Input: [Date] 19 weeks 5 hours ago [Body] and put a lot of blame on Andrew Copp. Doesn't seem to have a good sense of how to be a 2-way forward, and on this team, the Captain should lead by example. Copp's inattention to defensive detail is a shortfall that I think leaked onto the rest of the team. After 3/4 of the way through the season, there should have been an attention turned to "once we get a lead, we're going to sacrifice our left leg and mother's pearls to make sure we don't give up any odd man rushes and no rebound touches an opposition stick". You got a sieve for a goalie, then you make damn sure he knows his only job is make himself as big as humanly possible in the goal itself and clear the initial shot. Instead we get sloppy positioning, inability to properly close down rebound lanes, etc etc. [Title]

Output: I'm going to do something unpopular


Input: [Date] 19 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Christian Laettner is a whiny bitch. There now go make a documentary about how you're offended by me. I only charge 2% of the total gate. [Title]

Output: Fine I'll say it today


Input: [Date] 19 weeks 4 days ago [Body] humans listened to anyone? [Title]

Output: When was the last time


Input: [Date] 19 weeks 4 days ago [Body] If we're talking about two questions: 1) Where can look most efficiently for evidence of exterrestrial life? Mars wins becasue of proximity not only to Earth, but to the Sun which provides Mars with a fighting chance of having environmental characteristics at least within reason to how we understand organisms to develop on Earth. 2) For chance at establishing a next permanent human presence? Mars again. Closest to Earth, has at least some in situ resources we know are useful, and the climate is the least extreme, meaning we have to spend less engineering resources in making a habitat, you know, habitable. Unless you have a highly reliable mechanical system that turn all that planetary thermal source into energy equal to what you get out of pasive solar on Mars, the outer moons don't stand a chance. Now if you're talking about chance for current day exterrestrial organisms? Europa since it has heat, water, and a dynamic environment (meaning things get swirled around by the heat source) encouraging natural mixing of chemical compounds that would be necessary for life sustaining substances. [Title]

Output: Mars


Input: [Date] 19 weeks 4 days ago [Body] I guess I now know who the dastardly culprit was... [Title]

Output: See my signature line


Input: [Date] 19 weeks 5 days ago [Body] I was lured into re-reading the 10-yr anniversary of the Molly game via the link in the article. That's a 30 for 30 that needs to be made: "What if I told you that the taunts of a cheerleader inspired one of the greatest hockey games of all time? What if I told you that 25 feet of difference in dressing room location reversed the course of history? What if I told you a singular hit broke not only a hockey stick in half, but the will of a prohbitive national champion favorite? What if I told you this all happened in an old barn, in the middle of Michigan, that almost collapsed from the sound generated by the souls within, inspired by a humanitarian who attacked a dog? ESPN brings you "The Molly Game" a 30 for 30 produced by Jeff Daniels." [Title]

Output: Additional note


Input: [Date] 19 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Brendan Morrison's senior night was good, but his final game at Yost was better, a great experience. Here he was the unquestioned star of the team who had forgone the chance to go pro after winning the national title as a junior to come BACK TO SCHOOL (remember those days, Red?) and try and win two titles in a row. The team was stacked, Morrison was on his way to the Hobey, and there was this sense of inevitability about this being dynasty level stuff happening. He was the team captain, the sure fire NHL star, the ideal of Red Berenson hockey, and everybody that knew him considered him just a real fine dude. For the smaller but arguably more dedicated hockey fan base at that time, his last game was like watching your big brother get ready to go off to college or the military while you were at home finishing high school. And the thing was, it wasn't just Morrison- you also had short handed goal scoring machine John Madden and Marty Friggin Turco. We didn't just beat people that year, we blew the shit out of them. Every game against Sparty was a bloody battle by two Top 5 teams-- both with skill mind you. The formal senior night was kind of a downer, we tied Lake St 4-4, but in those days when the first round of the CCHA was a home series at the higher seed, Michigan came in as the prohibitive favorite on a collision course with Sparty in the conferencefinal and we beat the living hell out of Alaska Fairbanks, 8-1 on Friday night, then 11-0 on Saturday night. That 11-0 game was everything you could have wanted from Old Yost. The students were into it, the team was scoring goals left and right, chants had to be restarted immediately after finishing, and the after the game, the senior class did the usual cirlce at center ice with a stick salute, but then proceeded to skate to the student section and were shaking hands and signing things like they were the Beatles. It was glorious. How that team lost to BU in the semis of the NCAA's I'll never reconcile as long as I live. [Title]

Output: I'll go Yost but older


Input: [Date] 19 weeks 6 days ago [Body] If the B1G tourney ran as you suggested, there would be more of a chance for "bonus point" RPI victories to be picked up by bubble teams in those semi and final round best of 3 series which would increase our chances of multiple B1G teams in the NCAA tourney as at-large teams. In normal years. Which this year is not. (sad face) [Title]

Output: Secondary benefit


Input: [Date] 20 weeks 59 min ago [Body] Start with buying the Sam Adams seasonal 12 pack. There's enough variety and if you get all 4-5 12 pks over the year you'll be exposed to a pretty good sampling of the different types of beer. Make notes ad to which ones you liked / didn't like. Then you have a sense as to what styles you want to explore more of. Take a trip to a good beer store that you can make your own 6 pks of and every 1-2 weeks get 6 different bottles of the same style to start to figure out the differences. After 6-12 months, you'll now be able to explore the entire craft beer world. I used Sam Adams as the example but you can do this with great lakes, or Atwater brewery as well. I suggest Sam because its popular enough you can get their seasonals on tap a lot, they don't go overboard like some of the craft breweries, and their samplers have a nice variety. Plus they make something like 65 varieties so its easy to explore within that line. I did a challenge one year to drink one bottle of every Sam variety. Had to go to Boston for a couple of them. And its tasty. [Title]

Output: this is my suggestion


Input: [Date] 20 weeks 3 hours ago [Body] From bordon gerenson in my diary. When there was the hogan - hunwick switch, the guys on the team banded together and played like dogs in clearing the puck and being responsible defensively. Why that hasn't happened after the Minnesota sweep/Ohio state loss/Michigan state loss/Penn st loss on Friday night is baffling to me. Where the hell is the desperation to just say fuck it, I'm going to make damn sure there isn't a rebound, scoring be damned. At this point its beyond coaching x&o's. Its the coaching staff instilling the desire in the players AND the players taking it on themselves to execute. Lack of coaching and lack of player leadership. [Title]

Output: goes back to the comment


Input: [Date] 20 weeks 6 hours ago [Body] Red has shown he's not against coaching defense to win. When Hunwick got the nod, we basically went from a fly by the seat of your pants outfit to a two way backchecking "form a f*g wall" unit with great results. Granted that was the last year with Pearson, so maybe that is the thing. Interesting that up at Tech, Pearson is also employing Bill Muckalt and Steve Shields as assistants.... [Title]

Output: The weird thing is


Input: [Date] 20 weeks 7 hours ago [Body] the one year we get the title stolen away from us in the worst officiated title game in history, and the second when our entire team gets selected for the World Juniors and we choose not to compete the rest of the season. [Title]

Output: You have to account for


Input: [Date] 20 weeks 7 hours ago [Body] would have solidified any doubt he had in his mind either way. Since 30 Jan, we've had 5 weeks of meaningful games, and we've had disappointment in 4 of them-- the notable exception being a sweep of a historically bad Wisconsin team in which both games were in doubt going into the 3rd period. We flip any of those weekends and we're sitting with a B1G title, and a likely at-large bid going into this weekend instead of the morass we find ourselves in. Add to that the no-shows against Tech, BC, and BU, and almost all games against top competition this year we've been outcoached. That should be enough of a sign. I hope he gets a chariot ride and is allowed to die in battle (metaphorically) in the NCAA's, but frankly he probably won't get to and that's partially his fault. [Title]

Output: I would hope the last month


Input: [Date] 20 weeks 8 hours ago [Body] My worry would be that he'd be a shorter term option (would we get 3 years?) than Pearson, and Mel's window for a return may be closed. Babcock would be much like Red in the 80's & 90's... able to leverage his contacts with pro coaches and players (including familial ones) to get the high end talent with an understanding the coach knows how to get your kid to the pros. Babcock is techincally savvy, has good instincts on players in game, and knows how to teach a system to younger players. Mel's my top choice, but Babcock would be 1A if you could get him to commit to 4+ years. [Title]

Output: I would have no qualms about Babcock


Input: [Date] 20 weeks 8 hours ago [Body] "imagine if the winningest coach in your programs history comes to the realisation of his own mortality, only for his biggest group of underachievers to transform into his biggest group of overachievers. Watch the 30 for 30, When Wolverines Decide to Die, the Story of the 2015 NCAA Hockey National Champions" [Title]

Output: I'll gladly take the 30 for 30


Input: [Date] 20 weeks 8 hours ago [Body] For a pro wrestling like swerve where we get in the tourney as a 4 seed to play Michigan Tech in the first round game. Right before faceoff, Mel Pearson mysteriously isn't behind the bench for the Huskies. He walks out from the locker room, and as he reaches out to pat his captain on the back, he grabs the hockey stick, hits the captain in the back of the legs, and rips off his suit coat to reveal a Michigan shirt underneath, with Red just smiling and nodding behind his bench, then breaking into an EVIL LAUGH. Like it was the plan all along. Cue nWo music. 10 year reign of terror commences with Michigan winning 8 titles. I mean that's what's going to happen right? Right? Hold me, Tiny Jesus. [Title]

Output: I'm hoping


Input: [Date] 20 weeks 9 hours ago [Body] hence my comment about testicular fortitude. Penn St was reeling, and we let them off the hook. With everything on the line, we play probably our worst weekend of the season. Not setting up much hope for things to get righted. [Title]

Output: Yeah


Input: [Date] 20 weeks 9 hours ago [Body] www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUP3PMLdoOs [Title]

Output: For those who didn't get the reference in the title


Input: [Date] 20 weeks 9 hours ago [Body] on the edge of the internet. That Chip Kelly's recent trades and non-signings and modest Sanchez contract were to position themselves to make a deal for Kaepernick, a swerve to what most people were thinking which was to mortgage the house to get Mariota. I wait to see what happens. [Title]

Output: That's the rumor


Input: [Date] 20 weeks 9 hours ago [Body] Lesnar and Shelton Benjamin were on the same team in Minnesota. The only NCAA wrestling match I ever went to as a student was Brock's last appearance in Ann Arbor. My buddy who was a big HS wrestler told me I just had to go see this guy. I honestly thought Lesnar was a WWE guy there scouting or something. He was and is to this day the singularly most impressive specimen of human flesh I've ever seen in person. [Title]

Output: Amazing note


Input: [Date] 20 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Seems to be my usual now... 1- well that bump in my diary I talked about happened at about the worst possible time. We're at defcon 1 for at large bid hopes. Basically its win out the regular season, win a semi in the btt and pray. Otherwise its tourney champs or bust. 2- I was thinking about this and really, has red been able to recover since Montoya left a year early I terms if goaltending?? Just seems like since señor save went adios with a year remaining we never have been able to recruit that 3-4 yr goaltender red built his legacy on. Shawn hunwick yes, but he was a lucky get who was supposed to go to like Albion or something. We lose montoya, whiff on Gibson, and things have never been the same. [Title]

Output: two items


Input: [Date] 20 weeks 6 days ago [Body] The Black and Blue Burger at the old Good Time Charlies (c. 1996-2000). Burger patty covered in cracked peppercorns, melted blue cheese, bacon, a peppercorn ranch sauce, sprinkle of green onions and lettuce/tomato to boot. The best burger I've ever had anywhere anytime. And now it's gone. [Title]

Output: I miss


Input: [Date] 20 weeks 6 days ago [Body] I don't think it's "Sweep or Die". Sweep this weekend and we put ourselves in position to absorb a bump (a singular bump, but a bump nonetheless) in the remaining season. Split this series and realistically the road gets tougher, but it's still manageable. We get swept, then yeah, it's time to break out the soundtrack from Titanic. [Title]

Output: Slight disagreement


Input: [Date] 20 weeks 6 days ago [Body] The Wisconsin announcers thought for sure that since the review was taking so long, it was going to go Michigan's way. Boy were they surprised. [Title]

Output: The broadcast on that was funny


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 6 hours ago [Body] If we come out of the next two weeks 3-1 with a B1G regular season title, does this count as a "good" season? Or if we go 2-2 and then win the B1G tourney in despiration mode and be the ONLY B1G team in the tourney, does that count as a good season b/c we made the tourney? There's just a lot of screwiness this year. I mean we're feasibly looking at a year in which Hockey East and the B1G may get 4 bids... in total between the conferences. Yeesh. I'm kind of the mindset this year of an English soccer fan. Collect the trophies, no matter what they are, and call it a day. [Title]

Output: That's kind of the interesting thing to me


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 7 hours ago [Body] I'm also hoping that with the multiple fronts, Wormley ends up being an inside / outside switcher depending on the front and murderous pass rusher. [Title]

Output: Unverified optimism on Wormley


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 23 hours ago [Body] I take that this means franzen is basically out and zetterberg is questionable. Overall, no harm on the price for him IMHO. [Title]

Output: pure insurance move


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 23 hours ago [Body] If the scenario plays out as you say, the only way I could see three b1g teams would be for us and Minnesota to win out in the regular season giving both of us the top two seeds and putting both of us in around 13th say for the b1g tourney. Then let's say for arguments sake the higher pwr team is Minnesota as it is now. If we win our semi final and Minnesota loses its (vs who is irrelevant-- any other b1g team is in the mid 20s or lower by this point in pwr), then you have Minnesota who'll get docked maybe 1 or 2 slots (leaving them in say 14th pwr), and then we lose in the final we get knocked let's say one slot down from 13 to tied for 14th, then the b1g champ gets slot #16, the aha champ (robert morris, usafa, whoever) gets slot #15, and then you're looking at slot #14 being the last at large team, which is between us and Minnesota. Plus you'd have to have no other upsets in the conference tourneys with a champ outside the top 18 in pwr (if a Cinderella came from pwr slot 18-15, it wouldn't matter much because likely they'd have knocked off a team from their own conference on the bubble sending them out of at large consideration). So I guess if both Mich and Minn were higher than say 13 in pwr going into the tourney, then maybe one could absorb a semi loss and the other a finals loss (especially if it was a surging Penn st who uses a late season push to get into the top 20 pwr and now allows us to get those bonus points for a top 20 win) and still get two at larges in the tourney. [Title]

Output: probably not three b1g teams


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 1 day ago [Body] 1- being in 15 slot now basically means my scenario from weeks diary for an at large bid is still in play. Sweep PSU then even a split with sparty followed by a bit finals appearance (preferably against Minnesota) gets us at 12-14 in pwr and that's an at large bid 2- the only conference I'm worries about realistically a with stealing bids, is, ironically the big ten. Anybody besides us or the gophers wins the conference that likely goes the at large bid the #2 team in the conference is hoping for. The traditional bid stealers are really not relevant this year- american hockeys only going to get one team no matter what (their strongest team, robert morris, is in the 20s in pwr), and the ecac and wcha both have 3+ teams in the mix for at larges so it'd take a HUGE Cinderella to win it all. With the revamped conferences that's less likely than in the past since a Cinderella run is going to have to go through a much more difficult gauntlet. [Title]

Output: two items


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 2 days ago [Body] 1. We are going to be in good shape for the stretch run toward a at large bid position. These two wins today put us on a trajectory that a sweep of penn st ans sparty with a win in our first btt game will probably put us in at worst the 14 slot in pwr. Hope for st cloud st, Yale and Harvard to lose tonight. 2- how weird would it be that there's a distinct possibility the B1G regular season champ might not get into the ncaa tourney? Just shows you how strange this season is... [Title]

Output: two items


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 5 days ago [Body] but since I can't find that on the internet, I concede your argument. [Title]

Output: I always thought it was Thatcher quoting Churchill


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 5 days ago [Body] I'm OK with Harbaugh being so focused on being a football coach that he doesn't know the difference between New Years and Christmas (at least based on his quote)-- we hired a football coach, not a theologian. (OTOH, man, is he really that singularly focused?) Just be prepared when he says something that might not be as "socially acceptable" as some at Michigan want all officials to be.... [Title]

Output: Just to be clear


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Hail and Unite is a great thing, until you run out of other people's money. [Title]

Output: To paraphrase Winston Churchill


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 5 days ago [Body] I heard he was tested for it at Langley back in '78. [Title]

Output: I trust Magnus's abilities to read minds


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 5 days ago [Body] "I’ve said this before but a lot people think January 1st is the start of the new year, and those that believe in Christianity and espouse Catholicism believe that correlates with the birth of Christ but we in football treat the first day of spring practice as the new year." Soooo we know Harbaugh won't be running for Pope then... :) [Title]

Output: Um ok


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 6 days ago [Body] "War Daddy" See: Vince Wilfork [Title]

Output: I think phrase you're looking for is


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 6 days ago [Body] - Ty Issac at 240 suggests to me he's ready to challenge for starting everydown back - AJ Williams is now a TE in name only. He'll be the power TE in 2-TE sets (as if we didn't now this already) - Chris Wormley at 300 gives me goosebumps. Like Alan Branch shaped goosebumps. - Ben Braden at 331 is scary to me (not in a good way). Don't we need some mobility out of him? GGlasgow losing 10 lbs and becoming a pulling ball of death is scary (in a good way) - Alex Malzone? 6'2" 218 lbs. Jim Harbaugh playing days? 6'3" 215 lbs. Just saying. [Title]

Output: INtriguing to me


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 6 days ago [Body] St Cloud St a number of slots ahead of us have a 2 game series against NoDak this week, then a two game series against Denver the following week. That's a possible 4 game losing streak for a team that would be really beneficial to us if they start dropping. Probably the biggest hurdle from my vantage point looking at the PWR, RPI and upcoming games is Yale. I think we can pass Harvard, UM-L, and Vermont by natural inertia via winning out the regular season, but Yale might be tricky to bypass. Which is why I'm going to have StatTracker up for that SCS v NoDak series... SCS gets swept, it's Oh Doctor a race to the end. We could have Yale move up to 14 and then us in the precarious 15 slot. To quote Princess Leia, "It ain't over yet" [Title]

Output: Add to the optimism


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Wow. You're a Debbie Downer. You do realize that in 2011 we were a Tiny Jesus miracle save from winning the whole thing, and 2012 we were in the tourney for a 20th consecutive season and as a 1-seed right? Sure the last two seasons have been bad and some warts have been exposed in the program foundation, but (A) it's not like we're going on a 10 year streak of futility, (B) an above average goaltender probably has us on the edge of the Top 10 in RPI, and (C) a 6-7 game win streak (which we've already done this year against similar competition to what we're going to be facing) gets us in? Lighten up Francis, and look back longer than if you were a sophomore in college this year. Plus, have you watched college hockey the last 10 years? The depth is across the board better in every conference- longtime doormats like the ECAC have risen up to be national powerhouses. It's not the 90s where all you ahd to be was Michigan with high powered recruiting classes and guarantee yourself a 2 seed at minimum. College hockey is harder now overall than it was 10 years ago, and Michigan's (relative) struggles the past two years have proven that out. [Title]

Output: @ 25dodgebros


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 6 days ago [Body] but RPI wise, no. The BU game is probably the one that affects us the most, with Ferris 2nd, and UNH 3rd. You don't lose bonus points for bad losses compared to good ones, but you gain bonus points for good wins. [Title]

Output: Psychologically yes


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 6 days ago [Body] A PSU sweep this week and a strong finish by them outside of a weekend sweep and a loss in the BTT to us still could keep them in the Top 20. Teams ahead of them are going to get bombed in the next couple weeks, and we need is for them to finish in the Top 20 RPI at the end of the season. Damn it would be nice to have a 3rd place game for them to pick up one more win before the season ends. It's funny, you flip either that Ferris St or BU game we lost earlier this year, each by one goal, and we're probably sitting on the bubble line instead of jumping multiple teams. [Title]

Output: Don't give up on that Penn St bonus yet


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 6 days ago [Body] the phrase is "plausible deniability". You need to watch more X-Files. :) [Title]

Output: One minor correction


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 6 days ago [Body] I'm going to imagine things are going to be really volatile through this weekend, and then we'll have a pretty clear picture of how things stand going into the Penn St weekend series. [Title]

Output: Thanks


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 6 days ago [Body] (as if we didn't have enough of those lately).... anybody watch John Gibson goaltend for the Ducks last night? :( [Title]

Output: On a depressing note


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 7 hours ago [Body] I don't think this team can clamp down on defense and win a 1-0 / 2-1 game right now, but I wanted to add some perspective away from the "SWEEP OR DIE" and "FIRERED.COM" mentalitiy I saw on the message boards after the games this weekend. In all honesty, if Wiscy and Michigan St are competent teams in out-of-conference this year, we're probably talking about can we stil get a 2 or 3 seed instead of can we still get in the tourney. The weakness of the conference overall is a anchor like no other we've seen in contemporary Michigan hockey history. [Title]

Output: I'm of the same mind


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 9 hours ago [Body] Or 86? I've lost track and if you count the Glasgows and Kerridge and whoever else. Good luck and God speed Mr Bellomy. [Title]

Output: So we're at 85 now?


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 9 hours ago [Body] of tickets being lowered in anyway for any students to try and encourage more students to come and be a part of the football community. [Title]

Output: I am 100% in favor


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 9 hours ago [Body] Like this? http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110817032900/muppet/images/3/3c/The_Harlem_Globetrotters_Elmo.jpg [Title]

Output: Spiketrotters you say?


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Probably. We'd need to win all seven remaining and probably beat Penn st or Minnesota in a b1g tourney game, and then we're still probably hoping Yale, Harvard, and /or Vermont piss their pants with losing streaks and an early conference tourney loss. Stranger things have happened but this team isn't showing the testicular fortitude to have me give them benefit of doubt. It'd probably b1g tourney or bust at this point. [Title]

Output: as an at large


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 3 days ago [Body] for Brackeology reasons, as long as majority chalk holds in the major conference tourneys (American Hockey can go f itself) realistically we're battling Yale, Harvard, and Vermont for the last at-large seed. Yale and Harvard have a great chance to cannibalize themselves in the last weeks of the ECAC race, and Vermont probably needs a big run in the Hockey East tourney to pick up some RPI points. We finish strong in 1st or 2nd place in the B1G and make the BTT final, we're probably in. [Title]

Output: Additionally


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Yale, Harvard, and Providence (3 non-B1G teams ahaed of us in PWR right now) have difficult weekends. Yale's got two road games against ranked Qunnipiac and unranked Princeton, Harvard has a three set this weekend with conference roadies against ranked St Lawrence and unranked Clarkson, but then also has a Beanpot game against BC on Monday.Providence has a home-and-home against UMass. I could easily see Yale dropping both, Harvard dropping all three and Providence splitting, giving us a chance to make up some ground if we can sweep. Vermont is tied with us in PWR and they've got a fairly light weekend with a pair against Merrimack. Minnesota and Penn St are playing in a swap weekend. Gophers sweep, they probably have the inside track to the regular season title and possibly an at-large spot. A split and everybody resets (maybe Michigan and Minnesota get one spot closer in PWR due to a Minnesota drop) for next weekend's pressure cooker. A Penn St sweep at home with a sweep by us probably means a Chinese fire drill in the PWR standings with B1G teams as Michigan would probaly move ahead of Minnesota and Penn St would take Michigan's buble spot with Minnesota behind them. I'm still holding out hope that a 7-1 or 8-0 finish to the regualr season with a B1G tourney finalist showing means we get an at-large 4 seed. [Title]

Output: Ground can be made up quick in PWR


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 3 days ago [Body] If you have kids and they like shrimp, go to Olive Garden. The kids meal shrimp plate is massive and cheap. THE MORE YOU KNOW [Title]

Output: Little known fact


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Concourses will be mishmashed all around the stadium and weave to God knows where with too little room, the hot dogs will be $10-15 depending on if you want all organic grass fed humanely killed beef, or a vegan fair trade Boca Dog from the in-house Whole Foods. Suites will have real grass seating areas watered by the leftover spillage from cokes in the bleacher seating, and you'll have to take a 30-yr mortgage out to pay for season tickets. But HEY! Steve Martin, Iggy Azalea, and some guy who playeda Stormtrooper in ALL THREE ORIGINAL TRILOGIES(!!) will be in the same stadium as you! Cue Randy Newman! *Music* I loooovvee LA! [Title]

Output: So if it's truly "uniquely LA"


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Gray Cup? No, Coupe Grey. [Title]

Output: Grey Cup!


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Chelsea, Tottenham, Arsenal, QPR, Crystal Palace, and West Ham currently. I forget but I think there's one or two others that are either in the next division down or were in the Premier League within the last 10 years. [Title]

Output: Yep


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 4 days ago [Body] with a slight tweak (for the other sports too). All HS players are eligible and if a team drafts you, you can either sign with them immediately or wait 2-3 years. HOWEVER, the pro team that drafts you then becomes responsible for paying your cost of attendance in order to keep your draft rights. If they don't like the school you chose or you're not developing as they'd hope, then they can drop the financial assistance and the school then has to guarantee the remainder of your eligibility. Basicaly, the pro team gets your draft rights and if you're good enough right away, there's no barrier to you playing right away (Kobe, Garnett, LeBron, etc). If the pro team has a logjam at your position for 1-2 years, they can "stash you away" in college for a couple years (much like how the NHL used to use the European leagues). If you develop fast, you're eligible to play in 2 years in the pros at which point the proteam has sunk $50-100k in you (cheaper than a D-league deal), your college has benefitted from 2 years of activity, and you've had 2 years to build a "brand" for yourself. If you're a slow developing player, the proteam gets a mature player for the cost of $100-200k or is a sunk cost if they player doesn't develop at which point the player has a chance to prove his worth to someone else and the proteam is off the hook for way less than the cost of a Corleone Young contract. [Title]

Output: I'd be down with a MLB / NHL model


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 4 days ago [Body] It's not like Blue vs Green or Red vs. Orange. Red v Blue are two distinct very discernable colors. Add the gray pants v maize pants and the radically different helmet designs, and you have a recipe for gloriousness :) [Title]

Output: Exactly


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Love you little guy. Please come back. Save us Tiny Jesus. [Title]

Output: XXOO


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 6 days ago [Body] the actual team is going to goon it up as much as humanly (and even then some) possible. They're going to take from the Stan Van Gundy playbook and "Form a F*g Wall" at the blue line and dare us to try and execute a successful dump and chase or force the referees to call obstruction penalties. It's going to be messy like an Ohio State spelling bee. [Title]

Output: I wasn't talking about the crowd


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 6 days ago [Body] If we can go 7-1 or 8-0 in the home stretch, and then get to the finals of the BTT, I think we can absorb a loss in the finals and sneak in as a 4 seed. Those two games against Penn St are absolutely crucial because of the road win bonus possible. You gotta know though, that Sparty's gonna Spart like they've never Sparted before that last weekend, especially the Friday night game. If Michigan's on a six game win streak going into the last weekend, that Friday night game at Munn is going to be like watching the real life verion of the Syracuse Bulldogs from Slap Shot. They may even bring back Corey Tropp to guest star as Ogie Oglethorpe. [Title]

Output: I still think we have a shot as an at-large


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 6 days ago [Body] loaf of sunflower bread, and poppy seed roll. [Title]

Output: I can make a mean


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Lobster Week at Ashley's already? [Title]

Output: Is it


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 6 days ago [Body] on the way back from a Northern Michigan vacation to my home in Ohio. Hit up Busch's on Plymouth & Green Rd-- got a 12 pk of traditional flavors (lemon, raspberry, custard, apple) and then a 4 pk of each of the "gourmet" flavors-- maple bacon, smores, and salted caramel. Brought 'em into work and gone in 60 seconds. Lots of Detroit / Chicago / Cleveland ex-pats here in Dayton. Going to finish off my night the right way with some homemade paprikas that are in the crockpot right now, some fried kiszka, a couple farmer cheese pierogi, and wash it all down with a 4 - 6 pk of Zywiec. WHOOOO STOLE THE KISZKA? NOOOOOBODY! [Title]

Output: PIcked mine up yesterday


Input: [Date] 23 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Pairwise in the 10-20 range is still going to be really volatile with all the wcha teams in the mix. 7-1 gets us the b1g title and we make it to the finals at the Joe we're sitting at a solid 3 seed. Unfortunately I think we're probably going to go 6-2 which then probably means a mandatory finals appearance in the BTT, with a loss to either Minnesota or Penn st in the finals so they don't steal our bid. I'm more worries about our goaltending than anything else. We can't afford to go "hot hand" b/c that implies somebody screwed up the game before. Red needs to find a magic button to get competency for 8 games. [Title]

Output: 7-1 we're in


Input: [Date] 24 weeks 4 hours ago [Body] b/c I wanted to see if the book really was as insano as the movie. I usually like some moral certitude in my mysteries, and the book provided nothing of that. Outside of that, the only character that comes off any where near sympathetic is Affleck's sister. The movie is just... yeesh. I would not wish (SPOILER ALERT) what happened to Doogie Howser on any man / woman / child / OSU recruit (too soon?). That was just wrong and the movie captured it in all the nasty gory detail it could. Then when Amy comes home, that's just one cold-hearted chick. [Title]

Output: I read the book after I saw the movie


Input: [Date] 24 weeks 4 hours ago [Body] And we'll find out in two months that all along that Jayru is Kaiser Soze in the Red Lodge with Tom Cruise's cell phone camera. [Title]

Output: This is basically an M Night Shamalamadingdong flick now


Input: [Date] 24 weeks 4 hours ago [Body] Seriously, my wife took me to that movie for our anniversary date night this year. Afterwards I asked if she was trying to tell me something, she just giggled. I slept in a separate room for two nights. That film is three f*d up hours of revenge porn. [Title]

Output: SPOILER ALERT!


Input: [Date] 24 weeks 5 hours ago [Body] I'm working out in a "Gallifrey Tech" shirt. Obvs I'm going to be a Time Lord. [Title]

Output: In related news


Input: [Date] 24 weeks 5 hours ago [Body] The Horror MVP transferring to RichRod's WVU for one more year, isn't it? [Title]

Output: This is basically like


Input: [Date] 24 weeks 5 hours ago [Body] these to be leftover deflategate rants from displeased Seahawks fans... [Title]

Output: I was expecting


Input: [Date] 24 weeks 5 hours ago [Body] Just check out USNWR's grad school rankings in 2015. [Title]

Output: For example of Private v Public bias


Input: [Date] 24 weeks 5 hours ago [Body] were built long before the relatively minor silicon valley downturn in the late 90's / early 2000's. The wealth increase from Google alone has basically made up the losses from the dot.com balloon bursting. [Title]

Output: The pillars of California's financial plight


Input: [Date] 24 weeks 5 hours ago [Body] When Shapiro and Duderstadt made the move to more insulate the university from the ups and downs of state funding via capital campaigns and endowment growth, they were SO successful that Michigan legislatures took notice. When push came to shove in the budget battles of the 90's and 2000's and the State was in generally bad financial shape, the university could realistically absorb the hit in state funding b/c they had the endowment,they had the donations, and they had the economics to support the tuition increases. What has happened since then is an ugly self-licking ice cream cone like vortex of bad analogies: - State needs to save money - State reduces money to Michigan - Michigan absorbs the hit intially - Michigan raises tuition and fundraising - Michigan recoups the financial hit while maintaining deisrablilty - State sees Michigan can absbors financial hit and book keeps that for the next time - Rinse, repeat. At this point, unless Michigan is forced via Regents action (Michigan legislature has no power really at this point, b/c they are by constitution not supposed to intrude on University business and the only power they have is via the pocketbook, of which there is little they contribute on an annual basis) or voluntarily (HA!) decide to cut or hold tuition reductions, OR has a massive downturn in donations / endowment, they're not going to get more state money without demonstrable loss in educational quality. U of M can't afford to play that bluff because then their rankings / prestige / ability to lure in research dollars will be affected. So it's a giant Cold War standoff where each side plays defense until a significant stimulus occurs on either side to really change the calculus. So in the end, the policies that Michigan enacted to isolate themselves from fluctations in state funding in the 80's / 90's have been realised in a way that basically guarantees Michigan will not get significant funding from the State, until such point the State feels the University is no longer providing sufficient value to the State (which is not going to happen if the State's investment is minimal). I'm no game theoretician, but that seems to me to be some pretty f*d up Prisoners Dilemma. [Title]

Output: Well it's kind of a self fulfilling prophecy


Input: [Date] 24 weeks 5 hours ago [Body] Are you bat shit *WORD REDACTED PER FRIENDLY LANGUAGE POLICY*? Based on Diag Squirrel's comments, I hereby dissociate myself from his point donations, much like a Congressman returning campaign contributions from a convicted pedophile. [Title]

Output: Jimminy Christmas


Input: [Date] 24 weeks 6 hours ago [Body] What about Roquan Smith? We're what, one day away from his proposed 1 wk delay, right? [Title]

Output: More importantly


Input: [Date] 24 weeks 6 hours ago [Body] but "illegal alien"? That's a factual term. So instead I need to say "undocumented non-citizen without legal authority to establish long term residency via official citizenship"? From Webster's: alien: a resident born in or belonging to another country who has not acquired citizenship by naturalization. illegal: contrary or forbidden by statute You want to remind people to not use derogatory, racially or ethinically motivated speech on campus? Fine go ahead. Start a public shame campaign to bastardize terminology used correctly in the process of a political debate? I have an issue. Provide greater stigmatism to the use of n****r, "dumb Polock", cracker, camel jockey, and loads of other loaded terms. But "crazy", "insane" and "illegal alien"? CUMONG, man. This is the creep some of us are worried about. When the language gets hi-jacked to meet political ends, that's some Ministry of Truth shit right there. And also, is it OK if LGBT groups use the word "gay" (I mean it's the G in LGBT) or are there going to be exceptions added to the bottom of the posters identifying which groups are allowed to use which words at which times and in which contexts? What about when a group of students from Detroit get together and criticize each others dress as being "way the hell too ghetto" (I've been in this conversation)? Is that acceptable? While the intention is nice, the effect is a polarized, tensioned populace instead of a more civil and respectful one, because no one knows which word is next to be considered offensive and by whom. And when we lose the language, we lose the fundamental weapon in the fight against tyrrany. And tyrrany is a real thing that needs to have steadfast watch over. This is why I'm passionate about this, and this is why I worry about this. Also, I hope Patsy Cline, Gnarls Barkley, Van Morrison, Beyonce (both upbeat mid-2000's version and into BDSM soundtracks version) receive a stern talking to or protests when / if they show up on campus for a concert. [Title]

Output: Fine with reminding people to not use offensive language


Input: [Date] 24 weeks 8 hours ago [Body] but if Chatman was playing even close to his projected role, we'd be at least 2 games better, probably 3-4. I'm not going ot give up on him, but his disappointing play so far has to be analyzed fairly as a major cause of the team's issues. [Title]

Output: Thread got deleted from a couple days ago


Input: [Date] 24 weeks 10 hours ago [Body] I mean SOMEONE had to come up with the concept of a "continental breakfast" to offer as a perk... Cue Key & Peele... [Title]

Output: Well yes


Input: [Date] 24 weeks 10 hours ago [Body] this was brought up during a discussion and the professor at the time said a legal analysis of that proposal done in the mid-90's determined that since the University was listed in the Michigan constitution as a state created entity, it would require a constitutional amendment disbanding the Board of Regents as well as dissolving the University charter. This would then open the university up to a huge legal challenge as to what lands they actually own in Ann Arbor (and a MASSIVE property tax bill almost immediately), potentially lawsuits by aggrieved students on perceived "misconduct" by the UM Public Safety department, and dissolution of faculty / staff union contracts since the signatory agent would be no more, potentially exposing a lot of employees to danger on their compensation including retirement. Not to mention that at the time there was a lot of confusion as to how the UM Health System would be treated in that situation. Overall, while it probably sounds awesome to say "F the State! Let's go private!", the benefits the U gets from being an agent of the State of Michigan even without significant cash funding is probably too great to overcome. [Title]

Output: If I remember my "History of the UM" course


Input: [Date] 24 weeks 10 hours ago [Body] but I always thought an interesting aspect to the U of California / AffAction debate is that after the Proposition got passed prohibiting race as factor in admissions, minority finishing rates for 4-yr degrees actually went up since many minorities who were underqualified for the top tier schools for whatever reason you want to argue (UCLA, Cal Berkeley, etc) got admitted instead to the second tier schools (UCSB, UCSC, UCSD, etc), and actually finished the degree programs. Also, Asian ethnic proportion at the top tier schools skyrocketed. [Title]

Output: Not commenting on the political aspect


Input: [Date] 24 weeks 11 hours ago [Body] 1- One of the reasons Michigan punched above its weight economically for so long was that many of its graduates from its fine public institution in Ann Arbor stayed in the state after graduation to work in the manufacturing / mining / industrial finance sectors. From the 1900s through the end of the 1960s, Detroit and Michigan were "boom" areas in the nation because of the auto industry, industrial refining capacity (agricultural processing and trade processing with Canada), and the fact it was a pretty nice damn place to live with a reasonably laid out metropolitan areas and the lure of "up north" / Great Lakes for recreation. Even those big money grads from out of state who left Michigan after graduation still contributed mightily to the state by vacationing in Michigan (Chicagoans who frequented the Lake Michigan side most prominently). 2- In state kids have an emotional attachment to stay in the local area and thereby use that skill set built in Michigan to build up the local economy, which in turn help(ed) the university by building the state tax base that used to reflect back in state funding. Shapiro's work (see previous comment) when he was a professor proved true about diversifying the financial base of the university to weather economic cycles and hence state funding, but by relying on more OOS for the financial base, you lose the emotional and regional connections which make Michigan, Michigan, not Long Island West or Eastern Chicago or Detachment Beijing. A state university has to have a fundamental mission to improve the state its located in, or else it will lose the popular support for the university. 3- one of the reasons the University developed so fast into the educational powerhouse it became while being in such a backwoods location as rural Michigan was its embrace of a pragamatic career driven educational model (The German or Humboltian method) as opposed to a classical recitation / English-Latin model. That's why professional type programs such as the hard sciences, law, engineering, medicine, dentistry, education (teaching), and even military science formed such a basis of the Unviersity's growth. That philosophical basis is what made Michigan unique from its oft comapred Ivy competition and a major factor in why we sucked in so many successful OOS in the past-- we weren't just a landing pad for the societal elite, we were focused on making you productive members of society in a highly competitive atmosphere. I fear the more prevailing trend is that Michigan is becoming a stopping place for InSt, OOS and international students on their way to becoming "socially acceptable" (but not necessarily productive) members of society. "Sure you're $80k in debt and you can't find a job in your career field for more than $35k / yr, but you have a Michigan degree in comparitive studies X, and you were so involved in Social Cause Y, that people should respect you." 4- Diversity... Michigan as a state is pretty damn diverse with ethnic populations from multiple areas in Europe (we're not all "white guys"), the Middle East, African Americans, and now even Asians as Asian industrial companies set up shop in Michigan as political buffers to "buy American" reactionism have taken root and 2nd/3rd generation implants are maturing and indigenous-izing (forgive the word creation). I'm always amazed in the "problems" our university leadership claim they have in developing a "diverse" student body per their current definitions of ethnicity / racial status.. if they just focused on harvesting the geographic diversity from the in-state population instead of admitting whatever OOS metric they use to do this, I think our campus would be pretty reflective of society in general and *shockingly* would look pretty "diverse" in the current vernacular as well. I've always been in favor of the "Top X students from every HS in Michigan are admitted" type policy for that reason- you get the diversity in the population and you also get top performers as well, which is supposed to be basis of our excellence. 5- International students: I'm troubled by the "more kids from China than from any singular state" in the student population trend cited in the thread. I understand those who want to argue about exporting our culture to the international students to take back, but I think that's not what's happening in most cases. I think there's a national security aspect to this that I don't like (sorry for my primal tribalism), I don't like that our admissions / administration / research faculty are essentially letting themselves get bought by the lure of foreign money, and I'm not sure I buy into the cultural exchange benfit argument as my experience has been that international students tend to self-segregate themselves with other students from their country-- especially PRC students where fear of political retribution in the home country is high. Lots of thoughts, I'm sure lots that people will disagree with. [Title]

Output: Couple thoughts


Input: [Date] 24 weeks 3 days ago [Body] And not just for the score on the board (I was there, I loved that game). I also like the simplicity of Wrigley Field, but I'm now 37 and getting crustier, so whatever. [Title]

Output: 1000% agree


Input: [Date] 24 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Sam needs to build some cred with me again... IMO he's drained all the benefit of doubt points through the coaching search and this year's recruiting period. [Title]

Output: Not buying it


Input: [Date] 24 weeks 5 days ago [Body] and unicorn farts, but I still would rather have Weber than Higdon b/c of the whole clean up your own backyard aspect to recruting. If they're about equal, I'd rather have the in-state kid than the out of state one, and in this case, I think Weber's better, but not by that much. [Title]

Output: I knows it rainbows and lollipops


Input: [Date] 24 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Starter, All-Pac 12 caliber, can play either CB or S. Would provide us some real flexibility with Peppers and the rest of our DB's. [Title]

Output: Pretty good


Input: [Date] 24 weeks 6 days ago [Body] According to his Stanford bio, former 4* high profile recruit who got hurt his freshman year. [Title]

Output: Actually


Input: [Date] 24 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Potential starter / cover nickle back at position of need where recruits are lacking. [Title]

Output: This would be welcome


Input: [Date] 24 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Welker-esque even if not racially correct according to the NFL Standards of Comparisons Via Skin Color? [Title]

Output: Dare I say


Input: [Date] 24 weeks 6 days ago [Body] I'd consider any team not between 85 and 90 after signing day to not be doing their job. You're going to have unexpected early draft entries, behavioral dismissals, transfers, injuries, academic issues and what not between now and start of fall practice. Having a little cushion is OK. It's the teams that are still at 90 one week away from Fall practice that's a problem. A scholarship athlete figures out after spring ball that he's not going to play, he has the summer to transfer and he shows up for Fall classes / practice and gets a chance either immediately or in one year. With the way scouting has exploded in the NFL, just being from a 1-AA or D2 school is not the death sentence on pro possibilities it once was. I'm 100% against the SEC way of business which is to have over 100 kids on scholarship after signing day, using Spring practice as an extended try-out, then cutting kids a week before fall term starts (looking at you LSU and Alabama). [Title]

Output: Agreed ^^^


Input: [Date] 25 weeks 7 hours ago [Body] Count me in the Crispix Nation. Corn on one side, Rice on the other side, and the gaps in the cereal matrix are scientifically optimized to trap just the right amount of milk so that the cereal doesn't get soggy right away. Add in some plain Cheerios to act as a base layer and prevent oversaturation and BINGO! You have your perfect bowl of cereal. Please don't send me to Bolivia. They don't have Crispix there. [Title]

Output: Cereal fail


Input: [Date] 25 weeks 11 hours ago [Body] I guess they're going to have to go in and reshoot that scene in "Ted 2" that was featured in the trailer to "THREE time Super Bowl MVP" [Title]

Output: One bad thing


Input: [Date] 26 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Drafting Darko killed the transition from a post-Ben Wallace team to a consistent contender for antoher 5-10 years. If we get any of the other big men in that draft, we transition Wallace out, don't have to sign a broken down C-Webb, and we probably keep contending with a #2 pick/Tayshawn/Chauncey core. We don't make the Chanucey for Iverson trade, we don't make the Gordon / Charlie V signings, and we're probably attractive enough to go get a quality free agent to replace Rip and / or Rasheed. [Title]

Output: MIssed opportunity AND beginning of end


Input: [Date] 26 weeks 3 days ago [Body] The only thing change brings us is a less reliable handheld phone and worse Doctor Who's. [Title]

Output: I hate you future


Input: [Date] 26 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Wolverines live are nasty nasty creatures with an insatiable appetite. On the other hand, campus would also likely see a 20% decrease in mutant supervillian related hijinx. [Title]

Output: And the hobos


Input: [Date] 26 weeks 3 days ago [Body] http://mvictors.com/ebay-watch-yost-wants-a-real-wolverine-dead-or-alive/ [Title]

Output: Paging mvictors, Paging Dr Mvictors


Input: [Date] 26 weeks 6 days ago [Body] I still think there's going to be some regression in PWR/RPI in the next couple weeks as all those WCHA and NCHC teams stacked in the RPI start playing each other more. I think as long as Michigan stays in the Top 2 in the conference and gets to the conference final in the tourney game, the rest will take care of itself as the other conferences will start to eat themselves, the RPI will normalize somewhat and we'll come in at a 3 or 4 seed in the tourney. Last week's Bracketology on USCHO.com had us as a 4 seed in Providence against Harvard. Me likey those odds. Again, random randomness in hockey tourneys could kill dreams, but I think we're in decent shape all things considered at this point. As I said in a comment on Michigan hockey last week, Michigan needs to basically split against Minnesota the rest of the year, run it up on the bottom 3 in the B1G (OSU, Wiscy, MSU), and if we can take 4 of 6 points or better at Penn St in March, we'll be in. [Title]

Output: I don't think its that dire


Input: [Date] 27 weeks 6 days ago [Body] I'm coming back to the U as a faculty member in the fall and with two kids (and a third on the way), housing is about 15% cheaper for the same sqft/yardage than in Ann Arbor, taxes are cheaper, and the schools are equal if not better. Saline for me. Plus I always dug the Celtic Festival and Mac's Acadian when I was at UM. [Title]

Output: Agreed


Input: [Date] 27 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Talking head former mediocre SEC LB said on TV last night that Oregon lost because "their offense just isn't suited to scoring in the red zone" Checks statistics... Oregon, 44th in nation in red zone efficiency, 86%, RZ TD's = 52 Ohio St, 48th, 85%, RZ TD's 53 Michigan, 20th, 89%.... We're #1! We're #1! /s [Title]

Output: But but but


Input: [Date] 27 weeks 6 days ago [Body] eating their young in the NCHC and WCHA so if we can dominate the bottom 4 in the B1G and basically split with Minnesota the rest of the year (and not flameout in the conference tourney), the rest of the pack will come back to us and we should get in as a 3 or 4 seed when tourney time comes. The top of the Pairwise is VERY WCHA heavy right now, so as wheat separates from chaff, there'll be enough wiggle room to get 2 B1G teams in, especially if the B1G tourney winner is different from the regular season conference winner. We want to beat Penn St every time from now on, but them have them kick the shit out of MSU, OSU and Wiscy. We need 3 bubble quality teams in the B1G to give us a shot at 2 bids. [Title]

Output: The sharks will start


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

Output: I thought Ace was taking a week off.


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 4 days ago [Title] That must have been a long [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Like War and Peace, but long. [Body]

Output: Like War and Peace, but long.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 4 days ago [Title] OK, Ace Williams. [Body]

Output: OK, Ace Williams.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Now this is something that [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Win what exactly? The Hoke [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 5 days ago [Title] I hope you're wrong. I would [Body]

Output: I hope you're wrong. I would be extremely disappointed. Even yanking an offer just before Signing Day would be less egregious but still really shitty. At least that recruit wasn't a part of team yet and has other options.


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

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


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

Output: Especially in Quebec.


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

Output: How about down here at the pawn shop?


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 5 days ago [Title] That's ridiculous. So much [Body]

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


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

Output: You're stupid!


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 5 days ago [Title] The Smoky Mountains area [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 5 days ago [Title] It's true. That's why this [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 5 days ago [Title] I actually went to a club in [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 2 days ago [Body] In Ace's commitment post he mentioned that Norco has put out some decent talent to the PAC12, but some of these clips seem to be man against boys. Love his drive (both on film and in the gym). [Title]

Output: Anyone know about his competition level at Norco?


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 3 days ago [Body] this might just be another one of those small advtanges. Good stuff [Title]

Output: Same - Harbaugh takes any competitive advtange


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 5 days ago [Body] And their subsequent falls / stagnation during the camp evaluation period. Trust Harbaugh's early identification skills, and would be nice to see a Beilein-esque eye for talent on the football side. [Title]

Output: Will be interesting to contrast over time to Hoke's early evals


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 6 days ago [Body] I will wish him the best and not envy any of his upcoming summer weather or living conditions. That is the SOUTH in every possible way (including better and worse). [Title]

Output: Having been to Hattiesburg


Input: [Date] 37 weeks 4 days ago [Title]

Output: Oh my yes this is fantastic


Input: [Date] 48 weeks 4 days ago [Body] "Michigan is so deep here that I'd probably be cool with a world where their #5 guy was second on the depth chart." YOU HAVE AWOKEN HIM FROM HIS SLUMBER. And just as was foretold in Ghostbusters, his form shall be Stribling playing second corner. We have entered #HokeRecruitingProblems being synonomous with #FirstWorldProblems [Title]

Output: You dare tempt AMHSG?


Input: [Date] 1 year 8 weeks ago [Body] I almost see that as an excuse to break out something similar to what you outline to give them some punch in the knockout rounds. Front as below with the staggered 4 man look between Bradley/Jones/Zusi/Dempsey with Mixx Central and Zusi/FJohnson looking to exploit the overlap and get crosses into the box while Bradley and Mix go forward: ---------------------Bradley-------------Jones-------------------- Zusi ------------------------Mixx--------------------- -----------------------------------------------Dempsey -------------------------Jozy [Title]

Output: If we go in only needing a point


Input: [Date] 1 year 8 weeks ago [Body] but I think packing the middle of the field is our rock/paper/scissors decision as stretching ourselves thinner in the back 6 only exposes us further. IMO we look to neutralize the Ghanian midfield and make them play wide by building centrally. We don't have the personnel to execute a 4-3-3, I agree. To play with the personality types you'd be looking for, however I would offer up Yedlin and Bedoya getting 45 minutes of pure sprinting to support the outside backs. Either way I would bet heavily against us trotting this out against either Portugal or Germany but hey... let's have a fun discussion. (Btw, this looks promising in 2018 w/ either of Yedlin/Johnson out wide and J Green opposite them and Aron/Jozy up top, MB and ??Gil?? centrally) ------------------------------Howard------------------------------ F. Johnson ------ Cameron ----- Besler -------- Beasley ----------------------------Beckerman--------------------------- --------------------Bradley -----------Jones ----------------- Yedlin/Bedoya-------------------------------------Dempsey --------------------------------------- Altidore -------------- [Title]

Output: Completely agree on narrow-ness


Input: [Date] 1 year 8 weeks ago [Body] Really love the soccer pieces. I'd roll out what would loosely be considered a 4-1-3-2 looking something like this to remove the Bedoya/Zusi/Not Donovan issues. Keep it narrow and depend on width from Beasley and FJ, using Jozy in moments of "defensive mashing of buttons" and letting Aron Bacon run off him, and Dempsey to set him up otherwise. Pros: eliminates moments of extreme "WTF IS EVERYONE" because Beckerman and here's praying that MB/JJones don't kamakaze forward often while still allowing MB to be in a more comfortable CM role, Cons: lack of width, speed and crossing ability outside of FJ, also completely new ------------------------------Howard------------------------------ F. Johnson ------ Cameron ----- Besler -------- Beasley ----------------------------Beckerman--------------------------- ---------------Bradley -------------------Jones ----------------- ------------------------------------------Dempsey --------------- ----------------Aron Johannsson ---- Altidore -------------- [Title]

Output: One of my favorite times of MGoReadership


Input: [Date] 1 year 27 weeks ago [Body] Reminds me of another Mike... Mike Shaw. Except with better hands and a bit more weight/mass. Could be a great complement to the bigger backs, and develop into an eventual every down back. [Title]

Output: Like his game a lot


Input: [Date] 1 year 33 weeks ago [Body] Both basketball. First time I came down with a rebound on a guy's foot in a pile during an AAU game, knee buckled inward and tore ACL/MCL/Lateral meniscus (buckethandle tear), second time I pivoted wrong going down the floor avoiding a guy coming at me, tore ACL & meniscus so they ended up removing the meniscus. Both happened within 3 or so years of each other, between summer going into my senior year of HS and Jr. year of college. Always good feeling like an old man at 27 whenever it's below freezing, but I can still run and stay active enough, even if I don't hoop anymore. [Title]

Output: ACL/MCL/Meniscus, then ACL/Meniscus again


Input: [Date] 1 year 37 weeks ago [Title]

Output: Oh Shockwave plug-in you merciful, perfectly imaged saint.


Input: [Date] 1 year 42 weeks ago [Body] Based on the above breakdowns (tremendous, btw), this capitalizes on Lewan's movement and superior athletic ability on the end of the line. Does it also indicate that Bryant is a more effective "puller" than Kalis? I remember someone (Demens?) saying that when Bryant pulled, you were in a world of hurt, but also heard many comments here and other boards clamoring that Bryant wasn't effective in space. In short - if we swapped Schofield to traditional "LT" and made Lewan "TE" in a traditional alignment, then we could pull Kalis. Not saying I'd prefer either, as I don't think Kalis has shown special ability on the move, but any thoughts on this are welcome. [Title]

Output: Question on flipping Lewan v. Schofield


Input: [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Body] Feel for him and his team. Yes its a distraction, but it also has to be a bit unnerving to see this happen regularly to your team's leader. [Title]

Output: How many is that this year? Two?


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] in all seriousness, our defense now = top 25 and theirs now is top 5. Our offensive potential == top 25 and theirs equals.... top 100? I just don't understand as their uside is not only limited by diffencies at the QB spot, but also at their skill positions. Quick - name their TE. Also, our offense (especially at the WR and TE spot) is a mix of inexperience and youth, whereas theirs is a mixture of drops and drops. [Title]

Output: Was this for basketball?


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] ... for opposing guards/centers. Think he'll be really good at the nose. I also just came here to make a B.I.G. Reference. carry on. [Title]

Output: Moar Mone Mo' Problems


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Body] I'll allow it. [Title]

Output: Hand @ Cafeteria table: "I have an idea where I'm going"


Input: [Date] 2 years 1 day ago [Body] live just outside of AA (Plymouth) but they're obstructed view seats, no section/row listed. I'm thinking I will still purchase. [Title]

Output: I got in through the "lottery"


Input: [Date] 2 years 13 weeks ago [Body] RT @SamWebb77 Hearing that Paramus (NJ) Catholic OL, Juwann Bushell-Beatty has committed to #Michigan [Title]

Output: Feel free to unbuckle and celebrate


Input: [Date] 2 years 19 weeks ago [Body] the patience is strong with this one. [Title]

Output: I listed to 1:30 of Les' Jazzfest and heard no music


Input: [Date] 2 years 34 weeks ago [Body] when you click on the image (attempting to troll my WMU friends) Izzo's image opens... Troll away Ace, troll away. [Title]

Output: Not sure if deliberate but


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Body] I have a feeling by the end of September the tagline will be replaced with "Hope is many dreaded things" namely: Tay, Denard, V Smith, Furman, Stokes (?), Gallon, Floyd, etc [Title]

Output: Exactly


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Body] you could add a whale in a sweatervest but that may be too far... we need a Moundros tee [Title]

Output: Nice on the "save the game" shirt


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Body] That is one impressive set of numbers you put together there calibur... Well done, and while I am not the most math proficient of the MaizeRage I at least was able to connect the dots enough to box and whisker my way to reason. [Title]

Output: Holy mathelete


Input: [Date] 4 years 50 weeks ago [Body] Signed, Three-Wheelers (As in "Four Wheels are wayyyy too excessive for offroading, lets cut it down to Three") [Title]

Output: I don't see how this could possibly go wrong


Input: [Date] 4 years 50 weeks ago [Body] (sigh) but seriously... I think we have to look at a guy like Drew "The Real Dealio" who's primary position would be PR/KR but have the ability to mix in some DB work... this is unreal. Truly unreal. [Title]

Output: Mark Moundros will volunteer to play CB


Input: [Date] 4 years 50 weeks ago [Body] I honestly thought of "man I hope they don't have another Victor Cruz" and then this resulted in the whole "thank God they graduated Victor Cruz" [Title]

Output: (Sheepishly raises hand)


Input: [Date] 4 years 50 weeks ago [Body] ugh. Wellp, deep third coverages all day... Hopefully we can.. uh... generate a mean pass rush and our LB's can tackle everything within 5 yards of them, and ... and... HERO SAFETY?! [Title]

Output: I just... I... I...


Input: [Date] 4 years 50 weeks ago [Body] I know everyone hit the maize n blue panic button when we heard GERG mention "3-3-5" and "new terminology" but I think the 4-2-5 from NCAA is actually closer to what we will be running... I can only pray the NCAA series allows for playbook customization to include the ability to "stand up" your Craig Rohs and increase speed and decrease something stupid. I, being the type of shameless nerd that revel in said nerdiness, would squeal with joy over this type of advancement.... Return from long-straying sidebar: You're not crazy. TCU with slightly different roles for the Spur/Bandit/DeathRoh [Title]

Output: You're dead on from what I can gather


Input: [Date] 4 years 50 weeks ago [Body] in the epic of all epics... The Brian/Ryan/Land Grant Trophy. #clashofthetitans #TIC [Title]

Output: MSU and PSU are also "permanent rivals"


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Jerry world I believe [Title]

Output: Wisconsin-bama is neutral site


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Evan smotrycz would like a word [Title]

Output: Well


Input: [Date] 27 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Thats on the coach for misevaluating a kids character or talent. If the player broke no rules, he gets to keep his scholarship. Those are the guidelines the by the book coaches keep, and any coach who operates under a different premise unevens the playing field and obatins a competitive advantage. Bottom line is this.... player broke no rules, is academically eligible and wants to stay on scholarship, then guess what, he gets to keep his scholarship. [Title]

Output: being able to hack it on the football field is NOT a requirement


Input: [Date] 27 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Not the 85 overall cap. You cant backdate your way out of counting up total guys on scholarship for the 15 football season. The 85 total cap is the limiting factor here. 85 minus 73 equals 12 total scholarships currently available for the 15 class pending further attrition. [Title]

Output: backdating only matters for the 25 man per year limit


Input: [Date] 27 weeks 6 days ago [Body] why Snyder still gets and has always gotten normal access to the basketball program? why isnt he blackballed? [Title]

Output: Does anybody know


Input: [Date] 38 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Monroe has a 1 year no trade clause because he signed the qualifying offer. The pistons had to make the qualifying offer to make him a restricted free agent. But since he didnt either sign an offer sheet from another team or agree on a long term deal with Detroit, the only avenue left was signing the one year qualifying offer. This makes him untradable without his consent this year and an unrestricted free agent next year. So any team the trades for him cant offer him an extension because the deadline has passed. So he will reach free agency no matter what. This means no team is going to give up anything significant for him. Hes not an elite player, so teams will just wait til the summer to make a run at him. [Title]

Output: Very limited trade market for Monroe bc he has a no trade clause


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Dave Brandon is flying in the Ferguson police dept. as we speak [Title]

Output: reinforcements


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Lines typically orginate first from an offshore sportsbook for games that day or that week. Of course, they are futures lines like Jamie listed, but these arent for nearly every game. From what I understand, CRIS and pinnacle are the offshore books that put out lines first and many other sportsbooks duplicate those lines, with some subtle adjustments, usually not more than a half point or some extra vig, to account for the bet patterns of their client base. For example, a sharp book like pinnacle might open an NFL game team A −6.5 v. team B. And a square or public book might open that same game team A −6.5(−120) v. team B (meaning bet 120 to win 100 as opposed to 110 to win 100). Or if they anticipate even more action on the favorite, they might open team A −7 vs. team B to dissaude too much action on team A. But in most cases the lines are the same, any differences in the lines are small and the differences get hammered out pretty quickly. The books that put out opening lines typically have lower bet limits to reduce their exposure to having released a bad number. So there are occassional arbitrage opportunities where two books have different lines simautaneously, but the house edge makes the opportunities difficult to generate a profit for the effort level required. I go to donbest.com to look at lines, as they have about 15 different books listed. But there are others with odds screens like vegasinsider.com, pregame.com, covers.com and probably some obvious sites im missing. [Title]

Output: Most sportsbooks just copy and paste the lines


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 3 days ago [Body] When you place a bet at a sportsbook, that wager stands even if the line moves. So if you bet Michigan +12.5 vs. MSU right now and at game time the line is Michigan +9, then your bet will be graded as it was when you made the wager. The line movement is just saying whats available to be bet on now, as opposed to what was available previously. The most important thing in betting is getting the best of the number. So, you will be a +EV bettor long term if the line moves in favor of the team you bet on. [Title]

Output: It doesnt impact bets already placed


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Michigan 31 Utah 24 [Title]

Output: 31 to 24


Input: [Date] 48 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Unless, youre teasing across both 3 and 7, its usually not worth it. Teaser sides have to each hit about 72% or more to be profitable. .72 X .72 = .5184, which should be around break even point if standard vig. If you think plus 11 is a good bet, take that. But moving from 11 to 17 or 17.5 doesnt shift your probability of winning that leg of the bet by enough to be worth it. In general, I would only tease in lower scoring games with spreads in single digits. just my opinion, though. Have fun betting a safe amount. [Title]

Output: Teasers are very rarely valuable


Input: [Date] 49 weeks 4 days ago [Body] 22 Home v. ucla, @Opponent1 23 @ucla, Home v. Opponent2 24 Home v. Opponent1, @Opponent2 [Title]

Output: I am hoping that they do a delayed home and home like this


Input: [Date] 1 year 6 weeks ago [Body] http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/rule-5-dark-horse-j-d-martinez/ Its very detailed and breaks down changes in his swing plane. [Title]

Output: Not sure if this is article you were referencing.


Input: [Date] 1 year 15 weeks ago [Body] And only one of McQuaid and Coleman. Assuming a 3 man class and the 4 spot filled by transfer [Title]

Output: I think we would take a big in 15.


Input: [Date] 1 year 15 weeks ago [Body] This kid is incredible. I've been reading about him for a while. Great shooter and playmaker. Pretty damn good athlete as well. I think if he played HS in US he'd be a top 10 recruit [Title]

Output: Yes


Input: [Date] 1 year 15 weeks ago [Body] he is going to play the 4 at Michigan. Hes 6 foot 8 with pretty good vertical athletecism. If you dont think he gets the bulk of his minutes at the 4, you havent been paying close enough attention to JBs tenure at MIchigan. And I think Donnal gets most of the backup 5 minutes in lieu of Bielfeldt or Doyle. When in doubt and when there are minutes up for grabs, Beilein tends towards guys with more perimeter skills. I really really think Wilson is going to play a lot this year, even more so if MItch leaves, which would bump Donnal up to starting at the 5. Shoot, if MItch leaves, Chatman may even start at the 4. [Title]

Output: DJ Wilson


Input: [Date] 1 year 16 weeks ago [Body] probably the nbadraft.net guy [Title]

Output: its


Input: [Date] 1 year 19 weeks ago [Body] Mercer Mercer Mercer Mercer Mercer Mercer 81st in Kenpom or 7th. 77th in sagarin or 20th. This isnt even close. I think we know Tennesse isnt quite the 7th best team in the country, but theyre atleast top 25. The gap is pretty large between the two teams. [Title]

Output: Mercer Mercer Mercer Mercer Mercer


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Body] not in the sense that hes the only one I think of, just the first one, because I think of that 09 season, my senior year. [Title]

Output: I think of Manny Harris too


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Body] Jalen and Rembert starting yelling “eff yo couch” ala dave chappelle. [Title]

Output: when this happened


Input: [Date] 1 year 24 weeks ago [Body] Nik Caris screens would just get switched every time. Then it'd be an isolation or have to get into another action. [Title]

Output: Seriously?


Input: [Date] 1 year 24 weeks ago [Body] If Austin Hatch is on scholarship next year, Michigan needs to lose one guy through attrition, whether by NBA draft or transfer. If Hatch is not on scholarship, Michigan can return everyone and still be at 13. They have 11 this year, so 2 open. They graduate Morgan, taking them down to 10. So Chatman, Doyle, Wilson makes 13. Michigan whiffing on Booker and Blackmon opened up some scholarship wiggle room. It all depends on Hatchs status. I hope he can play for Michigan. [Title]

Output: it actually depends


Input: [Date] 1 year 26 weeks ago [Body] this cant be real [Title]

Output: my god


Input: [Date] 1 year 27 weeks ago [Body] rather than by % allowed is that teams tend to shoot threes when they are open, and dont when they arent... thus most teams have a roughly similar distribution of the opennesss of attempts agaisnt them. Thus measuring attempts would imply a certain amount of each type... open, semi contested and heavily contested. And that % allowed is highly variant and that most teams havent played enough games for that to normalize, and likely wont by the end of the year. [Title]

Output: I think the intuitiveness of going by 3pt allowed


Input: [Date] 1 year 27 weeks ago [Body] It just has 6 to 7 possible franchise players at the top of it. Embiid, parker, wiggins, randle, exum, smart, gordon... after that a big dropoff to guys like Saric, G Harris, Cauley Stein, ZLavine, Vonleh, Hood, GR3, James young, Selden, Harrison twins, Dekker, payne, [Title]

Output: This draft isnt acutally that deep


Input: [Date] 1 year 28 weeks ago [Body] I haven't heard anything either way about which way Mitch is leaning. And I don't think Mitch's rehab would be sufficiently different depending on his draft preferences. [Title]

Output: Yeah


Input: [Date] 1 year 28 weeks ago [Body] Don't use that site. look at espn chad fords stuff and draft express [Title]

Output: Nbadraft.net is a joke


Input: [Date] 1 year 29 weeks ago [Body] if they were only switching off ball screens, or if they were switching on ball screens as well. Regardless, Irvin wasnt in position to switch and prevent penetration or to hedge, whatever th assignment was. I wish someone could ask Beilein about that play so we can properly allocate blame and credit. But yes, Stauskas was weak at the end, and shoulda made more effort to box out Smith once it was clear petteway was past him and Smith was his man on the roll. [Title]

Output: Yeah I dont know


Input: [Date] 1 year 29 weeks ago [Body] I want to address this. I dont think its as simple as saying he got blown by. Nebraska runs a screen the screener action. Irvins man sets an off ball screen on GR3, freeing Robinsons man to go set a ball screen for petteway on Stauskas. In theory, this is intended to eliminate the hedge help and allow penetration, because GR3 would have to fight over the off ball screen just to get in position to defend the ball screen and may not get to the right spot or be off balance. However, Michigan switches everything as they often do on last possessions. Irvin doesnt quite communicate in time and is caught too low to help on the action. Its easier to see in the highlight vid on mgoblue.com than in the gif above, but if you pause it when petteway crosses the 3pt line, Irvin should be a few feet higher and wider and thus petteway would either have to retreat dribble or pass it off. I actually thought Stauskas did a good job of locking and trailing around the screen, which never actually got set, but he had to take that angle around the screen in anticipation of it. Its clear by Niks positioning that they are forcing him to use the screen, rather than pushing the ball handler baseline, so Nik is expecting help middle. It just never comes because of Nebraskas off ball action made Irvin a split second late. Good play drawn up by Tim Miles, and it works in part because it makes Irvin, a wing, the big man defender in a ball screen, a role to which he is largely unnacustomed. [Title]

Output: Stauskas defensive criticism last play


Input: [Date] 1 year 29 weeks ago [Body] Mich was a 5.5 pt fave at the sportsbooks, and projected to win by 4 by Kenpom ( which doesn't know about McGarys injury). 1pt win isn't that far off expectations and if Mich had made free throws or Nebraska didn't go crazy from 3 they'd have been right on. Still lotta issues on D guarding screen roll that need to be fixed. But I expect Nebraska is better than NW an PSU and could compete with purdue for 9th in league. [Title]

Output: Yep Nebraska much improved


Input: [Date] 3 days 11 hours ago [Title] This is why Bo is so revered [Body]

Output: He knew the time to go, had a good succession plan in place that had qualified coaches and established a program identity / core values and never distracted from The Team. This is why I will always talk about Bo in only the most reverential terms, and most younger Michigan fans today will not understand why Bo was held this way "since he, you know, never won a national title".


Input: [Date] 6 days 11 hours ago [Title] But hey! [Body]

Output: That's when population control will oh so hip, and you'll have to get a license to have children, but then you'll also probably have to prove you're genetically worthy to have kids. SO don't worry, all the less qualified folks will just be bred out so that only the truly worthy people will be able to propagate. And then since there'll be less people, think of the less resources we'll use, so then we can arrest global warming, and we won't ever have to leave our house because the Googazonber.com corporation will bring me everything I need via robot drone and I won't have to deal with *people*, 'cause I mean who likes waiting in line with smelly people, or people that don't have the exact same opinion I do on everything from morality to dress to hair style to.... The dismissive attitude so many people have nowadays toward the erosion of personal freedom and individual responsibility is really scary, all under the name of progress/safety/ease of life. Life is hard, life has tragedy,but through all that there's great pride and personal fulfillment available by overcoming these things.


Input: [Date] 6 days 11 hours ago [Title] You mean like Demolition Man? [Body]

Output: I'm growing more convinced I'm going to end up like Dennis Leary's character, eating rat cheeseburgers and purposefully maintaining a '79 El Camino in an underground cabal.


Input: [Date] 6 days 12 hours ago [Title] Everybody laughs at the line [Body]

Output: but Judge Smails had it right, "The world needs ditch diggers too" I know no politics, but I thought this was a point that Charles Krauthammer brought out on a Fox News show about 6-8 months that really stuck with me, basically a lot of our political elite talk about "new economies" and getting more "green jobs" like computer programmers at google and what not.. but not everybody is capable of the high tech jobs or working finance at Goldman Sachs. That's not denegrating their work or value- you can have respect and pride in a manual labor job. That's what made the auto industry great IMO, sure it was tough manual labor on the line and it didn't take a lot of "skill" to turn a wrench, but you were building something and took pride in the end product. Culturally, we have over time de-valued the worth and "pride of ownership" in labor intensive fields, but there's value and moral good-i-tude in keeping productive and working hard. That translates into a society that then can overcome the really big challenges like financial hardship and wars and such. Unfortunately, you build in a mentality that everything's hard and we need automation to do some aspect of everything in our life, and then what? How does the human respond? I'm not saying we need to go back to a 1940's level of industrial technology, but the constant drive to automate everything is I think robbing humanity of some key maturation and resiliency aspects,and almost creating a permanent underclass of drones. But of course, automated cars theoretically can save lives, so "won't someone think about the CHILDREN???"


Input: [Date] 1 week 9 hours ago [Title] I badgered the MGoBlog staff [Body]

Output: a couple years ago and managed to get a 'Space Bitches Space" in 24 month size. It is on kid #2 and will be saved for kid #3. We also sport the toddler sized Worst State Ever shirt and Cue the Muppets shirt. Works for both boys and girls.


Input: [Date] 1 week 9 hours ago [Title] Two items [Body]

Output: 1) M-den has onesies for boys that are light blue and have a silk screened maize n blue tie with a block M on it. Got it for my son and avoided having to dress him in crappy Baby Gap formal wear for months when we'd go to church or a party or something. 2) A kids M book. You're going to be reading to him at night for a long time, and while the writing style of Jim Brandstatter is good to put dad to sleep, not so much for baby moving into toddler. I always liked the "Michigan 101" board book at M-Den and other places on campus. It's got pages dedicated to different things abotu campus (including a page on the sports teams) and then the back two pages are the complete words (include preambles) to both The Victors and Maize and Blue. Great lullabys even if you suck at singing. And you'll sing, trust me.


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Title] Add'l aspect to Weather Channel's downturn [Body]

Output: When they got into their spat with Direct TV, DirecTV went out and put "Weather Nation" on their network instead. Very no-frills weather forecasting and conditions channel and no superfluous / politically themed programming like Weather Channel was venturing into. When Weather Channel finally made their peace with DirecTV, Weather Nation had gained enough market share that people simply didn't worry about watching Weather Channel anymore. I know in our house, our smartphones are source #1 for weather, but then after that is local Dayton digital broadcast weather HD station, then Weather Nation. Weather Channel doesn't even register for me anymore. The analogy for ESPN for me would be that if someone like FoxSports 1 focused on just presenting the sports (both live content of major leagues and news-based recap shows), they'd take away market share from the STEPHEN A. SMITH led ESPN. But FS1 has gone down the "we're going to be ENTERTAINING" road, and as such have already probably passed the point of no return.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 6 days ago [Title] RIP [Body]

Output: Dusty Rhodes. Miss you big guy.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 6 days ago [Title] Bailey [Body]

Output: especially when she had the glasses at her desk thing going on.


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Great situation for Nik [Body]

Output: He'll get plenty of minutes at the 2, there's a black hole of gravitational mass down low in Okafor/Noel/Embiid to suck down defenders and get space to shoot, 'Ish' is a servicable distributor, and Nik's defensive liabilities can be mitigated by the wealth of big men downlow to be rim protectors. Will he be an All-star? probably not, but if he's going to be a servicable pro, he'll be in the right situation to showcase it the next couple year. Plus have you seen the Atlantic division??? I'm not sold on Toronto as a world-destroying "new NBA" team, the Knicks and Nets are going to be waterboard-torture bad, and Boston still has minimal talent (but double + coaching). I could actually see Philly making a run at finishing 2nd in the division next year. Now with Stauskas and the big-men, I'd love to see the Sixers get a veteran penetrate-but-pass-first point guard like Professor Andre Miller or, gulp, the Sixers actually using some of those stockpiled assets to get Ty Lawson from Denver.


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 5 days ago [Title] No [Body]

Output: Troy Athens '96. Always a .500 team except for an occasional blip every 3 to 4 years where we'd win 7 and come within a game of winning the league, and then lose to Troy High. My senior year, we thought we had a chance with a strong senior class and a junior QB who was groomed to be a golden boy since he was in 7th grade, and we had a run, but didn't go very far (I think we lost in the 1st rd of the state playoffs by a lot). On the other hand we were a "futbol" powerhouse, and that was what most of us who didn't play football did, tailgate for soccer. (I was a varsity baseball only guy)


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

Output: Bill Nye, noted science expert, said there's "no way" that the footballs could deflate on their own without the Patriots cheating!


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 6 hours ago [Title] Babcock hire best thing for Hyman [Body]

Output: Hyman's exactly the kind of player Babcock will love. Gritty forward with skill, can play wing or center.. I bet Hyman's getting Draper-like 3rd line minutes next year on the big club.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 6 hours ago [Title] Battle or No Battle [Body]

Output: So our Bball roster for next year is (apologies for using 80's era position names): WITH BATTLE: PG- Walton, Albrecht SG- Battle, MAAR SF- Levert, Dawkins, Dun Robinson PF- Irvin, Chapman / Wilson / Wagner C- Doyle / Donnel / Wilson W/O BATTLE: PG- Walton, Albrecht SG- Levert, MAAR / incoming FR? SF- Irvin, Dawkins, Dun Robinson PF- Chapman / Wagner / Wilson C- Doyle / Donnel / Wilson Is this even remotely accurate?


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 8 hours ago [Title] Monroe would be appealing [Body]

Output: for Phil Jackson as he seems to me to fit the Bill Cartwright mold of a center Phil likes. If SVG is sold on Jackson over Jennings, then get value for Jennings now.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 9 hours ago [Title] Never forget [Body]