: [Date] 3 years 18 weeks ago [Body] hey thats what happens when you post previews on the main page for second round oponents.. [Title]

Output: hey thats what happens when


Input: [Date] 3 years 26 weeks ago [Body] ESPN insider was the biggest waste of $4 I've ever spent. [Title]

Output: ESPN insider was the biggest


Input: [Date] 3 years 27 weeks ago [Body] Bruce Feldman doesn't like our odds either. http://bruce-feldman.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/view/31626208 [Title]

Output: Bruce Feldman doesn't like


Input: [Date] 3 years 30 weeks ago [Body] Brendan was in the DJ booth tonight at Skeeps and dedicated a song to all of he brunette girls in the crowd. Our kicker is enjoying his new found fame very much! [Title]

Output: Brendan was in the DJ booth


Input: [Date] 3 years 37 weeks ago [Body] Garry Moeller and Al Glick are attached at the hip. [Title]

Output: posted from iPhone


Input: [Date] 3 years 49 weeks ago [Body] Anyone notice that the villain in that movie looked like Dantonio? [Title]

Output: Captain America


Input: [Date] 4 years 20 weeks ago [Body] I hope that the new boards are up, at least in the north end zone. I've been addicted to watching "paint dry" on the live feed. [Title]

Output: #11 Score Boards


Input: [Date] 4 years 26 weeks ago [Body] Hey guys I'm struggling to find a link. Anyone know of one? [Title]

Output: Hey guys I'm struggling to


Input: [Date] 4 years 27 weeks ago [Body] Boisture is not considering Michigan. He will either stay at State as a student or possibly Northern Illinois. [Title]

Output: Boisture is not considering


Input: [Date] 4 years 27 weeks ago [Body] I can't wait for someone to post this tomorrow. [Title]

Output: I can't wait for someone to


Input: [Date] 4 years 28 weeks ago [Body] He is there talking with Justice Hayes [Title]

Output: JH - Justice Hayes


Input: [Date] 4 years 28 weeks ago [Body] He is also at Grand Blanc High School right now! This is fact. [Title]

Output: He is also at Grand Blanc


Input: [Date] 4 years 29 weeks ago [Body] I wish I could have seen this! As others have said Denard pointed at Hoke when he received his standing ovation. I know for sure that he was pointing at Hoke because as soon as Denard did that Hoke started pointing back. That was by far the best moment of night for me. There seemed to be some early chemistry between the two... [Title]

Output: I wish I could have


Input: [Date] 4 years 29 weeks ago [Body] I think he might have actually deleted his account. [Title]

Output: I think he might have


Input: [Date] 4 years 29 weeks ago [Body] FYI: Les Miles met w Michigan tonight but Michigan officials left without Miles and without a resolution. Not yes, not no. - Pat Forde http://twitter.com/espn4d As if he knows what is going on. [Title]

Output: FYI: Les Miles met w Michigan


Input: [Date] 4 years 38 weeks ago [Body] And if you want to meet the team just head on over to SAE and meet all of them and a few recruits. Seriously. [Title]

Output: And if you want to meet the


Input: [Date] 4 years 43 weeks ago [Body] I sure wouldn't mind if he brought his wife! Could you imagine the two of them on the sidelines and the attention that would create for Michigan. [Title]

Output: I sure wouldn't mind if he


Input: [Date] 4 years 43 weeks ago [Body] Has Tom Brady ever come back for a game? [Title]

Output: Has Tom Brady ever come back


Input: [Date] 4 years 43 weeks ago [Body] Does anyone know what Lewan did at the end of the game? BTW I was happy to see the rest of the offense self policing Lewan for whatever happened. Showed team unity in a way. [Title]

Output: Does anyone know what Lewan


Input: [Date] 4 years 43 weeks ago [Body] I sent the official Lloyd Brady a message with a link. I can't wait for the response. [Title]

Output: I sent the official Lloyd


Input: [Date] 4 years 43 weeks ago [Body] I am unsure how I should handle this. I saw him tagged in one of my friends fb pictures and almost died laughing. [Title]

Output: I have found the true identity of Lloyd Brady...


Input: [Date] 4 years 45 weeks ago [Body] The two play clocks on the sides of the msu scoreboards (advertisements) are clearly at 00 as well. The ABC clock isn't wrong. [Title]

Output: The two play clocks on the


Input: [Date] 4 years 45 weeks ago [Body] I rewound and watched that play 10 times right after it happened and he was not forced out of bounds. [Title]

Output: I rewound and watched that


Input: [Date] 4 years 50 weeks ago [Body] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6Imzav-KO8 Day 30 of Countdown to kickoff. It shows them as yellow first, then blue stickers are put on to cover the yellow that they want to keep yellow. Then they paint it blue and peel off the blue stickers. I think. [Title]

Output: Falk


Input: [Date] 5 years 17 weeks ago [Body] For all of his skill on the ice, terrible parker. Come on man that is embarrassing. [Title]

Output: For all of his skill on the


Input: [Date] 5 years 18 weeks ago [Body] Yeah man, front page a couple of days ago. [Title]

Output: Yeah man, front page a couple


Input: [Date] 5 years 18 weeks ago [Body] I am actually kind of disappointed that they are naming the tunnel. That to me has a special meaning and should not be subject to naming rights. [Title]

Output: I am actually kind of


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 6 days ago [Body] I was hoping we would make the NIT. Now I am hoping for a bonfire. Those look like a bad Christmas present from Grandma, who thought she was getting you just what you wanted. [Title]

Output: Maybe we won't get in


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 6 days ago [Body] That's exactly how he should handle it. Carroll handles himself well with the press and with fans. And he has proven the the label of "player's coach" doesn't necessarily mean a guy is soft and won't win. [Title]

Output: Pete Carroll is a great coach


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Michigan cannot give Harbaugh "complete autonomy" when it comes to disciplinary actions regarding players. No school can, nor is it advisable. Federal law requires the university to conduct its own investigation for certain transgressions, such as assaults and sexual assaults, regardless of any other investigation or the conclusions reached in any other investigation. The federal rules also control several aspects of how the university goes about taking action and there is no way any university president, much less an athletic department, can trump that. It is the reason Florida State will soon face a massive civil suit -- they took two years to get theirs done on Jameis Winston. Undoubtedly the coach can deal with any number of player transgressions on his own, but there are certain categories that will remain under the control of the university, with the same protocol applying to football players as they would to other students. [Title]

Output: We are aware of federal Title IX laws?


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 1 day ago [Body] I know everyone is on the Harbaugh train. I think Harbaugh is a great coach but I'm not as excited about him coming to Ann Arbor for one reason -- the constant rumors we'd deal with every offseason that he is a candidate for an NFL job. We all know it will happen. No reason to pretend otherwise. Would he turn us around? Yes. Would he turn us around and return to the NFL? Also probably yes. It's a deal we'd all take. If he comes, great. But no one should imagine Harbaugh will come to Ann Arbor and finish his career there. There's just no way that is happening. He is somewhat like Saban -- though clearly Harbaugh is a better NFL coach than we've seen out of Saban in his two stints. Harbaugh will not be able to resist going after a Super Bowl. If he'd already won one, I'd feel differently. But he wants one in his career, no doubt. If Harbaugh says no, Whittingham deserves more than a look. He is an outstanding coach and the point about how he maximizes the talent he is able to land at Utah should not be underestimated. His teams are physical and sound. He gets a lot out of them. He'd do great with the talent he can attract at a place such as Michigan. [Title]

Output: Nice analysis, excellent coach


Input: [Date] 38 weeks 1 day ago [Body] He was actually the guy who brought along Michigan's passing game, which was never Bo's favorite part of the game. Moeller was a tremendous coach and, as a recruiter, he was just as good. He knew how to evaluate talent and recruit the players who could do it at the next level. We won several Big Ten titles in a row under Moeller. His demise was sad. If it happened these days, he might be able to enter a program to get help and keep his job. At the time, it was a huge deal, the video of him weeping did not help, and momentum rose quickly to get him out. It's too bad. I thought Lloyd Carr was a solid coach, but I never thought he was not nearly as good as Moeller. [Title]

Output: Moeller was a great coach


Input: [Date] 44 weeks 16 hours ago [Body] Not only did the accuser's attorney never ask for $7 million, they did not even want to participate in settlement talks. They did so at Cornwell's request, then he put the $7 million figure on the table, they rejected it -- and he then goes out and says in a letter that he knows has to be made public on request that they "demanded" $7 million. Shame on those who didn't see through this, one of the oldest scheister lawyer tricks in the books, before they just quoted his bogus letter. http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2014/09/24/jameis-winston-flo... [Title]

Output: And now we find the Winston story is not like Cornwell says


Input: [Date] 1 year 12 weeks ago [Body] It's a shrewd move to hold the Big Ten tournament in D.C. one year, and not just because I live here, though that will get me buying tickets for sure. In terms of expanding the Big Ten footprint, the Mid-Atlantic area is far more up for grabs than the Midwest. It's a huge population base and it's important to not hold the tournament in the same city every year, especially if that city is Indianapolis. My sister lives in Howell, Mich., and I have driven there from D.C. several times. It takes about nine hours. For a road trip, not a big deal at all. I would think it's smart to give different live audiences a chance to go to the tournament. D.C. has been largely an ACC region. Holding the Big Ten tourney here helps change that. I'm all for it. Will the ACC be happy the Big Ten is doing this? No it won't, and neither will the SEC, which sees this region as part of the South and there to be claimed. So all the more reason to do it. [Title]

Output: Great news on D.C. and the tourney


Input: [Date] 2 years 25 weeks ago [Body] This false "catfishing" claim only came out in the skewed form in which it was presented because it's the last weekend of recruiting and it was a chance to plant a negative story about Michigan. And this blog blew it too, because of its noted bias against Dave Brandon, who is an excellent AD and has really helped turn around a sagging program. What Michigan did was very smart. It is not catfishing to a) really exist, b) use your real name and c) friend someone on Facebook or follow them on Twitter. The point was to show players how easily their "friends" can spread everything they post all over the place. It's an important lesson. The media, and this blog is as guilty as any other outlet, just gets it wrong because of inherent bias. You really cant call this blog ethical with the way it always trashes Brandon. It gets so tiresome. The tweet that opens this thread is false. It begins and ends right there. [Title]

Output: Like the media it is, this blog blew it


Input: [Date] 2 years 34 weeks ago [Body] And then the game would start. He might make a fee shots, miss the clutch ones, and usually be a non-factor. Mr. Practice Player. Now Rice, he was great -- even in games. [Title]

Output: Ah Pelinka


Input: [Date] 2 years 34 weeks ago [Body] Could really play. [Title]

Output: Garde Thompson


Input: [Date] 2 years 35 weeks ago [Body] Scot Loeffler fired along with rest of Auburn staff today. We should move on him before Meyer does. He was on Meyer's staff at Florida and well-regarded. Caught up in Chizik's mess but an excellent coach. [Title]

Output: Hire Loeffler


Input: [Date] 2 years 36 weeks ago [Body] http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2012/11/19/college-sports-m... It's not like the commissioner is hiding his strategy. This is what you do once war is declared, and the Big 10's view is the first shot came when Notre Dame aligned itself with the ACC. Even if you don't share Delany's vision, at least ackowledge the man seems to know when his conference is in someone's crosshairs. We all long for the sports lineups we are used to, but it is not like doing nothing is the smartest option, lest you prefer the Big 10 be in the ACC's shoes. It's business, it's life. Too many people are reacting based on the quality of the football programs at Maryland and Rutgers now, but money solves a lot of those problems. Remember, even venerable LSU sucked for years until Nick Saban showed up. The Big 10 is a mediocre football conference right now. And this is how we see the ways in which being the big player in huge TV markets offers a lot of protection -- even if our teams are down, the viewership is still there. The alumni are all over the Midwest and Northeast. That's our insurance. It is hard to argue with locking up the New York/New Jersey and Baltimore/D.C. markets in this current war, in which some conference or conferences are going away. If I could wave a magic wand right now, I'd try right now to recruit two of these three -- UVA, UNC and Duke -- and lock up the most progressive states in the South. They have to be thinking about their futures -- and Notre Dame may be doing the same. The Irish are about to start thinking they made a big mistake, and that's because they did make a big mistake. In my view, as it is the Big 10 has put the ACC in a very precarious position, with so many of the nation's largest TV markets now in the Big 10 footprint. The Big 10 is an attractive place to be, today and even more so tomorrow. Yes, it puts a lot of teams in the conference, and that makes it hard to win the conference title. We'll see schools celebrating division titles, a la the Major Leagues, but we have to be realistic as we react to what is happening. It's happening to us or by us. [Title]

Output: Congratulations to Jim Delany and the Big 10


Input: [Date] 2 years 36 weeks ago [Body] I think it's a stretch to call a top recruit like Devin Gardner a quarterback out of nowhere. He has shown indications when he's had a chance to play that he could be an excellent quarterback. I thought he settled down nicely against Illinois last year and I was at the MSU game in the ridiculous windstorm. That was a tough situation but even in that game he showed flashes. I would not expect him to play perfectly in those games coming in off the bench, and he didn't, but it was also clear he had ability. He's always thrown a nice ball and it seemed his accuracy improved the more the game went on, but he just has not previously had much chance to play. What I continue to wonder is what the coaches saw in practice that convinced them we'd be OK at quarterback without Gardner as Denard's backup. I really think it was less about QB and more about just trying to get a great athlete like Gardner on the field, and to make that happen they talked themselves into believing that Bellomy was ready to be the backup. (He wasn't, but that also does not mean Bellomy has topped out as redshirt freshman. He'll get better.) But I really think even if Gardner had not moved back this season, he still would have won the job as starting quarterback next year. I just never have thought Hoke would be eager to play Morris as a true freshman over a senior, but that's particularly true when the senior has a world of talent, as Gardner does. [Title]

Output: Quarterback out of nowhere?


Input: [Date] 2 years 36 weeks ago [Body] I guess they wanted someone who knows what he's talking about instead. [Title]

Output: They couldn't get Rosenberg and Snyder?


Input: [Date] 2 years 36 weeks ago [Body] They ran a series riddled with errors and ignored requests that the paper run corrections. Even the report the NCAA produced noted the newspaper was in error. Drew Sharp hates the state of Michigan and everything about it. I would ask, why hasn't Drew Sharp or any of the others written about the rampant oversigning and fraudulent medical exemptions handed out by the SEC over the past 10 years? Or ripped the SEC coaches for voting unanimously against ending oversigning, while the university presidents in the league voted unanimously to stop it? Why has he not written that Urban Meyer's departure from Florida came soon after the university hired a new president who said he did not like oversigning and would no longer allow it? No, instead we see him constantly rip the Big Ten even as he praises the number of consecutive years the SEC has won BCS titles, with no discussion that the run by the league started with Nick Saban's arrival at LSU, where he commenced to blow open loopholes in NCAA rules, to the point that even the most shameless conference in the history of college athletics finally had to do something about it. I'd rather have a journalist who investigates legitimate stories worthy of investigations than to criticize the Detroit News for not making the same mistake the Freep did -- launch a U-M investigation without really even understanding the concept of countable hours, spend reams of time and ink on a series of stories that essentially detailed nothing more than a paperwork violation by the coaching staff, and then not have the decency to correct the errors in their report. [Title]

Output: The Free Press proved the value of an investigation


Input: [Date] 2 years 37 weeks ago [Body] And they always include a number of hypotheticals that leap ahead because the kid missed one game. I would imagine the coaches would like him to play quarterback in his final four (maybe five) games at Michigan. But hypothethically, we could ponder this again tomorrow, when we'll have 24 more hours to not have any idea where Denard's elbow stands. [Title]

Output: You're not wrong


Input: [Date] 2 years 37 weeks ago [Body] It doesn't look like the leagues or the NCAA care what the voters decided. It's still banned. But this makes sense. There's no way the sports leagues would ever lead this charge. If the U.S. culture changes over time, they'll follow a long. But this is a long way from that. http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2012/11/07/recreational-marijuana-sports-colorado-washington/1690651/ [Title]

Output: Leagues also drawing a hard line


Input: [Date] 2 years 37 weeks ago [Body] People who want to use it already are using it. And judging by the vote totals, a lot of people are using it! [Title]

Output: Totally agree with this


Input: [Date] 2 years 37 weeks ago [Body] This law will have no impact on professional athletes, who have agreed in their collective bargaining agreements that marijuana is a banned substance and they can be suspended for it if they test positive. They have a signed contract with their employers that specifically bans marijuana and the law won't change that. Same thing for college athletes, Olympic athletes, etc. -- the rules governing them prohibit the use of marijuana. It does not matter whether the athletes are on the job or not. They cannot use it. The DEA today said the law changes nothing in their view: It remains against federal law to possess, use or cultivate pot. What we can expect in Colorado and Washington in the short term is.... nothing, at least until more of this is sorted out. What is most likely to happen is those state governments will be talking to the feds about how the feds will react as the implementation of this law proceeds. One could imagine the governor of Colorado letting someone try to open up a retail marijuana outlet, even though he knows the feds will come right in and shut it down. Turning enforcement over to the feds protects him politically because the voters in his state have said they don't want the state to enforce it. So when he says he will honor the will of the voters, that really means nothing. The feds typically do not prosecute marijuana cases unless it is a distribution charge involving a large quantity -- they leave the minor cases to the states. But if a state is declaring it no longer will enforce it, most analysts expect the federal government to sue Colorado and Washington on the grounds that a state law cannot supercede federal law. This is very similar to the Arizona immigration law in some respects, though the marijuana case will law actually be more clearcut in favor of the feds. In the case of Arizona, the Supreme Court split because it was a case in which Arizona was seeking to enforce a state law on the grounds that, in the view of Jan Brewer anyway, the feds had failed to enforce the same law. This is a case of a state in direct conflict with a federal law. The feds' potential actions could take many forms, from pursuing busts and criminal cases themselves to simply challenging the law in court and preventing it from being enacted until a federal judge decides. But I would say there is no chance of the feds just letting this go or the NBA, NFL, NCAA, MLB, USOC or any other sport governing body allowing it for athletes in those two states. [Title]

Output: Law will not change sports leagues' policies


Input: [Date] 2 years 47 weeks ago [Body] I'm a little tired of all these SEC teams flattering themselves by talking about how great Alabama is, as if that makes all the SEC teams great. Alabama is a great team, but in my view there is a large gap between Alabama and the rest of the SEC. What Bama did to Michigan, they did to virtually every SEC opponent last year. Indeed, as this poster points out, LSU did not get in the end zone against the Tide in EIGHT quarters of play. We got dominated, no doubt. But I have watched Bama for years. I'm from Alabama, graduated from Michigan. In several games last year, the Tide did the same -- to Arkansas, Florida, Auburn and LSU. LSU? Less than 100 yards of offense in a national title game? This is the other 'unbeatable' SEC team? Don't think so. Alabama is a cut above the rest of the league. The departed seniors on defense meant very little. The team had its QB back, veteran lines and returning LBs. The losses were easily plugged. Plus, Saban has handed out like 163 scholarships over the past six seasons. That's an average of 27 guys, every year, with some of those replacing players who were basically cut or run off. In fact, this Bama team might be better than last year's simply because McCarron is experienced now. Last year, he was trying to nail down the job. After Bama, I see a bunch of SEC teams that are distant seconds. Does anyone really think John L. Smith is going to lead Arkansas to victory over Bama this year? Not happening. And I think Bama will beat LSU if the game is played in Miles' backyard. It's a coaching mismatch and Saban has increased the talent gap between his team and the rest of the league. If we had faced any other SEC team on Saturday, it would have been a different game. Who knows if we would've won. But we definitely would've been better able to hang with the other teams in the league. We played the best team in the country. That does not make every other team in their league as good as them, as much as SEC fans want to portray it that way. Their allegedly superior SEC teams have been getting killed by Bama and it will happen again this season. [Title]

Output: Agree! Bama a cut above rest of SEC


Input: [Date] 2 years 47 weeks ago [Body] In my opinion, we'd been in a better position to compete last night if RichRod had been fired a year sooner. And this is not a 'slam RR' post. I get all his offense excites people, but to me he was far from a complete head coach. His teams are flashy, but they are not tough. The kind of teams he builds get destroyed by the Alabamas of the world, and there is no doubt Alabama is the current standard of excellence. We got pushed around on both lines and line recruiting was a huge weakness under RR. Alabama has tough guys all over the roster. Hoke is building a tough team, but clearly not there yet. The team from Tuscaloosa was built like Bo used to build teams. The team from Ann Arbor was a tweener team, still part-Rodriguez and not yet Hoke. Saban devours spread teams. If you have no vertical passing game, you cannot beat them. Our QB play was awful and the only receiver to play well was Gallon. Gardner looked like he had no idea what we was doing. Soft cuts, wrong routes, turning the wrong way. We have no real passing attack and it showed. The goal for 2012 should be to see what kind of passing game Denard can handle and we should just run him more. He is no more accurate than he was last year, a lot of his passes still are just launches that he hopes our guys catch, and he's destined to be a Percy Harvin-type in the NFL, which I feel is a good thing for Denard's pro longevity. I love watching Denard run the ball, but his limitations get exposed by really good teams. We'll be putting in a true passing game starting in 2013. [Title]

Output: RR got too much time


Input: [Date] 2 years 47 weeks ago [Body] ... I would not overreact to one game. Truth is, we had played Alabama three times previously and won twice. Saban is a great coach. Combine great coaching, great tradition and the ability to make a team incredibly deep through oversigning, and you have a program on a roll. But if -- and this is a big IF -- the NCAA really does crack down on roster manipulation (Stewart Mandel, for example, thinks the new rules will not stop oversigning), and as Hoke continues to recruit players head-to-head with Alabama (as in the Turly-Tillman and Dawson commits), we'll see things level out over the next few years. Someone should run the numbers on this, but I'll bet the edge Alabama holds in the number of scholarships given out over the past four years, not to mention that Saban has been recruiting players to fit his system, which is more like the days of Bo. I don't think we'll ever be Alabama in terms of how we go about things -- Michigan is a serious university, while Bama is your typical, average state school -- but I think we'll be able to compete with them in two years. There's nothing fancy about what they do. They get great recruits, they've been cutting recruits they missed on and replacing them with more recruits, and that just gives more talent to a great coach. They'll always get great recruits. If we can stop them from manipulating the rules to correct their misses, we can compete. Indeed, if we can get everyone playing by the same rules, we have the coaching staff and recruiting power to return to beating Alabama again. The competitive edge brought by oversigning is depth, and we saw it last night. It is the reason Alabama can 'reload, not rebuild.' They've been stockpiling as much as they can get away with. Remember, there were years before the SEC went on an oversigning rampage started by Saban at LSU (and then Alabama), along with Arkansas and South Carolina. And Michigan dominated the SEC in bowl games before the binge. And which SEC team was the first to ban oversigning? Florida, by the order of the school president. And looked what happened -- they started getting dominated in the SEC. The SEC teams you see on the field really are better and much deeper. It's how they got that way that doesn't get any discussion on television. [Title]

Output: I understand the sentiment, but...


Input: [Date] 2 years 51 weeks ago [Body] Thanks. I have done that myself. [Title]

Output: Ah


Input: [Date] 2 years 51 weeks ago [Body] What are you talking about? [Title]

Output: Excuse me?


Input: [Date] 2 years 51 weeks ago [Body] This is posturing and will go nowhere. Universities can appeal sanctions handed down by the NCAA, but that is not what happened here. There was no investigation, there was the Freeh Report, commissioned by Penn State. The sanctions were agreed to by both parties, not handed down, and signed by the NCAA president and the Penn State president, who cleared with university counsel that he had the authority. Had a consent decree not been signed, then the school would have been subjected to the standard enforcement process and could appeal that ruling if it found it unfair. But as the NCAA said last week when the Paterno family said it would appeal, the consent decree is not subject to an appeal. It is an agreement, a contract signed by both parties. The trustees are wasting their time. [Title]

Output: It's a consent decree, not an NCAA ruling


Input: [Date] 3 years 18 weeks ago [Body] Always amazed at how much money some people spend to buy a house that has no curb appeal, no character and is just plain ugly. Ugly brick and the design of those window frames is hideous. Smacks of 'new money' with no classic taste. [Title]

Output: That's an ugly house


Input: [Date] 3 years 19 weeks ago [Body] How many SEC teams has he seen play? Go to an LSU game and you'll see plenty of jerseys. And plenty of really ugly purple shirts. [Title]

Output: SEC fans don't wear jerseys?


Input: [Date] 3 years 20 weeks ago [Body] Did Davis come back later and say Ohio would beat us? When I was watching the show, he said that Temple would beat us in the round of 32, in what he termed a "mini-upset." I don't pay attention to it. When we drew Clemson, people said we'd lose. We won. Last year, all I heard was about all the great athletes Tennessee had. We crushed them. The analysts are just fans. They all say predictable things. That said, Temple is a quality, well-coached team. Fran Dunphy is an excellent coach. But I still like our chances of getting to the Sweet 16. [Title]

Output: I thought he said Temple would beat us


Input: [Date] 3 years 20 weeks ago [Body] Hey troll, thanks for leaving top talent sitting there because of your coach's "system." What has you worried is you fear the talent evaluation skills of Hoke and Mattison. As well you should. Michigan has no fear of Meyer. Played him once, shredded his defense, handed Tebow his only bowl loss. Keep up the great work. Leave us the players whose best football is ahead of them, just like you left McCray and Trey Burke in basketball. Conley will end up being better than Burrows. Better athlete, bigger, more upside. When I read stupid comments like yours, I smell fear. With good reason. [Title]

Output: Thanks for stopping in troll


Input: [Date] 3 years 22 weeks ago [Body] Important to note that Michigan's ranking was the highest ranking of any U.S. public university. The nine U.S. schools ranked ahead of us are all private institutions, and Michigan ranked ahead of the other two top public schools -- Cal-Berkeley and Virginia. Pretty impressive. Also, while everyone likes to make fun of a "General Studies" degree, it is basically just a liberal arts degree. The classmate of mine at Michigan who is the richest of everyone in our group of friends is a hugely successful corporate real estate developer. He majored in General Studies. Far from holding him back, it made a dramatic positive difference in his life. Why? Because he had a degree from Michigan and that in itself opens doors. My point is it's the quality of the school that matters most, and the competitiveness of the student body. At Ohio, you are going to school with a bunch of average students, some well below average. It is not hard to get accepted. Any degree from Michigan is worth more than the vast majority of degrees from Ohio because you have been to a place that is simply filled with smarter people and that better prepares you to compete. [Title]

Output: On those university rankings


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 6 days ago [Title] Maybe we won't get in [Body]

Output: I was hoping we would make the NIT. Now I am hoping for a bonfire. Those look like a bad Christmas present from Grandma, who thought she was getting you just what you wanted.


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 6 days ago [Title] Pete Carroll is a great coach [Body]

Output: That's exactly how he should handle it. Carroll handles himself well with the press and with fans. And he has proven the the label of "player's coach" doesn't necessarily mean a guy is soft and won't win.


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 1 day ago [Title] We are aware of federal Title IX laws? [Body]

Output: Michigan cannot give Harbaugh "complete autonomy" when it comes to disciplinary actions regarding players. No school can, nor is it advisable. Federal law requires the university to conduct its own investigation for certain transgressions, such as assaults and sexual assaults, regardless of any other investigation or the conclusions reached in any other investigation. The federal rules also control several aspects of how the university goes about taking action and there is no way any university president, much less an athletic department, can trump that. It is the reason Florida State will soon face a massive civil suit -- they took two years to get theirs done on Jameis Winston. Undoubtedly the coach can deal with any number of player transgressions on his own, but there are certain categories that will remain under the control of the university, with the same protocol applying to football players as they would to other students.


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 1 day ago [Title] Nice analysis, excellent coach [Body]

Output: I know everyone is on the Harbaugh train. I think Harbaugh is a great coach but I'm not as excited about him coming to Ann Arbor for one reason -- the constant rumors we'd deal with every offseason that he is a candidate for an NFL job. We all know it will happen. No reason to pretend otherwise. Would he turn us around? Yes. Would he turn us around and return to the NFL? Also probably yes. It's a deal we'd all take. If he comes, great. But no one should imagine Harbaugh will come to Ann Arbor and finish his career there. There's just no way that is happening. He is somewhat like Saban -- though clearly Harbaugh is a better NFL coach than we've seen out of Saban in his two stints. Harbaugh will not be able to resist going after a Super Bowl. If he'd already won one, I'd feel differently. But he wants one in his career, no doubt. If Harbaugh says no, Whittingham deserves more than a look. He is an outstanding coach and the point about how he maximizes the talent he is able to land at Utah should not be underestimated. His teams are physical and sound. He gets a lot out of them. He'd do great with the talent he can attract at a place such as Michigan.


Input: [Date] 38 weeks 1 day ago [Title] Moeller was a great coach [Body]

Output: He was actually the guy who brought along Michigan's passing game, which was never Bo's favorite part of the game. Moeller was a tremendous coach and, as a recruiter, he was just as good. He knew how to evaluate talent and recruit the players who could do it at the next level. We won several Big Ten titles in a row under Moeller. His demise was sad. If it happened these days, he might be able to enter a program to get help and keep his job. At the time, it was a huge deal, the video of him weeping did not help, and momentum rose quickly to get him out. It's too bad. I thought Lloyd Carr was a solid coach, but I never thought he was not nearly as good as Moeller.


Input: [Date] 44 weeks 16 hours ago [Title] And now we find the Winston story is not like Cornwell says [Body]

Output: Not only did the accuser's attorney never ask for $7 million, they did not even want to participate in settlement talks. They did so at Cornwell's request, then he put the $7 million figure on the table, they rejected it -- and he then goes out and says in a letter that he knows has to be made public on request that they "demanded" $7 million. Shame on those who didn't see through this, one of the oldest scheister lawyer tricks in the books, before they just quoted his bogus letter. http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2014/09/24/jameis-winston-flo...


Input: [Date] 1 year 12 weeks ago [Title] Great news on D.C. and the tourney [Body]

Output: It's a shrewd move to hold the Big Ten tournament in D.C. one year, and not just because I live here, though that will get me buying tickets for sure. In terms of expanding the Big Ten footprint, the Mid-Atlantic area is far more up for grabs than the Midwest. It's a huge population base and it's important to not hold the tournament in the same city every year, especially if that city is Indianapolis. My sister lives in Howell, Mich., and I have driven there from D.C. several times. It takes about nine hours. For a road trip, not a big deal at all. I would think it's smart to give different live audiences a chance to go to the tournament. D.C. has been largely an ACC region. Holding the Big Ten tourney here helps change that. I'm all for it. Will the ACC be happy the Big Ten is doing this? No it won't, and neither will the SEC, which sees this region as part of the South and there to be claimed. So all the more reason to do it.


Input: [Date] 2 years 25 weeks ago [Title] Like the media it is, this blog blew it [Body]

Output: This false "catfishing" claim only came out in the skewed form in which it was presented because it's the last weekend of recruiting and it was a chance to plant a negative story about Michigan. And this blog blew it too, because of its noted bias against Dave Brandon, who is an excellent AD and has really helped turn around a sagging program. What Michigan did was very smart. It is not catfishing to a) really exist, b) use your real name and c) friend someone on Facebook or follow them on Twitter. The point was to show players how easily their "friends" can spread everything they post all over the place. It's an important lesson. The media, and this blog is as guilty as any other outlet, just gets it wrong because of inherent bias. You really cant call this blog ethical with the way it always trashes Brandon. It gets so tiresome. The tweet that opens this thread is false. It begins and ends right there.


Input: [Date] 2 years 34 weeks ago [Title] Ah Pelinka [Body]

Output: And then the game would start. He might make a fee shots, miss the clutch ones, and usually be a non-factor. Mr. Practice Player. Now Rice, he was great -- even in games.


Input: [Date] 2 years 34 weeks ago [Title] Garde Thompson [Body]

Output: Could really play.


Input: [Date] 2 years 35 weeks ago [Title] Hire Loeffler [Body]

Output: Scot Loeffler fired along with rest of Auburn staff today. We should move on him before Meyer does. He was on Meyer's staff at Florida and well-regarded. Caught up in Chizik's mess but an excellent coach.


Input: [Date] 2 years 36 weeks ago [Title] Congratulations to Jim Delany and the Big 10 [Body]

Output: http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2012/11/19/college-sports-m... It's not like the commissioner is hiding his strategy. This is what you do once war is declared, and the Big 10's view is the first shot came when Notre Dame aligned itself with the ACC. Even if you don't share Delany's vision, at least ackowledge the man seems to know when his conference is in someone's crosshairs. We all long for the sports lineups we are used to, but it is not like doing nothing is the smartest option, lest you prefer the Big 10 be in the ACC's shoes. It's business, it's life. Too many people are reacting based on the quality of the football programs at Maryland and Rutgers now, but money solves a lot of those problems. Remember, even venerable LSU sucked for years until Nick Saban showed up. The Big 10 is a mediocre football conference right now. And this is how we see the ways in which being the big player in huge TV markets offers a lot of protection -- even if our teams are down, the viewership is still there. The alumni are all over the Midwest and Northeast. That's our insurance. It is hard to argue with locking up the New York/New Jersey and Baltimore/D.C. markets in this current war, in which some conference or conferences are going away. If I could wave a magic wand right now, I'd try right now to recruit two of these three -- UVA, UNC and Duke -- and lock up the most progressive states in the South. They have to be thinking about their futures -- and Notre Dame may be doing the same. The Irish are about to start thinking they made a big mistake, and that's because they did make a big mistake. In my view, as it is the Big 10 has put the ACC in a very precarious position, with so many of the nation's largest TV markets now in the Big 10 footprint. The Big 10 is an attractive place to be, today and even more so tomorrow. Yes, it puts a lot of teams in the conference, and that makes it hard to win the conference title. We'll see schools celebrating division titles, a la the Major Leagues, but we have to be realistic as we react to what is happening. It's happening to us or by us.


Input: [Date] 2 years 36 weeks ago [Title] Quarterback out of nowhere? [Body]

Output: I think it's a stretch to call a top recruit like Devin Gardner a quarterback out of nowhere. He has shown indications when he's had a chance to play that he could be an excellent quarterback. I thought he settled down nicely against Illinois last year and I was at the MSU game in the ridiculous windstorm. That was a tough situation but even in that game he showed flashes. I would not expect him to play perfectly in those games coming in off the bench, and he didn't, but it was also clear he had ability. He's always thrown a nice ball and it seemed his accuracy improved the more the game went on, but he just has not previously had much chance to play. What I continue to wonder is what the coaches saw in practice that convinced them we'd be OK at quarterback without Gardner as Denard's backup. I really think it was less about QB and more about just trying to get a great athlete like Gardner on the field, and to make that happen they talked themselves into believing that Bellomy was ready to be the backup. (He wasn't, but that also does not mean Bellomy has topped out as redshirt freshman. He'll get better.) But I really think even if Gardner had not moved back this season, he still would have won the job as starting quarterback next year. I just never have thought Hoke would be eager to play Morris as a true freshman over a senior, but that's particularly true when the senior has a world of talent, as Gardner does.


Input: [Date] 2 years 36 weeks ago [Title] They couldn't get Rosenberg and Snyder? [Body]

Output: I guess they wanted someone who knows what he's talking about instead.


Input: [Date] 2 years 36 weeks ago [Title] The Free Press proved the value of an investigation [Body]

Output: They ran a series riddled with errors and ignored requests that the paper run corrections. Even the report the NCAA produced noted the newspaper was in error. Drew Sharp hates the state of Michigan and everything about it. I would ask, why hasn't Drew Sharp or any of the others written about the rampant oversigning and fraudulent medical exemptions handed out by the SEC over the past 10 years? Or ripped the SEC coaches for voting unanimously against ending oversigning, while the university presidents in the league voted unanimously to stop it? Why has he not written that Urban Meyer's departure from Florida came soon after the university hired a new president who said he did not like oversigning and would no longer allow it? No, instead we see him constantly rip the Big Ten even as he praises the number of consecutive years the SEC has won BCS titles, with no discussion that the run by the league started with Nick Saban's arrival at LSU, where he commenced to blow open loopholes in NCAA rules, to the point that even the most shameless conference in the history of college athletics finally had to do something about it. I'd rather have a journalist who investigates legitimate stories worthy of investigations than to criticize the Detroit News for not making the same mistake the Freep did -- launch a U-M investigation without really even understanding the concept of countable hours, spend reams of time and ink on a series of stories that essentially detailed nothing more than a paperwork violation by the coaching staff, and then not have the decency to correct the errors in their report.


Input: [Date] 2 years 37 weeks ago [Title] You're not wrong [Body]

Output: And they always include a number of hypotheticals that leap ahead because the kid missed one game. I would imagine the coaches would like him to play quarterback in his final four (maybe five) games at Michigan. But hypothethically, we could ponder this again tomorrow, when we'll have 24 more hours to not have any idea where Denard's elbow stands.


Input: [Date] 2 years 37 weeks ago [Title] Leagues also drawing a hard line [Body]

Output: It doesn't look like the leagues or the NCAA care what the voters decided. It's still banned. But this makes sense. There's no way the sports leagues would ever lead this charge. If the U.S. culture changes over time, they'll follow a long. But this is a long way from that. http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2012/11/07/recreational-marijuana-sports-colorado-washington/1690651/


Input: [Date] 2 years 37 weeks ago [Title] Totally agree with this [Body]

Output: People who want to use it already are using it. And judging by the vote totals, a lot of people are using it!


Input: [Date] 2 years 37 weeks ago [Title] Law will not change sports leagues' policies [Body]

Output: This law will have no impact on professional athletes, who have agreed in their collective bargaining agreements that marijuana is a banned substance and they can be suspended for it if they test positive. They have a signed contract with their employers that specifically bans marijuana and the law won't change that. Same thing for college athletes, Olympic athletes, etc. -- the rules governing them prohibit the use of marijuana. It does not matter whether the athletes are on the job or not. They cannot use it. The DEA today said the law changes nothing in their view: It remains against federal law to possess, use or cultivate pot. What we can expect in Colorado and Washington in the short term is.... nothing, at least until more of this is sorted out. What is most likely to happen is those state governments will be talking to the feds about how the feds will react as the implementation of this law proceeds. One could imagine the governor of Colorado letting someone try to open up a retail marijuana outlet, even though he knows the feds will come right in and shut it down. Turning enforcement over to the feds protects him politically because the voters in his state have said they don't want the state to enforce it. So when he says he will honor the will of the voters, that really means nothing. The feds typically do not prosecute marijuana cases unless it is a distribution charge involving a large quantity -- they leave the minor cases to the states. But if a state is declaring it no longer will enforce it, most analysts expect the federal government to sue Colorado and Washington on the grounds that a state law cannot supercede federal law. This is very similar to the Arizona immigration law in some respects, though the marijuana case will law actually be more clearcut in favor of the feds. In the case of Arizona, the Supreme Court split because it was a case in which Arizona was seeking to enforce a state law on the grounds that, in the view of Jan Brewer anyway, the feds had failed to enforce the same law. This is a case of a state in direct conflict with a federal law. The feds' potential actions could take many forms, from pursuing busts and criminal cases themselves to simply challenging the law in court and preventing it from being enacted until a federal judge decides. But I would say there is no chance of the feds just letting this go or the NBA, NFL, NCAA, MLB, USOC or any other sport governing body allowing it for athletes in those two states.


Input: [Date] 2 years 47 weeks ago [Title] Agree! Bama a cut above rest of SEC [Body]

Output: I'm a little tired of all these SEC teams flattering themselves by talking about how great Alabama is, as if that makes all the SEC teams great. Alabama is a great team, but in my view there is a large gap between Alabama and the rest of the SEC. What Bama did to Michigan, they did to virtually every SEC opponent last year. Indeed, as this poster points out, LSU did not get in the end zone against the Tide in EIGHT quarters of play. We got dominated, no doubt. But I have watched Bama for years. I'm from Alabama, graduated from Michigan. In several games last year, the Tide did the same -- to Arkansas, Florida, Auburn and LSU. LSU? Less than 100 yards of offense in a national title game? This is the other 'unbeatable' SEC team? Don't think so. Alabama is a cut above the rest of the league. The departed seniors on defense meant very little. The team had its QB back, veteran lines and returning LBs. The losses were easily plugged. Plus, Saban has handed out like 163 scholarships over the past six seasons. That's an average of 27 guys, every year, with some of those replacing players who were basically cut or run off. In fact, this Bama team might be better than last year's simply because McCarron is experienced now. Last year, he was trying to nail down the job. After Bama, I see a bunch of SEC teams that are distant seconds. Does anyone really think John L. Smith is going to lead Arkansas to victory over Bama this year? Not happening. And I think Bama will beat LSU if the game is played in Miles' backyard. It's a coaching mismatch and Saban has increased the talent gap between his team and the rest of the league. If we had faced any other SEC team on Saturday, it would have been a different game. Who knows if we would've won. But we definitely would've been better able to hang with the other teams in the league. We played the best team in the country. That does not make every other team in their league as good as them, as much as SEC fans want to portray it that way. Their allegedly superior SEC teams have been getting killed by Bama and it will happen again this season.


Input: [Date] 2 years 47 weeks ago [Title] RR got too much time [Body]

Output: In my opinion, we'd been in a better position to compete last night if RichRod had been fired a year sooner. And this is not a 'slam RR' post. I get all his offense excites people, but to me he was far from a complete head coach. His teams are flashy, but they are not tough. The kind of teams he builds get destroyed by the Alabamas of the world, and there is no doubt Alabama is the current standard of excellence. We got pushed around on both lines and line recruiting was a huge weakness under RR. Alabama has tough guys all over the roster. Hoke is building a tough team, but clearly not there yet. The team from Tuscaloosa was built like Bo used to build teams. The team from Ann Arbor was a tweener team, still part-Rodriguez and not yet Hoke. Saban devours spread teams. If you have no vertical passing game, you cannot beat them. Our QB play was awful and the only receiver to play well was Gallon. Gardner looked like he had no idea what we was doing. Soft cuts, wrong routes, turning the wrong way. We have no real passing attack and it showed. The goal for 2012 should be to see what kind of passing game Denard can handle and we should just run him more. He is no more accurate than he was last year, a lot of his passes still are just launches that he hopes our guys catch, and he's destined to be a Percy Harvin-type in the NFL, which I feel is a good thing for Denard's pro longevity. I love watching Denard run the ball, but his limitations get exposed by really good teams. We'll be putting in a true passing game starting in 2013.


Input: [Date] 2 years 47 weeks ago [Title] I understand the sentiment, but... [Body]

Output: ... I would not overreact to one game. Truth is, we had played Alabama three times previously and won twice. Saban is a great coach. Combine great coaching, great tradition and the ability to make a team incredibly deep through oversigning, and you have a program on a roll. But if -- and this is a big IF -- the NCAA really does crack down on roster manipulation (Stewart Mandel, for example, thinks the new rules will not stop oversigning), and as Hoke continues to recruit players head-to-head with Alabama (as in the Turly-Tillman and Dawson commits), we'll see things level out over the next few years. Someone should run the numbers on this, but I'll bet the edge Alabama holds in the number of scholarships given out over the past four years, not to mention that Saban has been recruiting players to fit his system, which is more like the days of Bo. I don't think we'll ever be Alabama in terms of how we go about things -- Michigan is a serious university, while Bama is your typical, average state school -- but I think we'll be able to compete with them in two years. There's nothing fancy about what they do. They get great recruits, they've been cutting recruits they missed on and replacing them with more recruits, and that just gives more talent to a great coach. They'll always get great recruits. If we can stop them from manipulating the rules to correct their misses, we can compete. Indeed, if we can get everyone playing by the same rules, we have the coaching staff and recruiting power to return to beating Alabama again. The competitive edge brought by oversigning is depth, and we saw it last night. It is the reason Alabama can 'reload, not rebuild.' They've been stockpiling as much as they can get away with. Remember, there were years before the SEC went on an oversigning rampage started by Saban at LSU (and then Alabama), along with Arkansas and South Carolina. And Michigan dominated the SEC in bowl games before the binge. And which SEC team was the first to ban oversigning? Florida, by the order of the school president. And looked what happened -- they started getting dominated in the SEC. The SEC teams you see on the field really are better and much deeper. It's how they got that way that doesn't get any discussion on television.


Input: [Date] 2 years 51 weeks ago [Title] Ah [Body]

Output: Thanks. I have done that myself.


Input: [Date] 2 years 51 weeks ago [Title] Excuse me? [Body]

Output: What are you talking about?


Input: [Date] 2 years 51 weeks ago [Title] It's a consent decree, not an NCAA ruling [Body]

Output: This is posturing and will go nowhere. Universities can appeal sanctions handed down by the NCAA, but that is not what happened here. There was no investigation, there was the Freeh Report, commissioned by Penn State. The sanctions were agreed to by both parties, not handed down, and signed by the NCAA president and the Penn State president, who cleared with university counsel that he had the authority. Had a consent decree not been signed, then the school would have been subjected to the standard enforcement process and could appeal that ruling if it found it unfair. But as the NCAA said last week when the Paterno family said it would appeal, the consent decree is not subject to an appeal. It is an agreement, a contract signed by both parties. The trustees are wasting their time.


Input: [Date] 3 years 18 weeks ago [Title] That's an ugly house [Body]

Output: Always amazed at how much money some people spend to buy a house that has no curb appeal, no character and is just plain ugly. Ugly brick and the design of those window frames is hideous. Smacks of 'new money' with no classic taste.


Input: [Date] 3 years 19 weeks ago [Title] SEC fans don't wear jerseys? [Body]

Output: How many SEC teams has he seen play? Go to an LSU game and you'll see plenty of jerseys. And plenty of really ugly purple shirts.


Input: [Date] 3 years 20 weeks ago [Title] I thought he said Temple would beat us [Body]

Output: Did Davis come back later and say Ohio would beat us? When I was watching the show, he said that Temple would beat us in the round of 32, in what he termed a "mini-upset." I don't pay attention to it. When we drew Clemson, people said we'd lose. We won. Last year, all I heard was about all the great athletes Tennessee had. We crushed them. The analysts are just fans. They all say predictable things. That said, Temple is a quality, well-coached team. Fran Dunphy is an excellent coach. But I still like our chances of getting to the Sweet 16.


Input: [Date] 3 years 20 weeks ago [Title] Thanks for stopping in troll [Body]

Output: Hey troll, thanks for leaving top talent sitting there because of your coach's "system." What has you worried is you fear the talent evaluation skills of Hoke and Mattison. As well you should. Michigan has no fear of Meyer. Played him once, shredded his defense, handed Tebow his only bowl loss. Keep up the great work. Leave us the players whose best football is ahead of them, just like you left McCray and Trey Burke in basketball. Conley will end up being better than Burrows. Better athlete, bigger, more upside. When I read stupid comments like yours, I smell fear. With good reason.


Input: [Date] 3 years 22 weeks ago [Title] On those university rankings [Body]

Output: Important to note that Michigan's ranking was the highest ranking of any U.S. public university. The nine U.S. schools ranked ahead of us are all private institutions, and Michigan ranked ahead of the other two top public schools -- Cal-Berkeley and Virginia. Pretty impressive. Also, while everyone likes to make fun of a "General Studies" degree, it is basically just a liberal arts degree. The classmate of mine at Michigan who is the richest of everyone in our group of friends is a hugely successful corporate real estate developer. He majored in General Studies. Far from holding him back, it made a dramatic positive difference in his life. Why? Because he had a degree from Michigan and that in itself opens doors. My point is it's the quality of the school that matters most, and the competitiveness of the student body. At Ohio, you are going to school with a bunch of average students, some well below average. It is not hard to get accepted. Any degree from Michigan is worth more than the vast majority of degrees from Ohio because you have been to a place that is simply filled with smarter people and that better prepares you to compete.


Input: [Date] 1 day 15 hours ago [Title] Don't really see this one [Body]

Output: Don't really see this one going anywhere, but it would be nice.


Input: [Date] 1 day 15 hours ago [Title] This is not good as we just [Body]

Output: This is not good as we just got another big player in for Upshur and I think he's a hell of a prospect. McKeon is a great start but given the Tight End depth right now it'd be nice to get a lottery ticket with a higher chance of hitting.


Input: [Date] 1 day 15 hours ago [Title] Great news and I like his [Body]

Output: Great news and I like his highlight film. Seems like he's at the beginning of the development curve and he'll have some time once he gets to the program. Think he'll be a player.


Input: [Date] 1 day 15 hours ago [Title] If they hadn't completely [Body]

Output: If they hadn't completely blown the execution of the idea and have it be associated with two of the worst, most frustrating seasons in Michigan football then I might be a bit sad about this for practical reasons. However, this idea will always be toxic because of the era.


Input: [Date] 1 day 15 hours ago [Title] I like this as it's always [Body]

Output: I like this as it's always more fun to get different types of teams in the schedule. Plus as a military academy guy I welcome any good exposure the academy teams get.


Input: [Date] 3 days 34 min ago [Title] PAC 12 presidents won't take [Body]

Output: PAC 12 presidents won't take BYU. They could have had them a few years ago but went with Utah instead and when comparing the two institutions as far as fan interest and possible TV dollars BYU beats Utah hands down. The religion as Percy is rumored to be the issue.


Input: [Date] 3 days 38 min ago [Title] What, exactly, is the Big [Body]

Output: What, exactly, is the Big Seven?


Input: [Date] 6 days 7 hours ago [Title] He will be very dangerous [Body]

Output: He will be very dangerous there I think, Nice move on their part.


Input: [Date] 6 days 7 hours ago [Title] CSU-Pueblo is a traditionally [Body]

Output: CSU-Pueblo is a traditionally strong DII team and a good place to start a career as he should get some good visibility there. Good for him.


Input: [Date] 6 days 7 hours ago [Title] I know and was kicking it [Body]

Output: I know and was kicking it back :). By the way, can't blame you at all, Bergkamps goal against Argentina in '98 was unreal and between him and Henry, two of my favorite strikers ever were on that team.


Input: [Date] 6 days 10 hours ago [Title] They have a long and pretty [Body]

Output: They have a long and pretty illustrious history and in the EPL they've been good with a chance to break through but just can't buy whoever the hell they want. Makes them a more interesting follow than the Big Five, plus this way I don't feel like a soul-less band wagoner(as I assume any fan of the big five must feel like). I've been following them since the 2006/2007 season, but it's been more fun than following a team led by a Frenchman who keeps mysteriously being struck blind when one of his players does something egregious.


Input: [Date] 6 days 12 hours ago [Title] Air Force(Football, [Body]

Output: Air Force(Football, Basketball, Hockey) - went there for undergrad Michigan(Football, Basketball, Hockey) - went here for grad school UCLA(Football, Basketball, Baseball) - raised a Bruins fan Dodgers - raised a Dodger fan Tottenham Hotspur - like soccer and wanted an EPL team and Spurs history spoke to me. Plus Red is naughty. Tigers - figure I can root for an AL team and lived in Michigan for six years Lakers - raised a Lakers fan Lions - stopped following the NFL when I was stationed in Japan, when I came back the Lions became the home town team. USMNT - USA USA USA! Red Wings - never really had hometown team and then I moved to Michigan. Probably too long a list but I love sports. Although to be honest I really follow.college, the EPL, and baseball and the rest are more of a notice when there is time kind of a deal.


Input: [Date] 6 days 13 hours ago [Title] I just want to see a lot of [Body]

Output: I just want to see a lot of recruiting options at point guard, given the staff's "luck" with recruiting, may as well line up as many lottery tickets as you can.


Input: [Date] 6 days 13 hours ago [Title] Or it's a parent pointing out [Body]

Output: Or it's a parent pointing out his perspective and hoping his kid listens to it. It's called parenting and while it's frustrating to see it go like this, I absolutely get a dad wanting to be able to watch his kid play college ball.


Input: [Date] 6 days 17 hours ago [Title] The staff has a bunch of LB's [Body]

Output: The staff has a bunch of LB's in this class with a lot of targets on the board, more bullets is always good, but I don't see that being a problem with this class, agree that parents aren't going to let him go to Michigan, though.


Input: [Date] 6 days 19 hours ago [Title] My take on players being able [Body]

Output: My take on players being able to graduate in four years is this, counting on a fifth year to get your degree is a big risk and I have a feeling players who know they're at risk of not getting that fifth year probably figure it out within the first couple of years and can start to make an academic plan that gets them to a degree within four years while taking advantage of the summer sessions. I can't imagine there isn't a support system in place in which they are told what their academic options are and given staright talk as to what they need to do and should plan for. I think at some point natural sympathy for the time commitments they are asked to fulfill has to be balanced against the realization that people have to be held responsible for the choices they make, even if conditions aren't ideal.


Input: [Date] 6 days 19 hours ago [Title] 1. He's a fifth year senior [Body]

Output: 1. He's a fifth year senior and likely 22/23, calling him a boy is pretty damn rude. 2. You don't know his whole situation and why he transferred, it is much more likely he knew he wasn't going pro, had his degree and just wanted to spend one more year playing football and getting actual time on the field. Frankly, it's hard to blame him for that. 3. I find it hard to believe any coach is going to bring a level of intensity to practice that a fifth year senior is not going to have experienced or be able to contextualize and it's not like heading to Ohio is going to make practices or workouts any easier, the coach at Ohio has to coach for his job, too.


Input: [Date] 6 days 20 hours ago [Title] I wish Countess had stuck [Body]

Output: I wish Countess had stuck around as well as I think he would have provided experience if nothing else. His instincts in zone coverge are proven to be good as well and there's no way to call his transfer anything but a loss, especially given his current team. As far as the veiled RR comment goes, agree to disagree.


Input: [Date] 6 days 20 hours ago [Title] These are the same questions [Body]

Output: These are the same questions Alabama fans were asking before Saban, OU fans were asking before Stoops, Texas fans were asking before Brown and are asking again. Programs just have to go through periods in the wilderness like Michigan is going through now, what makes this one especially painful is Groucho Mark's ascendance in East Lansing coupled with tOSU's lucking into Meyer right when it looked like they were about to go through a similar period. Coaching makes a big difference especially when an institution has to catch up to the times. Michigan has now done that and while this year will be growing pains as the team catches up to what's expected of it, I just cannot believe that the ENTIRE offensive roster was a recruiting miss. There are some good players in there, they just have to be found and given the right environment to succeed. We may not be looking at the talent base we thought we'd have by now, but I don't think it's a smoking crater either.


Input: [Date] 1 week 13 hours ago [Title] Well here's hoping they can [Body]

Output: Well here's hoping they can pull this out, but color me skeptical. Klinsman has some hard questions to answer about a meltdown like this.


Input: [Date] 1 week 2 days ago [Title] My mistake. I tend to mix up [Body]

Output: My mistake. I tend to mix up the two schools as I assume high level prospects out of both of them are automatically ticketed for USC. Thanks for the correction though, as I prefer to be accurate in these things. Regardless my point still stands, he's a high level prospect out of a USC feeder school and is going there. I almost feel sorry for coaches of other schools recruiting these guys as to a certain extent they have to put in the effort to try, but it's a foregone conclusion where the guys are going, so they must feel like they're wasting time and resources to simply keep up appearrances.


Input: [Date] 1 week 2 days ago [Title] Jack Jones is a high level DB [Body]

Output: Jack Jones is a high level DB prospect out of Serra, he's going to USC no ifs, ands, or buts. I would LOVE to believe otherwise but I just don't see it.


Input: [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Title] Because M's history with late [Body]

Output: Because M's history with late commits sucks eggs is why.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 15 hours ago [Title] How about someone who grew up [Body]

Output: How about someone who grew up in a UCLA household and then went to grad school at UM? Rules for fandom are silly, that's how I feel.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 17 hours ago [Title] Good for them. [Body]

Output: Good for them.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Yeah that was yakety sax all [Body]

Output: Yeah that was yakety sax all the way.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Love the last line, very [Body]

Output: Love the last line, very funny.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 2 days ago [Title] That's what UMD and UMF are [Body]

Output: That's what UMD and UMF are for as well as Western, Eastern, Central, etc. there is plenty of accessibility, while still maintaining a flagship. Think along the lines of California, extremely prestigious flagship with others that aren't exactly slouches either.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 2 days ago [Title] 'Roids are apparently a hell [Body]

Output: 'Roids are apparently a hell of a drug.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Best of luck to him [Body]

Output: Beilein must be getting tired of having to move into plans B and C, he's doing well with those no doubt and I think we'll end up ok at the end of the day, but man I hope he has a LONG list of backup point guard options.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 3 days ago [Title] A term that died about ten [Body]

Output: A term that died about ten years ago, means a guy that uses more hair product than is generally considered acceptable.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Hammill's take is by far my [Body]

Output: Hammill's take is by far my favorite, just a great mix of menace and clownishness. As far as action in a screen though it's hard to not appreciate how far down the rabbit hole Ledger went and really became someone else. I loved Tom Burtons Batman but let's be honest, Jack Nicholson was playing himself in crazy makeup.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Agreed, Reynolds has the [Body]

Output: Agreed, Reynolds has the perfect mix of snark and physicality to carry the role off. Really can't imagine too many other actors in it.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Looks interesting, but..... [Body]

Output: I'm going to wait for video, too many unanswered questions and I liked the dark knight movies a lot and am unsure if I'm willing to dive into another continuity no matter how many "Dark Knight Returns" homages there appear to be.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 4 days ago [Title] It's Both [Body]

Output: But given my kids only like cheese pizza, it's a lot easier to stomach getting them the $5 hot and ready for pizza and movie night. I doubt I'd get it otherwise, but actually not getting birch slapped by my wallet for ordering takeout is a nice thing.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Hard to blame him if he saw a [Body]

Output: Hard to blame him if he saw a better depth chart opportunity, may he hit several game winning kicks against Sparty and the Buckeyes


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 6 days ago [Title] I'll support Buckeye Jon on [Body]

Output: I'll support Buckeye Jon on this, most OSU fans I know would have understood a transfer.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 6 days ago [Title] As much as I would like to [Body]

Output: As much as I would like to shut Sparty up....The answer to this question is OSU, always and forever OSU.


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 1 day ago [Title] Either "Yes, Sir" or "Yes, [Body]

Output: Either "Yes, Sir" or "Yes, Captain Scott" would work out. I can't remember ever being addressed by my first name by an Enlisted guy or using a first name for a Field Grade Officer or above.


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Non-redneck is a TERRIBLE [Body]

Output: Non-redneck is a TERRIBLE description of Boise St. Fans. Every bandwagonner fan in Idaho, Montana, Northern Nevada, Eastern Washington and Eastern Oregon are Boise St. Fans now.


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Weren't they both in the U20 [Body]

Output: Weren't they both in the U20 World Cop though?


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Does Besler need a break or [Body]

Output: Does Besler need a break or is he a one year wonder like Jay Demerit was?


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Thankfully I don't think [Body]

Output: Thankfully I don't think we'll be seeing that as much.


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Great news and Great get!! [Body]

Output: Great news and Great get!! Welcome aboard and Go Blue!


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 8 hours ago [Title] Agree on Chop House. Great [Body]

Output: Agree on Chop House. Great food, good wine list and a very nice dining experience overall. It was my wife's and my every other year anniversary place and we always had a great time.


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 17 hours ago [Title] Played O-Line and D-line for [Body]

Output: Played O-Line and D-line for a small town High school in Northern Nevada that played all the Reno schools, so we had an awesome home field advantage as they had to travel six hours by bus to play us. Overall decent, made the state playoffs most years and won most games by a score of around 42-14, but always came up short against the main high school in Reno.


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 21 hours ago [Title] At a guess I'd say a combo [Body]

Output: At a guess I'd say a combo platter of Andrew David's presence and Franklin being a hell of a recruiter.


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 21 hours ago [Title] Because you would then have [Body]

Output: Because you would then have to do one of two things, both with costs associated. You either A) cut approximately 40 scholarships from other men's sports or add enough womens sports to make up the 40 scholarship difference.


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Hmmm, at this point maybe [Body]

Output: Hmmm, at this point maybe not. The teams been deferent to her throughout, maybe trying to open up the attack.


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 6 days ago [Title] Fantastic news, especially in [Body]

Output: Fantastic news, especially in the wake of Khalid Khareem. Great news and hopefully this means big things for Jersey recruiting.


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 6 days ago [Title] Agreed, but I think we can go [Body]

Output: Agreed, but I think we can go ahead and figure on him going somewhere else this just seems like it's going to go that way.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 15 hours ago [Title] Fantastic news. Glad we're [Body]

Output: Fantastic news. Glad we're getting a good refresh of the big uglies. Drevno looks like a hell of a recruiter.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 15 hours ago [Title] On the one hand frustrating [Body]

Output: On the one hand frustrating as all get out to lose out on yet another in-state kid(What makes it worse is bad in-state and Ohio recruiting was a hallmark of the late Lloyd Carr malaise). On the other hand this is what the last seven years has earned us, time to start kicking ass again.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 2 days ago [Title] It's not like that goal [Body]

Output: It's not like that goal really should buy the US any consideration.....


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 2 days ago [Title] This game is cursed!!!! [Body]

Output: This game is cursed!!!!


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Oof. Terrible Cross by [Body]

Output: Oof. Terrible Cross by Morgan.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 2 days ago [Title] That is a real shame, sorry [Body]

Output: That is a real shame, sorry that was your experience.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Because they're amazing [Body]

Output: Because they're amazing that's why.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 4 days ago [Title] It's on him to still win the [Body]

Output: It's on him to still win the job. I think he understood the depth chart and thought he'd at least get a fair shot here whereas Iowa stemmed to stack the deck against him.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Eh, I like it, it shows some [Body]

Output: Eh, I like it, it shows some fire and I can't imagine Rudock doesn't understand where he's coming from. Let them both go for it with everything they've got.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 4 days ago [Title] He just wants to recreate the [Body]

Output: He just wants to recreate the experience of not making the playoffs in the pros, too.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 5 days ago [Title] I thought the issue this year [Body]

Output: I thought the issue this year was that it was a down year for talent in Ohio, the recruiting class after they won the NC, so the battles for the high power5 level players are already over before they began, no harm in recognizing that and adjusting as long as it's not a pattern.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 5 days ago [Title] It happens all the time, [Body]

Output: It happens all the time, there was a receiver out of Texas who committed to UCLA last year a week before signing day, but you could tell by his moms face that it wasn't going to last. He signed with Texas eventually. If a parent feels like they still need to guide their kid, then great. It's not like being a parent ends at a certain point. I was lucky enough to have parents who let me go where I wanted, not everyone dies.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 5 days ago [Title] We want more heat seeking [Body]

Output: We want more heat seeking missiles. Seems weird to be enjoying good news about football, welcome aboard!


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Sucks, but have kind of been [Body]

Output: Sucks, but have kind of been expecting this, as the scuttlebutt always seemed to be that maybe Mom and Dad weren't hugely happy with M as the choice.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 6 days ago [Title] Isn't the reason Lindsey Vonn [Body]

Output: Isn't the reason Lindsey Vonn broke up with him was because he was doing that very thing?


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 13 hours ago [Title] That would be a shame, would [Body]

Output: That would be a shame, would really like to maintain a good presence in recruiting the state of Michigan, but can't blame the guy for looking given this recent wave.


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 13 hours ago [Title] Agreed, great news to get a [Body]

Output: Agreed, great news to get a secondary commit.


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 14 hours ago [Title] This is fantastic news. [Body]

Output: This is fantastic news. Looking forward to putting a class of mailers together.


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Excellent news, welcome [Body]

Output: Excellent news, welcome aboard and always good to see camp performers want to sign up.


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Not sure about this [Body]

Output: Not sure about this particular incident, but his rudeness to stadium officials is pretty well documented in Three and Out.


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 3 days ago [Title] No need to worry about a neg, [Body]

Output: No need to worry about a neg, the concern is understandable. That said the coaches are still in on a lot of highly rated players and these were always going to be the camp commits we were going to see. I think there's a strategy to this and I lookforward to seeing how this plays out. If they go all sleeper all the time, I'd be a little concerned, but I don;t see it going that way and am happy they're getting in guys they've had a chance to see perform in person who are apparently good camp competitors. Throw in the fact that the roster is set up to give these guys a chance to redshirt and settle in and I can see this class providing a good foundation. TL:Dr it's a long way to February, let's give it time and celebrate the guys who want to come here.


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Agreed, between the Academy [Body]

Output: Agreed, between the Academy and the Ivy League offers, his qualifying is not going to be an issue.


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 3 days ago [Title] That one is nuts. [Body]

Output: That one is nuts.


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Look, I never said I was [Body]

Output: Look, I never said I was going anywhere(next time read the whole bit) but if Jon really is dead, I know a lot of book readers who feel that way. The story is compelling but enough beatings and people may not be entertained anymore. If this death really takes, then there really aren't a lot of characters to take on the banner of root for this person. Nihilism is boring and it isn't a lot of fun. You may not have a problem with the continued crushing of hope, but not everyone has the same taste. To be clear, I was not expecting "happily ever after", but bittersweet with some good and some bad would do nicely, the problem is that may not even happen and if I see/decide that is what's happening I will walk away thankful for the first three books, an incredible world and characters and the dunk and egg novellas, but also a little irritated by a somewhat lazy creative choice.


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 3 days ago [Title] I wouldn't be so confident [Body]

Output: I wouldn't be so confident about that. This was the scene that broke the patience and the wills of a lot of book readers. Most think there is going to be some sort of end game, but if there isn't I know a lot of people who are willing to walk away(and let's face it five years between books and progressively poorer quality isn't helping the case). Jon Snow' s storyline is one of the few heroic ones left and its not fun to see it torn apart. People have been taking a lot if hits recently and eventually the cost/benefit analysis is going to tip.the other way if there isn't enough.left to root for. As for me I don't think he's all-dead, just.mostly dead and waiting for the right Miracle Max. It's because I have trouble believing he'd build up Jon Snow as such an important piece and then immolate him in order to really drive the whole, "life is horrible" point home. Jon's part of the endgame, just interested in seeing how it all gets pulled off.


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Your comments match those of [Body]

Output: Your comments match those of a lot of.book readers. That said we've been.waiting for a resolution to this one since summer 2011. I'm very interested to see if the show or the books will solve this particular mystery first. My money is on the show.


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

Output: Yeesh, kindle web browsers suck. Sorry for double post.


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 3 days ago [Title] At this point it is safe to [Body]

Output: At this point it is safe to assume the books and the TV show are going to diverge, they've already laid the ground work for.it this season. Martin has had a pretty well documented case of writers block and its not like it's going to get resolved after nearly fifteen years.


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Fantastic news, welcome [Body]

Output: Fantastic news, welcome aboard!!


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 3 days ago [Title] This is great news, [Body]

Output: This is great news, interested to see what the next steps are.


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 4 days ago [Title] I was wondering who those [Body]

Output: I was wondering who those people in my house were that kept distracting me from the computer with silly demands such as needing to be fed...........


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 4 days ago [Title] I have a feeling homerism is [Body]

Output: I have a feeling homerism is something you should expect watching a US broadcast of a US team.


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 5 days ago [Title] It's always good to get [Body]

Output: It's always good to get another player on board and his film is awfully fun to watch. Welcome aboard Mr. Richardson!


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 5 days ago [Title] True, but if you want to sit [Body]

Output: True, but if you want to sit with your friends and have to wrangle them away from "lets just do ten more rounds of flip-cup" It's a little irritating.


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Well that is an interesting [Body]

Output: Well that is an interesting question. Depends on where I get a job, Seattle, San Francisco, and Reno, NV are the main options now. Regardless my wife is originally from Portland and I am originally from Nevada, so we'll be getting closer to home which will be good, but I loved living in Michigan and am really sad to leave. Needless to say finding a good Michigan bar is going to be critical :).


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Thanks for the perspective, [Body]

Output: Thanks for the perspective, I'm looking forward to it. Now just going to have to find the right bar to open up for those games :).


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 5 days ago [Title] I always hated it, because it [Body]

Output: I always hated it, because it meant there wasn't as much pregame time and it was harder to get into the stadium in time.


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 5 days ago [Title] I'm moving to the West this [Body]

Output: I'm moving to the West this summer, so I may as well get used to the whole "Football at 9 a.m." thing and get exposed to it right away. I do wonder if there will be an effect on the OSU players. You'd think they'd come out earlier to get adjusted to the clock and ensure they're ready for the time change.


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 5 days ago [Title] That routine was so very [Body]

Output: That routine was so very funny and would never even hit the stage now. He was one angry dude.


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Just about to make a comment [Body]

Output: Just about to make a comment about the same thing: Those were horrifying, I can't even imagine the lack of shame that would cause you to say things like that publically, even if that's the way you think which is just.......I can't even........... I don't feel like celebrating an ugly divorce, but this is just all kinds of crazy.


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 5 days ago [Title] As much fun as that would be, [Body]

Output: As much fun as that would be, I don't quite buy it. It's so hard to pull players out of the south that a windfall like that just doesn't seem likely. That said, I love the interest being shown and think it's a great sign for the future. Looking forward to seeing what the ext few years will bring.


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 5 days ago [Title] I'm not entirely sure that [Body]

Output: I'm not entirely sure that good riddance is something to say about a talented player who leaves because he felt he was promised something that turned out to not be true, especially when that player is arguably the top QB in the Midwest. You can say good riddance all you want, but I think there are some tradeoffs that need to be acknowledged.


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 5 days ago [Title] There's a big difference [Body]

Output: There's a big difference between college Kap and pro Kap. He was an amazing college QB and if Michigan can have that then I for one will be very pleased.


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 5 days ago [Title] This is what I'm thinking. [Body]

Output: This is what I'm thinking. He looks like the kind of guy that if he doesn't work out at QB can move elsewhere and do well. I like that approach as it again gets you athlete's who have had to learn how to read the game early on the field.


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 6 days ago [Title] It's almost as if the point [Body]

Output: It's almost as if the point you're making and the link at the bottom of your sig are saying the same thing. I feel my mind is being blown in a time warp and I cannot figure out which came first. To be clear I love the work you're doing, just wanted to have a little fun with it.


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 6 days ago [Title] Because anything that has to [Body]

Output: Because anything that has to do with indictments and punishments typically runs VERY slowly. When this happened to my sister charges took about a month and she didn't get a court date for almost nine months. There're a lot of people getting hit for wrong-doing and only so much capacity to process the paperwork.


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 1 day ago [Title] I'm hoping that is spray tan [Body]

Output: I'm hoping that is spray tan gone wrong, otherwise that just cannot be unseen........


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 2 days ago [Title] I suggest never stop making [Body]

Output: I suggest never stop making it, it's just so much fun!


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 2 days ago [Title] That's the one I was talking [Body]

Output: That's the one I was talking about. Apparently her nephew is a big kid and was pretty aggressive with her as well. I don't know what to think about the whole thing, but I don't know that it really lines up as being something more than a family having major communication issues.


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Lewan, Schofield and Denard [Body]

Output: Lewan, Schofield and Denard match with that group, the rest......not so much. I know the point you're trying to make but that group from Stanford on the whole was more impressive than the Michigan group. Hopefully some of that magic rubs off here as well, but if comparing results it's hard to say the Michigan group was better.


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Agreed but it seems right now [Body]

Output: Agreed but it seems right now nothing else is working all that well, so why not go to the magic Wambach well and see if she can do something. If Rapinoe and Leroux are playing off of her maybe something opens up.


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Yeah, need to definitely go [Body]

Output: Yeah, need to definitely go that strategy, she's not the leading goalscorer in US history for nothing.


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 2 days ago [Title] I don't know. The story [Body]

Output: I don't know. The story about it in ESPN the magazine made it seem pretty ambiguous. I wonder if it's more the opposite in that her celebrity and rep as a bad apple got her in trouble as the agressor in a confrontation with a guy who's much larger than her.


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Isn't that kind of Rapinoe's [Body]

Output: Isn't that kind of Rapinoe's specialty? I thought she was pretty well known for pulling offense out of nowhere.


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 2 days ago [Title] I get the concern, but I [Body]

Output: I get the concern, but I think it'll work out because: A) They just recruited a bunch of kids out of Indiana pretty heavily B) They haven't had the Michigan camp yet and who knows what will happen there and C) Haven't they had a bunch of Michigan kid specific events in the first few months in order to build those relationships? Seriously, I think they're going to be fine. In the case of Ohio, all indications I had was that it's kind of a down year there, but I know they're after the Lakewood St. edwards kid and a couple of others, so it's not like they're ignoring the state.


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Looks like a 4-4-2(from what [Body]

Output: Looks like a 4-4-2(from what little I know of the Women's team and the positions they play), is this the normal formation for the US team?


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 2 days ago [Title] That is cool and never would [Body]

Output: That is cool and never would have known it otherwise, thanks for sharing.


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 2 days ago [Title] I like to think of it as a [Body]

Output: I like to think of it as a moneyball approach. Find talent you like that maybe hasn't bloomed all the way yet or hasn't gotten a ton of attention and then use it to either fill out the depth chart or get a player who can use their one or two A+ attributes to the best use. At the same time, it's not like the staff is giving up on the superstars(Caleb Kelly and Rashan Gary appear to be the most prominent mentions). So I'm perfectly comfortable with this approach as allows for some growth on the team, as well as flexibility that I'm not sure we saw as much of under Hoke.


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Attrition for a large variety [Body]

Output: Attrition for a large variety of reasons is why the class failed, which for many comes down to insufficient vetting, whether they were a good fit for Brady Hoke is immaterial next to the fact that so few even stuck around and the ONE offensive lineman in it had to medically retire. To add to that, I'm not convinced Rodriguez's staff would have figured out what to do with Furman either.


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Yeah, not so much with [Body]

Output: Yeah, not so much with Houston. Humidity there is off the charts.


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Wow, did I ever deserve that ;) [Body]

Output: Operative lesson here is don't post angry and don't post simple condemnation in lieu of intelligent criticism. Bad on me for indulging in an emotional reaction and inflicting it on y'all, I am sorry for that and I know better. No hard feelings against those who neg-bombed me or called me out, you were right. For those interested, now that I've had time to cool off: 1. When I first read the Red Wedding scene, I threw the book across the room and couldn't even look at it for a week. This scene in the show engendered the same reaction and I did walk away from the TV while my wife finished watching, from what I understand the last scene is pretty cool. I went back to the books and will go back to the TV show, because the world Martin has created and the characters in it are compelling and I am still emotionally invested in several of them and so I went back to reading and loving the series(just as I assume I will do with the show), it just took some time. That said, I'm the type of person that needs someone to root for and I feel like that's gradually being taken away. As a result I am getting less and less interested as it goes on and am a little frustrated by the tone the series(both book and TV show) has taken. In my opinion the red wedding, while a genius twist, removed a lot of the narrative thrust of the series and Martin has been spinning his wheels a bit ever since he pulled off his neat little trick. 2. I'm still upset and feel that is a decision that was made for shock value and there wasn't enough set-up to make it pay off in the show. Even if you go with the "Stannis believes he's Azor Ahai" argument, you've got a situation in which he's trying to take a castle and not do anything to take on some sort of existential threat. Resulting in him deciding to do a terrible thing that feels completely out of character. So this feels like yet another decision to make the most awful thing that could possibly happen happen and that gets tiresome. Martin can object to being called nhilistic all he wants, but it's hard to argue he hasn't earned that criticism. TL:DR: I did not post intelligently last night and got what I deserved. Yes, I am still going to keep watching but am getting less and less interested and am getting closer to simply walking away which would have been inconceivable at the start of the season.


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 3 days ago [Title] LOL [Body]

Output: Just think of it as a manifestation of the "Ninja's can only attack one at a time" rule.


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 3 days ago [Title] That's the kind of thing that [Body]

Output: That's the kind of thing that happens when you have options, know you have options , and don't like your boss. To be able to say that a get away with it is hilarious and definitely helps put in context the 49er's constant attempts to bring him down a notch or two(which have been hilariously ineffective).


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Unnecessary [Body]

Output: Unnecessary


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Yes, you should expect to see [Body]

Output: Yes, you should expect to see plenty of Cersei next week.


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 3 days ago [Title] From my vague [Body]

Output: From my vague recollections(book five came out a while ago and wasn't that good, so I didn't obsessively 're-read it the way I did the first 3). I think you have to be touched by an infected part. Someone with better knowledge of it is welcome to correct me if I'm off base.


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 3 days ago [Title] That's basically how book [Body]

Output: That's basically how book five ends as well, with a tin of cliffhanger. It won't be all that out of character.


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Geez [Body]

Output: Kindle fire web browsers suck eggs.


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Thank you for making my point [Body]

Output: Thank you for making my point far more effectively than I did. Nice summary.