Input: [Date] 1 year 7 weeks ago [Title] I don't disagree that serious malfeasance went on [Body]

Output: I don't disagree that serious malfeasance went on at UNC. But the point that I think Perrin makes is that UNC (to the extent it exists as a monolithic entity) doesn't actually disagree either, that Willingham and Smith are presenting a false narrative of obstruction and denial on the part of current University administration, and that meaningful steps have been taken to avoid future malfeasance. Getting back to the OP, none of this is to necessarily let Williams off the hook. But I'd be hesitant to throw too much shade on the current UNC leadership, and I'd be especially wary to accept arguments from Willingham and Smith at face value.


Input: [Date] 1 year 7 weeks ago [Title] Thanks for the link [Body]

Output: I don't mean to come off as a reactionary defender of UNC (I really don't have much at stake personally), but I'm not overly persuaded by the arguments layed out here. They basically attack a press release for...being a press release. It's not clear to me that the absence of scathing, public self-critique in such a communication is any evidence at all that the university hasn't taken misconduct seriously. Further arguing from the presence of multiple committees to the necessary failure of each committee also strikes me as weak, as does their attack on the use of aggregate GPAs among student athletes. There also seems to be a lack of attention to factual detail in the piece, referring to [James] Michael McAdoo a football player. While this might be a meaningless typo, it seems congruent with a general carelessness with facts that might be characteristic of the arguing parties. The people responsible for the article, Jay Smith and Mary Willingham, were called out specifically by the sociology professor Andrew Perrin in the 2nd link I provided above http://scatter.wordpress.com/2014/04/28/media-sociology-from-the-other-side/: "Early on in the scandal, the paper — mostly through the work of Dan Kane, who is the main journalist working on this set of stories — has developed a viewpoint that believes the University is monolithic, defensive, and evasive. This viewpoint isn’t particularly amenable to evidence; rather, it seems to structure the way Kane approaches each element of the story, assuming and expecting malfeasance. This is facilitated by the active work of Jay Smith and Mary Willingham, who are fostering that narrative and viewpoint. I don’t believe that viewpoint is accurate; in fact, I think that the university administration has been remarkably methodical and transparent in its approach to the situation, has provided lots of information, and has been unusually open to involving faculty in the processes of investigation and reform. Despite there being ample information available on these processes, the N&O has not reported on any of that, preferring instead to focus on sensationalism. Examples include the focus on Ms. Willingham instead of investigating the substance of her claims; the recent article essentially reprinting an evidence-free claim of “bullying” by the Government Accountability Project; and a news story in yesterday’s paper about the fact that a group of retired faculty wrote an op-ed in the same paper. In each of these cases, there is no serious attempt to assess the situation." ... "CNN has gleefully reprinted, with no skepticism whatsoever, claims that have turned out to be either factually untrue or highly questionable, such as the content of Mary Willingham’s MA thesis, the number of very-underprepared student-athletes at UNC, and the actual character of a now-famous “paper” she insinuated was a final paper that received an A- grade (it wasn’t, and it didn’t)." Given their history of sensationalism and carelessness with factual argument, I'd at the very least treat arguments orginating with Smith and Willingham with a healthy dose of care.


Input: [Date] 1 year 7 weeks ago [Title] Insider UNC perspective [Body]

Output: Andrew Perrin, a sociologist at UNC and a contributor at a fairly prominent academic social science blog, wrote a few weeks ago on his experience as a member of the UNC faculty group that sought to investigate and reform academic misconduct. http://scatter.wordpress.com/2014/05/06/the-unc-athletics-scandal-in-context/ Give the post as much credence as you'd like, but it certainly appears as though the university as a whole took the scandal seriously; there have been concrete actions to improve institutional oversight, and the people in charge of the most grievous failings have been fired and in one case prosecuted. (Perrin provides a bit more detail here, focusing more on the nature of the media coverage of the scandal. As Michigan fans, we might not be surprised to see the local paper erring on the side of sensationalism in the scandal's aftermath.) [Full disclosure: my girlfriend is a UNC grad]


Input: [Date] 1 year 7 weeks ago [Title] Other beneficiaries [Body]

Output: People who can't afford to own cars themselves, and people who like to not get killed by cars.


Input: [Date] 1 year 7 weeks ago [Title] The ax in question [Body]

Output: Whatever the cause, it seems like McCants and his family have had a strong dislike for Williams for some time. Most notably, his dad made this oft-quoted statement a few years ago: "THE CURRENT COACH IS A PIECE OF (EXPLETIVE) (EXPLETIVE) AND i DON'T RECOMMEND ANYONE GET RECRUITED BY HIM HE WILL WRECK YOUR CAREER IF YOU ARE NOT AWARE OF HIS UNDERHANDED TACTIC AND INSINCERITY. BEWARE!!!!!!!" [all-caps in original] I don't make any claim to knowing the backstory here. But the fact that just about everyone who has ever come in contact with McCants has a pretty low opinion of him is enough to provide me with some priors...


Input: [Date] 1 year 7 weeks ago [Title] True but not new [Body]

Output: I don't doubt that McCants (and players like him, at UNC and just about every other big-sports university) received academic treatment well outside of the standards professed by the NCAA. I would tend to doubt, however, the veracity [voraciously] of any of his specific claims; he clearly has an ax to grind, and he's regarded as hyper-untrustworthy, even by people who have no interest in seeing UNC dodge scandal. In other words, I don't think his claims give us any new information RE unethical behavior at UNC.


Input: [Date] 1 year 7 weeks ago [Title] McCants [Body]

Output: McCants isn't exactly a reliable witness here. Quite a few people have come out saying what a head case he is since he came forward the other day, including people like Julius Hodge who have no UNC affiliation. He also apparently has a long-standing antipathy for Williams, one that doesn't appear to be shared by many other players. Beyond this, McCants had a media quote from his playing days in which he compared his experience at UNC to being in prison, on account of how he was always expected to show up to things like class.


Input: [Date] 1 year 7 weeks ago [Title] Not just the corporate world [Body]

Output: James C Scott wrote a really interesting book, Seeing Like a State, on the consequences of state programs to make complex entities more measurable from a centralized perspective. Bending over backwards to make outcomes more legible does bad things.


Input: [Date] 1 year 8 weeks ago [Title] I really like the Jamal Crawford comparison [Body]

Output: Crawford's quicker and Stauskas is stronger, but in terms of their length, fluidity, ability to score off the dribble, take a few minutes at point, weaknesses on defense, I think they have a lot of similarities.


Input: [Date] 1 year 9 weeks ago [Title] I'm not sure if "Xs and Os" [Body]

Output: I'm not sure if "Xs and Os" is the right term, but I think that understanding a team's defensive philosophy -- being able to mike the right rotations in a reflexive sort of way, knowing which way you're forcing the dribbler in different situations, etc. -- is a pretty big deal. It's not the same as memorizing a 100-page play book, but it can still definitely take some time. If you look at players' defensive win shares, for example, they tend to rise for their first few years in the league, even when those players are physically well-developed (see Kawhi Leonard, Jimmy Butler, etc.). Also, with respect to physical maturity, I think McGary definitely has room for improvement. He's old for his class, but I'm assuming that his "weightroom age" is still pretty young. I think he can definitely still benefit from dropping body fat, adding lean mass, and gaining more explosiveness.


Input: [Date] 1 year 9 weeks ago [Title] Sorry for crazy-man [Body]

Output: Sorry for crazy-man self-reply; was responding to someone via the app whose comments have been caved.


Input: [Date] 1 year 9 weeks ago [Title] Let me assure you [Body]

Output: If traveling were called differently 20 years ago, you'd still be on this message board griping about the decline of the NBA, with reference to your past non-career. Also, did you ever watch Patrick Ewing play?


Input: [Date] 1 year 9 weeks ago [Title] There have definitely been some rough spots -- [Body]

Output: There have definitely been some rough spots -- I've been disappointed with the Thunder all postseason, most of the East is still a relative tire fire, etc. But we're still likely to see two legitimately great teams in the finals in the Heat and Spurs. And what's the comparison group? Whatever you feel about the excitement and loyalties at play in college, the level of play in (even a relatively down) NBA playoffs is massively higher. And I'd also argue that overall quality of play in today's game is at the very least comparable to the Golden Era of the mid-/late-80s.


Input: [Date] 1 year 9 weeks ago [Title] This comment describes 95+% [Body]

Output: This comment describes 95+% of anti-NBA gripes. "I never watch the game, but let me tell you how much it's declined. THUGS TRAVELING LAZY THUG ISOLATION TATTOES. Also, let me tell you about how defense is so much better in college basketball, which explains Adam Morrison's career shooting percentages." Tonight we got to see impressive 2nd half performances by arguably the best overall player and arguably the best shooter to ever play, both playing within (pretty fucking intricate) team offensive and defensive concepts, for the right to face a GREG FUCKING POPOVICH team in the finals. And yet the game has gone to shit.


Input: [Date] 1 year 10 weeks ago [Title] Stauskas and the Suns [Body]

Output: I agree that Stauskas would fit a lot of places, but I think that playing under Hornacek in Phoenix would be especially good for him. Bledsoe and Gerald Green were able to produce way beyond expectations this year as scoring wings (particularly Green, who at 28 was basically residing in the NBA scrap heap up til now). Nik would face a bit of a logjam in the backcourt, but I think he'd ultimately be very productive on a team that's definitely on the rise.


Input: [Date] 1 year 12 weeks ago [Title] Huge asymmetry by race [Body]

Output: The problem with this point, though, is that Jones centered his argument on the really negative effects of spatially concentrated poverty, and the role that people like Sterling play in creating and perpetuating these concentrations. Concentrated poverty is really an issue of residential segregation, and it's far, far more of a problem for blacks and Latinos than it is for whites. As of the 2007-2011 American Community Survey, 25.7% of blacks lived in poverty, compared to 11.6% of whites. But the effect of racial residential segregation amplifies this difference when it comes to the sort of neighborhoods that people live in. Looking at Census block groups in 2000, 44.8% of metro blacks lived in neighborhoods with >20% poverty concentrations, compared to 11.6% of whites. And this isn't just an effect of higher black poverty; 70.9% of poor blacks lived in high-poverty neighborhoods, compared to 36.9% of poor whites. One way of looking at this: a poor white resident is less likely to live in concentrated poverty than is an average black resident. (see http://intl-cjres.oxfordjournals.org/content/1/1/51/T3.expansion.html; may be paywalled) We know that living in concentrated poverty is associated with all sorts of bad outcomes and that blacks (and to a slightly lesser extent Latinos) are far and away more likely to experience such living conditions, even after controlling for income. These conditions are largely the result of residential racial segregation. Bomani's point: propping up this segregation through illegal housing discrimination is a way more grievous act than is saying shitty things to your mistress, and people who ignored the former need to step off their soapboxes with respect to the latter.


Input: [Date] 1 year 15 weeks ago [Title] The all-knowledgeable Andrew Gelman provided a few comments [Body]

Output: "The myth of the myth of the myth of the hot hand." FWIW, I think his 4th point is important and pretty incontrovertible: "4. Whatever the latest results on particular sports, I can’t see anyone overturning the basic finding of Gilovich, Vallone, and Tversky that players and spectators alike will perceive the hot hand even when it does not exist and dramatically overestimate the magnitude and consistency of any hot-hand phenomenon that does exist."


Input: [Date] 1 year 20 weeks ago [Title] I don't think you ever did [Body]

Output: "[Michael Jordan] put a bunch of scrubs and a solid player on his back and willed his team to the playoffs and championship almost single handidly." "I am glad i no longer watch that horseshit they call NBA basketball." I posit that you're not entirely familiar with the early '90s Bulls roster.


Input: [Date] 1 year 24 weeks ago [Title] If there's one thing KD taught us... [Body]

Output: "Kid has a lot of bulking up to do if he wants to be anything like Durant." If there's one thing KD taught us, it's that we shouldn't write off scrawny dudes who are monsters on the court. Keep in mind that KD was 215 lbs at age 19 -- meaning that young Thon needs exactly one Caris LeVert offseason to be his equal in bulk at the draft. With respect to Durant size comparisons, though, I think it's interesting to note that KD actually has the longer wingspan (7'4.5" vs 7'2" for Maker). Puts in perspective what a freakish toolset Durant has...


Input: [Date] 1 year 29 weeks ago [Title] If you use the 8th pick in [Body]

Output: If you use the 8th pick in the draft to try and get a rookie-year go-to scorerer, you're doing it wrong. Other 8th picks of this millenium: 2012: Terrence Ross 2011: Brandon Knight 2010: Al-Farouq Aminu 2009: Jordan Hill 2008: Joe Alexander 2007: Brandan Wright 2006: Rudy Gay 2005: Channing Frye 2004: Rafael Araujo 2003: TJ Ford 2002: Chris Wilcox 2001: Sagana Diop 2000: Jamal Crawford There are two players on this list who remotely qualified at any points in their career: Rudy Gay, who just made the Raptors better by not playing for them anymore, and Jamal Crawford (bless his heart) who's entirely one-dimensional. Realistically, you want an 8th pick to be a solid rotation player, which both Burke and KCP definitely have the potential to be.


Input: [Date] 1 year 30 weeks ago [Title] Thanks [Body]

Output: A couple points: -While I acknowledge no first-hand knowledge of the events, it seems as though you might want to refrain from claiming that no prosecution implies no rape. It doesn't exactly help with one's credibility. -I was never under the impression that Lewan made his threat directly to the accuser. "Tell your friend that I'll rape her" still seems to lack a certain...moral clarity. Perhaps he was acting out of loyalty to a friend that he truly believed was falsely accused, and perhaps he would have phrased his threat differently upon reflection. Neither consideration remotely excuses his behavior.


Input: [Date] 1 year 30 weeks ago [Title] What looks to my untrained [Body]

Output: What looks to my untrained eye to be an actual police report -- without scare quotes or anything -- describes the actions of a man purported to be Lewan. These actions include the intimidation of an alleged rape victim, through the particularly noxious (even if just rhetorical) use of the threat of further rape as a cudgel. Not all crimes get prosecuted, and not all grossly immoral acts are crimes. I acknowledge my distance from the situation, and I'm open to updating my priors under some new evidence/argumentation. But as things stand now, I'll be happy to see Lewan leave.


Input: [Date] 1 year 30 weeks ago [Title] If the police report of his [Body]

Output: If the police report of his actions vis-a-vis Gibbons's accuser are close to accurate -- and I have no reason to believe that they aren't -- then I'd just as soon Lewan not be affiliated with the same university as me.


Input: [Date] 1 year 33 weeks ago [Title] I agree with your takeaway. [Body]

Output: I agree with your takeaway. It somehow makes me feel better about the current state of Michigan football to know that Rosenberg is a tiny little man.


Input: [Date] 1 year 34 weeks ago [Title] Thanks for sharing your [Body]

Output: Thanks for sharing your expertise.


Input: [Date] 1 year 36 weeks ago [Title] If your initial thought is [Body]

Output: If your initial thought is that I'm objecting to the general objectification of brunette woman, I'm not really sure what to tell you.


Input: [Date] 1 year 36 weeks ago [Title] This is my sentiment, as [Body]

Output: This is my sentiment, as well. And it'd be nice if people would stop with the "brunette girls" thing.


Input: [Date] 1 year 39 weeks ago [Title] Among other things, the [Body]

Output: Among other things, the reference to Stauskas running the pick-and-roll made me very happy. I can imagine this being absolutely deadly, given his ability to see over help and knock down 3s off the dribble with even a sliver of space.


Input: [Date] 1 year 39 weeks ago [Title] I was thinking the same [Body]

Output: I was thinking the same thing. It seems like the last couple of years, broadcasters would consistently over-state the role of the 1-3-1 in Michigan's defense. But imagining (say) Stauskas at the top, Levert running baseline, GRIII and Irvin on the wings, and McGary/Morgan/Horford in the middle, I'd have to think that it gets broken out as more than just an occasional change-up.


Input: [Date] 1 year 40 weeks ago [Title] Calmer than you [Body]

Output: Calmer than you are.


Input: [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Title] "All the defectors I've talked to wanted to [Body]

Output: "All the defectors I've talked to wanted to leave." You don't say. Also, I have no real expertise here and don't want to conjure any P words, but the proper comparison might not be between limited healthcare and great healthcare, but between limited healthcare and no healthcare (e.g. I've spoken with people in Haiti who seemed rather pleased with Cuban nurses).


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] Calling an opponent [Body]

Output: Calling an opponent "inferior", even after a very close game that could easily have ended in a loss, isn't necessarily a reflection of some inflated sense of self worth. In the cases of Akron and UConn, it's simply a recognition of the opposing team's standing among all FBS teams. When we say that Akron and UConn are "inferior", we could very plausibly simply be claiming that they rank in the very bottom tier of FBS teams, based on prior results and the general size, athleticism, and skill of their players. For a similar case study in the use of the word "inferior", see Minnesota, University of.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] Totally agree with this. There's nothing [Body]

Output: Totally agree with this. There's nothing incompatible with saying that 1) There are many woman on campus who might be eager to have sex with players/recruits, and 2) Having university-paid positions where part of one's job is to have sex with recruits is enormously problematic. Whether a girl joins one of these hostess groups naively, or she has a change of heart but needs the position, or she's just not feeling it one day, it's easy to see how such an institution can be terribly, terribly coercive.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] @sjd183: Message board etiquette [Body]

Output: If you're going to visit a new message board to leave a shoddy rationalization for terrible behavior, it's only polite to keep it under 1000 words. And, you know, vaguely on-topic. Also, vis-a-vis the actual rationalization bit of your screed: arguments against intentionally injuring people McGahee-style don't necessarily rest on the NCAA rule book. Some minimal shred of morality might also enter in.


Input: [Date] 1 year 47 weeks ago [Title] Adrian Witty with pick-6. Never [Body]

Output: Adrian Witty with pick-6. Never forget.


Input: [Date] 1 year 48 weeks ago [Title] It's like a mashup of Bo [Body]

Output: It's like a mashup of Bo Jackson and Christian Okoye, except controlled by the computer in Week 16 when they'd always cheese you with those super-fast break-away runs. /8-bit Fred Jackson


Input: [Date] 1 year 48 weeks ago [Title] Whichever reporter kept on [Body]

Output: Whichever reporter kept on saying 'physicality' doesn't get it.


Input: [Date] 1 year 48 weeks ago [Title] A spam-free tool? [Body]

Output: The spam-bots have become self-referential!! It's been a while since I've read GEB, but I'm pretty sure this means that full sentience/global domination is right around the corner.


Input: [Date] 1 year 49 weeks ago [Title] Among other things, you're [Body]

Output: Among other things, you're not very good at Reading dictionary entries Discerning between journalists and otherwise angry people with websites


Input: [Date] 1 year 49 weeks ago [Title] With respect to topics like [Body]

Output: With respect to topics like this, hiding from them because they're embarrassing to the institution seems like a pretty despicable response.


Input: [Date] 1 year 49 weeks ago [Title] When Jibreel leads with Phil [Body]

Output: When Jibreel leads with Phil Collins quotes, I be like dang.


Input: [Date] 1 year 50 weeks ago [Title] Pee Wee Pimpkins [Body]

Output: A legend in two games like he's Pee Wee Kirkland.


Input: [Date] 1 year 51 weeks ago [Title] In fairness, though, Carlos [Body]

Output: In fairness, though, Carlos Hyde does look like he's lost a little weight in the offseason:


Input: [Date] 1 year 51 weeks ago [Title] A few potential differences [Body]

Output: Lack of alcoholism/better work ethic, better body composition, more speed/better burst. I think the arrow of causation runs from the 1st through the 3rd factor, and it will likely amount to a pretty enormous difference.


Input: [Date] 2 years 2 hours ago [Title] I really hope that you didn't [Body]

Output: I really hope that you didn't type that with a tilty head.


Input: [Date] 2 years 13 hours ago [Title] @ stephenrjking [Body]

Output: I think there's an important distinction to be made between attacks directed at the person vs attacks directed at the praxis. I agree with you that the former is poor form (and I'm reminded of the section of Kwame Anthony Appiah's Cosmopolitanism in which he makes a compelling case for his father being a seriously intelligent and humane person, despite genuinely holding onto an ontology that most in the West would find (justifiably) ridiculous). However, I also agree with others in this thread that faith healing is a seriously (and indisputably among reasonable people) harmful thing, and whether or not outright mockery is the right tack, calling it out as such is almost an obligation.


Input: [Date] 2 years 4 days ago [Title] Worth noting: [Body]

Output: The first link in the OP contains a video that ends in a Furbush interview in which he says 'tremendous'. He seems to be progressing well.


Input: [Date] 2 years 4 days ago [Title] If Kierkegaard were alive [Body]

Output: If Kierkegaard were alive today, he'd be writing successories.


Input: [Date] 2 years 1 week ago [Title] To add to this [Body]

Output: The impression of Saban's personality among the kids/families that Alabama recruits is certainly different from the impression among, say, the Michigan fan base. I'm friends with an older sister of a kid in last year's Alabama recruiting class, and she absolutely loves Saban -- he'd do things like call her on her birthday, and he was apparently at least passably charming in all their interactions. I make no claims about how ingenuous these interactions were, but the man's certainly capably of coming off as non-robotic.


Input: [Date] 2 years 2 weeks ago [Title] Really nice graphics [Body]

Output: It's interesting for me to see that, as down as everybody is on the Big Ten right now, it looks like the conference is actually at about the same relative strength now as it was for much of the '80s/early '90s.


Input: [Date] 2 years 2 weeks ago [Title] Note though, that likely many of the successful [Body]

Output: Note though, that likely many of the successful 4-year starters have been on campus for 5 years, so the data aren't necessarily all that incongruous.


Input: [Date] 2 years 2 weeks ago [Title] I thought that was interesting, too. My [Body]

Output: I thought that was interesting, too. My interpretation: this is probably in large part an effect of overall team quality. Teams that are forced to start a true freshman tend to be on the dumpster fire end of the cfb spectrum, and thus even as these freshman starters age, they're still surrounded by relatively adverse situations.


Input: [Date] 2 years 2 weeks ago [Title] Track record [Body]

Output: I see what you did.


Input: [Date] 2 years 2 weeks ago [Title] I was tricked into watching [Body]

Output: I was tricked into watching that video like 10 years ago, and I've never really been the same.* *Not because I have a really stretchy urethra now


Input: [Date] 2 years 3 weeks ago [Title] Drago [Body]

Output: Dolph Lundgren just got a sudden urge to break you.


Input: [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Title] phone typo correction [Body]

Output: Georgia = Ole Miss


Input: [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Title] My cool story RE Ole Miss recruiting, bro [Body]

Output: I'm friends with an older sibling of a member of last year's Alabama recruiting class, and I asked her once about the class that Ole Miss brought in. She said that at most (SEC) places, there's a wink and a nod and an assurance that you'll be taken care of, whereas at Georgia, kids were basically getting burlap sacks with dollar signs on them.


Input: [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Title] In a few years, it's not [Body]

Output: In a few years, it's not inconceivable that our pass rush could be led by a two-headed monster named TACO FURBUSH. Yes, I'm 12.


Input: [Date] 2 years 5 weeks ago [Title] Actually, I dunno [Body]

Output: It's great to see that GRIII probably got stronger over the course of a month, but those body fat numbers mainly indicate that he probably did a lot of eating in April -- 10.4% is quite a bit higher than where you'd like to see your bouncy wings, with 9.8% still leaving a lot of room for improvement. For reference, perpetually out-of-shape assemblage of physical tools Lance Stephenson checked in at 9.3% at his draft combine. (http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-draft-measurements/?year=All&sort2=DESC&draft=&pos=&source=All&sort=7)


Input: [Date] 2 years 6 weeks ago [Title] Alternative framing [Body]

Output: It's LTT conducting the experiment, and there's a donkey in the box.


Input: [Date] 2 years 8 weeks ago [Title] What I'm saying is that the [Body]

Output: What I'm saying is that the cross-year comparison of #29s doesn't really indicate anything at all vis a vis Winovich's true status relative to other OLBs, as the observed (tiny number of) offer lists are fully compatible with multiple, contradictory accounts of said status.


Input: [Date] 2 years 8 weeks ago [Title] Interesting use of data, but [Body]

Output: Interesting use of data, but the more illuminating comparison is among offer lists across rankings within 2014. Showing how #29 offer lists stack up across years fails to distinguish between cases 1) where Winovich's offer list really is commensurate to his ranking this year; vs. 2) where there's a ton of noise in the rankings across years. I think that what people here are saying is that there's a ton of noise in the rankings, and that Winovich's offer list indicates that he's better than what these rankings would indicate. The lists you gathered for #29 guys across years (of whom only Phillips's is as good or better) fail to provide strong evidence against that claim.


Input: [Date] 2 years 12 weeks ago [Title] Don't you goddamn dare, [Body]

Output: Don't you goddamn dare, AIRBHG


Input: [Date] 2 years 14 weeks ago [Title] My first reaction: [Body]

Output: Will they still call it Midnight Madness? I'm an idiot.


Input: [Date] 2 years 14 weeks ago [Title] It reminds me of the classic [Body]

Output: It reminds me of the classic Kids in the Hall sketch "The Home Run", except, you know, marginally more wholesome. (relevant bit starts @ 1:50)


Input: [Date] 2 years 15 weeks ago [Title] Not a fan of Lawrence Lessig? [Body]

Output: Not a fan of Lawrence Lessig? (Point being that many people would consider the common practice of congressmen transitioning into lobbyists to be a very big and very harmful deal. I do think the analogy to this NCAA/Auburn case is pretty apt.)


Input: [Date] 2 years 15 weeks ago [Title] I don't think we should be [Body]

Output: I don't think we should be expecting Burke to turn into Chris Paul in the pros, but he's really not that far off physically. Looking at Paul's draft combine measurables (http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Chris-Paul-14/), I'd actually expect to see Burke measure out very similarly in terms of height/length, speed, lane agility, vertical, and strength. I think Paul has really outsdanding lateral quickness, which might not necessarily show up in the lane agility drill, but I also think that his hands make him seem a lot more explosive than he actually is, both off the dribble and on defense.


Input: [Date] 2 years 16 weeks ago [Title] But Paul doesn't, nor does [Body]

Output: But Paul doesn't, nor does Lowry or Jameer Nelson or Maurice Williams or DJ Augustin. The point is that there are many guys who have been anywhere from serviceable to HOF with comparable physical tools.


Input: [Date] 2 years 16 weeks ago [Title] Size and speed are nice, but [Body]

Output: Size and speed are nice, but there are numerous NBA points with similar physical makeups to Burke who range from serviceable (Kyle Lowry) to good (Andre Miller) to great (Tony Parker, Chris Paul). None of those guys have elite athleticism, all are 6'2" or shorter, and all get by primarily by being good at basketball. Which Trey Burke is. Also, I think you might have a misconception of what teams are expecting in the 6-13 draft pick range. Look through prior years' drafts -- getting a solid starter here is really what you're hoping for.


Input: [Date] 2 years 16 weeks ago [Title] Expectations for stardom [Body]

Output: I absolutely agree with this. Once you get to the bottom half of the lottery, I think most teams would be very pleased to get a guy who turns into a solid but unspectacular starter. Just looking at the last few lotteries, you see a bunch of point/combo guards who don't nearly have the tools to be superstars -- Brandon Knight, Kemba Walker, Damian Lillard, Austin Rivers, etc. I think Burke compares favorably to that group.


Input: [Date] 2 years 16 weeks ago [Title] Morris might be a bad example [Body]

Output: He's actually had every opportunity to establish a role with the Lakers (injury to Nash, injuries to/horribleness of Blake and Duhon), but he's been pretty bad offensively in all the minutes he's gotten. Granted, part of that might be the system he's in, but he just hasn't looked like an NBA point guard, and I'm not sure that additional time in college would have changed that.


Input: [Date] 2 years 17 weeks ago [Title] Attractiveness of a UCLA job [Body]

Output: Whatever the culture of expectations and the current dysfunction of the program at UCLA, it seems to me that it really ought to be one of the easiest places to recruit to in the country. There's the historical aspect, but the combination of UCLA's campus/climatic/lady-in-tiny-shorts beauty, its academic strength, a newly renovated Pauly right on campus, and the general cultural draw of LA would also have to make recruiting pitches much easier, especially given the number of high-caliber players that come out of Southern Cal. Also, there seems (to me anyway) to be a very distinct lingering cultural presence of John Wooden, which has to appeal to Right Way coaches/players.


Input: [Date] 2 years 19 weeks ago [Title] Statistical noise [Body]

Output: How is MSU fandom like anomolously high bowel cancer mortality rates? Measured over small populations, they're both most likely the product of statistical noise: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/oct/28/bad-science-diy-data-analysis


Input: [Date] 2 years 20 weeks ago [Title] I think that the decrease in [Body]

Output: I think that the decrease in offensive efficiency under a 25-second clock would be great enough to lead to a net decrease in scoring, even with the added possessions. At the college level, I just don't see there being enough guys who can consistently generate quality shots out of nothing to make the short clock work.


Input: [Date] 2 years 20 weeks ago [Title] If feasible, I think someone [Body]

Output: If feasible, I think someone ought to photoshop a chihuahua-holding Mesko into this.


Input: [Date] 2 years 25 weeks ago [Title] I dunno [Body]

Output: As a UCLA grad student, I didn't go to any football games this year because Pasadena is far, man. And granted, my loyalties lie elsewhere and there's a big difference between graduate and undergraduate student perceptions, but I get the strong feeling that people on campus give much less of a shit about football here than they might elsewhere, and I have to think that the stadium's location is part of that.


Input: [Date] 2 years 25 weeks ago [Title] Whoops [Body]

Output: Replied on my phone to message that seems not to exist. Carry on.


Input: [Date] 2 years 26 weeks ago [Title] I dispute your premise, sir [Body]

Output: These quotes are a manifestation of panning out. Marques Slocum, his fuck lion, and Carla will forever live in the pantheon of Michigan men (and women and fuck lions).


Input: [Date] 2 years 26 weeks ago [Title] Wait, so are you implying [Body]

Output: Wait, so are you implying that LeBron isn't a better on-ball defender than any college player who has ever lived? If so, you might want to rethink your line of reasoning.


Input: [Date] 2 years 26 weeks ago [Title] Given his ability to create [Body]

Output: Given his ability to create off the dribble, size, and the likely defensive struggles he's going to have in the NBA, I think a decent player comparison for Stauskas might actually be Jamal Crawford. Crawford's a good bit quicker, but I think Stauskas might be able to play a similar role as a designated scorer off the bench.


Input: [Date] 2 years 26 weeks ago [Title] A few things in McGary's favor [Body]

Output: He has pretty legit size for an NBA 4, and even though he's old for a freshman, this is probably his first year in a really advanced strength program, so I imagine his body still has plenty of developing to do. Also, he shows really good instincts with things like outlet passing, he has a great motor, and he has great per-minute rebounding numbers. I'd be surprised if he was ever an all star, but I wouldn't be shocked at all to seem him stick in the league for a while.


Input: [Date] 2 years 27 weeks ago [Title] Nothing is fucked here, Dude. [Body]

Output: Nothing is fucked here, Dude. -Pat Forde


Input: [Date] 2 years 28 weeks ago [Title] Still less embarrassing than Freekbass. [Body]

Output: Still less embarrassing than Freekbass.


Input: [Date] 2 years 28 weeks ago [Title] On my phone, the only app [Body]

Output: On my phone, the only app that I really couldn't do without is Google Reader. On my tablet, I also use EZPDF Reader (really good for reading and annotating journal articles) and the Kindle app quite a bit. On both phone and tablet, I use Google Play for music, along with the gmail app, MGoBlog, Facebook, etc.


Input: [Date] 2 years 28 weeks ago [Title] I was about to type the same [Body]

Output: I was about to type the same thing, but you said it much better than I would have. I think you're exactly right. Your first sentence definitely holds, though; this was a really great piece by Seth.


Input: [Date] 2 years 28 weeks ago [Title] I don't think we disagree [Body]

Output: About a third of motor vehicle deaths in the US involve a driver with above-legal BAC. These deaths still, though, accrue to driver failings of judgment, perception, and reaction. Widespread automation, I would think, stands to reduce motor vehicle deaths involving both sober and drunk drivers. This is especially true when you think of what it might mean for the price and availability of taxis, as well as other systemic factors that would reduce the incidence of people driving themselves when they absolutely should not be driving themselves.


Input: [Date] 2 years 28 weeks ago [Title] In terms of sharpening one's [Body]

Output: In terms of sharpening one's mind, I think you'll agree that the effect of technology depends on how it's applied/consumed. I probably err in reasoning from my own experience too generally, but I maintain that I grapple with serious and varied ideas much more in the current technological environment than I would in an environment without Google Reader in bathroom stalls. Looking at likely more popular activities, is the average American duller now than she would be in the absence of Angry Birds and texting and all the rest of our stream of modern informational/sensory inputs? Maybe, maybe not, but it doesn't strike me as intuitively likely, and I'd need to see actual systematic evidence to be convinced. While I'm probably extrapolating too broadly based on my experience of actually reading worthwhile things on my phone, I think you're almost certainly making too much of the guy who cut you off. Yes, driver alerts and autonomous features need to be carefully designed to avoid causing the sort of behavior you describe, but there's no question at all that they have the ability to supplement/replace our driving performance in vastly preferable ways. Our failings behind the wheel certainly include drowsy, drunk, and distracted driving, but they by no means end there. Our perceptions and reactions are limited in myriad ways, in terms of our field of vision; our limitation to the visual spectrum of light, compromised as it might be by weather or lack of daylight; our ability to precisely discern distance, velocity, and acceleration; our ability to mentally process the unexpected; and our ability to react quickly and in precisely appropriate ways. All of these failings kill people. That information/automation technologies offer the likelihood of helping us kill fewer people is, as far as I can tell, beyond dispute.


Input: [Date] 2 years 28 weeks ago [Title] I disagree pretty strenuously [Body]

Output: I disagree pretty strenuously with respect to progressively advanced information/automation systems in cars. On our own, we're pretty awful at correctly perceiving and responding to things at highway speeds and distances, and these failings are primarily responsible for the 30k+ who are killed in cars domestically every year. Technological improvements have real potential to meaningfully reduce this number, which ought to be seen by everyone as unacceptably high. As to mental atrophy in the face of ubiquitous computation: you'll have a hard time convincing me that my smart phone makes me think less when I'm standing in lines. More generally, I think it's mistaken to think that living amdist computational sophistication will somehow crowd out the thinking that we do on our own.


Input: [Date] 2 years 28 weeks ago [Title] Another thing that doesn't matter: [Body]

Output: Kyle Singler's career.


Input: [Date] 2 years 28 weeks ago [Title] Did you watch the first 39? [Body]

Output: Did you watch the first 39?


Input: [Date] 2 years 28 weeks ago [Title] To anyone who claims that the NBA sucks [Body]

Output: I refer you to Michigan State vs Iowa.


Input: [Date] 2 years 29 weeks ago [Title] Seeing LeVert handle the ball [Body]

Output: Seeing LeVert handle the ball last night made me feel a lot better about (likely) losing Burke next year. He looked plenty strong enough with his dribble to break pressure/set up an offense, and, as happy as I am to have both of them, I'm glad that LeVert will be an option alongside Spike and Walton.


Input: [Date] 2 years 29 weeks ago [Title] I actually take the opposite [Body]

Output: I actually take the opposite view on your Stauskas point: I hope that the hype of his shooting percentage doesn't make him back away from taking shots on the margin of his abilities. If he shoots 60% from 3 on the year, I think it probably means that he didn't shoot enough. 3-point shots that he hits 40% of the time are still good from an efficiency standpoint (1.2 points per possession is pretty stellar, though Michigan as a team sits at 1.21 right now).


Input: [Date] 2 years 29 weeks ago [Title] I get that just about every [Body]

Output: I get that just about every medical treatment carries some risk. My (likely naive) impression from reading the ABC article, though, is that the risks associated with the NSAID in question are unreasonably high when adminstered as it has been to football players. I think the key point here is the environment under which consent is given. I think it's certainly likely that some players -- on reflection, with full information, and without any external pressures -- would chose to take the painkiller in order to play. But I also think that it would be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to adequately remove such external pressures or to distinguish between players who are making free and informed decisions from those who are taking on a risk because they feel that they have no other acceptible choice. Given this, I think it's on the university to just not offer (or to be extremely judicious about offering) the risky treatment. EDIT: I'm open to being convinced that the treatment really isn't that risky and ought to be permitted. My main point of argument with some of the comments here is over the role of consent in situations like this.


Input: [Date] 2 years 29 weeks ago [Title] What else would I expect a doctor to do? [Body]

Output: I would expect a doctor to not offer a drug that he knows to have serious potential adverse effects and about which he knows a player is unlikely to be able to make a decision free from coercion, especially when this doctor is acting on behalf of a university toward a university student.


Input: [Date] 2 years 30 weeks ago [Title] Not how blocking assignments work [Body]

Output: Giving Clowney a free run on handoffs was not, surprisingly enough, part of Borges's game plan. As described illuminatingly in the Borges thread, the Clowney hit resulted from a miscommunication between Lewan and Kwiatkowski -- Kwiatkowski thought he and Lewan were going to be doubling Clowney, Lewan blocked down instead, and Clowney took advantage of the mix-up to decapitate Smith, exacting revenge for the earlier dong headbutt. Lewan actually describes this error in a post-game interview (again illuminatingly linked to in the Borges thread).


Input: [Date] 2 years 30 weeks ago [Title] So his limp back to the [Body]

Output: So his limp back to the huddle after that run was just some sort of avant garde celebration, and not related to the foot injury he suffered against Tennessee and has re-injured repeatedly? Because it's impossible to make any plays while fighting through injury? I get being mad about the loss, and we're all 14-year-olds at some point in our lives, but I think the board would benefit if your thought-to-post ratio would increase.


Input: [Date] 2 years 30 weeks ago [Title] Shaw came up limping numerous [Body]

Output: Shaw came up limping numerous times throughout the game, and the announcers made frequent reference to a foot injury he suffered earlier in the year and had re-aggravated recently. For someone with so much to say about it, you don't seem to have given the game much attention.


Input: [Date] 2 years 30 weeks ago [Title] I'm no Borges apologist, nor [Body]

Output: I'm no Borges apologist, nor do I think that 8-5 makes for a very satisfying season. But I also think that the offense outperformed expectations today, and Borges deserves a lot of credit for that. I don't know how you could watch today's game and not see a lot of productive creativity in what he drew up.


Input: [Date] 2 years 30 weeks ago [Title] One way to look at it: [Body]

Output: Maybe he likes the sun and dislikes enabling child predation?


Input: [Date] 2 years 30 weeks ago [Title] LA Geography [Body]

Output: Compton is about 10 miles south of USC. The neighborhoods you're thinking of are Exposition Park/Adams-Normandie/Historic South-Central. All places with unfortunate (though often perhaps over-stated) levels of violence, though not all actually the same place.


Input: [Date] 2 years 30 weeks ago [Title] Lack of fundamentals/proper manly virtue [Body]

Output: NBA players are pussies and/or fundamentally weak? I don't know, man. I look around the league, and I just don't see it. At all. You can always point out the isolated Bargnani/Blatche, but can you name a single roster where guys aren't willing to mix it up and the players who see the floor aren't substantially more polished than the best NCAA teams? I can't. As to the other faults: you can make an argument that the level of play in the NBA would be higher if the season had fewer and more meaningful games, but I'd counter that the average early March contest still features a vastly higher level of play than you'd see in a standard big-conference NCAA game. The same goes for officiating. And with respect to being a "superstar" league, I'm more invested in basketball than marketing and so don't really care how the NBA brands itself.


Input: [Date] 2 years 31 weeks ago [Title] The Lakers went with the same [Body]

Output: The Lakers went with the same lineup in Nash's first game back against Golden State. For whatever reason, it looks like they prefer bringing Artest off the bench. I wouldn't read too much into Morris starting -- it looks like he's still destined to top out at around 10-15 minutes a game. But he does seem to have carved out a legitimate role for himself as a perimeter defensive specialist. He was a much bigger contributer in that Golden State game than his stat line indicates, as he was really disruptive on the defensive end, and the Lakers always stick him on the other team's best perimeter scorer when he's in the game. At some point, Morris is going to have to improve on the offensive end, but his defensive has improved to the point that I think he's a pretty safe bet to keep getting minutes until it does.


Input: [Date] 2 years 31 weeks ago [Title] Work ethic [Body]

Output: It's hard for me to imagine him showing that much polish on his mid-range game without him having a pretty impressive ethic. He seems like the kind of kid who's already spent a zillion hours in the gym, and I'm sure he and Beilein are going to love working together. The thing I like so much about his video is how well it looks like his game is going to translate to a high-level college setting. Given the elevation he gets on his jumper, the smoothness of his handle, the quickness with which he can elevate off the dribble, and his length, I don't see him having any problem at all getting his shot against quality competition. It also looks like he has the tools to be a really elite perimeter defender, and to make the 1-3-1 into a turnover machine.


Input: [Date] 2 years 31 weeks ago [Title] The improved title reads a [Body]

Output: The improved title reads a little like a Kim Kierkegaardashian tweet. And now that I think of it, a coach-speak version of the Kierkegaardashian Twitter account might not be a bad little side project for someone with the inclination.


Input: [Date] 2 years 36 weeks ago [Title] I've always come down on the Trout side... [Body]

Output: But you, sir, make a legitimately persuasive case.


Input: [Date] 2 years 37 weeks ago [Title] Wait, so the upper-middle [Body]

Output: Wait, so the upper-middle class white kid doing a lightly updated minstrel act for a sea of upper-middle class white kids isn't really speaking with his natural inflection? Get the fuck out of here.


Input: [Date] 2 years 37 weeks ago [Title] The Daquan shtick is one of [Body]

Output: The Daquan shtick is one of my least favorite things about life.


Input: [Date] 2 years 37 weeks ago [Title] Gelman weighs in [Body]

Output: http://andrewgelman.com/2012/11/16808/ "All statisticians use prior information in their statistical analysis. Non-Bayesians express their prior information not through a probability distribution on parameters but rather through their choice of methods. I think this non-Bayesian attitude is too restrictive, but in this case a small amount of reflection would reveal the inappropriateness of this procedure for this example." David Berri is still the dude on the left.


Input: [Date] 2 years 38 weeks ago [Title] It's like a combination of [Body]

Output: It's like a combination of Tom Green and Al Jolson, except less funny or tactful.


Input: [Date] 2 years 38 weeks ago [Title] MSU loves 3D pie charts. [Body]

Output: MSU loves 3D pie charts.


Input: [Date] 2 years 40 weeks ago [Title] Laval Lucas-Perry [Body]

Output: Best Michigan point guard since Rumeal Robinson. (Per usual, perhaps I should read to the end of the thread before making lamely repetitive jokes at people's expense.)


Input: [Date] 2 years 45 weeks ago [Title] "Except dirtier" [Body]

Output: And when she shows up, you think you see a little bit of an Adam's apple, but you're like "Whatever, I already payed."


Input: [Date] 2 years 47 weeks ago [Title] Agreed [Body]

Output: It's really important that us fans not look ahead to future weeks, otherwise our performance might slip on Saturday. What's that you say? None of us are actually playing? Nevermind then.


Input: [Date] 2 years 48 weeks ago [Title] I think the point isn't so [Body]

Output: I think the point isn't so much that you need X number of 4-star players to be a competitive team, but rather that teams that are consistent BCS contenders need to be able to win head-to-head recruiting battles against other elite teams. Coaching up underrated 3-stars is great, and it's something that I think Dantonio has done really well at. But relying on that type of talent to comprise an entire roster gives you a best-case scenario of an up-year Wisconsin/Iowa/Boise St/etc. If you want to compete consistently with the Oklahomas and Floridas and Alabamas of the world, you need elite talent, and Dantonio hasn't, in my opinion, shown any ability to recruit nationally at that level.


Input: [Date] 2 years 48 weeks ago [Title] You should name him Bo [Body]

Output: But it should be short for Barkevious.


Input: [Date] 2 years 49 weeks ago [Title] The text on the shirt in the [Body]

Output: The text on the shirt in the background shows a legible "1878", so looks like the photo isn't reversed. Also, bummer for the guy whose pit-sweat is all over the internet now.


Input: [Date] 2 years 49 weeks ago [Title] Turing test [Body]

Output: In situations like these, I think reporters ought to perform a sort of reverse Turing test, asking a series of questions to determine if the interviewee might actually be a robot. This strategy would make for marginally more interesting Countdowns to Kickoff.


Input: [Date] 2 years 49 weeks ago [Title] The spirit of Freekbass is [Body]

Output: The spirit of Freekbass is alive and well.


Input: [Date] 2 years 49 weeks ago [Title] NOTY and cultural lags [Body]

Output: High school football player names serve as a pretty neat time capsule. I thought the abundance of Shaq-based names the past few years was a cool echo of O'Neal's burst onto the sports world in the early '90s, and now the first reverberations of the Wu are starting to make their way back to us. In the class of 2022, I fully expect to see a top 250 player list featuring at least one or two Kanyes and LeBrons


Input: [Date] 2 years 49 weeks ago [Title] Interesting report from Scout [Body]

Output: Plus: Nasty streak. Minus: Pad level. In this respect, I guess Williams is sort of like every other lineman-type player who's ever been scouted ever.


Input: [Date] 2 years 50 weeks ago [Title] Oh man, I never thought to [Body]

Output: Oh man, I never thought to apply that Friday reference to Wormley. I'm not sure how I'd feel about him getting a perm, but I think I'd probably be alright with it.


Input: [Date] 2 years 50 weeks ago [Title] Lou's in 4th. [Body]

Output: Lou's in 4th.


Input: [Date] 2 years 50 weeks ago [Title] Rawls [Body]

Output: Rawls's tattoo has vaulted him into 2nd place on my all-time favorite Rawls list; a strong season might see him take first.


Input: [Date] 2 years 50 weeks ago [Title] The math is a little different [Body]

Output: You get 4.24 if you take a straight proportion of [time] X [36.576yd] / [40m]. HOWEVA, 100 meter champions apparently accelerate through the first 50 or so meters, so a better estimate can be made by taking times at 30m and then estimating the time run in the last 6.576 meters by prorating the runners' 30-40m split. For Bolt's '08 Olympic run, this yields a 4.35. (Though since he was still accelerating through 40m, his true time at 40yd might have been closer to 4.36; I refuse to use calculus on a message board, dammit.)


Input: [Date] 2 years 50 weeks ago [Title] Metric conversions [Body]

Output: Looking at the splits here, Bolt covered the first 40 yards in Beijing in '08 in 4.35 seconds, and all the fastest times in the world leading up to that run (by Maurice Greene, Asafa Powell, etc.) covered the first 40 in approximately the same time. On the one hand, 4.35 definitely seems doable for Denard. On the other, I have a hard time thinking that he'd beat all the fastest people who've ever lived, in the primes of their career, and having comitted themselves to training programs aimed purely at increasing sprinting speed.


Input: [Date] 2 years 50 weeks ago [Title] As a very-soon-to-be UCLA grad student [Body]

Output: I'm going to miss you, Brady Hoke.


Input: [Date] 2 years 51 weeks ago [Title] As a matter of fact... [Body]

Output: The NYTimes graphics department actually maintains a blog in which their members discuss in some amount of detail the processes by which they produce their many really excellent graphics. There's nothing up on this particular graphic, but I wouldn't be surprised if something got posted soon. http://chartsnthings.tumblr.com/


Input: [Date] 2 years 51 weeks ago [Title] Positive vs negative feedback [Body]

Output: My favorite anecdote RE positive and negative feedback in a military setting comes from Daniel Kahneman in his time with the Israeli airforce. Instructors would yell at pilots after poor performances and praise pilots after good performances. They noticed over time that pilots who got yelled at went on to perform better, and pilots who got praised went on to perform more poorly. They attributed the change in performance to their motivational techniques (and hence concluded that yelling was better than praising), not realizing the role that regression to the mean plays. I guess the morals of the story are that it's easy to get confused about the impacts of motivational techniques and that Daniel Kahneman is really smart. (http://crookedtimber.org/2010/09/28/mean-and-regressive/)


Input: [Date] 2 years 51 weeks ago [Title] Intimidation [Body]

Output: "DEs would speed rush the wrong way." When encountering enormous men in Deliverance costumes, all ends are defensive ends.


Input: [Date] 3 years 1 week ago [Title] Decisive points [Body]

Output: By writing out "fuck", as opposed to some cutesie character-substituted version of a profanity like "sh!t" or "d@mn", you automatically win the argument. That, and you make much better points; the UVA analogy is absurd (Penn St. is not getting hammered for the crimes of Sandusky, but for the absolutely unconscionable conduct involved in the cover-up of these crimes), and the idea that the NCAA in dealing with its member institutions is beholden to the same form of due process spelled out in the US Bill of Rights is totally off-base.


Input: [Date] 3 years 1 week ago [Title] Not my statement [Body]

Output: I appreciate the sentiment of not wanting to use the occassion of a man's death to take pot shots at a sports rival. But saying that "thoughts and prayers" ought to be the official response of a fan base means that either 1) You want me to attach myself to a completely meaningless cliche, or 2) You want me to act upon an ontology that I don't remotely hold. In either case, I will not be saying "thoughts and prayers".


Input: [Date] 3 years 1 week ago [Title] Looking for explanations [Body]

Output: When you hear of something as terrible as this, I think there's a temptation to draw facile conclusions about why it happened, but I'd hold off on putting the finger on some aspect of modern American culture. Whatever makes someone lapse into brutal violence of this magnitude, it's certainly not unique to modern America -- you can find examples across the world and throughout history.


Input: [Date] 3 years 1 week ago [Title] New strategy: [Body]

Output: never ever swing.


Input: [Date] 3 years 2 weeks ago [Title] The bit about post-workout [Body]

Output: The bit about post-workout protein is super important. I've found post-workout/peri-workout drinks consisting of quickly abosrbed protein and sugar to be really helpful in gaining strength, and I take it that there's a fair bit of pretty legit research to back this up. I've also found supplements like creatine, leucine, and beta alanine to be helpful, but the benefit-cost ratio of taking these is probably a lot lower than it is for just gettting the content and timing of your macro-nutrition right. (There's also some pretty compelling research to suggest that creatine supplementation improves cognitive performance, so it's not totally embarrassingly meat-headed to take it.)


Input: [Date] 3 years 4 weeks ago [Title] Possible synonym of interest [Body]

Output: vulva: verb 1) the act of an American football player going over a defender to catch a ball out of the air noun 2) the catch resulting from successful vulvaing


Input: [Date] 3 years 4 weeks ago [Title] Quon Tradwell is actually [Body]

Output: Quon Tradwell is actually RDT, and he plans on making dubstep beats with Leon McQuay. At Vandy.


Input: [Date] 3 years 4 weeks ago [Title] Yes and no [Body]

Output: The returns to a college degree (measured in income relative to non-college graduates) have been increasing, at least for dudes, for a while (these numbers end at 2000, but I'm under the strong impression that the trend is continuing): That said, increases in the costs of college attendance have also been outstripping total increases in expected earnings for a while:


Input: [Date] 3 years 5 weeks ago [Title] Not the way it's supposed to be??? [Body]

Output: I suppose this may border on the political, and if so I apologize, but: You really think that prisons ought to feature more rapes, beatings, and murders? It's important to keep in mind that prisons house humans. Some of them are humans who have done horrific, inexcusable things, but they're still humans. And given the number of people we incarcerate, it's impossible to think that prisoners are all (or even predominantly) psychopaths or otherwise morally viscious. I'll take my penal system with as little barbarism as possible, thank you.


Input: [Date] 3 years 5 weeks ago [Title] Taking less money to sign [Body]

Output: Taking less money to sign with a good team isn't all about rings and posterity. Anyone who has any competitive drive prefers winning to losing, and you're likely to do a lot more of the former if you surround yourself with a good team. When I used to play at the CCRB, I'd go out of my way to not run with teams composed of middle aged guys with ankle weights and 130-lb kids who had never touched a basketball before. The game is a lot more fun when you're on the right side of ass beatings.


Input: [Date] 3 years 5 weeks ago [Title] You make an argument against [Body]

Output: You make an argument against coincidence, when it appears that you're trying to make an argument for causality. The fact that the Michigan coaching staff tends to like the same guys that recruiting services do shouldn't be taken to imply that the Michigan coaching staff gives a shit about recruiting services. (And yes, I know you say "chicken and egg and all", but acknowledging the misapplication of causal reasoning doesn't mean that you should do it anyway.)


Input: [Date] 1 year 32 weeks ago [Title] Impressive players [Body]

Output: Saw these two play in the Ohio Division II championship game last week. Smith was by far the more impressive player - and someone we could certainly use. Smith consistently was in the right spot on the defensive side of the ball - provided help in coverage and was outstanding and deceptive in the return game. Lattimore had good speed, despite the snow on the field, and shut down his side of the field on the defensive side of the ball.


Input: [Date] 1 year 34 weeks ago [Title] Right there with him [Body]

Output: Thought it was a good call. They'd been having success with the quick, short routes. Ohio defended the play well - I think Brady made the right call.


Input: [Date] 1 year 37 weeks ago [Title] Hand goes with only team that wins today??? [Body]

Output: Let's hope that's not the theory Hand uses to choose his college. Can't say I agree with the post below that our defense played well - our defense hasn't stopped anyone when it's really mattered since September.


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

Output: Not sure how much coaching has taken place - or been ingrained within the team. Most college teams get better week to week - very untrue with Michigan - which goes back directly to coaching. Gardner - who looked competent at the beginning of the year - now looks skittish. Fitz is useless - can't block and can't run forward unless completely the field is completely clear for him. Line does us no favors, but when my 8 year old twins can predict the plays - it's a really bad sign.


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

Output: How in god's name does it help with anyone in the future? Seriously. He's confused the hell out of a Gardner who used to be able to improvise with some success. He continues to get Fitz in the game - who can't block his way out of a paperbag nor can he run forward with any velocity. His playcalling is so predictable that my 8 year old twins can predict the run plays or pass plays. So, once again, what's the point in keeping him around?


Input: [Date] 1 year 37 weeks ago [Title] Devin needs to take a rest [Body]

Output: Honestly. Devin's first reaction when pressure comes is to panic. Used to be he'd run, now he hesitates. For that reason, he needs to sit next week, right along side Fitz.


Input: [Date] 1 year 37 weeks ago [Title] Blitz pickup [Body]

Output: with as bad as Fitz is in blitz pickup, why is he playing - he's been bulled over three times in 6 plays? why not give DG some reps?


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] Legends program part of lawsuit mitigation? [Body]

Output: Could Brandon in reality be a genius? Could it be that part of the reason for the Legends program is to mitigate any future damages associated with the suit against the NCAA, and individual institutions, by preventing any current individual player being associated with a particular number?


Input: [Date] 1 year 47 weeks ago [Title] You're kidding, right?? Fitz [Body]

Output: You're kidding, right?? Fitz looked tentative and ran as if he was trying to avoid getting hurt. All of the RBs need to do a better job of hitting the holes and less dancing.


Input: [Date] 1 week 2 days ago [Body] He would be so good if he could shoot. [Title]

Output: zardes


Input: [Date] 1 week 2 days ago [Body] he is not ready for the big time [Title]

Output: zardes can't shoot


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Zardes was not good today. Very bad passes and never seemed to know what to do once he got the ball. [Title]

Output: clueless


Input: [Date] 15 weeks 2 days ago [Body] I don't understand why they don't make soft padding on the outside of helmets? If there are too many concussions, make it thicker. The crack of helmets hitting would be gone, but I imagine that it would be much safer. [Title]

Output: soft padding


Input: [Date] 17 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Barnes is not a good coach. He can recruit but is a terrible coach. See his NCAA tourney record, for example. There was an article on FiveThirtyEight.com just today talking about what a great tourney coach Izzo is (our beloved coach Beilein is top 10). Rick Barnes was dead last at number 511. [Title]

Output: Disagree on good hire


Input: [Date] 29 weeks 2 days ago [Body] I heard the same thing. Durkin for linebackers is what he said. [Title]

Output: yes


Input: [Date] 31 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Ansah went low on Clausen and was diving to tackle him and when Ansah started diving Clausen was not sliding. Because Jimmy slid, his helmet went low enough for Ansah's helmet to hit him. If he stays up, he just get hit in the leg. Because he was hit in the head though, it should be a penalty (which it was), but I'm not sure if it should be more than that. [Title]

Output: not sure about that


Input: [Date] 37 weeks 6 days ago [Body] follow your block! [Title]

Output: Smith!


Input: [Date] 39 weeks 6 days ago [Body] there was a play where ball was thrown to funchess on second down from about the ten. msu db obviously grabbed his hand before ball gets there forcing funchess to drop the ball. [Title]

Output: and the funchess play to end zone


Input: [Date] 39 weeks 6 days ago [Body] how can the offense be so bad [Title]

Output: how


Input: [Date] 39 weeks 6 days ago [Body] you are our only hope [Title]

Output: norfleet


Input: [Date] 39 weeks 6 days ago [Body] he can't get past the d because of hugging [Title]

Output: holding


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 6 days ago [Body] We outgained Penn State 246 to 214 and were even on turnover margin. Turnover margin HUGE in predicting outcome of games. [Title]

Output: we outgained them!


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Since the ref that called it was standing ten feet from the guilty party and on the line of scrimmage, I'm going to go with not controversial at all. The guy that was offsides recovered the ball since he got such a 'head' start. I'll forgive the refs for bs challenge reviews because of good offsides call. Hooray for a win! [Title]

Output: the ref


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 20 hours ago [Body] The reason that men join yoga classes [Title]

Output: the real reason


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 3 days ago [Body] If you are injured such that you cannot play, you stay down. As a player, this is universally known. Morris hopped right back up after getting hit big. This may have played into the lack of call from the ref and the confusion and slow decision making on the sidelines. That said, when Nussmeier saw him limping, he should have TOLD him to come off the field and not ASKED him. [Title]

Output: Injury rule


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 4 days ago [Body] If Morris would have stayed down after the play, it would have given the refs more time to think about the correct call (ejection?) for the other player as well as give time for medical staff to assess him on the field. It is another piece of evidence that says Hoke's first bad decision was to even start Morris. [Title]

Output: Morris' inexperience


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 4 days ago [Body] I don't understand why Morris didn't just lay on the ground and wait for medical staff. It is a universally understood thing in sports at any age level that if you are hurt and stay down, play will be stopped and you will get medical attention. Instead of limping around and waving at the sidelines, just sitting on the ground would have worked. The situation with Morris resulted from a lot of things, not just Hoke's mishandling of the situation. [Title]

Output: what I don't understand at all


Input: [Date] 46 weeks 17 hours ago [Body] A weekend of beer and football. September is the best! [Title]

Output: Beer and Football


Input: [Date] 46 weeks 3 days ago [Body] The last camera angle was the best where it shows just how far he had to go. Also like Geno Smith looking dumbfounded that that just happened. [Title]

Output: awesome


Input: [Date] 46 weeks 3 days ago [Body] He had no reason to hit her. It just looked like she was hitting him as well. Neither of them should be using violence. I agree that the dude committed a crime and deserves to be punished as he knocked her out completely. [Title]

Output: I agree


Input: [Date] 46 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Yes, I would prefer that nothing on this blog be a complete surprise to them but perhaps some of the in depth anaylsis goes beyond what they themselves have time to do. [Title]

Output: true


Input: [Date] 46 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Although I hope Hoke and Nuss read this blog. If tempo is truly an issue, perhaps MgoBlog can help them realize it. [Title]

Output: this


Input: [Date] 46 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Both of them were very physically violent with each other. It's not like he hit her out of the blue. She clearly had no problem hitting him before he retaliated. Yes, it is disproportionate force that he used, but she is no saint and shouldn't be rewarded for her behavior. [Title]

Output: Hopefully neither of them get anything


Input: [Date] 1 year 3 weeks ago [Body] Messi is great to watch, but I can't stand how Argentina plays overall. First significant 'foul' of the day should be a yellow card on Perez for diving. Unfortunately more to come from Argentina in that regard. Fingers crossed Netherlands 2-1 [Title]

Output: Hopefully the dutch


Input: [Date] 1 year 6 weeks ago [Body] John Terry is not on the team. he is an amazing center back [Title]

Output: the best English defender not playing


Input: [Date] 1 year 18 weeks ago [Body] they are a 13 and 19 big west team. they almost finished last in their conference but won the conference tourney somehow [Title]

Output: they are not good


Input: [Date] 1 year 32 weeks ago [Body] If he finishes the season at .500, I am a happy Detroit Lions fans. Am I the only one who thinks that Schwartz has done really well there? Dare I say the Lions are fun to watch? They seem like they should win every game. He should not be fired at all. 0-16 is all I can say. How many coaches did they try before they got Schwartz? Yes, the Lions underperform--but that is what makes them so fun to watch. You never know when they are just going to go off and crush the Green Bay Packers or lose horribly to the Eagles. The fact that they are actually capable of winning under Schwartz, regardless of whether or not they actually are, is an improvement. [Title]

Output: 1 game


Input: [Date] 1 year 33 weeks ago [Body] OSU or msu wins in a slugfest. Auburn gets crushed by mizzou and the sec loses all of their bowl games. Big ten wins all of theirs. As much as I dislike osu, im so sick of hearing how good auburn is. They won on two miracle plays. [Title]

Output: How about...


Input: [Date] 1 year 34 weeks ago [Body] The sec generally has 3-5 decent teams. This is about what most conferences have. Then they have average teams and bad teams. Very normal. Nothing to see there. Media needs to stop overhyping them. [Title]

Output: Yes


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 6 days ago [Title] Punch the idiot ump for not overturning on replay too [Body]

Output: It was clearly going to clear the yellow line without the fan interference. Seriously, what in the flying fuck is going on with replay reviews this year? There have been quite a few calls that should have overturned. The only thing that I can think of is that the replay ump is protecting his fellow umps, by letting some of these calls stand.


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 2 days ago [Title] The Tigers are just not an intelligent team at the plate [Body]

Output: Game ending double play was the perfect example of that. JD should have been looking for a pitch up to at least get the tying run in, instead he stupidly swings at a pitch low in the zone on the very first pitch. He should have elimated the low pitch as something he would not swing at before even going to the plate. There is a reason why this team is somehow is at the top in OBP( which actually could be higher if they took more walks) and BA, but in the bottom half of the AL in runs scored. They are just awful at using their heads at the plate, with regards to situational hitting. The added speed is going to waste, because they don't do the little things to scratch out runs. Hate to say it, but barring a move or two at the deadline and V-Mart turning into last year's version, the window might have already closed.


Input: [Date] 15 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Have we been watching the same game ? [Body]

Output: The Wings actually have more scoring chances than TB, they have played far better today than in game one.


Input: [Date] 15 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Actually feel better about this series after today [Body]

Output: It is strange to say down 4-0, but the play has been pretty even today in terms of chances. In game one the Wings didn't look like they belonged on the ice with TB, despite the win.


Input: [Date] 15 weeks 2 days ago [Title] They have played much better [Body]

Output: They have carried the play at times, unfortunately one of those strange games where the scoreboard tells a different story.


Input: [Date] 15 weeks 2 days ago [Title] That is fucking bullshit [Body]

Output: How the hell did the Red Wings get an extra penalty out of that? TB started the whole thing.


Input: [Date] 15 weeks 5 days ago [Title] All the prosecution had to prove is that he was there [Body]

Output: Under the law they have, whether he pulled the trigger or not didn't matter. Admitting he was there was actually a idiotic move on the part of the defense, given that fact.


Input: [Date] 17 weeks 5 hours ago [Title] Somebody in the other thread said these were [Body]

Output: the same officials from the title game against Louisville. Is that true? If it is, what in the fuck were these jokers doing near another title game?


Input: [Date] 17 weeks 5 hours ago [Title] Didn't catch the names of the officials [Body]

Output: Are they really the same ones, who officiated the title game against Louisville? If so, they have possibly cost two teams national titles. They should have been nowhere near a title game after the previous one.


Input: [Date] 17 weeks 7 hours ago [Title] Tigers should still be the favorite in the division [Body]

Output: Even with the question marks and the improvement of the Sox, they still have the most starpower in the division. The Royals lost some key pieces, and the Indians will still have the same flaws they had last year. The combination of Cabrera, Martinez, Martinez, and Cespedes could be the best 3-6 in the game and will be very difficult for opposing pitchers to deal with. The one and two combination of Price and a healthy Anibal Sanchez at the top of the rotation, regardless of what happens with Verlander is still top notch. I think non-Tiger fans underestimate Sanchez, the guy was the ERA champion in the AL two years ago. The bullpen, Verlander's performance/health and other question marks like the leadoff spot against righties might keep this team from reaching it's ultimate goal again, though.


Input: [Date] 17 weeks 4 days ago [Title] True [Body]

Output: The foul that was called on the wrong Louisville player and should have fouled Hancock out of the game was arguably even worse.


Input: [Date] 20 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Was not able to watch the game [Body]

Output: 16 free throw attempts to 2, and 13 fouls to 5 seems pretty slanted. Looking at the box score it looks like they outplayed or at least matched Wisconsin in most areas, shot a higher percentage and made more field goals. Like I said I wasn't able to watch, so I don't know if the officiating was as one sided as it appears, but I would hate if a team with as much heart as this one had their NCAA dreams ended, due in part to bulllshit.


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Counterpoints [Body]

Output: 1. Stanford was an absolute wreck before Harbaugh arrived, even a great recruiter would not be able to walk into that place and bring in top 10 recruiting classes. Stanford's recruiting classes in 2009 and 2010 (after he had established himself) were both significantly better than anything Stanford had brought in prior to Harbaugh arriving. Before arriving at Stanford he was also not on most people's radar as a great coach, that is clearly not the case this time around. Given the fact that Hoke and his staff were able to bring in a couple of top 10 classes I think you are being somewhat delusional, if you don't think a guy with Harbaugh's pedigree and his staff can't do the same. 2. You can win with any style. Harbaugh didn't have Alabama like talent at Stanford either, but that didn't stop him from going 12-1 in his final year. Offense regardless of what a team runs still ultimately comes down to execution and having a good gameplan. Acting as though a defense can't slow down a spread offense with a good gameplan and execution is also silly. You are also assuming that Harbaugh is more rigid than he actually is, his teams at Stanford while being heavy pro style also utilized some spread elements and SF was also one of the first teams in the NFL to start using the pistol. Harbaugh is not Hoke, his staff will call the game in the manner that it takes to win. 3. If he wins more games than the previous two HC's here none of that will matter. Winning solves everything. I am also not sure where you getting that he wore out his welcome at Stanford to an unfathomable degree, he left for he thought was a better job. Do you really think Stanford would not have wanted him back? He led them to a level of success, which was a pipe dream before he arrived


Input: [Date] 28 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Was going to point that out too [Body]

Output: Saying Miller didn't win a title is little disengeous when he quarterbacked a team that went undefeated and would have played for the national title (and been favored), without the sanctions.


Input: [Date] 28 weeks 5 days ago [Title] The difference in the national title game wasn't QB play [Body]

Output: Mariotta statistically had a good day, the difference was Ohio State's offensive and defensive lines controlling the run game. Maybe from a injury standpoint there might be an advantage to having a bigger QB, but I don't think it is a requirement to match up against physical defenses. Having a physical RB and o-line is what matters for combating a physical defense.


Input: [Date] 28 weeks 5 days ago [Title] I don't care what system he was playing in [Body]

Output: 59 total tds to only 6 turnovers is ridiculous. That is the best ratio in the history of college football. Regardless of how QB friendly Oregon's offense is, it's not like just any QB could put up those numbers. Arm strength isn't everything, if it was the Tim Couch's and Ryan Leaf's of the world would not have been NFL busts. Intelliegence and decision making can make up for not having the best arm strength. I am not sure how he will turn out, but he has the intelligence to learn a more NFL oriented scheme.


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Exactly, this team didn't really need more free-swinging power [Body]

Output: They needed am everyday guy who could hit 1 or 2 ( Aoki for example, who played with KC last year) and help in the bullpen. They still have time to get bullpen help, though.


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Are you assuming they resign Scherzer? [Body]

Output: Because if they don't that outcome would be a moot point since there is no way that Greene can offset the loss of Scherzer. Once again, we are back to the same conclusion, that this team at best is not any better than last year's team that wasn't good enough.


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Krol was never a valuable piece of that trade in the first place [Body]

Output: Scouts had him pegged as fringe major league type of guy, who most likely would only stick in long relief. Not a surprise that is what he turned out to be. They absolutely did not get enough Fister.


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Gose and Davis are not ideal 1 or 2 type of hitters [Body]

Output: Speed isn't the only component. Neither guy get's on base at a high enough clip to be a great option. Gose doesn't hit for a high enough average and Davis rarely walks. Not to mention Kinsler being a huge question mark, considering how awful he was offensively in the second half.


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Not a fan of this offseason so far [Body]

Output: There is no way that losing Scherzer (assuming he isn't resigned) and Porcello from the rotation will lead to this being a better team next year, even with the addition of Cespedes, Simon, and a hopefully healthy Iglasias Not a fan of Cespedes at all, free swinger to the bone on team that already didn't take enough walks last year. He had an OBP lower than Hunter's last year. Complete one trick pony at the plate, all or nothing. His defense is really the area that will provide a significant upgrade over Hunter's production from the last two years. They still haven't done squat to bolster the bullpen, assuming Simon and Greene are in the rotation. As others have said you give up valuable trade pieces in the Simon trade for a journeymen, who fell apart in the second half of the year last year.They still don't have a legitimate number 1 or 2 type of hitter either, Kinsler was awful in the second half of the year last year, and neither Davis or Gose are 1 or 2 type of hitters. Barring any significant move (resigning Scherzer or James Shields) I don't see how anybody could argue that this team has gotten any better and they weren't good enough last year. The window may be shut at this point.


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 2 days ago [Title] They lost seven games [Body]

Output: Do you really believe all of those teams were faster, stronger or more talented?


Input: [Date] 35 weeks 18 hours ago [Title] Harbaugh could resign if he doesn't like the trade options [Body]

Output: SF doesn't have to fire him in order for him to consider UM.


Input: [Date] 35 weeks 1 day ago [Title] Bill Snyder of KSU is 75 [Body]

Output: I really don't see issue some people seem to have with Les Miles and his age. If Les is still passionate about coaching I don't think his age should be that big of a deal. I would prefer Harbaugh like anybody else, but Les is a good back up option with a track record of success if UM doesn't land Jim. Edit: This commented was directed at Brody's posts earlier in the thread about not wanting Miles due to his age.


Input: [Date] 38 weeks 6 days ago [Title] Do not understand the comments in this thread [Body]

Output: The reality is the Tigers may need to overpay for Victor if they have to, because otherwise if they lose him and Scherzer they are simply not going to be a contender next year. The window will shut on the Tigers if they lose both of those guys,and don't replace them.


Input: [Date] 42 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Somewhat dead [Body]

Output: Nowhere near the rocking house that it was in the ND UTL game. Understandable, given the circumstances.


Input: [Date] 42 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Still standing with the players [Body]

Output: The coaches not so much. That is the important distinction.


Input: [Date] 42 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Disagree [Body]

Output: When you have QB who can't move and protect himself from big hits, I don't see how that isn't dangerous. Same thing with Morris and his ankle, even before the concussion.


Input: [Date] 42 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Finally switched [Body]

Output: About fucking time, idiots.


Input: [Date] 42 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Still on both stations [Body]

Output: Go fuck yourself, ESPN.


Input: [Date] 3 years 1 week ago [Title] Given the circumstances [Body]

Output: 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?


Input: [Date] 3 years 2 weeks ago [Title] Not really sure we need to [Body]

Output: 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.


Input: [Date] 3 years 20 weeks ago [Title] Being a Kent State grad, I'm [Body]

Output: 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.


Input: [Date] 3 years 22 weeks ago [Title] I was just talking with a [Body]

Output: 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.


Input: [Date] 3 years 22 weeks ago [Title] The recruits keep on coming! [Body]

Output: 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?


Input: [Date] 3 years 22 weeks ago [Title] Well he didn't have a "non [Body]

Output: Well he didn't have a "non committable" offer from Ohio, must not be very good! I'm hoping you detect the sarcasm


Input: [Date] 3 years 23 weeks ago [Title] I spoke with an Ohio fan who [Body]

Output: 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.


Input: [Date] 3 years 25 weeks ago [Title] Either he's a closet Michigan [Body]

Output: Either he's a closet Michigan fan or is simply being affable.


Input: [Date] 3 years 30 weeks ago [Title] This is good news! We'll [Body]

Output: 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.


Input: [Date] 3 years 30 weeks ago [Title] I like them. Looking back I [Body]

Output: 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)


Input: [Date] 3 years 32 weeks ago [Title] I just spoke to a friend of [Body]

Output: 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.


Input: [Date] 3 years 33 weeks ago [Title] Not to worry about Dymonte, [Body]

Output: 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.


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 6 days ago [Body] It was clearly going to clear the yellow line without the fan interference. Seriously, what in the flying fuck is going on with replay reviews this year? There have been quite a few calls that should have overturned. The only thing that I can think of is that the replay ump is protecting his fellow umps, by letting some of these calls stand. [Title]

Output: Punch the idiot ump for not overturning on replay too


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Game ending double play was the perfect example of that. JD should have been looking for a pitch up to at least get the tying run in, instead he stupidly swings at a pitch low in the zone on the very first pitch. He should have elimated the low pitch as something he would not swing at before even going to the plate. There is a reason why this team is somehow is at the top in OBP( which actually could be higher if they took more walks) and BA, but in the bottom half of the AL in runs scored. They are just awful at using their heads at the plate, with regards to situational hitting. The added speed is going to waste, because they don't do the little things to scratch out runs. Hate to say it, but barring a move or two at the deadline and V-Mart turning into last year's version, the window might have already closed. [Title]

Output: The Tigers are just not an intelligent team at the plate


Input: [Date] 15 weeks 2 days ago [Body] The Wings actually have more scoring chances than TB, they have played far better today than in game one. [Title]

Output: Have we been watching the same game ?


Input: [Date] 15 weeks 2 days ago [Body] It is strange to say down 4-0, but the play has been pretty even today in terms of chances. In game one the Wings didn't look like they belonged on the ice with TB, despite the win. [Title]

Output: Actually feel better about this series after today


Input: [Date] 15 weeks 2 days ago [Body] They have carried the play at times, unfortunately one of those strange games where the scoreboard tells a different story. [Title]

Output: They have played much better


Input: [Date] 15 weeks 2 days ago [Body] How the hell did the Red Wings get an extra penalty out of that? TB started the whole thing. [Title]

Output: That is fucking bullshit


Input: [Date] 15 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Under the law they have, whether he pulled the trigger or not didn't matter. Admitting he was there was actually a idiotic move on the part of the defense, given that fact. [Title]

Output: All the prosecution had to prove is that he was there


Input: [Date] 17 weeks 5 hours ago [Body] the same officials from the title game against Louisville. Is that true? If it is, what in the fuck were these jokers doing near another title game? [Title]

Output: Somebody in the other thread said these were


Input: [Date] 17 weeks 5 hours ago [Body] Are they really the same ones, who officiated the title game against Louisville? If so, they have possibly cost two teams national titles. They should have been nowhere near a title game after the previous one. [Title]

Output: Didn't catch the names of the officials


Input: [Date] 17 weeks 7 hours ago [Body] Even with the question marks and the improvement of the Sox, they still have the most starpower in the division. The Royals lost some key pieces, and the Indians will still have the same flaws they had last year. The combination of Cabrera, Martinez, Martinez, and Cespedes could be the best 3-6 in the game and will be very difficult for opposing pitchers to deal with. The one and two combination of Price and a healthy Anibal Sanchez at the top of the rotation, regardless of what happens with Verlander is still top notch. I think non-Tiger fans underestimate Sanchez, the guy was the ERA champion in the AL two years ago. The bullpen, Verlander's performance/health and other question marks like the leadoff spot against righties might keep this team from reaching it's ultimate goal again, though. [Title]

Output: Tigers should still be the favorite in the division


Input: [Date] 17 weeks 4 days ago [Body] The foul that was called on the wrong Louisville player and should have fouled Hancock out of the game was arguably even worse. [Title]

Output: True


Input: [Date] 20 weeks 3 days ago [Body] 16 free throw attempts to 2, and 13 fouls to 5 seems pretty slanted. Looking at the box score it looks like they outplayed or at least matched Wisconsin in most areas, shot a higher percentage and made more field goals. Like I said I wasn't able to watch, so I don't know if the officiating was as one sided as it appears, but I would hate if a team with as much heart as this one had their NCAA dreams ended, due in part to bulllshit. [Title]

Output: Was not able to watch the game


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 2 days ago [Body] 1. Stanford was an absolute wreck before Harbaugh arrived, even a great recruiter would not be able to walk into that place and bring in top 10 recruiting classes. Stanford's recruiting classes in 2009 and 2010 (after he had established himself) were both significantly better than anything Stanford had brought in prior to Harbaugh arriving. Before arriving at Stanford he was also not on most people's radar as a great coach, that is clearly not the case this time around. Given the fact that Hoke and his staff were able to bring in a couple of top 10 classes I think you are being somewhat delusional, if you don't think a guy with Harbaugh's pedigree and his staff can't do the same. 2. You can win with any style. Harbaugh didn't have Alabama like talent at Stanford either, but that didn't stop him from going 12-1 in his final year. Offense regardless of what a team runs still ultimately comes down to execution and having a good gameplan. Acting as though a defense can't slow down a spread offense with a good gameplan and execution is also silly. You are also assuming that Harbaugh is more rigid than he actually is, his teams at Stanford while being heavy pro style also utilized some spread elements and SF was also one of the first teams in the NFL to start using the pistol. Harbaugh is not Hoke, his staff will call the game in the manner that it takes to win. 3. If he wins more games than the previous two HC's here none of that will matter. Winning solves everything. I am also not sure where you getting that he wore out his welcome at Stanford to an unfathomable degree, he left for he thought was a better job. Do you really think Stanford would not have wanted him back? He led them to a level of success, which was a pipe dream before he arrived [Title]

Output: Counterpoints


Input: [Date] 28 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Saying Miller didn't win a title is little disengeous when he quarterbacked a team that went undefeated and would have played for the national title (and been favored), without the sanctions. [Title]

Output: Was going to point that out too


Input: [Date] 28 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Mariotta statistically had a good day, the difference was Ohio State's offensive and defensive lines controlling the run game. Maybe from a injury standpoint there might be an advantage to having a bigger QB, but I don't think it is a requirement to match up against physical defenses. Having a physical RB and o-line is what matters for combating a physical defense. [Title]

Output: The difference in the national title game wasn't QB play


Input: [Date] 28 weeks 5 days ago [Body] 59 total tds to only 6 turnovers is ridiculous. That is the best ratio in the history of college football. Regardless of how QB friendly Oregon's offense is, it's not like just any QB could put up those numbers. Arm strength isn't everything, if it was the Tim Couch's and Ryan Leaf's of the world would not have been NFL busts. Intelliegence and decision making can make up for not having the best arm strength. I am not sure how he will turn out, but he has the intelligence to learn a more NFL oriented scheme. [Title]

Output: I don't care what system he was playing in


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 4 days ago [Body] They needed am everyday guy who could hit 1 or 2 ( Aoki for example, who played with KC last year) and help in the bullpen. They still have time to get bullpen help, though. [Title]

Output: Exactly, this team didn't really need more free-swinging power


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Because if they don't that outcome would be a moot point since there is no way that Greene can offset the loss of Scherzer. Once again, we are back to the same conclusion, that this team at best is not any better than last year's team that wasn't good enough. [Title]

Output: Are you assuming they resign Scherzer?


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Scouts had him pegged as fringe major league type of guy, who most likely would only stick in long relief. Not a surprise that is what he turned out to be. They absolutely did not get enough Fister. [Title]

Output: Krol was never a valuable piece of that trade in the first place


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Speed isn't the only component. Neither guy get's on base at a high enough clip to be a great option. Gose doesn't hit for a high enough average and Davis rarely walks. Not to mention Kinsler being a huge question mark, considering how awful he was offensively in the second half. [Title]

Output: Gose and Davis are not ideal 1 or 2 type of hitters