Input: [Date] 3 years 5 weeks ago [Title] Had to log in [Body]

Output: to give my two cents on the best thread ever. I had to go with the under technique for a while, due to the animals, but they overcame that barrier. Then, just ended up putting the roll on nearby cabinet or on top of the tank. This works well until retards who come to my house try to be helpful and re-install the roll to its standard location. I have now removed all the toilet paper roll holders from all three shitters and all is happy in the hood. there ya go.


Input: [Date] 3 years 6 weeks ago [Title] I will be there [Body]

Output: It's my hometown and Taco is playing for the ole alma mater - North didn't even exist while I lived there. Anyway, my folks live about half a mile from the field, so I'm thinking it might be a perfect spot for an MGoBlog pregame shindig (post game too, maybe). Having a Michigan themed tailgate for a HS game in the heart of Buckeye country might be the best idea of all time. I don't know if we can contact each other directly on here, but if anyone figures that out, and is interested, feel free to shoot me a message of some sort. Otherwise, I'll figure out some details and toss a post up when the time gets a little closer. Cool? Cool.


Input: [Date] 3 years 11 weeks ago [Title] Oh crap [Body]

Output: I'm gonna have to get rid of my Old Glory thong before The Man comes a knockin'. Oh well, I hope I didn't taint an Amurican icon.


Input: [Date] 3 years 11 weeks ago [Title] Yes, they are hideous [Body]

Output: If someone made me wear these, I would have to stick my foot up their ass just to improve their aesthetics.


Input: [Date] 3 years 11 weeks ago [Title] Gotta agree [Body]

Output: Intergallactic might be the worst B-boy song possible in terms of a pump up song. Overall, the list isn't horrible - its a definite improvement. The rap section is pretty week tho. Can't agree with Outkast's Fresh/Clean either when ya got Bombs Over Baghdad sittin just a few tracks away. Love the inclusion of any Rage song though - great for that perfect mix of funkiness and getting pumped up. How could you not get pumped if Bombtrack comes at you?


Input: [Date] 3 years 11 weeks ago [Title] True. [Body]

Output: In fact, I heard that Shane now has the authority to accept verbal commitments and then just inform the coaches later. This role may soon extend to B-Ball recruits as well.


Input: [Date] 3 years 11 weeks ago [Title] He will, [Body]

Output: but then he is gonna be pissed when he finds out the writer he hired doesn't look like Casper and can't walk through walls.


Input: [Date] 3 years 12 weeks ago [Title] Imma go [Body]

Output: tip back some brass monkey in honor of MCA. Nothin else.


Input: [Date] 3 years 12 weeks ago [Title] This blows [Body]

Output: I am really bummed by this. I've loved me some b-boys since the eighties. I know MCA has been sick for a while, but this still really sucks. Thank you, Adam, and keep it ill - wherever you are.


Input: [Date] 3 years 13 weeks ago [Title] During his week on campus [Body]

Output: I'm sure he saw waaaaayyyyy more than that - and they weren't standing still either.


Input: [Date] 3 years 13 weeks ago [Title] but, but, but [Body]

Output: this is michigan . . . . . fergodsakes? Oh well. Best of luck EJ. Hope ya like grits.


Input: [Date] 3 years 21 weeks ago [Title] I'm a proud Pickerington boy right now [Body]

Output: I can't wait to see Taco, Jake, and Tamani all reresenting my home town together. Also can't wait to see the Taco/Butt matchup head to head this fall. Go Picktown! Go Blue!


Input: [Date] 3 years 22 weeks ago [Title] This picture [Body]

Output: Makes me giggle. Can't find any evidence that he has a U of M offer yet or if he has any interest. Anyone got any inside info? Its about time we get started on the 2014 class - 2013 is so last weekend.


Input: [Date] 3 years 22 weeks ago [Title] There's nothing wrong with [Body]

Output: breaking the journalist mode with a, "Damn skippy, Mofo!"


Input: [Date] 3 years 22 weeks ago [Title] Run [Body]

Output: The real Hulk has been informed of your blasphemy and is on his way to smash you.


Input: [Date] 3 years 22 weeks ago [Title] This kid is amazing [Body]

Output: To give the basketball program so much over the past four years AND receive an honor like this is truly impressive. Novak is once again showing the younger guys on the team how its done at Michigan. Thank you and congratulations, Zack.


Input: [Date] 3 years 24 weeks ago [Title] I miss ` [Body]

Output: When Brian use to post on the message boards from time to time.


Input: [Date] 3 years 24 weeks ago [Title] Hey Everybody! [Body]

Output: MGoJen is back! Yaaayyyyyy! Group hug! Hey! No groping, Blazefire!


Input: [Date] 3 years 24 weeks ago [Title] Congrats, Zack! [Body]

Output: I don't own any UM b-ball jerseys, but I have been eyeing either a Novak or Douglas jersey lately. There guys are the perfect complimentary pair of representatives for the program. In fact, I just decided that I should own both jerseys - ya can't have one without the other. I hope the Novak jersey comes with standard issue blood stains. Seriously, congrats and thanks,Zack. Lets hope the team can send him and Stu out on a high note. Bo Blue!


Input: [Date] 3 years 24 weeks ago [Title] Su'a Cravens [Body]

Output: Does anyone else say this kids name in their head as if you are Pacino in Scent of a Woman? Can't get a clip here at work. Can somebody help a brotha out with an embed?


Input: [Date] 3 years 24 weeks ago [Title] No, he will get disqualified [Body]

Output: when he decides to curl the 235 lbs (or whatever the standard weight is) instead of benching it.


Input: [Date] 3 years 24 weeks ago [Title] Eh [Body]

Output: Not bad, but I saw the Incredible Hulk throw a city bus down the street once. Something for MM to really shoot for I guess.


Input: [Date] 3 years 24 weeks ago [Title] All right, screw this [Body]

Output: I am oficially changing the name of that conference from "The Big East" to "The Big - Hey, You Wanna Join Too? Great!"


Input: [Date] 3 years 24 weeks ago [Title] Sucks [Body]

Output: After RVB's production this year, I really thought he would see some scouting love. He still might, but not going to the combine really hurts.


Input: [Date] 3 years 24 weeks ago [Title] Echo [Body]

Output: Like Jaron, I grew up outside of Cbus (Pickerington) as a UM fan. My experience was a little bit different though since it was during the Cooper era. The suckeye fanatics were no where near as annoying as they are today. Your general non-true sportsfans could not care less about OSU. Now that they had some success, EVERYONE jumped on the wagon. Way too many uninformed fanatics running around that town nowadays. Also, I never had any trouble finding fellow UM fans back in the day. I haven't lived there for over ten years, so I would be curious to know how prevalent UM fans are nowadays.


Input: [Date] 3 years 26 weeks ago [Title] This [Body]

Output: cracked my shit up. Thanks for the morning chuckle, aaamichfan


Input: [Date] 3 years 32 weeks ago [Title] Yeah, [Body]

Output: I thought for sure Snyder would get it and Hoke or the Baylor coach would be the runner-up. Not sure how Gundy came away with it. I thought the cowboys were picked to do pretty well pre-season. I always thought this award went to the coach who did the most with the least or went exceedingly above the teams expectations. Oh well, next year Hoke will need to do less pointing and more ranting about being a MAN!


Input: [Date] 2 days 18 hours ago [Title] That says a lot seeing as [Body]

Output: That says a lot seeing as espn typically ranks the class when their 12 and never re-evaluates them before they graduate.


Input: [Date] 2 days 23 hours ago [Title] People need to stop worrying [Body]

Output: People need to stop worrying about the stickers and more about the play on the field. The coaches in the 90s felt the egos were getting out of control on the team so they ended the stickers, and shortly after we won the national championship. If Harbaugh now thinks the players need some stickers to motivate them to make plays then I'm all for them, because we have had a serious lack of playmakers for the past few years. It's all about psychology. Harbaugh played on teams with stickers, so if he thinks they make the slightest bit of difference, I want them.


Input: [Date] 2 days 23 hours ago [Title] Then have you seen enough of [Body]

Output: Then have you seen enough of every other player? Because no one on offense was any good last year. No one was set up to succeed with the coaching/playcalling we've had.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 4 days ago [Title] We just need to look like a [Body]

Output: We just need to look like a D1 football program again. Crush the bad teams, beat the good teams and beat or lose close to the very good teams and we'll get him. We already have a very good shot before Harbaugh's first game. He's CB'd ti OSU because he's in the Midwest and they just won the NC and picked up a couple Cass guys. Nothing more.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 19 hours ago [Title] Correct me if I'm wrong, but [Body]

Output: Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that's only according to ESPN, which is... yeah. Basically meaningless.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 1 day ago [Title] I don't know that Hoke had [Body]

Output: I don't know that Hoke had anything to do with any of that. He was very traditional.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 1 day ago [Title] I think most people on this [Body]

Output: I think most people on this blog would write the same response if they didn't even look at the renderings. It's much better than any alternate we've had in my opinion. The only crazy thing is the undershirt. The uniform itself is actually pretty simple. I think it's pretty cool. You have to keep in mind that Louisville doesn't have half the history of UM.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 1 day ago [Title] Second this. Been going [Body]

Output: Second this. Been going there my whole life. That and Old Mission Peninsula in TC are my top two. Conveniently, they're only 45 minutes apart.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 3 days ago [Title] After what we've seen since [Body]

Output: After what we've seen since Carr, his ugly looks like Rosie Huntington-Wheatley (Watched transformers 3 on tv last night. Damn).


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 3 days ago [Title] How long do good periods of [Body]

Output: How long do good periods of viewing last typically? Like only a night or longer? I've never seen them and I'm headed to Copper Harbor on Friday. Would be awesome to see.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 6 days ago [Title] Why the hell would he change [Body]

Output: Why the hell would he change his mind 1 month after committing? I will never understand what goes through the minds of these kids and families...


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 6 days ago [Title] If the camps were illegal [Body]

Output: If the camps were illegal Harbaugh wouldn't be allowed to have them Gary...


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 2 days ago [Title] All Hoke's guys were highly [Body]

Output: All Hoke's guys were highly rated as well. They just had shitty coaching. They're all starting with Harbaugh from day one and will receive the same amount of coaching from him, so there's no reason Morris won't thrive. He has a lot of raw talent, and per scouting reports was more polished than Gentry coming out of hs. All I'm saying is don't count anyone out yet.


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 1 hour ago [Title] I think you can tell from the [Body]

Output: I think you can tell from the initial returns you may have made a mistake coming here lol. I will say though, talking about it is pretty much always better than sweeping it under the rug. That's parenting.


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Where do you hear these [Body]

Output: Where do you hear these rumors? I want to hear them too.


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 3 days ago [Title] He better hurry up and make [Body]

Output: He better hurry up and make it official with the coaches or we're gonna fill our 8 linebacker spots...


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Do you recall Michigan ever [Body]

Output: Do you recall Michigan ever seeing this many guys in person? These camps provide a unique level of exposure.


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Personally coach? Or just be [Body]

Output: Personally coach? Or just be in the general vicinity of while playing football. There's no way to have that personal of a touch with that many guys. I'd think it would be a little bittersweet for some of those kids since I'm sure they all want to be coached by Harbaugh.


Input: [Date] 8 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Was really hoping you were [Body]

Output: Was really hoping you were annoying and asked him about Urbz or where DPJ is headed. You made the right call in taking the anti fanboy approach though.


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 1 day ago [Title] Also Erik Magnuson and Keith [Body]

Output: Also Erik Magnuson and Keith Washington. Still a rarity though.


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 2 days ago [Title] When did he say that? I only [Body]

Output: When did he say that? I only listen occasionally but last I heard about Harbaugh was that he loved all the camp moves because he was standing up to the sec and not backing down.


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Think about all the players [Body]

Output: Think about all the players who would become available to the other power conferences if 5 recruits per SEC team were still available every year.


Input: [Date] 10 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Wasnt Davonte Neal a very [Body]

Output: Wasnt Davonte Neal a very highly regarded WR recruit? Surprised he was flipped to the other side.


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 1 day ago [Title] Eh.. Usually this is a sour [Body]

Output: Eh.. Usually this is a sour grapes type of statement but in this case we truly could have had him if we wanted him. I don't think any recruits outside the state of Michigan will turn their head for this pickup by Sparty.


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 1 day ago [Title] Dang I totally missed [Body]

Output: Dang I totally missed Heitzman transferring I think. Countess is the toughest to see go for sure. Have to think it means they were being outplayed though, which is a good thing.


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 1 day ago [Title] "I'm wishing him a speedy [Body]

Output: "I'm wishing him a speedy recovery." It's an appendectomy. He's already recovered.


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 3 days ago [Title] I am shocked that ESPN [Body]

Output: I am shocked that ESPN predicted history to repeat itself. They always predict the same thing that happened he previous year.


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 19 hours ago [Title] I guess if you're gonna make [Body]

Output: I guess if you're gonna make a bullshit list you might as well go all out and make it as bullshitty as possible.


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 1 day ago [Title] I don't think there's any [Body]

Output: I don't think there's any problem with flipping recruits.. I read that as "flipping" with quotes indicating sarcasm as in, "flipping" aka buying recruits.


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Gary. We need elite line play [Body]

Output: Gary. We need elite line play badly. It's been way too long. And I'm pretty stoked about our backcourt for next year already. IF YOURE READING JAYLEN WE ARE SO THIN IN THE BACKCOURT!


Input: [Date] 1 year 19 weeks ago [Title] The author of this article [Body]

Output: The author of this article completely screwed this up. If it was based on the rankings he would simply apply to more widely used national criteria to the regional schools. Even a "top" ranked regional school would struggle to make the top 75. Creighton accepts 80 percent of its students and as a 25 percentile ACT score of 24. It isn't some academic powerhouse.


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Title] They offered Pallante a full [Body]

Output: They offered Pallante a full scholarship and had Williams as a backup but he chose ND. Maybe there weren't any other sleeper DEs that they liked in the class. I doubt that they just didn't consider backup options.


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Title] That makes more sense. From [Body]

Output: That makes more sense. From the OP I thought you were looking into buying gold as an "investment".


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Title] I don't know how you can [Body]

Output: I don't know how you can claim it stays pretty stable when it lost around 30 percent of its value in 2013.


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Title] Why would you buy gold? [Body]

Output: Why would you buy gold?


Input: [Date] 1 year 22 weeks ago [Title] Surely what you mean is that [Body]

Output: Surely what you mean is that you don't have any memories of buying a drink at Ricks until after you graduated?


Input: [Date] 1 year 27 weeks ago [Title] I disagree with the "major [Body]

Output: I disagree with the "major diversity" suggestion. I think it would only reward schools that offer a large group of academically questionable majors. Remember when Ohio State was making fun of Michigan for having so many kids concentrating on General Studies while they players majoring in "Family Resource Management" and "Sports and Leisure Studies". Furthermore, kids who didn't care would still be pushed into random majors. I think it is actually beneficial to put players who don't have a specific interest into concentrations like General Studies at Michigan, Business at Notre Dame, or Science, Technology, and Society at Stanford (info from old mgoblog article "Destroy Harbaugh"). It gives them a manageable selection of classes(considering their intense athletic schedules) and allows them to take classes with their peers while offering them exposure to college level courses and helping them build basic communication/analytical skills. If they fail to make it in football and desire a more specific education at a later time, schools should offer them a full-ride and admissions help to a grad program of their choosing. If anything, I think the NCAA should push to standardize education for atheletes across schools and ensure that athletes meet some core set of criteria in their coursework. Granting Terrell Pryor the status of Academic All-American is a greater mockery of college athletics than pushing kids towards a more managable course of action.


Input: [Date] 1 year 28 weeks ago [Title] Which RB coaches would have [Body]

Output: Which RB coaches would have made any of the RR-era backs into multiyear NFL players? Touissant's injury pretty much ended his NFL hopes. V Smith was never going to make in the NFL. STEVE SLATON IS NOT IN THE NFL. Does Rich Rod have any RBs currently in the NFL? Rawls was just a body in the 1 month 2011 class. Jackson hyped him up. Jackson hypes everyone up. Justice Hayes is still under 200 pounds. Hayes will still be a RS Jr. He looked pretty good in the bowl game, even if he is moving to slot. Drake Johnson, who was supposedly very raw coming out of HS, was competiting for the starting job. I thought Smith and Green improved a good amount over the course of the year.


Input: [Date] 1 year 29 weeks ago [Title] He must not be a big Under [Body]

Output: He must not be a big Under Armour fan.


Input: [Date] 1 year 31 weeks ago [Title] It is also important to have [Body]

Output: It is also important to have 3 scholarship-worthy athletes at QB. So far, the 2011 QB class has been underwhelming. What QB would you have taken that you would feel comfortable starting as a RS Fr? Would it help the 2013 team to take another Bellomy-level talent over a guy like Willie Henry/Dennis Norfleet(last minute guys who are major contributors)?


Input: [Date] 1 year 31 weeks ago [Title] We didn't have relatively [Body]

Output: We didn't have relatively few. Last year we had 4 all B1G and this year we have three. Considering there are 12 teams and only 26 spots, we had a good amount relatively.


Input: [Date] 1 year 31 weeks ago [Title] The 2011 team ran the ball [Body]

Output: The 2011 team ran the ball pretty well. They also won a big road game against Virginia Tech.


Input: [Date] 1 year 32 weeks ago [Title] How is there a lack of demand [Body]

Output: How is there a lack of demand if the tickets are still over 100 dollars? There have been a few Michigan games were it was difficult to give student tickets away.


Input: [Date] 1 year 33 weeks ago [Title] It's supposed to be amateur [Body]

Output: It's supposed to be amateur athletics. Players who wish to be paid according to their free market value you can try to do so elsewhere or lobby the NFL to drop their ridiculous restrictions


Input: [Date] 1 year 33 weeks ago [Title] He could still get a pay [Body]

Output: He could still get a pay raise by leaving. If texas offers him 15 million a year, he turns them down, an they offer their second choice 7 million a year, Alabama would only have to pay him 7.1 million.


Input: [Date] 1 year 33 weeks ago [Title] Doesn't the BWW pick before [Body]

Output: Doesn't the BWW pick before the Gator this year?


Input: [Date] 1 year 33 weeks ago [Title] What are you talking about? [Body]

Output: What are you talking about? Pretty much every coach hired into the league is a former coordinator/assistant. UW and Colorado hired coaches from weaker conferences(though petersen is a much bigger name that any MAC coach). Arizona and WSU took chances on disgraced offensive gurus and ASU hired Graham. UCLA snagged a twice fired former NFL HC.


Input: [Date] 1 year 34 weeks ago [Title] Amazon's CyberMonday site is [Body]

Output: Amazon's CyberMonday site is pretty sweet, especially for electronics. I pretty much just checkin on the deals on it all day. There are/were some really cheap TVs if someone is looking to pickup a second TV for their bedroom or something.


Input: [Date] 1 year 35 weeks ago [Title] Most of those guys appeared [Body]

Output: Most of those guys appeared compotent and to not struggle starting next to other veteran players. Schofield looks terrible this year and many people are saying Lewan actually isn't that great. How many times in Michigan history have we had this many young guys playing side by side on the OL/TE/FB positions?


Input: [Date] 1 year 36 weeks ago [Title] Set for years? Isn't Guiton a [Body]

Output: Set for years? Isn't Guiton a senior and Braxton a sophomore?


Input: [Date] 1 year 37 weeks ago [Title] So we can lose the extra [Body]

Output: So we can lose the extra practices?


Input: [Date] 1 year 38 weeks ago [Title] Yeah they don't usually lose [Body]

Output: Yeah they don't usually lose to less talented ND, Nebraska, Iowa, etc. teams almost every year. God bless you man, hmmmmmmmmm,


Input: [Date] 1 year 38 weeks ago [Title] It is one thing if talented [Body]

Output: It is one thing if talented underclassman beat out multiple more experienced players for a starting position. Michigan has three young guys right next to each other on the interior that are pretty much playing their by default.


Input: [Date] 1 year 38 weeks ago [Title] Or we win out, they lose in [Body]

Output: Or we win out, they lose in the CCG, and we go to a BCS bowl while they go to the Outback bowl or something.


Input: [Date] 1 year 38 weeks ago [Title] He had won an NC with LSU but [Body]

Output: He had won an NC with LSU but not many would have said he was the best coach in CFB in 2007.


Input: [Date] 1 year 38 weeks ago [Title] Did watch FSU in 2011 when [Body]

Output: Did watch FSU in 2011 when those "veterans" were playing for the first time? They went 8-4 with losses to Virginia and Wake Forest with a defense that was more talented than ours.


Input: [Date] 1 year 38 weeks ago [Title] If your avatar pic is of [Body]

Output: If your avatar pic is of yourself you need to stop dressing like an ass. Drives me crazy. No headset. You look like an idiot. You look like a 3rd grader whose parents bought him clothing a size to big because they didn't care about how it looked and he would someday grow into them. Also, I don't know why you 'quoted' toughness and your puns are week.* *no.


Input: [Date] 1 year 38 weeks ago [Title] Yeah Michigan never performs [Body]

Output: Yeah Michigan never performs well at home.


Input: [Date] 1 year 38 weeks ago [Title] They both had *a freshman [Body]

Output: They both had *a freshman starter.


Input: [Date] 1 year 38 weeks ago [Title] Young OL can contribute. [Body]

Output: Young OL can contribute. However, the odds that 3 young OL playing adjacent to each other against the best D in the country on the road are going not play terribly are pretty low.


Input: [Date] 1 day 14 hours ago [Body] http://mgoblog.com/content/why-we-fight [Title]


Input: [Date] 1 day 14 hours ago [Body] Plenty since: a) The sponsorship is for the length of the season. b) The extended segment was to introduce her as such. c) You have to be as entertaining on air as Liz Crowe or your introductory segment will be 2 minutes, and most of that Brian vamping while trying not to look annoyed. Seriously though I've been looking for the right sponsor for our Podcast for a long, long time, and when Liz left the beer company she was working for to break out as a consultant and real estate agent, I approached her specifically for this, and made the price a secondary concern because she's the right kind of sponsor. She is, like Harbaugh, herself at full volume all the time, and part of the fabric of the Ann Arbor and Michigan Athletics community. With most of the things I sell we're just helping them market their thing because we have the right audience to market their thing. But this is one of those things where it's more like the sponsor wanted to help us and can justify it if a handful of MGoBloggers use her as their real estate broker. The podcast is a marketable thing that a lot of our advertisers have been interested in; it's not like it took us this long to find a sponsor; it took us this long to find Liz. [Title]

Output: Plenty since: a) The


Input: [Date] 2 days 5 hours ago [Body] Brian used to go out there once a year around now for the alumni association's thing; I don't know if that event was discontinued or he just didn't get asked this year. We are doing other things with the alumni association (announcement to come). We also did an event with Todd Howard the night before the 2013 Northwestern (firedrill field goal) game that I put together. We had planned on doing that again, and had the venue chosen and everything, but Michigan was so unwatchable leading up to M00N that we canceled it. Maybe we'll do one after the season. Anyway if/when we do it'll be the second the Chicago Alumni Association Club asks us because they are an excellent group to work with. I think they're coming into town for Northwestern (homecoming) this year. [Title]

Output: Brian used to go out there


Input: [Date] 2 days 12 hours ago [Body] Why didn't you tell us? I am willing to move the event to your bachelor party. [Title]

Output: Why didn't you tell us? I am


Input: [Date] 3 days 9 hours ago [Body] This is for that guy on the message board who cares about Draftageddon. pic.twitter.com/WRmykO7nqf — Seth M. Fisher (@Misopogon) July 28, 2015 [Title]

Output: This is for that guy on the


Input: [Date] 3 days 12 hours ago [Body] One of the keys to all of this is Nebraska isn't leaving the Big Ten; everybody is joining the Big Ten, formerly known as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives, so that for the sake of TV rights and whatnot all the powers are negotiating as one entity, and scheduling each other. I know it's a pipedream. What I don't want to see is the organic method of growing from a bunch of conferences into a league, because all that does incentivize the current conferences to snatch up any program bigger than a MAC school in a colonial land-grab, which is exactly how we found ourselves in a 7-team division with Maryland and Rutgers while Iowa and Wisconsin and Purdue come around less often than Utah. The conferences grew organically well enough when television was regional and limited to four networks, and declaring a national champion was just a nerdy postseason excercise between professions that have to pay half attention. Today conferences are billion dollar corporations with their television networks, yet theyr'e still functioning under a system that expects them to be faculty representatives from elitist, non-profit educational institutions. The NCAA had their chance to become a true regulatory body, but instead chose to act more like an industry trade organization*. The best thing for college football right now would be to acknowledge that the regional conferences that grew out of the 20th century are anachronisms worth preserving, like historic neighborhoods or whatever. Without that familiar structure the whole enterprise is at risk of becoming too desaturated, i.e. an NFL-lite, which is a crappier product fewer people will care about. When ESPN inevitably defaults on whichever round of promises it has to make to secure the TV rights to the last bastion of un-DVR'able entertainment, the BIG SIX or POWER SIX or whatever you want to term it will be in perfect position to cut Fox and Disney out of their revenue stream and make what they're making now by charging $5/month and selling ads themselves on a streaming college football channel. The Big Ten is just the body out of convenience; the organizing structure of any major conference is sufficient to expand to include the 60-64 schools that operate truly professional-level (i.e. highly profitable) football enterprises. Technically everyone joins the Big Ten, or joins a new conference that handles all the "conference" stuff for the group, and is such a tour de force in college athletics that the NCAA has to kowtow to it. I have no problem trying to fit Baylor and TCU into this (TT might be a stretch since their school's athletic budget is MAC-like despite the school's history). I only left them out because I thought a Texas-based mid-major conference would make for some rockin' good regional football. * Specifically, one for mid-19th century cotton growers [Title]

Output: One of the keys to all of


Input: [Date] 3 days 13 hours ago [Body] Those take a long time to make. This damn draft takes enough of that as it is. [Title]

Output: Those take a long time to


Input: [Date] 4 days 6 hours ago [Body] done. [Title]

Output: done.


Input: [Date] 4 days 7 hours ago [Body] link to the 200 post? [Title]

Output: link to the 200 post?


Input: [Date] 4 days 11 hours ago [Body] This is college football not the pros. I think it's more important that everyone in every division plays each other every year. [Title]

Output: This is college football not


Input: [Date] 4 days 11 hours ago [Body] Part of that is I hate to break up some great Texas rivalries. You can build one helluva mid major conference out of Baylor and TCU SMU Texas Tech and Rice. Fill the bottom with UTSA maybe North Texas maybe Tulane. Historically Texas and Texas A&M refuse to go anywhere without their little buddies. [Title]

Output: Part of that is I hate to


Input: [Date] 4 days 11 hours ago [Body] I removed the section on relegation. These schools have long traditions against each other even if they were not competitive. I would hate to lose Indiana even for a year just for the sake of recognizing 1 or even 5 good years out of say Bowling Green. Rather I capped the conferences at 11 and left spots open for expansion. If the Big East wants to add Rutgers or the Pac Ten want to add Utah there's a mechanism, but that is their only expansion and it forces their teams to all play a 10th conference game instead of an out of conf opponent. [Title]

Output: I removed the section on


Input: [Date] 5 days 6 hours ago [Body] Don't reply to the spammers. Just report them to LSAClassof2000. We are working on a system where anyone logged in to account we mark as spam is ported to our old-old-old server that runs a superslow copy of the site except with an ad service that only runs invasive ads, and there's zero virus protection, so anyone who tries spamming us ends up having their spam computers locked into 50-minute load times and a gazillion software attacks. I probably got the idea from Ernest Cline. [Title]

Output: Don't reply to the spammers.


Input: [Date] 1 week 7 hours ago [Body] And Bo shouldn't be over Yost unless we're taking racial prejudice into account. Leach beat OSU 4 times but every other QB on that list is a better passer. This is pretty much opinion. But yeah, Hart over Harmon and Wheatley as a 2...? [Title]

Output: And Bo shouldn't be over Yost


Input: [Date] 1 week 10 hours ago [Body] Ernest is friends with my brother too. I see your criticisms of Ready Player one, but I was actually sick of all the references after the midway point but then I thought the story took off, and I was impressed that he managed to actually bring the "your dream comes true" theme to a satisfying conclusion. I think the deux ex machina was self-aware; the whole point is it's a game and meant to function as one. I'm 50% through Armada and I think Cline was so disappointed by people not understanding this that he's making it too obvious (or perhaps the entire point) in this book. [Title]

Output: Ernest is friends with my


Input: [Date] 1 week 11 hours ago [Body] Yep. That's why I said "two quarterbacks." I've really been trying to not complicate stuff. [Title]

Output: Yep. That's why I said "two


Input: [Date] 1 week 1 day ago [Body] We never really figured that out. I went with "plays as they would on your team" because I think it's more interesting to draft system guys for a system and whatnot. But here in the early rounds it's just a grab for superstars because at the end of 2014 nobody's saying "well if Hackenberg played behind Brian's offensive line..." [Title]

Output: We never really figured that


Input: [Date] 1 week 1 day ago [Body] They have had him for awhile. He's a tight end. He's awful. [Title]

Output: They have had him for


Input: [Date] 1 week 1 day ago [Body] But we've made that explanation like 10 times in the last few years. In fact I think I started leading off these posts with "THIS IS NOT A FANTASTY DRAFT IT'S A BIG TEN PREVIEW" last year. [Title]

Output: But we've made that


Input: [Date] 1 week 1 day ago [Body] Every fan of every team makes all of these same statements about why their school is better, and totally clean too. Fact is the athletes are picking between heavens. Most campuses are beautiful. Most support staff are top notch. FBS coaches are among the top 200 in their profession. NFL talent comes out of so many schools that which coaches develop a position best has to mean less than what that individual player is made of (not that it doesn't matter, especially w/ quarterbacks). A little something extra makes a big difference because there isn't much difference between schools. As for fans, this site's existence when every other indie team site but 11 Warriors can't support even one blogging career speaks to something unique about Michigan fans' dedication. I have a hard time imagining there could ever be a Grantland for Just Clemson. Depending on what section you sit in though I'm sure you can encounter some pretty quiet old farts in Michigan Stadium. We even have a name for them: Blue hairs. [Title]

Output: Every fan of every team makes


Input: [Date] 1 week 2 days ago [Body] Labels man. Ask yourself this: what do you call a guy who took money from some school then signed with Michigan anyway? Think that never happened with someone on the roster right now? Cut every "cheater" who broke an NCAA rule and there won't be many athletes left. This is why I blame the NCAA first and foremost. Whenever you find a thriving black market for something there's always a shitty someone making the regular market not work. [Title]

Output: Labels man. Ask yourself


Input: [Date] 1 week 2 days ago [Body] In certain cases it's pretty clear. This is one of those cases. Clemson is one of those schools. Be mad at Michigan for not playing the same game as everyone else or be mad at the players who take liquid love over a minor preference in school choice, or be mad at the NCAA which creates all this madness. Pretending it doesn't happen is just naivety for the sake of sanctimony. [Title]

Output: In certain cases it's pretty


Input: [Date] 1 week 2 days ago [Body] The charter schools are taking a few students. But the bigger effect is we built for a temporary population disruption. In the 1960s, 85% (that's ridiculously high) of Bloomfield Hills homes had school-age children. Today that's under 50%. Those numbers were repeated ad nauseum in the local paper/e-newsletter (Patch) during the merging of their high schools. Farmington won't be exactly like that--iBloomfield Hills was built almost entirely after the war and immediately filled with vets starting families, whereas Farmington was a thriving farming town for a century before it became a suburb. But that illustrates why, despite the population not being as hard hit as most of Michigan, these districts are still downsizing. A bit of school funding history: up until I was in college (and Engler was governor) your property taxes went right to the school district. Communities like Ann Arbor, Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, and Farmington voluntarily raised their property taxes to create elite schools. The rule itself though ultimately created an effect of really good schools in affluent areas and awful schools in poor areas, which isn't really fair considering the state should be providing a good education to all of its citizenry. So the state pooled everybody's property taxes into the state fund, shifted half of them to prisons, and doled out the rest evenly. In response these communities started passing regular bonds. Every few elections there's a bond issue on the ballot, everybody winks at each other, and we pass it, and that money can't be touched by the state. But it does raise the price of living here, because paying off the "bonds" is effectually a permanently increased property tax. It means if you're planning on sending your kid to private school, you can save money by buying a house in another suburb. School choice is a politically charged thing that affects everywhere because there are parents who prefer privitized institutions everywhere. I don't think it's a primary effect in this particular case because the #1 reason people live in Farmington in the first place is the public schools. West Bloomfield is right smack in between Farmington Hills and Bloomfield Hills, but WB has relatively crappy (read: "just pretty good") schools, and far lower taxes because they don't pass school bonds. [Title]

Output: The charter schools are


Input: [Date] 1 week 3 days ago [Body] I'm not advocating. I'm trying to explain what's going on in my community. We have half as many kids as when all four schools were built, and one routinely has the air conditioning break down and leaks all the time. We pay out the nose in taxes for school bonds to make sure our schools have a huge flow of money, but we've been falling behind Birmingham and Bloomfield Hills lately even though we all do the bond thing to pay for public schools that equate to private schools. That's because they've downsized. BH went to one high school. Birmingham renovated both schools and sold off a big chunk of Groves (my alma mater) to be a Michigan State satellite. The competition for young families in these burbs is fierce and school quality is #1 on the list. So that's why this is coming up. Like anywhere in the Midwest there are some poorer and some richer neighborhoods, but on the whole we're talking about a pretty affluent, education-obsessed suburban community that built for the baby boom and has been a bit oversized ever since that ended. There's a social component, since over time the schools have tended to become somewhat racially and economically segregated. When we do inevitably downsize to three schools, I imagine it will be a good opportunity to undo that. [Title]

Output: I'm not advocating. I'm


Input: [Date] 1 week 3 days ago [Body] I live in the Harrison district; most of the families in our neighborhood send their kids to North already. Harrison's football program is great, but you can move a football program pretty easily. As for a dilapitated building that looks more like a prison... [Title]

Output: I live in the Harrison


Input: [Date] 1 week 3 days ago [Body] I couldn't take any more Buckeyes. All of our teams are going to have some of those stains on them--mine included--but at that point I needed to infuse the draft with some maize and blue, badly. Also keep in mind the people drafting have some access to practice reports, and lots of practice hearsay. Not saying practice equals game, but the more the coaches and other players keep telling friends, family, and anyone in earshot this guy is for real, the more I tend to believe it. [Title]

Output: I couldn't take any more


Input: [Date] 1 week 3 days ago [Body] I picked up the look a little bit. In the future we will add the quick spreadsheet to show where the teams are at by the end of each round. [Title]

Output: I picked up the look a little


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 1 day ago [Body] When most of the games were at noon, and a few were still at 1? Hell no. I was a nice drunk like the rest of college students, but even I respected the "wait until you don't taste your toothpaste anymore before you have a beer" rule of morning drinking, and by the time the day was day enough to start imbibing you almost had time to finish two drinks before walking down to the stadium. The flasks (or in my case a bottle of coke that was 75% not coke) were the only way to get a buzz unless you were a truly committed drinker, and to be honest, we are all still University of Michigan students. [Title]

Output: When most of the games were


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 1 day ago [Body] It wasn't from 9/11. I think 2004 they banned them. I remember a bunch of people sent in complaints (damn these people I thought at the time) after the 2003 Ohio State game. This one flag was pretty high up near the 35 yard line and was on a very long pole. I don't know why that game brought complaints--maybe the wind was up so the pole was being held lower than usual. [Title]

Output: It wasn't from 9/11. I think


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Toilet Paper Getting on TV was still a relatively new experience, and affecting what so many people were watching was kind of a thrilling thing. You'd see the rolls of toilet paper flying down after the first touchdown of the game and think to your young self "wow it would be so cool to be the guy who threw the toilet paper roll." It really did look festive, like instant confetti or ticker tape. Anyway they stopped when I was 8 or 9 so I never got to throw a roll of TP. Marshmallows I was definitely around for this tradition. It was 99% college students being inebriated (sneaking alcohol or a joint into the stadium was pretty easy pre-9/11) and wanting to throw something harmless. A lot of the mallows went at other students--friends sitting a few rows down and a section over, or a group of girls you walked in with. But there was a mini-game of trying to disrupt the TV crews and the opposing band with them. You tried to aim it so your mallow would pass as close to in front of the camera as possible to screw up their shot, or once they started to bring clear plastic shields, you tried to thunk it off the shield or lob it over. Also by the late '90s the TV crews had these big sound-catching clear plastic radar/dome things, which were as tempting as an opponent's sousaphone. I don't recall there being any real point to the marshmallows. Just a bit of goofy gameday atmosphere. [Title]

Output: Toilet PaperGetting on TV


Input: [Date] 21 hours 21 min ago [Title] to add to this, per 247 [Body]

Output: to add to this, per 247 composite.... Ahmir MIthcell is rated directly behind Binjimen Victor in the top 100. Victor is the #8 WR. So, if Michigan lands both Mitchell and Corley, we would land the #9, #18 and #30 WR's, all 4* (very nice haul). If Michigan lands both Corley and Lavert Hill, MIchigan will have landed 3 of the top 4 in the state and 4 of the top 7. For comparison sakes, Michigan State has the #8 rated in state prospect - we would have 4 ranked higher. Given the results on the field the last few years, this is absolutely embarrasing (if it happens, of course) for Michigan State. What happens to them when Michigan is back, and 10 win seasons become the norm, and were once again pissed at an 8 or 9 win season? BTW, we may be trending down for Upshur, but ill take either Hill or Corley any day instead. Not that i am not high on Upshur, but i think Ian Bunting is an absolute stud in the making. I believe Corley, and even more so Hill, are larger need positons.


Input: [Date] 3 days 19 hours ago [Title] I have seen quite a bit of [Body]

Output: I have seen quite a bit of Mitchell and really like what he offers. Very high on him. However, i have not seen much of Corely at all. I also would not mind an opinion on Mitchell vs Corley from someone that has seen quite a bit of both (strengths/weaknesses/differences) Ill have to research Corely this weekend IF i have time :(


Input: [Date] 3 days 21 hours ago [Title] Yes. As far as height and [Body]

Output: Yes. As far as height and straight line speed, Charles Rogers was elite. There was some good competition in football and track here at that time between he and Stuart Schwiegert if you remember him (Saginaw High vs. Saginaw Heritage).


Input: [Date] 3 days 22 hours ago [Title] All great recievers, and [Body]

Output: All great recievers, and quite possibly better receivers than Cole and/or Peppers will ever be. But i am talking just from a pure athletic standpoint. Many of the Michigan receivers you named werent as athletic as these 2. I am from the Saginaw area, and have seen some unbelieveable athletes come through in both basketball and football. Let me just say i do not know if i can put any of them above Cole from an athletic standpoint. Only saw him 'live' twice as he was suspended for most of the year, but damn the kid is unbelievable.


Input: [Date] 3 days 22 hours ago [Title] Interesting to see if Cole is [Body]

Output: Interesting to see if Cole is our slot guy starting immediately. Peppers spells Cole - keep one on the field at all times for short screens, reverses etc.... and always have a guy on the field who can instantly take it to the house. And if they were both on the field at the same time it would be the most athletic combination of WR's Michigan had ever fielded at one time, right after Anthony Carter and (*insert anyone on the entire roster regardless of position*).


Input: [Date] 5 days 15 hours ago [Title] Still love this kid. [Body]

Output: Still love this kid. Extremely physical reciever with above average speed. Doesnt seem like he is moving fast but its just sort of effortless, as you see the dbacks running extremely hard to stay with him. Average quickness but kids so freaking strong, just positions himself and outmuscles his way for the ball. Small dbacks would have a nightmare covering him.


Input: [Date] 6 days 21 hours ago [Title] Probably should be an [Body]

Output: Probably should be an asterisk next to it, *career long handoffs


Input: [Date] 1 week 1 day ago [Title] If he plays lazy TRYING to [Body]

Output: If he plays lazy TRYING to get a million dollar check, how will he be playing AFTER he gets a million dollar check. Not even remotely suprised by this. I would not draft him if there was a 6th round.


Input: [Date] 1 week 1 day ago [Title] This is good stuff Ace. [Body]

Output: Im fairly suprised Donnal's offensive numbers were held up that strong (i percieved him as fairly bad offensively, let alone Horrible on D). Im equally suprised Biefeldt was that bad. I perceived him as being better offensively than what the statistics show. Matter of fact, i thought overall Biefeldt did MUCH better than Donnal, and the stats do not display that.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Although it is difficult to [Body]

Output: Although it is difficult to argue your statement, and i do not currently have the brain power to even attempt to argue your statement and find a less talented offensive skill position team (ok, screw it, i will - Rich Rods first year - IMO definitely worse) - remember, the offensive line we have had the last 2/3 years has made our skill players percieve to be worse than they actually are. If we had a typical Michigan offensive line, every single skill player would have produced, and looked, much better than they have.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 3 days ago [Title] I know it does not mean a [Body]

Output: I know it does not mean a hell of a lot since we seen how innacurate and sometimes laughable the system is, but the last 2 (maybe 3) crystal balls on 247 have come in for Auburn in last few days. With that said, the crystal ball thingy is pretty much a joke IMO.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 5 days ago [Title] This could not be more [Body]

Output: This could not be more incorrect. This drill is heavily in favor of the Rusher. I bet the defense wins 75% or more of these snaps in this setting. If your winning 50% in this setting as an OL, your doing damn well. And NO, this in no way translates to "well, if your losing 50% of snaps in a game, your doing horrible". You cannot translate this to that for multiple reasons - helpside, fatigue, proper training/technique. At the high school level OL is coahced horribly and the raw athlete speed rushers have a huge advantage. Not so at all after proper college coaching.


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 1 day ago [Title] Don't count FSU out for DB [Body]

Output: Don't count FSU out for DB Jr. One, it is VERY possible DBJr. was showing interest to us (and others) so other freinds from his HS could get noticed/offers - and may well indeed end up at FSU at a later date. Two, he has had multiple crystal balls to FSU the last few days. It is not unheard of that elite players assist in others at their high school in getting not only noticed, but offers they may not have recieved otherwise. Its a potential warning sign if the others commit, and the elite prospect does not with them, or near the same time.


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 1 day ago [Title] How does Peters vitals below [Body]

Output: How does Peters vitals below (from 247 today) compare to the last great athletic drop-back QB we had named Drew Henson? "Brandon Peters at 6-4.5 ran a 4.81 40. 4.39 shuttle. 31 inch vertical. All good numbers" That is pretty damn athletic! for a dropback QB. He beat out some Wide Recievers and DBacks. Heck, what did Avant, Walker, Funchess, Mike Hart, Chris Perry, Minor etc... run?


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Im in the same boat. Battle [Body]

Output: Im in the same boat. Battle would have absolutely flourished in JBs offense. Just killed it. The decommit of Battle really floored me because i was so excited to watch him in this offense. Battle will do well whereever he goes, but i just think he would have been so efficient here.


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 2 days ago [Title] IMO, Sam Webb could not be [Body]

Output: IMO, Sam Webb could not be more wrong on this. Battle is a perfect fit for JB's offense. Cumberland is not. Cumberland is more like Carlton Brundidge. Just a better outside shot, but not in the same area code of Battles. Cumberland would not have been a good fit.


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 4 days ago [Title] What DG did behind our [Body]

Output: What DG did behind our offensive line - i give the kid a 6th star. Devin is a perfect example of a kid you think to yourself, what could have been under normal Michigan circumstances.


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 5 days ago [Title] And here we go again with a [Body]

Output: And here we go again with a negative post bashing another member. And here come the sheep below you to pile on the bullying. I thought bullying was for grade school or immature high schoolers?


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 2 days ago [Title] All you have to do is look at [Body]

Output: All you have to do is look at his most recent camp film yourself. IMO, an 82 for him is a tiny on the low side. Kid is very well put together. Very good athlete. Moves well, with unbelieveable size at his Pos. I am not saying he is a 95, but i would think around 85 +/- 1 spot until further film and evaluations become available. This is NOT a Michigan bump. What this is, is 'hey, Michigan just landed this kid. Ever here of him? Me either. From Canada - im gonig to go dig around and see what i can find of him. Look, i found some film - it was 3 years ago though. Oh, here is another video of his recent camp. Dang, kid has great size. Camp MVP. Well put together. I think an 82 fits him well'. Basically, he is NOT getting a bump just because he committed to Michgian. He is getting a bump because he was FINALLY evaluated. Now, you can say that he would NOT have been evaluated had he not committed to a power 5 conference team - i wont argue there. But you cant give a grade to a kid you dont know/havent seen before. Have to be aware of the kid and evaluate him first.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Our PR getting ReInstated? [Body]

Output: Our PR getting ReInstated?


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 2 days ago [Title] My first impression was also, [Body]

Output: My first impression was also, 'WTH is this staff thinking' after watching that initial highlight tape. But that was his freshmen year i believe. Just slightly above is tape of his camp performance. He is very, very well put together. Nice sized athlete - definitely passes the look test. I do not mind this offer one bit. I cannot see him sticking at CB, but appears he would be a very nice WR. Another 'stick him at athlete and figure it out later' kid.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 2 days ago [Title] You have 1 spot left - its [Body]

Output: You have 1 spot left - its between he and Rashan Gary - who you take? Tough one isnt it.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Chesson is definitely a [Body]

Output: Chesson is definitely a different animal. He turned out exactly opposite of what i percieved him as. I figured more Drake Harris (skinny outiside burner, not great blocker) and he ended up being one of the better blocking WR's in recent history, unable to create separation i figured he would be able to get. But what a great, hard working guy. I would have to figure he comes back...simply put WR is possibly the weakest unit on the entire team. Who is more productive/experienced? I really like Chesson even though he will never be a Manningham/Edwards type. But he is a solid player that i enjoy watching play, espectially his vicious blocking.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Those dumping on Morris are [Body]

Output: Those dumping on Morris are forgetting the fact that Michigan had its 2 worst offensive lines the last 2 years. I fully expect our Line to improve by leaps and bounds because we not only return basically everyone, but because i have MUCH more faith in the OL coach improving everyone by a decent margin. I have total faith that Shane Morris will look much better this year not only because he will himself improve, but the line will give him much more time to set and go through progressions. Having confidence in your OL is so important - he will not be panicking each time he sets.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 4 days ago [Title] How Michigan swung and missed [Body]

Output: How Michigan swung and missed on both RoJo and Dionte Allen that same year i will never know. Someone really messed those recruitments up. Thank goodness English ( i believe it was him) stole D-War at the end.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 6 days ago [Title] Michigan had the [Body]

Output: Michigan actually had the #8 class before Gil committed. Georgia dropped 2 spots yesterday when Price decommitted, moving Michigan above them from 9th to 8th. But yeah, still adds some more points to your class.


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 3 hours ago [Title] I was really excited about [Body]

Output: I was really excited about Price at one time. Figured (hoped) he would be our 2nd OL commit. I really liked his film. I was shocked when he picked Georgia. Still not sure what happened there. Came out of nowhere. He is a stud OLman IMO...would love if Michigan pursued him hard again. Hard to imagine the OL class we would have if we somehow landed both Price and Davis with what is already in the fold.


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 20 hours ago [Title] At the time, that was an OL [Body]

Output: At the time, that was an OL class for the ages.


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 3 days ago [Title] If immature bullying, [Body]

Output: If immature bullying, insinuation of pedophelia and homesexuality traits is up your alley, i guess it would be funny. I cannot believe how immature the people in this thread are. And i sure as hell hope this is a small sample that is being represented from this site. Its absolutely disgusting reading through this content. I for one cannot believe this content has not been taken down. I sure the hell know sponsors of this site would not be supportive of the content that is being supported on this site - and would not want their brand in any way associated with this immature garbage. Shame on you. Seriously. The most unprofessional, immature garbage i have read in quite some time. DIsgusting.


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Boy, did i leave myself open [Body]

Output: Boy, did i leave myself open for this one. Is there a mature board i can pose the same question?


Input: [Date] 13 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Boston, MA. [Title]

Output: Boston, MA.


Input: [Date] 16 weeks 5 days ago [Body] I was wondering what the heck the rule is there. We know that if you land on top of another player you're not down. But does landing on the in-bounds portion of a player who is half out-of-bounds mean that you're out-of-bounds too? This is a burning question, I tell you. [Title]

Output: I was wondering what the heck


Input: [Date] 19 weeks 5 days ago [Body] This may have been mentioned elsewhere and so I apologize in advance for stealing anyone's thunder, but has there been any consideration to changing the name of this feature to "MAILBAUGH"? I'll show myself out. [Title]

Output: This may have been mentioned


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 2 days ago [Body] That show was indeed excellent and for some reason scared the living crap out of me as a tyke. RIP [Title]

Output: That show was indeed


Input: [Date] 27 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Okay Ace I ran the image search and was immediately traumatized by the actual, physical mascot guy. But then I realized that his haunting grimace is a function of having to make sure that the person in the nightmare-inducing suit can actually see where said person is going. So (like all things) when you factor in the practicalities, it's not that bad. [Title]

Output: Okay Ace I ran the image


Input: [Date] 29 weeks 5 days ago [Body] I second TomVH. His reporting was and continues to be very, very solid. And the "Hold me TomVH" meme was always good for a chuckle. [Title]

Output: I second TomVH. His reporting


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 2 days ago [Body] He looks a little Bit like Lloyd Christmas, for sure, But he wins and wins [Title]

Output: He looks a little Bit like


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 3 days ago [Body] WHOA. Congratulations, you would be very proud of yourself if you were an actual human being and not some sort of automated script. However, if you do have an in with JH and you can gently nudge him I would be forever in your debt. [Title]

Output: WHOA. Congratulations, you


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 5 days ago [Body] The Bill Walsh photograph kind of reminds me of Faux Pelini's twitter avatar. Also I wonder what piece of critical information in my brain has been displaced by my knowledge of Faux Pelini's twitter avatar. [Title]

Output: The Bill Walsh photograph


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 2 days ago [Body] I'd like to congratulate Hunter Lochmann on winning the 2014 Annual David Brandon False Dichotomy Award. Tell me where I should ship your box of bees! [Title]

Output: I'd like to congratulate


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Fair question. I guess because it feels a bit to me like our initial instinct is to hope the guy assigns a higher priority to Michigan football than he does to the well-being of his family. Don't get me wrong: I don't think anyone here would straight-facedly express that view. But the combination of our obsessive fandom and the continuation of this process appears at times to affect our ability to think with anything other than our lizard brains. [Title]

Output: Fair question. I guess


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 3 days ago [Body] I read comments like this and I nod along and then I realize (again) that we're losing all sense of proportion not to mention our freaking minds. [Title]

Output: I read comments like this and


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Your "reason" and "logic" have no place here, friend. I'd respond at greater length but I have to go make a sacrificial offering to the college-football-coaching-change gods. [Title]

Output: Your "reason" and "logic"


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Get well soon, Ace. [Title]

Output: Get well soon, Ace.


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Those tribute clips got me to thinking: does Harbaugh have any eligibility left? Would he consider coming back to play QB instead of to coach? Or both? [Title]

Output: Those tribute clips got me to


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 5 days ago [Body] I think I would settle for "good" or even "not bad". [Title]

Output: I think I would settle for


Input: [Date] 37 weeks 6 days ago [Body] I mercifully missed that last Gardner INT because I was unloading the dishwasher or some such thing. Thank goodness I was unloading the dishwasher. I <3 dishwasher. [Title]

Output: I mercifully missed that last


Input: [Date] 39 weeks 2 days ago [Body] What I'm finding tiresome in some of the more national commentary is this idea that if the football team were 7-1 or 8-0, nobody would have been calling for Brandon (or Hoke) to go. That's a bad argument. Our football team is bad because our (thankfully former) AD and (probably future former) head football coach just haven't been all that good at their jobs. Letting people who aren't good at their jobs go is kind of how the world works, for better or worse. Even at the top of the food chain. [Title]

Output: What I'm finding tiresome in


Input: [Date] 39 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Brian, after reading this I want to make sure that you're aware of the "BRAT" diet, which is what one is supposed to observe after tossing one's cookies. "B"ananas, "R"ice, "A"pples & "T"oast. Stick with that for a few hours and you should be good to go. [Title]

Output: Brian, after reading this I


Input: [Date] 42 weeks 6 days ago [Body] OK I'll say it if nobody else is going to: HOLD ME, TOMVH. [Title]

Output: OK I'll say it if nobody else


Input: [Date] 44 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Brian, if there's blood trickling from the corners of your eyes, which I think is a real possibility after the amount of time you had to spend watching this shit show, please go to the hospital. Also crying is a totally acceptable and even cathartic reaction to things that make you irretrievably bummed out. Just FYI. [Title]

Output: Brian, if there's blood


Input: [Date] 44 weeks 3 days ago [Body] There's logic to what you're saying, but I think the leash needs to be pretty short. I'll admit that my thinking is colored by the fact that I'll be pretty disappointed if the coaches start Morris on Saturday. DG has been shaky, to be sure. But I think he gives the team a better chance to win than SM. SM hasn't exactly blown us away with his in-game performances, even against lesser competition. [Title]

Output: There's logic to what you're


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Goodell is getting taxed on his stupidly high salary, a lot of it at the highest marginal tax rates. So there are taxes being paid. And expenses related to palatial offices are deductible even in the for-profit context. There are so, so many reasons to criticize the league. This isn't one of them. [Title]

Output: Goodell is getting taxed on


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 4 days ago [Body] I'm both left-leaning and not a fan of the NFL as an organization. The league is dysfunctional, hypocrtical, and opposed to accountability on just about every conceivable issue. But I think this tax exempt argument is baloney. League-level revenue (for stuff like licensing etc.) gets passed through to the teams, which are not tax exempt, and the players, who pay (or should pay) income taxes. Goodell gets his (exorbitant, preposterous) salary and he pays taxes on that. There's taxation happening here. It's just not happening at the level where there isn't actual taxable income. [Title]

Output: I'm both left-leaning and not


Input: [Date] 46 weeks 5 days ago [Body] They get credit for no blood spatter. NU set the patriotic-uniform-bar rather low. [Title]

Output: They get credit for no blood


Input: [Date] 48 weeks 2 days ago [Body] "Elsewhere" = why I've been reading this blog more closely than just about anything else for the last seven bizarre-assed years. So, so good. [Title]

Output: "Elsewhere" = why I've been


Input: [Date] 50 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Was also wondering about Bass. And where are we with RoJo? [Title]

Output: Was also wondering about


Input: [Date] 51 weeks 2 days ago [Body] The real question for Adidas, though, is how it's going to look when it's ripped to shreds on a routine tackle. [Title]

Output: The real question for Adidas,


Input: [Date] 51 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Boston College at Michigan. First play of the game was a 74-yard BC TD reception. It was an appropriately searing introduction to twenty years of deranged fandom. We went on to win, but still. [Title]

Output: September 3, 1994


Input: [Date] 1 year 23 weeks ago [Body] "From Westbrook to Brust: 20 Years of Heart-Rending, Last-Second Losses" [Title]

Output: "From Westbrook to Brust: 20


Input: [Date] 1 year 36 weeks ago [Body] I think this is an absolutely fantastic idea, though I wonder how Woodson's '97 UFR numbers would look since teams mostly tried to stay the hell away from him (and with good reason). I also think you might mean "retrospective". [Title]

Output: Great idea


Input: [Date] 1 year 37 weeks ago [Body] Per Ace's tweet yesterday evening, it was TUBES plural. [Title]

Output: Plural!


Input: [Date] 1 year 37 weeks ago [Body] I'm fairly confident that the tubes, both of them, were on at the very beginning of the ABC broadcast and then we didn't see them again. Whether this is on the director or the cameramen should probably be debated in the diaries. [Title]

Output: TUBES


Input: [Date] 1 year 37 weeks ago [Body] Could be four and five Could also be eight and one Blocking is hard, man [Title]

Output: Could be four and five Could


Input: [Date] 1 year 42 weeks ago [Body] This is America and the First Amendment protects your ability to spend time crafting whatever wrong-headed written expression catches your fancy. But I'd have thought that after hanging around here for two and a half years (at least), you'd realize that posting a critical comment about a post in which Brian expresses misgivings about things that bother him would be at least a small-ish waste of your time. Nobody makes you read Brian's stuff. Nobody makes you pay for it. If you want blind boosterism of the football program and the gameday experience with no self-reflection or critical analysis, I'd respectfully suggest that you're in the wrong place. [Title]

Output: This is America and the First


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Body] My wife and I were planning on bringing our young-ish kids to this game. An 8:00 start would ixnay that possibility. If 8:00 happens, I will chalk it up to the football gods telling me that my kids' first game *must* be at Michigan Stadium. [Title]

Output: My wife and I were planning


Input: [Date] 2 years 6 weeks ago [Body] Does the ironic invocation of Godwin's Law count for the purposes of Godwin's Law? [Title]

Output: Does the ironic invocation of


Input: [Date] 2 years 20 weeks ago [Body] Right. Tons of late-game heroics, all of which has been awesome. But when was our last TOUCHDOWN MANNINGHAM-pulling-the-game-out-just-as-the-clock-hits-zero moment? [Title]

Output: Right. Tons of late-game


Input: [Date] 2 years 20 weeks ago [Body] That hurt. Can anyone remember the last game that we WON or tied a game on a buzzer-beater? There and Evan effing Turner, Backboard Ahmadenijad, and Brust this year. We've had some late heroics, but I can't remember the last true buzzer-beater. Anyone? [Title]

Output: That hurt. Can anyone


Input: [Date] 2 years 21 weeks ago [Body] I found my way here, and became an immediate addict, after we got the tar beat out of us by Oregon in 2007. I still rememember the banner: "Crying Like Little Girls Since . . ." [Title]

Output: I found my way here, and


Input: [Date] 2 years 32 weeks ago [Body] I just want to know what the hell is wrong with Jordan Kovacs in this photograph. Fingers crossed that he ceases to be petrified and manniquin-esque by 1/1/13. Also: affirmatively like the helmetzz and could take/leave the rest. [Title]

Output: I just want to know what the


Input: [Date] 2 years 32 weeks ago [Body] I should probably change my username to "naivelyoptimistic", but I can't shake the notion that this public apology is the first step in a multi-step process that ends with JT getting reinstated for the bowl game. [Title]

Output: I should probably change my


Input: [Date] 2 years 33 weeks ago [Body] *For some reason CAN'T get image of Justin Fargas's 1,000 yard NFL rushing season out of head* [Title]

Output: *For some reason CAN'T get


Input: [Date] 2 years 34 weeks ago [Body] *double post* I suck [Title]

Output: *double post* I suck


Input: [Date] 2 years 34 weeks ago [Body] Is my memory and reading comprehenshon so bad that I didn't notice a straight "Did you support the decision to add Rutgers and Maryland" question as opposed to the generic "futher thoughts" comment box? I wonder why on earth they wouldn't just ask the question. I'm sure it's because everyone loves it *so* much! [Title]

Output: Is my memory and reading


Input: [Date] 2 years 37 weeks ago [Body] What he wanted to say but couldn't without getting fined/reprimanded: "I was kind of upset at this point by the fact that we'd been called for a lot more penalties and been penalized for a lot more yards than Michigan. This was my sarcastic reaction to this state of affairs." Don't agree with his assessment or his reaction, but that's what's probably going on here. [Title]

Output: What he wanted to say but


Input: [Date] 2 years 38 weeks ago [Body] I was fairly blown away by his athleticism. It pains me to say it, but the player he most reminded me of was, um, Terrelle Pryor. So in the best tradition of Fred Jackson, I'll say "He's like Terrelle Pryor, but a good person." [Title]

Output: I was fairly blown away by


Input: [Date] 2 years 39 weeks ago [Body] The google reveals that Trey is our first pre-season All American in 18 years (Jalen Rose, 1994). [Title]

Output: The google reveals that Trey


Input: [Date] 2 years 44 weeks ago [Body] So there's a section of this post that's headed "Come on Denard." I know that there's a segment of the readership here that views Brian as an unmitigated Denard apologist (he's not), but read the whole post before you attack the guy (fergodsakes). [Title]

Output: So there's a section of this


Input: [Date] 2 years 46 weeks ago [Body] Given the quality of the staff and the athleticism of the guys, I was surprised by how befuddled they seemed to be by the cut blocks. Which leads to my question: how the hell do you avoid being cut, whether in space or on the interior? [Title]

Output: Cut Block Question


Input: [Date] 3 years 1 week ago [Body] I am still not entirely sure that this isn't a BHGP pro combat parody. Gloves especially. [Title]

Output: I am still not entirely sure


Input: [Date] 3 years 8 weeks ago [Body] So I guess off-season does have its benefits. This post won the internet today. I hope everyone realizes this. And basks in the insane good fortune that we have Brian monitoring preposterous M-themed tchochkes (the previews, game columns, UFR's, and thought pieces are cool, too). [Title]

Output: So I guess off-season does


Input: [Date] 3 years 11 weeks ago [Body] Another dream of mine dashed on the rocks of reality. Any word on Antonio Bass? He has some eligibility left, no? /s [Title]

Output: Another dream of mine dashed


Input: [Date] 3 years 16 weeks ago [Body] The internet is a beautiful, magical, wonderful place. That's some serious value added there, folks. [Title]

Output: The internet is a beautiful,


Input: [Date] 3 years 16 weeks ago [Body] This decision puts Trey Burke very much in the running for "my favorite Michigan basketball player of all time" status (which I know is very important to him /s). [Title]

Output: This decision puts Trey Burke


Input: [Date] 3 years 16 weeks ago [Body] Bah! I have no time for you "logic" and "reasoned analysis". /s (you make a good point . . .) [Title]

Output: Bah! I have no time for you


Input: [Date] 3 years 16 weeks ago [Body] It may be my persecution complex talking, but is there any doubt that McGary keeps that fifth star if he signs with Duke? [Title]

Output: It may be my persecution


Input: [Date] 3 years 17 weeks ago [Body] This would suck in an epic way. I don't want to detract from how much this would suck. But we should take some solace in what LaVall Jordan was able to accompish with Morris, Burke, and Douglass. Jordan develops talent. No -- actually he develops the LIVING HELL out of talent. And I suspect that he'll continue to do so whether we sign this Spike person or the kid from Italy. [Title]

Output: This would suck in an epic


Input: [Date] 3 years 18 weeks ago [Body] Wait! You're being reasonable, rational, and measured in your response? Not permitted on teh intertubes! Now where's my pitchfork? [Title]

Output: Wait! You're being


Input: [Date] 3 years 22 weeks ago [Body] After the Che Foster fumble, a guy standing in front of me in the student section turned around and hollared to all within earshot "I'M NOT WORRIED!" Other than the horrible ending, and watching Todd Collins sprint -- I mean he was booking (for Todd Collins) -- into the tunnel after said horrible ending, this is my most vivid memory of that particular game. [Title]

Output: After the Che Foster fumble,


Input: [Date] 3 years 26 weeks ago [Body] TomVH in particular is catching a ton of crap over at his place because, well, people are disappointed that the 18 year-old kids on whom he reports have made decisions that said people don't like. I for one totally blame this top-ten class on Tom. Bastard. [Title]

Output: TomVH in particular is


Input: [Date] 3 years 30 weeks ago [Body] Woodson. Others from the past 15-20 years who made the ticker go pitter-patter: Wheatley, Toomer, Biakabatuka, Harris, Hart, Manningham, Graham, Martin, & Denard. [Title]

Output: Woodson. Others from the


Input: [Date] 3 years 30 weeks ago [Body] On the luck point, does anyone track it for football the way Pomeroy tracks it for basketball? My instinct is that we were fairly unlucky in 2008, 2009, and 2010 and preposterously lucky this season. But I'd love to see actual stats on this. [Title]

Output: On the luck point, does


Input: [Date] 3 years 30 weeks ago [Body] I felt compelled to seek out footage of the end of the 2005 Alamo Bowl. God bless the internets. Here it is: LINK. The number of yahoos milling about on the field is quite remarkable. [Title]

Output: I felt compelled to seek out


Input: [Date] 3 years 32 weeks ago [Body] My slightly counter-intuitive take is that this might not be the worst thing in the world for Meyer. The scholarship reductions aren't crippling. The postseason ban is actually a benefit. It gives him a free year to install new schemes without much in the way of consequence. Now he can go 6-6 or even 5-7 next year and only the nitwits will be calling for his head. [Title]

Output: My slightly counter-intuitive


Input: [Date] 3 years 33 weeks ago [Body] All I can say about the sports press corps here in Boston is that Drew Sharp and Michael Rosenberg would probably do really well here. It's like Mecca for haters. [Title]

Output: All I can say about the


Input: [Date] 3 years 33 weeks ago [Body] Mad props to you for the first "GET OFF MY LAWN" reference in this thread. I will now get off your lawn. [EDIT: You beat the Eastwood guy below by just eleven minutes, so good job there. He was probably just looking for that epic .gif, tho.] [Title]

Output: Mad props to you for the


Input: [Date] 3 years 34 weeks ago [Body] I doubt Mike Brown's Lakers are going to run the triangle, so they do suddently need a pure PG. Right now they have Derek Fisher, who is as old as time and a shell of his former self after protracted CBA negotiations, and Steve Blake, who remains Steve Blake. If Darius has continued to develop and Mike Brown is willing to play a rookie, Darius could find himself playing meaningful minutes. [Title]

Output: I doubt Mike Brown's Lakers


Input: [Date] 3 years 35 weeks ago [Body] I'd scrap the current fetid mess and start over with: *Eight 15-team geographic divisions. The big challenge here is parity, but it can be done. *Ten game regular season, with two non-division games (and no FCS games; though they could be played in exhibitions before the start of the regular season). *Take the eight division winners and put them in a three round playoff, with the first two rounds located at higher seeded schools and the final round at a rotating neutral site. Seeding could be based on straight record and score differential (a la the Premiership). *Those that don't make the "tournament" can still qualify for whatever bowl games are profitable enough to remain extant. This will never happen. I understand that. [Title]

Output: Blow it up


Input: [Date] 3 years 35 weeks ago [Body] And if the local convention authority and/or the stadium posted the ad and is making the payments, that would technically be correct, yes? Misleading, but correct. [Title]

Output: And if the local convention


Input: [Date] 3 years 35 weeks ago [Body] If it would make the conference tougher that's not a bad thing. To be the best, beat the best and all that. But I'm not so sure it makes the conference that much tougher. 6-6, even in the ess eee see, is 6-6. [Title]

Output: If it would make the


Input: [Date] 3 years 35 weeks ago [Body] This sucks in all manner of ways, but selfishly I can say I'll miss watching him jump out of the gym this year. I can't think of anyone in the conference who has anything approaching his hops. Thank goodness that medicine has advanced to the point where kids can come back from this sort of thing without losing a whole lot. If Mbakwe adds a jump shot while he's working his way into shape, he'll play meaningful minutes at the next level. [Title]

Output: This sucks in all manner of


Input: [Date] 3 years 35 weeks ago [Body] That Saban has done it prompts a lot of us to forget how hard it is for college coaches to walk away from programs they built and then reenter the coaching ranks a year or three later. Everyone talks about Meyer having that oil painting of Woody in his house. He might want to put another one of Saban up next to it. Because the alternative scenario is Steve Spurrier (who's having an admittedly good year, but after a bunch of 8-4 mediocrity). Or Lou Holtz. And look at the NFL: Parcells isn't sporting a bunch of Super Bowl rings from his stint with the Cowboys, nor Holmgren with the Seahawks, or Gibbs with the 'Skins the 2d time around. I'm sure there are a zillion other examples. We all care about this game so much -- too much? -- and that prompts us to look for ready-made super saviors. But the legends, the guys with statues and stadiums named after them, they tend to be the guys who start with nothing, or near nothing, and put something special together brick by brick. Your move, Coach Meyer. [Title]

Output: History


Input: [Date] 3 years 35 weeks ago [Body] There are some twitter rumblings suggesting the final sticking point might be Meyer's supposed request that Ohio relax its academic/admission standards [insert snarky comment about not being aware of any such standards here]. I haven't seen this discussed elsewhere in the thread. I'd like to say that this would be yet another PR disaster, but that's wishful thinking. Urban Meyer is, after all, Urban Meyer. [Title]

Output: Sticking Point


Input: [Date] 3 years 35 weeks ago [Body] Conspiracy or not, this is the only explanation (other than downright incompetence) I've seen that makes any sense. I don't know that there was enough evidence to confirm the call on the field, but there sure wasn't enough to reverse there. [Title]

Output: Conspiracy or not, this is


Input: [Date] 3 years 36 weeks ago [Body] He'll do well for three reasons. (1) Chip Kelly et al. are proof that his offense can be wildly successful in conference. (2) He's a gifted recruiter and he'll have no trouble convincing kids to come to Tucson. (3) I may be going out on a limb here, but I doubt that he'll be bringing gerg with him. [Title]

Output: He'll do well


Input: [Date] 3 years 39 weeks ago [Body] Very cool of us to continue shoring up the defensive side of the ball at Pitt, tho. [Title]

Output: Oh well


Input: [Date] 3 years 39 weeks ago [Body] There was a bit more substance to it than I'm used to seeing. Hoke said a few things and Hope seemed slightly defensive. [Title]

Output: Noticed the same thing


Input: [Date] 3 years 41 weeks ago [Body] I'm sure it's been noted elsewhere, but I wonder whether the wind affected the game plan yesterday w/r/t dealing with their D-line. I could see Borges et al. having a bunch of bubble screens planned but then scrapping or limiting them at the last minute after getting blown half to hell during warmups. Last minute adjustments could also explain why we flirted with delay penalties for a lot of the day. [Title]

Output: Wind


Input: [Date] 3 years 45 weeks ago [Body] I doubt that there was a human being outside of the M locker room who thought we'd win that game. Still remember Tai Streets running a pretty simple route and then *poof* he was GONE. [Title]

Output: 1996 vs undefeated OSU at the 'shoe


Input: [Date] 3 years 46 weeks ago [Body] Egg? Meet face. [Title]

Output: Egg? Meet face.


Input: [Date] 4 years 4 weeks ago [Body] Another good example is 1997. The Penn State game was two weeks before OSU and it rained quite a bit IIRC. I definitely remember driving to State College in a torrential rainstorm the night before. [Title]

Output: Quite True


Input: [Date] 4 years 4 weeks ago [Body] Two weeks later those of us who stuck this game out got to witness one of the more satisfying victories, and dominant individual performances, I've ever witnessed first-hand. I still have a picture of me and a couple of friends with the scoreboard in the background reading Michigan 31, Ohio State 23. [Title]

Output: Karma


Input: [Date] 4 years 8 weeks ago [Body] Here are the headwear selections of the coaches of the last 10 national champions: Chizik (no hat), Saban (no hat), Meyer (no hat), Miles (HAT!), Meyer (no hat), Brown (no hat), Carroll (no hat), Saban (no hat), Tressel (no hat), Coker (hat). I vote for no hat. [Title]

Output: Data Points


Input: [Date] 29 weeks 20 hours ago [Body] As a Miami fan, was sad to see Fisch go as OC to Jags. Stephen Morris flourished under him and the Canes had a very efficient offense the year before he was plucked by Jacksonville. Big, big fan. [Title]

Output: Would be a great hire


Input: [Date] 47 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Swarbrick cited strength of schedule as a reason - I guess if OSU is better, losing to them will look better than losing to Mich. [Title]

Output: Swarbrick cited strength of


Input: [Date] 1 year 4 days ago [Body] Why is the satisfaction of fans a justification for depriving kids earning money for others from being compensated? [Title]

Output: Why is the satisfaction of


Input: [Date] 1 year 5 days ago [Body] I don't understand what the concern is with having a minor league football team loosely associated with a university. Is it what everyone is used to? No. Does it seem like a weird concept based on the current system? Sure. I just don't understand what's so noble or great about amateurism. It's a concept that, at least according to some accounts, was invented to allow the wealthy who attended universities to continue playing sports they enjoyed by eliminating the ability of professionals to play in their stead. In every other aspect of our society we encourage people to get paid for things they are good at. I have yet to see a reasonable justification for amateurism. Most are something related to: (1) maintenance of the status quo, (2) because people who watch college football like it, or (3) compensating students means they can't be students (or good students). And yes, I do think it is greedy and unreasonable to say "I should get what the market says I should get, but people who could detract from the labor budget from which I am paid should get their compensation set by a cartel." [Title]

Output: I don't understand what the


Input: [Date] 1 year 6 days ago [Body] To quite Ichiro, "To tell the truth, I'm not excited to go to Cleveland, but we have to. If I ever saw myself saying I'm excited to go to Cleveland, I'd punch myself in the face, because I'm lying." [Title]

Output: Cleveland


Input: [Date] 1 year 7 weeks ago [Body] "I don't believe they are employees" - how so? What factors point against it being an employer-employee relationship? [Title]

Output: "I don't believe they are


Input: [Date] 1 year 15 weeks ago [Body] I hate Urban as much as the next guy, but based on what I've read he's doing this because he needs a lineman, not to screw with Michigan. This is a good thing - OSU's line has depth issues too. [Title]

Output: I hate Urban as much as the


Input: [Date] 1 year 17 weeks ago [Body] The sad part is that there's recruits and parents who he's able to convince that he's just a wholesome, swell guy. I bet he says "aw, shucks" on every visit he goes on. [Title]

Output: The sad part is that there's


Input: [Date] 1 year 22 weeks ago [Body] Now I wonder if Magnuson were healthy right now, who would be on the right side, Dawson or Braden? Have to think that you would have the 2nd team guy take reps at left so the starter can focus solely on the position he'll most likely play, but who knows. [Title]

Output: Now I wonder if Magnuson were


Input: [Date] 1 year 27 weeks ago [Body] Holy ellipses [Title]

Output: Holy ellipses


Input: [Date] 1 year 37 weeks ago [Body] Sounds like he should talk to Jeff Withey. [Title]

Output: Sounds like he should talk to


Input: [Date] 1 year 38 weeks ago [Body] I don't think that's quite the design of the blitz in the second play - the linebacker is gunning for Gardner with little to no regard for Toussaint (I admit it's possiblebthe chip Funchess gets on him may influence his decision of who to try to tackle). This play is really blown up because that safety comes screaming down to the line of scrimmage with reckless abandon. If Funchess realizes blocking that linebacker is futile (I doubt he's allowed the decision) and blocks that safety, this is 6. Or, if that safety is a step later because he actually waits to read the give and respects play action, Toussaint has him one on one with space to make him miss. As I look at it more, maybe that's Narduzzi's plan - let's not let M play action off this - Gardner will have to deal with the blitzing linebacker, and that will allow the safety to come barreling down in run support after he reads Funchess blocking. What is Schofield doing, by the way? [Title]

Output: I don't think that's quite


Input: [Date] 1 year 47 weeks ago [Body] Front seven looked very good. Gardner a little bit concerning given the opponent, but I think he'll figure it out. Still like Smith better than Green at this point. Stribling is a huge coup. [Title]

Output: Front seven looked very good.


Input: [Date] 1 year 51 weeks ago [Body] Helmets and shoulderpads today and tomorrow, full pads on Friday. [Title]

Output: Helmets and shoulderpads


Input: [Date] 1 year 51 weeks ago [Body] Take Cole and leave the rest to Sparty. 2015 class is going to be tiny anyways. [Title]

Output: Take Cole and leave the rest


Input: [Date] 1 year 51 weeks ago [Body] It's possible the statute defines sexual assault as sexual contact less than intercourse, so I'm betting this was consensual hankypanky with a minor. [Title]

Output: It's possible the statute


Input: [Date] 1 year 51 weeks ago [Body] Only pointing it out because I have made the same mistake more than a few times - tenet, not tenant. Then again the fumble debate occurs so frequently on here that it probably has started paying rent, so maybe that's actually what you meant. [Title]

Output: Only pointing it out because


Input: [Date] 1 year 51 weeks ago [Body] As does Mattison - have seen them in their neighboring spots in front of Schembechler. [Title]

Output: As does Mattison; have seen


Input: [Date] 1 year 51 weeks ago [Body] As much as I like leaving the uniforms alone, I love the matte. [Title]

Output: As much as I like leaving the


Input: [Date] 2 years 1 day ago [Body] Lolz Eleven Warriors less than a month ago: "Damien Harris - Berea (Ky.) Madison Southern High School As impressive as Derrell Scott was on the 21st in Columbus, Harris may have been the best running back in attendance. Built like a college sophomore already, Harris has an incredible first step to go along with great balance and vision. Oh yeah, he also runs a 4.36. Meh. Considered an early lean for Michigan, Harris left Ohio State singing a different tune, claiming that the Buckeyes were now a co-favorite of his along with the Wolverines. This will likely be a classic Ohio State vs. Michigan battle until the fax machine is fired up." [Title]

Output: Lolz Eleven Warriors less


Input: [Date] 2 years 1 day ago [Body] LET ME LOVE YOU BRAXTON [Title]

Output: LET ME LOVE YOU BRAXTON


Input: [Date] 2 years 1 day ago [Body] Don't think this says much for the hype since he was unblocked, but I'll take any excuse to post this: [Title]

Output: Don't think this says much


Input: [Date] 2 years 3 days ago [Body] Not calling him Randy Moss, but let's "take the ball deep take the top off the defense." [Title]

Output: Not calling him Randy Moss,


Input: [Date] 2 years 1 week ago [Body] Just another reminder that I don't have my moat yet. Good God do I need a moat. [Title]

Output: Just another reminder that I


Input: [Date] 2 years 1 week ago [Body] YMRMFSPA Tim Riggins [Title]

Output: YMRMFSPA Tim Riggins


Input: [Date] 2 years 1 week ago [Body] I think it's a matter of punctuation. Supposed to be: "Honesty? Treat women with respect? NO! Drugs! Stealing! Weapons!" [Title]

Output: I think it's a matter of


Input: [Date] 2 years 1 week ago [Body] I've heard Gruden say (yell) "Spider 3 Y Banana" more times than Hoke say "tremendous." Guy fuckin loves him some Spider 3 Y Banana. [Title]

Output: I've heard Gruden say (yell)


Input: [Date] 2 years 1 week ago [Body] Yep, but wasn't continous like Freddy J. Didn't coach under Randy Shannon, Golden brought him back. [Title]

Output: Yep, but wasn't continous


Input: [Date] 2 years 2 weeks ago [Body] The second one could be read that way, sure, but, "we were turned in by Ohio," is a pretty straightforward use of the Hokeism. [Title]

Output: The second one could be read


Input: [Date] 2 years 2 weeks ago [Body] Doesn't even look like camoflauge - looks like the front of a Trapper Keeper. [Title]

Output: Doesn't even look like


Input: [Date] 5 years 33 weeks ago [Title] Totally [Body]

Output: I am totally for that. In addition I support more regular shapes, a larger band, and better shows. Will any of this happen? nope. What you can do!- if you know any current band members suggest show ideas to them. They get up to 3 "votes" on suggestions for next seasons tunes. Usually the students only get to influence 1 show, but if they all suggest a really cool idea, that would be one show that's really good at least.


Input: [Date] 5 years 33 weeks ago [Title] ATTENTION! [Body]

Output: anyone in sections 4-25 during the game, you have basically no chance to hear the band. Welcome to physics. That's how sound works, and most of these are directional instruments. Anyone from 26-3 should expect to hear something, although depending on where you are not so much. For pregame 20-26 should expect to hear most of it except for when they play towards the end zones. Half time is basically the same thing minus when they pity the non-pressbox side. Also, cutting instruments will not make the band louder unless you know a whole bunch of kids who want to audition for trumpet and trombone. Last couple of years, those numbers have been down and it has hurt the overall volume level. Hate to sound like the football team, but yes it matters how many players the band has. Not saying Boerma isn't too blame, (which he very much is) but it's saying something when the band can't fill the quota for trombone players (one of the loudest instruments).


Input: [Date] 5 years 34 weeks ago [Title] THANK YOU! [Body]

Output: I've been waiting for anyone to bring this up. 4 games in 7 days. I know they didn't practice Monday(travel/rest day), so they have had probably 1 or 2 days of practice since Beilein has noticed all these issues. What did you really think would get fixed? Long season, plenty of games to earn those "quality wins" so sack up and lets watch some basketball.


Input: [Date] 5 years 38 weeks ago [Title] Most penalized team? [Body]

Output: Funny you mention illegal, I thought I just heard Keith Jackson say that UM was the most penalized team in the country. I'm not saying it's not a GREAT defense, but you'd think a Carr team would be anti-penalty. Maybe it was just the young gusto Carr being overly aggressive (too bad that didn't last) to get big hits etc. Note- He said this while UM was on defense but I have no clue what the breakdown was. Anyone else laughing how different football was 11 years ago? even the production value seems so retro.


Input: [Date] 5 years 39 weeks ago [Title] Linda [Body]

Output: I can not wait to hear what LINDA(!) has to say about all this.


Input: [Date] 5 years 39 weeks ago [Title] Why? [Body]

Output: Ok, I think you might be reading a bit much into that quote. Regardless, why not grant it for the 5th year? we still have an open scholarship for Trey, and if manny leaves(likely) we will have two open ships. Is there anyone else we are in on that we would need an extra scholarship or two going into next season that would necessitate forcing out a great team player?


Input: [Date] 5 years 40 weeks ago [Title] Huge Fan [Body]

Output: I'm a huge fan of this type of research. This is what truly makes this board so great in that it gives us ways to suggest new metrics/ideas. I think this rating tool could be added into UFR and would be meaningful. The best part is that it doesn't even introduce anything new, just views them differently. It's a simple plug and chug addition. Once again kudos.


Input: [Date] 5 years 42 weeks ago [Title] Yes [Body]

Output: Yes he is still at PSU,and yeah Garrett Graham is pretty darn good.


Input: [Date] 5 years 46 weeks ago [Title] Rawkband [Body]

Output: FWIW the halftime selection for this week is of the RAWK variety and not of the alumni pleasing variety so we'll see if that makes any difference in the discussion.


Input: [Date] 5 years 46 weeks ago [Title] That may be [Body]

Output: I know nothing about the numbers over a long period of time, but was simply relating the idea that we only have a band of brass is impractical based on the auditioning members currently. In addition there is no disputing that there are fewer members than there has been of late as it's come down from over 350ish to more like 320ish. I think topgun has the right idea that it's related to football success as sad as that is based on the evidence provided by the years after 97 when the band ballooned in size.


Input: [Date] 5 years 46 weeks ago [Title] To give you some perspective [Body]

Output: I was a member of the MMB recently and can tell you that they have been bleeding members the last 3 years. The band is down to around 320ish I believe and has been well over 400 at times. Part of this is a new musical cap put in place to promote musicality, but this does not explain the recent lack of people auditioning. This is especially true of Trombones and Trumpets who usually get no more than 20-25 people auditioning for about 15 spots. Of those 20, only maybe 13 or 14 are college level musicians. To give you a real number example, there are only around 40 trombones in this years band and they will take up to 60+. 20 Trombones is a huge difference in sound and balance of a band. It pains me to say it, but there is not the interest in bands that their once was and the lack of interest more than anything else has to be partly responsible in the lack of noise. This is not an excuse* for a lack of noise, but something to be considered. *(see Charlie Weis for example of excuses)


Input: [Date] 29 weeks 20 hours ago [Title] Would be a great hire [Body]

Output: As a Miami fan, was sad to see Fisch go as OC to Jags. Stephen Morris flourished under him and the Canes had a very efficient offense the year before he was plucked by Jacksonville. Big, big fan.


Input: [Date] 47 weeks 1 day ago [Title] Swarbrick cited strength of [Body]

Output: Swarbrick cited strength of schedule as a reason - I guess if OSU is better, losing to them will look better than losing to Mich.


Input: [Date] 1 year 4 days ago [Title] Why is the satisfaction of [Body]

Output: Why is the satisfaction of fans a justification for depriving kids earning money for others from being compensated?