Input: [Date] 4 years 33 weeks ago [Title] I was there... [Body]

Output: I was in the marching band at that time and besides being a much less stressful trip than the three rose bowl trips during my other years (90-93 was a great bowl run...and well, for the band, the gator bowl was not something we were going to get up early and practice for a parade as often) I remember the decrepit stadium (it looked like it was made out of an erector set) and how the entire offensive line was named game MVP. I remember at the pregame rally a player (can't remember exactly who) asking "Who are they to think they can beat Michigan". We were still really pissed beacuse we were supposed to go to the Sugar Bowl but back in the days before autobids Virginia (I think) had accepted a very early bid and then lost their last game


Input: [Date] 4 years 36 weeks ago [Title] I remember... [Body]

Output: McGuffie seeming reluctant to follow through with his commitment after the coaching change...He was late senidng in his LOI and he seemed to really be considering Cal. I vaguely recall a quote where it seemed like he was coming more because of all the other players in that class he had persuaded to come, and that he felt beholden to them, then he was 100% in his decision...it just seemed a bad fit, and I never held it against him since he tried to do the right thing, even if for the wrong reasons.


Input: [Date] 4 years 37 weeks ago [Title] I see your logic, but.... [Body]

Output: In this offense, as the Illinois game (and so many others) surely shows us, you can't rely on one QB to stay healthy. I think DG is studly potential as well, and I don't think he'll crap out, but you just can't assume the next four years go smooth...You have to get Sousa or that kid out of North Carolina (Whose name escpaes me, sorry) for the what if...where would we have been in the Illinois (and even Iowa) game if we hadn't recruited two QBs in 2008? Now, we had noneish on the roster then and three now...but in DG's Sr/Jr (assuming redshirt)year we can't just have one solid, experienced QB on the roster...


Input: [Date] 4 years 37 weeks ago [Title] weird... [Body]

Output: I was actually thinking about this last night...that 21 is as much a part of Michigan lore as 1, but Biakabatuka messes up the slot tradition a bit...you put 313 on tOSU you're part of the lore...


Input: [Date] 4 years 37 weeks ago [Title] thanks.... [Body]

Output: And trust me, I wield that influence...I showed all my classes that video last year where the tOSU tuba player clocked the tv camera during script Ohio which (band trivia alert, was actually first performed by U of M)...and I used to teach them grammar by having them parse (identify parts of speech) The Victors which (further band trivia alert) was definitely not first performed by tOSU


Input: [Date] 4 years 37 weeks ago [Title] Right here [Body]

Output: I grew up in Mesa (Dobson High) and attened U of M - graduated '93...four years in the marching band. I'm back in AZ, teaching at Chandler High...


Input: [Date] 1 year 26 weeks ago [Body] Given our current situation on defense and in particular the d-line I really couldn't care less how the kid has handled his recruitment (not that I have any problem with it....I don't). He's a potential difference maker that we sorely need. He hasn't really given the media anything to go on so I really don't see how you come to the conclusion he likes the spotlight. If anything he has been tight lipped and hard to read, maybe it's the exact opposite and he doesn't like the attention. [Title]

Output: Given our current situation


Input: [Date] 1 year 26 weeks ago [Body] Unless they want their kid to go elsewhere ...... [Title]

Output: Unless they want their kid to


Input: [Date] 5 years 7 weeks ago [Body] kool aid was on the menu yesterday and almost everyone was drinking, though i wont give out premium info (for fear they will hunt me down and kill me). i have a feeling those of you who havent already read it will find out monday, theres a new(er) version of the story......told ya it stunk [Title]

Output: kool aid


Input: [Date] 5 years 7 weeks ago [Body] just a quick question.. why wouls any kid leaving usc because they got put on probation come to a school that was getting a final ruling on their fate in august ???? [Title]

Output: transfers ?


Input: [Date] 5 years 7 weeks ago [Body] Im sorry but the story from the wolverine blog doesnt pass the smell test. The statement that fla wouldnt admit him due to grades is completely false fla told him to quit taking visits or lose his scholi. He took his visits and fla pulled his scholi. We were all told this from multiple sources. Knowing that this is false makes it hard for me to believe any other part of the email posted. I also do not believe for a seco d that while under investigation rr (of all ppl) was allowed to just offer anyone and that no one i. Admissions would follow up until weeks before the kids are to arrive on campus. It seems to me that there are alot of ppl trying to put this behind them by making it sound like it was rr's fault for offering and the rest of the u is clear and sort of a "move along, nothing to see here" attitude. Sorry... Im not buying it. After what happened with witty last yr. It seems unbelivalble to me that no one is overseeing who gets offered. [Title]

Output: Aces story


Input: [Date] 5 years 7 weeks ago [Body] it really doesnt matter if he shouldnt have been offered or not, why the hell would it take until now for this to be resolved, if he should not have been offered in the first place why wouldnt this have been resolved within weeks or dare i say.......days. if this was a mistake from the get-go and it was adressed quickly we wouldve all been pissed but it would have looked alot "less bad". letting this linger for 4 months and all blow up at this late stage in the game did unnecceasry harm to the kid and possibly horrific damage to our ability to recruit. [Title]

Output: it really doesnt matter if he


Input: [Date] 5 years 43 weeks ago [Body] the stripes are not cursed, we just sucked last yr. [Title]

Output: the stripes are not cursed,


Input: [Date] 5 years 43 weeks ago [Body] has anybody heard anymore about the white pants at iowa thing ??? [Title]

Output: has anybody heard anymore


Input: [Date] 6 years 46 weeks ago [Body] i understand everything said.....but really.....stevie brown does suck [Title]

Output: yea but......


Input: [Date] 5 days 2 hours ago [Body] All my buddys bought the Matricom G Box...they swear by it. I have XBMC/Kodi on my CPU and its awesome for movies/TV shows. Only draw back now is I dont have internet...Comcast doesnt provide my street and I have to use a hot spot. So does anyone have any Comcast hook ups for service? http://www.amazon.com/Matricom-G-Box-Quad-Octo-Android/dp/B00QHLSKOE/ref... [Title]

Output: All my buddys bought the


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 1 day ago [Body] cant remember the last time I used a razor to shave. My clippers do the job close to the skin...little stubble. [Title]

Output: cant remember the last time I used a razor to


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Recently moved into a newer house down a private dr and there was only uverse available at 768kbps. comcast wanted over 40k to run line to my house...unreal. Using a hot spot now which is horrible..capped an 90$ a month. You take things for granted I guess and dont realize what you have. [Title]

Output: Recently moved into a newer house down a private


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Just turned on the game...man those jerseys are ugly! [Title]

Output: Just turned on the game...man those jerseys are


Input: [Date] 27 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Hopslam! [Title]

Output: Hopslam!


Input: [Date] 31 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Do I even think about starting Jonas Grey with Blount being out over: Ingram Charles Demarco Newton or Tannehill? Julius Thomas or Witten? Standard League [Title]

Output: Do I even think about


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 5 days ago [Body] PPR league [Title]

Output: Tate or Edelman


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Are Spartys unis black? or am I color blind? They def dont match the helmet. [Title]

Output: Are Spartys unis black? or am I color blind? They


Input: [Date] 48 weeks 2 days ago [Body] I took my year and half old to the spring game. He lasted exactly 2 mins sitting in the bleachers. He squirmed and wanted to run down to the stairs to the field. I would not recommend this at all. He had more fun running around the concourse. They are just to young to realize what is happening. [Title]

Output: I took my year and half old


Input: [Date] 49 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Diaper Party! The following will be smoked, bbq and drank! 8 lbs bone in pork shoulders, 4 racks st Louis style ribs, 2 lbs ground sausage, 5 lbs ground chuck, 2 lbs ground pork belly, couple pounds of brats or sausage. & 2 pounds of bacon Kegs of Fat Tire and Two Hearted [Title]

Output: Diaper Party! The following


Input: [Date] 50 weeks 2 days ago [Body] The reason I hate the NBA is because it ruins the college game. College Basketball is real basketball...the NBA is a form of basketball that is individual based. Where College evolves around teamwork [Title]

Output: The reason I hate the NBA is


Input: [Date] 51 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Serious question...How is Avila still the everyday catcher? [Title]

Output: Serious question...How is


Input: [Date] 51 weeks 6 days ago [Body] DIRECTV Comcast for internet [Title]

Output: DIRECTV Comcast for internet


Input: [Date] 1 year 2 hours ago [Body] Price destination between Tigers, Mariners and Cardinals. Buster Olney retweeted. [Title]

Output: Price destination between


Input: [Date] 1 year 4 hours ago [Body] Tigers and Red Sox "getting close" to deal for Andrew Miller per Jon Morosi on Twitter [Title]

Output: Tigers and Red Sox "getting


Input: [Date] 1 year 1 week ago [Body] My wife, girlfriend at the time went to Croatia for about 3 weeks in summer and stayed in Hvar, which is an island. It was pretty amazing...I would go back in a heart beat. We also took a boat ride to Italy from there. It was a pretty crazy experience getting to the Island, as we flew into Split and took a bus to the port and people were standing out at the bus stop offering rooms to stay in for a night, since there were no ferry's going to the island that late, we stayed in a room. Pretty much winged it...same as for Italy when we got off the ferry. Awesome experience tho. [Title]

Output: My wife, girlfriend at the


Input: [Date] 1 year 1 week ago [Body] I used a program called " The Hat". Once the order was generated I made a video of funny pics taken from the years in the draft order. I would play this before the draft started. The Hat is a simple-to-use software application which generates a list of items placed in a random order. These can be either numbers or text. http://www.softpedia.com/get/Others/Miscellaneous/The-Hat.shtml [Title]

Output: I used a program called " The


Input: [Date] 1 year 23 weeks ago [Body] Banshee is my fab show right now. Pretty awesome show. Start from the start...its on season 2 right now. [Title]

Output: Banshee is my fab show right now. Pretty awesome


Input: [Date] 1 year 23 weeks ago [Title]

Output: (No subject)


Input: [Date] 1 year 33 weeks ago [Body] SportsCenter ✔ @SportsCenter Follow BREAKING: Texas head coach Mack Brown expected to resign by end of week, source tells @McMurphyESPN. 1st reported by http://OrangeBloods.com . [Title]

Output: SportsCenter ✔ @Sports


Input: [Date] 1 year 34 weeks ago [Body] The season is not over...Brady will not fire anyone before the bowl game, that is just stupid. So of course he has to say what he said. [Title]

Output: The season is not


Input: [Date] 1 year 35 weeks ago [Body] Did you read the title? Your quote reiterates what the title says My quote states the problem at hand and how they will fix the problem...Which is Al Borges. Fire AL! [Title]

Output: Did you read the title? Your


Input: [Date] 1 year 35 weeks ago [Body] I expect the same old horrible play calling...oh and the same old coach speak "got to execute better" [Title]

Output: I expect the same old horrible play calling...oh


Input: [Date] 1 year 40 weeks ago [Body] Really? Did you read the front page? I am pretty sure there are 10 in the photo. Regardless...it was a joke. MANBALL 27 for 27! They should make an ESPN documentary. [Title]

Output: Really? Did you read the


Input: [Date] 1 year 40 weeks ago [Body] I got nothing...I have no faith in Borges or his play calling. We have a dual threat QB and when we use him correctly he is very dangerous, but we decide to run manball. 27 for 27 is not manball. [Title]

Output: I got nothing...I have no


Input: [Date] 1 year 40 weeks ago [Body] Doesnt matter who is at guard when the other team has 8-9 people in the box and we only are playing with 10 on offense. [Title]

Output: Doesnt matter who is at guard


Input: [Date] 1 year 41 weeks ago [Body] Your leading rusher is the QB...how many QB runs did he call in OT? prolly ZERO! [Title]

Output: Your leading rusher is the


Input: [Date] 1 year 41 weeks ago [Body] Happened twice [Title]

Output: Happened twice


Input: [Date] 1 year 41 weeks ago [Body] Al Borges should be gone...He had zero play calls in the last part of the 4th and the entire OT that gave us a winning chance. [Title]

Output: Al Borges should be gone...He


Input: [Date] 1 year 41 weeks ago [Body] Borges is setting Gardner up to fail...every single possesion they try and run the ball from under center. GUESS WHAT IT DOESNT WORK! You are putting Gardner in 3rd and longs! The only rush yards you have is from Gardner...RUN THE SPREAD! READ OPTION! [Title]

Output: Borges is setting Gardner up


Input: [Date] 1 year 26 weeks ago [Title] Given our current situation [Body]

Output: Given our current situation on defense and in particular the d-line I really couldn't care less how the kid has handled his recruitment (not that I have any problem with it....I don't). He's a potential difference maker that we sorely need. He hasn't really given the media anything to go on so I really don't see how you come to the conclusion he likes the spotlight. If anything he has been tight lipped and hard to read, maybe it's the exact opposite and he doesn't like the attention.


Input: [Date] 1 year 26 weeks ago [Title] Unless they want their kid to [Body]

Output: Unless they want their kid to go elsewhere ......


Input: [Date] 5 years 7 weeks ago [Title] kool aid [Body]

Output: kool aid was on the menu yesterday and almost everyone was drinking, though i wont give out premium info (for fear they will hunt me down and kill me). i have a feeling those of you who havent already read it will find out monday, theres a new(er) version of the story......told ya it stunk


Input: [Date] 5 years 7 weeks ago [Title] transfers ? [Body]

Output: just a quick question.. why wouls any kid leaving usc because they got put on probation come to a school that was getting a final ruling on their fate in august ????


Input: [Date] 5 years 7 weeks ago [Title] Aces story [Body]

Output: Im sorry but the story from the wolverine blog doesnt pass the smell test. The statement that fla wouldnt admit him due to grades is completely false fla told him to quit taking visits or lose his scholi. He took his visits and fla pulled his scholi. We were all told this from multiple sources. Knowing that this is false makes it hard for me to believe any other part of the email posted. I also do not believe for a seco d that while under investigation rr (of all ppl) was allowed to just offer anyone and that no one i. Admissions would follow up until weeks before the kids are to arrive on campus. It seems to me that there are alot of ppl trying to put this behind them by making it sound like it was rr's fault for offering and the rest of the u is clear and sort of a "move along, nothing to see here" attitude. Sorry... Im not buying it. After what happened with witty last yr. It seems unbelivalble to me that no one is overseeing who gets offered.


Input: [Date] 5 years 7 weeks ago [Title] it really doesnt matter if he [Body]

Output: it really doesnt matter if he shouldnt have been offered or not, why the hell would it take until now for this to be resolved, if he should not have been offered in the first place why wouldnt this have been resolved within weeks or dare i say.......days. if this was a mistake from the get-go and it was adressed quickly we wouldve all been pissed but it would have looked alot "less bad". letting this linger for 4 months and all blow up at this late stage in the game did unnecceasry harm to the kid and possibly horrific damage to our ability to recruit.


Input: [Date] 5 years 43 weeks ago [Title] the stripes are not cursed, [Body]

Output: the stripes are not cursed, we just sucked last yr.


Input: [Date] 5 years 43 weeks ago [Title] has anybody heard anymore [Body]

Output: has anybody heard anymore about the white pants at iowa thing ???


Input: [Date] 6 years 46 weeks ago [Title] yea but...... [Body]

Output: i understand everything said.....but really.....stevie brown does suck


Input: [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Title] Ren and Stimpy [Body]

Output: It's log, it's log, It's big, it's heavy, it's wood. It's log, it's log, It's better than bad, it's good!


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

Output: It's easy to create a bunch of freaky symbols and allusions. It's a lot harder to tie them all together coherently in a way that's satisfying. In the end, they didn't even try. They just stole some creepy imagery from Se7en (dangling air fresheners) and turned McConnaughey and Harrellson's storyline into your classic love-hate buddy cliché.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Both agree and disagree [Body]

Output: I really enjoyed the metaphysical aspects in the first four episodes, but was disappointed (hugely) when the principal bad guy turned out to be your classic weirdo living in a shack in the woods. To me, the show didn't live up to the tremendous potential of its first four episods. Season two seems bleaker, and doesn't have the esoteric setting and regional flair of season one (rural Louisiana versus a burb of Los Angeles). Also, Harrelson's friction with McConaughey provided some levity that this season doesn't have so far. If this was a new series, and not True Detective, I probably wouldn't be that interested in keeping up with it after episode one. But maybe this one will finish stronger than it starts. (Does anyone else think the direction so far sucks? All those face close-ups at the end . . .)


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Exactly [Body]

Output: Editors write headlines, not reporters. And the editors wrote the headline, "Michigan football program broke rules, players say," which is factually false. So the editors are as complicit and involved as the reporters. A story that big with those implications does not go to press without many, many people signing off on it. I would bet no fewer than 15 people, including every sports reporter, plus the sports desk editors, managing editor, and executive editor, had a look and OK'd everything. If you know the newspaper business, you know a report like that implicates many more people than Rosenberg and Snyder.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 4 days ago [Title] No [Body]

Output: As a journalist and a guy who wrote for a newspaper (in DC) when Stretchgate went down, the entire incident was so ethically and professionally disgusting that it's sickening to think people will just shrug their shoulders and forget about it. I wish I could come up with an appropriate analogy . . . maybe something along the lines of bankers who knowingly mislead clients and sell them junk investments to make a profit for themselves. If these guys were gone from the Freep, I could understand giving the new reporters/editors a chance. But until that happens, no one should let these assholes off the hook for what they did. They never apologized or issued a retraction, even when it came to light that they'd eggregiously overstated things. And as another commenter brought up, they showed they were still willing to jump on UM with both feet when we announced a few minor violations a month or two ago. Seriously, fuck them.


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 8 hours ago [Title] Great Point [Body]

Output: No one argues UCLA, Cal, Santa Cruz, Davis, or any of the other UC schools are all the same. I think this only comes up with UM because of sports fandom.


Input: [Date] 24 weeks 6 hours ago [Title] I think many people would [Body]

Output: I think many people would disagree with you. Unlike Berkeley and UM, UVA seems to have a much more extreme bias in favor of in-state applicants. I've heard it's nearly impossible to get in from outside of Virginia, but not too tough if you're in-state. I think you could make an argument for any one of those three for top public university.


Input: [Date] 25 weeks 7 hours ago [Title] Or maybe Harbaugh just wants [Body]

Output: Or maybe Harbaugh just wants more competition and more options at the most important position on his football team. We could go with that instead of bashing one of our own players.


Input: [Date] 25 weeks 7 hours ago [Title] All that's "clear" is that a [Body]

Output: All that's "clear" is that a high school senior had a hard time choosing between two good football schools. Weber cited the Higdon signing as a reason for his OSU committment because he felt mislead by our coaches, not because he was afraid of competition. As others have speculated, he may have just felt the need to say something to justify his decision to people who wanted him to go to Michigan. In any case, bashing a kid who chooses another school, for whatever reason, is pretty classless and reflects poorly on Michigan fans.


Input: [Date] 1 year 20 weeks ago [Title] Couldn't agree more [Body]

Output: I felt like there was a major shift (and dropoff) from the tone and grandness of the early episodes to the last two, and the finale really felt boring and conventional to me. The dangling air fresheners and the man strapped to the bed seemed like blatant knockoffs of the film Seven, and the buddy-buddy neatness of Marty and Rust coming together in the end as better men just felt like a betrayal of their earlier characters. I loved the series, but really felt let down by the finale.


Input: [Date] 1 year 35 weeks ago [Title] * The offense is terrible [Body]

Output: We have a top 20 D, and those guys are getting absolutely no help from the other side of the ball. Most of the bad drives against us have come after full quarters or halves of total ineptitude from the offense. My greatest fear is that we somehow look halfway competent against Ohio State, and Borges will get to keep his job one more year. Success this season is now defined by whether we can get Al Borges off our coaching staff. If he stays, another whole season is lost.


Input: [Date] 1 year 40 weeks ago [Title] Not sure about the wording. [Body]

Output: Not sure about your wording. But yeah, something along the lines of, "You tend to shit your pants and turtle during road games. For examples, recall every significant road game since you've been our OC. Should we prepare for more of the same in two weeks?"


Input: [Date] 1 year 40 weeks ago [Title] Not sure if this is a common [Body]

Output: Not sure if this is a common sentiment, but two breast cancers sufferers I know (one no longer with us) both told me repeatedly that October was their least favorite month because they were constantly being reminded of their disease.


Input: [Date] 1 year 52 weeks ago [Title] This kind of rebuttal is overdue. [Body]

Output: I'm curious, has anyone seen research supporting the idea that players who quit football after college suffer from the same long-term health consequences as the pros? I'm under the impression the types of health concerns leading to all these rule changes take years to develop, and so mostly affect pros, who are extremely well paid to take such health risks. I don't understand why the media are suddenly up in arms about football players' safety and not talking about all of the other dangerous professions. No one's calling for an end to Alaskan crab fishing, even though the people on Deadliest Catch risk their lives for our entertainment and so we can all enjoy crab, and make a hell of a lot less than the worst-paid pro football player. I understand the desire to protect college players, who are unpaid, but is there any research showing that they're in danger of long-term neurological issues?


Input: [Date] 2 years 1 week ago [Title] "We can both live!" [Body]

Output: Probably my favorite movie as a kid. Still have the VHS tape.


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

Output: Not "awashed." Please fix.


Input: [Date] 2 years 24 weeks ago [Title] The worst was the blocking foul on Burke. [Body]

Output: Down three with 30 seconds left, I thought that foul call on Wisonsin's dunk was more frustrating. Gave them the tie. It seemed to work out when Hardaway knocked down the 3, but after all the no calls on Burke and McGary drives, that was ludicrous.


Input: [Date] 2 years 32 weeks ago [Title] Somebody start a change.org petition [Body]

Output: I'll sign.


Input: [Date] 3 years 1 week ago [Title] Mattison sighting? [Body]

Output: Is that Mattison sitting front row and to the right of the batter? When the cameras show the batter step back from the plate, you can get a good look.


Input: [Date] 3 years 1 week ago [Title] "Proactive accomplisher" [Body]

Output: I love this blog. Pay attention aspiring MBAs. Brian's thworing you gold nuggets for your B school applications.


Input: [Date] 3 years 8 weeks ago [Title] Related [Body]

Output: A few months ago when all the Bounty-gate stuff was breaking and Saints fans were accusing the NFL and ESPN of "having it out for them," Cowherd went on a rant about how they all sounded just like OSU fans whining about how the NCAA was out to get them regarding the tattoos and Tressel's screw-ups. He then said something long the lines of "Wake up, Saints fans. The NFL isn't out to get you, but they also don't need you. You're new money. You're not the Giants or the Packers. You're not Michigan or Alabama Football. You're Oregon. You're hot now, but no one will care that much if you go away for a while." It was satisfying, if inflammatory.


Input: [Date] 3 years 17 weeks ago [Title] Justified [Body]

Output: Anyone else catch the UM reference on Justified a few weeks ago? The character Quarles (who is awesome, btw) is from Detroit, and says he's a Michigan B-school grad. He follows that up with a "Go Blue." I was fully hard.


Input: [Date] 3 years 17 weeks ago [Title] You make your own luck. [Body]

Output: Felt I had to comment since my mug is featured in this post. I respect Brian's affinity for stats and numbers, but I think this is one of those cases in which they only paint part of the picture. If he wants to believe that luck is the primary factor that explains the turnover discrepency between RR's teams and team 132, and that "if the season were played 1,000 times" then they would both be a lot closer to the mean, than that's fine. But I don't buy it. Teams practice turnover drills and swarming to the football for a reason.


Input: [Date] 3 years 25 weeks ago [Title] Kozan Announcement = New [Body]

Output: Kozan Announcement = New standard for recruit foreplay I'm still catching up on sleep from that Sunday night F5 nightmare.


Input: [Date] 3 years 41 weeks ago [Title] The World Stops [Body]

Output: I lose awareness of anything and evrythign apart from the game. I go from wild jubilation to scathing wrath from one play to the next. If Michigan is not executing every facet of the game perfectly, I am a colassal prick. Any questions directed my way by anyone apart from a daily MGoBlog reader will be ignored or answered in two words or less. My fiancee went to MSU, and during the game tomorrow I will look on her with different eyes (the enemy!) and wonder how I ever thought she was cool enough to date. It usually takes us a week to fully recover from my bad behavior.


Input: [Date] 4 years 7 weeks ago [Title] Absolutely. What better could [Body]

Output: Absolutely. What better could you have hoped for? They actually look somewhat old school, and understated. Nothing tops our regular dark unis, but this is about the best we could have hoped for, and I actually think they're pretty cool. Hats off adidas.


Input: [Date] 4 years 7 weeks ago [Title] Total Clown [Body]

Output: "Clown" is the perfect adjective for Gee. Makes you appreciate that no one really associates Mary Sue Coleman with our footall program. School presidents should focus on academics, not sports. That's the AD's job.


Input: [Date] 4 years 8 weeks ago [Title] Agree [Body]

Output: Meyer isn't going to take over a program that's caught under the shadow of the ban hammer. Dantonio, on the other hand ...


Input: [Date] 4 years 9 weeks ago [Title] God bless you Tom [Body]

Output: Helping concerned Wolverines sleep peacefullly


Input: [Date] 4 years 10 weeks ago [Title] Kids [Body]

Output: Hide them. Was that, like, Columbus's version of a Civil War re-enactment?


Input: [Date] 4 years 10 weeks ago [Title] The year before [Body]

Output: they'd won the national championship, thanks in large part to Tebow. Totally different situation.


Input: [Date] 4 years 11 weeks ago [Title] Agree [Body]

Output: Don't sound too excited about our good fortune Brian. This read like a post from a melancholy Spartan or OSU fan, bemoaning a sad turn of fate.


Input: [Date] 4 years 11 weeks ago [Title] Borges and WRs [Body]

Output: Anyone know enough about SDSU or Ball State to talk about Borges' track record with WRs? After passing on Lucien, and considering this non-offer of Smith, just wondering if we have evidence to support or bemoan his seeming reticence to go after some highly-rated WRs.


Input: [Date] 4 years 12 weeks ago [Title] Rolling [Body]

Output: I think we'll have to put a strong product on the field this fall to hold onto everyone, but so far just an unbelievable job. Obviously Urban Meyer was right: Mattison is an absolute animal on the recruiting trail. That's probably why we sent our D Coordinator to Ohio to meet with Dunn. Just for comparison's sake, I looked around at what other high-profile programs had been up to recruiting-wise; we're toe-to-toe or ahead of everyone ... except Texas. Holy moly: 9 four stars and 3 five stars. I don't understand how they don't win a championship every other year. Just goes to show recruiting can take you only so far.


Input: [Date] 4 years 12 weeks ago [Title] Fred Jackson appreciates [Body]

Output: Fred Jackson appreciates hyperbole


Input: [Date] 4 years 12 weeks ago [Title] ... and lost to myLions [Body]

Output: As a Packer fan, how worried are you about losing Rodgers to injury again when the Lions come to town with Mr. Fairley?


Input: [Date] 4 years 12 weeks ago [Title] Apart from a couple local [Body]

Output: Apart from a couple local guys that probably would have gone to MSU regardless of who was coaching at Michigan, when have we ever not domintated MSU in recruiting?


Input: [Date] 4 years 13 weeks ago [Title] Epic deer story [Body]

Output: I haven't thought about this in a very long time, but since you've given me the perfect opportunity to wax nostalgic: During my freshman year I lived at Markley. Late one spring night I ended up very inebriated on north campus (accompanied a girl home who lived up there, was not asked to spend the night) and, since it was a nice evening, I decided to walk home. Because I was a few dozen deep, I also decided to sing to myself to pass the time; I guess my voice sounded cool to me after a case of beer. I was somewhere on Fuller Road near the Arb, singing Neil Young (I think it was "Out on the Weekend" ... I was somber after striking out), when I saw a deer grazing back in the woods. I stopped and watched. The deer watched me back, then walked into the woods. For no logical reason, I decided to follow the deer into the woods (!). After about 50 yards the trees opened up into a little clearing, and I was suddenly in the presence of 15 or 20 deer, of all sexes and ages. They were grazing in small clusters, and regarded me as a curiosity rather than a threat. I was still singing Neil Young, which I was convinced had somehow communicated my benign intentions to the deer, and I decided to sit down against a tree. I stayed for about 10 mins, and the deer basically ignored me. Then I got up and walked back to Markley, where none of my buddies believed my ridiculous story. No I was not on any pyschotropic substances that night. But yeah, deer on North Campus man ... good times.


Input: [Date] 4 years 13 weeks ago [Title] Mouton [Body]

Output: #1 LB pick from the Big Ten. #4 overalll LB pick in the draft. Way to go Jonas!


Input: [Date] 4 years 13 weeks ago [Title] You made your bed JT... [Body]

Output: Now sleep in it. I want him around for a few years to kick around. Plus if he leaves, a new guy can come in and talk to recruits without Tressel's baggage. I want JT to wallow in his own muck here for a while. Agree with the NYT


Input: [Date] 4 years 13 weeks ago [Title] Relax man [Body]

Output: First of all, it was a joke. Second of all, I was referring more to the atmosphere around Ann Arbor, not the racial makeup. I meant that A2 has lots of Volvos and coffee shops and NY Times subscribers, and all the other things that make the stuff-white-people-like list.


Input: [Date] 4 years 13 weeks ago [Title] DB stock up? [Body]

Output: This might actually answer some questions about RR's anger after being let go. I wondered why RR was bitter about being fired in January when it seemed like DB had been trying to give the guy every opportunity, including the bowl game, to hold onto his job. Maybe RR was pissed because he realized DB was never going to retain him and had torpedoed his job opps? Still doubtful, but would have been a genius move on DB's part. Also a dick move, and I'd have even more respect for RR for not trashing us after leaving.


Input: [Date] 4 years 13 weeks ago [Title] A2 [Body]

Output: Um, Ann Arbor is about the white-est place on Earth. I loved it there, but I can understand how it might not appeal to all of these kids.


Input: [Date] 4 years 17 weeks ago [Title] Good point [Body]

Output: Tressel may not be a big enough hypocrite to cast stones. But I still want him around long enough to knock him off his high horse a bit. I mean, Woody Hayes attacked a kid, and he's still a god down there. If Tressel is forced out, he'll write a few mea culpas and a book about overcoming mistakes, and he'll still be a living legend in Ohio for decades to come because he consistently beat us. I want him around for a few years to helm the ruin.


Input: [Date] 4 years 17 weeks ago [Title] Didn't want it this way [Body]

Output: It seems like I'm in the minority, but I'd rather beat Tressel and the Buckeyes at full strength without all of these distractions. If they've gained an unfair advantage by bribing players to come to Columbus, than that has to stop. But personally I'll be a little bummed out if their program gets blown up, or Tressel is shown the door before we can exact a little revenge. I hate tOSU, but I love our rivalry and think it is better for everyone when we're both at the top of the Big 10.


Input: [Date] 4 years 18 weeks ago [Title] Brian [Body]

Output: Seems to be repeating all the reflexively negative behavior he eplored in the MSM during the RR era. I was a pro-RR guy, but last year we embarassed a lot of bad teams and were equally embarassed by the good ones. Our offense did squat against our best opponents, and the things that did seem to work early in the season, like having Denard take a step and then rifle a quick pass, were not part of our gameplan late in the year. It was frustrating and made no sense.


Input: [Date] 4 years 18 weeks ago [Title] Heisman [Body]

Output: Winning more games will improve Denard's Heisman chances more than anything else. He fell off the radar late last year because that "perfect fit" RR offense stalled in the games that mattered most. Do you remember what we looked like offensively against tOSU and Miss State? Heisman winners come from 10, 11, 12-win teams.


Input: [Date] 4 years 18 weeks ago [Title] Injuries [Body]

Output: I know the hits you're talking about, but you can't tell me that running the ball 20-25 times a game and taking a lot of hits from interior linemen didn't have any effect on Denard. In boxing only the last punch knocks the guy out, but that doesn't mean the gut punches and jabs earlier in the match didn't contribute. Of course he could get hurt in any offense and on any play, but I'm looking forward to seeing our numerous running backs take some of that punishment off Denard's plate.


Input: [Date] 4 years 18 weeks ago [Title] Please just don't [Body]

Output: First of all, why post this? Second, I seem to remember Denard spending a lot of time off the field with minor injuries last year. Hopefully with Borges, we get all of the big jaw dropping Denard TD runs off QB sneaks and bootlegs, and non of the numerous predictable up-the-gut QB keepers that punished Denard's nimble but not-very-big body.


Input: [Date] 4 years 18 weeks ago [Title] Uni Watch [Body]

Output: Anyone else catch those alternate white jerseys with the block M on the collar and the maize piping around the numbers? What are those?!


Input: [Date] 4 years 20 weeks ago [Title] We paid? [Body]

Output: Where does the article say UM paid this "advisor" anything? We're hosting one of his camps, but that's different than Oregon's paying him for ambiguous/dubious "recruiting services."


Input: [Date] 4 years 20 weeks ago [Title] You mean GSI? [Body]

Output: Wish I'd known about that Extreme Weather course. Intro to Astronomy kicked my ass.


Input: [Date] 4 years 20 weeks ago [Title] Too similar to the "This is [Body]

Output: Too similar to the "This is Sparta" slogans MSU adopted after that homoerotic movie came out a few years ago.


Input: [Date] 4 years 20 weeks ago [Title] WVU [Body]

Output: Actually I think the only thing seperating our maize from WVU's gold is that our's is lighter and brighter. I for one like it. Darker blue with a more electric yellow is fine with me, and I think it's a more contemporary look. Graphic designers, weigh in please


Input: [Date] 4 years 21 weeks ago [Title] It's not a guarantee. Just [Body]

Output: It's not a guarantee. Just like the Tressel comment that's since been mythologized was not a guarantee. Saying "you're going to be proud of this team in the classroom, and on the field next November" is a pretty weak way of saying "We'll play hard!." It still bothers me the way tOSU nerds relate that anecdote, as though Tressel etched the game's final score on two tablets months before the game.


Input: [Date] 4 years 22 weeks ago [Title] Toughness [Body]

Output: I love how the announcers, when talking about Hoke, mention that job number one when he came to SDSU was "installing toughness." I can't wait until our team toughs the hell out of the competition.


Input: [Date] 4 years 22 weeks ago [Title] Details [Body]

Output: Do you work for the Palm Beach Post? Just give us the details dude, we don't need a teaser and a link.


Input: [Date] 4 years 22 weeks ago [Title] Terry Foster can kiss my ass [Body]

Output: F*** Terry Foster.


Input: [Date] 4 years 25 weeks ago [Title] Nevermind the degree, if he [Body]

Output: Nevermind the degree, if he cared about his future as a football player he would never have made this decision. Michigan and UCF are not comparable in terms of national/NFL exposure. If this kid was serious about either academics or football, he could not have made this decision. Probably better saving that scholarship. Yes, the bitterness tastes sweet in my mouth.


Input: [Date] 4 years 25 weeks ago [Title] Dang [Body]

Output: I get that he would want to be with his buddies, but that's pretty unbelievable. I hope he realizes his family and friends out in Colorado are going to have a tough time finding his games on TV without a really nice satelite setup.


Input: [Date] 4 years 25 weeks ago [Title] Rivals [Body]

Output: Rivals for football, Scout for Basketball. All the guys I know who are really into college BBall are always referring to the Scout rankings. Football guys look to Rivals. I don't know for sure, but I think in their infancy they were one trick ponies, and Rivals was a football site, Scout was BBall.


Input: [Date] 4 years 25 weeks ago [Title] Lame [Body]

Output: JH had mono and assorted injuries that kept him off the field. Hopefully he shoves this back in ESPN's face next season.


Input: [Date] 4 years 26 weeks ago [Title] Tough spot for Magee [Body]

Output: The guy got to know Bryant by selling him on Michigan. He can't turn around now and bash U of M without looking like a snake. Not that I'm implying he would try to use negative tactics to recruit the kid. The only big question seemed to be whether Hoke and our new coaches could create a relationship with Bryant like Magee presumably had, and TomVH's interview seemed to assure us that is the case. Let's hope it works out.


Input: [Date] 4 years 26 weeks ago [Title] No [Body]

Output: Please no. That's Buckeye Bullsh**. And they're ugly. They only kind of work on a helmet that's otherwise bare. Ours is already perfect, and has plenty going on.


Input: [Date] 4 years 27 weeks ago [Title] Borges comments [Body]

Output: I remember Borges saying in one of his interviews that the team had "receivers galore." That immediately leapt out at me as a not so subtle indication that he thought we were overloaded in the WR department. Hopefully he realizes most of those are younger, unproven guys.


Input: [Date] 4 years 28 weeks ago [Title] Another interview? [Body]

Output: I understand getting the public behind you is important, and you don't want to start off snubbing the local media, but I wish Hoke would spend the little time he has between now and signing day calling recruits, not talking with the press. Reading on another board thread that Jack Tabb tried to get ahold of UM coaches but couldn't makes me anoyed that Hoke didn't have time to give him a call back, but does have time for Mitch F'ing Albom. If I were him I'd be on media blackout for the next two+ weeks.


Input: [Date] 4 years 28 weeks ago [Title] Agreed [Body]

Output: Think DB is definitely showing signs of stress and fatigue. He's taken a lot of shit for this coaching search, obviously riding high on every victory at this point. Not a very diplomatic thing to say though, or tweet, if you're the schools AD. He needs to be above day-to-day player issues, at least publicly.


Input: [Date] 4 years 28 weeks ago [Title] Better for DR's health too [Body]

Output: Agree with you, and I feel like the West Coast O would open up both phases of the offense. It seemed last season like every time Denard faked the run and then threw, receivers were absurdly open. Even more absurdly, we didn't seem to take advantage of this fake run/pass as the season wore on. If we have Denard rolling out with the option to pass, or tuck it and embarrass some poor LB, I think the advantage will be to our offense on most plays. Plus Denard will likely take fewer punishing hits on the outside, where he can step out of bounds, as opposed to all the spread option up-the-gut plays that saw him bottled up and sandwiched by four defenders. And yeah, if he wants to play QB in the NFL, he needs to show he can get the job done in an NFL offense.


Input: [Date] 4 years 28 weeks ago [Title] Dumb [Body]

Output: Denard is a true sophomore. Please show me a true sophomore that doesn't have problems cycling through his reads. I seem to remember Cousins having the same sorts of issues last year, and you saw the progress he made this season. I think Denard was on par or better throwing the ball than just about any sophomore QB in the country, and if he makes even half the leap next year that he made between his freshman and sophomore years, his efficiency solely as a passer will be scary. Combine that with his running ability, and a coach that teaches him how to tuck it and run when his receivers aren't open, and he will be absolutely devastating.


Input: [Date] 4 years 28 weeks ago [Title] Yes but... [Body]

Output: ... what Brian writes is going to be interpreted as feeling of a large faction of Michigan fans. If he seems to hate the hire, which is pretty clear when he makes statements like "this is a bad hire," then we're back to where we were during the RR years. We do not want to appear like a "Big House divided." I think it's fine to slam DB for a poor search process if you feel that way, but for general fan morale and enthusiasm, and for the sake of our team, I think it's important for a guy in Brian's position to accentuate the positives.


Input: [Date] 4 years 28 weeks ago [Title] Better for Denard [Body]

Output: Does anyone else feel like we weren't always utilizing DR to the best of his abilities? I think he could be even more successful in a slightly tweaked offense, i.e. one that allows him to roll out and scramble on designed pass plays. Under RR, most of Denards runs were up the middle, which almost guarantees a punishing tackle. And when he did roll to the outside, it seemed like RR and offensive coaches told him he HAD to throw the ball, hence his almost non-existent scrambling. I'd like to see Denard throwing and running more on designed roll outs, forcing LBs and DBs to commit to the run or stay back to cover the pass. Auburn, OSU do this all the time, and it seemes to create the biggest mismatch for opposing Ds, but we never used it.


Input: [Date] 4 years 42 weeks ago [Title] 42 - 30 UM [Body]

Output: Denard: 2 TDs rushing, 3 throwing.


Input: [Date] 4 years 42 weeks ago [Title] Context [Body]

Output: So we're unbeaten at home against MSU during the last 40+ years unless our quarterback gets knocked out of the game (please god no), serious chicanery occurs, or Threet/Sheridan. Thanks for filling the details.


Input: [Date] 4 years 42 weeks ago [Title] Expectations [Body]

Output: I think expetations play a big role here. If you expect the D to resemble anything like M defenses of yore, you're going to be disappointed. But if you've accepted that the defense is bad and you just want them to do enough to get us a W, then they achieved that against IU. In fact, the defense did more than enough to allow us to win the game. Watching on Saturday, I was a lot more frustrated when our offense continued to go three and out every time our D got a stop in the second half. We couldn't even manage to give them a decent breather. It seemed like we should have won that game 63 to 35, but for whatever reason the offense went into fail mode unless the score was tied. Not sure how to explain that.


Input: [Date] 4 years 45 weeks ago [Title] Dude [Body]

Output: Imagine we were watching the game together at bar in Ann Arbor and I said, "Man, Rich Rod makes some weird calls. What was he thinking there?" I don't think you'd jump all over me. This is a discussion board, just wanted to get fans' take on his in-game coaching. I've seen a lot more than two instances in three games, which I said explicitly in my post. These were just the two I cited. Probably the most glaring issue that I didn't mention is that we came in totally flat and almost got beat by an inferior team, and I think it's our coach's job to make sure that doesn't happen. There has to be a place on this site for some thoughtful criticism, come on now.


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Title] Cox [Body]

Output: Interesting thing to remember: Cox is from Connecticut. That's got to provide a little extra motivation in this opener. Not that there isn't motivation for all these guys, but after reading what Fitz said in the Sam Webb interview about Cox, I'm more excited than concerned about the prospect of him starting.


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Title] More = Better? [Body]

Output: Of course playing OSU twice is better than playing them once! That's why the Tigers/Indians rivalry is so significant, the more games the better! Oh wait.


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Title] If RR goes, we become Tennessee [Body]

Output: Agree with you totally that Rodriguez leaving/getting the boot tacks on at least three years of irrelevancy to our stint in purgatory. I think the MSU game is by far the most critical to his staying. If we win 6, and beat little brother, I think he'll have appeased the wolves enough to stick around for another season. I think if we win 7 or fewer, and lose to MSU again, he's gone. An OSU win might change that, but losing 3 in a row to Sparty, including twice at home, will lose Rich his job almost guaranteed.


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Title] Agree about taking away other team's balance [Body]

Output: I think we need to be a blitzing machine this year. Our defensive backfield is going to get burned if we don't put pressure on the quarterback (they'll probably get burned anyway). I'd rather see us give up a few long plays but keep the offense on its heels with multiple blitz packages, which I think would lead to more turnovers as well. Can't see us winning any other way then Texas Tech style this year - putting up tons of points and hoping the other guys can't keep up.


Input: [Date] 4 years 50 weeks ago [Title] We were consistently good, not great [Body]

Output: Michigan brought in a progressive, shake-things-up coach because most fans were tired of going 8-3 or 9-2 and losing to Ohio State. We were consistently one of the best teams in the country, but never (during the last 10 years of Lloyd's tenure) THE best. What we were seems great now, but at the time it was frustrating as hell. Rodriguez had none of the offensive components he needed to run his system, and it was naivete to believe that he would be able to have success on that side of the ball overnight. I think we'll have one of the most explosive offenses in the Big Ten this year, and if he makes it to next year, I think we'll absolutely dominate on that side of the ball. That said, I think Rodriguez deserves a lot of blame -- and maybe termination -- for what he's allowed to happen to our defense. It's been worse than pathetic, and I can't see it improving much this year. No matter how touted the recruit, he can't compete with guys that have been on the field for three or four seasons. I think at best we'll look like a Texas Tech team out there this year. Hopefully we'll win more shootouts than we lose. Unless the defense miraculously improves this year, I think Rich Rod detractors have a solid argument.


Input: [Date] 6 years 49 weeks ago [Title] Okay, I'll concede [Body]

Output: You guys are right, I was too strong in my criticisms. It's Newsome's right to decommit, just as it was Boren's right to transfer. Both guys saw a better situation elsewhere and decided to back out. My intention was simply to point out that we haven't given Beaver much praise.


Input: [Date] 6 years 49 weeks ago [Title] Relax [Body]

Output: chitownblue, take it easy. Read my post again. My intention was not to rip Newsome, just to point out that we should be giving more love to Shavodrick Beaver. That's why the title of my post wasn't hating on Newsome, but encouraging us to recognize that we've got a great commit lined up.


Input: [Date] 6 years 49 weeks ago [Title] Can we give it up for the Beav? [Body]

Output: Alright, Newsome is gone and I for one am not that upset about it. From the beginning, he reminded me of Justin Boren, that is to say a guy that plays for himself rather than for his school or his teammates. Meanwhile, a quiet kid from Texas with a funny name has been absolutely unwavering in his desire to play for the maize and blue. Let's look at Shavodrick Beaver for a second: he watches Newsome commit in April, and sees the subsequent SI.com article and glamorous weight-room spread, and decides to commit five days later. This is a guy that obviously isn't afraid of a little competition. Even though we've all been gushing over Newsome for months, Shavodrick Beaver has been solid. Now that Newsome is gone we've immediately started talking about Forcier and Smith because their names are a few spots higher on the Rivals QB list. Well, from what I've seen so far, Beaver has already backed down Newsome, and I wouldn't bet against him winning the top QB spot next fall. So c'mon, let's hear it for the Beav! This guy is the type of player we want at Michigan.


Input: [Date] 1 day 11 hours ago [Body] Some things will never die [Title]

Output: Some things will never die


Input: [Date] 2 days 2 hours ago [Body] Basically what he's saying is the only way he can get good players who have the ability to play immediately is if they're academically marginal. Quite a concession to be openly making. [Title]

Output: Basically what he's saying is


Input: [Date] 3 days 2 hours ago [Body] LOL...it definitely was tricky to follow. A little more effort would go a long ways [Title]

Output: LOL...it definitely was


Input: [Date] 3 days 6 hours ago [Body] It appears that all is in order...now please just give us some football [Title]

Output: It appears that all is in


Input: [Date] 1 week 5 hours ago [Body] Unfortunately this may be a reflection of how many times opposing teams have been scoring in recent years vs the past. [Title]

Output: Unfortunately this may be a


Input: [Date] 1 week 8 hours ago [Body] I suppose this bears repeating [Title]

Output: I suppose this bears


Input: [Date] 1 week 1 day ago [Body] The bukeyes are going down this November...DejaVu all over again [Title]

Output: The bukeyes are going down


Input: [Date] 1 week 2 days ago [Body] Did they arrest all four or just the OSU fans in the picture? Sounds like all four were swinging but they're only naming the buckeys. Hilarious. [Title]

Output: Did they arrest all four or


Input: [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Body] Was Jenn Sterger there? She loves seeing Brett whenerver she can. [Title]

Output: Was Jenn Sterger there? She


Input: [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Body] Two excellent additions, particularly Carolyn Jones. In that vein you could also add Yvonne De Carlo (Lily Munster), an actress of some renown before we knew her as Lily Munster [Title]

Output: Two excellent additions,


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Body] I agree UCSD is an excellent school, but #21 in the world? [Title]

Output: I agree UCSD is an excellent


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Body] Seems fairly reasonable for the top 20. But UC San Diego at 21? What's Rockefeller U? (29) [Title]

Output: Seems fairly reasonable for


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Body] well done [Title]

Output: well done


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Body] oops too late :) [Title]

Output: oops too late :)


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Body] I'm old. More than any other show "I Dream of Jeannie" still does something really amazing for me. Barbara Eden might still be TV's all time greatest goddess. [Title]

Output: I'm old. More than any other


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 8 hours ago [Body] Happy Friday! Going to try and lounge out part of the morning with the British Open. Enjoy! [Title]

Output: Happy Friday! Going to try


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 9 hours ago [Body] What a change - place is going to be packed and electric. Now just win. [Title]

Output: What a change - place is


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 2 days ago [Body] This is pretty stupid but also more than a little funny [Title]

Output: This is pretty stupid but


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Ridiculous but completely predictable. If Saban was doing this stuff you'd see 5 page loving articles on how he had evolved and loosened up. JH is being himself and has to be shot down. [Title]

Output: Ridiculous but completely


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 3 days ago [Body] I'm inclined to give Martin more of a pass. It had been 40 years since Michigan went outside to hire a football coach and I think they just didn't have the institutional experience to handle it. They got the guy everyone else wanted - RR - but weren't aggressive enough in putting everything else into place. Pretty much everyone in the process made mistakes. It was painful but it's all good from here on. The success about to come will only feel that much sweeter for the pain. [Title]

Output: I'm inclined to give Martin


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Wonder how long it took Urbz - or more likely someone else - to decipher what that chicken scratch actually said. Without the cheat notes I don't think I could have. [Title]

Output: Wonder how long it took Urbz


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Must be some really nice lawn chairs [Title]

Output: Must be some really nice lawn


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Does he have a video with a private jet? [Title]

Output: Does he have a video with a


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Wasn't this posted last week sometime? [Title]

Output: Wasn't this posted last week


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Forgot about that one. Jimmy may have set the standard for this kind of thing. [Title]

Output: Forgot about that one. Jimmy


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 4 days ago [Body] You have to be really impressed with yourself to make something like this. He better be good or this ends being a long running embarassment [Title]

Output: You have to be really


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Nice post - bright spot on an otherwise typical Monday morning [Title]

Output: Nice post - bright spot on an


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 4 days ago [Body] All you have to do is start looking at other schools' blogs to see how spoiled we are with this one. There's nothing else like it. Thanks! [Title]

Output: All you have to do is start


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 5 days ago [Body] In fairness I'm assuming the BTN decides what to call a "classic", not Rutgers. Also, don't forget what state we're currently getting a few top recruits from. Publicity is good. Let them replay it if they want...in a few months it'll be a distant memory. [Title]

Output: In fairness I'm assuming the


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Seems like just about the right order all the way down. [Title]

Output: Seems like just about the


Input: [Date] 46 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Who the fuck is Biff from Chi [Body]

Output: Who the fuck is Biff from Chi Phi? Biff Tannen? It's a criminal matter. If this happened to say, corporation X where the CEO and Board were implicated in a crime, and the Attorney General said "corporation X must close it business" why should Molly in marketing, who had nothing to do with this suffer the consequences? Just like PSU's right tackel shouldn't have to bear the consequences of others.


Input: [Date] 46 weeks 3 days ago [Title] This was a criminal matter, [Body]

Output: This was a criminal matter, not an NCAA matter. The NCAA overstepped their bounds and essentially forced the penalty without due process.


Input: [Date] 46 weeks 3 days ago [Title] This is a beyond stupid [Body]

Output: This is a beyond stupid perspective. Everyone involved is in jail, facing jail, fines or dead. Meanwhile the student athletes, fans and students get penalized. Sanctions should never have been levied against innocents.


Input: [Date] 1 year 24 weeks ago [Title] What are you talking about? [Body]

Output: What are you talking about? Every game is already on TV. This is to make people like my parents, who would never watch a game, pay a quarter to get BTN on their local cable packages.


Input: [Date] 1 year 24 weeks ago [Title] This is the stupidest move ever. [Body]

Output: They dilute the product on the field, have zero fanbase and contribute nothing to football or basketball, the ONLY sports that matter. It's a move motivated by greed to get cable packages on local networks. It's a transparent money grab that's insulting to every existing member of the conference.


Input: [Date] 1 year 24 weeks ago [Title] "If it's not a revenue [Body]

Output: "If it's not a revenue positive sport, then it's not a sport." - DB


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] I need courses in reading [Body]

Output: I need courses in reading comprehension and college football histroy because I forgot about the minor NCAA violations Kiffin committed during his one year at Tenneessee. Thanks for the advice. Keep up with the name calling, it's a good way to come out on top of mature arguments. Under your rule, we should all get points on our license because of Aldon Smith. We should pay penalities on our investments because of Madoff. For the millionth time, the NCAA penalized PSU without due process. No investigation. No hearing. It's like a dictatorship.


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] Isn't the entire Penn State [Body]

Output: Isn't the entire Penn State administration (former President / AD) facing jail time and massive fines as a result? Not to mention life in prison for the actual offender. Why not throw the current players in jail as well? How about Paterno's corpse? Let's just blow the whole town up while we're at it!!! Also you're equating the Reggie Bush scandal with Sandusky? Kind of sick on your end. And I don't think Kiffin had anything to do with that, I think it was just Carroll or some boosters. Collateral damage here isn't fair to the players.


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] yes [Body]

Output: The players are the innocent bystanders. This was an institutional / administrational failure on the part of Penn State, not a player failure. Since then, they've clean housed and instituted checks to ensure failure does not repeat and paid penalities. So why should all personnel currently on board with the school, none of whom that had anything to do with Sandusky, receive his penalties? It makes no sense. Again, the NCAA did not follow their own protocols. They handed penalties without due process. They make up the rules as they go along.


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] ?? [Body]

Output: Do you really think that termination, show cause penalties and (I guess in this case) jail time isn't enough of a deterrent? To end the cycle of cheating, you severely punish those at fault, not those that had nothing to do with the offense.


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] So [Body]

Output: So if it were up to you, not only should the people held responsible for crimes get punished, but innocent bystanders should be punished as well. Hopefully you never get into a position of power.


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] The remainder of the sanctions should be overturned [Body]

Output: Frankly, the NCAA (and Delany) overstepped their own bounds with the sanctions. They didn't conduct their own investigation, relied solely on the Freeh report and threatened the new administration that had nothing to do with the crimes of Sandusky. No one affiliated with the crimes are currently at PSU. Why should the current administration be at fault. Isn't jail time and termination for those accountable enough?


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] Wasn't aware of the break issue [Body]

Output: Wasn't aware of the break issue, but that still doesn't make it right. I don't believe they have special packages for the students for the major games. It's not like all these games are noon on Saturday. There are midweek night games, many of which against crap teams, that cut into other stuff. When I was a student, it was hard enough to make all the games, much less my other commitments. Brandon's concerned about getting the arena crowded for two things: 1) sales of concessions, merchandise, etc. and 2) apperances on tv. He could not care less about the individual.


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] 53.9% [Body]

Output: Sometimes there are other commitments (studying?) that need to be made rather than seeing Michigan wax the floor with SC State, UMass-Lowell, Concordia, Wayne State, Coppin State, Houston Baptist and Holy Cross. Also, there are some games during the break period when students aren't in town. There's a way to fudge these numbers to justify milking every cent out of the student body. If you buy a ticket to the game, it's up to the buyer to attend, not the seller.


Input: [Date] 1 year 47 weeks ago [Title] That's like saying turkey [Body]

Output: That's like saying turkey sandwiches are statistically the best sandwiches....


Input: [Date] 1 year 47 weeks ago [Title] I don't get your comment. My [Body]

Output: I don't get your comment. My point was that the pro-style will typically work moreso than the spread. That said, If you want to incorporate spread tactics in the pro style, there's a time and a place. But to think that the most successful offenses shouldn't be one big RichRod / NW jet, spread offense, is totally ignorant.


Input: [Date] 1 year 47 weeks ago [Title] Nope, I don't believe I [Body]

Output: Nope, I don't believe I did. Listen, you can have spread concepts in a pro style attack (zone read on a short down to go play, spread the field in a red zone situation, etc.). Even the Patriots run that. But at the end of the day, it really does fall on execution, sound offensive line play and a QB that doesn't suck for an offensive team to be successful.


Input: [Date] 1 year 47 weeks ago [Title] So you're saying Michigan [Body]

Output: So you're saying Michigan doesn't have the talent comparable to a Northwestern? So they need to resort to quick snaps, no huddles, to beat them?


Input: [Date] 1 year 47 weeks ago [Title] Double post [Body]

Output: Neg bang away


Input: [Date] 1 year 47 weeks ago [Title] Last Check [Body]

Output: Last check Bama uses the huddle and that seems to be working out well for them. Stanford uses the huddle and that seems to be working out well for them. I think too much emphasis is placed on huddle, non-huddle, pace, etc. The best teams are the ones with the best talent and their ability to execute, not the ones that solely rely on a gimmicky type offense. Defenses are quick to adjust...just look at the "wildcat."


Input: [Date] 2 years 14 weeks ago [Title] Dear Rutgers [Body]

Output: GTFO of our conference. Signed- B1G


Input: [Date] 2 years 14 weeks ago [Title] Eliminate Replay [Body]

Output: Replay slows the end of game down, it's used as a crutch and an excuse by the officials, and it almost never gets the right call anyway.


Input: [Date] 2 years 23 weeks ago [Title] Have idiot Delany and the greedy conference presidents [Body]

Output: Have idiot Delany and the greedy conference presidents ever considered staying at 12? They're diluting the product and profits while eliminating any identity this conference had. They can spew all this leaders and legends BS, but these are disgusting unethical, greedy people.


Input: [Date] 2 years 25 weeks ago [Title] Gus Johnson [Body]

Output: Gus has been terrible over the past year. Perhaps it was his meteoric rise, but he constantly messes up names, doesn't understand game theory, and talks too much. He now yells at total nonsense. He's brutal. I'll take Nantz's wine and cheese club announcing over Gus. At least he gets the names right and understands time and score. The color person I like is Dan Dakich. Funny, smart and he gets the sport.


Input: [Date] 2 years 36 weeks ago [Title] No [Body]

Output: This has zero to do with michigan academics and a sense of arrogance. Outside of my 4 years at michigan, i've lived in nyc pretty much my whole life. No one has ever talked about rutgers. They are a bad fit. They cant sell out their 48,000 seat stadium. It's a mid major program. They dont belong in the B1G. It's fine the way it is.


Input: [Date] 2 years 36 weeks ago [Title] No one cares about Rutgers [Body]

Output: No one in NYC cares about Rutgers. They don't move the needle, not even a fraction. NYC is and will always be a pro sports city. The B1G does not need another Minnesota in terms of on-field performance in fooball and basketball. We already have a Minnesota. On top of that, everytime Michigan plays Rutgers or Maryland, they play Wisconsin or Penn State one less time. Since ND doesn't want to be in its natural footprint, the B1G is perfect the way it is with the addition of Nebraska. We should be extremely pissed if Delany pulls this stunt.


Input: [Date] 2 years 37 weeks ago [Title] 37-17 [Body]

Output: 37-17 Mich


Input: [Date] 3 years 22 weeks ago [Title] I will say [Body]

Output: at least he acknowledges this poll as unscientific.


Input: [Date] 3 years 22 weeks ago [Title] This is a highly unscientic poll... [Body]

Output: Brian has a platform to express his opinions and views on a subject matter and then uses the same platform to poll his readers. This skews the readers feelings and makes them vote differently. It's no different if I gave a 3,000 word essay arguing ice cream was better than pizza, and then polling people on what they prefer, ice cream would get a more favorable score. This poll should be trashed.


Input: [Date] 3 years 27 weeks ago [Title] On this topic [Body]

Output: Can Brian get his facts straight and preface every post he writes "if it's not Michigan, it's evil". Joe Pa was not a child rape enabler. He fucked up and should've done more as he said, but please, he didn't open the shower curtain to Sandusky's victims so to speak. The block quote totally misquotes him as well. With the initial portion directed towards the victims and the last two sentences addressed towards his supporters standing on his front porch. Brian horribly manipulates the quote and loses credibility and integrity in my book. (I'm sure he'll lose sleep over this). Finally, no reference of the 1000s of lives and minds he cultivated to become great members of society. As if he did nothing other than letting children get raped. This is one of Brian's worst written pieces ever. Shame on him.


Input: [Date] 3 years 20 weeks ago [Body] Geographical consideration in the pods doesn't extend beyond the 4 seeds [Title]

Output: Geographical consideration in


Input: [Date] 3 years 28 weeks ago [Body] Kissing the S goes back to at least Respert. If you're gonna be an ass on a rival's board, then you should at least have your facts straight. [Title]

Output: Kissing the S goes back at


Input: [Date] 5 years 29 weeks ago [Body] That bylaw seems fairly vague to me. It states that the committee must award at least 50 percent of the championship field to conferences that meet automatic-qualification criteria and provide a play-in criteria. The remaining 50 percent of the championship field shall be reserved for at-large teams. I don't think that the bolded sections quite mesh. Are they aiming for a true 50/50 split, or are automatic qualifiers more important? On top of that there is already an exception for football, and the phrase "sufficient number of applications" probably has some wiggle room. I took that from 31.3.4.7.1 Team Sports Other Than Men’s Basketball I don't think the bylaws are a hindrance to this playoff proposal, but hopefully somebody that has a better grasp of them can explain it to me. [Title]

Output: That bylaw seems fairly vague


Input: [Date] 5 years 34 weeks ago [Body] Eh, you're just pissed that you were so wrong about Izzo. [Title]

Output: Eh, you're just pissed that


Input: [Date] 5 years 34 weeks ago [Body] I came on too strong in my original post, but Brian's take on the first Winston assault has been grating on me for a year. He's wrong in treating the first Winston fight like everything is cut and dry, when it’s really a jumbled mess. Claiming that Sturges was innocent is an example of that. Despite what the “witnesses” (fellow hockey players and their friends) have to say, he was involved to some extent. Another thing is the belief that Winston beat on Sturges so badly that he had to be hospitalized (though not mentioned in this post, Brian has mentioned it before, and it does appear to be the prevailing view on this site). Based on Sturges own words, it’s more likely that his severe injuries came from falling to the ground after he was hit. Same legal outcome, but two drastically different events. Michigan State has had 20% of its entire team involved in unprovoked violence against other students for two consecutive years. The 20% number isn’t true for last year’s fight and I think it’s an overestimation for the recent assault as well. And last year’s incident was not an unprovoked act. it seems reasonable to think that light punishment from Dantonio and the school for the first one may well have emboldened the players to do it again the second time Brian also said that the current incident was caused by last year’s incident. I think that’s quite a stretch. If they felt the punishment was light, then why the ski masks? The “light punishment” (multi-game suspension, jail time) didn’t cause the second attack; it just changed where it happened. I’m not saying any of this to justify the actions of Dantonio or anybody on the football team. Winston should have been kicked off the team last year, as should any goons involved in this year’s assault. There should also be jail time. I just think it’s funny that Brian’s attitude on this story seems so similar to the msm attitude that he regularly rails on. And why are people so surprised and pissed that Rosenberg is acting like this? Writers have to get in their licks when they have the chance because winning makes everything else irrelevant. Right now MSU is winning (yeah, 6-6 is winning for that program) and Michigan isn't. It's that simple. Win and it all goes away. [Title]

Output: I came on too strong in my


Input: [Date] 5 years 34 weeks ago [Body] Rosenberg dislikes Rodriguez and that has been obvious for quite a while. But apparently that bias draws readers, so the Freep isn't going to do anything about it. It's also clear that Brian has no fucking clue what he's talking about in regards to the incidents at State, yet he continues to talk out his ass about them. It's funny to see so much bias in a post about bias. Understandable, but still funny. [Title]

Output: Rosenberg dislikes Rodriguez


Input: [Date] 5 years 38 weeks ago [Body] Your numbers are still very wrong. I'm going to ignore the work you did for 4 year averages, because in this case, you mucked it up badly. Here are the actual average wins per season for the last 4 msu coaches: Saban 7 Williams 5.34 Smith 5.5 Dantonio 7 (assuming a 5-7 record this year) The part that confuses me the most is that you think Dantonio started with a 4 win season. He went 7-6 his first year in East Lansing. [Title]

Output: Your numbers are still very


Input: [Date] 5 years 38 weeks ago [Body] At 10-2, it seems like Notre Dame would be pretty close to snagging an auto bid to one of those games. [Title]

Output: At 10-2, it seems like Notre


Input: [Date] 5 years 38 weeks ago [Body] If Dantonio loses out this year, and goes winless next year, he'll still be averaging 5 wins a year for his time at MSU. What exactly are your numbers supposed to show, because it definitely isn't reality. [Title]

Output: If Dantonio loses out this


Input: [Date] 5 years 38 weeks ago [Body] The only real solution to the replay mess is to scrap the system. Then they can (they won't) fix the clock rules and give us back the football that's been stolen from the fans. [Title]

Output: The only real solution to the


Input: [Date] 5 years 40 weeks ago [Body] He was also an undergrad at Notre Dame. [Title]

Output: He was also an undergrad at


Input: [Date] 5 years 40 weeks ago [Body] You yell at yourself for having comcast. [Title]

Output: You yell at yourself for


Input: [Date] 5 years 41 weeks ago [Body] Sorry for not linking that guide and forcing you to look it up. I think that the measurements and spacing requirements only apply to new stadiums, which is nice, but the no benches thing applies to all World Cup stadiums. If all of that is correct, I'm curious as to what the Big House capacity would be with seats instead of bleachers. [Title]

Output: You're Welcome


Input: [Date] 5 years 41 weeks ago [Body] "The wording is vague on whether bleachers are considered actual seats or not." No, it's not. From Fifa's Football Stadiums: Technical recommendations and requirements - 4th Edition: All spectators should be seated. Seats must be individual, affixed to the structure and comfortably shaped, with backrests of a minimum height of 30cm to provide support. To ensure a minimum level of comfort, “tractor-style” seats, with only a tiny flange purporting to represent a backrest, are not acceptable. The provision of backrests also helps to prevent the highly dangerous forward surge of spectators which frequently took place on the old standing terraces whenever a goal was scored and which still happens today in some stadiums where the seats have no backrests. Standing viewing areas and benches of any kind are not acceptable under any circumstances for the FIFA World Cup. There are also specifications on leg room and distance between seats. [Title]

Output: "The wording is vague on


Input: [Date] 5 years 46 weeks ago [Body] I thought you said this would be amusing. [Title]

Output: I thought you said this would


Input: [Date] 5 years 46 weeks ago [Body] Shouldn't RR already have more than enough incentive to try and win a MNC? Shouldn't most college coaches? [Title]

Output: Shouldn't RR already have


Input: [Date] 5 years 46 weeks ago [Body] Who are the Corches and why do they have their own poll? [Title]

Output: Who are the Corches and why


Input: [Date] 5 years 48 weeks ago [Body] He also didn't know that the suspect, identified as a 17-year-old former student at Hillsdale, was armed with a chainsaw and a sword with a 2-foot blade. How did he not know? [Title]

Output: He also didn't know that the


Input: [Date] 5 years 48 weeks ago [Body] Based on location in the AP and Coaches others receiving votes category, I'd say that it's mid to high 50s. Even with such a marquee name, that's going to be difficult to overcome. [Title]

Output: Based on location in the AP


Input: [Date] 5 years 49 weeks ago [Body] Sweet Jesus, that must have been a ton of work. Thanks for doing it. [Title]

Output: Sweet Jesus, that must have


Input: [Date] 5 years 49 weeks ago [Body] http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/the_sporting_blog/entry/view/30796/loui... I guess you can sell alcohol if you want to. [Title]


Input: [Date] 5 years 49 weeks ago [Body] Didn't that only count QBs who missed games to injuries? At the bare minimum, I would expect a starting QB to miss a couple of series per season due to some sort of injury. [Title]

Output: Didn't that only count QBs


Input: [Date] 5 years 49 weeks ago [Body] Leak and Tebow did not share the QB job at Florida. I don't think that a true two QB system has ever worked, but more than one QB will definitely see the field this year. [Title]

Output: Leak and Tebow did not share


Input: [Date] 5 years 49 weeks ago [Body] It's 12 games over 10 years, so they aren't going to be playing all 3 in 1 season. http://www.ncaapalace.com/component/sports/michiganstate/ncaaf/futuresched Not a complete future schedule, but you can see that State has some games with South Florida, Alabama and West Virginia mixed in as well. [Title]

Output: It's 12 games over 10 years,


Input: [Date] 5 years 49 weeks ago [Body] Where did you pull the raw data from? [Title]

Output: Where did you pull the raw


Input: [Date] 5 years 49 weeks ago [Body] playing QB for the Lions=failing as a QB [Title]

Output: Redundant


Input: [Date] 5 years 49 weeks ago [Body] beat me to it [Title]

Output: beat me to it


Input: [Date] 5 years 49 weeks ago [Body] Bailey's pose is nationally and historically insignificant. Until you mentioned it, I had never even heard of it. And technically speaking, Howard didn't get the pose correct either. [Title]

Output: Bailey's pose is nationally


Input: [Date] 5 years 50 weeks ago [Body] I think it's probably U-verse. Their captioning is a pain in the ass to use. [Title]

Output: I think it's probably


Input: [Date] 5 years 50 weeks ago [Body] "Hitting someone in the head who isn't provoking you, looking at you, in any way interacting with you, or even aware of you so hard that his brain bleeds is 100% reprehensible and indicative of some severe emotional or psychological issues." That's not what happened. [Title]

Output: "Hitting someone in the head


Input: [Date] 3 days 51 min 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] 3 days 55 min 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] 3 days 59 min 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] 3 days 1 hour 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] 3 days 1 hour 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] 4 days 10 hours 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] 4 days 10 hours ago [Title] What, exactly, is the Big [Body]

Output: What, exactly, is the Big Seven?


Input: [Date] 1 week 16 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] 1 week 16 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] 1 week 16 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] 1 week 20 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] 1 week 22 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] 1 week 22 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] 1 week 22 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] 1 week 1 day 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] 1 week 1 day 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] 1 week 1 day 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] 1 week 1 day 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] 1 week 1 day 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 1 day 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 3 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 4 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] 2 weeks 6 hours 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 2 days 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 2 days ago [Title] Good for them. [Body]

Output: Good for them.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Yeah that was yakety sax all [Body]

Output: Yeah that was yakety sax all the way.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Love the last line, very [Body]

Output: Love the last line, very funny.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 4 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 4 days ago [Title] 'Roids are apparently a hell [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 4 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 years 20 weeks ago [Body] i think it would have to be something along the lines of leaving your feet to launch at the other player would be a good determining factor. that plus leading with your head and aiming directly at the opposing player's face. if they went back to actually tackling instead of trying to make EPSN's highlight reel with a big hit, there would be a lot less ambiguity about the call. it would be harder to call it a hit on a defenseless player if you're wrapping your arms around for a tackle rather than just trying to blow the guy up. [Title]

Output: i think it would have to be


Input: [Date] 2 years 20 weeks ago [Body] and i think a lot of this comes from something that drives me crazy as a football fan. basically once a player with the ball gets beyond the linebackers, tackling is no longer involved. how many times do you see DBs shoulder block a guy catching a ball near him, 90+%? if the guys actually wrapped their arms around and tackled i think just that in itself could take away some of the helmet to face you see so much of [Title]

Output: and i think a lot of this


Input: [Date] 2 years 27 weeks ago [Body] time to start letting it go man [Title]

Output: time to start letting it go


Input: [Date] 2 years 27 weeks ago [Body] this needs to be kept on the front page somewhere, even if it's just the date somewhere to avoid the hundreds of threads between now and April asking if anyone knows when the game is. [Title]

Output: Keep on the front page


Input: [Date] 2 years 30 weeks ago [Body] i'm from NC and absolutely can't stand duke and i know they'll lose a handfull of games this year but i seriously doubt this will be one of those [Title]

Output: i'm from NC and absolutely


Input: [Date] 2 years 30 weeks ago [Body] a lot like i tell my daughter almost daily, don't get yourself in that position to where you can get caught up in something bad. either way it's a very unfortunate situation for all three to be in with their futures potentially changed forever. [Title]

Output: a lot like i tell my daughter


Input: [Date] 2 years 30 weeks ago [Body] as far as sports go The Show is the best baseball game out there. i haven't played this years because i have last years and there really wasn't much new that mattered to me. NHL is always a solid choice as far as sports go as well. like someone said above, Red Dead Redemption can be found in game of the year edition for around $20 and you can waste away so many hours of your life on. this, just like the show, is more so a single player game IMO but NHL is a blast online but has some good offline features as well. [Title]

Output: For sports


Input: [Date] 2 years 31 weeks ago [Body] i'm not going to lie and say that didn't bring a little tear to the eyes. it's great hearing about how these guys who are really still kids themselves putting in the time with kids who i'd imagine just want to forget where they are and why for just a little while. this was a great story about two great people, very nice [Title]

Output: not going to lie


Input: [Date] 2 years 32 weeks ago [Body] i ask because i honestly don't know any better but i looked at dead period and quiet period rules and i didn't see anything regarding statements from the university or anything like that as being a rules violation, only against contact beyond "hello" to recruits. what am i missing as far as any rules being broken? [Title]

Output: i ask because i honestly


Input: [Date] 2 years 35 weeks ago [Body] i don't know if i can go against ND. all season long i've pulled against them and hoped for them to lose, even as recently as last week when it was basically a 3-way tie at the top. BUT, now that it's this week and if ND loses it will in all likelihood be an all SEC NC game again, i'm more so pulling against that than a ND win. i dislike brian kelly and basically the whole ND team but as a college football fan i have gained a lot of respect for Manti Te'o as a football player and as a human this season, so in a way i rationalize it that way i guess. [Title]

Output: i don't know...


Input: [Date] 2 years 36 weeks ago [Body] it's unbelieveable how much they believe it. i talked to a couple last night and one swears about how he knows someone that ran into someone that would know and he said it's a done deal, so it's gotta be the truth. the other tells me about how it was a done deal last week but when you ask why they haven't just come out and said it, this time it's because the MNF deal won't let them announce it until the last monday night game this season, which makes absolutely no sense to at all, but i'm a michigan fan so what do i know. [Title]

Output: it's unbelieveable how much


Input: [Date] 2 years 36 weeks ago [Body] Kiffin is like a gift that keeps on giving, even when you don't want anymore [Title]

Output: Kiffin == Herpes


Input: [Date] 2 years 36 weeks ago [Body] The fans hate Sunseri almost more than they hate Dooley but then again I know a lot of UT fans personally and they as a whole could possibly be one of the most irrational and delusional fanbases I've ever seen. [Title]

Output: The fans hate Sunseri almost


Input: [Date] 2 years 36 weeks ago [Body] very few. if you read some of the Tennessee boards, they all are certain he's coming and its just a matter of time. it's rather amusing reading come of their crap. [Title]

Output: very few. if you read some of


Input: [Date] 2 years 46 weeks ago [Body] USA Today is doing their best to make it happen. so far two SEC teams have passed USC in two weeks even though they haven't lost. same thing happened last year when bama and lsu passed oklahoma while all three teams were undefeated. [Title]

Output: USA Today is doing their best


Input: [Date] 3 years 26 weeks ago [Body] i'm not so certain i would "vote" for the voiding of a LOI in the event of a coaching change. you hear all the time that players should commit to the school and not the coach, even though you can't blame an 18 yr old kid for getting attached to people that schmooze him and tell him everything he wants to hear for commiting to the coach rather than the school. i think if nothing else any school that's being investigated by the NCAA and there is even a slight possibility there may be a head coaching change coming because of said investigations, it might keep some players available to other schools by knowing that if they sign the LOI and the coach that offered and promised them more than other schools gets canned they're stuck there and won't be so fast to pull the trigger [Title]

Output: i'm not so certain i would


Input: [Date] 3 years 30 weeks ago [Body] I think one other thing that makes a difference is how ESPN likes to tell everyone over and over that the SEC is the best and toughest conference. If you're an 18 yr old kid and you know that you're going to be seen by more people around the country by playing in the SEC because ESPN is going to show the majority of their games and you'll get even more face time on Sportscenter then why wouldn't you want to go there if exposure is one of the big things you're looking for. This I think helps funnel the players to the SEC more so than the other conferences as a whole, perception becomes reality. [Title]

Output: I think one other thing that


Input: [Date] 3 years 30 weeks ago [Body] Yes Congratulations Tom and Ms. VH since she did most of the work up to this point. If only baby VH could have held out until tomorrow he would have the same bday as me. [Title]

Output: Congrats!


Input: [Date] 3 years 31 weeks ago [Body] Merry Christmas to all you guys and girls that make this site great. May you enjoy every moment of it with friends and family! [Title]

Output: Merry Christmas to all you


Input: [Date] 3 years 33 weeks ago [Body] that stadium is literally less than 10 miles from my house and the field always looks that way. during the summer they use it as a race track and they have demolition derbys and all kinds of what not there that destroys the field. but you're right, you'd think they could do a little more to make the field at least playable on. [Title]

Output: that stadium is literally