Input: [Date] 2 years 50 weeks ago [Title] Awesomeness [Body]

Output: I excited a quality recruit that knew Michigan was right for him didn't waste much time ending his recruiting. He could have easily taken his time and took a bunch of visits but didn't. I think that speaks to his great character. Welcome aboard kid. Go blue!


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

Output: Getting really excited for this season. So funny denard untied the shoelaces. Gonna miss that kid! This team is huuungry can't wait to watch them eat!


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

Output: I'm on board if we can put something together in grand rapids


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

Output: Making homemade Margaritas with my margaritaville blender "best Christmas present ever" watching tigers and Olympics.


Input: [Date] 2 years 51 weeks ago [Title] Smoke some more snoop [Body]

Output: Snoop is probably lion about changing his name.


Input: [Date] 3 years 1 day ago [Title] Grilling burgers [Body]

Output: Drinking whatever gets in my way! Out at coast guard festival in grand haven. Just got done sailing on lake Michigan. Got a box of wine and a cooler full of beers


Input: [Date] 3 years 2 days ago [Title] Great speech [Body]

Output: So proud of Denard for speaking on behalf of michigan and the Bigten, Its amazing how far he has come. Michigan has made a true man out of him. Im so happy the univerisity I love so much could be shared with such a Great person! GO BLUE


Input: [Date] 3 years 3 days ago [Title] anything is possible [Body]

Output: I really feel like we have a good shot to give alabama a run for there money. The tide have yet to meet Shoelaces. If we win it probably will be a low scoring game won in the 4th quarter. If we lose you have to take it on the chin and move on! I'm just hoping for a close game wither way. Go Blue!


Input: [Date] 3 years 3 days ago [Title] Brady hoke [Body]

Output: It almost felt like he didn't answer any one of the questions he was asked. Simply awesome! I'm going to try this tactic with my girlfriend.


Input: [Date] 3 years 3 days ago [Title] One more bet [Body]

Output: Hoke says "this is Michigan for god sakes" over under 2.5


Input: [Date] 3 years 4 days ago [Title] Rdt [Body]

Output: Always thought the opinion from outside was cool but always wondered why. Now I get it. Rip rdt. Go blue!


Input: [Date] 3 years 6 days ago [Title] Ludington [Body]

Output: Was just there for the weekend to visit the parents. As far as beaches i have to say i like the state park (first curve) or pentwater is only 15 minutes away. Plenty of fun things to do either way.


Input: [Date] 3 years 1 week ago [Title] Fri/sat [Body]

Output: Over in ludington had a couple micro brews on the lake shore. Good night to all!


Input: [Date] 3 years 1 week ago [Title] Tear, Tear [Body]

Output: I think we can all agree its going to be sad to see Denard leave! Although i have a feeling there is more to come! Denard 2.0


Input: [Date] 3 years 2 weeks ago [Title] friday 13th [Body]

Output: Got a six pack of Bell's pale ale and some left over vodka. Watching tigers game in the back yard on the deck. Go tigers! Hope everyone makes it through the 13th ok.


Input: [Date] 3 years 2 weeks ago [Title] Get back! [Body]

Output: How many times have you heard back back back back back. Nope not out?


Input: [Date] 3 years 2 weeks ago [Title] Bombs [Body]

Output: Prince is hitting bombs! Go tiger's


Input: [Date] 4 days 11 hours ago [Title] yeah, I'm thinking years two and three [Body]

Output: are option years. he bet on himself last year by taking a one year deal instead of for years like everyone else drafted around him. that didn't work out but looks like he had a shot in Indiana.


Input: [Date] 5 days 21 hours ago [Title] just dumb [Body]

Output: football is much more complex than baseball. cowherd came off as a bigot making his point but it is no less valid. your rant came off as a defense if baseball which is fine but it is clearly less complex than football.


Input: [Date] 1 week 53 min ago [Title] ace, I love your basketball stuff [Body]

Output: but this was one of the laziest posts you've ever done. There's so little is the data to distinguish the three and you don't point out his many deficiencies.


Input: [Date] 1 week 11 hours ago [Title] They'll likely have to make modifications to their house [Body]

Output: and all other kinds of expenses to live a better life that most of us can't even imagine. Even if all the medical expenses are paid the family will have a lot of extra expenses in the coming years.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Duke just won with 8 scholarship players [Body]

Output: and Cuse will have 10. They rarely have a rotation greater than 7 players. I don't think this hurts Cuse too much.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Because, no video evidence [Body]

Output: Because, no video evidence. Coach can convince himself that his player is actually being honest and it isn't as bad as it sounds.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 6 days ago [Title] Broussard is obviously an idiot but am I the only one who [Body]

Output: noticed Cuban's slight of hand? Broussard claims Cuban was texting Jordan's family and Cuban says prove that I was texting Jordan's friends. Also Broussard has zero common sense. If Cuban didn't have Jordan's address he could just ask Jordan's agent, Fegan.


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Until 2014 Kobe's salary was at the max [Body]

Output: In fact he was at a grandfathered in max from playing so many years and having started in 1996 when there was no rookie scale. So he was at 35 million in his last year - 12 million more than anyone else - and took 26 million a year for his last two years after he had torn his achilles. He said he took all the money because he was worh it. From a marketing prospective he was, but he showed that he valued money over winning.


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Baseless speculation [Body]

Output: It's not like Duncan is making 10 million a year for Texas department store chain endorsement or something. These billionaires are highly competitive that own teams and they stand to lose money if other owners are cheating. If they thought something fishy was up they would investigate and file a complaint. Dirk and Duncan have both made 150 million plus in their careers with no state taxes. If they value winning over cash at this point in their life then more power to them. Kobe did not, now he is on a shit team.


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Don't forget the Thunder [Body]

Output: I fully expect them to be in the mix.


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Teams that have violated the CBA have been heavily fined [Body]

Output: if not crippled in the past. If Gilbert got caught paying his players on the side we would be heavily fined and stripped of multiple first round picks at best. At worst he would be voted out of the league. Under extreme circumstances the league could do something really punative like canceling player contracts. What typically has happened in the past is that teams have promised players that they will keep them in the organization after they retire if they take a discount. That's more of a gray area and happens all the time.


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 6 days ago [Title] Great article Alex [Body]

Output: As a huge NBA fan and Michigan fan I loved how you used these trades to laugh at some truly awful franchises. I also enjoyed the dead-on analysis of our guys's careers so far.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 14 hours ago [Title] crazy bout a Ford truck [Body]

Output: I'm a buy me a Ford truck and cruise it up and down the road


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 22 hours ago [Title] nothing [Body]

Output: nothing


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Kate is gross [Body]

Output: Verlander can do much better.


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 4 days ago [Title] exposure u [Body]

Output: baby


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Magnus, how about Exposure U? [Body]

Output: Do you know who is going?


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 6 days ago [Title] good luck [Body]

Output: but you haven't put kicked your coverage until you land her. so whoa there a bit.


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 12 hours ago [Title] Up your game Thad! [Body]

Output: Who is going to the camp, any articles you can link us to? Time of the camp, who are we partnering with? Are the USC coaches still coming, how about others?


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 4 days ago [Title] you truly are a bigot [Body]

Output: you truly are a bigot.


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 4 days ago [Title] green is restricted [Body]

Output: So Gores wouldn't be too smart if that were his logic.


Input: [Date] 8 weeks 6 days ago [Title] great ideal [Body]

Output: but there are plenty of nose bleed seats in the end zone which are awful. I take it you've never say there?


Input: [Date] 8 weeks 6 days ago [Title] I think the correct response is, who cares [Body]

Output: you will get your tickets before the first home game. getting them earlier only matters if you are pawning then off on OSU fans.


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 21 hours ago [Title] you're wrong [Body]

Output: you'll realize tomorrow when everything comes out.


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 4 days ago [Title] listening to a Freakanomics podcast [Body]

Output: they said donating to an organization that will use the money effectively is almost always better than volunteering, in a vacuum.


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 4 days ago [Title] there's nothing political about someone suffering [Body]

Output: clearly you've never been in a bad place before. Asshole.


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 4 days ago [Title] who did Illinois lose to? [Body]

Output: from the bracket you sent us it looked like we would only see them in the finals.


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 5 days ago [Title] I thought he signed with us [Body]

Output: Did I miss something


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 1 day ago [Title] This is why our recruiting isn't as good as it could be [Body]

Output: and I'm totally okay with it. Chances are that in the next 12 months a player either transfers or goes early. But Beilein can't be sure about that so he is holding off on recruiting Towns until something opens up. Of course by the time something opens up it may be too late to get Towns or someone of similar talent. It's the price of doing things the right way.


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 1 day ago [Title] yesterday was a federal holiday [Body]

Output: It's called la batalla de puebla in Mexico.


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Lame bro. I rushed the BEFORE it was cool. Man, that game. I went into my room and sat on my bed and just held my head in my hands for a while after that. What...the...fuck?! [Title]

Output: Lame bro. I rushed the BEFORE


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Almost as excited for MBB as I am for the football season [Title]

Output: Almost as excited for MBB as


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Nothing new here. We already knew the 49ers are going to suck this year and that Jed York is a d-bag. This is not thread worthy. /s [Title]

Output: Nothing new here. We already


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 6 days ago [Body] "Given the high profile of this site I don't see why people think it's so completely inconceivable that people with actual sources would post things on scout and rivals but not here." That's not the worry. Given the high profile of this site, can't you also see why some people who are just talking out their ass would like to be worshipped as some news-breaking inside source? Not saying that's the case with this guy, but I don't know either way. I'm not aware of him posting anything here before that had inside info like this. There was a guy last season saying stuff about the team, I think something about playbooks, that a bunch of people immediately took as gospel. He posted other stuff as well and I'm pretty sure it turned out he was full of it. [Title]

Output: "Given the high profile of


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Funny how PeterKlima makes this post to supposedly make a statement about how it's not worthy of a thread and then it gets a bunch of comments. Note to the OP: If you wanna make a thread you think isn't worthy, don't make it about Harbaugh. [Title]

Output: Funny how PeterKlima makes


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 6 days ago [Body] I thought Ace was taking a week off. [Title]

Output: I thought Ace was taking a


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 1 day ago [Body] You do realize he's had a bunch of injuries and THAT might be the reason he hasn't been the star we hoped for? I mean, it was apparently bad enough that the staff didn't think he should be playing anymore... [Title]

Output: You do realize he's had a


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 1 day ago [Body] "There is no reason to do a story about your feelings on the situation unless you want the spotlight." Or because he thought he wasn't being treated fairly and wanted to speak about it. He didn't bomb the whole program. He didn't go on a twitter war like that Illinois player. Pipkins said his piece and I have no problem with that. He's upset he's not playing football and not playing with his teammates anymore. This is not like Boren at all. Boren shit on all his teammates and transferred to OSU. You say he has no evidence, but his evidence is his own body. Yes, he may be wrong and living dangerously playing with multiple concussions, but he has a nervous system. He can feel. [Title]

Output: "There is no reason to do a


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Shit like that really does prevent me from being a bigger soccer fan I feel. Yes, there's some flopping in the NBA, but it's not that bad and it's fairly recent. And I don't watch the NBA anyway. Also, a guy flopping doesn't result in some 15-minute bullshit argument that stops the game for so long. It really wouldn't be that hard to cut down on it. Just need stronger diving rules, perhaps even after the game with some officials making the call. [Title]

Output: Shit like that really does


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Harbaugh is so powerful he can build a pipeline without approval from Congress. [Title]

Output: Harbaugh is so powerful he


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 3 days ago [Body] "I was a weekend drinker. I'd start on Saturday and end on Friday." -Bill Hicks [Title]

Output: "I was a weekend drinker. I'd


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 4 days ago [Body] "What does academic prestige do for an academic institution?" No, that's not my question. I worded it very poorly. What I should have said is how does being in the AAU raise their prestige? Does it actually make them a better university or have better professors? It seems a school joining the AAU just gets to now say it's an AAU member because you fit some criteria. Anyway, Nebraska isn't in the AAU. They were kicked out in 2011. So I guess the B1G doesn't actually have those standards anymore. Is Michigan really worse off because of that? http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/26078/nebraska-loses-aau-status Wikipedia's AAU page also lists them as former members so I guess nothing has changed. It seems Stanford and Cal do fine with their academic reputations without worrying about their football teams playing other football teams who attend schools that aren't as prestigious. [Title]

Output: "What does academic prestige


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 4 days ago [Body] I hate the idea of a 16-team conference. The West is barely a part of our conference anymore right now. Hopefully will feel a bit different with more conference games. [Title]

Output: I hate the idea of a 16-team


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Well, at least they were dominating the North division when they were there. And I think they can recruit better in the Big 12 because of the Texas connection. What does the academic prestige actually do to Nebraska in practical terms? I agree though all the reasons they left in the first place seem the same, mainly Texas. EDIT: "As others have noted, significant revelation today about the Big 12's TV deal. If everyone's share is guaranteed, expansion far more viable" - Stewart Mandel's twitter [Title]

Output: Well, at least they were


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Yes, but with how ND has partially joined the ACC and conferences and conference championships seem very helpful for getting into the playoff, it seems things have changed. The thing about all the repeated attempts to get ND in the past is that nothing was any different year after year. Realignment and the playoff especially seem to have changed things. Would be great if we could replace Nebraska with ND. No idea about how open ND really is to it though. [Title]

Output: Yes, but with how ND has


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Made room how? At what point would we be oversigning and just kicking kids off to make room? [Title]

Output: Made room how? Some people


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 5 days ago [Body] That must have been a long time ago. I haven't seen him in forever. I thought maybe he just left. What finally got him kicked off? Just more of the same and wouldn't stop? I'm not sure I ever formed that much of an opinion on him because it seemed everything was tl;dr. [Title]

Output: That must have been a long


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Like War and Peace, but long. [Title]

Output: Like War and Peace, but long.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 5 days ago [Body] OK, Ace Williams. [Title]

Output: OK, Ace Williams.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Now this is something that can be evaluated. I wouldn't be very happy being a Bo Pelini Nebraska team. I wouldn't accept oversigning. What happened in the post Ace talked about? Eh, I thought it was bad. I'd definitely prefer that it doesn't happen and I'd hope Harbaugh would be put under some pressure. I would definitely accept a few recruits who the staff thought they don't need anymore because of higher-ranked guys knocking on the door if they had already committed. Would rather the staff waited until the next cycle to start picking higher-hanging fruit even if signing up a couple mediocre players cost us a win (don't see how it'd cost more than that for a couple guys who are just so-so). EDIT: Reading who Gameboy was originally replying to and what he said, I'm not sure we really disagree at all actually. I don't think Harbaugh should be fired if he does like he did in Stanford in 2010, but I would like to hear some pointed questions from the media that would cause him to back off of doing that in the future and hopefully a conversation with Hackett behind closed doors (that we would probably never catch wind of). [Title]

Output: Now this is something that


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Win what exactly? The Hoke question was a serious one. What win percentage or number of B1G titles over X number of years would you be happy with? Can you name a coach who is winning conference titles regularly that treats kids well according to your criteria? Again, it's great that you have standards, but it's easy to have standards on overcommitting without having standards on winning. Clearly teams who do shady shit are at an advantage. [Title]

Output: Win what exactly? The Hoke


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 5 days ago [Body] I hope you're wrong. I would be extremely disappointed. Even yanking an offer just before Signing Day would be less egregious but still really shitty. At least that recruit wasn't a part of team yet and has other options. [Title]

Output: I hope you're wrong. I would


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Most moms aren't 6'3" either. [Title]

Output: Most moms aren't 6'3" either.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Especially in Quebec. [Title]

Output: Especially in Quebec.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 5 days ago [Body] How about down here at the pawn shop? [Title]

Output: How about down here at the


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 5 days ago [Body] That's ridiculous. So much hindsight in there. You're blaming Carr for announcing his retirement before his career actually ended? That happens all the time. You can't blame him for the Miles' media fiasco blowing up or Bill Martin being on a boat. From your post, it sounds like Carr was irresponsible for not literally looking into the future. [Title]

Output: That's ridiculous. So much


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 5 days ago [Body] You're stupid! [Title]

Output: You're stupid!


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 5 days ago [Body] The Smoky Mountains area (beautiful by the way, Cherohola Skyway!) was definitely the most redneck area I've been to. I remember we walked into some restaurant or fast food place and got a bunch of looks when people heard us talking and knew we weren't from around there. It was weird. It's the same looks I've gotten traveling in Asia, except, ya know, I was in America still. EDIT: Not that anyone cares but this must be some kind of record for me. This is like the 20th post I've made today. Guess that's what happens when you're on vacation but have no responsibilities, like raising a family. [Title]

Output: The Smoky Mountains area


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 5 days ago [Body] It's true. That's why this generation of youth is called the "ME generation". Oh, no wait, that was the 60's... To be fair, I do think we're getting more and more egotistical. It's just that it's been going on for a long time and it's stupid to blame it all on rap. If you wanted to point to one specific thing, I'd pick cameras that allow us to take photos of ourselves and what we're doing at every moment over rap music. [Title]

Output: It's true. That's why this


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 5 days ago [Body] I actually went to a club in Saigon this past winter and basically got treated like royalty. It was fucking WEIRD. I couldn't stop smiling and laughing every time I saw an employee light someone's cigarette or pour my shots for me or escort me to the bathroom or even be the ones turning the water on and off at the sink. And to be fair, that's kind of how that recruit looks. I'd like to think I wouldn't be so wowed and would think it's absurd. Except for the women. I would definitely enjoy that part. [Title]

Output: I actually went to a club in


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Body] Why are you late to my "How Not to Surrender Even Though You Are French" Seminar?? [Title]

Output: Why are you late?


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 4 days ago [Body] I equate high GPA with greater maturity, guess I'm wrong. BTW your avatar is my favorite on the board. well done! [Title]

Output: GPA


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Does anyone else find it difficult to reconcile what these guys did with the fact that SAM had the highest GPA of all the fraternities on campus? (And BTW the greek average is slightly higher than the all campus average.) They deserved to have their charter pulled. Their actions are a stain on the reputation of every Michigan student and alumni. I feel like the SDTs kind of got shafted though if their worst crime was standing around and watching it happen. I find it hard to believe they could have done much to stop it once things started getting out of control. Maybe they are refusing to name the chief perps out of some sense of friendship. They have to know who the ringleaders were. [Title]

Output: Question


Input: [Date] 24 weeks 7 hours ago [Body] IN my opinion Varsity is quite decent as fight songs go, nowhere near the victors of course, BUT it is probably better than 1/2 or more of other schools primary fight song and its only our secondary song. I can think of less than 10 fight songs from other schools that are clearly better than Varsity IMHO. [Title]

Output: I like Varsity and consider this


Input: [Date] 26 weeks 23 hours ago [Body] I loved Front Page Sports Footballpro '98 for the PC. I continued to play it for years and found it to be much more realistic feeling than Madden or the several other games I tried. Not a college game per se but I created my own rosters so it worked as such. Lot's of fun designing plays with the play editor. Only thing was you couldn't make it run any sort of option play, any sort of handoff or pitch had to be programmed into the play. [Title]

Output: Going way back


Input: [Date] 27 weeks 2 days ago [Body] That would be Vinnie Testeverde. [Title]

Output: I Think


Input: [Date] 28 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Most un-orgegonish uniformz. Bad ju ju for the ducks? [Title]

Output: uniformz


Input: [Date] 28 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Awesome. [Title]

Output: That was


Input: [Date] 29 weeks 4 days ago [Body] We had these when I was in school and I loved them. It was especially cool at The Game when both teams had a season full of stickers on their helmuts. It seems to me though that the buckeyes have cheapened them. It used to be that only 1 or 2 players would have buckeys on both sides of their helmuts, now it seems like everybody has their entire helmut filled up. They should be hard to get. Bo didn't think of them as taking away from "The Team" but as another way to motivate. [Title]

Output: Love 'em


Input: [Date] 30 weeks 7 hours ago [Body] What about Quanzbaugh? [Title]

Output: But....


Input: [Date] 30 weeks 15 hours ago [Body] I'm sure those of us who live out of state would love to see photos. Curiosly this phenomena has not spread to Chicago. [Title]

Output: Pictures?


Input: [Date] 30 weeks 1 day ago [Body] In: 1) More band music, less piped in muzak 2) Helmet Stickers 3)Maize Pants 4)Free Beer Out: 1) Frequent piped in music (some is OK) 2)Uniformz 3)Legends Jerseys 4)Empty seats [Title]

Output: My list


Input: [Date] 30 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Sources have indicated that JH is bringing this man with him from California to fill the S&C position. [Title]

Output: my sources:


Input: [Date] 30 weeks 2 days ago [Body] The Eagle has landed" [Title]

Output: "Houston....


Input: [Date] 31 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Oh, I thought this was going to be a video of girls in skimpy bikinis or something like that to get my mind off of CC. This just gets me thinking again about football==HARBAUGH==football==HARBAUGH. Thanks but not much help. [Title]

Output: misleading


Input: [Date] 31 weeks 5 days ago [Body] I am 99% that Brian is in SF and Sam is just covering up for his earlier mistake in leaking this clue. How do I know? I want it to be true so it must be right?? [Title]

Output: Smokescreen


Input: [Date] 31 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Do you know how much it costs do get a last minute airfare right before Christmas? Brian's been tipped that there is going to be a press conference and has gone to cover it and get an interview with our new coach. Based on absolutely complete speculation and the fact that Brian is there I predict the press conference is no later than Monday. [Title]

Output: OMG IT'S HAPPENING.GIF


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 2 hours ago [Body] Big problem I see is his season won't be over until maybe days into January. Not sure if we want to start recruiting that late with a non big name. Would he even consider leaving his team before the first ever college playoff? Kind of doubt it. Would Urban let him stay as interim OC through the playoffs? Don't know about that either. Seems like a potential big problem with him. Otherwise I like him. [Title]

Output: But...


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Those who stay will be champions. [Title]

Output: But...


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Next time you watch Game of Thrones please note that Hodor is actually saying "HARBAUGH!" over and over in his deep Northern Westerosian accent. He can't think about anything else either. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxjw-w-V5k4 [Title]

Output: Game of Thrones


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 5 days ago [Body] buy Michigan @ +900 and sell "any other NCAA team" @ +1000. That's just stupid. [Title]

Output: spread opportunity


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 6 days ago [Body] I wonder if Hackett's search firm has a statistician to consult with? Probably not. [Title]

Output: I wonder


Input: [Date] 35 weeks 3 days ago [Body] No. [Title]

Output: No


Input: [Date] 42 weeks 3 days ago [Body] The ONLY way Pat will leave NU is if they fire him. He is not interested in coaching anywhere but at his alma mater. He loves Northwestern. If they did fire him then it's kind of obvious that we would not be interested at that point. [Title]

Output: Not Happening


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 1 day ago [Body] I believe that Brian is technically correct in game theory terms, but I agree more with the posters who point out the psycological reasons why this may not be the best strategy. If you go for 2 on your first score and don't make it (statistically < 50/50?) Then you are still down 3 scores and you haven't really accomplished anything. If you kick the one then you are only down 2 scores + hope. FWIW I have been watching football for a long time, and as far as I know coaches have always advocated and opted for going for 2 later rather than sooner. This doesn't mean that they have necessarily been right all these years, but maybe there is a method to their madness. IMHO there are a lot of more legitimate things to criticize Hoke about. [Title]

Output: Game Theory


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 6 days ago [Body] After forcing myself to watch these replays again I'm pretty convinced that Gardner has some sort of sholder/arm injury he has been trying to play through. His attempts to throw long are few and horribly short. His throwing motion seems worse to me than last year. At first I attributed this to Nuss trying to change his mechanics, but it could also be caused by an injury. He seems to be floating his passes most of the time. I was alarmed by this against Appy State even though he had only one incompletion, nothing had any zip on it. He also seems to get worse as the game goes on, which could also be explained by an injury being irrated by making throws or getting hit. This could also explain some of his apparent hesitation if in the back of his mind he is uncertain if he can make a given throw. [Title]

Output: think DG has a boo boo


Input: [Date] 44 weeks 2 hours ago [Body] Q: Coach Hoke, would you like to be head coach at the University of Michigan? A: Yes! Please Yes! I would crawl from California to Ann Arbor to get the job. vs. Q: Jim, would you be interested in coaching in college at your alma mater? A: Absolutely Not. Not interested in coaching in college and the weather is better in California. Q: Jim, what if we offer you $5mm a year? A: No Thanks, Q: How about $8 million? A: Done! [Title]

Output: dumb response vs smart response


Input: [Date] 44 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Dave? Dave is that you?? [Title]

Output: Welcome to the board


Input: [Date] 48 weeks 12 hours ago [Body] M defense on field first, forces punt. Peppers returns punt 67 yds for TD. I recall Anthony Carter did this the first time he touched the ball in his first game as a freshman. [Title]

Output: Peppers


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

Output: Ghost is still the king.


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] I'm gonna go register [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] I do actually. [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] One area that the board is [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] This is really what it boils [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] The new one is earmarked for [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] The industry is undoubtably [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] I can confirm this is [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] Yeah this is creepy, given we [Body]

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] That stopping Denard defense [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] Well this should hopefully [Body]

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


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

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


Input: [Date] 1 year 16 weeks ago [Body] Just announced he would not return and is graduating. Would definitely fill the shot-blocking need discussed this week. Might be a stretch to get him in academically, though. [Title]

Output: How about Eric McKnight from FGCU?


Input: [Date] 1 year 35 weeks ago [Body] I discovered this blog more than 5 years ago and it has become a standard part of my day. What Brian and the rest have developed and delivered is unique among any blogs, sports or otherwise, that I have encountered. Their efforts are very much admired and appreciated. Brian's recent frustration is understandable. This season has altered the blog significantly. The overwhelming amount of commentors who choose to share their opinion on any and everything has cluttered the site and made it utterly depressing and nearly pointless to read. In the past, there was an unspoken understanding that any posts and comments should add value to the discussion - either with information or well thought opinion. Now, it's just off-the-top, emotion-fueled drivel, and very angry, depressing drivel at that. As you age, you begin to understand the long-view of situations in life, and learn to accept the immediate moments and not overreact. There are far too many posters who are interested in being heard and sharing their immediate emotion in every moment. In the past MGoBlog - this immediacy only happened during the Live Blog, not in the forums. Now, all forums are mini-live blogs - repeditive, emotional, caught in the moment with no thought or perspective. Change needs to happen. Only Brian can decide what it will be. Charge us. I will gladly pay. Reintroduce the point system. I will gladly participate. Whatever it takes to allow the valuable part of this blog to return to its higher position. I look forward. Go Brian and Go Blue. [Title]

Output: Much Appreciation and Understanding


Input: [Date] 2 years 18 weeks ago [Body] FGCU has been my adopted #2 for five years now. So much so, that my family and I travelled on the team charter to and from Philadelphia last weekend. Their coach told me before the pairings were announced that he hoped to play Georgetwon in Philly, because it could become a home game for FGCU if they stayed close. In seven days, this group of kids and their confident coach have captured the nation's attention. Now, I have to try to figure out how to raise a million dollars to keep him here. All suggestions welcome. [Title]

Output: My Cool Story, Bro!


Input: [Date] 2 years 19 weeks ago [Body] with Florida Gulf Coast to Philly tomorrow for their game with Georgetown. Excited to tell the A.D. and President that once we start the football program the B1G is ready to welcome them with open arms. [Title]

Output: I'll be flying


Input: [Date] 2 years 30 weeks ago [Body] AC was a three-time All American and generally considered one of (if not the) best college Wrs of the 80's. The electricity he brought to the Big House equalled what Shoelace has given us these past four years. Denard joins the list of my all-time favorites but he doesn't quite reach the rarefied air that AC did. [Title]

Output: Love Denard but


Input: [Date] 2 years 39 weeks ago [Body] Dallas Crawford, Watkins teammate, was a near lock to head here and that opened up an opportunity for us to get Sammy, but it was never really more than a passing fancy. [Title]

Output: Correct you are


Input: [Date] 2 years 44 weeks ago [Body] I think we all have to take the larger view. Our lines performed much better than we assumed, which gives reason for confidence heading into the B1G. Denard will come back from this. We'll be fine. [Title]

Output: Well said, Outsider


Input: [Date] 2 years 46 weeks ago [Body] not ready to shut down the WC hopes just yet. [Title]

Output: I'm feeling a 3-1 win


Input: [Date] 2 years 46 weeks ago [Body] and understand what he did for the university, it saddens me to see his tribute go away. I hope the university finds another way to continue to honor a man who did so much for so long for Michigan. [Title]

Output: As someone who was fortunate enough to know Cliff Keen


Input: [Date] 2 years 46 weeks ago [Body] due to son's Pop Warner game. Just saw the highlights. We looked great. I'm going to pretend the other 150 plays looked the same. [Title]

Output: Thankfully missed watching the game


Input: [Date] 2 years 46 weeks ago [Body] of agonizing over who to start on my pretend teams. Yay! [Title]

Output: The first of 15 weeks


Input: [Date] 2 years 46 weeks ago [Body] Shared the effort on my social feeds. Small contributions by many people can make big changes. Proud of you, Tay! [Title]

Output: Made my contribution


Input: [Date] 3 years 11 weeks ago [Body] In the Atlanta airport. Lube for a late night flight. [Title]

Output: Terlato Shiraz-Vigonier


Input: [Date] 3 years 13 weeks ago [Body] Good news - they loved it. Bad news - it means a week in Milwaukee. Worse news- figuring out how to break it to the wife. Fifth trip in 2 months for a non-traveling job. [Title]

Output: Just finished an agency briefing for Harley-Davidson


Input: [Date] 3 years 14 weeks ago [Body] and Redskins fan? Is that you, Donovan? [Title]

Output: How can you be both an Eagles


Input: [Date] 3 years 15 weeks ago [Body] Control then give up the cheapies. [Title]

Output: This is just way too familiar


Input: [Date] 3 years 17 weeks ago [Body] I'd say I was amazed but I've seen it to much. Plus perfect timing. Left time to finish UTL on BTN. [Title]

Output: How ridiculous is Bertuzzi?


Input: [Date] 3 years 17 weeks ago [Body] Lessens every time Roll Tide contributes to this blog. Please don't let a centered, well-rounded and reasonable Buckeye fan appear here. I can't bear the thought. [Title]

Output: I'm amazed how my knee-jerk dislike for Bama


Input: [Date] 3 years 18 weeks ago [Body] And realized that Andrew Zimmer loves to dress up on Buckeye weekends. [Title]

Output: Obviously you haven't watched Bizarre Foods


Input: [Date] 3 years 20 weeks ago [Body] That no one in The Dayton area has been trained to perform the Heimlich Maneuver. [Title]

Output: After last night, it's obvious


Input: [Date] 3 years 20 weeks ago [Body] FGCU lost twice all year - beat Michigan State and a few other majors - and got a 12 seed. Life ain't fair and neither is NCAA seeding. [Title]

Output: Hey, my adopted school


Input: [Date] 3 years 20 weeks ago [Body] /s has to be included at all times [Title]

Output: forgot that the


Input: [Date] 3 years 20 weeks ago [Body] It makes me regret my English degree more and more. [Title]

Output: Why does their have to be so much math in college hockey?


Input: [Date] 3 years 20 weeks ago [Body] college player except Isiah was surrounded by monster talent as a freshman and sophomore at IU, something Trey will get to experience next year. Very similar penetration and control of the floor. [Title]

Output: Actually Burke reminds me more of Isiah Thomas as a


Input: [Date] 3 years 20 weeks ago [Body] possibly more. Couple that with two BTT wins over Ohio and Sparty and another W over ND would make for an excellent continuation on the "greatest weekend" trend, wouldn't it? [Title]

Output: This sets the stage for at least two this weekend


Input: [Date] 3 years 20 weeks ago [Body] into a very good team for the next few years. Love RG3 but Snyder and the Skins are no place to start a career [Title]

Output: I think this move turns the Rams


Input: [Date] 3 years 20 weeks ago [Body] and a 2 seed. Heck, I'd be happy if they left us a 3 as long as we get the two wins. #BeatOhio [Title]

Output: I'd be perfectly happy with two wins


Input: [Date] 3 years 21 weeks ago [Body] At a youth flag football game on a 75 degree Florida winter night. Life's good. [Title]

Output: Rogue Dead Guy Ale


Input: [Date] 3 years 22 weeks ago [Body] To match the internal bitterness I'm feeling right now. [Title]

Output: Ballast Point IPAD


Input: [Date] 3 years 23 weeks ago [Body] Never saw it. [Title]

Output: Noooooo!


Input: [Date] 4 years 3 weeks ago [Title] hahaha [Body]

Output: Hahahahahaha, Im Brady Hoke Bitch!!


Input: [Date] 4 years 15 weeks ago [Title] Great pick [Body]

Output: Thought he'd pull the trigger eventually but not this soon. This class is starting to come together. Note on the Scholarship issue, I have a strong feeling we' re going to lose a few players before the season starts, most notably one or two of our younger slot recievers. Everytime Hoke talks about the player turnover (or lack of ) he always sounds like he expects a few players to leave when its all said and done. Should open up a few more spots. Either way Im excited about the potential of this class.


Input: [Date] 4 years 15 weeks ago [Title] First off Very happy about [Body]

Output: First off Very happy about the new "Hello", now secondly Im in a tuff spot, I live in Cali and just find out (yesterday) I no longer have the BTN on my plan. I know usually anything of slight interest about Michigan Football makes its way to the internet with a link. However, I've missed all the spring practice episodes, which were on FS Detroit and can't find any links to them, and I don't want to miss the Scrimmage (not just the highlights) on Sat. So...... Is there anyone out there who can assure me with 100% confidence that the Whole Scrimmage will be up online somewhere relatively soon or do I need to call Direct TV tonight and pay a ton to pick it up by tomorrow. Someone help me out, Go Blue!!


Input: [Date] 4 years 17 weeks ago [Title] Practice on TV/ Spring game [Body]

Output: Hey I live in California, I just want to know if anyone out there knows where I can catch the Spring practices (on FS Detroit, I'd really like to see those) or the spring game. Don't know if they re online, the BTN, or if there are any links. Plese let me know thanks.


Input: [Date] 4 years 29 weeks ago [Title] Not going to lie, I caught [Body]

Output: Not going to lie, I caught myself smiling with excitement multiple times. Wasn't a big fan of the hire before, but I'll be able to sleep a lot better now. In short, watch the presser.


Input: [Date] 4 years 33 weeks ago [Title] Two days later and its still [Body]

Output: Two days later and its still just was funny!! BTW does anyone have the link to Denard "The Happening", can't seem to find it anywhere.


Input: [Date] 4 years 33 weeks ago [Title] Avery Wall to Cal. thats a [Body]

Output: Avery Wall to Cal. thats a downer.


Input: [Date] 4 years 33 weeks ago [Title] Not trying to be that guy, [Body]

Output: Not trying to be that guy, just figured people wanted to know but Avery Wall just committed to Cal.


Input: [Date] 4 years 33 weeks ago [Title] "Hello" Baby!! [Body]

Output: Always love a "Hello". This is a kid that will take full advantage of the weight room and mask any "so called" lack of talent with effort and hardwork. Everyteam needs players like him, can't wait to see how he turns out.


Input: [Date] 4 years 33 weeks ago [Title] Will DB please just say RR is [Body]

Output: Will DB please just say RR is coming back so i can finally write something on here without getting points taken away.....


Input: [Date] 4 years 34 weeks ago [Title] Oh and thats your cue to take [Body]

Output: Oh and thats your cue to take the points because their coming right back.


Input: [Date] 4 years 34 weeks ago [Title] Well I figured that much, [Body]

Output: Well I figured that much, lets see if i get any back when it happens.......


Input: [Date] 4 years 34 weeks ago [Title] Denard at 100% [Body]

Output: If your defense isn't great than you re going to have to push those scores up a little bit. You guys will definitely score against us but we will do like wise. Its going to be a shoot out baby!! Can you say "Denard at 100%" because I can, no but seriously, should be a pretty good game.


Input: [Date] 4 years 34 weeks ago [Title] Yeah, but...... [Body]

Output: WIS is one of the best if not the best running offenses in the nation and Im going to bet that their OL isn't as good as WIS either. Not saying that we're great against the run, but I will agree that playing a team with a QB who isn't known for his passing abilities is definitely a good thing. This is RR's last chance at keeping his Team so I would imagine we're going to see everything he's got. Here hoping we get the win!!


Input: [Date] 4 years 34 weeks ago [Title] How did you get 3 points for [Body]

Output: How did you get 3 points for saying DG will/might start next year? I lost 9 when I said it. Anyways, agreed.


Input: [Date] 4 years 34 weeks ago [Title] Is there anything new with [Body]

Output: Is there anything new with the Dee Hart situation. I know it was said somewhere that the coaches were going to give him a visit. Is he just rumored to favoring Alabama or has he actually said it?


Input: [Date] 4 years 34 weeks ago [Title] Not sure if its more complex, [Body]

Output: Not sure if its more complex, I just think everyone is looking into it way to much. Remember DB has said from the beginning that he would wait till the end of the season to do evaluations, he said it again when we were winning and had a 5-0 record, and again at the end of the season. DB has never publicly put RR on the hot seat and that is why he is sticking to his comments. There isn't anything anyone can say here ( unless it is coming from DB himself) that will cause me to believe RR will or will not be back next year. The fact of the matter is we re all just going to have to wait and see.


Input: [Date] 4 years 35 weeks ago [Title] not a fact [Body]

Output: It just depends on which site you re looking at, ESPN has us with 3 4star defensive recruits, but again just relax. This happens every year and yet some how people forget the process. HS football is now over which means recruiting will pick and we'll start to see more Hellos. Just be patient and let the process play out over the next few months.


Input: [Date] 4 years 35 weeks ago [Title] Ok but thats not a valid [Body]

Output: Ok but thats not a valid argument because its a case that can't be proven. What if Penn State takes Alabama off (a game they lost) and Purdue takes ND off (a game they lost). Now you've just added a win to the conference. There are way to many "what if's" with that argument. Im not saying records are concrete evidence for who is better, however between following/watching the Big Ten, living in Califorina and having to watch alot of Pac-10 (because thats whats on), and using records, I would say that the Big Ten has a slightly better conference from top to bottom.


Input: [Date] 4 years 35 weeks ago [Title] I think Big Ten wins this year [Body]

Output: Well here are the standing of both conferences Pac-10 BIG TEN *Oregon 11-0 Wisconsin 11-1 Stanford 11-1 Ohio State 11-1 *Arizona 7-4 Michigan State 11-1 USC 7-5 Iowa 7-5 *Oregon State 5-6 Penn State 7-5 *Washington 5-6 Michigan 7-5 *Arizona State 5-6 Northwestern 7-5 California 5-7 *Illinois 6-5 *UCLA 4-7 Indiana 5-7 *Washington State 2-9 Purdue 4-8 Minnesota 3-9 (*) denotes team with 1 game remaining in regular season. Bases solely on this information (because that's all the time I'm willing to put into this argument) it looks like the Big Ten is do better this year. And even though the Pac-10 has more regular season games left, they're all in conference, so while one team gets better another gets worst.


Input: [Date] 4 years 35 weeks ago [Title] The game not the season [Body]

Output: Yeah I was definitely referring to the game, not the season as a whole. I've been in support of this Team (and yes that includes RR) all year and will continue doing so as long as there is someone running out that tunnel with the winged helmet on. But I say that game was as ugly as it gets because we simply played poorly against a very good team and in doing so looked much worse than the score would indicate, not to mention how it hurts RR case to stick around. Again going into the game I figured RR was safe for another year and that it would take a serious beating before DB would feel any type of real pressure from the school, alum, etc. to get rid of him. Well that looked like a serious beating to anyone who wants RR gone. I just hope this team can regroup and figure things out because if this happens in the bowl game he really might be done.


Input: [Date] 4 years 35 weeks ago [Title] This was as ugly as it gets [Body]

Output: This was as ugly as it gets and hurts just as much. I was pretty damn confident that RR would be coming back next year, before this one, now Im just nervous for the program. We'll see what DB does in Jan. until then, it looks like thats pretty much all we'll have to talk about over the next month. Im sure thats not going to get old. Hey, maybe we'll get a "Hello" or two to ease the pain.


Input: [Date] 4 years 36 weeks ago [Title] Still at it...... [Body]

Output: Are people really still trying to get their point across, With over 400 comments theres a pretty good chance it'll get over looked, Im just saying it might not be worth your time.


Input: [Date] 4 years 36 weeks ago [Title] +1 sir [Body]

Output: Congratz you are the first person to recieve a point from me ever, now that might have something to do with the fact that I just learned how give points, none the less you are still the first. I hope this moment rates up there with your first lay, first child, and your first "I told you so" post when RR brings this team to greatness.


Input: [Date] 4 years 36 weeks ago [Title] I think we all just need to count to 10 [Body]

Output: Man I hope we get some "Hellos" soon, there's so much hate in the posts below.


Input: [Date] 4 years 36 weeks ago [Title] A little on Mr. Hayes [Body]

Output: I got the chance to coach against Grand Blanc and have seen Hayes run, also have a friend who follows the program so I've heard alot about this kid for that last 3 years. I think he has the same body type as Shaw (although I see Sr. Hayes being bigger than Sr. Shaw) and has good football speed, but he's definitely not as fast as him. However the thing that has MI wanting Hayes is his cut back ability and vision in the spread offense (he's been a starter since his So. year). I think this is a great pick up for the future but I wont be surprised if Hayes doesn't see the field much if at all next year. He has a really nice frame so a year in the system and off-season program should do wonders for him. Oh and he's staying on Offense and if for what ever reason he got moved to Defense, its not going to be at CB, most likely SS, again he has speed just not CB speed. At the end of the day, Im very excited to see him choose Blue, he has a bright future.


Input: [Date] 4 years 36 weeks ago [Title] Hows your kicking game? [Body]

Output: Hows your kicking game?


Input: [Date] 4 years 36 weeks ago [Title] really? [Body]

Output: The skinny on my post above is that I believe Devin will start to become more involved in the offense next year eventually taking over as the Primary QB down the road. RR and every player on the team as well as his roommate Denard has praised Devin ( a 5 star athlete) on his work ethic, and athletic abilities. I honestly believe RR's goal was to get him more involved this year, why else do you waste a RS year when you have a more than capable back in Tate to go in for a few plays. If you don't believe Devin plays an important role next year I can understand that. Again the post was an opinion of mine, but real classy on the moron comment. Tate was going to be the for sure starter in 2010 once the season was over last year, right? RR has said before he wants the most talent on the field playing not sitting on the sidelines.


Input: [Date] 4 years 36 weeks ago [Title] His size won't matter in the future. [Body]

Output: Size not a big deal, and this is by NOOOOOO means a knock on him, but I just dont see him being our PRIMARY QB in the future. I think we will start to see his Transition to RB/WR/ Player Maker next year with Devin running the show, and the key word here is Transition. If you really listen to what RR says about the team you can start to read between the lines. Last year when Tate was on Top of the world, RR ALWAYS mentioned Denard (whether he did anything at all) and talked about how good of an athlete he was, not to count him out, just needs experience, ect. You always just had a feeling that RR knew Denard could run his system much better than Tate. skip forward to 2010 spring practice and fall camp and you start to hear the hype with Devin and his skill set (most notably his touch on deep balls). Then the season starts and Denard is Gods gift to College Football (not being sarcastic) and what do you know Devin is 2nd string behind Denard and is getting mentioned even though he really didn't do anything. Now I know its been a while since Devin has been mentioned but I think that has to do more with his back problems. Now if we fast forward to next season, Devin is alittle bigger, faster, smarter and has a year in the system under his belt. I think we start to see Devin more at QB (Probably not opening day starter) with Denard somewhere else on the field and lets not forget about D. Hart. With Devin's passing abilities and Denard / Hart's running abilities you can really open up the play book. Worst case senario you move Denard back to QB. This is simply my opinion, based off of the things I've heard RR say, the why he talks about all his players, and the fact that if Denard wants to play in the NFL its not going to be at QB and he definitely has the skill set to play something in the NFL. Hart is an early enrollee and if he makes the transition to college football early like most believe he can (also better production from our other backs who will all be healthy), its going to take a lot of pressure off our need to run our QBs so much. Remember Pat White was a pretty damn good QB and he didn't need to run as much as Denard has. By putting Devin at QB you take away some athleticism at the postion, but you add a playmaker on the field and open up the play book. You don't have to agree but just think about it and start listening to the things RR says when spring ball rolls around.


Input: [Date] 4 years 36 weeks ago [Title] no block is my guess [Body]

Output: Not sure if its the case here, but alot of HS kickers use a block for FGs, and some have a hard time adjusting to not being able to use the block in College. My guess is thats whats going on. The problem is he may never get used to it, which means its pretty much a wasted Scholarship. RR keeps talking about the low kicks, which is a big sign that he just isn't used to not having the block and isn't getting underneath the ball.


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 1 day ago [Title] The "article" is a disservice [Body]

Output: The "article" is a disservice to everyone involved. It is short and shallow.


Input: [Date] 1 year 24 weeks ago [Title] If he drops to the late [Body]

Output: If he drops to the late lottery it may be better for his career. I doubt this affects his stock much. His struggles lately on the court are a different matter.


Input: [Date] 1 year 24 weeks ago [Title] Both parties look bad after [Body]

Output: Both parties look bad after an incident like this one. Smart should have kept his cool. He should be suspended. The superfan looks bad and should be barred from attending games. This isn't his first incident and he isn't attending pro games. He shouldn't be getting involved with amateur athletes.


Input: [Date] 1 year 25 weeks ago [Title] When does the phrase mean [Body]

Output: When does the phrase mean what people think it means? (% of pop misuing term or phrase) x (# of years misused) = New meaning/additional meaning officially added Perhaps a result of 5 or above should be the benchmark. If 50% of users use a term incorrectly for 10 years then .5x10=5 and a new meaning is added to the definition. I'm sure an interested and industrious fellow could create a proper equation or link to one that already exists.


Input: [Date] 1 year 39 weeks ago [Title] You don't have to agree with [Body]

Output: You don't have to agree with people being offended by swear words but you should be able to comprehend the position.


Input: [Date] 1 year 40 weeks ago [Title] The board has been too [Body]

Output: The board has been too bi-polar lately. It seems every thread is filled with idiotic insults toward thing X or idiotic support for thing X. How do you have a sports discussion with no criticism?


Input: [Date] 1 year 42 weeks ago [Title] Would it kill you to show [Body]

Output: Would it kill you to show respect to other posters on the board? You managed to throw an insult into almost every one of your posts in the discussion you were having. The other poster committed no offense other than disagreeing with you. He could make the same brick wall comment about you. Grow up.


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] ^This. Regardless of which [Body]

Output: ^This. Regardless of which side of which argument you fall on.


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] Can that conversation stay in [Body]

Output: Can that conversation stay in the other thread? Take Mr. Brown's post for what it is and leave it at that.


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] Boeckman was not mediocre. He [Body]

Output: Boeckman was not mediocre. He was awful. There is also a reason teams don't throw the Hail Mary every down. The desperation play can work but rarely does.


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] No one playing for Michigan [Body]

Output: No one playing for Michigan is a kid. Also, criticizing is not the same as being disrespectful.


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] My unsolicited advice is for [Body]

Output: My unsolicited advice is for you to take a minute and do some research (how interviews work whether entertainment or not) and then take another minute and flesh out what discussion you are actually trying to have. If you want to have a real discussion you might also want to leave out statements such as "...I do know that NCAA football is little more than indentured servitude." Those comments lead down different paths than what you appear to want to discuss. Also, I am not trying to be a jerk.


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] You are delusional. [Body]

Output: You are delusional.


Input: [Date] 1 year 45 weeks ago [Title] I find Todd to be the most [Body]

Output: I find Todd to be the most disturbing character. Walt had his supposed good reasons to go down his dark path. He does awful things but appears to struggle through it. Todd doesn't seem to struggle through anything. He takes the bad thing that is happening in a given scene and takes it to a further extreme while also appearing to be a blank slate of emotion. Walt and the skindheads seem to understand what they are while Todd dosn't seem to be aware of how dark a path he has chosen.


Input: [Date] 1 year 45 weeks ago [Title] Well said. [Body]

Output: Well said.


Input: [Date] 1 year 45 weeks ago [Title] Perhaps the rest of the [Body]

Output: Perhaps the rest of the community reserves their concern for issues that are actually issues. You have worked yourself up over a harmless skit. If you find this skit border-line offensive then I don't see how you can visit MGoBlog at all. Many of the memes on this site stereotype other groups for comedic value. Your last four sentences or so make it seem as though you have never visited the site before. You may also want to reconsider what the role of comedy is or can be in society.


Input: [Date] 1 year 48 weeks ago [Title] ^This. [Body]

Output: ^This.


Input: [Date] 1 year 49 weeks ago [Title] The first school I thought of [Body]

Output: The first school I thought of when I saw this was The U. A team's uniform should remind you of their school not another school.


Input: [Date] 1 year 49 weeks ago [Title] I wish I could upvote you. [Body]

Output: I wish I could upvote you. Your use of Semipro was perfect.


Input: [Date] 1 year 50 weeks ago [Title] I hope that this station [Body]

Output: I hope that this station doesn't turns out to be a good alternative. I expect it to be more of the same.


Input: [Date] 1 year 50 weeks ago [Title] But he's a New York Times [Body]

Output: But he's a New York Times Best Seller!


Input: [Date] 1 year 50 weeks ago [Title] Yes. People are constantly [Body]

Output: Yes. People are constantly ripping RCMB and the like for their low class approach but the OP isn't any better. Posts like that aren't exactly uncommon either. Also, what is the point of posting Feel Free to Delete? The mods will delete a thread whether or not someone gives them the OK.


Input: [Date] 1 year 50 weeks ago [Title] I fail to see how 'ruin porn' [Body]

Output: I fail to see how 'ruin porn' is a moral issue. Detroiters, and possibly others in failing areas, are really sensitive about because obviously. No one else need feel guilt over the issue.


Input: [Date] 1 year 50 weeks ago [Title] I think it's lame even for [Body]

Output: I think it's lame even for the academies. The names are for the fans.


Input: [Date] 1 year 51 weeks ago [Title] The draft won't be [Body]

Output: The draft won't be entertaining either.


Input: [Date] 1 year 51 weeks ago [Title] I accepted his invitation as [Body]

Output: I accepted his invitation as well principally because he spent so much time being defensive about his opinion. Just give your opinion and have the confidence to move on.


Input: [Date] 1 year 52 weeks ago [Title] I don't have a problem with a [Body]

Output: I don't have a problem with a guy changing his mind before enrolling and attending classes and going to a different school. I don't have a problem with the LOI being non-binding until he actually gets on campus.


Input: [Date] 1 year 52 weeks ago [Title] Why are you trying to change [Body]

Output: Why are you trying to change the argument and bring chauvinism into the conversation? Have you run out of legitimate ways to defend your point of view? Also, the term girl is equivalent to the term guy in the world in which I live.


Input: [Date] 1 year 52 weeks ago [Title] If the rest of the lineup is [Body]

Output: If the rest of the lineup is doing well then there won't be a problem. If the lineup struggles... Jhonny's range will always look bad to those that have eyes.


Input: [Date] 1 year 52 weeks ago [Title] Are you Rod Allen? Range [Body]

Output: Are you Rod Allen? Range matters. Range at SS really matters.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 2 days ago [Body] "The Weight" by The Band [Title]

Output: "The Weight" by The Band


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 3 days ago [Body] It's depressing that a podcast with Mandel and Snyder isn't in like the top 40% of most obnoxious pairings of CFB pundits. [Title]

Output: It's depressing that a


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 23 hours ago [Body] He threw (way) more pitches than anyone else for like 5 straight years. Leyland murdered his arm. [Title]

Output: He threw (way) more pitches


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 30 min ago [Body] He has acquired all the information necessary to return to Rigel to inform the bug people of our weaknesses. [Title]

Output: He has acquired all the


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Yeah, Kesler's a Michigan native, but went to OSU and rooted for them originally to be a spiteful dick to his friends, who were M fans. Dude is an asshole. [Title]

Output: Yeah, Kesler's a Michigan


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 2 days ago [Body] They have Perry and Kesler, which should be enough for anyone. [Title]

Output: They have Perry and Kesler,


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Salary I think. Hagelin already made more and is an RFA. [Title]

Output: Salary I think. Hagelin


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 13 hours ago [Body] I dunno, the subject of the spoiler was in tonight's episode. I wouldn't be surprised if that character has their arc play out in season six. [Title]

Output: I dunno, the subject of the


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 15 hours ago [Body] Well, her body double does. That was a lot of digital trickery. [Title]

Output: Well, her body double does.


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 15 hours ago [Body] There's one more. ADWD's epilogue. [Title]

Output: There's one more. ADWD's


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Less of an issue when you don't drink. [Title]

Output: Less of an issue when you


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Yay noon games! Since I'm a student again and going, I want noon games to maximize my other football watching opportunities. [Title]

Output: Yay noon games! Since I'm a


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 5 days ago [Body] I am genuinely disappointed that GIS "Princess Peach Dad Jeans" does not give the image I was looking for to post here. Rarely does the internet fail me like that. [Title]

Output: I am genuinely disappointed


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 5 days ago [Body] The remarkable thing I never quite realized before I watched this yesterday was how Sham was basically even with Secretariat for the first minute and then Secretariat puts on the after burners and by the end they can barely keep Sham in the same shot. That horse was ridiculous. [Title]

Output: The remarkable thing I never


Input: [Date] 8 weeks 15 hours ago [Body] In the show, Stannis wouldn't do it as he's been characterized. Like even ignoring the moral calculus and the whole his brother rebelled against exactly this kind of nonsense things, the one redeeming feature they've given Stannis is that he loves Shireen. AND even ignoring that, he's a stickler for the rule of law and he just created a succession crisis in the case that he wins, because HE HAS NO HEIRS. This plot is so stupid, which is a bigger sin than the whole "expect the very worst thing to always happen on this show (except to Dany who will get bailed out by dragons)." [Title]

Output: In the show, Stannis wouldn't


Input: [Date] 8 weeks 3 days ago [Body] This is relatively simplistic view of what happened to the middle class. A lot went into it. Trade deals certainly, changing tax policies, decaying infrastructure, reduced union representation, the rise of the service economy, most things requiring a college degree at the same time tuition costs skyrocketed putting people behind for owning a home etc, rising medical costs, and I think swinging the benefit packages more towards the high end is naturally going to lower the amount available for the average worker. Lots of contributors. Another problem that is related to the plight of the middle class is the sort of general decline of meritocracy, where a multiple failure like Dave Brandon keeps failing upwards into positions of power. There was always a good ole boy network but it seems to me there's a general lack of accountability if you're powerful enough (politicians and bankers being the obvious examples here). Agree on short sightedness being a major problem. As for the political point. I think reducing that to a purely partisan thing is mistaken. I agree more with say, Warren Buffett than Charles Koch, but I don't want either of them to be able to finance entire presidential campaigns. It limits access and what viewpoints politicians hear, and that's a problem and yeah, that subverts democracy and replaces it with plutocracy. Also populism is not strictly left or right wing, it's just populism. It's an appeal to the masses that they're not getting a fair deal because of those other people. The other in question could be business interests (usually lefty), academia (right), or more toxic insinuations (the famous Atwater quote). That's all populism. [Title]

Output: This is relatively simplistic


Input: [Date] 8 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Well, damn. We should be the overwhelming favorites next year, so there's that. [Title]

Output: Well, damn. We should be the


Input: [Date] 8 weeks 5 days ago [Body] They throw until their arms fall off. Ritter threw every pitch in '05. [Title]

Output: They throw until their arms


Input: [Date] 8 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Kinda funny that in what, 11 innings they've really only hit one ball hard off of Wagner... and that was tonight's double play. [Title]

Output: Kinda funny that in what, 11


Input: [Date] 8 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Sucks for whoever was the last guy on their roster. [Title]

Output: Sucks for whoever was the


Input: [Date] 8 weeks 5 days ago [Body] She's not getting ahead and so is more consistently getting in trouble. Though I agree, she really only made one mistake after Haeger had a great AB. The double was also a superior piece of hitting. That said, Wagner totally jammed her and has been dominant since she got in on Friday. [Title]

Output: She's not getting ahead and


Input: [Date] 8 weeks 6 days ago [Body] We played pretty poorly and barely lost to an extremely good team that's defending their national championship. Loosen up and believe they can win like they did the last two innings and we're in solid shape. Hopefully Wagner starts and continues to dominate. [Title]

Output: We played pretty poorly and


Input: [Date] 8 weeks 6 days ago [Body] No, it's not. With nobody out if you're not sure it's defensible to stay. She should have seen the SS's back and been sure so it was a mistake. With 1 out you go 100%. With nobody out you can play it a little safe and count on Sweet to put the ball in play. Also, we should credit the Florida shortstop with a very good play. Susalla hit that ball hard. [Title]

Output: No, it's not. With nobody


Input: [Date] 8 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Damn. Sierra's gotta score there. Now we have to beat Haeger twice, probably. [Title]

Output: Damn. Sierra's gotta score


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 12 hours ago [Body] Dragonglass is just obsidian (volcanic glass). [Title]

Output: Dragonglass is just obsidian


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 12 hours ago [Body] Nah, there are a fair number but not all that many. The only other one explicitly mentioned on the show (I think) is Heartsbane, which is the Tarly family sword. Sam's dad thought he was too much of a coward to ever wield it which is why he got sent to the Walll. DVD extras mentioned a couple others. They're basically family heirlooms that most of the prominent Westerosi families have. Except the Lannisters, who lost theirs because one of Tywin's ancestors went to investigate the Doom and never returned. So they stole Ice and melted it down. [Title]

Output: Nah, there are a bunch but


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 12 hours ago [Body] In this episode she learns that a dude is selling fraudulent life insurance and Jaqen has authorized some harsh assassin-y justice for that crime. [Title]

Output: In this episode she learns


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 12 hours ago [Body] Brienne's wandering is about two things, which are related (and a third thing, probably): 1) Just how awful the War of the Five Kings was for the smallfolk 2) Establishing why the Sparrows are suddenly a big movement with enough power to basically seize control of the church and then imprison the Queen and Queen Mother. and 3, probably) Show us the Hound is still alive and part of the movement towards the Faith. It shouldn't surprise anyone if he's the Faith's champion against Zombie Gregor and finally gets to resolve his whole arc. Or die horribly freeing Cersei, depending on how the Giants did when Martin was writing that section of Winds. [Title]

Output: Brienne's wandering is about


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 13 hours ago [Body] They know the ending, as he's known the ending for 20 years or so. It's how to get from A -> B that he struggles with. And as not a huge fan of this season + casting news indicating they're going back for a bunch of plots from AFFC/ADWD that they ignored this year like the Greyjoys and the Kingsmoot and Victarion's fleet, the show is as well. But more importantly, Septon Meribald is getting cast, so that's pretty awesome. [Title]

Output: They know the ending, as he's


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 15 hours ago [Body] Jon having plot armor in that fight was a little obnoxious as well as anonymous bad ass Wildling women not fighting back because zombie children and her death being foreshadowed super, super hard. Otherwise easily the best episode of the season, though I still don't think it's anywhere near the quality of the first three seasons. [Title]

Output: Jon having plot armor in that


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 6 days ago [Title] Lame bro. I rushed the BEFORE [Body]

Output: Lame bro. I rushed the BEFORE it was cool. Man, that game. I went into my room and sat on my bed and just held my head in my hands for a while after that. What...the...fuck?!


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 6 days ago [Title] Almost as excited for MBB as [Body]

Output: Almost as excited for MBB as I am for the football season


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 6 days ago [Title] Nothing new here. We already [Body]

Output: Nothing new here. We already knew the 49ers are going to suck this year and that Jed York is a d-bag. This is not thread worthy. /s


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 6 days ago [Title] "Given the high profile of [Body]

Output: "Given the high profile of this site I don't see why people think it's so completely inconceivable that people with actual sources would post things on scout and rivals but not here." That's not the worry. Given the high profile of this site, can't you also see why some people who are just talking out their ass would like to be worshipped as some news-breaking inside source? Not saying that's the case with this guy, but I don't know either way. I'm not aware of him posting anything here before that had inside info like this. There was a guy last season saying stuff about the team, I think something about playbooks, that a bunch of people immediately took as gospel. He posted other stuff as well and I'm pretty sure it turned out he was full of it.


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 6 days ago [Title] Funny how PeterKlima makes [Body]

Output: Funny how PeterKlima makes this post to supposedly make a statement about how it's not worthy of a thread and then it gets a bunch of comments. Note to the OP: If you wanna make a thread you think isn't worthy, don't make it about Harbaugh.


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 6 days ago [Title] I thought Ace was taking a [Body]

Output: I thought Ace was taking a week off.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 1 day ago [Title] You do realize he's had a [Body]

Output: You do realize he's had a bunch of injuries and THAT might be the reason he hasn't been the star we hoped for? I mean, it was apparently bad enough that the staff didn't think he should be playing anymore...


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 1 day ago [Title] "There is no reason to do a [Body]

Output: "There is no reason to do a story about your feelings on the situation unless you want the spotlight." Or because he thought he wasn't being treated fairly and wanted to speak about it. He didn't bomb the whole program. He didn't go on a twitter war like that Illinois player. Pipkins said his piece and I have no problem with that. He's upset he's not playing football and not playing with his teammates anymore. This is not like Boren at all. Boren shit on all his teammates and transferred to OSU. You say he has no evidence, but his evidence is his own body. Yes, he may be wrong and living dangerously playing with multiple concussions, but he has a nervous system. He can feel.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Shit like that really does [Body]

Output: Shit like that really does prevent me from being a bigger soccer fan I feel. Yes, there's some flopping in the NBA, but it's not that bad and it's fairly recent. And I don't watch the NBA anyway. Also, a guy flopping doesn't result in some 15-minute bullshit argument that stops the game for so long. It really wouldn't be that hard to cut down on it. Just need stronger diving rules, perhaps even after the game with some officials making the call.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Harbaugh is so powerful he [Body]

Output: Harbaugh is so powerful he can build a pipeline without approval from Congress.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 3 days ago [Title] "I was a weekend drinker. I'd [Body]

Output: "I was a weekend drinker. I'd start on Saturday and end on Friday." -Bill Hicks


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 4 days ago [Title] "What does academic prestige [Body]

Output: "What does academic prestige do for an academic institution?" No, that's not my question. I worded it very poorly. What I should have said is how does being in the AAU raise their prestige? Does it actually make them a better university or have better professors? It seems a school joining the AAU just gets to now say it's an AAU member because you fit some criteria. Anyway, Nebraska isn't in the AAU. They were kicked out in 2011. So I guess the B1G doesn't actually have those standards anymore. Is Michigan really worse off because of that? http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/26078/nebraska-loses-aau-status Wikipedia's AAU page also lists them as former members so I guess nothing has changed. It seems Stanford and Cal do fine with their academic reputations without worrying about their football teams playing other football teams who attend schools that aren't as prestigious.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 4 days ago [Title] I hate the idea of a 16-team [Body]

Output: I hate the idea of a 16-team conference. The West is barely a part of our conference anymore right now. Hopefully will feel a bit different with more conference games.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Well, at least they were [Body]

Output: Well, at least they were dominating the North division when they were there. And I think they can recruit better in the Big 12 because of the Texas connection. What does the academic prestige actually do to Nebraska in practical terms? I agree though all the reasons they left in the first place seem the same, mainly Texas. EDIT: "As others have noted, significant revelation today about the Big 12's TV deal. If everyone's share is guaranteed, expansion far more viable" - Stewart Mandel's twitter


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Yes, but with how ND has [Body]

Output: Yes, but with how ND has partially joined the ACC and conferences and conference championships seem very helpful for getting into the playoff, it seems things have changed. The thing about all the repeated attempts to get ND in the past is that nothing was any different year after year. Realignment and the playoff especially seem to have changed things. Would be great if we could replace Nebraska with ND. No idea about how open ND really is to it though.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Made room how? Some people [Body]

Output: Made room how? At what point would we be oversigning and just kicking kids off to make room?


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 5 days ago [Title] That must have been a long [Body]

Output: That must have been a long time ago. I haven't seen him in forever. I thought maybe he just left. What finally got him kicked off? Just more of the same and wouldn't stop? I'm not sure I ever formed that much of an opinion on him because it seemed everything was tl;dr.