Input: [Date] 15 weeks 3 days ago [Title] I had similar experience too, [Body]

Output: I had similar experience too, and it was an extremely bizarre feeling. On one hand I wanted us to ruin what I perceived at the time to be a small chance they would make the playoffs, just so I could be assured that they wouldn't win it all. On the other, I felt as you described - I needed Michigan to lose to ensure Hoke wouldn't be retained. I don't know if I was happy, but I sure wasn't upset about the whole thing. I hope I never have to feel like that again.


Input: [Date] 47 weeks 6 days ago [Body] if the trend continues. [Title]

Output: Maybe a new HC and OL coach


Input: [Date] 4 years 3 weeks ago [Body] for UM to get to that level. I watched a few Stanford games living 30 mins from the campus, and their TEs were very productive players, I checked the stats and their two combined for 700 yds and 12 TDs, now I think Koger has the talent, maybe even Webb, but it will take a year or two for them and any new recruits to reach those numbers, esp now moving from the spread to an offense that features the TE a bit more. [Title]

Output: Stanford had very good TEs last, it may take a couple of years


Input: [Date] 4 years 3 weeks ago [Body] If it was ND carrying the conference, they would have a tough time getting recruits who want to play against other top teams, and also ones that want to experience rivalry play. Unless the big ten schools guaranteed they'd have ND on their n/c schedule, that's likely not going to happen. [Title]

Output: recruiting, rivalries for two


Input: [Date] 4 years 3 weeks ago [Body] but ESPN along with others like yahoo sports were really obsessing over it. On another board, someone brought up that Jim Thome is at 597 homeruns, and hasn't gotten any attention, even though 600 is a far more exclusive club, indeed if you take out those supsected or found guilty of steroids, that club has Ruth, Mays, Aaron and Griffey. Let's celebrate the achievement and also get back to the pennant races, it's a valid point. [Title]

Output: 3000 is a great acheivement no doubt


Input: [Date] 4 years 3 weeks ago [Body] can't believe I forgot about those schools. Anyway the wcha would not have been hurt as much, in fact they should have made a play for ND and UAF or just stayed where they were and see what happens. NMU and LSSU have to get the right coaches for them to be relevant, post Comley and post Jackson, those schools have not been relevant on the national scene. They can't be expected to be top-4 year in and year out to give Mia and ND some balance. The thing is that for a conference to fluorish, you need to be next to a decent or major media market, without Detroit or Chicago the new ccha would really struggle. Even the new wcha has Denver, and h/e has Boston of course and ECAC has New York. So I don't really see a WMU even with Blashill helping out too much in that regard. [Title]

Output: good point on CC and Denver


Input: [Date] 4 years 3 weeks ago [Body] ND and Miami sure, but no guarantee that even with Blashill, WMU would continue to be a top-20 team, and then you have schools with very regional followings so the new ccha would not be able to recruit with the big ten or wcha and they would start falling behind. Would you consider ND if you knew that you weren't playing any big ten teams (unless it was non conf) and no one of national power, except Miami? As for the WCHA, they're in a better position so I could see them adding teams and remainng intact, but can't really fault NoDak (who would have to carry the conference initially) to try to team up with ND and Miami for a new conference. And I'm not sure what your defintion of late is, but MSU won it all in 2007, Wiscy in 2006 and Wiscy was in the finals two years ago. [Title]

Output: the ccha after the big-10 conf starts is not stable


Input: [Date] 4 years 3 weeks ago [Body] they were ranked 36'th in 3'rd down percentage and 77'th in fourth down percentage, which contributed to not scoring in the red zone or going for FGs. If you're going to be an elite offense, you should be in the top-10 at converting 3'rd downs, or at least top-20. [Title]

Output: The UM offense had more problems than those


Input: [Date] 4 years 3 weeks ago [Body] I was at the FSU game too and that was 31-24 at the half and some late TOs returned for TDs made it look like a blowout. Iowa was 10-9 at the half, the Wiscy game was 24-0. [Title]

Output: The FSU and Iowa games were not beatdowns


Input: [Date] 4 years 3 weeks ago [Body] show that some good things happened under RR and using FEI to justify that UM had the second best offense in the country with only FGA, red zone randomness, and fluky TOs, all not related to the offense, being what pulled the team down. Anyway, being out here in the bay area, I saw lot of Stanford and Oregon games, along with some BSU and Nevada games, and those four teams along with Auburn had better offenses than Michigan. [Title]

Output: the debate is actually a thinly veiled attempt to


Input: [Date] 4 years 3 weeks ago [Body] OSU has a bend and don't break defense, they'll give up the yards to have the other team execute more plays in the hopes of getting a to or a 3'rd down stop. The UM offense had six possessions, five of which ended with zero points: - 2 missed 4'th down coversions - 2 turnovers - 1 punt - 1 TD In what world is this a good offensive half? [Title]

Output: the UM offense in the first half vs OSU was average at best


Input: [Date] 4 years 3 weeks ago [Body] and the good stretches against the mediocre defensive teams that sticks. The offense could 't keep it close against the good teams when the game was in the balance. [Title]

Output: No, it's the struggling vs the good teams that sticks


Input: [Date] 4 years 3 weeks ago [Body] in your scenario. A lot of teams have bend but don't break (OSU comes to mind as did UM under Carr) and they're more than happy to give some yards in the hope of making the offense execute more plays and maybe turn the ball over or come up short on 3'rd down. The team that gets the ball in the endzone is better than the one that get stalled on 4'th down at the opponent's 30. And here's why, the team that scored converted their 3'rd downs and found a way to score when the defense tightened up. I think the spread does break down in the red zone (see Oregon last year in the NCG) as things like TE crosses and fade routes are better used to get the 7 pts than the read zone. [Title]

Output: The offense that scores the TD is the better offense


Input: [Date] 4 years 3 weeks ago [Body] for the sake of discussion, let's say points are not the best metric for evaluating an offense, total yards is not much better, in fact it may be worse. Some analysis I read a few years back (maybe even by Brian) pointed to 3'rd/4'th down conversion, yards per rush and number of plays over 20 yards. I was able to get a couple of these for UM in 2010: 3'rd down: 36'th 4'th down: 77'th (12 out of 28), UM was 10'th in attempts ypr: 6'th plays of 20 yds are longer: 24'th (SDSU was 7'th) The 2010 UM offense was good, but not elite, not up there wtih Oregon, Stanford, Auburn, Boise, Nevada etc., so it wouldn't be the end of the world if they tinkered with it. [Title]

Output: total yards is an overrated stat for offensive effectiveness


Input: [Date] 4 years 7 weeks ago [Body] for a man, about as good a dialogue as you're going to find in a movie with no women, that and pulp fiction. [Title]

Output: Shawshank as to be up there as a must see


Input: [Date] 4 years 7 weeks ago [Body] Tressel had just taken over in mid-Jan, and this is saying off the bat that he improperly recruited players that played in the 2001 season, which I find hard to believe. My guess is that most of that team was already recruited by Cooper. And the 2001 UM game would have pretty much the same result, that was really a poorly played game by Michigan. [Title]

Output: 2001 really shouldn't change all that much, esp the UM game


Input: [Date] 4 years 13 weeks ago [Body] unless it's like two top-10 SEC teams and so unless both usc and nd are top ten, they may not go there. [Title]

Output: Gameday rarely does non abc/espn games


Input: [Date] 4 years 17 weeks ago [Body] Working in hi tech, I find it difficult to believe that Bill Gates, Scott McNealy and say Carly Fiorina were not the smartest people in their class (Gates, McNealy at Harvard, Fiorina at Stanford). And a lot of the smartest students in graduating classes go on to industry, now if you're saying the average PhD has more intelligence than the average Bachelor's, I could buy that, but at the top, there is no difference. [Title]

Output: That's just not true


Input: [Date] 4 years 17 weeks ago [Body] the average age of incoming PhD students is around 26, given they graduate at 22, they either got a masters or they maybe worked for a couple of years. And that number is inflated by international students, who may have a few more years of work experience, I agree. [Title]

Output: PhD students don't have many years or decades of experience


Input: [Date] 4 years 18 weeks ago [Body] as well. After the first period against UNO, UM is really playing well, and just for reference, CC played NoDak real tough in the wcha tourney, I think scoring with a few minutes left to win. And Michigan really handled CC yesterday, the score was no indication of how much better UM was. [Title]

Output: Michigan is playing really well now, they'll be tough to beat


Input: [Date] 4 years 18 weeks ago [Body] in a 16 team playoff, the round of 16 and 8 and maybe even the semis would be at the higher seeded team's campus, like the nfl does it, and how college hockey used to do it. The championship would be at a neutral site. As for the bowl, you're right, they would not fit in the playoffs, they would still exist and still have games for the teams that didn't make the playoffs. The bowls wouldn't go away, and still have good matchups, for the sake of discussion say, Wisconsin and MSU made the playoffs from the big ten and Stanford and Oregon made the playoffs from the pac ten. The rose bowl would then be OSU and Arizona, not a bad matchup. Now the bowls won't make as much money, but the playoffs would more than compensate for that. [Title]

Output: In any playoff the first two rounds would be at campus sites


Input: [Date] 4 years 23 weeks ago [Body] they're in the tourney because folks think the committee will overlook their RPI and see their 7-5 record in the ACC. If they manage to go 1-3 to close out the season, a possibility (play at WF, Duke, BC, at Clemson) they'd be on the other side of the bubble and would need a win or two in the acc tourney. [Title]

Output: Va Tech really benefits from only playing Duke and NC once


Input: [Date] 4 years 23 weeks ago [Body] you're making it sound like the ncaa doesn't care about bracket integrity at all, when they do care some and I would see UM getting swapped with Union in this scenario. You already have UNO, NoDak and Miami for St. Louis attendance so don't know why you would make a 6 seed play a 9 seed instead of an 11 seed for attendance, even if it's a pseudo home game for the 11 seed. [Title]

Output: don't see how UM wouldn't be in Manchester in your scenario


Input: [Date] 4 years 23 weeks ago [Body] they can flip the a couple of comparisons with a win tonight I think, so should be interesting. [Title]

Output: um now at 9 in the pwr, up one spot


Input: [Date] 4 years 23 weeks ago [Body] in 1991 when I enrolled in the mba program. One of the things that started that year was global citizenship and Vada was talking about how tough it can be for inner city youth and his work with the inner city. Prayers and positive thoughts in his direction. [Title]

Output: We all met Vada at our student orientation at the b-school


Input: [Date] 4 years 24 weeks ago [Body] UNO winning really helps, not only in the RPI because UM played them twice but also it helps in the COP against other wcha teams, not sure if it's have much of an impact now, but maybe in a couple of weeks. I think UNH's RPI could really take a hit the next three weeks, looking at their schedule, they have four on the road and play sub-500 teams in Vermont and Northeastern along with a home vs. BC. So if they finish 3-3, and UM finishes say 3-1 or even 2-1-1, they should pass UNH in the RPI and get that pwc. [Title]

Output: good post, a couple of points on uno and unh


Input: [Date] 4 years 24 weeks ago [Body] that together they're half as good as Allen Iverson. Anyway ftr, I think Burke is a slightly better prospect, but hey if either can give some athleticism from the perimeter, the team will be in good shape next year. [Title]

Output: given the hype these two are getting, I hope


Input: [Date] 4 years 25 weeks ago [Body] I agree in general that blowouts from a year ago don't carry over in college football, but the reason UM got blown out was mainly on the coaching staff who are gone. The team lacked resiliency when they got down, didn't convert red zone oppys into TDs, could not control the LOS on the defensive side of the ball with six guys in the box etc.. The coaching change is the #1 reason the blowouts won't repeat, followed by maturation of players and some injured players coming back. [Title]

Output: this post has 100% to do with RR, how could it no?


Input: [Date] 4 years 25 weeks ago [Body] playing NoDak and then BC is the toughest road to the frozen four, it be much easier to get say Union in the first round and then Yale or New Hampshire, even though they're hosting at a nearby arena. [Title]

Output: that's a brutal draw, I'd much rather get sent out east


Input: [Date] 4 years 26 weeks ago [Body] So it's been awhile but are you saying that the undergrad business program (overall in your post) is 15'th while the BBA is top-5? Or are you saying Michigan in general is 15'th overall, which I haven't found anywhere, UM usually ranks around 25-ish overall. If the former, then there must be students are in the undergrad b-school but not getting the bba, which I didn't think was the case. Anyway, if it's BBA, then I think it'd be good to let the family that it's elite, like in in the company of Wharton, Berkeley and MIT undegrad elite. [Title]

Output: overall ranking of Michigan or the undergrad business program?


Input: [Date] 4 years 26 weeks ago [Body] maybe Denard, but not the offense. And most teams figured they'd take Denard out and leave it to the WRs and RBs to beat them, which didn't happen too often against good teams. To be a feared offense, outside of putting up 50 on average, the team needs a game breaking RB, a downfield deep threat, outside WR (the slots are good) and more use of the TE so red zone oppys become TDs, not FGA or turnovers. [Title]

Output: I don't think the offense put the fear in anyone


Input: [Date] 8 weeks 6 days ago [Body] According to Forbes, the Lions are the only NFL team to lose money last year, and have done so for 4 straight years. [Title]

Output: Nope


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 1 day ago [Body] And they could easily fit him in if they weren't paying the corpses of Franzen and Weiss to not play hockey the last 2 years. They signed Weiss to literally the same contract as Filpulla and got zero out of him. That's a giant fuck up [Title]

Output: Filpulla would be 5th in points on the wings


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 1 day ago [Body] but if you are OK with just throwing those guys away for literally nothing, then it's a fine deal [Title]

Output: They gave up a top 50 prospect


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 2 days ago [Body] either that or you've forgotten about signing Weiss, or trading for Legwand, or lettting Filpulla go, or going half a decade needing to add defense and somehow not managing to do it once. He's drafted well and managed to not make any super nova fuck ups with a core of established players but it's a stretch to say he's done a particularly good job lately, especially considering his great drafting is due in large part to Andersson's excellent scouting. It's probably time for him to move on to greener pastures and let someone who can actually go out and get some free agent or trade help take over. He's set them up nicely for the future, but the team is going to need a change of leadership from the top down if it wants to bring this young group of players to cup contention. [Title]

Output: That's being a bit generous


Input: [Date] 16 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Which seems a little dumb to me. Schools with a lot of green probably should avoid this. [Title]

Output: It's Grey


Input: [Date] 20 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Like, historic beast. He's a 3 time champ already, going for 4 this year, and he would only be the fourth wrestler in history to win 4 NCAA titles. I'm not sure on an exact count but I'm pretty sure he's lost less than 10 matches since starting high school, and most of them were close matches to older, multi-championship winning wrestlers like David Taylor. [Title]

Output: Steiber is a beast


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 1 day ago [Body] I'm pretty sure that is a scene from the movie Dogma, and time is frozen around the main characters whilst some dilemna or plot point is laid out. [Title]

Output: Finally, I contribute something of value


Input: [Date] 25 weeks 21 hours ago [Body] It would, in fact, be surprising if the Lions made the super bowl. [Title]

Output: They've won a single playoff game in 57 years


Input: [Date] 28 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Dom lost to the youngest Rizgallah, 4-3. I hope Coon makes the Olympics, almost entirely because that means we would get to enjoy post olympic redshirt year wrestling, which is always awesome. That's how you end up with guys like Jake Herbert teching the #2 kid in the country [Title]

Output: Yes


Input: [Date] 28 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Is that you could damn near walk from campus to St. Johns, and yet every single wrestler from there goes to Michigan. They were OK as a team when they had the Simmons and I think Boudro, they've had a few scattered AA and a champ since then, but that's almost entirely a result of being in a wrestling rich area. I would like to say that a big part of why that gap is starting to grow is Michigan's willingness to spend. McFarland was able to hire 2 huge name assistant coaches a few years ago from the olympic program, and Michigan has probably the nicest wrestling practice facility in college. [Title]

Output: All you need to know about MSU wrestling


Input: [Date] 31 weeks 1 day ago [Body] My phone is trolling me with that feature, as I will now demonstrate by typing a name. Brady Hoke is a very innovative and visionary offensive mind. [Title]

Output: Fun fact


Input: [Date] 31 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Sorry man, if you end up here, but the thought of Greg Schiano in a Michigan polo makes my skin crawl, and I puke a little in my mouth [Title]

Output: I was terrified this was Coach Schiano


Input: [Date] 31 weeks 4 days ago [Body] At least IIRC there were a few guys in the 6 million a year range at that time [Title]

Output: I thought Saban and Les were already making more


Input: [Date] 31 weeks 5 days ago [Body] That if you twist one of your e's into a u, and the other into an h, your name is an anagram of Harbaugh? .... Harbaugh? [Title]

Output: Did you know


Input: [Date] 31 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Still more work in college. Acquiring players is just a much more time consuming task in CFB than it is in the NFL. [Title]

Output: Nah


Input: [Date] 31 weeks 5 days ago [Body] This feels like the kind of article that gets written when some big wig see's the "48 Million Dollar" report on TV and calls the office saying "I just saw an obscenely large number next to a dollar sign on Sportscenter, get the sports econ dude on this!" which then causes him to get on real quick and stretch 2 regurgitated talking points into an article because there isn't any real sports econ story here. Not that he's necessarily wrong, Harbaugh might stay in the NFL for those reasons, it just seems lazily written and out of this guys wheelhouse [Title]

Output: Sorry if this is out of line, but here's some wild ass speculati


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 2 hours ago [Body] Row the dang boat [Title]

Output: P.J. Fleck is the name you were looking for


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 1 day ago [Body] It's not like owning an NFL team is cheap [Title]

Output: How much does he put into the dolphins?


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Christ you sound like Skip Bayless with that [Title]

Output: Too smart for his own good?


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 4 days ago [Body] The greatest coach in the history of organized sports [Title]

Output: Don't diss Wet Herrera


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 4 days ago [Body] So they take this team, which is already relatively old and not that good, and dump 20 million in salary, plus either the money to pay their picks or the picks themselves in the draft. They are going to win maybe 7 games then have to flat out cut starters this off season. They are a tire fire [Title]

Output: They are 20 million over the cap next year


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 4 days ago [Body] "Jim, before I take this job, there's one thing I absolutely have to do. I'm gonna need your plane, I'm going to need the entirety of my contract, in full, in non sequential peso's, 20 pounds of rotel and velveeta, and one of those bomb suits. Yeah, like from the hurt locker" [Title]

Output: I can see it now


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 4 days ago [Body] going from the worst OF in the game to Cespedes is a huge upgrade, and he's at least as good offensively as Hunter [Title]

Output: He's a GIANT improvement defensively


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 4 days ago [Body] He's not coming to Michigan, but New Orleans is going to be a trainwreck next year, and he's just watching it slowly crash. It wouldn't absolutely shock me if he took another NFL job because he doesnt' want to be stuck in rebuild mode [Title]

Output: That might be bullshit


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 4 days ago [Body] It was 3. You can get Simon's production off the damn scrap heap, you don't need to be trading players for it. [Title]

Output: Yes


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 4 days ago [Body] He was incredibly lucky over the first half of last year, he's much more the guy who had a 4.5 era in the second half of the year. That is hot ass garbage in the NL. [Title]

Output: He's hot ass garbage


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Or are you just gonna ignore that part of it? [Title]

Output: Was Harbaugh at Stanford for 11 years?


Input: [Date] 32 weeks 6 days ago [Body] They have been extra terrible lately. The fact that they even published the Dr. Football bullshit shows where they are [Title]

Output: You could make it about the product too


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 9 hours ago [Body] I failed to properly execute, and have double posted. [Title]

Output: Much like the 49'ers O-line


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 9 hours ago [Body] They went from being probably the best unit in football to not very good at all in a year. Without that killer run game defenses have been able to key in on Kaepernick, and though he's a very good QB, he's not in the class of guys who can beat you even if you gameplan entirely around stopping them. [Title]

Output: O-line regression is probably the biggest culprit


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 9 hours ago [Body] this is about teling not speling smh [Title]

Output: To steal a line from PFT_Commenter


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 19 hours ago [Body] But local papers aren't going to stop covering a coaching search at a Michigan out of common courtesy. [Title]

Output: Sorry


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 2 days ago [Body] It's absolutely fascinating. He's not dumb, he's fairly well versed in like, the space program, he's relatively religious, he has a warped up in depth knowledge of history. Like, one second he's saying how ridiculous it is that someone thinks we faked the moon landing, and his next tweet is about how aliens built the pyramids. [Title]

Output: I follow him on Twitter


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 6 days ago [Body] I'll be he's got some say though. Just because you don't have a job title doesn't mean you have zero influence on the decisions made by the university, and there are ways to buy that influence other than cash. [Title]

Output: Stephen Ross doesn't either


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 6 days ago [Body] It wasn't all sunshine and fucking rainbows [Title]

Output: I was at the Oregon game


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 6 days ago [Body] He's Ferentz. If you gave Ferentz what Harbaugh left Shaw, I'm convinced the exact same thing would have happened. Terrible game manager, archaic offense. It works if you can absolutely destroy up front, which Ferentz has been able to do every 3 or 4 years when he develops a full O-line together, and Shaw had when he was left with what remained of the Harbaugh O-lineman, but it's not a great strategy. Shaw isn't a bad coach, and he could probably get Michigan to be what Nebraska was under Pelini due to the slight recruiting advantage he would have over Ferentz, but I'm not thrilled about hiring a guy who probably has a ceiling of what just got Nebraska's coach fired. [Title]

Output: He's not Hoke


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 6 days ago [Body] It just can't be, there are too many moving parts in a coaching search. No one outside of Schembechler hall and the search firm Hackett has been talking to needed to know about this news, and even then he could have kept his forays into looking for a coach vague enough that no one would come forward as a strong source. This is different though, you're going to have to have much more direct conversations with interested parties, and those parties are well outside of Hackett's control at the moment. Harbaugh, Miles, Mullen, every candidate he talks to that would seriously consider the job is going to tell someone. Whether that be Harbaugh or Miles talking it over with family/friends to try to come to a decision or Mullen going to his AD to see if he can't get a contract to match what Michigan is willing to pony up, there will be loose ends that can't be tied off. [Title]

Output: The lid won't be as tight


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 1 day ago [Body] And it looks like the Michigan faithful have elected.... The muppets..... The muppets are going to coach Michigan.... Animal would be a hell of a recruiting coordinator. He's basically a slightly more hairy Coach O. [Title]

Output: The results are in!


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Like, I'm reaching out to Howard Schnellenberger before Schiano. He might be ahead of O'Neal, actually. [Title]

Output: Schiano is literally last on my list


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Big 2, little 8? Remember that? Take out the stuff before forward passing was invented and Nebraska is on even footing with Michigan. [Title]

Output: What was that old nickname for the big ten?


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Those are only allowed when they confirm our beliefs in old school man football! Defense! Run the ball! Also would love to point out that was facing a conference that might not have a single offense as bad as half of the big ten [Title]

Output: Stop it with your filthy facts


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 1 day ago [Body] I mean maybe he is a one side of the ball guy, but he's more than one play. The dude knows offense and is well respected in the coaching community. Just because he's not a great candidate for Michigan right now doesn't make him "lol basically a high school coach with one play" [Title]

Output: Hes constantly putting up crazy offensive numbers


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 1 day ago [Body] I mean, big bang theory pulls like a 4.5, walking dead is damn near 9. Talking dead might out draw BBT by now. [Title]

Output: Not even close


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Since Gimple took over. The Hospital was a complete departure this year, and they obviously aren't doing a shot for shot remake, but they hit on a lot of the big moments. The scene tonight with Rick by the parking garage was straight out of how he dealt with the cannibals in the comics. If you are interested in that stuff, Gimple did a great episode of Girl on Guy recently where he talked about how he translates the comic to a show and working on it as a fan of the comics. It's very, very VERY spoiler heavy though, including a gigantic comic spoiler the show has not gotten to yet. [Title]

Output: They've been pretty close


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Who's name escapes me. But yeah, charismatic nice guy in WAAAAY over his head? That's Brady [Title]

Output: He will be the head of Alexandria


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 1 day ago [Body] He was never going to get fired, he's too valuable a commodity and Baalke isn't going to just kick him to the curb for nothing. They can't trade him until well after the super bowl, well after the coaching search will be resolved, and he was going to have to use whatever buyout clause he has in his contract anyway. The trade rumors change nothing. If anything that fact that the rumored destinations would have him working under Reggie McKenzie or John Idzik make it less likely he stays in the pros. [Title]

Output: Still depends entirely on him


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Is one of the coordinators has to be a guy you are OK with taking over the program when he leaves. He's old enough that you have to plan for his retirement, and the program has had too much turmoil to go through another culture change in 5 years. If he can grab a big name offensive coordinator (not Cameron or Loeffler, please god not them) and bring Chavis or even just Pelini along for a few years, you can probably find someone in that group who can keep a program at a 10ish win level. [Title]

Output: The one thing you need with Miles


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 2 days ago [Body] anytime they go up against an offense with a pulse they put up 35. He's good, not great. [Title]

Output: Sorry, he doesn't get a pass


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 3 days ago [Body] The faux concern over player injury was pretty bad. He also catches some flack, maybe not fairly, for the "#karma" tweet by his wife. He's certainly can coach football though [Title]

Output: I think it was the way that was presented


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Plus, he's running one of the top offense's in D2 while recruiting players to a school that is about as hard to get into as Michigan, only it's 1/10th the size. I know he's not a realistic candidate but damn it he's a good football coach and I hope someone hires him so I can see him at work more often. [Title]

Output: One of the best


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Is the key phrase. The SEC title, which LSU won that year. [Title]

Output: "smoked the SEC"


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 5 days ago [Body] I mean, if they hire Schiano? Or another uninspiring candidates? Plus, what in the last decade would lead you to believe Michigan will be in the title hunt? [Title]

Output: Problem is I don't have faith in that


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 5 days ago [Body] There is no way to predict anything and we shouldn't even try because occaisionally things don't work out. Probability isn't even a thing! It's all just fucking random chance! Let's hire a fucking fifth grade to coach football because no one fucking knows anything! [Title]

Output: yep, nothing is worth anything


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Maybe someone who has run or even been involved in an athletic department before? [Title]

Output: Oh, I don't know


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 5 days ago [Body] I don't think the fan experience stuff will be as much of an issue with him because, well how could it be? Brandon was so bad it almost appeared as thought he was trying to fail at times. I think a lot of us aren't worried that he will become Brandon, just incredibly dissapointing that the university/Schlissel think he is the best man for the job when that is so incredibly unlikely. [Title]

Output: You're entirely correct there


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Brews like All Day IPA or Bean Flicker with lower alcohol content are great for day drinking, and generally you can find decent ones in all styles. Hell I've even had a session stout, although only on tap [Title]

Output: Look for session beers


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 5 days ago [Body] after you've been hit in the head enough times you're liable to believe the sky is falling [Title]

Output: Eventually he's right


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 5 days ago [Body] It's like the worst possible version of Jurassic Park only with internet comments instead of dinosaurs [Title]

Output: And now my post's are reproducing asexually


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 5 days ago [Body] That he really doesn't know how to hire a good football coach, and if Harbaugh won't come he will saddle us with someone like Schiano for 4 years. [Title]

Output: Um...that's what we are worried about


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Would have the balls to charge 450 bucks for season tickets to a team that won 5 games the previous year? [Title]

Output: What other AD in the country


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 5 days ago [Body] *looks back at the Hoke reaction* oh.... [Title]

Output: "Almost everything has turned out different than we expected"


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 5 days ago [Body] But it's not likely, and even if he wants to theres effectively zero chance he's the best person to implement those plans. You and others pretend like there is absolutely no way to have an opinion on something until it plays out in it's entirety, which is asinine. To think that there is a non negligible chance that Hackett is the best candidate for the job is complete and utter lunacy. Sure, this might work out, but that's what people were saying about Brady Hoke. It's yet another in a long line of screw ups by the university with regards to the football team [Title]

Output: If he does those things then great


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 5 days ago [Body] When you have a wealth of experienced and incredibly qualified candidates out there. Yeah, maybe not all of them would take the job, but there would be one. If you aren't willing to outbid Boston College or fucking UConn for the guy who will run one of the biggest athletic departments in the country you seriuosly need to reevaluate some things. [Title]

Output: This goes doubly so


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Which is why he's gone, and it's why it's pretty reasonable to be worried that the person making one of the most important decisions in the history of the football program has no experience in those decisions whatsoever. [Title]

Output: But he didn't


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Keep thinking this is mostly about him being a CEO though, it helps drown out the common sense that screams how fucking stupid this is [Title]

Output: Zero experience


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 5 days ago [Body] It's about him having precisely zero experience running or even being involved in an athletic department. [Title]

Output: It's not about him being a CEO


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 5 days ago [Body] For new Michigan Football Head Coach Scot Loeffler [Title]

Output: Boy, you must be excited


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 5 days ago [Body] We just need to be patient. Sure the football program has been a disaster for a decade, but be patient. This upcoming football hire will be one of the most important in the history of the University, but shouldn't we give the guy with zero fucking experience a chance? What's the worst that could happen, another 4 years of terrible football and a deeper hole to dig out of? Just be patient [Title]

Output: This guy knows what up


Input: [Date] 35 weeks 6 days ago [Body] And the offense is hot garbage. This Lions team is still not a very good football team, and they've been helped by some ridiculously luck and an easy schedule. Next year they will be back to the same old Lions [Title]

Output: It is a part though


Input: [Date] 36 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Just the nature of the beast. [Title]

Output: That's most big time fan bases


Input: [Date] 36 weeks 5 days ago [Body] He wins. There aren't gonna be any perfect candidates, Graham is at least a good coach. [Title]

Output: So?


Input: [Date] 37 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Stahp. Pleez. [Title]

Output: No


Input: [Date] 37 weeks 2 days ago [Body] But....ya done goofed [Title]

Output: I'm not gonna pile on


Input: [Date] 37 weeks 5 days ago [Body] That doesn't mean I'd be happy if it happens. [Title]

Output: We could do worse than a collective kick to the nuts


Input: [Date] 37 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Who never should have got the job. RR is a damn good coach who was screwed by the University. [Title]

Output: Because Hoke is a shitty coach


Input: [Date] 37 weeks 6 days ago [Body] It would mean you are on offense.... So... Not sure what you are getting at [Title]

Output: If you steal the other teams defensive calls


Input: [Date] 37 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Seems to have a good grasp of who to hire, has had success in a lot of things despite not being at a university necessarily known as an athletic powerhouse. [Title]

Output: I actual like him a lot


Input: [Date] 38 weeks 20 hours ago [Body] How much money does football bring in? Now how much does literally every single other sport? Are you honestly going to tell me that Alabama's AD could ever possibly get fired as long as Saban is there and he manages to not get caught in a huge controversy? Yeah, you have other responsibilities as an AD. None of them are as important as football. [Title]

Output: We live in an offensive world then


Input: [Date] 38 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Hire a good football coach, or don't massively fuck up elsewhere. If you do even one of those right, you keep your job. DB did neither, he deserved to be fired. [Title]

Output: You've got 2 jobs as an AD


Input: [Date] 38 weeks 1 day ago [Body] It tasted like dissapointment. [Title]

Output: I threw up a little, in my mouth


Input: [Date] 38 weeks 1 day ago [Body] So yeah... Not getting my hopes up. Not at all due to Johnson, but the O-line was demolishing Indiana. That won't happen against a team with a pulse. [Title]

Output: Right after the App State game


Input: [Date] 38 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Replace it with Dombrowski, and wait until just after the winter meetings. [Title]

Output: Just cross out the Brandon


Input: [Date] 38 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Most of the football players aren't providing a particularly high quality service at Michigan currently.... [Title]

Output: Let's be honest


Input: [Date] 38 weeks 4 days ago [Body] And we can't have that. After all, the Michigan football program is a shining beacon of excellence, and gave Rodriguez it's full support. That's why he hasn't had any success since then, I mean, if you can't win at Michigan, why would you be able to win at Arizona [Title]

Output: That would make Michigan seem bad though


Input: [Date] 38 weeks 4 days ago [Body] And west Virginia, and everywhere else! Oooor, maybe, if a guy is successful literally every single other job he has, other than at Michigan, it's a fucking Michigan problem, fergodsakes. [Title]

Output: That's why he's failing at Arizona


Input: [Date] 38 weeks 4 days ago [Body] I didn't know it was you [Title]

Output: Oh hi Johnny


Input: [Date] 38 weeks 5 days ago [Body] You poor, poor soul. [Title]

Output: A Michigan fan going to Florida?


Input: [Date] 38 weeks 6 days ago [Body] They are just symptoms of what is wrong with Brandon. [Title]

Output: These aren't the reason


Input: [Date] 38 weeks 6 days ago [Body] These responses are things you would expect from random Internet commenters. He comes off as immature, petulant, and above all, unprofessional. The fact that he felt the need to respond to emails in any way other than standard corporate "We appreciate your input, go blue" is incredible, but to take it to this level of just douchebaggery makes it damn near unbelievable. [Title]

Output: This is just crazy


Input: [Date] 38 weeks 6 days ago [Body] All good news goes to umhoops.com [Title]

Output: For future reference


Input: [Date] 39 weeks 4 hours ago [Body] I just can't feel bad for a guy who gets fired because he can't do his job. People get fired for waaaaaaay shittier reasons than that every day, and they don't get millions in a buy out. Hoke will be fine, a little worse on the ego front, but I'm not going to let that ruin the few weeks of hope I have that Michigan might become a national power again before we hire Scot Loeffler [Title]

Output: I'm sorry


Input: [Date] 39 weeks 15 hours ago [Body] PSU has an actual, real life, honest to god football coach. Michigan has one of those monkeys you wind up that play the cymbals [Title]

Output: One problem


Input: [Date] 39 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Dominos had it's IPO in 2004 at about 14 dollars a share, which was kind of low for what people thought it would go at. Between then and Brandon leaving for the AD job, it rose to a high of 32 dollars a share in 2007, before completely tanking to hit 4 dollars a share in 2008. When he left Dominos in January of 2010 it had recovered slightly to about 11 dollars a share. In the nearly 5 years since then, it has risen to 87 dollars a share. So yeah, it's pretty fucking fair to say he wasn't hitting a home run with Dominos [Title]

Output: Numbers


Input: [Date] 39 weeks 1 day ago [Body] A guy paid 4 million a year to do a job he is obvious not qualified for is getting called names. [Title]

Output: Boo fucking hoo


Input: [Date] 39 weeks 4 days ago [Body] I mean haha porn jokes and all, but the "Sex workers are riddled with diseases" meme is kind of shitty and totally false. People in porn are subjected to regular screenings for STD's and are pretty damn careful about the sex they have outside of the work place, as one screw up could mean the end of a career. [Title]

Output: She's also been under better testing than most


Input: [Date] 39 weeks 4 days ago [Body] from.........sources [Title]

Output: I've heard that as well


Input: [Date] 39 weeks 4 days ago [Body] As in, actually, physically ill. I will undoubtably be notified of the news on twitter or via text, I will witness the words "It's Schiano" and I will void my stomach immediately [Title]

Output: If we hire Schiano I'll be sick


Input: [Date] 39 weeks 4 days ago [Body] But he is a hell of a coach, and probably one of the best defensive guys in the game right now. [Title]

Output: He's probably not a college guy


Input: [Date] 40 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Regent Illitch was actually an interdimensional multi-consciousness harnessed in one body, that voted 6 times to keep Dave Brandon, 3 times to fire him, and abstained once due to a personal relationship. [Title]

Output: Turns out


Input: [Date] 40 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Weren't paying attention. He's not exactly lights out at MSU but the dude was a coordinator under Urban Meyer, has coached with Chip Kelly, and has had a lot of success just about everywhere. Mullen has been a household name for a while now [Title]

Output: People who didn't know who Mullen was


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 6 hours ago [Body] Like, real ugly. Pretty much everyone roundly hated him in the league, he had some of that bullshit about going after players while taking a knee, he had the whole "Schiano men" thing, and above all, he had a pretty terrible team. I mean, he's ok for some programs I guess, but the situation right now doesn't need any of the toxicity he brings, especially when he has essentially zero pedigree outside of being slightly above mediocre at Rutger's while they played in pretty down conference. [Title]

Output: The tampa stuff was ugly


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 6 hours ago [Body] Why the NFL can goooooooo fuck itself [Title]

Output: Which is just one reason


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Brandon obviously needs to go first, but the problem with the on field product is entirely Hoke's doing. Dave Brandon isn't the reason there is no player development, or atrocious clock management. I have no idea what anyone could possibly see in Brady Hoke that inspires confidence, and can think of zero reasonable scenarios in which he should be coaching Michigan next year. [Title]

Output: Hoke needs to go


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 3 days ago [Body] I mean, we wouldn't want anything to darken the bright rainbow unicorn fart this season has been thus far... [Title]

Output: Negative Consequences?


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 3 days ago [Body] And why I find it hard to fault anyone who doesn't, is the simple fact that if you treat people like customers, then they will behave as such. Michigan fandom isn't a family anymore, and support is now a business decision. I know that sucks for the kids, who didn't decide to gouge ticket prices or run idiotic soda promotions, but that's just how it is. There are plenty of people who bust their ass just as hard and aren't good enough at football to play it in front of 100,000 fans. [Title]

Output: My problem with showing up


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Do you really think Dave Brandon is making every single one of the string of stupid decisions he has with zero input or support from people around him in the athletic department, university, or alumni? We know Ross supports him still, and it would stand to reason that the regents at one point liked him enough to pay him very well for reasons that I'm not sure will ever be clear. He's not some mad king who gained absolute power through birth right, he was chosen for the job and he has been supported by the institution in a number of bad decisions. Skyrocketing ticket prices, the Coke promotion, the nightmare PR of the Morris concussion, the nightmare PR and general handling of the Gibbons case, the skywriting, the weird support Hoke thing he wrote. This isn't just Brandon, one person cannot fuck up so badly without some help. [Title]

Output: He's not doing this by himself


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 5 days ago [Body] I was like, wtf, Cinci is in the Big East, they won it like 2 years ago. Which brings me to my next point. Cinci moved from C-USA to the Big East, spent 8 years there, and won a share of the title 4 times. They were conference champs essentially 50% of the time they played in the Big East before it folded. That doesn''t really add anything to this discussion, I just think it's kinda crazy [Title]

Output: You threw me for a loop with Cincy


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 6 days ago [Body] I wouldn't be dissapointed if we got him, I think he's probably a pretty damn good football coach, but he's also not someone I'm going to be super excited about. I think he's probably a notch below Dantonio, in terms of a guy who can build a program given a little time. I do think hiring an Ex-Rodgriguez asst. would be HILARIOUS though [Title]

Output: He's pretty meh


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 6 days ago [Body] He's just really fucking terrible at his job, and should be fired [Title]

Output: He's not evil


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 6 days ago [Body] He's 57-37 career, 2 MAC titles, 2 Big East titles. He's got Tennessee looking....better? I guess. I mean he's not Harbaugh but he's better than most candidates. [Title]

Output: He's been pretty good most places


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 6 days ago [Body] You could make the same point that Michigan needs to pony up and get a guy to improve football attendance, and Michigan had like 40 million more in athletic department revenue than Tennesse last year. He was also born in Michigan and played his college ball at Ferris State. He's a very real candidate [Title]

Output: So?


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Which is to try and find out what is going on with the football team. That's a hell of a lot more than you can say for Brady Hoke [Title]

Output: They are doing their job


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Or at least shouldn't. They made a profit for the first time in a decade last year, and it was a whopping 60 grand. Tennessee is in bad shape financially [Title]

Output: They can't


Input: [Date] 42 weeks 2 hours ago [Body] He makes under 3 million a year, and Tennessee probably doesn't have the extra cash to offer him a salary around what we pay Hoke currently [Title]

Output: That Jones salary is wrong


Input: [Date] 42 weeks 5 days ago [Body] It's meth. You are now addicted to Meth. Enjoy [Title]

Output: Surprise!


Input: [Date] 42 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Either the man on that shirt, or the man inside of it. [Title]

Output: I would gladly take


Input: [Date] 42 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Probably similar reasons to why Brian Kelly was at GVSU for 12 years before taking the CMU job. Hell, Chip Kelly couldn't get a coordinator job above New Hampshire for 8 years. [Title]

Output: Don't know


Input: [Date] 42 weeks 5 days ago [Body] After Mark Richt comes to MIchigan. Why? Mark Richt will be forced out after losing control of Todd Gurley, who will actually run through the back of the stadium, smashing building and cars in his wake, until coming to rest at an endzone somewhere in a deserted high school field in North Carolina. [Title]

Output: Yeah, he will take the Georgia job


Input: [Date] 42 weeks 5 days ago [Body] We only have kickers who get kicked out of school for rape allegations and a left tackle who threatened the accusor. But no one is getting any tattoos!!! Seriously, cut it out with the "we are so much better than everyone" bullshit. [Title]

Output: Thank god we don't have that


Input: [Date] 42 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Would take this Michigan team behind a woodshed and beat it like it fucking stole something [Title]

Output: His Zona team


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 6 hours ago [Body] But I will point out that 5 hookers did disappear during his time at SMU [Title]

Output: I'm not saying Craig James killed 5 hookers


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 6 hours ago [Body] I FEEL LIKE A 14 YEAR OLD GIRL WAITING IN LINE OUTSIDE OF A JUSTIN BEIBER CONCERT!!!!!! PLEASE LET THIS HAPPEN!!!!!! [Title]

Output: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 1 day ago [Body] The Chocolate Manifesto from Flying Monkey fits the bill. Basically tastes like someone took Milkshake Stout and poured Hershey's syrup into it. [Title]

Output: Chocolate Milk Beer works better


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 1 day ago [Body] There is a chance that later this season, in the playoffs, Slippery Rock meets future University of Michigan head football coach Bob Stitt's Colorado School of Mines Miners on the field of play. I will lose my shit [Title]

Output: Oh...mah...gawd..


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 1 day ago [Body] In much the same way Texas did. I'm sure he would be happy to take the phone call then tell his AD that Michigan called and he needs a raise. [Title]

Output: Michigan can give him a raise


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Had some Wowee Zowee by Short's for the first time today, got a six pack of Citra Black Pale Ale by Oddside, and to make sure it was enough, broke out a bottle of Molotov Cocktail from Evil Twin that I had been saving for a time like this [Title]

Output: It's a mix


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Putting him back in without knowing 100% that he did not is just stupid. [Title]

Output: Doesn't matter if he did or not


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 1 day ago [Body] And that is, Stitt Happens Also, if he does get the job, then quickly wins a Big Ten Title, John U. Bacon can title the book "From Sh*t to Stitt" [Title]

Output: again, I only have 2 words regarding the coaching search


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 2 days ago [Body] "Well I don't know.. you know.. I don't know...he might have had a concussion or not. I don't know that. And that wasn't something... and Shane's a pretty competitive tough kid. And Shane wanted to be the QB. And so...believe me...if he didn't want to be he would have come to the sideline or stayed down." That is Brady Hoke after the game basically saying "if he doesn't want to be the starter, he can come out of the game" which is so incredibly fucking stupid. He's a college athlete, of course he wants to fucking play! It's your job to know if he has a concussion, and then to protect him if he does! If you don't know 100 % that he's not concussed, don't send him out to get his brains fucking scrambled. I mean holy fucking shit, if you were a parent and a coach was recruiting your kid, and during a press conference he said "I don't know if he was concussed or not, but he sure seemed like he wanted to stay out there" why the fuck would you trust him to take care of your child? This is Lane Kiffin bad, he shouldn't be the coach for Rutgers. [Title]

Output: I'm taking that extreme jump


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 2 days ago [Body] He is bigger than the fucking program. The program is shit right now. If you're Alabama you can do that, if you're Michigan you can't [Title]

Output: One big problem


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Dude took over a program with zero inherent advantages, at a school that is incredibly difficult to get into, and turned them into a powerhouse. His QB this year is averageing like 400 some yards of offense a game. His QB, not his team, just the QB. He's on the cutting edge of pretty much every football movement, his trademark "Fly Sweep" is going to be all over college football in about a year after someone notices WVU is straight massacring people with it, he's relatively young, he's incredibly charismatic, and you can make SO MANY PUNS with his name. Come on people. I built this bandwagon, there is currently still quite a bit of seating on it. Stitt for Michigan [Title]

Output: Get on the Stitt bandwagon


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Beat the fucking 5 win team at home. This team is not good at football. Would you rather the fans ignore that fact, pack the stadium to the brim, and cheer like soccer moms while they get fucking pummeled by a team that, again, won 5 games last year and is breaking in basically an entirely new defense? I would fucking LOOOOOOVE if people did that at my job. I would love if I got to fuck up that badly and people would just say "well, it happens. I'll keep purchasing from you in the hopes that you eventually stop fucking up!" But that's not how life works. You fuck up enough, people get mad, and you lose your job. You want the fans to support the coaches? Get them to stop being so bad at their jobs [Title]

Output: You know how to fix that?


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Don't ever tell people how to spend their money, chances are pretty good you're spending money on some pretty useless shit that could go to better things as well. Whether or not skywriting or a banner is proper in this situation, the "couldn't you spend this on charity" comment is totally pointless. I could spend the money I buy beer with on feeding the homeless, but I don't, because I work my ass off so I can enjoy that fucking money how I please. [Title]

Output: I loathe this train of thought


Input: [Date] 44 weeks 9 hours ago [Body] You realize that right? [Title]

Output: That doesn't make it better


Input: [Date] 44 weeks 3 days ago [Body] You either win, or you get paid millions of dollars to do nothing for a few years. [Title]

Output: When you play the game of coaches


Input: [Date] 44 weeks 5 days ago [Body] On one hand, it's another thing to add to "Dumb things Jameis Winston has done" On the other....I would be lying if I told you I have never yelled that at friend's. Close friends, and in my defense it was actual, helpful advice [Title]

Output: I'm conflicted


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 11 hours ago [Body] Regardless of result, the fan base would consume itself from the inside like a dying star, eventually condensing into an inconceivably dense singularity of "I told you so" [Title]

Output: There will be nothing left


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Because somehow terrible things keep happening to him which make him look incompetant...but it's never his fault [Title]

Output: Hoke is the unluckiest coach ever


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Miami hasn't won a game since October. Of 2012. If they play that first half against a team with a pulse they are down 14 going into halftime. [Title]

Output: Miami hung with Michigan for a half


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Everything is Rod's fault! Gosh darn it, if only he had recruited better we could have hung with Notre Dame last week! [Title]

Output: I forgot


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 2 days ago [Body] Until he wins a single big road game. Just one. Just fucking one. Or come back and tell us how great he is after State whips his ass by 30 [Title]

Output: Hold the snark


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 2 days ago [Body] And it's not about it costing us this game, it's becoming a pattern that Hoke doesn't know what the fuck he's doing [Title]

Output: It was a terrible call


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 2 days ago [Body] The most supportive argument in favor of Brady Hoke's terrible coaching is reminding us that he almost lost to Akron last year. [Title]

Output: I'm so glad


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 2 days ago [Body] That we weren't talking about how great the coaching was after getting destroyed by ND. [Title]

Output: Truly sorry


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 2 days ago [Body] I've forgotten that until this point, Brady Hoke was unblemished as head coach. [Title]

Output: I'm sorry


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 4 days ago [Body] I always save the trim in a pile, mix it with some of the leaner trim off a top butt....oh man....it just does not get better [Title]

Output: When people have me flat cut briskets


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Should Daryl Funk really still have a job? Do you honest to god believe that? Also, what has Fred Jackson done lately? When has he landed a recruit that has panned out? What great Running Back has he churned out after Mike Hart, and even then how responsible was he for Hart? Jackson was kept on by Rod because he was familiar with the high school coaches in state and RB coach is a nice place to stash a guy who doesn't really bring a whole lot to the teaching aspect of coaching. He was an attempt at easing the transition to a new school and it's new recruiting footprint, something Hoke certainly does not need. Oh, and Manning was RB coach at Cinci in 2012 when they lead the Big East in rushing, so excuse me for thinking he might not ruin our backs. [Title]

Output: Why is funk still on?!


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 4 days ago [Body] "Better than literally the worst" Oh, but Hoke masterminded the MSU game as well.... [Title]

Output: Now there's a slogan for the Brady Hoke Era


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 4 days ago [Body] I believe you are being more unreasonable. I'm not reacting to one game, I'm reacting to the whole of Brady Hoke's tenure, which has been underwhelming at best considering the level of competition he faces on a yearly basis. I think it's reasonalbe to worry about the chances in conference when there are 2 tough road games on the schedule, and Hoke has been lucky to even stay competitive in tough road games during his tenure. Yeah, I could be wrong, we could still win the Big Ten, but it does not seem likely unless this team does things that Hoke has never proven capable of doing. [Title]

Output: If you think we are beating MSU


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 4 days ago [Body] The longer this is a possibility. And yes, I know Brandon would never do it. If Harbaugh lets it be known to people at the university that he's not happy in his situation and would consider a move to Michigan, Dave Brandon will have no say in the matter. [Title]

Output: The longer Harbaugh goes unsigned


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Fuck yeah, mad butcher skills coming at ya in the comments section. Though there isn't much to talk about burger wise. Try to buy it from smaller stores, though if you do shop at the larger Kroger/Meijer buy it from the case, not the pre wrapped or tube stuff. The stuff in the case is at least ground on site, from the trim they have from anything they have cut that day. If you want to make absolutely certain you are getting fresh stuff, pick out a chuck roast and have them grind it for you. If your butcher isn't willing to do that, get a new butcher. If you can talk your butcher into it, or have a grinder at home, try 50/50 mix of very lean beef (I prefer Sirloin Tip) and bacon. Any kind of bacon will do, it's a really good application for wayside if you have any laying around. Cooks up just like burger but has a delicious bacon flavor, and stays juicy even past medium rare! Finally, just a pet peeve. If you get burger home and it is brown on the inside, it's not because we hit old burger inside new burger. All meat, and hamburger in particular, needs oxygen to stay red. When it isn't exposed to air, meat turns brown, if you spread it out and aerate it, it will brighten right back up in a few minutes, though the taste is no different either way. [Title]

Output: Finally, an MgoFeature I have expertise in


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 4 days ago [Body] That if, somehow, Miami were to beat us on Saturday, I would find people here talking about how Hoke had a few bad breaks that game, how Miami got lucky, we were too inexperienced and just need some time to get things worked out. It really is like taking crazy pills. How much worse does this team have to get before people realize Hoke isn't a good coach? He's had like, 4 double digit win seasons in his entire career, and all but one of them came against MAC level competition. He's playing in a terrible conference, he has more resources than every school in the conferene other than one, he's one of the highest paid coaches in the conference, he has the highest paid assistants in the conference, and yet in year four, not a single soul expects him to compete for even a division title! That's supposed to be good enough? [Title]

Output: I'm convinced


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 4 days ago [Body] 50 % ground beef knuckle, 50 % ground bacon. It is a life changing experience [Title]

Output: You need to try a 50/50 burger


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Is in the blurb quoted here they mention 2 teams who seem to be on an upward trend, one of which went from being pretty bad to in the damned national title game in one year because they hired a guy some of us around here were praying Brandon would have at least fucking called [Title]

Output: The best part


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 4 days ago [Body] For him to succeed, he needs to be Gene Chizik, but he's too loyal. Just look at Fred Jackson, sitting there doing nothing while Roy Manning is forced to coach a position he has zero experience with, that is now struggling despite what appears to be a pretty good talent pool. Or Funk, who I'm pretty sure at this point could be reasonably replaced by a few stray hairs from Alex Gibbs or Dante Scharnecchia. Hell, they might be an upgrade, because at least we know at one point in time they were in the general vicinity of being able to coach an effective O-line. [Title]

Output: That's problem problem #1 with Hoke


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 5 days ago [Body] I would settle for a few nice building here and there. I see a couple horse drawn carriages and the burned out shell of a library [Title]

Output: I don't expect a rebuilt Rome


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Goodell has proven over and over again he is a paragon of incompetance. From his seemingly random handling of player discipline to the ref strike, all the way back to 2009 when he said in legal arguments that he believed repeated head trauma had no permanent effect on a person. Rice is only the most recent and damning piece of evidence we have that Roger Goodell has no idea what he's doing. Even if, somehow, someway he did everything in his power to acquire this video, something that can be seriously questioned if the AP story has even a shred of truth to it, his not seeing it does not give him a free pass on the subject. As he himself once said regarding the Saints bounty case "Ignorance is no excuse" [Title]

Output: It's not only the Rice thing


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Because they play the mother of all softball schedules. They can go 9-3 and be a pretty bad football team if they catch Hackenberg on a bad night. Put this team in the pac 12 or SEC and they struggle to get to 8 wins [Title]

Output: 9-3 is only possible


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 5 days ago [Body] The team is loaded with a ludicrous amount of talent due to the recruiting power of the assistant coaches and a few banner years of just huge named kids in state, Massa, Thomas, Coon and the likes. They've put together like, 4 or 5 straight top 5ish recruiting classes, if they ever are going to really put it together and make a run at a conference, and by default a national title, this is it. PSU finally graduates Ruth and Taylor, Minnesota loses Nelson and...one of the Ness's...there's like 5. We've got one seroius threat for a national title in Coon, and I maintain that Massa will at least be in the conversation by the end of the year. Maybe you get one or 2 more surprise contenders out of a gaggle of top ranked recruits like Zac Hall, or Ben Whitford. All of them where top ten recruits in their class. Oh Michigan already has the number 1 recruit of the curent senior class commited, in no small part because he's the younger of the two Massa brother's. So yeah, we recruit at a ludicrous and nearly undheard of level ,but so far the results have been a little dissapointing. Michgian is still a very good team, they just havent been anywhere near good enough to compete for conference titles in the totally bonkers Big ten. [Title]

Output: On wrestling


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Also, Bob Stitt [Title]

Output: We only do it because we love having you around


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Because I've got two words for that Stitt. Happens. [Title]

Output: Are we bringing up crazy coach candidates now?


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Mediocrity is the goal around here now. People see the team struggle and the overwheliming response is "but football is hard guys, it's not fair to say they are doing a bad job, i'm sure they are trying super hard, they just need more time, like, how about 4 more years. That might be enough time but we have to see and make sure nothing bad happens that would make it even harder to be good at football" [Title]

Output: What's sad


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 6 days ago [Body] And didn't get shut out by an ND defense missing 4 starters [Title]

Output: We had a bad O-line last year


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 6 days ago [Body] You cannot play a good game and lose 31-0. They got destroyed in the secondary, they could do absolutely nothing against a very young and inexperienced defense when they had to. Michigan got tons of yards when it didn't matter and never stopped ND when it did, and because of that we're gonna pretend like this team did a good job? They got fucking killed! [Title]

Output: Bullshit


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 6 days ago [Body] When you get paid 4 million to win football games, and don't [Title]

Output: That's how it works


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 6 days ago [Body] 2? 3? Do we just stick with him hoping the magical experience fairy solves all our problems? When do we take an honest look at the program and team, realize they are not getting it done and will not get it done under the current staff, and admit that a change needs to be made? [Title]

Output: How many next year's does hoke get?


Input: [Date] 45 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Hoke has been here 4 years, they didn't have these problems in year 1, they have developed them as he's been head coach. Eventually the players are no longer simply young, they are unprepared [Title]

Output: This 'Football is hard" bullshit is getting real old


Input: [Date] 46 weeks 2 hours ago [Body] Mark Richt could coach circles around Hoke. Maybe wait until Hoke even makes a championship game before comparing him to one of the most succesful head coaches in the game [Title]

Output: allofmywut


Input: [Date] 46 weeks 2 hours ago [Body] When is it going to be Hoke's fault? Was 11-2 all Hoke yet somehow getting the shit kicked out of us 4 years later is all on Rich Rod? Or is it Borges and Funk? Who...exactly...do you think hired those guys? Who kept Funk on staff after the single worst O-line in Michigan history? [Title]

Output: Rodriguez was 4 years ago


Input: [Date] 46 weeks 2 hours ago [Body] Worst loss against ND in...what...ever? Nothing to see here, just gonna clap along with Brady! 3-7 in the last 10 games with no quality wins? Why, that's exactly why he gets paid 4 million a year! Fuck that, it's not like anything said here is going to change the AD's mind or have even the slightest impact on the program. Let people bitch into the void, it's cathartic. [Title]

Output: So, don't express negative opinions towards the program


Input: [Date] 46 weeks 2 hours ago [Body] Because like everyone loves to say on press conference day, no one would care if he was winning [Title]

Output: You know why it's not a Jim Harbaugh comment?


Input: [Date] 46 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Becoming a mediocre football team only thought to be elite because enough people still vaguely remember when they were dominant? Because if that's what you are worried might happen....i've got some bad news..... [Title]

Output: What are they in danger of?


Input: [Date] 46 weeks 1 day ago [Body] If they played this year, it would be ugly. At least they have wins against teams with a pulse. Brady has beaten the worst OSU team in a decade, a few mediocre ND squads, and a VT team that had no business being in the BCS. That's it. [Title]

Output: Arizona would whoop UofM's ass


Input: [Date] 46 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Is I don't even think he's the guy who gets us back to good. I don't think he's Doug Collins, I think he's Mike D'antoni, in that he had success elsewhere, took over a once proud franchise in a down period, and added exactly zero value. We are doing nothing but biding time with Hoke, and it would be better to rip the band aid off now than to drag it out another 3 years, winning 8 games a year without ever beating MSU or OSU, only to have to do it once Hoke's recruiting mojo has worn off as his complete inability to develop or improve players is showcased. [Title]

Output: I guess my biggest problem with your evaluation of Hoke


Input: [Date] 48 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Alabama did not put up negative rushing yards against one of the worst run defenses in the country. Borges did more to make himself look bad than any fans ever did, he was a good coordinator a decade ago, he hasn't been for years. [Title]

Output: The difference being


Input: [Date] 49 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Pretty big difference between the two [Title]

Output: Mason Cole isn't Cam Robinson


Input: [Date] 49 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Can't trade a QO player without their consent [Title]

Output: Only to a team he agrees to go to


Input: [Date] 1 year 1 week ago [Body] You need to try Burton Baton by Dogfish Head. Not Michigan, I know, but they make one of the best IPA's I've ever had, any of their varieties, and the Burton Baton is an Imperial IPA that gets the Barrel Aging treatment. It's absolutely outstanding. [Title]

Output: If you like Backwoods Bastard


Input: [Date] 1 year 16 weeks ago [Body] I work with meat all day and I usually only blow up at my co workers 1, 2 times in a full work day max. BUT MAYBE IF THEY WOULD PUT THE FUCKING TRAYS BACK WHERE THEY BELONG WE COULD CUT THAT NUMBER DOWN!!! .....yeaah.....perfectly calm and composed.... [Title]

Output: I take offense to that


Input: [Date] 1 year 18 weeks ago [Body] Trade Scherzer to the Braves for Alex Wood, Tyler Pastornicky, and one of the dozen bullpen arms they have. [Title]

Output: No, go crazier


Input: [Date] 1 year 20 weeks ago [Body] The Lions do think they are close to making that leap, despite hiring maybe the worst coach in the league. I could totally see Mayhew and Lewand sitting down and saying "If only we had a shut down corner like Champ Bailey, we could really take the next step towards a title" Keep in mind I do not think he is a shut down corner, and he would get absolutely abused by the top 2 receivers on any team in the NFC North save maybe Minnesota. The Lions though, they might think he is, because again, Lions gonna Lions. [Title]

Output: Your last paragraph scares me


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Body] I'd say this is just stupid rumor mongering. Gores however, is quickly in the running for worst owner in the NBA. Really shouldn't be surprised though. He has a passing interest in basketball at best, and is a bona fide scum bag. [Title]

Output: If it was damn near any other owner


Input: [Date] 1 year 23 weeks ago [Body] Can Austin Daye be the Trim Sleeper? [Title]

Output: If KD is the Slim Reaper


Input: [Date] 1 year 23 weeks ago [Body] Like characters I would make in like NBA 2k6. Just, 7 feet tall, 99 everything. Dropped 200 in a game with him once...had 50 rebounds too.... [Title]

Output: He looks waaaaaaaaaaay too much


Input: [Date] 1 year 23 weeks ago [Body] I'm sorry mods, this is why we can't have nice things... [Title]

Output: Got in just as the shit was about to hit


Input: [Date] 1 year 24 weeks ago [Body] How was OSU last year compared to Michigan? Maybe, perhaps, he wants to go to a better program? [Title]

Output: What were the respective teams' records again?


Input: [Date] 1 year 25 weeks ago [Body] There's your problem right there. Not that I would insult anyone for there taste in comedy, but that show gets pretty mixed reviews from the type of crows Mgoblog attracts. [Title]

Output: "like most of you"


Input: [Date] 1 year 25 weeks ago [Body] He traded him for cap space, and he knew who was going to be available. That was a pretty bad free agent class, there weren't any great fits for the team, and he refused to accept that the team was in decline. While the cap room move is generally a good idea, it was so poorly executed, it's hard to call it a success. Why not hang on to Chauncey, and try to deal someone else? Were the other players contracts so bad that they were untradeable? If so, who gave them those contracts? Did he simply overvalue Prince/Hamilton? The notion of "get cap space" is all well and good, but the giant clusterfuck surrounding every other aspect of the trade is impossible to ignore. [Title]

Output: I think the problem was not having a plan in place


Input: [Date] 1 year 25 weeks ago [Body] A GM desperate for another year does incredibly dumb things. 4 years for Josh Smith? Why the fuck not, it's not like you'll have to deal with more than 1 if it doesn't work out. [Title]

Output: Exactly


Input: [Date] 1 year 25 weeks ago [Body] Especially when, if you don't like Gores, there is plenty to criticize him about. Like rushing on the floor after a preseason game, or not letting Dumars use the amnesty on Gordon. I'm not sure if anyone has reported that, but there is NO WAY Dumars was dumb enough to trade a first rounder to dump a contract, if he could wipe it clean off the cap with the amnesty, unless the owner told him to do so. [Title]

Output: I never got that line of thinking


Input: [Date] 1 year 27 weeks ago [Body] Trey Burke and a bunch of scrubs who won 1 game out of 12 while he was injured were 21 points better than the Pistons at the Palace. [Title]

Output: That's setting a pretty high bar


Input: [Date] 1 year 27 weeks ago [Body] Ever hear of a guy named Barry Sanders? Detroit fans are sick of losing. We don't want exciting players, we want a winning team. I'd trade Calvin Johnson if it helped the team win. That trade doesn't exist, but if you gave the fans a choice between Calvin Johnson and a division title, you know what they would pick. I would give my left testicle to have 2 rings like the Giants. It doesn't mean shit that we have Calvin Johnson and you have a Qb who wouldn't look out of place selling used Honda's. [Title]

Output: We've seen that story


Input: [Date] 1 year 27 weeks ago [Body] The Lions have had 13 winning seasons 5 seasons of double digit wins 10 playoff appearances 3 division titles 1 playoff win So forgive Lions fans for assuming the team will be awful until he sells it. [Title]

Output: Since Ford bought the team in 1963


Input: [Date] 1 year 27 weeks ago [Body] It's like the entertainment from Infinite Jest. I can't look away [Title]

Output: This gif is hypnotizing


Input: [Date] 1 year 28 weeks ago [Body] Improving from 7 wins to 9 isnt the same as 3 to 9. That Auburn team last year was abysmal, this years team is better than any Hoke has ever fielded. So no, it can't happen. [Title]

Output: auburn was also a 3 win team


Input: [Date] 3 days 13 hours ago [Title] I'd like to point out the [Body]

Output: I'd like to point out the very nice use of the correctly italicized see as a proper introductory signal supra. Excellent MGoBluebooking.


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 6 days ago [Title] I assume you're similarly [Body]

Output: I assume you're similarly skeptical of any negative story about Notre Dame that doesn't offer Brian Kelly an opportunity to extensively rebut the charges...?


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 6 days ago [Title] I guess I was responding to [Body]

Output: I guess I was responding to the notion that a commitment is like a contract between equals. If you don't think it's important for either side to honor their commitments -- that each should merely maximize their leverage regardless of the promises they made before -- that's a perfectly valid and logically coherent viewpoint, but it kind of defeats the whole idea of "commitments" in the first place.


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 6 days ago [Title] I'm not sure you're [Body]

Output: I'm not sure you're comfortable with the implications of your argument that schools and prospects bear equivalent responsibility in recruiting. If a prospect showed over and over again that he was unable or unwilling to keep his word when he committed, schools would very rationally back off from recruiting him; if a coach demonstrates the same pattern of unreliability or duplicity (not saying JH does, but assume arguendo), wouldn't it be rational to also separate him from the program? Either way, I think there are plenty of reasons to be more forgiving of high schoolers who decommit than of coaches who pull their offers. Among other things: massive information asymmetries between high school kids and collegiate coaching professionals; a significant likelihood that the prospect himself is not wholly in charge of his recruiting situation (parents, high school coaches, etc.) and thus shouldn't bear full blame for a change in circumstances; and a huge disparity in opportunity cost depending on when the commitment dissolution happens (i.e. if a Michigan cornerback prospect decommits a week before NSD, Michigan at worst signs a class with one fewer CB; if, on the other hand, Michigan unilterally pulls the same prospect's offer a week before NSD, there's a chance that the kid could wind up without a scholarship at all or getting locked into a minimum of a year at a school far from home / far below his potential).


Input: [Date] 23 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Is it possible that we’re [Body]

Output: Is it possible that we’re having a collective knee-jerk reaction against this because of all of the (admittedly excessive and ill-advised) tinkering that Dave Brandon did with THE BRAND? I’m just kind of concerned that we may move too far in the other direction, where we're just retrenching in this stodgy "This is MICHIGAN and we've been doing the same thing since 1817 and by god we're not going to change one iota of it until 3817.” I mean people griped when the band started doing pop routines at halftime because older alums just wanted them to keep doing homages to the polka. There are good innovations and bad innovations, and to a certain degree you can't figure out which are going to work out until you actually do them. Legends jerseys could've been a train wreck, but most people (myself included) think they've actually been a good innovation. On the flip side, general-admission seating in the student section was a really great idea in theory and just executed horribly and abandoned. There was a point when every venerable tradition was something novel, and I don’t see the utility in preemptively stifling this on principle. If it’s popular, it’ll become a cherished part of our Michigan tradition. If it flops (as is likely), then it’ll go by the wayside.


Input: [Date] 31 weeks 3 days ago [Title] The "last two messiahs that [Body]

Output: The "last two messiahs that we hired"? This seems like historical revisionism in the extreme. RichRod, while a hot coaching commodity at the time, was emphatically not the consensus first choice in 2007 -- that was clearly Les Miles. And virtually nobody wanted Hoke to be hired, crowned him as a messiah when he was announced, or even thought (on the basis of his career losing record) that he was a "very good football coach." I agree with the general sentiment that even a head coach is limited in the velocity with which he can effect change in a program. But pointing to two arguably botched coaching searches during which we whiffed on our top choices does not add any evidentiary support to that argument.


Input: [Date] 1 year 23 weeks ago [Title] "Homosexuality" is not [Body]

Output: "Homosexuality" is not equivalent to gay males initiating sexual contact with straight males. And subjective discomfort alone, without objective evidentiary validity, has never been sufficient to justify discriminatory behavior. There were a lot of white players who were "uncomfortable" playing alongside African-Americans when pro sports were first integrated; that was baseless, we recognized it as such, and equality of treatment prevailed. A female's discomfort at sexual objectification by straight males is grounded in a history and pattern of gendered sexual aggression. Since there is no equivalent history or pattern of sexual aggression by gay men toward straight men, any distinction on the basis of sexual orientation is similarly baseless, and equality of treatment should prevail.


Input: [Date] 1 year 23 weeks ago [Title] Um... I wasn't discussing [Body]

Output: Um... I wasn't discussing sexual assault at all, and I'm certainly not denying that male rape happens (or diminishing it in any way). This is about what types of sexual pursuit are socially encouraged and what types are not.


Input: [Date] 1 year 23 weeks ago [Title] No, I'm not saying that at [Body]

Output: No, I'm not saying that at all. And when I say "sexual aggression," I'm not talking exclusively about sexual assault or rape. I'm talking about the fact that, taking a broad view of society, straight men are expected to be and usually are the initiators and pursuers of sexual relations with women. As a matter of purely descriptive social anthropology, I don't think that's a terribly controversial point. Meanwhile, there is no similar social expectation or pattern with regard to gay men sexually pursuing straight men. Of course male-on-male sexual assault happens; I can't imagine a plausible reading of my comment that denies that. That wasn't the point.


Input: [Date] 1 year 23 weeks ago [Title] There is a demonstrated [Body]

Output: There is a demonstrated history and socially encouraged pattern of straight men acting as sexual aggressors toward women. There is no similar history or pattern of gay men acting as sexual aggressors toward straight men. This is a false equivalency.


Input: [Date] 1 year 23 weeks ago [Title] Come on. [Body]

Output: This is one of those false equivalence arguments that crop up in gender contexts all the time. Being a gay male surrounded by straight males cannot be neatly analogized to being a straight male surrounded by straight women. For one thing, gay males live their entire lives in situations in which (1) they are surrounded by straight men, and (2) they know that any sexual advances toward those men would be not only unwelcome but potentially safety-endangering. The same thing cannot be said of straight men interacting with straight women, in which context society tells us that sexual objectification is not only natural but expected. If anything, it would be the gay male who feels most uncomfortable in the presence of naked straight men because he's socially conditioned to suppress any and all sexual feelings toward his straight male friends and peers. I cannot emphasize enough how glaringly different this is than the conjectural "straight dude in a room of naked ladies" comparator.


Input: [Date] 1 year 23 weeks ago [Title] Just wanted to commend you on [Body]

Output: Just wanted to commend you on sharing your insight into this, CBB. Exceedingly happy for you, both for being open about who you are and for having such supportive parents. This comment alone outweighs all the ignorant homophobic remarks I've seen on sports blogs and social media since the Michael Sam story broke.


Input: [Date] 1 year 23 weeks ago [Title] Global comment [Body]

Output: Hey guys, First of all, wanted to say that I think you do tremendously well with what I can only imagine is a harrowing task of keeping the MGoBoard and comments in check. Kudos. Just wanted to raise an issue that's been bothering me for a couple days. The Michael Sam post on the board lasted about ten minutes before being locked as "political," which is a judgment that I can understand (if not wholly agree with). But 11W (with a similar fatwa against politics and religion) and tRCMB (of all places) were able to entertain lengthy, mature, and collegial discussions about what was, at least for a few days, the biggest story in sports. It's really disappointing to me that MGoBlog posters aren't capable of the same niveau of adult conversation as our lesser rivals (or, at the very least, that our moderators don't think we are). I suspect that the primary purpose of locking the thread was to avoid the incidence of a few isolated homophobic comments that have made their way into previous threads (thinking specifically about the Jason Collins discussion). While that kind of solicitude for our LGBT readers is admirable, I think there's another implicit message being sent by locking down the thread: basically, telling LGBT people that their very existence is "political" and thus inappropriate for normal conversation. I don't want to speak for the whole community, but I'd have to believe that, given a choice between dealing with a few stray homophobic comments and having any issue involving a gay person declared verboten on the blog, most LGBT readers would eagerly choose the former. Again, I hope none of this comes across as an attack. I don't mean to second-guess you guys, and I think you do a very very good job under difficult circumstances. But I hope that, going forward, we can at least allow a discussion like the Michael Sam one to percolate a little bit before imposing a gag order. Thanks for reading and for your work on the blog.


Input: [Date] 1 year 25 weeks ago [Title] Yes, my apologies for not [Body]

Output: Yes, my apologies for not making that clear in the initial post. The rules on "standing" to file a complaint are a little sketchy when it comes to *institutional* complainants (i.e. there were many occasions when Housing or DPS would file a complaint that perhaps *could* have been filed by a wronged individual but was *also* a transgression against general Housing/University policies). But in a case like this, the complainant would almost certainly be the sexual assault survivor herself. No need to worry about some random student/professor/staff member reading these allegations on MGoBlog and taking it on himself to file and pursue the complaint with OSCR. Sorry again for the lack of clarity on that topic in the initial post, was trying to fit a lot of information in and missed that fairly major point.


Input: [Date] 1 year 25 weeks ago [Title] Erik, I wrote the description [Body]

Output: Erik, I wrote the description of the OSCR process that Brian quoted above, and just wanted to emphasize that the formal arbitration process has been the same since well before 2009. The reduced standard of proof for sexual assault allegations, however, seems to be a new thing since I left. When the Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities was undergoing its scheduled revision in 2010, there was a suggestion that the standard of proof for sexual assault allegations be reduced to "preponderance of the evidence" (50.1%, although I hate that quantification) rather than "clear and convincing" (the more demanding standard required for all other violations). I was under the impression that that amendment did not pass the CSG, but apparently another amendment was made in the interim. TL;DR - the process was the same going back to 2009 (and before), but the standard of proof for sexual assault allegations is lower now.


Input: [Date] 1 year 25 weeks ago [Title] OSCR [Body]

Output: Having worked at the Office of Student Conflict Resolution (the "disciplinary" office that administered the expulsion proceedings against Gibbons) for two years in undergrad, I thought maybe I could offer some insight / clear up some confusion about the OSCR process in this thread. OSCR is not, in any appreciable sense, an investigatory body. It is a passive office that acts only after receiving a complaint from some member of the University community. While any individual student, faculty, or staff member can file a complaint, the most common OSCR complainants by far are Residence Education (Housing) and DPS. In order to pursue a complaint with OSCR, the Complainant has to provide all the necessary evidentiary backing; again, OSCR does not investigate events on its own. The process for initiating and pursuing a complaint with OSCR goes as follows: An OSCR staff member conducts an intake meeting with the Complainant to discuss the nature of his/her/its complaint and inform the Complainant of the various resolution pathways available (in addition to formal arbitration, OSCR offers a number of alternative dispute resolution pathways that do not result in disciplinary action). An OSCR staff member will then conduct an intake meeting with the Respondent to notify him of the complaint and inform him of his rights/options in the process. At that point, the Respondent can either accept responsibility for the complaint or indicate that he's willing to proceed to a formal arbitration. Assuming that the Complainant is also interested in pursuing a formal arbitration, OSCR will either appoint a trained member of the University staff to serve as the formal arbiter, or it will select a panel of student arbiters. After hearing from both the Complainant and the Respondent, the arbiter or the student panel will reach a finding of "responsible" or "not responsible," and will then proceed to make a sanction recommendation. Any recommendations for expulsion have to be approved by a member of the University administration. When I was there, I believe this was the responsibility of the VP for Student Affairs, E. Royster Harper. As you can see, this is a multi-step process that requires several meetings and often many different witnesses, advisors, and arbiters. With that said, it is emphatically NOT a three- or four-year process. Given that all of the investigatory work is already completed before a complaint is filed, the formal arbitration process does not take very long at all. In my time at OSCR, I can't remember a single arbitration - including those involving sexual assault allegations - lasting more than a single semester, from initial complaint to final sanction. Hope this helps. Happy to take questions.


Input: [Date] 1 year 27 weeks ago [Title] Good. Tressel will finally [Body]

Output: Good. Tressel will finally start losing in the state of Michigan.


Input: [Date] 1 year 28 weeks ago [Title] I don't know that, when a [Body]

Output: I don't know that, when a superior official in an organization gives a directive to his inferior, I would necessarily characterize that as a "personality" issue. That's just the fundamental nature of employer/employee relations and corporate hierarchical structure playing out as it's designed to.


Input: [Date] 1 year 45 weeks ago [Title] Idk, 133 + 72 = 205, divided [Body]

Output: Idk, 133 + 72 = 205, divided by ~115,000 people in the stadium = less than two-tenths of one percentage point of those in attendance. I have to think that more than 0.18% of the South Quad population is hospitalized, treated, arrested, or cited on a normal Saturday night.


Input: [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Title] And yet somehow the laws of [Body]

Output: And yet somehow the laws of supply and demand don't bend to your fiat.


Input: [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Title] Yes, because every individual [Body]

Output: Yes, because every individual college football team exists in a vacuum, and the level and depth of talent at our chief rival and perennial conference competitor has zero bearing on the outlook for our program...


Input: [Date] 2 years 5 weeks ago [Title] Where do you think Professor [Body]

Output: Where do you think Professor Needs A Raise is going to get his raise from?


Input: [Date] 2 years 5 weeks ago [Title] Thoughts on the Common App? [Body]

Output: First of all, awesome post, maizeonblueaction. I love pieces on here that focus on the academic/institutional side of the university in the off-season. Second, a question - do you have any sense (intuitive or empirical) of how Michigan's belated accession to the Common Application has affected raw application numbers, acceptance rate, and yield rate? The 40% yield seems somewhat lower than it was when I started, and I'm wondering how much of that can be attributed to the ease of just checking one more box on the Common App when you're applying to schools, as opposed to the selection bias introduced when people have to proactively search out and separately apply for admission to Michigan. Of course, none of that is to say that financial aid wouldn't meaningfully affect our yield of admitted students. But it might make the low yield a little bit "stickier" just because you're engaging with a pool of applicants who are applying to UMich out of convenience but may not have applied without Common App accessibility.


Input: [Date] 2 years 5 weeks ago [Title] Probably both, but one of [Body]

Output: Probably both, but one of those (financial aid) is almost entirely endogenous to UMich, while the other (the nationwide higher education bubble) is exogenous and thus much more difficult to tackle from a single institution's perspective.


Input: [Date] 2 years 5 weeks ago [Title] Is "oomph" here used in the [Body]

Output: Is "oomph" here used in the Michael Bay sense (i.e. forgoing character development, compelling dialogue, and a coherent narrative in favor of just indiscriminately blowing stuff up)? Because if so, you probably could've saved $20 by just staying home and microwaving a ball of tin foil.


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

Output: I don't think you really grasped what I was saying. "Trust them, they have more access than you" is not an availing argument when used to justify criticisms of the person with the most access to the program. Again, none of this is to say that Brian & Bacon's critiques are unfounded or incorrect. But their purported access to the program is probably the poorest measuring stick by which to evaluate their claims.


Input: [Date] 2 years 6 weeks ago [Title] Without getting into the [Body]

Output: Without getting into the Brandon/Bacon/Brian ballyhoo, I have to say this is a pretty nonsensical and self-defeating line of argument. If we're going to say that Bacon & Brian's opinions carry some sort of enhanced credibility because of their amorphous "access" to the program, wouldn't the same logic then immunize Dave Brandon from criticism, since presumably he has significantly MORE access to the Michigan program than Bacon and Brian combined, and therefore can speak more authoritatively than a sports writer and a blogger, respectively? Why don't we just evaluate these criticisms on their own merits and against our own experiences as fans rather than appeal to baseless assertions of esoteric knowledge to buttress the arguments we happen to favor?


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

Output: I'm in law school at Yale, and professional/graduate programs have, as a rule, LESS generous financial aid than their undergraduate counterparts. Still, with the amount of grant and scholarship aid I've gotten, I'm paying roughly the same amount it would cost me to go to UMich Law (as an in-state student, no less). Ivy financial aid is awesome for those of us in the 99%.


Input: [Date] 2 years 7 weeks ago [Title] lol. I think if I were going [Body]

Output: lol. I think if I were going to maintain two mgousernames, I'd be a little bit less outwardly sycophantic when posting on my own stuff (no offense to PW, glad you enjoyed the diary)


Input: [Date] 1 week 2 days ago [Body] I seriously don't get the hate. Cmon guys. It's a black jersey with red numbers. It's not like the zubaz nonsense from the NCAA tourney a couple years back. Also to those freaking out about the "fishnet" pattern, i've seen these and the UM version in person, and you literally cannot tell if you're more than 5 feet away from it. It's a functional fabric weave designed to NOT tear and stretch like the stuff adidas used to have. Seriously, its way better. And unless you're lining up across from them on the field, you won't be able to tell it's there. [Title]

Output: I seriously don't get the


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 4 days ago [Body] But that's apples and oranges though, since the Foamposites and Retro J's are exclusive, that's what makes them cool and desirable. A better comparison would be a Lebron or KD vs. a Hyperdunk, I'm pretty sure I know what they'd rather have. That being said, the exclusivity of the Jordan brand is gonna be pretty cool and give us some good exposure. And I'll also say Nike is a heck of a lot better at marketing their athletes/universities, hence why they sell a lot more. We'll see when the crop of young guys come up though, I think UA and adidas have both done a good job signing young up and coming talent. [Title]

Output: But that's apples and oranges