Input: [Date] 37 weeks 4 days ago [Body] As a guy who watches ALOT of H.S. Football its important to note that there are 2 kinds of coaches. Those for whom its all about THEM and those for whom its all about the TEAM. I am constantly amazed at these HS coaches trying to run multiple formation systems with sequental reads and shit. WTF!! You are the definition of delusional. You have these kids that you cannot recruit for 2 yrs at the varsity level and you want to make it as difficult as possible on them for what?? Oh yeah, so you can show everyone what a "genius" you are and MAYBE..just MAYBE get that one kid with athletic talent enough to do so into a Div 1 program. You justify you complex offensive scheme by saying "thats what the colleges run so thats what they want to see kids in". So you basically tell the other 35-60 kids on your varsity team to go F themselves. This is all about kid X who MIGHT be good enough to get into Whatever U. Bo coached for the TEAM. If he had Johnny Wangler and Anthony Carter he ran play action I formation power and beat them over the top. If he had a lesser O-line he ran option stuff. Watch the MHSAA playoffs this year and see how many teams win their division running a Michigan T(power T, Dead T). Those coaches realize that they can't choose their talent, have a limited time to teach a system and therefore use the system that can deliver the best results in the fastest time with a wide variation of talent. Those coaches are NOT concerned with getting that ONE kid into a big program(thereby getting themselve attention from the coaches/staff etc.) They are concerned with whats BEST for the TEAM, the TEAM, the TEAM!! That is what I want in ANY coach at ANY level. [Title]

Output: Football is Football


Input: [Date] 37 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Brians very first statement about 2007 and how it was the "right thing" is my single biggest pet peeve and point of total disagreement with Brian, who I probably 90+ percent agree with. That is saying basically F the seniors. You don't matter to me. You suck and don't possess enough talent to bother trying to win games for you. RR could have gone a MINIMUM of 6-6 running a power based scheme with Threet/Sheridan handing to Brandon Mnor & Company & running the same basic passing scheme's both of those guys had become familiar with practicing under the previous system. We beat Utah, Toledo, Purdue & likely Northwestern but perhaps lose to Wisconsin because we're not able to use the RR stuff to exploit them in that memorable 2nd half. Our defense & O-line were still strong enough to win us those games. The only reason(s) this was not the strategy we took were 1. RR has no idea how to coach any system other than his own(I think this is the reason BTW which is a damn shame for anyone who consider's themselves a top level football coach) or 2. RR was too impatient and thought that he could get away with ending our 30yr bowl streak( in other words he thought Michigan was just like every other school but just bigger) without losing too much support. He was wrong. You can, and i'm sure will, continue to believe this was the right thing to do in 2008 but that does not make it so. If we assume there was a large faction of the M fanbase(20-25%?) that was anti RR from the get go, that means at least 20-25% were Pro RR and that leaves 50-60% that were on the fence waiting to see. By disregarding those seniors in 2008 and ending the bowl streak etc. What did he do to those 50-60%(myself in that group)? I'm saying he sent more of them to the anti camp than to the pro camp and never got them back. He gambled that he would go 7-5 then 9-3, that would have gotten enough of them back to win him a 4th yr. Instead he went 5-7(no bowl again) and 7-5. The fence sitters he lost in 08 were not going to move inot the neutral or pro camps with those results. [Title]

Output: Brians very first statement


Input: [Date] 39 weeks 2 days ago [Body] My Z West DUX might just have something to say about that. [Title]

Output: My Z West DUX might just have


Input: [Date] 31 weeks 6 days ago [Title] No trade [Body]

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


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

Output: I thought the exact same thing!


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

Output: Stuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!


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

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


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

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


Input: [Date] 4 years 41 weeks ago [Title] How would the world know? [Body]

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


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

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


Input: [Date] 4 years 42 weeks ago [Title] So I understand that a lot of [Body]

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Title] What am I supposed to do now [Body]

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


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

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


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

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


Input: [Date] 1 week 3 days ago [Body] I wasn't booing the players, I was booing Brandon and hoke. Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad [Title]

Output: I wasn't booing the players, I was booing Brandon and hoke.


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 6 days ago [Body] My wife is a buckeye. M has won once since we met. She has been fine because 1) she doesn't care about it that much, and 2) she is a genuinely nice person. Her family has been brutal. We always spend thanksgiving weekend in Columbus, so I've had to watch the game with a bunch of bucknuts. They are cruel and relentless. I don't want m to beat osu. I need m to beat osu. Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad [Title]

Output: My wife is a buckeye. M has


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 1 day ago [Body] I cannot stop watching that gif Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad [Title]

Output: I cannot stop watching that gif


Input: [Date] 16 weeks 3 days ago [Body] When people were jumping ship last fall, I bought in. Now I'll have season tix for the rest of my life. Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad [Title]

Output: When people were jumping ship


Input: [Date] 17 weeks 1 day ago [Body] I would shop that ticket. He could probably get $100 k for it right now. Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad [Title]

Output: I would shop that ticket. He


Input: [Date] 23 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Football should limit the number of punts to three per team per game. Use them wisely! Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad [Title]

Output: Football should limit the


Input: [Date] 23 weeks 4 days ago [Body] In football, a punt should be a live ball comparable to a fumble as soon as it crosses the line of scrimmage, Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad [Title]

Output: In football, a punt should be


Input: [Date] 30 weeks 10 hours ago [Body] Izzo's presser had some awesome quotes... "I'm very disappointed," Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said. "For them to have zero free throws at the half and end up with 32 is a joke." "It was my choice not to foul at the end of the game," he said. "Maybe I'll change, but I haven't done that for 20 years. We've done OK." "I don't think we've ever been outrebounded 52-36 in the history of me," he said. "I thought both teams were bad offensively, but they drove it down our throat." "Valentine was in foul trouble, and we just don't have the bodies right now," Izzo said. "They kept rolling guys in and had 10 guys play 10 minutes or more. "It was the touchy, feely stuff," Izzo said. "The coaches said, `Let's play like a fourth-grade gym class,' and they got what they wanted, a free throw contest. They were better than we were at it." [Title]

Output: Weird guys


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 12 hours ago [Body] Really looking forward to seeing gifs of the behind the back pass and the hunger games sign to the bench. Spike was on fire tonight. Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad [Title]

Output: Really looking forward to


Input: [Date] 38 weeks 3 days ago [Body] It's ironic that they consider the fans entitled. M has beaten osu once in the past decade and is in the worst 7 year stretch in its 136 year history. Yet they expect us to show unwavering support for all aspects of the program. Including paying thousands of dollars to sit in the cold and watch our rivals and teams like minnefuckingsota kick the shit out of us. Who's the entitled brat now? Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad [Title]

Output: It's ironic that they


Input: [Date] 38 weeks 3 days ago [Body] This wouldn't be an issue if mealer's class didn't go 2-6 against osu and MSU. They had their chance to keep hoke and Brandon. They blew it. Actions have consequences. Suck it up. Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad [Title]

Output: This wouldn't be an issue if


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Would Michigan win the MAC if it was in that league? [Title]

Output: MAC


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Hoke has lost all credibility. This incident plus how he handled the late hit on Gardner in the nd game shows who he really is. When he made his first year here all about the seniors, I thought it was a real class move. But if he was really a coach who believed in toughness and taking care of his players, he would have stormed across the field after either of those hits and screamed his head off at the ref until he got an ejection or something. Instead he stands there like a coward and all his players follow suit. When you hang your players out to dry, they don't want to play for you. I'm really conservative about firing coaches. I thought rich rod should have gotten one more year. Going into this season I thought hoke should get one more no matter what. But his handling of these two incidents has changed my mind. Fire him and Brandon tomorrow. If you don't, players are going to start leaving. I would. Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad [Title]

Output: Hoke has lost all


Input: [Date] 44 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Willie Henry scored more points in one play than the entire offense did in the Notre Dame and Utah games. [Title]

Output: Offense ineptitude


Input: [Date] 44 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Pay Jim Tressel $10 million a year. Give some big speech about how he's so sorry about his mistakes, learned his lesson, blah blah blah. [Title]

Output: Tresses


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 1 day ago [Body] What is the makes plays troll about? I refuse to listen to valenti and his puppet foster, so I feel like I'm on the outside of an inside joke. [Title]

Output: Plays


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Forbes had a nice article in NCAA coach's buyouts. Ferentz's was pretty big - ia can't afford to fire him. Fwiw, hokes is pretty low [Title]

Output: Forbes


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 3 days ago [Body] After what we've been through in the past 7 yrs, we don't owe anyone anything. Hoke's total screw up of the last first half drive was enough justification for cutting out early. [Title]

Output: STFU


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 3 days ago [Body] If hoke had a b1g championship and a winning record against osu and MSU, everyone would be eating his new injury update policy up like it was the greatest thing ever. [Title]

Output: Winning is everything


Input: [Date] 46 weeks 21 hours ago [Body] Fair enough [Title]

Output: Ok


Input: [Date] 46 weeks 23 hours ago [Body] I don't understand why narduzzis name doesn't come up in potential future hc conversations. He's built a perennial top defense and been a key part of MSU 's sustained success. Is it because he doesn't have a connection to michigan football other than owning it for the past 6 years? [Title]

Output: Narduzzi for hc?


Input: [Date] 47 weeks 4 days ago [Body] "You didn't come here to play sleep!" [Title]

Output: And


Input: [Date] 50 weeks 4 min ago [Body] It's probably some rules violation [Title]

Output: Don't tell the NCAA


Input: [Date] 50 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Nothing beats the classic home jersey. But if they had to do an alternate, this is preferable to the terrible white ones they've rolled out. [Title]

Output: Better than white


Input: [Date] 1 year 1 week ago [Body] Do any of you watch the game in Columbus? We always go to my wife's parents house for thanksgiving and have to watch the game with a ton of buckeyes. It's wearing on me. [Title]

Output: Not my experience


Input: [Date] 1 year 1 week ago [Body] I wore my m jersey to fireworks in downtown Columbus a few 4th of july's ago (my wife is from there). I tried to keep track of how many times people yelled "f u" at me and lost track after 30. [Title]

Output: Do it


Input: [Date] 1 year 1 week ago [Body] If michigan goes 13-1 and wins the rose bowl, their tune will change. News media is fickle. Just look at the redskins "controversy." Nobody said a peep until this year. Now there is righteous indignation everywhere. [Title]

Output: Solution


Input: [Date] 1 year 1 week ago [Body] Can I say chip Kelly even though he is with the eagles now? [Title]

Output: Spread


Input: [Date] 1 year 4 weeks ago [Body] Pretend for a second that you are still a pistons fan...would you rather have Burke and gr3, or kcp and dinwiddie? Pistons could of had them both and passed. [Title]

Output: Pistons


Input: [Date] 1 year 11 weeks ago [Body] I took the first shift so I get to just ride. But I'm Bout to lurch going through these mts. FYI confederate flag count now at 37. Our over under was 100. [Title]

Output: Nope


Input: [Date] 1 year 19 weeks ago [Title] The author of this article [Body]

Output: The author of this article completely screwed this up. If it was based on the rankings he would simply apply to more widely used national criteria to the regional schools. Even a "top" ranked regional school would struggle to make the top 75. Creighton accepts 80 percent of its students and as a 25 percentile ACT score of 24. It isn't some academic powerhouse.


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Title] They offered Pallante a full [Body]

Output: They offered Pallante a full scholarship and had Williams as a backup but he chose ND. Maybe there weren't any other sleeper DEs that they liked in the class. I doubt that they just didn't consider backup options.


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Title] That makes more sense. From [Body]

Output: That makes more sense. From the OP I thought you were looking into buying gold as an "investment".


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Title] I don't know how you can [Body]

Output: I don't know how you can claim it stays pretty stable when it lost around 30 percent of its value in 2013.


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Title] Why would you buy gold? [Body]

Output: Why would you buy gold?


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Title] Surely what you mean is that [Body]

Output: Surely what you mean is that you don't have any memories of buying a drink at Ricks until after you graduated?


Input: [Date] 1 year 26 weeks ago [Title] I disagree with the "major [Body]

Output: I disagree with the "major diversity" suggestion. I think it would only reward schools that offer a large group of academically questionable majors. Remember when Ohio State was making fun of Michigan for having so many kids concentrating on General Studies while they players majoring in "Family Resource Management" and "Sports and Leisure Studies". Furthermore, kids who didn't care would still be pushed into random majors. I think it is actually beneficial to put players who don't have a specific interest into concentrations like General Studies at Michigan, Business at Notre Dame, or Science, Technology, and Society at Stanford (info from old mgoblog article "Destroy Harbaugh"). It gives them a manageable selection of classes(considering their intense athletic schedules) and allows them to take classes with their peers while offering them exposure to college level courses and helping them build basic communication/analytical skills. If they fail to make it in football and desire a more specific education at a later time, schools should offer them a full-ride and admissions help to a grad program of their choosing. If anything, I think the NCAA should push to standardize education for atheletes across schools and ensure that athletes meet some core set of criteria in their coursework. Granting Terrell Pryor the status of Academic All-American is a greater mockery of college athletics than pushing kids towards a more managable course of action.


Input: [Date] 1 year 28 weeks ago [Title] Which RB coaches would have [Body]

Output: Which RB coaches would have made any of the RR-era backs into multiyear NFL players? Touissant's injury pretty much ended his NFL hopes. V Smith was never going to make in the NFL. STEVE SLATON IS NOT IN THE NFL. Does Rich Rod have any RBs currently in the NFL? Rawls was just a body in the 1 month 2011 class. Jackson hyped him up. Jackson hypes everyone up. Justice Hayes is still under 200 pounds. Hayes will still be a RS Jr. He looked pretty good in the bowl game, even if he is moving to slot. Drake Johnson, who was supposedly very raw coming out of HS, was competiting for the starting job. I thought Smith and Green improved a good amount over the course of the year.


Input: [Date] 1 year 28 weeks ago [Title] He must not be a big Under [Body]

Output: He must not be a big Under Armour fan.


Input: [Date] 1 year 31 weeks ago [Title] It is also important to have [Body]

Output: It is also important to have 3 scholarship-worthy athletes at QB. So far, the 2011 QB class has been underwhelming. What QB would you have taken that you would feel comfortable starting as a RS Fr? Would it help the 2013 team to take another Bellomy-level talent over a guy like Willie Henry/Dennis Norfleet(last minute guys who are major contributors)?


Input: [Date] 1 year 31 weeks ago [Title] We didn't have relatively [Body]

Output: We didn't have relatively few. Last year we had 4 all B1G and this year we have three. Considering there are 12 teams and only 26 spots, we had a good amount relatively.


Input: [Date] 1 year 31 weeks ago [Title] The 2011 team ran the ball [Body]

Output: The 2011 team ran the ball pretty well. They also won a big road game against Virginia Tech.


Input: [Date] 1 year 32 weeks ago [Title] How is there a lack of demand [Body]

Output: How is there a lack of demand if the tickets are still over 100 dollars? There have been a few Michigan games were it was difficult to give student tickets away.


Input: [Date] 1 year 32 weeks ago [Title] It's supposed to be amateur [Body]

Output: It's supposed to be amateur athletics. Players who wish to be paid according to their free market value you can try to do so elsewhere or lobby the NFL to drop their ridiculous restrictions


Input: [Date] 1 year 33 weeks ago [Title] He could still get a pay [Body]

Output: He could still get a pay raise by leaving. If texas offers him 15 million a year, he turns them down, an they offer their second choice 7 million a year, Alabama would only have to pay him 7.1 million.


Input: [Date] 1 year 33 weeks ago [Title] Doesn't the BWW pick before [Body]

Output: Doesn't the BWW pick before the Gator this year?


Input: [Date] 1 year 33 weeks ago [Title] What are you talking about? [Body]

Output: What are you talking about? Pretty much every coach hired into the league is a former coordinator/assistant. UW and Colorado hired coaches from weaker conferences(though petersen is a much bigger name that any MAC coach). Arizona and WSU took chances on disgraced offensive gurus and ASU hired Graham. UCLA snagged a twice fired former NFL HC.


Input: [Date] 1 year 34 weeks ago [Title] Amazon's CyberMonday site is [Body]

Output: Amazon's CyberMonday site is pretty sweet, especially for electronics. I pretty much just checkin on the deals on it all day. There are/were some really cheap TVs if someone is looking to pickup a second TV for their bedroom or something.


Input: [Date] 1 year 34 weeks ago [Title] Most of those guys appeared [Body]

Output: Most of those guys appeared compotent and to not struggle starting next to other veteran players. Schofield looks terrible this year and many people are saying Lewan actually isn't that great. How many times in Michigan history have we had this many young guys playing side by side on the OL/TE/FB positions?


Input: [Date] 1 year 36 weeks ago [Title] Set for years? Isn't Guiton a [Body]

Output: Set for years? Isn't Guiton a senior and Braxton a sophomore?


Input: [Date] 1 year 37 weeks ago [Title] So we can lose the extra [Body]

Output: So we can lose the extra practices?


Input: [Date] 1 year 37 weeks ago [Title] Yeah they don't usually lose [Body]

Output: Yeah they don't usually lose to less talented ND, Nebraska, Iowa, etc. teams almost every year. God bless you man, hmmmmmmmmm,


Input: [Date] 1 year 38 weeks ago [Title] It is one thing if talented [Body]

Output: It is one thing if talented underclassman beat out multiple more experienced players for a starting position. Michigan has three young guys right next to each other on the interior that are pretty much playing their by default.


Input: [Date] 1 year 38 weeks ago [Title] Or we win out, they lose in [Body]

Output: Or we win out, they lose in the CCG, and we go to a BCS bowl while they go to the Outback bowl or something.


Input: [Date] 1 year 38 weeks ago [Title] He had won an NC with LSU but [Body]

Output: He had won an NC with LSU but not many would have said he was the best coach in CFB in 2007.


Input: [Date] 1 year 38 weeks ago [Title] Did watch FSU in 2011 when [Body]

Output: Did watch FSU in 2011 when those "veterans" were playing for the first time? They went 8-4 with losses to Virginia and Wake Forest with a defense that was more talented than ours.


Input: [Date] 1 year 38 weeks ago [Title] If your avatar pic is of [Body]

Output: If your avatar pic is of yourself you need to stop dressing like an ass. Drives me crazy. No headset. You look like an idiot. You look like a 3rd grader whose parents bought him clothing a size to big because they didn't care about how it looked and he would someday grow into them. Also, I don't know why you 'quoted' toughness and your puns are week.* *no.


Input: [Date] 1 year 38 weeks ago [Title] Yeah Michigan never performs [Body]

Output: Yeah Michigan never performs well at home.


Input: [Date] 1 year 38 weeks ago [Title] They both had *a freshman [Body]

Output: They both had *a freshman starter.


Input: [Date] 1 year 38 weeks ago [Title] Young OL can contribute. [Body]

Output: Young OL can contribute. However, the odds that 3 young OL playing adjacent to each other against the best D in the country on the road are going not play terribly are pretty low.


Input: [Date] 3 years 31 weeks ago [Body] I personally can't think of a scenario or circumstance where it would ever be a better life option to get your degree from from places like Ohio or Colorado, over the University of Michigan but thats just my take on it. [Title]

Output: Carr's team meeting.


Input: [Date] 3 years 36 weeks ago [Body] I always thought all teams where streaky but maybe Michigan is a tad more because of the 3's....Be patient Michigan will streak for you, promise... [Title]

Output: Basketball is a game of runs.


Input: [Date] 3 years 37 weeks ago [Body] to see Denard on the sideline. Denard is such a good kid and has done so much for Michigan. He is such an amazing football talent and I believe Borges will use him in the best possible way to help us win our final two games. I just hope that I'm not seeing what I think I'm seeing, as it pertains to Denard and his future to be the Michigan QB. I trust this coaching staff to continue to use both QB's in the best way to help Michigan win out and get to a BCS bowl.(Maybe) [Title]

Output: It really hurt me


Input: [Date] 3 years 37 weeks ago [Body] they were nailing 3's untill then, now there 1-13 down the stretch. Living and dieing by the 3 this team is definantly a work in progress. But I guess thats what these 1st few games are for.They need Horford of JM to give them something down low to challenge for b-10 title. It's still just game 1, and remember it took them a while to get it together last year. Plus, it's basketball which means it's a game of runs, I just missed there 1st half so it looked worse than it was. They'll get it going in the second half, no doubt. [Title]

Output: Sorry I tuned in


Input: [Date] 3 years 37 weeks ago [Body] Maybe im not doing it right. This is so depressing I was looking forward to this game all day.. EDIT: Thxs a million for the stream. Way to be selfless. [Title]

Output: I tried all 3 browsers and open in a new tab but no luck.


Input: [Date] 3 years 37 weeks ago [Body] last week free be cobe an now it wants me to sign up again. If anyone figure's this out could you please post how you did? [Title]

Output: Same, signed up


Input: [Date] 3 years 37 weeks ago [Body] had a chance if it had been called a TD on the field but the nose of the football clearly hit the ground and shifted through his grasp. The field ruling was never going to be overturned, probably either way. The thing that had me baffeled and still does even after Borges said "there was know getting to the edges with Denard Iowa wasn't going to allow that" was the 4th down call. I never thought in a million years that Michigan would throw it on 4th down. Watching the 1st three plays I thought, (well if they get to 4th down they'll have to run there 2-point conversion play) which stupid me was conviced it would be either option left, right or a Denard lead left or right. It isn't fair to second guess Borges because he know's the game of football way more than a loyal fan like me but in those situation's I always thought you go to your strength's not your weakness. Unless your out talented then sometimes you do have to go where the defense isn't. I still don't know if we played bad or if Iowa just has more talent than us. I still hate admitting that other teams have more talent than us but they dictated the game up front on both sides and better teams tend to do that. I liked it better when we could say," we were young" or "we don't have any depth". What really scares me is that I watched Iowa a few times this year and Iowa's defense was really bad. [Title]

Output: Hemingway catch


Input: [Date] 3 years 38 weeks ago [Body] and MSU loses at Iowa & at Northwestern, and Iowa loses there last game of the year at Nebraska we go to Big-10 Championship game. I know thats alot to ask for but atleast if we win out I think Michigan fans will be happy with the bowl we get, BCS? [Title]

Output: If Michgan wins out


Input: [Date] 3 years 38 weeks ago [Body] being in Gordons corner over Woolfolk. To me it seems that Woolfolk takes bad angles maybe because he wants to takle from the side and not heads up, I don't know but I don't think he's physical enough for safety. His speed is a plus but like Mangus stated, Iowa went with a quick strike passing game to probably avoid Mattison's zone blitz packages and to atack Floyd's back pedal. I think coverage and takling might have worked better. Denard does seem slower or just hesitant at times. One thing I've noticed is the pulling lineman seem to not only anounce the play but also take for ever and Denard has to wait on them allowing defences to get the angle or force the cutback. One last thing on Denard is it just me or does he seam to immediately look for the side line when he gets to the second level. I understand it though he is our QB and we need him to avoid injury. Just some observations but what do I know. [Title]

Output: I'm on record of


Input: [Date] 3 years 39 weeks ago [Body] Keep in mind that this is based on Neb, MSU, and UM winning all other games not mentioned in said senario. Michigan gets in if.... Senario 1- Michigan wins out and Michigan St. loses one of it's final 4 games. Senario 2- Michigan beats Nebraska and Iowa and goes 1-1 with Illinois and Ohio St. Michigan St goes 2-1 vs Iowa, NW, or Minny. Senario 3- If MSU loses only to IU and wins there other 3 gms, and Michigan does senario 2 it would get a little tricky, not likely, so ill leave it out = It would go to #4, common conference opponets if anyone else wants to figure that one out. Explanation on senario 2, MSU would be eliminated under step # 2, because they would be 3-2 in division and both Neb and UM would be 4-1. So in a 3 way tie, if any team is removed through a step the two teams left will go to head to head. Mich beating Neb will get us in. Bottom line Michigan must beat both Iowa and Neb to have any chance to get in and even then they will still need MSU to lose 1 more game. [Title]

Output: This is my take on it


Input: [Date] 3 years 39 weeks ago [Body] I don't even think it's close. Woolkolk over Gordon? no. Woolfolk over Avery as the 5th db? Maybe. [Title]

Output: T. Gordon's and....


Input: [Date] 3 years 39 weeks ago [Body] I think it was in the 2nd, Penn St. was down on the goaline and there was a decision to be made on whether or not to go for it on 4th dn. The camera was focused on Jo Pa up in the booth and the announcers said somethin like, "Paterno has a huge decision to make". He was nodding out, mid day, during a Penn St. football game, unbeleavable. Does anyone still think that he has anything to do with any decision's at all? [Title]

Output: Paterno had the nods


Input: [Date] 4 years 26 weeks ago [Body] HOKE!...I'm in total shock right now. It's causing me to have to read everything twice but---^@*%^$...I'm just speechless. [Title]

Output: Keep'em coming


Input: [Date] 4 years 27 weeks ago [Body] Why do these kids keep signing to these schools, (Ala. LSU), if they know they run the risk of being cut??...If all this is true you think these kids and there parents would take a closer look at the SEC school's that participate in this...I'm not trying to argue I truely would like to know because you would expect to see a down swing in quality of there recruiting...no?...just askin... [Title]

Output: My only problem with all this is...


Input: [Date] 4 years 27 weeks ago [Body] I've been living down here in Florida since I left Michigan in 2008...Yikes! [Title]

Output: That picture reminds me of just how cold it gets in Michigan..


Input: [Date] 4 years 27 weeks ago [Body] I'm sold on this kid from what I've seen....Again, I suck at being able to tell whether a kid, (by watching High School tape alone), can play or not. [Title]

Output: I know nothing about watching video like some on here but


Input: [Date] 4 years 27 weeks ago [Body] that as Michigan fans we all were excited that rr was going to focus on the south.(Florida)...As was stated, this is where most of the talent is...no? [Title]

Output: I always thought,


Input: [Date] 4 years 27 weeks ago [Body] while at the Bowl game one thing I noticed that I never was able to watching on TV, was that Denard had recievers running down the middle of the field wide open (because MSU was blitzing there lb's on almost every play), but he was never able to see them.....I'm sure there are reason's for this that people a lot smarter than me could point out, like: scheme, youth, height, ect. [Title]

Output: I hope your correct. However,


Input: [Date] 4 years 27 weeks ago [Body] Febuary 2nd yet?...Every day I'm getting more n more excited about this staff's ability to recruit. [Title]

Output: Is it


Input: [Date] 4 years 27 weeks ago [Body] have Hill though...Well then just keep building the defense Martin Mayhew. [Title]

Output: We still


Input: [Date] 4 years 27 weeks ago [Body] My girlfiend suprised me on x-mas mourning with a #5, jersey so I could represent at the Bowl Game...I told her that I loved but wished it was #16 because come next year I was pretty sure I was going to be sporting a Courtney Avery jersey..lol [Title]

Output: I'm with you (six zero).


Input: [Date] 4 years 27 weeks ago [Body] when I listen to Denard describe his reason's for staying. It gives me a lot of hope for the future of Michigan football...Go Blue 4 Life [Title]

Output: I get a flash of arrector pili


Input: [Date] 4 years 27 weeks ago [Body] but I have to disagree with the OP. [Title]

Output: Sorry


Input: [Date] 4 years 28 weeks ago [Body] You always seem to have quality threads. [Title]

Output: Thanks a lot.


Input: [Date] 4 years 28 weeks ago [Body] This is great news because I truely believe that with Denard on board everything else will fall into place, at least attrition wise. I was wondering if anyone on here believes that Denard could still win the Hiesman?...Or will he lose out to the Pro-Style offense and it's tendency equally distribute the football? [Title]

Output: Yeeees!


Input: [Date] 4 years 28 weeks ago [Body] "Hoke it is", I was in the middle of doing a Pediatric patient assessment and I simply walked out on my instructor. He's a die-hard Hurricanes fan so he thankfully he understood. Anyway, as of today I'm 100% behind Hoke, my love for Michigan demands it. [Title]

Output: My brother sent me a text while at school yesterday and said,


Input: [Date] 4 years 32 weeks ago [Body] let us know how important this game is to Michigan now and the future...I feel so bad for him, it sounds like everything he says is in defense of in case we lose.BUT I also heard him say "guys win or lose this game were gonna be better next year and even better the year after that". I believe you Rich and to show it I'll be there win or lose in Jacksonville with you, for you, and in total support of you. Go Blue! [Title]

Output: I wish Rich would


Input: [Date] 4 years 32 weeks ago [Body] The win vs Indiana was big at the time. Ya, I know its Indiana but it was 2 undefeated teams at the time and it preceded the MSU game. It wasn't until around 1:00pm, the following week , when Ohio st. was pummeling Indiana, (28-0 in the second quarter), that I was like, "uh-oh". [Title]

Output: Indiana win at the time.


Input: [Date] 4 years 32 weeks ago [Body] Never seen anyone on a fast break pull-up for 7 inch jumper...poor Novak tried. [Title]

Output: LOL


Input: [Date] 4 years 32 weeks ago [Body] a little frustrating. The only word that I can think of is, LAZY. This is not a team that can just show up and expect a win. For those of you who didn't get to catch the UTEP game, there effort tonight looks about the same. That night I kept waiting for them to get it going and they never did. Luckily for us NCCU is a horrible team. [Title]

Output: This half has been


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 1 day ago [Body] You just manipulated every single fact to your liking. Hoke does not have control over a player being medically cleared to play. If they said he could play, it would be odd for Hoke to be criticized for having a different opinion. Hoke is not a doctor. There is no evidence that Hoke had any knowledge of a head injury. There's no reason to think he would have. What evidence do you have that Hoke had any idea that Morris may have been concussed? None. That's a fact. We're all replaying GIFs left and right to try and prove that Hoke should have known. That proves nothing. It's easy to watch a highlight 50 times from 6 different camera angles and then watch the players get addressed on the sidelines from numerous camera angles and assume that the coach should know more than the fan watching at home. In reality though, that makes no sense. He was coaching a football game. He wasn't performing a concussion test on the sideline. If his medical staff also wasn't, then how is that on Hoke? You and everybody else on here have attacked the man's integrity for no reason other than he didn't have all of the information at his disposal at one moment within a football game. Get over it. I wanted Morris pulled and Hoke fired well before any of that happened. The fact that it did happen doesn't make Hoke a bad guy, he's just a bad coach who got caught in an awful moment at just the right time for a media firestorm. Nothing more. [Title]

Output: You just manipulated every


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Sorry, I'm sure I'm in the minority, but this post is an embarrassment to this site. It pretty much implies several things that are not true by relying on tweets of media members who have taken every statement entirely out of context. This is easy to prove. I expect better than this. This whole thing is just Gibbons all over again. Laying in on a guy based on things totally out of his control, and then blaming him for not being in control of the situation he had no way to know he had to control. It's just dumb. Brady Hoke didn't knowingly play a concussed player. Why would anybody think he would? I'm embarrassed for you if you think anything about this was intentional or unethical. Seriously, spend 5 minutes thinking about the facts and realize this was nothing more thanan unfortunate and unpredictable set of circumstances. [Title]

Output: This post/entry is embarrassing to this site


Input: [Date] 1 year 1 week ago [Body] This wouldn't make me angry if it weren't for the fact that I have literally never read a single quote from any of our coaches that disparaged a single player in an improper way. I have also never seen a single one of our coaches use an excuse that didn't relate to the youth on our team, and even when they say that they say it's no excuse and they have to get the players they have ready. Even using that excuse, I've never seen them blame a single loss on any mistake of any player. EVER. Seriously, listening to this guy is like listening to a politician who just lies without regret because he knows his supporters will blindly believe it, and then get away with it no matter how false he is proven to be. Sad thing about society today - facts don't matter, which bubble you live in does... [Title]

Output: This wouldn't make me angry


Input: [Date] 1 year 12 weeks ago [Body] How do I know that this probably is some ridiculous haphazard standard that should not be applied to these situations? Well, prior to being mandated to change the standard, nearly every single University that investigated and punished students for sexual assault used the highest possible standard of proof, and this was almost always a departure from the standard of proof required for lesser offenses. The fact that nearly every independent vote of people closer to the actual situations resulted in a different outcome than the federally mandated rule leads me to believe that the people best suited for deciding this disagree with the federal government on this one. Secondly, I fully understand the burden of proof in a civil trial. However, as pointed out above, the rules of evidence and procedures used in a civil trial are so far removed from that of the type of hearings we're discussing that comparing them seems pointless. For instance, it costs A LOT of time and money to sue somebody. You also usually only do it if the responsible party has money to win. You also have to factor in attorney fees, time, travel, the duration of the proceedings, etc. On the other hand, an alleged victim in one of these cases risks essentially nothing. It's a relatively short process. The alleged victim's name never gets out. She doesn't have to pay for anything, per se. I mean, it doesn't someone anything to make a false allegation it would seem. I'm sorry, I just find this crazy and ridiculous, personally. [Title]

Output: How do I know that this


Input: [Date] 1 year 12 weeks ago [Body] I really couldn't disagree much more. It honestly doesn't matter to me what happens when a student cheats or is caught drinking in his dorm room. I don't care what standard of proof they use for these types of transgressions. They really are nothing like a sexual assault allegation. I keep posing this hypothetical and not a single person has ever responded. What would you think if the following occurred: Your son is dating a girl and has what he believes is consensual sex with the girl. Later, he finds out that she claimed it was not consensual, and he is under investigation. Being that he's honest, he admits to having intercourse with the girl because that is in fact what happened. There is no other credible evidence. It's his word against hers seeing as to how he admitted to having sex. Because of the circumstances and the preponderance of the evidence standard, your son faces a 50/50 chance of expulsion depending on how truthful he and the girl are determined to be. Would you want those odds for your son for something he swears he didn't do? I wouldn't. Sexual assault is simply not something a university can investigate. It also potentially forces the defendant to have to put statements on the record to defend himself, which could kill his case in a criminal trial. Doesn't really leave many options for the men accused of these assaults. [Title]

Output: I really couldn't disagree


Input: [Date] 1 year 13 weeks ago [Body] "Emmert just said athletes shouldn't be able to capitalize on their own likenesses because of "competitive fairness." Yes. He really did." Ummmm, isn't he 100% right? If you allowed players to capitalize off of their likeness without restriction, then the entire college system would instantly be dead, and I mean DEAD. This seems pretty obvious. I know everybody likes to cry about a Minnesota wrestler or whatever not being allowed to pursue a music career, but in reality the problem stems from the fact that the second a star recruit steps foot on campus his likeness becomes worth whatever a booster wants to pay for it. Hey booster, wanna a photo of me for $1000? Why of course, young strapping man, that seems like fair market value for a photo of a guy who hasn't played a down of college football. How would you ever regulate that without just imposing the same types of restrictions? Honestly, I think bringing this up as if it is some kind of dumb argument from the NCAA reflects more poorly on the person calling it a poor argument than the person making the argument, in my opinion. If you think the whole system should be blown up, then I understand, but to act like this isn't a good argument is truly bizarre unless taken out of context entirely, as you and the original tweet managed to do. [Title]

Output: "Emmert just said athletes


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Body] Where exactly are you going with any of your arguments? Nothing you have said has been remotely related to reality. Please answer these questions. If you and another girl were both drunk, had what you believed to be consensual sex, and then to your surprise she accuses you of rape the next day, would you want your fate as a U of M student to be determined by a hearing where the only evidence is your word against hers, essentially? I'm not saying these are the exact facts of the Gibbons case, but seriously, think of what a terrible way to determine something so important. You seem to be downplaying being expelled from a major University like it's a traffic ticket. What world do you live in where a google search of a guy's name bringing up hundreds of articles claiming he may have raped somebody wouldn't harm his prospects of getting a job? Seriously, is it worth arguing this? [Title]

Output: Where exactly are you going


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Body] Worst post I've read on this site in a long time. "There is zero reason to move Jake Ryan to the interior." Says who? A guy who watched a bunch of film after the games were over? I'm sorry, but stuff like this really gets to me sometimes. I understand that some people get upset by "trust the coaches" type statements, but has it ever occurred to anybody out there that maybe they actually have information on Jake Ryan and the other linebackers that leads them to believe that they just might be more qualified to make a major decision like this than you are? Do you think they did this on a whim? I'm sure it took weeks and months to make these decisions. Also, questioning which coach coaches which position is old. Yeah, Manning never played CB, but he also never played RB or DL, two other positions he was previously slated to coach. I'm sure the coaches have some idea of what it takes to make such a move. [Title]

Output: Worst post I've read on this


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Body] If a team claimed they would rather walk out than play to win a national championship, then I would call every member of that team a liar. [Title]

Output: If a team claimed they would


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Body] I think your analysis of Toussaint is WAY WAY off on a few of those. I'm actually more annoyed than anything because now everybody out there is going to say "look, he has all these negative points, start Green!" Toussaint is by far our best back right now. The -3 for the Chesson crack back block play is silly to me. If you really watch what happens, Toussaint starts to cut inside as soon as he sees the guy blitzing outside of him. Immediately thereafter Chesson blocks him directly into Toussaint's feet. After watching it like 20 times, I think Toussaint did the right thing, assuming that Chesson wasn't going to knock the guy 5 yards back into him. The other negative to Toussaint on the long delayed draw is even more ridiculous. Toussaint is looking left the entire time, trying to sell that he's pass blocking a free guy coming from the left as a part of the protection. Once he actually gets the ball, his view of the right is even more obscurred. You seem to want him to be psychic and able to know that WRs and OL out 20-30 yards to his right have set up perfect blocking for him when he has absolutely no way to see this or know this whatsoever. [Title]

Output: I think your analysis of


Input: [Date] 1 year 51 weeks ago [Body] I honestly don't even know how to respond to something like this. This is by far the worst Michigan site to post to for many topics. I mean, you yourself state that my story is interesting, but it's no longer worth reading because it uses the term a-hole? Does that actually have any effect on the content of my post whatsoever? I mean, honestly, the word that originally came to mind was asshole, so I used the friendlier version. Obviously, everybody out there from some 10 year old kid to some graduate of the 1948 class understand exactly what I'm saying without being horribly offended. I honestly couldn't care less about the points attached to my name on here. I'm only wasting the time to write this because I'm not the only person on this board who is just tired of half the posts on a given topic being about typos, incorrect grammar, and thread titles that aren't fully informative. It really takes a lot away from the site. It just reenforces the stereotypes of arrogance and condescension that fans of other teams associate with Michigan and its students. [Title]

Output: I honestly don't even know


Input: [Date] 1 year 51 weeks ago [Body] This story still blows my mind to this day, and I have no reason to not believe it. I went to law school with this guy who was maybe the single nicest, most honest, and most friendly guy that ever lived. He was from a Utah and apparently grew up either in the town that Gee did or from a town very close thereto. Anyway, through some group or association or something he was involved in for law school (can't remember what it was) he was to attend a national conference held at THE Ohio State University. Having always grown up hearing about what a crazy success Gee was in his area, he decided to try and see if he could schedule a meeting with Gee based on the premise that they were from the same home town or area or whatever. Sure enough, after going through the proper channels, Gee agreed to meet with him. My friend shows up to meet Gee in his office. Right off the bat Gee starts going off about his Mormon faith and starts discussing it with my friend. My friend was embarassed as he had to awkwardly inform Gee that despite being from Mormon central he was in fact not Mormon. Gee cut off the interview and asked him to leave. Again, the guy who told this story was without exception the nicest and most honest person (and especially lawyer) that anyone has ever met. I believe him 100%. And with that, Gee is officially a giant prejudiced A-hole. His Catholic comments were also not a shock to me based on this interaction with my friend. [Title]

Output: Wanna hear an incredible story of what an A-hole Gee is?


Input: [Date] 2 years 2 days ago [Body] You can only have a certain number of players report for the start of Fall camp. You can then add more at a later date before the season starts (this is when non-preferred walk-ons usually join the team). This has been explained to us in relation to guys like Bell and Wilkins, who despite being scholarship players, were asked to not report to Fall camp because there were walk-ons who were more deserving and valuable to the team to be getting practice reps. These players of course saw the writing on the wall and left the program. There would be absolutely positively NO reason to let Hagerup attend Fall camp. He'd be a wasted spot if he can't play this season. After Fall camp, he can report like a walk-on and rejoin the team without penalty. [Title]

Output: Here is the explanation


Input: [Date] 2 years 1 week ago [Body] Dawson apparently ran his 40 in the 4.4 range when he reported, which is damn impressive for a 6'2 corner. He also reported times of 4.39 at two consecutive camps after his junior year, but there's little evidence those were laser-timed etc.,so take them with a grain of salt. Anyway, who knows if he'll ever play a meaningful down (because he's way behind technique-wise), but there's little doubting he has the athleticism to be something special if he can bring it all together. [Title]

Output: Dawson apparently ran his 40


Input: [Date] 2 years 1 week ago [Body] Please read this with the same skepticism that I did, but Sam Webb recently claimed that Hill was one of the incoming freshmen that prompted mention from the coaches for being unexpectedly huge and athletic when he reported. I can't find the post claiming this, but I'm pretty sure he tested/measured as follows: 6'2 260 lbs (!!!???) 4.6-4.7 40 range (!!!???) If these are actually true, the ceiling/excitement level may be altered slightly. However, I'll believe it when I see it. (btw, other guys mentioned as athletic freaks - Gedeon and Reon Dawson) [Title]

Output: Please read this with the


Input: [Date] 2 years 3 weeks ago [Body] Random update from myself - just checked the Rivals profiles of 5 random recruits. All 5 were again, identical to the heights and weights listed here. This list does nothing by compile heights/weights from Rivals and ESPN. Don't get your panties all in a twist if a FR isn't the height/weight you wanted them to be. [Title]

Output: Random update from myself -


Input: [Date] 2 years 3 weeks ago [Body] I wouldn't bet on ANY of these being up to date. Many of the freshmen heights/weights are IDENTICAL to the heights/weights listed for these same guys on recruiting websites as long as a year ago. IDENTICAL. In fact, the guys from The Opening that didn't enroll early - IDENTICAL. Also, many of the FR guys have done articles more recently where they claimed to be 15-20 lbs heavier than many of these. I doubt every kid lied and in turn every year old scouting report is right. Think about it. Almost every single height/weight for the veteran players are IDENTICAL to the height/weights listed on the spring roster. IDENTICAL. In other words, wait until fall practice. The "official" roster officially changed when the actual season started last year too. [Title]

Output: I wouldn't bet on ANY of


Input: [Date] 2 years 9 weeks ago [Body] Wow, I've been reading this blog for about 4 years and I'm still not ready? What a waste of time... On an actual relevant note, you appear to have ignored the actual basis of my argument - that in the void of Terry Richardson playing for Michigan at 160 and not gaining a pound in the past year there is no way that Lewis would spur such doubt. Raymon Taylor reported to Michigan at 5'10 169 and .... oh hell, why am I arguing with somebody who wrote lololol in their response? I have better things to do. [Title]

Output: Wow, I've been reading this


Input: [Date] 2 years 9 weeks ago [Body] I'm sorry, I don't agree with much of this at all. For being such an analytical guy you sure do put way too much stock in the fact that he attended Cass. What do the careers of 3 pervious players have to do with his ability to play? Nothing. Do you think OSU fans are lamenting Webb because he went to Cass? It's an illogical argument that tries to equate correlation with causation. Secondly, you make it sound like he's hopelessly small. He's measured in at 5'10 and 5'11 at various camps, depending on the camp. 5'11 is the average height of an NFL corner. He's about 160 right now with no evidence that he has lifted as he is skinny and just plain doesn't look like a guy who has lifted. Stribling is 6'2 and only 170, but it's assumed he'll gain weight, yet he appears to be just as skinny. Why is it likely that one will gain the weight and not the other? Because Terry Richardson didn't? Sorry, I think it's odd that one of our highest ranked recruits is treated as a meh recruit because of some guys with no actual input on his ability or potential. [Title]

Output: I'm sorry, I don't agree with


Input: [Date] 2 years 9 weeks ago [Body] Well, on the other end of the spectrum, it appears that Rivals may end up being WAY off on their rankings of the 2012 class as it relates to Michigan and 3 stars. The 3 stars of interest with my notes included: Ben Braden - labeled "as talented as Lewan, if not moreso" by a scout team player. Mario Ojemudia - played as a 230 lb true freshman, touted as future star by some practice observers. Willie Henry - named the most impressive RS FR by numerous players, regardless of position. Chris Wormley - many think he would have been 2nd string as a true FR last year, many close to the program expect him to overtake Heitzman sooner than later this year. Future NFL level player. Devin Funchess - pretty obvious here. AJ Williams - pretty much a starter as a true freshman. Jehu Chesson - expected to be a huge contributor going forward. Was dinged in ratings for lack of speed...runs 10.7 in 100 meter dash. Does not compute... Jeremy Clark - named best RS FR by at least one player. Noted as great athlete with great size who REALLY hits people by practice observers. Matt Godin - many say that if Womrley had not recovered, you'd replace Wormley with Godin as the next player in line to eventually beat out Heitzman. Practice observers love the kid. Some will debate my "notes" on the players here, but I base these on pretty reliable sources (including player comments and coach comments as indicated). Also, being a good player or starter doesn't mean you shouldn't have been a 3 star still, I get that. Also, not all of these guys can start when they play similar positions etc. Finally, I understand that practice hype does not equal stardom, but it's probably going to more often than not with this staff. I'm merely pointing out that in a top 10 class the Rivals rankings included numerous 3 star players who were actually on top 100 lists of other sites, and these guys have all panned out well (as well as you can after just a year at least). In fact, the 3 stars from the class may outplay the 4 stars from the class eventually. That's a huge miss. I think the biggest problem schools like Michigan will face will be the inherent flaw in rankings - regional bias and inconsistency of rating criteria. Josh Helmholdt, a UM guy originally, is WAY too obsessed with a player's current size and skill set. This really hurts Midwest guys because they often have half the football exposure as southern kids and Cali kids etc. Coaches look for teachable athletes, not finished products. Helmholdt is yet to master this art. [Title]

Output: Well, on the other end of the


Input: [Date] 2 years 10 weeks ago [Body] I actually totally agree with you that we need more OTs, but I think people are way too quick to slap "guard" on any guy that isn't 6'6 or bigger. Here are some actual heights from the NFL combine: 6'4 5/8 6'4 1/2 6'5 1/8 6'4 3/4 6'5 3/8 Those are the heights of every OT drafted this year in the top 3 rounds that wasn't a top ten pick. Not what you would expect if you follow recruiting, where every 6'5 and under guy is a presumed guard... [Title]

Output: About to blow your mind...


Input: [Date] 2 years 10 weeks ago [Body] I'm not disagreeing at all. I hope we get to the point where we can redshirt every guy (well, not EVERY guy, but as many as possible) because an older more experienced player with similar talent is ahead of the guy redshirting. The best way I can summarize my overall feelings on redshirting most positions is to say: when is the last time an Alabama fan complained about a senior burning his redshirt? Probably not too recently. I mean, they lost something like 7 draftees off their defense prior to last season and they were once again the best defense in the country. That's when you know it doesn't matter. [Title]

Output: I'm not disagreeing at all. I


Input: [Date] 2 years 10 weeks ago [Body] Yeah, but presumably the way Hoke is building the team he will have signed 2-3 guys at that position in the classes after the 4/5 star I mentioned and those guys will be the guys competing to be 2nd on the depth chart the next season. The problem we've had in recent memory is huge holes in recruiting classes where needs that had to be met were never met. That will not happen under Hoke because he seems to put an emphasis on taking exactly as many players as they need at each position. Hell, every time a player leaves at a particular position, the coaches seem to offer more players at that position until they get another one. This has happened numerous times the past couple years, and it makes your roster much more seamless. [Title]

Output: Yeah, but presumably the way


Input: [Date] 2 years 10 weeks ago [Body] Yeah, but it's much easier to say that after 2 coaching changes including a few recruiting classes (2005 and 2010) where half of the players were off the team by the end of their careers. My whole point is that the stability and approach of Hoke as a coach makes this really a non-issue. For one, Hoke seems to put more emphasis on recruiting X number of players to a certain spot in a given year over just recruiting whoever he can get or waiting on higher ranked prospects. Secondly, when he takes those players, they are often pretty darn good and dedicated to getting better. Also, these players actually improve over time and seem ready to play by their 2nd or 3rd year. Add all of this up and it doesn't really seem to matter all that much. In contrast, RR for instance had whole years where we took 1-2 OL or DT or signed 6 slot receivers etc. Eventually, it caught up with us. Look at the players Hoke has brought in just the last 2.5 classes. If you stack them up, it's a solid 2-3 deep just off 2.5 classes with every position covered. Huge difference. [Title]

Output: Yeah, but it's much easier to


Input: [Date] 2 years 10 weeks ago [Body] 1) How does losing a player that was 2nd on the depth chart not affect the 2-deep? (Robinson battled Wilson for the other starting safety spot the entire spring). 2) Why does everybody get so butt hurt by redshirts being burned for safeties/corners/linebackers etc? Does it really matter that much outside of the quarterback position? When you're recruiting and developing talent like we have the past few years, I guarantee 99% of these burnt red-shirts will have no effect on anything. Half the players will not be starters by the end of their careers (like Marvin Robinson), some of the rest will be stars and will potentially be ready to leave for the NFL after 4 years regardless of redshirting or not, and those players who you kinda wish had another year will probably just be replaced with a high 4-star/5 star player who everybody is eager to get on the field anyway. It's really not a big deal unless some crazy injury bug or attrition hits one position and you wish that one guy was still around, and even when that happens, there is no way anybody could have accounted for that happening when the decision is first made, so why have a mental breakdown based on hindsight? [Title]

Output: Two points:


Input: [Date] 2 years 13 weeks ago [Body] I would definitely go for it on 4th down before I punted... [Title]

Output: I would definitely go for it


Input: [Date] 2 years 30 weeks ago [Body] The reason that he will likely not pick Michigan is because we actually may be having a problem getting him an early enrollee spot. I know this sounds dumb, but this was supposedly the issue with Arnett last year too. Also, I'm not just totally pulling this out of my arse. This was my first thought after reading something Sam Webb put out on Scout, mainly that there was a non-shady something to work out kinda thing that was looking hard to work out, hence making Michigan almost a non-factor if this something working out doesn't get worked out. Only one other poster directly asked Webb if this was along the lines of the problem, yet among several dumb responses he totally ignored to add anything to this question. This seems more than likely then, and likely also eliminates USC as they recently lost a commit to not being able to take another early enrollee (and they only just recently realized this, so this happening to McQuay wouldn't be so hard to believe). Of course, people like myself wonder why seniors that aren't playing anymore count toward your numbers in some bizarre way around early enrolling time. Well, at least I think this is the case, based on comments made last year as mentioned above. Who knows, but this is a VERY likely reason, and Webb said this same reason may have eliminated other schools... [Title]

Output: The reason that he will


Input: [Date] 2 years 31 weeks ago [Body] Is there a shred of evidence that Derrick Green actually plans to enroll early? I read this on a daily basis, yet all information points to this not being true. For instance, a recent mention of Green's recruitment said that his coach expected him to make his decision on signing day. That's not something an early enrollee does. I also have never read a reference from a pay-site mod discussing how his early enrollee status affects his recruitment, yet I see such articles in reference to McQuay often. I just get the feeling that this is not accurate information at this point in time. Please somebody correct me if I'm missing an unambigious quote from Green himself confirming that this will happen. [Title]

Output: Is there a shred of evidence


Input: [Date] 2 years 32 weeks ago [Body] I looked up if that 40 time was from the opening and I became even more convinced that this guy really does have elite speed. He finished 4th in the 40 at the entire event, an event featuring probably the best collection of talent of any camp/combine this year. It's amazing that we're about to go from over a decade of generally unathletic safeties (except for Stevie Brown, but that didn't work out as planned) to having two of the fastest guys at the position in the country. Dymonte Thomas has reported run hand-timed 4.3s this off-season, so it's probably pretty safe to assume he's also a sub 4.5 guy if timed electronically (I also have seen stories mentioning that he ran an NFL combine-style electronically timed 4.57 when he was only a sophomore, so even more reason to believe so). This isn't even mentioning that Wilson isn't a slouch speed-wise either. [Title]

Output: I looked up if that 40 time


Input: [Date] 2 years 19 weeks ago [Body] I'm fixin to drink me some sweet tea in my mug that my Mama sent me back when I was in Vietnam. You ever heard of 'Nam? [Title]

Output: HEY!


Input: [Date] 2 years 22 weeks ago [Body] tastes just like chicken. I know that may seem odd to some of y'all, but I'm like an owl...I don't give a hoot [Title]

Output: woodpecker


Input: [Date] 2 years 22 weeks ago [Body] I ain't got time for screwing around with no false identities... I am hungry though...In the Army I learned to be the McGyver of cooking. If you bring me a piece of bread, cabbage, coconut, mustard greens, pigs feet, pine cones and a woodpecker, I’ll make you a good chicken pot pie [Title]

Output: my only account


Input: [Date] 2 years 22 weeks ago [Body] I'm the master of distractions. A coupla hand gestures and I'll pull the underwear clean off your butt [Title]

Output: thank you


Input: [Date] 2 years 25 weeks ago [Body] whats the deal with these catfish? We got em all over down here in Low eeasy anna. We don't need none of them new fangled twitter baits to cacth 'em neither [Title]

Output: HEY!


Input: [Date] 2 years 26 weeks ago [Body] Dang technolgy. [Title]

Output: double post


Input: [Date] 2 years 26 weeks ago [Body] This does not make me happy, happy, happy. [Title]

Output: HEY!


Input: [Date] 2 years 27 weeks ago [Body] I don't unnerstan' how you can say she's your girlfriend and you ain't even done any smoochin'. These kids today with all their cell phone, text messagin tech-techno-technocological gizmos...I don't even know how to program my VCR [Title]

Output: Hey!


Input: [Date] 2 days 11 hours ago [Title] http://mgoblog.com/content/wh [Body]


Input: [Date] 2 days 12 hours ago [Title] Plenty since: a) The [Body]

Output: Plenty since: a) The sponsorship is for the length of the season. b) The extended segment was to introduce her as such. c) You have to be as entertaining on air as Liz Crowe or your introductory segment will be 2 minutes, and most of that Brian vamping while trying not to look annoyed. Seriously though I've been looking for the right sponsor for our Podcast for a long, long time, and when Liz left the beer company she was working for to break out as a consultant and real estate agent, I approached her specifically for this, and made the price a secondary concern because she's the right kind of sponsor. She is, like Harbaugh, herself at full volume all the time, and part of the fabric of the Ann Arbor and Michigan Athletics community. With most of the things I sell we're just helping them market their thing because we have the right audience to market their thing. But this is one of those things where it's more like the sponsor wanted to help us and can justify it if a handful of MGoBloggers use her as their real estate broker. The podcast is a marketable thing that a lot of our advertisers have been interested in; it's not like it took us this long to find a sponsor; it took us this long to find Liz.


Input: [Date] 3 days 2 hours ago [Title] Brian used to go out there [Body]

Output: Brian used to go out there once a year around now for the alumni association's thing; I don't know if that event was discontinued or he just didn't get asked this year. We are doing other things with the alumni association (announcement to come). We also did an event with Todd Howard the night before the 2013 Northwestern (firedrill field goal) game that I put together. We had planned on doing that again, and had the venue chosen and everything, but Michigan was so unwatchable leading up to M00N that we canceled it. Maybe we'll do one after the season. Anyway if/when we do it'll be the second the Chicago Alumni Association Club asks us because they are an excellent group to work with. I think they're coming into town for Northwestern (homecoming) this year.


Input: [Date] 3 days 10 hours ago [Title] Why didn't you tell us? I am [Body]

Output: Why didn't you tell us? I am willing to move the event to your bachelor party.


Input: [Date] 4 days 6 hours ago [Title] This is for that guy on the [Body]

Output: This is for that guy on the message board who cares about Draftageddon. pic.twitter.com/WRmykO7nqf — Seth M. Fisher (@Misopogon) July 28, 2015


Input: [Date] 4 days 9 hours ago [Title] One of the keys to all of [Body]

Output: One of the keys to all of this is Nebraska isn't leaving the Big Ten; everybody is joining the Big Ten, formerly known as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives, so that for the sake of TV rights and whatnot all the powers are negotiating as one entity, and scheduling each other. I know it's a pipedream. What I don't want to see is the organic method of growing from a bunch of conferences into a league, because all that does incentivize the current conferences to snatch up any program bigger than a MAC school in a colonial land-grab, which is exactly how we found ourselves in a 7-team division with Maryland and Rutgers while Iowa and Wisconsin and Purdue come around less often than Utah. The conferences grew organically well enough when television was regional and limited to four networks, and declaring a national champion was just a nerdy postseason excercise between professions that have to pay half attention. Today conferences are billion dollar corporations with their television networks, yet theyr'e still functioning under a system that expects them to be faculty representatives from elitist, non-profit educational institutions. The NCAA had their chance to become a true regulatory body, but instead chose to act more like an industry trade organization*. The best thing for college football right now would be to acknowledge that the regional conferences that grew out of the 20th century are anachronisms worth preserving, like historic neighborhoods or whatever. Without that familiar structure the whole enterprise is at risk of becoming too desaturated, i.e. an NFL-lite, which is a crappier product fewer people will care about. When ESPN inevitably defaults on whichever round of promises it has to make to secure the TV rights to the last bastion of un-DVR'able entertainment, the BIG SIX or POWER SIX or whatever you want to term it will be in perfect position to cut Fox and Disney out of their revenue stream and make what they're making now by charging $5/month and selling ads themselves on a streaming college football channel. The Big Ten is just the body out of convenience; the organizing structure of any major conference is sufficient to expand to include the 60-64 schools that operate truly professional-level (i.e. highly profitable) football enterprises. Technically everyone joins the Big Ten, or joins a new conference that handles all the "conference" stuff for the group, and is such a tour de force in college athletics that the NCAA has to kowtow to it. I have no problem trying to fit Baylor and TCU into this (TT might be a stretch since their school's athletic budget is MAC-like despite the school's history). I only left them out because I thought a Texas-based mid-major conference would make for some rockin' good regional football. * Specifically, one for mid-19th century cotton growers


Input: [Date] 4 days 10 hours ago [Title] Those take a long time to [Body]

Output: Those take a long time to make. This damn draft takes enough of that as it is.


Input: [Date] 5 days 4 hours ago [Title] done. [Body]

Output: done.


Input: [Date] 5 days 4 hours ago [Title] link to the 200 post? [Body]

Output: link to the 200 post?


Input: [Date] 5 days 8 hours ago [Title] This is college football not [Body]

Output: This is college football not the pros. I think it's more important that everyone in every division plays each other every year.


Input: [Date] 5 days 8 hours ago [Title] Part of that is I hate to [Body]

Output: Part of that is I hate to break up some great Texas rivalries. You can build one helluva mid major conference out of Baylor and TCU SMU Texas Tech and Rice. Fill the bottom with UTSA maybe North Texas maybe Tulane. Historically Texas and Texas A&M refuse to go anywhere without their little buddies.


Input: [Date] 5 days 8 hours ago [Title] I removed the section on [Body]

Output: I removed the section on relegation. These schools have long traditions against each other even if they were not competitive. I would hate to lose Indiana even for a year just for the sake of recognizing 1 or even 5 good years out of say Bowling Green. Rather I capped the conferences at 11 and left spots open for expansion. If the Big East wants to add Rutgers or the Pac Ten want to add Utah there's a mechanism, but that is their only expansion and it forces their teams to all play a 10th conference game instead of an out of conf opponent.


Input: [Date] 6 days 3 hours ago [Title] Don't reply to the spammers. [Body]

Output: Don't reply to the spammers. Just report them to LSAClassof2000. We are working on a system where anyone logged in to account we mark as spam is ported to our old-old-old server that runs a superslow copy of the site except with an ad service that only runs invasive ads, and there's zero virus protection, so anyone who tries spamming us ends up having their spam computers locked into 50-minute load times and a gazillion software attacks. I probably got the idea from Ernest Cline.


Input: [Date] 1 week 1 day ago [Title] And Bo shouldn't be over Yost [Body]

Output: And Bo shouldn't be over Yost unless we're taking racial prejudice into account. Leach beat OSU 4 times but every other QB on that list is a better passer. This is pretty much opinion. But yeah, Hart over Harmon and Wheatley as a 2...?


Input: [Date] 1 week 1 day ago [Title] Ernest is friends with my [Body]

Output: Ernest is friends with my brother too. I see your criticisms of Ready Player one, but I was actually sick of all the references after the midway point but then I thought the story took off, and I was impressed that he managed to actually bring the "your dream comes true" theme to a satisfying conclusion. I think the deux ex machina was self-aware; the whole point is it's a game and meant to function as one. I'm 50% through Armada and I think Cline was so disappointed by people not understanding this that he's making it too obvious (or perhaps the entire point) in this book.


Input: [Date] 1 week 1 day ago [Title] Yep. That's why I said "two [Body]

Output: Yep. That's why I said "two quarterbacks." I've really been trying to not complicate stuff.


Input: [Date] 1 week 2 days ago [Title] We never really figured that [Body]

Output: We never really figured that out. I went with "plays as they would on your team" because I think it's more interesting to draft system guys for a system and whatnot. But here in the early rounds it's just a grab for superstars because at the end of 2014 nobody's saying "well if Hackenberg played behind Brian's offensive line..."


Input: [Date] 1 week 2 days ago [Title] They have had him for [Body]

Output: They have had him for awhile. He's a tight end. He's awful.


Input: [Date] 1 week 2 days ago [Title] But we've made that [Body]

Output: But we've made that explanation like 10 times in the last few years. In fact I think I started leading off these posts with "THIS IS NOT A FANTASTY DRAFT IT'S A BIG TEN PREVIEW" last year.


Input: [Date] 1 week 2 days ago [Title] Every fan of every team makes [Body]

Output: Every fan of every team makes all of these same statements about why their school is better, and totally clean too. Fact is the athletes are picking between heavens. Most campuses are beautiful. Most support staff are top notch. FBS coaches are among the top 200 in their profession. NFL talent comes out of so many schools that which coaches develop a position best has to mean less than what that individual player is made of (not that it doesn't matter, especially w/ quarterbacks). A little something extra makes a big difference because there isn't much difference between schools. As for fans, this site's existence when every other indie team site but 11 Warriors can't support even one blogging career speaks to something unique about Michigan fans' dedication. I have a hard time imagining there could ever be a Grantland for Just Clemson. Depending on what section you sit in though I'm sure you can encounter some pretty quiet old farts in Michigan Stadium. We even have a name for them: Blue hairs.


Input: [Date] 1 week 3 days ago [Title] Labels man. Ask yourself [Body]

Output: Labels man. Ask yourself this: what do you call a guy who took money from some school then signed with Michigan anyway? Think that never happened with someone on the roster right now? Cut every "cheater" who broke an NCAA rule and there won't be many athletes left. This is why I blame the NCAA first and foremost. Whenever you find a thriving black market for something there's always a shitty someone making the regular market not work.


Input: [Date] 1 week 3 days ago [Title] In certain cases it's pretty [Body]

Output: In certain cases it's pretty clear. This is one of those cases. Clemson is one of those schools. Be mad at Michigan for not playing the same game as everyone else or be mad at the players who take liquid love over a minor preference in school choice, or be mad at the NCAA which creates all this madness. Pretending it doesn't happen is just naivety for the sake of sanctimony.


Input: [Date] 1 week 3 days ago [Title] The charter schools are [Body]

Output: The charter schools are taking a few students. But the bigger effect is we built for a temporary population disruption. In the 1960s, 85% (that's ridiculously high) of Bloomfield Hills homes had school-age children. Today that's under 50%. Those numbers were repeated ad nauseum in the local paper/e-newsletter (Patch) during the merging of their high schools. Farmington won't be exactly like that--iBloomfield Hills was built almost entirely after the war and immediately filled with vets starting families, whereas Farmington was a thriving farming town for a century before it became a suburb. But that illustrates why, despite the population not being as hard hit as most of Michigan, these districts are still downsizing. A bit of school funding history: up until I was in college (and Engler was governor) your property taxes went right to the school district. Communities like Ann Arbor, Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, and Farmington voluntarily raised their property taxes to create elite schools. The rule itself though ultimately created an effect of really good schools in affluent areas and awful schools in poor areas, which isn't really fair considering the state should be providing a good education to all of its citizenry. So the state pooled everybody's property taxes into the state fund, shifted half of them to prisons, and doled out the rest evenly. In response these communities started passing regular bonds. Every few elections there's a bond issue on the ballot, everybody winks at each other, and we pass it, and that money can't be touched by the state. But it does raise the price of living here, because paying off the "bonds" is effectually a permanently increased property tax. It means if you're planning on sending your kid to private school, you can save money by buying a house in another suburb. School choice is a politically charged thing that affects everywhere because there are parents who prefer privitized institutions everywhere. I don't think it's a primary effect in this particular case because the #1 reason people live in Farmington in the first place is the public schools. West Bloomfield is right smack in between Farmington Hills and Bloomfield Hills, but WB has relatively crappy (read: "just pretty good") schools, and far lower taxes because they don't pass school bonds.


Input: [Date] 1 week 4 days ago [Title] I'm not advocating. I'm [Body]

Output: I'm not advocating. I'm trying to explain what's going on in my community. We have half as many kids as when all four schools were built, and one routinely has the air conditioning break down and leaks all the time. We pay out the nose in taxes for school bonds to make sure our schools have a huge flow of money, but we've been falling behind Birmingham and Bloomfield Hills lately even though we all do the bond thing to pay for public schools that equate to private schools. That's because they've downsized. BH went to one high school. Birmingham renovated both schools and sold off a big chunk of Groves (my alma mater) to be a Michigan State satellite. The competition for young families in these burbs is fierce and school quality is #1 on the list. So that's why this is coming up. Like anywhere in the Midwest there are some poorer and some richer neighborhoods, but on the whole we're talking about a pretty affluent, education-obsessed suburban community that built for the baby boom and has been a bit oversized ever since that ended. There's a social component, since over time the schools have tended to become somewhat racially and economically segregated. When we do inevitably downsize to three schools, I imagine it will be a good opportunity to undo that.


Input: [Date] 1 week 4 days ago [Title] I live in the Harrison [Body]

Output: I live in the Harrison district; most of the families in our neighborhood send their kids to North already. Harrison's football program is great, but you can move a football program pretty easily. As for a dilapitated building that looks more like a prison...


Input: [Date] 1 week 4 days ago [Title] I couldn't take any more [Body]

Output: I couldn't take any more Buckeyes. All of our teams are going to have some of those stains on them--mine included--but at that point I needed to infuse the draft with some maize and blue, badly. Also keep in mind the people drafting have some access to practice reports, and lots of practice hearsay. Not saying practice equals game, but the more the coaches and other players keep telling friends, family, and anyone in earshot this guy is for real, the more I tend to believe it.


Input: [Date] 1 week 4 days ago [Title] I picked up the look a little [Body]

Output: I picked up the look a little bit. In the future we will add the quick spreadsheet to show where the teams are at by the end of each round.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 2 days ago [Title] When most of the games were [Body]

Output: When most of the games were at noon, and a few were still at 1? Hell no. I was a nice drunk like the rest of college students, but even I respected the "wait until you don't taste your toothpaste anymore before you have a beer" rule of morning drinking, and by the time the day was day enough to start imbibing you almost had time to finish two drinks before walking down to the stadium. The flasks (or in my case a bottle of coke that was 75% not coke) were the only way to get a buzz unless you were a truly committed drinker, and to be honest, we are all still University of Michigan students.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 2 days ago [Title] It wasn't from 9/11. I think [Body]

Output: It wasn't from 9/11. I think 2004 they banned them. I remember a bunch of people sent in complaints (damn these people I thought at the time) after the 2003 Ohio State game. This one flag was pretty high up near the 35 yard line and was on a very long pole. I don't know why that game brought complaints--maybe the wind was up so the pole was being held lower than usual.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Toilet PaperGetting on TV [Body]

Output: Toilet Paper Getting on TV was still a relatively new experience, and affecting what so many people were watching was kind of a thrilling thing. You'd see the rolls of toilet paper flying down after the first touchdown of the game and think to your young self "wow it would be so cool to be the guy who threw the toilet paper roll." It really did look festive, like instant confetti or ticker tape. Anyway they stopped when I was 8 or 9 so I never got to throw a roll of TP. Marshmallows I was definitely around for this tradition. It was 99% college students being inebriated (sneaking alcohol or a joint into the stadium was pretty easy pre-9/11) and wanting to throw something harmless. A lot of the mallows went at other students--friends sitting a few rows down and a section over, or a group of girls you walked in with. But there was a mini-game of trying to disrupt the TV crews and the opposing band with them. You tried to aim it so your mallow would pass as close to in front of the camera as possible to screw up their shot, or once they started to bring clear plastic shields, you tried to thunk it off the shield or lob it over. Also by the late '90s the TV crews had these big sound-catching clear plastic radar/dome things, which were as tempting as an opponent's sousaphone. I don't recall there being any real point to the marshmallows. Just a bit of goofy gameday atmosphere.


Input: [Date] 1 day 12 hours ago [Body] Careful. OSU will sue if you write out his full name. [Title]

Output: Careful. OSU will sue if you


Input: [Date] 1 day 13 hours ago [Body] That thing knows how to make a case for a presidential pardon. [Title]

Output: That thing knows how to make


Input: [Date] 1 day 15 hours ago [Body] I only caught the last half of it, but there was nothing newsworthy there in terms of either actual news (i.e., things that people here would be interested in) or page click news (i.e., silly stuff that gets ESPN and talk radio excited). [Title]

Output: I only caught the last half


Input: [Date] 1 day 15 hours ago [Body] That vacation question was stupid and obnoxious. To paraphrase, it was basically, "So you went to Paris. What, you could just not be a coach for awhile? Did you learn anything relevant there?" Harbaugh answered it much more gracefully than I would have. He talked about how he and Sarah hadn't spent much time together without kids or football in years, wanted to change that, and this was where she wanted to go. I probably would have said, "It's a fucking vacation." [Title]

Output: That vacation question was


Input: [Date] 2 days 12 hours ago [Body] Happy birthday, Coach. Getting to know that guy a bit honestly turned me into a Michigan fan. [Title]

Output: Happy birthday, Coach.


Input: [Date] 2 days 13 hours ago [Body] I dare that guy to stick around until late November. [Title]

Output: I dare that guy to stick


Input: [Date] 3 days 8 hours ago [Body] Can someone check whether I'm understanding this correctly? No snark, honestly curious/confused. So Mullen is saying that coaches are sometimes forced (or wanting) to play true freshmen. With more true freshmen soon to be ineligible because of their relatively low high school GPAs, these coaches will play true freshmen with higher high school GPAs who would benefit from a redshirt. Since those kids kind of get screwed in this scenario, he thinks they should be able to play five years of college football if their grades were good enough coming in. Is that right? If so, it's intriguing enough not to just respond with an eye roll. It would give kids a strong incentive to get their high school grades up and schools a stronger incentive to recruit kids with good grades (though the new policy might do that, too). At the same time, it's a pretty radical idea (five years of eligibility) and I'm not sure that the problem is big enough to justify that solution. [Title]

Output: Can someone check whether I'm


Input: [Date] 3 days 13 hours ago [Body] I don't know, but maybe it's because he's still an active player? To the broader issue, I think it's sad that they totally killed the legends jersey concept. There was a lot to like about it. It kept numbers in circulation, allowed those numbers to be used in recruiting, kept Michigan legends in the fronts of our minds, and made for a really original way to acknowledge of a program's history. They made some mistakes with it - e.g., making the patches too big and encouraging guys to switch numbers - but those felt like relatively easy fixes. I think they threw out the baby with the bath water with that one. [Title]

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


Input: [Date] 3 days 15 hours ago [Body] RAND did an interesting survey on this last year. Basically, very high percentages (almost half) of U.S. adults say they're uncomfortable with their sons playing football and hockey. The vast majority (~95%) is fine with their sons playing baseball, basketball, and track, with soccer (89%) slightly behind. A disproportionate share of the concern for youth football/hockey came from college-educated parents. [Title]

Output: RAND did an interesting


Input: [Date] 3 days 15 hours ago [Body] It's not a fact just because he said it authoritatively. It got my attention, but I'd like to see a source and more details. [Title]

Output: It's not a fact just because


Input: [Date] 4 days 15 hours ago [Body] I'd imagine it's similar to what rufftime, our resident Sparty, said above. [Title]

Output: I'd imagine it's similar to


Input: [Date] 4 days 16 hours ago [Body] A pretty severe punishment? Come on, he pulled a gun on a fellow student. One of the most nauseating comments around here is this idea that since bad things have happened at Michigan, we're just as bad as everyone else and have no right to comment on anything. Do you honestly think that Delton Williams would remain with the Michigan football program if he did that to a Michigan student? Do you think the University of Michigan would allow that? Hell, in your one example (Gibbons), we have a direct comparison point with MSU. As shitty as Gibbons' conduct seemed, Michigan handled that incident a whole lot more seriously than MSU handled the Payne and Appling incident. MSU had a Final Four streak to preserve, after all. If Michigan did this, it'd be the lead story on ESPN, the Free Press, and damn near every other publication in America. Hell, Keith Heitzman possibly not getting a fifth scholarship year managed to become the top news story on Yahoo. Maybe that scrutiny and the lack of attention that MSU gets leads us to self-police differently, or maybe it's something else (e.g., our athletic department's power being more constrained by others in the university), but I have a really hard time believing that this would play out similarly at UM. [Title]

Output: A pretty severe punishment?


Input: [Date] 5 days 2 hours ago [Body] Oh, fun. Thanks. I'm excited to tell the story of this post in my sure-to-come 30 for 30. [Title]

Output: Oh, fun. Thanks. I'm


Input: [Date] 5 days 13 hours ago [Body] Wait, you gave yourself a logo? [Title]

Output: Wait, you gave yourself a


Input: [Date] 1 week 4 hours ago [Body] I agree. By my count, there are 55 four-star WRs in this year's 247 composite rankings and 50 of them are at least 6 feet tall. The only way I ever really see recruiting sites evaluated is by how well their rankings predicted NFL draft status. In terms of college productivity, I'd guess that they tend to overrate kids with NFL bodies who might take a long time to develop as players and underrate kids likely to be productive in college but unappealing to the NFL. [Title]

Output: I agree. By my count, there


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

Output: You didn't read carefully