Input: [Date] 4 days 3 hours ago [Body] Agree that Cespedus played out about as well as it could for Dombrowski. I'd temper any enthusiasm folks may have for reeling him back to Detroit in November - pending FA are always advised to express a strong desire to return to your former team. It helps set a competitive bidding market. [Title]

Output: Agree that Cespedus played


Input: [Date] 4 days 6 hours ago [Body] Woody cheated the reporters out of their free sandwiches. I miss that guy. [Title]

Output: Woody cheated the reporters


Input: [Date] 4 days 6 hours ago [Body] Right. But if our trajectory is 7-5, 8-4, 11-2 and he starts fielding presser questions about NFL jobs will anyone be shocked? Doesn't matter if he's interested or not. His history suggests that the press will be more than happy to feed the beast. [Title]

Output: Right. But if our trajectory


Input: [Date] 5 days 2 hours ago [Body] I love how they jammed the pseudo retro suites/press box into the side of that shit-oval, intending for the brick to somehow add a classic or nostalgic look. The place should have stuck it out as an ironic totem to Soviet progress. [Title]

Output: I love how they jammed the


Input: [Date] 1 week 4 days ago [Body] All of my part-time jobs sucked, so I'll toss those. My first "real" job sucked most - funneling people who got sentenced to community service through various municipal "volunteer" tasks. For example, a guy gets sentenced with 40 hours of community service for DUI. He gets connected to me at the City of [not telling], where I put him to work on the back of a truck that picks up yard debris or with a janitorial crew. Naturally, his work and attitude sucked. I was threated a few times. My co-workers hated me (either because they were staunch union or the dude just smelled bad). I hated waking up in the morning. [Title]

Output: All of my part-time jobs


Input: [Date] 1 week 4 days ago [Body] Lots of Walmart gear. And they bring a little noise. In 2011, The Game felt primal over there. Our tribe vs theirs. Ater the game a guy next to me was yelling at a group of red jerseys making their way up the steps: "GET IN YOUR CARS! TAKE 23 SOUTH! TURNS INTO 75. KEEP GOING F***ING SOUTH UNTIL YOU GET BACK TO OHIO!!!" [Title]

Output: Lots of Walmart gear. And


Input: [Date] 1 week 4 days ago [Body] Exactly. That's why I prefer the endzones/corner sections for big games. Preferably the north sides. [Title]

Output: Exactly. That's why I prefer the endzones/corner


Input: [Date] 1 week 4 days ago [Body] Cedar Point [Title]

Output: Cedar


Input: [Date] 1 week 4 days ago [Body] This thread gives the poster a chance to tell the world he hates baseball. He doesn't like it so you shouldn't like. Nobody should like it. Etc. [Title]

Output: This thread gives the poster a chance to tell the


Input: [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Body] Post-Maryland (or our bumblebees), these might be pleasing to the eye. By comparison. [Title]

Output: Post-Maryland (or our bumblebees), these might be


Input: [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Body] Allison Brie > (anything mentioned above) [Title]

Output: Allison Brie > (anything mentioned above)


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Body] I, for one, was distracted by the hypothetical 1v1 driveway BB. Theatre of the mind. [Title]

Output: I, for one, was distracted by


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Body] The difference is that the shirt merely points out a quantifiable fact. And the numbers seem to piss of the detractors more than anything else. [Title]

Output: The difference is that the


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Body] I could easily see a reporter leading Heitzman into those quotes. Reporter: So why are you tranferring? Heitzman: I wanted a chance to play offense for one more year and I wasn't sure I was going to be able to do that with a new coach. He was going to change things. But I got earned my degree from UM and now I have an grad school opportunity at OU. Reporter: Gonna change things, Huh? Like make you work out at TE against other players? [knowing that all new coaches are likely to evaluate every player on the team]. Heitzman: Yeah. He was gonna make me try out against my team mates at TE. Reporter: That's gotta suck, trying out for a position you grew up playing after you gave everything you had to Michigan. Heitman: I guess. etc. [Title]

Output: I could easily see a reporter


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Body] I don't think we disagree about your intent, but I wasn't clear about that at all. Sorry. Let me clarify: I don't see the benefit to anyone by posting this video - regardless of whether it is in your thread or the Freep's so-called reporting. I'm sick of the tabloid mentality that generates useless FOIA requests. This guy did something bad, but he's a human being. And the Freep used to be better than this. [Title]

Output: I don't think we disagree


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Body] I'm pretty sure the Michigan fan was wearing his "Our Stadium is Bigger than Yours" t shirt. [Title]

Output: I'm pretty sure the Michigan


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Body] I had an ND fan talk about Brady Quinn a few years ago the same way we defend Denard. Both flashed short-ish stretches of brilliance which inevitably gets somewhat exposed. Both were charasmatic. ND wanted to believe that Quinn was Montana. We were ready to assume Denard was a morph of AC/Desmond/Woodson. We're realistic now about Denard, but I want him to succeed at whatever he does. I wonder if ND feels the same way about Brady Quinn. [Title]

Output: I had an ND fan talk about


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 24 min ago [Body] Cash can also be used to influence decisions. Look it up. [Title]

Output: Cash can also be used to


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 27 min ago [Body] Or I never watched Star Wars. Seriously. GoT sucked this season. Sorry. [Title]

Output: Or I never watched Star Wars.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 29 min ago [Body] Drunk driving is bad. So is name-dropping or whatever else he tried to do. But I'm not sure why this thread exists. [Title]

Output: Drunk driving is bad. So is


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 20 hours ago [Body] This last episode of TD was better than anything from GoT last season. As an aside, HBO would not air drek like The Brink if not for their need for content. Netflix as an original source of programming is slowly compelling HBO to take shows it used to pass. [Title]

Output: This last episode of TD was better than anything


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Kelly, Butler and Black listing Clemson. This year's Ole Miss (circa '13)? [Title]

Output: Kelly, Butler and Black


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Fuck Oberlin, too. [Title]

Output: Fuck Oberlin, too.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Yep. The best post-modern Bo team. Run well using a stable of backs ranging from speed (Tony Boles) to power (Bunch, Hoard). Mix in the occasional bomb to McMurtry/Calloway. Suffocate you on defense. The '88/'89 team was the best one I remember at Michigan in my lifetime. [Title]

Output: Yep. The best post-modern Bo


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Wait, what? Oh - you must be a [Jets, Dolphins, Steelers, Colts, Eagles, Bills] fan. Got it. [Title]

Output: Wait, what? Oh - you must be


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 1 day ago [Body] Glad I wasn't the only one. if I could find a way to apologize to everyone in my section during that game, I would. I showed up just as Denard completed that longish arm punt to Hemingway (?) right in front of me in the southwest corner. Laugh-cried through the whole thing..."BEAT O-HI-O"......Long post-game at the tailgate.....thought we were back. [Title]

Output: Glad I wasn't the only one.


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 1 day ago [Body] ESPN refers to itself as "The World Wide Leader in Sports." It is actually displayed as such on my Chrome tab when I go to the website. [Title]

Output: ESPN refers to itself as "The


Input: [Date] 2 weeks 2 days ago [Body] No shit. Elite much? [Title]

Output: No shit. Elite much?


Input: [Date] 6 hours 38 min ago [Title] Then do it and let me know!!!! [Body]

Output: Then do it and let me know!!!! Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad


Input: [Date] 7 hours 25 min ago [Title] Do you have any idea [Body]

Output: How many people get concussions from other sports? Seriously? Do you?


Input: [Date] 7 hours 27 min ago [Title] Breathless anticipation [Body]

Output: I am waiting for you to inform me ... Please


Input: [Date] 8 hours 6 min ago [Title] Neither encourage nor [Body]

Output: Neither encourage nor discourage. It will be up to my boys. The risk of concussion isn't any greater in my opinion than if they were on the ski team, skateboarders, avid cyclists, etc. Furthermore, the really concerning concussion issue is at the highest levels with the biggest players, not the HS level....where my boys are destined to top out. Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad


Input: [Date] 2 days 10 hours ago [Title] Ray [Body]

Output: I like him. He seems nice. However, he is chummy with Jabril and Ray's analysis is always heavily colored by his friendships. I think he was just paying the kid a compliment.


Input: [Date] 3 days 22 hours ago [Title] sad [Body]

Output: This makes me sad. RIP


Input: [Date] 1 week 1 day ago [Title] ?? [Body]

Output: This was not unique to Brandon. Why hate on it? schools like MSU are actively marketing the ability to sponsor the head coaching title...they just can't get the support.


Input: [Date] 1 week 1 day ago [Title] It does illustrate the [Body]

Output: It does illustrate the context for MSU's recent success to some degree. As long as we are a solid team (which we should be) there is a good chance to win that game. State hasn't beaten a really good team in a hostile environment AFAIK. They have faired much better when the crowd is not against them in big games. Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad


Input: [Date] 1 week 1 day ago [Title] Dantonio hasn't won in Ann [Body]

Output: Dantonio hasn't won in Ann Arbor in FIVE years! Back in the days of Rich Rod and Leveon Bell! Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad


Input: [Date] 1 week 1 day ago [Title] last year [Body]

Output: Last year she was bullish. she thought Hoke could do it. Once bitten, twice shy.


Input: [Date] 1 week 3 days ago [Title] Crazy [Body]

Output: So now you are completely discrediting your first post where you relied on MSU's overall team offensive performance to laud Cook? They played common opponents for a quarter of the games in 2014. I think that is a big enough sample for a comparison in football.


Input: [Date] 1 week 3 days ago [Title] HARBAUGH effect? [Body]

Output: HARBAUGH!


Input: [Date] 1 week 3 days ago [Title] ?? [Body]

Output: Points scored? That is like saying that MSU won more games last year than Iowa, so that proves Cook is great. Look, you try to isolate QB play to evaluate it. EVERYONE in sports does that type of "framing." Stepping back further to team points or team wins just gets further away from the evaluation of QB play (isolated). In fact, the fact that MSU's overall offense was better than Iowas kind means that Ruddock must have REALLY outperformed Cook to get equal stats on a much worse offense, right?


Input: [Date] 1 week 4 days ago [Title] ? [Body]

Output: Isn't Cousins a middle class man's Cousins himself?


Input: [Date] 1 week 4 days ago [Title] Cook's accolades [Body]

Output: Cook's pre-season hype is similar to the type that UM offensive players have received in the past. They are pre-season "ones to watch" because the TEAM has been solid multiple years in a row. Individualy he is good, not great. His accolades come from the TEAM and primarily the defense being so good in 2013. What other QB is coming back with a team that has been top ten the last two years? He gets default hype this year.


Input: [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Title] you're right [Body]

Output: some kids do prefer Clemson. But, suggesting bag men is not our crazy conspiracy. It is a product of their sleazy reputation.


Input: [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Title] wrong. [Body]

Output: it's not "whenever" but only certain schools that have a likely we'll deserved reputation for this. a select few. most of the time those comments are not made, such as for kids who pick ND, MSU, Stanford, VTech, etc.


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Such a broad topic [Body]

Output: What makes a burger the best? There is a time for a Hunter House burger and a time for Redcoat burger. But, they are much, much different. I think it depends on the mood. Like beers, burgers come in a variety of categories. How about a "simple, delicious burger" category and a "gourmet burger" category?


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 6 days ago [Title] I take property damage [Body]

Output: I take property damage seriously as an economic issue. Rarely if ever does it rise to the level of something more than that..... Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad


Input: [Date] 3 weeks 6 days ago [Title] if I knew [Body]

Output: I wouldn't post it here.


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 21 hours ago [Title] ? [Body]

Output: You think it's depressing that I even question how much this matters? Crazy.


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 1 day ago [Title] your good buddy's [Body]

Output: cousin sounds kind of dumb. I am sure his career was unspectacular.


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 1 day ago [Title] ?? [Body]

Output: The question is how important this is and my hypothosis is that the more important this is to you, the less mature you are about the decision you are making. The less mature you are, the bigger the risk your overall priorities are messed up or will get you messed up. In the end, I just don't think it matters much at all. It is probably somewhere around the importance level of a "cool throwback" or "crap throwback" uniform in a night game. De minimis.


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 1 day ago [Title] "Matters" [Body]

Output: What do you mean that it "matters"? Everything matters to some degree. I don't think it matters much. Do some people like a certain brand, yes. Is it hugely important to recruits, nope. Of all the considerations for where to go to school, such as coaching staff, proximity to home, success of program, academics, amenities of the facilities, hot girls, etc. this one goes pretty far down the list, I would even suggest that IF this happens to "matter" enough to beat out any of those other factors above, well.... that recruit has messed up priorities.


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 3 days ago [Title] ?? [Body]

Output: what are you basing that on? the fact Bama and LSU do it? what about just doing what north Korea does? if your friends were jumping off a bridge....


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 4 days ago [Title] It's the michigan state fans. [Body]

Output: It's the michigan state fans. The UM/MSU game this year in the afternoon! In EL resulted in an arrest rate of 1 out of every 700 people in the. Stadium. That is getting arrested.... Wow. Of course most of use don't care about other people being arrested if it doesn't impact us, but you have to assume the dangers from drunk driving and the ability of the police to help other people is greatly diminished when they are over taxed like that. So, why over tax them? The game will sell out anyway... Exposures for our program is the least of our problems. So you cause all that trouble so people can say "woo how,we played MSU at night?" That just seems idiotic. Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad


Input: [Date] 4 weeks 4 days ago [Title] So MSU didn't provide [Body]

Output: So MSU didn't provide ejection numbers? If they did, I bet they would top the list. I really can't see why some of you think a night game against MSU would be a good idea. Brandon was right that it would tax the public security system in a way other games would not. Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 22 hours ago [Title] I didn't start a.. [Body]

Output: ...thread about the frat thing. I just respond to stupidity of the holier than thou with public figures.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 23 hours ago [Title] rage? [Body]

Output: you can't read. nothing in my posts conveys anger or rage. now read yours. as for the importance of your post in light of the circumstances... it has none.


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 23 hours ago [Title] rageaholic? [Body]

Output: neither thread is legit, but at least I know it.


Input: [Date] 1 year 37 weeks ago [Title] I'd like to thank Al Borges [Body]

Output: I'd like to thank Al Borges for his first year, when he took control of a team whose offensive scheme was radically different than anything he'd ever run before and yet the offense ended the year with higher red zone efficiency and other metrics than RR ever managed. I'd like to thank Al Borges for his second year, when despite all those designed QB runs finally catching up with Denard, defenses finally figuring out his arm was nothing to fear, and who knows what in terms of injuries (the pinched nerve, possible knee issue, etc) all leading to the sudden transition of Devin from WR to QB, we came close to beating a 10 win SEC outfit in a bowl game. I'd like to thank Al Borges for the fact that we're going to a bowl these year and as bad as the offense is, I've seen worse from other offensive transitions in recent memory. As bad as the line situation is this year, I've seen offensive geniuses shit the bed to much worse degrees than this year. No one we've lost to has more than two loses and they have 5 loses total. The moments of futility suck, but so did offensive line recruiting for awhile and one of our higher ranked gets is currently a nose tackle because defensive line recruiting also sucked.


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] One of the things seems to be [Body]

Output: One of the things seems to be he doesn't keep any kind of momentum after he beats that first block. He crushes right through the line and then he's just kind of standing there, trying to find the ball, and once he figures out that the ball carrier is headed for the edge he has to get his body back up to speed. Better vision will let him come crashing through at full speed instead of needing to pause and figure out what is going on. Lots of wasted steps there, which in some instances comes close to letting the offensive linemen pick him back up.


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] The offending thing is [Body]

Output: The offending thing is actually something I've been pondering for awhil and it does present a problem. Least we forget, Tuley-Tillman has very displeased when a blog called him raw and basically failed to declare him the next coming of Long and Lewan. This blog has always excelled because when recruits are covered, attempts are made to break down their game film and critique their play. Things are said like "Likely won't start until their junior at the earliest, very raw.", "Likely to be passed from behind unless he works his ass off", and other such things. If the content is going to target kids who are 15 and not used to hitting the camps and being critiqued in a such manner, we're going to tie our hands in the future in terms of analysis. Last year it was unhappiness over being called raw, this year it was being young looking, and perhaps next year someone will mad when Ace says he doesn't have the world's greatest hands and is prone to dropping balls. You're always going to have to recruits who don't like the grading they get, but at least the older ones should in theory have gotten used to it after hitting those camps and talking to coaches on their officials. We have an admittedly small sample size here, but so far the trend line has started out in an extremely poor direction to say the least. We're not the kind of blog prone to mindlessly hailing fluff pieces, because if we were we'd all be watching Sports Center rather than hanging out here.


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] I went through Michigan with [Body]

Output: I went through Michigan with a full ride for academics and also worked 10 to 20 hours a week for General Motors. A fair number of folks in college get some or all of their college paid for with scholarships and cash a paycheck beyond that. A fair number of engineering grad students are in the same boat, tuition waiver and some kind of grant or hook up with a company that results in a stipend. I see no reason that a football player shouldn't be able to do the same. Just because a small percentage of them will go on to become wealthly in the pros is no reason to deny them money. By that logic we should go stick it harder to the Business School types since they might end up with Stephen J Ross kinds of money. In terms of wealth on hand, I had a significantly better deal in that I went to class and cashed a check for my work. A football player goes to class, has 20 hours of official practice with the coaching staff, more voluntary practice or film study with their teammates, which is supposed to average out to around 44.8 hours per week, and they don't even get a stipend for walking around money. Heck if they chose to stay in school rather than go pro early, their wallets take a hit because they have to buy injury insurance with their own money like Lewan did. There are a lot of services FBS programs could offer their students beside just handing them the cash (and half a million per head doesn't seem defensible) such as a living stipdent, program provided insurance for career ending injuries, a free grad degree as well as 4 years of undergrad, a trust fund of some sort, etc. Right now though players do get screwed considering the revenue stream they bring in.


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] Ghost is still the king. [Body]

Output: Ghost is still the king.


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] But I'd already bulk [Body]

Output: But I'd already bulk ordered the popcorn for when Saban ripped his former employer to shreds...


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] Next time DB is golfing with [Body]

Output: Next time DB is golfing with Hollis, he can slip him App State's business card.


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] Great's its Noon out here and [Body]

Output: Great's its Noon out here and now thanks to you I have to go drink or find someone I can buy a roofie off to repress my memories of Jordan Diamond. He could be playing guard right now and then move out to tackle next year like Schofield did. Gah!


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] Dial 1-900-Maize-And-Blue and [Body]

Output: Dial 1-900-Maize-And-Blue and kick them nasty thoughts!


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] That's what I fear, every [Body]

Output: That's what I fear, every recruiting cycle it seems we have one guy in our backyard who every analyst says is a perfect fit for Michigan and vice versa, we're in the drivers seat, and yet it never happens. I don't want McDowell being this year's winner of the Laquon Treadwell Memorial Award.


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] And if they could just get it [Body]

Output: And if they could just get it up to positive non story like a water skiing chipmunk or something, things would be even better. Seriously though what did they say about him? Just sophomoric ass jokes?


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] As I said, ask the kid to [Body]

Output: As I said, ask the kid to pass a request along to the parents in your first contact package. Alternatively if directly contacting the kids is seen as unacceptable, every school in America has a public phone number and someone who answers the phone during the school day. Leave the coach a voicemail and ask him to pass it on to the parents. In a lot of cases you don't even need to go that far, as a fair amount of the higher star ranked prospects have a Twitter or Youtube account dedicated to recruiting, which one assumes an adult is at least aware of, if not checking. Hit up that account, speak briefly with a parent, and move forward. Again the issue comes down to the fact that Brown's standard workflow does not included "Speak with a parent or gaurdian" as a step before interviewing a 16 year old. Which forms of social media are used and how you use them is something that is still up in the air, as some new social network comes out every six months it seems, but changes in the mechanics of contact doesn't at all influence the issue that sooner or later a parent is not going to be happy and the fact Brown doesn't attempt to speak to them as a matter of course only increases the odds of it happening sooner and more frequently.


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] I'm gonna go register [Body]

Output: I'm gonna go register ChiTownMaize just to thwart him.


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] I do actually. [Body]

Output: It's all right here. He clearly states he has not talked with a parent or coach for every interview, which in turn means that speaking with the parents is not part of the standard contact package. As for his contact method, @BBrown has a clear history of sending out Tweets in the form of "Hey X, follow back", which in turn is designed to allow for private direct messaging. No additional context is provided by Brown in the initial contact.


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] One area that the board is [Body]

Output: One area that the board is clearly going to be divided on are the ethics of not talking to the parents in all this. I've made my view clear upthread, so clearly have a bias in favor of contacting the parents. That said, from a pragmatic viewpoint: Let's say I'm a high schooler and I'm interview. Now I live with my mother in Michigan and my father lives in Hawaii since they divorced. I do an interview, my mother doesn't really mind, but my dad finds out and absolutely flips his lid. Maybe he does it purely out of a cynical ploy for usage in a custody battle or some other reason, at the end of the day it will still be MGoBlog didn't ask and at least one parent is pissed off and no parent approved since no one was asked. Ethics of interviewing minors aside, there is a certain cover your ass aspect of at least attempting to get approval from one parent. Better to beg forgiveness than ask permission is not always true.


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] This is really what it boils [Body]

Output: This is really what it boils down to. Print journalism ethics first begins with question why you must interview minors. Clearly in this case, because they are potential Michigan recruits. Secondly you determine if parental (or gaurdian) consent is needed. If you determine it is not, you should leave contact information with the minor so his parents can contact you if they later object to the interview being used. I'd say that is pretty standard. So in this day and age, personally I strongly disagree with Brown's method of going from contact to publication. There is no reason why the initial contact could not also include "Also, I want to clear it with your parents, my email is xxxxxx@mgoblog.com." Clearly of course the kid could set up a fake email and impersonate his parents, but at least there is more of an effort to be upfront and reach out to the parents there. Here of course we enter into a slippery slope in that how much due diligence Brown has to do. The core issue though is right now he is doing nothing. At the end of the day, tweeting kids "Hello X, follow me back" seemingly out of the blue* and dropping interviews on 16 year olds strikes me as extremely low professional standards and I'll post negative comments about it. One of the first things you normally learn in the professional world is just because you are on social media, doesn't meant professional standards are thrown out. Ultimately that is going to happen is Brown is going to run an article and some parent is going to be pissed the fuck off by it and when that happens, if Brian thought the AD was on his ass before, he's going to wake up and find the Athletic Department so far up his ass, Dominos is opening a branch in his colon. *There also does seem to be an element of hypocrisy here, what did Kyle Kalis and Tuley-Tillman teach us? Don't tweet recruits. Yet now a business function of the blog is doing it via a personal twitter account and lacking any sort of formal letterhead...no thank you.


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] The new one is earmarked for [Body]

Output: The new one is earmarked for Life Sciences according to the general plan, although that could change.


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] The industry is undoubtably [Body]

Output: The industry is undoubtably grimey, but just because MGoBlog does partake in elements of the industry doesn't mean people can't express concerns about the level at which the blog partakes in this industry. Scout, Rivals, etc do a lot of things that MGoBlog choses not to do and I don't see the issue with people on the blog expressing concern about how deep into that industry the blog staff dives. After all, it was called the MGoCreeper Van because when TomVH started out, lots of people jokingly expressed concern about a dude driving around to various high school games for the express purpose of posting footage on the internet. Moving forward with hudl pages and all that the game has changed. That being said, it is still an ongoing discussion. Both posters and staff comment negatively on some of the offers made to 8 year olds by coaches, so it stands to reason different people would have different thresholds for where that age cut off is.


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] I can confirm this is [Body]

Output: I can confirm this is correct, a large portion of the wing on the Dental School was marked as no access when I did my orientation for Marine ROTC. However the Marines showed that area and the massive cracks because "Marines aren't pussies like those squids." Also the University never really repaired it beyond taking it to a point it wasn't condemned. Circa 2007 or so the patchwork as still visible in a number of classrooms and a couple of new cracks were coming along quite nicely. It's ashame because the building has a lot of history, but its time has clearly come.


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Title] Yeah this is creepy, given we [Body]

Output: Yeah this is creepy, given we have lots of 2014 and 2015 people still out there. Well even if both those classes were full, it would be creepy given this is 2013, but a bit more understandable.


Input: [Date] 1 year 45 weeks ago [Title] Ultimately at the start of [Body]

Output: Ultimately at the start of the season, most of the 'experts' were calling us an 8 or 9 win team this year due to our youth and right now the fanbase is being reminded of that. The play where Chesson failed to dominate the tiny little sub 6' corner covering him his a prime example of that youth. Senior Chesson will likely just reach over the guy, grab the ball and proceed to burn down the field for another 10 yards. Freshman Chesson doesn't jump properly and it results in an Int. That said that throw made my happy, Chesson mistake aside, because it was one of many times that Gardner did throw to someone not named Gallon. Gardner was out of sync with a lot of those people but that can be fixed. The second half went well and in the 4th we really did start to establish something. Fitz was running hard and the defense finally got pumped up thanks to the Morgan pick. Hopefully that will carry into the bye week and give the coaches a little something positive to work with before showing the 6 hour long clip of things that need to be corrected. I'm really hoping with 2 weeks off we can get the offensive line settled into at least mediocrity and Devin calmed down and out of the "I need to win it all by myself mode."


Input: [Date] 1 year 45 weeks ago [Title] This issue the higher ups who [Body]

Output: This issue the higher ups who looked the other way on this did so in part to protect their cash cow of a football program from any taint of a scandal. PSU struggling to make ends meet is just in that is serves as a fair warning to every other administrator in the country (and the PSU community) that the coverup only makes it worse. The message needs to be sent that a better economic result will come from coming clean and taking the initial hit. True PSU never had some kind of secret meeting where the entire Board of Trustees said 'cover this shit up', but the culture was such that a group of school leaders thought they could do just that. Ultimately that is why they pay. Also you can't just blame sanctions. Donations to the athletic program are also down, likely because alumni are disgusted by the actions of the department, not just in the coverup but all its continued denial. Beside, they can always melt that statue down and sell the metal.


Input: [Date] 1 year 45 weeks ago [Title] One of my GSI's student [Body]

Output: One of my GSI's student released coursework and grads I had performed on public forums and via mass email because they had an issue with me. Disclosure of grades of course falls under FERPA. Lewis as Dean of Rackham was actually the ultimate say in punishing this grad student, but kept ducking meetings with me, I had four rescheduled and denying responsibility until a letter from an actual lawyer rolled in, coupled with an official compliant to the Department of Education. Suddenly Lewis had all the time in the world to meet with me after that and I no longer kept getting routed to other departments. For awhile they had this whole "Oh no, we don't handle that, someone else does." thing going on to ping pong me back and forth.


Input: [Date] 1 year 45 weeks ago [Title] Whereas I personally feel [Body]

Output: Whereas I personally feel Lewis failed ot adequately discpline a grad student who committed a FERPA violation and I had to hire a lawyer to send a threatening letter so that Lewis would get off his ass and respond. So I'll vote a strong "Hell no" on Lewis.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] I would like to see our [Body]

Output: I would like to see our starting tackles pulled around halftime or so and the backups (next years starters) inserted to work with interior line. Get the backups some experience and also look to the future.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] Also for busy content days, [Body]

Output: Also for busy content days, the stock photos could be placed beneath the jump or shrunk.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] Honestly I think State's [Body]

Output: Honestly I think State's defense is slightly overrated. They needed to bring 5 or 6 just to get pressure against USF. The Bulls burned them a few times with draws. Against better teams Narduzzi may be made to pay for that aggression with those draws and screens. State's front 4 are not as disruptive as they were in past seasons.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] That stopping Denard defense [Body]

Output: That stopping Denard defense comment is the key I think. Notre Dame early in the game was playing they thought Denard was still there and no one on our team could pass to save his life. They reopened with a rehash of their 2012 formations and were promptly murdered via a passing attack. As the season goes on we'll see if coordinators we face make different choices, like not stacking 7 or 8 in the box and having the LBs play to stop the run on almost every down, and what kind of running game improvement we see at that point. So far Devin has not been a free turnover machine when pressured, so we'll see what happens next. If we seems playing to stop the pass more and we still struggle to run, my worries will increase at that point. Funchess blocking mistakes that definitely hurt the run game. That's worrisome, but it is only his second year in the program and blocking takes time to learn (think back to Seth's work on how long it takes to prep offensive linemen to learn the blocking schemes, Funchess faces the same task to a degree).


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] Well this should hopefully [Body]

Output: Well this should hopefully end the Sailboat Bill jokes (I have to admit, I've made a few myself). The oddly unified story I've heard is that Miles was exiled from AA by Bo for various sins beyond the whole screwing Mrs. Moeller thing, which might just be campfire gossip anyway. Which was why when coming into the 2006 season, when Carr wanted to retire and Bo was alive, no move was made to hire Miles. As the story goes, MSC felt that Bo was over reacting to some minor issues involving Miles, whereas Bo had full on excommunicated the guy. So long as Carr stayed on, MSC figured there was nothing to be gained by challenging Bo over this and let it ride coming into 2006 when Carr was making noises about retirement but people talked him into staying. What happened in 2008 supposedly was Carr and Martin were against Miles, but MSC ordered contact to be made and since she is the ultimate boss she had to be obeyed. Martin, a multimillionaire who has conducted many business deals on tight timetables, became suddenly incompentent (strategically so one might say) with his cellphone and Carr laid the groundwork for RR (since RR had the Nehlen link and Bo liked RR's read-option, although I assume Bo must have flipped channels during defensive series). Martin 'made a mistake' and 'lost the deal', then Carr presented RR as a viable Plan B. However Carr actually had buyer's remorse due to further interactions with RR and things went to hell as we all saw.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] Seems fair. As long as we [Body]

Output: Seems fair. As long as we keep it together the next part of the schedule is nice. Plenty of time for the interior of the line to come together and Fitz to become less ginger. Also State is at #27, reaping of the benefit of people never watching them play and just seeing the final score on their news feed.


Input: [Date] 6 days 10 hours ago [Title] THANK YOU! [Body]

Output: finally someone understands that winning a coach of the year award means you are a good coach! signed, The winner of 2011 B1G coach of the year and Maxwell national coach of the year Brady Hoke.


Input: [Date] 1 week 2 days ago [Title] Bahahaha [Body]

Output: Did you seriously just ask Chunkums how he has 10k points? I'll tell you how, he is an OG and has been the creator of some of the best things I have ever seen on this site..gtfo my lawn and all that


Input: [Date] 5 weeks 3 days ago [Title] I agree [Body]

Output: that it started in 2007, but it was still ok to be an arrogant Michigan fan that year. It wasn't until 2008 that we really had to eat our first humble pie. Really we haven't been good since I found Mgoblog, every year I accept that a bit more. I hope it's finaly over and I can enjoy some good times in the future with this group of Michigan fans/nutjobs.


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 5 days ago [Title] That's why I laugh [Body]

Output: when people say Harbaugh still wanted him badly. DeWeaver decommitted like a few hours after Harbaugh left his house. Obviously he wasn't happy with the way the visit went.


Input: [Date] 6 weeks 5 days ago [Title] I am no great [Body]

Output: judge of talent, but I like this kids tape better than any recent qb recruit weve gotten. He's big,strong, good arm with accuracy, and a fearlss runner. On top of that he looks like he plays with confidence and swagger. I miss watching a qb who has that look.


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 10 hours ago [Title] I am [Body]

Output: I am the watcher on the couch....and now my wait begins.


Input: [Date] 7 weeks 3 days ago [Title] You forgot [Body]

Output: Brian Greise, and John Navarre had about as many reps in Arizona. Denard is getting more reps than Cousins is, they are at RB but they are still NFL reps which you seem to value so much. Also when did reps become the measure of a quality palyer? What ever point you are trying to make, it's just stupid and wrong.


Input: [Date] 8 weeks 4 days ago [Title] the TI is 650$ [Body]

Output: 100 bucks more than the 980 and it's like 2% less powerfull than the titan x for 350 bucks less. It's not in stock anywhere yet though, cant wait to get it, I want to see Witcher 3 on my 65" in 4k


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Adidas [Body]

Output: All Day I Dream About SwitchingbacktoNIKE


Input: [Date] 9 weeks 5 days ago [Title] cut it out [Body]

Output: cut it out man, his arguement is valid it's just that you are being stubborn. Paractice and training for football are not some for of currency. their education is better than free. The players are in a sort of apprenticeship during which they are compensated with housing, food. and some spending money. And after the school invests in them for a few years these kids are taking what they have learned and giving it to opponents. I think in most cases this stinks, and I agree with wolvinla


Input: [Date] 11 weeks 14 hours ago [Title] Sounds lust like [Body]

Output: Martin Mayhew 2 weeks before Suh signed with Miami.


Input: [Date] 12 weeks 5 days ago [Title] he's not the savior [Body]

Output: he says..really? Try telling that to me


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 11 hours ago [Title] I'm still mad [Body]

Output: I'm still mad about ned stark


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Eh [Body]

Output: maybe you should just sit this one out champ.


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 3 days ago [Title] It really is [Body]

Output: completely idiotic. Why don't they throw oversigning or SEC bagmen on that stupid list? I hope Delaney tells them to eat a bag of peters. Michigan and Penn State should hold enough weight to put up a fight.


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 3 days ago [Title] I [Body]

Output: haven't heard anything about the NCAA rescinding that 60 million dollar fine. If PSU could really prove there was no cover up you know damn well they would have sued to get that money back. Don't let me stop you from defending the honor of an institution that protected a child molester tho..smh


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 4 days ago [Title] If i remember [Body]

Output: correctly, he decommitted right after Harbaugh visited him...like the same day. I don't know what was said but he obviously didn't like it. Best of luck to him except when he plays football.


Input: [Date] 15 weeks 5 days ago [Title] I guess it's how you [Body]

Output: I guess it's how you define elite. I feel like elite means you're still chasing a natty in october, and I don't believe MSU has ever really been a contender like that. MSU top 5 finishes consist of sliding into the position after elite teams in the top 5 lose in their bowl games against other elite teams.


Input: [Date] 16 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Obviously [Body]

Output: 1, Dylon 2. Dylon 3. Dylon 4. Dylon 5. Dylon 6. Dylon 7. Dylon 8. Dylon 9. Dylon 10. Dylon


Input: [Date] 20 weeks 1 day ago [Title] you [Body]

Output: would take the backup center with the 1st pick?


Input: [Date] 20 weeks 1 day ago [Title] But [Body]

Output: I dont know how fair it is to take shots at Hoke for this stuff. The guy was a great recruiter.


Input: [Date] 21 weeks 18 hours ago [Title] right [Body]

Output: Thats why the pats cut wilfork and the ravens are going to cut haloti ngata


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 13 hours ago [Title] Acutally [Body]

Output: I always thought the law was with you on this. I could be wrong though, but I thought after you legally puchase something like that, you can do whatever you want with it.


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 13 hours ago [Title] Would be [Body]

Output: funny if Harbaugh didnt even want the kid but offered just to force Urban to offer.


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 1 day ago [Title] I started to get [Body]

Output: excited, but then I read the part about the defense taking it to the offense. I am not saying its the same old bs, but it could be.


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Okay genius [Body]

Output: Where can I get a porterhouse in 3 minutes..because if that place exists I'm in


Input: [Date] 22 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Avoid [Body]

Output: Avoid juvenile posting on the internet you say. Good luck with that!


Input: [Date] 25 weeks 2 days ago [Title] bullshit [Body]

Output: It happens all the time in the nfl and college..This is not some crazy thing that never happens. Yes he got the job because he is a Harbaugh, but you are making it sound like his dad took him from buying tables at denny's to make him a position coach and it's bullshit


Input: [Date] 26 weeks 1 day ago [Title] lol [Body]

Output: We are about t get a foot of snow here, perfect timing for this important recruiting weekend.


Input: [Date] 4 years 35 weeks ago [Title] First of all Andrew Luck is a [Body]

Output: First of all Andrew Luck is a REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE. But anyway, on to your question. I can't speak for others that want Harbaugh, but I think your question raises an important point. Some say that people only want Harbaugh because he went to UM, but as you say, people weren't clamoring for him before now. As for me (a person who wants JH to replace RR), I supported RR from day one. I liked the hire and was excited about it. I thought at the time it was too soon to hire Harbaugh. After Stanford had a decent run last year and we had a losing record again, I still supported RR and was willing to give him another year. I also knew that if JH kept it up and RR kept losing, I was going to want him to coach here. Then after this year, when Harbaugh lost his Heisman Trophy runner-up RB and yet improved his team's record to 11-1, while our team got either pasted or beat handily by the top half of the Big Ten, I knew it was time for a change. Harbaugh has proven himself now and has done enough to earn the coaching position at Michigan. If we hired him three years ago, I honestly think we would be in much, much better shape than we are in now, but he hadn't done enough at the time. We didn't know he was this good of a coach. Now we do and it's time for him to come home.


Input: [Date] 4 years 35 weeks ago [Title] Can it not be true that we [Body]

Output: Can it not be true that we both needed a transition and that RR is not the right person? What have you seen to be convinced that we are going to be dominant in recruiting? What have you seen that suggests we are going to contend for national championships? I think you really just assume this stuff but after watching our team for 12 games, we don't seem close to competing for a top 3 finish in the Big Ten, let alone a MNC. We definitely aren't burning up the recruiting trail. I agree we needed some sort of change but that doesn't mean we chose the right guy to do it.


Input: [Date] 4 years 35 weeks ago [Title] But his thread title stated [Body]

Output: But his thread title stated that Wojo was "at it again," presumably meaning he was again suggesting Rod should be fired. I think that is the part with which the second poster was taking umbrage. Even the most ardent supporter of RR can no longer say that people calling for his ouster are out of line.


Input: [Date] 4 years 36 weeks ago [Title] I think that is what is so [Body]

Output: I think that is what is so distressing--the "had the offense started earlier" excuse can be applied to 3 of our 4 losses (our offense against MSU never really came around). One or two slow starts is expected but three starts to seem like a pattern, We can debate the reasons until we are blue in the face but the fact remains that when we needed our offense to keep pace with the other teams', it didn't.


Input: [Date] 4 years 36 weeks ago [Title] going to a bowl [Body]

Output: we are supposed to celebrate this? you only need to win 50% of your games to make a bowl. you have to basically try not to make a bowl.


Input: [Date] 5 years 14 weeks ago [Title] Just read that [Body]

Output: Bruce Feldman said on the radio this morning that Mizzou to the B10 is pretty much a done deal. Apparently he said it on KOMC.


Input: [Date] 5 years 14 weeks ago [Title] That wouldn't be the case [Body]

Output: There is no way OSU wouldn't automatically be on our schedule. That's only 3 conference games in your division, so there are 5 others to be filled. I'd guess there would be one locked-in opponent for us and the other 4 would rotate. Not sure how it would work logistically, but I see no way that the B10 would ever do away with UM/OSU on an annual basis


Input: [Date] 5 years 14 weeks ago [Title] Arnie + Vodka [Body]

Output: An Arnold Palmer with alcohol is called a John Daly


Input: [Date] 5 years 16 weeks ago [Title] Being in LA [Body]

Output: I hate USC way too much to even think about clicking on that link


Input: [Date] 5 years 17 weeks ago [Title] Thanks for the updates Tim [Body]

Output: I played lacrosse for 4 years under Coach Paul in the '00s and love that you are covering the team on mgoblog. Please keep the updates coming!!


Input: [Date] 5 years 17 weeks ago [Title] Heyward [Body]

Output: is getting the NBA superstar treatment in this game He has been hacking up a storm and not getting called


Input: [Date] 5 years 17 weeks ago [Title] Block, [Body]

Output: It was awkward for sure. At first it was nice/touching. Then he got closer and closer. Then he was caressing his face while having his lips inches from Da'Sean's awkward


Input: [Date] 5 years 18 weeks ago [Title] NM [Body]


Input: [Date] 5 years 18 weeks ago [Title] Anyone [Body]

Output: Have a link to a stream? not having any luck right now. thanks


Input: [Date] 5 years 18 weeks ago [Title] Haven't had dinner yet [Body]

Output: but I'm chain-smoking heaters like it's going out of style. my lungs take a beating during the NCAA tourney and the Stanley Cup Playoffs


Input: [Date] 5 years 18 weeks ago [Title] we are so undisciplined [Body]

Output: can't take stupid fucking penalties like that when you are trying to get to the frozen four. completely unnecessary


Input: [Date] 5 years 18 weeks ago [Title] Anyone been suckered [Body]

Output: into buying the Emery Cat yet? I don't even have cats but the seeing that ad 200 times in the last two days is wearing on me. Might have to order


Input: [Date] 5 years 18 weeks ago [Title] Being in LA [Body]

Output: I don't get to watch a lot of Michigan hockey, but my god do we take a lot of undisciplined penalties


Input: [Date] 5 years 18 weeks ago [Title] what the fuck was that??? [Body]

Output: too many men!!!!


Input: [Date] 5 years 18 weeks ago [Title] well that sucked [Body]

Output: we won the draw and everything. couldnt get it around the boards and it cost us


Input: [Date] 5 years 20 weeks ago [Title] I get back to A2 for at least [Body]

Output: I get back to A2 for at least one game every season and I will be there for the first night game without a doubt. There is a different feeling in there when the sky is pitch black. Maybe it was because of how they finished, but the walk back to campus in the dark after thrilling OT victories over PSU and MSU were amazing. Really hope that this is true.


Input: [Date] 5 years 20 weeks ago [Title] SONA [Body]

Output: If you want to indulge, then go to Sona and get the tasting menu. The chef is David Myers and he is amazing. I have only been once, but it was by far the best (and most expensive) meal I have ever had. It is on La Cienega just north of Beverly Blvd and you will not be disappointed. Other Favorites: --Umami Burger (few different locations in Hollywood. quite possibly the best burger in town, if not the hippest) --Lucques does a sunday night tasting menu called "Sunday supper" which is $45 a person. It's a different menu each week and is a pretty good deal for high-end gourmet food that tastes great. Check their website midweek for a0 --Il Pastaio--Beverly Hills staple that just makes damn good Italian food. The risotto nero (squid-ink) looks like a pile of rice with motor oil on it, but it one my favorite dishes in town.


Input: [Date] 5 years 25 weeks ago [Title] You will also enjoy this then: [Body]

Output: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010_swimsuit/winter/lindsey-vonn/10_li... 45 pictures worth


Input: [Date] 5 years 25 weeks ago [Title] Unfortunately [Body]

Output: I can report that his hands aren't the only part of Ralph's anatomy that is gigantic. I had a membership to a gym on Eisenhower and State my senior year and Ralph had one there too. Let's just say that he was not a fan of wearing anything but super tight, hiked up spandex when he worked out and I saw a lot more of Ralph Williams than I ever wanted to. My favorite teacher was definitely Matt Lassiter. Loved his use of pop culture to teach history. Very informative and entertaining lectures


Input: [Date] 5 years 26 weeks ago [Title] I'm very intimated with the [Body]

Output: I'm very intimated with the size of Infinite Jest. I get anxiety thinking about opening to the first page. I'm going to do it though once my Kindle comes in the mail. This way I won't have to lug that thing around


Input: [Date] 5 years 26 weeks ago [Title] Anything Russian [Body]

Output: Love the suggestions everyone. Anyone have any suggestions on books about Post-Communist Russia? I'm fascinated with it, especially after Scott Anderson's article in GQ: http://www.kavkazcenter.com/eng/content/2009/09/06/10979.shtml For those that are haven't heard about it, Anderson wrote this piece on the FSB apartment bombings that took place around the turn of the Century. The reason that I didn't provide a GQ link is because you can't find it on their website. They ran the article, but tried every way possible to bury it. Here's an NPR article on why Conde Nast buried it and tried to make sure it wasn't read in Russia: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112530364 It's fascinating stuff and Anderson's investigative article is amazing.


Input: [Date] 5 years 45 weeks ago [Title] Yea I have a hard time with [Body]

Output: Yea I have a hard time with the 9am kickoffs...missed the first quarter and a half last week...but I am forcing myself to get up on time and get there this weekend


Input: [Date] 5 years 46 weeks ago [Title] n00b move [Body]

Output: double post. sorry!


Input: [Date] 5 years 46 weeks ago [Title] I seem to remember [Body]

Output: RR's WVU teams putting up big points on bad teams. I think he will let the guys score points and I think it will be a lopsided win


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

Output: I figured the resident expert would weigh in on this one


Input: [Date] 1 year 39 weeks ago [Title] The thing that frustrates me [Body]

Output: The thing that frustrates me most about Borges is how he doesn't even try to utilize some of the talent and depth he has. Just looking at box scores from Top 10 teams today and then comparing it to ours, is incredible. For example: The FSU - Miami Game: 4 different players ran the ball, 3 for over 40 yards. Each one has a different skill set and their talents were utilized in a certain way. One of the backs also had 6 catches for nearly 100 yards. The OSU game: Over 6 different players got a touch running the ball not including Guitton or Miller. Meanwhile we use 1 running back, and don't even utilize his skill set. If we're gonna run outside on a read play or on a sweep, why not utilize Norfleet or Justice's Speed? Why not bring Gallon into the backfield for a snap and run something with an option? I understand that the line is bad but Borges calls games afraid, he doesn't utilize his depth, doesn't have packages that provide a player other then Funchess lining up at WR, an oppurtunity to create something. I'ts just becoming incredibly frustrating watching us play, then flipping over and seeing other teams, especially OSU just constantly finding ways to get the ball to playmakers. It seems he over thinks it, it really could be as easy as finding easy ways to get the ball to someone who can make a play, and other then one or two screens to Gallon or Funchess, we don't do that. endrant


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] I paid way more than I wanted to pay but... [Body]

Output: ...considering I don't have the added expense of getting on a plane to fly to Michigan the extra cost is worth it. Very excited to have the team playing on the East Coast this year.


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Title] Driving down from Brookline, MA [Body]

Output: Bringing a group of 5 with me. I expect to see a lot of Maize and Blue at this game.


Input: [Date] 3 years 16 weeks ago [Title] mind telling us which link [Body]

Output: mind telling us which link you used?


Input: [Date] 3 years 19 weeks ago [Title] Just made my pledge [Body]

Output: Keep it going!


Input: [Date] 3 years 19 weeks ago [Title] This was my junior year at UofM [Body]

Output: I had season tickets for hockey all 4 years but couldn't pull together the money to come up with tickets for this one so I watched it with friends at a house on campus. It was an epic weekend for sure. After the game I mortgaged all I had (including using a connection in the Athletic Department to get tickets and stole my parents van) for the long journey to St. Paul. We lost to a Minnesota team that I still feel we were better than, sold our tickets to the final after the game and drove back that same night. Ugh. So much talent my 4 years (99-03) on the hockey team including 3 trips to the Frozen Four, only to come up empty every time. Thanks for bringing back some great memories Brian.


Input: [Date] 3 years 30 weeks ago [Title] Will someone please... [Body]

Output: ...send him a link to where he can buy a freaking bus pass?!


Input: [Date] 3 years 49 weeks ago [Title] Assuming of course... [Body]

Output: ...we don't have the same rate of attrition in future years. I love thinking about how good the recruits will be but we eventually need to break this cycle and have some of these guys stick around. We can't be the youngest team in the Big Ten forever right?


Input: [Date] 4 years 10 weeks ago [Title] Also in Boston on 6/13 [Body]

Output: Info on Boston Alumni page. Bought my tickets today.


Input: [Date] 4 years 13 weeks ago [Title] "Because you can't have one commit without the other!" [Body]

Output: Beginning to think all initial recruits should be tagged with the MMB, "Because you can't have one without the other!" as they are coming in pairs on a weekly basis!


Input: [Date] 4 years 13 weeks ago [Title] I think the LIons are taking the right approach (finally!!) [Body]

Output: Forcing yourself to draft for "need" over taking the best available player on your board is how you end up with Christian Ponder as the 12th pick. They can now focus on LB and DB via free agency.


Input: [Date] 4 years 29 weeks ago [Title] I'm at # 5 [Body]

Output: Years of training as a Detroit Lions fan has proven I can talk myself into anything. This stage is the Lions equivalent of the few days after the draft when there is a bit of hope that the rookies can make an impact. Hopefully this situation turns our much better when we actually hit the field. As an alum and lifelong Michigan fan I will support whoever the coach is. I do however reserve the right to regress to numbers 3 or 4 should Denard transfer. That will be a major stomach punch if it happens.


Input: [Date] 4 years 46 weeks ago [Title] I am a big RR fan (oh boy, herE it comes)...BUT... [Body]

Output: ...this type of attrition is going to come back any bite us in the years to come. I'm not sure why this keeps happening but it is concerning as we will continue to struggle to build any depth or have any upperclass leadership. Sure, most of these guys won't see the field now but when they are RS Juniors and Seniors (ala Greg Banks, James Rogers, etc) we may need them to fill a spot and contribute. While he may not be a superstar these are the types of guys that turn good teams into great ones and we seem to be losing the chance to even develop them. I wish I knew why this was happening. I hope if it is grades that the staff has learned their lesson. Think about the time, money, resources spent to recruit all of these guys and how it could have been spent on another recruit, maybe not as hyped or guru approved, who could have made the grade and been a contributor. I really hope this comes to an end because it is starting to be real concern.


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

Output: Let's GO BLUE!!


Input: [Date] 5 years 5 weeks ago [Title] Just saw it! [Body]

Output: Well done!! GO BLUE!!


Input: [Date] 5 years 14 weeks ago [Title] Freep numbers [Body]

Output: I stopped frequenting the Freep site around the same time most everyone else here did. The Detroit News site is the only Michigan MSM site I visit. Brian (and many other sites) have rendered them irrelevant for Michigan sports coverage.


Input: [Date] 5 years 45 weeks ago [Title] I've got an idea... [Body]

Output: ...let's make a story out of nothing and in the process villify a successful local businessman and group of highly paid, qualified borrowers all of whom kept their business with a Michigan based bank. Perhaps they would have been better off using an out-of-state bank so at least we wouldn't have to read this absurd story. Thank god the article at least shows both sides (unlike the Freep) so if you actually read the story you see it is a non-issue. Unfortunately the way the headline is written you would expect to read about how Bill Martin cracked open the safe late one night and started handing out stacks of $100 bills to the coaches. I can't wait for tomorrows headline about how Rich Rod is responsible for the spread of swine flu.


Input: [Date] 5 years 46 weeks ago [Title] I was in my Junior year at UofM [Body]

Output: I had just finished my morning run in/around central campus and was watching the Today show when the first plane hit. Like many others I found it odd but just assumed some poor pilot lost control of his small plane and had hit the buildings. However, when they finally got a camera on the first tower and you saw all of the smoke you could tell something else was up. I lived on Wilmot St. (behind the CCRB) at the time and my roommates were starting to get up as well. They had just both stepped back into their rooms when I saw the second plane hit live on TV. I've never had a feeling like it before in my life. I let out an audible "HOLY SH*T!!!" and everyone came running back out into the living room. If you remember, it was a crystal clear morning both in Ann Arbor and NYC so it was clear at that point something was up. I was mesmerized for the next 40 minutes and at that point I had a morning class I had to get to. At this point classes had not yet been cancelled. Just before I left for the strangest walk to class I can ever remember, the 3rd plane hit the Pentagon. In retrospect, I can't believe I even walked to class but I was never one to cut class so I went anyway. I arrived to a room full of shocked classmates. All of us shaking our heads and visibly scared. Many of them were from the CT/NY/NJ region and were frantically trying to call family members. Shortly after arriving the first tower fell. The class went silent. The professor (Prof. Maloy, who died later that fall after a fight with cancer) gave an extremely heartfelt speech to the class, told us to go home and be with our friends and family and we promptly filed out. Campus felt weird and sad that whole week and throughout the year. Being at the game against WMU two weeks later was about as cathartic an experience as I've ever had. We all cried, sang "The Victors" and defiantly went on with our lives that the terrorists had so brazenly attached the week before. Easily and sadly the most memorable week of my entire 4 years at Michigan.


Input: [Date] 5 years 47 weeks ago [Title] Official Alumni bar is "The Place" [Body]

Output: It is in the financial district: The Place 2 Broad St. Boston, MA 02109 Arrive about 30-45 minutes early if you want to get a seat. Here is a link to the Greater Boston Alumni page: http://www.umcgb.org/ A link specific to football watching locations: http://umcgb.org/node/377 I'm a Michigan grad and transplant and have been living in the Boston area the past 5 years. Feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions. GO BLUE!


Input: [Date] 6 years 10 weeks ago [Title] Title IX [Body]

Output: Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't one of the biggest hurdles for club teams (in addition to funding) Title IX? I was as student ('99-'03) when they upgraded Men's Soccer from club to varsity status and I remember they had to add a womens sport with an equivalent number of participants-Womens Water Polo. So not only do these teams have to petition for funding and to be added, but they also need to hope there is a sport for the other gender that can get funded and find participants.


Input: [Date] 1 year 37 weeks ago [Body] I'd like to thank Al Borges for his first year, when he took control of a team whose offensive scheme was radically different than anything he'd ever run before and yet the offense ended the year with higher red zone efficiency and other metrics than RR ever managed. I'd like to thank Al Borges for his second year, when despite all those designed QB runs finally catching up with Denard, defenses finally figuring out his arm was nothing to fear, and who knows what in terms of injuries (the pinched nerve, possible knee issue, etc) all leading to the sudden transition of Devin from WR to QB, we came close to beating a 10 win SEC outfit in a bowl game. I'd like to thank Al Borges for the fact that we're going to a bowl these year and as bad as the offense is, I've seen worse from other offensive transitions in recent memory. As bad as the line situation is this year, I've seen offensive geniuses shit the bed to much worse degrees than this year. No one we've lost to has more than two loses and they have 5 loses total. The moments of futility suck, but so did offensive line recruiting for awhile and one of our higher ranked gets is currently a nose tackle because defensive line recruiting also sucked. [Title]

Output: I'd like to thank Al Borges


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] One of the things seems to be he doesn't keep any kind of momentum after he beats that first block. He crushes right through the line and then he's just kind of standing there, trying to find the ball, and once he figures out that the ball carrier is headed for the edge he has to get his body back up to speed. Better vision will let him come crashing through at full speed instead of needing to pause and figure out what is going on. Lots of wasted steps there, which in some instances comes close to letting the offensive linemen pick him back up. [Title]

Output: One of the things seems to be


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] The offending thing is actually something I've been pondering for awhil and it does present a problem. Least we forget, Tuley-Tillman has very displeased when a blog called him raw and basically failed to declare him the next coming of Long and Lewan. This blog has always excelled because when recruits are covered, attempts are made to break down their game film and critique their play. Things are said like "Likely won't start until their junior at the earliest, very raw.", "Likely to be passed from behind unless he works his ass off", and other such things. If the content is going to target kids who are 15 and not used to hitting the camps and being critiqued in a such manner, we're going to tie our hands in the future in terms of analysis. Last year it was unhappiness over being called raw, this year it was being young looking, and perhaps next year someone will mad when Ace says he doesn't have the world's greatest hands and is prone to dropping balls. You're always going to have to recruits who don't like the grading they get, but at least the older ones should in theory have gotten used to it after hitting those camps and talking to coaches on their officials. We have an admittedly small sample size here, but so far the trend line has started out in an extremely poor direction to say the least. We're not the kind of blog prone to mindlessly hailing fluff pieces, because if we were we'd all be watching Sports Center rather than hanging out here. [Title]

Output: The offending thing is


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] I went through Michigan with a full ride for academics and also worked 10 to 20 hours a week for General Motors. A fair number of folks in college get some or all of their college paid for with scholarships and cash a paycheck beyond that. A fair number of engineering grad students are in the same boat, tuition waiver and some kind of grant or hook up with a company that results in a stipend. I see no reason that a football player shouldn't be able to do the same. Just because a small percentage of them will go on to become wealthly in the pros is no reason to deny them money. By that logic we should go stick it harder to the Business School types since they might end up with Stephen J Ross kinds of money. In terms of wealth on hand, I had a significantly better deal in that I went to class and cashed a check for my work. A football player goes to class, has 20 hours of official practice with the coaching staff, more voluntary practice or film study with their teammates, which is supposed to average out to around 44.8 hours per week, and they don't even get a stipend for walking around money. Heck if they chose to stay in school rather than go pro early, their wallets take a hit because they have to buy injury insurance with their own money like Lewan did. There are a lot of services FBS programs could offer their students beside just handing them the cash (and half a million per head doesn't seem defensible) such as a living stipdent, program provided insurance for career ending injuries, a free grad degree as well as 4 years of undergrad, a trust fund of some sort, etc. Right now though players do get screwed considering the revenue stream they bring in. [Title]

Output: I went through Michigan with


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] Ghost is still the king. [Title]

Output: Ghost is still the king.


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] But I'd already bulk ordered the popcorn for when Saban ripped his former employer to shreds... [Title]

Output: But I'd already bulk


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] Next time DB is golfing with Hollis, he can slip him App State's business card. [Title]

Output: Next time DB is golfing with


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] Great's its Noon out here and now thanks to you I have to go drink or find someone I can buy a roofie off to repress my memories of Jordan Diamond. He could be playing guard right now and then move out to tackle next year like Schofield did. Gah! [Title]

Output: Great's its Noon out here and


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] Dial 1-900-Maize-And-Blue and kick them nasty thoughts! [Title]

Output: Dial 1-900-Maize-And-Blue and


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] That's what I fear, every recruiting cycle it seems we have one guy in our backyard who every analyst says is a perfect fit for Michigan and vice versa, we're in the drivers seat, and yet it never happens. I don't want McDowell being this year's winner of the Laquon Treadwell Memorial Award. [Title]

Output: That's what I fear, every


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] And if they could just get it up to positive non story like a water skiing chipmunk or something, things would be even better. Seriously though what did they say about him? Just sophomoric ass jokes? [Title]

Output: And if they could just get it


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] As I said, ask the kid to pass a request along to the parents in your first contact package. Alternatively if directly contacting the kids is seen as unacceptable, every school in America has a public phone number and someone who answers the phone during the school day. Leave the coach a voicemail and ask him to pass it on to the parents. In a lot of cases you don't even need to go that far, as a fair amount of the higher star ranked prospects have a Twitter or Youtube account dedicated to recruiting, which one assumes an adult is at least aware of, if not checking. Hit up that account, speak briefly with a parent, and move forward. Again the issue comes down to the fact that Brown's standard workflow does not included "Speak with a parent or gaurdian" as a step before interviewing a 16 year old. Which forms of social media are used and how you use them is something that is still up in the air, as some new social network comes out every six months it seems, but changes in the mechanics of contact doesn't at all influence the issue that sooner or later a parent is not going to be happy and the fact Brown doesn't attempt to speak to them as a matter of course only increases the odds of it happening sooner and more frequently. [Title]

Output: As I said, ask the kid to


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] I'm gonna go register ChiTownMaize just to thwart him. [Title]

Output: I'm gonna go register


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] It's all right here. He clearly states he has not talked with a parent or coach for every interview, which in turn means that speaking with the parents is not part of the standard contact package. As for his contact method, @BBrown has a clear history of sending out Tweets in the form of "Hey X, follow back", which in turn is designed to allow for private direct messaging. No additional context is provided by Brown in the initial contact. [Title]

Output: I do actually.


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] One area that the board is clearly going to be divided on are the ethics of not talking to the parents in all this. I've made my view clear upthread, so clearly have a bias in favor of contacting the parents. That said, from a pragmatic viewpoint: Let's say I'm a high schooler and I'm interview. Now I live with my mother in Michigan and my father lives in Hawaii since they divorced. I do an interview, my mother doesn't really mind, but my dad finds out and absolutely flips his lid. Maybe he does it purely out of a cynical ploy for usage in a custody battle or some other reason, at the end of the day it will still be MGoBlog didn't ask and at least one parent is pissed off and no parent approved since no one was asked. Ethics of interviewing minors aside, there is a certain cover your ass aspect of at least attempting to get approval from one parent. Better to beg forgiveness than ask permission is not always true. [Title]

Output: One area that the board is


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] This is really what it boils down to. Print journalism ethics first begins with question why you must interview minors. Clearly in this case, because they are potential Michigan recruits. Secondly you determine if parental (or gaurdian) consent is needed. If you determine it is not, you should leave contact information with the minor so his parents can contact you if they later object to the interview being used. I'd say that is pretty standard. So in this day and age, personally I strongly disagree with Brown's method of going from contact to publication. There is no reason why the initial contact could not also include "Also, I want to clear it with your parents, my email is xxxxxx@mgoblog.com." Clearly of course the kid could set up a fake email and impersonate his parents, but at least there is more of an effort to be upfront and reach out to the parents there. Here of course we enter into a slippery slope in that how much due diligence Brown has to do. The core issue though is right now he is doing nothing. At the end of the day, tweeting kids "Hello X, follow me back" seemingly out of the blue* and dropping interviews on 16 year olds strikes me as extremely low professional standards and I'll post negative comments about it. One of the first things you normally learn in the professional world is just because you are on social media, doesn't meant professional standards are thrown out. Ultimately that is going to happen is Brown is going to run an article and some parent is going to be pissed the fuck off by it and when that happens, if Brian thought the AD was on his ass before, he's going to wake up and find the Athletic Department so far up his ass, Dominos is opening a branch in his colon. *There also does seem to be an element of hypocrisy here, what did Kyle Kalis and Tuley-Tillman teach us? Don't tweet recruits. Yet now a business function of the blog is doing it via a personal twitter account and lacking any sort of formal letterhead...no thank you. [Title]

Output: This is really what it boils


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] The new one is earmarked for Life Sciences according to the general plan, although that could change. [Title]

Output: The new one is earmarked for


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] The industry is undoubtably grimey, but just because MGoBlog does partake in elements of the industry doesn't mean people can't express concerns about the level at which the blog partakes in this industry. Scout, Rivals, etc do a lot of things that MGoBlog choses not to do and I don't see the issue with people on the blog expressing concern about how deep into that industry the blog staff dives. After all, it was called the MGoCreeper Van because when TomVH started out, lots of people jokingly expressed concern about a dude driving around to various high school games for the express purpose of posting footage on the internet. Moving forward with hudl pages and all that the game has changed. That being said, it is still an ongoing discussion. Both posters and staff comment negatively on some of the offers made to 8 year olds by coaches, so it stands to reason different people would have different thresholds for where that age cut off is. [Title]

Output: The industry is undoubtably


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] I can confirm this is correct, a large portion of the wing on the Dental School was marked as no access when I did my orientation for Marine ROTC. However the Marines showed that area and the massive cracks because "Marines aren't pussies like those squids." Also the University never really repaired it beyond taking it to a point it wasn't condemned. Circa 2007 or so the patchwork as still visible in a number of classrooms and a couple of new cracks were coming along quite nicely. It's ashame because the building has a lot of history, but its time has clearly come. [Title]

Output: I can confirm this is


Input: [Date] 1 year 44 weeks ago [Body] Yeah this is creepy, given we have lots of 2014 and 2015 people still out there. Well even if both those classes were full, it would be creepy given this is 2013, but a bit more understandable. [Title]

Output: Yeah this is creepy, given we


Input: [Date] 1 year 45 weeks ago [Body] Ultimately at the start of the season, most of the 'experts' were calling us an 8 or 9 win team this year due to our youth and right now the fanbase is being reminded of that. The play where Chesson failed to dominate the tiny little sub 6' corner covering him his a prime example of that youth. Senior Chesson will likely just reach over the guy, grab the ball and proceed to burn down the field for another 10 yards. Freshman Chesson doesn't jump properly and it results in an Int. That said that throw made my happy, Chesson mistake aside, because it was one of many times that Gardner did throw to someone not named Gallon. Gardner was out of sync with a lot of those people but that can be fixed. The second half went well and in the 4th we really did start to establish something. Fitz was running hard and the defense finally got pumped up thanks to the Morgan pick. Hopefully that will carry into the bye week and give the coaches a little something positive to work with before showing the 6 hour long clip of things that need to be corrected. I'm really hoping with 2 weeks off we can get the offensive line settled into at least mediocrity and Devin calmed down and out of the "I need to win it all by myself mode." [Title]

Output: Ultimately at the start of


Input: [Date] 1 year 45 weeks ago [Body] This issue the higher ups who looked the other way on this did so in part to protect their cash cow of a football program from any taint of a scandal. PSU struggling to make ends meet is just in that is serves as a fair warning to every other administrator in the country (and the PSU community) that the coverup only makes it worse. The message needs to be sent that a better economic result will come from coming clean and taking the initial hit. True PSU never had some kind of secret meeting where the entire Board of Trustees said 'cover this shit up', but the culture was such that a group of school leaders thought they could do just that. Ultimately that is why they pay. Also you can't just blame sanctions. Donations to the athletic program are also down, likely because alumni are disgusted by the actions of the department, not just in the coverup but all its continued denial. Beside, they can always melt that statue down and sell the metal. [Title]

Output: This issue the higher ups who


Input: [Date] 1 year 45 weeks ago [Body] One of my GSI's student released coursework and grads I had performed on public forums and via mass email because they had an issue with me. Disclosure of grades of course falls under FERPA. Lewis as Dean of Rackham was actually the ultimate say in punishing this grad student, but kept ducking meetings with me, I had four rescheduled and denying responsibility until a letter from an actual lawyer rolled in, coupled with an official compliant to the Department of Education. Suddenly Lewis had all the time in the world to meet with me after that and I no longer kept getting routed to other departments. For awhile they had this whole "Oh no, we don't handle that, someone else does." thing going on to ping pong me back and forth. [Title]

Output: One of my GSI's student


Input: [Date] 1 year 45 weeks ago [Body] Whereas I personally feel Lewis failed ot adequately discpline a grad student who committed a FERPA violation and I had to hire a lawyer to send a threatening letter so that Lewis would get off his ass and respond. So I'll vote a strong "Hell no" on Lewis. [Title]

Output: Whereas I personally feel


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Body] I would like to see our starting tackles pulled around halftime or so and the backups (next years starters) inserted to work with interior line. Get the backups some experience and also look to the future. [Title]

Output: I would like to see our


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Body] Also for busy content days, the stock photos could be placed beneath the jump or shrunk. [Title]

Output: Also for busy content days,


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Body] Honestly I think State's defense is slightly overrated. They needed to bring 5 or 6 just to get pressure against USF. The Bulls burned them a few times with draws. Against better teams Narduzzi may be made to pay for that aggression with those draws and screens. State's front 4 are not as disruptive as they were in past seasons. [Title]

Output: Honestly I think State's


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Body] That stopping Denard defense comment is the key I think. Notre Dame early in the game was playing they thought Denard was still there and no one on our team could pass to save his life. They reopened with a rehash of their 2012 formations and were promptly murdered via a passing attack. As the season goes on we'll see if coordinators we face make different choices, like not stacking 7 or 8 in the box and having the LBs play to stop the run on almost every down, and what kind of running game improvement we see at that point. So far Devin has not been a free turnover machine when pressured, so we'll see what happens next. If we seems playing to stop the pass more and we still struggle to run, my worries will increase at that point. Funchess blocking mistakes that definitely hurt the run game. That's worrisome, but it is only his second year in the program and blocking takes time to learn (think back to Seth's work on how long it takes to prep offensive linemen to learn the blocking schemes, Funchess faces the same task to a degree). [Title]

Output: That stopping Denard defense


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Body] Well this should hopefully end the Sailboat Bill jokes (I have to admit, I've made a few myself). The oddly unified story I've heard is that Miles was exiled from AA by Bo for various sins beyond the whole screwing Mrs. Moeller thing, which might just be campfire gossip anyway. Which was why when coming into the 2006 season, when Carr wanted to retire and Bo was alive, no move was made to hire Miles. As the story goes, MSC felt that Bo was over reacting to some minor issues involving Miles, whereas Bo had full on excommunicated the guy. So long as Carr stayed on, MSC figured there was nothing to be gained by challenging Bo over this and let it ride coming into 2006 when Carr was making noises about retirement but people talked him into staying. What happened in 2008 supposedly was Carr and Martin were against Miles, but MSC ordered contact to be made and since she is the ultimate boss she had to be obeyed. Martin, a multimillionaire who has conducted many business deals on tight timetables, became suddenly incompentent (strategically so one might say) with his cellphone and Carr laid the groundwork for RR (since RR had the Nehlen link and Bo liked RR's read-option, although I assume Bo must have flipped channels during defensive series). Martin 'made a mistake' and 'lost the deal', then Carr presented RR as a viable Plan B. However Carr actually had buyer's remorse due to further interactions with RR and things went to hell as we all saw. [Title]

Output: Well this should hopefully


Input: [Date] 1 year 46 weeks ago [Body] Seems fair. As long as we keep it together the next part of the schedule is nice. Plenty of time for the interior of the line to come together and Fitz to become less ginger. Also State is at #27, reaping of the benefit of people never watching them play and just seeing the final score on their news feed. [Title]

Output: Seems fair. As long as we


Input: [Date] 2 years 24 weeks ago [Body] Started out great with a Hopslam, but after a late night email from the boss it became vodka and soda and now just vodka... [Title]

Output: Started out great with a


Input: [Date] 4 years 8 weeks ago [Body] How do we know this is not Gilbert and his date playing a joke on us? It seems too stupid to be real [Title]

Output: posted from iPhone


Input: [Date] 4 years 13 weeks ago [Body] I realize this response is three days late, but how you could infer from the post that because of free agency problems under Millen the team would have the same problems under Mayhew is beyond me when I mentioned neither Millen nor free agency (nor Mayhew for that matter). Instead, I meant to highlight that going in, there was an obvious weakness of the team - the secondary - and they could have addressed it in the second round. The appeal of addressing this through the draft is that it is almost guaranteed the player will be on your team next season. IMO drafting the best available is a strategy that works great for the first round or when your team does not have a huge weakness. It is quite possible that the team can address the issue in free agency. However, the team's top DB targets in free agency may get offered more money elsewhere or may not want to play for the Lions. Free agency is a riskier option to address team needs, and when one is as big a need as the Lions have, I would have preferred the guarantee of the draft. [Title]

Output: I realize this response is


Input: [Date] 4 years 13 weeks ago [Body] It's a nice story and all, and I welcome him to the team. However, what are the stats on the #1 and #2 cornerbacks last year? You cannot tell me it is less than or equal to the weakness of the 21 combined receptions for the #3 and #4 receiver. [Title]

Output: It's a nice story and all,


Input: [Date] 4 years 16 weeks ago [Body] Life as a twenty-first century Michigan fan continues... [Title]

Output: Life as a twenty-first


Input: [Date] 4 years 22 weeks ago [Body] If you really want to make the best of your time in Columbus, you should try The Thurman Cafe. It is pretty far south of campus, but it will not disappoint you if you are into incredible burgers. It isn't so much of a sports bar as a hole-in-the-wall restaurant. I remember them having televisions there, too. Just make sure to get there early because there usually is a wait. http://www.thethurmancafe.com/ [Title]

Output: The Thurman Cafe


Input: [Date] 4 years 23 weeks ago [Body] Isiah Thomas covertly offering advice and guidance to an owner who gave him an extension for ruining the franchise is a far-fetched idea to you. However, in the comment you made before this, the theory that an SEC team receiving sanctions would result in a secession of the SEC from the NCAA, forming an "unregulated football super alliance" seems plausible to you? http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/ot-alabama-and-barry-sanders-jr-more#comment... Care to explain your logic? [Title]


Input: [Date] 4 years 27 weeks ago [Body] No where does it state that RR was fired solely because of his (in)ability to recruit. It talks about the myth that RR did not recruit enough players in the state of Michigan. EDIT: Removed second paragraph because I was wrong. [Title]

Output: It seems you do not understand the point of the post


Input: [Date] 4 years 29 weeks ago [Body] I was in the same situation after my first year. I thought law school would be interesting and make me a more well-rounded person for whatever job I decided to pursue, and I was hoping to do something in the public interest sector. However, I seriously considered leaving. Among other reasons, I hated focusing on the academic side 24/7. I decided to give the second year a try, but I wanted to try something different - doing something I liked. I volunteered at a legal aid office, got involved in some of the school organizations, and joined one of the school's legal clinics. It made my experience a lot better because I found that I actually cared about what I was doing. So if you want any advice, I would say tough out that first year, and then think about what initially interested you in law school. From there, pursue activities, organizations, and opportunities that relate to those initial reasons for going. [Title]

Output: I was in the same situation


Input: [Date] 4 years 29 weeks ago [Body] I wasn't thrilled when Brady Hoke was hired, especially with all the big names being thrown around. I found that I was extremely frustrated, however, when reading reactions from the traditional media outlets and former players. It is great that these two factions are now once again "all in" for Michigan, but where were they during the RichRod era? Why couldn't they give the same support? Now, Braylon Edwards and Michael Rosenberg are telling me that I am supposed to be excited about this hire and "all in" for the team. It's ridiculous. If the likes of Cato June and Aaron Shea really support Michigan, they should have done so through thick and thin, regardless of who the coach was. Yet, because it was not Michigan football the way they wanted it to be, they decide who they should support, and I am supposed to blindly follow. Whether alluded to or bluntly stated, I hear a lot of people saying that they want things back to the way they were with Coach Carr. It seems people remember what he did differently from me because I recall a 1-5 record against Tressel, a traditional Rose Bowl demolishing, and an inability to stop a running quarterback. I was excited Michigan decided to take a step in a new direction that would finally address these problems. I do not necessarily think RichRod was the right person for the job given the on-field results and the numerous player transfers, but I continue to wonder "what if" when it comes to the support he should have received from these two factions that were so opposed to him from Day 1. Maybe it would not have changed anything, but I would have liked to see what could have happened. I want to support this hire, and I will in time, but everytime I see another former player or reporter telling me how much I should like this decision, I have a harder time doing so. [Title]

Output: I am bitter


Input: [Date] 4 years 33 weeks ago [Body] I don't think you are really remembering the main issue us "idiots" had. Most of the outrage was over the lack of communication between the coaching staff and the admissions staff. The issue I and many others seemed to have was that he was cleared to receive a LOI by more than just the coaching staff. Then in June he found out he was not going to be accepted here based on an admissions decision. http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/dorsey-letter#comment-507503 I understand now just how bad his grades were, but I still think letting a student know he cannot attend a school 3 months before the start of the semester is poor form. [Title]

Output: Rewriting history


Input: [Date] 4 years 37 weeks ago [Body] For me, it is the first Michigan loss I can remember - vs. Colorado in 1994. It was the first time I ever cried after a loss. After the game, my dad took me to the park to blow off some steam. As we were leaving the parking lot, some kid had left his bike behind our car, and we ran it over as we were backing out. I was able to keep it together as the kid was crying, but I felt bad for both my dad and the kid. [Title]

Output: For me, it is the first


Input: [Date] 5 years 5 weeks ago [Body] When you talk about Dwayne Wade being an automatic plug-in over Rip, do you mean over the long-term or during our championship season? If it is over the long-term, then I do not disagree, but for the 2003-2004 season: Richard Hamilton - 35.5 MPG, 17.6 ppg, 4.0 assists, 3.6 rpg, 1.6 steals, 2.6 TO Dwayne Wade - 34.9 MPG, 16.2 ppg, 4.5 assists, 4 rpg, 1.4 steals, 3.2 TO Throw in the fact that Rip's offensive game wore down the other team's SG or SF, and I do not think Wade is a tier above for that season. Also, what made the Pistons a unique championship team is that they really lacked a superstar. They played basketball as a team and focused on defense. A rookie like Carmelo or Bosh would be talented, but from a chemistry standpoint, it could screw up the entire team (e.g. Carmelo complaining that Larry Brown was too hard on him, wanting more minutes, etc.). [Title]

Output: Confused


Input: [Date] 5 years 6 weeks ago [Body] ...did the athletic department offer your cousin a scholarship to play football here? Did your cousin sign a LOI to attend and play for Michigan? I hope you can recognize that Demar Dorsey went further than simply having a desire to play football for us, and if his academic status was different, he would be. [Title]

Output: That depends...


Input: [Date] 5 years 8 weeks ago [Body] While I appreciate your attempt to give us perspective on this, you seem to be missing the main point. The frustration/disappointment/other negative feeling many of us have for our university right now almost entirely is based on how this situation has been handled. We made him an offer, he accepted and qualified, and now we might not be letting him in. Not only that, but we are keeping him in the dark about what his current status is. Sure we want to see him on the football field this fall, but if this were any other student, and not an athlete, I would feel just as bad for him/her. I just haven't learned of the University handling any other student's enrollment like this. I find no hypocrisy in a position that wants the University to fulfill its end of the bargain, after Dorsey fulfilled his. If we allow Dorsey in, we will still be a strong academic institution. One student-athlete, deserving of a second chance, does not change that. [Title]

Output: While I appreciate your


Input: [Date] 2 years 24 weeks ago [Title] Started out great with a [Body]

Output: Started out great with a Hopslam, but after a late night email from the boss it became vodka and soda and now just vodka...


Input: [Date] 4 years 8 weeks ago [Title] posted from iPhone [Body]

Output: How do we know this is not Gilbert and his date playing a joke on us? It seems too stupid to be real


Input: [Date] 4 years 13 weeks ago [Title] I realize this response is [Body]

Output: I realize this response is three days late, but how you could infer from the post that because of free agency problems under Millen the team would have the same problems under Mayhew is beyond me when I mentioned neither Millen nor free agency (nor Mayhew for that matter). Instead, I meant to highlight that going in, there was an obvious weakness of the team - the secondary - and they could have addressed it in the second round. The appeal of addressing this through the draft is that it is almost guaranteed the player will be on your team next season. IMO drafting the best available is a strategy that works great for the first round or when your team does not have a huge weakness. It is quite possible that the team can address the issue in free agency. However, the team's top DB targets in free agency may get offered more money elsewhere or may not want to play for the Lions. Free agency is a riskier option to address team needs, and when one is as big a need as the Lions have, I would have preferred the guarantee of the draft.


Input: [Date] 4 years 13 weeks ago [Title] It's a nice story and all, [Body]

Output: It's a nice story and all, and I welcome him to the team. However, what are the stats on the #1 and #2 cornerbacks last year? You cannot tell me it is less than or equal to the weakness of the 21 combined receptions for the #3 and #4 receiver.


Input: [Date] 4 years 16 weeks ago [Title] Life as a twenty-first [Body]

Output: Life as a twenty-first century Michigan fan continues...


Input: [Date] 4 years 22 weeks ago [Title] The Thurman Cafe [Body]

Output: If you really want to make the best of your time in Columbus, you should try The Thurman Cafe. It is pretty far south of campus, but it will not disappoint you if you are into incredible burgers. It isn't so much of a sports bar as a hole-in-the-wall restaurant. I remember them having televisions there, too. Just make sure to get there early because there usually is a wait. http://www.thethurmancafe.com/


Input: [Date] 4 years 23 weeks ago [Title] ? [Body]

Output: Isiah Thomas covertly offering advice and guidance to an owner who gave him an extension for ruining the franchise is a far-fetched idea to you. However, in the comment you made before this, the theory that an SEC team receiving sanctions would result in a secession of the SEC from the NCAA, forming an "unregulated football super alliance" seems plausible to you? http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/ot-alabama-and-barry-sanders-jr-more#comment... Care to explain your logic?


Input: [Date] 4 years 27 weeks ago [Title] It seems you do not understand the point of the post [Body]

Output: No where does it state that RR was fired solely because of his (in)ability to recruit. It talks about the myth that RR did not recruit enough players in the state of Michigan. EDIT: Removed second paragraph because I was wrong.