Input: [Date] 4 years 46 weeks ago [Title] I was sitting here wondering [Body]

Output: I was sitting here wondering what "ND fan that works at Menard's and sells fences" thinks about Saturday. Thanks.


Input: [Date] 4 years 46 weeks ago [Title] I was surprised that Gallon [Body]

Output: I was surprised that Gallon was the number one PR. Not that I don't think he'll be really good at it, just expected that Odoms would be back there. Gallon erred by letting the first punt roll down to the 4 yd line and then tried to make up for it by essentially diving to catch the second one in a very tough wind. (Sidenote: I think I learned once that if you ever have to leave your feet to catch a punt, you let it go). I think he was probably nervous and the wind didn't do him any favors. I know the tendency is to ask why we're having so many problems with punt returns, given previous years, but I don't know if it's best to judge the position, particularly Gallon, by the performance yesterday. Give it a few weeks.


Input: [Date] 4 years 46 weeks ago [Title] It was Shaw. I thought the [Body]

Output: It was Shaw. I thought the ref's reaction was a bit excessive, actually. Koger seemed to pull Shaw out of there, though. It wasn't even close to being out of hand or over the line, in my opinion.


Input: [Date] 4 years 46 weeks ago [Title] I love that "are the [Body]

Output: I love that "are the celebrations too excessive?" is our concern today.


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Title] He's not out. TomVH is [Body]

Output: He's not out. TomVH is talking to Mike Forcier and posting it on twitter because Tom thought the site was still down. Here's Tom's feed: http://twitter.com/TomVH Regardless, let's get back to enjoying the W.


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Title] Let's Go Blue! [Body]

Output: Let's Go Blue!


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Title] MOST CERTAINLY! [Body]

Output: MOST CERTAINLY!


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

Output: HAIL


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Title] I remember THE_KNOWLEDGE from [Body]

Output: I remember THE_KNOWLEDGE from the coaching search and during the haloscan days. I just don't recall the posting style existing before the diaries. If he was posting that way prior to the diary word limit requirements, then my apologies.


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Title] You do realize - and I'm sure [Body]

Output: You do realize - and I'm sure THE_KNOWLEDGE will correct me if I'm wrong - that the reason that THE_KNOWLEDGE initially adopted this, shall we say "quirky" posting format (period, double space, yes, double space, period) was because he needed the volume to meet the minimum requirement for posting a diary. And, I believe that may have been - again, correct me if I'm wrong - before there was an mgopoints limit restricting diaries to certain users. And, now we have this regular feature as a result. It's amazing what this blog can spawn.


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Title] One of my favorite parts [Body]

Output: One of my favorite parts about it is that the larger Western defender spends his time trying to sort of hulk over Odoms after Odoms completes the block and falls to the ground, rather than pursuing the play. You can see him sort of talking shit, as if not going down was some sort of victory, while Denard headds for the end zone. Priorities, man.


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Title] His Heisman pick this [Body]

Output: His Heisman pick this year? Ron Powlus


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

Output: [crickets]


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

Output: Meta?


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Title] Mgoblog Message Board Post [Body]


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Title] Sort of misleading title, [Body]

Output: Sort of misleading title, no? You are the source of the "rumor" (or, more appropriately, "speculation") as it pertains to Michigan, yes?


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Title] Does the one big question = [Body]

Output: Does the one big question = one big prize? If so, then that one. EDIT: Thanks, Brian.


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Title] Rodriguez just debunked it, [Body]

Output: Rodriguez just debunked it, too: http://twitter.com/chengelis/status/22721596352


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Title] Here's a [Body]

Output: Here's a link: http://twitter.com/chengelis/status/22719661062


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Title] This source is a bit [Body]

Output: This source is a bit different, I'd say. There's a difference between a "report" from last night and something straight from Coach Rodriguez's press (or tele) conference, confirming the truth of said report. I hate multiple threads on the same thing, but I think we can tone things down a little regarding actual news.


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Title] Don't you mean GERG? Who's [Body]

Output: Don't you mean GERG? Who's Gerg?


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Title] I don't. [Body]

Output: I don't.


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Title] I don't think it's so much a [Body]

Output: I don't think it's so much a "by not announcing we gain some competitive advantage" type thing as it is that if Tate or Denard get hurt, Gardner is the backup. If Gardner ends up not playing, he redshirts. If he's needed, or if he improves enough that he's useful this year, he doesn't redshirt. There's really nothing to be announced at all at this point for Gardner or any other freshman when it comes to redshirting.


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Title] That's awesome. [Body]

Output: That's awesome.


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Title] It's not even a "move" at [Body]

Output: It's not even a "move" at this point. He said "probably."


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Title] Point taken, particularly on [Body]

Output: Point taken, particularly on the public vs. private issue. I do disagree with the notion that the criticism is cruel or "tearing to shreds." I think you'd have to (or rather, not "you" but "one") read this stuff as the most literal man on earth to take it that way. I just don't, but understand how some could, I guess. I also didn't like the "stop picking on children you big meanie" tone in the stuff above because I think it's hyperbolic in this instance. Overall, I think people are mad because deep down they know the secondary could be very, very shaky and that's coming out in the comments. I think that's leading to most of the overreaction that I've read today. I think people could have a serious debate about how best to criticize without the "you're not a true fan...go ahead and jump off the bandwagon, guy who devoted his career to blogging about Michigan" stuff.


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Title] Do you honestly believe that [Body]

Output: Do you honestly believe that any of the criticism above - the stuff you called tearing "kids" to shreds for their mistakes - is any worse than what the coaches have said to them shortly after the mistakes were made? If they don't have thicker skin than you, god help us this year.


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Title] The "Brian is a [Body]

Output: The "Brian is a quitter/pessimist and not a true fan" comments have been my favorite part of the poorly reasoned meltdowns I've read today.


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Title] Agreed. As for the last [Body]

Output: Agreed. As for the last part, yes.


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Title] No, he's not. [Body]

Output: No, he's not.


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Title] Tim always posts notes from [Body]

Output: Tim always posts notes from the press conferences, as well. I assume that's on its way.


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Title] Probably not [Body]

Output: Probably not


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Title] I'm pretty sure he's been [Body]

Output: I'm pretty sure he's been banged up for a few days. That may be part of it.


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Title] Hypothesis: If you have to [Body]

Output: Hypothesis: If you have to start your thread title with "yet another article on..." it might not be board-worthy...


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Title] Good preview, bro... [Body]

Output: Good preview, bro...


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Title] You're embarrassing yourself [Body]

Output: You're embarrassing yourself more than usual. That's saying something.


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Title] What's funny is that you [Body]

Output: What's funny is that you don't realize that what you just wrote is, actually, the pretty obvious theme of the entire column.


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Title] It's a reasonable opinion. [Body]

Output: It's a reasonable opinion. You disagree. I actually disagree, too. How hard is it to leave it at that?


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Title] If by "ridiculous" you mean [Body]

Output: If by "ridiculous" you mean haloscanningly excellent...


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Title] I'd actually guess: 1: [Body]

Output: I'd actually guess: 1: Michigan, Nebraska, Wisconsin 2: OSU, PSU, Iowa I guess you could switch Iowa and Wisconsin, but I feel like the Michigan/Nebraska and OSU/PSU pairs might be the most natural. You could throw MSU in #1 above, too.


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Title] Wait, you showed up in 2008? [Body]

Output: Wait, you showed up in 2008? This is all your fault.


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Title] As I mentioned in another [Body]

Output: As I mentioned in another thread: dahblue: Dave Brandon disagrees with you and is insulted by your simplification of the decision-making process.


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Title] You think we'll win 6? I had [Body]

Output: You think we'll win 6? I had you pegged as a 0-1 win guy. Your love for Michigan does shine through, though.


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Title] If you sent that in at Texas [Body]

Output: If you sent that in at Texas A&M, you'd get a return phone call and voicemail message.


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Title] On the number of wins RR must have to keep his job... [Body]

Output: Dahblue: Dave Brandon disagrees with you and is insulted by your simplification of the decision-making process.


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Title] Probably too late to add [Body]

Output: Probably too late to add this, but this from Dave Brandon, via Angelique: http://twitter.com/chengelis/status/22102758039


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Title] I just don't understand the [Body]

Output: I just don't understand the weekly "Valenti and Foster are terrible hacks" posts. They're awful. It's not good radio. We get it. Why give them the attention they obviously crave?


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Title] You could also stop posting [Body]

Output: You could also stop posting about it...


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Title] What's funny is that I don't [Body]

Output: What's funny is that I don't even consider myself a "defender" of Rodriguez. I love the program and want it to succeed. That's it. I think firing him may do more harm to the program than good. You were never able to understand that original point and instead, as you did with others, twisted my words into something you felt more comfortable arguing and ranting against. If there's anyone here for which this is personal, meaning, their position is informed by hysterical like/dislike of the man, it's clearly you.


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Title] I trust Dave Brandon [Body]

Output: I trust Dave Brandon entirely, except not entirely, FTW.


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Title] You don't know a thing about [Body]

Output: You don't know a thing about me so as to suggest I'm a blind loyalist. You're not even smart enough to read what I've written and comprehend it and respond to it and it's not complicated. And, you're suggestions as they relate to two seasons ago, again, are not forward thinking which means they're not helpful, and not answers to the questions I've repeatedly suggested require answers. I don't care what you would have done - we're talking about what you'd do (although, I no longer expect you are able to answer that question). I don't assume that keeping Rodriguez will fix everything - it might and it might not. My point was that you don't fire him unless you're pretty darn sure you can do better. You clearly believe that they can fire him and get a better coach. I'm not so sure. But, somehow - and here's where the inability to read and think comes in - you take that to mean I think he's the best coach in the nation. The calculus is relative here and if you were able to calculate at all, you'd understand that much.


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Title] My only mistake here was [Body]

Output: My only mistake here was wasting a second of my day arguing with you. You whine. You don't think or offer solutions. You're also failing miserably in your attempts to be funny. If things go well this year, you're the guy that pretends it was all his idea. The only point worth reasserting, not for your sake but for others, and not because it was unclear but because you've purposefullly misstated it: I didn't say he's the best coach in the nation, but I don't know that we're going to be able to do better if we start looking for a replacement. He very well may be the best coach "available." I don't know that, but I'm not the one proposing cost-free solutions. Again, it's easy to say fire him, but it's pretty shortsighted to assume that fixes everything.


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Title] Could you be any more [Body]

Output: Could you be any more dramatic? Thanks for letting me know that we aren't the Lions. And, just to be totally clear, I don't support the notion that we should accept failure as the norm. Nice strawmen. You fire a coach that you don't think can do the job. You don't fire a coach based on arbitrary lines in the sand. I think the results you demand this season are nice in theory, but I simply reject the "he must do this or else" notion. My pointing that out is not an "excuse" to keep Rodriguez. My pointing it out is an answer to the unhinged "we have to win X games or else" argument because the people making that argument seem to believe that all we have to do is fire one guy, hire another, and things will be rainbows and unicorns again. I don't believe that. I don't believe that if we fire him and hire someone else, then problem solved. It's far more complicated than that. I didn't offer any excuse for anything that he's done so far. I didn't offer an excuse at all. What I offered was a reason why changing course right now might be a really bad idea. I do happen to believe he can do the job and do it well. If you don't, fine, but it's pretty easy to be message board rant guy, and a lot harder coming up with solutions. If you think we can do better - that we can hire a better coach - then I guess I understand your impatience and look forward to your list of options (let me guess: Urban Meyer, Nick Saban, and Bo?) come December, if things don't turn out well. Unfortunately, I don't think there's a better coach out there and do think that if the powers that be are as wildly shortsighted as some people can be here, then we're in for a lot more pain in the future. I only hope that then, the people complaining now are as helpful with sharing their solutions as they have been in sharing their unhappiness. [I'm not taking shots at the original post by M-Dan. I disagree with it to some extent, but it contained some reasoning and was respectful.]


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Title] There's not an "excuse" in my [Body]

Output: There's not an "excuse" in my post. I asked a couple of serious questions. Glad you were able to get around to an answer after all the bad attempts at comedy.


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Title] Ok, and if we don't get 8 [Body]

Output: Ok, and if we don't get 8 wins or don't beat State, or both, then what? There are something like 12 seniors on this roster (including Woolfolk) and next year's team will be even better given the additional year of experience. If we don't reach the bar you've set, the answer is to fire the staff and start over, in what will likely be new or mostly new systems? I'm not saying that would ruin next season, but it's going to set things back. Short of an absolute implosion this year, I think that if Brandon believes Rodriguez is the guy, he's going to stick with him. I don't think the artificial "do this or you're out" is realistic or the "Rodriguez has to win X games to keep his job" stuff that's floating around the national and local media is either. It's not so simple. And, I believe the biggest mistake we could make is emulating the hiring/firing patterns that plagued schools like Nebraska and Notre Dame the last 15 years.


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Title] I just answered this [Body]

Output: I just answered this question. Don't push me on this one.


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Title] I disagree. Anything that [Body]

Output: I disagree. Anything that comes out of your butt qualifies as poop. It's science.


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Title] Huh? [Body]

Output: Huh?


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Title] Of all the days for that [Body]

Output: Of all the days for that cameo... Hilarious.


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Title] Maybe we'll find out whether [Body]

Output: Maybe we'll find out whether they're pleased or not, soon enough. She says they're shooting BTN promos today. http://twitter.com/Melanie_Collins/status/21573479004


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Title] Her twitter feed says she's [Body]

Output: Her twitter feed says she's back with BTN in the fall to host Friday Night Tailgate and as a sideline reporter: http://twitter.com/Melanie_Collins/status/20908576196 Otherwise, agree with everything above. Since she's doing journalism-type things for BTN, I'm having a very, very hard time accepting the "sharing" and "letting you in on something I heard" vs. I didn't confirm it and I wasn't "reporting." If she doesn't know what's wrong with simply passing along a rumor, given her capacity as a BTN employee (even a seasonal one), she shouldn't be working at BTN.


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Title] UPDATE [Body]

Output: From her twitter feed: My mistake on letting you all in on something I was told today. I did not "report" or "confirm" this information. Simply shared what a source within UM told me and I shouldn't have tweeted it without confirmation. Wasn't trying to start an uproar. http://twitter.com/Melanie_Collins If you find yourself confused as to the journalistic distinction between "reporting" and "letting us in" and "sharing" you're probably not alone.


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Title] I also like points. [Body]

Output: I also like points.


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Title] It doesn't even matter! [Body]

Output: It doesn't even matter! Nothing does! Bang.


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Title] What's her twitter name? [Body]

Output: What's her twitter name?


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Title] I'm not asking you to do [Body]

Output: I'm not asking you to do anything. I just passed along some evidence that he's doing well and that he was likely to see the field before the Woolfolk injury...according to someone who's seen practice. You can do what you want with it. I just found it helpful and encouraging.


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Title] From FormerWolv's practice [Body]

Output: From FormerWolv's practice musings last week: 9. Cullen Christian will see the field a good bit this year, and is playing like he should. That was one of the few points he made. It's obviously not a direct comparison to Talbott and Avery, but it certainly suggests he's performing well and should see the field. And, he said that before the Woolfolk injury.


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Title] Has anyone lit the [Body]

Output: Has anyone lit the "FormerWolv" bat-signal? Seems like a really good day for an update.


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Title] 4383 [Body]

Output: 4383


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Title] Stay classy. If there ever [Body]

Output: Stay classy. If there ever were a time for you to just not say anything, it's now.


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Title] This is probably not the best [Body]

Output: This is probably not the best way to present the actual news portion of this. The whole "I don't want to tell you exactly what I'm reading on premium boards" mixed with "please speculate as to what we're going to do if he does happen to be out for the year" leads to a lot of potential misinterpretation. Is there a diagnosis or not? Is the news that he's hurt and it looks bad or is the "out for the year" term being thrown around something concrete? I know how imprecise the premium sites can be, but when you put it through another filter, it's even worse. It'd be better to say nothing or to say exactly what you know, I think, without inviting the response to what appears to be a hypothetical (however likely) in the subject line.


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Title] What are you talking about? [Body]

Output: What are you talking about?


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Title] Huyge is practicing at both [Body]

Output: Huyge is practicing at both LT and RT. Lewan is practicing with Huyge at LT. Huyge, Dorrestein, and Schofield are practicing at RT.


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Title] So, he settled out at -1818? [Body]

Output: So, he settled out at -1818? That's an impressive point total.


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Title] Do we have to? [Body]

Output: Do we have to?


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Title] Wait, there's a chance Tate [Body]

Output: Wait, there's a chance Tate won't start this year? Denard has improved as a passer? What? Well, I hope right now someone is looking for Gerry DiNardo to find out what he thinks about the situation...because...damn.


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Title] We use Eukanuba Yorkshire [Body]

Output: We use Eukanuba Yorkshire Terrier Formula because our three pound Yorkie couldn't possibly eat a dog food made for just dogs in general. The three to four pieces of kibble she eats every day need to be specially formulated...or something.


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Title] I think it's too vague and [Body]

Output: I think it's too vague and too much of a leap to really draw any sort of conclusion that's anything but rampant speculation. Is it September 4th yet?


Input: [Date] 4 years 50 weeks ago [Title] I was just editing to say [Body]

Output: I was just editing to say that I don't really care how he knows, but if it's legit, thanks for posting. And, I appreciate your skepticism for inside info.


Input: [Date] 4 years 50 weeks ago [Title] Did I imagine Geaux Blue's [Body]

Output: Did I imagine Geaux Blue's comment re: how FormerWolv knows this or did it go away?


Input: [Date] 4 years 50 weeks ago [Title] Take it easy. He edited it. [Body]

Output: Take it easy. He edited it.


Input: [Date] 4 years 50 weeks ago [Title] Can we get Brian to UFR it? [Body]

Output: Can we get Brian to UFR it?


Input: [Date] 4 years 50 weeks ago [Title] This is a bit of a tangent, [Body]

Output: This is a bit of a tangent, but a very impressive and fun coach to follow on Twitter is Jim Schwartz. He uses it nearly every day. Sometimes he talks about practice, but he also talks a lot about his music interests. He's a very likeable guy and I hope he's the one that turns the Lions around. http://twitter.com/jschwartzlions


Input: [Date] 4 years 50 weeks ago [Title] That's a strawman. I don't [Body]

Output: That's a strawman. I don't disagree that it would be good to have any of them. I just don't buy the premise that we didn't try hard enough with the other three or that any time spent on Dorsey was to the exclusion of the other three. I don't believe I've seen anything suggesting it worked that way, other than blind speculation. No, the coaches' time to spend recruiting is not infinite, but I haven't seen any evidence that the staff was forced to prioritize Dorsey over the others because of time limitations. I think the assumption that "we got Dorsey so we must have recruited him harder" is a false one unsupported by any evidence other than the fact that he committed to Michigan. I also think think it's wrong to assume Parker, Grimes or Knight would have committed had the coaches done something differently. It's just as likely, and probably more likely, that they wanted to go somewhere else more than they wanted to come to Michigan, and that that was not because of something the coaching staff did or did not do.


Input: [Date] 4 years 50 weeks ago [Title] What evidence is there that [Body]

Output: What evidence is there that Dorsey was being chased to the exclusion of the "other quality options" you mention or that the other quality options would be here had we pursued them with additional vigor?


Input: [Date] 4 years 50 weeks ago [Title] Let me get this straight - [Body]

Output: Let me get this straight - you're upset at how GERG deflected a question he didn't want to talk about? You really read that answer from GERG and thought that he actually did not know what was going on with Turner?


Input: [Date] 4 years 50 weeks ago [Title] Agree with 554.95 [Body]

Output: Agree with 554.95


Input: [Date] 4 years 50 weeks ago [Title] Dumbest comment in mgoblog [Body]

Output: Dumbest comment in mgoblog history?


Input: [Date] 4 years 50 weeks ago [Title] Turner has his [Body]

Output: Turner has his release: http://twitter.com/mikerothstein/status/20899095408


Input: [Date] 4 years 50 weeks ago [Title] Hmmm. Funny. That's more [Body]

Output: Hmmm. Funny. That's more wins than he had for the Lions. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WareAn00.htm


Input: [Date] 4 years 51 weeks ago [Title] RBUAS is on twitter [Body]

Output: RBUAS is on twitter


Input: [Date] 4 years 51 weeks ago [Title] And, Bryant Westbrook's... [Body]

Output: And, Bryant Westbrook's...


Input: [Date] 5 years 2 days ago [Title] Constructive. Why respond at [Body]

Output: Constructive. Why respond at all?


Input: [Date] 5 years 3 days ago [Title] Thanks. I was just joking [Body]

Output: Thanks. I was just joking about the title. I wasn't even trying to be the spelling and grammar police. It just randomly reminded me of Sean Higgins.


Input: [Date] 5 years 3 days ago [Title] Who said anything about [Body]

Output: Who said anything about wanting anyone to fall and break ribs? I like that you're taking this so seriously. Yes, thank heavens Sean Higgins did not go on a bender in Vegas and fall and break his ribs or have any other harm befall him.


Input: [Date] 5 years 3 days ago [Title] Negatives for a rare Sean [Body]

Output: Negatives for a rare Sean Higgins reference? Sad.


Input: [Date] 5 years 3 days ago [Title] Maybe he meant Sean [Body]

Output: Maybe he meant Sean Higgins....


Input: [Date] 5 years 2 weeks ago [Title] Hawk is an a-hole. It has [Body]

Output: Hawk is an a-hole. It has nothing to do with being a homer.


Input: [Date] 5 years 2 weeks ago [Title] How about Jay Buhner? [Body]

Output: How about Jay Buhner?


Input: [Date] 5 years 2 weeks ago [Title] You just don't know much [Body]

Output: You just don't know much about Smoak, other than reading his batting line this year, some 70 games and 235 ABs into his first major league season. If we're talking "real comparisons" then you have to look at what the Mariners gave up to get Lee and what they just got in return. They traded three prospects to the Phillies and hoped to contend this year. They didn't, so they just flipped Lee to the Rangers for four prospects. No one would accept those three prospects the Mariners sent the Phillies in exchange for Smoak, let alone Smoak and three additional prospects, which is what the Mariners just received. In essence, Seattle just turned three good/ok prospects into Smoak and three more good/ok prospects. And, Smoak's a guy who was probably on everyone's top ten prospects list heading into this season. So, if you're going to ask for prospects in exchange for Lee, you could not have hoped to do much better than Smoak, let alone Smoak plus three.


Input: [Date] 5 years 3 weeks ago [Title] I understand, we just [Body]

Output: I understand, we just disagree. I think almost the entire Cavaliers fanbase would disagree that Dan Gilbert was the only one that was hurt. I don't read that letter as "crybaby." I read it as push back against the spectacle that LBJ just put the franchise and fanbase through. As a fan, when your team loses a star, let alone a super star, it's going to hurt. When it lose him on national television following a two year process that can best be described as a pathetic stunt, it's going to hurt a lot more. And, when you're Cleveland and haven't won a championship in anything in a generation (plus), it's hurts even more. I think Dan Gilbert knows his fans pretty well and had that in mind when he wrote it. I understand the notion that "he's just a former employee" but that's a pretty watered down, simplistic description in this case. LBJ wasn't just some employee to this franchise and I think there's no chance he was treated like just some employee by that organization. I'd bet he was treated like royalty (no pun intended) and that they bent over backwards to keep him happy. No, they didn't get over the hump, but they weren't indifferent to that fact - we're not talking about Donald Sterling and the Clippers here. As far as I know, Gilbert never got any outreach from LBJ to tell him he was leaving or why before tonight's ridiculous show. I've never heard of bad blood between LBJ and Gilbert, so I can't imagine any excuse for not giving Gilbert that courtesy...well...other than the fact that you don't want the surprise decision to leak before your one hour primetime special. I think, at the very least, LBJ owed them that courtesy. He chose to build his brand instead, and Gilbert gave back to LBJ just what he deserved. He humiliated (maybe that's too strong a word) Cleveland throughout the process and especially tonight. (And, I too am still glad it happened in Ohio)


Input: [Date] 5 years 3 weeks ago [Title] ESPN verified it. It's [Body]

Output: ESPN verified it. It's Gilbert. And, I think it's fantastic. No love for Ohio or Cleveland here, but this whole thing was an atrocious display on LBJ's part. He didn't even call and talk to Gilbert or explain the decision before he made it on television. That seems like a pretty common courtesy, but I digress. I think people in Cleveland aren't just mad about this, they're pretty hurt too. For an owner...a "buttoned-up corporate type" as someone described above...to recognize that and not issue some vanilla "we're disappointed" statement, but instead try and identify with and rally his fans, is refreshing. Good for him.


Input: [Date] 31 weeks 6 days ago [Body] If he tweeted that after the thing about the 49ers being 7-4, he has since deleted that, as well. I couldn't find it. [Title]

Output: If he tweeted that after the


Input: [Date] 31 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Maybe he didn't like how he phrased his response. It's not easy when people are picking apart every single word used in 140 character bursts, and looking for positive signals or something that suggests a lack of credibility. [Title]

Output: Maybe he didn't like how he


Input: [Date] 31 weeks 6 days ago [Body] I suggested to him that the 49ers would have been 7-4 at the time of these alleged initial discussions. He responded that it might explain why interest was low at that point. I responded again that it would have been an distraction (with Harbaugh reasonably focused on making the playoffs). He deleted his response to me. I'm not sure why. I always find that odd. [Title]

Output: I suggested to him that the


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Brian has cited him in some of the coaching search updates. Moss has been around a long time. He has some sources. This isn't totally random internet rumormongering. [Title]

Output: Brian has cited him in some


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 6 hours ago [Body] I think he first tweeted that day that the press conference would be held and that Brandon would be fired. It beat everyone else. It wasn't a random guess. And, he's not really in that business, from what I can tell. That said, I'm not the guy who you mock for buying every internet rumor that comes along. I totally get the skepticism. And, I don't care what you all believe. I'm just saying that the salt that goes with this report in particular should probably be of the grain and not the boulder variety. [Title]

Output: I think he first tweeted that


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 7 hours ago [Body] I'm not saying he's right about this, but I think he had Brandon's firing before anyone else. Brian might vouch for that. [Title]

Output: I'm not saying he's right


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 10 hours ago [Body] I think you are reading too much into it. Read the next sentence after he mentioned bowl games: "They may be in bowl games. They may be…you know, wherever they are in their status..." I don't think you can make any judgment at all about a pool of candidats limited to college coaches based on that statement. [Title]

Output: I think you are reading too


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 2 days ago [Body] This probably wasn't intended to be a diary, but I'll just point out that it seems unlikely to me that Harbaugh would be stupid enough to go to Miami given the acrimony in that front office. Have you read the backstory on Aponte? It doesn't sound like she's going anywhere, and if that's true, Harbaugh would be jumping from one bad situation to another. I'm not sure even Ross's money could paper that over. [Title]

Output: This probably wasn't intended


Input: [Date] 44 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Great. Well, then the problem was either provider-specific (which AT&T denied) or it was an issue in certain pockets of the city. [Title]

Output: Great. Well, then the


Input: [Date] 44 weeks 2 days ago [Body] There was a problem with the broadcast in the Atlanta area (and possibly others). They screwed up the regional coverage such that ABC and ESPN2 were both showing Texas A&M vs. SMU. This continued until some point in the 3rd quarter when the complaints must have finally bubbled up to the people who fix these sorts of things. At that point, the UM game became available on ESPN2. [Title]

Output: There was a problem with the


Input: [Date] 1 year 20 weeks ago [Body] Did you just cut and paste that summary from rotoworld? [Title]

Output: Did you just cut and paste


Input: [Date] 1 year 29 weeks ago [Body] You'll always be Coach Schiano to me... [Title]

Output: You'll always be Coach


Input: [Date] 1 year 32 weeks ago [Body] Hello - I have returned to receive your upvotes... [Title]

Output: Hello - I have returned to


Input: [Date] 1 year 35 weeks ago [Body] Year 3 under Rodriguez is identical to Year 3 under Hoke. We have not improved. Also, we could easily be 4-7 right now. Some of those wins are functional losses. But tell me more about how great things are... [Title]

Output: Year 3 under Rodriguez is


Input: [Date] 2 years 12 hours ago [Body] It looks like Benoit will continue to close (from Danny Knobler on Twitter - I can't embed for some reason): @DannyKnoblerCBS Tigers will keep Benoit as closer, use Veras along with Smyly in the 7th and 8th innings. [Title]

Output: It looks like Benoit will


Input: [Date] 2 years 12 hours ago [Body] I'm not certain he's going to close, but it will be nice to have some more help with late innings. [Title]

Output: I'm not certain he's going to


Input: [Date] 2 years 44 weeks ago [Body] Michigan 38 - ND 31 [Title]

Output: Michigan 38 - ND 31


Input: [Date] 3 years 18 weeks ago [Body] I'm guessing "DB" isn't "wondering what happened to Beilein and the program in such a short time frame" because Dave Brandon is smart enough not to evaluate the status of a major program by only looking at a three week period in which nothing that could be construed by any reasonable person as "negativity breed[ing] negativity" took place. [Title]

Output: I'm guessing "DB" isn't


Input: [Date] 3 years 29 weeks ago [Body] Spencer Hall is Orson. #yourmindblown [Title]

Output: Spencer Hall is Orson.


Input: [Date] 3 years 45 weeks ago [Body] Raoul: The article doesn't say anything about where McGary places Duke among the final six. It simply says McGary's parents favor Duke. [Title]

Output: Raoul: The article doesn't


Input: [Date] 3 years 46 weeks ago [Body] According to John Buccigross (and reports he's citing on twitter from foreign news agencies), Liv and Salei are confirmed dead. [Title]

Output: According to John Buccigross


Input: [Date] 4 years 14 weeks ago [Body] The twitter link is all there is. The link within just goes to his profile. http://twitter.com/#!/nbadraftnet/status/61153951835357184 [Title]

Output: The twitter link is all there


Input: [Date] 4 years 14 weeks ago [Body] No, I'm well aware of the last four years, thanks. As I said above, I just think this is overkill. I don't think that's that controversial of an opinion. [Title]

Output: No, I'm well aware of the


Input: [Date] 4 years 14 weeks ago [Body] For what reason do they need to travel around the country and "get the former players pumped up?" I'm not being a smartass. I really don't see why it's necessary. I'm not saying they need to spend all of their time watching film like has been suggested above. [Title]

Output: For what reason do they need


Input: [Date] 4 years 14 weeks ago [Body] But he has a lot of former players in his phone...or whatever... [Title]

Output: But he has a lot of former


Input: [Date] 4 years 14 weeks ago [Body] I don't understand why this is necessary or a valuable use of the coaches' time. I understand the perceived need to "mend fences" or whatever, but if this is true, it seems to be overkill. [Title]

Output: I don't understand why this


Input: [Date] 4 years 14 weeks ago [Body] What was the state of "the tradition" when RR came in, or did you miss that part of the post in your rush to cryptically name drop? [Title]

Output: What was the state of "the


Input: [Date] 4 years 14 weeks ago [Body] Except it's not...at all. [Title]

Output: Except it's not...at all.


Input: [Date] 4 years 15 weeks ago [Body] Let's just watch the spring game... [Title]

Output: Let's just watch the spring


Input: [Date] 4 years 17 weeks ago [Body] Butler lost two starters and they were pretty important. Gordon Heyward was their best player and a lottery pick in last year's NBA draft. Willie Veasley (who now plays in Japan) was a critical defender that, like Heyward, could guard almost anyone. Their struggles early this season were almost entirely related to defense. They've found a way to make up for those losses. [Title]

Output: Butler lost two starters and


Input: [Date] 4 years 19 weeks ago [Body] He's an asshat. One thing I've always hated about the tournament is that CBS injects him into the mix when things really start to matter, i.e. the conference tournaments and ncaa tournement. He has nothing to do with college basketball all year, and then we get to listen to him drone on and on about the most important gamesr. He's not really good at it, either. While I dislike his style, generally, and don't enjoy him calling golf, at least he's more suited for it. [Title]

Output: He's an asshat. One thing


Input: [Date] 4 years 22 weeks ago [Body] He's taking some time off after signing day? There's probably not a less eventful time for recruiting all year. Although, I guess he could be reporting on offers going out. [Title]

Output: He's taking some time off


Input: [Date] 4 years 24 weeks ago [Body] Hillsdale College's turf is blue. At least, it was 15 years ago. That's like 35 miles away, but a possibility. [Title]

Output: Hillsdale College's turf is


Input: [Date] 4 years 27 weeks ago [Body] FWIW, ESPN reporting the deal is for $570k. EDIT: Correction - the prorated portion of that is $250k. [Title]

Output: FWIW, ESPN reporting the deal


Input: [Date] 4 years 28 weeks ago [Body] Misopogon: I appreciate the creative correction. [Title]

Output: Misopogon: I appreciate the


Input: [Date] 4 years 28 weeks ago [Body] Army has cadets. Air Force has cadets. Navy has midshipmen - not cadets...ever! [Title]

Output: Army has cadets. Air Force


Input: [Date] 4 years 29 weeks ago [Body] This is batshit crazy. [Title]

Output: This is batshit crazy.


Input: [Date] 4 years 29 weeks ago [Body] I feel like this was reported elsewhere last week, but I don't recall where. I'm not sure if it's news or simply repackaging old news. [Title]

Output: I feel like this was reported


Input: [Date] 4 years 29 weeks ago [Body] I don't think I'm missing anything. You're suggesting you came to this realization that it wasn't going to work out sometime after the nutjobs who said he wasn't a fit from the beginning? Was that after the 2008 season? 2009? This year? I don't really care. And, I think you've got the idea that I have a certain opinion on when/whether he should be fired. The truth is, I'm there now, but I was on the fence before the bowl game and after OSU. I think I've come to that conclusion thoughtfully and don't regret anything. I just find it funny that people are seriously claiming it was so horrific to have been on one side or the other because of things like mgopoints. [Title]

Output: I don't think I'm missing


Input: [Date] 4 years 29 weeks ago [Body] What are you talking about and who are you talking to? [Title]

Output: What are you talking about


Input: [Date] 4 years 29 weeks ago [Body] I'm not claiming to have any facts that anyone else doesn't have. I'm also not making assumptions and trying to pass them off as facts. Also, I feel great. [Title]

Output: I'm not claiming to have any


Input: [Date] 4 years 29 weeks ago [Body] I did hear that. [Title]

Output: I did hear that.


Input: [Date] 4 years 29 weeks ago [Body] You're still talking about "fit?" Glad you survived the neg bombing and mocking. It must have been terrible. [Title]

Output: You're still talking about


Input: [Date] 4 years 29 weeks ago [Body] It would be so easy if you were the AD. I like it. You didn't answer this question, but I didn't state it this clearly: Your assumption is that Harbaugh should have been told "take it or leave it" on December 1st (or thereabouts). If Harbaugh is the guy DB wants, and Harbaugh says he wants to wait, where does that leave us? In fact, let's assume that happened. We're in the same spot we are today, no? Or, would you have preferred DB just moved on rather than wait? That seems to be your position, actually, because this one month waiting period, in your calculus, is more important than getting the right guy. It's the "hole." So, again, it's December, we've moved on from Harbaugh because even though he seems to be a great, maybe even the best candidate, he won't bend to our will and follow our timeline. Let's talk names, now. You've already mentioned Muschamp - oops, we missed out on him - and Patterson who is still available. If it was so important to act then, who should DB have pursued, keeping in mind it would be at the cost of his presumed first choice for the job. And, two follow-up questions that may seem silly, but I'm curious since you've dismissed the possibilities out of hand: How do you know he doesn't have a Plan B and why do you assume that if Harbaugh says no this week, we're starting from scratch? [Title]

Output: It would be so easy if you


Input: [Date] 4 years 29 weeks ago [Body] And, let me clarify by saying that the "If not Harbaugh" question does not have an obvious answer in my mind. I'm not going to be so presumptuous to suggest that Brandon sat around for the last month or three and never once asked "If I fire Rodriguez, and Harbaugh declines, what then?" [Title]

Output: And, let me clarify by saying


Input: [Date] 4 years 29 weeks ago [Body] It's not called digging a hole. It's called assuming he dug a hole. Count the "if's" in your response. You don't know and neither do I. The difference is, I'm not claiming to. Obviously it wouldn't change your mind if I told you to assume that Harbaugh said "I won't talk about this job until after our bowl game, but I'm interested" because your answer would be "put him on the clock and tell him to 'take it or leave it.'" Well, if he leaves it, what then? Your response would be "look for guys like Patterson and Muschamp" as if that was such an easy, viable option a month ago. The question "If not Harbaugh, who?" is no more easily answered now than it was at the beginning of December. But, it's easy to say "I would have hired him then" when you ignore any possible scenario which does not fit your assumptions. [Title]

Output: It's not called digging a


Input: [Date] 4 years 29 weeks ago [Body] You make assumptions you know nothing about. Your "he's dug himself a hole" is built on the assumption that DB could have just hired Harbaugh a month ago and, since he didn't, he's now put us in a bad position. He said he was evaluating. But, none of us know whether he could or could not have hired Harbaugh on December 1st or whenever you believe this should have been handled. I do agree with your questions regarding our options if Harbaugh does not take the job. They don't seem pretty. [Title]

Output: You make assumptions you know


Input: [Date] 4 years 29 weeks ago [Body] How has he dug himself a hole, again? [Title]

Output: How has he dug himself a


Input: [Date] 4 years 29 weeks ago [Body] In the unlikely event that someone links The Big Lead on this board, Brian might need to be sedated for several months. Oh, wait... [Title]

Output: In the unlikely event that


Input: [Date] 4 years 30 weeks ago [Body] I love penguins. [Title]

Output: I love penguins.


Input: [Date] 4 years 32 weeks ago [Body] That's the point, exactly. Sure, many of us will commit the teams and divisions to memory, but most outside the Big Ten will have no idea and no reason to learn them. I've never bothered to figure out the ACC divisions. I just always look them up. [Title]

Output: That's the point, exactly.


Input: [Date] 4 years 32 weeks ago [Body] I'm telling you people will not remember which teams are in which division because the division names are not in any way tied to the teams within. They might as well have named them "apple" and "poop." Congrats on your photographic memory. [Title]

Output: I'm telling you people will


Input: [Date] 4 years 32 weeks ago [Body] Who is making that argument? I haven't seen any "Bo and Woody" division name suggestions in this thread. The division names are awful and that has nothing to do with Michigan and Ohio State. Plus, no one is going to remember which schools are in which division. You can see the ACC and Coastal/Atlantic as the case study in that...although, we've gone even more vague with L's and L's. [Title]

Output: Who is making that argument?


Input: [Date] 4 years 32 weeks ago [Body] So, we're expanding to 20? [Title]

Output: So, we're expanding to 20?


Input: [Date] 4 years 32 weeks ago [Body] Right. And, if the "G" doubles as a zero, you have a logo which sort of literally reads"Big 10 Ten." Why you'd need that 1 and G/zero in the "BIG" and then the "TEN" beneath it is beyond me. [Title]

Output: Right. And, if the "G"


Input: [Date] 4 years 32 weeks ago [Body] I'm 99.9% sure there isn't one and there isn't supposed to be one. I'm not being sarcastic - I don't think a "2" is intended anywhere. The only visual cutesiness is the "G" which is supposed to double as a zero...I think. [Title]

Output: I'm 99.9% sure there isn't


Input: [Date] 4 years 32 weeks ago [Body] Misfire! [Title]

Output: Misfire!


Input: [Date] 4 years 34 weeks ago [Body] You're wrong about having any idea, one way or the other, what his original commitment was contingent upon. You said above it was contingent upon Rodriguez being coach. He's the coach. You offered a quote where he said it doesn't matter and suggested 1) he was talking about it just because it happened to cross his mind, although I'm sure it's in response to a question and 2) that it supported your previous comment, which it did not. So, you are wrong. Don't pretend like you have any idea why he may or may not be switching. You're speculating which is fine. Just don't state it as fact or pretend that you were somehow right with your comments two posts ago. [Title]

Output: You're wrong about having any


Input: [Date] 4 years 34 weeks ago [Body] He's directly contradicting what you said above, but feel free and try and spin it in such a way that his words don't mean what they say by reading his mind or whatever. If there's a resident expert at fear of losing commits amid coaching changes, it'd be you. [Title]

Output: He's directly contradicting


Input: [Date] 4 years 34 weeks ago [Body] Link? [Title]

Output: Link?


Input: [Date] 4 years 34 weeks ago [Body] I find it sad that you can't help yourself... (I can't either) [Title]

Output: I find it sad that you can't


Input: [Date] 4 years 34 weeks ago [Body] This tangent is awesome... [Title]

Output: This tangent is awesome...


Input: [Date] 4 years 34 weeks ago [Body] Fail [Title]

Output: Fail


Input: [Date] 4 years 34 weeks ago [Body] Argh! [Title]

Output: Glenn


Input: [Date] 4 years 34 weeks ago [Body] You're totally right. I should have looked more closely at the whiskers. My bad. [Title]

Output: You're totally right. I


Input: [Date] 4 years 35 weeks ago [Body] Harbaugh's first three years at Stanford: 17-20 Rodriguez: 15-21 [Title]

Output: Harbaugh's first three years


Input: [Date] 4 years 35 weeks ago [Body] What's funny about people like you is that you were probably a terrible, insufferable fan when things were going well, too. You claim to love the program, but complain about everything, constantly, no matter what is going right. You're the guy in the stands that spends the entire game bitching about the play calling and suggesting you know better because you played pee wee and tecmo super bowl. You're not just distracted by shiny things, your entire existence is defined by trying to be the guy in the room that thinks he's the smartest because he talks the loudest about them. You were sick of Lloydball, then mad when they got rid of him, then mad when they hired an "outsider," and then you started shouting words like "unnacceptable" while we were starting a walk-on quarterback and running an entirely new offense. Or, maybe that's not you. But, since we're arguing in broad, idiotic generalities, it's close enough. Wear it. Happy Thanksgiving. [Title]

Output: What's funny about people


Input: [Date] 4 years 35 weeks ago [Body] Frankly, you don't have any idea what you're talking about. But, it's great that you're confident in your ability to "call 'em like you see 'em." That takes balls. [Title]

Output: Frankly, you don't have any


Input: [Date] 4 years 35 weeks ago [Body] Our only job this week is to support our team and this staff. Everything else is unhelpful and, honestly, disloyal. There is a time for navel-gazing and this week is not it. [Title]

Output: Our only job this week is to


Input: [Date] 4 years 35 weeks ago [Body] Navy is also great at lacrosse. But, top to bottom, on a year-to-year basis, most of the academies' programs would not do well in the Big Ten. [Title]

Output: Navy is also great at


Input: [Date] 4 years 35 weeks ago [Body] You're talking out your ass. They do tons of research that I wouldn't call military research. I'm not sure whether they fit the definition of "premier research instituions" but they have their strengths, espcially in the engineering fields. [Title]

Output: You're talking out your ass.


Input: [Date] 4 years 35 weeks ago [Body] They'd be doormats at everything but football. And, while Army has a coaching staff that may have the tools to finally turn them around, only Navy football would be competitive. It's just not a good athletic fit, let alone cultural fit. [Title]

Output: They'd be doormats at


Input: [Date] 4 years 35 weeks ago [Body] Don't bother. There are so many things wrong with that, it's not worth it. [Title]

Output: Don't bother. There are so


Input: [Date] 4 years 35 weeks ago [Body] Why don't you simplify your argument? [Title]

Output: Why don't you simplify your


Input: [Date] 4 years 38 weeks ago [Body] Understood. I can't say that I have that depth of experience (no insult intended!) with SI. I've subscribed in the past, but now I mostly just enjoy their online content. I especially like Posnanski on baseball. You could always write and say that Rosenberg's continued employment was the last straw for you and that you will be cancelling. [Title]

Output: Understood. I can't say that


Input: [Date] 4 years 38 weeks ago [Body] I recently realized that Rosenberg is writing/contributing at SI. His archive suggests that he began writing there as early as August 2009. I have quite a bit of respect for SI because I believe it has maintained its traditional status as a source of sports news and evolved as a new media outlet while avoiding a lot of the content-grabbing pitfalls other outlets have fallen into in this day and age. I don't see how Rosenberg really belongs there. Anyway, you can send your thoughts on this episode and Rosenberg's body of work for the Freep to the Editor at SI here: letters@si.timeinc.com EDIT: And, I'm suggesting this course of action because I assume, I think rightly, that the editors at the Freep don't very much care what you think... [Title]

Output: Write to SI


Input: [Date] 4 years 39 weeks ago [Body] Isn't there at least one more dimension? Aren't they forced to pick the guy that combines both the physical attributes that you mention with the mental acuity to handle the position as well? What I mean is, maybe X isn't the best fit at this position, but we're looking at 5 or 6 freshman for a couple spots and X is the most advanced in other aspects at this point in time so we're going to put him on the field because we think he can handle the job and would give us the best chance to win. It's more than a physical fit, right? And, as the freshmen pick up the defense, doesn't it make sense that they can begin to move players to their more natural positions? I think you're probably right about where kids fit. I'm just saying that it might be incorrect to say the coaches didn't realize it. [Title]

Output: Isn't there at least one more


Input: [Date] 4 years 39 weeks ago [Body] 519 [Title]

Output: 519


Input: [Date] 4 years 39 weeks ago [Body] Michigan 38 Penn State 23 [Title]

Output: Michigan 38 Penn State 23


Input: [Date] 4 years 41 weeks ago [Title]

Output: 355


Input: [Date] 4 years 41 weeks ago [Body] Michigan 35 Iowa 23 [Title]

Output: Michigan 35 Iowa 23


Input: [Date] 4 years 42 weeks ago [Body] I'm saying that THE_KNOWLEDGE does not like you stealing his thunder. [Title]

Output: I'm saying that THE_KNOWLEDGE


Input: [Date] 4 years 42 weeks ago [Body] It's an idiotic, self-soothing mechanism meant to deal with their massive inferiority complex. It's absolutely non-sensical and could probably only take off as a meme in a fanbase as pathetic as MSU's. We shouldn't feel the need to defend against it or even acknowledge it. [Title]

Output: It's an idiotic,


Input: [Date] 4 years 42 weeks ago [Body] I think he does fine, even though I don't like him. Plus, with Millen comes Sean McDonough, who I find excellent at his job. [Title]

Output: I think he does fine, even


Input: [Date] 4 years 42 weeks ago [Body] This is happening too often to be coincidence, right? [Title]

Output: This is happening too often


Input: [Date] 4 years 42 weeks ago [Body] Great. So, Ricardo Miller is transferring to Alabama? [Title]

Output: Great. So, Ricardo Miller is


Input: [Date] 4 years 45 weeks ago [Body] I'm sure Brian or someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is that if the transferring player is in good academic standing, it does not hurt the APR. If Lalota's and Emilien's grades were ok, then it won't matter. [Title]

Output: I'm sure Brian or someone


Input: [Date] 4 years 46 weeks ago [Body] That's what I'm going for, considering the opponent this weekend.... [Title]

Output: That's what I'm going for,


Input: [Date] 4 years 46 weeks ago [Body] Nothing Irish and preferably something English. [Title]

Output: Nothing Irish and preferably


Input: [Date] 4 years 46 weeks ago [Body] Because he was out of bounds...yes? [Title]

Output: Because he was out of


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

Output: ARGGHHH!


Input: [Date] 4 years 46 weeks ago [Body] 2089.95 [Title]

Output: 2089.95


Input: [Date] 4 years 46 weeks ago [Body] If he does, it's not showing. He's certainly said all the right things this week. [Title]

Output: If he does, it's not


Input: [Date] 4 years 46 weeks ago [Body] Did they put it that succinctly? Did they make a statement ("Hart/Dix to Bama.") or did they make a vague suggestion or did they ask a rhetorical question? The only thing worse than their vagueness is trying to decipher it through another filter. [Title]

Output: Did they put it that


Input: [Date] 4 years 46 weeks ago [Body] Yes, LeBron comes off as a genius. [Title]

Output: Yes, LeBron comes off as a


Input: [Date] 4 years 46 weeks ago [Body] It was around 2003-2005. EDIT: I'm saying I heard it then. I don't know exactly when it began. [Title]

Output: It was around 2003-2005.


Input: [Date] 4 years 46 weeks ago [Body] Hey, it's the weekly "are you listening to the a-holes on 97.1 say bad, uninformed things about Michigan?" thread! [Title]

Output: Hey, it's the weekly "are you


Input: [Date] 4 years 46 weeks ago [Body] I was sitting here wondering what "ND fan that works at Menard's and sells fences" thinks about Saturday. Thanks. [Title]

Output: I was sitting here wondering


Input: [Date] 4 years 46 weeks ago [Body] I was surprised that Gallon was the number one PR. Not that I don't think he'll be really good at it, just expected that Odoms would be back there. Gallon erred by letting the first punt roll down to the 4 yd line and then tried to make up for it by essentially diving to catch the second one in a very tough wind. (Sidenote: I think I learned once that if you ever have to leave your feet to catch a punt, you let it go). I think he was probably nervous and the wind didn't do him any favors. I know the tendency is to ask why we're having so many problems with punt returns, given previous years, but I don't know if it's best to judge the position, particularly Gallon, by the performance yesterday. Give it a few weeks. [Title]

Output: I was surprised that Gallon


Input: [Date] 4 years 46 weeks ago [Body] It was Shaw. I thought the ref's reaction was a bit excessive, actually. Koger seemed to pull Shaw out of there, though. It wasn't even close to being out of hand or over the line, in my opinion. [Title]

Output: It was Shaw. I thought the


Input: [Date] 4 years 46 weeks ago [Body] I love that "are the celebrations too excessive?" is our concern today. [Title]

Output: I love that "are the


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Body] He's not out. TomVH is talking to Mike Forcier and posting it on twitter because Tom thought the site was still down. Here's Tom's feed: http://twitter.com/TomVH Regardless, let's get back to enjoying the W. [Title]

Output: He's not out. TomVH is


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Body] Let's Go Blue! [Title]

Output: Let's Go Blue!


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Body] MOST CERTAINLY! [Title]

Output: MOST CERTAINLY!


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

Output: HAIL


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Body] I remember THE_KNOWLEDGE from the coaching search and during the haloscan days. I just don't recall the posting style existing before the diaries. If he was posting that way prior to the diary word limit requirements, then my apologies. [Title]

Output: I remember THE_KNOWLEDGE from


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Body] You do realize - and I'm sure THE_KNOWLEDGE will correct me if I'm wrong - that the reason that THE_KNOWLEDGE initially adopted this, shall we say "quirky" posting format (period, double space, yes, double space, period) was because he needed the volume to meet the minimum requirement for posting a diary. And, I believe that may have been - again, correct me if I'm wrong - before there was an mgopoints limit restricting diaries to certain users. And, now we have this regular feature as a result. It's amazing what this blog can spawn. [Title]

Output: You do realize - and I'm sure


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Body] One of my favorite parts about it is that the larger Western defender spends his time trying to sort of hulk over Odoms after Odoms completes the block and falls to the ground, rather than pursuing the play. You can see him sort of talking shit, as if not going down was some sort of victory, while Denard headds for the end zone. Priorities, man. [Title]

Output: One of my favorite parts


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Body] His Heisman pick this year? Ron Powlus [Title]

Output: His Heisman pick this


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

Output: [crickets]


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

Output: Meta?


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Body] http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/toledo-blade-article [Title]

Output: Mgoblog Message Board Post


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Body] Sort of misleading title, no? You are the source of the "rumor" (or, more appropriately, "speculation") as it pertains to Michigan, yes? [Title]

Output: Sort of misleading title,


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Body] Does the one big question = one big prize? If so, then that one. EDIT: Thanks, Brian. [Title]

Output: Does the one big question =


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Body] Rodriguez just debunked it, too: http://twitter.com/chengelis/status/22721596352 [Title]

Output: Rodriguez just debunked it,


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Body] Here's a link: http://twitter.com/chengelis/status/22719661062 [Title]

Output: Here's a


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Body] This source is a bit different, I'd say. There's a difference between a "report" from last night and something straight from Coach Rodriguez's press (or tele) conference, confirming the truth of said report. I hate multiple threads on the same thing, but I think we can tone things down a little regarding actual news. [Title]

Output: This source is a bit


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Body] Don't you mean GERG? Who's Gerg? [Title]

Output: Don't you mean GERG? Who's


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Body] I don't. [Title]

Output: I don't.


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Body] I don't think it's so much a "by not announcing we gain some competitive advantage" type thing as it is that if Tate or Denard get hurt, Gardner is the backup. If Gardner ends up not playing, he redshirts. If he's needed, or if he improves enough that he's useful this year, he doesn't redshirt. There's really nothing to be announced at all at this point for Gardner or any other freshman when it comes to redshirting. [Title]

Output: I don't think it's so much a


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Body] That's awesome. [Title]

Output: That's awesome.


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Body] It's not even a "move" at this point. He said "probably." [Title]

Output: It's not even a "move" at


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Body] Point taken, particularly on the public vs. private issue. I do disagree with the notion that the criticism is cruel or "tearing to shreds." I think you'd have to (or rather, not "you" but "one") read this stuff as the most literal man on earth to take it that way. I just don't, but understand how some could, I guess. I also didn't like the "stop picking on children you big meanie" tone in the stuff above because I think it's hyperbolic in this instance. Overall, I think people are mad because deep down they know the secondary could be very, very shaky and that's coming out in the comments. I think that's leading to most of the overreaction that I've read today. I think people could have a serious debate about how best to criticize without the "you're not a true fan...go ahead and jump off the bandwagon, guy who devoted his career to blogging about Michigan" stuff. [Title]

Output: Point taken, particularly on


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Body] Do you honestly believe that any of the criticism above - the stuff you called tearing "kids" to shreds for their mistakes - is any worse than what the coaches have said to them shortly after the mistakes were made? If they don't have thicker skin than you, god help us this year. [Title]

Output: Do you honestly believe that


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Body] The "Brian is a quitter/pessimist and not a true fan" comments have been my favorite part of the poorly reasoned meltdowns I've read today. [Title]

Output: The "Brian is a


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Body] Agreed. As for the last part, yes. [Title]

Output: Agreed. As for the last


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Body] No, he's not. [Title]

Output: No, he's not.


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Body] Tim always posts notes from the press conferences, as well. I assume that's on its way. [Title]

Output: Tim always posts notes from


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Body] Probably not [Title]

Output: Probably not


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Body] I'm pretty sure he's been banged up for a few days. That may be part of it. [Title]

Output: I'm pretty sure he's been


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Body] Hypothesis: If you have to start your thread title with "yet another article on..." it might not be board-worthy... [Title]

Output: Hypothesis: If you have to


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Body] Good preview, bro... [Title]

Output: Good preview, bro...


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Body] You're embarrassing yourself more than usual. That's saying something. [Title]

Output: You're embarrassing yourself


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Body] What's funny is that you don't realize that what you just wrote is, actually, the pretty obvious theme of the entire column. [Title]

Output: What's funny is that you


Input: [Date] 4 years 47 weeks ago [Body] It's a reasonable opinion. You disagree. I actually disagree, too. How hard is it to leave it at that? [Title]

Output: It's a reasonable opinion.


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Body] If by "ridiculous" you mean haloscanningly excellent... [Title]

Output: If by "ridiculous" you mean


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Body] I'd actually guess: 1: Michigan, Nebraska, Wisconsin 2: OSU, PSU, Iowa I guess you could switch Iowa and Wisconsin, but I feel like the Michigan/Nebraska and OSU/PSU pairs might be the most natural. You could throw MSU in #1 above, too. [Title]

Output: I'd actually guess: 1:


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Body] Wait, you showed up in 2008? This is all your fault. [Title]

Output: Wait, you showed up in 2008?


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Body] As I mentioned in another thread: dahblue: Dave Brandon disagrees with you and is insulted by your simplification of the decision-making process. [Title]

Output: As I mentioned in another


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Body] You think we'll win 6? I had you pegged as a 0-1 win guy. Your love for Michigan does shine through, though. [Title]

Output: You think we'll win 6? I had


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Body] If you sent that in at Texas A&M, you'd get a return phone call and voicemail message. [Title]

Output: If you sent that in at Texas


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Body] Dahblue: Dave Brandon disagrees with you and is insulted by your simplification of the decision-making process. [Title]

Output: On the number of wins RR must have to keep his job...


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Body] Probably too late to add this, but this from Dave Brandon, via Angelique: http://twitter.com/chengelis/status/22102758039 [Title]

Output: Probably too late to add


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Body] I just don't understand the weekly "Valenti and Foster are terrible hacks" posts. They're awful. It's not good radio. We get it. Why give them the attention they obviously crave? [Title]

Output: I just don't understand the


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Body] You could also stop posting about it... [Title]

Output: You could also stop posting


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Body] What's funny is that I don't even consider myself a "defender" of Rodriguez. I love the program and want it to succeed. That's it. I think firing him may do more harm to the program than good. You were never able to understand that original point and instead, as you did with others, twisted my words into something you felt more comfortable arguing and ranting against. If there's anyone here for which this is personal, meaning, their position is informed by hysterical like/dislike of the man, it's clearly you. [Title]

Output: What's funny is that I don't


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Body] I trust Dave Brandon entirely, except not entirely, FTW. [Title]

Output: I trust Dave Brandon


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Body] You don't know a thing about me so as to suggest I'm a blind loyalist. You're not even smart enough to read what I've written and comprehend it and respond to it and it's not complicated. And, you're suggestions as they relate to two seasons ago, again, are not forward thinking which means they're not helpful, and not answers to the questions I've repeatedly suggested require answers. I don't care what you would have done - we're talking about what you'd do (although, I no longer expect you are able to answer that question). I don't assume that keeping Rodriguez will fix everything - it might and it might not. My point was that you don't fire him unless you're pretty darn sure you can do better. You clearly believe that they can fire him and get a better coach. I'm not so sure. But, somehow - and here's where the inability to read and think comes in - you take that to mean I think he's the best coach in the nation. The calculus is relative here and if you were able to calculate at all, you'd understand that much. [Title]

Output: You don't know a thing about


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Body] My only mistake here was wasting a second of my day arguing with you. You whine. You don't think or offer solutions. You're also failing miserably in your attempts to be funny. If things go well this year, you're the guy that pretends it was all his idea. The only point worth reasserting, not for your sake but for others, and not because it was unclear but because you've purposefullly misstated it: I didn't say he's the best coach in the nation, but I don't know that we're going to be able to do better if we start looking for a replacement. He very well may be the best coach "available." I don't know that, but I'm not the one proposing cost-free solutions. Again, it's easy to say fire him, but it's pretty shortsighted to assume that fixes everything. [Title]

Output: My only mistake here was


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Body] Could you be any more dramatic? Thanks for letting me know that we aren't the Lions. And, just to be totally clear, I don't support the notion that we should accept failure as the norm. Nice strawmen. You fire a coach that you don't think can do the job. You don't fire a coach based on arbitrary lines in the sand. I think the results you demand this season are nice in theory, but I simply reject the "he must do this or else" notion. My pointing that out is not an "excuse" to keep Rodriguez. My pointing it out is an answer to the unhinged "we have to win X games or else" argument because the people making that argument seem to believe that all we have to do is fire one guy, hire another, and things will be rainbows and unicorns again. I don't believe that. I don't believe that if we fire him and hire someone else, then problem solved. It's far more complicated than that. I didn't offer any excuse for anything that he's done so far. I didn't offer an excuse at all. What I offered was a reason why changing course right now might be a really bad idea. I do happen to believe he can do the job and do it well. If you don't, fine, but it's pretty easy to be message board rant guy, and a lot harder coming up with solutions. If you think we can do better - that we can hire a better coach - then I guess I understand your impatience and look forward to your list of options (let me guess: Urban Meyer, Nick Saban, and Bo?) come December, if things don't turn out well. Unfortunately, I don't think there's a better coach out there and do think that if the powers that be are as wildly shortsighted as some people can be here, then we're in for a lot more pain in the future. I only hope that then, the people complaining now are as helpful with sharing their solutions as they have been in sharing their unhappiness. [I'm not taking shots at the original post by M-Dan. I disagree with it to some extent, but it contained some reasoning and was respectful.] [Title]

Output: Could you be any more


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Body] There's not an "excuse" in my post. I asked a couple of serious questions. Glad you were able to get around to an answer after all the bad attempts at comedy. [Title]

Output: There's not an "excuse" in my


Input: [Date] 4 years 48 weeks ago [Body] Ok, and if we don't get 8 wins or don't beat State, or both, then what? There are something like 12 seniors on this roster (including Woolfolk) and next year's team will be even better given the additional year of experience. If we don't reach the bar you've set, the answer is to fire the staff and start over, in what will likely be new or mostly new systems? I'm not saying that would ruin next season, but it's going to set things back. Short of an absolute implosion this year, I think that if Brandon believes Rodriguez is the guy, he's going to stick with him. I don't think the artificial "do this or you're out" is realistic or the "Rodriguez has to win X games to keep his job" stuff that's floating around the national and local media is either. It's not so simple. And, I believe the biggest mistake we could make is emulating the hiring/firing patterns that plagued schools like Nebraska and Notre Dame the last 15 years. [Title]

Output: Ok, and if we don't get 8


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Body] I just answered this question. Don't push me on this one. [Title]

Output: I just answered this


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Body] I disagree. Anything that comes out of your butt qualifies as poop. It's science. [Title]

Output: I disagree. Anything that


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Body] Huh? [Title]

Output: Huh?


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Body] Of all the days for that cameo... Hilarious. [Title]

Output: Of all the days for that


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Body] Maybe we'll find out whether they're pleased or not, soon enough. She says they're shooting BTN promos today. http://twitter.com/Melanie_Collins/status/21573479004 [Title]

Output: Maybe we'll find out whether


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Body] Her twitter feed says she's back with BTN in the fall to host Friday Night Tailgate and as a sideline reporter: http://twitter.com/Melanie_Collins/status/20908576196 Otherwise, agree with everything above. Since she's doing journalism-type things for BTN, I'm having a very, very hard time accepting the "sharing" and "letting you in on something I heard" vs. I didn't confirm it and I wasn't "reporting." If she doesn't know what's wrong with simply passing along a rumor, given her capacity as a BTN employee (even a seasonal one), she shouldn't be working at BTN. [Title]

Output: Her twitter feed says she's


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Body] From her twitter feed: My mistake on letting you all in on something I was told today. I did not "report" or "confirm" this information. Simply shared what a source within UM told me and I shouldn't have tweeted it without confirmation. Wasn't trying to start an uproar. http://twitter.com/Melanie_Collins If you find yourself confused as to the journalistic distinction between "reporting" and "letting us in" and "sharing" you're probably not alone. [Title]

Output: UPDATE


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Body] I also like points. [Title]

Output: I also like points.


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Body] It doesn't even matter! Nothing does! Bang. [Title]

Output: It doesn't even matter!


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Body] What's her twitter name? [Title]

Output: What's her twitter name?


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Body] I'm not asking you to do anything. I just passed along some evidence that he's doing well and that he was likely to see the field before the Woolfolk injury...according to someone who's seen practice. You can do what you want with it. I just found it helpful and encouraging. [Title]

Output: I'm not asking you to do


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Body] From FormerWolv's practice musings last week: 9. Cullen Christian will see the field a good bit this year, and is playing like he should. That was one of the few points he made. It's obviously not a direct comparison to Talbott and Avery, but it certainly suggests he's performing well and should see the field. And, he said that before the Woolfolk injury. [Title]

Output: From FormerWolv's practice


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Body] Has anyone lit the "FormerWolv" bat-signal? Seems like a really good day for an update. [Title]

Output: Has anyone lit the


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Body] 4383 [Title]

Output: 4383


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Body] Stay classy. If there ever were a time for you to just not say anything, it's now. [Title]

Output: Stay classy. If there ever


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Body] This is probably not the best way to present the actual news portion of this. The whole "I don't want to tell you exactly what I'm reading on premium boards" mixed with "please speculate as to what we're going to do if he does happen to be out for the year" leads to a lot of potential misinterpretation. Is there a diagnosis or not? Is the news that he's hurt and it looks bad or is the "out for the year" term being thrown around something concrete? I know how imprecise the premium sites can be, but when you put it through another filter, it's even worse. It'd be better to say nothing or to say exactly what you know, I think, without inviting the response to what appears to be a hypothetical (however likely) in the subject line. [Title]

Output: This is probably not the best


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Body] What are you talking about? [Title]

Output: What are you talking about?


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Body] Huyge is practicing at both LT and RT. Lewan is practicing with Huyge at LT. Huyge, Dorrestein, and Schofield are practicing at RT. [Title]

Output: Huyge is practicing at both


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Body] So, he settled out at -1818? That's an impressive point total. [Title]

Output: So, he settled out at -1818?


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Body] Do we have to? [Title]

Output: Do we have to?


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Body] Wait, there's a chance Tate won't start this year? Denard has improved as a passer? What? Well, I hope right now someone is looking for Gerry DiNardo to find out what he thinks about the situation...because...damn. [Title]

Output: Wait, there's a chance Tate


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Body] We use Eukanuba Yorkshire Terrier Formula because our three pound Yorkie couldn't possibly eat a dog food made for just dogs in general. The three to four pieces of kibble she eats every day need to be specially formulated...or something. [Title]

Output: We use Eukanuba Yorkshire


Input: [Date] 4 years 49 weeks ago [Body] I think it's too vague and too much of a leap to really draw any sort of conclusion that's anything but rampant speculation. Is it September 4th yet? [Title]

Output: I think it's too vague and


Input: [Date] 4 years 50 weeks ago [Body] I was just editing to say that I don't really care how he knows, but if it's legit, thanks for posting. And, I appreciate your skepticism for inside info. [Title]

Output: I was just editing to say


Input: [Date] 4 years 50 weeks ago [Body] Did I imagine Geaux Blue's comment re: how FormerWolv knows this or did it go away? [Title]

Output: Did I imagine Geaux Blue's


Input: [Date] 4 years 50 weeks ago [Body] Take it easy. He edited it. [Title]

Output: Take it easy. He edited it.


Input: [Date] 4 years 50 weeks ago [Body] Can we get Brian to UFR it? [Title]

Output: Can we get Brian to UFR it?


Input: [Date] 4 years 50 weeks ago [Body] This is a bit of a tangent, but a very impressive and fun coach to follow on Twitter is Jim Schwartz. He uses it nearly every day. Sometimes he talks about practice, but he also talks a lot about his music interests. He's a very likeable guy and I hope he's the one that turns the Lions around. http://twitter.com/jschwartzlions [Title]

Output: This is a bit of a tangent,


Input: [Date] 4 years 50 weeks ago [Body] That's a strawman. I don't disagree that it would be good to have any of them. I just don't buy the premise that we didn't try hard enough with the other three or that any time spent on Dorsey was to the exclusion of the other three. I don't believe I've seen anything suggesting it worked that way, other than blind speculation. No, the coaches' time to spend recruiting is not infinite, but I haven't seen any evidence that the staff was forced to prioritize Dorsey over the others because of time limitations. I think the assumption that "we got Dorsey so we must have recruited him harder" is a false one unsupported by any evidence other than the fact that he committed to Michigan. I also think think it's wrong to assume Parker, Grimes or Knight would have committed had the coaches done something differently. It's just as likely, and probably more likely, that they wanted to go somewhere else more than they wanted to come to Michigan, and that that was not because of something the coaching staff did or did not do. [Title]

Output: That's a strawman. I don't


Input: [Date] 4 years 50 weeks ago [Body] What evidence is there that Dorsey was being chased to the exclusion of the "other quality options" you mention or that the other quality options would be here had we pursued them with additional vigor? [Title]

Output: What evidence is there that


Input: [Date] 4 years 50 weeks ago [Body] Let me get this straight - you're upset at how GERG deflected a question he didn't want to talk about? You really read that answer from GERG and thought that he actually did not know what was going on with Turner? [Title]

Output: Let me get this straight -


Input: [Date] 4 years 50 weeks ago [Body] Agree with 554.95 [Title]

Output: Agree with 554.95


Input: [Date] 4 years 50 weeks ago [Body] Dumbest comment in mgoblog history? [Title]

Output: Dumbest comment in mgoblog


Input: [Date] 4 years 50 weeks ago [Body] Turner has his release: http://twitter.com/mikerothstein/status/20899095408 [Title]

Output: Turner has his


Input: [Date] 4 years 50 weeks ago [Body] Hmmm. Funny. That's more wins than he had for the Lions. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WareAn00.htm [Title]

Output: Hmmm. Funny. That's more


Input: [Date] 4 years 51 weeks ago [Body] RBUAS is on twitter [Title]

Output: RBUAS is on twitter


Input: [Date] 4 years 51 weeks ago [Body] And, Bryant Westbrook's... [Title]

Output: And, Bryant Westbrook's...


Input: [Date] 5 years 2 days ago [Body] Constructive. Why respond at all? [Title]

Output: Constructive. Why respond at


Input: [Date] 5 years 3 days ago [Body] Thanks. I was just joking about the title. I wasn't even trying to be the spelling and grammar police. It just randomly reminded me of Sean Higgins. [Title]

Output: Thanks. I was just joking


Input: [Date] 5 years 3 days ago [Body] Who said anything about wanting anyone to fall and break ribs? I like that you're taking this so seriously. Yes, thank heavens Sean Higgins did not go on a bender in Vegas and fall and break his ribs or have any other harm befall him. [Title]

Output: Who said anything about


Input: [Date] 5 years 3 days ago [Body] Negatives for a rare Sean Higgins reference? Sad. [Title]

Output: Negatives for a rare Sean


Input: [Date] 5 years 3 days ago [Body] Maybe he meant Sean Higgins.... [Title]

Output: Maybe he meant Sean


Input: [Date] 5 years 2 weeks ago [Body] Hawk is an a-hole. It has nothing to do with being a homer. [Title]

Output: Hawk is an a-hole. It has


Input: [Date] 5 years 2 weeks ago [Body] How about Jay Buhner? [Title]

Output: How about Jay Buhner?


Input: [Date] 5 years 2 weeks ago [Body] You just don't know much about Smoak, other than reading his batting line this year, some 70 games and 235 ABs into his first major league season. If we're talking "real comparisons" then you have to look at what the Mariners gave up to get Lee and what they just got in return. They traded three prospects to the Phillies and hoped to contend this year. They didn't, so they just flipped Lee to the Rangers for four prospects. No one would accept those three prospects the Mariners sent the Phillies in exchange for Smoak, let alone Smoak and three additional prospects, which is what the Mariners just received. In essence, Seattle just turned three good/ok prospects into Smoak and three more good/ok prospects. And, Smoak's a guy who was probably on everyone's top ten prospects list heading into this season. So, if you're going to ask for prospects in exchange for Lee, you could not have hoped to do much better than Smoak, let alone Smoak plus three. [Title]

Output: You just don't know much


Input: [Date] 5 years 3 weeks ago [Body] I understand, we just disagree. I think almost the entire Cavaliers fanbase would disagree that Dan Gilbert was the only one that was hurt. I don't read that letter as "crybaby." I read it as push back against the spectacle that LBJ just put the franchise and fanbase through. As a fan, when your team loses a star, let alone a super star, it's going to hurt. When it lose him on national television following a two year process that can best be described as a pathetic stunt, it's going to hurt a lot more. And, when you're Cleveland and haven't won a championship in anything in a generation (plus), it's hurts even more. I think Dan Gilbert knows his fans pretty well and had that in mind when he wrote it. I understand the notion that "he's just a former employee" but that's a pretty watered down, simplistic description in this case. LBJ wasn't just some employee to this franchise and I think there's no chance he was treated like just some employee by that organization. I'd bet he was treated like royalty (no pun intended) and that they bent over backwards to keep him happy. No, they didn't get over the hump, but they weren't indifferent to that fact - we're not talking about Donald Sterling and the Clippers here. As far as I know, Gilbert never got any outreach from LBJ to tell him he was leaving or why before tonight's ridiculous show. I've never heard of bad blood between LBJ and Gilbert, so I can't imagine any excuse for not giving Gilbert that courtesy...well...other than the fact that you don't want the surprise decision to leak before your one hour primetime special. I think, at the very least, LBJ owed them that courtesy. He chose to build his brand instead, and Gilbert gave back to LBJ just what he deserved. He humiliated (maybe that's too strong a word) Cleveland throughout the process and especially tonight. (And, I too am still glad it happened in Ohio) [Title]

Output: I understand, we just


Input: [Date] 5 years 3 weeks ago [Body] ESPN verified it. It's Gilbert. And, I think it's fantastic. No love for Ohio or Cleveland here, but this whole thing was an atrocious display on LBJ's part. He didn't even call and talk to Gilbert or explain the decision before he made it on television. That seems like a pretty common courtesy, but I digress. I think people in Cleveland aren't just mad about this, they're pretty hurt too. For an owner...a "buttoned-up corporate type" as someone described above...to recognize that and not issue some vanilla "we're disappointed" statement, but instead try and identify with and rally his fans, is refreshing. Good for him. [Title]

Output: ESPN verified it. It's


Input: [Date] 31 weeks 6 days ago [Body] If he tweeted that after the thing about the 49ers being 7-4, he has since deleted that, as well. I couldn't find it. [Title]

Output: If he tweeted that after the


Input: [Date] 31 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Maybe he didn't like how he phrased his response. It's not easy when people are picking apart every single word used in 140 character bursts, and looking for positive signals or something that suggests a lack of credibility. [Title]

Output: Maybe he didn't like how he


Input: [Date] 31 weeks 6 days ago [Body] I suggested to him that the 49ers would have been 7-4 at the time of these alleged initial discussions. He responded that it might explain why interest was low at that point. I responded again that it would have been an distraction (with Harbaugh reasonably focused on making the playoffs). He deleted his response to me. I'm not sure why. I always find that odd. [Title]

Output: I suggested to him that the


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Brian has cited him in some of the coaching search updates. Moss has been around a long time. He has some sources. This isn't totally random internet rumormongering. [Title]

Output: Brian has cited him in some


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 5 hours ago [Body] I think he first tweeted that day that the press conference would be held and that Brandon would be fired. It beat everyone else. It wasn't a random guess. And, he's not really in that business, from what I can tell. That said, I'm not the guy who you mock for buying every internet rumor that comes along. I totally get the skepticism. And, I don't care what you all believe. I'm just saying that the salt that goes with this report in particular should probably be of the grain and not the boulder variety. [Title]

Output: I think he first tweeted that


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 6 hours ago [Body] I'm not saying he's right about this, but I think he had Brandon's firing before anyone else. Brian might vouch for that. [Title]

Output: I'm not saying he's right


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 8 hours ago [Body] I think you are reading too much into it. Read the next sentence after he mentioned bowl games: "They may be in bowl games. They may be…you know, wherever they are in their status..." I don't think you can make any judgment at all about a pool of candidats limited to college coaches based on that statement. [Title]

Output: I think you are reading too


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 2 days ago [Body] This probably wasn't intended to be a diary, but I'll just point out that it seems unlikely to me that Harbaugh would be stupid enough to go to Miami given the acrimony in that front office. Have you read the backstory on Aponte? It doesn't sound like she's going anywhere, and if that's true, Harbaugh would be jumping from one bad situation to another. I'm not sure even Ross's money could paper that over. [Title]

Output: This probably wasn't intended


Input: [Date] 44 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Great. Well, then the problem was either provider-specific (which AT&T denied) or it was an issue in certain pockets of the city. [Title]

Output: Great. Well, then the


Input: [Date] 44 weeks 2 days ago [Body] There was a problem with the broadcast in the Atlanta area (and possibly others). They screwed up the regional coverage such that ABC and ESPN2 were both showing Texas A&M vs. SMU. This continued until some point in the 3rd quarter when the complaints must have finally bubbled up to the people who fix these sorts of things. At that point, the UM game became available on ESPN2. [Title]

Output: There was a problem with the


Input: [Date] 1 year 20 weeks ago [Body] Did you just cut and paste that summary from rotoworld? [Title]

Output: Did you just cut and paste


Input: [Date] 1 year 29 weeks ago [Body] You'll always be Coach Schiano to me... [Title]

Output: You'll always be Coach


Input: [Date] 1 year 32 weeks ago [Body] Hello - I have returned to receive your upvotes... [Title]

Output: Hello - I have returned to


Input: [Date] 1 year 35 weeks ago [Body] Year 3 under Rodriguez is identical to Year 3 under Hoke. We have not improved. Also, we could easily be 4-7 right now. Some of those wins are functional losses. But tell me more about how great things are... [Title]

Output: Year 3 under Rodriguez is


Input: [Date] 2 years 10 hours ago [Body] It looks like Benoit will continue to close (from Danny Knobler on Twitter - I can't embed for some reason): @DannyKnoblerCBS Tigers will keep Benoit as closer, use Veras along with Smyly in the 7th and 8th innings. [Title]

Output: It looks like Benoit will


Input: [Date] 2 years 10 hours ago [Body] I'm not certain he's going to close, but it will be nice to have some more help with late innings. [Title]

Output: I'm not certain he's going to


Input: [Date] 2 years 44 weeks ago [Body] Michigan 38 - ND 31 [Title]

Output: Michigan 38 - ND 31


Input: [Date] 3 years 18 weeks ago [Body] I'm guessing "DB" isn't "wondering what happened to Beilein and the program in such a short time frame" because Dave Brandon is smart enough not to evaluate the status of a major program by only looking at a three week period in which nothing that could be construed by any reasonable person as "negativity breed[ing] negativity" took place. [Title]

Output: I'm guessing "DB" isn't


Input: [Date] 3 years 29 weeks ago [Body] Spencer Hall is Orson. #yourmindblown [Title]

Output: Spencer Hall is Orson.


Input: [Date] 3 years 45 weeks ago [Body] Raoul: The article doesn't say anything about where McGary places Duke among the final six. It simply says McGary's parents favor Duke. [Title]

Output: Raoul: The article doesn't


Input: [Date] 3 years 46 weeks ago [Body] According to John Buccigross (and reports he's citing on twitter from foreign news agencies), Liv and Salei are confirmed dead. [Title]

Output: According to John Buccigross


Input: [Date] 4 years 14 weeks ago [Body] The twitter link is all there is. The link within just goes to his profile. http://twitter.com/#!/nbadraftnet/status/61153951835357184 [Title]

Output: The twitter link is all there


Input: [Date] 4 years 14 weeks ago [Body] No, I'm well aware of the last four years, thanks. As I said above, I just think this is overkill. I don't think that's that controversial of an opinion. [Title]

Output: No, I'm well aware of the


Input: [Date] 4 years 14 weeks ago [Body] For what reason do they need to travel around the country and "get the former players pumped up?" I'm not being a smartass. I really don't see why it's necessary. I'm not saying they need to spend all of their time watching film like has been suggested above. [Title]

Output: For what reason do they need


Input: [Date] 4 years 14 weeks ago [Body] But he has a lot of former players in his phone...or whatever... [Title]

Output: But he has a lot of former


Input: [Date] 4 years 14 weeks ago [Body] I don't understand why this is necessary or a valuable use of the coaches' time. I understand the perceived need to "mend fences" or whatever, but if this is true, it seems to be overkill. [Title]

Output: I don't understand why this


Input: [Date] 4 years 14 weeks ago [Body] What was the state of "the tradition" when RR came in, or did you miss that part of the post in your rush to cryptically name drop? [Title]

Output: What was the state of "the


Input: [Date] 4 years 14 weeks ago [Body] Except it's not...at all. [Title]

Output: Except it's not...at all.


Input: [Date] 4 years 15 weeks ago [Body] Let's just watch the spring game... [Title]

Output: Let's just watch the spring


Input: [Date] 4 years 17 weeks ago [Body] Butler lost two starters and they were pretty important. Gordon Heyward was their best player and a lottery pick in last year's NBA draft. Willie Veasley (who now plays in Japan) was a critical defender that, like Heyward, could guard almost anyone. Their struggles early this season were almost entirely related to defense. They've found a way to make up for those losses. [Title]

Output: Butler lost two starters and


Input: [Date] 29 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Don't know if it's just the TV, but this game seems to have so much more energy than the rose bowl. Can't imagine the shit show these two fan bases have combined to make. [Title]

Output: sugar bowl atmosphere


Input: [Date] 29 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Harbaugh fired one of his best friends after Stanford's 1st winning season in years. If Hogan is transferring and Harbaugh believes he makes us better than it's going to happen. However, I don't think he would try to steal/poach him if he's not dead set on leaving Stanford. [Title]

Output: Harbaugh fired one of his


Input: [Date] 30 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Read the article. Not sure what I'm supposed to be mad about. [Title]

Output: Read the article. Not sure


Input: [Date] 30 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Believe his favorite quoite is about having a team that competes with enthusiasm unknown to mankind. [Title]

Output: Believe his favorite quoite


Input: [Date] 30 weeks 3 days ago [Body] When Harbaugh was at Stanford he would do a draft the day before the game. Sounds like it will be a real Spring game. Though I would easily watch Harbaugh coach punters like in years past. http://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/04/11/stanford-football-drafts-spring-game-rosters/ [Title]

Output: When Harbaugh was at Stanford


Input: [Date] 30 weeks 4 days ago [Body] It's BS. The league's policy states that no employer club may grant another club permission to discuss employment with its head coach for the current or a future season until the end of the season. The coach is prohibited from discussing employment with another team, and no club may request permission to discuss employment with a coach from another team. source- http://www.csnbayarea.com/49ers/49ers-cant-trade-harbaugh-until-after-season [Title]

Output: It's BS. "The league’s


Input: [Date] 31 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Florida's D was dominant against Missouri. Held them to 119 total yards. However, everything else was impossibly bad. [Title]

Output: Florida's D was dominant


Input: [Date] 31 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Another one from ways back https://www.sandiegofamily.com/resources/san-diego-heroes/1303-interview-with-jim-harbaugh [Title]

Output: Another one from ways back


Input: [Date] 31 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Another one from ways back ( https://www.sandiegofamily.com/resources/san-diego-heroes/1303-interview-with-jim-harbaugh ) [Title]

Output: Another one from ways back