Input: [Date] 3 years 29 weeks ago [Title] The problem is that he DID [Body]

Output: The problem is that he DID drink and drive - twice. He also lied to his probation officer about how he got to the appointment, AFTER he got pulled over on the way there (so he should have known the probation officer would find out about it). He's had 2 DUIs and a prior probation violation (which involved leaving the state and failing to report on several occasisons). I don't care how minor the offense, he's out of chances.


Input: [Date] 3 years 29 weeks ago [Title] He gone [Body]

Output: This isn't just a probation violation. He's driving without a drivers license. That a pretty basic rule in our society. Hoke was generous in giving Stonum a chance to take the time to get his life turned around and prove that he can follow basic rules. Stonum violated Hoke's trust and Hoke's only option is to send him packing. Sadly, this is probably going to set a precedent for future transgressors. Hoke is going to be less likely to give a player the extra rope.


Input: [Date] 3 years 40 weeks ago [Title] Not gonna happen [Body]

Output: Sorry, I don't see why O$U would be interested in a 55 y/o coach who's not a big "name." And, at 55, I don't see why MD would want to start over. He's got MSU to a steady top 25 program. Why would he want to go to a school on probation? (I know that $4-5 million is a lot of good reasons, but for all MD's faults, I don't see him as the type of guy to jump solely for more money). Also, as a Vest defender, he's probably not happy that O$U fired Tressel.


Input: [Date] 3 years 40 weeks ago [Title] FWIW, that's speculation by a [Body]

Output: FWIW, that was a post by a RCMBer speculating about what happened, without any sources. The rumored word is much worse, which is why the threads are rightfully being deleted.


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

Output: This is a little disingenuous, considering you're posting on a message board where people go for instant recruiting information. Information gets leaked and we're all clamoring to hear it.


Input: [Date] 4 years 27 weeks ago [Title] Truth is.. [Body]

Output: The truth is always somewhere in the middle. Hoke may be the only coach who was given a formal offer, but I have to believe that Harbaugh, and possibly Miles, were told the job was there's if they wanted it. Conversely, I'm sure the LSU money discussion isn't 100% accurate either.


Input: [Date] 4 years 29 weeks ago [Title] epic [Body]

Output: I'm sure it was epic.


Input: [Date] 4 years 29 weeks ago [Title] are you sure? [Body]

Output: Are you sure? The last time Stanford played in AA was 1976 and the last time Stanford went to EL was 1961.


Input: [Date] 4 years 29 weeks ago [Title] website [Body]

Output: Their band website is pretty funny. http://lsjumb.stanford.edu/home/


Input: [Date] 4 years 29 weeks ago [Title] bad fit [Body]

Output: It was the worst situation to hire a football coach. Martin felt pressure to name someone quick and pulled the trigger on RichRod, before he was fully vetted, because he was a hot offensive name. Conversely, I'm not sure RichRod was sure he wanted to leave his alma mater, but may have been using UM to get WVU to fulfill promises to the football program. When WVU balked, he jumped at the chance to coach the Maize and Blue. I don't think either side thought it out completely and it turned out badly for both sides. RichRod is a good man and a good coach, but not every coach fits into every situation.


Input: [Date] 4 years 29 weeks ago [Title] Remember: Stanford is private [Body]

Output: The problem is that Stanford is a private school, so the contact is not subject to the FOIA, so the media can't see it. I'm wondering why all this has come down to the 11th hour? They had 5 weeks to talk and address any issues.


Input: [Date] 4 years 29 weeks ago [Title] Enough! [Body]

Output: Tangible evidence of what? You think Brandon maintained his silence for a month, then gave a "hint" to RR what he was going to do? And that RR told a 17 year old kid before he told his own team? Do you people give so much credence to rumors and conjecture in your own lives? Maybe, just maybe, Dee Hart made a decision that didn't involve inside information on the CC.


Input: [Date] 4 years 30 weeks ago [Title] Me too [Body]

Output: Seems like he has a big, close family so I don't understand the decision to pick a school that's a 10 hour drive from his hometown.


Input: [Date] 4 years 31 weeks ago [Title] Michael Oher [Body]

Output: Had they drafted Michael Oher instead of Pettigrew, they wouldn't have to worry about either.


Input: [Date] 10 hours 29 min ago [Body] Who is Tracy? Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad [Title]

Output: Who is Tracy?


Input: [Date] 1 day 15 hours ago [Body] which is obviuously not a bad thing. It is still pretty irksome, however, the way the Battle thing played out. I think we need more top end talent if we are ever going to reach another final four beyond this year. [Title]

Output: He definitely fits the mold of a Belien recruit


Input: [Date] 1 day 20 hours ago [Body] I think Watson is the guy to watch amongst the reserves. His press styles fits our scheme perfectly Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad [Title]

Output: I think Watson is the guy to


Input: [Date] 2 days 10 hours ago [Body] Seriously? I don't think you understand how recruiting works. Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad [Title]

Output: Seriously? I don't think you understand how recruiting works.


Input: [Date] 2 days 21 hours ago [Body] So we could have added Kansas A&M and/or Oklahoma, but Delaney chose fucking Rutgers? That's nice. Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad [Title]

Output: So we could have added Kansas


Input: [Date] 5 days 12 hours ago [Body] Seriously? I love Jim and thank God he is our coach but Harbaugh has one major bowl win and no championships in any sport. Meyer and Saban have accomplished WAY more as college head coaches and they have their programs rolling. Hell, even Dantonio has accomplished way more as a college coach than Harbaugh. Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad [Title]

Output: Seriously? I love Jim and


Input: [Date] 5 days 16 hours ago [Body] we are now hyper analyzing film being run at super duper slow mo speeds like its the Zapruder film. What happened to common sense judgement of what a catch looks like. The Calvin Johnson and Dez Bryant TD were two of the worst examples. [Title]

Output: This is so true


Input: [Date] 5 days 16 hours ago [Body] Seems pretty obvious to me its a black dude with a ton of eye black on. What am I missing? [Title]

Output: I don't get the bit about the Nebraska players skin color


Input: [Date] 5 days 21 hours ago [Body] We really need a couple of the young guys to emerge big time. There is some talent there but it is almost totally unproven. [Title]

Output: This is the weakest WR corps I can recall in a long time


Input: [Date] 6 days 7 hours ago [Body] Yup. One of the most over hyped players in recent memory Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad [Title]

Output: Yup. One of the most over hyped players in recent memory


Input: [Date] 6 days 17 hours ago [Body] despite having a more or less average OL. [Title]

Output: Its amazing how bad our offense was last year


Input: [Date] 1 week 9 hours ago [Body] There were lots of reasons for Mitch to go to Michigan not the least of which being 2 of his best friends were on the team. You are comparing apples to hand grenades. Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad [Title]

Output: There were lots of reasons


Input: [Date] 1 week 14 hours ago [Body] Personally I am more optomistic about success on the basketball court, but I am more enthusiastic about seeing an improved football team under Harbaugh. Football has just been so depressing lately the breath of fresh air will be most welcome. In terms of success however, I am guessing that basketball finishes higher in the B1G standings and national polls than football. [Title]

Output: Good question


Input: [Date] 1 week 1 day ago [Body] Mo Wagner needs to eat at Pizza House every day for a year. [Title]

Output: Great to see the gains by Wilson and Robinson


Input: [Date] 1 week 1 day ago [Body] Good. It was clear at the start of July this team is going nowhere. Might as well get some pieces to start retooling. Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad [Title]

Output: Good. It was clear at the


Input: [Date] 1 week 2 days ago [Body] Hard to say. They all have shown signs and they all have reasons to doubt that they will emerge as above average starters. At least we now have a staff that I trust can develop them and use them correctly. Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad [Title]

Output: Hard to say. They all have


Input: [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Body] Yup. Will Campbell anyone? Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad [Title]

Output: Yup. Will Campbell anyone?


Input: [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Body] He probably needed to sit out a year anyway given his injuries so this really isn't a problem. Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad [Title]

Output: He probably needed to sit out


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Body] I guess I was just expecting more rational behavior from people who themselves are coaches and who should have at least some interest in having the kid go to class and succed academically. Partically when high school coaches themselves have had to deal with their own players not making it academically. You would think they would be more understanding then the typical parent. Then again, Ted Ginn, sr. seemed to have a similar reaction when Carr rightly disciplined one of his players so maybe I am just giving high school coaches too much credit. [Title]

Output: Yea I get that


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Body] between the King coaches and Michigan? If it is simply the Norfleet situation then I don't really understand how the King coaches could be upset with the Michigan staff disciplining a kid who was allegedly not going to class or missing tests. [Title]

Output: Does anyone know what caused the apparent rift


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 20 hours ago [Body] James Harrison mad at me. [Title]

Output: Wow. I would not want


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 20 hours ago [Body] so much nonsense being discussed in the media. I can't wait for actual football that we can discuss. [Title]

Output: Can we please just start the season


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Ruddock should definitely be an upgrade. The jury is still out on Isaac IMO. I just think the loss of Funchess puts this year at a disadvantage, but I would be happy to be wrong. Even if I am right we should be a more consistent offense given the OL maturation and hopefully better coaching. I can just forsee a lot of 17-14 and 20-17 games. [Title]

Output: Hope you are right


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 1 day ago [Body] This is the worst collection of skill position talent I can recall a Michigan team having in my lifetime. Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad [Title]

Output: This is the worst collection


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 2 days ago [Body] a decent plan B. [Title]

Output: If we can get Huerter that would be


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 3 days ago [Body] He feels like a kid that is going to go out of state. Hope I'm wrong! Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad [Title]

Output: He feels like a kid that is


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Fucking Rutgers. I will never forgive Delaney Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad [Title]

Output: Fucking Rutgers. I will never forgive Delaney


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Some people on here are dickholes and that includes you right now. Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad [Title]

Output: Some people on here are


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 4 days ago [Body] That wouldn't surprise me at all. Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad [Title]

Output: That wouldn't surprise me at all.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 6 days ago [Body] much man-love for Hackett. He is the anti-Brandon in every way. [Title]

Output: I have


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 5 days ago [Title] I personally agree, for what [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 5 days ago [Title] I think we can all concede [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Seems, from a journalistic [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Interesting point, I hadn't [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 5 days ago [Title] We need a witch doctor to [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 1 day ago [Title] Heyoooo... [Body]

Output: Heyoooo...


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Given that Ferentz makes so [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 36 weeks 6 days ago [Title] Bravo. [Body]

Output: Bravo.


Input: [Date] 38 weeks 2 days ago [Title] This is a very good point, [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 38 weeks 5 days ago [Title] The Day Has Come [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 40 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Negatory, sir. Pitt's OLine [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 40 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Some Context on Chryst [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 15 hours ago [Title] I don't disagree in any [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 15 hours ago [Title] I believe he was at Tulsa [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 16 hours ago [Title] I wouldn't contest that, but [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 16 hours ago [Title] I'll add this too, but just [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 16 hours ago [Title] He's a Texas native, who [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 16 hours ago [Title] I was in Pittsburgh the year [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 42 weeks 6 days ago [Title] Cue gifs of animals that look [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 42 weeks 6 days ago [Title] It's fun how you can be [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 14 hours ago [Title] My first thought as well. [Body]

Output: My first thought as well.


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 14 hours ago [Title] The eastern world, it is [Body]

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


Input: [Date] 1 year 42 weeks ago [Title] It's purely anecdotal, so [Body]

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


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

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


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

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


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

Output: Surely you can't be serious?


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

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 3 weeks ago [Title] Also forgot G: "Bunk" [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 3 weeks ago [Title] I've always thought of [Body]

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


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

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


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

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


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

Output: Maybe Westphal?


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

Output: Grimm committed to Pitt about aweek ago.


Input: [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Title] Largely well said. This is [Body]

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


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

Output: WOOOOOOO!


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

Output: You snooze, you lose Runyan!


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 5 weeks ago [Title] I don't mind that the players [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 5 weeks ago [Title] Well, that sounds unsavory... [Body]

Output: Well, that sounds unsavory...


Input: [Date] 2 years 5 weeks ago [Title] Justim HILard yesterday, 2014 [Body]

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

Output: Maybe for your birthday, Champ.


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

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 6 weeks ago [Title] For the record, I'm aware of [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 6 weeks ago [Title] And on that note, though not [Body]

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

Output: Carlisle isn't worth mentioning.


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

Output: Yes. Yes he has.


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 8 weeks ago [Title] Ryan is RichRod holdover. [Body]

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


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

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


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

Output: "Oh Danny Boy"?


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

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


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

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


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

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 9 weeks ago [Title] No offer for Jayru yet. Nor [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 9 weeks ago [Title] Actually, I would think the [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 9 weeks ago [Title] I have to say, that does not [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 9 weeks ago [Title] There are hot women [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 9 weeks ago [Title] Pull up a chair and I'll tell [Body]

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


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

Output: Go get 'em, girls.


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

Output: Sensory deprivation chamber. Only safe course.


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

Output: You make us proud, Mr. Smith.


Input: [Date] 2 years 11 weeks ago [Title] A good and worthy man, and a [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 11 weeks ago [Title] I see a distinction. OL [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 11 weeks ago [Title] Without arguing the logic of [Body]

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


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

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


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

Output: Good for the lassies/ Go Blue!


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

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


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

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


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

Output: GOOD NEWS, everyone!


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

Output: It's not bad news.


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

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


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

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 13 weeks ago [Title] That came out of left [Body]

Output: That came out of left field...


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

Output: Wow. What a year for Michigan athletics.


Input: [Date] 2 years 14 weeks ago [Title] Buh-bye. [Body]

Output: Buh-bye.


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

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


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

Output: Classy, classy, classy.


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

Output: great googamoogum!


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

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


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

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 16 weeks ago [Title] Ah [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 16 weeks ago [Title] Based on picks for Nerlen [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 16 weeks ago [Title] If he has the numbers he's [Body]

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 18 weeks ago [Title] Kentucky [Body]

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

Output: I know, right???


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

Output: ...touche.


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

Output: Plus infinity for the Serpentor reference.


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

Output: Ahhh...TRADITION!!!


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

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


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

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


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

Output: That's not going to happen.


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

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


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

Output: I would agree with that.


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

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 21 weeks ago [Title] Coles was the prediction [Body]

Output: Cole was the prediction everyone was making before the weekend. Doles is another safe money bet. We're filled to the brim with talented interior linemen, we can't possibly take that many more in this class, so if he wants to come, he'll drop sooner than later. He's also the last guy left on the board for 2014 who's said Michigan is his out and out leader. What Brown essentially said here is "I guess the most likely guy to commit will be the next to commit. Unless he isn't." I don't know, maybe he is the next Lorenz. It seems to me he's trying to be by getting ahead of the curve for 2015. But as it is, he's never said anything to make me trust any cryptic tweets of his.


Input: [Date] 2 years 21 weeks ago [Title] C'Mon MGoPeople!!! Denard [Body]

Output: C'Mon MGoPeople!!! Denard gave us years of glory, the least we can do is give him the cover over some WR NOBODY outside of Dixieland has ever heard of. MUST....WIIIINNNN....


Input: [Date] 2 years 22 weeks ago [Title] Clearly he'd like to close [Body]

Output: Clearly he'd like to close out his career on the same team he started with, which is to be admired. It's not like he needs the money, and it helps to get a better team around him. If I were him, I'd take the cut conditional on the front office spending it on O-Linemen.


Input: [Date] 2 years 22 weeks ago [Title] If Doles is coming at all, [Body]

Output: If Doles is coming at all, expect him to drop soon. I would not expect more than two interior O-Lmen for this class, given our surplus.


Input: [Date] 2 years 22 weeks ago [Title] He has the football skills [Body]

Output: He has the football skills and dedication to Michigan which make him a viable recruit. However! What puts him over the top is his glorious coif. Between him, Ryan and Bolden we have enough musketeers to make for a novel.


Input: [Date] 2 years 22 weeks ago [Title] I heard he made them from a [Body]

Output: I heard he made them from a yeti he killed with a trident. Also, he takes showers in grain alcohol and he lassoed a tornado and rode it to the west cpast, just to offer Joe Mixon in person.


Input: [Date] 2 years 22 weeks ago [Title] Do you burn your bridges [Body]

Output: Do you burn your bridges behind you?


Input: [Date] 2 years 22 weeks ago [Title] We know you are. [Body]

Output: We know you are.


Input: [Date] 2 years 22 weeks ago [Title] Your first sentence is [Body]

Output: Your first sentence is correct, your second sentence, more arguably, as well. Notably, though, neither has anything to do with either of the things I said.


Input: [Date] 2 years 22 weeks ago [Title] I guess that will hurt us [Body]

Output: I guess that will hurt us with Mone; and McDowell; and Marshall. And who knows how many othe recruits he was in on, recruits he's going to try and steer towards Oklahoma now. Most of all, though? It's just embarassing.


Input: [Date] 2 years 22 weeks ago [Title] I'm sure Hoke apologizes for [Body]

Output: I'm sure Hoke apologizes for not doing better than 19-7 and a BCS Bowl championship with players recruited by someone else for another system.


Input: [Date] 2 years 22 weeks ago [Title] I never understood why Brian [Body]

Output: I never understood why Brian was so worked up about this. There was never anything suggesting the move was permanant, and it seemed to me pretty clear this was about CB depth, with Countess and Floyd both down and out.


Input: [Date] 2 years 23 weeks ago [Title] Ok then, lets hear them [Body]

Output: Ok then, lets hear them out...


Input: [Date] 2 years 23 weeks ago [Title] ...In fact...forget the [Body]

Output: ...In fact...forget the recruiting!


Input: [Date] 2 years 23 weeks ago [Title] You forget Michigan vs. [Body]

Output: You forget Michigan vs. Indiana in 1937, when most of the stadium was destroyed by invading martians in the second half. The only surviving player, a Hoosier, when on to score 58 unanswered points before the game was called by an injured referee who escaped the alien slave-crafts.


Input: [Date] 2 years 23 weeks ago [Title] To be fair, we're no longer a [Body]

Output: To be fair, we're no longer a top 5 team.


Input: [Date] 2 years 23 weeks ago [Title] Pretty good summation at top. [Body]

Output: Pretty good summation at top. Somewhere along the line this turned from a team of athletic young dynamos to a team of jump shooters. That's really all you can say about us anymore. The defense is flimsy, the physicality is non-existant and the offense has no Plan B if the jump shots don't fall. We don't even look like we're playing smart anumre, which is never something I thought I'd say about a Beilein team.


Input: [Date] 2 years 24 weeks ago [Title] I like the way you think. [Body]

Output: I like the way you think.


Input: [Date] 2 years 24 weeks ago [Title] You think there's that much [Body]

Output: You think there's that much difference between the MAC and the WAC?


Input: [Date] 2 years 24 weeks ago [Title] Fate: tempted. [Body]

Output: Fate: tempted.


Input: [Date] 2 years 24 weeks ago [Title] I suppose, as other people [Body]

Output: I suppose, as other people are now pointing out, we could add Adoree Jackson tothe list. CB from CA with good offers, who's been making noise about being the next Charles Woodson, so maybe that's something.


Input: [Date] 2 years 24 weeks ago [Title] Yep, forgot about Bars, but [Body]

Output: Yep, forgot about Bars, but that's kind of unspoken. I mean, I don't recall ever hearing a quote where he said Michigan leads, and while his brother is here, he has two other brothers in other programs. It's just that he's visited here so often. Westphal made the comment that Michigan is the standard he measures other schools by, and people seem to think we have a good chance with him. Peppers, they say, is more of a lonshot (kind of like Hand- in his top group, mentioned, but behind other schools, so the legends say) IThe names I put up top (except for Holmes) were there because they've said Michigan leads. If you want people Michigan has a good chance with, Westphal and Bars are good additions, but you could add Scott and Cole as a package,.


Input: [Date] 2 years 24 weeks ago [Title] The only two recruits who we [Body]

Output: The only two recruits who we seem to be way ahead on as a matter of record are Brian Mone, the Utah DT (who would seem to be a 250 type) and Doles, who probably isn't a 250 type guy (yet?) because of size. Maybe you add Corey Holmes to that list, because he grew up a Michigan fan, but then again, so did Marshall. Of course, nobody knows who's really ahead for a lot of these kids. I don't think we were ahead for Bosh or Kugler (especially Kugler) before they dropped and dropped early.


Input: [Date] 2 years 24 weeks ago [Title] Conley went to a school he [Body]

Output: Conley went to a school he didn't have an offer from when he first committed. Lawrence had his choice and made it. So there's that difference.


Input: [Date] 2 years 24 weeks ago [Title] McDowell is also a different [Body]

Output: McDowell is also a different position than Marshall. So...


Input: [Date] 2 years 24 weeks ago [Title] We can but hope. [Body]

Output: We can but hope.


Input: [Date] 2 years 24 weeks ago [Title] I'm...sure they would like [Body]

Output: I'm...sure they would like to. That's not the kind of thing that's easily replicated, especially since, by all accounts, that wasn't a stage managed event. Especially since we aren't in on a lot of Michigan and Ohio kids, who formed the bulk of that event, I doubt we'll see the like of it again this year, if ever.


Input: [Date] 2 years 24 weeks ago [Title] Bad news bears, no way to [Body]

Output: Bad news bears, no way to whitewash it. Can't keep on top if we can't even stay afloat in recruiting our own state. I give Meyer credit. He's targetting kids that aren't just good players, but the high-percentage targets we need. It's like a scorched earth campaign, burning the ground out from under us. Man. I am not happy today.


Input: [Date] 2 years 24 weeks ago [Title] Treason! Call out the [Body]

Output: Treason! Call out the guards!!!


Input: [Date] 2 years 24 weeks ago [Title] Well, as to the latter point, [Body]

Output: Well, as to the latter point, that's why I observed they diod well for themselves "at college." In as much as this is a UofM board and not a Detroit Lions fansite, I would think that;s the primary concern. As it is, when Keenum and Moore needed to rise to the occasion, they usually did, so while their success was predicated on weaker opposition, it's not as if it was a boondoggle at the NCAA level. And while the defenses will be better than they were accustomed to facing, the offensive line and supporting cast Speight will have around him will be improved as well. As to the level of competition, I see that. My big fear was what would happen when he meets up with the CBs Ohio has been hauling in. It won't matter how on target the ball is, if it takes a week to get there, those guys will hawk it. On the other hand, having a big arm and no questionable accuracy would be just as much of a problem. I think the truth is, anybody is going to have a tough time with that kind of an elite secondary.


Input: [Date] 2 years 24 weeks ago [Title] He does not, in fact, have [Body]

Output: He does not, in fact, have great arm strength in relation to velocity. I will observe, though, that Kellon Moore and Case Keenum didn't have elite arm strength either, and they did well for themselves at college. That's all that should matter to us.


Input: [Date] 2 years 25 weeks ago [Title] May you strike mighty blows [Body]

Output: May you strike mighty blows for Michigan and bring honor to your clan, young samurai.


Input: [Date] 2 years 25 weeks ago [Title] That was like watching a rap [Body]

Output: That was like watching a rap in a spaghetti western.


Input: [Date] 2 years 25 weeks ago [Title] Speechless. This clearly a [Body]

Output: Speechless. This is clearly a bridge too far. This would eradicate any sense of the players being "amateur" athletes. Why not ust make a minor league for the NFL and have done with it? Not that I think the NCAA deserves all the money it makes, mind you.


Input: [Date] 2 years 26 weeks ago [Title] There will be no "After [Body]

Output: There will be no "After Beilein." We're going to live forever.


Input: [Date] 2 years 26 weeks ago [Title] WE #1!!!! [Body]

Output: WE #1!!!!


Input: [Date] 2 years 26 weeks ago [Title] Oh? Is Green playing defense [Body]

Output: Oh? Is Green playing defense now?


Input: [Date] 2 years 26 weeks ago [Title] May the winds be ever in [Body]

Output: May the winds be ever in their favor.


Input: [Date] 7 hours 19 min ago [Body] About time someone stated the obvious answer! [Title]

Output: About time someone stated the


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 3 days ago [Body] I just arrived in Paris, I wonder how I can find him. I'm sure he wants to spend his vacation dodging me. [Title]

Output: In just arrived in Paris, I


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Let's all hope and pray that figure skating will always be supported by universities, otherwise the USA will never be able to compete with the big boys! [Title]

Output: Let's all hope and pray that


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 2 days ago [Body] I'm not trying to argue, but I still don't get how this would matter to Olympic sports in the USA. As far as I know, all the other countries compete just fine without using universities as a framework. [Title]

Output: I'm not trying to argue, but


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Just out of curiousity, why? I always thought we were the only country that has spectator sports as part of universities. [Title]

Output: Just out of curiousity, why?


Input: [Date] 20 weeks 3 days ago [Body] The comments on that site ... Ugh. [Title]

Output: The comments on that site ...


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 3 days ago [Body] What, you're just going sit there, doing your taxes? [Title]

Output: What, you're just going sit


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Has anyone else noticed what a shockingly large percentage of the video is dedicated to the carillon player? I wonder why this is. Maybe the song won't be a hip hop thing at all but a carillon solo. [Title]

Output: Has anyone else noticed what


Input: [Date] 23 weeks 12 hours ago [Body] First of all, I miss the days when I barely was aware of the AD. AD's should be seen and not heard. Also, I wonder if Brian has some sympathy somewhere for DB. They have (or had) similar jobs: they run an organization based on feelings, but they alone have to make the hard decisions, usually based on money, that invariably alienate some of their audience. [Title]

Output: First of all, I miss the days


Input: [Date] 25 weeks 2 hours ago [Body] I always complained about Musburger until they replaced him. Only then did I realize what good chemistry he had with Herbie. I guess that stuff is hard to fake. [Title]

Output: I always complained about


Input: [Date] 25 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Offsides. Pete Carroll has a sad. [Title]

Output: Offsides. Pete Carroll has a


Input: [Date] 27 weeks 5 days ago [Body] I've said it before, there's a very simple test. If McQuery had walked in on a member of the media (who had locker room access) assaulting a kid, would he have run out and called daddy? Would joepa have tolerated seeing the guy in his locker room after that? Of course not! They would have obliterated that guy. It wasn't the situation. It was football. They were protecting football at all costs. [Title]

Output: I've said it before, there's


Input: [Date] 27 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Last day before school starts. God help me. [Title]

Output: Last day before school


Input: [Date] 28 weeks 2 days ago [Body] I think it's kinda funny that people feel sorry for BH like he's a puppy in the rain or something. He's been in football for a long time and will continue to be in football for a long time. I have to believe for guys like that, jobs are fleeting but football is forever. He's probably enjoying a little time off and working with his agent to find his next job. [Title]

Output: I think it's kinda funny that


Input: [Date] 28 weeks 2 days ago [Body] That right there would've won you the golden sharpie. [Title]

Output: That right there would've won


Input: [Date] 28 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Good. [Title]

Output: Good.


Input: [Date] 28 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Two hour delay for my son's school so I'm playing Legos until 10 today. And the last weekend to look forward to college football. [Title]

Output: Two hour delay for my son's


Input: [Date] 29 weeks 28 min ago [Body] All things being equal I prefer to avoid ass eateries. [Title]

Output: All things being equal I


Input: [Date] 29 weeks 2 days ago [Body] The TV was co-opted today so I watched Frozen and HGTV instead of the game. I need a bangin'. [Title]

Output: The TV was co-opted today so


Input: [Date] 29 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Hey did someone call me? [Title]

Output: Hey did someone call me?


Input: [Date] 29 weeks 3 days ago [Body] I like your style, gambling your mgoblog status to bring us news. Look what happened to Moe when he broke the DB news. He's rolling in the points. [Title]

Output: I like your style, gambling


Input: [Date] 29 weeks 5 days ago [Body] 10-2, a loss to one of our rivals and an inexplicable loss. [Title]

Output: 10-2, a loss to one of our


Input: [Date] 29 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Just out of curiosity, why not? I wouldn't say no to JT or Braxton coming here. [Title]

Output: Just out of curiosity, why


Input: [Date] 29 weeks 5 days ago [Body] I was wondering about that. How did he earn all those if he was the backup the whole year save the final game? [Title]

Output: I was wondering about that.


Input: [Date] 29 weeks 6 days ago [Body] How exactly is a rainbow made? How exactly does a sun set? How exactly does a posi-trac rear-end on a Plymouth work? It just does. [Title]

Output: How exactly is a rainbow


Input: [Date] 29 weeks 6 days ago [Body] I really thought that Mary Sue vetoed KF. [Title]

Output: I really thought that Mary


Input: [Date] 29 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Gentlemen, turn out the lights. We've now seen the worst play in football. [Title]

Output: Gentlemen, turn out the


Input: [Date] 29 weeks 6 days ago [Body] I repeat: what the h, Iowa? I've never seen that on a kickoff return before. [Title]

Output: I repeat: what the h, Iowa?


Input: [Date] 29 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Boy, that sounds eerily familiar ... [Title]

Output: Boy, that sounds eerily


Input: [Date] 29 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Actually, I believe she vetoed outright any talk of KF coming to Michigan in 2007. [Title]

Output: Actually, I believe she


Input: [Date] 42 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Call me crazy, but I could see LSU looking for someone new. I dont think they'll be too tolerant of 41-7 blow outs and I've never understood the hype around Les. Thats a team with tons of talent that tends to under achieve most years. Watching the Wisconsin game earlier this year was exhibit A: a totally superior team talent wise that should have lost to one-dimensional Wisconsin team. My fear is that LSU will be ready for him to leave when we come calling and they thank us for the offer... [Title]

Output: Call me crazy, but I could


Input: [Date] 46 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Toenails and lemons dont even approach the pain of this UFR. I pitty Brian. Hopefully he has enough sense to not UFR this one. theres really no point. [Title]

Output: Toenails and lemons dont even


Input: [Date] 46 weeks 5 days ago [Body] I've never been sold that Les is that great of a coach either. He almost lost to Wisconsin who has no qb and the talent at lsu is ridiculuous [Title]

Output: I've never been sold that Les


Input: [Date] 46 weeks 5 days ago [Body] I admire your mental stability. [Title]

Output: I admire your mental


Input: [Date] 46 weeks 5 days ago [Body] oline was terrible and o didnt score....but I honestly think I'm most dissapointed in the D. I really thought they were greatly improved and they couldnt stop anyone tonight. One step late everywhere on the field. [Title]

Output: oline was terrible and o


Input: [Date] 46 weeks 5 days ago [Body] atleast Ohio lost too. Sooo... the big ten's failure is complete. [Title]

Output: atleast Ohio lost too.


Input: [Date] 46 weeks 5 days ago [Body] explosion too small [Title]

Output: explosion too small


Input: [Date] 46 weeks 5 days ago [Body] haha...beer doesnt help my spelling of harbaugh. Please neg me. [Title]

Output: haha...beer doesnt help my


Input: [Date] 46 weeks 5 days ago [Body] I'm an idiot. I thought the day was coming where we would return to glory 6 years ago. Its not coming. I officially just lost faith in the coaching staff as well. I havent seen it mentioned.....but this wont help recruiting. What are the chances hardbough comes home? [Title]

Output: I'm an idiot. I thought the


Input: [Date] 3 years 50 weeks ago [Body] I'm liking the bald look. I wouldnt wish it upon denard though. [Title]

Output: I'm liking the bald look. I


Input: [Date] 3 years 50 weeks ago [Body] I hope you're right. All of tosu fans here in Columbus think he's coming to tosu without a doubt. They cant get this season over fast enough so that he can take the reigns. There are rumors flying around everywhere here about him buying a house in Columbus. I dont believe that he'll come for the reasons you mentioned and I could see PSU as the logical destination if he truely desires coaching again. [Title]

Output: I hope you're right. All of


Input: [Date] 3 years 50 weeks ago [Body] Great to see a glennie reference...I have a lot of family in the Glennie area. Pizza is pretty good at the tavern as well... [Title]

Output: Great to see a glennie


Input: [Date] 3 years 50 weeks ago [Body] I'm living in Columbus now...it sucks. Anybody know of a UM friendly bar to catch the games at? The google map only shows Dave and Busters and I'm hoping that there is another venue to catch the games with some UM fans. [Title]

Output: Columbus area


Input: [Date] 3 years 50 weeks ago [Body] I moved to Columbus with my fiance for work this winter....about the time that all the scandals came out. You brought luck to Alabama. So did I bring good luck to Ohio or did I bring bad luck...? I'm inclined to think that I brought good luck to UM...but I need to be sure or I wont be able to move back to Michigan! [Title]

Output: Confused about my situation...


Input: [Date] 3 years 51 weeks ago [Body] cool...thanks for the info [Title]

Output: cool...thanks for the info


Input: [Date] 3 years 51 weeks ago [Body] Recently relocated to Columbus....I know, it blows....but love is a bitch and this is where my fiance lives/works! We have boycotted cable/direct tv and bottom line is I dont want to buck up for it. I prefer watching games at UM bars will fellow fans anyways. Does anyone know of a UM bar in the Columbus area? Any help/info would be greatly appreciated! *Would have posted new thread about this, but I dont have enough points.* [Title]

Output: Related Question


Input: [Date] 3 years 51 weeks ago [Body] When I played 5th-8th grade football, our games were always on saturday afternoons. My mom and dad came to every game. I was a UM super fan at an early age so missing the UM games bothered me as much as it did my father (who has been a life long fan) and my mother (a UM grad). This gave my family a special bonding opportunity and a saturday ritual during those years.... We would record each game on the vcr and when we got home from my colt league games, we would sit down and watch the UM game as a family. We accomplished two things here: 1. My family attended all my games, something I'll never forget. 2. We built anticipation all day for the afternoon of watching UM games together as a family over a bowl of hot nachos, also something I will never forget. Cash in on this opportunity. Enjoy your sons soccer games and then bring him into the fold as a UM superfan and enjoy the football games together as well. [Title]

Output: When I played 5th-8th grade


Input: [Date] 4 years 1 week ago [Body] have a crew of grad-assistants that break down film like this already. After my playing days, myself and a few other GA's would be up all night sunday breaking down tendancies and packaging film for the coaches to use on Monday....and this was at the DII level. I'm sure they have a refined system at the DI level [Title]

Output: Opposing teams


Input: [Date] 4 years 3 weeks ago [Body] Looks like Nike is taking every advantage of profiting off of talented 16/17 year olds... [Title]

Output: Looks like Nike is taking


Input: [Date] 4 years 12 weeks ago [Body] not enough data to get any real trends....it would need to include position breakdowns. RR had to take a huge number of players at the skilled positions, more than the typical amount per class. My gut tells me that RR players will be slightly smaller, but not by the huge amount this data shows. [Title]

Output: not enough data to get any


Input: [Date] 4 years 14 weeks ago [Body] +1 this [Title]

Output: +1 this


Input: [Date] 4 years 14 weeks ago [Body] What happened at ND was a tragic accident and I cant imagine the pain that the family of that young man has gone through. We have no way of knowing that some deal has been cut behind closed doors to keep the family quiet. Could it simply be that the family is accepting the situation for what it is...a tragic accident that was preventable. How does destroying the lives of ND staff by firing everyone who could have been responsible make the situation any better? Does making accusations about shady closed door deals without a shred of evidence make the situation any better? The best course of action is to make sure that nothing like this ever happens again by educating everyone at ND (and nationwide for that matter) to the risks associated with the work and by putting safety procedures in place to prevent such occurances. That seems to be the course ND is following. [Title]

Output: rabble rabble rabble


Input: [Date] 4 years 16 weeks ago [Body] second that [Title]

Output: second that


Input: [Date] 4 years 16 weeks ago [Body] I like the way things are shaping up....denard and gardner ripping it up for a few years before making the transition back to elite pro-style qbs of the past. we'll be back to the brady/gerbac/henne/griese/hensen style nfl qb producing train [Title]

Output: I like the way things are


Input: [Date] 4 years 16 weeks ago [Body] As much as I hate them...you cant knock their out of conference scheduling...they consistantly have one great opponent [Title]

Output: As much as I hate them...you


Input: [Date] 4 years 16 weeks ago [Body] Love me some Odoms... [Title]

Output: Love me some Odoms...


Input: [Date] 4 years 16 weeks ago [Body] He looks raw in his film, but seems to have the frame to become a great big ten TE. His film is focused mainly as a reciever, I'd like to see what he can do as a run blocker...if he keeps his pads low etc... With some coaching, I'm sure he could be a great weapon. It seems as though our recruiting is gaining some momentum...lets keep our fingers crossed! [Title]

Output: He looks raw in his film, but


Input: [Date] 4 years 21 weeks ago [Body] good info...Hoke knows what he is doing...I like the similarities to Martin [Title]

Output: good info...Hoke knows what


Input: [Date] 4 years 21 weeks ago [Body] Albert Kahn's firm also designed the majority of the big three auto plants in MI and OH...these are not great photo opps, but an interesting fact none the less [Title]

Output: Albert Kahn's firm also


Input: [Date] 4 years 22 weeks ago [Body] need to make any free throws we get here on out [Title]

Output: in good shape


Input: [Date] 4 years 40 weeks ago [Body] OP is not suggesting a scheme change, he's suggesting new wrinkles and making an already leathal offense more leathal. I like where his head is... [Title]

Output: OP is not suggesting a scheme


Input: [Date] 4 years 41 weeks ago [Body] Not usually one for rah rah speeches and I tend to think that the press makes a huge deal over things like post game speeches...but I like where your head is... To me it means that Denard is a competitor and is ready to start taking on the leadership role...this is a great thing [Title]

Output: Not usually one for rah rah


Input: [Date] 4 years 41 weeks ago [Body] I dont know mgokev, the french are ass holes [Title]

Output: all in good fun...


Input: [Date] 4 years 41 weeks ago [Body] I would rather read post on news good or bad than read posts complaining about something already being posted. [Title]

Output: I would rather read post on


Input: [Date] 4 years 41 weeks ago [Body] seemed to me like he may have been taking a small shot at bama...me likes this [Title]

Output: seemed to me like he may have


Input: [Date] 4 years 41 weeks ago [Body] both e-hands up [Title]

Output: both e-hands up