Input: [Date] 6 years 23 weeks ago [Title] it is "that school up north" [Body]

Output: it is "that school up north" not that state up north.


Input: [Date] 6 years 26 weeks ago [Title] aussie rules [Body]

Output: I actually play footy (Australian Rules Football) here in the USA. Fantastic sport. Great to see the shout out!


Input: [Date] 7 years 6 days ago [Title] IE issues [Body]

Output: as of monday 7/21/08 the content is being pushed to the bottom of the page in internet explorer again. it starts below your archive bar on the left hand side. thanks.


Input: [Date] 7 hours 24 min ago [Body] Put them on the press box. [Title]

Output: Put them on the press box.


Input: [Date] 16 hours 20 min ago [Body] So you're telling me there's a chance there won't be any helmet stickers? I'm keeping my fingers crossed. [Title]

Output: So you're telling me there's a chance there won't


Input: [Date] 1 day 17 hours ago [Body] If the B1G is going to add teams wouldn't they do it before the huge TV contract negotiation that's about to go down? I hope they don't I'd like to play Wisconsin sometime this next decade. [Title]

Output: If the B1G is going to add teams wouldn't they do


Input: [Date] 5 days 8 hours ago [Body] I don't mind them I think they're alright. [Title]

Output: I don't mind them I think they're


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 hours ago [Body] Lets face it, two of the ND games are conference games on there. That schedule could sure kick them if the teeth though. [Title]

Output: Lets face it, two of the ND games are conference


Input: [Date] 1 week 10 hours ago [Body] Uncanny X-Men [Title]

Output: Uncanny


Input: [Date] 1 week 1 day ago [Body] Hit or miss on some of these but I'm a fan of Cal's. [Title]

Output: Hit or miss on some of these but I'm a fan of


Input: [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Body] Holy shit there's a lot of hate in this thread. I say take the names off. We like when our team keeps to its traditions. Same thing. [Title]

Output: Holy shit there's a lot of hate in this thread. I


Input: [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Body] yeah I came in this completely thinking it was about a different Magnus... Not so much about touch the banner. [Title]

Output: yeah I came in this completely thinking it was


Input: [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Body] that's great news. I hope he doesn't contribute to the Big Ten Network though. [Title]

Output: that's great news. I hope he doesn't contribute to


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Body] Mr Hackett can I have some of that Nike money? http://media0.giphy.com/media/ZyNQFqZLFUhr2/200w.gif [Title]

Output: Mr Hackett can I have some of that Nike


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Body] I agree with the news reporters that it eats more like a raccoon than a dog. I don't understand why its so far fetched that a new species might be discovered. New species are discovered in the rainforest and ocean all of the time. So this one went under the radar for quite a while. [Title]

Output: I agree with the news reporters that it eats more


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 17 hours ago [Body] I hope he stays patient. There's a long list of other quarterbacks ahead of him. There's a really good chance that he won't see the field until his redshirt junior year if O'Korn pans out. [Title]

Output: I hope he stays patient. There's a long list of


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 5 days ago [Body] I picked the current maize, but could we get any more of a bias poll by labeling it "official maize" on the selection? [Title]

Output: I picked the current maize, but could we get any


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 3 hours ago [Body] I want 6 and that is all. [Title]

Output: I want 6 and that is all.


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 3 hours ago [Body] It would actually bring back a lot of historic rivalries. [Title]

Output: It would actually bring back a lot of historic


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 3 hours ago [Body] I really just want him to be the permenit AD. Retirement is overrated Mr Hackett. [Title]

Output: I really just want him to be the permenit AD.


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 11 hours ago [Body] Many of us do not feel that there's a problem with the highlighter maize. [Title]

Output: Many of us do not feel that there's a problem with


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 17 hours ago [Body] I don't mind it, its just jabs from a rival. Its to be expected. If the tables were turned we'd all be loving it. [Title]

Output: I don't mind it, its just jabs from a rival. Its


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 17 hours ago [Body] As an individual that shares your same stature I feel your pain. [Title]

Output: As an individual that shares your same stature I


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 1 day ago [Body] I too have this shirt and wear it from time to time. [Title]

Output: I too have this shirt and wear it from time to


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 1 day ago [Body] You are correct that's what I was saying. [Title]

Output: You are correct that's what I was


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 1 day ago [Body] It might be history but history doesn't always look good. [Title]

Output: It might be history but history doesn't always


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 1 day ago [Body] And that's how I gotcha. [Title]

Output: And that's how I gotcha.


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Why you gotta break balls? haha. I wouldn't be upset too once in a blue moon see the all Navy jerseys back. [Title]

Output: Why you gotta break balls? haha. I wouldn't be


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 1 day ago [Body] I hear that you alone keep MDen in the black. [Title]

Output: I hear that you alone keep MDen in the


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 1 day ago [Body] I could definitely meet in the middle on this. I just don't want to go back to the orangish yellow. [Title]

Output: I could definitely meet in the middle on this. I


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 1 day ago [Body] You're killing me. [Title]

Output: You're killing


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 1 day ago [Body] I see what you did there, I liked it. [Title]

Output: I see what you did there, I liked


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 1 day ago [Body] I completely agree with you on the football uniforms. I'll never agree with you on the maize though. [Title]

Output: I completely agree with you on the football


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 6 days ago [Body] He is not "innocent" of the crime in the eyes of the law. He is not guilty. Those two concepts have very different meanings. [Title]

Output: No


Input: [Date] 25 weeks 1 day ago [Body] This board has turned into RCMB with an added, entirely underserved layer of moral superiority (the comments, not the OP). [Title]

Output: God


Input: [Date] 25 weeks 3 days ago [Body] But it's laughable to say we have some sort of moral high ground on this. All you need to do is scroll a few inches to the right to read the Mgoboard thread on this story to see a couple dozen comments (which have not been criticized) about how this is "karma" for Weber because he chose OSU and how people don't feel sorry for him in the least. As a group, we are pretty much exactly as petty and childish about kids who commit to other schools as are Bucknuts, 11W, and RCMB. And we're definitely worse than places like BHGP (read their thread on Higdon recommitting). [Title]

Output: I'm sorry


Input: [Date] 26 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Stars matter. A 5 star is more likely to be an all-conference player and a high draft pick than a 4 star, and a 4 star is more likely than a 3 star. There's a huge margin of error with any individual recruit, but on balance recruiting rankings are decent predictors of college performance. [Title]

Output: This has been analyzed repeatedly


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 2 days ago [Body] It's common consensus that Saban told him to find a new job so that Saban could bring in Kiffin. [Title]

Output: But Saban didn't want him


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 4 days ago [Body] He's a college reporter, and a really good one at that. Could he be wrong? Sure. But it's silly to lump every non-MIchigan reporter into one big "national writer" category and then dismiss every piece of info coming out of that category. [Title]

Output: Feldman isn't an NFL guy


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 1 day ago [Body] They're being told by people they trust who have knowledge of the situation that Harbaugh isn't interested in the Michigan job. Why is that so completely unfathomable? [Title]

Output: Or


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 1 day ago [Body] An awful lot of people here sound like Notre Dame fans did about Meyer and Gruden during ND's last search. Basically every non-Michigan source at this point has said that Harbaugh is not interested in the MIchigan job. Could they all be wrong? Sure. No one has a direct line into Harbaugh's head. But people are reacting like every legitimate source saying Harbaugh ain't coming needs to be burned at the stake and is making stuff up, while every random person who says Harbaugh is coming has ironclad evidence. It's...unseemly. [Title]

Output: Jesus


Input: [Date] 40 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Perhaps an impertinent question, but are we just supposed to ignore the fact that Bielema has been, like, horrendously bad at Arkansas so far? I agree it was a stunning hire. It's far from obvious that it was a good one. The man is 0-12 in the SEC and Wisconsin fans seemed genuinely glad to see the back of him, even at the time. Given that a new AD is highly likely to be making an immediate coaching hire, this seems like something we should be keeping in mind. [Title]

Output: Long/Bielema


Input: [Date] 42 weeks 2 days ago [Body] You access it through your TV provider. Directv subscribers do not have access to ESPN3 online. It's, as far as I know, the only cable provider whose subscribers can't use ESPN3. [Title]

Output: No


Input: [Date] 42 weeks 2 days ago [Body] is that the Baylor game isn't actually on ESPN2 on Directv. It's on ESPN2 alternate, and nothing is showing on ESPN2. So they're just getting a black screen and a notice that the game has been blacekd out. [Title]

Output: The reason people are confused


Input: [Date] 42 weeks 6 days ago [Body] I would prefer to have a team with a dynamic spread offense and a great defense, but it's very uncommon for a team to be dominant on both sides of the ball. Given a choice between a great offense and a mediocre defense, or a team with a great defense and a mediocre offense, I'd choose the great offense 11 times out of 10. Given a choice between a team with a great pro style offense and a good spread offense, I'd choose the spread offense because I find it to be more entertaining, and that's why I watch football. I find good defense boring, and would rather be a mediocre team from the Dread Pirate Leach days than crush all comers playing Alabama's style. I personally loved the 2010 Illinois game, and have never understood why people are so upset about it. [Title]

Output: In an ideal world


Input: [Date] 42 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Nussmeier's stature at the time Michigan hired him as OC. Before Michigan hired him, I had never heard his name mentioned in connection with any major coaching job. Also, if you believe the scuttlebutt, it's not at all clear that Nussmeier could have waited a year at Alabama. [Title]

Output: People are really overrating


Input: [Date] 42 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Though I admit a lot of that is aesthetic. I watch football to be entertained, and find teams that have hurry up spread offenses and mediocre defenses infinitely more entertaining that pro-style or defensively-based teams. [Title]

Output: Team Chad Morris


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 6 days ago [Body] You're just mistakenly conflating the possibility of getting 16 points with two touchdowns with the likelihood of doing so. You're not in a "two score game" if 75% of the time two touchdowns and two 2 point conversion attempts won't get you 16 points. [Title]

Output: People are answering you rationally


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 6 days ago [Body] 16 points is two scores and two 2 point conversions. We treat a 14 point game as "two scores" because the success rate on extra points is well above 95%, so you can safely assume that two scores will get you 14 points. Conversion rates on two point conversions are somewhere around 40-50%, so a successful two point conversion can't be assumed the way a successful extra point can. If you're down 8, half the time you're in a 1 score game (because you'll make the 2 point conversion) and half the time you're in a 2 score game (because you won't). The situation is obviously worse if you're down 16, because you need a 40-50% coin flip to come up heads twice. In other words, it's far more likely than not that you'll ultimately need 3 scores. In that situation, you want to find out as soon as humanly possible how many scores you actually will need by the end of the game, because any team down 3 scores needs to take drastic measures. [Title]

Output: No


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Not going for two just gives you the illusion of being in a 2 score game. But 60% of the time (or whatever current conversion rates are), you're still in a 3 score game. You just don't know it yet. And not knowing keeps you from employing the optimal strategy to maximize your (very slim) chances of winning the game. [Title]

Output: You need the same amount of points regardless


Input: [Date] 44 weeks 6 days ago [Body] I'm not saying he's not a good coach (I think it's too soon to tell), but can we really just ignore the fact that part of the reason he's at Michigan is that Saban didn't particularly want him anymore? [Title]

Output: I don't get this


Input: [Date] 44 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Feel like Chad Morris's name at least needs to be in the mix as well. Hot-shot coordinators don't always work out (hello, Will Muschamp), but the list of quasi-realistic candidates from the established head coach pool is incredibly thin after Mullen. If Michigan would have gone after the biggest hotshot coordinator on the market 4 years ago (Malzahn), I doubt people would be complaining today. [Title]

Output: Coaching Options


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 22 hours ago [Body] isn't entirely devoid of options, though Narduzzi almost certainly wouldn't take the Michigan job. Dan Mullen, Chad Morris, Kirby Smart (not my preferred style but would fit with what the program wants to be). [Title]

Output: The Coaching Pool


Input: [Date] 50 weeks 6 days ago [Body] is not to maximize profits. I have no idea why our AD has such an incredibly difficult time understanding this. [Title]

Output: The goal of college athletics


Input: [Date] 1 year 6 weeks ago [Body] if I tell you it was actually Martin Tyler, not Ian Darke, who called that game and said the "howler" line? [Title]

Output: Will it break your heart


Input: [Date] 1 year 16 weeks ago [Body] used to write about the Pistons on this site pretty regularly during the Haloscan days. This long predates Trey Burke. [Title]

Output: Brian


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

Output: Basketball


Input: [Date] 1 year 19 weeks ago [Body] He might be too much of a tweener to be an NBA guy, but he'll be a handful for Robinson (assuming they put Morgan on Maymon). [Title]

Output: Stokes is a very, very good college player


Input: [Date] 1 year 19 weeks ago [Body] by 35 in Knoxville, and scored 87 points. Would guess that's doing a lot of the work. [Title]

Output: They Beat Virginia


Input: [Date] 1 year 24 weeks ago [Body] neat. [Title]

Output: Lagavulin


Input: [Date] 1 year 26 weeks ago [Body] Came back from 20 points down in the second half. Laval Lucas-Perry hit a late three that hit the front of the rim and somehow bounced up and in. If they don't win that game (against a very, very bad IU team), they probably don't make the tournament that year, and who knows where the program is right now. [Title]

Output: Beat Them in 2009


Input: [Date] 1 year 27 weeks ago [Body] is that teams generally don't take contested 3 pointers. If you have a hand in someone's face, he's not going to end up taking a 3. Thus, 3 point field goal percentage is mostly measuring how well teams shoot in situations where they had a good enough look to actually pull the trigger, and most of the variance in that is random chance. [Title]

Output: The argument


Input: [Date] 1 year 32 weeks ago [Body] Here's the rule: In any period, when the game clock displays 10ths of seconds and play is to be resumed by a throw-in or a free throw when 3/10 (.3) of a second or less remains on the game clock, a player may not gain possession of the ball and try for a field goal. Such player can only score a field goal by means of a tap of a pass or of a missed free throw. [Title]

Output: Doesn't matter if it took .3 or not


Input: [Date] 1 year 32 weeks ago [Body] if there's .3 left, you are not allowed to catch the ball. Even if you catch it and get it off in time. [Title]

Output: It DOES have to be a tip in


Input: [Date] 1 year 35 weeks ago [Body] That it is desirable, or even acceptable, to turn college football into a profit maximizing enterprise. [Title]

Output: This assumes


Input: [Date] 1 year 37 weeks ago [Body] is a very useful concept. People really do beg the question all the time, and it's nice to have a pithy phrase to describe the fallacy. If people would just start saying "raises the question" when they mean "raises the question," everyone's life would be better. [Title]

Output: The actual meaning of the term


Input: [Date] 1 year 39 weeks ago [Body] About whether Michigan can get top 20 players (they beat everyone, including UK and Duke, for McGary). I'm talking about whether they were ever going to get Kevin Looney. Analogy time: Looney:basketball recruiting Fournette:football recruiting [Title]

Output: I'm not talking


Input: [Date] 1 year 39 weeks ago [Body] Has said that Michigan was the first school recruiting him, and was recruiting him hard from the start. You can fault Beilein for Bates-Diop and Booker, but suggesting he missed on Looney is like saying he missed on Karl Towns. Neither was ever a remotely realistic option outside of the perpetually optimistic sector of the Michigan internets. [Title]

Output: Chatman's family


Input: [Date] 1 year 39 weeks ago [Body] Was absolutely not a plan B. he just hadn't visited. Beilein has a firm, no-exceptions policy that he won't offer players until they visit campus. We were on Chatman longer than anyone, and his rankings are indistinguishable from Booker and Blackmon. [Title]

Output: Chatman


Input: [Date] 1 year 39 weeks ago [Body] But if they don't pull Bolden or a late-rising top 50-ish guy, it's hard to call it an unqualified success either. [Title]

Output: I agree it's not a disappointment


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] Anyone complaining about "free speech" or the First Amendment has no idea what the First Amendment says (hint: the First Amendment requires government action). I second the comment above that this place has turned into MLive. I miss Haloscan. [Title]

Output: First Rule of the Internet


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Body] Assuming (1) women aren't being coerced; (2) everyone is of legal age; and (3) the women aren't being paid, why does it cross a line? Obviously it's different if any of those assumptions are false, but I haven't heard anything yet about Oklahoma State suggesting they are false. I don't see why we should care if 18+ year old kids are having consensual sex. A lot of the discussion (not referring to your comment) sounds like slut-shaming. [Title]

Output: Serious question


Input: [Date] 1 year 48 weeks ago [Body] That ESPN is a pretty serious outlier on Cornell. 247 has him at 18, and Scout has him at 47. The Michigan Rivals guys have said they don't think he's anywhere near the #1 player in the class either. He's clearly a major talent, but doesn't sound like there's any reason to think he ends up #1. [Title]

Output: Worth Noting


Input: [Date] 1 year 51 weeks ago [Body] to say Michigan is the prohibative favorite. Premium guys have been warning about UCLA for weeks now. No idea whether the rumor is true or not, but it wouldn't be a shock at all if it is. [Title]

Output: Don't think it's accurate


Input: [Date] 2 years 4 days ago [Body] Death to the LOI. [Title]

Output: Good


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

Output: Sounds like NSFMF on Fournette visiting*


Input: [Date] 2 years 2 weeks ago [Body] Man City got a 400 million pound sponsorship from Etihad Airways, a company associated with City's owner. Under FFP, those types of related-party deals aren't supposed to count toward profits, but no one knows whether UEFA will actually refuse to credit the deal or not. [Title]

Output: The real test is going to be sponsorship


Input: [Date] 2 years 2 weeks ago [Body] it's not at all clear Chelsea will be in compliance with FFP. They made a small profit last year, but that was largely due to accounting stuff, and was also the result of huge purchases not hitting the books during that window (Hazard, Oscar). They lost like 67 million the year before. [Title]

Output: Meh


Input: [Date] 2 years 2 weeks ago [Body] as you could ever want: http://swissramble.blogspot.com/2012/09/uefas-ffp-regulations-play-to-win.html Bayern will never be affected by this. They're the most consistently profitable soccer team in the world. It's teams like PSG and Man City that are theoretically in trouble. [Title]

Output: Here's as detailed a primer


Input: [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Body] I have no idea whether this is coming from Dumars, from ownership, or from both. But wherever it's coming from, it reflects a lack of commitment to a strategy. The Pistons have been surprisingly successful the last few years in the draft, and have actually built a young core of legit talent, that, in a few years, might be really good. Especially if they can add a couple more pieces through the draft. Signing Josh Smith now is the classic bad management two-step of (1) committing to rebuilding, then (2) deciding that losing sucks, and making a panic move to get back to the gray area between rebuilding and competing. There are very, very few instances where that has worked in either the short term or the long term. [Title]

Output: No disagreement with any of that


Input: [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Body] for them to tank. The fact that their pick is only top 8 protected makes this decision far worse in my mind, not better. [Title]

Output: Oh I'm absolutely advocating


Input: [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Body] are generally those made by GMs fighting to save their jobs. "We need to make the playoffs this year" is not a good reason to sign a guy. It's the definition of short-sighted decision-making. [Title]

Output: The worst decisions


Input: [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Body] down the road if they keep drafting awesome young talent. This signing makes it less likely that they will do so. [Title]

Output: They have a better chance of getting there


Input: [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Body] being better is a net negative. All it does is get them a worse draft pick in a loaded draft. There is no benefit in the NBA to being mediocre. [Title]

Output: Since they won't actually be "good"


Input: [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Body] So many GMs are terrible at rebuilding. If you're going to rebuild, commit to rebuilding. Signing a guy who will maybe help you steal an 8th seed or get a terrible lottery pick is just a waste of money. Just accept that you'll need to suck for a while before you can be good again. [Title]

Output: Bah


Input: [Date] 2 years 8 weeks ago [Body] they don't have to sign a NLI to get a scholarship. [Title]

Output: The point is that


Input: [Date] 2 years 10 weeks ago [Body] is beyond amazing. Everyone should read. [Title]

Output: That Brian Phillips CL Preview


Input: [Date] 2 years 10 weeks ago [Body] John Beilein has it for basketball. [Title]

Output: Really?


Input: [Date] 2 years 10 weeks ago [Body] have one thing in common: they're not pro-style QBs. The Elite 11 is probably a pretty terrible judge of dual-threat QBs, but Speight's a pure pro-style guy, and there's no particular reason to think Dilfer's evaluation is way off, especially when it's backed up by most of the rankings. Honestly, a lot of the complaints about Dilfer seem to boil down to nothing more than the fact that he didn't love a guy committed to Michigan (even though he didn't overly bash him either). [Title]

Output: All of the QBs you mention


Input: [Date] 2 years 17 weeks ago [Body] but gets called a charge more than half the time. [Title]

Output: It was a block


Input: [Date] 2 years 17 weeks ago [Body] is where we disagree. I have too much faith in the power of variance to think that two hires says much about anything. You're ascribing the success of the hires to VCU's institutional advantages or Teague's process. I think an equally valid explanation is "random luck." I hope the hire works out for Minnesota, since I like their program and their fans. But from here, it looks like a super-risky move. [Title]

Output: The "benefit of the doubt" point


Input: [Date] 2 years 17 weeks ago [Body] the level of uncertainty in hiring a young, generally unproven guy is much higher than in hiring someone with a track record. Maybe he's got unique insights, maybe he doesn't. But two hires isn't a basis to draw a real conclusion. [Title]

Output: Even if you're not throwing darts


Input: [Date] 2 years 17 weeks ago [Body] with no real track record who became as good as Shaka Smart is much shorter than the list of young coaches with no real track record who did not. [Title]

Output: The list of young coaches


Input: [Date] 2 years 17 weeks ago [Body] but "two" is not a sample size that is worth betting on. It's just not. [Title]

Output: I'm sorry


Input: [Date] 2 years 17 weeks ago [Body] just a tad too much into two NCAA tournament games. Historically, hiring coaches based on one Sweet 16 run has not been a successful strategy. [Title]

Output: People might be reading


Input: [Date] 2 years 19 weeks ago [Body] are all projected first rounders, and Calipari usually advises players to leave if they'll be taken high. [Title]

Output: Noel, Poythress, Goodwin, and Cauley-Stein


Input: [Date] 2 years 19 weeks ago [Body] There's basically no dispute that female participation in athletics at all levels went through the roof after the passage of Title IX. [Title]

Output: Yeah


Input: [Date] 2 years 19 weeks ago [Body] We care about female athletes having equal access to athletics because, before Title IX, they were systematically shut out and discriminated against. Now what's the answer to mine? [Title]

Output: Ok, well I have an answer to yours


Input: [Date] 2 years 19 weeks ago [Body] the question is "does the state have an overriding interest in addressing pervasive sex discrimination?" Title IX is not limited to college sports. And I don't get your point. I don't have an objection to "philosophical questions." I just want a good answer to mine. Why do we care if Denard gets paid more than Joey Burzynsky? [Title]

Output: No


Input: [Date] 2 years 19 weeks ago [Body] addresses pervasive sex discrimination, a consideration that's completely absent when talking about whether players on the same team should get equal pay. What's the overriding state interest in ensuring that Denard and Joey Burzynsky get paid the same? [Title]

Output: Title IX


Input: [Date] 2 years 19 weeks ago [Body] And the last thing I'd want to do is dump Title IX. [Title]

Output: I meant philosophically


Input: [Date] 2 years 19 weeks ago [Body] 1. that the people being hired are capable. 2. that the salaries being paid are "market" in the sense that capable people wouldn't work for less. I'm not definitively saying either assumption is false, but you're definitely assuming they're true without showing your work. [Title]

Output: There are two big assumptions here


Input: [Date] 2 years 19 weeks ago [Body] What's wrong with Denard getting paid more than Burzynsky? [Title]

Output: Serious question


Input: [Date] 2 years 19 weeks ago [Body] to knock one off of MSU's list, Dwaun Anderson never made it to campus at MSU. [Title]

Output: If you're looking for excuses


Input: [Date] 2 years 20 weeks ago [Body] rape accusations were discussed here, there were several rape jokes. And a number of people uprating those jokes. [Title]

Output: The last time


Input: [Date] 2 years 20 weeks ago [Body] 1. It isn't true 2. if it is true, the perpetrators are brought to justice and the victim gets the best counseling/treatment available. [Title]

Output: Let's hope two things


Input: [Date] 2 years 21 weeks ago [Body] could be your life. [Title]

Output: Our band


Input: [Date] 2 years 22 weeks ago [Body] Dakich's power rankings are literally "who has been playing the best in the past week," which is why he frequently has screwy things like Illinois over Michigan. Obviously, that's dumb for entirely different reasons, but would explain why he doesn't care that Illinois got crushed by Michigan at home earlier in the year. [Title]

Output: I'm pretty sure


Input: [Date] 2 years 22 weeks ago [Body] I've heard lots of people saying February would have gone differently for Michigan if Morgan had been healthy. [Title]

Output: Really?


Input: [Date] 2 years 22 weeks ago [Body] for Florida Gulf Coast, and Reggie Johnson was out for Arizona and Indiana State. The Wake loss was obviously bad. [Title]

Output: Durand Scott was out


Input: [Date] 2 years 22 weeks ago [Body] a game to determine whether Indiana gets the title outright or shares it. And even that requires them losing to Minnesota. [Title]

Output: More likely


Input: [Date] 2 years 22 weeks ago [Body] Michigan will be a #1 seed. [Title]

Output: Win out and there's no real conversation


Input: [Date] 2 years 24 weeks ago [Body] despite only getting 1 highly-ranked team at home so far. [Title]

Output: We have wins over 3 of Kenpom's top 15


Input: [Date] 2 years 24 weeks ago [Body] news at 11. Kenpom has our SOS at 8. [Title]

Output: RPI is dumb


Input: [Date] 2 years 24 weeks ago [Body] just that it doesn't seem like a minor one. [Title]

Output: I'm not saying it's a dumb change


Input: [Date] 2 years 24 weeks ago [Body] How is the spike rule a minor change? Isn't that a big deal? [Title]

Output: Wait


Input: [Date] 2 years 24 weeks ago [Body] Let's not start pretending that's some high-percentage shot (or anything other than one of the lowest percentage shots imaginable) just because we got hit by the nasty end of variance. [Title]

Output: He was like falling sideways from halfcourt


Input: [Date] 2 years 24 weeks ago [Body] Roll Tide! [Title]

Output: Fulmer Cup Champions PAAAAAAWL


Input: [Date] 2 years 24 weeks ago [Body] I know you're probably sick of questions about your methodology, but I don't see a good argument that Michigan's class is better than either OSU's or Notre Dame's. They have significant star average advantages, and Michigan only has an extra 3 guys in its class. [Title]

Output: Man, Ace


Input: [Date] 2 years 24 weeks ago [Body] They've been a completely different team with him in the lineup. [Title]

Output: Without Durand Scott


Input: [Date] 2 years 25 weeks ago [Body] to the actual World Cup qualifying team? Rather than just borrowing the idea, can Lewan play right back? [Title]

Output: Can any of these guys contribute


Input: [Date] 2 years 25 weeks ago [Body] I think he's too shouty for soccer. As a friend just pointed out, he's going to be like the Spanish commenter from the Simpsons, shouting "HOLDS IT!" [Title]

Output: I dunno


Input: [Date] 2 years 25 weeks ago [Body] I can't stand Ray Hudson. He makes games on Bein Sport unwatchable. Phil Schoen would be fine as the play-by-play guy if they have to use an American though. He actually knows the game. [Title]

Output: Oh man


Input: [Date] 2 years 25 weeks ago [Body] but this is a terrible idea. Dear Fox: do exactly what ESPN did for Euro 2012. Thanks. [Title]

Output: I love Gus Johnson


Input: [Date] 2 years 25 weeks ago [Body] who don't know much is the problem though. ESPN has proven that you can put on world-class coverage of major soccer tournaments, and still get really good ratings, by using knowledgable pros and taking the sport seriously. Using Gus Johnson is just going to piss off a huge portion of the people who are actually likely to tune in to significant portions of the World Cup. [Title]

Output: Being set on American commentators


Input: [Date] 2 years 25 weeks ago [Body] are almost too depressing for words. [Title]

Output: The comments to that article


Input: [Date] 2 years 26 weeks ago [Body] since Michigan plays at a much slower pace than Indiana. On a points-per-possession basis, Michigan is #1 (by a lot) and IU is #3. [Title]

Output: The PPG number is misleading


Input: [Date] 2 years 26 weeks ago [Body] has them as the best team in the country. [Title]

Output: Kenpom


Input: [Date] 2 years 27 weeks ago [Body] other than it's bad news? [Title]

Output: What's wrong with the OP


Input: [Date] 2 years 27 weeks ago [Body] when a rumor is this persistent, it tends to be true (Shavodrick Beaver, Mallett transferring, etc.). The Rivals guys said Alabama is expecting him in this week, but has been expecting him in previous weeks too. [Title]

Output: As a general rule


Input: [Date] 2 years 27 weeks ago [Body] making the NFL is in and of itself a sign that you've panned out. That half these guys were 4 or 5 stars suggests that lots of 4 and 5 stars are making the NFL compared to 2 and 3 stars. Which means the rankings are doing their job. [Title]

Output: The point is that


Input: [Date] 2 years 27 weeks ago [Body] were 4 star or 5 star guys. A very small percentage of players coming out of high school are rated 4 or 5 stars. [Title]

Output: Half the players on the rosters


Input: [Date] 2 years 27 weeks ago [Body] but there are plenty of places where variance can come into play on defense too. Where rebounds bounce, whether guys get into foul trouble (and whether officials choose to call borderline fouls). More fundamentally, if a good defender makes a certain rotation 9 times out of 10, there's variance involved in whether he makes it that particular time. It's just not as obvious as a team getting hot from 3. [Title]

Output: Sure


Input: [Date] 2 years 27 weeks ago [Body] indicating that star ratings are predictive. [Title]

Output: It's another data point


Input: [Date] 2 years 27 weeks ago [Body] that needs to be supported by actual numbers. Why does defense never leave you? Variance doesn't just exist in terms of shooting percentage. [Title]

Output: This seems like a cliche


Input: [Date] 2 years 27 weeks ago [Body] There was some question as to whether Lawrence Taylor would get in given all his character issues. And that's not even getting into the baseball stuff. It's not a totally ridiculous question. [Title]

Output: To be fair


Input: [Date] 2 years 27 weeks ago [Body] that Frank Haith, who is currently the coach of Missouri but was previously coach of Miami, is expected to be hit with a show-cause as a result of actions he took at Miami. No idea whether that's a factually true statement or not, but pretty sure that's what the author is saying. This is all much easier to understand if you know that Frank Haith used to be the coach of Miami. [Title]

Output: I assume he's saying


Input: [Date] 2 years 27 weeks ago [Body] we beat Pitt and KSU on neutral courts. We beat NC State at home as part of the Big 10-ACC challenge. [Title]

Output: No it wasn't


Input: [Date] 2 years 27 weeks ago [Body] I know he had mono, but he wasn't particularly impressive during his senior season, during practices at the UA game, or at the game. Other than him being a Michigan commit, I'm not sure what the argument is that his drop was unfair. And being ranked 81 is obviously still really good. [Title]

Output: Morris struggled all year


Input: [Date] 2 years 27 weeks ago [Body] That the RPI is complete and utter crap. It's worth monitoring because the committee considers it, but it's not at all a good way to figure out whether or not teams are good. [Title]

Output: It's important to remember


Input: [Date] 2 years 28 weeks ago [Body] Only pointing this out because of the subject of the post, but I think that Orwell quote is apocryphal. Which, in context, is kinda funny. [Title]

Output: Orwell


Input: [Date] 2 years 29 weeks ago [Body] Trammel is the guy that Tigers fans need to throw their support behind. His case is much, much stronger, and he really is getting unfairly screwed by his era. It's also a travesty that Whitaker was a one-and-done guy when he should actually be in the hall. [Title]

Output: For me


Input: [Date] 2 years 29 weeks ago [Body] that Blylevin was absolutely a better pitcher than Jack Morris. Blyleven: career ERA: 3.31, Career ERA+: 118, 6.7 k/9, 1.96 bb/9, career fWAR of 110. Jack Morris: career ERA: 3.9, career ERA+: 105 (100 is average for all pitchers), 5.83 k/9, 3.27 bb/9, career fWAR 56.9. [Title]

Output: Just want to point out


Input: [Date] 2 years 29 weeks ago [Body] is maybe the greatest defensive player of the modern era. UZR says he saved 239 runs with his glove over the course of his career. By comparison, Omar Vizquel, who will get hall of fame support based on his defense, saved 110 fewer runs. And Ozzie's career wins above replacement (70) puts him squarely in the middle of the pack for hall of famers. Focusing exclusively on Ozzie's batting average is a bad idea because it leaves out the thing Ozzie was an all-timer at. Focusing on Morris's ERA doesn't have that problem. It's actually a fairly good summary of what he was as a pitcher. [Title]

Output: Ozzie


Input: [Date] 2 years 29 weeks ago [Body] to a rough contemporary who is a borderline case, Rafael Palmeiro (we're ignoring the impact of steroids for the moment). Bagwell: .297/.408/.540 (career wOBA of .405, career wRC+ of 149). 449 home runs, a very good defender (career UZR of 59.1), career fWAR of 83.9 Palmeiro: .288/.371/.515 (career wOBA of .380, career wRC+ 130), 569 HR, career UZR of 46.1, career fWAR of 74.2 (Palmeiro played longer too). Palmeiro was a great player who, absent steroids, would have a very good chance of getting in the hall-of-fame. And Bagwell was clearly a better player. [Title]

Output: Let's compare Bagwell


Input: [Date] 2 years 29 weeks ago [Body] is emphatically not a hall-of-famer, by either traditional stats or the (better) sabermetric ones. Which shortstop are you referring to, by the way? Batting average is a pretty bad stat if you're only going to look at one (for traditional stats, OBP is much better). Trammel, on the other hand, should absolutely be in the hall. [Title]

Output: Jack Morris


Input: [Date] 2 years 29 weeks ago [Body] Anyone not voting for Jeff Bagwell because "he was strong and his head grew" should lose their ballot. [Title]

Output: They're hall of famers


Input: [Date] 2 years 29 weeks ago [Body] That's not a good comparison. By this time last year, the only people who thought Michigan led for Garnett were Michigan homers. Everyone else was saying Stanford. (People were more confident on Garnett earlier in the process, but that petered out). [Title]

Output: Meh


Input: [Date] 2 years 29 weeks ago [Body] with the insane comeback against Arizona in the Elite 8 (which is probably what Brian is thinking of). That might be the best Big 10 team of the 2000s. [Title]

Output: That was the team


Input: [Date] 2 years 29 weeks ago [Body] Good news for college football. [Title]

Output: Wooo


Input: [Date] 2 years 30 weeks ago [Body] Have now switched to Bell's Two Hearted, which I purchased at a 7-11. Yes, the 7-11s in Chicago carry Two-Hearted. Jakovsmirnoffwhatacountry.jpg. [Title]

Output: Because you all care lots


Input: [Date] 2 years 30 weeks ago [Body] the Miller Lite is worse. [Title]

Output: I'm 28


Input: [Date] 2 years 30 weeks ago [Body] It's my go-to any time I'm in California. Jolly Pumpkin distribution is so spotty in Chicago that every time I see some in a Binny's I buy like 5 bottles because I'm never sure if it'll be there the next time. Any bar that has Jolly Pumpkin on tap immediately goes into my pantheon. [Title]

Output: Stone is good stuff


Input: [Date] 2 years 30 weeks ago [Body] Milwaukee's Best Special Reserve. Or as my drunkass roommate called it, "Mikwaukee's Best Speed Racer." [Title]

Output: Four words


Input: [Date] 2 years 30 weeks ago [Body] Bam Biere. Best. Brewery. Ever. [Title]

Output: Jolly Pumpkin


Input: [Date] 2 years 30 weeks ago [Body] Tom thinks we're behind too. Whatever, people can hope or despair in accordance with their nature, but there appears to be far less reason for optimism with regard to McQuay than Derrick Green. [Title]

Output: Meh


Input: [Date] 2 years 30 weeks ago [Body] saying Michigan will have a hat on the table, or informed sources saying Michigan has a good shot at McQuay? I can buy the former, but every informed source I'm aware of says no to the latter. [Title]

Output: Informed Sources


Input: [Date] 2 years 30 weeks ago [Body] Neither the Rivals nor the Scout guys think we have a very legit shot. [Title]

Output: For what it's worth


Input: [Date] 2 years 31 weeks ago [Body] to have watched the Fab Five live and on TV, and to distinctly remember the news reports announcing the Ed Martin fiasco. I fully understand the history of Michigan and MSU basketball. I just don't see what that has to do with whether or not Izzo is a good coach. Taking advantage of luck is one of the things that makes peopel successful. [Title]

Output: I am old enough


Input: [Date] 2 years 31 weeks ago [Body] That people are upvoting the original comment and downvoting this. It might make sense just to nuke the whole thread. This can't possibly be going anywhere good. [Title]

Output: It is genuinely horrifying


Input: [Date] 2 years 31 weeks ago [Body] and Peedi, Beilein doesn't beat Duke or UCLA, doesn't make the tournament his second year, maybe doesn't land (or keep) Darius Morris, and maybe isn't even still employed at Michigan right now. And if Matta isn't quite so enamored with Shannon Scott, Trey Burke maybe goes to OSU to play with his best friend. Luck is a part of all things. Izzo has clearly taken great advantage of the opportunities given to him. [Title]

Output: And if Amaker doesn't land Manny Harris


Input: [Date] 2 years 31 weeks ago [Body] Never acceptable. Ever. [Title]

Output: Rape Jokes


Input: [Date] 2 years 31 weeks ago [Body] Whether they do it the John Beilein way (identify undervalued talent and coach it up) or the Calipari way (get every great player you want because you know Worldwide Wes) is pretty much irrelevant. Edit: "irrelevant" from a "are they a great coach" perspective, not from a moral/"would I want this guy coaching my team" perspective. Calipari's a great coach, but I wouldn't want him anywhere near my team. [Title]

Output: Great coaches win basketball games


Input: [Date] 2 years 31 weeks ago [Body] Not sure I buy this. Talent in the state of Michigan has cratered over the course of the last decade, and both Beilein and Izzo are looking to Ohio and Indiana for talent. Izzo's been successful at getting guys out of Indiana that Purdue and Indiana wanted (Gary Harris, Branden Dawson) and guys out of Ohio that OSU wanted (Delvon Roe, Payne). Who was the last in-state 5 star before James Young? Marqueis Gray in 2004? [Title]

Output: Meh


Input: [Date] 2 years 31 weeks ago [Body] n this context, they don't mean "great Xs and Os coach." They mean "coach that wins lots of basketball games." This isn't the pros, where you have a GM making personnel decisions; you can't seperate out recruiting from drawing plays up on a chalkboard. Being a great recruiter (and winning games with those players) makes one a great coach. In other words: it is a point in the favor of Izzo and Calipari (and Coach K, and Roy Williams, etc.) that they land more 5 star recruits than Boeheim does. [Title]

Output: When people say "great coach"


Input: [Date] 2 years 31 weeks ago [Body] and won 7 Big 10 titles in 17 years. Jim Boeheim, by comparison, has been to 3 Final Fours and won 9 conference titles in like 36 years. Also, getting great talent is probably the biggest part of a college BBall coach's job. By that logic, Calipari isn't a good coach because he has a billion 5 stars. Recruiting is one of the things that makes a coach great. [Title]

Output: he's been to six 6 Final Fours


Input: [Date] 2 years 31 weeks ago [Body] Izzo is a great coach. I don't know how anyone can argue otherwise. He's petulant and has a napoleon complex like nobody's business, but he's an unbelievable basketball coach. Have people forgotten that MSU was a #1 seed literally last year? [Title]

Output: This...is insane


Input: [Date] 2 years 31 weeks ago [Body] Kearney has been playing 17 minutes a game for them, and is a useful defender. He's been a crap offensive player, but Byrd has been A. worse and B. not a good defender. As TOC said, without Kearney, they have 4 guys for 3 spots on the floor, which isn't a great situation, and will probably force them to play Payne and Nix together more often, even though Izzo said he doesn't want to do it anymore because it wasn't effective. [Title]

Output: Yes, I've watched State plenty


Input: [Date] 2 years 31 weeks ago [Body] This puts them in a bad spot. They're going to have to either play Byrd at the 3 again (even though he's been terrible), or move Dawson to the three and play 2 bigs (which didn't work very well early in the season). [Title]

Output: Nah


Input: [Date] 2 years 32 weeks ago [Body] Burial is dubstep. [Title]


Input: [Date] 2 years 32 weeks ago [Body] And all other dubstep on the planet so terrible? [Title]

Output: How can Burial be so good


Input: [Date] 2 years 32 weeks ago [Body] in the history of the blog. [Title]

Output: This is one of my favorite features


Input: [Date] 2 years 32 weeks ago [Body] He doesn't want to come to Michigan, so he's a prima donna? If we're being consistent, I assume that makes Will Campbell a prima donna too, since he took a bunch of fake visits? No one on this board has ever spoken to Treadwell, and no one would be calling him a prima donna if he ended up at Michigan. It's really pathetic the way people think they can glean a kid's character based on whether or not he wants to attend their school. And, for the record, I want the best players we can possibly get who don't have genuine character issues, even if the coaching staff has to beg and plead to make it happen. [Title]

Output: I don't get this at all


Input: [Date] 2 years 32 weeks ago [Body] has produced Dez Bryant and Justin Blackmon in the last few years. They run the Air Raid. It's not exactly insane for a WR to want to go there. Same with Oklahoma. And Ole Miss has one of his best friends. People take this shit too friggin personally. [Title]

Output: Oklahoma State


Input: [Date] 2 years 32 weeks ago [Body] Maybe he just decided he didn't like Michigan. That's not a crime, you know. [Title]

Output: What the hell does that even mean?


Input: [Date] 2 years 33 weeks ago [Body] the notion of extorting New York cable providers by threatening to take away Rutgers football is hilarious. [Title]

Output: Whether it works or not


Input: [Date] 2 years 33 weeks ago [Body] are more optimistic, but I wonder how much if it is just disbelief that someone would pick Vanderbilt over Michigan and USC in the face of lots of evidence saying McQuay will do just that. [Title]

Output: Some of the premium guys


Input: [Date] 2 years 33 weeks ago [Body] by the presence of FSU and Miami. I'd put the top three as Texas, USC (I know UCLA exists, but they don't recruit on anywhere near the same level), and OSU, with LSU having a good argument for #4. [Title]

Output: Florida is hampered a bit


Input: [Date] 2 years 33 weeks ago [Body] Kenpom isn't trying to say "who has had the better season?" His rankings are prospective. He's trying to figure out how teams shake out if they played each other a billion times in the future. [Title]

Output: But that's power ranking


Input: [Date] 2 years 33 weeks ago [Body] College football is about recruiting, which makes any school in a great recruiting state a fantastic job, especially where there's only one powerhouse school in the state. [Title]

Output: Because Louisiana has great talent


Input: [Date] 2 years 33 weeks ago [Body] Kenpom isn't a power ranking. For your statement to be true, you would have to believe that the winner of a single, neutral-court game is the better team 100% of the time. That's obviously wrong. [Title]

Output: Why is that inherently flawed?


Input: [Date] 2 years 33 weeks ago [Body] One superconference. Play 12 random opponents picked out of a hat. Regardless of on-the-field results, participants in the national championship game are also picked out of a hat, and then the winner of that game is picked out of a hat (they still play the game though--advertising money). [Title]

Output: New proposal


Input: [Date] 2 years 33 weeks ago [Body] you mean "never write anything questioning anything the coaches do." [Title]

Output: So by "benefit of the doubt"


Input: [Date] 2 years 33 weeks ago [Body] are quantifiable by numbers. You can determine how much trouble Michigan is likely to have on the glass by looking at State's offensive and defensive rebounding percentages. You can look at MSU's opponents' 2 point shooting percentages to determine how tough scoring inside will be, and you can look at MSU's pace to determine how much they run. Whether or not you NEED Kenpom for any of that, having numbers to back up (or disprove) your intuitions can only make you more informed. If you don't want to use the stats, fine, but it's odd to be so blithely dismissive of them. [Title]

Output: The things you're talking about


Input: [Date] 2 years 33 weeks ago [Body] They always beat them by 35-40, and look incredibly efficient on both ends of the floor doing it. As Brian mentions in his post, Kenpom doesn't have a MOV cap, which can make Wisconsin look better than they are. [Title]

Output: Wisconsin absolutely crushes bad teams


Input: [Date] 2 years 33 weeks ago [Body] Instead of talking about Kenpom, we should continue to reference non-tempo free stats like "points per game" and ignore rebounding margin in favor of raw rebounding numbers. Are basketball sabermetrics more difficult than baseball ones? Sure. Does that mean Kenpom is useless? Hell no. [Title]

Output: You're right


Input: [Date] 2 years 34 weeks ago [Body] that I knew what picture this would be before I opened the thread. [Title]

Output: It disturbs me


Input: [Date] 2 years 34 weeks ago [Body] is basically irrelevant. As Kenpom likes to point out, a team has as much control over its opponents' 3 point shooting percentage as it does over their free throw shooting percentage. Which is to say, none at all. You can control how many 3s your opponents take. You can't control what happens once they take them. [Title]

Output: Whether they were wide open or not


Input: [Date] 2 years 34 weeks ago [Body] is that Amaker and Beilein are equally good coaches. [Title]

Output: What this list shows me


Input: [Date] 2 years 34 weeks ago [Body] When a BCS team ranked something like 100 in Kenpom goes 10-17 from 3 and you win by 13. [Title]

Output: It's a good sign


Input: [Date] 2 years 34 weeks ago [Body] the Idaho Potato Bowl has the greatest logo of all time. [Title]

Output: Bite your tongue


Input: [Date] 2 years 34 weeks ago [Body] best of luck to him. [Title]

Output: Good get for OSU if true


Input: [Date] 2 years 34 weeks ago [Body] it's not Gruden. I will never understand. [Title]

Output: They're really, really, really mad


Input: [Date] 2 years 34 weeks ago [Body] and South Carolina's DL was surprisingly ineffective rushing the passer against an LSU OL that was missing multiple starters. Their offense was also less-than-impressive, although that's more understandable given LSU's D. [Title]

Output: I was at this game


Input: [Date] 2 years 34 weeks ago [Body] the band situation was NOT reasonable. Let's be clear about that. [Title]

Output: Whoa Whoa Whoa


Input: [Date] 2 years 34 weeks ago [Body] once Gruden takes the Tennessee job? [Title]

Output: But who will the color guy be


Input: [Date] 2 years 34 weeks ago [Body] to add an explanation, but you responded while I was doing it. Short version: I know it sounds like I'm being pedantic and trollish, but MBA speak is particularly a problem in contexts like this one. Michigan decided not to continue supporting this event for reasons that are a bit unclear, and some people are clearly upset about it. If the reason is "they're a for-profit, and we don't like that," that's totally valid. And it sounds like that's what Brandon is saying in that interview. But the problem with phrases like "leverage the Michigan brand" is that they don't actually say anything, and actually explaining what you've done and why is important, especially when people are unhappy. That is my objection. [Title]

Output: I tried to edit my comment


Input: [Date] 2 years 34 weeks ago [Body] also thinks "incent" is a word. My problem is not with the idea that Michigan has an image it needs to preserve. My problem is the use of MBA jargon. [Title]

Output: Merriam-Webster


Input: [Date] 2 years 34 weeks ago [Body] it's MBA-speak, which is the death of language. [Title]

Output: Used in the way it was here


Input: [Date] 2 years 34 weeks ago [Body] for using the word "leverage" as a verb. -7 for saying "leverage the Michigan brand." [Title]

Output: -1


Input: [Date] 2 years 34 weeks ago [Body] about a team running Malzahn's offense against LSU and Alabama than I am about a team running Bielema's offense. [Title]

Output: I'm more sanguine


Input: [Date] 2 years 34 weeks ago [Body] because he's a legitimately great defensive coach, and because he gets the best talent in the country. Maybe it's just me, but I don't see how running a similar offense to LSU and Alabama, but with worse talent, is a recipe for success. [Title]

Output: Nick Saban does well


Input: [Date] 2 years 34 weeks ago [Body] only in Gary Danielson's mind. Florida won two NCs running the spread (and has had an atrocious offense since abandoning it), Auburn won one, A&M runs the air raid, South Carolina is spread, Missouri, Mississippi State, Arkansas, as you note, has been a passing team. [Title]

Output: The SEC is pure "smash mouth"


Input: [Date] 2 years 34 weeks ago [Body] This year's team made the Rose Bowl because 2 better teams were ineligible. Last year's team made the Rose Bowl, but that was viewed as something of a disappointment for a team that had legitimate national title hopes. I don't think he's a bad coach, but if he's one of the Big 10's best coaches, that's an indictment of the Big 10 more than praise of Bielema. His recruiting is fine, but not amazing, and his in-game coaching is often terrible. I haven't been to Arkansas boards yet, but I'm guessing the reaction will be more "meh" than "this is an amazing coup!" Maybe I'm wrong, thought. [Title]

Output: Well


Input: [Date] 2 years 34 weeks ago [Body] I'm pretty sure Brian would consider that splashy. I'd personally much rather see schools go after big name coordinators than lower tier coaches with a year or two of success. [Title]

Output: Mississippi State hired Dan Mullen


Input: [Date] 2 years 34 weeks ago [Body] might be overrating Bielema a bit as a coach... [Title]

Output: I think people


Input: [Date] 2 years 34 weeks ago [Body] If Ohio State had hired him immediately from Bowling Green, they would have had far less certainty that they were getting a good coach (and, yeah, they probably would have had a worse coach, because he wouldn't be nearly as experienced). You're looking at this with perfect hindsight, knowing that Urban Meyer ended up being Urban Meyer. But Brian's point is that hiring "random MAC coach" will give you a crap coach far, far more often than it will give you Urban Meyer. Coaching hires are about playing the odds, and the existence of Urban Meyer doesn't suddenly make MAC coaches a great bet. [Title]

Output: No


Input: [Date] 2 years 34 weeks ago [Body] had a bit more of a track record than "MAC coach" by the time OSU hired him... [Title]

Output: Urban Meyer


Input: [Date] 2 years 34 weeks ago [Body] I know it's bandwagon-y because they won the league, but they probably won't win it this year (Bayern's way up), and it's not as Duke/Yankees-ish as choosing to be a Bayern fan. Plus Dortmund plays an incredibly attractive style of soccer, and they might have the best fans ever. [Title]

Output: Dortmund is a good choice


Input: [Date] 2 years 34 weeks ago [Body] No. [Title]

Output: No


Input: [Date] 2 years 34 weeks ago [Body] to be very skeptical whenever someone brings up "momentum." "Momentum" sort of exists in recruiting, in the sense that good players want to play with other good players (having Shane Morris makes recruiting other guys easier). But this whole notion that kids will go to Michigan State over Michigan (or vice versa) because a school has won a recruiting battle is a giant [citation needed]. [Title]

Output: It's a good idea


Input: [Date] 2 years 34 weeks ago [Body] They'll be the first undefeated team since 1976. [Title]

Output: If Michigan wins out


Input: [Date] 2 years 34 weeks ago [Body] and they're projected to lose enough games to knock them down to a 2 seed. [Title]

Output: Because the Big 10 is brutal


Input: [Date] 2 years 34 weeks ago [Body] of the season. [Title]

Output: Biggest mismatch


Input: [Date] 2 years 34 weeks ago [Body] the relative strength of their rankings has less to do with them bringing in strong classes than with the rest of the Big 10 recruiting horribly. Which is an entirely separate reason to be concerned about the status of the Big 10 going forward. [Title]

Output: If you look at the kids they have committed


Input: [Date] 2 years 35 weeks ago [Body] Can we please, for the love of god, call them Ohio State in basketball? There's an actual quality basketball program named "Ohio" (who, you might remember, we played last year), and it's just really, really stupid in this context. [Title]

Output: Hopeless plea


Input: [Date] 2 years 35 weeks ago [Body] is an egregious misuse of stats. [Title]

Output: This


Input: [Date] 2 years 35 weeks ago [Body] Not sure I'd write Auburn or Tennessee off, especially if they hire big name coaches. I hate recruit psychoanalysis, but it does seem like he's very much looking for a reason to go somewhere other than Michigan. [Title]

Output: I think you're overly optimistic on Derrick Green


Input: [Date] 2 years 36 weeks ago [Body] Or had until this recent madness, makes infinitely more sense than unwieldy 47 team conferences tied together by nothing but cable contracts and greed. [Title]

Output: I think the system we have now


Input: [Date] 2 years 36 weeks ago [Body] pure and simple. The existence of conference championship games has nothing to do with a playoff system. Also, we won't be going to 4 regional superconferences if the Big 10 just....refuses to join one. And you still haven't explained why staying at 12 teams would be some sort of catastrophe. [Title]

Output: Conference championships are about money


Input: [Date] 2 years 36 weeks ago [Body] so I'm guessing it's a nod to the "Purdue does not exist" meme. [Title]

Output: He's done it twice now


Input: [Date] 2 years 36 weeks ago [Body] but this: "The Big Ten will become irrelevant with 12 because 12 team conferences are not the future of the sport." is A. begging the question; and B. not an explanation for why a 12 team conference is a problem. Can you explain, without using any MBA buzzwords, why a 12 team conference would be at a disadvantage in the totally outrageous paradigm that is being created? [Title]

Output: Sorry


Input: [Date] 2 years 36 weeks ago [Body] I hadn't heard anyone say that before. My impression was that Indiana was in the drivers' seat. [Title]

Output: Are we really that strong with Bluiett?


Input: [Date] 2 years 36 weeks ago [Body] People keep making it, and I don't get it at all. What exactly is the argument that a 12-team Big Ten would be irreparably screwed if other conferences had 16 teams? The Big East has 4,000 teams in basketball and the Big 10 is the best conference in the country at the moment. [Title]

Output: Can someone explain the "irrelevance" argument?


Input: [Date] 2 years 36 weeks ago [Body] need to be about money. [Title]

Output: Not all things


Input: [Date] 2 years 36 weeks ago [Body] you are massively overrating the current quality of the Rutgers football program. [Title]

Output: I'm pretty sure


Input: [Date] 2 years 36 weeks ago [Body] Made me laugh out loud. [Title]

Output: Northwestern-Rutgers


Input: [Date] 2 years 36 weeks ago [Body] Assume PSU takes years to recover (which is a good assumption). That division has 2 good football teams, 4 terrible ones, and Penn State. [Title]

Output: It does?


Input: [Date] 2 years 36 weeks ago [Body] for over 100 years. [Title]

Output: And then being terrible at it


Input: [Date] 2 years 36 weeks ago [Body] Pitt is in a talent-rich football state and has an established history of being good at football. Rutgers is in the Northeast, and is Rutgers. Pitt also has excellent basketball, and is at worst a wash with Maryland on that (and is miles ahead of Rutgers). [Title]

Output: How?


Input: [Date] 2 years 36 weeks ago [Body] "it's no trick to make a lot of money...if all you want to do is make a lot of money." [Title]

Output: Citizen Kane


Input: [Date] 2 years 36 weeks ago [Body] Why is that the most important thing? Why is the most important thing not "quality of sports teams?" it is supremely fucked up that "footprint" is the most important thing for expansion of a not-for-profit athletic conference. [Title]

Output: Why?


Input: [Date] 2 years 37 weeks ago [Body] to what many people are saying. [Title]

Output: This is counter


Input: [Date] 1 week 1 day ago [Body] Yeah I bet you're the guy who lamented telephones when they got invented because that signaled the end of written letter [Title]

Output: Yeah I bet you're the guy who


Input: [Date] 1 week 1 day ago [Body] My senior design project this past fall was to design and manufacture an automated pedestrian to act as test equipment for these vehicles. [Title]

Output: Very exciting


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 6 days ago [Body] How can you like his character the most? He has one mood and IMO he is the worst actor of the 4. [Title]

Output: How can you like his


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Ur mom [Title]

Output: Ur mom


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 2 days ago [Body] I think you misunderstood what I was saying [Title]

Output: I think you misunderstood


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Ur mum [Title]

Output: Wat


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Opened the thread to post this response. Screw you man [Title]

Output: Opened the thread to post


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Hard to believe Des Morgan is still playing for U-M [Title]

Output: Hard to believe Des Morgan is


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 5 days ago [Body] I mean Kyle Korver was an All Star this year... Rooting hard for Book though because he is from my hometown! [Title]

Output: I mean Kyle Korver was an All


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Isaac Nauta is a guy I feel like Michigan has been recruiting since 2012 [Title]

Output: Isaac Nauta is a guy I feel


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 1 day ago [Body] People on here always talk about 18 year olds getting a pass because they're 18 and young. I feel that when I was 18 and most people I knew that were 18 were mature enough to make their own decisions and make them rationally. He backed off of something he committed to when there was no change from the other side. I'm not condoning blasting his name but don't be so quick to always give someone a pass because "he's 18". [Title]

Output: People on here always talk


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 4 days ago [Body] I've been up for 6 hours man. Can't get used to this work life [Title]

Output: I've been up for 6 hours man.


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 5 hours ago [Body] Sad for who? His millionaire owners? He's just a horse haha. I'm sure he would have rather had an extra feeding period instead of the triple crown [Title]

Output: Sad for who? His millionaire


Input: [Date] 8 weeks 3 days ago [Body] You think they would stop putting themselves in bad situations [Title]

Output: You think they would stop


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 1 day ago [Body] I think he actually loved Sylvia but she broke up with him. [Title]

Output: I think he actually loved


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 2 days ago [Body] I liked it but I got on my nerves sometimes. The way Phil acted at times just made me uncomfortable. [Title]

Output: I liked it but I got on my


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Oh and also, Friends might be 2 on that list. Those characters are so lovable. [Title]

Output: Oh and also, Friends might be


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Mad Men might be 2 or 3 on my list after BB. What are people's thoughts on True Detective? It's early but the first season was incredible. I'm thinking Vince Vaughn can be very good taking on a serious role. [Title]

Output: Mad Men might be 2 or 3 on my


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Why the Timmy role? I think of him as a completely different player. I assumed he would play the 4 in M's system. [Title]

Output: Why the Timmy role? I think


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 3 hours ago [Body] Any commercial that has loud chewing noises. Who do they think they're going to win over with that? [Title]

Output: Any commercial that has loud


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 2 days ago [Body] For getting my order wrong [Title]

Output: Pretty much every Taco Bell ever


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 5 days ago [Body] I'll give Donnal back from 2013. [Title]

Output: I'll give Donnal back from


Input: [Date] 16 weeks 2 days ago [Body] He plays for Alba Berlin which is a pro club in Germany. How is he eligible? [Title]

Output: He plays for Alba Berlin


Input: [Date] 16 weeks 2 days ago [Body] How would the scholly situation work if Caris stays and Brown wants to commit? [Title]

Output: How would the scholly


Input: [Date] 16 weeks 3 days ago [Body] yeah for real. I lived in a fraternity house last year where 80% of them smoked and nobody participated in hash bash [Title]

Output: yeah for real. I lived in a


Input: [Date] 16 weeks 3 days ago [Body] "Smoke free" My freshman year was when they started that and it deterred people for a whole 3 months before people realized nothing would happen. It's stupid that the University doesn't do shit to enfore their rules. [Title]

Output: "Smoke free" My freshman


Input: [Date] 18 weeks 2 days ago [Body] The problem with BB is the matchmaking. You get matched with mercenaries that have a similar VP to you but everybody always seems to be better. Defenses are much stronger than the troops in this game so it's impossible to beat any well set up base. At the very least they should make it that you drop in VP if you fail an attack. However, I do like it for the shorter upgrade times and being able to reuse troops. [Title]

Output: The problem with BB is the


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 14 hours ago [Body] They did the same for Corey Person but he took a 5th year [Title]

Output: They did the same for Corey


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Bielfeldt will probably get a 5th year so that would be 100% of our scoring back. [Title]

Output: Bielfeldt will probably get a


Input: [Date] 24 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Hanging out on north for 5 minutes makes the last bit not surprising at all. [Title]

Output: Hanging out on north for 5


Input: [Date] 5 years 24 weeks ago [Body] Yeah its so early a lot can happen. I remember this time last year I thought for sure DG was OSU bound by his comments that they were his favorite team growing up. [Title]

Output: Yeah its so early a lot can


Input: [Date] 5 years 26 weeks ago [Body] Looks like a football player. His lanky frame leads me to believe he is still growing into his body a little bit. Good athlete+upside? Welcome aboard brotha! [Title]

Output: Looks like a football player.


Input: [Date] 5 years 26 weeks ago [Body] It hasnt taken too long for Kiffin's recruiting tactics to start popping up at USC. This is a match made in heaven. A school that is possibly on the verge of getting the hammer dropped on them, and without a doubt the most frequent violater of recruiting rules. All this just adds to Brian's point about the whole situation. If the NC DOUBLE ASSHOLES dont hit USC hard then there really arent any rules. [Title]

Output: It hasnt taken too long for


Input: [Date] 5 years 30 weeks ago [Body] I dont know the middle name of this girl but for comedy purposes, Texas has a volleyball player by the name of Destiny Hooker. Some parents must just have a sick sense of humor. http://espn.go.com/video/clip?categoryid=3003796&id=3009676 [Title]

Output: I dont know the middle name


Input: [Date] 5 years 33 weeks ago [Body] If thats the case we can drop Adidas and swtich back to Nike. [Title]

Output: If thats the case we can drop


Input: [Date] 5 years 33 weeks ago [Body] Dude we know its been a tough year. No need to commit MGOBLogicide. [Title]

Output: Dude we know its been a tough


Input: [Date] 5 years 34 weeks ago [Body] Last Anchorman Reference- "You really know how to cut to the core of me Baxter" [Title]

Output: Last Anchorman Reference


Input: [Date] 5 years 34 weeks ago [Body] Nike, I miss you. [Title]

Output: Nike Where art thou?


Input: [Date] 5 years 34 weeks ago [Body] I think if RR gets 4 years he can get this thing up and running. But if he only gets next year to turn it around, then I think hes gone after next year. Think about it, this defense isn't gonna get that much better, plus all our tough games like ND, PSU, and OSU are all on the road next year. Where under RR we have only won 1 road game. If that is the case and RR gets canned after next year, Harbaugh makes the most sense. Despite what he has said about Michigan in the past he is a good coach. I would hope Miles isn't in the conversation. [Title]

Output: I think if RR gets 4 years he


Input: [Date] 5 years 34 weeks ago [Body] It kinda sucks because he seems like a great guy, but the media forces you to hate him. They kiss his ass so much that I root for him to fail. Tom Brenneman last year in the NC game was the worst. "If you have the opportunity to spend 20 minutes with Tim Tebow, you're life is better for it" [Title]

Output: It kinda sucks because he


Input: [Date] 5 years 34 weeks ago [Body] CBS just said he had face lacerations. [Title]

Output: CBS just said he had face


Input: [Date] 5 years 34 weeks ago [Body] Whats the record now for liveblogs? [Title]

Output: Whats the record now for


Input: [Date] 5 years 35 weeks ago [Body] Texas actually supports several top notch programs. Oklahoma and Oklahoma State pull a lot from Texas. As does TCU and Texas Tech. [Title]

Output: Texas actually supports


Input: [Date] 5 years 35 weeks ago [Body] I wish Michigan had yell practice like A&M. UM fans need a lesson on getting loud. [Title]

Output: I wish Michigan had yell


Input: [Date] 5 years 35 weeks ago [Body] Lets see a coach in Ohio bashes Notre Dame, Michigan, West Virginia, and Pittsburgh. What are the similarities with those schools? I smell a Buckeye fan. People in Ohio already have a rivalry with the states of West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Then throw in the 2 other most recognizable programs in the Midwest. Look not much has gone right since RR was hired, but even tomhagan would have to admit that he can recruit. Two terrible seasons and he is still bringing in talent. And all we have read from recruits is how much they love the staff/family atmosphere. I'll base my opinion on RR's recruiting by the results, not by some anonymous high school coach with no credibility. [Title]

Output: Lets see a coach in Ohio


Input: [Date] 5 years 35 weeks ago [Body] Living in Dallas and getting to see him in high school, i've always pulled for him, even though i'm indifferent on the Lions. Steve Sabol said that was the best audio that NFL films has ever gotten, and theyve been in business since the mid 60's. Its hard to argue that. That was good stuff. [Title]

Output: Living in Dallas and getting


Input: [Date] 5 years 35 weeks ago [Body] In high school he plays OLB/Weakside end. I would assume he doesnt have too much experience covering people. That wouldnt be good. We need LBs who can play anyways and he seems like a good athlete. Also I would assume thats a fake fake 40 time. A guy that size who runs a 4.3? He would have to be a 5 star. [Title]

Output: In high school he plays


Input: [Date] 5 years 35 weeks ago [Body] The tomhagan meltdown reminds me of Randy Quaid in Major League 2. [Title]

Output: The tomhagan meltdown reminds


Input: [Date] 5 years 35 weeks ago [Body] tomhagan needs to go to mlive for a while. His schtick would fit right in over there. [Title]

Output: tomhagan needs to go to mlive


Input: [Date] 5 years 35 weeks ago [Body] The writing is on the wall....Even NBC's announcers who are the biggest homers in all of sport were talking like they knew it was Weis's last game. They were even saying things about needing to start talking to other coaches. [Title]

Output: The writing is on the


Input: [Date] 5 years 36 weeks ago [Body] Our biggest issue is can our D stop Wisconsin at all. Tate can atleast put points on the board from time to time. Our chances of winning just got a little worse in my opinion. I hope he gets in there very soon. [Title]

Output: Our biggest issue


Input: [Date] 5 years 37 weeks ago [Body] I said the recruiting hasnt worked out YET. And i'm not saying I expect championship football. Is it too much to EXPECT the defense to hold their own? [Title]

Output: I said the recruiting hasnt


Input: [Date] 5 years 37 weeks ago [Body] Thats just the way it is. I agree the defense is terrible. But RR shouldnt be exempt from criticism. He is the Chief Executive so to say of this football team. His recruiting, defensive philosophy, and the guys he has hired havent worked out yet. We all know he doesnt have much to work with on the defensive side, but you cant get rid of all the players, so the coach always takes the fall. Thats just how it goes. [Title]

Output: Thats just the way it is. I


Input: [Date] 5 years 37 weeks ago [Body] Ya and also what coach would want to come here knowing not only do you have to win, but you have to be a Michigan man or the Freep and the old guard here at Michigan will try to bury you. I'm alot less sold on RR right now and how can you not be? But I agree our best bet is to ride this thing out. The offense has came around this year. But RR needs to fix the D or that could be his downfall. [Title]

Output: Ya and also what coach would


Input: [Date] 5 years 37 weeks ago [Body] I would also add defensive philosophy and recruiting. Using smaller defenders might work eventually but the recruiting strategy to load up on offensive players and the lack of talent on defense points to recruiting and developing. [Title]

Output: I would also add defensive


Input: [Date] 5 years 37 weeks ago [Body] Yeah sadly i've lost all faith. We are in last place in the Big Ten and thats no fluke. We are the worst team without a doubt. I have been a RR supporter up until last weeks Illinois game. I still think he should get another year but like I said I have lost all faith. I dont see this going anywhere really. Next year we have all our tough games on the road where under RR we have won 1 road game in 2 years. 1-5 in the Big Ten and basically a 5 game losing streak with a possible 7 game losing streak to end the season? Sorry RR you just cant defend that. It seems like everyweek some milestone is acheieved by another team. Today Purdue wins at the Big House for the first time since the 60's. [Title]

Output: Yeah sadly i've lost all


Input: [Date] 5 years 38 weeks ago [Body] I saw a ridiculous stat in the Dallas Morning News that Tony Drake is averaging 10. something yards a carry. That was 2 weeks ago but i'm sure it hasnt changed much. [Title]

Output: I saw a ridiculous stat in


Input: [Date] 5 years 38 weeks ago [Body] A&M got beat by KState something like 62-14. That was Leach's issue. Tech beat KState by 50, then KState beat A&M by 50, so he thought his players didnt take A&M seriously. [Title]

Output: A&M got beat by KState


Input: [Date] 5 years 39 weeks ago [Body] Does anyone else know why he isnt playing much defense in high school? I read something recently that said he has been playing tight end and hardly any defense. [Title]

Output: Does anyone else know why he


Input: [Date] 5 years 39 weeks ago [Body] The worst one by far is the Gwen Stefani abortion of a song that goes, "woohoo yeehoo". They play that a few times then stop it expecting the crowd to follow through with a gay ass, "woohoo yeehoo" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tEROk-Y27Q [Title]

Output: The worst one by far is the


Input: [Date] 3 years 39 weeks ago [Title] Purdue injuries [Body]

Output: Remember that awful rainy day game last year? We couldn't get rolling against them and still pulled away? Then again, IMHO, Michigan is dramatically improved this year; at least in demeanor. The coaches always use the bye week to coach the basics, so the small errors shouldn't have such a great effect this week.


Input: [Date] 3 years 41 weeks ago [Title] Today was... [Body]

Output: an abortion of offensive football. The defense looked okay, enough to win the game, But the offense couldn't snap, Denard looks dumbfounded with blitz packages, and the O-line looked like they couldn't stop anyone. Not to mention all of the veers were suspect and if Devin is going to play qb more, then transition him and robinson only when things are running smoothly. By replacing devin with denard, they were essentially playing a 2 down drive even 10 yards. Ridiculous!


Input: [Date] 3 years 41 weeks ago [Title] At the game [Body]

Output: While at the game, my brothers and wife yelled at the ignorant NW fan who was shouting obscenities about the fight song during the first half. We also did a no INT dance so Denard would stop making throws off his back foot. The summation of all the fans voodoo seems to have created energy given to the team.


Input: [Date] 3 years 41 weeks ago [Title] Deep down, all the comments [Body]

Output: Deep down, all the comments about this game revolve around last year and they aren't looking at the teams this year. Maybe is a conspiracy because they all wear Michigan swag under those suits ... Evil I tell you .


Input: [Date] 3 years 41 weeks ago [Title] Truth be told [Body]

Output: I think Denard is going to have a bigger game than people expect. He will throw for 285yds because MSU will stack the box and run a 9-tech on the line to stop the play from moving laterally. We have to remember than MSU isn't as fast of a team defense as NW or even ND for that matter. Also, I hope MSU doesn't ankle block Martin again and we lose him for the remainder of the season. Michigan is relatively healthy this year compared to last year and suffice to say, this will make a difference. Michigan wins, 28-13.


Input: [Date] 3 years 41 weeks ago [Title] SEC ethics [Body]

Output: Why do players get so many chances, in the SEC? Makes you wonder who will be the next OSU


Input: [Date] 3 years 41 weeks ago [Title] Intangibles [Body]

Output: Well the MSU defense is ranked what it is because stats don't take into account the variables everyone is bringing up. Of course, the beginning schedule for MSU is weak and it usually is, but OSU cannot be looked at the same as last year. So excluding that game, the defense is great, against meh teams. If OSU still had Py-liar, I mean tattoo-Pryor and tressel$, it would be a relevant stat, but because that is not the case, Saturday is a measure for both teams. However, I think the luck that MSU was having last year seems to have gone by the wayside and their trickery is not welcome in October this year.


Input: [Date] 3 years 41 weeks ago [Title] Saturday [Body]

Output: I tend to agree with the State fan. Thanks for posting on the blog! However .... The only thing I can say is that even when Denard makes a turnover, or a terrible throw (as he did in the endzone of last year's game), he is able to recover from it. That cannot be measured by stats, only by W(s) and L(s). And while ball-hawks are "everywhere" on the MSU defense, its still suspect because ND was able to 8.9 yds/completion versus the secondary and you only had one INT.


Input: [Date] 3 years 42 weeks ago [Title] Quick thought [Body]

Output: Nice adjustments and tailoring your coaching to team specialities says it all. Keep it up!


Input: [Date] 3 years 42 weeks ago [Title] Acoustics [Body]

Output: The stadium isn't built for this ... football isn't about rap and R&B. Not to mention, bands and singers at college football games makes no sense. Save that for the NFL venue please and bring on the marching bands.


Input: [Date] 3 years 42 weeks ago [Title] Spartan Game [Body]

Output: Right now I'd say the greatest attribute Hoke gives to this team is reality. He continually denies they are as good as they look and by doing it he is aligning them well and preparing them for the game ahead, not the next game. While MSU is important I think the trap game is at Ryan field this weekend.


Input: [Date] 4 years 26 weeks ago [Title] Information [Body]

Output: Not trying to attack you, but way to tokenize yourself about work and Dick's. I agree with your point that someone there may not know what's best for the person, but any Joe Schmo can also read about stability shoes and make an informed decision on their own. How many times do you go into a store and have the representative make the decision for you? I hope not too often. Also, most muscle action in the leg does cause changes in the foot through its eccentric (or isometric, as in walking) muscle activity as the majority of leg muscles are extrinsic to the foot. Peroneal pain does not cause shin pain. Most people refer to it as ankle pain, at least from my years of clinical medicine and sugery in correction of peroneal spasms and lateral ankle instability. It is also much more common for posterior tibialis muscle to be called shin splits, because the foot functions much longer in plantarflexion from heel touch to midstance and through propulsion than does the dorsiflexors of the leg and foot. A great article was written on this and it is listed here: Zajac, F. E., R. R. Neptune, et al. (2003). "Biomechanics and muscle coordination of human walking: part II: lessons from dynamical simulations and clinical implications." Gait Posture17(1): 1-17. Since you are interested in this, I can give you many literature reviews on this and a close colleague of my does research in the largest gait lab in the country in Chicago. Please let me know.


Input: [Date] 4 years 26 weeks ago [Title] Anatomy [Body]

Output: Do tell me which muscles you are refering to that come from the lateral aspect of the tibia that can affect foot arch? Anterior tibialis muscle pain is different bc TA is a weak inverter/dorsiflexor not a plantarflexor and FHL is not likely the cause of his arch pain. Are you thinking about the peroneals? I'm curious what you're thinking ... Also, you can purchase shoes, often timescheaper, at Dick or a big box store than a running store because the shoe companies (Brooks/Mizuno/Asics) have contracts with them as well. I'm all for supporting the little guy, but this person said he/she had no money, so that's important here. Where you plan on going to med school?


Input: [Date] 4 years 26 weeks ago [Title] If you cant afford shoes, buy [Body]

Output: If you cant afford shoes, buy anti-pronation insoles (they sell them at sports authority/dicks/etc) and lace your shoes in runner's knots.


Input: [Date] 4 years 26 weeks ago [Title] Arch pain [Body]

Output: What you have is called posterior tibial tendonitis. It is the muscle that runs behind the medial malleolus at your ankle and makes the arch in your foot. At times, especially with jumping and other excerises that tighten your Achilles tendon, your foot will pronate more to compensate with the ground reactuve forces. Best treatment is to buy a shoe called a motion control shoe with an inflexible "shank (the middle of the bottom of the shoe)" and to strech your Achilles tendon. If you rid of the tightness in your Achilles and with proper shoe gear, you should be able to control excessive stress on the muscle. (I work in the podiatry field, btw)


Input: [Date] 4 years 28 weeks ago [Title] Opinions from Rosenberg, what a surprise [Body]

Output: Rosenberg is talking out of his mouth again. Everyone hold their nose.


Input: [Date] 4 years 33 weeks ago [Title] MSU's 2010 schedule [Body]

Output: It appears that MSU has had a pretty successful year. However, upon further review it seems that there biggest win was over *mighty* Florida by a score of 10-7. There other wins include Memphis, Georgia (without their best receiver), Alcorn state, Houston, UAB, Kentucky, and Mississippi. The combined records of the teams MSU beat this year are: 38 -57 (0.400) While it may be a moot point, those are not great victories.


Input: [Date] 4 years 33 weeks ago [Title] Comittment issues for other recruits? [Body]

Output: With all of this nonsense surrounding Dee Hart, have we heard anything going on about other recruits visiting AA this weekend? Also, it seems as though the confidence of Dee in Michigan parallels the back and forth media sensationalism surrounding the coaching situaiton. Only time will tell but time is hell ....


Input: [Date] 4 years 34 weeks ago [Title] Michigan v. SEC Record [Body]

Output: I've read online that Michigan is 20-5 all time versus the SEC. This bodes well for Michigan, it's just too bad we might have to play Kiffin's leftovers.


Input: [Date] 4 years 34 weeks ago [Title] ESPN analysts are [Body]

Output: reporting at a sixth grade level so that everyone can understand. Please don't purport that what they say has any merit or journalistic quality to it. And if the trend continues, Michigan will finish 9-3 next year (assuming RR is around) and then the recruits won't have any doubt.


Input: [Date] 4 years 34 weeks ago [Title] Recruits will come and they will go [Body]

Output: If a player is dedicated to Michigan, they will stay and become champions in a variety of ways, no matter the coach. Speculation is just that. Until we know something more than speculation, things are defaulted to the way they are now. Anyways, in RR's *first* recruiting season with Michigan, they ended up with the tenth best (according to Rivals) recruiting class. SO no matter who is the coach come Jan 1st, recruiting will be okay.


Input: [Date] 4 years 36 weeks ago [Title] 5 Star rating [Body]

Output: Whether or not Dee gets his fifth star shouldn't matter. Michigan has obviously developed some offensive talent into a cohesive unit and a quite effective one at that. I assume Dee, with his skill set and attitude, will flourish in Rich Rod's scheme. Besides, Texas has tons of five star recruits and Mack is sure having issues making them function as a team.


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

Output: Although I am new to the board, I knew from the beginning that the Free Press was climbing up the wrong tree. Maybe now, Rich Rod can get on to coaching. This of coruse is without having the fear of having undedicated players run to the Free Press before they run to the compliance office or office of the Ombudsman at the University. Such a shame the University had to go through this and I encourage everyone to be active and call the Free Press and voice your disgust.


Input: [Date] 1 hour 21 min ago [Title] Yes, if you have something [Body]

Output: Yes, if you have something compelling to offer - an expensive scholarship or pro $$ - you are always going to be able to get candidates to choose from. Those candidates may need a lot more development that they did in the past, but you'll still be able to get them. But unless the safety is improved and the perceived risks go down, you will have a lot less people playing it recreationally or as a school activity.


Input: [Date] 1 hour 32 min ago [Title] The game of football today is [Body]

Output: The game of football today is quite different than it was in the late 1800's and early 1900's. And most of that difference was driven by changes to improve safety. Football has evolved, and will continue to evolve to survive. It will look different 50, 100 years from now, just like it looks different than it did in the past. But it will still retain some element of downs and distance and moving the ball down the field toward the end zone. But the way you do that may look different due to safety reasons. There are elements of Rugby and 7 on 7's that can give some hints as to what this could be. Challenge to MGoBloggers: Design a version of football that is substantially safer, yet still retains the characteristics of football - line of scrimmage, downs, distance to gain, end zone, etc. In addition, it has to be compelling to watch. Flag football is quite safe, but 100,000 people are probably not going to line up to watch it.


Input: [Date] 2 hours 3 min ago [Title] The scary stories are [Body]

Output: The scary stories are starting to sink in with parents and they are not letting their kids play football when they are young. Add to that the liability issues, and you will start to see schools dropping it. So what will happen then? Football is too popular (and lucrative) of a spectator sport to just disappear. So like boxing, it will continue to draw kids with no "Plan B" who think they can make the big time in football despite the perceived risks. You will also see kids pulled into it relatively late in their youth when they are "discovered" by coaches and others to have the body type and athleticism to be successful in a sport they never played. When a college scholarship or a shot at some kind of pro league is staring some kids in the face, they may decide to give football a try despite the perceived risks. What all of this does, however, is drastically shrink the pool of potential football players for colleges and even the pro leagues to draw from. If you are a Texas high school or the University of Michigan or the New England Patriots, you are going to be able to fill rosters. But if you are an eastern high school or a D3 college or a semi-pro team, you are going to struggle. Some of these "lesser" institutions will drop football. Some will muddle on with an emphasis on developing players from a pool of kids that have never played the game before but can be enticed to try it.


Input: [Date] 2 hours 6 min ago [Title] It won't die because it's too [Body]

Output: It won't die because it's too popular and lucrative of a spectator sport. You will always be able to find somebody to take on the perceived risks for a shot at fame, cash, and glory. It will be like auto racing in that sense. Parents (even parents who were racers themselves) generally are not thrilled at the prospect of their kids taking up racing, and try to discourage it. Yet there are still plenty of kids that line up to do it. What you do have when this happens, however, is a smaller and smaller pool of talent to draw from. The lucrative, glamorous NFL will still have football, but don't bet on every college and high school continuing to have it.


Input: [Date] 17 hours 26 min ago [Title] Son, you need to get [Body]

Output: Son, you need to get laid. Twenty years is long enough.


Input: [Date] 17 hours 27 min ago [Title] Me too! It was like [Body]

Output: Me too! It was like witnessing Hank Aaron's home run.


Input: [Date] 17 hours 56 min ago [Title] Thanks. You made us all feel [Body]

Output: Thanks. You made us all feel old. You're mean.


Input: [Date] 1 day 14 hours ago [Title] That's good to know. We're [Body]

Output: That's good to know. We're glad to have you in the Big Ten. We'll look past the '97 vote thing (football), and hopefully you'll look past the 2013 vote thing (AAU). Nebraska is a great fit in the B1G and should make some noise in the West division.


Input: [Date] 1 day 14 hours ago [Title] Maybe the ACC will take them [Body]

Output: Maybe the ACC will take them for non-revenue sports. After all, they let Notre Dame have their way with them even though ND won't fully commit to them. Looks like they'll sleep around with anybody who can flash some cash.


Input: [Date] 1 day 14 hours ago [Title] Maybe they think the same [Body]

Output: Maybe they think the same thing about us since we're the ones, you know, with the losing record against them.


Input: [Date] 1 day 17 hours ago [Title] They are right. When you are [Body]

Output: They are right. When you are surrounded by conferences with 14 schools, ten schools feels "temporary". It leaves the Big 12 unstable and ripe for poaching. The ACC was in the same boat, but they have become a lot more stable since they expanded to keep up. There is no longer the default assumption that they will disband like there is with the big 12.


Input: [Date] 1 day 18 hours ago [Title] I'd rather tne B1G not [Body]

Output: I'd rather tne B1G not expand. But if you are going to expand, I'd love to see Oklahoma and Kansas. They are elite programs in Football and Basketball repectively, in football they add strength to the B1G West (Purdue would come East), it would re-create the historic, compelling Oklahoma-Nebraska rivalry under the B1G banner, and it would balance out the over-emphasis on the East coast that the B1G has recently gone through. It would be an excellent, strategic add for the B1G as a whole. Yes it's true, Oklahoma and Kansas are not in the largest media markets. But at some point, every decision can't be about the last marginal dollar. The B1G is an athletic conference, not just a bunch of $$ prinitng presses.


Input: [Date] 1 day 18 hours ago [Title] That's temporary . . . if [Body]

Output: That's temporary . . . if they choose it to be. These are strategic decisions. In 50 years, all those culptirts will be dead.


Input: [Date] 2 days 9 hours ago [Title] (No subject) [Body]

Output: Roll Tide!


Input: [Date] 2 days 10 hours ago [Title] Yeah, he was like a traffic [Body]

Output: Yeah, he was like a traffic reporter. Nothing new here. Same old, same old.


Input: [Date] 2 days 10 hours ago [Title] Briars. [Body]

Output: Briars.


Input: [Date] 2 days 10 hours ago [Title] "Let's do it. Let's be bad, [Body]

Output: "Let's do it. Let's be bad, Georgie."


Input: [Date] 2 days 13 hours ago [Title] How in the world can a kid [Body]

Output: How in the world can a kid think he could go to a public nationally covered event like FNL and think that nobody would notice? How dumb can you be? FNL is more like FML for this kid.


Input: [Date] 2 days 13 hours ago [Title] In fairness, there are only a [Body]

Output: In fairness, there are only a small handful of programs that can consistently do the "we have other players who are just as good as you or better ready to take your place" thing. And MSU is not one of them. It can really disrupt a program when a key recruit they were counting on in a key position walks away late in the game. If you're not really sure, don't commit. If you commit and keep looking, don't be surprised if the school walks away from you and keeps looking as well.


Input: [Date] 2 days 13 hours ago [Title] This schedule highlights how [Body]

Output: This schedule highlights how short the time actually is that Harbaugh and staff get with the players from the start of fall camp until the first game. Less than a month, and of course the hours within that month are limited. The staff can only do so much within that timeframe. We should not be expecting the full "Harbaugh effect" the first game. It will take some time. No freak outs in Spetember please. In his first season at Alabama, Saban went 7-6 and lost to Louisiana-Monroe late in the season. These rebuilding things can take some time. What you will be looking at on Sep 3rd is essentially the same team you saw in the Spring Game + Rudock, Peppers, and a handful of other new or returning-from-injury-faces + less than one month of Harbaugh coaching. I expect improvement, but I don't expect a miracle right away.


Input: [Date] 3 days 10 hours ago [Title] Harbaugh would lave Cardale. [Body]

Output: Harbaugh would lave Cardale. So much so that he might even let him skip school.


Input: [Date] 3 days 10 hours ago [Title] But it's freezing cold in [Body]

Output: But it's freezing cold in June. Duh.


Input: [Date] 4 days 2 sec ago [Title] That ESPNU Road Trip episode [Body]

Output: That ESPNU Road Trip episode for UTL I is one of my favorite things . . . ever. Great tour-of-campus run up to the game. Lot's of great field-level action during the game. They were in perfect position for every key play, at field-level as if you were a player . It really captured how once-in-a-lifetime special UTL I was. Plus: Niki Noto! Unfortunately, I can't find the video on Youtube anymore, only a 25 second trailer of it. I actually have the whole episode on a VHS tape that I need to get converted to digital.


Input: [Date] 4 days 12 min ago [Title] This^ I love the walk [Body]

Output: This^ I love the walk through campus, over to the Union, then down State Street and up Hoover with the massed crowd. It's a scene. Parking is also cheaper and easier.


Input: [Date] 4 days 18 min ago [Title] I've had lots of shitty jobs, [Body]

Output: I've had lots of shitty jobs, from fast food to cleaning poison dust in factories. I was a chminey sweep for a while. Fell off a roof doing it. Fortunately, it was only a one-story building, or my avatar would be Dead-Dog.


Input: [Date] 4 days 23 min ago [Title] I'll just leave this here. [Body]

Output: I'll just leave this here.


Input: [Date] 4 days 30 min ago [Title] Dan Snyder says "Hi!" [Body]

Output: Dan Snyder says "Hi!"


Input: [Date] 4 days 36 min ago [Title] Plus, he's fun! [Body]

Output: Plus, he's fun!


Input: [Date] 4 days 53 min ago [Title] Ah, Fleet. We barely knew [Body]

Output: Ah, Fleet. We barely knew ye. On kickoffs, he made it up to the 20 faster than any player I've ever seen. Then plop. Nothing.


Input: [Date] 5 days 18 hours ago [Title] Neat but not unheard of. I [Body]

Output: Neat but not unheard of. I believe Apple and Google do the same thing out west


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Title] Everyone gets their own box [Body]

Output: Everyone gets their own box


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Part of that clause includes [Body]

Output: Part of that clause includes Sling having more than 2M subscribers, which apparently is a long way out.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 4 days ago [Title] They won't be able to do [Body]

Output: They won't be able to do that. There are clauses in their telecom contracts that say if ESPN begins offering a standalone service, the telecoms reserve the right to split off ESPN from their cable channel packages and begin offering them a la carte. That's a death sentence that Disney would never allow.