Input: [Date] 2 years 1 week ago [Body] To be fair to Mark May, discrediting his opinion based on his failure to previously behave in accordance with his own stated position is a logical fallacy towards hypocracy. Just because he was formerly a terrorist doesn't mean his views on Johnny Football are immediately dismissable. Instead, we should dismiss Mark May on account of his views being stupid in and of themselves, which they totally are. [Title]

Output: To be fair to Mark May,


Input: [Date] 2 years 2 weeks ago [Body] I need to do this before I come all the way home from Americas Dairyland for the UM/ND game. [Title]

Output: I need to do this before I


Input: [Date] 2 years 2 weeks ago [Body] I am so proud of drawing that Brady Hoke Epic Double Point. May it be used for eternity. I must have a HTTV. [Title]

Output: I am so proud of drawing that


Input: [Date] 2 years 2 weeks ago [Body] She looks like the reanimated corpse of a stripper. [Title]

Output: She looks like the reanimated


Input: [Date] 2 years 2 weeks ago [Body] As an exploration of thought, what consitutes a "good" or "bad" fan? What makes one fan "better" than another? Is someone who is "more" of a fan a "better" fan? I think a good fan is simply one who is loyal to their team and shares in the emotions of victory and defeat. You could say that someone else is "more of a fan" if they delve into the depth charts, recruiting, coaching strategy, etc. But I don't think that really makes them "better" in any actual sense - they're not digging into the excesses of sports nerddom for anybody's benefit but their own, right? They are just one person in the stands on game day, and they can't cheer any louder than the next person. Sure, they can discuss the intricacies of two tight end formations on an internet message board, but again ... once it's football saturday, who cares? Now you know I wouldn't argue that there is no value in being a sports nerd, or a super fan or whatever (I mean ... here I am), but one part of enjoying being a fan is sharing the experience with others. You aren't going to be a good fan by being elitist and dividing yourself from others, you'll only be missing out. TL;DR - don't be a turd. [Title]

Output: As an exploration of thought,


Input: [Date] 2 years 2 weeks ago [Body] It doesn't look like there is a really good yes/no predictor yet. There are genetic tests that can be done, but they still can't diagnose ALS confidently, let alone predict the development of its symptoms. It looks like, at best, you could discover that you have an allele that's associated with higher risk for ALS. http://www.alsa.org/about-als/genetic-testing-for-als.html Im not a medical doctor. [Title]

Output: It doesn't look like there is


Input: [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Body] A toast to your party being a smashing success! Evan Williams on my side ... straight ... I'm poor. [Title]

Output: A toast to your party being a


Input: [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Body] All right Coach Belein. [Title]

Output: All right Coach Belein.


Input: [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Body] Just keep your eye on sportscenter ... he'll pop up, eventually. [Title]

Output: Just keep your eye on


Input: [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Body] Agreed, but (was thinking about this while watching Burke crack THE NEXT LEVEL today) the Kansas and Syracuse games may go down as even more legendary to me. VCU did have a lot of hype as a dark horse, but those other opponents were giants. I like me some giant slaying. [Title]

Output: Agreed, but (was thinking


Input: [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Body] Sweet audio lollies, that's not bad. A toast to you, newcomer. /bourbon [Title]

Output: Sweet audio lollies, that's


Input: [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Body] Just remember that Runyan rhymes with Paul Bunyan. Convince yourself he's a giant with a big blue ox and you will never forgot. RUNYAN THE GIANT. [Title]

Output: Just remember that Runyan


Input: [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Body] Haha the random middle finger ... hey, local celebrity is better than nothing, right? ... right? [Title]

Output: Haha the random middle finger


Input: [Date] 2 years 5 weeks ago [Body] At an event with open bar - brandy old fashioneds all night! [Title]

Output: At an event with open bar -


Input: [Date] 2 years 5 weeks ago [Body] No order: - Mila Kunis - my girlfriend [Title]

Output: No order: - Mila Kunis - my


Input: [Date] 2 years 5 weeks ago [Body] This guy is good. [Title]

Output: This guy is good.


Input: [Date] 2 years 6 weeks ago [Body] Man I'm 28 and I can actually FEEL myself falling behind modern gaming as it changes. Like ... I COULD keep up if I really wanted, but now it takes brainpower that I know I should be allocating to like ... work or something. And don't even get me started on twitter lol. [Title]

Output: Man I'm 28 and I can actually


Input: [Date] 2 years 6 weeks ago [Body] I went to Hope over Michigan as well. I was motivated partly by academics, and partly by personal preference. Academically, Hope is a super successful launching point for pre-med students. Many of my classmates went on to Michigan medical/dental school, and I thought maybe I wanted to do the same. As for personal preference, I just really liked the small class sizes, the personal atmosphere, and the direct contact I had with my professors. The small-scale thing is not for everybody, but I really made us of their wisdom and learned a lot about being an independent scientist. Oh, as it turns out, Hope is really big into undergraduate research. And I don't mean like you work in a big lab full of grads and post docs doing menial tasks for them - the entire system is designed to make sure you have your own project, you're the one calling the shots, coming up with ideas, etc. You're actually the most important person they have. So I fell in love with the lab, and now I'm closing in on a PhD in neuroscience. I still keep in touch with my professors at Hope via email, they want to know how I'm doing. I may even go back to Holland and give a seminar talk on my work in the near future. Basically, it worked out really well for me. [Title]

Output: I went to Hope over Michigan


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

Output: DESHAWNA


Input: [Date] 2 years 6 weeks ago [Body] I actually made two versions of Hoke pointing in this style ... firstly, there's the Epic Double Point: ... and then a full body point: ... which I combined with my favorite football players to use as my desktop background (click to embiggen?) [Title]

Output: I actually made two versions


Input: [Date] 2 years 6 weeks ago [Body] I can't help feeling like decorating this place with basketball stuff would make it feel too much like some ACC blog. I know we love our bball here, but football is our evolutionary history - it's tied more closely to how we got here, not just who we are now. Ugh, I'm having a hard time even agreeing with what I just wrote, because Michigan basketball has had a pretty great history too. Ok fine maybe I don't have any good logic, the basketball banner just seems odd to me somehow. [Title]

Output: I can't help feeling like


Input: [Date] 2 years 6 weeks ago [Body] I thought this photo looked familiar - I used it to make some iPhone wallpapers/t-shirts a while back. [Title]

Output: I thought this photo looked


Input: [Date] 2 years 7 weeks ago [Body] That article seems to have had quite the impact. OSU has had TONS of success as of late, which means that at least half of any criticism directed at them can be dismissed as mere jealousy. However, there has been SO much STRONG evidence laid against them lately indicating that their sporting culture is offensively obsessive and detrimental that I do believe it has merit. My null hypothesis is that Ohioans are really no different than us - they are so similar, right? - but I am willing to be swayed, and I do feel swayed. I truly think they're being douches. [Title]

Output: That article seems to have


Input: [Date] 2 years 7 weeks ago [Body] I've always thought that way too. To strengthen the argument, you can also point out that "baking soda" is clearly the correct noun form of soda. If baking soda = soda, then soda pop = pop. [Title]

Output: I've always thought that way


Input: [Date] 2 years 8 weeks ago [Body] I don't understand ... so strange ... and sad. [Title]

Output: I don't understand ... so


Input: [Date] 2 years 8 weeks ago [Body] While I agree with you - and actually think it's a really interesting psychological phenomenon that we have this obsession with guessing the future - I've had to accept that predictions are like 75% of what sports media does when their sport isn't presently happening. I know, I know ... "What good is predicting things anyway? All that matters is the true outcome." Yeah, but ... you try and stop them. It's like telling someone to stop blinking. If you think about your sport at all, it's natural to build hypothetical scenarios. Next you're weighing the relative likelihoods of them actually happening. And that finally leads to predictions. I think that NOT doing so takes a measured degree of conscious restraint. [Title]

Output: While I agree with you - and


Input: [Date] 2 years 9 weeks ago [Body] His rap is bad. It's funny. And he ditched MSU to do it, which is also funny. I know people round these parts stress that we should ignore MSU and pretend they don't exist to prove we don't care about them, but lets be honest - that's hard to do when this sort of gold keeps digging itself up. And anyway, they have been pretty good at football lately, so I don't really feel like pretending that hasn't bothered me. I want to laugh at their misfortune a little, my sparty malice meter is higher these last few years than it's historically been, and they earned it. When they are well and truly relegated to nobody status, I'll stop caring. For now, I kind of hate them. [Title]

Output: His rap is bad. It's funny.


Input: [Date] 2 years 11 weeks ago [Body] I love that the Charity Bowl features 'Make Spencer Eat Cheese University' (MSECU) - if you look at the comments section, they even have a mascot & a fight song: Meats leave you bloated Grains give you turds Veggies are disgusting Go! Fight! Curds! Also of note - the fictional Miskatonic University from the writings of H.P. Lovecraft made the list of donators. [Title]

Output: I love that the Charity Bowl


Input: [Date] 2 years 13 weeks ago [Body] congratulations! that's quite the accomplishment. make sure you have a celebratory beer or cocktail this weekend to celebrate how far you've come. *high five* [Title]

Output: congratulations! that's


Input: [Date] 2 years 14 weeks ago [Body] That's what I was worried about! I didn't do this ... right? [Title]

Output: That's what I was worried


Input: [Date] 2 years 14 weeks ago [Body] I had whipped this up a while back ... but now one of these guys has left for geener pastures, & the other one is injured :/ I suck at embedding - here's a link for embiggening the banner: http://i.imgur.com/kaw0nK0.png [Title]

Output: I had whipped this up a while


Input: [Date] 2 years 15 weeks ago [Body] I hope our tiny eaglet grows into a fierce raptor. The bird kind, not the Toronto kind. They are bad. [Title]

Output: I hope our tiny eaglet grows


Input: [Date] 2 years 15 weeks ago [Body] Exactly right. Wear your colors, sure, he will notice that. But the best thing you can do for your colors is to back them up with class, grace, and respect. We can rag on Ohio all we want, because screw those guys, but when it comes to actually interacting with them, you simply have to be the best person you can be. It's just the right thing to do. [Title]

Output: Exactly right. Wear your


Input: [Date] 2 years 15 weeks ago [Body] Nope. Relishing the tears of the vanquished is just part of sports. It's no big deal, it's not like you're celebrating a person losing their job or falling ill. It's just sports. This is what we do - everyone wins & loses. You feel good, you feel bad. You get to dole out some pride in victory, you gotta take your medicine in defeat. You can't be too sensitive about everybody's feelings, because it's honestly not that important. It's just sports. It's better to not be a bunch of assholes, but it doesn't mean you have to carefully navigate the minefield of human emotion to avoid offending the enemy. [Title]

Output: Nope. Relishing the tears of


Input: [Date] 2 years 15 weeks ago [Body] Watching this tournament has made me want to go shoot a basketball, just to see the arching trajectory again and hear the sounds of the ball rattling home, swishing through the net, and (more often than not) clanking off the irons uselessly. This team has helped me regain a huge appreciation for the aesthetic of the sport. [Title]

Output: Watching this tournament has


Input: [Date] 2 years 15 weeks ago [Body] I need to change my avatar, I hate wisconsin now. [Title]

Output: I need to change my avatar, I


Input: [Date] 2 years 15 weeks ago [Body] I'M STILL WEARING THE SHIRT TO BE SAFE [Title]

Output: I'M STILL WEARING THE SHIRT


Input: [Date] 2 years 15 weeks ago [Body] I would say nothing & try to ninja away unseen. I'm afraid I would be more of a distraction than an inspiration. [Title]

Output: I would say nothing & try to


Input: [Date] 2 years 15 weeks ago [Body] I, too, am utilizing wardrobe continuity to give us the maximum probability of victory. I've worn the same shirt for each of our NCAA tournament games so far. I accidentally washed it with a bunch of other laundry before the Syracuse game & I was terrified that I screwed us, but everything turned out ok. In fact, I have watched the games in at least 4 different locations, with various other factors in constant flux - beers drank or not drank, solo or with friends, etc. I'm starting to think maybe our team is winning because they're talented and well-coached or something ... [Title]

Output: I, too, am utilizing wardrobe


Input: [Date] 2 years 15 weeks ago [Body] it's ok, you won't be able to miss his future highlights on sportscenter [Title]

Output: it's ok, you won't be able to


Input: [Date] 2 years 16 weeks ago [Body] I can relate, my Patronus is a koala. [Title]

Output: I can relate, my Patronus is


Input: [Date] 2 years 16 weeks ago [Body] I like that clip in which he sets 3 screens in like a 7-second span. he's just digging space out of the defense. almost like a giant puppy. [Title]

Output: I like that clip in which he


Input: [Date] 2 years 16 weeks ago [Body] It's from those AT&T commercials, which I admittedly enjoy. [Title]

Output: It's from those AT&T


Input: [Date] 2 years 16 weeks ago [Body] scientist here. his work checks out. carry on. [Title]

Output: scientist here. his work


Input: [Date] 2 years 16 weeks ago [Body] speaking of wizards, I feel like this craptastic photoshop of Burke & Stauskas enchanting the rock I whipped up on Saturday was eerily prescient. CHEAP SELF RE-POST. [Title]

Output: speaking of wizards, I feel


Input: [Date] 2 years 17 weeks ago [Body] I think it's for facebook, no? I could be wrong. [Title]

Output: I think it's for facebook,


Input: [Date] 2 years 17 weeks ago [Body] Not only is this poem clever & entertaining, but it's also a very complete summary of the key events in the game! Except not only did it include the things that happened, but how we all felt about it at the time. I will be able to read this years from now & remember how it felt to watch this game. [Title]

Output: Not only is this poem clever


Input: [Date] 2 years 17 weeks ago [Body] wizards at work [Title]

Output: wizards at work


Input: [Date] 2 years 17 weeks ago [Body] I want to love this, but I'm too lazy to find the relevant videos. [Title]

Output: I want to love this, but I'm


Input: [Date] 2 years 17 weeks ago [Body] I think so? I'm not sure. We won, though. I feel happy. Belein = good. Edit: Ok ok I should expand a little to be thoughtful. It seemed to me like one of the biggest things Belein did well was to get Jeff Withey away from the basket on defense. We didn't always make the shot, but by pulling Withey towards the perimeter, it allowed McGary to go all McGary in the paint. Which, as we know, was huge. I guess I believe that Belein deserves some credit for getting McGary's production today. Awesome stuff. [Title]

Output: I think so? I'm not sure.


Input: [Date] 2 years 17 weeks ago [Body] GET THIS MAN A BEER [Title]

Output: GET THIS MAN A BEER


Input: [Date] 2 years 17 weeks ago [Body] truly a noble endeavor. I abstained from posting in the game thread, but I can tell you, I did not want to believe. I was afraid of getting my heart broken if I believed. but I stayed tuned in the whole game, experienced all the frustration & agony, and then finally the unbelievable relief & bliss. I can't say I stayed optimistic. that would be a lie. but I stayed hopeful. and holy crap am I happy! [Title]

Output: truly a noble endeavor. I


Input: [Date] 2 years 17 weeks ago [Body] Here in Madison, I am going to drink bourbon atop a throne made of the ashes of my fallen enemies. [Title]

Output: Here in Madison, I am going


Input: [Date] 2 years 17 weeks ago [Body] I liked it when McGary would make jumpers in Witheys face. Yeah ... I liked that. [Title]

Output: I liked it when McGary would


Input: [Date] 2 years 17 weeks ago [Body] I have also played competitive soccer at a number of levels, and while I agree that the sport, in its purest essence, is a tough & physical game, I would also have to agree that the culture of professional soccer is a little bit "princess-ish". So to me it's two different things - a great game full of beautiful action that I can't stand to follow due to the terrible implementation of rules and the subsequent total corruption of the spirit of play. [Title]

Output: I have also played


Input: [Date] 2 years 18 weeks ago [Body] I'm so excited but I can barely watch! [Title]

Output: I'm so excited but I can


Input: [Date] 2 years 18 weeks ago [Title]

Output: (No subject)


Input: [Date] 2 years 18 weeks ago [Body] In all seriousness, Vincent is the man. He wasnt shaken when it happened, and he's never been shaken since. He did a great Q&A session on reddit which just illustrated his effortless badassery. He even answered a question of mine about his sick blocking, 9 DAYS AFTER I POSED IT, cuz he's that sweet. He cited his "killer instinct", which I believe 100%. V. Smith forever. [Title]

Output: In all seriousness, Vincent


Input: [Date] 2 years 19 weeks ago [Body] I fucking hate this place sometimes. [Title]

Output: I fucking hate this place


Input: [Date] 2 years 19 weeks ago [Body] You know, it's hard to tell. They're a relatively comatose crowd so far ... obviously there hasn't been a lot to react to. I'm with two lab mates who are local, they're basically just complaining about how terrible the badgers' FG % is. Which is legit. No particular insights, just wishing the shots were falling. [Title]

Output: You know, it's hard to tell.


Input: [Date] 2 years 19 weeks ago [Body] Fuck Wisconsin. - Posted from the Buffalo Wild Wings in the center of the UW-Madison campus [Title]

Output: Fuck Wisconsin. - Posted from


Input: [Date] 2 years 19 weeks ago [Body] Hah, fair question - I'm a PhD student at UW-Madison, so I guess I've got a little bit of academic pride at least, and I enjoy Madison. I was kinda cool with their football team, as they were in the Leaders Division, so who cares, but honestly I'm learning to hate them after this basketball season. I had to see all their stupid fans' faces outside the Kohl Center after that miracle bullshit they pulled on us, and I was mere moments away from steering my vehicle into the masses. JK I'm not murderous. But for real, I was kinda mad. [Title]

Output: Hah, fair question - I'm a


Input: [Date] 2 years 19 weeks ago [Body] Oh damnit this is my girlfriend. Notre Dame fan in football season, Indiana fan in basketball season, Chicago Bulls fan for NBA, Indianapolis Colts fan for NFL. I give her shit by listing my sports allegiances as MICHIGAN MICHIGAN DETROIT DETROIT DETROIT DETROIT. Fergodsakes, have an identity people. [Title]

Output: Oh damnit this is my


Input: [Date] 2 years 20 weeks ago [Body] PLoS Biology should be free to submit, as the "premium" journal. [Title]

Output: PLoS Biology should be free


Input: [Date] 2 years 20 weeks ago [Body] Yep, just like everyone else has said already, I'll echo it - really nice interview, charisma & genuine enthusiasm are a go with this one. Massive approval at this point. Looks like a great fit. [Title]

Output: Yep, just like everyone else


Input: [Date] 2 years 20 weeks ago [Body] Easy ... PLoS ONE was designed as an open access journal which evaluates submissions on quality of work alone, not the "hotness" of the topic. That's why it's different from journals such as Nature or Science, which have high impact factors. The trade-off is that these journals can be almost tabloid in nature - the kind of articles that get published here are cutting edge, but unreplicated. A decent proportion of these high impact studies wash out as nothing of substance - just something that garners a lot of attention at first blush. Additionally, PLoS has other "versions" of itself - such as PLoS Genetics & PLoS Biology. PLoS Biology is actually a very prestigious journal with a high impact factor - but ironically, they are obligated to not advertise that fact based on their founding philosophy that impact factor is not the alpha & omega of publication. I should also admit that I'm a big proponent of open access scientific formats, & I think it's particularly favorable for large scale studies that use a high volume of data because there are no length restrictions or limitations on how the data can be shared with the scientific community. My two cents. [Title]

Output: Easy ... PLoS ONE was


Input: [Date] 2 years 21 weeks ago [Body] At least we get the entire state of Texas who aren't A&M fans who hate A&M. [Title]

Output: At least we get the entire


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Toss me an email and I'll help you out with the Sketch Head from the basketball game, that's my bad boy. brhodes193@yahoo.com [Title]

Output: Toss me an email and I'll


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Yea, the pay is actually incredibly low relative to the other professional sports. Obviously MMA is younger and less mainstream, but even Rousey will only get about $2mil for that fight without sponser dollars. That seems like a ton for 14sec, but that's months of training and she's one of the sport's biggest names. Its growing fast though, and she's paving the way for a whole new boatload of female fighters. Pretty awesome to witness for a fan of the sport! [Title]

Output: Yea, the pay is actually


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Yet another Vikes fan. I see no way he wears a new uniform next season. Whether or not he wants to play for Minnesota or not, he knows where the paychecks are coming from. The trade return isn't going to be worth the player, and I can't see this organization making a deal with Dallas specifically for anything less than a solid haul of picks. [Title]

Output: Yet another Vikes fan. I see


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 5 days ago [Body] In the non-call boat, I think it was 2010 when DeShawn Sims was hacked by State in what should have been a last second layup for the win at Crisler. I remember one of the refs got injured during the game and had to leave, so the view from behind Sims where he was being held down was just missed. [Title]

Output: In the non-call boat, I think


Input: [Date] 23 weeks 5 days ago [Body] I hate this damn conference. I don't care about the ease of schedule, I want to see Michigan play their rivals home and away and I want to see them in Assembly Hall. Is it selfish that I want my school to play other schools in our conference? [Title]

Output: I hate this damn conference.


Input: [Date] 23 weeks 6 days ago [Body] So late in the second half when I began to be more interested in people watching than the game itself, I noticed an awkward moment between Harbaugh and Desmond. Harbaugh stopped to talk to like 5 people on his way to the tunnel, just being courteous. Then he got to the tunnel, where Des was, and uncomfortably walked past him. Des even looked up, like how I would avoid an ex in high school. Just odd. Also, Jameis wouldn't even acknowledge the kids that wanted a picture, even the oddly placed kid in a FSU hat! Comeon mannn [Title]

Output: Nothing to see here


Input: [Date] 24 weeks 4 days ago [Body] People that think something is wrong with offense in seemingly every sports just don't like defense, and I don't like them. Sometimes, things aren't broken - so don't fix them. Soccer is boring to me, so I don't watch it. They make a lot of money despite my decision. Baseball is exciting to me, so I watch it. If it bores you, don't. They will continue to make a lot of money, don't change my game. Charges are the most exciting call in college basketball, and I love Ted Valentine as a ref. I love MMA but the UFC is ruining it. What it did to this point pushed MMA into the main stream, and that's fantastic. However, they now are over-extending themselves and have too large a roster with too many events. Fighters aren't getting fights, and other organizations are dying. Reign it in for the sport. It frustrates me that NFL money isn't guaranteed. Baseball's salary model is the best in sports. The contract matters - when it's signed, it's done. If all sports could adopt this, they'd all be better for it. There will be another NFLPA strike soon and it will stem from how the NFL treated Adrian Peterson. [Title]

Output: Airing of Grievances


Input: [Date] 30 weeks 2 days ago [Body] As a Vikings fan, I'm very happy with Marvin Lewis' employment [Title]

Output: As a Vikings fan, I'm very


Input: [Date] 30 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Thus justifying the poor sportsmanship... [Title]

Output: Thus justifying the poor


Input: [Date] 30 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Finally, it made it. [Title]

Output: Finally, it made it.


Input: [Date] 30 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Will someone make a post about that guy pooping already?! [Title]

Output: Will someone make a post


Input: [Date] 30 weeks 3 days ago [Body] This is my favorite comment. [Title]

Output: This is my favorite comment.


Input: [Date] 30 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Beilein definitely plays favorites to guys who show willingness to be coached more. Normally, when they lack the starting/first off the bench talent, he molds them into defensive specialists and then let's them earn playing time from there. That's what I see MAAR as. Beilein likes him, he must show good stuff in practice, and will continue to use him defensively on a consistent basis. Hit a couple shots during that time and all of the sudden you're in, some I'm not worried about him! [Title]

Output: Beilein definitely plays


Input: [Date] 30 weeks 6 days ago [Body] I feel like much of the hate comes from the ridiculous one-off uniforms and the yellow. Realistically, quality concerns are about the same across these 3 companies. If the AD doesn't want special unis, we don't get them. If they don't want highlighter yellow, we won't get it. Nike may have a patent on that specific shade of Maize, but they don't own every dulled shade of yellow. Basketball camps may be one legitimate argument, but that doesn't seem to cover the rest of the contract, imo. [Title]

Output: This.


Input: [Date] 31 weeks 20 hours ago [Body] I swear. Also, he was not wearing khakis. I repeat, NO KHAKIS. [Title]

Output: I swear. Also, he was not


Input: [Date] 31 weeks 20 hours ago [Body] Coach Harbaugh said good morning to me outside of Crisler just now. Best day ever! [Title]

Output: Coach Harbaugh said good


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Once he left the game he was swearing up a storm and hitting the chair next to him - with a smile, of course. Sounds silly, but it was awesome just to see him be a kid mad that he missed a couple big 3s. So proud to have him on this team for the next few years! [Title]

Output: Once he left the game he was


Input: [Date] 36 weeks 1 day ago [Body] With Minnesota, Indiana, Nebraska, and Illinois receiving votes (in that order). Basketball conferences, man. [Title]

Output: With Minnesota, Indiana,


Input: [Date] 39 weeks 7 hours ago [Body] As a Vikings fan, I have to admit I was hoping he'd fight it. Now with the plea, I expect a couple game suspension and a nice fine, but he'll be back this year. I didn't want to see that for football reasons... I don't believe he'll be back next year for $ reasons, so I see it as more valuable to grow the rookie RB and QB without AD out there. Obviously a better team with him out there, but I believe this growth by fire has been working pretty well thus far [Title]

Output: Football perspective


Input: [Date] 1 year 15 weeks ago [Body] My all time favorite, can't wait until that Friday. Hopefully Nik and Glenn do an MDen freebie too like Trey and Timmy did! [Title]

Output: My all time favorite, can't


Input: [Date] 1 year 23 weeks ago [Body] I stand corrected. [Title]

Output: I stand corrected.


Input: [Date] 1 year 23 weeks ago [Body] Just about everything has been said between the 2 posts, but there's one more thing that really pissed me off about how it was handled. I was at the end of the preline, and ran back and forth between the 2 a few times much to my amusement (I was drunk, so what wanna fight about it?). When el presidente decided to make the 2nd line, she had the maize rage 'core' walk about 100 feet away from her, then she announced her line just began, and then the glob walked up behind her. Outside of her claiming she was going to give the people in the other line 'fake' numbers to trick them into thinking they would get a good spot in line, it was the most dick thing she could have done. The core made a mess, and the athletic department cleaned it up. [Title]

Output: Just about everything has


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

Output: hmm maybe


Input: [Date] 1 year 37 weeks ago [Body] http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/recruiting-insider/wp/2013/11/12/live-video-dashawn-hands-college-announcement/ [Title]

Output: For those in need...


Input: [Date] 1 year 42 weeks ago [Body] I've never watched a more intense halftime performance. It was like MJ with the flu man [Title]

Output: I've never watched a more


Input: [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Body] Wow, never even considered this before you pointed it out. I'm a 3rd year ticket holder and that's an excellent point, every game so far this season I've been jammed into a row (not a big deal at all fwiw) and looking back at my first 2 years, I never experienced that. It would make the section look a lot better if it wasnt so compacted [Title]

Output: Wow, never even considered


Input: [Date] 1 year 47 weeks ago [Body] Post this on each of the 5 daily "students are awful now but they were awesome when I was there" threads [Title]

Output: This, this, this.


Input: [Date] 1 year 47 weeks ago [Body] I'd like to say that as a student...most students I know dont complain as much as the ones here (alright I'll just say it, they arent as bitchey). Of course being in that line isnt as fun as pregaming like before, but its not like you are just sitting looking at the floor. There's free food, phone charging stations, water and toilets. Theres a big ass tv to watch the early games and obviously you can bring in drinks (ooohh ahhhhh) and other stuff like that to make the time go by! Shit there's other humans too, talk to em. I got there around 10am and that time flew pretty quick. [Title]

Output: I'd like to say that as a


Input: [Date] 1 year 50 weeks ago [Body] As well as Exhibit A for "what today's athletes already get beyond a scholarship that people love to forget" [Title]

Output: As well as Exhibit A for


Input: [Date] 1 year 51 weeks ago [Body] I love the Dont Mess with the Mitten shirts the fans are sportin lol [Title]

Output: I love the Dont Mess with the


Input: [Date] 1 year 45 weeks ago [Body] they place the ball 30 yards from where it was kicked off i believe [Title]

Output: they place the ball 30 yards


Input: [Date] 4 years 36 weeks ago [Body] ummm that was Stanford a pretty crappy program, and since harbaugh has been their they have improved. rich rod's first year was the worst season ever, then he backed that up his second year by winning 1 big ten game. i agree that the team has progressed this year but is their any evidence this team will be better than 7-5 next year? [Title]

Output: ummm that was Stanford a


Input: [Date] 4 years 36 weeks ago [Body] anybody else see the similarities of Terelle Pryor and Cam. they are both quarterbacks built like outside linebackers, that run extremely well. The only difference i see is Pryor being forced to run mainly a pro style offense which doesn't suit his skill set. Yet Cam is allowed to run which opens up passing lanes. It could just be me but i think both are essentialy the same quarterback and if Pryor was at Auburn he would be the front runner for the heisman. [Title]

Output: anybody else see the


Input: [Date] 4 years 50 weeks ago [Body] went to high school with austin, was in the same graduating class with his brothers, and i must say that this news does not surprise me at all. him and his brothers have really represented livonia stevenson well, thanks a lot guys [Title]

Output: went to high school with


Input: [Date] 4 years 50 weeks ago [Body] shsball08@aim.com [Title]

Output: shsball08@aim.com


Input: [Date] 4 years 50 weeks ago [Body] Kenny is a very talented artist however he only has one song that could work for college football (ain't back yet). espn should realize this and stop paying him to create songs that are slow and do very little to pump the audience up [Title]

Output: Kenny is a very talented


Input: [Date] 5 years 6 weeks ago [Body] graduated in '08 with 3.6 gpa, 28 act, calc 1 &2 college classes under my belt, and 4 years of varsity baseball. was not granted admission out of high scool, was able to go to a community college for two years (3.9 gpa) and transfer into u-m's school of ed , it was a blessing, two years of free community college saved me about $50,000 in tuition [Title]

Output: graduated in '08 with 3.6


Input: [Date] 5 years 18 weeks ago [Body] great call but not ballsy, the miss prevents the inbounder from running down the baseline making it easier to guard the inbound, and TENN was going to take a 3 regardless of the free throw result. [Title]

Output: great call but not ballsy,


Input: [Date] 5 years 18 weeks ago [Body] if they win they win. if they lose they lose. i just hope the game has an entertaining ending. [Title]

Output: don't care


Input: [Date] 5 years 19 weeks ago [Body] musicians tend to get fairly good grades and nmu really is not that good of a school. the only thing they are good at is hockey and training for winter olympic events. [Title]

Output: you're right


Input: [Date] 5 years 19 weeks ago [Body] if your left ear was pointing towards the concourse you must have heard me yelling at Shegos to get his head out of his ass, as i was walking back to my seat. [Title]

Output: if your left ear was pointing


Input: [Date] 5 years 24 weeks ago [Body] i played one summer with biondi, i must say that he is the fastest ball player i have every played with or against. this includes traveling to a number of world series around the country. the teams from florida and texas did not have players that were on his level as far as speed goes. [Title]

Output: i played with biondi


Input: [Date] 5 years 25 weeks ago [Body] umm did not see that hire coming, but looking at all of the circumstances, mainly job security, I guess it kind of makes sense. [Title]

Output: umm did not see that hire


Input: [Date] 5 years 28 weeks ago [Body] why the hell was the ad standing up for kiffin, he just absolutely screwed that program over for years to come and the ad is still trying to be a nice guy and give into kiffin's demands. what for? [Title]

Output: why the hell was the ad


Input: [Date] 5 years 28 weeks ago [Body] that line makes me laugh every time I hear that song [Title]

Output: that line makes me laugh


Input: [Date] 5 years 29 weeks ago [Body] i honestly think leach would be good at TN, sec defenses have not impressed me lately when they have faced a spread aerial attack [Title]

Output: Leach to TN makes sense


Input: [Date] 5 years 29 weeks ago [Body] people in texas are pissed at him and his kid. for a extremely conservative state i could see them voting in a liberal just because of what happened at tech [Title]

Output: people in texas are pissed at


Input: [Date] 5 years 30 weeks ago [Body] ummm that place is empty, maybe the weather? [Title]

Output: nice crowd


Input: [Date] 5 years 30 weeks ago [Body] i think the penalty was a legit call if it was the first quarter, which goes back to the scenario whether or not the refs should swallow their whistles at the end of the game [Title]

Output: i think the penalty was a


Input: [Date] 5 years 30 weeks ago [Body] i believe in rr and think that eventually if given time he will get things right, but i am not at all happy going 3-9, 5-7 and winning 3 big ten games in two years. this rose bowl will help me have a better feeling on how the future will turn out with a very good spread o going against one of osu's lesser defenses in recent memory [Title]

Output: i believe in rr and think


Input: [Date] 5 years 31 weeks ago [Body] i'm tired of espn's shitty ass reporting of breaking news. it seems if anybody were to call any of their analysts with a tip espn trys to make the story as dramatic as possible, this has happened at least three times of which i can remember. 1)les miles to michigan with tenuta as d.c. 2)urban meyer is resigning and his coaching career is over 3)probably less known by most because it happened at about 11 pm but they reported a couple years back that manny ramirez had signed with the yankees, to only take the story back about a hour later saying manny has showed interest in joining the yankees. why can't espn just wait for a damn press conference and air the news live, it is not like their are any sports networks that are going to run them out of business [Title]

Output: i'm tired of espn's shitty


Input: [Date] 5 years 31 weeks ago [Body] somewhere obi and jonas are saying to themselves, "but i thought coach hopson told us to always worry about the short routes the safeties will save our asses if any one goes deep." [Title]

Output: somewhere obi and jonas are


Input: [Date] 5 years 31 weeks ago [Body] i was not a big fan of the adidas hats until i just got one for christmas, it is pretty amazing, i am only starting to think of all the activities i can do with it. [Title]

Output: official sideline adidas hat


Input: [Date] 5 years 32 weeks ago [Body] i was thinking of possible choices and realized that chris spielman is not a coach, yet he was interested in the osu job back when tressel got it. spielman will eventually be a coach and would do a great job as our lb coach but he would never want to coach for michigan because of the whole osu thing [Title]

Output: i was thinking of possible


Input: [Date] 5 years 32 weeks ago [Body] i think dews has done a good job, i believe that hopson was the only coach on the staff that seemed like he absolutely had to go. gibson is getting damn close but he is a pretty good recruiter and rr will never fire him. [Title]

Output: i think dews has done a good


Input: [Date] 5 years 33 weeks ago [Body] i wonder if athletes realize how many doors a u-m degree opens. their are so many execs around the nation with u-m degrees and michigan alumni tend to take care of one another. also what does "i don't think his mother wants him to" mean. does that mean she doesn't want him to transfer or that she doesn't want him to return to michigan [Title]

Output: michigan degree


Input: [Date] 5 years 34 weeks ago [Body] please don't neg me to death, but like i said below i went to school with the brothers and graduated with mitchell and myles. mitchell was the nice one of the bunch, with myles and dare i say it austin being huge douchebags. austin needs to grow up a lot in the coming months and i think being in ann arbor will help him because his dad will be close by as the principal at pioneer. [Title]

Output: please don't neg me to death,


Input: [Date] 5 years 34 weeks ago [Body] i went to high school with those brothers and graduated with the twins who are at msu. i was shocked to find out that mitchell was the one who was involved in the incident, to me he seemed like the nice respectful one of the three, with myles and austin being a little cocky and full of themselves, but they are playing/going to be playing football at FBS schools so i guess they are entitled to be full of themselves. [Title]

Output: i went to high school with


Input: [Date] 5 years 34 weeks ago [Body] so im studying for finals this week and decide to see what is going on here. i open this thread and it confused me soo much that i am convinced i am now fucked for my finals [Title]

Output: so im studying for finals


Input: [Date] 5 years 34 weeks ago [Body] i hope not, he needs another year to gain some good comand of the the strike zone. i went to a game early last year the tigers were winning by eight and perry came in. he threw about ten pitches with 1/2 of them wild and at least two behind the batter. [Title]

Output: i hope not, he needs another


Input: [Date] 8 weeks 6 days ago [Title] Nope [Body]

Output: According to Forbes, the Lions are the only NFL team to lose money last year, and have done so for 4 straight years.


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Filpulla would be 5th in points on the wings [Body]

Output: And they could easily fit him in if they weren't paying the corpses of Franzen and Weiss to not play hockey the last 2 years. They signed Weiss to literally the same contract as Filpulla and got zero out of him. That's a giant fuck up


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 2 days ago [Title] They gave up a top 50 prospect [Body]

Output: but if you are OK with just throwing those guys away for literally nothing, then it's a fine deal


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 3 days ago [Title] That's being a bit generous [Body]

Output: either that or you've forgotten about signing Weiss, or trading for Legwand, or lettting Filpulla go, or going half a decade needing to add defense and somehow not managing to do it once. He's drafted well and managed to not make any super nova fuck ups with a core of established players but it's a stretch to say he's done a particularly good job lately, especially considering his great drafting is due in large part to Andersson's excellent scouting. It's probably time for him to move on to greener pastures and let someone who can actually go out and get some free agent or trade help take over. He's set them up nicely for the future, but the team is going to need a change of leadership from the top down if it wants to bring this young group of players to cup contention.


Input: [Date] 16 weeks 3 days ago [Title] It's Grey [Body]

Output: Which seems a little dumb to me. Schools with a lot of green probably should avoid this.


Input: [Date] 20 weeks 1 day ago [Title] Steiber is a beast [Body]

Output: Like, historic beast. He's a 3 time champ already, going for 4 this year, and he would only be the fourth wrestler in history to win 4 NCAA titles. I'm not sure on an exact count but I'm pretty sure he's lost less than 10 matches since starting high school, and most of them were close matches to older, multi-championship winning wrestlers like David Taylor.


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Finally, I contribute something of value [Body]

Output: I'm pretty sure that is a scene from the movie Dogma, and time is frozen around the main characters whilst some dilemna or plot point is laid out.


Input: [Date] 25 weeks 1 day ago [Title] They've won a single playoff game in 57 years [Body]

Output: It would, in fact, be surprising if the Lions made the super bowl.


Input: [Date] 28 weeks 1 day ago [Title] Yes [Body]

Output: Dom lost to the youngest Rizgallah, 4-3. I hope Coon makes the Olympics, almost entirely because that means we would get to enjoy post olympic redshirt year wrestling, which is always awesome. That's how you end up with guys like Jake Herbert teching the #2 kid in the country


Input: [Date] 28 weeks 1 day ago [Title] All you need to know about MSU wrestling [Body]

Output: Is that you could damn near walk from campus to St. Johns, and yet every single wrestler from there goes to Michigan. They were OK as a team when they had the Simmons and I think Boudro, they've had a few scattered AA and a champ since then, but that's almost entirely a result of being in a wrestling rich area. I would like to say that a big part of why that gap is starting to grow is Michigan's willingness to spend. McFarland was able to hire 2 huge name assistant coaches a few years ago from the olympic program, and Michigan has probably the nicest wrestling practice facility in college.


Input: [Date] 31 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Fun fact [Body]

Output: My phone is trolling me with that feature, as I will now demonstrate by typing a name. Brady Hoke is a very innovative and visionary offensive mind.


Input: [Date] 31 weeks 3 days ago [Title] I was terrified this was Coach Schiano [Body]

Output: Sorry man, if you end up here, but the thought of Greg Schiano in a Michigan polo makes my skin crawl, and I puke a little in my mouth


Input: [Date] 31 weeks 5 days ago [Title] I thought Saban and Les were already making more [Body]

Output: At least IIRC there were a few guys in the 6 million a year range at that time


Input: [Date] 31 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Did you know [Body]

Output: That if you twist one of your e's into a u, and the other into an h, your name is an anagram of Harbaugh? .... Harbaugh?


Input: [Date] 31 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Nah [Body]

Output: Still more work in college. Acquiring players is just a much more time consuming task in CFB than it is in the NFL.


Input: [Date] 31 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Sorry if this is out of line, but here's some wild ass speculati [Body]

Output: This feels like the kind of article that gets written when some big wig see's the "48 Million Dollar" report on TV and calls the office saying "I just saw an obscenely large number next to a dollar sign on Sportscenter, get the sports econ dude on this!" which then causes him to get on real quick and stretch 2 regurgitated talking points into an article because there isn't any real sports econ story here. Not that he's necessarily wrong, Harbaugh might stay in the NFL for those reasons, it just seems lazily written and out of this guys wheelhouse


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 19 hours ago [Title] P.J. Fleck is the name you were looking for [Body]

Output: Row the dang boat


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 2 days ago [Title] How much does he put into the dolphins? [Body]

Output: It's not like owning an NFL team is cheap


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Too smart for his own good? [Body]

Output: Christ you sound like Skip Bayless with that


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Don't diss Wet Herrera [Body]

Output: The greatest coach in the history of organized sports


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 4 days ago [Title] They are 20 million over the cap next year [Body]

Output: So they take this team, which is already relatively old and not that good, and dump 20 million in salary, plus either the money to pay their picks or the picks themselves in the draft. They are going to win maybe 7 games then have to flat out cut starters this off season. They are a tire fire


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 5 days ago [Title] I can see it now [Body]

Output: "Jim, before I take this job, there's one thing I absolutely have to do. I'm gonna need your plane, I'm going to need the entirety of my contract, in full, in non sequential peso's, 20 pounds of rotel and velveeta, and one of those bomb suits. Yeah, like from the hurt locker"


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 5 days ago [Title] He's a GIANT improvement defensively [Body]

Output: going from the worst OF in the game to Cespedes is a huge upgrade, and he's at least as good offensively as Hunter


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 5 days ago [Title] That might be bullshit [Body]

Output: He's not coming to Michigan, but New Orleans is going to be a trainwreck next year, and he's just watching it slowly crash. It wouldn't absolutely shock me if he took another NFL job because he doesnt' want to be stuck in rebuild mode


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Yes [Body]

Output: It was 3. You can get Simon's production off the damn scrap heap, you don't need to be trading players for it.


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 5 days ago [Title] He's hot ass garbage [Body]

Output: He was incredibly lucky over the first half of last year, he's much more the guy who had a 4.5 era in the second half of the year. That is hot ass garbage in the NL.


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Was Harbaugh at Stanford for 11 years? [Body]

Output: Or are you just gonna ignore that part of it?


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 13 hours ago [Title] You could make it about the product too [Body]

Output: They have been extra terrible lately. The fact that they even published the Dr. Football bullshit shows where they are


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 1 day ago [Title] Much like the 49'ers O-line [Body]

Output: I failed to properly execute, and have double posted.


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 1 day ago [Title] O-line regression is probably the biggest culprit [Body]

Output: They went from being probably the best unit in football to not very good at all in a year. Without that killer run game defenses have been able to key in on Kaepernick, and though he's a very good QB, he's not in the class of guys who can beat you even if you gameplan entirely around stopping them.


Input: [Date] 4 years 19 weeks ago [Body] you keep insisting that your interpretation of that quote is the only possible one, even though it relies on an illogical leap that makes no sense in light of the rest of the post. your entire self-righteous rant about how Brian shouldn't dare to write about the Fab5 because he's clearly (by his own admission) not the world's leading expert on them is based on your assumption that this quote : "I knew Chris Webber until I watched him play" means that Brian is saying Webber's playing = = Webber's character, which doesn't make any sense at all. all the quote says is that Webber's playing made him question what he knew about Chris Webber. he thought he knew this thing, until this other thing happened. then he didn't know the first thing any more. does that mean he made a new judgement about Webber? we don't know. all that quote says is that he retracted the first one. and what does the rest of the post tell us? does Brian claim that now he "knows" Webber? or make any new judgements about his character? or say, "he must be a great guy because boy can he throw a pass?" No. the title of the post, and the entire thrust of it, is that he doesn't know Webber's side of the story, he doesn't have enough information to judge, his initial judgements were wrong. So I think the more logical interpretation, in light of the title of the post, what precedes that quote, and what follows it, is that that means seeing Webber play made him question both his assumptions about Webber as an athlete and as a person. and holy cats, man. Brian was writing about HIS memories of the Fab5, which he introduced by saying were fuzzy and vague, HIS emotional response to the documentary about them, and HIS desire to hear Webber's side of the story. who's a better authority on those things than Brian himself? [Title]

Output: you keep insisting that your


Input: [Date] 4 years 19 weeks ago [Body] This is basically what ThWard said below, but I'm going to try to make it clearer: Brian thought he knew what made Webber a good basketball player, but watching him play for the Pistons made him realize that he was wrong. The fact that he was wrong about Webber as a player made him question his assessment of Webber as a person. Brian isn't proposing some kind of necessary relationship between Webber's playing and his character. He's saying that there might be a relationship betweeen two judgements he made at 14: one turned out to be wrong, so he began to think the other one might be wrong, too. He doesn't say he was definitely wrong about his judgement about Webber's character. He says he's not sure if he was right. Because maybe his judgement was based on incomplete information, or an immature perspective, or who knows what else might have also influenced his assessment of Webber's playing. Thus his desire to hear Webber's story. Not to mention that you'd basically have to have never read the site before to think that Brian makes character judgements based on "athletic feats." This was a remarkably eloquent post. [Title]

Output: your logic is wrong


Input: [Date] 4 years 46 weeks ago [Body] I usually something somewhere between Keller's recipe and Marcella Hazan's "Chicken with Two Lemons" : http://soursaltybittersweet.com/content/simple-roast-chicken-or-more-adventures-amateur-meat-preparation And these grilled drumsticks are pretty darn close: http://soursaltybittersweet.com/content/labor-day-lemon-herb-chicken-drumsticks [Title]

Output: something like that


Input: [Date] 5 years 9 weeks ago [Body] first, a caveat: I remain unconvinced that red meat qua red meat is bad for human health (see, for example, the recent Harvard review study that found no correlation between red meat consumption and heart disease or diabetes, but did find an association with processed/cured meats, which has likely driven the correlations in studies that don't differentiate because people who eat more red meat also eat more bacon). certainly the mechanisms most often proposed--that dietary saturated fat and/or dietary cholesterol cause atherosclerosis--don't appear to be valid (i've written more about this here and here) nonetheless, I support people making whatever changes they feel they need to in order to improve their health and well-being. i find most commercial veggie burgers to be pretty awful, and given that they're often soy-based, it's not clear that they're actually any better for human health. so both in terms of taste and health, you're probably better off making your own. the best ones I've had are homemade black bean and/or mushroom burgers. here are some recipes from other folks, none of which I've tried personally but which sound pretty okay. best of luck. also, to add to the earlier comment re: agave being no better, and actually probably worse than hfcs, cutting refined sugar and starches will probably do far more for your health than cutting red meat. but there is no "good" sugar. some may contain more vitamins and minerals, but hfcs is not significantly worse nutritionally than white sugar, honey, brown sugar, agave nectar, etc. glucose syrups like regular corn syrup and brown rice syrup might be your best bet and even those are probably best used in moderation. [Title]

Output: homemade bean/mushroom burgers


Input: [Date] 6 years 11 weeks ago [Body] exactly. and the brochure was basically claiming that it was better by virtue of coming from Indonesia. which is like advertising that your mustard made from 100% real mustard seeds, as if even the cheapest yellow stuff you can buy isn't. being from Indonesia is not a selling point for cinnamon. [Title]

Output: exactly. and the brochure was


Input: [Date] 6 years 19 weeks ago [Body] i know you were kidding, but in case anyone wants to re-create the baseketball cake (hey, it's a time for celebration, no?): Golden almond cake For one 9x13 layer (x2/3 for one 9" round pan, the above is a two-layer cake, so double the ingredients but mix batches separately) 3 eggs 1 cup sour cream 1.5 tsp. almond extract 3/8 tsp. vanilla extract 2.5 cups cake flour (8.625 oz) .5 cups ground almonds (1.875 oz) 1.5 cups sugar 3/4 tsp. baking powder 3/4 tsp. baking soda 3/4 tsp. salt 18 T. butter Preheat oven to 350. Grease pan, line bottom with parchment, grease again and flour. In medium bowl, combine eggs, 1/4 cup sour cream, and extracts. In mixing bowl, combine cake flour, almonds, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and mix 30 seconds to blend. Add the butter and 3/4 cup sour cream to the dry ingredients and mix on low until dry ingredients are moistened. Increase to medium speed and beat 1 1/2 minutes to aerate and develop structure. Scrape down sides of bowl. Add egg mixture in three batches, beating 20 seconds after each addition to incorporate. Scrape down sides. Spread evenly in prepared pan. Bake 35-45 min or until wire cake tester inserted in center comes out clean and cake springs back when pressed lightly. Let cool in pan on rack for 10 min, loosen sides gently with metal spatula and unmold onto greased rack (ha). Let cool 1 hr before frosting or wrapping airtight Sour cream ganache (to fill between layers) 8 oz. dark chocolate (60%+) 4 oz. milk chocolate 1 2/3 cups sour cream Melt chocolate in double broiler, remove from heat and stir in sour cream. Buttercream stabilized with egg yolks (for crumb coat and tinted decorations) 6 large egg yolks 3/4 cup sugar 1/2 cup corn syrup 2 cups softened butter 2-4 T. liqueur or eau de vie or 1-2 t. extract (I used amaretto, and almond and vanilla extracts) Grease a glass liquid measure. Beat yolks until light and lemon-colored. Combine sugar and corn syrup in small saucepan and bring to a rolling boil, immediately transfer to prepared measure. Pour in a steady stream into yolks, beating continuously. Don't let the syrup fall on the beater(s) or it will spin onto the sides and harden. Continue beating until completely cool. Gradually add butter, and then extracts. If made in advance, re-beat before using to restore texture. Yield: ~4 cups, enough to fill and frost one 2-layer 9" round cake. Buttercream stabilized with egg whites (for main covering) 5 large egg whites 1 cup sugar 1/4 cup water 1/2 + 1/8 tsp. cream of tartar 2 cups butter, softened but cool (65F) up to 3 fl oz. liqueur and/or extract (amaretto again) Grease a glass liquid measure min. 1 cup. Beat butter until creamy. Combine 3/4 cup sugar and water in small saucepan and heat until sugar dissolves and bubbles appear; reduce heat to low (off if electric range). Beat egg whites until foamy. Add cream of tartar, and beat until soft peaks form. Gradually add 1/4 cup sugar and beat until stiff peaks form. Return sugar syrup to medium heat and cook until 248-250F (firm ball stage). Pour in a steady stream into whites, beating continuously. Don't let the syrup fall on the beater(s) or it will spin onto the sides and harden. Continue beating until completely cool. Gradually add butter, and then extracts. It may look curdled, but then emulsify with the last of the butter. If the butter is too soft, it won't come together--try adding a few tablespoons of colder butter. If made in advance, re-beat before using to restore texture. If chilled, allow to come to room temperature before re-beating or it will curdle. Yield: ~4 cups, enough to fill and frost one 2-layer 9" round cake. Oh, and for the "baseketball," I basically made a flat cupcake in a 4 oz. custard cup. And gave it wonky ganache "stitches." All adapted from Rose Levy Beranbaum's Cake Bible (she's the Alton Brown of serious baking, really and for truly). [Title]

Output: recipe(s)


Input: [Date] 6 years 42 weeks ago [Body] winners of the popular vote got the books that were promised, and he did actually put up the winner of the popular vote until the guy whose photo was sampled threw a hissy fit, even though it wasn't his favorite one. so i don't know where you get off, exactly. as he noted, this happened last year too, and as others have noted, it's his site. he might ask for popular opinion, but he never promised to be governed by it. maybe that should be made explicit in future banner contests for the whiners in the crowd: the popular vote determines only that--what is popular, and maybe there's a reward for that, but brian puts up whatever he wants to put up. anyhow, it might more fun to see a rotating selection of the submissions throughout the year as relevant and/or funny. i wouldn't want to look at them all the time, but i bet there's humor to be mined from the paint banner and naked man. and fwiw, i think this banner rocks. it's the perfect visual representation of the expertise and precision that make this blog what it is, emphasizes the winged helmet that represents so much of what makes michigan football what it is, and it's beautifully designed. [Title]

Output: winners of the popular vote


Input: [Date] 6 years 45 weeks ago [Body] the essay on Lynch in A Supposedly Fun Thing explains it--a lot of it his own awkwardness. i don't think the lack of interview prevents him from getting into lynch's mind. [Title]

Output: the essay on Lynch in A


Input: [Date] 7 years 1 week ago [Body] I stand corrected about volleyball. I'm also suddenly confused why it's not a revenue-generating sport. As for credit hours, I assume they have to be enrolled as full-time students, which means 12 credits min. I wouldn't be against the NCAA relaxing that requirement, but I doubt that's going to happen. Students first, etc. Slocum wouldn't be helped by the extension in any case. Again, lots of people who aren't working a full-time job and are likely to be better prepared to deal with college classes, blow-off or otherwise, take longer than 4 years to finish with or without summer classes. And the blow-off classes aren't always easy for athletes. I was a GSI for the History of Popular Music, which is basically the quintessential blow-off class, and the football players in my sections worked really hard for pretty unimpressive grades. I've also been a GSI for the writing requirement, which no one gets out of and that class is hard. The student-athlete I had in that class was on the verge of deconstructing the entire semester, and the poor kid wasn't even on full scholarship. For the most part, their talents lie elsewhere. I feel bad for them that anyone cares if they can get Cs in the History of Popular Music. Really, what's the point? But I think if they're going to get paid in degrees (the wisdom of which I'm pretty skeptical about), programs should give them as good of a shot at getting those degrees as possible. [Title]

Output: I stand corrected about


Input: [Date] 7 years 1 week ago [Body] MRG covered the issues with your analogy. I have a problem with your base assumption that it would be undesirable for athletes to concentrate less on their classes. I know the official line is that they're students first and athletes second, but I don't think that squares with reality. Few, if any, of them would be at Michigan if they weren't football players. As Brian has posted elsewhere, football alone takes up more time than a full-time job. And at schools like Michigan those hours of work are generating serious revenue, a lot of which supports other athletic programs and stratospheric coach's salaries. The scholarships are their compensation, and for the majority who won't go on to the NFL, the degree and education it supposedly represents is another form of compensation. I think the programs owe it to the players to give them a chance to finish the degree when they aren't working 40+ hrs/week and, as Brian suggests, after they've been disabused of the notion that they're going to make a living as an athlete. I do think it's too much to ask of some of them to "keep their grades up" and finish a degree in four years. Lots of people who aren't working 40+ hrs/wk and have substantially greater academic skills take longer. I don't know what non-revenue-generating programs should do, but I think making sure players graduate is a better use of money than college volleyball. [Title]

Output: MRG covered the issues with


Input: [Date] 7 years 4 weeks ago [Body] pip pip cheerio! [Title]

Output: hallo


Input: [Date] 7 years 4 weeks ago [Body] wiggle wiggle [Title]

Output: wiggle


Input: [Date] 7 years 4 weeks ago [Body] threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading threading [Title]

Output: threading


Input: [Date] 7 years 4 weeks ago [Body] wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle toast [Title]

Output: wiggle


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Well, the original post says [Body]

Output: Well, the original post says "principal," so go be that guy to the OP


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 3 days ago [Title] This doesn't pass the smell test [Body]

Output: I don't post much, but I'm reading these comments and I really want them to be true, but they just seem "off" There is the claim that this has been an agreement in principal for nearly a month. A month ago, Michigan had just beaten IU, had 3 games left, and a potential bowl game. Do we really believe that the decision to fire Brady Hoke was done before the Northwestern football game? How does that even line up with when Brandon was "resigned" and Hackett took over? If this were true, that the agreement was done in principal for nearly a month and that a week ago, it was a done deal, then the entire speech by Hackett about swim lanes and doing due diligence and all that was all just a bunch of bunk, because a deal was already done according to this.


Input: [Date] 42 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Why not [Body]

Output: put a different QB in the game? I'm thinking what Hoke is meaning to say is that the ref told him that even if he did call a time-out, then DG would still have to sit a play...which is completely wrong, but there you go. Thing is, there are about 5 QB's on the roster. Any one of them could've run out there and did a hand-off or you could run a direct snap to the RB. I mean, if you're just wasting a play, then go ahead and waste it. Then once he found out that he could call a time-out, but Morris was already out there, then...call a time-out. There's some more dumn logic right there, "Well, the ref finally told me i could call a timeout and get DG back in the game, but I looked out there and saw Morris ready to go and said, screw it." Is that what an intelligent football coach sounds like these days?


Input: [Date] 1 year 15 weeks ago [Title] Right! There was a rumor [Body]

Output: that he had died and then he came back. Makes you wonder...


Input: [Date] 1 year 16 weeks ago [Title] saw Ben Bredeson at the spring practice [Body]

Output: no way he is 6' 5" 275. I'm 6 4 and he was shorter than me. Nice to see the staff at WWE is in charge of these heights and weights Still, he did get an offer, so there must be something there.


Input: [Date] 1 year 16 weeks ago [Title] ran it before, but skipped it this year [Body]

Output: We always go down and tailgate for the spring game. We get up early in the morning and it's a full day of drinking. Drink and tailgate before the practice, then head to AA and hit the breweries. Makes it kind of tough to get up the next morning and run 5k. Were there bands and stuff playing along the side of the course? In years past, there were several performances being done as you ran along. Thought that was kind of nice before. I have noticed that the bottleneck is always there with this race and it was hilly in the past. Did they run the same course as before? Most 5ks get sorted out by the first quarter mile. In the past, they even had signage out to try to seperate the faster and slower walkers/runners, but most ignore them. When I did run it, it took about the entire first mile to get sorted out. That's rough. I usually just treat this as a fun run and don't worry about my time. You can wait however long you want to start, though, as your time doesn't start until your feet cross the starting line. Considered waiting in the past, but haven't actually done it. I like a nice, flat course to try for PR's and such I ask, because a couple of us are considering running this in the future, but we'd really have to tone down our spring practice day festivities. DId they use the actual banner this year or was it a mock banner? In the past, they used a mock banner, because they wanted to reserve the actual banner for gamedays and such. I really wish they had this race another weekend. We have an hour drive and that makes it kind of rough to drive down and back for the spring practice and then come back to AA the next day. I don't want to get a hotel room just to run this race.


Input: [Date] 1 year 16 weeks ago [Title] People would really pay money for a [Body]

Output: football signed by Hoke? What? is he a legend or something? Don't get me wrong. I like Hoke and all, but I'm not dying to get a football signed by him. Is anyone else?


Input: [Date] 1 year 18 weeks ago [Title] 2pm time stinks liked the [Body]

Output: 2pm time stinks liked the noon start wonder why the change?


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Title] i dislike both teams [Body]

Output: but I do love watching OSU lose


Input: [Date] 1 year 27 weeks ago [Title] Hi everyone [Body]

Output: Go Blue!!


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

Output: now, it's magically working. Odd


Input: [Date] 1 year 29 weeks ago [Title] I click the green arrow [Body]

Output: but nothing happens.


Input: [Date] 1 year 29 weeks ago [Title] so i tried to posbang [Body]

Output: and I can't I tried reading FAQ and emailing twice, no response... is there some secret to this? Thought I'd save this question for a thread like this.


Input: [Date] 1 year 29 weeks ago [Title] thanks for posting early, [Body]

Output: I wouldn't have checked later and it would have been too late. I forgot to watch the bball game thursday, because no helpful posters posted early game threads...


Input: [Date] 1 year 35 weeks ago [Title] If he wants to look tough, [Body]

Output: he can wear one of those M logo Carhartts


Input: [Date] 1 year 36 weeks ago [Title] Are they going to have the 6 year old [Body]

Output: as a guest to breakdown the Michigan O? Then Brady can come on and say "They're wrong!!"


Input: [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Title] so what is his fake 40? [Body]

Output: They might run a fake field goal


Input: [Date] 2 years 5 weeks ago [Title] so sick of seeing this [Body]

Output: They keep saying that Purdue used up all of their scholarships and that is the ONLY reason that GR3 chose to go to Michigan. Has he said that? Why would it be so hard to believe that Michigan could beat out Purdue? Yeah, I know Dad went there, but sons don't always go to the same school as their dad. Is anyone else sick of seeing this?


Input: [Date] 2 years 6 weeks ago [Title] How long does it take [Body]

Output: for a Verlander or a Cabrera to finally pull someone aside and say, "You've gotta get this guy out of here. I'm tired of wasting myself only to see this bum pitch like that."


Input: [Date] 2 years 6 weeks ago [Title] I don't know [Body]

Output: anyone that loves Valverde. Of course, they want him to succeed, because if he fails, the Tigers lose. That doesn't mean that anyone loves him.


Input: [Date] 2 years 9 weeks ago [Title] We don't KNOW [Body]

Output: that it's weed. THere could be anything in that cigarette. Come on.


Input: [Date] 2 years 13 weeks ago [Title] Oh Boy! [Body]

Output: a fat guy giving out "free" donuts. Remember, nothing is "free" when you're paying these prices for tickets. Just what the people of MI need is more donuts. They should be handing out carrots or something.


Input: [Date] 2 years 15 weeks ago [Title] That block was awesome [Body]

Output: but i really loved the dunk near the end, too. I understood what it meant!


Input: [Date] 2 years 15 weeks ago [Title] awesome! [Body]

Output: I immediately set it as my background Thanks!


Input: [Date] 2 years 16 weeks ago [Title] Sorry about your situation [Body]

Output: but thank you for sharing and thanks to everyone else for sharing their insight into the problem. I found this post very educational and will be on the look out and I am not naive in any way whatsoever. I've almost got pulled into 2 scams, myself. Someone mails you a postcard talking about something to sell you and then they start asking for personal information and wanting you to pay with a credit card over the phone. I had already given a ton of information without even thinking and then as I started to read off my credit card #, I got this weird feeling in my gut. I then simply said, "On 2nd thought, I don't want your book. Never contact me again and delete my information from your server." The person on the other side didn't even try to talk me out of it. I got a simple, "OK" and then they hung up. They knew I had wised up at the last second. The thought that went through my head was, "Wait! I'm going to give my credit card # to this complete stranger that contacted me." Beware of deals where they contact you. If you go out and seek something, it's one thing, but if they contact you with a deal...watch out The 2nd one was when this company left an empty vial on my mailbox offerring a free water testing. I knew my water wasn't that great, so thought, "hey what a wonderful oppurtunity." I filled up the vial and put it back on the side of my mailbox just like the card said to do. A couple of days later, I got a call telling me how horrible my water was and that hey wanted to send a guy out. I said, "OK" and this guy comes out and tests my water again and wants to sell me this filtration system. As soon as he asked me for my credit card information, i started having this weird feeling. People need to trust this weird feeling. It is your brain telling you that something is wrong. I picked up his card and walked over to my desktop and typed his company into Google. The entire first page was filled with entries of scams related to this company. I calmly picked up my phone, took a pic of the guy, and told him to get out. When I took the pic of him, he had this look of horror on his face. Then he packed up his stuff and left. I never contacted the authorities about it The first one with the book, i put in google, too and it came back with scam entries. Thing about a lot of scams, they have already got some other people and they've talked about it on the internet and it will show up on google. Before making some purchase like that, it's good to google it.


Input: [Date] 2 years 16 weeks ago [Title] "The Zone" does exist [Body]

Output: I've been in it many times. When it happens to me, it's usually when I'm shooting a rifle. Everything falls away and you're just going through the motions and hitting everything. Nothing else matters right then and there. You just cannot miss. I don't think it has anything to do with luck or momentum. Many people have discussed having this feeling. When Trey took the shot, I didn't think it was going to go in. Even after the shot went in, I figured it was going to just be another gut shot to us Michigan fans and either Michigan would find a way to lose or Kansas would find a way to win, I didn't cheer until Kansas missed the final 3 pointer and the last seconds ticked off the clock. Then I jumped off my couch and started screaming. It was a strange feeling, from the opening tip until the very end, I thought Michigan would lose the game and was just surprised at the end. This happens to me sometimes. As Michigan inched closer, I just started to get more and more irritated that they would actually tease me into making it close instead of just comfortably losing by 10.


Input: [Date] 2 years 16 weeks ago [Title] A lot of sports are rigged [Body]

Output: in Order of how rigged, I can list some 1) NBE (National Basketball Entertainment, not NBA) 2) Boxing 3) WWE wrestling 4) NFL football I can't believe this is still being questioned. The NBA has been rigged for years. Several people have come out and revealed this, but the NBA administration finds a way to discredit those individuals. I'm just surprised that they players act surprised anymore. They already know what's going on. They could even be implicit in the fix as far as I'm concerned.


Input: [Date] 2 years 18 weeks ago [Title] Who's Horton? [Body]

Output: I just don't see JB using those guys at the 4/5. There's no perimeter threat in those 4 players. I think he likes his 4 to be a perimeter threat. We might WANT him to play that line-up, but I don't think we'll see it that often.


Input: [Date] 2 years 18 weeks ago [Title] I've seen Irvin compared to [Body]

Output: Eric Gordon I like that comparison even more.


Input: [Date] 2 years 18 weeks ago [Title] doubletake [Body]

Output: I thought you wrote, "if there was more brain in our diet" HaHa


Input: [Date] 47 weeks 3 days ago [Body] don't sell yourself short. Your threads are much better than mine. I guess I just expected something more than an ND open thread where we refer to people as a "gamer". Also I hate it when people play school, but it is "next week's opponent". [Title]

Output: don't sell yourself short.


Input: [Date] 47 weeks 3 days ago [Body] should of just entitled this thread "guy watches ND game" [Title]

Output: should of just entitled this


Input: [Date] 47 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Turn off your phones and enjoy a moment in your life. [Title]

Output: Turn off your phones and


Input: [Date] 50 weeks 6 days ago [Body] glad to know recruiting journalism is mostly your ability to tweet unsolicited at minors. [Title]

Output: glad to know recruiting


Input: [Date] 51 weeks 3 days ago [Body] While this is a great trade for the Tigers, it makes the Doug Fister trade look even worse in retrospect. [Title]

Output: While this is a great trade


Input: [Date] 51 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Doug Fister trade says hi. [Title]

Output: Doug Fister trade says hi.


Input: [Date] 1 year 1 week ago [Body] I hate to rip a sponsor, but as a habitual daily fantasy player, this isn't really a merger. It is essentially Draftstreet dying, with some of the DS staff going on to work for DKs. If any daily fantasy player wanted to be playing on DK, they would have done so already. It isn't "one great realm of... fantasy". It is essentially a loss of all of DS features, and a loss of choice for the consumer. There is even some questions about whether the merger will pass (or should have passed) antitrust review. Basically, this "merger" means: -loss of DS game types not offered by DKs, such as pick ems and H2Hs. -loss of the DS pricing algorhythm, which was considered to be one of the best (at least for baseball) -loss of DS's community chat (none offed by DKs) -players forced to use the crappy DK interface -players forced to play under rules where not all positions lock at the start of the first game, meaning you can't just spend a few minutes setting up but have to constantly check for news before every game start time. In other words, a sad day for daily fantasy sports. [Title]

Output: I hate to rip a sponsor, but


Input: [Date] 1 year 3 weeks ago [Body] Atrocious figures. If you are going to use two shades of greys to distinguish your categories, they should never overlap like that. [Title]

Output: Atrocious figures. If you


Input: [Date] 1 year 3 weeks ago [Body] this will go far with no content. [Title]

Output: this will go far with no


Input: [Date] 1 year 8 weeks ago [Body] Plagarism is actually handled in house at Duke (and many other institutions). [Title]

Output: Plagarism is actually handled


Input: [Date] 1 year 8 weeks ago [Body] Frankly, I'm neither sure that the testimony of a friend of the accused who saw them get out of a taxi is really relevent nor that Duke handled themselves correctly. [Title]

Output: Frankly, I'm neither sure


Input: [Date] 1 year 8 weeks ago [Body] Tid bits from the local press: - The standard of guilt used in this case was "more likely than not". - The panel found the student was too drunk to give consent - The alleged victim is a freshmen more info here: http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/a-duke-senior-sues-the-university-after-being-expelled-over-allegations-of-sexual-misconduct/Content?oid=4171302 [Title]

Output: Tid bits from the local


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Body] Is there a point to this thread besides your passive aggressiveness? EDIT: that came off mean-spirited, so let me add this: it is great that you have taken an interest in predictive models. They are fun to examine and even more fun to build. I'd suggest that rather than posting random threads where you multiply two numbers and post a list, or other threads which seem to say "HAHA Kenpom sucks" (although not in those words) that you take the time to read about the various models and how they work. In your previous thread it looked to me that people were more attacking your concept than you. Take it and learn. SECOND EDIT: Screw it, I’ll enjoy Bolivia. This series of threads represents pretty much everything wrong with the internet. Anyone can spew whatever they want, and the result is society fails and people like AJ Mass are employed journalists. Sure, here it is just sports, but the same stuff has terrible outcomes on science (won’t get into it cause of the no politics stuff). Just because you can do basic math doesn’t mean it has any value whatsoever. Kenpom has spent years trying to perfect a predictive model that most of us wouldn’t be able to understand. He has essentially dedicated his life to the issue. But hey guys, look at this, I can take his values and then multiply by another number and get a different ranking! Oh wait, you don’t like this thread! Delete it so I can make another one where I give an N of 1 with absolutely no context. Please just stop for a second and try to learn what others have done before presenting your latest “findings”. I’m done. [Title]

Output: Is there a point to this


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Body] Do you really think that something like Kenpom would be so popular if it didn't already account for strength of schedule? Do you not realize that AdjO and AdjD already do this correction? Might as well just multiply each team's Kenpom by their longitude. It would be just as accurate as what you did. [Title]

Output: Do you really think that


Input: [Date] 1 year 37 weeks ago [Body] Ace williams is still 16. Chesson blocked 3 ND players on one play. We aren't Florida. [Title]

Output: Ace williams is still


Input: [Date] 1 year 38 weeks ago [Body] Pretty sure this consitutes bullying and we should be ashamed of ourselves. [Title]

Output: Pretty sure this consitutes


Input: [Date] 1 year 40 weeks ago [Body] FIRE MATTISON! [Title]

Output: FIRE MATTISON!


Input: [Date] 1 year 40 weeks ago [Body] FIRE MATTISON [Title]

Output: FIRE MATTISON


Input: [Date] 1 year 40 weeks ago [Body] pretty sure kyle bosch burned his redshirt. Did he enroll early? [Title]

Output: pretty sure kyle bosch burned


Input: [Date] 1 year 40 weeks ago [Body] MATTISON [Title]

Output: MATTISON


Input: [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Body] doesn't look young at all [Title]

Output: doesn't look young at all


Input: [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Body] my apologies, the "always" I recalled was indeed not about the follows but about asking them if they want to talk about recruiting afterwards. [Title]

Output: my apologies, the "always" I


Input: [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Body] While perhaps an honest mistake, he also tweeted Jack Beneventi to follow back each of the last two days after saying he always does it just once. Then of course perhaps it wasn't an honest mistake, as he said Beneventi was the only one not to immediately reply. [Title]

Output: While perhaps an honest


Input: [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Body] yes, this. In my opinion, the twitter account in question is quite embarassing. It is Brian's blog and he can do what he wants, but I'm very reluctent to continue supporting a blog (through store purchases and page hits) with such practices. [Title]

Output: yes, this. In my opinion,


Input: [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Body] so someone got perma banned for posting a name that had already been on the front page of this site? [Title]

Output: so someone got perma banned


Input: [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Body] I have to agree with this. [Title]

Output: I have to agree with this.


Input: [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Body] "I definitely have not talked with the parent or the coach of every recruit, but to me that's only necessary if the parents or coaches deem it to be." How are you supposed to know what the parents/coaches of a recruit deem to be necessary if you never talk to them? [Title]

Output: "I definitely have not talked


Input: [Date] 1 year 45 weeks ago [Body] could we please change this title to something factually accurate? [Title]

Output: could we please change this


Input: [Date] 8 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Double post [Title]

Output: If anyone researched


Input: [Date] 8 weeks 2 days ago [Body] If anyone researched Harbaugh's recruiting at Standford, you would see nothing has.really changed but school colors. The guy recruits above average athletes that can compete and multiple positions and sorts in out on the field. Having already done the research, I asked the guy I know within the AD, how Jim will react to the boobirds in the offseason if he continued on with that recruiting philosophy here considering 80 percent of the fanbase would rather with the signing day title than a National Title. He laughed, and said Jim likes who he likes, recruiting rankings be damned. You may as well get used to it. He marches to his own beat. [Title]

Output: If anyone researched


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 18 hours ago [Body] The King coaches are very pro MSU though. They are the leaders of the Harbaugh/Michigan doesn't care about Detroit battle cry currently going around the high school coaching circles. It won't take much for that staff to have their own interpretation of what happened with Dennis. [Title]

Output: The King coaches are very pro


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Sam said Jaylen would gradually cut the list down until he hot to two and then announce. He knows way too much about this recruitment for it not to go out way, right? Right?! [Title]

Output: Sam said Jaylen would


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 5 days ago [Body] You don't think his friend Tyrone Wheatley will ever share anything with him? Mattison gives him stuff too. [Title]

Output: You don't think his friend


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 17 hours ago [Body] How was Webb able to do it? [Title]

Output: How was Webb able to do it?


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 3 days ago [Body] 247 is awful [Title]

Output: 247 is awful


Input: [Date] 17 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Poor Sam. He is the best Michigan insider by far, he says that UM has a legit shot at Brown. They may even be in a top 2 situation and Ace refuses to believe there is a chance. [Title]

Output: Poor Sam. He is the best


Input: [Date] 17 weeks 2 days ago [Body] It is pretty funny to read through this thread and realize that 70 percent of the Michigan fan base is dumb about basketball. [Title]

Output: It is pretty funny to read


Input: [Date] 17 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Mario's injury is serious. [Title]

Output: Mario's injury is serious.


Input: [Date] 19 weeks 18 hours ago [Body] How many different boards do you offer this ignorant hot take about Chatman on? [Title]

Output: How many different boards do


Input: [Date] 20 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Yeah, that was real funny. [Title]

Output: Yeah, that was real funny.


Input: [Date] 23 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Sure it does. Any college athlete that is giving serious consideration to Harvard places some sort of premium on academics. The longer a diehard fan of any school goes without pledging the better. Look at how many "diehard" Michigan fans are playing football for someone else. [Title]

Output: Sure it does. Any college


Input: [Date] 26 weeks 16 hours ago [Body] This has been in the works for awhile. I was told his mom landed a job at the University. She at least has been applying. [Title]

Output: This has been in the works


Input: [Date] 26 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Yet Brian subscribes to them? [Title]

Output: Yet Brian subscribes to them?


Input: [Date] 26 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Scout is having a flash sale for 30ish markets. I am not sure why the Michigan site would need such a thing as they have the 2nd most subscriptions on their network. North Carolina has the most shockingly enough. Perhaps Fox/Scout are offering that deal to their most popular sites hoping to catch more of the fringe fans after the sale is done. [Title]

Output: Scout is having a flash sale


Input: [Date] 26 weeks 3 days ago [Body] They have been vetting some grad transfer options on the holes they have on D since they have gotten in the full swing of things. They have 1 strong possibility, perhaps 2. [Title]

Output: They have been vetting some


Input: [Date] 26 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Have YOU seen him play? I have. I actually played D1 basketball so I do have an eye for what it takes to play at that level. He is not out of place at all. He is an elite spot up shooter. Shoots well off 2 or 2 dribbles. Pretty good passer. He is skilled. [Title]

Output: Have YOU seen him play? I


Input: [Date] 26 weeks 5 days ago [Body] The doubters on Duncan will be creating the same threads now that they are about MAAR and Dawkins when 90% of this board was like wtf Beilein when he took them. I watched him play an open gym a few times with the guys. He is one of the better players on the roster offensively speaking. He is a terrible defender quite frankly, but the kid is dang near automatic when you give him a clean look. Deibler is the perfect comp. Weak defender, iffy handle, EXCELLENT spot up shooter, and pretty dang good pulling up off 1 or 2 dribbles. Bilas and Shulman were raving about the kid when they were in town. [Title]

Output: The doubters on Duncan will


Input: [Date] 26 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Yes he is [Title]

Output: Yes he is


Input: [Date] 27 weeks 7 hours ago [Body] You are out of your mind. You are not a wet blanket, you are drunk or not that bright. [Title]

Output: You are out of your mind. You


Input: [Date] 27 weeks 2 days ago [Body] I am looking for the Maize and Blue shoes that Beilein had on during Gameday. I have been looking for them in a size 12 since I saw them on Wheatley in a photo at Cass Tech. [Title]

Output: I am looking for the Maize


Input: [Date] 28 weeks 2 days ago [Body] It is so dumb and shortsighted to think that just because he played LB that is all that he will ever be able to competently coach. I could list dozens of former players that coach a different position than they played. Hell, Roy was a successful RB coach before Michigan hired him on. [Title]

Output: It is so dumb and


Input: [Date] 29 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Who knows with a new AD? He may have a different take on the no MSU night game stuff. [Title]

Output: Who knows with a new AD? He


Input: [Date] 29 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Sam posted on GBW that he was in town the same day he posted that Durkin and Drevno showed up. When was that? Like Saturday night? Safe bet he is on staff. [Title]

Output: Sam posted on GBW that he was


Input: [Date] 30 weeks 20 hours ago [Body] Sam posted on GBW a couple of days ago that this guy was in town. [Title]

Output: Sam posted on GBW a couple of


Input: [Date] 3 years 40 weeks ago [Body] Tony Dungy did not retire until after the 2008 season so he would have been in the middle of a 13-3 season during the clown show. Doesn't really affect the overall picture of Martin during the fiasco, but he wasn't a broadcaster and I doubt he was answering Martin's call at the time. [Title]

Output: Nitpick re: Martin


Input: [Date] 4 years 2 weeks ago [Body] I love that there is now a tag for 'the ugly organ'. Also, 1000 cocktails to you, sir, for that photoshop. Well earned. [Title]

Output: tags


Input: [Date] 4 years 38 weeks ago [Body] Thanks for reminding me why I stopped reading this board. [Title]

Output: Thanks for reminding me why I


Input: [Date] 4 years 38 weeks ago [Body] But momentum of bowl wins is overrated, and I am just questioning if additional time under a lame duck defensive staff is more productive than that time under the new defensive regime. [Title]

Output: I am not suggesting scrap them all


Input: [Date] 4 years 38 weeks ago [Body] But if you are giving a DC full control, which they should, don't you think we could get someone better than GERG? [Title]

Output: He isn't the only problem


Input: [Date] 4 years 44 weeks ago [Body] Can we start calling Denard the Football Bork? [Title]

Output: If Hagelin == hockey Denard


Input: [Date] 5 years 1 day ago [Body] at least hasn't lost his starting job at MSU... [Title]

Output: Sad, but


Input: [Date] 5 years 8 weeks ago [Body] Why would LeBron want to stay in Cleveland and put career in the hands of a college coach? This just doesn't make any sense. And it will be extremely annoying when Izzo stays and the Sparty faithful play the "he turned down $30M/LeBron to stay at MSU" card. Also, Forde can eat a bag of dicks. [Title]

Output: LeBron a moron?


Input: [Date] 5 years 9 weeks ago [Body] You certainly earned them. [Title]

Output: 100 cocktails to you, sir


Input: [Date] 5 years 9 weeks ago [Body] This was the 1st game I was able to catch out here on the West Coast - do they typically take so many called 3rd strikes? It looked like they were getting squeezed a bit, especially the called 3rd Biondi took in the 8th w/ runners on 2nd and 3rd. That pitch looked no better than the ball 4 that walked in the tying run in the bottom of the 8th. That said, when you leave 14 guys on you had plenty of chances to get more than 3. [Title]

Output: squeezed?


Input: [Date] 5 years 9 weeks ago [Body] FYI - the 2009 #s in the table above only represent the totals thru the Illinois game. Including the last 3 games they are: Offense - 47 - 195 - 59% Defense - 44 - 210 - 68% The defense only "held" Pur/Wisc/OSU to 1 fg in 10 trips the last 3 games (9 TDs) to bring the efficiency down considerably. The offense struggled as well. [Title]

Output: 2009 updated


Input: [Date] 5 years 10 weeks ago [Body] Hat Guy will always get a pass from me simply based on the amount of enjoyment he has provided via FJM. I miss those guys. [Title]

Output: Hat Guy


Input: [Date] 5 years 10 weeks ago [Body] He is an MSU alum, and has covered MSU sports for a couple decades. My guess is that as an alum, he has just fallen for MD's reputation as no-nonsense, strict coach, as most everyone has. Somehow MD has gotten as much attention for punishing a player for not wearing a tie as he has for his role in these brawls. [Title]

Output: I doubt he is ignorant


Input: [Date] 5 years 10 weeks ago [Body] One of my all-time favorite memories from the interwebs. http://bluegraysky.blogspot.com/2007/08/fire-up-crystal-ball.html [Title]

Output: BGS


Input: [Date] 5 years 10 weeks ago [Body] RCMB does a good job of coming up w/ info. They were the ones that outed the new logo and got it shelved. You have sift thru a ton bs (emotocons, scUM, Meatchicken, general idiocy, etc) to get to it. It just isn't worth it. Maybe I am just getting older, but even their epic meltdowns don't seem as much fun anymore. If you want solid analysis, KJ does a great job at The Only Colors. Check out his post after the Butler game of possibly the only rational Spartan fan that didn't lose his sh*t after the non-call at the end of the game. http://www.theonlycolors.com/2010/4/7/1410257/on-officiating [Title]

Output: What are you looking for?


Input: [Date] 5 years 21 weeks ago [Body] This is an inconsistent team that has lost its confidence. How is playing in the CBI going to help? Do you really think that they will stay consistent enough to win it? Remember, this is a team that lost to Indiana, Penn State, twice to NW, needed OT to win at Iowa, ect. This team needs time away from games to build confidence back, not losing in the 2nd round to S. Florida. [Title]

Output: Lost confidence


Input: [Date] 5 years 24 weeks ago [Body] Small school indeed. I knew quite a few kids from All Saints, including my roommate at UM. I went to BC Central '98. We were a football powerhouse in the 50s-70s. Not so much anymore, unless you consider Alex Mitchell a powerhouse. [Title]

Output: You ain't lying


Input: [Date] 5 years 27 weeks ago [Body] My initials are TB. A roommate that I lived w/ on Dewey thought my last name was Bliggins. Which, other than starting w/ 'B', isn't even close to my last name. So that stuck as a nickname. [Title]

Output: From an old college roommate


Input: [Date] 5 years 28 weeks ago [Body] The new logo looks like a comic book rendition. I think if they told no one of the change very few people would have even noticed. Some MSU fans I know are losing their minds about this, though. [Title]

Output: The new logo looks like a


Input: [Date] 5 years 28 weeks ago [Body] by the end of Infinite Jest I was pining for another 500 pages. Just an incredible book. [Title]

Output: Long, but...


Input: [Date] 5 years 28 weeks ago [Body] Cosign. Very well put. [Title]

Output: Cosign. Very well put.


Input: [Date] 5 years 29 weeks ago [Body] What the hell are any of you doing reading Drew Sharp? [Title]

Output: What the hell are any of you


Input: [Date] 5 years 29 weeks ago [Body] The biggest risk involved w/ bringing Kiffin in is that they will have some sanctions of indeterminable strength, which will probably include some sort of probation. And the guy you hire racked up numerous secondary violations in just over 1 year at Tennessee? He should have excellent coordinators around him while he is there to not mess up the product on the field, it is getting into more trouble off the field that has a better chance of derailing this train. [Title]

Output: The biggest risk involved w/


Input: [Date] 5 years 33 weeks ago [Body] Richard never played baseball until he left the football team. He saw the writing on the wall that he would never pass Henne on the depth chart and went to the baseball team. [Title]

Output: Richard never played baseball