Input: [Date] 10 weeks 5 hours ago [Title] Lol [Body]

Output: Can't even blame them, to be honest...


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Working on some Oberon right [Body]

Output: Working on some Oberon right now, also just got some Goose Island 312 and finally found a place that sold a München Helles import (Campus Corner, believe it or not...). Good stuff.


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 1 hour ago [Title] Everybody saying he couldn't [Body]

Output: Everybody saying he couldn't have contributed on returns because of his poor stats in the past don't understand just how bad our blocking has been on returns the past few years. Kid was elusive as hell, and with better blocking (read: any blocking) I think his stats would be a whole lot different. That all seems to be a moot point if he was dismissed, though.


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 18 hours ago [Title] Good lord. Have the refs [Body]

Output: Good lord. Have the refs supply the game balls if it's that big of a fucking deal. Not that that will happen of course, because the NFL doesn't care about the actual rules as much as they do pandering to public opinion. Good grief...


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Went to California once, [Body]

Output: Went to California once, in-n-out was hyped more than anything else on that trip and quite frankly it was only "meh." Five Guys is the shit.


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Something something hotcakes [Body]

Output: Something something hotcakes in Ohio...


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Cool dude. [Body]

Output: Congrats.


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 5 days ago [Title] My thoughts? [Body]

Output: Those maize and blue chairs in the third photo look quite uncomfortable.


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 6 days ago [Title] Hmmm.... if only there was a [Body]

Output: Hmmm.... if only there was a way to express said agreement without going through the trouble of writing a comment... some sort of "upward tally" perhaps. No no, that could never work. (I kid, I kid)


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 6 days ago [Title] One big difference to my [Body]

Output: One big difference to my understanding: In rugby, you can give up an extra yard or two without any major consequences. As such, players are much less likely to go for the head-first "big hit" that stops the ballcarrier in his tracks. In football, an extra yard or two can make all the difference, and players are taught to tackle as such. Not to mention that rugby has its own major concussion issue going on right now. I wouldn't exactly look to that sport to model after.


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 6 days ago [Title] Good lord. I cannot for the [Body]

Output: Good lord. I cannot for the life of me understand why people are so emotionally invested in talking politics on a sports blog. I agree that that post shouldn't have been locked - it should have been deleted. Yeah Harbaugh was tangentially involved in the whole thing - that doesn't make it an appropriate subject for a sports blog. If Harbaugh told people to go out and vote, should we have some huge discussion on the relative merits of the presidential candidates? Hell, this is a UofM sports blog, and UofM is a public university (i.e. part of the state of Michigan), maybe we should have a "Thoughts on Governer Snyder" post stickied on the MGoBoard? The first post about his tweet was toeing the line as is. This past post pretty clearly past it in my opinion. The No Politics rule is a damn good one, as evidenced by what happens in every single goddamn political post on this blog. If you want to talk politics, you can very easily go elsewhere to do so.


Input: [Date] 16 weeks 3 hours ago [Title] Did you... did you read the [Body]

Output: Did you... did you read the post?


Input: [Date] 18 weeks 5 days ago [Title] It's an amazing album. GKMC [Body]

Output: It's an amazing album. GKMC was, for me at least, one of the all-time greats, and I wouldn't quite say the same thing about Butterfly (yet anyway). But it's still amazing. "u" had me in tears. Hearing Pac on the outro made my jaw drop. I'm just gonna repost my reddit comment on the subject: It really is an immensely dense album. Unlike GKMC it doesn't really have one unifying theme, but many - black culture, self esteem, the "pimping" of rap artists and black culture generally by America.... If I had one bone to pick it would be that the meaning is so convoluted at times that it doesn't always land as well as I feel it should. There are some songs like u (Kendrick's best in my opinion) and Blacker the Berry that are just so raw and emotional, they're incredible. But there are others on the album that left me somewhat underwhelmed, if only because they were so difficult to decipher. This isn't necessarily a bad thing - having more to digest can be good too - but it does detract from the overall feel at times and for me it's the difference between a 9/10 and a 10/10.


Input: [Date] 18 weeks 5 days ago [Title] If that album made you feel [Body]

Output: If that album made you feel on top of the world you weren't listening very closely. No offense.... Outside of "i" the bulk of the album is depressing or at the very least darkly political.


Input: [Date] 19 weeks 15 hours ago [Title] I like to think I had a big [Body]

Output: I like to think I had a big role in that one :D


Input: [Date] 19 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Much as I really want to say [Body]

Output: Much as I really want to say "go for it, have fun"... if it were me, I would definitely feel out of place. The student section is full of rowdy 18-22 year olds, and as a student myself I can't say I see many adults there. If you can just own it and have fun in that sort of environment then absolutely go for it, but if you have hangups about standing all game and getting some weird looks from drunk students, those are probably legitimate hangups. Just my $.02


Input: [Date] 19 weeks 5 days ago [Title] 3:05 was nice too. He looked [Body]

Output: 3:05 was nice too. He looked good in this video, it's nice to see that he still has that great arm he came in with, despite how bad he looked the past two years. I still think his biggest challenges are going to be decision making and consistency in his throws, which we obviously can't glean from a video like this. Still, he looked good.


Input: [Date] 20 weeks 17 hours ago [Title] Kicked off isn't the same as [Body]

Output: Kicked off isn't the same as having their charter pulled, which is done by their national fraternity and not UM. To answer your question though, they have not gotten back on campus yet (though they tried and failed this year).


Input: [Date] 20 weeks 6 days ago [Title] Sure, if Calvin Johnson was [Body]

Output: Sure, if Calvin Johnson was a great but not game-changing WR and Reggie Wayne was a 24 year old all star...


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 1 day ago [Title] KG's reaction makes it [Body]

Output: KG's reaction makes it awesome, staged or no. Edit: Is there an echo in here?


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 1 day ago [Title] Fair enough and like I said I [Body]

Output: Fair enough and like I said I agree with all of you. Just figured I'd share since it's relevant.


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 1 day ago [Title] I heard from a sorority [Body]

Output: I heard from a sorority member affected that they did basically the same amount of damage last year that they did this year but were never kicked out or reprimanded, and the going theory is that Treetops only invited them back so that they could kick them out and sue them later. I'm 100% of the belief that this was ridiculously immature behavior and those involved deserve whatever punishment they have coming... but I do believe at this point that Treetops (which is going through a bankruptcy) is just trying to make a buck off of them.


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Nope, try [Body]

Output: Nope, try again. http://www.mgoblue.com/collegesportslive/?media=489841


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Name: Nunya [Body]

Output: Name: Nunya Business Affiliation with UM: Born and raised in Ann Arbor, current undergrad at UM. Dad, mom, and grandfather all went to Michigan. Dad and grandfather both taught at Michigan. Claim to Fame: Had the same middle school gym teacher as Jim Harbaugh (Mr Lily at Tappan!) Friend Who Needs To Stop Snooping On My Account: Eli


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 5 days ago [Body] I'd feel worse for him staying on the Kings. Both franchises have been awful on the court, but the Sixers have a (very tenuous) path forward, which Nik could potentially be a part of. I don't see any evidence at all of such a path with Sacramento. [Title]

Output: I'd feel worse for him


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Yeah, I dunno, I'd probably decide on "better franchise" based on something along the lines of their respective chances of being late-round playoff teams in the next five or so years. By that metric, I'd go with the Sixers. Who could be all means continue being terrible. But given their assets -- lottery 5s and otherwise -- I think they def have a better chance of breaking through than do the Kings. [Title]

Output: Yeah, I dunno, I'd probably


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 21 hours ago [Body] The occurance of disasters is an excellent prompt to donate, and I also encourage everyone who can to do so. I'd also encourage everyone to do some research about where their money is going and how it's likely to be used. Specifically, I'd strongly encourage givers to resist the urge in give in such a way that their money is earmarked for Nepalese disaster relief. The bottleneck in providing immediate disaster relief is generally not money (as we saw in post-earthquake Haiti, post-Sandy NY, post-tsunami Japan, etc.), and making generalized donations now can help improve the responses available for future disasters. Along these lines, Felix Salmon, in the aftermath of Sandy, made what I thought was a strong case for giving to MSF rather than the Red Cross: "Which isn’t to say that donating money is a bad idea, when disasters hit. But it is to say that donating money to the Red Cross might not be the best use of your dollars. My advice is to give instead to MSF, or an organization like it, which is dealing with disasters every day of the year. That gave them the experience ability to respond quickly when disaster struck in the USA — and it also means that if your money would be put to more urgent use somewhere else, like Zimbabwe or Honduras or Chad, then that’s where it will go. We should spend as much money as is needed here — but don’t force the matter and earmark $117 million for Sandy relief, when no one knows whether even the Red Cross thinks it can sensibly spend that much. The Red Cross didn’t need to promise to spend all that money on Sandy and Sandy alone, but it made that promise anyway." [Title]

Output: The occurance of disasters is


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 4 days ago [Body] This point tends to get carried too far. No reasonable idea of usefulness would reduce to immediate and specific vocational preparation. Case in point: the training that a good student receives in a good philosophy department (cultivating, namely, the ability to think precisely and to manage complex ideas) can be of enormous value, both in a variety of employment contexts and in the general practice of citizenship. [Title]

Output: This point tends to get


Input: [Date] 20 weeks 4 days ago [Body] So in otherwords: you like the aspect of the uniform that looks very much like a million other uniforms Michigan basketball has worn, but you're not a huge fan of the glaring dick-cumberbun that's been vomited onto the shorts? To me, that would mean that I don't like the uniform. [Title]

Output: So in otherwords: you like


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 3 days ago [Body] I never played past high school, but I did manage to accumulate a fair amount of joint injury: a torn ACL/meniscus and four subsequent knee surgeries and continued wear left me unable to do anything ballistic with my legs at a young age, and I already have a fair amount of arthritis in that knee and same-side hip, both of which I assume will have to get replaced at some point going forward. I know that this pails in comparison to the joint injury/pain that a lot of guys go through, but I say it to establish the fact that I can appreciate the costs of joint damage. That said, I'm grateful that, aside from getting my bell rung a few times, I never accumulated much head trauma. I just see a qualitative difference between brain injury and bodily injury; bodily injury can alter your life, making it inconvenient and painful (in ways that I acknowledge can be pretty awful), but brain injury can fundamentally change who you are. And this is what I, and I assume others, find so frightening about the risk from concussions. I could see myself with full information trading a few years of playing a sport that I love for a future of moderate physical disability. I could never see myself making that trade for a future of middle-aged advanced dementia. [Title]

Output: Head injury vs. joint injury


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 4 days ago [Body] It's interesting to see this outcome after reading a really fascinating Grantland piece recently on advanced defensive metrics: http://grantland.com/features/department-of-defense/. Among other things, the article makes the case for Chris Paul as the best perimeter defender in the association. [Title]

Output: It's interesting to see this


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Honest, straight-faced answer: I would give zero fucks if I was largely clueless about where guys would end up before they committed somewhere. I would care more about losing scouting content, but that content doesn't seem to me to be dependent on the element of the business model in question. [Title]

Output: Honest, straight-faced answer: I would give zero


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Me directly answering your question does not qualify as going off on a wild tangent. [Title]

Output: Me directly answering your question does not


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 1 day ago [Body] With respect go the question of whether anyone would pay him a cent: possibly, though at the margin, certainly fewer. my broader, more tangential point: the world would not be a poorer place if some of these hypothetical guys were to empty their contact lists of 16-year-olds and go back to selling insurance or whatever. [Title]

Output: With respect go the question of whether anyone


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 1 day ago [Body] The 'certain definition of value' I referenced is the one that you presuppose: the one that centers entirely on the guy running the site. A piece of recruiting info also carries value for (at least some) of the people who absorb it, whether or not they pay. It also carries some (possibly negative) value for the players/coaches/families from which it was extracted. [Title]

Output: The 'certain definition of value' I referenced is


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Under a certain definition of 'value', yes. Also, I'm not entirely convinced by my own argument, but I'm much less convinced by your fact/opinion distinction, either with respect to its logical structure or its application to statements about what recruits will do. [Title]

Output: Under a certain definition of 'value', yes.Also,


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 1 day ago [Body] I dunno, man. I have a really hard time swallowing the notion of statements of fact about the world as property. Whatever the legal framework, items of prose seem to me to be qualitatively different from kernels of knowledge, and it seems to me that the latter can't properly 'belong' to anybody. Granted, there's a collective action problem here; if everybody gets info for free, then nobody gets paid to collect it, and everybody gets less recruiting bits. But I feel confident in saying that the socially optimal level of recruit pestering is way lower than what goes on now. [Title]

Output: I dunno, man. I have a really hard time swallowing


Input: [Date] 23 weeks 4 days ago [Body] I could be mistaken, but my impression of the twitterverse is that you could find a cure for cancer, and you'd still get a dozen people telling you that you're a vagina that rhymes with "punt". Which is not to say that York hasn't earned some vitriol. [Title]

Output: I could be mistaken, but my


Input: [Date] 24 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Whatever. Facebook is rightly horrified at Swift's suggestion: http://literallyunbelievable.org/ [Title]

Output: Whatever. Facebook is rightly


Input: [Date] 24 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Before or after the game? [Title]

Output: Before or after the game?


Input: [Date] 25 weeks 21 hours ago [Body] The success of autodidacts doesn't mean that schools are useless. And I think we may have to agree to disagree on the interpretation of my experience; in my view, there is vanishingly little danger here, and the use of (very modest) university resources to encourage students to be less shitty than I was at times in undergrad seems reasonable. [Title]

Output: The success of autodidacts


Input: [Date] 25 weeks 21 hours ago [Body] So if I'm Roma, and I'm kind of bummed out that my ethnic identity is used as a shorthand for fucking people over (an association that has been used as a pretext for my ancestors' systematic extermination at various points in history), I should realize that I'm part of the problem. Got it. [Title]

Output: So if I'm Roma, and I'm kind


Input: [Date] 25 weeks 22 hours ago [Body] The thing with a simple "be considerate" message is that many people (and I would place my 20-year-old self firmly in this camp) have no idea that some of the things they're saying actually are deeply incosiderate. I would regularly call things retarded, and I would regularly admonish my friends to not be such fags when they wouldn't want to go out in the cold and such. I don't do this anymore, not because I'm such a better person now, but because I realize now that I was being demeaning and shitty. [Title]

Output: The thing with a simple "be


Input: [Date] 25 weeks 22 hours ago [Body] In requesting that people not say certain things because other people find them hurtful and demeaning, the university isn't providing a nudge to exercise self-control so much as it's letting people know that some of those things actually are hurtful and demeaning to others. I used to say a lot of things in friendly conversation that I now consider socially unacceptable and, with the exception of the occcasional slip up, rarely use. It's not because I'm so much more in possession of myself, but because I now realize in ways that I didn't before that I was kind of being an asshole. [Title]

Output: Self-control vs. understanding of context


Input: [Date] 25 weeks 23 hours ago [Body] There is an enormous gap between 1) censoring ideas, and 2) requesting that people be civil to each other. The notion that my ability to formulate and openly argue for ideas is somehow compromised because Big Brother has asked that I not call anyone a fag is...not particularly compelling. [Title]

Output: Free thought


Input: [Date] 25 weeks 23 hours ago [Body] Belle Waring: "98% of what people angrily claim is “Political Correctness” is just manners. Politeness. If something I were saying at a dinner party offended another guest and my host explained why, I would stop saying that thing, in all likelihood. I myself used to call things “retarded” all the time when I was a kid, and I carried it into adulthood, and then people on the internet made it clear that they found this hurtful and demeaning, so I stopped. I explained to my children, I have a left-over bad habit in that I will occasionally call something retarded and it’s not an appropriate thing to say; will you please correct me when I do it? Thinking about what I wanted my children to say helped me here. Likewise, although I don’t know that I said anything particularly unpleasant about it ever, I was comparatively ignorant about issues facing trans people until some years back. Does this make me angry because the word “cisgender” exists now? No, because I’m not an asshole." [Title]

Output: An onerous task: don't be an asshole


Input: [Date] 25 weeks 5 days ago [Body] I'd actually disagree about Westwood village being awesome. It's kind of like a scaled-up South U, except with more douchebags in Maseratis and 50-year-olds with plastic faces. Other things of note: CTools is a lot better than UCLA's course computing website, and people get ticketed for jaywalking on campus all the time, which totally sucks. Let the negative recruiting commence! [Title]

Output: I'd actually disagree about


Input: [Date] 25 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Burt and Ernie did MOP's Ante Up: [Title]

Output: Another thing to not click on


Input: [Date] 26 weeks 10 hours ago [Body] As a current UCLA grad student, that is absolutely true. I went to the Oregon game this year, and most of the stadium seemed to not completely realize that a football game was happening. The campus in general seems pretty detached from football. That said, the university is not without amenities... [Title]

Output: As a current UCLA grad


Input: [Date] 26 weeks 22 hours ago [Body] Article is paywalled, but you can get the gist from the abstract: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pam.20287/abstract Auto insurance 'redlining' is an empirically verifiable thing. To your initial point: this isn't to say that insurance companies are extracting excess profits from people in affected neighborhoods. But it does demonstrate that a lot of (potential) drivers take a huge hit on premiums through no fault of their own. [Title]

Output: Statistics


Input: [Date] 27 weeks 23 hours ago [Title]

Output: (No subject)


Input: [Date] 27 weeks 23 hours ago [Body] This raises an interesting point over what counts as "political". I'm assuming that you're objecting to the comments on race and racism because they cross the no-politics line. But I'd argue that discussing the stability of Grosse Pointe's elite status without acknowledging that the form of segregation from which it draws its status represents one of the biggest moral failings of 20th Century America is, at the very least, a tad political. [Title]

Output: This raises an interesting


Input: [Date] 27 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Let's not drag Harbaugh into this. [Title]

Output: Let's not drag Harbaugh into


Input: [Date] 27 weeks 6 days ago [Body] The point is that "grown men", as used in the initial comment, refers to the stage of life development at which dudes are likely to be not so into being led around on a string. Yes, 22yos are often asked to bear tremendous military burdens, and we should all solemnly introduce this point in as many threads as possible. But the relevant sense of "grown men" has a lot more to do with not getting care packages from mom, making solo trips to Bed, Bath and Beyond, etc. [Title]

Output: The point is that "grown men", as used in the


Input: [Date] 2 years 49 weeks ago [Title] This aggresion will not [Body]

Output: This aggresion will not stand, man!


Input: [Date] 3 years 4 weeks ago [Title] Don't get either, just wait [Body]

Output: Don't get either, just wait for one of your friends to get bored with one and just borrow it


Input: [Date] 3 years 6 weeks ago [Title] I was there at Olympic on [Body]

Output: I was there at Olympic on Sunday and stayed on 18 almost all day where the crowd was fairly tame and didn't bother the players. I would say it was a lack of security as how the crowd was structured around 18 he could have only come from one place (that being from the left of the interview). Any ways it was a great tournament but I was dissapointed not to see Furyk give it up, but when you go 68-68 on the weekend at a course like Olympic, you deserve to win. There was also some idiot dressed in a tiger costume the whole day which reminded me of The Peguin/Frankenberry Guy who went to Hockey games in my day. Dressing up in a ridiculous costume at a college hockey game is acceptable and funny, dressing up at a golf event as a grown man is not.


Input: [Date] 3 years 12 weeks ago [Title] Lance [Body]

Output: My brother got me into watching cycling when I was a kid and I have watched every tour since right after Miguel Indurain's reign. I also grew up in the Bay Area and Barry Bonds was the only reason I became a baseball fan, and Miguel Tejada was my other favorite player. After paying attention to the BALCO scandal and cycling, I know far too much about PED's. You are right about cycling, everyone Lance beat was doping their minds out and Lance's teammates have said he demanded they dope, There was Tyler Hamilton's accusation of the fridge full of blood, and Floyd Landis' claims of the team doping. Of course these two guys were caught red-handed and thus had incentive to lie about Lance's PED use, and both were banned from international competition (with Landis getting his Tour title stripped). It must be noted that the French Government and European Press did everything within their power to catch Lance. The US government investigated Lance for improper use of government funds, as using US Postal Service sponsor dollars to fund and cover up his alleged doping would have been a serious felony, and found nothing. But of course the absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence and so forth. Doping in cycling is unique as you stated it's not about increasing muscle mass, it's about carrying more oxygen in your blood which is what the PED EPO is designed to do (what Lance is most accused of taking). They even had to ban Viagra as a PED because it dilates artieries and allows better blood flow at higher elevations (very useful when you climb the highest mountain in europe on a bicycle. So Lance was either a freak of nature who used his battle with cancer to motivate himself to ingore pain, and to never stop pedaling, or he is the greatest cheater of all time. I prefer the former.


Input: [Date] 3 years 22 weeks ago [Title] I believe Mr. Small was, [Body]

Output: I believe Mr. Small was, quote: "Ridin' Dirty"


Input: [Date] 3 years 22 weeks ago [Title] I am so glad my Sharks [Body]

Output: I am so glad my Sharks finally drafted a UM player and I wouldn't be surprised if he left. We (Sharks) really need an offensive minded defender, Douglas Murray and Vlasic are solid defenders but can't hit the broad side of a barn.


Input: [Date] 3 years 39 weeks ago [Title] Reebok? [Body]

Output: What's with the Reebok logo under the neck of the collar?


Input: [Date] 3 years 49 weeks ago [Title] totally agree, Northside is [Body]

Output: totally agree, Northside is by far the best breakfast place in town. My dad took me there when I was kid on a visit and I've been hooked ever since, Maiden Lane no mayo....mmmm delicious Anyone else find Jamaican Jerk Pit? its nestled in between the parking lot and Panera on Thayer, I am convinved it's a drug front but the barbecue pork sandwich with sweet potato fries are hella good


Input: [Date] 3 years 49 weeks ago [Title] Elbell field would be a good [Body]

Output: Elbell field would be a good spot, right next to where the band starts out, but it will probably be where they had sportsnation last fall


Input: [Date] 3 years 50 weeks ago [Title] whoa, there was a ccha [Body]

Output: whoa, there was a ccha All-star game?


Input: [Date] 4 years 16 hours ago [Title] I'm a big 49ers fan and love [Body]

Output: I'm a big 49ers fan and love this pickup. Troy Smith is no longer on our roster so that's not a problem. I was sad that we let David Baas go but then we signed Jonathon Goodwin so it evened out and we also cut Nate Clements's lame-ass so we came out way ahead in my book. It will be interesting to see if Braylon can push Crabtree as he's a bigger diva than Braylon and he hasn't even done anything the NFL, so we'll see if that has an effect. Lose Nate Clements/Troy Smith, Gain Braylon, J Goodwin, and Harbaugh good offseason for Wolverine/Niners fans!


Input: [Date] 4 years 1 week ago [Title] thanks! [Body]

Output: for the info, this was an immeadiate purchase. As I have said before there's reason to believe The Dude went to UM as he says he was one of the authors of the original Port Huron Statement (not the compromised second draft) and we all know SDS started in Ann Arbor so this might not be OT. "He thinks the carpet pissers did this?" "Well dude we just don't know" This agression WILL NOT STAND man!


Input: [Date] 4 years 2 weeks ago [Title] He's got big time academic [Body]

Output: He's got big time academic problems, I work in a academic center at a FCS school in northern california keeping kids eligible and I can say with certainty that the only way this kid is such a big academic liability is that he completely screwed up his own situation. The only way he could be deemed ineligible for the bowl game and then become such a big liability for his next school is that he completely screwed up in a few way: 1.He must have had an ugly freshman year, which would be somewhat understandable as adjusting to college in the first place is hard, much less in a place like Michigan which is not academically easy, and then adjusting to living in a different state, and then being expected to carry the load of a new offense by a coach know for not being very sympathic to young kids' needs. 2. Because of that bad first year, he must of been on some kind of academic probation or special watch list, and knowing what kind of reporting system we have at my school, I'm sure UM's support system for its student-athletes is just as good, meaning I'm sure he had at least one personal academic mentor within the student-athlete academic center who then had at least one supervisor asking him every other day how Tate was doing and then performing grade checks and most likely speaking personally to his teachers. So even with this amount of support he was still screwing up. (Once again I have no personal knowledge of UM's academic support system, but this is what we do at my school which has nowhere near the same resources or standards as UM so I feel it is safe to assume UM has the same if not more support practices). 3. Because of the attention paid to him by the athletic department I'm sure he worked up quite a reputation for himself amongst the faculty who I'm sure don't like to give breaks to athletes, so he was on double watch. 4. He then proceeded not to go to class, do any homework, not show up for tests, and ignore any advances from his teachers (if there were any). This would have the effect of his teachers giving him straight F's (or E's as we do at UM) instead of incompletes which would help facilitate his transfers much easier. 5. He therefore must of been lying to his mentor, teachers, and coaches about his schoolwork and burnt every last bridge at UM. 6. Talk to any regular student who has had similar academic trouble with UM and they can tell you they can be rather vindictive to students who burn bridges and make it hard for them to find a new school. 7. Add this all up and Tate has dug himself a very deep hole which his athletic ability will not help him get out of, and he has put himself in this position. 8. Finally if UH denied him so quickly he must have serious issues, this the same school who took in Colt Brennan who had much more serious problems AFTER he went to a JC so it seems like Tate has few other options if any.


Input: [Date] 4 years 2 weeks ago [Title] Why didn't Terelle Pryor go [Body]

Output: Why didn't Terelle Pryor go to the CFL? Because he didn't want to take a paycut from OSU


Input: [Date] 4 years 2 weeks ago [Title] I've been watching the tour [Body]

Output: I've been watching the tour since the late 90's from the days of Richard Virenque and Jan Ulrich, I even watched the tour when Marco Pantani was doped out of his mind to dominate the race, and this year has been somewhat unispiring. I've mostly enjoyed Thor Hushovd hanging around the top of the GC which is uncommon for such a big sprinter. I have to agree that Contador's hurting from the Giro but the lack of PED's has most likely played a part. This is all gonna come down to Alp D'Huez and the individual TT which I think are back to back before they head to Paris. From my experience the bast two climbs the tour goes through are Alp D'Huez and Mon Venteux, both sites of great Lance rides, and as I said they go up Alp D.Huez just before they head to Paris so that will seperate the men from the boys. I'm pulling for Andy Schleck for the main win and hope Mark Cavendish holds on to the Green Jersey unless Thor can pull through in the TT. Voekler has been one of my favorite riders since he pulled off that massive breakaway a few years back. Other than Lance, my favorite rider was Erik Zabel who dominated the Green Jersey for a number of years and its good to see they increase the amount of sprints through the mountains so sprinters just can't slack through the high climbs.


Input: [Date] 4 years 2 weeks ago [Title] One of my favorite things to [Body]

Output: One of my favorite things to do in AA is run through the arb at night while its snowing, that eeire red glow lights your way and is one of my best experiences at college, some of the paths ice over so its best to go just as it starts to snow, the complete silence and the sight of the snow falling is just too awesome not to experience


Input: [Date] 4 years 2 weeks ago [Title] Maize and blue prayer [Body]

Output: while getting giddy myself over the start of the season in a few weeks, I started worrying over certain things which are common before the season, but more so this year, so I ask every true blue faithful to utter this prayer every night before you sleep to aide in our quest: Our Farther, Bo in Heaven, hallowed be thy name Thy Defense come, thy Mattison's will be done On field as it was in '97 Give us this day our daily Spread And forgive us our sanctions, As we forgive those who led us to 3-9 Lead us not into irrelevance, But deliver us from losses to OSU Amen


Input: [Date] 4 years 3 weeks ago [Title] to quote LaMarr Woodley from [Body]

Output: to quote LaMarr Woodley from his facebook page: Why do people make such a big deal about harry potter?? I expect people from state to read at a middle school level but we should hold ourselves to a higher standard of literary maturity


Input: [Date] 4 years 3 weeks ago [Title] I bet your family didn't have [Body]

Output: I bet your family didn't have a ear-to-ear grin standing next to the deceased, stay classy ohio... I plan to put some of my father's ashes on the field at the Big House at the spot where Desmond struck the pose so he will never miss a game, hopefully this will be many many years from now


Input: [Date] 4 years 3 weeks ago [Title] if you havent already, turn [Body]

Output: if you havent already, turn off the helpers the auto-sprint might prevent a QB from running behind the LOS, I havent had a problem with it so far,


Input: [Date] 4 years 3 weeks ago [Title] and Biran Griese, Barry [Body]

Output: and Biran Griese, Barry Larkin


Input: [Date] 4 years 4 weeks ago [Title] Joey Chesnut is the pride of [Body]

Output: Joey Chesnut is the pride of the Bay Area!


Input: [Date] 4 years 5 weeks ago [Title] he'll probably end up playing [Body]

Output: he'll probably end up playing wide reciever for Norte Dame, then ruin his athletic career by playing baseball for the cubs as some lame-ass reliever who likes to give up home runs like a certain douchebag


Input: [Date] 4 years 5 weeks ago [Title] 51 Mich 49 Neb around [Body]

Output: 51 Mich 49 Neb around 124,000 votes!


Input: [Date] 4 years 5 weeks ago [Title] Pretty much all modern day [Body]

Output: Pretty much all modern day music sucks, its either Justin Bieber disney propaganda, or some rapper with lil' in front of his name so that makes him cool, or whiny ass singers like cold play or Linkin Park. I hate most country music but it really bothers me that there's a popular band called Lady Antebellum, as any history major knows, the term "antebellum" is a euphemism for describing the South under slavery, so their name should be "Lady Slavery," but I guess their fans like that sort of thinking. agree completely with Maximinus above, but at least dave matthews actually plays instruments, still don't like him. I think Red Hot Chilli Peppers was the last good band to really do anything, just look at the highest grossing tour acts for the past few years, Bon Jovi and U2 still lead the way.. It also makes me mad that things like Glee and High School musical have more hits and album sales than real bands like the beatles and stones


Input: [Date] 4 years 6 weeks ago [Title] Not a bad bet on YE Yang, I'm [Body]

Output: Not a bad bet on YE Yang, I'm a big fan of Yang, I went to the last Buick Open a few years ago and saw this Asian guy wearing some ridiculous outfit, and saw him land a buker shot right next to the pin right in front of me and became a fan. Then he beats Tiger at Hazeltine! I also hope that Rory can hold on and win this, he seems pretty determined to right the atrocity that was the Masters and winning the US Open would certainly do that. If he does win that would be two Nothern Irelanders to win our championship in row so that would make some history.


Input: [Date] 4 years 7 weeks ago [Title] damn, I live off Howe near [Body]

Output: damn, I live off Howe near the river, on La Riviera by any chance?


Input: [Date] 4 years 7 weeks ago [Title] Anything with Steve McQueen: [Body]

Output: Anything with Steve McQueen: Bullit, Le Mans, TThe Sand Pebbles, The Getaway (where he actually did slap the shit out of Ali MacGraw). Also agree with the Die Hards and Francis Ford Coppola movies. My final vote though goes to Saving Private Ryan, just imagine being one of those guys storming the beaches and try not shitting yourself. Also include Band of Brothers and The Pacific


Input: [Date] 4 years 7 weeks ago [Title] I live in Sacramento now [Body]

Output: I live in Sacramento now after growing up in Saratoga (in the Bay Area) and going to UM 05-09, my suggestion would be to look for some place in Folsom as Sactown is not very nice. I work at Sac St with the football team and live right near campus and the immeadiate area is not very nice. Imagine the crappy overpirced apartments that never get inspected in AA and add in a not very nice area and thats what living in Sac is like, except you can find very low rent. I would advise staying near folsom and looking for a nice place as many places near Sac St. are not very nice. Sac St. is a big commuter school so there is not that great a atmosphere for young people, well not great compared to AA but it is still good. Michigan bars I am not aware of, the Alumin club out here gets together and watches the game, but they meet at Chris Webber's restaurant so I choose not to patronize that establishment. Being sinlge is a good thing, there is a wide variety of very pretty girls here of every type, and they're not as stuck up as Bay Area/Socal girls. As for the nighltife, I'm a homebody so I'm not very knowledgable on that but there's always something going on if you're looking for it. All things considered, living in Sacramento is not the nicest experience of Northern California but it is still Cali and is therefore awesome. You're only 2 hours from Tahoe and snow, and 2 hours from the beach, and all the outdoor sports you can want. Let me know if you want so more info as I've lived up here since I graduated and am working and going to school here and therefore staying for a while. The only major drawback of living out here, get used to waking up at 9 am to watch the game and no BigTen network HD!!!!


Input: [Date] 4 years 8 weeks ago [Title] I can't help but think/hope [Body]

Output: I can't help but think/hope this has got to involve their basketball team as well, you're telling me Greg Oden/Evan Turner/Mike Conley weren't driving around the same cars that Pryor was, we'll see though


Input: [Date] 14 hours 39 min ago [Body] I've had a couple of classes with the guy, and I can say he's 100% the kind of guy you want to root for. Really kind, polite, smart, and responsible. Makes an effort to introduce himself to everyone and contribute in class, and takes things more seriously than most non-athletes I've seen. And not in a "good by athlete standards" way either, he would have no problem being a top student without the scholarship. Anyway figured I would share since a lot of times what you see of these guys on TV isn't really how they act in person. Jehu's a great dude. [Title]

Output: I've had a couple of classes


Input: [Date] 4 days 15 hours ago [Body] Hasn't happened to me in years, I promise! [Title]

Output: Double post


Input: [Date] 4 days 15 hours ago [Body] Always thought he was immensely talented as a returner, even though our awful special teams never let him truly show it. He'll light it up in D2 and I wouldn't be surprised to still see him try out for an NFL team when he graduates. Best of luck to the guy [Title]

Output: Always thought he was


Input: [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Body] I'm really into role playing games, and I spend a lot of time playing and prepping games, which includes a lot of creative writing. I was raised on D&D but recently have gotten really into Star Wars: Edge of the Empire. I'd be curious to know if there's anyone else into RPGs on this board, you would think not but you never know. Other than that I work out a lot, and alternate between being into different activities like running, boxing, etc. Those figures look great, by the way. That's another hobby I want to pick up, once I have the money. [Title]

Output: I'm really into role playing


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 6 days ago [Body] There's correcting poor grammar, and then there's that.... [Title]

Output: There's correcting poor


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 6 days ago [Body] hissssss [Title]

Output: booooooo


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 5 hours ago [Body] Can't even blame them, to be honest... [Title]

Output: Lol


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Working on some Oberon right now, also just got some Goose Island 312 and finally found a place that sold a München Helles import (Campus Corner, believe it or not...). Good stuff. [Title]

Output: Working on some Oberon right


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 1 hour ago [Body] Everybody saying he couldn't have contributed on returns because of his poor stats in the past don't understand just how bad our blocking has been on returns the past few years. Kid was elusive as hell, and with better blocking (read: any blocking) I think his stats would be a whole lot different. That all seems to be a moot point if he was dismissed, though. [Title]

Output: Everybody saying he couldn't


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 18 hours ago [Body] Good lord. Have the refs supply the game balls if it's that big of a fucking deal. Not that that will happen of course, because the NFL doesn't care about the actual rules as much as they do pandering to public opinion. Good grief... [Title]

Output: Good lord. Have the refs


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Went to California once, in-n-out was hyped more than anything else on that trip and quite frankly it was only "meh." Five Guys is the shit. [Title]

Output: Went to California once,


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Something something hotcakes in Ohio... [Title]

Output: Something something hotcakes


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Congrats. [Title]

Output: Cool dude.


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Those maize and blue chairs in the third photo look quite uncomfortable. [Title]

Output: My thoughts?


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Hmmm.... if only there was a way to express said agreement without going through the trouble of writing a comment... some sort of "upward tally" perhaps. No no, that could never work. (I kid, I kid) [Title]

Output: Hmmm.... if only there was a


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 6 days ago [Body] One big difference to my understanding: In rugby, you can give up an extra yard or two without any major consequences. As such, players are much less likely to go for the head-first "big hit" that stops the ballcarrier in his tracks. In football, an extra yard or two can make all the difference, and players are taught to tackle as such. Not to mention that rugby has its own major concussion issue going on right now. I wouldn't exactly look to that sport to model after. [Title]

Output: One big difference to my


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Good lord. I cannot for the life of me understand why people are so emotionally invested in talking politics on a sports blog. I agree that that post shouldn't have been locked - it should have been deleted. Yeah Harbaugh was tangentially involved in the whole thing - that doesn't make it an appropriate subject for a sports blog. If Harbaugh told people to go out and vote, should we have some huge discussion on the relative merits of the presidential candidates? Hell, this is a UofM sports blog, and UofM is a public university (i.e. part of the state of Michigan), maybe we should have a "Thoughts on Governer Snyder" post stickied on the MGoBoard? The first post about his tweet was toeing the line as is. This past post pretty clearly past it in my opinion. The No Politics rule is a damn good one, as evidenced by what happens in every single goddamn political post on this blog. If you want to talk politics, you can very easily go elsewhere to do so. [Title]

Output: Good lord. I cannot for the


Input: [Date] 16 weeks 3 hours ago [Body] Did you... did you read the post? [Title]

Output: Did you... did you read the


Input: [Date] 18 weeks 5 days ago [Body] It's an amazing album. GKMC was, for me at least, one of the all-time greats, and I wouldn't quite say the same thing about Butterfly (yet anyway). But it's still amazing. "u" had me in tears. Hearing Pac on the outro made my jaw drop. I'm just gonna repost my reddit comment on the subject: It really is an immensely dense album. Unlike GKMC it doesn't really have one unifying theme, but many - black culture, self esteem, the "pimping" of rap artists and black culture generally by America.... If I had one bone to pick it would be that the meaning is so convoluted at times that it doesn't always land as well as I feel it should. There are some songs like u (Kendrick's best in my opinion) and Blacker the Berry that are just so raw and emotional, they're incredible. But there are others on the album that left me somewhat underwhelmed, if only because they were so difficult to decipher. This isn't necessarily a bad thing - having more to digest can be good too - but it does detract from the overall feel at times and for me it's the difference between a 9/10 and a 10/10. [Title]

Output: It's an amazing album. GKMC


Input: [Date] 18 weeks 5 days ago [Body] If that album made you feel on top of the world you weren't listening very closely. No offense.... Outside of "i" the bulk of the album is depressing or at the very least darkly political. [Title]

Output: If that album made you feel


Input: [Date] 19 weeks 15 hours ago [Body] I like to think I had a big role in that one :D [Title]

Output: I like to think I had a big


Input: [Date] 19 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Much as I really want to say "go for it, have fun"... if it were me, I would definitely feel out of place. The student section is full of rowdy 18-22 year olds, and as a student myself I can't say I see many adults there. If you can just own it and have fun in that sort of environment then absolutely go for it, but if you have hangups about standing all game and getting some weird looks from drunk students, those are probably legitimate hangups. Just my $.02 [Title]

Output: Much as I really want to say


Input: [Date] 19 weeks 5 days ago [Body] 3:05 was nice too. He looked good in this video, it's nice to see that he still has that great arm he came in with, despite how bad he looked the past two years. I still think his biggest challenges are going to be decision making and consistency in his throws, which we obviously can't glean from a video like this. Still, he looked good. [Title]

Output: 3:05 was nice too. He looked


Input: [Date] 20 weeks 17 hours ago [Body] Kicked off isn't the same as having their charter pulled, which is done by their national fraternity and not UM. To answer your question though, they have not gotten back on campus yet (though they tried and failed this year). [Title]

Output: Kicked off isn't the same as


Input: [Date] 20 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Sure, if Calvin Johnson was a great but not game-changing WR and Reggie Wayne was a 24 year old all star... [Title]

Output: Sure, if Calvin Johnson was


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 1 day ago [Body] KG's reaction makes it awesome, staged or no. Edit: Is there an echo in here? [Title]

Output: KG's reaction makes it


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Fair enough and like I said I agree with all of you. Just figured I'd share since it's relevant. [Title]

Output: Fair enough and like I said I


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 1 day ago [Body] I heard from a sorority member affected that they did basically the same amount of damage last year that they did this year but were never kicked out or reprimanded, and the going theory is that Treetops only invited them back so that they could kick them out and sue them later. I'm 100% of the belief that this was ridiculously immature behavior and those involved deserve whatever punishment they have coming... but I do believe at this point that Treetops (which is going through a bankruptcy) is just trying to make a buck off of them. [Title]

Output: I heard from a sorority


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Nope, try again. http://www.mgoblue.com/collegesportslive/?media=489841 [Title]

Output: Nope, try


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Name: Nunya Business Affiliation with UM: Born and raised in Ann Arbor, current undergrad at UM. Dad, mom, and grandfather all went to Michigan. Dad and grandfather both taught at Michigan. Claim to Fame: Had the same middle school gym teacher as Jim Harbaugh (Mr Lily at Tappan!) Friend Who Needs To Stop Snooping On My Account: Eli [Title]

Output: Name: Nunya


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Maybe we won't get in [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Pete Carroll is a great coach [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 6 days ago [Title] We are aware of federal Title IX laws? [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 6 days ago [Title] Nice analysis, excellent coach [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 38 weeks 6 days ago [Title] Moeller was a great coach [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 44 weeks 5 days ago [Title] And now we find the Winston story is not like Cornwell says [Body]

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


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

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 26 weeks ago [Title] Like the media it is, this blog blew it [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 35 weeks ago [Title] Ah Pelinka [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 35 weeks ago [Title] Garde Thompson [Body]

Output: Could really play.


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

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


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

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 37 weeks ago [Title] Quarterback out of nowhere? [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 37 weeks ago [Title] They couldn't get Rosenberg and Snyder? [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 37 weeks ago [Title] The Free Press proved the value of an investigation [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 38 weeks ago [Title] You're not wrong [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 38 weeks ago [Title] Leagues also drawing a hard line [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 38 weeks ago [Title] Totally agree with this [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 38 weeks ago [Title] Law will not change sports leagues' policies [Body]

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

Output: Thanks. I have done that myself.


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

Output: What are you talking about?


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

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


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

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


Input: [Date] 3 years 20 weeks ago [Title] SEC fans don't wear jerseys? [Body]

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


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

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


Input: [Date] 3 years 21 weeks ago [Title] Thanks for stopping in troll [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 3 years 23 weeks ago [Title] On those university rankings [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 1 year 32 weeks ago [Title] to each his own [Body]

Output: To each his own I guess. I recently relocated to Tampa and have absolutely loved it. The only thing that sucks is the traffic. Now I have another event to look forward to.


Input: [Date] 3 years 28 weeks ago [Title] I enjoy it [Body]

Output: if only because my first name is Kiel. all these posts make me feel narcisistic.


Input: [Date] 4 years 7 weeks ago [Title] my vote [Body]

Output: with no prior knowledge is "Kyle" but maybe thats just for first names....


Input: [Date] 4 years 15 weeks ago [Title] Older brother [Body]

Output: Before I was born my family lived in Dearborn and my brother became a fan, after that we moved to San Dimas, California where I was born and then to Columbus. Long story short I grew up rooting for Michigan because my brother did but was too young to really understand the problem of being a Michigan fan in Columbus. The kids at school didnt take too long to enlighten me.


Input: [Date] 4 years 37 weeks ago [Title] I was going to post the same [Body]

Output: It doesn't seem all that different from the Grady reverse.


Input: [Date] 4 years 38 weeks ago [Title] I second [Body]

Output: I second the motion for it to be called 'Kevin'


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

Output: I was just watching the video and was hoping someone noticed this as well. Sounds like he is trying to get the "inside scoop" on Denard.


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

Output: Last week I was helping my gf move into her place for an internship is about to start in Disney World (Orlando). Needless to say I was drug into the universal studios theme park for most of the day on Saturday. Thanks to the wonders of modern technology though I was able to keep up to date on the game with my ESPN Scorecenter app on my android phone. Just to give some context, I live in Cincinnati so I obviously couldnt run home to watch.


Input: [Date] 4 years 42 weeks ago [Title] means a lot [Body]

Output: I went to Miami (not that Miami) and I always hate when people say I am not a true fan because I didnt attend the school. I am on this site enough to consider read the content a full time job. GO BLUE!


Input: [Date] 4 years 45 weeks ago [Title] lucky for my gf [Body]

Output: Shes going to culinary school and has been able to work with Rick Bayless at some benefits.


Input: [Date] 5 years 6 weeks ago [Title] I am happy [Body]

Output: I am happy you appreciated it.


Input: [Date] 5 years 17 weeks ago [Title] What i like to do [Body]

Output: Take a phrase you like that you will remember and 1337 speak it. Take this Farscape quote "Look Upward and share the wonder" = sh@rethe1der. It makes it more difficult because if its all the same case you have 27 characters of alphabet you have 27 characters. My stats is hazy but a computer can easily brute force a password of length 6-7 pulling from a collection of 27 symbols. But if you add numbers thats plus 10 symbols, different cases its another 27. ASCII symbols is what really makes a tough password. I wouldnt trust any password unless it had at least one number and a capital letter.


Input: [Date] 5 years 19 weeks ago [Title] pet project [Body]

Output: In my professional life I am actually a Flex/Java Developer and have been thinking about making an AIR app mashup of Theatre listings, imdb info, and rotten tomatoes reviews. Unfortunately, I havent had the time to devote to it and I dont think Rotten Tomatoes even has a public API. However, I still think it could be pretty cool especially since Adobe is coming out with their AIR app store called Shibuya which is in Beta right now. Though I havent read it, they provide code that you can just plug in to your source that will automatically provide free trials and stuff. Its pretty interesting.


Input: [Date] 5 years 23 weeks ago [Title] as the man once said, "Dont [Body]

Output: as the man once said, "Dont just stare at it, eat it"


Input: [Date] 5 years 24 weeks ago [Title] oddly enough [Body]

Output: She was not and it ended extremely bitterly 4.5 years later. should have seen the signs in the beginning. the entire time her parents didnt know i was a michigan fan because the dad would have killed me.


Input: [Date] 5 years 24 weeks ago [Title] t shirt [Body]

Output: My first girlfriend got me an osu t-shirt for valentines day a week after we starting dating. She knew i was a Michigan fan but her being an OSU fan she was pretty dumb. I took permanent marker and crossed out the block O and replaced with sucks.


Input: [Date] 5 years 24 weeks ago [Title] from experience [Body]

Output: i believe it is possible, i was still coherent after 15 in an hour. as long as you arent retarded and have good friends you wont die. Though on my 21st i did wake up in the bathroom with the door being broken down on top of me.


Input: [Date] 5 years 25 weeks ago [Title] lane and neil [Body]

Output: Cant say much about summit and 12th but I assume its near South campus. I am however surprised that Lane and Neil is there because thats the area North of Campus which I thought was safe. It is pretty much just a bunch of shitty houses and apartments. My bitch ex used to live in an apartment just a block north of that intersection. I cant say much of crime but I was hassled by a lot of drunk OSU fans in that area. However, I do remember being hassled by homeless pretty much everytime I walked down High Street which is about 2-3 blocks east of there. Moral of the story is, Columbus is a steaming pile of crap with stop lights.


Input: [Date] 5 years 25 weeks ago [Title] Phil Collins [Body]

Output: Do you like Phil Collins? I've been a big Genesis fan ever since the release of their 1980 album, Duke. Before that, I really didn't understand any of their work. Too artsy, too intellectual. It was on Duke where, uh, Phil Collins' presence became more apparent. I think Invisible Touch was the group's undisputed masterpiece. It's an epic meditation on intangibility. At the same time, it deepens and enriches the meaning of the preceding three albums.


Input: [Date] 5 years 29 weeks ago [Title] license [Body]

Output: he mentioned the minimum "donation" for the tickets are $250 if thats what you are referring to


Input: [Date] 5 years 29 weeks ago [Title] nothing else to say but [Body]

Output: i hate every word that comes out of your computer


Input: [Date] 5 years 29 weeks ago [Title] yea its easy [Body]

Output: Its easy to look up statistics and make claims about them without really trying to figure out what happened. Your numbers are meaningless without insightful conclusions.


Input: [Date] 5 years 29 weeks ago [Title] but [Body]

Output: maybe if he decides to further modify the stadium so that the top is covered and filled with oven coils we can convince the southern teams to play bowls up north.


Input: [Date] 5 years 29 weeks ago [Title] so what your saying is [Body]

Output: RR should treat the media like they are an attractive female.


Input: [Date] 5 years 29 weeks ago [Title] With all due respect to the [Body]

Output: With all due respect to the alums, the stands should be packed with fans willing to brave some cold weather. Fans of convenience aren't really fans. Also I have lived in Columbus and have had the displeasure of being on campus during one of their night games. I may hate OSU fans but they show up and get excited no matter what. What does that say about Michigan if the fans dont want a night game because they dont want to be cold? No team wants to have "Fairweather" fans (see what I did there ;) ). However, since I dont live in AA I do not know how it would affect the city so I will pass that on to people who do.


Input: [Date] 5 years 29 weeks ago [Title] not a very good one [Body]

Output: the Bungles


Input: [Date] 5 years 30 weeks ago [Title] Originally headed to the worst city on the planet [Body]

Output: Columbus, but the party's host just backed out on us (untrustworthy osu fans). So now I must brave the night life of Cincinnati in my pursuit of blackout. Its all well and good though because even though I have lived most of my life in Cbus im scared for my life everytime I wear M gear and now that Cincinnati is doing well everyone down here hates OSU.


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 20 hours ago [Title] No trade [Body]

Output: I might be mistaken, but I thought only 4 guys in the NBA had a no trade clause in their contract... Kobe, Dirk, Tony Duncan, and maybe Garnett (got it from SnT from Boston)... I think you have to play with the same team for 8 seasons in order to get one...


Input: [Date] 1 year 18 weeks ago [Title] Agreed [Body]

Output: I thought the exact same thing!


Input: [Date] 2 years 22 weeks ago [Title] Burke to Dallas [Body]

Output: Dallas will probably be somewhere in the early teens and would have a dire need to go after a true point guard. They have Collison on an expiring contract and have Mike James as their back-up so they'll be in the market during both the draft and in free agency next year. They are going to go after Chris Paul, but there is NO way he's going to sign with Dallas. So I think that the Mavs are either going to try to draft a true point guard OR they'll draft the tallest white guy available...


Input: [Date] 2 years 31 weeks ago [Title] Posted from IPhone [Body]

Output: My grandfather used to work for Bo and since he passed away a couple of years ago, my grandma has slowly been giving his stuff to my dad and me... This year, I got a Michigan apron signed by Ron Kramer, a piece of the field turf before they re-surfaced it in the early 90s, and an old school Michigan flag. Not to mention she got my 10 month old a cheerleader uniform for next season...


Input: [Date] 2 years 49 weeks ago [Title] A 2 mile walk from your hotel [Body]

Output: A 2 mile walk from your hotel might be better than the walk some people have to make after parking... Good call!


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

Output: Stuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!


Input: [Date] 4 years 41 weeks ago [Title] High Def [Body]

Output: I still blame ABC/ESPN for Denard's poor performance last week... forcing half of the country (or at least where I live) having to watch him in standard definition should be illegal and I'm sure caused some of those bad throws because of the horrible pixelation. /s


Input: [Date] 4 years 41 weeks ago [Title] just an FYI [Body]

Output: Although I don't know how this will affect how Iowa's defense approaches this week, I don't think Norm Parker will be at the game. I'm not sure if their defense has operated any different since he's been out and who has been calling the defensive plays during the game... But I hope you are right with how Iowa approaches it!


Input: [Date] 4 years 42 weeks ago [Title] How would the world know? [Body]

Output: Is Hoyer taking camera phone lessons from Brett Favre?


Input: [Date] 4 years 43 weeks ago [Title] Chicken Rings [Body]

Output: My best is on chicken rings! Those things were awesome when I was in high school. Of course I did always wonder what part of the chicken they came from.


Input: [Date] 4 years 43 weeks ago [Title] So I understand that a lot of [Body]

Output: So I understand that a lot of media and rival fans are saying that Denard hasn't played a tough run defense yet, but I wonder if it crossed their mind that the reason the teams we have played aren't ranked high nationally against the run because they have PLAYED against Denard. I mean, when you play against a guy like Denard who shreds the defense for 200 yards on the ground by himself , isn't that going to cause the team to be ranked lower in run defense? I'm not saying that any of the teams we have played are stout defenses, but I think that part of the reason that they are ranked where they are is in part to having played against Dilithium. I can't wait for the next few weeks to see Dilithium run over teams that are ranked in the top 20 in run defense...


Input: [Date] 4 years 43 weeks ago [Title] Seriously... ESPN really [Body]

Output: Seriously... ESPN really missed the boat on this one... Anyway we can start a mass flood of emails to ESPN to petition and change their minds by Saturday? ha


Input: [Date] 4 years 43 weeks ago [Title] That's what they call doing [Body]

Output: That's what they call doing the "Lane Kiffin" now... (I know he doesn't do it everytime but he seems to pick random times to try for it)


Input: [Date] 4 years 43 weeks ago [Title] I think your 9 points vs 7 [Body]

Output: I think your 9 points vs 7 points thought might not be entirely accurate because it doesn't account for the possessions that Michigan will already be getting after the other team converts a field goal/td after we attempt the onsides kick. I would think that if we convert 1 out of 4 then wouldn't the points look like this: THEM - 9 points (3 possessions) US - 28 points (4 possessions) I mean you could even say, that if they stop us once and we only get 3 touchdowns (21 points) on the four drives and they get 3 field goals and a touchdown (16 points), we are still statistically at an advantage, if our defense can bend but not break more times than not. But I do agree with you that is assuming a lot. EDIT: You can disregard this as it appears I wasn't the first to bring this to light... That's what I get for having a thought to post, but then having to actually do WORK at work and postponing the post.


Input: [Date] 4 years 46 weeks ago [Title] Wallpaper [Body]


Input: [Date] 4 years 46 weeks ago [Title] The Heisman is pulling a [Body]

Output: The Heisman is pulling a Denard pose...


Input: [Date] 4 years 46 weeks ago [Title] Bosses [Body]

Output: * Lots of Illinois grads find their way to Chicago after graduation, where they run into lots of Michigan types professionally. (The same can be said for some other Big Ten schools, of course.) Some people may call these Michigan types -- bosses or managers...


Input: [Date] 4 years 46 weeks ago [Title] I get excited about the [Body]

Output: I get excited about the opportunity for Michigan to play in a bowl again, but can we hold off on the bowl predictions until we have 6 wins? Preferably after the Michigan State game... One the ESPN predictions: My wife (a Baylor grad) has mentioned a few times about how Baylor* also shows up in ESPN's week 2 bowl predictions (it's pretty close to the highlight of her year when it comes to Baylor football since they haven't seen a bowl since '94). *I remind her at least once a year about how Baylor was a part of Michigan's '97 national championship schedule...


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Title] Based on the History [Body]

Output: Here's a great idea for a shirt... Front: "Michigan Football" Back: "Teaching the Irish how to play since 1887"


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Title] Warp Speed [Body]

Output: Did anyone else see where Feldman mentions that Robinson's top speed could be "warp speed" -- If only he knew that was true and that Robinson is part dilithium...


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

Output: If you go make sure to sport the 'Worst State Ever' shirt too...


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Title] I actually do agree with you [Body]

Output: I actually do agree with you about Tate being more of a threat in the air... If you look at most of Tate's special plays from last year, majority of them were from the air, but try telling that to the DE from Notre Dame last year who is still looking for his jockstrap...


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Title] That is one of the few [Body]

Output: That is one of the few professions where someone can be wrong almost 50% of the time and still have a job... The other job that I can think of that is similar is working for the freep


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

Output: Anyone else notice that Drew Henson is listed as a commentator for the Norfolk St. vs. Rutgers game on ESPN3? Haven't seen or heard anything about him since he was cut by Detroit so it's good to see he's getting back into football.


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Title] What am I supposed to do now [Body]

Output: What am I supposed to do now if I can't start my morning at work with the CTK video? I can't start working until after I've seen the video... -- BTW, thanks for posting these Boyz


Input: [Date] 5 years 26 weeks ago [Title] Re: [Body]

Output: I completely agree... A rumor is actually getting information from a source close to the story... Just stating your own opinion on twitter is known as 'Navel Gazing' or 'Twiddling your dick'...


Input: [Date] 5 years 42 weeks ago [Title] Yakety Sax and other comments [Body]

Output: Two things: 1) I feel personally responsible for the turnovers in this game for some reason... A co-worker of mine was listening to ESPN radio here in Dallas and before every Wade Phillips press conference, they play the 'Yakety Sax' song. On Thursday before the game, I heard the song coming from his speakers... I feared that this was a bad omen but tried to forget about it*. 2) Right before Forcier was pulled, I remember the ABC sideline reporter commenting about how on the previous 3 and out, as Tate was coming off the field, RR was pretty frustrated and Forcier's response (according to the sideline reporter) was "I don't know what you want"... If true, this could have prompted RR's decision to sit Forcier (although I wish he would have put him back in with 1:40 left). *I know that I personally have no ability to affect the outcome of each play, yet I still feel personally responsible.


Input: [Date] 1 year 32 weeks ago [Title] point still stands [Body]

Output: OK, my count was off. I will admit I didn't know what to do with the 3 ties no loss season. But Michigan stil has half as many 2 or fewer loss seasons than Ohio State. In fact, OSU has 8 one or fewer loss seasons (or 7 if you take out Tressle's vacated season) while Michigan has 2. My point was simply that OSU found a way to win a couple of more games pretty consistently over this period. Is it some definitive statistic? No. But significantly more 1 or no loss seasons means more great seasons and it feels like Michigan just hasn't been able to consistently accomplish that.


Input: [Date] 1 year 32 weeks ago [Title] I wonder when the leap occurs [Body]

Output: (if it ever does- yes, that is depressing). Mchigan has a history at this point of losing three games or more. Since 1990 Michigan has had seasons with two or fewer loses four times. Ohio State has done it 13 times! With three or four undefeated regular seasons and a national title game. Michigan has one undefeated season and a shared title. Michigan State has won 11 games three out of four years. This is what worries me about Michigan football. We need to get out of that rut (3-5 losses) before worrying about being a national contender. But as Brian notes above, competing for Big Ten titles more than likely means a national contender in the East.


Input: [Date] 1 year 32 weeks ago [Title] I chuckled outl oud more than once [Body]

Output: Thanks for the lunchtime entertainment. I have to laugh about college football or I might remember what happened this season and start crying.


Input: [Date] 1 year 32 weeks ago [Title] Long time lurker without much commenting [Body]

Output: means a long road to be able to post. Man, can't believe I have been reading this blog for over five years and can't manage more than 17 points ...


Input: [Date] 1 year 33 weeks ago [Title] Just a thought [Body]

Output: Ever thought about breaking this up into segments and posting one a day? Easier to listen to and more pageviews for the advertisers ...


Input: [Date] 1 year 33 weeks ago [Title] The past has a huge impact on my reaction [Body]

Output: I am totally with Brian on the emotions of this game. If we beat Penn State, Iowa and maybe Nebraska this game feels different. A great game after that season is both inexplicable and maddening. Winning was the only way that game felt good, IMO. But the even bigger picture is what really makes me depressed and even angry. Michigan has not won a truly big game or pulled the massive upset outside of Notre Dame in a decade or more. How many close games has Ohio State won? How many times have they upset us or pulled the big road win? The 11w writer was right about this game: stealing wins on the road is huge and we just don't manage to pull it off while OSU has. Living in Columbus makes this a nightmare for me as I have to have it thrown in my face practically every single day. But the record speaks for itself. In that context this was an opportunity of a lifetime and we blew it. Was it exciting and incredible while it lasted? Yes, but at the end of the day it is just another loss in a long series of losses. Two wins in thirteen tries! On top of that, since 1990 Michigan has had seasons with two or fewer loses four times. Ohio State has done it 13 times! With three or four undefeated regular seasons and a national title game. Michigan has one undefeated season and a shared title. John Cooper couldn't beat Michigan but he beat everyone else with some regularity. Tressel and Meyer had added beating Michigan to that recipe. If this does not depress you I don't know what to say. Does that mean I have no hope for the future? No, I think the young talent on this team has a great deal of potential but you have to be naive to believe that Michigan is going to be an elite team without some consistent proof on the field. They have been a 3-5 loss team with the occasional two loss team thrown in since the early 90s.


Input: [Date] 1 year 34 weeks ago [Title] Great game, still sucks [Body]

Output: I don't agree with the call to go for it. At home I say you play for OT when anything can happen instead of risking everything on one play. But I understand why Hoke did it and wished we would have pulled off the upset of the ages. To come so close and lose is a bitter pill. What is so frustrating is that it seems for the last ten years, Ohio State finds ways to win games like this and we find ways to lose. They win ugly, When was the last time Michigan actually pulled off the big upset? Feels like forever.