Input: [Date] 5 days 5 hours ago [Title] My grandma's bbq ribs [Body]

Output: She could run a smoker with the best of them. Fall off the bone ribs and a sticky, sweet bbq sauce that has a little kick.


Input: [Date] 5 days 5 hours ago [Title] Well, that was specific [Body]

Output: Don't be so wordy next time.


Input: [Date] 5 days 6 hours ago [Title] Crystal balls are only useful... [Body]

Output: ...30 minutes before a commitment is announced. Other than that, it's all for watercooler talk.


Input: [Date] 5 days 6 hours ago [Title] Can't have a toilet same color as my pee [Body]

Output: I'd never know where my piss is landing.


Input: [Date] 5 days 7 hours ago [Title] That should've made sitting on them uncomfortable [Body]

Output: That should've made sitting on them uncomfortable


Input: [Date] 5 days 8 hours ago [Title] Worst sports day [Body]

Output: My wife had two tix for us through her Allstate internship to see the Cubs at Wrigley in 1999. She got ready late, put us on the wrong trains in Chicago and missed our chance to pick the tix up at Will Call. Oh, and Sammy Sosa hit two homers that day. How she went from girlfriend that day to wife four years later is still a mystery to me.


Input: [Date] 5 days 9 hours ago [Title] Outside of obvious days (births, wedding day) [Body]

Output: My 16th birthday. We beat OSU 28-0. My grandmother surprised me by flying a case of he awesome ribs up to Michigan. Finally, the girl I had the biggest I had the biggest crush on called me to wish me happy birthday. Was the first time she ever called me. And we stayed on the phone for hours.


Input: [Date] 5 days 10 hours ago [Title] Lightning + VaTech season opener [Body]

Output: Where is Lee Corso's rental car when you need him?


Input: [Date] 5 days 10 hours ago [Title] Congrats on your threescore and ten [Body]

Output: Congrats on your threescore and ten


Input: [Date] 5 days 10 hours ago [Title] I'll take both [Body]

Output: Though I am getting less optimistic about any non-committed players out of NJ. The season can't start soon enough so these guys can see an on-field product worth buying into.


Input: [Date] 5 days 12 hours ago [Title] Creepy Twitter strangers serve a purpose [Body]

Output: They make me feel better about my life.


Input: [Date] 5 days 12 hours ago [Title] RichRod and posts about flaccid footballs should be banned [Body]

Output: Everyone is getting bent out of shape about what happens in the lives of millionaires that don't impact the current team. Even if RichRod would've said "no comment" there would be 200 posts about Carr, his defenses, slot ninjas. Even Flaccid-ball-gate posts are getting ridiculous. People getting bent out of shape about Brady and that dude is having his way with Giselle in their mansion. Both RichRod and TB are in great situations and thanks to Harbaugh/Hackett, so are we.


Input: [Date] 6 days 3 hours ago [Title] Thanks to other people's poor grammar [Body]

Output: It took me longer than everyone else to notice the play on words.


Input: [Date] 6 days 3 hours ago [Title] Since the whole crew is staying home [Body]

Output: I doubt there is anything dirty going on here, but this feels like a huge coincidence.


Input: [Date] 6 days 7 hours ago [Title] Without DA, Yale Van Dyne was our #2 WR [Body]

Output: In both the FSU game and UW game, we did not have a competent WR opposite Desmond. So teams could focus on him because our other threats were too slow. I'm not saying we win either game. But I am saying that we probably stick the ball in the end zone or hold onto the ball longer with another All-American out there on the field.


Input: [Date] 10 hours 32 min ago [Title] Who's he throwing to? And the [Body]

Output: Who's he throwing to? And the RB they got reminds me of Carlos Brown--looks good against bad competition but that won't hold up in faster Big Ten. They had one safety but he isn't going to play now. So I like the left side of their line. That's it. And yes, I do enjoy inserting player analysis into commodity talk.


Input: [Date] 13 hours 59 min ago [Title] I can't afford us. [Body]

Output: I can't afford us.


Input: [Date] 14 hours 7 min ago [Title] I think he's saying he didn't [Body]

Output: I think he's saying he didn't realize the kind of powers he was dealing with.


Input: [Date] 14 hours 16 min ago [Title] From my methodology. I've [Body]

Output: From my methodology. I've been checking on the prices daily and keeping a running average of the lowest prices. The "dip" is the lowest price I saw over that time. These are all over a week. If you're buying at the dip (I don't know what they call it in stock markets because I grew up in a commodities home) you watch the price for awhile and when you see someone offer one substantially lower than the going rate you jump on it. This happens because people of differing personalities get into the market. There are people trying to make a buck, and then there's a bunch of people who don't want to set it at the bottom but use the current market to set their price. And then every so often there's someone who's like "okay I'll just make mine 3% lower than the lowest" because he/she's impatient and just wants to sell the damn thing. However these will move so fast they're impossible to get in a high-volume market. So sometimes the best thing to do is just go in there and buy your dang ticket at the current market price because tomorrow it'll be higher, and by the time the next dip comes along it might not dip to the market price now.


Input: [Date] 15 hours 45 min ago [Title] I thought he did well with [Body]

Output: I thought he did well with his trades this year. Every GM makes some head-scratchers (Fister trade was his) but other than that big one, Dom's biggest flaw was not being able to find good relievers, which is like firing a recruiting coordinator for not being able to find kickers.


Input: [Date] 1 day 9 hours ago [Title] Brian's building a scary [Body]

Output: Brian's building a scary defense too. A decent nose and Zettel and Collins are both single-blocked, with Ngakoue and Biegel coming around the edges. Wartman-White is the best of the MLBs, and he's got two great man-press corners to make an evil blitzing 4-3 under work. The only weakness is the slot, but he's got two safeties, a WLB, and a nickel pick left to address it.


Input: [Date] 1 day 11 hours ago [Title] Yeah I'm not catching Schnepp [Body]

Output: Yeah I'm not catching Schnepp on the DL because he burned his Rnd 2, Rnd 3 and Rnd 10 picks to get A+, A, and B+ guys for 3/4 positions. If he gets a good nose tackle that's a VERY good defensive line. But see the whole board. I used those rounds to get Peppers, Clement, and Longa. There is no player in the conference who can change the look of a defense like Peppers. And Clement-Elliot is a Gordon-Abdullah redux, with a HUGE dropoff after them. This is why Adam's running game is a Northwestern guy who's splitting carries with two freshmen behind a disaster of a line. Meanwhile Spriggs is his only OL I'd trade for any of mine (and some guys still on the board are better), and Butt is his best receiver after he reached for Westercamp and took Pierson-El too high. Likewise Longa; the next WLB off the board was Joshua Perry. On the other hand there are good DL (Michigan's entire two-deep is still selectable, plus some returning starters from stiff defenses) nobody's going to pick for awhile because no-one wants to take the first B guy when there's four more just like him.


Input: [Date] 1 day 20 hours ago [Title] You're kidding? [Body]

Output: You're kidding right? Ed Davis was the first pick we all were like "oh damn you!"


Input: [Date] 5 days 18 hours ago [Title] http://mgoblog.com/content/wh [Body]


Input: [Date] 5 days 19 hours ago [Title] Plenty since: a) The [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 6 days 9 hours ago [Title] Brian used to go out there [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 6 days 17 hours ago [Title] Why didn't you tell us? I am [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 1 week 13 hours ago [Title] This is for that guy on the [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 1 week 16 hours ago [Title] One of the keys to all of [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 1 week 18 hours ago [Title] Those take a long time to [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 1 week 1 day ago [Title] done. [Body]

Output: done.


Input: [Date] 1 week 1 day ago [Title] link to the 200 post? [Body]

Output: link to the 200 post?


Input: [Date] 1 week 1 day ago [Title] This is college football not [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 1 week 1 day ago [Title] Part of that is I hate to [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 1 week 1 day ago [Title] I removed the section on [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 1 week 2 days ago [Title] Don't reply to the spammers. [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 1 week 4 days ago [Title] And Bo shouldn't be over Yost [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 1 week 4 days ago [Title] Ernest is friends with my [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 1 week 4 days ago [Title] Yep. That's why I said "two [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Title] We never really figured that [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Title] They have had him for [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Title] But we've made that [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Title] Every fan of every team makes [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Title] Labels man. Ask yourself [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Title] In certain cases it's pretty [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 4 days ago [Body] I don't ever want to see a Michigan/osu rematch. It would take away the importance of the game which has made and broken the season of both teams so offen in the past. [Title]

Output: I don't ever want to see a


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Pipkins is a grown man. He was looked after by a doctor. If a doctor cleared him to play and pipkins feels he can play, then he should play. Harbaugh isn't a doctor and doesn't know how he feels. If Saban did this all you guys would be having a fit. Everyone here has a stiffy (including me) cuz harbaugh is now the coach so you're afraid to say anything negative about the guy. He wants to play for Michigan, let him fucking play for Michigan. [Title]

Output: Pipkins is a grown man. He


Input: [Date] 30 weeks 4 days ago [Body] I dont respond to many posts, but just had to say this was the funniest thing I've seen on the blog. [Title]

Output: Hall of Fame


Input: [Date] 38 weeks 5 days ago [Body] michigan already has a coaching search agency. Its called the AD. [Title]

Output: michigan already has a


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 2 days ago [Body] My buddy and I go to one home game and one road game every year. Last year we went to the nebraska game. After losing to Michigan State I wasnt very excited about going. but once I drove the 9 hours to get there and sat in the big house it reminds me how much I love michigan and Ann Arbor. Maybe it's different if you live close to Ann Arbor, but no matter how bad things are going, I know that once I arrive I will have a smile on my face. Im making the 9 hour drive next Friday for the Penn state game with a very pregnant wife and It will be awesome to see those winged helmets and sing the victors. Hopefully without Hoke. Go Blue! [Title]

Output: My buddy and I go to one home


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 6 days ago [Body] most of our elected leaders in congress also have these degrees...how's that working out? Approval ratings consistantly in the 20% range. [Title]

Output: most of our elected leaders


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Body] Very proud of this team and coach. This program has come a long way. GO BLUE! HAIL TO THE VICTORS! [Title]

Output: Very proud of this team and


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Body] Im drinking my favorite brew, Boulevard wheat. It's a kansas city beer. best wheat beer out there imo. Congrats to the team. Big 10 champs. I love not sharing titles. GO BLUE! HAIL! [Title]

Output: Im drinking my favorite brew,


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] If Cuba is such a great place, then why do people risk their lives crossing open water to get here? [Title]

Output: If Cuba is such a great


Input: [Date] 2 years 7 weeks ago [Body] Worst: the old Memorial Stadium in Cleveland [Title]

Output: Worst: the old Memorial


Input: [Date] 2 years 21 weeks ago [Body] their non-conference sos is one of the worst in the nation. Big ten team or not, don't ever feel sorry for iowa. [Title]

Output: their non-conference sos is


Input: [Date] 2 years 21 weeks ago [Body] Very proud of the team. Nice to get a big win. Played hard. I hope Tim keeps his head up, he looked very upset especially toward the end of the game. The guys showed a lot of heart after a disappointing couple of weeks. Go Blue! [Title]

Output: Very proud of the team. Nice


Input: [Date] 2 years 22 weeks ago [Body] cant post yet, but denard is going to be on the dan patrick show around 9:30am est. [Title]

Output: cant post yet, but denard is


Input: [Date] 2 years 24 weeks ago [Body] Howie Feltersnatch [Title]

Output: Howie Feltersnatch


Input: [Date] 2 years 24 weeks ago [Body] yeah i know the rules. ive been on this site almost every day for 2 years now. as long as things don't get nasty then the debate should be allowed. otherwise there is no point in having a board. [Title]

Output: yeah i know the rules. ive


Input: [Date] 2 years 24 weeks ago [Body] I so sick of this site censoring every little thing worth talking about. Isn't there a way to delete the nasty posts, and let the interesting ones go. If you must lock a topic, why cant you at least leave a majority of the posts while not allowing any more replies so people can follow some of the debate. We cant be critical of the coaching staff, can't ever be critical of any recruit no matter how selfish they act or what they say, or if they take pics of stacks of cash or pose with bongs. You might as well just write what we should all think and forget the board, because its getting beyond ridiculous. [Title]

Output: I so sick of this site


Input: [Date] 2 years 24 weeks ago [Body] We were pre-season top ten last year and how did that turn out. I want to see michigan win some big games for once before I start worrying about polls. [Title]

Output: We were pre-season top ten


Input: [Date] 2 years 25 weeks ago [Body] how would you guys compare our homecourt advantage vs other arenas? [Title]

Output: how would you guys compare


Input: [Date] 2 years 27 weeks ago [Body] How about posts that begin with an apology. "Sorry Im not an expert," or " Sorry if this has been posted already," or "Sorry this is from my iphone," or "Sorry im late to the discussion, I just now was able to remove the pickle." You know, stuff like that. [Title]

Output: How about posts that begin


Input: [Date] 2 years 27 weeks ago [Body] As an ISU grad i can say that's not all true. Our basketball program doesnt suck, football program has grown a lot in the past decade, our women's sports are good, and iowa state has great vet, engineering, business, computer, and ag programs. Not a lot of eyeballs agreed, but there's still a lot ISU could offer the big ten. Our fan base bought all or just about all the allotted tickets to a bad bowl game against an opponent they already beat. [Title]

Output: As an ISU grad i can say


Input: [Date] 2 years 27 weeks ago [Body] If you're in the public eye and open a twitter account you're going to run into the occasional asshole. [Title]

Output: If you're in the public eye


Input: [Date] 2 years 27 weeks ago [Body] The ball boy is 17. He knows better. He's stalling the game. I just wish he was actually kicked that hard to cause him to roll around like that. [Title]

Output: The ball boy is 17. He knows


Input: [Date] 2 years 29 weeks ago [Body] I tired of this subject just like im tired of people pretending to care about the health of people they don't know. Let people be informed and then let them live with the consequences of their own decisions good or bad. Anything less is just another excuss to tell people how to live their lives because you think you know better and you know what's good for them. [Title]

Output: I tired of this subject just


Input: [Date] 2 years 33 weeks ago [Body] I dont get this at all. Can we at least get him a few more looks on offense before we banish him to the CB depth chart? Enough with the mgokissup line of..."well I trust the coaches." They're human, they make mistakes, and not above criticism...see Al Borges. [Title]

Output: I dont get this at all. Can


Input: [Date] 2 years 35 weeks ago [Body] A team from the north playing a team from the south in their backyard, no thanks. The structure is old. I'd be more interested in playing in boise against a different conference than being a part of another big ten embarrassment with all eyes on the s.e.c vs big ten scoreboard, especially this year. [Title]

Output: A team from the north playing


Input: [Date] 2 years 38 weeks ago [Body] I dont get how whining and being critical about the coaches gets you banned, but calling people asshats is somehow okay? If someone is offbase on their opinion, the board will let them know. [Title]

Output: I dont get how whining and


Input: [Date] 2 years 40 weeks ago [Body] I went to both games the last two years. Many more neb. fans in ann arbor than michigan fans in lincoln. I had the unfortunate pleasue of sitting next to a neb. fan who was also a spartan grad. He wasn't too horrible but you knew from sitting next to him that something just wasnt right. I think the tailgating is about the worst along with iowa city. Fans overall were nice. I did find it funny though I ran into the same husker fan outside the stadium twice who kept swearing and telling me to take off my michigan jersey. I asked a lot of neb fans last year ( including my father) how they were treated in Ann Arbor, and all of them said michigan fans treated them fine and they liked being in ann arbor. good all around fan experience i think for both fan bases. [Title]

Output: I went to both games the last


Input: [Date] 2 years 41 weeks ago [Body] Cheers from Iowa! Enjoying a wheat beer from KC called Boulevard. GO BLUE! WELCOME HOME MR. PAUL BUNYAN!!!! [Title]

Output: Cheers from Iowa! Enjoying a


Input: [Date] 2 years 41 weeks ago [Body] I hope he arrives before kickoff. Go Blue! Beat state! [Title]

Output: I hope he arrives before


Input: [Date] 2 years 41 weeks ago [Body] There isn't a room left in lincoln under 260$ before taxes. I was in ann arbor for last years game and plan on enjoying this game just as much. Anyone from Michigan making the journey to lincoln? [Title]

Output: There isn't a room left in


Input: [Date] 2 years 20 weeks ago [Title] HEY! [Body]

Output: I'm fixin to drink me some sweet tea in my mug that my Mama sent me back when I was in Vietnam. You ever heard of 'Nam?


Input: [Date] 2 years 22 weeks ago [Title] woodpecker [Body]

Output: tastes just like chicken. I know that may seem odd to some of y'all, but I'm like an owl...I don't give a hoot


Input: [Date] 2 years 22 weeks ago [Title] my only account [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 22 weeks ago [Title] thank you [Body]

Output: I'm the master of distractions. A coupla hand gestures and I'll pull the underwear clean off your butt


Input: [Date] 2 years 26 weeks ago [Title] HEY! [Body]

Output: whats the deal with these catfish? We got em all over down here in Low eeasy anna. We don't need none of them new fangled twitter baits to cacth 'em neither


Input: [Date] 2 years 27 weeks ago [Title] double post [Body]

Output: Dang technolgy.


Input: [Date] 2 years 27 weeks ago [Title] HEY! [Body]

Output: This does not make me happy, happy, happy.


Input: [Date] 2 years 27 weeks ago [Title] Hey! [Body]

Output: I don't unnerstan' how you can say she's your girlfriend and you ain't even done any smoochin'. These kids today with all their cell phone, text messagin tech-techno-technocological gizmos...I don't even know how to program my VCR


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 hours ago [Title] They're talking about a time when you won't own [Body]

Output: They're talking about a time when you won't own cars. Instead, you'll "rent" them. You'll schedule a pickup and the car will show up. When you get to your destination, the car goes to a "station" awaiting another user.


Input: [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Title] I learned on a '98 Trans Am. [Body]

Output: I learned on a '98 Trans Am. Super easy to learn with a car that has a decent amount of torque. No need to rev the engine up. Loved that car. Would get 24 mpg all day long. 29 mpg on the highway.


Input: [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Title] Do you know what it says [Body]

Output: Do you know what it says underneath the Nike logo on the maize? I'm reacreating this in Illustrator and will be glad to share it.


Input: [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Title] You're also comparing [Body]

Output: You're also comparing technology from 20? years ago to what is available now. Not just computing power, but software like Illustrator and Photoshop that have really revolutionized the digital printing industry. You also have way more apparel printing options that take advantage of the new technology.


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 14 hours ago [Title] "Look good, feel good, play [Body]

Output: "Look good, feel good, play good."


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 1 day ago [Title] His form isn't great. He [Body]

Output: His form isn't great. He doesn't follow through very well, so he ends up putting more stress on his arm than he should. He has no out pitch now that he doesn't throw mid to upper 90s. His curveball is very inconsistent. You need good command if you can't throw it by everyone.


Input: [Date] 8 weeks 6 hours ago [Title] I can see how she hesitated. [Body]

Output: I can see how she hesitated. You don't go at the crack of the bat there. You don't make the first out at third/home. However, once she saw the ball pass the pitcher and the SS trying to roll two, you gotta go. All that said, you've got 1st and 3rd and you can't get a flyball to the outfield in two tries, well, you don't deserve the shot to win the game.


Input: [Date] 8 weeks 2 days ago [Title] I can't figure out which set [Body]

Output: I can't figure out which set of jerseys I like least.


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 4 days ago [Title] The video didn't say anything [Body]

Output: The video didn't say anything about who approached who. For all we know, Army went to Nike with the idea.


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Looks like he has nice hands, [Body]

Output: Looks like he has nice hands, should be good for pick and roll situations when the entry pass can be tough to handle sometimes. Really nice footwork and use of his body. He's going to be a solid player in a couple years. Great pick up for UM.


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 1 day ago [Title] Our teams growing up we always hit first. Our [Body]

Output: Our teams growing up we always hit first. Our coaches would walk up to the coin flip and say, "you want home?". No coin needed. It was great when we put up 5 in the first. Sets the time for the game.


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 6 days ago [Title] I have a german shepherd and [Body]

Output: I have a german shepherd and a husky and the shepherd sheds twice as much as the husky.


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 6 days ago [Title] $5K - '98-'02 F-body LS1 $10K [Body]

Output: $5K - '98-'02 F-body LS1 $10K - '03-'04 Mustang GT $15K - '05-'06 GTO


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 3 days ago [Title] It's not the cleanest, but [Body]

Output: It's not the cleanest, but without spending hours cleaning it up, this is where it is. If someone gets a better photo, the detail can be better. Not sure what you need it for, but hope this helps. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B59pkuvOPZ8gWEN2cEhVc2x6VzQ/view?usp=sharing


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Would vector work for you? [Body]

Output: Would vector work for you?


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Cleveland vs. Jacksonville bottle chucking game [Body]

Output: Cleveland vs. Jacksonville bottle chucking game back in maybe 2001.


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 6 days ago [Title] 1955 1st series Chevy 3100 w/ ls3 and 4l80e. C7 [Body]

Output: 1955 1st series Chevy 3100 w/ ls3 and 4l80e. C7 Z06 Aventador LP700-4 2017 Ford GT


Input: [Date] 16 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Trey Burke, clean block. [Body]

Output: Trey Burke, clean block.


Input: [Date] 19 weeks 1 day ago [Title] Looks like UM is [Body]

Output: Looks like UM is out. http://i.turner.ncaa.com/dr/ncaa/ncaa7/release/sites/default/files/exter...


Input: [Date] 19 weeks 5 days ago [Title] I know what you are saying [Body]

Output: I know what you are saying and agree with it, but the baseball rule also includes the 21st birthday as a time you can leave for the pros.


Input: [Date] 20 weeks 4 days ago [Title] I was raised a Hoosier. I had Damon Bailey and [Body]

Output: I was raised a Hoosier. I had Damon Bailey and Calbert Cheaney posters in my room growing up. I stopped rooting for them when they fired Knight and hired that crooked ass coach from Oklahoma. They should have hired Alford when he was available.


Input: [Date] 25 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Pretty nice highlight tape. I like the fact that [Body]

Output: Pretty nice highlight tape. I like the fact that he doesn't go down very easily, he fights for every yard. I'd be happy if he ended up in this class.


Input: [Date] 27 weeks 1 day ago [Title] I know that. I was wondering if anyone knew the [Body]

Output: I know that. I was wondering if anyone knew the actual dollar amount. When I was playing, I had teammates that were receiving $1200 checks every month. This was about 10 years ago.


Input: [Date] 27 weeks 1 day ago [Title] Does anyone know what they are already receiving [Body]

Output: Does anyone know what they are already receiving if they are full scholarship and not living in university provided housing?


Input: [Date] 27 weeks 4 days ago [Title] The comparisons won't come from anyone associated [Body]

Output: The comparisons won't come from anyone associated with the team. It will only come from the fans and over"analysts".


Input: [Date] 5 years 3 days ago [Body] Some kids just swell up faster than others. Their diet has changed too. The program is feeding them more high protein foods. [Title]

Output: Good Point!


Input: [Date] 5 years 3 days ago [Body] Elam wasn't a little dude to begin with but Damn! It would be interesting to see the gains that some of our guys have made since being in a college weight program. [Title]

Output: Elam


Input: [Date] 5 years 4 weeks ago [Body] should redshirt. We have 2 capable QBs with a year under their belts. Letting him play in serious game time puts us back at that "freshman qb" status again. Losing Dorsey was a huge blow. That kid would have been on the field this fall without a doubt. That one really makes me sick. [Title]

Output: He still


Input: [Date] 5 years 4 weeks ago [Body] you disagree. Let's just say that whole first series didn't look good for the sake of this argument. [Title]

Output: It's cool


Input: [Date] 5 years 4 weeks ago [Body] about him getting the crowd involved but lets make some things happen first. Lets move the ball and then make some noise. [Title]

Output: It's not


Input: [Date] 5 years 4 weeks ago [Body] honest, the thing that really pissed me off was the osu game. He comes out, pumping the crowd up, doing a little clowning and before you know it..............Touch down osu. Not to mention the 50 picks he threw that game. [Title]

Output: I'll be


Input: [Date] 5 years 4 weeks ago [Body] was common with him too. Not from a close source. Just people talking Michigan Football. [Title]

Output: Heard that


Input: [Date] 5 years 4 weeks ago [Body] say that. One of my friends works with the student-athletes. I was there talking to him during the spring game and his exact words were, "Tate is an asshole." He said it twice to make sure I got it. He also said that he's getting into a lot of trouble. Nothing major, but little bullshit knuckle head type stuff. Just telling you what I heard about him from a source that works closely to everyone. [Title]

Output: Funny you


Input: [Date] 5 years 11 weeks ago [Body] It can't be true. He has now gone from Warp speed to light speed. [Title]

Output: Noooooooo!


Input: [Date] 5 years 11 weeks ago [Body] has been done. It should have been clear MMA wasn't for him. He's the guy you don't want to fight in a bar or the street. The ring is a different thing. [Title]

Output: Kimbo


Input: [Date] 5 years 17 weeks ago [Body] Glenville is a public school.The kids that play for Glenville don't actually go to Glenville. They go to Ted Ginn Academy (thats the real name)which is a seperate building. The Academy is magnet. The school is just under the same umbrella as Glenville. There's only about 300 kids there. [Title]

Output: Glenville


Input: [Date] 5 years 23 weeks ago [Body] has proven to be True Blue. He recruited hard as if he was a coach, left Florida to move to AA. This kid is serious. I look forward to seeing him on the field. [Title]

Output: The Kid


Input: [Date] 5 years 23 weeks ago [Body] check out the commitment list for the schools I named. Texas is not even offering kids who are going to Baylor, LSU, Mizzou(maybe 1 or 2). Those schools, including Texas Tech are fighting each other. Texas is on a different level. They are battling USC, Florida and ND for kids. They are just taking the VERY best from Texas and getting them. The size of Texas and the importance of football makes it easy to still get quality kids for the other programs. [Title]

Output: If you


Input: [Date] 5 years 23 weeks ago [Body] A&M is just NOW challenging them. Texas gets who they want. I'm sure Mack Brown isn't too worried about Baylor. [Title]

Output: Look Man!


Input: [Date] 5 years 23 weeks ago [Body] my point exactly on their recruiting. They only had 2 out of state players on their roster this year. That's Crazy! [Title]

Output: That was


Input: [Date] 5 years 23 weeks ago [Body] Texas in state is easy. They don't have any real comp. The kids that go to Texas A&M and Baylor never get offered from Texas. Oklahoma is the only real comp for them. Not to mention Texas is so damn big so the talent pool is huge. [Title]

Output: Recruiting for


Input: [Date] 5 years 25 weeks ago [Body] His highlight tape is the 2nd most impressive I've seen this year (first was Tony Drake). Fast as hell and hits like a truck. I could even see him moving to RB if he had to. [Title]

Output: I like this kid alot


Input: [Date] 5 years 25 weeks ago [Body] I was just about to post that info. [Title]

Output: Damn you


Input: [Date] 5 years 26 weeks ago [Body] Woolfolk moves back to safety? I Don't like the idea of having two Freshman CB. God! I hope we get Dorsey. I think he is going to be a problem for teams passing game. "No Fly Zone!" [Title]

Output: You think


Input: [Date] 5 years 26 weeks ago [Body] This a matter of labels. In a traditional D. Kovacs would be the SS. Thats all I'm saying. Now go sit down and pour yourself a drink and chill out. [Title]

Output: Calm down.


Input: [Date] 5 years 26 weeks ago [Body] Check the game notes from the year. Think about it. He got all that playing time because he is good in run support. That's why he was in on so many tackles. If he was at FS making that many tackles, that means our D was way worse than I could ever imagine. [Title]

Output: No he didn't


Input: [Date] 5 years 26 weeks ago [Body] pretty much. They were tired of him taking visits and not being solid. FL doesn't care. The way their recruit year has been going they could get Jesus to play free safety for them. I wonder what Meyer would say to pull that off? [Title]

Output: Yeah!


Input: [Date] 5 years 26 weeks ago [Body] played? I watched every game and I seriously can't remember him making one play. Can you? [Title]

Output: Williams


Input: [Date] 5 years 26 weeks ago [Body] Kovacs was the SS. I knew he played up too close to the line. I knew that didn't sound right. [Title]

Output: I just checked


Input: [Date] 5 years 26 weeks ago [Body] explain why Kovacs played so close to the line all the time and our deep coverage was beyond awful. [Title]

Output: That would


Input: [Date] 5 years 26 weeks ago [Body] think that M. Robinson would be better suited for SS with his build and tackling ability. If they were actually talking about moving him to OLB, SS is the place for him. I don't know what's going on with Vlad. Does anyone know? [Title]

Output: I would


Input: [Date] 5 years 26 weeks ago [Body] is an elite level FS. He will make teams scared to throw deep because of his great make up speed. As bad as our D secondary was, I would like to have both. He would play CB and some offense also. Come on Dorsey, that's an offer you can't refuse. [Title]

Output: This guy


Input: [Date] 5 years 26 weeks ago [Body] about right. Maybe more. You've seen what this team looks like without Manny. His ability to get to the hole saves this team. He's the only one who can do it. The other guys around him and Sims just aren't good enough. When the jump shots aren't falling the team is bad. No one else has shown the ability to put the ball on the floor, create or get to the basket. [Title]

Output: 2 years sounds


Input: [Date] 5 years 26 weeks ago [Body] sign. I think they both stay. Having both kids at the same school will make their parents life easier. [Title]

Output: Thats a Good


Input: [Date] 5 years 26 weeks ago [Body] muscles make you tan too? I get your point, but Tate's style of play may cause him to take some good shots. For the season's sake I hope he stays healthy. [Title]

Output: Damn!


Input: [Date] 3 years 1 week ago [Body] Given the circumstances surrounding Penn State and considering some of the other issues that have popped up as of late throughout the NCAA, does anyone else get the feeling we may be hearing of other violations/cover-ups over the next year or two? [Title]

Output: Given the circumstances


Input: [Date] 3 years 2 weeks ago [Body] Not really sure we need to concern ourselves with signing another DB. All I'm really concerned with at this point is Treadwell. It'd be nice to get Green as well but we can always pick up an elite back in next years class. [Title]

Output: Not really sure we need to


Input: [Date] 3 years 20 weeks ago [Body] Being a Kent State grad, I'm pretty familiar with Ohio (not that Ohio). They are streaky behind the arc, very quick, and athletic. They rank near the top of NCAA in steals. When their shots are dropping they can be a load. At the same time, they dont' really have a lot of height under the rim and rely almost exclusively on their guards to make plays. I'm still trying to decide whether I like this matchup. Additional Note: Walter Offutt, a transfer from Ohio (yes that Ohio), plays for Bobcats. He has had a very good year and was a regular contributor for Buckeyes as a freshman. [Title]

Output: Being a Kent State grad, I'm


Input: [Date] 3 years 22 weeks ago [Body] I was just talking with a friend of mine and we mutually agreed that Ty Isaac would need to have his head examined if he doesn't choose Michigan. [Title]

Output: I was just talking with a


Input: [Date] 3 years 22 weeks ago [Body] The recruits keep on coming! It's almost noon in Ohio and my Miller Lite is well stocked in my refrigerator.....anyone care to celebrate? [Title]

Output: The recruits keep on coming!


Input: [Date] 3 years 22 weeks ago [Body] Well he didn't have a "non committable" offer from Ohio, must not be very good! I'm hoping you detect the sarcasm [Title]

Output: Well he didn't have a "non


Input: [Date] 3 years 23 weeks ago [Body] I spoke with an Ohio fan who explained (a) Michigan's O-Line haul in 2012 and thus far in 2013 is irrelevant because Ohio garnered the top D-Line class in 2012. And (b) the commits with offers from both schools chose MIchigan because they didn't have "Commitable" offers from Ohio State. He can't seem to accept that Hoke and the UM staff have beat Meyer to the punch on several recruits (getting in early). Discussing football and recruiting with Ohio fans sometimes reminds of of talking to my 9 year old nephew. [Title]

Output: I spoke with an Ohio fan who


Input: [Date] 3 years 25 weeks ago [Body] Either he's a closet Michigan fan or is simply being affable. [Title]

Output: Either he's a closet Michigan


Input: [Date] 3 years 30 weeks ago [Body] This is good news! We'll have an opportunity to see BWC and QWash tonight, albeit against a weak offensive front. Pipkins will need to step it up EARLY next year as we will need him in a relief role at the very least, possibly as a starter. [Title]

Output: This is good news! We'll


Input: [Date] 3 years 30 weeks ago [Body] I like them. Looking back I recall the stripes on the sleeves of the away jerseys. Aside from some of the finer details such as the numbers they do look much better on the players. I can only hope that the white pants are NEVER EVER worn again however. I have spoken with a few friends this week and, according to principle, I understand the reticence to accept this alternative jersey thing. In many ways I completely agree. Yet, it appears to be a vogue marketing and recruiting tool and hey, at least the three different looks we've sported haven't made us look like complete clowns (uh MSU, MD, OR) [Title]

Output: I like them. Looking back I


Input: [Date] 3 years 33 weeks ago [Body] I just spoke to a friend of mine who grew up in Pittsburgh. His words were "Pitt needs to fire their AD immediately." First, the moron hired Haywood without conducting a background check and thus was unaware that he had been arrested on domestic assault charges. Next, he chooses Graham over Bradley. [Title]

Output: I just spoke to a friend of


Input: [Date] 3 years 33 weeks ago [Body] Not to worry about Dymonte, love it! Maybe Urban will use his premonitions of death and dreams of players in Ohio uniforms while he fulfills his new "Dream Job" as recruiting tactics. [Title]

Output: Not to worry about Dymonte,


Input: [Date] 1 week 4 days ago [Title] It did? Please explain what [Body]

Output: It did? Please explain what point I missed. Brand recognition matters to an extent. Winning and player development matter more. The end. Harvard has great brand recognition. That data point means next to nothing without a competent football team to go along with it. But MSU is doing pretty well for themselves on the recruiting trail as of late even without a $100 million deal from Nike.


Input: [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Title] Or we could just win football [Body]

Output: Or we could just win football games? That would probably be helpful.


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Porchetta on the pellet smoker [Body]

Output: Not the authentic Italian version with a suckling pig but I'll wrap a center cut pork loing in a huge piece of pork belly and roast on the smoker for 3 hours or so. I am a huge fan of the RecTec it allows me to not be attached to monitoring my fire for 6-12 hours when bbq'ing.


Input: [Date] 16 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Oh, and run Bayshore in [Body]

Output: Oh, and run Bayshore in Traverse City in the spring if the oppurtunity comes up. That is a PR course and small scale marathon put on at a very high level.,


Input: [Date] 16 weeks 5 days ago [Title] We've only ever stayed at the [Body]

Output: We've only ever stayed at the RenCen, it is close and reasonable if you book through the detroit marathon link. The course is really nice, although most will tell you the back half is a little boring (it is) and sparsely populated by fans (true as well). Mostly flat course although the bridge will take its toll later in the race if you don't check your pace. You will have evil thoughts towards Belle isle forever - bridge incline mile 19 going on and 23 going off and will run into a head wind the entire time. I've run 5 differennt courses and Detroit on 4 occasions, I think it's a fairly hard course. Running my first Boston in 2 weeks so I'm interested to see how it stacks up in comparison. I was almost stopped heading into Canada by border police because my bib was concealed. I carry my enhanced ID for piece of mind by it probably isn't necessary although if you are stopped you are screwed. I've never seen anyone get stopped unless their bib is covered. Ambassodor bridge sunrise and coming out of the tunnel into America is unlike anything I've experienced in a race and for the cost I recommend.


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 3 days ago [Title] One of those future pros was [Body]

Output: One of those future pros was Griese, he started around 100 games if memory serves me right. Not saying he was a pro bowler but still it takes a little talent to accomplish that.


Input: [Date] 27 weeks 1 day ago [Title] I have no love for Izzo, but [Body]

Output: I have no love for Izzo, but it sounds like he considers pre-college activity to be the source of the problem. I don't necessarily agree with his assessment but I don't think he is taking any sort of shot at Michigan. I'm also not sure how the question was asked but the part about Lavert probably get's the lead because he was a more significan player then Bess. He says identical things about both guys so he is either taking shots at himself and our coach or just commenting on the issue with no agenda what-so-ever. I'm not sure stress factures, tendonitis, or other over-use injuries are more common now but I think he has a point about taking time away to rest the body. Most of these injuries start as something the guys can play through so they do that and the cumulative effect sidelines them eventually.


Input: [Date] 30 weeks 1 day ago [Title] John Clayton already gave it [Body]

Output: John Clayton already gave it to you. He couldn't get an offer out of another NFL team because they all recognize his terrible personality will tear apart any organization he touches. So going back to college was his only option, you see? He literally begged Michigan to hire him.


Input: [Date] 30 weeks 3 days ago [Title] They basically made a front [Body]

Output: They basically made a front page story out of Schefter's tweet. I really can't remember if there ever was any integrity or investigative skill at ESPN back in the day, but now it is nothing more then sensationalized re-hashing of sporting events and news. They have nothing to offer when it comes to actual news stories and their "reporters" are ill equipped and trained to handle breaking news - they just don't have any practice at it. Didn't basically the same thing happen with Mantei Teo? Didn't ESPN refuse to report and acknowledge sources outside of their own? I get needing to verify sources and not just recycling the reporting of others if you can't independently verify - but the bigger problem seems that they aren't getting any information of their own. Well except for Wiley and they seem to be ignoring him.


Input: [Date] 30 weeks 4 days ago [Title] I thought that too but [Body]

Output: I thought that too but "staffers" could be any of 100 employees. Could be the water boy or it could be their anonymous league source. Or it is made up bullshit - I could go either way.


Input: [Date] 30 weeks 4 days ago [Title] It's been about a week that [Body]

Output: It's been about a week that Brian has seemingly believed that there is a better then good chance that Harbaugh was coming to Michigan right? All of that has been based on what are probably reliable sources, but he's been saying for days that his email box is flooded with credible pieces of info that point to Harbaugh returning to Michigan. So why last night does he post a front page piece stating that he is 99% sure that it's a done deal? He has been saying all along it is happening unless Harbaugh has a last minute change of heart. Yesterday's post doesn't happen because he go a 1000 more pieces of circumstantial evidence - Harbaugh could still change his mind. That post only happens because Brian has very very very good reason to believe it is signed, sealed, and delivered in writing.


Input: [Date] 30 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Only a handful of people [Body]

Output: Only a handful of people would have been in that room, so his information is still second or third hand right? Credible, but there is still a margin of error in that it could be false. But my guess is he has credible information that there is a written agreement and all of the circumstantial evidence bolsters that piece of information.


Input: [Date] 30 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Agreed [Body]

Output: And to take it a step further I fully believe there is a signed contract at this point. Brian mentioned that he doesn't have a picture of a contract, but I don't think he says those words and puts himself out there with 99% certainty unless there is something in writing. Even the athletic department seems to be too leaky at this point for it not to be a done deal. I think the rumor mill in A2 is in full effect because slowly more and more people who need to prepare for next week are being fed details - Hackett doesn't allow this to happen unless it's a done deal already.


Input: [Date] 35 weeks 4 days ago [Title] C'mon grow up and get some [Body]

Output: C'mon grow up and get some perspective, or get sober. Whichever helps more. HS football players sign with teams to get an education and play football at a high level. There are a lot of schools in this country which can give you an education on par with the University of Michigan, and I'm sure plenty of those have football programs that don't regress in developing their players. We are a shit-show right now whether you like it or not. Would you take a job with a company that was falling apart at the seams just because you have a sentimental attachement to it? Kids have to what is best for them. I hope we pull out of this someday soon but the recent history of this storied football program doesn't instill a lot of confidence or hope.


Input: [Date] 36 weeks 6 days ago [Title] So when people you don't know [Body]

Output: So when people you don't know continuously call your ugly-ass mom ugly you have no desire to rise to her defense? It's called civic pride. The fact that you call it a pretty crappy city means you probably grew up in Livonia or Farmington Hills and spent almost no appreciable time in Detroit. And having a measure of civic pride doesn't mean that you fail to recognize the many, many shortcomings that exist in the city. Thin skinned enough for you?


Input: [Date] 39 weeks 5 days ago [Title] The last six years might have [Body]

Output: The last six years might have done their best to slowly beat the youthful exuberance I once had for Michigan Football out of me. But today thanks to you CSree I am pushing all in. Beat State.


Input: [Date] 39 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Against my better judgment [Body]

Output: Against my better judgment and good reason, I am upvoting this thread. Bravo CSree, bravo.


Input: [Date] 40 weeks 1 day ago [Title] I don't know how to embed but [Body]

Output: I don't know how to embed but here is his youtube video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLl_ggzEHZg


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 3 days ago [Title] I don't see where he even [Body]

Output: I don't see where he even hinted at cutting a kid's scholarship. But maybe prepare (through recruiting) so that he never has to see the field again until the last snap of the last game of his senior year?


Input: [Date] 44 weeks 6 days ago [Title] The second option would be to [Body]

Output: The second option would be to sear, then rest for 10 minutes to allow heat to dissipate, then place on indirect heat until reaching desired temp, then rest again.


Input: [Date] 44 weeks 6 days ago [Title] The rationale for searing [Body]

Output: The rationale for searing right before the meat has hit ideal internal temp is that a good sear happens at 500+ degrees. Which means there is a lot of intense heat raising the interal temperature very quickly but not evenly. If I start my steak at 500 and move to 300 there is going to be more risidual heat on the outer portion of the steak but that heat won't necessarily have moved inside. So you won't get even distribution and if you aren't very careful the outer half of your steak will be well done while the interior is medium rare. If you do the sear at the end of the cook you can pull the meat off the heat which allows you to halt (well at least slow down relatively quickly) the cooking process.


Input: [Date] 1 year 7 weeks ago [Title] I don't think most people [Body]

Output: I don't think most people here are going to begrudge anyone for getting theirs. It's just that in no other sport does a head coach make approximately 30X as much as the most highly compensated player (legitimately compensated). So the head shaking doesn't have as much to do with him making that much but rather making that much in a system where those in charge claim the players are more then adequately "paid" for their 60 hour work week then turn around and dump wheel barrels full of cash in front of AD's, Head Coaches, Assistant Coaches, Recruiters, Trainers, you get the point right? It's not like the conferences are getting the shaft on TV revenue either, they own the damn networks. So this is just another example of how flush with cash athletic departments are and how they have to find excuses to piss away the revenue while they cry about amateurism and how fearful they are that they will corrupt the innocent kids.


Input: [Date] 1 year 13 weeks ago [Title] But why would you think he [Body]

Output: But why would you think he would have a substance abuse problem because he tested positive for pot? I don't smoke the stuff and comments like this make me shake my head. This is 2014 right? If he got caught drinking a beer you wouldn't automatically worry that he was an alcoholic would you?


Input: [Date] 1 year 15 weeks ago [Title] Because I'm sure everything [Body]

Output: Because I'm sure everything you did when you were 20 years old was grounded in logic and reason. . .


Input: [Date] 1 year 17 weeks ago [Title] Opening day 97 we sat in the [Body]

Output: Opening day 97 we sat in the center field bleachers. Grffey flipped us off everytime he took the field, hit a bomb right at us in the middle innings and continued to talk mad shit the rest of the game.


Input: [Date] 1 year 25 weeks ago [Title] Bizarre sounds about right to [Body]

Output: Bizarre sounds about right to me. I don't get it at all, you hear nothing out of the kid but his parents seem to be plastering their differences all over the recruiting sites. It's to the point where I'd rather he go to state if that's what he really wants then have his parents force him to choose Michigan.


Input: [Date] 1 year 29 weeks ago [Title] I'm with you 100% on this one [Body]

Output: I'm with you 100% on this one but I'm afraid we are in the minority. I've always argued these same points to people who think a playoff is necessary for college football. The last two teams out are always going to have a beef, look at the NCAA bball tourney. And if we aren't going to have super-conferences, byes, and home field advantage is it really that good of a system for determining a champion? College football is great because of the rivalries and Michigan wouldn't have any sort of postseason history if it weren't for the contrived bowl system - there are too many teams for rivalries to develop organically in a playoff system.


Input: [Date] 1 year 30 weeks ago [Title] Shane was warming up after [Body]

Output: Shane was warming up after the fumble by Gardner was upheld. I re watched this the other day and it seemed like Gardner was O.K. Because he had his headset on.


Input: [Date] 1 year 38 weeks ago [Title] The fans here are becoming [Body]

Output: The fans here are becoming accustomed to winning. They are more tolerant because they don't see a threat either, and with good reason. The little brother meme died on its own last Saturday. Mike Harts reality and this current one aren't the same unfortunately.


Input: [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Title] And just like a high school [Body]

Output: And just like a high school sometimes the readers of this blog feel they are untitled to voice their opinions as loudly as they can with no repercussions. There really is this belief that an open forum provides some free speech right, no matter how harmful that speech might be to the overall product. I think this blog would be better served sometimes with just a comment section after the front page content instead of a dedicated forum which grants every dickhead with an opinion a platform to rabble rabble rabble.


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Neg away [Body]

Output: what he did as a player is among the all-time greats. If you want to hold him accountable for his actions as a manager and say he can never be associated with baseball again that's fine and I agree with it, but what he did as a player? There is no question.


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Pete Rose [Body]

Output: Every baseball commissioner who has kept the all-time hit king out of the hall of fame for something he did as a manager. Players who have cheated while playing the game are in and he is not, that is a travesty.


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 2 days ago [Title] lived on the west coast [Body]

Output: having lived on the west coast for a total of four football seasons, I can say definitively that I would not make sure I was awake and in front of my television for a noon eastern kickoff unless Michigan was playing. if they were I was pregaming by seven and if not I might catch the second half of a game that looked interesting.


Input: [Date] 28 weeks 2 hours ago [Title] Pulp Fiction quote [Body]

Output: I had to log in to up vote because so many people didnt get that it was a pulp fiction quote and that is one of my favorite movies


Input: [Date] 29 weeks 5 days ago [Title] My feelings exactly [Body]

Output: I still remember his long touchdown run in the Rose Bowl like it was yesterday


Input: [Date] 31 weeks 2 days ago [Title] how % chance of rain works [Body]

Output: the way the weather forecast works as far as % chance of rain works is as follows: if there is any chance (in this case 80%) the percentage reflects the amount of the forecast area will receive rain therefore if it's 80% chance it means that there is a 100% chance of rain occurring but only 80% chance it will happen where you are...much like it's a 100% chance that Jim harbaugh will coach next year but currently will only coach 80% of Michigan's games


Input: [Date] 36 weeks 6 days ago [Title] I am not trying to defend Frank Clark but... [Body]

Output: everything that was said in the article was referenced either from witness statements from people that were of relation to the alleged victim or from a view of he is guilty. I am with the majority as it relates to his standing if he is guilty but before we go any further can we wait for some kind of evidence beyond a local newspaper report before we convict this young man.


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 21 hours ago [Title] sarcasm? [Body]

Output: /S?


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 6 days ago [Title] rusty nail [Body]

Output: scotch and drambui and planning on getting even further away from football by doing laundry and watching the new episode of boardwalk empire


Input: [Date] 47 weeks 2 days ago [Title] The rivalry from SW Michigan [Body]

Output: I really like the idea of this thread and was considering starting one myself but had the same worries as the OP. I grew up in Southwest Michigan on the Indiana border closer to South Bend than any school in Michigan. We had a lot of fans of ND which made the rivalry significant growing up along with the fact that Michigan was at its peak of success in my lifetime and ND wasn't that far removed from their own recent success in 1988. I grew up watching the great battles with Desmond and the Rocket providing great early season fireworks and the ND hype of will Ron Paulus (spelling) and will he be the first three time Hiesman winner. Now having been away from Michigan for what is essentially my entire adult life galvanizing my Michigan loyalty and fandom I think it really sucks that we are going to not have this game anymore. I am about to make the four hour drive from my house in Georgia to my childhood best friends house in South Carolina and we will see the last chapter in this rivalry and have these moments solidifying the fact that ND is the worst neighbor in the history of neighbors and know that our win will be a nice final twist of the knife in their jealousy of why we are better.


Input: [Date] 49 weeks 5 days ago [Title] maturity sometimes comes with maturity [Body]

Output: I was 24 years old and had already spent multiple years of my life overseas in defense of our country and still managed to make mistakes that I would probably be burned at the stake for on this board if I played football for Michigan. If it weren't for people that saw potential in me I know I wouldn't be where I am today in life. While his next chance is not going to be at Michigan, I hope this young man the best and hope he learns from his mistakes and can use it for good, much like Billy Taylor was able to rebound.


Input: [Date] 1 year 19 weeks ago [Title] personally [Body]

Output: having served over there I think it's still funny.


Input: [Date] 1 year 27 weeks ago [Title] Coach Jackson recruiting [Body]

Output: If Coach Jackson had his way he would recruit him with the speed of Tyrone Wheatley, the moves of Jamie Morris, and the power of Leroy Hoard...except faster, stronger and with better moves.


Input: [Date] 1 year 29 weeks ago [Title] jimbo fisher [Body]

Output: he is probably just mad that they didn't hold out for what fisher can bring now that he has the clout of being a national champion head coach


Input: [Date] 1 year 33 weeks ago [Title] +1 to you sir [Body]

Output: I feel the exact same way for the exact same reasons but you said it much better than I think I could have.


Input: [Date] 2 years 7 hours ago [Title] crown [Body]

Output: crown royal maple and orange juice is my new favorite


Input: [Date] 2 years 3 days ago [Title] my pick for #98 [Body]

Output: Devin Funchess. If I understand tight end numbering correctly they can wear numbers in the 90s and he is poised to be a breakout freak.


Input: [Date] 2 years 5 weeks ago [Title] Some more ideas [Body]

Output: I have used with success Honey and worcestshire as stated above. To go along with brown sugar I have started adding a little saigon cinnamon. I also have incorporated seasoned salt balance some of the sweet from the honey and a friend of mine incorporates apple juice into his sauce (primarily for chicken).


Input: [Date] 2 years 9 weeks ago [Title] Droid App [Body]

Output: You must be using it too


Input: [Date] 2 years 9 weeks ago [Title] on the droid app [Body]

Output: missed the /s


Input: [Date] 2 years 9 weeks ago [Title] Who cares? [Body]

Output: If rankings mattered we wouldn't give scholorships to long snappers. Thinking that every highly ranked recruit will pan out is crazy and with what we have left on the board at OL it might end up at three star level.


Input: [Date] 2 years 9 weeks ago [Title] O-line recruiting [Body]

Output: With how long it takes to develop offensive linemen I think it is imperative to pick up one more even if he is the three star type deapth player. You can more regularly find immediate impact players at skill positions but in the trenches development is almost always necessary.


Input: [Date] 2 years 24 weeks ago [Title] Get off my lawn agrees [Body]

Output: I was at the end of the transition when the Fab 5 made it popular but it hadnt yet made it mainstream and I agree. Aside from that from an athletic point of view the short shorts are much more functional and user friendly....plus the ladies like it


Input: [Date] 2 years 27 weeks ago [Title] cleaning out the liquor cabinet [Body]

Output: started with fuzzy navels this afternoon when i got up and have been following it with expired baileys irish cream. next on the list will be cleaning out some rum


Input: [Date] 2 years 30 weeks ago [Title] North-South [Body]

Output: How about a North-South alignment with either Nebraska, Ohio, or Penn State going to the North for competitive balance. My choice would be Ohio but you could work with any of them and have decent geographic alignment while also keeping many traditional rivalries, The biggest down side I can see is both Michigan and Ohio not having regular games in the added markets. Also, for competitive balance you could move Northwestern or Iowa for one weaker schools in the south. North South Michigan Penn State Michigan State Nebraska Northwestern Illinois Wisconsin Indiana Minnesota Purdue Iowa Rutgers Ohio Maryland


Input: [Date] 2 years 30 weeks ago [Title] Not to be a post-Madonna [Body]

Output: but I am drinking beer until live football is over for the night and then switching over to cognac to ring in the new year with the ghost of Dick Clark


Input: [Date] 2 years 39 weeks ago [Title] Silent majority [Body]

Output: I am not sure how silent it is due to consistent up votes to the 5 limit, but let me say that I applaud you for the way you have handled this situation to this point and believe you were completely justified and on the right track with how you chose to hanlde it. For the sake of people like me who primarily read and don't post thanks and keep up the good work.


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 2 days ago [Title] You just manipulated every [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 2 days ago [Title] This post/entry is embarrassing to this site [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 1 year 1 week ago [Title] This wouldn't make me angry [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 1 year 12 weeks ago [Title] How do I know that this [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 1 year 12 weeks ago [Title] I really couldn't disagree [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 1 year 14 weeks ago [Title] "Emmert just said athletes [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Title] Where exactly are you going [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 1 year 22 weeks ago [Title] Worst post I've read on this [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] If a team claimed they would [Body]

Output: If a team claimed they would rather walk out than play to win a national championship, then I would call every member of that team a liar.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] I think your analysis of [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 1 year 51 weeks ago [Title] I honestly don't even know [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 1 year 51 weeks ago [Title] Wanna hear an incredible story of what an A-hole Gee is? [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 3 days ago [Title] Here is the explanation [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 1 week ago [Title] Dawson apparently ran his 40 [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 1 week ago [Title] Please read this with the [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 3 weeks ago [Title] Random update from myself - [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 3 weeks ago [Title] I wouldn't bet on ANY of [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 9 weeks ago [Title] Wow, I've been reading this [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 9 weeks ago [Title] I'm sorry, I don't agree with [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 9 weeks ago [Title] Well, on the other end of the [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 10 weeks ago [Title] About to blow your mind... [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 11 weeks ago [Title] I'm not disagreeing at all. I [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 11 weeks ago [Title] Yeah, but presumably the way [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 11 weeks ago [Title] Yeah, but it's much easier to [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 11 weeks ago [Title] Two points: [Body]

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


Input: [Date] 2 years 13 weeks ago [Title] I would definitely go for it [Body]

Output: I would definitely go for it on 4th down before I punted...


Input: [Date] 2 years 30 weeks ago [Title] The reason that he will [Body]

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