Input: [Date] 5 days 6 hours ago [Body] Oh, duh. Sorry man, when you said Holland I thought Holland High. Funny how there are people here you know but don't know it. [Title]

Output: Oh, duh. Sorry man, when you


Input: [Date] 5 days 7 hours ago [Body] Based on what infomercials pay, I'd say meth is more likely. [Title]

Output: Based on what infomercials


Input: [Date] 5 days 7 hours ago [Body] Thanks, man. [Title]

Output: Thanks, man.


Input: [Date] 5 days 7 hours ago [Body] JP? If only I could cook dinner from my phone like I do with MGoBlog. Thanks buddy. [Title]

Output: JP? If only I could cook


Input: [Date] 5 days 7 hours ago [Body] Hooooold on. Identify yourself, soldier. [Title]

Output: Hooooold on. Identify


Input: [Date] 5 days 7 hours ago [Body] I'm the huge, black former heavyweight champ. Just kidding, I'm the white with the beard who won't stop talking. [Title]

Output: I'm the huge, black former


Input: [Date] 5 days 7 hours ago [Body] I never bothered to learn. Thanks man! Unlimited up votes for you. [Title]

Output: I never bothered to learn.


Input: [Date] 5 days 7 hours ago [Body] Hey do you guys want to see me in an infomercial? I was in an infomercial. http://youtu.be/nTx8_XODaDM I don't know how to do the whole embedding thing. [Title]

Output: Hey do you guys want to see


Input: [Date] 1 week 2 days ago [Body] I know a lot of public school teachers and all of them make more than that. [Title]

Output: I know a lot of public school


Input: [Date] 1 week 2 days ago [Body] From what I understand, all NBA contracts are guaranteed, unless you're counting the option years as part of the contract (which you shouldn't). Calling a 3 year contract with a 4th year team option a "4 year contract" is just wrong, but that might be what's happening here. [Title]

Output: From what I understand, all


Input: [Date] 1 week 2 days ago [Body] If I was his agent and GRIII had the option to sign a 3 year guaranteed contract for the minimum, I'd jump on that in a heart beat. This is a player that nobody wants. He was already been tossed aside by two bad teams (and one good one). Getting one year guaranteed is good work for GRIII at this point. Signing a 3-year contract at the minimum is only stupid if you have other (better) offers. I'm willing to bet GRIII does not. [Title]

Output: If I was his agent and GRIII


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 4 days ago [Title] I personally agree, for what [Body]

Output: I personally agree, for what it's worth. I think my point is that even if the program is utterly blameless in reality, this will not play well outside the fan base, which is a problem unto itself.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 4 days ago [Title] I think we can all concede [Body]

Output: I think we can all concede that's a possibility. The problem is, that's not what Pipkins believes, and the best case scenario is this creates an unjustified black mark on public perception. Maybe Pipkins does have legitimate health problems, or maybe he can't take the pressure and pace Harbaugh demands of student athletes. Or maybe it is as he believes, a conspiracy to force him out. The truth behind the curtain doesn't change the problem this kind of PR problem this creates.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Seems, from a journalistic [Body]

Output: Seems, from a journalistic perspective, they could at least have TRIED to get Michigan's side of the story on this...


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Interesting point, I hadn't [Body]

Output: Interesting point, I hadn't thought of that. There isn't much in the way of a benefit to not letting him finish his last year, if he is indeed healthy enough.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 4 days ago [Title] We need a witch doctor to [Body]

Output: We need a witch doctor to clear up the bad juujuu following us around. My god, I need a drink...


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 14 hours ago [Title] Heyoooo... [Body]

Output: Heyoooo...


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Given that Ferentz makes so [Body]

Output: Given that Ferentz makes so much money Iowa can't even afford to fire him, Ferentz has no incentive to do anything more than is absolutely required of him. If the NCAA bans sattelite campuses, he has an excuse to do less work for the same amount of money.


Input: [Date] 37 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Bravo. [Body]

Output: Bravo.


Input: [Date] 39 weeks 1 day ago [Title] This is a very good point, [Body]

Output: This is a very good point, but I think it also gets at the basis of the problem here. The Athletic Department did Yeoman service for the Mealer family, which is fine, and if that's why Elliot Mealer feels obliged to carry their water, that's understandable. Butr it misses ehy this whole "muggle"/"civilian" issue matters. There shouldn't BE a bunker mentality about this. The Athletic Department shouldn't be seen is seperate from the fans/alumni/students, because it all falls under the same institution. All these groups are extensions of the same entity, which is the University of Michigan. The relationship is meant to be symbiotic: without the fans there can be no team, and no AD to take care of them. If you start to see teh fans relationship to the team as parasitic, and seperate from what the AD does, you're not seeing the forest for the eco-system. I mean, if you want to see the players, the fans and the AD as soldiers, civilians and state department fine, but in that metaphor, we're still one nation. Can you imagine the metaphor if soldiers started to see themselves as so removed from civilian affairs that they constituted a different species? Chilling.


Input: [Date] 39 weeks 4 days ago [Title] The Day Has Come [Body]

Output: There's no bread, let them eat cake There's no end to what they'll take Flaunt the fruits of noble birth Wash the salt into the earth But they're marching to Bastille Day La guillotine will claim Her bloody prize Free the dungeons of the innocent The king Will kneel, and let his kingdom rise Bloodstained velvet, dirty lace Naked fear on every face See them bow their heads to die As we would bow as they rode by And we're marching to Bastille Day La guillotine will claim Her bloody prize Sing, o choirs of cacophony The king has Kneeled, to let his kingdom rise Lessons taught but never learned All around us anger burns Guide the future by the past Long ago the mould was cast For they marched up to Bastille Day La guillotine -- claimed Her bloody prize Hear the echoes of the centuries Power isn't All that money buys http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW72Gmqjse4


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Negatory, sir. Pitt's OLine [Body]

Output: Negatory, sir. Pitt's OLine was also stripped of talent and experience when Chryst took over, and its last two recruiting classes were decimated by no less than three coaching changes. Chryst essentially inherited a program on the brink and cobbled together some success. I wrote a longer post about this further below.


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Some Context on Chryst [Body]

Output: I talked about Todd Graham to add a "boots on the ground" context, so I might as well chime in on the subject of Chryst. While Chryst hasn't had a lot of success at Pitt on paper, there are some things that should be noted. First, most importantly, don't underestimate what a trainwreck Pitt was when he took the helm. The Panthers managed to burn through three head coaches in two years, not counting interim head coaches, complete with two scandals. Two successive recruiting classes fell apart, and they went from pro to spread to pro in three successive seasons. They had much the same problems with youth and depth on their lines, and an underwhelming picture at QB. Chryst exacerbated this by running a clean ship and getting rid of problematic student athletes, like 5* Rushel Shell, further limiting his talent pool. Chryst is a first time HC, and the warts are there. Particularly, his cloack management has been poor, and some rushed decisions at critical times are noted; that could be the result of inexperience, but it alsio seems to be a running theme with pro-style coaches. That said, Chryst has shown some real upside, and I've often used it to highlight Hoke's flaws. He recruits well, he's been getting some big name kids to stay home, and whateeeever else you want to say, Chryst can identify and develop talent. He saw Tyler Boyd, whose third to choice after Pitt and WVU was Michigan State pretty much by default, and saw talent; Michigan can't offer everyone, obviously, but Pitt fans were aware of what a talent this kid was supposed to be and what a big target he was for them, and he wasn't on Michigan's radar. Sure enough, he'll probably be in the pros after next year. More notable, I think, is James Connor. Connor was a non-descript, 3* DE in his last year of HS. He committed to Pitt, and suddenly it was declared they wanted him to be a running back. Pitt fans shrugged. Yet Connor became, from his first year, a better RB than Michigan has had since Mike Hart, and with an equally talent and experience-denuded OL. I look at him with some whimsy as he does all the things I know RBs are supposed to do, like break tackles, burst through holes and drag piles, make yards after contact. Michigan wouldn't have recruited Connor anyway, because the kid had grade problems in HS, but that's not really the issue. Chryst looked at a no-name DE and saw potential, and then quickly realized that potential into performance, which are skills Hoke has lacked. He can develop QB talent too, for what it's worth. He got Savage drafted, and that was not seen as a likely feat when he took over. People in Pittsburgh see his work with Savage as a continuation of what he did with Russell Wilson. Boyd, Savage and Connor are anecodtal examples, I know, but I hold them out as examples of what Chryst does right. He took a program that was worse off than I think anyone unfamiliar with the program realizes, and has largely stabalized it. I tend to think given two more years the Panthers will be doing well enough that Chryst will be a much hotter commodity, which is, all-in-all, not a bad trajectory for a first HC job. At Michigan? Well, he's obviously a gamble, but I think there are riskier gambles out there that are being talked about. I think more highly of the job he's done at Pitt in three years than the job Hoke has done here in four, especially given the disparity of experience, resources and prestige.


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 6 days ago [Title] I don't disagree in any [Body]

Output: I don't disagree in any particular. I think, though, that the difference between Graham and the other coaches you listed is slightly more than an issue of bad etiquette in the manner of his departure. That is to say, nobody blames a coach for moving up the ladder as a buisness decision (or at least, not too loud or for too long). I think the difference is, it's expected a coach on the rise leaves the program in better condition than when he inherited it. Most of the coaches you listed remained for multiple years, or in Brian Kelly's case, which is illuminating, for three, which is ample time to make your bones and to improve the school's situation for the next guy. The difference between one year and three can be dramatic, but I'm not trying to make that case, per se. Obviously Rice was better off, in a sense, than when he first came there. Pitt, on the other hand, actually suffered from his year-long tenure. And that, I think, is more the issue. I think I made the comparison to Chryst, somewhere in all this, who had the opportunity to leave and did not. At a minimu, whether it was the focus of his decision or not, he had to be aware that if HE left after a year, he would be the fourth Panthers coach to depart (willingly or not) in a three year span, and a program already on the brink would probably have collapsed in a fairly definitive manner. I think the fact that he remained reflects well on him, and he has done a great deal to restore the Panthers roster and on-the-field product to, if not exactly the heights of football, then at least out of the gutter.


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 6 days ago [Title] I believe he was at Tulsa [Body]

Output: I believe he was at Tulsa longer, but he was certainly one-and-done at Rice and Pitt. His departure from Pitt was used against him in recruiting with some success at ASU, at least initially, although I assume his extending tenure and winning ways will have silenced most of that. Of course, the more he moves around, the more some of that negativity will resurface.


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 6 days ago [Title] I wouldn't contest that, but [Body]

Output: I wouldn't contest that, but as a counter argument, it is believed (at least by the locals) that Paul Chryst received inquiries about the Wisconsin job after his first year and had the opportunity to take it. With that in mind, Pitt fans were resigned, and couldn't really fault him (being a Madison local/lifer). The story has it he stayed because he understood Pitt would completely unravel if he lleft, and he felt an obligation to build up the program before he moved on and upwards. Not groundbreaking stuff, again, just context. I do think most coaches feel an obligation to stay in a program for longer than a year. I don't even think Graham was much of a cultural fit, so perhaps it was for the best. I would draw a distinction between Hoke taking a job he was clear from the onset that he always wanted and would take and Graham, though, largely for the other, oh, we'll call them flourishes.


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 6 days ago [Title] I'll add this too, but just [Body]

Output: I'll add this too, but just for context: he did face some of the same problems Rich Rod did trying to take the Panthers from a pro team to a spread team, including the tempo-fatigue we became familiar with. The pro-style linemen he inherited would wear down under the fast tempo, and their play would unravel in the latter stages of the game. Much the same with the defense, if the the offense couldn't remain on the field. Naturally, that's a self-correcting problem over time: the players become more accustomed to the tempo as time goes by, especially as new recruits selected for the system come up. It didn't make for a pretty sight over the course of one season, though, especially given how it ended.


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 6 days ago [Title] He's a Texas native, who [Body]

Output: He's a Texas native, who seems most at home coaching and recruiting in that region, so you may be right. On the other hand, never underestimate a freebooting mentality. He might come to Michigan if the price is right, and to climb the ladder of school prestige. In that regard, though, he would be a flight risk as soon as a better, or perhaps even equitable, job opened down south.


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 6 days ago [Title] I was in Pittsburgh the year [Body]

Output: I was in Pittsburgh the year Todd Graham (now known in the Steel City as "Fraud Graham") coached the Panthers and fled. There are plenty of legitimate reasons to reject the guy without delving into stereotypes of accent and religion. It wasn't just that he pulled a one-and-done in Pittsburgh, he lied to everyone, including administrators, players and recruits, along the way, and wrapped it up by leaving the AD standing on his doorstep when rumors made their way into the news and questions required answers. Then he texted the team a quicck goodbye on his way to Arizona. Once at ASU, he gave what was essentially the same speech he gave when he got to Pittsburgh, a great to do about the school being a dream job, integrity, yadda yadda. Maybe not as well known in Michigan, but go to a Pitt fansite and ask them their opinions about Graham. I guarantee you, faith and folksy mannerisms will not be in the top ten list of negative things you hear.


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Cue gifs of animals that look [Body]

Output: Cue gifs of animals that look shocked....now!


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 5 days ago [Title] It's fun how you can be [Body]

Output: It's fun how you can be anyone on the internet, isn't it? Except, as you noted, someone who can spell.


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 6 days ago [Title] My first thought as well. [Body]

Output: My first thought as well.


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 6 days ago [Title] The eastern world, it is [Body]

Output: The eastern world, it is exploding Violence flarin', bullets loadin' You're old enough to kill, but not for votin' You don't believe in war, but what's that gun you're totin' And even the Jordan River has bodies floatin' But you tell me Over and over and over again, my friend Ah, you don't believe We're on the eve of destruction. Don't you understand what I'm tryin' to say Can't you feel the fears I'm feelin' today? If the button is pushed, there's no runnin' away There'll be no one to save, with the world in a grave [Take a look around ya boy, it's bound to scare ya boy] And you tell me Over and over and over again, my friend Ah, you don't believe We're on the eve of destruction. Yeah, my blood's so mad feels like coagulatin' I'm sitting here just contemplatin' I can't twist the truth, it knows no regulation. Handful of senators don't pass legislation And marches alone can't bring integration When human respect is disintegratin' This whole crazy world is just too frustratin' And you tell me Over and over and over again, my friend Ah, you don't believe We're on the eve of destruction. Think of all the hate there is in Red China Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama You may leave here for 4 days in space But when you return, it's the same old place The poundin' of the drums, the pride and disgrace You can bury your dead, but don't leave a trace Hate your next-door neighbor, but don't forget to say grace And, tell me over and over and over and over again, my friend You don't believe We're on the eve Of destruction Mm, no no, you don't believe We're on the eve of destruction.


Input: [Date] 1 year 41 weeks ago [Title] Sugar Bowl and the '99-'00 [Body]

Output: Sugar Bowl and the '99-'00 Orange Bowl (Hail Brady!). So there's two off the top of my head...


Input: [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Title] Being a true freshman QB is a [Body]

Output: Being a true freshman QB is a lot less of aproblem when you are A.) An elite talent, B.) throwing to an elite WR, and C.) Facing a team with no pass rush. Right now that's check, check and check. Which in not to say that we WILL need him at PSU, but on the road, in a very hostile environment, we may. But your statement was broader than that, and if you don't think we'll need him against MSU, or maybe even to generate some pass rush against pass-happy Indiana, I don't know what to say.


Input: [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Title] That's, like, your opinion, [Body]

Output: That's, like, your opinion, man.


Input: [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Title] It's purely anecdotal, so [Body]

Output: It's purely anecdotal, so take it for what it's worth, but in a similar situation I've seen a similar move produce positive results. In Wannestedt's last year, the O-Line was thin, the center an undersized JUCO. The Panther's got off to a woeful start, couldn't move the ball against lowly New Hampshire, got trampled and embarassed on national TV by Miami. They reshufled the O-Line and had a substantial increase in tehri play. They wound up with a respectable(ish) 8-5 record, which they likely would not have had if they stuck to the original configuration for consistency sake. As I said, it's anecdotal, but it impressed upon me that O-Line, like everything else, must be subject to change, and that change may potentially yield positive results.


Input: [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Title] Welcome to the family. You [Body]

Output: Welcome to the family. You will not regret your choice.


Input: [Date] 2 years 2 weeks ago [Title] It's actually a surprisingly [Body]

Output: It's actually a surprisingly well written story. Now, the key is it may not be a very entertaining story. But the underlying metaphor is very well crafted. In an age of movies without any form of plot or structure, I appreciate the competence of the storytelling as much as the homesickness inducing tour of A2.


Input: [Date] 2 years 3 weeks ago [Title] Surely you can't be serious? [Body]

Output: Surely you can't be serious?


Input: [Date] 1 year 25 weeks ago [Title] Awesome! Unfortunately That [Body]

Output: Awesome! Unfortunately That remaining schedule looks brutal.


Input: [Date] 1 year 28 weeks ago [Title] This certainly explains a [Body]

Output: This certainly explains a lot...makes it a bit more forgivable


Input: [Date] 2 years 11 weeks ago [Title] I wish they would show replays before the [Body]

Output: I wish they would show replays before the commercial break.


Input: [Date] 2 years 16 weeks ago [Title] Ok I am [Body]

Output: Ok I am going


Input: [Date] 2 years 16 weeks ago [Title] Lodos Bar and Gril is the [Body]

Output: Lodos Bar and Gril is the place to be. http://lodosbarandgrill.com/lodo/


Input: [Date] 2 years 16 weeks ago [Title] Ok well I know that if I stay [Body]

Output: Ok well I know that if I stay at home and watch it I won't be dissapointed however if I risk going to the viewing party there is a chance it may suck...That is the analysis I am getting. I think I am going to stay home.


Input: [Date] 2 years 16 weeks ago [Title] Disapointed...enough said. [Body]

Output: Disapointed...enough said.


Input: [Date] 2 years 16 weeks ago [Title] Has anyone ever been to a [Body]

Output: Has anyone ever been to a viewing party like this? I am debating whether or not to go but I have no idea what to expect.


Input: [Date] 2 years 17 weeks ago [Title] This really makes me [Body]

Output: This really makes me appreciate the amazing role models and coaches we have in Beilein and Hoke...and all of our coaches for that matter.


Input: [Date] 2 years 17 weeks ago [Title] Just turned on the [Body]

Output: Just turned on the game...thanks for the heads up


Input: [Date] 2 years 19 weeks ago [Title] Can we please not have this [Body]

Output: Can we please not have this discussion right now?...or ever again.


Input: [Date] 2 years 20 weeks ago [Title] anyone else having sound [Body]

Output: anyone else having sound issues on BTN? Any tips?


Input: [Date] 2 years 22 weeks ago [Title] Dont you get tired of ragging [Body]

Output: Dont you get tired of ragging on DB? The guy does more for UM athletics than any of us knows. Its getting old buddy.


Input: [Date] 2 years 22 weeks ago [Title] keep it in your shorts buddy [Body]

Output: keep it in your shorts buddy


Input: [Date] 2 years 23 weeks ago [Title] Well anyone who gets a degree [Body]

Output: Well anyone who gets a degree in "parks and recreation" from Central Michigan is already on my shit list..No Im not kidding- thats what Crean graduated with.


Input: [Date] 2 years 24 weeks ago [Title] What is more surpising is [Body]

Output: What is more surpising is that you think this is news.


Input: [Date] 2 years 24 weeks ago [Title] Cannot disagree more. It is [Body]

Output: Cannot disagree more. It is the only thing which makes it possible for a normal sized player to defend against a 7 foot tall mammoth.


Input: [Date] 2 years 24 weeks ago [Title] WOW---just wow. [Body]

Output: WOW---just wow.


Input: [Date] 2 years 24 weeks ago [Title] hahaha, that's an impressive [Body]

Output: hahaha, that's an impressive resemblance- even more impressive that you noticed it. Well played sir.


Input: [Date] 2 years 24 weeks ago [Title] F-ing humpers...They ruin [Body]

Output: F-ing humpers...They ruin everything.


Input: [Date] 2 years 25 weeks ago [Title] You are a gentleman and a [Body]

Output: You are a gentleman and a scholar...I wasn't upset with him in the first place; I mean it's not like the kid has been trained in PR skills. Just beat ohio and nothing else matters.


Input: [Date] 2 years 25 weeks ago [Title] YES YES YES YES....I freaking [Body]

Output: YES YES YES YES....I freaking love those.


Input: [Date] 2 years 25 weeks ago [Title] BEAT WISCONSIN...THEN BEAT [Body]

Output: BEAT WISCONSIN...THEN BEAT LITTLE BROTHER


Input: [Date] 2 years 25 weeks ago [Title] Why wait? Whether we beat [Body]

Output: Why wait? Whether we beat Wiscy or not there is still a game in East Lansing which should be infiltrated with maize and blue...Timing seems irrelevant to me.


Input: [Date] 2 years 25 weeks ago [Title] Beers alleged that his [Body]

Output: Beers alleged that his imaginary girlfriend had just died and that is why he was so out of control....Are those jokes getting old? I hope not.


Input: [Date] 2 years 25 weeks ago [Title] I am happy with our current [Body]

Output: I am happy with our current team and bringing back the Fab 5 would simply distract from the accomplishments of the guys who are here now doing it the right way. Let them buy tickets and sit amongst the rest of us if the want to watch a game- But I want the spotlight to be on the guys we have here now.


Input: [Date] 2 years 25 weeks ago [Title] Happy Birthday Coach...Here [Body]

Output: Happy Birthday Coach...Here is a cool story. On Sunday (day after IU) he was sitting behind me at Church---needles to say he looked exhausted and pissed.


Input: [Date] 2 years 25 weeks ago [Title] Honestly, it's a shame that [Body]

Output: Honestly, it's a shame that this has become public. He did nothing illegal and what he does on his own time is none of our business. Looks like fun though!


Input: [Date] 2 years 25 weeks ago [Title] And the Mgoblog snobbery [Body]

Output: And the Mgoblog snobbery continues...Its Monday morning buddy- lay off.


Input: [Date] 2 years 26 weeks ago [Title] Obviously upset. I felt like [Body]

Output: Obviously upset. I felt like Burke was forced into the position of doing everything. I don't know, it just seemed like the world was on his shoulders. We'll get em at home.


Input: [Date] 1 week 1 day ago [Body] It's an Urban Meyer thing. [Title]

Output: It's an Urban Meyer thing.


Input: [Date] 1 week 3 days ago [Body] Jingle your keys during important plays. [Title]

Output: Jingle your keys during


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 2 days ago [Body] It'd be a FERPA violation if anything. [Title]

Output: It'd be a FERPA violation if


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 2 days ago [Body] It would be FERPA. Athletic departments aren't covered by HIPAA. [Title]

Output: It would be FERPA. Athletic


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Right, because it's not like the kid's high school coach has any motivation to downplay his injuries. Not like he migh want to avoid any questions about whether he rushed he kid back after the first time he blew out his knee, thus contributing to he second knee injury. Let's review the timeline of events: 1. Dean commits to OSU. 2. December 2013: Dean tears ACL. No big deal for OSU (see e.g. Barrett, JT). 3. Fall 2014: Dean comes back for senior year, plays all season. 4. December 2014: Dean tears his meniscus during his final game. Apparently the same knee as he previously injured. 5. January 2015, Dean early enrolls at OSU. This is the first time that OSU's physicians have been allowed to examine him. During his first week on campus, OSU's doctors determine he is medically unable to play football and refuse to clear him. Dean tweets about needing a meniscus transplant. 6. March/April 2015: Dean's coach publicly attacks OSU for hardshipping Dean, and claims (but does not seem to have provided copies) to have a second opinion from Dr. Andrews that Dean will be fine after a bit of rehab. 7. Dean goes to Auburn. It's unclear whether Auburn's doctors have medically cleared him, or whether they've even seen his MRIs. [Title]

Output: Right, because it's not like


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 3 days ago [Body] I might know some people. Can you give a bit more information about the area of law? Is it employment related? [Title]

Output: I might know some people.


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Are you from the SEC? [Title]

Output: Are you from the SEC?


Input: [Date] 15 weeks 2 days ago [Body] OSU offers courtesy cups of water for free. [Title]

Output: OSU offers courtesy cups of


Input: [Date] 15 weeks 2 days ago [Body] I had season tickets in the row behind the guy on the left. He didn't know anything about football, spent the entire season begging cameramen to put him on TV, and sat on his hands when he wasn't being shown. We used to throw gummy bears at his wig to see if we could get them to stick. [Title]

Output: I had season tickets in the


Input: [Date] 15 weeks 2 days ago [Body] They've been pushing it off and on since at least the '80s. Bo was one of the biggest proponents when he was AD. [Title]

Output: They've been pushing it off


Input: [Date] 15 weeks 3 days ago [Body] God forbid that schools require student-athletes to be students first. [Title]

Output: God forbid that schools


Input: [Date] 15 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Tossup between Stadium Mustard or Bertman's Ballpark Mustard. [Title]

Output: Tossup between Stadium


Input: [Date] 15 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Hi Friend. [Title]

Output: Hi Friend.


Input: [Date] 15 weeks 5 days ago [Body] When was that? I thought the B1G has required members to give multiyear scholarships since at least the Carr era. [Title]

Output: When was that? I thought the


Input: [Date] 15 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Louisiana might require a showing of motive, but Louisiana is weird. [Title]

Output: Louisiana might require a


Input: [Date] 15 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Motive is not one of the elements that the prosecution must prove. It helps create a narrative for the jury, but outside of that, it's not really important. [Title]

Output: Motive is not one of the


Input: [Date] 15 weeks 6 days ago [Body] McCullough has been rumored to be a gray shirt since he first committed. See e.g. http://thebuckeyebattlecry.com/recruiting/fbrecruiting/liam-mccullough-i... ("That’s three verbals in three days...although this one is being identified by some as a 'gray shirt.'") [Title]

Output: McCullough has been rumored


Input: [Date] 15 weeks 6 days ago [Body] I believe it was a mix of Florida's policy and Meyer's philosophy. If I remember, he was quite critical of the practice, especially when kids were flat out cut from the team. [Title]

Output: I believe it was a mix of


Input: [Date] 16 weeks 1 hour ago [Body] Or it says that sports radio is a medium that thrives on manufactured controversy. Historically, Meyer hasn't oversigned. If you look at his tenure in Florida, he averaged 23.33 players per year. That was 2nd to last in the SEC, and would have been 5th in the B1G during that period. http://www.waitingfornextyear.com/2011/11/urban-meyer-ushers-in-a-comple... It makes no sense for Meyer to cut a 4* prospect before signing day, and before the kid had even been on the field to see what he can do. The simpler explanation is that the kid blew out his knee and is unable to perform. As for the long snapper, grayshirting, while not ideal, isn't that rare. For instance, Jeremy Clark at Michigan. [Title]

Output: Or it says that sports radio


Input: [Date] 16 weeks 1 hour ago [Body] FERPA and HIPPAA would prevent that from being released. [Title]

Output: FERPA and HIPPAA would


Input: [Date] 16 weeks 4 hours ago [Body] The medical team made the decision on January 12, which is way before OSU knew how many kids it would actually sign. Moreover, Dean was tweeting about a meniscus transplant in January. It sucks, but the kid's career is over. [Title]

Output: The medical team made the


Input: [Date] 16 weeks 8 hours ago [Body] Mark May. [Title]

Output: Mark May.


Input: [Date] 16 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Wasn't this an Ohio case? [Title]

Output: Wasn't this an Ohio case?


Input: [Date] 16 weeks 3 days ago [Body] I don't think anyone truly expects a national championship threepeat. I don't think we'll ever see that with the playoff system. That said, I think OSU will continue to dominate the B1G for the foreseeable future. MSU has peaked, Nebraska just fired a coach who went 9-3 for one who went 5-7, Wisconsin is Wisconsin, and Michigan is in the beginning stages of its third rebuilding since 2008. [Title]

Output: I don't think anyone truly


Input: [Date] 16 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Dean was tweeting about a meniscus transplant in January. Unfortunately, OSU can't discuss specific medical issues due to FERPA and HIPPAA , meaning that we're relying on an upset teenager and his high school coach to give us medical information. I can understand Dean's unhappiness at being told his career is over. Dean probably expected to play in the NFL, and to be told that's not going to happen has to be tough. [Title]

Output: Dean was tweeting about a


Input: [Date] 16 weeks 4 days ago [Body] And are you basing your medical opinion on the extensive examination you've conducted, or simply that it's Urban Meyer? [Title]

Output: And are you basing your


Input: [Date] 16 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Per 11Warriors, the kid was tweeting about needing a meniscus transplant back in January. [Title]

Output: Per 11Warriors, the kid was


Input: [Date] 16 weeks 5 days ago [Body] I think at least two quarterbacks see significant time this fall for OSU. Maybe all three, depending on Braxton's shoulder. [Title]

Output: I think at least two


Input: [Date] 16 weeks 5 days ago [Body] OSU's defense in 2012 was horrendous. Average to bad defenses don't put the starting fullback in at middle linebacker because he's the best tackler on the team. [Title]

Output: OSU's defense in 2012 was


Input: [Date] 16 weeks 5 days ago [Body] I'm going to disagree with you about Meyers; he had to completely rebuild the O-line and the defense. [Title]

Output: I'm going to disagree with


Input: [Date] 4 years 3 weeks ago [Body] I am incensed by the comments Gene Smith made. Really, Gene Smith? You'll be "on the offensive" if the NCAA makes further penalties? I think OSU is playing a pretty dangerous game right now. The reason SMU eventually for the death penalty was not only for its pretty glaring, rampant violations, but because of the organization's refusal to take culpability and its "try it, I dare you" attitude towards the NCAA. I'm not saying OSU is getting the death penalty (which really wouldn't be good for anyone, though I might secretly snicker myself to sleep over the indignity), but they must be DAMN FOOLS to think that there will be no more sanctions. Also, can Gene Smith be fired already? It's cruel to delay the inevitable. [Title]

Output: Ridiculous!


Input: [Date] 4 years 14 weeks ago [Body] I also know Krikor. I'm not saying I know his brother/his family (other than enjoying a Quickie Burger now and then). I am not saying I am the definitive expert on all things Krikor (in regards to the douche vs not douche debate), nor is anyone who reads this site, except Krikor himself. He's a nice guy. I agree with a comment in an earlier post that he can come off a little arrogant, but I don't think he means it in a bad way. And, again, he was part of a Michigan National Championship team. I know that means opening up the doors to a public scrutiny, but I feel bad for the guy more than anything now. Who wants to be belittled by anonymous blog posters who don't know him? Regardless of who he is/if he made his own wikipedia page (doubtful, those tend to NOT fly), its all kind of harsh. But not harsher than we all do to everyone else who ever entered the stratosphere of Michigan sports. And as a recent med school graduate, the M4 is indeed for "Medical School Year 4." He probably only signed that out of a habit, since we're constantly identifying ourselves as the med student in emails to the thousands of doctors who don't know us that we need to work with every day. [Title]

Output: Not to beat the Krikor thing to death, but...


Input: [Date] 4 years 29 weeks ago [Body] Dearest Brian, I know you're upset. Brady Hoke certainly wasn't in my top 5 choice for our beloved program. That being said, since the beginning of Coaching Carousel 2011 (an ingenious name, BTW), I've noticed you've been sad. Well, sad and angry. I wish you were less angry. Don't get me wrong, I'm angry too. But it makes it hard to read this site (which usually makes my day better) when coming over here means I'll get my daily dose of "The End is Nigh" when its comes to Michigan football. I know you're struggling, but please pull out of this funk, because otherwise we're going to turn into a big angry pile of ex-Michigan fans who live underground worshipping golden statues of JH, waiting for the second-coming. Sincerely, WolverineHusker, a big fan of yours P.S.: I suppose if the underground gathering had some kegs of Fat Tire, I might be down to participate. Who am I kidding? I'd go even if there was Busch Light. [Title]

Output: Dear Brian


Input: [Date] 4 years 30 weeks ago [Body] This is a great post, and I'll reiterate what others have said in acknowledging the quality of the responses. First, I'd like to state my pre-Bowl game point of view on Rich Rod, which was basically your "wait." I did not believe that RR was up to my expectations for our program...but did believe he had it in him. It just had to be...drawn out, somehow. Post-Bowl game? Hmm...Am I done waiting? I am myself an advocate of the "a coach cannot be judged on one game" mentality. There were plenty of things Rich Rod did wrong, from a coaching perspective. But were the dropped passes his fault? We easily could have scored 2 more TDs to make the game, well, seem less like a total blow out. But regardless of whose fault it is...am I still ready to wait? Faith is a funny thing. Biblically speaking...people lose it all the time. Under pharoah, the Jews in Egypt felt "forsaken" by the God that did not hear their calls for help. When his life was on the line, Peter denied Jesus three times...because in a sense he did not have faith that his "faith" was enough to protect him, in this life or the next. But faith, in and of itself, is not religious. There is just as much faith in Cubs fans who believe that, one day, the cure will be broken. Or in Red Sox fans who had their faith rewarded in a AL Series that one can only call miraculous. I do not know if RR can bring us the glory that I hope for. I do not know if JH can, either. But I know the answer to your third question: I am prepared to wait forever. Good golly, I hope it doesn't come to that. But I believe with all my heart that Michigan is my team, and that through years of darkness come years of light. As a child I weathered the 1-15 New England Patriots years...the disappointment, the desperation, the laughable badness...and on the other end watched the team rewarded with three super bowls. Three lean years of Michigan football can't kill that spirit that lives in us. It gives voice to our detractors, to which I say "bring. it. on." Having faith is about taking the good with the bad. Let the haters hate. I'm staying put right where I am, because I know our good days are coming. [Title]

Output: Faith


Input: [Date] 4 years 30 weeks ago [Body] Even after that game i still love Denard. That's not an easy feat when the team loses by a million. But every day, even when our team sucks, I'm still impressed by the kid. It's not his fault those WRs kept dropping sure-thing TD passes that were right to them. [Title]

Output: That's not the only good I saw.


Input: [Date] 4 years 30 weeks ago [Body] ...this expected dejection. I didn't think we'd win this game...no matter how hard I tried to tell myself otherwise. But I certainly didn't expect the big, collapsing mess that was our team on Saturday. It's not the sadness that gets to me (because I feel like we've all had our share of sadness this season)...it's the fact that I'm getting used to it. That being said, the commentators (Well, some of them) actually had it right: no way you can judge a coach based on one game. That being said, 100% chance they are, right now. [Title]

Output: It's a weird feeling for me...


Input: [Date] 4 years 31 weeks ago [Body] Didn't bring in Rich Rod "re-energize" the program...until it blew up in our faces? I agree that a new coach/possibly new system, combined with the JH jingoism would probably add a curiosity factory to our upcoming season, but it would ONLY sustain itself if the 'new era,' so to speak, proved to be successful. If JH comes and has a poor (or even mediocre) first season, the same "we're-losing-I-hate-this" malaise will strike again. Fresh starts are not always good starts; don't think hiring a new coach guarantees $$$ and prestige. [Title]

Output: I take issue with this idea of "reenergizing."


Input: [Date] 4 years 31 weeks ago [Body] Why would Denard, Mr. Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year (and, if our team had been better, a possible Heisman contender), sit out a year? He's a proven star right now, and his transferring would sideline him for a full season. That would be a career disaster, in my opinion. I think Denard is staying regardless. Maybe that's just wishful thinking, because his departure would already worsen by Football OffSeason-al Affect Disorder. [Title]

Output: No chance


Input: [Date] 4 years 31 weeks ago [Body] i'd like to see one person who's a bigger Rich Rod fan than a Michigan fan. Oh wait, there are those people...at Ohio State, Notre Dame, Michigan State, Iowa, Penn State... I want Rich Rod to stay, but I believe Rich Rod deserves all the flack he gets around here. People are just getting a little misty eyed about the end of an era...it's like the day after Christmas: your mind knows its over, but your heart just won't let go. [Title]

Output: Really?


Input: [Date] 4 years 31 weeks ago [Body] ...but a native of California, I can say that, yes, Palo Alto has some nice regions (for the loaded), it's also got lots of crime and traffic, as well as the worst public school system in the country and an absolutely floundering economy that is not getting better anytime soon. Sure, all of these things don't matter when you're going to make as much as Michigan head coach will, but Ann Arbor is decidedly more family-friendly than Palo Alto...even with the chaos that ensues on game days. [Title]

Output: As not only a Michigander and Nebraskan...


Input: [Date] 4 years 31 weeks ago [Body] Remember the firestorm that erupted when Rich Rod told his players, before their BCS bowl game, that he was jumping ship? Not only did that tarnish his national reputation, but it was a big slap in the face to a program that had only done good for him. I would be DISinclined to respect a coach who, after expounding the virtues of teamwork/integrity/etc., says before the biggest moment of some of his 20 year old players lives, "sorry dudes, I found a better offer." Regardless of whether Michigan is where JH wants to be, sullying his reputation should not be a required part of the deal. Who wants a coach like that anyway? [Title]

Output: Are you serious?


Input: [Date] 4 years 31 weeks ago [Body] Just realized you already said everything I just posted, only better. I think seeing the original post mad me unable to contain myself for long enough to, y'know, read the entire thread. [Title]

Output: Whoops!


Input: [Date] 4 years 31 weeks ago [Body] ...but it's a little hyperbolic to call Rich Rod the best football mind of our generation. I'm squarely on the side of Rich Rod staying, but let's not all get misty eyed and forget the money we had to pay to West Virginia, the NCAA violations, the disastrous defense, and the many, many other issues that, while not entirely his fault, are not indicative of a messiah. [Title]

Output: That was sweet...


Input: [Date] 4 years 31 weeks ago [Body] I couldn't agree with DakotaBlue more. I will be the first to say that I'm less than thrilled with many aspects of Rich Rod's tenure...but if we just keep beheading our coaches as their find their legs we're going to go from a "rebuilding" powerhouse to a "historical" powerhouse pretty quickly. And ANYTHING that makes us similar to Notre Dame makes my heart sad. [Title]

Output: I couldn't agree with


Input: [Date] 4 years 32 weeks ago [Body] No sooner does a post go up declaring that there can't possibly be any big news, Terelle et al get themselves suspended for 5 games next year! Obviously, I wish nothing good upon OSU ever, but this is just sad. Jeopardizing your career for under $2500?! You're going to be making much more than that in the NFL if you don't screw it up. Even worse...selling your memorabilia, including your Big Ten championship ring? If I had won one of those I would never let it go, ever. Terelle, you're a class act. It's too bad you won't be suspended when Ohio state isn't playing cupcakes [Title]

Output: No sooner does a post go up


Input: [Date] 4 years 32 weeks ago [Body] So, I'll be the first to admit I'm often all fire, no substance, but I'm sure there must be some rule against what Les Miles' is doing. And I'm sure there's no way the NCAA can't do something about it. Well, I guess that last point might be off, because I thought the same about Cam Newton, and here we are. This isn't like signing a pro player and then letting him or her go...this is taking a kid and basically snatching his football (and, likely, college) opportunities away. THAT, to me, is inexcusable, notwithstanding the whole not telling them himself. What a dickbox. I hate him. [Title]

Output: Seriously


Input: [Date] 4 years 32 weeks ago [Body] I remember how mad I was that Herbstreit "blew" our chance at Les Miles three years ago. I was furious he wouldn't be coming to Ann Arbor and through Herbstreit melted the whole thing down on purpose. I ain't saying Rich Rod is a saint, but I'd take him over Miles any day. Thanks, Herbstreit! (though I know you probably weren't even really involved, my sad, angry mind says otherwise) [Title]

Output: It's funny...


Input: [Date] 4 years 46 weeks ago [Body] You think '97 is the terrible one?! What about '95? It might be the rare reverse mullet: look at all that party in the front with the shaved sides. Thought 'party' might be the wrong word...horse tail, on the other hand... [Title]

Output: Really?


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Body] Amen, blue Seoul! I'll be in Lincoln during the game but It'll always be Michigan #1 for me. It's funny how no matter where I go or what I'm doing on gamedays I'll always be wishing I was in Ann arbor [Title]

Output: Amen, blue Seoul! I'll be in


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Body] Poor Junior. It's not his fault he's so dainty. [Title]

Output: Poor Junior. It's not his


Input: [Date] 5 years 1 week ago [Body] I think this will be a big indicator of things to come for Nebraska in the Big Ten. Not having a vote but having a voice is always tricky, and if Osborne voices his opinion strongly on a few issues and is shot down this all might look like Nebraska is a second-class citizen in the league (which, let's be honest, they will be until things normalize with profit-sharing and all that), which is exactly why Nebraska left the Big Twelve. I'm not saying Nebraska's going to pitch a hissy fit (even if they have to travel to Happy Valley every year), but I think we'll all get a good idea of the way Nebraska is being viewed and how easily they are fitting into the brave new big ten. [Title]

Output: How will Nebraska be treated?


Input: [Date] 5 years 2 weeks ago [Body] It wasn't until I saw that video (the second one) that I realized what college football really needs: more third world propaganda. Each university could pick a country, expose the children at a young age, and in ten to fifteen years acquire millions of new supporters. I'd pay good money to get in the ground floor of Big Ten Network: International. [Title]

Output: Hail to the Victors!


Input: [Date] 5 years 2 weeks ago [Body] It's really a testament to the power of college football that I can get so wrapped up in moments that means so much to me, good and bad (Manningham's catch...the block...), as well as those that I don't have any connection to but still make me go a big wet one. [Title]

Output: It's really a testament to


Input: [Date] 5 years 2 weeks ago [Body] Mr. Voice of Reason, I believe we "comment" because we have...comments. Apologies if they're not useful to your life. I don't think anyone's crying too hard over lost points. [Title]

Output: The answer to your question is: No.


Input: [Date] 5 years 3 weeks ago [Body] Wow, those renovations look better and better everytime I see them. Is that a mini-kitchen with a built in plasma? I should have tried to tour the boxes because I'll definitely never afford one. Do you think it's possible to buy one and then live in it too? You can't beat that view from the bedroom window. [Title]

Output: Beautiful


Input: [Date] 5 years 3 weeks ago [Body] I'm assuming that even with Nebraska being added they wouldn't mess with a) our OSU homegame [what better way to make everyone suddenly hate Nebraska], b) unschedule our ND game [since they're not in conference, it's not like they'll say "oh, sure, we'll just play Iowa instead to make it easy on you guys]. Also, according to this we aren't even playing PSU in 2011. So the original statement isn't even true. [Title]

Output: I'm assuming that even with


Input: [Date] 5 years 3 weeks ago [Body] Isn't the best situation for Michigan exactly that: Forcier and Denard splitting time? We tried it (vaguely) last year, but it was sort of stymied by the fact that Denard couldn't really, you know, throw the ball. If Denard IS a legitimate passing option then splitting time between the QBs could really open up our offense. That might be a big if, but people keep saying Denard can throw now, so... [Title]

Output: Give us both!


Input: [Date] 5 years 5 weeks ago [Body] I used to agree with the sentiment that few goals = no fun, but the America/Algeria game really put that in perspective. There were no goals for 91 minutes but I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. I don't think Americans care about there not being goals, I think we just don't like ties. As long as the game ends with a winner I think the payoff is worth the low score. I mean, the 2-1 Uruguay - South Korea game was 100x better than the 7-0 Portugal - North Korea game, goals be damned. [Title]

Output: I used to agree with the


Input: [Date] 5 years 7 weeks ago [Body] PSU and Nebraska in the same division/side of the conference would mean so much traveling for players and fans. Nebraska fans pride themselves on road trips, but Happy Valley is like half the country away. Plus, put all four of those teams together and you've officially put all the prestige teams in one division. Might as well leave the other schools to die. [Title]

Output: Noooooo


Input: [Date] 5 years 7 weeks ago [Body] A Penn State/Nebraska rivalry...man that's a lot of travel. As the eastern and western edge of the conference, PSU and Nebraska should NOT be in the same side of the conference, however things get split up. It's not fair to the players, and its not fair to the fans. I'd personally like to see a Wisconsin vs/ Nebraska rivalry game...they can call the trophy the Big Red Jug. [Title]

Output: Those Poor Kids


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Took it [Body]

Output: I'm an EE, but was CSE and took 203, 280, 281, 270, and just finished 370. I thought 280 projects and material were fairly easy, but the exams are brutal. It's likely that the class will actually be team taught, where each professor listed will teach part of the course for all three sections (that's how Deorio and Fu did it when I took it last year). The nice thing is that the lectures are recorded so you can re-watch them, or if you're swamped you can catch them later. The labs are really easy, but good practice. If you've taken 280 prior to the last two semesters (like I did), try not to get really angry, but for the last two semesters all of the projects were allowed to be done in teams of 2. So you could work with a partner on them. Partner selection can really impact the time required for this course. If you're motivated, and enjoy coding, the course is very manageable, and help is always available if you ask for it. Personally, I love coding but hate the CS department. I think they overall do a terrible job of actually teaching, especially the introductory courses. That's why I switched to EE, and I couldn't be happier with that choice. Incidentally I finished EECS 216, and 370 finals, up studying for EECS 230 final tomorrow night. Good luck anyone who still has finals to take!


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 3 days ago [Title] He's got a point [Body]

Output: Letting former athletes, regardless of how successful dictate anything isn't okay. They are not Michigan. Sure they represented us, and we appreciate them and even love them for it. For me at least though, I don't care who they are, it's not about them. His version is less eloquent but no different than "No man is more important than the Team.." You can argue that he should have phrased it better, but it reads to me the same way, and I agree with him.


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 3 days ago [Title] definetly not infantry [Body]

Output: I was actually an NCO in intelligence, but that's neither here nor there. I always got in trouble in the Army for asking why, so believe me when I tell you I'm not a blindly follow orders kind of leader myself.


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 4 days ago [Title] That's not how I read that statement. [Body]

Output: Picture this, your overbearing, out of touch, micromanaging boss orders you to do something you know is a bad idea. You know you have to do your job, and you love where you work, so you do it even though you know it's a terrible idea. After it blows up, and you have to make a statement about it. You can't throw your boss under the bus, or you get fired, and you make yourself sound irrelevant. So you make a statement about trying to be smart about it, which is probably what you told your boss to begin with. Sort of an I told you so to your boss without being too obvious. DB clearly wanted to "market the brand" to other than traditional fans. He did it with marketing gimmicks, which Hunter had to implement. They all ended horribly. In many cases, I agree what Hunter said wasn't good, but what was he supposed to say? My boss is an idiot and I told him not to do this. From what I understand Hunter didn't authorize the Coke for tickets thing. According to some contract the company gets a bunch of tickets it can use for promotions, but it's supposed to clear them with the department first. They didn't clear it and just did it. Again, he doesn't want to throw the sponsors under the bus and lose money from the department. What is he supposed to say? If you wanted to keep your job, what would you say? I'll tell you one thing Hunter did, after last season and the disastrous general admission policy, Hunter formed a Student Advisory Council. The council was composed of 4 students from each class (freshmen - graduate student) plus 2 from the central student government. We met throughout the season, and Hunter attended our meetings, and that council was the reason student ticket prices were lowered, along with other, mostly student section related fixes. Hunter cared, and got it. He is the scapegoat for a lot of the BS that has happened and that is unfortunate. I know you guys don't know me so you don't know what a big deal it is that I'm defending him. As I said I'm an engineering student. I'm not a fan of marketing or business in general. I prefer facts and truth to promotions and advertisements that make emotional appeals. Michigan football is one of the very few things I actually get emotional about. Ask my wife, I get yelled at about it all the time. Hunter has earned my respect and trust. He's not the person that he's being made out to be, and while I have disagreed with some of his decisions, and he is responsible for a small percent of the problems, he is not the problem. The real problem in my humble opinion is that people are looking for a person to blame for an institutional failure. Michigan's problems don't start with the athletics department. They are much deeper. It's not just Dave Brandon that cared more about money than tradition. Many people have forgotten what Michigan's real tradition is. One of the clearest and least political examples I can give for this it the visceral hatred for passing offenses at Michigan. I hear people constantly complaining and saying that we have to run the ball, we have to play man ball, and Bo would roll over in his grave if we don't run more. All the while forgetting that Michigan was a pioneer in the forward pass: "...Prior to the advent of the forward pass, football was nothing but a smash-mouth, up-the-gut running mentality. Yost, however, demanded speed and agility, and he demanded it right away. If you stood around at practice, you did not belong on the team. Yost's teachings were precise and calculated down to the second of each practice. If a player missed an assignment on the field, Yost would jump in without pads and run the play first-hand..." "... One of Yost's most significant contributions to Michigan and the game in general was his usage of the spiral when the forward pass was implemented in 1906. While other teams were simply trying to "perfect" the two-handed end-over-end basket push, Yost found that by throwing the ball in a spiral, it could be delivered to the intended target faster with more accuracy and at much greater length. Michigan's new passing game dominated teams across the country over the next decade. The Wolverines became frequent visitors to schools outside of the Midwest, since due to a scheduling squabble, the team did not compete in the conference from 1907-16..." source: http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/092607aaa.html In short, rushing smash mouth manball is not Michigan's tradition. In general, money, an enormous endowment, etc is not Michigan's tradition. Michigan's tradition in one word is: Excellence. In everything we do we should strive for and achieve excellence. If that requires hurry up, spread, passing offenses, then so be it. People are so short sighted, and attacking Hunter is just one more example of it. Until we drop the notion that we have to do things one way because that's the Michigan way, and realize that whatever way is the best way is the Michigan way, and just because we've always done something one way does not make it the best way, then we will not return to our positon as the leaders and the best. I could go on but I'm afraid this is already TL;DR. But if you did read it thank you. *edited for spelling, sorry I'm an engineering student and this is the longest thing I've written in college.


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 4 days ago [Title] In defense of Hunter [Body]

Output: I am an undergraduate Engineering student at Michigan right now. I'm also a 9 year US Army veteran. I met Hunter last year during the general admission fiasco, and I've been in consistent contact with him since then. I've gotten to know him fairly well since then. He is a good man who cared about Michigan. So I'm curious, and have a question for everyone attacking him. I've heard a lot about how Dave Brandon micromanaged everything. He would watch film with coach Hoke, and exerted his influence in everything. Yet somehow you all seem to believe that Hunter was solely responsible for all of the ridiculous marketing gimmicks and set the policy on who they were targeting (families of 4 from GR who only come to one game a year). You don't seem to think it's possible that he disagreed with what was being done as well, but tried to do what he could, and do his job. That far from being a yes man, he registered his disagreement with DB, but was overruled by his boss. One thing I learned in the Army is that real leaders own what they're doing, even when they're being forced to do it by their superiors, and they don't throw their superiors under the bus, or play the blame game. Hunter was a real leader. Also, attacking him for his twitter name? Really? I guarantee if we looked at half of your facebook or twitter accounts we would find far worse than a twitter name LochDogg. I'm glad I got to know Hunter, and I'm sad to see him go.


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Without the fans (and donors) [Body]

Output: Without the fans (and donors) you have no facilities or equipment and are an insignificant club sport. The fans invest their time, emotion, and money and that investment is no less important or relevant than the contribution that the players and coaches make. Neither will exist without the other. I guarantee if the fans all left, college football would not exist for long.


Input: [Date] 1 year 35 weeks ago [Title] another great game [Body]

Output: This was just another in a string of excellent games played and won by these women. They are an excellent team and if you haven't watched them play you should. After almost 9 years in the Army I'm now an undergraduate engineering student at Michigan. I've never been a soccer fan, and in fact had never watched a whole game of soccer. I love football, hockey, and basketball. When I moved here with my wife and 4 year old daughter I rented a house in the area and by amazing luck our neighbors daughter was beginning as a freshmen at Michigan and was a scholarship player on the soccer team. To support our neighbors I decided to go to the first home game of the season and brought my daughter. Since then I've been hooked. These women are so much fun to watch and are so talented. Yet even with all the individual talent, they play so well together as a team. I really enjoy watching their games and cheering for them. They've made me a fan of soccer which is something I never thought could happen. My daughter loves going to the games as well and cheering for our neighbor and the entire team. Since moving down here she learned the Victors and sings it constantly. The only thing that could be better would be if more people would come watch and cheer for these women. The attendance at the Womens Soccer is rather low. While it's a little late this season, if you want to see some great competitors battle it out, you really should come watch this team play.


Input: [Date] 2 years 17 weeks ago [Title] Yes I was a state officer in [Body]

Output: Yes I was a state officer in 2000


Input: [Date] 2 years 17 weeks ago [Title] Thanks guys. I'm a married [Body]

Output: Thanks guys. I'm a married Army veteran (non-traditional student). After almost a decade in the Army I was medically discharged, and I've spent the last 2 years completing all the required classes to transfer. It's been a long journey for me to get here and I am beyond excited! Also, my 3 year old daughter has been telling everyone, "My daddy's going to Michigan!" she watches all the games with me and is excited too!


Input: [Date] 2 years 35 weeks ago [Title] Didn't Carr retire. [Body]

Output: Worst offensive play calling I've seen since the Carr days. Pathetic. Fire Borges and fire Hoke for hiring him. It's not just this game it's all the games this season.


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

Output: the issue is that they were making dirty plays and seemed to be deliberately trying to injure Denard (grabbing his facemask and twisting after a late hit) and then the roughing the passer. I'm sure there were more I didn't see. That shouldn't be tolerated at all. Yep, we lost, and our play wasn't that great, and I have no issue with a clean loss. But when someone tries to deliberately injure a player from the other team, they should be called out, and if their coach doesn't put a stop to it (sits them for one play and then puts them back in), then the league should step in and start vacating wins or penalizing the team. Taunting and classless stuff like that is silly and poor sportsmanship, but the real concern is trying to injure other players. That's not sports, it’s assault.


Input: [Date] 4 years 29 weeks ago [Title] Thank you [Body]

Output: Thanks RR for showing us something different at Michigan. I wish you had been given the 4th year to prove/disprove your work. You are a great coach, and a great man. I wish you and your family the best of luck, and I'm sure you'll be leading another team to wins in no time.


Input: [Date] 4 years 29 weeks ago [Title] you [Body]

Output: let them sit and refuse to discuss it for a month so that their buyout drops to $2.5 mil instead of $4 mil, then fire them like you already decided to. Thus you've saved $1.5 mil to use on the lawyers when he files a lawsuit against you for doing that. I hope that's not what happened, but perception is reality in many cases.


Input: [Date] 4 years 30 weeks ago [Title] authentic jersey [Body]

Output: I just wish that when they say they're selling "authentic" jerseys that they were actually, you know, more like what they players wear. The "authentic" jerseys they sell are decent quality, but they're not very authentic, other than that they're made by adidas.


Input: [Date] 4 years 30 weeks ago [Title] IIRC [Body]

Output: this post was a massive failure after the PSU game, not just because of your opinion, but because of the way you wrote it. The problem with being drunk and writing isn't that you can't have a rational thought, but that most drunk people can't express a rational thought in a way that is interresting, or appropriate for people who are not themselves drunk. Thanks for your opinion, I'm sure there are many people who agree with you, just as there are some who disagree with you. Especially since you mentioned BH which, dear god... well nevermind.


Input: [Date] 4 years 30 weeks ago [Title] just hope [Body]

Output: I'd like RR to stay for 1 more year with a different defensive staff, however I also would understand and be okay with JH coming in. I just really hope we're not the next Notre Dame with all this CC.


Input: [Date] 4 years 30 weeks ago [Title] from what i understand [Body]

Output: the car thing is pretty common at most schools as another poster pointed out above. Most of these athleets get some kind of "improper" benefit. Granted OSU is pretty shady on a lot of things, and I'd love nothing more than for them to burn, however, Tressel did come out and say that the "over practicing" happens at most major schools and wasn't a big deal, when the rest of the media was trying to crucify us for it. As much as I hate OSU, I feel honor bound to not sling mud, but to let them get caught on their own and fry for it.


Input: [Date] 4 years 30 weeks ago [Title] espn isn't worth [Body]

Output: a dime. perhaps some of the comentators on there are not so bad, but as a whole, i wouldn't give them a single penny. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I'm done defending RR to anyone who wants him gone. I've supported him, but more importantly I've supported the players, the team and the school. If people don't show up to the games because they don't support the coach, then they should give up their season tickets, move to afghanistan and join the taliban. Michigan football is bigger than a coach, a player, a recruit. It's a team, and we should support the team, and want them to succeed. Yes, RR has been responsible as the head coach for several embarrasing losses, an NCAA investigation/probation, and some of our worst-on-record performances. If DB decides to fire him, I'll support the next HC as much as I supported RR. However, if DB decides to bring back RR, then support the team, or find a new team to be a fan of. As I said above, the taliban is always recruiting.


Input: [Date] 4 years 30 weeks ago [Title] mgopoints [Body]

Output: what's the point of having a minimum point total to post new content when people get insane amounts of points for posting pictures and .gif files in replys instead of original thoughts/ideas or even opinions. Not saying that's how the OP in this thread got his points, but seriously, points are meaningless for judging whether someone can be trusted to post quality content when people upvote single word replys and silly cat pictures.


Input: [Date] 4 years 30 weeks ago [Title] i can [Body]

Output: i can sort of see the op's arguement if it were put more like this, we all (most of us) have some superstition about game day attire/actions. Perhaps it's just another superstition that a coach should wear maize and blue instead of white and blue for the games. I'm just guessing. I know I have certain things I wear every game day, and have some way more obsessive friends who are very specific on what they eat and wear, where they sit etc.


Input: [Date] 4 years 30 weeks ago [Title] seriously [Body]

Output: what about lloyd's record vs OSU in his last few years (tressel era). Not better than RR. The "Michigan Man" argument never held any weight with me. Bo played for Miami (OH), and was an assistant coach at fing ohio state before coming to Michigan. How is Bo more of a Michigan man than RR? Granted Bo had a much better record at Michigan, but that was never the point of the "Michigan Man" arguement. RR didn't ever get a fair shake from many fans, and certainly not from the media. That however is where my defense of RR ends. There are a lot of negative things that have happened since RR came to Michgan, and I can certainly see the arguement to replace him. I also can see the arguement to keep him for one more year (as long as we get a new Defensive staff). The thing is, I'm so drained from the whole thing, that I just don't care anymore what decision DB makes. If it's to keep RR, at least we'll see if he can do better in his 4th year, if he can, great, Michigan wins and we're all happy. If the team can't win after next year, no one would argue for another year. If however DB decides to bring in another coach, be it JH or whoever else, I will support his decision, the new coach, and the Team. I really just want the team to win. Regardless of what that takes (as long as we're not cheating, or being classless). IMO too many fans have let their hatered of RR blind them, and turn them into fans that no team needs. If you ever rooted against Michigan because you thought it would hasten the change of coaching staff, well, you should just join the taliban. With that, happy new year, and Go Blue!


Input: [Date] 4 years 31 weeks ago [Title] sources [Body]

Output: Some of the soldiers I met in Afghanistan from an Arkansas National Guard engineer unit told me some things about this. Apparently, one of the soldiers cousins is friends with Mallett. He told me Mallett said he wasn't forced out. He liked Michigan, but preferred to be closer to home, and the coaching change, along with the new scheme (spread vs. pro) he figured it was a good time/excuse to transfer. I realize this is considered hearsay, because I didn't hear it directly from the source, but these guys had no reason to lie about what their family member told them. I also saw pictures of the Soldier with his cousin, and his cousin with Mallett, so I consider this to be true information.


Input: [Date] 4 years 31 weeks ago [Title] 2 things [Body]

Output: There are 2 things my 15 month old daughter loves to watch, one is "Jacks Big Music Show" on nick junior, and the other is Michigan football. She's been doing the touchdown sign since she was 8 months old. She was 2 days old during the Indiana game in 2009, I watched it while holding her in the hospital (we had to stay an extra couple days because she had a mild infection). She's on her way to being a die hard M fan like me. I also have converted my wife from a state fan to loving Michigan.


Input: [Date] 4 years 32 weeks ago [Title] branding and buying [Body]

Output: I understand what six-zero is saying in his post, and he's right about the cost and time associated with this. As another commenter said though, we don't know if this was the best one they offered or there were better ones that delaney didn't choose. I think one important thing to remember here though, is that one of the reasons we have logo's or marks is to put it on products to sell to consumers/fans. If 90% of the fanbase hates this thing, no one will buy the products that it is put on. In the grand scheme of things, it's used for many other things, and no one is going to not go to a school they want to because of the conference logo. However, I wouldn't buy anything that had this logo on it. I agree with another poster above who said that they missed the mark, and listened to "experts" instead of the public. You'll never make everyone happy, but usually you won't make everyone hate something either. As another poster commented as well, the majority of us are not experts in developing a brand logo/mark or anything like that, however the logos/marks are designed to get us to recognize the brand, and buy it. In that aspect we are experts because we are targeted every second of every day by brand marks/logos. We recognize and buy into ones that are good, and we avoid, ignore, and don't buy into ones that don't connect with us. In this case the Big Ten made a mistake and didn't connect with their target audience, and I believe it's in their best interest to start over and get another one. I am thinking of the long term, because I don't believe that the logo chosen will ever "grow" on me. It has absolutely no appeal to me, or most other fans. I can live with the trophys, hell, I can even live with the division names, I think they could have done better, but they also could have been much worse. The logo though, I don't think they could have done worse. I'm also not advocating hiding or even putting the number 12 in the logo, because seriously, it's not, and hasn't been for over a decade the actual number of teams in the league. It's simply the brand name.


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

Output: but I think with RR and this offense we'll be in the NC within 2 years


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

Output: Ok, I understand that everything is ultimately on the head coach, but here's my take.You have an offense that is just crazy good, yes they make mistakes some times, but they're pretty young still. They're scoring like 30 points per game, 67 in this one, and yet I still hear people say, we can't win in the big ten with this gimicky offense. Really? If we had even an average defense, we'd be undefeated. Our problems are on defense. That being said, today, despite giving up 65 points, and a boat load of yards, they did have some really good stops. Especailly that last one. I guess we need to watch them for the rest of the season. Either way, keep RR, because this offense is the way to go. If our defense doesn't improve, maybe bring in a different defensive staff, but for the love of god, don't get rid of RR. Who says we can't recruit the "smaller" faster guys to fill our offense, and have traditional big ten "bigger" guys for our defense? I haven't seen that rule, so if it exists, someone please provide a link.


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

Output: the practice field in relation to the stadium? I've got a parking pass for Pioneer HS lot from a family member with season tickets, so I'll be parking there. What time should I show up? I'll be bringing my wife, father, and one of my wife's friends, because apparently all of my friends are state fans. I also may have 2 extra tickets that I will give to any veteran/current military member for free. if you wouldn't mind e-mailing me with details I'd love to come over and meet you all and hang out for a bit. douglas.krusell@gmail.com


Input: [Date] 4 years 38 weeks ago [Title] some things to keep in mind [Body]

Output: As a disabled Army veteran now in Afghanistan as a contractor, I'll be streaming the game online for myself and a few of the Soldiers I support/work with who are big enough M fans to stay up and watch the game. Though noon games are better, the 3:30pm starts keep us up until around 4am. Every little bit helps the Soldiers over here, the moondust like dirt and constant wear of patrols tends to make clothing wear out faster, and in most of Afghanistan it's starting to get pretty cold. Where we are about 60km West of Kandahar City, summer temps were around 110-120 degrees, now, night time temps are dropping into the 40's, and it's about to get a lot colder. The Soldiers get issued cold weather gear, but warm socks would probably be greatly appreciated. Also, most of us love ramen noodles, beats the heck out of the food (and I use that term loosly) that the dining facility or mobile kitchen's serve. In case you didn't know, most of the food we eat is designated "for military and prison use only," and I'm not kidding or making that up. If you are planning on mailing anything to a Soldier/Sailor/Airmen/Marine over here, winter is the time you can mail most anything food related. During the summer, don't mail anything meltable, mail usually makes it to Kandahar Air Field, or Bagram Airfield within a few days from the states, there it sits in a shipping container, or on pallets, in the sun/elements, not environmentally controlled area until they can find space for it on a bird or convoy, larger packages usually sit longer than smaller, but many times, they sit for at least a week. In the summer anything you send that can melt, will. It's awesome that Michigan is doing this, and I'm sure Michigan fans will help support it. Us Michigan fans deployed over here appreciate all the prayers and support, and even the ranting on the boards, as it's a nice distraction from the reality on the ground over here. It's always better with a win, so let's hope we can pull it together for the rest of the games this year (particularly for Wisconsin since I'll be home on leave and have tickets!) GO BLUE! and God bless our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines, Veterans, and everyone who supports them.


Input: [Date] 4 years 40 weeks ago [Title] one thing to say [Body]

Output: newsgroups


Input: [Date] 4 years 43 weeks ago [Title] blue in a sea of green [Body]

Output: Almost my entire family (including my wife) are MSU fans (from Petoskey by the way). Not sure how I ended up a Michigan fan, but I don't remember ever being a fan of any other school. My dad has 3 cousins who are M grads (back in the 70's). I joined the Army at 17 right out of high school. After almost 10 years I was medically chaptered, and I'm now working as a civilian over in Afghanistan (I wear maize and blue 3 days a week over here, and my Michigan hat everyday!) The reason I'm over here is to make enough money to go to school full time when I get home and still be able to support my wife and 1 year old daughter (who was 1 month old when I left to come over). She was born on the 24th of September last year and had to stay in the hospital for a few days because of an infection. I almost got into a fight with the nurse because I insisted that she be in my arms for the Michigan game against Indiana, and I watched it with her in the hospital. At any rate, I'm applying to Michigan for the winter 2012 semester hoping to get in for Computer Science. My fall back school is GVSU, I'd rather be unemployed than go to MSU.


Input: [Date] 4 years 34 weeks ago [Title] That's his side. [Body]

Output: But from people that witnessed the fight heard a noise walked into the room and saw Harbaugh in a headlock and screaming like a girl while Jim Kelly was ramming his head into the wall and later Jim Kelly told reporters that his back was turned and when he turned around Harbaugh threw a punch and missed and hit the wall and that's how Harbaugh broke his hand.


Input: [Date] 4 years 36 weeks ago [Title] Rich Rod [Body]

Output: Brian you are right this team has made great strides. Greg Robinson is responsible for us only winning 7 games and if Robinson would have done his job we would have won 8-9 games this year. Look these haters attack the Defense and I can understand that but attack the Offense well i will prove it is elite by saying this We are better Offense then Stanford, LSU, and San Diego St. why mention those teams because they are run by Michigan Men. I mean we have better offense then the supposed Number one quarterback in the Draft Andrew Luck's Stanford team who plays in a conference as bad as the Big EAST with only 3 bowl eligible teams who has a tough time beating a 4-7 Arizona State team and all you haters talk about Ryan Mallet well guess what Rich's Quarterback that he has chosen has accomplished more in one year as a Quarterback then Ryan Mallet has done in his entire playing career I guess Rich made the better choice. Look Mr. Brandon you know where to fix THE DEFENSE tell Rich to part ways with Greg Robinson and get a guy in here that is very Aggressive in generating Sacks, and very good in points aloud and we can't take over the Big Ten.


Input: [Date] 4 years 37 weeks ago [Title] This Offense. [Body]

Output: I know at least one play that we have yet to see from Rich's Offense and that is the Triple-Option. This play was the backbone of Rich's West Virginia team. We have yet to see Denard even do this but If Denard can run the Triple-Option like Pat White did Look Out!!! their we be nothing stoppin this Offense except itself because Rich's West Virginia teams never had the passing game Rich has in Michigan.


Input: [Date] 4 years 39 weeks ago [Title] This Defense. [Body]

Output: I think a new Defensive Cordinator can make all the difference in the world. in the NFL look at the Saints two years ago they had a great offense and no Defense and everybody said if the Saints had a Defense. They fire Defensive cordinator hire Greg Williams who makes two changes in the secondary and they win the SuperBowl. The Pittsburgh Steelers same thing in 2003 they had one of the worst Defenses in the NFL what does Bill Cowher do? He gets Dick Lebeau the steelers went from 27th in defense to first overall. A good Defensive cordinator can do lots. Look when Rich was hired he thought that he had jeff Casteel on board and he was he was coming with Rich to michigan and Rich thought that he was not going to have a problem with the Defense but when Jeff Casteel told him that Bill Stewart wanted him to stay that shocked Rich but Rich told him if he wanted to stay that's ok. I think if Rich respected Bill Stewart and didn't want to get in between the Bill and himself. But now I think if Rich went to Jeff and pleaded with him because Jeff and Rich were very close friends I think Jeff would come over.


Input: [Date] 4 years 39 weeks ago [Title] The Defense. [Body]

Output: Did you know? when Rich Rod started coaching he was a Defensive Cordinator not an Offensive Cordinator. Getting back to the Defense it is all GERG's fault the 3-3-5 is a easy Defense to run and if you really study it you would be amazed on how aggressive you can be. That's why Joe Lee Dunn invented it because Joe Lee Dunn said it was to hard finding Defensive Lineman for his 5-3-3. 3-3-5 was invented to reak havoc on any opposing Quarterback's and still have enough guys in the secondary to cover. You can stop any offense that you play without changing anything up. Rich Rod has been running the 3-3-5 since it was invented. This is why I say it is one of the easier Defenses to run. Rich's first year at West Virginia was a bad one he went 3-9 his first year his Defense run by Jeff Casteel ranked 94th in the Nation in total Defense Jeff Casteel in the offseason was walking into Rich's office expecting to be fired he sat down and Rich told him he was not getting fired and I want you to learn this Defense and hands Casteel a playbook that send the 3-3-5 Casteel told him he had never run this before and Rich said learn that scheme and the rest is histroy and now Jeff Casteel is a master at the 3-3-5. If Casteel was able to pick it up so fast you would think someone like GERG who has coached for forty years could easy do the same. It is all on GERG.


Input: [Date] 4 years 40 weeks ago [Title] This Defense next year. [Body]

Output: I do see them bulking up Roh 20 or more pounds to play his natural postion Defensive End and moving Josh Furman to Roh's linebacker postions just so they could get that 4.3 speed out onto the field also I think they may move Cam Gordon to the spur because of his ability to tackle better than his pass coverage and he looks like a linebacker. Kenny Demens will be the Middle Linebacker the only problem is who plays Free Safety?


Input: [Date] 4 years 40 weeks ago [Title] Kenny Demens. [Body]

Output: He reminds me alot of Jevon Kearse because Kearse was said to be Defensive End strong as a linebacker. Kenny Demens was said to have Defensive Tackle strength! and not Defensive End but Defensive Tackle strength at linebacker which means if he is that strong and can play because I know it was only one game now but the middle of this Defense just got a whole alot better.


Input: [Date] 4 years 40 weeks ago [Title] This Offense. [Body]

Output: What is really something is we are ranked what 3rd in the nation on offensive and we have not even run the whole playbook yet some people have said that if you seen Rich's playbook it looks bigger than a Dictionary. And what is amazing is we have not seen Rich's Quarterback option play yet with Denard and that's what really impresses me about this offensive.


Input: [Date] 4 years 41 weeks ago [Title] 3-3-5 [Body]

Output: What I don't get and I am new to this board but Rich should have not kepted Greg Robinson. I know that Jeff Casteel wanted to stay at West Virginia and everybody looks at how Jeff Casteel runs the 3-3-5 but Casteel didn't not invent the Defense. Rich should have hired the guy who invented the 3-3-5 and that was JOE LEE DUNN to be Michigans defense cordinator. Rich invented the Spread option wouldn't have been better if he hired the guy who invented the 3-3-5? Joe Lee Dunn is the most feared Defense cordinators in all of college football and if you google Joe Lee Dunn talk about the 3-3-5 you would understand why Rich likes that Defense.


Input: [Date] 1 day 23 hours ago [Body] I'm sure painkiller abuse is rampant as well. They probably always have to perform though all kinds of injuries. [Title]

Output: Right


Input: [Date] 2 days 2 hours ago [Body] I have to wonder if these pro wrestlers of the 80's are paying for having grown up in the early days of steriod abuse. You have to believe a ton of those wrestling types were using steroids to look the way they did, and it might have been really hard on their bodies in the long run. Or maybe they just were party animals and the liquor and drugs eventually wear them out. Whatever it is they seem to have remarkably short life-expectencies. [Title]

Output: Total Speculation


Input: [Date] 2 days 3 hours ago [Body] The Tigers still have a solid core offense with Cabrera, V-Mart and JD. They need PITCHING. Verlander suddenly looks like he may actually be going back to being Verlander. That is encouraging. So if you can pick up 2 starters in FA, Pick up a big bat and then do SOMETHING with the bullpen, you have a team next year. Plus now you have a ton of prospects and you hope a few pan out within the next few years so that you aren't pinning all your future hopes on Buck Farmer. [Title]

Output: The Tigers still have a solid


Input: [Date] 2 days 3 hours ago [Body] that Dombrowski screwed the pooch HARD on Fister. However outside of that move and the Renteria deal several years ago, he generally makes very good moves. I don't really blame him for the Verlander deal--I think that decision came at least partly from Illitch. [Title]

Output: There is no question


Input: [Date] 2 days 3 hours ago [Body] He's a rental. You can't think about it as just trading a great outfielder. You're trading a guy for TWO MONTHS. You can't expect the world for that. Heck, Cespedes could be back here by April. [Title]

Output: Rental


Input: [Date] 2 days 3 hours ago [Body] the power-5 requirement is new. Though I guess you could always just schedule the weakest power-5 team possible and call it good. But everyone can't schedule Kansas. [Title]

Output: Pretty sure


Input: [Date] 3 days 2 hours ago [Body] But the odds of any prospect turning into Cabrera are about zero. Guys like him cone around about once every 10 years. [Title]

Output: No offense


Input: [Date] 3 days 7 hours ago [Body] Hosting meetings between about 10-4PM in the tech industry is pretty standard. People work flex hours and 10-4 is pretty much the "core' hours of the day. Some people work early, some work late, but everyone is requried to be around 10-4. That isn't some failure in culture. That's just how tech works. Microsoft is hardly alone in that kind of environment. [Title]

Output: That is standard


Input: [Date] 3 days 8 hours ago [Body] BMW's are successful pretty much just due to marketing. They really aren't any better than any other car. I had a boss that had a BMW. Most of the time we spent together was me driving him to and from his dealership because his car was broken down. [Title]

Output: Yes


Input: [Date] 3 days 8 hours ago [Body] C'mon, that's a bit odd for 2015. [Title]

Output: Dude shaves with an axe


Input: [Date] 4 days 2 hours ago [Body] In 1983, Free Agency was still pretty much non-existent and teams colluded to make sure players didn't ever move. Remember Parrish eventually won a major collusion lawsuit after he left in free-agency in the mid 80's. You man not like free-agency, but players deserve to get what the market will pay them. They shouldn't just be stuck on one team like indentured servents their entire career. There are still ways to keep players long term (see Verlander and Cabrera) you just have to pay. [Title]

Output: Not really fair


Input: [Date] 4 days 10 hours ago [Body] that say we should just not retire numbers. Put up statues, shrines, ring of honor whatever. But in football there are just not enough numbers as there is to take many out of circulation. You can get away with it in other sports because there are way more numbers than players on the team. Not in football. IMO find some other way to honor the players. [Title]

Output: I agree with those


Input: [Date] 4 days 11 hours ago [Body] I want a countersuit by Brady for at least $25 million. Maybe more. [Title]

Output: Yeah this


Input: [Date] 4 days 11 hours ago [Body] Why would anyone put their faith in Roger f'ing Goodell? [Title]

Output: Why


Input: [Date] 4 days 11 hours ago [Body] All the braying jackasses with the "he destroyed his phone, he must be guilty!" line are numbskulls. If the cops show up at your house and say "we think you are plotting to kill give us your phone, do you give it to them without a warrant? F*** no! And if you were to then destroy the phone are you guilty of ANYTHING? Double F*** no! Goodell has NOTHING. NOTHING. He has not one piece of evidence that Brady did anything wrong. So he's grasping at straws to attempt to try Brady in the court of public opinion. And because people tend to be dumb, it may work, though it has blown up in his face when he has tried it before. Look, Brady may or may not have done something. And his phone may or may not have had any incriminating info on it. Standard procedure for a broken phone is to destroy it. Brady says his phone was broken. Is that true? He testified under oath, so he probably said so under oath right? This entire incident wouldn't have happened if the NFL had ever actually been serious about the air pressure in the balls to begin with. But they never were, as evidenced by the ridiculously broken gauges that were being used to measure the game balls. If the "official" gauges were so broken that the readings were worthless to begin with, then WTF is this entire fight over? Oh yeah, the fact that Goodell's ego is bigger than his brain. [Title]

Output: You're exactly right


Input: [Date] 4 days 21 hours ago [Body] Goodell is the kind of egomaniacal stupid that NEVER really learns from mistakes. He just keeps trying different variations of the same failed strategies and is stunned every time when they blow up in his face. Everytime Goodell isn't allowed to just be a dictator, he loses badly. [Title]

Output: Disagree


Input: [Date] 5 days 9 hours ago [Body] I believe that would be Lloyd Carr. [Title]

Output: "The Coaches"?


Input: [Date] 5 days 9 hours ago [Body] Maize is an accent color for football. It just doesn't work as a full jersey color. Works in other sports. Not in football. [Title]

Output: All Maize is awful


Input: [Date] 1 week 2 days ago [Body] The idea that Harbaugh would get forced out of SF and leave the NFL after all the success he had with the Niners DID seem completely ridiculous when this whole thing started. I don't think anyone had a sense yet of just how much of an idiot Jed York is. [Title]

Output: To be fair to Kawakami


Input: [Date] 1 week 2 days ago [Body] The problem isn't that he said baseball managing isn't complex. The problem is that he said everyone from the Dominican Republican is a dumb s**t. The fact that he said it quickly doesn't make it any better. [Title]

Output: Um how is it taking it out of context?


Input: [Date] 1 week 3 days ago [Body] because he is a totally inept moron, he backed himself into a no-win corner with no way out. [Title]

Output: Exactly


Input: [Date] 1 week 3 days ago [Body] Goodell lost badly on his Bountygate suspensions in court. I think almost all of them were overturned. And they had actual evidence of wrongdoing in Bountygate. [Title]

Output: Not AP. Bountygate.


Input: [Date] 1 week 3 days ago [Body] The fact that the NFL was using 2 entirely uncalibrated gauges that differed by about a half PSI and that the officials have no idea which gauge was used at what time to measure which ball means the entire Well's report is a bunch of meaningless gibberish. If you don't have reliable instruments to measure the PSI of the balls (and if fact actually KNOW your gauges are very WRONG) you can't make ANY conclusions at all, except that maybe no one really cared that much about football inflation. [Title]

Output: Even ignoring the ideal gas law


Input: [Date] 1 week 3 days ago [Body] Here's my take Brady has Goodell's balls in a vice. The Well's report was a pile of utter crap that will be blown out of the water in an actual court of law. For Goddell to use that as a basis for the huge punishments he metered out was idiocy that only a incompetent moron like Goodell would do. Brady's legal team knows they will probably win if this thing goes to a real trial in an actual court. Brady has enough money and has won enough Super Bowls that he is willing to say to Goodell that if he wants to keep the punishment in place that he is bringing down not only a full lawsuit to challenge the suspension but a massive countersuit for tens of millions of dollars in damages to his "brand" for slander and defamation. If Goodell wasn't an idiot, he would figure out some way to settle this. But idiots don't generally like to have it pointed out to them that their balls are in a vice. So Goodell may fight this one to the bitter end just because he can't stand to admit that he f***ed up so badly. On the other hand, Goodell got crushed so completely and looked so inept when the Bountygate stuff all went to trial that perhaps he has been kicked in the balls hard enough already to remember what it felt like. So if he learned anything from Bountygate, he will settle this thing. I honestly want it to go to trial, just because I like seeing the inept fool Goodell humiliated as much as possible. But it would probably be better for everyone, including Brady, to just get the damn thing over with. [Title]

Output: Dunno how this will turn out


Input: [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Body] I know Applie had all their watch hoopla earlier this year, but how many people still wear watches? I ditched my watch 20 years ago and I've never missed it. With everyone having the time on their phone, does anyone wear a watch as anything but statement jewelry anymore? [Title]

Output: Serious question


Input: [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Body] You couldn't give Justin Verlander away right now. With his contract, he is 100% untradable. There isn't a single team in MLB that would take him. He may currently have the worst contract in all of baseball. He's essentially the quality of a random guy out of AA getting paid something like $20 million a year. [Title]

Output: Are you nuts?


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Body] The PIstons had a huge home-court advantage with the Silverdome The fans just loaded that place up and the noise was unreal. [Title]

Output: Actually


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 5 hours ago [Body] I've mentioned this in a few responses in this thread, but the Kingdome was just awful for baseball. Huge ugly cement monstrosity. Looked like a giant cement Big Mac. To make matters worse the MGoBlog Color Brigade would have had seizures with the color pallete inside there. During one game where the Tigers were blowing the Mariners out, I started counting all the different shades of blue they used inside the Kingdome. I think I gave up around 12. Clearly no one had properly defined "Mariner Blue" yet. [Title]

Output: I'll vote for the Kingdome too


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 5 hours ago [Body] I think the Kingdome was worse. [Title]

Output: I dunno


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 5 hours ago [Body] then you never went to a game in the Kingdome. [Title]

Output: Hmmmm


Input: [Date] 1 day 23 hours ago [Title] Right [Body]

Output: I'm sure painkiller abuse is rampant as well. They probably always have to perform though all kinds of injuries.


Input: [Date] 2 days 2 hours ago [Title] Total Speculation [Body]

Output: I have to wonder if these pro wrestlers of the 80's are paying for having grown up in the early days of steriod abuse. You have to believe a ton of those wrestling types were using steroids to look the way they did, and it might have been really hard on their bodies in the long run. Or maybe they just were party animals and the liquor and drugs eventually wear them out. Whatever it is they seem to have remarkably short life-expectencies.


Input: [Date] 2 days 3 hours ago [Title] The Tigers still have a solid [Body]

Output: The Tigers still have a solid core offense with Cabrera, V-Mart and JD. They need PITCHING. Verlander suddenly looks like he may actually be going back to being Verlander. That is encouraging. So if you can pick up 2 starters in FA, Pick up a big bat and then do SOMETHING with the bullpen, you have a team next year. Plus now you have a ton of prospects and you hope a few pan out within the next few years so that you aren't pinning all your future hopes on Buck Farmer.


Input: [Date] 2 days 3 hours ago [Title] There is no question [Body]

Output: that Dombrowski screwed the pooch HARD on Fister. However outside of that move and the Renteria deal several years ago, he generally makes very good moves. I don't really blame him for the Verlander deal--I think that decision came at least partly from Illitch.


Input: [Date] 2 days 3 hours ago [Title] Rental [Body]

Output: He's a rental. You can't think about it as just trading a great outfielder. You're trading a guy for TWO MONTHS. You can't expect the world for that. Heck, Cespedes could be back here by April.