Input: [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Title] McFarlane's batman and spiderman [Body]

Output: were awesome as a kid. I just really liked how he drew those characters. My brother liked spawn, but I couldn't get into them. I had some Flash, 90s X-men, and Captain America comics. I always had individual comics and never the series though, so I rarely followed the whole story line. I think most of my comic book hero knowledge comes from the cartoon series. Like the 90s X-men show and spiderman series as well as the batman animated series. There were some avengers and spderman and friends shows in the 80s that I watched as well.


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Title] Junior Year [Body]

Output: Three of us went on spontanious trip down to Miami. Was one of the best times I ever had. Meeting a Canadian boy band and Pauli Shore. Trying to get into a bunch of clubs and bars when two of us were 20. Not one bad memory from that week, and lots of great stories. I've found that the less planned the vacation or trip, the better overall it will be.


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Title] At first I thought [Body]

Output: you were the author, until I got to the bottom and realized you posted earlier that John Bacon had posted that on twitter. I still have to get the 4th and long book. Kids really cut into your free time/ reading time.


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

Output: can someone just figure out exactly what this kid('s mom/dad/uncle) wants and give it to him? Let's be bad, just this once. I swear, it always seems to be the parents, or a gaurdian figure who have a change of heart. Only time this fell through was with McDowell, which, as much as a bummer for Michigan, was right for him.


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Title] Pontiac G8 was a great looking car [Body]

Output: I was bummed that pontiac had to go, just based on that car.


Input: [Date] 15 hours 25 min ago [Body] My wife and I met in A2 in college. Our favorite time of year is in the fall, and it's hard to beat A2 in the fall. We obviously tried for the bye, but that didn't work out, so we planned it for a noon game and had the ceremony after 4. The day was perfect, I wasn't a sweaty mess (I like the cooler months, and wearing a wool tux in july would not help this). Our entire wedding was Michigan themed, on campus, with the fight song, maize and blue pom poms, all the girls wore navy blue dresses with yellow flowers. Tables at Union were all named after UofM landmarks. My brother's best man speach mentioned the game earlier that day. The only thing it prevented was people going to East Lansing to attend the game, which is probably a favor on my part. If it's that big of a deal, don't go to the wedding. There are very few weddings where it is crucial for you to be there. I know I've heard similar complaints for people who had weddings during the stanely cup playoffs. Go to the game, watch the game at home, it all saves everyone money. [Title]

Output: I can explain


Input: [Date] 15 hours 37 min ago [Body] I am always amazed at the sizes of recruits. When a high schooler coming in at 6'5" 275 is looked at as too small, it just seems crazy. I honestly have no idea how they get to that size so quickly. Seems like a small stretch to say he can bulk up to low 300s in 3 years time. [Title]

Output: Size


Input: [Date] 18 hours 5 min ago [Body] and yeah, they were a blast to be at. I only make it to 1 or 2 games a year at max (only tailgate lately) so was glad I made it to both of those. Honestly, I don't feel that missing weddings (unless its a sibling or one of best friends) is that big of a deal. I know I was fine with anyone that couldn't make it, because that saved me money. [Title]

Output: Happened to be at both games


Input: [Date] 19 hours 50 min ago [Body] I think Carr knew how to motivate his players and get the best out of them. Some he threw transfer papers at, some were running stairs every day at 6 in the morning (I think it was Joppru). His style was different from Bo (less yelling and more philosphizing). but I'm pretty sure he could read his players and understood what needed to be said to get them to do what they did. Braylon Edwards was a hard case. Very talented, but lacked the focus he needed. Carr let him earn the number 1 jersey, and we all saw a player transformation from his junior to senior year. I honestly think Hoke didn't know how to do this. It's not about just hitting someone in practice. It's about getting them to go 100% late in a practice, or during the summer. [Title]

Output: Not sure I agree


Input: [Date] 19 hours 58 min ago [Body] on Gameday (away) Michigan vs MSU. Planned wedding after the game (12 start with a 4 pm wedding). Michigan won in OT, so we had to finish watching the OT in the church basement. But a perfect fall day in A2, with reception at the Union. Wife and I walked down aisle to the victors. Celebrated a win and our wedding. No regrets. A game I missed for a wedding was the Wisconsin 2008 game. I kept checking my wife's phone (which had some partial internet), and was able to watch the end of the game at bar of reception place. [Title]

Output: Got Married in A2


Input: [Date] 20 hours 42 min ago [Body] 1. After reading through the press conference, the questions from the reporters are horrible and seem to meandor around. I am suprised any coach can develop a coherent response. With that said 2. The bigger difference between the two coaches is not the press conferences, but the way they handle the team. As mentioned before, Hoke never transitioned from the position coach / Team buddy, to the head coach. Bo was a beloved position coach at OSU. When he went to the Miami head coach position, he changed his tactic to the hard ass, and made sure to let any leniancy only come from his assistants and never from him (see Bo's lasting lessons). Hoke didn't do the same. Bo also did an amzing job of manipulating guys to get the best of them. Such as when a young cocky Harbaugh was told he never would play for Michigan. He knew when that tactic was also not necessary. Hoke probably was great at teaching technique. But his biggest failure was not understanding how to adjust his motivation of players. He could get a team to run through a wall after initially meeting him, but it takes a special type of motivation to get guys to push through the 3rd hour of the 10th practice of spring ball. I think that was Hoke's major failing, and why he wasn't successful. [Title]

Output: A few things


Input: [Date] 3 days 21 hours ago [Body] but Joppru had a coming out party in the endzone. I still remember trying to figure out who this guy was that was tearing it up. [Title]

Output: I can't remember which bowl it was


Input: [Date] 4 days 12 hours ago [Body] He's pretty much a troll who sometimes pretends to be jack harbaugh, but isn't funny or good at it [Title]

Output: Troll


Input: [Date] 4 days 21 hours ago [Body] He only mentioned how great Arizona was. That they were on board from day 1. He didn't mention any rough time, which would have gotten an even worse response. I honestly can't see how he can win with some people when his answer above is taken the way people are taking it. [Title]

Output: He did better than that


Input: [Date] 4 days 21 hours ago [Body] Maybe create a Michigan fan. [Title]

Output: Donate


Input: [Date] 4 days 22 hours ago [Body] I'd love to see 98 continue in rotation. Especially with QBs and RBs. I loved number 1 always going to a top reciever. I think keeping special jersey numbers was a great idea, just don't think the patch was necessary. [Title]

Output: I'm going to miss ol 98


Input: [Date] 4 days 22 hours ago [Body] How you've convinced me to do things I shouldn't have. [Title]

Output: Oh Captain, My Captain


Input: [Date] 4 days 22 hours ago [Body] Oh crabs, the possibilities. [Title]

Output: Pets, food, or STD?


Input: [Date] 4 days 22 hours ago [Body] according to people in this thread, is to state how he failed in that relationship and show how he should have been better there in a very long drawn out response. Your scenario isn't really applicable here, because if it were, then we would be the ex, stalking him on facebook, looking for any innocent post he writes as a burn on us. Oh, nevermind, I see it now. [Title]

Output: The correct answer


Input: [Date] 6 days 20 hours ago [Body] I currently own is very fast. Under 6 s to 60, with a top speed of 155 (I've only had up to 110, need to take it to a track). I also drove my dad'd boss'ferrari mandial, but it wasn't amazingly fast (and earned a bad rep). It was the first car I took over 100 mph. I just drove my mom's 1990 miata this weekend, and I definitely noticed the lack of power, especially when my friend came over in his almost 500 hp Challenger loaner (he works for a car magazine). Still fun to drive, but had to get used to keeping the pedal down more through corners. My first car I drove was a 1989 pontiac lemans, which was a great car, as it was dirt cheap used for my parents to buy for a winter car, had a lot of room to fit 5, got great gas, and had zero maintenance issues (also no power anything). I'm sure that it was probably a lot slower than I remember it. especially compared to the power that all cars have now days. [Title]

Output: Mazdaspeed 3


Input: [Date] 1 week 4 days ago [Body] This was an in depth analysis, but I had a hard time with the ypc for Green and how I remember his production. When you mentioned that he got a lot of his yards against Miami (ntm) and App State, and his numbers against power 5, I think it tells the real story. I'm still in the crazy thought process that Antonio Whitfield is also going to sneak on the field and make some plays (just not the every down back). [Title]

Output: Great points


Input: [Date] 1 week 4 days ago [Body] If you drive fast, you can get there in 2 hrs 15 min. The beach is great and you can go watch the boats go through the harbor. Just make sure you get there early, caus the park fills up by 9:30-10. There are also a lot of small beaches in Holland, like Tunnel Park, that are nice as well. Hollands downtown is nice as well. Lake Michigan is colder this year than it usually is. I'll be heading there this weekend, so will know more, but just be aware of that. [Title]

Output: Holland State Park


Input: [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Body] for the rest of the team? [Title]

Output: How would it work


Input: [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Body] I'm sure it's the same, but in undergrad, if you didn't have a house by mid fall, you were probably not getting a good house. So grad students, who get in later, need good housing opportunities, and this is far better than 99% of housing in A2. I'm also basing on pricing from 15 years ago, which is probably not accurate either. If this includes utilities and cable and internet, its probably a grat deal, amazing facilities, and great location. [Title]

Output: Agree


Input: [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Body] When the new coach (Dick Vermeil) for the eagles told the hot shot players that considering their record the previous year, they should all be worried about their positions on the roster. One of our (Michigan fan's) favorite quotes is "Those who stay will be champions" comes from almost the same situation. [Title]

Output: Reminds me of the movie Invincible


Input: [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Body] wow, those are well thought out and amazing facilities. $850-$900/ month doesn't sound like grad student affordable though. Maybe prices have gone up since I was in A2, although those are far nicer than anything i lived in in my 5 years. [Title]

Output: Those Dorms


Input: [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Body] I grew up in Holland and the area was growing like crazy in the 90s. Zeeleand (next town over) built a brand new school that was too small by the time it was done. My school district built a brand new 8-9 building because we were too large for 4 grades in the HS and now have a brand new HS, with the old HS becoming a second middle school. So two High Schools and two Middle Schools. As a new parent, trying to pick places to live based on school districts is a lot tougher than I thought it would be. [Title]

Output: Grew up with opposite


Input: [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Body] from Elite to Very Good. They lost a lot in the season before. Last year the offense was better and helped for the drop in defensive performance. I would assume they continue to have a VeryGood defense this year, but not elite like the two years previous to last year. [Title]

Output: Last Year was a step back


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Body] was probably as good as I could remember when they got shut down. They had the 1st big CUV (outlook) that three other GM brands use. The G8 was awesome. The solstice was cool. I didn't like the G6, but it was the strongest it had been since I can remember, with cars people seemed to like. [Title]

Output: Pontiacs Lineup


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Body] He was surrounded by beautiful models that were playing in a volleyball tournament that weekend, so that may be making my memory a little hazy. This also wasn't prime Pauli Shore. This was 2001, out of the spot light, beer gut Pauli Shore, which probably makes my not very impressive one time celebrity meet even less impressive. Now the trip I remembered so fondly is ruined :(. Damn you internet. Damn you to hell. [Title]

Output: Well


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Body] were awesome as a kid. I just really liked how he drew those characters. My brother liked spawn, but I couldn't get into them. I had some Flash, 90s X-men, and Captain America comics. I always had individual comics and never the series though, so I rarely followed the whole story line. I think most of my comic book hero knowledge comes from the cartoon series. Like the 90s X-men show and spiderman series as well as the batman animated series. There were some avengers and spderman and friends shows in the 80s that I watched as well. [Title]

Output: McFarlane's batman and spiderman


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Body] Three of us went on spontanious trip down to Miami. Was one of the best times I ever had. Meeting a Canadian boy band and Pauli Shore. Trying to get into a bunch of clubs and bars when two of us were 20. Not one bad memory from that week, and lots of great stories. I've found that the less planned the vacation or trip, the better overall it will be. [Title]

Output: Junior Year


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Body] you were the author, until I got to the bottom and realized you posted earlier that John Bacon had posted that on twitter. I still have to get the 4th and long book. Kids really cut into your free time/ reading time. [Title]

Output: At first I thought


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Body] can someone just figure out exactly what this kid('s mom/dad/uncle) wants and give it to him? Let's be bad, just this once. I swear, it always seems to be the parents, or a gaurdian figure who have a change of heart. Only time this fell through was with McDowell, which, as much as a bummer for Michigan, was right for him. [Title]

Output: Fixed


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Body] I was bummed that pontiac had to go, just based on that car. [Title]

Output: Pontiac G8 was a great looking car


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 4 days ago [Body] So you just admitted to tax fraud in an online public forum?! (Only kidding of course) I'm an Illinois resident, and prior to this past year, Amazon didn't collect state tax on my purchases. But when filling out my taxes via turbo tax, the program specifically asks me if I've made any online purchases in the past year. I feel too guilty saying no, so I say yes. Anyway, I had several hundred dollars in Amazon purchases and I tested out the impact on my return by putting in $0 first before the real value, so I could see exactly how much my return would go down; it only went down about $30, so while it may seem like a big deal, it's impact is relatively small. [Title]

Output: So you just admitted to tax


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Sorry to disturb you, Andre. Thank you for your hot take - let's disagree with a stranger on the Internet and make over-arching conclusions about them! In Season 1, Dany marries Khal Drogo at the behest of her brother, who essentially was holding her captive. As far as I remember, she never once consented to marry Khal, she was a prisoner, and she was given no other choice. That wedding night sex was definitely rape, in my view. You bring up some interesting points about Littlefinger. I think Littlefinger is creepily in love with Sansa and sees himself marrying her down the road, and I believe he truly has her best interests at heart (I don't think he was aware of how evil Ramsay was when he came up with this plan). I think she trusts him and did not view herself as his prisoner - he did rescue her from Cersei after all. Maybe its Stockholme Syndrom, but I think she has positive feelings about him and did not feel trapped. Maybe I'm wrong about the LF-Sansa dynamic and you have the right of it, and if so, it would be equivalent to the S1 Dany-Khal marriage, and I would change my opinion that it would be rape. Ultimately, we are arguing semantics (which I realize is my fault, since I brought it up!) - we all have the same emotional response; we feel bad for Sansa that she had to endure that terrible wedding night, and we want bad things to happen to Ramsay. The difference is, I think Sansa willingly made a stunningly brave sacrifice to subject herself to some truly awful things, in order to kill the Boltons down the road and regain the north. Is this the part where I over-simplify a nuanced conversation and say my take is 100% right and if you can't see that then you must be dumb? ;) Have a nice day, I hope I don't disturb you any further. [Title]

Output: Sorry to disturb you, Andre.


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Fair points - maybe I am delving too far into it. I still think that she is playing the long game and knew (or at least suspected) that Ramsay was evil and it wouldn't be an easy journey. I am hopeful she will come out of this victorious and her sacrifice will have been worth it. Agree about your edit. [Title]

Output: Fair points - maybe I am


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 1 day ago [Body] I agree with all you say there. My only objection was to the term "rape" which I believe belittles Sansa's deliberate course of action. I think we are largely on the same page. I still feel bad for Sansa that she has to go through all this bullshit with that monster, and I too hope she gets to kick some serious Bolton ass. Sooner rather than later. [Title]

Output: I agree with all you say


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Do you think Sansa willingly married Ramsay? [Title]

Output: Do you think Sansa willingly


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Why are you so quick to dismiss the possibility of Sansa rescuing theon? That would empower Sansa quite a bit. [Title]

Output: Why are you so quick to


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Martin has discussed the series' ultimate end game with the show runners. They are aware of it and working towards it, and it should be the same for both. But how they get to the end game will not be the same. Martin does NOT have any say in the show changes. He is an advisor to the show and they run everything by him and give him a chance to give his input - but they do not need to heed his input if they don't want to. [Title]

Output: Martin has discussed the


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Bender, thank you for your truly thoughtful response. No sarcasm there. See my above response - I can't help but think they are trying to show Sansa's courageous-ness. I see your point and I agree that if she had said no, it wouldn't have mattered. However I'm thinking of a hypothetical real life equivalent - a poor mother who resorts to prostitution in order to provide for her children. Does she want to have sex with strangers? No, she definitely doesn't. But she does anyway because she believes she has no other recourse to provide for her fam. Does Sansa want to have sex with Ramsay? Definitely not. But she does anyway because she wants to regain her homeland and get revenge. So is that rape? Bravery? Maybe both? [Title]

Output: Bender, thank you for your


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Thank you for your reasoned and thoughtful response. I know this is a fictional show, but I will lay out the facts as they exist in this fictional universe: 1. LF comes up with plan for Sansa to marry Ramsay. They discuss it. 2. Sansa thinks and agrees with the plan. It is a means to an end (the end being regaining her homeland and vengeance). 3. Sansa is a big girl and knows she will need to consummate the marriage. She still agrees. Which of the above do you disagree with? I think you are looking at it from one perspective as Sansa is a powerless victim. I am looking at it from the opposite side - Sansa is making a brave decision to do a distasteful thing (marrying Ramsay and everything it entails) in order to get what she wants. And yet you imply that I'm sexist and call me names and insult me. Thank you for your thoughtful contribution to the discussion. [Title]

Output: Thank you for your reasoned


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 1 day ago [Body] I completely disagree that this was rape. Sansa knew what she was getting in to. Several episodes ago when Littlefinger laid it out for her when they were overlooking Moat Cailin. When she agreed to this plan, she knew what would be required of her. What she didn't know was how sadistic Ramsay is, but she did know she would have to marry (and sleep with) him. In my view, she is making a courageous choice in order to regain her homeland and also to seek vengeance for her family. Saying this was rape implies this wasn't a conscious (not to mention courageous) decision by Sansa to marry Ramsay, which I believe it was. [Title]

Output: I completely disagree that


Input: [Date] 24 weeks 6 days ago [Body] You missed the best one! http://www.cc.com/video-clips/xwnjlx/key-and-peele-liam-neesons (Don't know how to embed, sorry) EDIT: Embed? Get More: Comedy Central,Funny Videos,Funny TV Shows [Title]

Output: You missed the best


Input: [Date] 24 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Liam Neesons is...my....SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGuPKSBpyBY [Title]

Output: Liam Neesons


Input: [Date] 28 weeks 6 days ago [Body] I think this gif might be more appropriate... [Title]

Output: I think this gif might be


Input: [Date] 31 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Ummm, isn't this actually the first day without search bits? And no, I am not handling it well. :( Edit: I'm handling it so bad I forgot how to read good, and now I'm just hoping I didn't forget how to do other stuff good, too. [Title]

Output: Ummm, isn't this actually the


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Well if you are worried about the Vikings, then I've got some bad news for you. Raiders are pirates. They marauded, murdered, raped, enslaved. Same with Buccaneers. [Title]

Output: Well if you are worried about


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Regardless of the mascot controversy, I just want to point out that your analogy is all wrong. The name "Vikings" is an official historical name given to a people group, and it would be analogous to "Native Americans", which is the official historical name given to the indigenous peoples of North America. The term "Redskin" is a slang term used to refer to Native Americans, and would be analogous to a slang term used to refer to Vikings. I am not aware of any slang terms for Vikings, though, so I can't give an example. [Title]

Output: Regardless of the mascot


Input: [Date] 35 weeks 1 min ago [Body] This would be perfect. To fill out the staff, they could retain Hoke as DL coach, Mattison as LB coach, Woodson would retire from the NFL to be DBs coach, Tyrone Wheatley and Mike Hart would be co-RB coaches, and Borges and Heiko could even be brought on to be co-equipment managers. [Title]

Output: This would be perfect. To


Input: [Date] 37 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Yeah, I re-read yours after I posted and was worried for a minute that I lost the ability to read. I completely agree with your comment with the new wording. [Title]

Output: Yeah, I re-read yours after I


Input: [Date] 37 weeks 1 day ago [Body] "But you've lost the ability to denounce any player for anything they do off the field." My reading of this is that Brian is denouncing Clark's actions as despicable, but is pausing to consider the circumstances / context and basically saying, "Walk a mile in Clark's shoes before you judge." You can look at the situation as a whole - denounce a player's terrible actions and still hope they learn from it and improve their life. I'm not sure what exactly your point is here? What is wrong with that? Maybe we should never denounce a college football player for their actions off the field without context? [Title]

Output: "But you've lost the ability


Input: [Date] 37 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Great writeup, Brian. [Title]

Output: Great writeup, Brian.


Input: [Date] 39 weeks 5 days ago [Body] I think you accidentally a word. [Title]

Output: I think you accidentally a


Input: [Date] 40 weeks 7 hours ago [Title]


Input: [Date] 40 weeks 7 hours ago [Body] Welcome back, WD! Maybe Bando will apologize to you now. [Title]

Output: Welcome back, WD! Maybe


Input: [Date] 42 weeks 5 days ago [Body] This is hilarious. Remember when Haegerup biffed the snap in the OSU game a couple years ago? He went to the sidelines and Hoke calmly encouraged him and gave him a pat on the back. At the time, everyone thought it was great coaching and pointed out how people like RR or Kelly would have screamed at him in rage, and how this was much better to encourage the player. And here we are, two years later - Hoke still has the same style, but now everyone is jumping on the guy for that encouraging style. The same encouraging style that he has had his entire tenure here, the same encouraging style that we (collectively) used to laud. Don't get me wrong, I think Hoke needs to go and this is not a defense of him. But this is ridiculous. [Title]

Output: This is hilarious. Remember


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 5 days ago [Body] I know what that phrase means, but I've often wondered where it came from. Reading this prompted me to look it up. I'm not trying to be "that guy" but I just discovered that it is actually "through a/the wringer". A wringer is a machine used to press out liquid or moisture from clothes. I'm not sure if you already knew this or not, but I thought it was interesting. I'm sure most people could not care less about this, so I will now see myself out. [Title]

Output: OT: "through a ringer"


Input: [Date] 44 weeks 2 days ago [Title]

Output: (No subject)


Input: [Date] 44 weeks 5 days ago [Body] You forgot that he also downvotes nearly every single thread, especially if it involves Detroit sports. [Title]

Output: You forgot that he also


Input: [Date] 44 weeks 5 days ago [Body] "I don’t see a problem with that as publically calling out your employer is likely going to generate a response." Yes, it sure did generate a response. Simmons basically dared them to do something. Calling out your employer publicly and daring them to discipline you does not seem like it is a smart thing to do if you like having your job. Also, ESPN is typically very conservative about these kinds of things, and this suspension fits in with their previous actions. This is at least the third time Simmons has been suspended. He likes to toe the line. [Title]

Output: "likely to get a response"


Input: [Date] 44 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Beat Minnesota Discontent will still bubble Like Coca-Cola [Title]

Output: Beat Minnesota Discontent


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Yeah, that is a very valid part of your post, which is why I did not critique that line in my response. I mainly responded to highlight your negative slant towards Michigan. I typically enjoy your posts and find them very knowledgable, however they often lean towards being anti-Michigan, and it almost seems like you enjoy being negative about Michigan. [Title]

Output: Yeah, that is a very valid


Input: [Date] 14 hours 56 min ago [Body] Careful. OSU will sue if you write out his full name. [Title]

Output: Careful. OSU will sue if you


Input: [Date] 16 hours 19 min ago [Body] That thing knows how to make a case for a presidential pardon. [Title]

Output: That thing knows how to make


Input: [Date] 17 hours 36 min ago [Body] I only caught the last half of it, but there was nothing newsworthy there in terms of either actual news (i.e., things that people here would be interested in) or page click news (i.e., silly stuff that gets ESPN and talk radio excited). [Title]

Output: I only caught the last half


Input: [Date] 17 hours 41 min ago [Body] That vacation question was stupid and obnoxious. To paraphrase, it was basically, "So you went to Paris. What, you could just not be a coach for awhile? Did you learn anything relevant there?" Harbaugh answered it much more gracefully than I would have. He talked about how he and Sarah hadn't spent much time together without kids or football in years, wanted to change that, and this was where she wanted to go. I probably would have said, "It's a fucking vacation." [Title]

Output: That vacation question was


Input: [Date] 1 day 15 hours ago [Body] Happy birthday, Coach. Getting to know that guy a bit honestly turned me into a Michigan fan. [Title]

Output: Happy birthday, Coach.


Input: [Date] 1 day 16 hours ago [Body] I dare that guy to stick around until late November. [Title]

Output: I dare that guy to stick


Input: [Date] 2 days 10 hours ago [Body] Can someone check whether I'm understanding this correctly? No snark, honestly curious/confused. So Mullen is saying that coaches are sometimes forced (or wanting) to play true freshmen. With more true freshmen soon to be ineligible because of their relatively low high school GPAs, these coaches will play true freshmen with higher high school GPAs who would benefit from a redshirt. Since those kids kind of get screwed in this scenario, he thinks they should be able to play five years of college football if their grades were good enough coming in. Is that right? If so, it's intriguing enough not to just respond with an eye roll. It would give kids a strong incentive to get their high school grades up and schools a stronger incentive to recruit kids with good grades (though the new policy might do that, too). At the same time, it's a pretty radical idea (five years of eligibility) and I'm not sure that the problem is big enough to justify that solution. [Title]

Output: Can someone check whether I'm


Input: [Date] 2 days 15 hours ago [Body] I don't know, but maybe it's because he's still an active player? To the broader issue, I think it's sad that they totally killed the legends jersey concept. There was a lot to like about it. It kept numbers in circulation, allowed those numbers to be used in recruiting, kept Michigan legends in the fronts of our minds, and made for a really original way to acknowledge of a program's history. They made some mistakes with it - e.g., making the patches too big and encouraging guys to switch numbers - but those felt like relatively easy fixes. I think they threw out the baby with the bath water with that one. [Title]

Output: I don't know, but maybe it's


Input: [Date] 2 days 18 hours ago [Body] RAND did an interesting survey on this last year. Basically, very high percentages (almost half) of U.S. adults say they're uncomfortable with their sons playing football and hockey. The vast majority (~95%) is fine with their sons playing baseball, basketball, and track, with soccer (89%) slightly behind. A disproportionate share of the concern for youth football/hockey came from college-educated parents. [Title]

Output: RAND did an interesting


Input: [Date] 2 days 18 hours ago [Body] It's not a fact just because he said it authoritatively. It got my attention, but I'd like to see a source and more details. [Title]

Output: It's not a fact just because


Input: [Date] 3 days 18 hours ago [Body] I'd imagine it's similar to what rufftime, our resident Sparty, said above. [Title]

Output: I'd imagine it's similar to


Input: [Date] 3 days 19 hours ago [Body] A pretty severe punishment? Come on, he pulled a gun on a fellow student. One of the most nauseating comments around here is this idea that since bad things have happened at Michigan, we're just as bad as everyone else and have no right to comment on anything. Do you honestly think that Delton Williams would remain with the Michigan football program if he did that to a Michigan student? Do you think the University of Michigan would allow that? Hell, in your one example (Gibbons), we have a direct comparison point with MSU. As shitty as Gibbons' conduct seemed, Michigan handled that incident a whole lot more seriously than MSU handled the Payne and Appling incident. MSU had a Final Four streak to preserve, after all. If Michigan did this, it'd be the lead story on ESPN, the Free Press, and damn near every other publication in America. Hell, Keith Heitzman possibly not getting a fifth scholarship year managed to become the top news story on Yahoo. Maybe that scrutiny and the lack of attention that MSU gets leads us to self-police differently, or maybe it's something else (e.g., our athletic department's power being more constrained by others in the university), but I have a really hard time believing that this would play out similarly at UM. [Title]

Output: A pretty severe punishment?


Input: [Date] 4 days 5 hours ago [Body] Oh, fun. Thanks. I'm excited to tell the story of this post in my sure-to-come 30 for 30. [Title]

Output: Oh, fun. Thanks. I'm


Input: [Date] 4 days 15 hours ago [Body] Wait, you gave yourself a logo? [Title]

Output: Wait, you gave yourself a


Input: [Date] 6 days 6 hours ago [Body] I agree. By my count, there are 55 four-star WRs in this year's 247 composite rankings and 50 of them are at least 6 feet tall. The only way I ever really see recruiting sites evaluated is by how well their rankings predicted NFL draft status. In terms of college productivity, I'd guess that they tend to overrate kids with NFL bodies who might take a long time to develop as players and underrate kids likely to be productive in college but unappealing to the NFL. [Title]

Output: I agree. By my count, there


Input: [Date] 1 week 16 hours ago [Body] You didn't read carefully enough. This is about Braxton Hicks to the wash room. The OP is just really sick of seeing false pregnancy contractions in public. [Title]

Output: You didn't read carefully


Input: [Date] 1 week 17 hours ago [Body] I think the original critique/concern was way overstated, but I'll admit that I have some questions, too. I'd feel great about all of the low-rated guys if those guys were clearly at the top of our coaches' lists. But they've given out a ton of offers this year, so it hasn't been quite that targeted. And I'm a little uneasy about how many teammates/brothers/etc. of high-level recruits seem to be getting offers. At times it seems like we're willing to use two or three roster spots to (maybe) get one top guy. Unless it's for a Rashan Gary-level recruit, I'm not sold on that approach. Having said that, I'll cut the coaches - and especially these coaches - a ton of slack on guys they've worked with at camps. And I agree with WolvinLA that recruiting, while important, gets so much attention now that its importance is exaggerated. It's also nice to see comments from Drevno, at Michigan [link] and before then [link], that basically say Harbaugh's the best talent evaluator he's ever seen. [Title]

Output: I think the original


Input: [Date] 1 week 1 day ago [Body] So you're telling me that if Mitchell, who's supposedly down to Michigan and OSU, tried to commit to OSU then Meyer would basically tell him, "That's okay. Go to Michigan."? Yeah, I'm a little skeptical of that one. [Title]

Output: So you're telling me that if


Input: [Date] 1 week 4 days ago [Body] I don't think anyone has mentioned the 2005 Rose Bowl against Texas. A loss, but a damn good game. [Title]

Output: I don't think anyone has


Input: [Date] 1 week 4 days ago [Body] I was about to post the exact same photo as migiT, but here's another (in white): As an aside, LaVell Blanchard is high on my list of all-time Michigan basketball favorites. Great player, great kid, bad timing. [Title]

Output: I was about to post the exact


Input: [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Body] I remember Brent Musburger joking about the great names on (I think) our 1996 team. That team had a Payne, Steele, Irons, Sword, Swett... and a Copenhaver. [Title]

Output: I remember Brent Musburger


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Body] In other words, no offense to mid-July threads with 154, 80, and 235 responses, respecitvely, but here's a much more relevant thread -- a look at a generally uninteresting position group class from eight years and three coaches ago (that happens to redirect to your site). This content is fine - in fact, I enjoy this kind of thing - but why do you need to be so condescending and snarky with your posts here? [Title]

Output: In other words, no offense to


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Body] Disagree. This thread ("Past event in History") is an instant frontrunner for the Most Redundant Thread Title award at this year's MGoBloggies. It also has an outside shot at the Harbaugh Peculiar Capitalization award. [Title]

Output: Disagree. This thread ("Past


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 10 hours ago [Body] I totally agree. I'm convinced that if we had lost that game in an ugly way (e.g., if the 4th quarter was like the first three), then people would think that jersey was just as hideous as the bumblebees. [Title]

Output: I totally agree. I'm


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 12 hours ago [Body] For a little while there, he was crazy fun to watch in a "we're not good but had might as well enjoy this" kind of way. [Title]

Output: For a little while there, he


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Colin Cowherd and Fox seems like a match made in heaven. And I agree on Bomani Jones. In my opinion, he's the funniest guy - and one of the smartest guys - at ESPN. I generally hate sports radio, but his show is actually pretty damn good. [Title]

Output: Colin Cowherd and Fox seems


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Do we know if the (much smaller) numbers that people have been throwing around for peer programs and likely UM bids have been in terms of cash only or cash + apparel? [Title]

Output: Do we know if the numbers


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Nice to see that MSU has gotten over its Michigan obsession now that it's won a few football games. I can't imagine the scenario that would end with me opening an RCMB account. And I seriously doubt I'm alone on that. [Title]

Output: Nice to see that MSU has


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 2 days ago [Body] That's really stupid. If Harbaugh tweets a photo of himself at a McDonald's, he's just doing what half of the other people on Twitter do. It's the media who are deciding to cover all of that crap like it's newsworthy. Harbaugh's just being himself and living his life. [Title]

Output: That's really stupid. If


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 3 days ago [Body] It's a nice area, but I'm usually up for a day in Charlottesville before I need to get my ass to Dubuque. [Title]

Output: It's a nice area, but I'm


Input: [Date] 2 years 24 weeks ago [Body] So you are asking our coach (who is one of the few coaches who doesn't act like an idiot, one who doesn't yell at his players and instead tends to teach his players and calmly explain the situation) to berate his team, his boys, during a hostile road game??? I can assume you have never coached in your life because as a Coach your behavior is one of your most valuable tools. You cannot just become a d*ck to your players when times are bad. its not about motivation. its out of character for beilein to act that way. And I am glad he didn't act that way. [Title]

Output: soo.


Input: [Date] 2 years 25 weeks ago [Body] I love that whenever we play Wisc...even in 30 years we can more than likely include (insert best athlete here) will dunk on that ginger from Wisconsin. [Title]

Output: ginger


Input: [Date] 2 years 25 weeks ago [Body] Only problem is that Wisc has never been the more athletic team and yet they find ways to check teams. This one is probably going to be ugly. Let's hope for a minimal amount of heroball needed today. Mich by 3. [Title]

Output: only problem


Input: [Date] 2 years 25 weeks ago [Body] It seems to me that this year might be a low in state number of recruits. The big 3 and a couple cass options. Gotta snag at least one of the Big 3. [Title]

Output: It seems to me that this year


Input: [Date] 2 years 25 weeks ago [Body] I like the names you chose! As a soon to be parent...choosing a name is quite the task. Congrats! [Title]

Output: cool names


Input: [Date] 2 years 26 weeks ago [Body] Do you think they will let us know if Coach has ever been an assistant along the way? We never hear about that. [Title]

Output: Beilein


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 4 days ago [Body] If Michigan lands Harbaugh and we win a bunch of games, he can be the lamest, say-nothing sack of beans on the planet in press conferences and I don't care. If we lose a bunch of games, I will be frustrated if he refuses to address questions in an informative (or at least honest) manner. Such is the power of winning - it buys you a lot of good will. [Title]

Output: If Michigan lands Harbaugh


Input: [Date] 35 weeks 6 days ago [Body] It'll be interesting to see in the future how we look back and remember this period. I don't think anyone will "hate" Hoke - after all, he's our guy, he's leading our team, and he wants the same thing we all want. He cares, and he's giving it everything he's got. He's just ... not that good. I think people will view Hoke not as the source of our team's woes during this time, but as another symptom - the product of a poorly-conducted coaching search by Dave Brandon, who really didn't want the same thing as the rest of us. He is someone who also clearly loves our university and did his best for us, but his idea of success just wasn't the same as ours. That, and he seemed to not like us very much. He wasn't working for the community - he was working for the department and for the athletes, at the expense of the "customers". I think he will get the lion's share of our collective disdain years from now when we remember this low point, and Hoke will be only a footnote. [Title]

Output: It'll be interesting to see


Input: [Date] 36 weeks 2 days ago [Body] I think that I will enjoy a long and prosperous career for Denard more than any Michigan player I've gotten to watch yet in the NFL. I know we have Tom Brady, but I guess I wasn't as invested in him by the time he graduated. The closest thing I have is Woodson, but it was never really a question whether or not he would excel in the pros. Something about seeing Denard Robinson succeed is just so satisfying. I'm sure it has a lot to do with his character, but also with the circumstances of his remarkable journey at Michigan and the adversity he faced in transitioning to professional football - hell, even in college. That famously unwavering positivity of his just makes him so darn endearing, and the success he's found is the icing on the cake. Long live Denard Robinson. [Title]

Output: I think that I will enjoy a


Input: [Date] 36 weeks 4 days ago [Body] From a purely logic point of view, Dr. Schlissel's quote only truly asserts that some student-athletes wouldn't be at Michigan if it weren't for their talents on the field. Regardless of his intent, he didn't actually stereotype or generalize anyone. I know we're not robots, so it's natural to read between the lines, but I think the reaction to this is based more on historical frustration than any present reality. I also think the student-athletes are leveraging this comment as an excuse to express their displeasure at not having a say in the fate of Dave Brandon. [Title]

Output: From a purely logic point of


Input: [Date] 37 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Is this representative of Tosh.0 these days? He seems sharper than what I remember watching in the past. [Title]

Output: Is this representative of


Input: [Date] 37 weeks 3 days ago [Body] The overall tone of BBW's diary and subsequent comments was SUPER weird. He came across like an insecure android with a programming conflict - on the one hand he really really wanted us to know that he's an expert and he's smarter than Michigan's trainers, but on the other hand he needed to maintain a pretense of "inviting discussion" to keep his unsubstantiated claims from being challenged. They were naturally challenged anyway, because it's a diary and diaries are meant to be informative. This caused the android to malfunction and enter into a repeating loop of uttering meaningless buzz words like "integrative", "compensating modalities", "innovative", "advanced", and "kinetic chain." [Title]

Output: The overall tone of BBW's


Input: [Date] 37 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Innovative. Advanced. Integrative. Compensating modalities. Neuromuscular. Explosive. Kinetic chain. Qualified. [Title]

Output: Innovative. Advanced.


Input: [Date] 37 weeks 6 days ago [Body] This is all true. This segment is being hailed critically for it's comedic value right now by a LOT of people, so I mean, to each his/her own. I think a lot of good art is not easily digestible or immediately satisfying (OMG 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY DRAGGED ON WAYYYY TOO LONG AND I DONT GET WHATS UP WITH THE BABY AND THE LIGHTS???). A lot of the times you don't appreciate something right away, but that doesn't mean it sucks. Or maybe it does suck, but that's still just your opinion. Except Ohio State sucks, and that's a fact. [Title]

Output: This is all true. This


Input: [Date] 38 weeks 2 days ago [Body] You're the best. [Title]

Output: You're the best.


Input: [Date] 38 weeks 2 days ago [Body] ☞( ﾟヮﾟ)☞ [Title]

Output: ☞( ﾟヮﾟ)☞


Input: [Date] 38 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Ah yes, my bad, thanks. Sometimes I mix up Buckeyes and assume they all suck. [Title]

Output: Ah yes, my bad, thanks.


Input: [Date] 38 weeks 4 days ago [Body] I realize that Division III exists (after all, I too graduated from a Division III college), so perhaps it's a testament to the format that I wish it could be extended to all universities. [Title]

Output: I realize that Division III


Input: [Date] 38 weeks 4 days ago [Body] I would actually be ok with a world where the NCAA football system as we know it is dissolved. Allow my imagination to run wild for a moment ... The distant future looks a lot like the distant past. When a talented high school football player graduates, he can go to college to get his degree, or he can join a football club and make money doing it. It's a job, he's an adult. If he wants to make it in the NFL, he could theoretically try out immediately. But more than likely, he'll need time to mature and gain experience in a lower league club team before getting the attention of NFL franchises. If he decided to go to college, there are absolutely no athletic scholarships. He goes to get his degree, and there is no financial incentive whatsoever to play football (or any other sport). These students are 100% students, and the school's athletic teams are truly, purely created from the men and women who choose to attend that school. To me, this sounds like the legendary days of football yore. The quality of football would never be as good as it is today, but the sense of identity to the men on the field would, in my opinion, be strengthened. Students would watch the games and cheer on their classmates; alumni would think "that could have been me out there battling for my school!" Now, if a guy chooses to enroll in college and later decides he wants to go pro, he has to quit the college team. He can join a paying club team, and he can even stay in school if he wants. What are the obstacles to making this world a reality? I wonder if/how the lower league of semi-pro clubs would be financially sustainable. Would it make money by itself? Would people watch it? Would it be supported by NFL franchises? Secondly, would a player ever go to college as a way to get attention for football? Would he maybe think "I could really demonstrate my skills in college in order to make a club team and eventually the NFL" Would college still just be a feeder system to the NFL through a 2-step, rather than direct, process? All right, that's all I had. I just think it would be cool to regain that vintage sense of "true" students representing the schools competing on the field. I know the guys we have now really are students, so I don't want to take anything away from them. But people like J.T. Barrett remind us that not all student-athletes are made of the same student-to-athlete ratio. [Title]

Output: I would actually be ok with a


Input: [Date] 38 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Happy birthday! Seems fitting that Coach was born in the heart of football season. [Title]

Output: Happy birthday! Seems


Input: [Date] 39 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Well, look ... the board is who has been hyping WD up so much - not WD himself. I mean, we created a thread inquiring as to whether or not he is alive or dead, banned or not banned. The board has definitely been the dramatic party here, so "I'm no hero" seems like an appropriately absurd response to the absurb behavior of all of us. My opinion. [Title]

Output: Well, look ... the board is


Input: [Date] 39 weeks 3 days ago [Body] The internet is weird, don't worry about it too much. Enjoy the blog, WD. [Title]

Output: The internet is weird, don't


Input: [Date] 39 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Have you tried turning it off and on again? [Title]

Output: Have you tried turning it off


Input: [Date] 40 weeks 1 day ago [Body] This thread needs Rotel with cheese. [Title]

Output: This thread needs Rotel with


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Those uniforms would be pretty nice except for the green striping on the sleeves ... adds a touch of "Christmas Elf" or something to the vibe. [Title]

Output: Those uniforms would be


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 4 days ago [Body] I'm not saying that our loyalty makes everything else excusable or tolerable - it doesn't, and I even suggested that our A.D. may (should) be ousted before long. The university, the fans, and the alumni create the opportunities the athletic department has to succeed, and if they squander them then they should be replaced. But our loyalty makes it possible to offer better than average facilities, resources, and hopefully even talent to the next leadership as well. [Title]

Output: I'm not saying that our


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 4 days ago [Body] This is a good article, written by someone who is clearly used to hating us but by now is kind of standing back going "well, what do I do now?" It's certainly not pity, but curiosity. He makes some observations about college football at a major institution (it could very well be any struggling, historically excellent program) which suggest that the tradition behind the team simply has too much steam to be killed, no matter how grim the short term situation is. The fans are unhappy, but we are still here. Our current leadership may get vanquished, but the essence of what Michigan is will be intact. I think that the fans, more than anything else, are the continuous lifeblood of Michigan football. The players and coaches determine the success of the team at any given point in time, but I think the fans provide the base, generation in and generation out, upon which everything is built. [Title]

Output: This is a good article,


Input: [Date] 42 weeks 2 days ago [Body] I first read that as "caking" Brandon and I thought "Well, it's either that or death." [Title]

Output: Caning


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 4 days ago [Body] As Brian quoted Genuinely Sarcastic earlier today: "I understand how reprehensible that will sound to some. Many will say that it is still a fan's obligation to support these players. I implore you to reconsider. I beg of you to support these players by putting pressure on those who are destroying them. These players are having their careers derailed by people who are in painfully over their heads ..." I agree with this sentiment. I think the best thing we can do for the players is to demonstrate our disapproval of the program to which they are entrusting their careers. All of our guys appear to be stand-up gentlemen with talent and bright future prospects, and nobody faults them for their efforts. But as fans, we have only one avenue of communication with the program's administration: our money and our tickets. Witholding our attendance sends the message nonspecifically, to everyone - the players, the coaches, the athletic director. But Dave Brandon only speaks in dollars. If anyone can pick up on the distinction of the Michigan fan base between our disdain for the administration and our appreciation for the players, it's the players. They are not rich ex-CEOs hidden away in piles of money, they're young men living amongst their fellow students who know how to interpret social media, they are in tune with their communities in a way that the higher ups are not. We have to reach those in charge, even if it means not showing up to watch the kids we care about. It sucks, but I think it's probably for the best. [Title]

Output: As Brian quoted Genuinely


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 6 days ago [Body] I like how the commentator accused Morris of "acting" with a tone of utter disgust. [Title]

Output: I like how the commentator


Input: [Date] 44 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Yep, not a lot to see here. Hopefully the men on the field and the coaches are able to learn and improve quickly this season. [Title]

Output: Yep, not a lot to see here.


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 3 days ago [Body] It's true - MSU is a fine academic institution. Stratifying the top 200 can separate "super elite" from "still pretty great", but how meaningful is the difference? It's hard to say ... I think you'd have great career opportunities graduating from MSU, and great career opportunities graduating from UM. At that point, variance in success would most likely be explained in larger part by the individual than the institution. In any case, we shouldn't disparage MSU as being "not good" because that's patently false. If you want to disparage them for being "not as good as us", then that's fine I guess, but still pretty petty. [Title]

Output: It's true - MSU is a fine


Input: [Date] 48 weeks 4 days ago [Body] And our tailbacks will be cutting their teeth on a tough D every weekday, too. Win win? [Title]

Output: And our tailbacks will be


Input: [Date] 49 weeks 3 days ago [Body] If possible (on top of, oh, everything else you guys already do), it might be neat to have some more crossover/perspective from other Big Ten blogs, a la the relationship we have with 11 warriors. I know mgoblog is a Michigan blog first & foremost, but I get a kick out of the conference comeraderie & the idea of mgoblog as a go-to source in broader sports media. I know, I know, I'm being Dave Branding - er, Dave Brandon. Really though, everything is great as-is. [Title]

Output: If possible (on top of, oh,


Input: [Date] 49 weeks 4 days ago [Body] I'm excited about having a defense that inspires confidence as a fan, and I'm excited about having dangerous WRs that could break games open with big plays. [Title]

Output: I'm excited about having a


Input: [Date] 49 weeks 4 days ago [Body] What he said! Also, I'm going to the game. I'd prefer to be happy afterwards if I have to endure South Bend either way. [Title]

Output: What he said! Also, I'm


Input: [Date] 49 weeks 5 days ago [Body] The classic "feign misunderstanding" ploy. Hoke, you wiley fox, we can never know how deep and vast is your mastery of human psychology. [Title]

Output: The classic "feign


Input: [Date] 50 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Those sprint cars don't turn on dirt the same way your car turns on ashphalt - those drivers actually have to accelerate during turns to force their car inside due to the low friction environment. Braking causes wobble and a skid towards the outer edge of the track. It's extremely difficult to interpret the driver's intent based on the behavior of the vehicle. Perhaps Stewart only had a moment in time to actually spot Ward - what would he do? If he coolly stuck to his racing instincts, maybe he would gun the engine to turn left and avoid him. Maybe he panics and slams on his brakes, causing an outward skid. As a juror, your self-assuredness would be a detriment to a fair and accurate trial. [Title]

Output: Those sprint cars don't turn


Input: [Date] 51 weeks 1 day ago [Body] It's so beautiful. [Title]

Output: It's so beautiful.


Input: [Date] 51 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Now I know who to ask for XCOM advice. QUESTION - do you prioritize engineer rewards in the early game over anything? [Title]

Output: Now I know who to ask for


Input: [Date] 51 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Someone who is very afraid of being ambushed alone ... the aliens are sneaky. [Title]

Output: Someone who is very afraid of


Input: [Date] 1 year 12 weeks ago [Body] Hey man, you gotta get ranked low before you can get ranked high. I don't think anyone here is super amped about a #25 ranking as an endpoint, but probably more as a glimmer of hope for the possibility that exceeding expectations could put us in a nice spot. [Title]

Output: Hey man, you gotta get ranked


Input: [Date] 1 year 16 weeks ago [Body] Hey, it's understandable - people are afraid of rare occurrences, like shark attacks and lightning strikes. Plus, regardless of frequency, fear can be very personalized and arbitrary. I was never afraid of tackling somebody, but I had a speedy ground ball take a weird jump off an infield pebble and hit me square in the face when I was certain it was going into my glove. The result? A lasting hesitancy to scoopi up hard grounders. I knew it was silly, but what are you gonna do? Hard to wrestle your own reptile brain into logical servitude sometimes. [Title]

Output: Hey, it's understandable -


Input: [Date] 1 year 16 weeks ago [Body] If we were to rank "best" seasons by which fan base enjoyed it most, I would go with Michigan number 1, because our guys are so dang likeable and we never saw this coming with McGary down. And we got to enjoy B1G competitiveness and ultimately victory for a significant period of time. I'd put Wisconsin at number 2 because they were INSANELY happy to make the final four - sure, having a good regular season is par for the course when you're Wisconsin, but deep tournament runs are rare for them. They were definitely partying their hats off. MSU comes in last because they don't know how to be happy unless they're conference/national champs. Otherwise they're just pitching a fit, crying about this or that, and generally pointing their shaking little finger at Michigan. EDIT: Michigan was also the most fun to watch! Beautiful Belein basketball. [Title]

Output: If we were to rank "best"


Input: [Date] 1 year 16 weeks ago [Body] It's not a valid measure of correlation because Google casts a very loose net - it's awesome for finding the most relevant things and putting them at the top of your search results, but the sheer number of results can be influenced by many, many factors. As someone already pointed out, there are more soccer games played around the world every year than there are football games. There are also a lot more soccer fans around the world. They generate content and post it on the internet, where it becomes searchable by Google. No matter what amount of actual diving happens in soccer games, the subsequent discussion vastly amplifies the coincidence of the terms. Additionally, a truckload of variance is introduced when you consider the diversity of search terms you could use for one topic - maybe instead of "diving", you chose "flopping" or "faking"? What if you searched "soccer" instead of "European football?" Answer: the numbers change. A lot. Plus, you're assuming that any coincidence of the terms is evidence of a positive association, which is erroneous. If someone typed the sentence "There was very little diving in last night's soccer match" onto a blog somewhere, then Google would see "DIVING" and "SOCCER", put that result into a giant pile with millions of others, and hand it to you, who says "SEE? LOOK. TOLD YOU SO." It's too opaque. While the number of search results is a clean, simple number, what actually goes into creating it is too ambiguous and complex to be reliably interpreted. [Title]

Output: It's not a valid measure of


Input: [Date] 1 year 16 weeks ago [Body] Actually, according to the good people at Google, the number of hits returned is not a scientifically valid measure of correlation between two search terms. I know this because that's what they personally told me when I asked permission to use Google Scholar in exactly that way when I was writing a program to automatically perform thousands of searches simultaneously to generate sets of gene-disease associations for a bioinformatics project. [Title]

Output: Actually, according to the


Input: [Date] 1 year 16 weeks ago [Body] In contrast to 'pretending' anything about magnitude, my use of gifs was to illustrate how poorly isolated moments are able to characterize a sport in any quantitative way. To keep things quantitative, however, my real claim is absolute, rather than relative. I think football is cooler and features less flopping (relative), but there is greater than zero to like about soccer (absolute). The existence of amazing soccer highlights proves that pure moments exist. [Title]

Output: In direct contrast to


Input: [Date] 1 year 16 weeks ago [Body] It was onside. [Title]

Output: It was onside.


Input: [Date] 1 year 16 weeks ago [Body] I too think football is way more fun to watch than soccer. However, it would be simplistic to paint soccer as merely a bunch of actors flopping around. Let's not forget that soccer does feature some incredible feats of athleticism and teamwork: And even our beloved football is not free from sin: Again, I think football is 1000x better than soccer. But soccer can still be pretty cool, too. [Title]

Output: I too think football is way


Input: [Date] 1 year 17 weeks ago [Body] Before the game against Kentucky, I knew there were two scenarios in which I would feel really upset about a loss. (1) We blow a 20-point lead in the second half. (2) We get blown straight out of the building and it looks like we don't belong on the court with those guys. In scenario 1, I would have had a tough time not feeling like we were the better team but we collapsed. I would have felt like we stumbled. In scenario 2, I would have had doubts about the fundamental quality of the team, and maybe I would have felt bad because we weren't as good as I believed. The way we lost is the best way to lose - we did great, and we were overcome by a slightly superior combination of effort, planning, talent, and athleticism. We are as good as I hoped we were, I love the team, but we just got outplayed. Hard to stay mad like that. That's going out like a warrior, you know? And the optimism for the future certainly helps. [Title]

Output: Before the game against


Input: [Date] 1 year 17 weeks ago [Body] What about me? I attended a small college in Michigan, but my career was launched in earnest when I became a lab technician at UM in the department of MCDB. That experience enabled me to enter a PhD program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In a few weeks, I am going to earn my doctorate and take a postdoctoral position, perhaps at another Big Ten university. What am I - a Wolverine, a Badger, or something yet to be determined? The line you've drawn doesn't hold as fast as you seem to think. There are complexities to sports allegiances and group memberships that you're neglecting. No matter what institution I am affiliated with at any given time, I certainly feel that I am a Wolverine when it comes to sports. I grew up that way, and UM will always be my first love. Perhaps that's where you need to set an endpoint to your exclusivity - sure, you're an academic Michigan Wolverine by definition, but athletic fandom is and should be open to the public. [Title]

Output: What about me? I attended a


Input: [Date] 1 year 18 weeks ago [Body] "If you take the revenue out ..." That's the thing that will never happen. NCAA athletes are a very heterogenous population - some of them have to overcome greater competition than others to earn a spot on the team, some of them put in more practice hours per week than others, perhaps some of them get more academic support than others, they all face very different sets of challenges and responsibilities ... and yes, some of them are more directly involved with the financial success of your athletic department. The one thing that ties them all together is their status as NCAA athletes. How strong of a link is that? Is it strong enough to warrant equal pay despite all the other factors? I would suggest that maybe it's not. I do think you've made a lot of good points, just this one doesn't make that much sense to me. [Title]

Output: "If you take the revenue out


Input: [Date] 1 year 18 weeks ago [Body] It seems that you've based your equal pay idea on an anology in the business world (the Microsoft thing). Just because Microsoft does it one way doesn't mean that's the right way or the only way, does it? So they pay all their programmers the same. What about a different company? In many fields (including my own), your pay is based on your accomplishments and performance - not effort. Even employees who hold the same position can be paid differently based on how well they do and what they're worth to the company. Your adherence to an equal pay model as an example of how business works in the "real world" seems arbitrary. [Title]

Output: It seems that you've based


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Body] I mean, just the constant hating Ohio thing. I thought perhaps it was unconditional, but I guess it has its limits. [Title]

Output: I mean, just the constant


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Body] Today I realized I'm not a horrible person when I found myself saying out loud "please be ok, please be ok" as I clicked on this thread link. I'm happy to hear he's doing well. [Title]

Output: Today I realized I'm not a


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Body] Hard to top Levert's run-off against MSU! [Title]

Output: Hard to top Levert's run-off


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Body] Feels good, man. Feels good. [Title]

Output: Feels good, man. Feels good.


Input: [Date] 1 year 22 weeks ago [Body] It's gotta be "AHHHHHHHH" for me (broadcast). I love that moment when the ball meets GRIII's hands at the apex of his jump and just comes to a total standstill ... just for a fraction of a moment, it hangs there like a priceless work of art on display for all to see. GRIII's not in a hurry to immediately stuff it through the hoop. He wants the Spartans to behold their downfall ... he wants them to watch. There's a perfect rhythm to it, almost like the eerie calm before a tornado lands. And then wrath. [Title]

Output: It's gotta be "AHHHHHHHH" for


Input: [Date] 1 year 22 weeks ago [Body] Feeling so good and energized from the win that I'm gonna go for a run. YES. [Title]

Output: Feeling so good and energized


Input: [Date] 1 year 26 weeks ago [Body] "Maybe forever." Damnit Brian. That's not what I wanted to hear. [Title]

Output: "Maybe forever." Damnit


Input: [Date] 1 year 26 weeks ago [Body] What? Your words, they hurt me. I am not siding with anybody here. If anything, there is a trace of derision in my comment aimed at the university because I implied that they'd rather not take any punitive action against football players if they aren't compelled to. As far as 'sympathies' and 'small print', I choose not to ascribe such emotionally-laden connotations to a complicated matter which I aim to treat as logically as possible. Naturally, I sympathize with any innocent people who were harmed unjustly. I don't know who they are, but I am sorry for what happened. [Title]

Output: What? Your words, they hurt


Input: [Date] 1 year 26 weeks ago [Body] The author doesn't seem to know whether the university actually reviewed the accusations the first time ... this could be their first actual effort at investigating it. With however the policies were previously, perhaps they didn't have to look into it. And if they don't have to, they probably rather wouldn't. So maybe that happened? [Title]

Output: The author doesn't seem to


Input: [Date] 1 year 26 weeks ago [Body] The article says that a revision of sexual conduct policies after the incident may have necessitated that the university to re-review the events of 2009 years later, thus causing the delayed action. [Title]

Output: The article says that a


Input: [Date] 1 year 26 weeks ago [Body] Right on. [Title]

Output: Right on.


Input: [Date] 1 year 27 weeks ago [Title]

Output: (No subject)


Input: [Date] 1 year 27 weeks ago [Body] I don't think "jacking" someone in the face (it was really more of a slap-push anyway) is an appropriate response to smack talk. That 'Skins OL was the bigger child in that encounter. [Title]

Output: I don't think "jacking"


Input: [Date] 1 year 27 weeks ago [Body] I shall celebrate on the enemy's corpse tonight in Madison. [Title]

Output: I shall celebrate on the


Input: [Date] 1 year 32 weeks ago [Body] It's cool guys, this is why we recruited a bunch of talent. Some degree of attrition/chaos should be expected, and I think many of us factored that into our impression of these recent recruiting classes - that is, the classes are so robustly good that it provides some cushion and mitigates the effects of chaos a little bit. Obviously it's better to have George than not, but the class is still good. [Title]

Output: It's cool guys, this is why


Input: [Date] 1 year 34 weeks ago [Body] I think that's ok. The only language Brandon and the athletic department speak is money. Refusal to spend your hard-earned money doesn't say "I don't love my football team" - it says "I'm not satisfied with my athletic department's ways". And if someone chastises you for being not a good enough fan because the team "isn't worth enough to you" to go to the games, that's bullshit because people don't have unlimited money. "Worth it" is not the same to a broke-ass PhD student as it is for a 45 year-old successful lawyer/plumber/what-have-you. You want Brandon to listen, but the only way to speak to him is by pulling your financial support - NOT your fandom. [Title]

Output: I think that's ok. The only


Input: [Date] 1 year 34 weeks ago [Body] Borges: "No ... No ... NOOOO!!!" /calls run up the middle in denial [Title]

Output: Borges: "No ... No ...


Input: [Date] 1 year 35 weeks ago [Body] Offensive ... offensive what? Line? I don't even ... what is that? I'm sure I've never even heard of such an idea. You can make a line of blockers on offense? Well I'll be. [Title]

Output: Offensive ... offensive what?


Input: [Date] 1 year 36 weeks ago [Body] jk jk you're a good primate bro. [Title]

Output: jk jk you're a good primate


Input: [Date] 1 year 36 weeks ago [Body] Ok fine, take the upvote. I don't even care anymore. [Title]

Output: Ok fine, take the upvote. I


Input: [Date] 1 year 38 weeks ago [Body] The moderation system is like mgoblog's prefrontal cortex - it allows us to surpress our base, animalistic motivations with logic and willpower to generate appropriate behavior in the pursuit of long-term goals. Without it, we lose our impulse control and our behavior is emotional, unfiltered, and short-sighted. [Title]

Output: The moderation system is like


Input: [Date] 1 year 38 weeks ago [Body] I too think the site's staff has gotten even better at what they do. The front page rocks. [Title]

Output: I too think the site's staff


Input: [Date] 1 year 38 weeks ago [Body] I agree wholeheartedly. I know that the technical obstacles of getting the moderation system healthy again are undoubtedly more complex than I can imagine, but for me it's actually been a large enough detriment to my enjoyment of this community that I have allowed myself to become only tenuously attached to the discussions of the board. I know people sometimes criticize the groupthink that the blog demonstrates and decry our moderation of contrary opinions as an infringement on thought diversity, but I believe this period of non-moderation is compelling evidence that such diversity is not as valuable as we would have liked to believe - instead, it's generally non-constructive negativity. And it does indeed set a precedent where trolling becomes accepted, and trolls coalesce like wildfire on a parched California chaparral. I still eat up the front page content, but it's no longer worth the time and effort that it takes to sift through +200 comments for thoughtful dialogue. I'm not abandoning the blog, but I'm certainly distanced for the time being. I'll be back later. [Title]

Output: I agree wholeheartedly. I


Input: [Date] 1 year 38 weeks ago [Body] It's that stage of intoxication just above belligerence but just below shitting one's own pants. [Title]

Output: It's that stage of


Input: [Date] 1 year 38 weeks ago [Body] I don't quite agree with tipping the chart on its corner and equating up-ness to goodness. Firstly, notice that the intervals on the defensive F/+ axis are larger than those on the offensive F/+ axis - this effectively weights defense disproportionately, because distance along that axis contributes more to vertical distance when tilted. I would propose using a geometric mean of offensive and defensive F/+, which does a better job of average products - think of the position on the chart as a two dimensional product of offensive and defensive F/+. In order to do this, however, you'd have to convert the F/+ scales to be exclusively positive. You could do this by subtracting the minimum to normalize all values positively, but I'm not sure if this corrupts the original meaning of F/+ because I am dumb and don't know anything about it. Anyway, math. [Title]

Output: I don't quite agree with


Input: [Date] 1 year 38 weeks ago [Body] I'm not quite sure if you're trying to be mean to the girl or not, but she sounds cool as hell from that interview. [Title]

Output: I'm not quite sure if you're


Input: [Date] 1 year 39 weeks ago [Body] I'm gonna be out of town this weekend and miss it, but my friends are having a belated Halloween party the next weekend. I'm kinda undecided about whether I really like freakfest or not ... I went once and had a pretty good time just seeing all the people dressed up in the streets, but it was so crowded that getting into most bars and grabbing a drink ended up being a tough mission. What do you think? Either way, I like that Madison has made Halloween its "thing." The atmosphere is cool. [Title]

Output: I'm gonna be out of town this


Input: [Date] 1 year 39 weeks ago [Body] I spent six months in Australia, which was like 100x swearing - but almost all of it was casual. A stranger at the bus stop would remark on what a "bloody nice f***ing day" it was, you know? And the kind of neat side effect of it all was that people just don't get offended by swear words, even when they're used in anger. It sort of takes the edge off actual confrontations, because those words aren't to be taken personally. It was pretty different and interesting. Kind of like you day, it reminded me of the dialogue in movies set in Boston. [Title]

Output: I spent six months in


Input: [Date] 1 year 40 weeks ago [Body] I am also offended! Now what? [Title]

Output: I am also offended! Now


Input: [Date] 1 year 40 weeks ago [Body] I'll add another theory that is not mutually exclusive to the societal class origin concept - we have lots of words that mean the same thing, right? I think, for a given set of meaningfully redundant words, they vary in numerous attributes - some are more casual or more formal ("hey" vs. "salutations"), more dramatic or more subtle ("smashed" vs. "hit"), more esoteric or more mainstream ("brachiating" vs. "swinging with one's arms"). We need them to have different connotations because when we communicate, we're not just transmitting information; we're also imbuing the information with how we feel about it. In the same way, I would propose that we need words commonly agreed to be harsh and severe so that we can use them to show that we are extremely angry and intending to offend. Consequently, I'd argue that swear words are offensive because that's what they were made to do - offend. We have strayed from this original function by overusing swear words when we're really not mad, when we're just calmly talking about regular things. I'm not saying this is a bad thing - I enjoy casual swearing, and I am somewhat proud of the combos I've strung together in my time. But I don't think it's totally nonsensical for one word to be offensive while another word that means the same thing isn't. And that's why. TL;DR - Totally unscientific conjecturing that swear words for literally invented with the purpose of being offensive. [Title]

Output: I'll add another theory that


Input: [Date] 1 year 40 weeks ago [Body] That was definitely the point. This guy's reaction in the original gif is pretty spectacular, but he's kinda in the background, overshadowed by the nonplussed girl in the foreground. This gif was made to give him his own deserved spotlight. But don't worry - I'm sure the original isn't going anywhere for a while. You'll be seeing her again. [Title]

Output: That was definitely the


Input: [Date] 1 year 40 weeks ago [Body] Hey LSAClassOf2000 - it looks like you normalized by standard deviations. Would you consider an additional normalization to account for the different sizes of each game thread? I don't know if our game threads pick up steam as the season progresses, but if that's the case, we could have had a larger sheer volume of comments in the PSU thread (compared to say, Notre Dame), which could inflate the counts of shits and fucks a little bit. Maybe a proportional measure that tells us what percent of the thread's comments were sucks and asses might give a truer reflection of "mood?" I don't know why I'm thinking about this. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ [Title]

Output: Hey LSAClassOf2000 - it looks


Input: [Date] 1 year 40 weeks ago [Body] Screw you Wisconsin [Title]

Output: Screw you Wisconsin.


Input: [Date] 1 year 41 weeks ago [Body] I liked the article. I feel like it essentially summarizes the sentiment and analytics forged in the pressurized chaos of mgoblog (and other places) in an organized, concise way that is easily palatable for the "outside" world. It takes a step back to put things in a bit of historical context, shows why we love our coach so much, then explains the present frustrations. I don't think it's meant to be original analysis by any means, but I do think it captures the current state of affairs nicely. Also, it has pictures! [Title]

Output: I liked the article. I feel


Input: [Date] 1 year 41 weeks ago [Body] Well, look - you might think calling it a "road win" is appropriate because Michigan won "on the road." However, Virginia Tech was also on the road (New Orleans isn't particularly close to either school). Therefore, this neutral site game didn't offer a home field advantage to either team , which is what I would consider the paramount challenge of playing on the road. So it's entirely an issue of semantics, but in my mind there's no question that beating the Hokies in this neutral site game was a different animal than beating someone on their own turf. [Title]

Output: Well, look - you might think


Input: [Date] 1 year 42 weeks ago [Body] Spotted Michigan gear in Australia on a couple separate occasions. Boy do they enjoy sports down there. [Title]

Output: Spotted Michigan gear in


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

Output: (No subject)


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] What on earth is happening here? [Title]

Output: What on earth is happening


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] D: 3.857x10153 Source: SR57 Star Sapphire [Transmission Begin] H-hello? Is anybody out there? I'm injured, and I need help! Is anyone there? Can anyone hear this? ... If you can hear this, please respond! It's getting ever so hot in here. Why is it getting so hot? Where am I? Can someone help me? My sensors aren't working, I think. They don't detect anything. Someone has to hear this! If you can hear this, please respond in the ULF band! ... Why is it so hot? If you can hear me, keep signalling! I need to go check some systems. ... Where is everything? Where are the stars? Are they- Is it- Am I- Oh. Oh no, oh no. No! No no no n- [Transmission End] [Title]

Output: D: 3.857x10153 Source:


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] Football road trip here - I'll be taking in my first ever game day experience in Notre Dame Stadium. It's nice being able to sit back and relax, knowing that we already flushed those turds this season. [Title]

Output: Football road trip here -


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] This is amazing. [Title]

Output: This is amazing.


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] That's what I had to do yesterday in the original thread - I thought about commenting, I really did. I typed some stuff in the box, then I thought to myself "no, just don't even throw your hat in the ring. This fire needs no more fuel." Sometimes, for me, the smartest thing I can do is to say nothing. [Title]

Output: That's what I had to do


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] Not a meme. Unless "anomaly" becomes a catchphrase 'round these part a la "THE HORROR," "Tacopants," or "Jeremy Gallon's cloaking device/jet boots." I know, I've contributed nothing to the ticket discussion. But a meme is an actual concept now, with an origin in evolutionary biology, of all things. It does mean something. [Title]

Output: Not a meme. Unless "anomaly"


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] I don't know what's been going on with me lately, but it seems like if I have 2 or more micros during the day, I'm just tired for the rest of the day. If I'm out at night having fun, then I can drink and stay energized, but for some reason it just saps my strength if I'm sitting around. Maybe I'm just getting old. Anyway, point is I totally understand a 3 beer haze. [Title]

Output: I don't know what's been


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] Dantonio & Kelly currently facing off in an intense competition of who can grimace the hardest and look the most disgusted with their team. I can't tell who has the edge. [Title]

Output: Dantonio & Kelly currently


Input: [Date] 1 year 45 weeks ago [Body] Michigan 31, Huskies 17 [Title]

Output: Michigan 31, Huskies 17


Input: [Date] 1 year 45 weeks ago [Body] Im pretty sure blood in stool is symptomatic of some serious medical issues though ... [Title]

Output: Im pretty sure blood in stool


Input: [Date] 1 year 45 weeks ago [Body] Badgers never forget. [Title]

Output: Badgers never forget.


Input: [Date] 1 year 45 weeks ago [Body] ND for me. Due to my association with certain Irish fans, and having already defeated them on the field of battle, I can now 'cheer' for them to appease my associates while still feeling superior. But really, screw Notre Dame. And screw the Spartans. But screw the Spartans slightly more. [Title]

Output: ND for me. Due to my


Input: [Date] 1 year 45 weeks ago [Body] I wouldn't mourn too much for the ignorant responses being shared around the Internet in the wake of this miss America competition - I suspect it would be pretty easy to compile a highlight reel of stupid twitter posts or YouTube comments about any conceivable topic, if you scrape your filter along the very bottom of the humanity barrel. I would wager that this is highly unrepresentative of Americans as a whole, and was written up for the press for (surprise!) sensationalism and page views. ... and go blue! [Title]

Output: I wouldn't mourn too much for


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Body] This is my strategy. Clearly you're just not checking the site often enough. [Title]

Output: This is my strategy. Clearly


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Body] "He knew right away. I mean, I could yell at him -- I wasn't very happy, but he knew right away. He didn't need to be told what he did wrong. He's been coached on that." There's the difference between our coaching staff and Brian Kelly. [Title]

Output: "He knew right away. I mean,


Input: [Date] 1 year 47 weeks ago [Body] I'm gonna go ahead and take it as a positive sign that we are able to focus on these small-ish "details" as the negatives, rather than "getting 20 points scored on us" or "surviving by 3 points". [Title]

Output: I'm gonna go ahead and take


Input: [Date] 1 year 47 weeks ago [Body] Same for me, I think. Well, I've become more of a fan of college football in general probably thanks to mgoblog and the analytic way of thinking about football that it introduced me to. I can say that my love of Michigan football has also never been higher, but at the same time I think my emotional reactivity to football has been tempered over the years. Maybe the Rich Rodriguez experiment brought me back down to Earth, and living out of state with friends and colleagues from all over the country has helped me learn to be diplomatic and get along with other fans a little more. So, my enjoyment of Michigan football is at an all-time high this very moment, as well as my understanding of it. However, I generally won't punch holes in walls when things don't break our way. [Title]

Output: Same for me, I think. Well,


Input: [Date] 1 year 47 weeks ago [Body] This game is like pinball on grass. WHO EVEN KNOWS WHERE THAT STUPID THING IS GONNA BOUNCE? [Title]

Output: This game is like pinball on


Input: [Date] 1 year 47 weeks ago [Body] Only 71,214. [Title]

Output: Only 71,214.


Input: [Date] 1 year 47 weeks ago [Body] MSU's offense runs one passing play - drawing PI. Which isn't working out too well. [Title]

Output: MSU's offense runs one


Input: [Date] 1 year 47 weeks ago [Body] They could also improve a la Wisconsin last year - they damn near rose from the dead, especially at o-line. Went from looking SUPER terrible to dismantling Nebraska like Lenny accidentally destroying tiny defenseless bunnies that he really only loved too much. [Title]

Output: They could also improve a la


Input: [Date] 1 year 47 weeks ago [Body] Strong point. Strong. Point. [Title]

Output: Strong point. Strong.


Input: [Date] 1 year 47 weeks ago [Body] I can't watch the game at the moment, but all this chatter about State's offensive struggles pleases me. [Title]

Output: I can't watch the game at the


Input: [Date] 1 year 48 weeks ago [Body] I, too, am curious. I would gladly donate and make an appearance ... although I'm going to be with (cringe) a Notre Dame fan and a Nebraska fan. I apologize to everybody, this is what happens when you leave the Wolverine State for grad school. I can leave them at a nearby family member's tailgate while I moonlight at the true party spot. [Title]

Output: I, too, am curious. I would


Input: [Date] 1 year 49 weeks ago [Body] I doubt that this is a good place for rumors, particularly such dark ones. It would be better to wait until anything is substantiated before making us worry. My opinion anyway, I guess you can do what you want. I just think it sucks. [Title]

Output: I doubt that this is a good


Input: [Date] 1 year 49 weeks ago [Body] Some games require skill or ability, rather than sheer strength or speed (what we typically think of as "athleticism"). For instance, archery requires an intense amount of coordination, control, and carefully practiced skill. But you may not think of an archer as an "athlete." So, I think what we're looking at is a division between physical games that are primarily games of skill, and physical games that are primarily competitions of power. Driving racecars is clearly a physical activity, but the strength component is pretty minimal. I'd have to categorize it similarly to archery or bowling, but with an added dimension of engineering fused to it. [Title]

Output: Some games require skill or


Input: [Date] 1 year 49 weeks ago [Body] Korbel brandy because Wisconsin. I was actually at the Korbel champagne cellars in CA recently, taking the free tour, and the guide asks "do any of you happen to be from Wisconsin?" My girlfriend and I slowly raised our hands, and he looks surprised. "Really? Cool! Over 75% of the brandy we make is consumed by the state of Wisconsin." We high five. http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/0/6063/3117065-4596677878-T... [Title]

Output: Korbel brandy because


Input: [Date] 1 year 50 weeks ago [Body] :( :( :( [Title]


Input: [Date] 1 year 50 weeks ago [Body] Im still not convinced that Bielema wasn't simply driving the car that Alvarez built (and continued to maintain behind the scenes). [Title]

Output: Im still not convinced that


Input: [Date] 1 year 51 weeks ago [Body] Nginx struck my iPhone OS too. No idea what's going on with that. [Title]

Output: Nginx struck my iPhone OS


Input: [Date] 1 year 52 weeks ago [Body] The thing about ranking teams week to week, the way we do, is that we rely on a set of believed probabilities that we've built from prior evidence. This is a Bayesian approach to statistics, in which evidential probabilities are continuously updated with new data. It's very good for lots of applications, but the one thing that really impacts the long-term functioning of such a process is the initial set of probabilities we feed into the system. Therefore, it's important that these initial probabilities - built from evidence - come close to capturing the true probabilities of reality. I think a fair few people would argue that, in college football, the evidence we have in the preseason with wich to form a quality set of expectations is too scarce and too poor to accomplish such a feat. It's fine to form opinions, but remember that these opinions become reality, statistically, when our Bayesian machine is set in motion and grabs onto them. An alternative to the current system would be to suspend the generation of expected probabilities for use in meaningful rankings until more data has been collected. Perhaps you postpone the release of rankings until three games have been played - then you have a greater volume of more applicable evidence with which to rank teams. If Notre Dame shits the bed in two of their first three because they actually suck, the teams that beat them early on don't get rocketed to the top of the BCS undeservedly. Similarly, if lower-tier SEC teams don't fare so well in their non-conference games, LSU and Georgia won't be given platinum medals for curb stomping them just because they're SEC teams. As you pointed out, it would be impossible to prohibit conjecturing in the early weeks. But it would be nice if there was a designated point in the season when we take a retrospective look at some real data, get some context, and smooth out the noise to form a more perfect basis for mid and late-season rankings. Otherwise, it is as they say: "garbage in, garbage out." [Title]

Output: The thing about ranking teams


Input: [Date] 1 year 52 weeks ago [Body] I was trying to get some seats together for ND, but due to the single seat limitation and crazy price, there's just no way. I am saddened. [Title]

Output: I was trying to get some


Input: [Date] 1 year 52 weeks ago [Body] That Manning vine cracks me up every time. Also, thanks for pointing out the SpartanSavageSquad - I can't believe that's a thing. They're laying a strong foundation of "we have no idea what we're doing" pretty early. [Title]

Output: That Manning vine cracks me


Input: [Date] 2 years 14 hours ago [Body] I do not envy the media duties that Brady has undertaken. What a long day! [Title]

Output: I do not envy the media


Input: [Date] 2 years 2 days ago [Body] I too want to know this, as my friends and I are aiming to make a road trip from Madison for the game that weekend. Also, there are 6 of us, but only 4 tickets can be bought at once ... how would a group of 6 go about getting seats next to each other? [Title]

Output: I too want to know this, as


Input: [Date] 2 years 6 days ago [Body] Go watch Bill Murray's cinema classic, Groundhog Day, then have a light snack around 9 pm, then go to sleep. In the morning, there might be new info. Maybe. [Title]

Output: Go watch Bill Murray's cinema


Input: [Date] 2 years 6 days ago [Body] I've flown from Michigan to Australia and back - twice - and there are still plenty of opportunities to get back on that internet and fix your damn rumor posts when new info surfaces. Wifi at the LAX layover, or at the very least you can use your smart phone's network. Let's say you're on that trans-Pacific flight ... you can still pay for internet, and if there's anything worth using expensive 32000 foot internet for, it's the fellow Michigan faithful you've screwed over with your irresponsible initial post AM I RIGHT??? Lo siento. Emocional. [Title]

Output: I've flown from Michigan to


Input: [Date] 2 years 1 week ago [Body] He's a 6'1" (?) point guard competing in an athleticism drill ... I still think Trey's got team skills, real point guard skills, but he's going to look bad in a competition of who can run through / jump over everybody, right? It's like a free for all in summer league. I mean, I could be wrong, but that's why I'm happy to wait and see. [Title]

Output: He's a 6'1" (?) point guard


Input: [Date] 2 years 1 week ago [Body] Keep it up dude. I gave up the longer distances for the rest of the summer after developing some kind of muscle strain/tear, so I'm sticking with 5-10k routes now. As long as I get outside for a bit, I'm happy. Your 10k should seem short next to an 11 mile training. [Title]

Output: Keep it up dude. I gave up


Input: [Date] 2 years 1 week ago [Body] Yeah I can't complain about the microbrew situation over here, although I do miss all the Bell's/Founders/Shorts from home. Fat Squirrel was also one of my faves - I really like to get the New Glarus 12 pack samplers (4 different beers) for my family whenever I come home. [Title]

Output: Yeah I can't complain about


Input: [Date] 2 years 1 week ago [Title]

Output: (No subject)


Input: [Date] 2 years 1 week ago [Body] New Glarus Spotted Cow - a classic 'round these parts. Had a big week of surgery in the lab, weather couldn't be better. If you can, make sure you sit outside for a bit & enjoy the sunshine. [Title]

Output: New Glarus Spotted Cow - a


Input: [Date] 2 years 1 week ago [Body] My money's on the mantis. I know, I know, the hornet has venom, but I don't care. Mantis just look sweet. Plz update me on the winner. [Title]

Output: My money's on the mantis. I


Input: [Date] 2 years 1 week ago [Body] Congrats man - guess you're gonna have to change your username huh? jk jk [Title]

Output: Congrats man - guess you're


Input: [Date] 2 years 1 week ago [Body] Has New Holland been making some good stuff lately? I used to drink their beers all the time when I went to college in Holland, but it's been a while and I haven't kept up with them. It's pretty impressive to hear them being compared to Bell's and Founder's now. [Title]

Output: Has New Holland been making


Input: [Date] 2 years 1 week ago [Body] Ah, sorry prof - would love to go run with you but I can't make it out there. I did the Madison to Chicago Ragnar Relay in June, and I think I'm still recovering from the devestation I did on my legs! My team was down a man, so my buddy & I ended up covering his miles in addition to our own, coming in just north of 30 miles apiece. I had never run farther than 10 miles in my life, so ... it was an adventure! But I managed. Good luck out there, have fun. [Title]

Output: Ah, sorry prof - would love


Input: [Date] 2 years 1 week ago [Body] No drinking yet, just working in the office. Maybe later! [Title]

Output: No drinking yet, just working


Input: [Date] 2 years 1 week ago [Body] I'd agree with that 100%. It's pretty silly for him to even be chirping up. In the words of the Dude (directed towards Mark May), "You're not wrong, you're just an asshole!" ... except Mark May might also be wrong. [Title]

Output: I'd agree with that 100%.


Input: [Date] 2 years 1 week ago [Body] To be fair to Mark May, discrediting his opinion based on his failure to previously behave in accordance with his own stated position is a logical fallacy towards hypocracy. Just because he was formerly a terrorist doesn't mean his views on Johnny Football are immediately dismissable. Instead, we should dismiss Mark May on account of his views being stupid in and of themselves, which they totally are. [Title]

Output: To be fair to Mark May,


Input: [Date] 2 years 2 weeks ago [Body] I need to do this before I come all the way home from Americas Dairyland for the UM/ND game. [Title]

Output: I need to do this before I


Input: [Date] 2 years 2 weeks ago [Body] I am so proud of drawing that Brady Hoke Epic Double Point. May it be used for eternity. I must have a HTTV. [Title]

Output: I am so proud of drawing that


Input: [Date] 2 years 2 weeks ago [Body] She looks like the reanimated corpse of a stripper. [Title]

Output: She looks like the reanimated


Input: [Date] 2 years 2 weeks ago [Body] As an exploration of thought, what consitutes a "good" or "bad" fan? What makes one fan "better" than another? Is someone who is "more" of a fan a "better" fan? I think a good fan is simply one who is loyal to their team and shares in the emotions of victory and defeat. You could say that someone else is "more of a fan" if they delve into the depth charts, recruiting, coaching strategy, etc. But I don't think that really makes them "better" in any actual sense - they're not digging into the excesses of sports nerddom for anybody's benefit but their own, right? They are just one person in the stands on game day, and they can't cheer any louder than the next person. Sure, they can discuss the intricacies of two tight end formations on an internet message board, but again ... once it's football saturday, who cares? Now you know I wouldn't argue that there is no value in being a sports nerd, or a super fan or whatever (I mean ... here I am), but one part of enjoying being a fan is sharing the experience with others. You aren't going to be a good fan by being elitist and dividing yourself from others, you'll only be missing out. TL;DR - don't be a turd. [Title]

Output: As an exploration of thought,