Input: [Date] 5 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Fuck that. Golden Girls is great. Anyone who can't appreciate sassy old ladies isn't much of a man. Betty White didn't make a triumphant return to celebrity status because of her work on the Mary Tyler Moore show. [Title]

Output: Fuck that. Golden Girls is


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 2 days ago [Body] "The Knicks wouldn't do this because it is stupid" is not a real thing. [Title]

Output: "The Knicks wouldn't do this


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 1 day ago [Body] No...no, it really isn't. You play it like the Wings were the only ones in the league who were spending. Colorado spent, Dallas spent, St. Louis spent, Philly spent, New Jersey spent. Congratulations and all for being smart enough to take Kane first overall and Toews third overall, but when your stars are grossly underpaid it's easy to build a team around them. They only just started making what they're worth last summer. [Title]

Output: No...no, it really isn't.


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 3 days ago [Body] You must be joking. Anyone who's not mentally sharp is going to bat .150, period. You can't hit if you're not paying attention and if you think you can just flip the paying attention switch when you need to, you're nuts. Fielders aren't just standing there. Baseball players are taught, every new batter, to re-assess in their mind what they're going to do with the ball. "If it's a single in front of me I'll do this, if it's a double to the corner I do that, if it's a short fly ball I do something else." There's a reason relievers have a reputation for being a little crazy: because if you're wound up too tight in a role where you're constantly getting up and down and never know when you'll play, you'll be a wreck. And if you would be cool going to work for 27 weeks with an average of one day off a week and some weeks none at all, and jetting all over the country to do it, more power to you. "Baseball isn't mentally taxing" is extremely ignorant. [Title]

Output: You must be joking. Anyone


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Yes....and rifle shooting is an NCAA sport too. [Title]

Output: Yes....and rifle shooting is


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 3 hours ago [Body] What....North? No zings without ID, son, or a well-placed zing is mere trollery. [Title]

Output: What....North? No zings


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 11 hours ago [Body] By beating North, no less :) [Title]

Output: By beating North, no less :)


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 18 hours ago [Body] Think we had this thread not too long ago, but I'll bite again. This is not my 1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass Cruiser, but it's exactly like it. Got it as a graduation present in 2000 - my folks used the money I freed up for them by getting my college paid for by ROTC. Pros: Insanely good gas mileage for a car of that weight and displacement. (Generally about 25-26 mpg, could top 30 under just the right conditions.) Has roof rack. Hauls enormous amounts of stuff and is therefore perfect for trucking my worldly possessions back and forth the 10-11 hour drive to school. Capable as well of hauling a sofa on the roof. Incredibly durable wagonbeast - only ever had to put about $30 worth of repairs under the hood. (The serpentine belt tensioner seized up and took the belt with it.) Seats folded very flat to maximize storage. Comfy cloth seats. Cons: Vintage 1984 interior design. (Exterior, too, but I still kinda like it.) Had obnoxious dashboard vibration at exactly the freeway speed I like to travel. Really heavy gas pedal canceled out a lot of the pickup you should get with a 3.8L V6. Utterly stupid location of battery terminals made it incredibly difficult to jump/offer a jump. Handled like a warehouse. Verdict: BEST FIRST CAR. One of my greatest regrets in life is not getting a picture of the car stuffed to the gills, roof rack piled high, and two bikes on a bike rack in the back - the result of driving myself and a buddy back home from school with both our stuff. That car was a trooper. Plus even though it wasn't much good on freeway entrance ramps, it was surprisingly excellent accelerating from 60 and up, the better to pass people on two-lane highways. And had I ever gotten in a crash I have little doubt I'd've been solidly protected. [Title]

Output: Think we had this thread


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 20 hours ago [Body] Bullshit. I don't see even one single sub. [Title]

Output: Bullshit. I don't see even


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 20 hours ago [Body] Rather than bolstering the satellite camp, in fact, a measured view of the camps in light of Johnson's commitment, only shows that the loophole is a chance to lazily poach talent in contravention of a rule designed to avoid turning recruiting into a 12-month long circus. Pity, because that rule has been doing such a great fucking job of that, up til now. [Title]

Output: Rather than bolstering the


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 3 days ago [Body] I don't see why your opinion of these sports not being thrilling means less than their opinion that they are Because acting like they're not happening just because you don't care about them is stupid. [Title]

Output: I don't see why your opinion


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Also the super regionals of the college baseball tournament, and the only day where all eight series are guaranteed to be playing. [Title]

Output: Also the super regionals of


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 5 days ago [Body] There's a fair chance your Grandpa and mine crossed paths. My Grandpa spent the war in Texas in the Army, training medics for the European theater. [Title]

Output: There's a fair chance your


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Yeah, that quote is just nothing but inoffensive fluff. In fact that's pretty much the whole interview. The equivalent of a guy sitting at his locker saying "we just try to give 110%, take it one day at a time, hopefully things go our way." I see nothing to get worked up about. [Title]

Output: Yeah, that quote is just


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Calling womyn "female" is a common microaggression borne of a misogynistic cis-gendered paradigm that ignores the role of self-identified genderqueer identification in fulfilling modern sex roles and escaping the limiting factors of white Euro-male dominance in society. Or something, I guess. [Title]

Output: Calling womyn "female" is a


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Here's a twist on the question, too: I was about nine, ten when Desmond was playing. That's the perfect age to watch the really amazing players. Wide-eyed wonder hardly begins to describe it. I sort of wish I'd been ten years old to watch Denard play. [Title]

Output: Here's a twist on the


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Anthony Carter jumps right to mind. There've been so many really good receivers, but AC was really the original. He was doing things nobody had really done at Michigan before. That's why Desmond, Charles, Denard were so fun, too. AC was really the first electric receiver Michigan had. Among the first the country ever saw, really. [Title]

Output: Anthony Carter jumps right to


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 6 days ago [Body] They crootin' errbody up in here. [Title]

Output: They crootin' errbody up in


Input: [Date] 8 weeks 11 hours ago [Body] Grand Rapids was still in the AHL playoffs. They were eliminated yesterday. Not going to announce it while he's still coaching them.....bad form. [Title]

Output: Grand Rapids was still in the


Input: [Date] 8 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Of course they're dead for a reason. Oldsmobile really lost its position in the marketplace. So did Pontiac. Doesn't mean it wouldn't be fun to have them back anyway. [Title]

Output: Of course they're dead for a


Input: [Date] 8 weeks 1 day ago [Body] I remember seeing the new GTO for the first time at the auto show, and it had come with a fair amount of hype, and my heart sank just a bit because my first impression was "aw man, it looks like a Civic." [Title]

Output: I remember seeing the new GTO


Input: [Date] 8 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Pontiac for sure, and the first thing we're doing is bringing these things back to life: [Title]

Output: Pontiac for sure, and the


Input: [Date] 8 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Besides, Russian soccer is at least fairly good, and they're a major world power in every sense of the word. Like hell they are. They're decent enough to not embarrass themselves at major competitions and that's about it. Whoopee, they tied South Korea and Algeria at the 2014 WC. That doesn't say "major world power." [Title]

Output: Besides, Russian soccer is at


Input: [Date] 8 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Practical limits. Even if Hugh Freeze would sign 100 players a year if he could, the thing is he can't. At some point you run out of useless players to kick off the team put on medical scholarship, and they can play all the games they want with the yearly limit but it's way, way harder to get away with breaking the 85 limit. And players know who else is in their class. The more you have, the harder it'll be to convince them there's room for one more. Yes, even SEC coaches have limits, even if they act like they don't. [Title]

Output: Practical limits. Even if


Input: [Date] 8 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Agreed. Even SEC coaches have a limit to how many they can sign. It's not like they're all going to glom 10 Midwestern recruits onto their already bloated classes. If they replace a southern recruit with a Midwestern recruit, I guess we'll just take that southern recruit and put some of that ESS EEE SEE SPPEEEEEED on our teams and they can have the plodding scrawny wastrels they seem to think Midwesterners all are. [Title]

Output: Agreed. Even SEC coaches


Input: [Date] 8 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Not gonna pass judgment until something more official comes out, but some basic principles here: No piping is always better than piping. Maize outlines on the numbers look way better than no maize outlines on the numbers. The best away jerseys ever were the Tom Brady-era ones. God those were sharp. If the tradeoff for losing all the godawful stupid piping is having no maize outlines on the numbers, I'll take it all day every day. [Title]

Output: Not gonna pass judgment until


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Our Justice Department has some fucked up priorities FIFA is always chest-puffing about how soccer transcends sport and is so incredibly meaningful in real-life ways to real-life people. They don't get to weasel out with "it's just a game" now. [Title]

Output: Our Justice Department has


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Hockey's also different because of the structure of the sport. College lacrosse gets 100% of the best lacrosse players and they always stay for all four years. Genuine hockey stars that go to college and play out their eligibility are very rare. The lesser talent pool and increased turnover increases parity. Probably more so than the nature of the on-ice game, because when I say parity I'm mainly referring to how things play out year over year. That's really what drives the parity (or lack thereof) in lacrosse: the much slower roster turnover and the continual parade of elite talent to the same schools. In hockey schools like Union or Quinnipiac can and do win the national title. Quinnipiac hasn't even been D-I that long. In lacrosse, Quinnipiac doesn't even have the remotest prayer. The Final Four and final eight might get jumbled a bit, but it won't be the Quinnipiacs of the world. It'll be the teams that can buy their way into the club. [Title]

Output: Hockey's also different


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 1 day ago [Body] I think the idea is that the extra field-level seating allows these people to move between the tunnel and actually watching the game. [Title]

Output: I think the idea is that the


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 1 day ago [Body] I don't think there's any real parity in college lacrosse. One year's competition doesn't really define that. One of those "upsets" was a Hopkins win, which can't possibly be used to argue for parity. Ohio State is a huge-budget school. Albany I'll grant you, but let's see what happens when they lose Lyle Thompson. Colgate was the shit too, when they had Peter Baum, but now they're just as meh as ever. There might've been 11 or 12 teams with a legit chance to win it all if we stretch the hell out of the definition of legit. That's not parity though, because mostly it's the same 11 or 12 every year. All that's really happened is a few new teams have cracked open the door, consisting pretty much of huge-budget schools or schools that hired a coaching legend. Take a look at hockey if you want to see parity. Parity is Providence winning it all as a regional four seed. Parity is the large parade of different schools in the Frozen Four every year and the very diverse, almost random, distribution of seeds. Parity is powerhouse Wisconsin winning like three games all year. This year in lacrosse the Final Four was three of the same four teams it was last year. The only parity in lacrosse is among the same elite club of teams which sort of ebb and flow among themselves; the effort required to break down that door is enormous. [Title]

Output: I don't think there's any


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Should be no reason to neg this post and people who do should be ashamed. Every single veteran you ask will point to someone who had it worse. Today is for those who had it the worst. [Title]

Output: Should be no reason to neg


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 5 days ago [Body] I don't see a justification for punishing UNC if athletes weren't given preferential treatment in the sham classes, steered into the sham classes, or if athletic department employees weren't clearly involved in some way, like with Syracuse. Yeah, but, that's literally what happened. Some quotes from the Wainstein report: These paper classes were taken by students of all types, but were especially popular among student-athletes, particularly those who played the “revenue” sports of football and men’s basketball. Many of these student-athletes were referred to these classes by academic counselors in the Academic Support Program for Student-Athletes (“ASPSA”) who were always under pressure to maintain student-athlete eligibility and saw these classes – and their artificially high grades – as key to helping academically-challenged student-athletes remain eligible and on the playing field. Crowder and Nyang’oro were primarily motivated to offer these classes by a desire to help struggling students and student-athletes. Both felt sympathy for under-prepared students who struggled with the demanding Chapel Hill curriculum. Crowder felt a strong affinity for student-athletes in particular, and she gave them ready access to these watered-down classes to help them manage their competing athletic and academic time demands. Student-athletes accounted for a disproportionately high percentage of enrollments in the AFAM paper classes. Of the identifiable enrollments in the lecture paper classes, 47.4% were student-athletes, even though studentathletes make up just over 4% of the Chapel Hill undergraduate student body. A good number of these student-athletes were “steered” to the AFAM paper classes by certain academic counselors in ASPSA. This steering was most prevalent among the counselors for the revenue sports of football and men’s basketball. So, uh, yes, basically what happened is these fraudulent classes existed, and the athletic department got wind of it and used them to keep athletes eligible. If the NCAA believes even one word of what they say about how important studies are and the mission and blah blah blah, they will leave nothing but a smoking crater in Chapel Hill to make sure other schools think twice about this kind of thing. [Title]

Output: I don't see a justification


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 6 days ago [Body] If only his book cover didn't look like a For Dummies book. [Title]

Output: If only his book cover didn't


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Cool bro, congrats for winning the hardcorest fan competition. We're all so proud of you right now. [Title]

Output: Cool bro, congrats for


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 6 days ago [Body] I honestly cannot figure out how you got to be so get-off-my-lawny about the stadium and so dazzle-eyed enthusiastic about uniformz. [Title]

Output: I honestly cannot figure out


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 6 days ago [Body] I don't think there need be such a gloomy prediction about the future of football attendance at Michigan. Students are one issue, but I bet you they come back with lower prices and a team worth getting out of bed for. But the season ticket waiting list didn't dwindle away like attendance at a lot of places. It went poof almost overnight because Dave Brandon. That's a very pinpointable reason. It won't reappear overnight, but when you consider that the waiting list and attendance survived the recession, things should look a lot better in coming years, evenutally getting more like they had been pre-Brandon. Long-term, like, 20 years, I think expansion should stay on the table. And given the choice between having the traditional bowl shape and the biggest stadium in the country, I'd choose the latter. [Title]

Output: I don't think there need be


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 46 min ago [Body] True, and forced roster turnover gives Michigan a lot better timetable, too. [Title]

Output: True, and forced roster


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 18 hours ago [Body] You rarely see coaches at the top of their profession undertaking a massive rebuilding project. Dunno if it's all that rare. It just happened on December 30. [Title]

Output: You rarely see coaches at the


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 20 hours ago [Body] I'm not gonna argue at all in favor of freshman ineligibility, but, devil's advocate-style here, freshmen would still be training for their chosen career. They're lifting and practicing and doing literally everything but playing in the game itself. It'd hardly be a ban on training. To use your analogy it'd be more like if the computer science program sent people to programming competitions but only starting with the 200-level classes, while the 100-level classes were reserved for building up the fundamentals. [Title]

Output: I'm not gonna argue at all in


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Man, just looking at the video before hitting play I could already hear "I'm George Kell along with Al Kaline," and....yup. I really like Mario and Rod but those two were absolutely sparkling on the air. [Title]

Output: Man, just looking at the


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 1 day ago [Body] The stat I saw said about 95% of FGs from that distance are made. I happen to really like this, by the way. There were 8 missed PATs last year. A 95% conversion rate would mean 62 missed PATs, almost eight times as many. Assuming it only happens once per game, that would mean about a quarter of NFL games see a missed PAT. That's very significant. It could alter a lot of strategy. A 21-17 game is coached very differently from a 20-17 game. I think the 95% rate is just about the sweet spot where it'll still be just automatic enough that 7 points is a safe assumption, but it's still worth watching to find out. [Title]

Output: The stat I saw said about 95%


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Both football and lax have offseason practice sessions during the other's season. [Title]

Output: Both football and lax have


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 2 days ago [Body] I read this headline as "Guy going to play quarterback at ND gets call from Jim Harbaugh and switches to lacrosse." [Title]

Output: I read this headline as "Guy


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Born and raised. [Title]

Output: Born and raised.


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 2 days ago [Body] There is no more five second "closely guarded" rule. I'm torn. In no way was that rule important, but when it got invoked it felt like a reward for superior perimeter defense. Eh, I think that was the case one-third of the time, and the other two-thirds it was the ballhandler forgetting or not noticing that the ref was counting down. [Title]

Output: There is no more five second


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 2 days ago [Body] I doubt it. It's not like the system requires 32 seconds of passing before you shoot or else it won't work. [Title]

Output: I doubt it. It's not like


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Yeah, that's the idea, but the likelihood is that you'll just see rugged, bogged-down basketball from the starters instead. Backups foul a ton because they're not likely to foul out so they go in with instructions to play really physical. If the starters are less likely to foul out, they'll just play more physical themselves. KenPom did an analysis of a couple conferences that experimented with six fouls about 25 years ago. In the two years where they had six fouls, fouls per game spiked. When they went back to five, fouls per game went immediately back to normal. [Title]

Output: Yeah, that's the idea, but


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 2 days ago [Body] The NCAA will implement the full NBA-sized restricted circle and can call fouls on players who are deemed to have flopped when they are in the middle of an interminable review. Thumbs up on the former even if it hurts Michigan's defensive strategy; the latter isn't likely to have much impact. That's because you're not an ACC fan. Those of us who are, will be rubbing our hands together with glee at the idea that someone on Duke or Carolina might actually foul out now. [Title]

Output: The NCAA will implement the


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Pffft. If you can't get off a shot against the UVA defense in 35 seconds, how will you get one off in 30 seconds? Can't see it hurting. [Title]

Output: Pffft. If you can't get off


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Nautica. If we have a wine and cheese football crowd, that should do wonders for apparel sales. [Title]

Output: Nautica. If we have a wine


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Connor Hellebuyck sure looks like a future star. He ended up with better stats for the tourney than Pekka Rinne even with Rinne's record-breaking shutout streak. The US might have some gold in the future if he continues to be in net. [Title]

Output: Connor Hellebuyck sure looks


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Indeed, Nike has no history at all of doing incredibly stupid things with uniforms. [Title]

Output: Indeed, Nike has no history


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 38 min ago [Body] I got a few since I'm the kinda guy who's not really good enough or athletic enough - short and slowish is a bad combination - to be the star of any team I play on in any sport, but I am good enough to not look like a fool and occasionally pull off a hero play. Let's go with basketball. I have the worst handle you've ever seen and I'm 5'7", so it's not my best sport. One day though, my friend Hooch and I were at the gym going one-on-one and horsing around, when eight other dudes roll up. These guys are all 6-foot, minimum, and look like they spend every waking moment on a court, and yes, I'll just say it, Hooch and I were the only white guys. They ask us if we want to go full court, five on five. Hooch was deceptively good at basketball and half these guys can dunk so here I am just as far out of my league as I've ever been in my life. Good thing I can shoot a little. This particular day though, I couldn't miss. Could. Not. Miss. One of those rare in the zone days where I feel like I'm throwing stones in the ocean. I wasn't exactly the first offensive option on my team, or the second or third or fourth, but I knocked down a shot or two and they started finding me on the perimeter more often. Then I kept on not missing. I'm playing alright defense and on offense I'm just running to the most open spot I can find and hitting every jumper ever. Finally I'm open one more time for a catch and shoot outside the arc and as soon as I catch the ball I hear this panicked - I mean really panicked, like you would sound if you saw, say, me, being the only one between LeBron and the game-7-winning bucket - voice from across the court go, "Don't let 'im shoot!" Then of course it goes in again and the same voice goes, "god damn it man" and there's a string of curse words aimed at my defender for wandering more than three inches from where I was standing. Never got to shoot again the rest of the day. [Title]

Output: I got a few since I'm the


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 12 hours ago [Body] Well I don't care about the hate-spewing going on, I like it. Heck of a lot of work to do something like that and some of them turned out really well. Interesting series IME even if the Michigan-as-Ohio set looks more like Wisconsin. And yes, I'd be interested in seeing the green version and I don't care if it's "blasphemy." College football is supposed to be fun. This is fun. [Title]

Output: Well I don't care about the


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 18 hours ago [Body] I can't see how that's possibly safe. I've seen runners jogging down the middle of a traffic lane - and facing away from traffic, mind - because the sidewalk and curb had snow and ice on them. Could their fitness routine not be put on hold for one day for the roads to clear? If you're wondering why bike and running nerds have a bad name, that's why. [Title]

Output: I can't see how that's


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 18 hours ago [Body] What is the point? So you don't have to go all the way around the circle to go one street to the right? [Title]

Output: What is the point? So you


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 18 hours ago [Body] I was going to post this article but the ranking number kept changing and I kept losing track of it. [Title]

Output: I was going to post this


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 18 hours ago [Body] Agree and you'd think people in Michigan more than anyone else would get it when it comes to the subject of intersections that seem confusing at first but in fact improve traffic flow in large and noticeable ways. [Title]

Output: Agree and you'd think people


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Division winners only would be great, but with three division winners it's nigh-impossible to do. Maybe if they expanded to another team in each league and had four divisions each like the NFL does. At any rate, to me the complaints made sense, that the division winners didn't get enough of an advantage. Too many wild cards in the WS was a valid complaint, I think. I just think of it as, the wild cards aren't actually in the playoffs yet until they win their way in one more time, and then the wild card gets the disadvantage of starting their rotation with their #2 pitcher. The only team really "hosed" by it is the first wild card. The second wild card would never even have gotten to pull the lever. Anyway, it remains to be seen in practice if it's that much of a disadvantage. Last year we had another all-WC Series. [Title]

Output: Division winners only would


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 1 day ago [Body] The home-field advantage prize for winning the ASG is dumb, but it has roots in an even dumber overreaction. Because a game ended in a tie, everyone acted like that was some colossal travesty, and MLB decided to "fix" it. The game is nothing but the single most glorified exhibition in sports, who the fuck cares if it ended in a tie? Why people thought that was bad, I have no idea. Who gives a shit? The only thing that matters about ASGs is if they're memorable, and that one certainly qualified. Second, the play-in game is supposed to put the wild cards at a disadvantage. That's the whole point. And doing so is a good idea. [Title]

Output: The home-field advantage


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 1 day ago [Body] We have a new record for get-off-my-lawniest comment ever in the history of MGoBlog. [Title]

Output: We have a new record for


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Maybe if they'd chosen a name that didn't sound like industrial-strength laundry detergent. [Title]

Output: Maybe if they'd chosen a name


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Definitely. A couple instances does not make anything the "new normal." The normal is still for players to be offered as sophomores, juniors, and sometimes as seniors. [Title]

Output: Definitely. A couple


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Exactly. IME it's not so much about deflating balls per se, it's the fact that it's not the first time the Patriots have been caught deliberately and obviously breaking rules. They're a cheater organization and deserve no sympathy. They're the Alabama of the NFL with maybe even more annoying fans and the only reason anyone here (besides actual Pats fans) puts forth an ounce of defense for them is Tom Brady. I mean, there is a ridiculous amount of inconsistency in the general attitude that SEC teams should be nuked for their cheating ways while the Pats should get off easy because "everyone does it." And Brady's suspension for me only rises to the level of outrage because of things like Ray Rice and the attempted two-gamer. That said, having screwed that one up doesn't mean the league must always and forever come down lightly on any kind of punishment in the future. [Title]

Output: Exactly. IME it's not so


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 2 days ago [Body] How did we get this far without nominating Isiah Thomas, who drove a fifty-year-old basketball league into bankruptcy and oblivion within two years of purchasing it? [Title]

Output: How did we get this far


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 2 days ago [Body] I race sailboats. It's a blast. An average week during the summer has me racing three days a week and there's three different boats I regularly crew for. And not only do I race locally but once or twice a year I fly to Connecticut to race with folks I used to race with when I lived in Rhode Island. The water is the place to be in the summer. Sailing is both relaxing and very competitive. Plus there are parties. Lots and lots of parties, especially around Mackinac week where you get to feel like a bigshot because of all the parties going on and the hundreds of people who turn out to watch the boats leave for the start. It's great because it doesn't take an ounce of talent to get into in some way and not a ton of money if it's not your boat. But it does take a fair amount of learning, and it's fun to have knowledge and a high comfort level with something that some people consider a cross between a Goldberg machine and a wild bronco. [Title]

Output: I race sailboats. It's a


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 3 days ago [Body] "Refuse" to get bullpen help? You mean signing Joe Nathan, Joba Chamberlain, and Tom Gorzelanny, and trading for Ian Krol and Joakim Soria doesn't count? Say what you will about the methods. Personally I'd be happy if we never again signed another over-35, $10 million closer. But saying Dombrowski "refuses to get bullpen help" is just ignorant blather. [Title]

Output: "Refuse" to get bullpen


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 4 days ago [Body] So, I would argue that easy access to the Southfield is a bug, not a feature. When I was taking classes at UDM and working in Dearborn, it would take about 15 minutes to go the three-ish miles up the Southfield to 96. Then, if you happen to live out Plymouth / Canton / Northville way, I understand the 96/275 interchange is a holy terror. [Title]

Output: So, I would argue that easy


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 4 days ago [Body] I live in Grosse Pointe Park and work in Dearborn. Some hopefully helpful notes: - The commute is about 25-30 minutes without traffic, 30-35 with. It's longer in the afternoon than the morning by about five minutes. 94 is a pain in the ass and occasionally a huge pain in the ass, but there are lots of alternate routes that help limit my commute to no more than 40 minutes if traffic is really nasty on the freeway. - You can find a house for around $200K. The selection would be more limited than if you were looking for one around $500K, but they're there. In general, proximity to the border with Detroit depresses a home's value and you should be able to find something with some patience. - Excellent schools. Crime is basically limited to petty thefts. Things like bikes and power tools have a habit of occasionally making their way into Detroit. It's not exactly rampant, though. - GP sorta has a few downtown spots. Each of the Pointes except the Shores has a little bit of a downtown, and there are nice restaurants and bars to be found although not so many that you don't want to go out and around, too. But fortunately we're only about 15 minutes from downtown Detroit. [Title]

Output: I live in Grosse Pointe Park


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 5 days ago [Body] The phone-loving people are godless communists. I can read, process, and delete an email in like five to ten seconds. And if it's important I have a searchable, file-able record of what's been said. It takes way longer to dial the voicemail and listen to a message all the way through because people refuse to get to the point. I can't search for it later, either, if I want to keep it I have to listen through all the other saved voice mails til I get to the one I want. Voice mail is a waste of my time. Email all the way. [Title]

Output: The phone-loving people are


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 10 hours ago [Body] Only thing that stopped me from eating cuy in Peru was "hmm, the cuy is 60 soles and everything else is 10-12. I'll wait til another place where it's cheaper." It never was. Alpaca steak is great stuff, though. [Title]

Output: Only thing that stopped me


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 17 hours ago [Body] If so, probably on Webex most likely, as I'm in Dearborn and not Livonia. [Title]

Output: If so, probably on Webex most


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 18 hours ago [Body] Have you been to Paris? If not, here's some random advice for your first day. Drop your crap off and get situated, and then first thing you do, head for the Arc de Triomphe. It's not the tallest thing in Paris. But it has the best view. You're not lofted way above Paris - you're in it and yet above it. It feels like being in the whole city at the same time. It's on the far west side of the historic and interesting part of the city so you can stand on one side and see just about literally every landmark in the city. That was my first impression of the city and since Paris is easily among the absolute most famous cities in the world, it was breathtaking. By the way, you might've been planning on this already, but don't rent your car until you leave Paris. Traffic actually isn't that bad, but I'll be damned if I ever saw where anyone parked. The Metro takes you anywhere you need to go. Where you're staying, take a look through booking sites like Orbitz. I stayed at a place called the Hotel Eden Montmartre - nice little place, learned later that it was one of the few hotels in Paris that provides Kleenex - and booking through Orbitz got me a deal where breakfast was free. This was important because ordinarily it would've been 7 euros per person per day. Look for stuff like that to save a little money. The room itself was awfully reasonable for Paris. [Title]

Output: Have you been to Paris? If


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 19 hours ago [Body] Age? Thirty-something Occupation? I work in finance at FoMoCo. At the moment, on prototype transmissions. Location? GP Park Alum? I turned Michigan down once, and they turned me down once, so we're even. Most MICHIGAN thing you've ever done? - I got made fun of when I first got to school in Virginia for saying I was going to "Teeter's." [Title]

Output: Age?


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 21 hours ago [Body] I only have a few days, and Venice is harder to get to than Rome and doesn't have as many Vatican Cities as Rome does. [Title]

Output: I only have a few days, and


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 21 hours ago [Body] There's lots of reasons to go to Pattaya besides hookers. There's also massages, go-go shows, "beer bars," cabarets, "karaoke", and other institutions which no doubt have absolutely nothing to do with prostitution. [Title]

Output: There's lots of reasons to go


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 22 hours ago [Body] Growing up, our extended family took several trips to Ocean Isle. Nice beach. About midway between Wilmington and Myrtle Beach so you can take day trips to do things like see the battleship and be back in plenty of time for dinner and evening beach time. Dumb story bro: last year my boss told me she was going there for vacation, and I was like, "oh, good idea, your kids will like the waterpark if they get bored with the beach." She didn't know there was a waterpark, so we looked on the map. No waterpark. They tore the damn thing down :( [Title]

Output: Growing up, our extended


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 22 hours ago [Body] Going to Italy this summer for a wedding. My cousin decided on a destination wedding, so off we go. The wedding is in some Tuscan town somewhere, so my own plans are to hit Rome and Florence before coming back. [Title]

Output: Going to Italy this summer


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 22 hours ago [Body] Don't worry about the age of the boat. Someone else beat me to saying it above, but if the engine and hull are both in good shape, which can be determined with a survey which should be done regardless of whether you're buying a year-old boat or 60-year-old boat, age is nothing. Boats don't take the beating cars do, and freshwater boats can last a ridiculously long time. No salt, no potholes, and diesel engines are notorious for their ability to take a beating. If you like a boat and the price, have the survey done and if it checks out, the phrase "age is just a number" was never more apt. [Title]

Output: Don't worry about the age of


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 23 hours ago [Body] I agree, anything at all above about 27 feet and you're looking at a major, major investment to trailer it around. Your average F-150, Silverado, Tundra, etc. isn't going to haul anything bigger. You'd be surprised how damn big a 25-foot boat looks on a trailer. I wouldn't limit your search locally. Deals can be had by looking out on the East Coast. It will cost in the neighborhood of $1500-2000 to have it delivered from there to Michigan, so factor that into the price, but it's worth looking to see what you can find. [Title]

Output: I agree, anything at all


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Besides the student loan issue, I'm disappointed the article didn't mention the proliferation of shiny palaces on campuses. Dorms, dining halls, classrooms - every building is starting to be gold-plated. The author provided one figure to back up his claim: a four-fold rise in the number of administrators. Well, tuition has gone up much more than four-fold. Probably the only expense that has kept pace with the tuition hikes is capital and building expenditures. There's the culprit. [Title]

Output: Besides the student loan


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Most of those analyses that say School X lost money on the bowl game completely neglect to mention the bowl game's actual payout; they just ask the school how much they spent on travel and compare it to the bowl's travel allotment. [Title]

Output: Most of those analyses that


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Admittedly the jealousy thing is outta line and as much an amateur psychology troll as everything white pony is saying. I figure, since he's already pegged me as snobby and arrogant and has no intention to change that opinion, I might as well play it up all the way. And I have no idea how big or small his dick is. That said, you know as much as anyone how long and bizarre the "douchey" rant was, and if you combine that with these other posts, I have no problems calling him baselessly judgmental. He has no idea who I am or what I did or who I knew in high school, but he's got no problems coming to irrevocable conclusions anyway. [Title]

Output: Admittedly the jealousy thing


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Yeah, OK. I actually had - have - no problem hanging out with most people, because most people aren't jealous and judgmental dickheads like you. Tell me, what exactly is it that makes you "cool people and a good friend"? The raging envy, or the immediate leap to judgment about people you've never met? It's not like you've proven yourself to be the kind of person people like. [Title]

Output: Yeah, OK. I actually had -


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Right, this from the same life's loser who got turned down from U-M and the resulting feeling of inadequacy and small dicked-ness caused him to go on an unhinged rant about how U-M students were all arrogant whiny rich kids in a post entitled "douchey MGoBlog users." Did your amateur psychology work out that totally idiotic and off-based conclusion about me all by yourself, or did you need help from someone who was smart enough to get into Michigan? [Title]

Output: Right, this from the same


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 2 days ago [Body] I would add something to this: Starting in sixth grade I was on a double-advanced track in math with a whole class of about 30 students. In eighth grade, which I think was Algebra 2, most of the class slammed into the wall. Hard. A small handful of us stayed on the double-advanced track and the rest dropped back to single-advanced. I don't think it's inconceivable that a particular class just struggles with a particular subject all of a sudden. That said - geometry is rarely anyone's tripping point. Most math walls seem to be in the really abstract stuff. Geometry is probably the least abstract math class anyone will take in middle or high school. [Title]

Output: I would add something to


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 2 days ago [Body] I dunno about that. I definitely don't mean to come out and say a kid should be ashamed of himself for dropping down to the "regular" class. But a lot of smart kids won't want to consider that as an option. The original question was "what motivated you in high school?" and for me the answer (besides the various carrots and sticks laid down by my parents) was hanging out with smart people and not wanting to fall behind. If your friends are all in honors and AP or IB classes, then you'll probably want to be as well. It sounds like the frustration here comes partly from not wanting to admit defeat, as it were, by dropping down a level. Plus, in a regular class there might be the opposite problem. Instead of the teacher focusing on the top of the class, they're likely to focus on the bottom. If the real issue is that you just do. not. get. it. - that's helpful. If the real issue is quality of instruction, it's not going to do the least bit of good. [Title]

Output: I dunno about that. I


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Opinion: The fact that he's demoralized by getting lousy grades is a good sign. Much easier fix than not caring at all. Getting used to having to exert more effort to succeed in school, that takes quite a bit of time. It did for me. Does the school maintain a list of student math tutors? Learning geometry from an upperclassman who did well on the subject could be very helpful, even if it's just because it's coming from a different voice. Also, do a little homework on the math teachers at the school. Sometimes a particular teacher-student combo just straight-up doesn't work. [Title]

Output: Opinion: The fact that he's


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 2 days ago [Body] When you list a bunch of songs that I think are just actual good songs and not guilty ashamed-of-myself pleasures, it makes me wonder whether I'm the screwed-up one, or you are. [Title]

Output: When you list a bunch of


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Sounds like someone got run over by the waaaahmbulance. You've been here five weeks and have bitched about the same thing I don't even know how many times. This is how the blog has been for years. Get over it. [Title]

Output: Sounds like someone got run


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Livin' La Vida Loca is actually pretty fun. [Title]

Output: Livin' La Vida Loca is


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 4 days ago [Body] That's not quite what it looks like. First off it's several years old. Second, from what I've read, it's more of a weird motivational tactic where the Attention NFL Scouts sign would stay there and the coaches would post a list of players who missed a class or were late for a workout or something during the week. The list is much newer looking and hastily typed up. I don't think it actually means "La'El Collins is such a selfish waste of oxygen that Les Miles actually thinks you shouldn't draft him." [Title]

Output: That's not quite what it


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Why on earth was the Ramirez trade stupid? That was a GREAT move. Get an extra fifth rounder, move back just five spots, and get the best OG in the draft as well as a guy who has tons of starting experience and can play anywhere inside the tackles. Why on earth was that a dumb move??? [Title]

Output: Why on earth was the Ramirez


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Yeah, I don't get the hate. Considering Rob Sims is an overpaid putz, moving back in the first round and getting the best OG in the draft is a great move. And Manny Ramirez is a great insurance policy for anywhere on the interior O-line. People demanded a DT but OG was just as big a need. And anyone who complains wasting a second-round pick on Titus Young and his character issues has no right to bitch about the first two picks here. By all accounts Tomlinson and Abdullah are as high on the character scale as it gets. I don't think RB is a position of much need but it's not like we're stacked, either. This is a solid draft. It's not flashy, but I like it so far. [Title]

Output: Yeah, I don't get the hate.


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 5 days ago [Body] 1. Malcom Brown 2. Laken Tomlinson/Jake Fisher/AliMarpet 3. Senquez Golson That's a great plan except that all the guys you listed were gone by the time the Lions picked, except for Malcom Brown. Tomlinson would never have fallen to the Lions' 2nd round pick. [Title]

Output: 1. Malcom Brown 2. Laken


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 5 days ago [Body] OK, Lions. 11 picks left before yours. If La'El Collins is still there at your pick, he better not be there after. P.S. Would also be happy with Grady Jarrett. [Title]

Output: OK, Lions. 11 picks left


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 5 days ago [Body] I'd be annoyed about a running back, but pretty much all the guys I wanted out of that pick went off the board already. [Title]

Output: I'd be annoyed about a


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Eh, I like Corey Fuller as a 3rd WR, and with the three pass-catching TEs they have, that still counts as the weapons they need. Bell and Riddick make two RBs...unless you were going to take Gurley or Gordon, I can't say I'd be big on taking a guy who wouldn't bring much extra to the table. CB, DT, DE are more pressing needs, and I wouldn't argue against another OL - an insurance-policy OT would be a very solid investment unless you really, really like Cornelius Lucas. [Title]

Output: Eh, I like Corey Fuller as a


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Nice to meet you, Mr. Millen. [Title]

Output: Nice to meet you, Mr. Millen.


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 5 days ago [Body] If the Lions take any kind of player who handles the ball before the fifth round I will be most upset. [Title]

Output: If the Lions take any kind of


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 5 days ago [Body] FIFA sucks because there is no oversight. As long as there's no oversight and billions of dollars moving around, it is going to suck. The major pro leagues in the US don't suck because there are laws governing their conduct and because at their core they're essentially a club of 30 or so rich guys whose gravy train relies on mostly upstanding conduct. And even then they look for ways to boost the output of that gravy train even if it makes their product worse. Of course FIFA can improve. And I can get elected president of the US, technically speaking, once I reach the required age. Now, ask yourself, who is going to make FIFA improve? Who holds their gravy train by the balls to make it happen? Of course the NCAA is better than FIFA - it too is governed by the laws of the US. FIFA is governed by no laws but its own. [Title]

Output: FIFA sucks because there is


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Nobody watches golf for the best athletes in the world. They walk around the course and swing a stick. It's like saying I watch Jeopardy for the smartest people in the world when really it's just people who have a particular brain skill. So I'm not sure how the "few thousand people" thing applies (and I'm sure there are more than a couple thousand people growing up playing golf.) [Title]

Output: Nobody watches golf for the


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 5 days ago [Body] The problem with "imagine how it would be without FIFA" is that something has to organize the thing, and given the nature of the event and the money involved, whatever organizes it is just going to be that way, or at best, drift in that direction. Better would be, "Imagine how it would be if human nature were such that ambitious powerful people weren't also corrupt pieces of shit," which would make a lot of other things better besides just the World Cup. It's like when people say "I wish the NCAA would just go away." College sports is going to be organized by something, and that something is going to be put together by the same people who run the NCAA. [Title]

Output: The problem with "imagine how


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Gotta be the FIFA World Cup. It's not really a six-week tournament every four years. It's really a three-year-long tournament where the whole world gets to play (unless they fall before the arbitrary mercies of FIFA's disciplinary committees.) Honorable mention goes to March Madness, the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Winter Olympics, the swimming at the Summer Olympics, and the IIHF championships, which have a delightful promotion-relegation system. [Title]

Output: Gotta be the FIFA World Cup.


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Yeah, the protest in question took place in St. Louis or thereabouts, so the Cardinals gear is almost unquestionably the original. [Title]

Output: Yeah, the protest in question


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 6 days ago [Body] That was one of the single best things ESPN ever did. Actually being responsive to fans. It was stunning that they actually did that, but I think they would've been in real danger of losing ratings. I cannot say enough how much I hated the practice of spoiling the pick before it was announced. I don't care what other networks do on Twitter because not looking at Twitter is the easiest thing in the world. [Title]

Output: That was one of the single


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 12 hours ago [Body] When some asshole parks their shit in the passing lane and goes the exact same speed as the guy next to them, thus piling up traffic behind them. Fuck people who do this. And chewing noises. I cannot stand loud chewing. [Title]

Output: When some asshole parks their


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 20 hours ago [Body] If you like having no water and living on ground that shakes, sure. [Title]

Output: If you like having no water


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 22 hours ago [Body] Yes, but the fact that Stannis Baratheon is one of the people gathered around the table is fantastic. [Title]

Output: Yes, but the fact that


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 1 day ago [Body] True. In fact there's no way to get rid of it at all. [Title]

Output: True. In fact there's no way


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 1 day ago [Body] At least three of those commercials belong on the shit list. - The hitch up horses one: if Viagra Guy is at an age where he knows how to get shit done, surely he's old enough to have the common sense to drive around the damn mud hole. - The one where Viagra Guy is driving through the desert and his car overheats, and pouring a bottle of water in the radiator is all it takes to fix it? Bullshit. Most of that water will evaporate before he even turns the ignition key again. A commercial about a smart car guy written by someone who knows fuck-all about cars. - When Viagra Guy is on a sailboat, the frickin sail is on the wrong frickin side of the boat, and backwinded. Clearly the guy's solution is not to retie his knot, but to find a powerboat to tow him through the water and hope nobody notices. A commercial about a smart sailboat guy written by someone who knows even less than fuck-all about sailboats. [Title]

Output: At least three of those


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 1 day ago [Body] The woman at the beach house is dreamy if you are old. Pretty sure that woman is Cersei Lannister. Which gives the commercial a certain je ne sais quoi for GoT fans. [Title]

Output: The woman at the beach house


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 1 day ago [Body] How do you hate those commercials so much and not even mention Petunia Dursley and her nebbish wanker of a husband, getting caught spying on the neighbors and using binoculars to look at something ten yards away? I do love the little wave the Garcias give, though. "Hey, yeah, we see you staring at us. I'll just give you this neighborly wave to let you know we can totally see you." Plus that valet appears to be the only one at that party. Didn't he park the damn thing??? [Title]

Output: How do you hate those


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Of course you can use a noun to describe another noun. SInce when is that a rule? You never said anything like "car door?" "Bedroom window"? "Your phone"? "Cat hair"? And wouldn't you sound silly saying things like "open the bedroom" or "vacuum the cat" when you really mean the window or the hair? [Title]

Output: Of course you can use a noun


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 1 day ago [Body] I really, really hate the Infiniti commercial that's supposed to show how the automatic brake thingy can save your children. One vignette shows a guy backing out of a space in a completely empty parking lot and yet he can't see the one car coming down the aisle. His Infiniti saves the day! (Best part: There's no car in front of him! He could just go forward!) The other has a lady who can't see a big fucking yellow school bus rolling down the road and almost backs into it while her daughters look at her like "mom, you almost got us messily killed!" Then Idiot Mom smiles contentedly in silent thanks to the godsend engineers at Infiniti who gave her the peace of mind she needs to continue driving like an ignorant twitmuffin. So many commercials basically boil down to "Our customers are idiots! If you're an idiot, you can be one of our customers too!" but this one really takes the cake for putting people behind the wheel who are barely competent to function in society. [Title]

Output: I really, really hate the


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Yeah, but when there's a public outcry against the tax-exempt status, and the NFL says, "Ok, we'll drop it," the public doesn't then get to say "oh that's just a crass PR move." [Title]

Output: Yeah, but when there's a


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 1 day ago [Body] I don't get what your argument is here. I do. His argument is that, because Love touched Olynyk while attempting to free himself from the five-second-long foul Olynyk was committing, everything that happened after is Love's fault. [Title]

Output: I don't get what your


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 1 day ago [Body] New question - what type(s) of cars do people drive where you automatically pre-judge them in a negative light? The Nissan Cube. I mean you have got to be the world's biggest dumbo-tron to actually want to be seen in a thing like that. It's not a car, it's manifest stupidity on wheels. Driving one says, "Look at meeeeeeeeeeee I'm so artsy and quirky I just have to be looked at!" [Title]

Output: New question - what type(s)


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Like hell it is. It's originally "soda pop" which makes "pop" the correct short form. Do you call a hot dog a "hot"? [Title]

Output: Like hell it is. It's


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Since you didn't limit it to racing with wheels, the answer would be sailboat racing, being as I can actually participate in it, and spend most of the summer doing just that. [Title]

Output: Since you didn't limit it to


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Wings game 7, no doubt about it. Baseball is tops for me but the hockey game is bigger. Never had much interest in actually going to either the NFL draft or Kentucky Derby. The draft is much better as background TV than a thing you actually go to. [Title]

Output: Wings game 7, no doubt about


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Dr Pepper all damn day every day. Or I would if that wouldn't make me disgustingly fat. Vernors makes all other ginger ale taste like a watery mess. Root beer is great, A&W being the best. Faygo Red Pop and Rock'n'Rye are amazeballs. Cherry Pepsi is delicious too. But Dr Pepper is the king of kings. [Title]

Output: Dr Pepper all damn day every


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Carolina Panthers. And Hurricanes. [Title]

Output: Carolina Panthers. And


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 2 days ago [Body] The new owner changed it to Arizona because the lack of attendance plus he wanted the whole state to be mentioned not just Phoenix. It also just so happens the city of Glendale stuck a clause in the arena lease requiring the team to be called the Arizona Coyotes as a condition of basically having financially propped the team up and finding ownership that would keep the team in the area. The rest of the explanation is just the ownership trying to pander to the local fanbase. http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/eye-on-hockey/21190314/phoenix-coyotes-coul... [Title]

Output: The new owner changed it to


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 2 days ago [Body] I'm bowled over by the turnabout in this series between the Wings of years past and the Wings of now. They're winning with the exact style that used to frustrate them to no end. I still have bad memories dating back over 10 years of series where teams ground the Wings' superior offense into submission with clogged-up lanes and obnoxiously good goaltending. I like seeing the shoe on the other foot. P.S. I'll take Cooper more seriously if he has a little chat with his guy Paquette. [Title]

Output: I'm bowled over by the


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 4 days ago [Body] If we did it the "correct" way, this would be the second season, not the fourth. Marquette was 6-10 in their second season. There's nothing to blame. You're just being impatient. This was one of the few things DB did right. This isn't DB being DB, because there wasn't a dime to be made doing this. He didn't just throw them into the fire with no input from the program itself. John Paul worked his ass off to build this program and deserved the chance to coach it rather than being tossed aside the moment his work paid off. And I bet the club guys from the first couple seasons wouldn't trade it for anything. Instead of being impatient and starting to throw things because the team isn't good in its fourth season, a better approach would be to consider this the "real" second season. I'm glad they went about doing it this way. I'd rather they do the right thing by the people who did the work to put this program together. In short, I'm glad they were actually playing instead of waiting two years after the announcement to put the team on the field. [Title]

Output: If we did it the "correct"


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 5 days ago [Body] So either DC or one of the weird states that enjoys fancy words like "commonwealth." [Title]

Output: So either DC or one of the


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 6 days ago [Body] And yet there's one common thread to all the incidents the Royals have been involved in. [Title]

Output: And yet there's one common


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 6 days ago [Body] That would be odd, if that's what he said, but clearly that was "Chuck who?" [Title]

Output: That would be odd, if that's


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 6 days ago [Body] This guy Paquette is both the dirtiest and the dumbest SOB in the league. [Title]

Output: This guy Paquette is both the


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 6 days ago [Body] That's a real bummer for him, especially at his age. But not really for the Tigers. [Title]

Output: That's a real bummer for him,


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 1 day ago [Body] I'll take Notre Dame back, thanks. They may have chickened out of the rivalry but Dave Brandon all but dared them to. Rivalries aren't something you create. IMO the rivalry should have a 2-years-on, 1-year-off cadence. [Title]

Output: I'll take Notre Dame back,


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 1 day ago [Body] And you want a Ferrari? I mean.... "Let's use pictures of neglected rusty old 30-year-old cars to prove that modern ones suck" is a silly strategy. [Title]

Output: And you want a Ferrari? I


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 1 day ago [Body] All the downvotes to you. Wagons don't even need to be performance to be awesome. They just need the backward-facing seats. [Title]

Output: All the downvotes to you.


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 2 days ago [Body] He was just checking to see if she'd be an effective recruiting aid. [Title]

Output: He was just checking to see


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 2 days ago [Body] My personal favorite (as might be guessed from the above) was: I would go on a needless clutter rampage and eliminate excessive verbiage, overanalysis, space consuming and irrelevant graphics, mindless replays, and other elements that get between a viewer and the event. So right. The worst replay trend these days is the super-slo-mo high fives. That just screams "way too much dead air." Broadcasts could cut way down on media timeouts and between-innings time without losing a cent of revenue if they just cut immediately to commercial without all the lame attempts at winning an Emmy and trying to turn a two-second celebration into an EPIC DISPLAY OF EMOTION. [Title]

Output: My personal favorite (as


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Joe Buck's idea is the stupidest piece of shit idea known to mankind. If baseball broadcasts started having interviews with the hitter in the hole, I'd watch so much less baseball it's not even funny. I want to watch a fucking baseball game, not a bunch of dipshit interviews or some guy warming up in a batting cage. Coaches' interviews at halftime are already a waste of everyone's time. Batters' interviews would be 10,000 variations on "well I'm just gonna look for my pitch and see what happens." I'm sick of the media trying to interject themselves into every single goddamn moment that ever takes place. I don't want "access," I want to watch a fucking ballgame and I want the announcers to shut the goddamn hell up for five fucking seconds every now and again. Ernie Harwell knew to shut his piehole every so often and that's part of what made him so unbelievably great and he was on the damn radio. And on the instances I do want to hear what's going on, I want the unscripted version, not some bubbly blonde jagoff asking shitty questions like "tell me how this makes you feel." It's assholes like Joe Buck who think I'm here to watch them that make TV broadcasts insufferable. [Title]

Output: Joe Buck's idea is the


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 5 days ago [Body] It did indeed. GM had some really forgettable clunkers during that time. Namely everything with "Geo" on it. And I once had a driving school Chevy Corsica plop its full load of antifreeze onto the parking lot surface after nothing more strenuous than driving range practice. But when they had a good design, they rode it long and hard and the result was some terrific cars. The design for the 3800 engine went back to the '60s and that Olds wagon was virtually unchanged from 1982, both inside and out. Could you imagine if today they still sold, for example, the 2002 Chevy Malibu? If they'd never put a diesel in the early versions they might've sold millions of those Cutlasses. [Title]

Output: It did indeed. GM had some


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Because all possible scenarios, where the NBA keeps its 19-year age limit and the NCAA institutes freshman ineligibility, are bad for the NBA. Players might bolt for the league after never playing a game in college. Tough to scout them that way. Or they might skip college and go to Europe, where Brandon Jennings was paid $1 million to, as Jennings himself put it, play D and take open shots. And sometimes not get off the bench at all. Tough to scout them that way, too, and more expensive to boot. Or they might stay in college two years, which is the best case for the NBA but makes them wait another year to draft a player they would've had a year ago.....but if they have to wait two years, surely they'd prefer the players be playing during both of them. The NBA put a lot of political capital into that rule during CBA negotiations, because having high school players enter the draft and then bomb and/or take years to develop was hurting the league. It's tough for them to babysit a guy fresh out of high school. Just that one transition year in college is big for one's maturity. It might seem like they have other fish to fry, but that rule is important to them. The NCAA would prefer to either lose the rule or make it two years so they don't look like a stopover. [Title]

Output: Because all possible


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 5 days ago [Body] For some reason he went back to the dugout to find out if it was worth reviewing. Dumb decision. Waiting for your coaches to bust out the DVR is a 3rd-inning move, not a 9th-inning move. [Title]

Output: For some reason he went back


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Those cars were great for new drivers to have, but they were not great for new drivers to learn on and then drive something else. The street cars in my driving school were all Cutlass Cieras, something like '92 or '93. They had gas pedals that you really had to mash down to make the car move. So of course, the first time driving something different, mash down the gas pedal was exactly what I did. Mom's minivan never moved so damn quick. [Title]

Output: Those cars were great for new


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 5 days ago [Body] This is not actually my old car, but it's the spitting image right down to the color and the wheels. Bigger inside than it looks on the outside. Hauled all my worldly possessions to and from college with room to spare. Roof rack, useful for getting my "new" couch from the Salvation Army to my house. And those old GM V6's were incredibly underrated. With cruise control on the whole time and a decent downhill stretch, I could coax 30 mpg out of this thing. More normal conditions, 25 or 26. Six years of ownership between 60 and 110K miles and the only thing that ever went wrong was a seized-up serpentine belt tensioner, a $30 fix. I'm convinced the car would disintegrate before the engine stopped running. [Title]

Output: This is not actually my old


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 5 days ago [Body] I'm not convinced this isn't a ploy - an awkward one, but a ploy nonetheless - to try and get the NBA to move the 19-year-old age limit one way or the other. [Title]

Output: I'm not convinced this isn't


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 5 days ago [Body] We definitely haven't gone through two head coaches and lost a whole bunch of bowl games and missed some others and driven out one head coach with infighting and fake newspaper stories and had another head coach put a concussed player on the field and had to give away free tickets to keep the 100,000 streak going because the AD was a soulless corporate buffoon remaking the program in his own image until he was torch-and-pitchforked out of town. Nope, nothing like that. [Title]

Output: We definitely haven't gone


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 6 days ago [Body] I wish I could ever find the one from 2002 where Pav passed the puck to himself off a defender's skate, then through the guy's legs to a teammate crashing the net who finished off the play with a goal. I watched that happen and immediately got up and offered a 2nd-round pick for Datsyuk in the keeper fantasy hockey league I'm in. Pavel's still on my team. [Title]

Output: I wish I could ever find the


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 6 days ago [Body] That is not the Dave Brandon-approved M. This place is just going to shit without his leadership. [Title]

Output: That is not the Dave


Input: [Date] 15 weeks 18 hours ago [Body] Truthfully, the idea isn't even good. If the technology for solar roadways becomes cheaper, it's safe to assume regular solar cells are also becoming cheaper. A solar roadway cell will always be more expensive than an ordinary one because of the engineering required to make it durable enough to handle traffic, whether it's semi trucks or just bicycles. So you have both a more expensive road (which requires total replacement instead of just patching any time it needs repair) and a more expensive solar cell. Solar roads are basically the wrong answer to a question nobody asked. Opportunity costs make them a really horrible, wasteful idea. [Title]

Output: Truthfully, the idea isn't


Input: [Date] 15 weeks 19 hours ago [Body] Why install a solar-roadway parking lot, though? Why not just cover a parking lot with carports that have solar cells on top? It would be cheaper to install, cheaper to maintain, it wouldn't reduce the generaion capacity if cars actually use the lot, and it wouldn't be susceptible to the freeze-thaw cycle. It makes literally no sense to install solar panels in the parking lot roadway itself. A solar road is one of the most utterly pointless ideas ever hatched. The idea has been thoroughly fisked in a couple articles that are floating around out there. [Title]

Output: Why install a solar-roadway


Input: [Date] 1 week 4 days ago [Body] It did? Please explain what point I missed. Brand recognition matters to an extent. Winning and player development matter more. The end. Harvard has great brand recognition. That data point means next to nothing without a competent football team to go along with it. But MSU is doing pretty well for themselves on the recruiting trail as of late even without a $100 million deal from Nike. [Title]

Output: It did? Please explain what


Input: [Date] 1 week 4 days ago [Body] Or we could just win football games? That would probably be helpful. [Title]

Output: Or we could just win football


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Not the authentic Italian version with a suckling pig but I'll wrap a center cut pork loing in a huge piece of pork belly and roast on the smoker for 3 hours or so. I am a huge fan of the RecTec it allows me to not be attached to monitoring my fire for 6-12 hours when bbq'ing. [Title]

Output: Porchetta on the pellet smoker


Input: [Date] 16 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Oh, and run Bayshore in Traverse City in the spring if the oppurtunity comes up. That is a PR course and small scale marathon put on at a very high level., [Title]

Output: Oh, and run Bayshore in


Input: [Date] 16 weeks 5 days ago [Body] We've only ever stayed at the RenCen, it is close and reasonable if you book through the detroit marathon link. The course is really nice, although most will tell you the back half is a little boring (it is) and sparsely populated by fans (true as well). Mostly flat course although the bridge will take its toll later in the race if you don't check your pace. You will have evil thoughts towards Belle isle forever - bridge incline mile 19 going on and 23 going off and will run into a head wind the entire time. I've run 5 differennt courses and Detroit on 4 occasions, I think it's a fairly hard course. Running my first Boston in 2 weeks so I'm interested to see how it stacks up in comparison. I was almost stopped heading into Canada by border police because my bib was concealed. I carry my enhanced ID for piece of mind by it probably isn't necessary although if you are stopped you are screwed. I've never seen anyone get stopped unless their bib is covered. Ambassodor bridge sunrise and coming out of the tunnel into America is unlike anything I've experienced in a race and for the cost I recommend. [Title]

Output: We've only ever stayed at the


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 3 days ago [Body] One of those future pros was Griese, he started around 100 games if memory serves me right. Not saying he was a pro bowler but still it takes a little talent to accomplish that. [Title]

Output: One of those future pros was


Input: [Date] 27 weeks 1 day ago [Body] I have no love for Izzo, but it sounds like he considers pre-college activity to be the source of the problem. I don't necessarily agree with his assessment but I don't think he is taking any sort of shot at Michigan. I'm also not sure how the question was asked but the part about Lavert probably get's the lead because he was a more significan player then Bess. He says identical things about both guys so he is either taking shots at himself and our coach or just commenting on the issue with no agenda what-so-ever. I'm not sure stress factures, tendonitis, or other over-use injuries are more common now but I think he has a point about taking time away to rest the body. Most of these injuries start as something the guys can play through so they do that and the cumulative effect sidelines them eventually. [Title]

Output: I have no love for Izzo, but


Input: [Date] 30 weeks 1 day ago [Body] John Clayton already gave it to you. He couldn't get an offer out of another NFL team because they all recognize his terrible personality will tear apart any organization he touches. So going back to college was his only option, you see? He literally begged Michigan to hire him. [Title]

Output: John Clayton already gave it


Input: [Date] 30 weeks 3 days ago [Body] They basically made a front page story out of Schefter's tweet. I really can't remember if there ever was any integrity or investigative skill at ESPN back in the day, but now it is nothing more then sensationalized re-hashing of sporting events and news. They have nothing to offer when it comes to actual news stories and their "reporters" are ill equipped and trained to handle breaking news - they just don't have any practice at it. Didn't basically the same thing happen with Mantei Teo? Didn't ESPN refuse to report and acknowledge sources outside of their own? I get needing to verify sources and not just recycling the reporting of others if you can't independently verify - but the bigger problem seems that they aren't getting any information of their own. Well except for Wiley and they seem to be ignoring him. [Title]

Output: They basically made a front


Input: [Date] 30 weeks 4 days ago [Body] I thought that too but "staffers" could be any of 100 employees. Could be the water boy or it could be their anonymous league source. Or it is made up bullshit - I could go either way. [Title]

Output: I thought that too but


Input: [Date] 30 weeks 4 days ago [Body] It's been about a week that Brian has seemingly believed that there is a better then good chance that Harbaugh was coming to Michigan right? All of that has been based on what are probably reliable sources, but he's been saying for days that his email box is flooded with credible pieces of info that point to Harbaugh returning to Michigan. So why last night does he post a front page piece stating that he is 99% sure that it's a done deal? He has been saying all along it is happening unless Harbaugh has a last minute change of heart. Yesterday's post doesn't happen because he go a 1000 more pieces of circumstantial evidence - Harbaugh could still change his mind. That post only happens because Brian has very very very good reason to believe it is signed, sealed, and delivered in writing. [Title]

Output: It's been about a week that


Input: [Date] 30 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Only a handful of people would have been in that room, so his information is still second or third hand right? Credible, but there is still a margin of error in that it could be false. But my guess is he has credible information that there is a written agreement and all of the circumstantial evidence bolsters that piece of information. [Title]

Output: Only a handful of people


Input: [Date] 30 weeks 4 days ago [Body] And to take it a step further I fully believe there is a signed contract at this point. Brian mentioned that he doesn't have a picture of a contract, but I don't think he says those words and puts himself out there with 99% certainty unless there is something in writing. Even the athletic department seems to be too leaky at this point for it not to be a done deal. I think the rumor mill in A2 is in full effect because slowly more and more people who need to prepare for next week are being fed details - Hackett doesn't allow this to happen unless it's a done deal already. [Title]

Output: Agreed


Input: [Date] 35 weeks 4 days ago [Body] C'mon grow up and get some perspective, or get sober. Whichever helps more. HS football players sign with teams to get an education and play football at a high level. There are a lot of schools in this country which can give you an education on par with the University of Michigan, and I'm sure plenty of those have football programs that don't regress in developing their players. We are a shit-show right now whether you like it or not. Would you take a job with a company that was falling apart at the seams just because you have a sentimental attachement to it? Kids have to what is best for them. I hope we pull out of this someday soon but the recent history of this storied football program doesn't instill a lot of confidence or hope. [Title]

Output: C'mon grow up and get some


Input: [Date] 36 weeks 5 days ago [Body] So when people you don't know continuously call your ugly-ass mom ugly you have no desire to rise to her defense? It's called civic pride. The fact that you call it a pretty crappy city means you probably grew up in Livonia or Farmington Hills and spent almost no appreciable time in Detroit. And having a measure of civic pride doesn't mean that you fail to recognize the many, many shortcomings that exist in the city. Thin skinned enough for you? [Title]

Output: So when people you don't know


Input: [Date] 39 weeks 4 days ago [Body] The last six years might have done their best to slowly beat the youthful exuberance I once had for Michigan Football out of me. But today thanks to you CSree I am pushing all in. Beat State. [Title]

Output: The last six years might have


Input: [Date] 39 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Against my better judgment and good reason, I am upvoting this thread. Bravo CSree, bravo. [Title]

Output: Against my better judgment


Input: [Date] 40 weeks 1 day ago [Body] I don't know how to embed but here is his youtube video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLl_ggzEHZg [Title]

Output: I don't know how to embed but


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 3 days ago [Body] I don't see where he even hinted at cutting a kid's scholarship. But maybe prepare (through recruiting) so that he never has to see the field again until the last snap of the last game of his senior year? [Title]

Output: I don't see where he even


Input: [Date] 44 weeks 6 days ago [Body] The second option would be to sear, then rest for 10 minutes to allow heat to dissipate, then place on indirect heat until reaching desired temp, then rest again. [Title]

Output: The second option would be to


Input: [Date] 44 weeks 6 days ago [Body] The rationale for searing right before the meat has hit ideal internal temp is that a good sear happens at 500+ degrees. Which means there is a lot of intense heat raising the interal temperature very quickly but not evenly. If I start my steak at 500 and move to 300 there is going to be more risidual heat on the outer portion of the steak but that heat won't necessarily have moved inside. So you won't get even distribution and if you aren't very careful the outer half of your steak will be well done while the interior is medium rare. If you do the sear at the end of the cook you can pull the meat off the heat which allows you to halt (well at least slow down relatively quickly) the cooking process. [Title]

Output: The rationale for searing


Input: [Date] 1 year 7 weeks ago [Body] I don't think most people here are going to begrudge anyone for getting theirs. It's just that in no other sport does a head coach make approximately 30X as much as the most highly compensated player (legitimately compensated). So the head shaking doesn't have as much to do with him making that much but rather making that much in a system where those in charge claim the players are more then adequately "paid" for their 60 hour work week then turn around and dump wheel barrels full of cash in front of AD's, Head Coaches, Assistant Coaches, Recruiters, Trainers, you get the point right? It's not like the conferences are getting the shaft on TV revenue either, they own the damn networks. So this is just another example of how flush with cash athletic departments are and how they have to find excuses to piss away the revenue while they cry about amateurism and how fearful they are that they will corrupt the innocent kids. [Title]

Output: I don't think most people


Input: [Date] 1 year 13 weeks ago [Body] But why would you think he would have a substance abuse problem because he tested positive for pot? I don't smoke the stuff and comments like this make me shake my head. This is 2014 right? If he got caught drinking a beer you wouldn't automatically worry that he was an alcoholic would you? [Title]

Output: But why would you think he


Input: [Date] 1 year 15 weeks ago [Body] Because I'm sure everything you did when you were 20 years old was grounded in logic and reason. . . [Title]

Output: Because I'm sure everything


Input: [Date] 1 year 17 weeks ago [Body] Opening day 97 we sat in the center field bleachers. Grffey flipped us off everytime he took the field, hit a bomb right at us in the middle innings and continued to talk mad shit the rest of the game. [Title]

Output: Opening day 97 we sat in the


Input: [Date] 1 year 25 weeks ago [Body] Bizarre sounds about right to me. I don't get it at all, you hear nothing out of the kid but his parents seem to be plastering their differences all over the recruiting sites. It's to the point where I'd rather he go to state if that's what he really wants then have his parents force him to choose Michigan. [Title]

Output: Bizarre sounds about right to


Input: [Date] 1 year 29 weeks ago [Body] I'm with you 100% on this one but I'm afraid we are in the minority. I've always argued these same points to people who think a playoff is necessary for college football. The last two teams out are always going to have a beef, look at the NCAA bball tourney. And if we aren't going to have super-conferences, byes, and home field advantage is it really that good of a system for determining a champion? College football is great because of the rivalries and Michigan wouldn't have any sort of postseason history if it weren't for the contrived bowl system - there are too many teams for rivalries to develop organically in a playoff system. [Title]

Output: I'm with you 100% on this one


Input: [Date] 1 year 30 weeks ago [Body] Shane was warming up after the fumble by Gardner was upheld. I re watched this the other day and it seemed like Gardner was O.K. Because he had his headset on. [Title]

Output: Shane was warming up after


Input: [Date] 1 year 38 weeks ago [Body] The fans here are becoming accustomed to winning. They are more tolerant because they don't see a threat either, and with good reason. The little brother meme died on its own last Saturday. Mike Harts reality and this current one aren't the same unfortunately. [Title]

Output: The fans here are becoming


Input: [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Body] And just like a high school sometimes the readers of this blog feel they are untitled to voice their opinions as loudly as they can with no repercussions. There really is this belief that an open forum provides some free speech right, no matter how harmful that speech might be to the overall product. I think this blog would be better served sometimes with just a comment section after the front page content instead of a dedicated forum which grants every dickhead with an opinion a platform to rabble rabble rabble. [Title]

Output: And just like a high school


Input: [Date] 1 year 37 weeks ago [Body] Not saying we should get Loeffler, but their situation depth-wise is as bad as it is here at some key positions on offense. They've had a lot of injuries at RB, graduated some WR's and Logan Thomas has regressed this year, making a lot of careless mistakes, worse than what Gardner's been doing. I do think there are better candidates than him. I think he'd be like a DeBord or a more innovative version of Borges, with better QB coaching, too. And that may be just fine for many people. [Title]

Output: Not saying we should get


Input: [Date] 2 years 25 weeks ago [Body] I think middle-schoolers doing organized conditioning and the pressure coaches face may be a bit more uncommon outside of the South, but year-round conditioning certainly is not. I think in parts of the South, you do see smaller programs emulate larger-schools more often, but something like year-round conditioning, formal and informal, has been around for a while pretty much everywhere. [Title]

Output: I think middle-schoolers


Input: [Date] 2 years 26 weeks ago [Body] Look at CRex's post below. It's not so simple as looking at height and weight. Denard has strong legs, but he has relatively long legs and a high waist compared to a lot of RB's. That's part of the reason he runs high and it also makes you susceptible to lower body injuries as time goes on. It's not just height and weight, it's his build/proportions and his running style. He also doesn't have a particularly large neck or trap muscles like some of these other runningbacks, either. Denard is a little smaller than Michael Vick, and even though he plays QB, you can see that he's not a big guy and he's going up against linemen and LB'ers on a normal basis and it's taken its toll. [Title]

Output: Look at CRex's post below.


Input: [Date] 2 years 26 weeks ago [Body] I agree about his pad level and upright running style. Even when he's between the tackles, he runs high, partly due to where his center of gravity being relatively high. [Title]

Output: I agree about his pad level


Input: [Date] 2 years 26 weeks ago [Body] I agree. You can point to guys like Chris Johnson all you want, but the fact is that he's not the norm. If you run a 4.2 and has had sick numbers at RB through high school and college, than yes, his size is not as much of a factor. But, most RB's don't have Chris Johnson's build, who is pretty thickly built himself if you see him in person. I remember thinking Clinton Portis was on the small side, and while that may have been true, he had more of a RB build. [Title]

Output: I agree. You can point to


Input: [Date] 2 years 26 weeks ago [Body] The reason he's projected to be a WR is partly due to what other QB's have done, Denard's build, injury history, and his upside. I understand Denard was successful running the ball between the tackles, but I don't know why people are so quick to judge Denard at WR when he hasn't been playing the position very long. Whether he goes to RB or WR, he will have to learn a lot of new skills. Let the guy continue to learn and develop. Teams will probably give him some handoffs, but if he wants to grow and "own" a position, it's probably going to be as a slot WR. Kinda OT, but Denard is a guy who I could see blowing up in some capacity in the CFL, just sayin'. [Title]

Output: The reason he's projected to


Input: [Date] 2 years 26 weeks ago [Body] I think DC would be a better neutral site. [Title]

Output: I think DC would be a better


Input: [Date] 2 years 27 weeks ago [Body] A lot of people acknowledge that he can be a good runningback for all the reasons you mention, but a lot of people are thinking from a longevity perspective as well. I think a lot of people look at his build and at what other QB's have done and say that WR is the best spot, but we've seen that he has great running skills besides being fast that would make him a potential weapon in the running game. But, there should be caution for him at RB as well, not just for durability issue, but because runningback is simply a different position, even from the running perspective. If we're going to be nit-picky, Denard does have a tendency to dance at times. His skills at RB were best observed, IMO, in the inside running game, but I do question whether he'd be an effective off-tackle runner. I think he could be effective as a zone runner, but who knows.Either way, I think he has runningback skills, but people are concerned about his longevity. [Title]

Output: A lot of people acknowledge


Input: [Date] 2 years 27 weeks ago [Body] A lot of that can be alleviated with better route running skills. Part of it is muscle memory as well. He still looks to be relatively upright with his weight a bit far back away from his feet but I think as he learns how to run these routes, he will fix this. Maybe after the catch when he's reacting more, as he did as a QB, he regresses and stumbles, but I expect him to run much cleaner routes at least. [Title]

Output: A lot of that can be


Input: [Date] 2 years 27 weeks ago [Body] I don't think he gets to that level, either. Harvin was such a dynamic athlete in high school, especially at wide receiver, it wasn't surprising to see him pick up full-time WR so quickly. I was actually more impressed with the way he was used at Florida. But, I agree that there are certain things that Harvin has been used to at least practicing for going on 10 years now that Denard will have to pick up some of before he's anything like the natural WR that Harvin is. [Title]

Output: I don't think he gets to that


Input: [Date] 2 years 27 weeks ago [Body] I think Harvin is a best-case scenario. Denard is similar in that he will probably get some snaps in some sort of wild-cat/option scenario or in a jet sweep or just something out of the backfield. But, Harvin's been a receiver for a while and he just has those instincts that may be difficult for Denard to pick up. I just hope that he can get as healthy as he can as soon as possible. He's a guy who could be very effective in the right situation, but he could just as easily be wasted, IMO. [Title]

Output: I think Harvin is a best-case


Input: [Date] 2 years 27 weeks ago [Body] I think it has peaked as well. I think the novelty of the BCS has kind of worn off and although the playoff will breath new life into the sport, I think it'll be short-lived. I think a lot of the interest has also aligned with the increased interest in all levels of football, recruiting, and gambling. It seems like we may have peaked in a number of these areas, and if it hasn't peaked, than perhaps the rate of growth of interest has peaked and we may be plateauing soon. I think a new technological/media product will have to emerge if things are to continue on the path we've seen in the past decade and a half or so. [Title]

Output: I think it has peaked as


Input: [Date] 2 years 28 weeks ago [Body] I think Turgeon is a very good coach and they're on a positive trajectory. As for why we can't pack a basketball stadium, you can ask Maryland about their abysmal football attendance. Basketball is just a bigger deal there and really the main major sport that they've had any consistent success at recently. If they recruit the area better, they will be a very dangerous team in the Big Ten and at minimum, they'll be in the top half of the Big Ten for a while. [Title]

Output: I think Turgeon is a very


Input: [Date] 2 years 28 weeks ago [Body] I think Robinson needs to stay another year and be a centerpiece of the offense. [Title]

Output: I think Robinson needs to


Input: [Date] 2 years 28 weeks ago [Body] This is a great fit for Loeffler and VT. I think this should breath new life into them offensively. [Title]

Output: This is a great fit for


Input: [Date] 2 years 29 weeks ago [Body] Maryland is also below the Mason-Dixon line. And since we obsess about media markets when talking about conference expansion, Woodbridge, VA is in the DC market just like the homes of people like Countess, Furman, and countless others who've either been on the team or who've we've recruited. The only reason why this nuance is brought up is because people see "VA" next to his name and all of a sudden he's a longshot Southern recruit when the reality is that he's a Mid-Atlantic recruit in the same market that we, OSU, PSU and others have had success recruiting. [Title]

Output: Maryland is below the


Input: [Date] 2 years 31 weeks ago [Body] I'm doubtful about Denard's prospects at the next level, but I actually think playing nickel or something might not be a bad idea. We don't know how well he can catch, although perhaps playing slot and catching some drags and outs would be feasible. But, Denard is strong and tough and doesn't shy away from contact. I think returning kicks will be his most likely landing spot, I could see the attraction to the idea of him playing corner, in addition to wide receiver. He could probably take snaps as a wild cat or at runningback, but he'd probably transition to WR over time for a number of reasons, health being an important one. [Title]

Output: I'm doubtful about Denard's


Input: [Date] 2 years 33 weeks ago [Body] I went to Michigan and UVA and I'm not saying that UVA would be a perfect fit, especially not culturally. I think a lot of flagship universities with high-level academics/research and good/decent sports in very nice college towns could fit in the Big Ten. And the fact that UVA has a lot of East Coasters, like a few Big Ten schools and is located in the Mid-Atlantic helps given the recent expansions. I do disagree with a number of the characterizations you made about UVA and its environs, but if you do make those characterizations about UVA, you could also make them about Penn St., Maryland, and Rutgers to a similar extent. The southern gentleman mentality you mention is probably the most significant differentiating quality between UVA and Big Ten schools. I went to high school in Fairfax County, Virginia and it was funny how when I went to UM, I was seen as a southerner, in the pejorative sense, more than anything else and my buddy who's from Montgomery County, MD was seen as a cool East Coaster, so ignorance and geographical stereotypes are alive and well in Big Ten country as well. [Title]

Output: I went to Michigan and UVA


Input: [Date] 2 years 33 weeks ago [Body] Stevie Brown looked like a beast when he first came to Michigan. He had a solid senior season, but he made a number of great plays on special teams early on during his Michigan career. He also seems like an overall good guy. I'm glad to see him putting together this kind of season. [Title]

Output: Stevie Brown looked like a


Input: [Date] 2 years 33 weeks ago [Body] I agree with you, but the year Stevie has had so far has been pretty good so far. It would have been nice to have had some Thorpe winners, though. [Title]

Output: I agree with you, but the


Input: [Date] 2 years 33 weeks ago [Body] What you say is true, but the political boundary between the states actually is significant. Northern Virginia was basically a backwater while Suburban Maryland was the premier suburb of Washington DC decades ago. Now, Northern Virginia has come into its own and has become more significant than Suburban Maryland economically an and is just as livable for the most part, which pisses off longtime residents and economic development officials/politicians in Maryland. And even though Maryland had slaves, being a part of the Union and being less politically and culturally conservative has always been something that Maryland has boasted about. Even if NoVa is different, it's still tied to Richmond. I agree about Charlottesville and UVA. I don't think it's more cosmopolitan than Ann Arbor, but I think it'd fit in to the Big Ten pretty easily. [Title]

Output: What you say is true, but the


Input: [Date] 2 years 33 weeks ago [Body] He may be underappreciated from the standpoint that a lot of people made Burke seem worse than he was when he was debating going pro after last season. It was good that he came back, but he was great towards the stretch last season and he only helped himself in camps during the offseason, which is what I think he would have done had he declared after last season. His size isn't ideal, but people seemed to underrate how skilled he was. Even some analysts didn't see it. So, I'm glad he came back but it was clear after last season that some people underappreciated him. Not now, though. [Title]

Output: He may be underappreciated


Input: [Date] 2 years 34 weeks ago [Body] I suspected something like this. Either he was coasting somehow or he knew that Wiscy would have some difficulties ahead. [Title]

Output: I suspected something like


Input: [Date] 2 years 34 weeks ago [Body] Sounds like my experience in Morgantown. Morgantown is crazy, especially for rivalry games. [Title]

Output: Sounds like my experience in


Input: [Date] 2 years 34 weeks ago [Body] Please stop repeating this myth. UVA and VT have been together for less than ten years. As long has VT doesn't remain in a dumpster-fire of a conference, than the legislature is not going to obstruct things. There are certain circumstances present in the instance where the legislature got involved. [Title]

Output: Please stop repeating this


Input: [Date] 2 years 35 weeks ago [Body] Is it common for the ACL to be injured along with the patella? I ruptured my patella tendon and am rehabbing it, but there's an issue of buckling and lack of stability that I fear may be ACL-related. Along with the contact involved with the injury, chronic patellar tendonitis was a big contributing factor for me. I know it's different from a dislocation, but it's somewhat related still. Thanks for this post, though. [Title]

Output: Is it common for the ACL to


Input: [Date] 2 years 35 weeks ago [Body] nm double post [Title]

Output: nm double post


Input: [Date] 2 years 35 weeks ago [Body] Utah is a flagship school, not bad academically, has decent sports, is located in a fast growing and economically well-off state, and fits the geography. I don't think it's correct to say that no one say Utah going to the Pac-12. [Title]

Output: Utah is a flagship school,


Input: [Date] 2 years 35 weeks ago [Body] I dunno how it affects it, but Michigan lacrosse is on the upward trajectory either way. Michigan is a well-known brand in lacrosse-rich areas and the sport has become more popular in the midwest. I think having matchups with Maryland and having games available on the BTN will definitely help. [Title]

Output: I dunno how it affects it,


Input: [Date] 2 years 35 weeks ago [Body] I agree. It is a smart choice from an athletics perspective. And, for the basketball-oriented programs in the conference, I'm sure they were less reluctant about this. When we talked Big Ten expansion, I'd always thought that while Louisville wouldn't be a target for us, it would be a good get for another BCS conference, whether it's the Big 12, SEC, or ACC, which I thought was the least likely, although that was before Pitt and 'Cuse joined. [Title]

Output: I agree. It is a smart choice