Input: [Date] 4 years 13 weeks ago [Title] The ohio vs lsu mnc game..... [Body]

Output: National tv, and this is what the flag people do.... http://michiganzone.blogspot.com/2008/01/it-all-went-wrong-for-osu-monday.html keep in mind they only had 1 job to do the entire game.....run down the field with the flags spelling o h i o in order..........


Input: [Date] 4 years 14 weeks ago [Title] It isn't fall yet! [Body]

Output: So no 2 deep is decided and nobody has said Cullen cannot break the 2 deep if he puts in the offseason work or be the nickel back or win a starting job...... Point is to play anywhere he has to put the work in, and he will have to beat out 4-6 other players to crack the 2 deep or win a starting job. Leaving is quiting when things are tough.............


Input: [Date] 4 years 14 weeks ago [Title] 2cents [Body]

Output: Oline definitely needs to get stronger, but they did look better then I thought considering they and the qb are the most affected adapting to the new scheme. QB, Denard and Devin didn't look as comfortable but the best part of that was the defense was bringing lots of pressures and looks to confuse them....ie something they actually will see in the fall. No more of the bland defensive looks so they can go down field at will as in the past. That isn't a knock on Rich, it's the truth, last yr the defense was so bland it was difficult to tell what was what.............other then they were out manned at the point of attack. Defense, dline is far better, far more ahead and that was missing vanbergen. Lbers aren't fighting off lineman every single snap thus the lber play was far better imo....still a way to go but consider where it was last yr......and that's without demens...... Safety play is all around better as well.... Best players on defense, Carvin, Rvb, MM and Demens........... does someone else step up into that list? Best on offense, obviously Denard, Stonum, Lewan and Molk.... who steps in here, hemmingway, wich rb steps up and grabs the reins or is it by commitee?


Input: [Date] 4 years 14 weeks ago [Title] what happened to every reserve ticket being taken? [Body]

Output: Folks, don't take 10 tickets and then not even go, don't take 10 tickets when you know at best you are going to use 4..........that is jack Hopefully next yr the university charges $10 for reserve tickets for motts and it cuts back on ppl just taking as many as they are limited to take......... btw I am hoping the school moves spring back 2 weeks for much better weather.....but I doubt they will, doing that would take them past spring break.


Input: [Date] 4 years 15 weeks ago [Title] so part of the dislike is bias or not being a writer...really [Body]

Output: BTW, ready any monday morning column and tell me it is not without bias....or heck read the dfreep and tell me there isn't bias and had not been bias the previous 3yrs and they they are the paid professionals. Heck complaining about bias here is actually pretty funny because as much as I read those guys had some bias against Rich answer me how much bias Brian and a great many here had against Brady Hoke being hired and carried that bias even to a degree now. I am sure the crickets will be loud on that cause everyone has their biased opinions. BTW, I have talked with these guys indepth about football and what you get on the blog is a scaled back version. You want the deep down x's and o's, coach over there can break it down with the best out there, problem is he gets another 100 responses to explain what he just said so typically he dumbs down the talk to what most everyone is familiar with. These guys liked Rich if you knew them, but what they say is plain as day obvious. When reports came out and I heard it from more then them that Rich would stop defensive coaches from correcting on field mistakes in practice and tell them to let them get the reps in, it clearly made sense what these guys were reporting, ie practice was about drills, reps and getting them done in the allowed time for that drill/station.....idea was get them doing the same thing over and over not about correcting bad fundamentals....they hoped repetition fixed it....... It also proved the point the practice was for the offense because Rich's offense depends on rythem so no defensive adjustment was going to ruin that adjustment. It also told you the reports of defensive improvement the previous yrs were accurate, just against Rich's offense since that is what they practiced against. If you want great spelling, punctuation and sentence structure coupled with great story telling then go to barnes and nobel or the writer's blogs.........


Input: [Date] 4 years 15 weeks ago [Title] fyi, these guys do a great job [Body]

Output: They don't blow smoke selling a product or get into the games to keep readers, they just report what they see and know. I have known them for yrs and they do a very good job. the football breakdown is great for even a novice to read, yeah some may want a much heavier analysis but that would only bore to tears the casual fan as only the most ardent football fans want the total statistical breakdown with player actions responsibilities and everything else. Grammer, if you want it written by an english major buy a magazine, if you want it free by those who attend and love michigan football enough to share it, go to their website.


Input: [Date] 4 years 17 weeks ago [Title] Sure pay them, but they give up their scholarships.... [Body]

Output: Ie they pay the school for their education, they pay for the strength and conditioning coaching they get and use of facilities, pay their own dorm and pay for the food tables.....and let the schools pay them after they pay all that first........


Input: [Date] 4 years 19 weeks ago [Title] jmho [Body]

Output: Riley, Voskul and pelinka.... should have been a bigger part of the team then they were, and I still think that is the reason the fab5 wasn't more successfull... Those guys were on a national championship team and I think they cost themselves by not making the other guys a big part of the team...particularly after they all became starters...... I bet they all know it now and wish they did it a bit different with those guys but it's past now


Input: [Date] 4 years 19 weeks ago [Title] Here is the plan [Body]

Output: They want paid they don't get a scholarship! You pay your way thru school, get student loans like everyone else and then lets pay them according to play..... Lets see how many athletes vote on that... you can get paid based on your pay but you will not be on scholarship and must take out a student loan if you cannot pay your way.


Input: [Date] 4 years 20 weeks ago [Title] Osu punishment [Body]

Output: Remember the 1st meeting was on Osu's terms meaning they were self reporting what they just found out, turning it over to the ncaa and recommending punishment...... At that time the ncaa was still trying to preserve the sugarbowl so they gave a harsher 5 game suspension and let the tat5 play in the bcs game..... Now, after the fact it comes out, we all know Tressel lied, covered it up, signed the documents stating no violations, lied again to osu and then ncaa about time frame and where the tip came from..... Punishment.... 2010 wins imo have to be vacated, and if now proven these players commited these actions at all during the 2009 season even those wins should be vacated.....and bcs bowl money as well...... Tressel.. 2 games...not near enough... remember bruce pearl lost 8 sec bball games almost half the confrence schedule for lying to the ncaa... Bryant lost his season for lying and not even haven broken a rule...... Tressel imo this looks like an antonio bryant suspension is coming..... Probation.... given, likely 3 to 5yrs for this one... Scholarships ..... unknown... usc lost 30 over 3yrs ie 10 a yr for 3yrs.... for an assistant coach that covered up reggie bush taking extra benefits.... what happens here?


Input: [Date] 4 years 20 weeks ago [Title] I tend to think a few things [Body]

Output: 1 Attourney, imo privelege, that's for the bar to decide.., I don't think he lightly divulged the info...I also don't think he for a second believed the emails would ever become public.... as in, once you read this you delete my email and then handle your situation. 2 It was obvious the attourney was affiliated with osu. He had Tressel's direct email, not the athletic departments front email for the avg person to send their hate mail or the psyco osu fan with a review of last weeks game.. This dude had Tressel's account. 3 Motive, I don't think you can call an attourney shady for giving Tressel the heads up here. Did he make a major mistake in doing so, sure but shady.....not at all... Imo this happens all the time, every day where some confidential info is shared looking out for someone else, hey this is a heads up, this is heading your way......ethical...no, loyal, yes, they do not always mix and loyalty can come with a price.....


Input: [Date] 4 years 20 weeks ago [Title] traffic tickets.... [Body]

Output: come on.... I have had tickets, some I did, some I didn't do. Ones I did I paid the fine, took the class, ones I didn't I stated my case... Been pulled over for speeding and told I was going far faster then I was by the officer..... It happens to everyone....


Input: [Date] 4 years 20 weeks ago [Title] You can turn the station... [Body]

Output: btw, the Valenti threads he see's when he travels the michigan boards only confirms that you do listen and his style works to keep you listening....


Input: [Date] 4 years 20 weeks ago [Title] get some facts right [Body]

Output: Dui in any state requires you to go to court regardless and you have to bring representation, ie a lawyer...... 2nd Donte Stallworth, yeah what happened was horrible, what happened took a mans life, but don't let facts get in the way of what happened. The person killed was also drunk and walked into the road where stallworth was driving and all accounts stated even if sober stallworth would not have been able to avoid the accident..... Braylon, his lawyer is doing his job, that is what lawyers do... ie make sure police followed proceedure, make sure equipment is calibrated correctly for an accurate breathalizer...But lets see you write a check to a lawyer for a few hundred beans a hr and you tell them not to do anything cause you are going to man up.......


Input: [Date] 4 years 22 weeks ago [Title] you left out baseball [Body]

Output: Kansas City Royals, Pittsburg Pirates and a couple others that fit the list......


Input: [Date] 4 years 24 weeks ago [Title] uhmmm tell us [Body]

Output: what great defensive players were recruited by that staff or developed by that staff that led to even decent defense being played? Yet to this day their biggest wins were against 6-6 wisconsin, 6-6 notre dame and this yr's 7 win notre dame team......impressive....sheeshe btw, everyone in the country wanted clowney as a defensive player...rich, can you play qb.....


Input: [Date] 4 years 26 weeks ago [Title] rvb has to play de in a defense [Body]

Output: He is not an interior dlineman at all in his time here. Possibility he could excell as a sde, but as a interior dt, only on pass rush downs.....


Input: [Date] 4 years 27 weeks ago [Title] DB also should have reached [Body]

Output: DB also should have reached out to Brock himself and asked what he could do. It would be prudent for Dave Brandon to get in touch with Barwis and Wellman both and see if they could work something out to allow Brock to continue his rehab here....or continue here until Brock is able to continue elsewhere if he chooses. Above poster nailed it, Brock was asked about things and in the transition Brock is obviously upset. He didn't slam michigan but he feels Rich and company got a raw deal and the fact that this transition has not gone on even a month yet it is way to early to start calling out michigan at all in this


Input: [Date] 4 years 27 weeks ago [Title] Get a top notch crew in and everything is good [Body]

Output: Barwis....come on guys he deserves mad props for everything he did here. In particular Brock Mealer and what they did there. For those Anti Barwis, come on the guy followed Rich's instructions.... so when he told him he wanted lineman running ...., lifting .... and weighing about.... that is what barwis did.... Rich adjusted after the 09 season saying we have to get bigger....that is well documented..but they didn't get big enough....the same front guys got ran over...Mike Martin included....they weren't near big enough for a 3 man front....is that Barwis fault or Rich's fault? Imo Rich....he knew the front he was playing Mike Barwis trained them as instructed. Get a top notch crew and some depth for coaches to work with on the field and everything is good. BTW, S&C...come on 2006 team was a personal foul from being undefeated under gittleson's ancient method, 2005 team had 5 losses.... same method.. 9, 7 and 5 losses under barwis... off season commitment was 05 team issue, 08, 09 and 10 those teams just didn't have talent period.


Input: [Date] 4 years 28 weeks ago [Title] I am all for bringing soup [Body]

Output: I am all for bringing soup back


Input: [Date] 4 years 28 weeks ago [Title] bob stoops terrible example! [Body]

Output: He was a longtime dc at kstate then at florida when he was hired by Oklahoma.....yeah that's right they went after a successfull coordinator to run a program that is very prestigious.... Ohhh yeah, before stoops Oklahoma made more then a couple big name hires....uhmm Howard Schnellenberger ring a bell... Stoops at Oklahoma.....funny how oklahoma gave stoops a shot to be head coach he wins a national title and suddenly every program thinks they can lure him there when they wouldn't even talk to him before.....florida, nd, ohio st, and every other top job that has opened up..... Harbaugh... funny michigan wouldn't field a call from him 3yrs ago...now he leads stanford to a bcs bowl and blows out vatech and michigan fans are drooling all overthemselves and swearing harbaugh should be running home....when michigan wouldn't call at all 3yrs ago..... Point is you have to be ahead of the curve....sometimes you have to take a chance and just hire the best coach, not the best name coach......


Input: [Date] 4 years 31 weeks ago [Title] pay athletes and don't give them a scholarship.... [Body]

Output: Sure, don't show up to workout, no pay, dont perform on the field, no pay...btw, here is your tuition payment...and the bill for the foodtable, your tudors nobody else gets for free, your dorm bill.....sure.....I mean pay the athletes to play football and let them pay for everything they get for free now!


Input: [Date] 4 years 32 weeks ago [Title] A few things... [Body]

Output: Why was smu the only program to get the death penalty? It should have been done long before to other schools, the ncaa knows it, everyone knows it..... btw, I still look at the smu death penalty as a warning to usc and the sec! Check out Usc's crap...long before reggie bush btw http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1125493/index.htm I had a link that can no longer be found on espn that brought out how he 12 sec schools led the ncaa with 42 major violations and many of the schools multiple over many yrs...and this went back to 10 right before alabama got nailed again! So yea....it's funny how espn signs a major tv deal with the sec and suddenly this disappears......


Input: [Date] 4 years 34 weeks ago [Title] 1 wr did make that difference vs florida for osu... [Body]

Output: The 1st offensive series florida safeties were 12yds deep at the snap of the ball, just like they were a yr later against manningham and arrington.... The 2nd offensive series florida realized ted ginn wasn't in the game, they were both in the box and the florida defense was blitzing from everywhere. Rewatch the tape..., a few series later ted ginn re enters the game, florida see's it and they back the safeties up again..., realize he is ineffective and cannot get off the line due to his ankle and they are right back in the box after 2 plays. 2006 season, sure florida got the mnc, but didn't deserve to be in the game...., kudos for them for getting the nod and taking advantage, but michigan was better, and up until mario's injury michigan was the best team in cf that season.


Input: [Date] 4 years 35 weeks ago [Title] fyi, a yr older, more depth and more talent [Body]

Output: will get the defense on the right track.....getting something a defensive coordinator can really work with in the defensive backfield besides swiss cheese will work wonders.... getting a couple dlineman big enough to play bigten football will work wonders..., getting those dlineman in front of lbers to allow them to get to plays before they get ran over, might actually help... just a thought.... btw, teams should get up to play Michigan....and that is no excuse for Michigan either...uhmmm well we were their superbowl......guess what, this is michigan and you get to play 11 superbowls before you get to the biggest game of the yr for any program of any sport....


Input: [Date] 4 years 35 weeks ago [Title] sec screwed the iron bowl.... [Body]

Output: face it this is the first yr in 16 yrs anyone even cared about the iron bowl.... acc screwed the fsu/miami game as well...putting both teams in opposite divisions but having them play early and essentially taking 1 team out of national discussion before the season is even started.....they should have kept the game in mid/late october like it always was.... michigan ohiost, I think the bigten messed up by keeping this game as the last game of the season...imho, it should have stayed as the 3rd saturday of november, thus giving at least a 1 week break and it stays at a traditional time slot everyone is familiar with....and this game would still have the ability to knock the other team out of the bigten title game or decide the bigten....(last game is great except for the fact that it's the last game of the regular season now with a championship game left....thus I would prefer the 3rd sat, not thanksgiving weekend....


Input: [Date] 4 years 35 weeks ago [Title] right personel helps to start.... [Body]

Output: admit it, vanbergen/roh/banks/patterson are not interior dlineman.... Mike Martin cannot control 2 gaps every single snap, it has been proven this season, DB's, warren gone, woolfolk injured out for season spelled doom for the corners, Lbers, Ezeh is afraid of guards coming free hence he retreats from contact..... Fact of the matter is this defensive personel even next yr is behind to run this defense. Washington or Ash would have to be monster 330lb nt's and Martin Vanbergen again would have to get bigger to run this defense. Corners would have to grow up and woolfolk come back healthy....then we can talk about a defense getting much better.


Input: [Date] 4 years 35 weeks ago [Title] he should be suspended for calling a specific [Body]

Output: play that is illegal! Nobody here is saying wisconsin didn't kick the crap out of our swiss cheese defense. But to go out and call that play to chop block a dlineman on purpose....ummmm he should flat out be suspended.... Heck the bigten should suspend him for 2 games, the second for being a moron and dumb enough to admit it! But that is why I love stupid people!


Input: [Date] 4 years 35 weeks ago [Title] calm down on the chop block.... [Body]

Output: Lewan had a nasty chop block last week and had one a couple weeks before that, and both were completely uncalled for.....don't act like Beilema called that specificaly....lineman pull that crap when the guy infront of them got the best of them a few plays.... Beilema, most coaches are complete aholes, what cause ferentz, tressel are good infront of a camera you think they aren't? Rich, you better believe he is....Bo, we call him tough as nails as our coach and you think 9 other schools thought he was a saint...Coaches are aholes to other teams. So when Dantonio, Hope, Beilema or indiana's coach (yeah nobody knows who he is or will take the time cause he won't be there long enough) act like douche bags, its because they are. They just happen to be the ones that don't know how to act infront of a camera....


Input: [Date] 4 years 36 weeks ago [Title] Ummmmmm partly correct. [Body]

Output: The defensive front was way undersized last yr in a 4 man front.....who the heck thought it would be better this yr in a 3 man front minus brandon graham? DUH.... This defense has been flat ran over every single week, can't stop the run can't get to the passer.....both of those is on the defensive front. Vanbergen, out of position he needs to be in a 4-3 as a sde, not interior dline Martin, out of position as a 3 front nt, again he needs to be de in 3front or dt in 4front... Roh, out of position still needs to be 4front rde Patterson/Banks 4 front sde.... I admire the effort these guys give but the whole defense rests right here with no defensive tackle able to come in and play next to Mike Martin that can take the heat off the dline, ie let martin be a dt and not a nt, vanbergen be a sde, roh/black be rde's.... We witnessed today a dline just get ran over no matter how much they subbed they just got their tails handed to them....and they are bigger this yr then last yr and last yr was a 4man front and did a better job!


Input: [Date] 4 years 36 weeks ago [Title] Difference is dline personel to run a 3man front.... [Body]

Output: Mike Martin is not big enough to be a nose tackle in a 3 man front in the bigten, big12, sec..... he doesn't control 2 gaps against the run and that must happen. 3-3-5 would need a big space eating nt that controls the 2 inside gaps and demands a double team so the inside lber can flow to the ball without getting a lineman or 2 lineman coming free every single play. Mike Martin should be playing de in a 3 man front.... Next yr dline should have Qwashington or Richard Ash at the nosetackle position....and could go 4 man front and still have a great rush package.... 4-3 front sde vanbergen, dt mikemartin, nt qwash/Ash, rde roh/black 4-2 rush rde Roh, dt mike martin, nt qwash/Ash, Rde Black You can also slide vanbergen to dt or nt on pass rush packages......


Input: [Date] 4 years 36 weeks ago [Title] I'll take 2 wins over wiscky and osu [Body]

Output: then just count on pennst to beat msu


Input: [Date] 4 years 37 weeks ago [Title] the fr played better then expected... [Body]

Output: Avery and Talbott have played the best overall, avery looks ready to impact next yr bigtime. Talbott has had some real good plays here and there as well being in good position when he got beat a couple times as well. Best help to the db's next yr will be a vastly improved dline, namely de's.


Input: [Date] 4 years 39 weeks ago [Title] some of it is undisciplined, most was not. [Body]

Output: Lewan the penalty against indiana was very questionable but the one against iowa the whistle blew and he came 4yds and blew up a guy turned away from him.... Molk had the defenseless player call, wich some of this when the play is beyond you, you just need to let it go. Christian vs nd, was going to be called even if the hit was weak, it was over a yd oob by the time he hit the player. You cannot do that and I don't care if you are a tr fr, you know from little league football oob is oob and you will get a pf for hitting a player oob. Many others, undisciplined more in play and consistency on defense I would say...


Input: [Date] 4 years 39 weeks ago [Title] If osu could win the line of scrimmage in 9 of 10 games [Body]

Output: when they got destroyed in the 1 game they did play, I would love to see it. By the way, this is a repeat of last yrs game with the only difference being Tolzien did not turn the ball over. Wisconsin whipped osu at the line on both sides of the ball 2 yrs straight now. 9 of 10 games osu loses when you get beat that bad on the line. Last yr was that 1 win when wisconsin inexplicably kept turning the ball over.


Input: [Date] 4 years 39 weeks ago [Title] That was a great interception [Body]

Output: but he gave up some coverages early he had no business giving up!


Input: [Date] 4 years 40 weeks ago [Title] penalties really hurt... [Body]

Output: Denard was not the same throwing the ball after his int again...it seems he got happy feet and real erratic throwing after that. Not nearly as decisive.... Tate, was erratic at times to and don't forget he threw an early pick breaking the pocket. Tate has a real bad habit of breaking the pocket right to the pressure and not sliding away from the pressure.... he is not helping his lineman out at all.... I think I want to see more designed roll out passing for both tate and denard.


Input: [Date] 4 years 40 weeks ago [Title] btw, the calls against lewan did not give up 38pts, [Body]

Output: So yeah it killed a couple drives, it didn't make the defense give up 5tds and a fg.... and if this team must have momentum for 60minutes of every game you may as well pack your bags on this season now.


Input: [Date] 4 years 40 weeks ago [Title] Crossing route td for iowa...rt did jump... [Body]

Output: Also several plays again the opposing dlineman were lining up offsides and they never called it. I get tired of this as they have called this a few times against michigan and I am staring at dlineman from umass, bgsu, indiana, msu and iowa clearly with their helmets across the los and they don't throw the flag....... Holding on sweeps... is it just me or do they call this on michigan and never call it on other teams. Granted our de's aren't good but when olineman have their hands outside the shoulderpads that is holding..... 1 other, Facemask penalties. 4 times I have seen Denard tackled and a defender graze or grab his facemask and it not be called......


Input: [Date] 4 years 42 weeks ago [Title] Mark May actually likes Denard [Body]

Output: You can always tell with May, he is plain as day obvious...he didn't care for Rich, didn't care for Lloyd at all as coaches, but Denard he loves and because of that he never dogs denard or the offense but does call out the defense wich face it, all of us do. Lou, he is so stuck on notre dame that when michigan wins it somehow was because of notredame doing it...... He hates michigan and you can tell. But as other posters also stated, yeah Mark May also likes getting under Lou's skin


Input: [Date] 4 years 43 weeks ago [Title] Come on guys they do this every yr.... [Body]

Output: ( state this saying samwebb is my boy but this is all to generate recruiting buzz for the premium service) This top recruit is going to visit, it is going to be a shock to everyone when you find out who it is......he is going to visit for ... game..... game.... Game comes and goes, no visit, doesn't happen...then comes the well..... coach got a hold of it and put a stop to it...... then they say it was a msu recruit that really wanted michigan but someone interfered and won't let them do it..... yes we know fred smith was kidnapped so he couldn't visit michigan as was charles burrell, will gholston wasn't allowed to visit as was others. Sorry I am no longer on this bandwagon of msu can stop a hs kid from visiting michigan...... BS. BTW, everyone is free to call me out if I am wrong! Don't get be wrong, I like samwebb and the crew, but this is about keeping people hanging on....and it could be recruits doing it, but I do not buy it at all....NEXT


Input: [Date] 4 years 43 weeks ago [Title] They do this every yr, some player will visit and it will shock [Body]

Output: everyone...he is going to visit..... game.... Game comes and goes, no visit, doesn't happen...then comes the well..... coach got a hold of it and put a stop to it...... then they say it was a msu recruit that really wanted michigan but someone interfered and won't let them do it..... yes we know fred smith was kidnapped so he couldn't visit michigan as was charles burrell, will gholston wasn't allowed to visit as was others. Sorry I am no longer on this bandwagon of msu can stop a hs kid from visiting michigan...... BS. BTW, everyone is free to call me out if I am wrong! Don't get be wrong, I like samwebb and the crew, but this is about keeping people hanging on....and it could be recruits doing it, but I do not buy it at all....NEXT


Input: [Date] 4 years 43 weeks ago [Title] The walmart spartans are there. [Body]

Output: However company policy does not allow for a sparty jersey to be worn while on the clock.....


Input: [Date] 4 years 43 weeks ago [Title] there have been many tr fr to start at michigan. [Body]

Output: Including woodson, marlin jackson and many other defensive players. All had their struggles. People remember a few plays he made against osu but forget he was giving up a ton of yds and a bunch of catches till he made that 1st int vs osu....then everything changed for him confidence wise that game....wich changed everything from then on for cwood. The issue now is none of our current fr have great sr leadership out there with them.


Input: [Date] 4 years 43 weeks ago [Title] does the horror count..that was a non michigan football game [Body]

Output: was there section 9 row 17, at halftime I was walking up to hit the restroom and I hear someone yelling my name when I get by the tunnel to exit. Turns out, my cousin married an appst grad and he was there all decked out, appst gear calling me to come up and meet his friends while they all give me 2 tons of shyte!!!!!! Yep, my cousin, our family is from NKY and meet up in Michigan Stadium... and imo, this counts as a non michigan football moment cause that was not michigan football!


Input: [Date] 4 years 43 weeks ago [Title] Best non michigan game [Body]

Output: St Louis Rams at Cincinnati Bengals....2000, I think...maybe 99...... Was supposed to be a bengals win against some terrible team in st louis that had a qb starting cause the starter just got hurt in preseason. Yeah, some qb named Kurt Warner was starting who the yr before was playing for the iowa barnstormers in arena league....... That to this day is the best offense I have ever seen in the nfl games I have went to. They shredded the bengals defense (hey back then lots of teams did) but they could have scored 70pts with ease if they wanted to.....it was flat out ugly for me as a bengals fan but man stlouis was fun to watch......


Input: [Date] 4 years 43 weeks ago [Title] Demens play is solid... [Body]

Output: He seems to take on blockers better then ezeh..., strong against the run.


Input: [Date] 4 years 43 weeks ago [Title] Osu did run the score up... [Body]

Output: Leaving Pryor in as long as they did and the starters before subbing, yeah osu ran the score up..., Pryor needs bigtime stats and emu is the game to get them...


Input: [Date] 4 years 44 weeks ago [Title] Yes yr to yr... [Body]

Output: With so many programs cutting players and not graduating them the ncaa instituted that apr point thing. So now the new way of getting around kicking a player off the team without losing apr is putting them on a medical scholarship. But I believe that is a 1yr deal to, if he is healthy the next yr the program either has to release them if they want to transfer or put them back on athletic scholarship.... Sec is again at the top of this list....12 per yr per team on avg.....thing is sec once they do that, they lose that player the entire yr and I don't think they are eligible to practice in spring ball either.....


Input: [Date] 4 years 44 weeks ago [Title] agree with michgoblue [Body]

Output: I like the series with notre dame....I also like the fact that every yr this game is on abc or nbc.... You have to play games nationally televised when you can. Yes michigan is on the bigten network and nationally anyone with it can see michigan. But you also need more then espn/ as well... ABC does regional coverage and rarely national unless it is a night game. Nbc for nd is just national...so a game with nd is national.....how many recruits got to see a great game against nd that could flip back and forth and see that game if they weren't seeing something else..... Plus I still say the vast majority of fans that want to drop nd from the schedule havent' been to the game at the bighouse. These programs bring so much to the table, it is an awesome game!


Input: [Date] 4 years 44 weeks ago [Title] how about playing a style of defense recruits WANT to play! [Body]

Output: Recruits watch this defense and do not want any part of it...top recruits that is. It's passive, non attacking. What dline wants to play a non attacking roll, forget front 3 or 4 man dline....they want to penetrate and make plays. Lbers, who the heck wants to be a lber in a defense that does not attack at all, lets olneman come free and blast you.... Db's, 12yds off the los is so exciting! Seriously, Robinson stated this would be an attacking defense and untill they do attack and start making plays they will not land many top rated recruits.


Input: [Date] 4 years 44 weeks ago [Title] Assessments are ok but honestly [Body]

Output: Umass 7 blockers, michigan 6 man front....in zone reading, not attacking and we need this guy to tell us why the lbers looked like crap! Really.... How about the dline got pushed back most every series due to doubles, then the umass oline wa scraping off to the lbers and getting right to them. Only times this didn't happen was when mike martin made a superman play or Gerg decided to blitz. Contain, who had contain cause it wasn't anyone on defense I saw..... Lbers, Roh/Mouton....didn't have contain, you guys blasted ezeh, how about he was getting both guard and full back half the time or at least the guard and I saw several plays where he shedded the guard and forced the runner but the other lbers were caught and couldn't close the backside cut either. So rip ezeh while leaving the dline alone or other lbers. In reality the blame starts with the Staff....sitting back watching them get ran over and not calling run blitz's to stop it, not going to more 4man fronts with actual size....sorry moving vanbergen into the middle isn't a 4man front, it is a repeat of last yr, undersized getting tail handed to him!


Input: [Date] 4 years 44 weeks ago [Title] really don't you think every kid runs a 4.3 40 from the south [Body]

Output: that makes his 4.7 40 in the north accurate..... as tomvh states 40 time gets 4fakes out of 5.... Seriously Carlos Brown ran a 4.65 at a camp in georgia his sr yr and was the fastest player there by far according to his hs coach who used to post on scout forum...so the hs recruit 40 times I see being anywhere below 4.5, I never believe, ever.


Input: [Date] 4 years 45 weeks ago [Title] the criteria was never stated for the rankings... [Body]

Output: But if accomplishment is the thing woodson did more in changing the view of an entire sport from his position then anyone else left they possibly have. I know some will be way up there just because of who they are. Owens, Thorpe, magic johnson are almost guarranteed to be top ten/five as would be the president... red grange, archie griffin, dan gable there are some bigtime names and athletes in bigten history.....Lest we forget coaches Bo, Woody, Yost, Stagg, Red Berenson....many, many great coaches in programs in bigten history! But what woodson accomplished surpasses many of them, and there is no way he and even desmond howard should be remotely as low as they are. I will forever see this list as a farce because of this.


Input: [Date] 4 years 45 weeks ago [Title] Corners are way to soft, dt next to martin is a must, just not [Body]

Output: Corners are way to soft... they need to be up, esp rogers since he is physical enough...Floyd Idk if he is good enough...or physical enough right now... DT is needed in a huge way and it cannot be vanbergen, he is not an interior dlineman, he just isn't...Barnum/Washington someone needs to be made a dt from the olineman that has some TAIL END on them...... De VanBergen, NT Martin DT (cambell/barnum/washington, someone) DE Banks/Roh Banks run downs, Roh pass rush.... But this defense is way, way to soft against the run against power formation today and my guess is they face a similar run game vs bigten teams all season long.... 400yds a game or more will not get it done in bigten play, it won't and if not fixed you can count on 6 wins at best!


Input: [Date] 4 years 45 weeks ago [Title] dantonio learned that at osu....give up the purdue game... [Body]

Output: or illinois game to beat michigan.... tressel has lost 3 games before the michigan game in his tenure....


Input: [Date] 4 years 45 weeks ago [Title] that week sucks period for the schedule.... [Body]

Output: top out of conference games that week Boise vs oregon st, west virginia vs lsu.......those are the only 2 non conf games worth mentioning...all the rest flat suck sec has conference games started up so they have a couple good matchups.....


Input: [Date] 5 days 6 hours ago [Title] So I don't know how in the [Body]

Output: So I don't know how in the world I got to 24 without knowing that I had the same birthday as Lloyd Carr. Happy Birthday coach!


Input: [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Title] I still think the biggest [Body]

Output: I still think the biggest problem early last season was Walton getting hurt in the Vilanova game. He had none of his explosiveness afterwards and couldn't help Caris share the load. IMHO the biggest thing the team needs to work on is Doyle improving his PnR chemistry with both Caris and Walton.


Input: [Date] 14 weeks 6 days ago [Title] I think the fact that the [Body]

Output: I think the fact that the reaction to this is that OKC made some mistake firing one of the worst coaches in the NBA shows that few people actually watch the NBA. If they get an actual coach, they should be co-favorites for the title.


Input: [Date] 16 weeks 6 days ago [Title] Haha was not expecting to see [Body]

Output: Haha was not expecting to see this name on here. She went to my high school (though I graduated the year before she got there so I follow her career at UM. Especially cool as my high school doesn't produce a ton of D-1 atheletes (though an increasing number since they starting *recruiting*)


Input: [Date] 19 weeks 4 days ago [Title] If defensive effot is so [Body]

Output: If defensive effot is so lacking in the NBA, why do so many college stars all of a sudden see their efficiency drop when they get to the league? The NBA has better shooters, athletes, and game action. If given the choice between a UM game and the NBA, I'd watch UM 100% because I love UM. But if given the choice between a random non-NCAA tourney college game and a random NBA game? I'd always pick the NBA.


Input: [Date] 19 weeks 6 days ago [Title] This comment is bad and you [Body]

Output: This comment is bad and you should feel bad.


Input: [Date] 23 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Unfair to Caris [Body]

Output: Please don't compare Funchess to LeVert. Levert was the second best player on a Big Ten championship squad and helped win a FF game as a freshmen. He played thru the end of last season on a hurt foot and produced. He was the only consistent piece this year until he gets hurt. By comparison, Funchess was the epitome of the Hoke era in underacheiving.


Input: [Date] 33 weeks 6 hours ago [Title] The way I read Brian's [Body]

Output: The way I read Brian's paragraph was that sentence means that there is universal agreement in the Michigan insider community that Les Miles would come to UM if actually offered the job


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 22 hours ago [Title] Last time I checked Florida, [Body]

Output: Last time I checked Florida, ND, Texas, and Alabama are not in the Big Ten.


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 1 day ago [Title] I am more down on Mora than [Body]

Output: I am more down on Mora than others, but mainly that's because I still can remember being flustered with him as a Falcons fan. Seeing him take over my #1 football team would be...interesting. Still, he's got about the best resume of any realistic candidates that aren't Harbaugh and I'd be okay with him as the selection.


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 3 days ago [Title] I'd bump your YPA average up [Body]

Output: I'd bump your YPA average up a bit to maybe 7.5 YPA as 6 YPA would rank 111th in the NCAA this year. I agree with you about he ideal QB however. An accurate QB who has the ability to make the defense pay when they forget to pay attention to his legs is by far the hardest to defend for defenses.


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 6 days ago [Title] The complaint isn't that EMU [Body]

Output: The complaint isn't that EMU is a cupcake, it's that EMU's coach is a former Cuse assistant who runs the 2-3 just like Syracuse does. Playing them first allows you to try out your zone offense so it's not as much of a culture shock when you play Syracuse. Once we knew we were playing Syracuse we should have had EMU moved earlier to the schedule (instead of say Detroit).


Input: [Date] 34 weeks 6 days ago [Title] I'd argue that a one sentence [Body]

Output: I'd argue that a one sentence blurb is hardly annoying, especially with such a salient point. Playing EMU to prep for the Syaracuse zone is just common sense.


Input: [Date] 35 weeks 2 hours ago [Title] No Posbang. We should be [Body]

Output: No Posbang. We should be happy in the potential for the future being better, but it's still sad that a good guy like Brady didn't work out.


Input: [Date] 35 weeks 1 day ago [Title] I will...Pee on Everything. [Body]

Output: I will...Pee on Everything.


Input: [Date] 37 weeks 6 hours ago [Title] Oh how soon we forget. PSU - 36 Wis - 33 [Body]


Input: [Date] 37 weeks 6 days ago [Title] If being "exposed" is beating [Body]

Output: If being "exposed" is beating a top 3 team on the road with a true freshmen QB, then yes Sumlin is "exposed" this year. If he wanted to come here, I'd break open the bank (note: I think there is a 0.0% chance he'd want to come here)


Input: [Date] 39 weeks 7 hours ago [Title] Denard Robinson went 16-5 as [Body]

Output: Denard Robinson went 16-5 as the starting QB for Hoke and that's counting the game he didn't finish because he was hurt (thought that also counts the Illinois win he didn't finish). Denard Robinson deserves exactly 0.0% of the blame for Hoke failing and to say otherwise is infuriating.


Input: [Date] 39 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Can we please stop adding [Body]

Output: Can we please stop adding gate to the end of every controversy? Watergate had nothing to do with water. I much prefer Brandghazi if we must have a cutesy name to refer to these issues.


Input: [Date] 39 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Man I did Nazi that [Body]

Output: Man I did Nazi that misspelling of facets coming.


Input: [Date] 40 weeks 3 hours ago [Title] wut [Body]

Output: wut


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 5 days ago [Title] According to last year's CSG [Body]

Output: According to last year's CSG President Proppe, a 12% response rate is double the normal response rate so I'd call that fantastic.


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 5 days ago [Title] I will have you know that [Body]

Output: I will have you know that this exact quote is going to him via facebook now.


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Fair enough I will do as you ask. [Body]

Output: I did each of their stats in losses as well as with their two best and worst games by QB rating excised out. Admittedly not a perfefct estimate of performance, but it seemed a fair way to do it. Henne in Losses in 06 (@OSU, USC (Rose Bowl): 47/76 (61.8%) 576 yds 4 TD/1Int 7.58 YPA Gardner in Losses in 13 (@PSU, @MSU, Neb, @Iowa, OSU) 92/155 (59.4%) 1195 yds 10 TD/3 Int 7.71 YPA Henne in "middle 9" (excludes Minn, IU for good, CMU, NW for bad) 164/265 (61.9%) 1836 yds 16 TD 7 INT (6.93 YPA) Gardner in "middle 8" (excludes Minn, IU for good, Uconn/Iowa for bad) 150/248 (60.5%) 2027 yds 16 TD 9 INT (8.17 YPA) The fact is Gardner's bad decisions are very memorable, but overall he was very good last year almost any way you slice it up. The coaching malpractice of this staff with respect to his development is criminal and a fireable offense in and of itself. And that's not considering Gardner's athletic ability advantage. Considering the difference in talent on offense (Generously WR = equal, but RB and OL for 06 >>>>>>> Rb and OL for 13), it's absolutely infuriating that Gardner got as much criticism for his play last year as he did. The only Michigan QB to get more unfair criticsm in my lifetime was John Navarre and after that's it's not even close


Input: [Date] 41 weeks 5 days ago [Title] i think the difference with [Body]

Output: i think the difference with the AD search is that all those being floated with Michigan ties would be competent hires. It's also a reason why they might be interested in coming back as someone with no ties here may not want to step into the situation. It's not a bad thing to have ties to Michigan, it just shouldn't be the deciding factor.


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 1 day ago [Title] That's not the way statistics [Body]

Output: That's not the way statistics work though. Say we're a 30% chance to win PSU, Maryland, Norhtwestern and Indiana and 1% chance to win OSU/MSU. Then if each event is indepndent, the probability of losing out = (0.7)^4*(0.99)^2 = 0.235 or 24% approximately. So there is a 76% chance under those assumptions that we'd win at least one game


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 4 days ago [Title] I'm not the world's biggest [Body]

Output: I'm not the world's biggest Brandon fan, but I feel as if criticisms should be founded in facts. I believe Brandon actually donates more than his annual salary back to the University.


Input: [Date] 43 weeks 5 days ago [Title] Appreciate some football focused analysis [Body]

Output: This isn't a criticism as the non-athletic issues very much have needed to be covered, but it's nice to focus on some football again. Even if we aren't very good, we only get 12 games of these a year so I'll always look forward watching the winged helmets take the field. Hopefully Gardner comes out inspired and helps negate the Rutgers DL enough for us to come out with a victory.


Input: [Date] 44 weeks 17 hours ago [Title] I don't think its atypical to [Body]

Output: I don't think its atypical to not exhibit symptoms until a day later, but I think his point is that there is no conceivable reason that Hoke should not have been informed of his QBs injury status, especially when its a national news story. Just doesn't pass the smell test for me either.


Input: [Date] 44 weeks 17 hours ago [Title] Wow feels surreal to see this [Body]

Output: Wow feels surreal to see this growing so quickly after I helped my buddy proofread this at 9 pm tonight (so any grammatical errors are my fault). I already signed and i encourage others to as well.


Input: [Date] 44 weeks 1 day ago [Title] I believe it is Lloyd Carr [Body]

Output: I believe it is Lloyd Carr actually.


Input: [Date] 44 weeks 1 day ago [Title] Disagree [Body]

Output: I was there live and while most didn't see the hit live, we did see Morris almost fall over onto Braden on the big screen at which point everyone in my section starting screaming bloody murder to get him out of the game. I and most people in my section were furious live and nothing the coaching staff or AD has said since has abated the anger.


Input: [Date] 44 weeks 1 day ago [Title] You should probably check [Body]

Output: You should probably check your own math before you try to snark. 42 days is 6 weeks which is November 10.


Input: [Date] 44 weeks 1 day ago [Title] Jesus [Body]

Output: We've officially become mid 2000s Michigan State now with countdowns to basketball season and a clown show of a football team. But nonetheless can't wait for basketball season myself.


Input: [Date] 44 weeks 1 day ago [Title] Do you seriously think Shane [Body]

Output: Do you seriously think Shane Morris should have been the starter? The best argument for starting him (assuming Gardner was healthy) was "change for changes sake" which...is how you get people running 3-3-5s in the middle of the season.


Input: [Date] 44 weeks 1 day ago [Title] Speechless [Body]

Output: I have never, never felt this level of rage about anything on the football field. Losing sucks, but I can handle it because it is a part of sports. But this, being sold that the Michgan way means something, integrity means something and then to have our athletic "leaders" act this way is simple infuriating.


Input: [Date] 44 weeks 1 day ago [Title] And if Hayes fumbles the ball [Body]

Output: And if Hayes fumbles the ball and Morris tries to dive for the ball and gets blown up again then what? You can't put a player on the field without the possibility of them getting hit. There is no defensible reason for Shane Morris to have been put back in that game.


Input: [Date] 46 weeks 5 days ago [Title] It's always interesting to [Body]

Output: It's always interesting to see how the UFRs, mesh with my feeling during the game. I remember thinking that the offensive line was fine in pass protection, but Gardner screwed that up and that they were a major culprit in the run game. It seems that the RBs might have been more of a problem than I realized. The game as a whole was a needle mover for me and my faith in Hoke, but he has 10 games left in the season. If we get the ship turned around as I hope we do, then I'll be the first to admit I was wrong. If not, well I think the Michigan job is a bit more attractive than you give it credit for Brian.


Input: [Date] 47 weeks 1 day ago [Title] STOP BLAMING DENARD ROBINSON [Body]

Output: Excuse my all caps and rudeness, but blaming Denard Robinson for ANY of Michigan's problems is moronic. Let's play a compare/contrast game. RR w/o Denard starting : 8-16 .333 RR w/ Denard : 7-6 .538 Hoke w/ Denard 16-5 (counting the Nebraska loss) .762 Hoke w/o Denard 11-9 0.550 That is a 20% win increase for each of the two coaches at UM who had access to Denard's talents. Despite all he accomplished, Denard is somehow still criminally underappreciated by the UM fanbase for how much he papered over the incompetence that surrounded him.


Input: [Date] 47 weeks 5 days ago [Title] I like to think that the fact [Body]

Output: I like to think that the fact you referred to Maryland as Rutgers in the Maryland section was a thematic, intentional choice on the ridiculousness of adding them to the Big Ten and not an editing mistake.


Input: [Date] 48 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Ok if Brian ends up being [Body]

Output: Ok if Brian ends up being right and this is a top 10 defense andwe have a top 10 passing offense and the running game goes back to mediocre....That's a 10-2/11-1 squad isn't it? Especially with the Big 10 being not great and ND being so hurt by the suspensions.


Input: [Date] 48 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Actually I'd prefer lots of [Body]

Output: Actually I'd prefer lots of pressure.


Input: [Date] 49 weeks 1 day ago [Title] FWIW [Body]

Output: Buffy is on Netflix. Trying to find the show online was actually the impetus for me signing up.


Input: [Date] 49 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Bit of both. IIRC we were [Body]

Output: Bit of both. IIRC we were playing some higher level Belgium squads (maybe a bit better than the team we played today) whereas this Italian squad is the only actual team that we played on this trip. On the other hand, the talent gap between this year's squad and the 10-11 squad is enormous.


Input: [Date] 49 weeks 4 days ago [Title] I too like to complain about [Body]

Output: I too like to complain about free content that helps pass the time until football season.


Input: [Date] 51 weeks 6 hours ago [Title] I don't know man [Body]

Output: I'm not a hockey season ticket holder either, but it's really not hard to see why ticket holders are upset that they're losing a home game against their biggest rivals for a neutral site game. If this was say against OSU or UW, then I think people might be slightly annoyed, but not nearly as upset.


Input: [Date] 51 weeks 3 days ago [Title] I wish we just stuck with our [Body]

Output: I wish we just stuck with our original jerseys as we have the best uniform in sports, but as far as UNIFORMZ, those are the best ones yet.


Input: [Date] 1 year 6 days ago [Title] Tommy Amaker never [Body]

Output: Tommy Amaker never accomplished anything close to Hoke's 11-2 season (Winning the NIT is roughly equivalent to that 8-5 2012 team). He also didn't recruit at nearly the level Hoke is AND he was still givien six years. So I don't really see any relevant comparison between the two.


Input: [Date] 1 year 1 week ago [Title] Your username makes me think [Body]

Output: Your username makes me think you have some personal experience with these matters.


Input: [Date] 1 year 1 week ago [Title] I read DG as Devin Gardner at [Body]

Output: I read DG as Devin Gardner at first and was fairly confused about what that had to do with anything.


Input: [Date] 1 year 3 weeks ago [Title] I think Denard covered up a [Body]

Output: I think Denard covered up a lot of the holes his senior year, but during his juinor year with Molk anchoring the line, it was very good and produced two 1000 yard rushers. I think finding competent center play will be the key factor to improvement on the line.


Input: [Date] 1 year 6 weeks ago [Title] USA USA USA!!!!! [Body]

Output: USA USA USA!!!!!


Input: [Date] 1 year 13 weeks ago [Title] Seems like a silly argument [Body]

Output: Aren't you allowed to like both series? I didn't realize it was an either/or thing. I guess it really doesn't matter since Doctor Who is better than both anyway.


Input: [Date] 1 year 13 weeks ago [Title] I don't think Caris playing [Body]

Output: I don't think Caris playing that 35 min a game is a stretch considering he played 34.0 min per game this year.


Input: [Date] 1 year 14 weeks ago [Title] OSU [Body]

Output: This is football. Especially now that we're in the same division so there isn't even that consideration. The answer would be different if you asked who I'd rather beat in basketball. That being said if we want to ever stop being non-Catholic Notre Dame, we need to start beating both of them on somewhat of a consistent basis.


Input: [Date] 1 year 14 weeks ago [Title] Your baseball analogy is flawed. [Body]

Output: Batting average actually doesn't mean that much, OBP is much more revealing stat on what you really need to measure (what is the percent chance that a guy gets on base/HR during any given at bat). RBIs also are more a funciton of opportunity than a particular measure of hitter skills. If you put Miggy on the Astros, he'd probably have less RBIs, even perfroming the same amount. I'm not arguing that hockey stat is valid because baseball is really the only mainly individual sport on offense, whereas hockey is very much a team game. However, you have to fairly represent your opponents arguments (Also Mike Trout is a better baseball player than Miguel Carbrera and if Cabrera played for the Twins or A's, everyone here would recognize that fact).


Input: [Date] 1 year 15 weeks ago [Title] Also if there is [Body]

Output: Also if there is one...Avatar...if you will that could cause it to rain like hell, yours would be the one.


Input: [Date] 1 year 15 weeks ago [Title] Or we can talk about how that [Body]

Output: Or we can talk about how that silly, silly spin move became less and less of his repertoire as the year went on. We can talk about how his pocket manipulation improved leaps and bounds over the year (unfortunately was lost amid the constant pressure and sacks). We can talk about how he had only 3 INTs (every QB has "should have" been interceptions) in Big Ten play despite having absolutely no rushing support. Or maybe the fact that in the biggest game of our year, he gutted out an almost comeback on a broken foot. There is a nonzero chance that Morris passes Gardner before next fall. Absolutely nothing either player has shown indicates this particularly close to being likely.


Input: [Date] 1 year 15 weeks ago [Title] Current Student Here [Body]

Output: I chose not to buy tickets because I simply don't have $500 to spend on sporting tix (I did buy basketball tickets). Additionally, I wasn't enrolled last year so I didn't have season tickets this year and thus couldn't sit with my friends in the Superfan section. So I'll probably buy tickets to individual games, maybe even most of them, and I'll probably come out spending less than $295 for everything.


Input: [Date] 1 year 15 weeks ago [Title] I think the best part about [Body]

Output: I think the best part about him as a poster was that he didn't overstay his welcome. He managed to know when the schtick was played out before it became painfully obvious. Simply top notch work.


Input: [Date] 1 year 16 weeks ago [Title] Look if you lose as many guys [Body]

Output: Look if you lose as many guys as the Falcons did you're going to have trouble no matter how much "depth" you have. In addition, some of the good luck the Falcons had in close wins in previous years became bad luck in close losse. You can make an argument that keeping the picks and not drafting Julio would be the better move, but the opposite is not some inane opinion you can deride someone for having.


Input: [Date] 1 year 17 weeks ago [Title] After staring back and forth [Body]

Output: After staring back and forth between the picture and my own Braves hat sitting next to me, I believe it's a Braves A not the Alabama A.


Input: [Date] 1 year 18 weeks ago [Title] You're right I specifically [Body]

Output: You're right I specifically avoid game threads because they are filled with reactions like that, but I'm more referring to the front page treatement from Brian. I mean even football players that Brian was particularly harsh in criticizing (take Obi Ezeh for example), he didn't skewer like this.


Input: [Date] 1 year 18 weeks ago [Title] I'm not a hockey guy, won't [Body]

Output: I'm not a hockey guy, won't pretend to understand it as well as some others, but I find it interesting the general tone towards hockey players seem...harsh compared to other sports. I have a hard time seeing a front page post being as harsh to a football player leaving early, even on a team that underacheived. I'm not saying anyone here is even wrong with what they are saying, just noting it as interesting.


Input: [Date] 1 year 19 weeks ago [Title] As a Falcosn fan [Body]

Output: I feel fully informed in saying Roddy White is a knuckelhead and whenever I see his name, it usually is followed by me wishing he would shut up.


Input: [Date] 1 year 19 weeks ago [Title] I mean they weren't wrong. [Body]

Output: I mean they weren't wrong. Texas is extremely young and they should get better as their PG diversifies his offensive game outside of floaters. I thought they were fairly even on praise for both teams even if it seemed like they didn't know Michigan that well (calling the 1-3-1 a matchup, saying "I can see now how this team went 15-3 in its league")


Input: [Date] 1 year 19 weeks ago [Title] I was in attedance along with [Body]

Output: I was in attedance along with half a row worth of Maize Ragers. Lotta fun when the ladies play this well. Crisp offense. I don't know the final stat line, but at one point we had 20 assists on 23 made baskets. I wish I could go to the Monday game, but alas senior year engineering does not let up.


Input: [Date] 1 year 19 weeks ago [Title] I just hope we get the sloppy [Body]

Output: I just hope we get the sloppy out of our system soon. We've just seemed a tad bit out of sorts even during the BTT, but I trust that'll be corrected. As far as the coaching matchup, remember that John Beilein took an 8 seed with one borderline NBA player (D-Mo) and nearly upset a 1-seed in Duke and won the Big Ten with a 6-4 PF. Rick Barnes had a team with Kevin Durant and DJ Augustin and lost by 19 in the second round (admittedly that was stolen from Mark Titus). So I feel fairly confident in the chess match on Saturday.


Input: [Date] 1 year 19 weeks ago [Title] To be fair, don't you pretty [Body]

Output: To be fair, don't you pretty much downvote anything? Whether or not you'd downvote it probably isn't the best measure of if a thread is truly dumb.


Input: [Date] 1 year 19 weeks ago [Title] After previewing Louisville [Body]

Output: After previewing Louisville before the Syaracuse game last year, I no longer believe in jinxes that are not KenPom related.


Input: [Date] 1 year 19 weeks ago [Title] And that wouldn't surprise me [Body]

Output: And that wouldn't surprise me at all. I'm not saying I'm particularly confident in it. My general bracket stategy in a large group is to try to exploit the inefficiencies in any given bracket pool. In my case I know that my group really hates OSU, MSU, and have a general lack of respect for Witchita St so I pick those teams to go far.


Input: [Date] 1 year 19 weeks ago [Title] Hate on me all you want, but [Body]

Output: Hate on me all you want, but I'm in a bracket with all Michigan fans. So I have us losing earlier (to Duke) and MSU and OSU going farther. So if that happens, there's a good chance I'll win money and if not, then I get to laugh at MSU and OSU. Also in general I've been burned by Mtn West teams often enough to always pick them to lose early.


Input: [Date] 1 year 19 weeks ago [Title] I think you should take a [Body]

Output: I think you should take a good look at the prediction threads in the preseason for football. With one notable exception of 2011 (and I definitely include myself in this as I had us at 9-3 this past year), people here are somewhere between 1-3 games too optimistic on our final record.


Input: [Date] 1 year 20 weeks ago [Title] Man I don't know about [Body]

Output: Man I don't know about Wisconsin remaining above us on the S-curve if we do better in the BTT. I think we're dead even right now (their Florida win is a tad inflated as Florida was without the SEC POY in Wilbekin) as their non-con was much more impressive, but our con was much more impressive. I think if it's a BTT final between us, they'll just flip whoever wins the game into the higher spot.


Input: [Date] 1 year 20 weeks ago [Title] Yeah he had our longest run [Body]

Output: Yeah he had our longest run of the season last year. /weeps /watches basketball highlights to feel better


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Title] I believe OSU last year [Body]

Output: I believe OSU last year accomplished it despite not winning the conference.


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Title] Yeah but UNC had to play NCAA [Body]

Output: Yeah but UNC had to play NCAA games in between those matchups (first two round games in 88 and 89) so it wasn't consecutive. Similarly Temply played 3 games in between 92 and 93 matchups. Kansas would have lost to us last year and then would play the "Wolverines" of Utah Valley immediately in the next game. It's a completely meaningless, arbitrary point, but I thought it was mildly interesting.


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Title] Well this list is wrong and [Body]

Output: Well this list is wrong and has no value because we're #1.


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Title] I'll say this about Florida. [Body]

Output: I'll say this about Florida. This year's Senior Class has been to 3 Elite 8's and 3 times has watched another team get to cut down the nets. I don't think you can understate how horrible that must feel and I wouldn't bet against them in a similiar situation.


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Title] A couple thoughts. 1) If [Body]

Output: A couple thoughts. 1) If that bracket was accurate (spoiler: it won't be), Kansas would probably become the first team to play the Wolverines in consecutive NCAA tourney games. 2)Being in Milwaukee with Wisconsin would suck as we would be playing against the crowd. 3)How does Lunardi determine his autobids? EMU is nowhere near the top seed remaining in the MAC. His system is screwy to say the least.


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Title] You can't really say Indiana [Body]

Output: You can't really say Indiana is only a bad loss for us and not for them. I do think they are ahead of us as of right now, but it wouldn't be hard for me to see us jumping them should we beat them in the BTT.


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

Output: Listen, I don't know you personally or your cheer record, but if you're like the guy I replied to who stood in line for bleacher seats and went to all the games, then no I don't think anyone would say we're "better" basketball fans than you. If your point is that we think we're better basketball fans than the people who only go to one or two games a year and refuse to stand up in the upper deck, then yeah that is "undeniable" that we think we're better fans I guess. If you want solutions, in addition to the recruitng that always occur, there have been cheer books added to each section to try to get the students on the same page. We've been trying to coordinate with the band about what songs to play and we've been trying to get "section leaders" placed into all the non-bleacher sections to encourage people to cheer and stand up. I won't say that all these ideas have worked, but to act like the core leadership is just trying to maintain a clique and not involve other students is "undeniably" false.


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Title] I really don't understand [Body]

Output: I really don't understand what you're trying to say.


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Title] I've been trying to be really [Body]

Output: I've been trying to be really civil about all the potshots random people have been lobbing at the Maize Rage, but really you have no clue what you're talking about. If there has been one topic that has been discussed at our meetings to death, it's been how to get more people involved and on the same page. I didn't know being a dedicated fan made you a "groupie" and I still fail to understand how someone spending time on a sports blog has the audacity to attempt to mock someone else for being "too much" of a fan.


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Title] Fantastic Piece [Body]

Output: Jordan Morgan. He Gets Stops.


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Title] I am fairly certian I can [Body]

Output: I am fairly certian I can guess the #1 seed without using the generator.


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Title] Two things to explain the [Body]

Output: Two things to explain the difference: 1) This data is conference only, while KenPom includes the entire season in its data set (which it should) 2) I'm fairly certain that KenPom weighs his number against strength of schedule, that is that 1.223 number is what UM would be expected to score against a hypothetical average team, not necessarily UM's season average.


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Title] Not sure I'd consider [Body]

Output: Not sure I'd consider Creighton the dream matchup. They are literally the only team in the country that I think could beat us at "HORSE" as Brian puts our general strategy.


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Title] Can't really accurately judge [Body]

Output: Can't really accurately judge one way or another personally, but judging by his gf...I wish I were much more "goofy looking"


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Title] 22 year old here [Body]

Output: I don't put a large amount of stock in it. The only problem with not winning it is that we inevitably would have to lose to a team that is fairly beatable (Nebraska, Penn St, Minnesota, etc.) or a team I loathe greatly (Wisconsin, Michigan State, Wisconsin, Ohio State, Wisconsin, IU, or for the sake of argument Wisconsin) which sucks. But I really just want to win one game and escape with no major injuries.


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Title] RR is the MIchigan version of [Body]

Output: RR is the MIchigan version of Godwin's Law. As the number of comments in a thread increasing, the probability of mentioning RR approaches 1. Also if you are the one to bring him up, you automatically lose any argument you are involved in.


Input: [Date] 1 year 21 weeks ago [Title] I think the only issue with [Body]

Output: I think the only issue with going to more conference games (from NCAA rules) is that the teams would have to agree to play that many less non-conference games. If the Big Ten wanted to, they could just award their autobid to the regualr season champion and eschew the conference tournament (like the Ivy League does). As far as the game itself, that was just an on night and Illinois has no chance. I feel as if the defense improvement is encouraging and add the Minnesota game as an additional example. We had our usual slow offensive start there, but unlike any of the other games, we didn't give up 3-4 three pointers to put us down double digits. I think playing solid defense in the beginning of games is going to be the key to how far we go in March.


Input: [Date] 1 year 22 weeks ago [Title] Man you have had one helluva [Body]

Output: Man you have had one helluva day. Congrats on that btw.


Input: [Date] 1 year 22 weeks ago [Title] Well I can say that there has [Body]

Output: Well I can say that there has been no plan to rush the court this year regardless of who we beat (Arizona, MSU, etc.)


Input: [Date] 1 year 22 weeks ago [Title] I'm guessing there's a caved [Body]

Output: I'm guessing there's a caved troll here or something? Otherwise your comment seems a tad...off.


Input: [Date] 1 year 22 weeks ago [Title] SHHHH [Body]

Output: DO YOU NOT REMEMBER THE ONE TIME BISB TRIED TO DIFFER FROM KENPOM?!? /ALL HAIL KENPOM


Input: [Date] 1 year 22 weeks ago [Title] COOL STORY BRO TIME [Body]

Output: The highlight of my athletic career was my freshmen year of high school on the JV baseball team. We were tied with Lutheran North and it was the bottom of the 7th bases loaded. I came to the plate, got in my batting stance, cocked the bat on my shoulder and...left it there as the pitcher walked me for a game winning, walk-off walk. Yeah it was all down there from there.


Input: [Date] 1 year 22 weeks ago [Title] But is your Mod work [Body]

Output: But is your Mod work technically employment? Will you be able to unionize?


Input: [Date] 1 year 22 weeks ago [Title] I upvoted you once and you [Body]

Output: I upvoted you once and you went from 897 to 899 so it does appear that they are worth 2 points.


Input: [Date] 1 year 22 weeks ago [Title] Sigh [Body]

Output: What is the first rule about mgopoints again?


Input: [Date] 1 year 22 weeks ago [Title] Phillies suck. Tell me how [Body]

Output: Phillies suck. Tell me how 3rd place feels.


Input: [Date] 1 year 22 weeks ago [Title] Maybe they got most of their [Body]

Output: Maybe they got most of their facts wrong because they wrote the letter in January?


Input: [Date] 1 year 23 weeks ago [Title] Full Disclosure: Goblue1817 [Body]

Output: Full Disclosure: Goblue1817 is a really good buddy of mine. I can inform you that he did not actually attend the game, but, like me, is fairly close to the core members who run the Maize Rage so he's aware of what went down. Also this thread has been taking unnecessary potshots at several of our close friends and his snark is himventing his frustration at that I actually disagree with him about adequate communication occurring (which I'll bring up at the meeting tonight). The biggest problem is that the security guards left their post at 6:45 when they were supposed to remain there until 7 so people understood they were not to line up before then. Again I sympathize with those who got stuck in the front fo the first line (my roommates were among those) and I have no real dog in this fight as I had a non season ticket holder student seat up in sec 220.


Input: [Date] 1 year 23 weeks ago [Title] Not sure you can say "Damn [Body]

Output: Not sure you can say "Damn you Tim Miles" when Nebraska winning at Breslin is what's giving us a shot at an outright tittle. Plus I just find him a fairly likeable guy overall.


Input: [Date] 1 year 23 weeks ago [Title] Yeah. Georgia won the 2008 [Body]

Output: Yeah. Georgia won the 2008 SEC tournament after going into the tournament at 13-16. if you want to know why these tournaments happen...well schmucks like me are willing to pay money to go watch these tournaments so the conference makes a ton of money.


Input: [Date] 1 year 23 weeks ago [Title] There usually isn't a set [Body]

Output: There usually isn't a set time the line starts for weekday games as most kids have classes and the early time seems to set itself out. There used to be no real rule against camping out (OSU two years ago I participated in one and it was great). Then last year OSU, they kicked people out who tried to camp and I think it's been frowned upon since. For weekend games they usually set a time around 5 hours before game time to start the line up. For example, for Wisconsin the line-up was similarly allowed starting at 8 AM and being there before didn't gurantee anything Obviously less people were in the situation fo camping out for that so it didn't become the story this one did. Bottom line is that it sounds like the core leadership needs to do a better jobs not being kinda dickish at 7 in the morning and the AD needs to clarify the rules for everyone vs counting on the Maize Rage leaders to be the bad guys.


Input: [Date] 1 year 23 weeks ago [Title] Since I've made myself an [Body]

Output: Since I've made myself an unofficial "core" representative, I won't stoop to name calling despite it being tempting in this case. All I can say is that someone who spends time on a sports blog to criticize parts of a student section for "circle jerking at student section meetings" rings extremely hollow. .


Input: [Date] 1 year 23 weeks ago [Title] Alright that sounds about [Body]

Output: Alright that sounds about right from what I had heard about the situation. I will be bringing up tomorrow that for future marquee games if they want to do this, there need to be multiple emails more explicitly explaining the policy or they need to not do it and let people line up whenever the hell they want.


Input: [Date] 1 year 23 weeks ago [Title] I'm involved pretty heavily [Body]

Output: I'm involved pretty heavily in the Maize Rage though I don't have season tickets (so I didn't come until later and thus missed this situation). I'd encourage anyone who has constructive comments about this situations (i.e what could be done better) to either leave their comment here so I can review and relay that information or come to our weekly meeting tomorrow at 7 PM. From my understanding, the 7 AM time was put into place to avoid having kids camp out. It was supposed to be irrelevant what happened before then because that's when the official line would start, but then people bullrushed early (including my two roommates) and then were told they no longer had a spot. Was this information not sent out in email beforehand? Because if not that was the primary problem and should be rectificed.


Input: [Date] 1 year 24 weeks ago [Title] I'd think we'd probably be [Body]

Output: I'd think we'd probably be seeded fairly similarly to how we were in 2012 after winning the Big Ten at 13-5 at a 4. We were 24-9 before the tourney that year, this year a 13-5 finish(with say an exit in the BTT semis) would put us at 22-10, but we'd have a much better road performance track record.


Input: [Date] 1 year 24 weeks ago [Title] Can't wait for baseball [Body]

Output: Can't wait for baseball season. To the Tigers fans, I wish you a pennant victory and a hard fought loss to the Braves in the World Series.


Input: [Date] 1 year 24 weeks ago [Title] Funny I remember the MSU game [Body]

Output: Funny I remember the MSU game as Stauskas going off for 19 pts on 7/12 shooting w/ 4 AST to 1 TO with an NBA lottery pick guarding him. If you wanted to argue your point here, that there is a stigma against white North American players, then that would be plausible. Instead you just said he's not really athletic. You could also argue the stigma is more against 4 year guys than white players since regardless of race, those types are generally frowned upon. Bottom line is guys with way more connections seem to think he's a first round pick even after this "slump" which really includes one bad game.


Input: [Date] 1 year 24 weeks ago [Title] Lol Stauskas's race has [Body]

Output: Lol Stauskas's race has literally nothing to do with how good his game is. He's athletic enough to constantly get the "not just a shooter" reference and he's #12 on Goodman's Big Board right now. And if that's where he's projected, he absolutely should go.


Input: [Date] 1 year 24 weeks ago [Title] Credit where credit is due I [Body]

Output: Credit where credit is due I do believe we'd be one over the limit if everyone came back. http://www.umhoops.com/recruiting/scholarship-breakdown/


Input: [Date] 1 year 24 weeks ago [Title] Maybe it'll be good enough to [Body]

Output: Maybe it'll be good enough to not have people post about it in the middle of a Big Ten run? Seriously, the day after the season ends I'd be all up to discuss this at length, but I think this team is in the middle of such a great run, they deserve to have the focus be completely on them.


Input: [Date] 1 year 24 weeks ago [Title] While we were by any metric [Body]

Output: While we were by any metric the weakest of those 3 teams, H2H had nothing to do with it. We split with both OSU and MSU who also split with each other. We also were the #2 seed in the Big Ten Tourney tiebreaker.


Input: [Date] 1 year 24 weeks ago [Title] That is not the way that I [Body]

Output: That is not the way that I have understood it. At UMHoops scholarship by class, he's on the list. Beilein said they'd honor his scholarship, not that they'd give him a spot with the team. I beleieve that he'll have a scholarship for one year and in the most likely scenario where he can't compete at high level basketball anymore, will be given a medical hardship waiver and thus keep his scholarship, but not count against our numbers after that. However, in order to do that he has to count against our scholarship numbers for one year meaning we would be over next year if everyone comes back.


Input: [Date] 1 year 24 weeks ago [Title] Is it our jerseys or is it [Body]

Output: Is it our jerseys or is it the fact that we're just not that good at defense? This feels like confirmation bias.


Input: [Date] 1 year 25 weeks ago [Title] +1 for referencing Hammerin [Body]

Output: +1 for referencing Hammerin Hank. And it's his 80th birthday today.


Input: [Date] 1 year 25 weeks ago [Title] Using the term "begging the [Body]

Output: Using the term "begging the question" even in it's correct logial fashion seems dangerous after the thread about it.


Input: [Date] 1 year 26 weeks ago [Title] Not inviting the Daily [Body]

Output: Not inviting the Daily immeidately after they wrote a piece that appears negative about the University seems if not petty and ill-intentioned, then merely unwise. You have to figure that someone in PR knows how that's going to look to outsiders. As far as the process, if the biggest problem is that the Athletic Department is not going to know that their players are under investigation by OSCR, then I'm not sure that's a bad thing. I'd much rather that than the AD acutally know about it in advance. Even if they wouldn't try to infringe on the process, the possibility is one that should be avoided at all costs.


Input: [Date] 1 year 26 weeks ago [Title] Maybe I'm misunderstanding, [Body]

Output: Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but if you're implying that Stauskas was bad at the pick and roll last year, you're quite mistaken. http://www.umhoops.com/2013/06/26/trey-burke-michigan-and-pick-and-roll-... He actually led the team in pick and roll efficiency last year (well if we exclude McGary's 3 possesions)


Input: [Date] 1 year 26 weeks ago [Title] EDIT [Body]

Output: Somehow responded to the wrong person so I'll just say Go blue


Input: [Date] 1 year 26 weeks ago [Title] I think you have it backwards [Body]

Output: Yeah I suspect that college football as a major money franchise will go away before Title IX does.


Input: [Date] 1 year 26 weeks ago [Title] Not a proud day for Michigan, [Body]

Output: Not a proud day for Michigan, either the football program or the University. How the hell did this take so long to process? I read that this was brought up maybe 2-3 years ago. There needs to be some hard introspection and answers for everyone involved from the AD to head of the University.


Input: [Date] 1 year 27 weeks ago [Title] joke your head [Body]

Output: joke your head


Input: [Date] 1 year 27 weeks ago [Title] Haha fair enough. I was just [Body]

Output: Haha fair enough. I was just comparing it to the atmosphere two years ago (fortunately I wasn't there last year, but I've heard it was way worse from other Ragers) where we lost count of the number of middle fingers we got thrown up at us including people with their small children. Diffrence was mainly it was only a couple idiots this time versus basically every person we passed by. Another thing that helped was that our bus back to Ann Arbor was just outside the door this year so we just ran there (though we did catch a few snowballs while boarding). A couple years ago it got lost somehow during the game and we were just kinda stranded waiting outside in East Lansing for half an hour which was...not fun.


Input: [Date] 1 year 27 weeks ago [Title] I was in the Maize Rage [Body]

Output: I was in the Maize Rage contigent and I have to say there wasn't anything too bad really. We had one guy yell at us "Do you want to die?", but he ended up getting kicked out. Similarly there was only one guy who tried to fight us. He tried to inefffectively hip check me and when I ignored him, he came around and sucker punched another Rager. Fortunately security got him too. Again, overall losing makes them way less likely to say crap so thanks to the team for shutting them up.


Input: [Date] 1 year 27 weeks ago [Title] I mean it was at Breslin and [Body]

Output: I mean it was at Breslin and Sparty expected to win so it was pretty sparse throughout the stadium. The majority were either the parents section or in the rows over by us, but there was not a lot of Maize in that stadium (didn't matter since we sent Sparty home feeling pretty blue).


Input: [Date] 1 year 27 weeks ago [Title] Three years ago now actually. [Body]

Output: Three years ago now actually. Darius Morris game: Get the f*ck of my court Sparty.


Input: [Date] 1 year 27 weeks ago [Title] Yes the Maize Rage was there. [Body]

Output: Yes the Maize Rage was there. We were so high up though and the kisses probably weren't towards us.


Input: [Date] 1 year 27 weeks ago [Title] Personally I think Stauskas [Body]

Output: Personally I think Stauskas is probably best served to leave after this year if he keeps up his level of play. His stock will be at its highest and his game won't get picked apart. Selfishly, I hope he comes back to make Michigan better next year. Either way I hope he has great success on the next level so I can marginally care about watching the NBA more (Fire Dumars)


Input: [Date] 1 year 28 weeks ago [Title] No kidding. Man my last two [Body]

Output: No kidding. Man my last two years there (graduated in 08) we didn't even have a football team (I was gonna try out, but with only 19 of us they cancelled the team). Also I somehow forgot that there are a couple Knights that comitted to/playing for the baseball team here at UM.


Input: [Date] 1 year 28 weeks ago [Title] From the Falcons side, I'm [Body]

Output: From the Falcons side, I'm sorry you have to watch our sorry team play the sorry team that is the Lions.


Input: [Date] 1 year 28 weeks ago [Title] I will bet you $100 and [Body]

Output: I will bet you $100 and 1,000,000 Mgopoints that Michigan gets in the tourney with an 11-7 conference record. The Big Ten champion squad was 24-9 and a #4 seed. An 11-7 squad even w/o a Big Ten tourney win would be at 19-11. Not a fantastic record, but we'd not only be in, we'd be fairly far from the bubble.


Input: [Date] 1 year 28 weeks ago [Title] Happy to hear that Madison is [Body]

Output: Happy to hear that Madison is doing well. Considering the list of Division 1 athletes from my high school (University Liggett) is basically her and....her sisters, it's fun to see. Hopefully engineering lightens up a tad so I can catch a game, but that is unlikely.


Input: [Date] 1 year 28 weeks ago [Title] I can certainly sympathize [Body]

Output: I can certainly sympathize with that as it has certainly been a rough ride. I also acknowledge that I tend to be extraordinarily optimistic about our basketball team (exception being I didn't think Trey Burke would ever become...well Trey Burke). However, I really feel this team is going to finish somewhere in the 10-13 Big Ten win range depending on how well the defense comes around. While the Big Ten is deep this year, I don't think anyone in the conference is last year MIchigan or Indiana in terms of talent. If we develop even a little bit on defense, we'll probably end up at 11-7 in conference and a 5-6 seed come tourney time. I'm not sure how many other teams could lose a preseason All-American and match that mark in the Big Ten.


Input: [Date] 1 year 28 weeks ago [Title] According to the mathlete you are correct about that [Body]


Input: [Date] 1 year 28 weeks ago [Title] I feel as if people act like [Body]

Output: I feel as if people act like we can't beat good teams at home. We beat State and OSU each of the last two years at home, when they were nationally elite. We hung with Arizona until the buzzer. Maybe we don't sweep our conference home schedule, but considering we have 2 conference losses in the past 2 years at Crisler, I'll take my chances.


Input: [Date] 1 year 28 weeks ago [Title] A group of us Maize Ragers [Body]

Output: A group of us Maize Ragers (probably about 20 or so) are headed to the game.


Input: [Date] 1 year 29 weeks ago [Title] Aren't they moving to the ACC [Body]

Output: Aren't they moving to the ACC though? So isn't it more, needing to invest a crap ton to have a chance to compete with the FSU's and Clemson's (not even considering if Va Tech and/or Miami get off the mat)


Input: [Date] 1 year 29 weeks ago [Title] I'm glad someone else had the [Body]

Output: I'm glad someone else had the same incredulous reaction to the idea of a QB "controversy" or even a "competition". It's backup QB syndrome to the max, but what's astounding is that we ACTUALLY SAW THE BACKUP QB and while he was better than expected, he was a clear step and a half below the starter. Also has any QB ever lost their starting job after their last game involved 451 yards and 5 TD, half of which was on a broken foot? I'd wager not.


Input: [Date] 1 year 29 weeks ago [Title] To be fair to Gardner, I [Body]

Output: To be fair to Gardner, I think he improved enormously in this respect as the season went on. While it was true after non-conference play, by the end of the year he was manipulating the pocket like you'd expect from a 4th year junior.


Input: [Date] 1 year 29 weeks ago [Title] I posted something similiar [Body]

Output: I posted something similiar in the Nebraska game recap thread and someone very informatively responded with the stat that opponents shoot 73.2% at the line against us (318th in the country, average is 69.4%). I really wish I understood why that seems to happen too. My best guess would be that it's a little bad luck and the completely unsubstantiated guess that we tend to foul guards more often than big men.


Input: [Date] 1 year 29 weeks ago [Title] This seems an odd game to [Body]

Output: This seems an odd game to criticize Jordan Morgan after.


Input: [Date] 1 year 29 weeks ago [Title] I fully acknowledge that this [Body]

Output: I fully acknowledge that this may be cogintive bias, but I feel as if teams shoot way better at the free throw line against us than their season averages. For example, I heard Arizona shoots 68% as a team, but couldn't freakin miss against us (until the last one which was on purpose). As far as the game, the team showed mental toughness and poise in continuting to run the offense and not get discouraged when they didn't make stops. Lots to improve on the defensive end, but you'd always rather see that after a win than a loss.


Input: [Date] 1 year 29 weeks ago [Title] I'm glad to see I'm not the [Body]

Output: I'm glad to see I'm not the only one to see Wisconsin as the most evil thing ever. (Note this was exacerbated by my engineering professor here at UM claiming one of his favorite memories as a Wisconsin fan was of Josh Gasser).


Input: [Date] 1 year 30 weeks ago [Title] Agreed [Body]

Output: I wondered on here if this team was going to be able to get over the hump after losing that crushihng game to Arizona. This was a game that there would have been plenty of excuses had they lost, but they buckled down and got it done. Extremely proud of the effort tonight. Only thing is that we need GRIII to be okay.


Input: [Date] 1 year 32 weeks ago [Title] Yeah the tourney run was the [Body]

Output: Yeah the tourney run was the most fun I've ever had as a sports fan so I can't call this the worst year ever. I got to go to Turner Field (where they played the Victors every time Jeff Samardjzia batted which was awesome) and the Georgia Dome for the first time. 2009 was by far worst if you ask me. Basketball sucked, Football sucked, and IIRC hockey got off to a horrid start.


Input: [Date] 1 year 33 weeks ago [Title] That's a great comparison [Body]

Output: Main difference being (and I'm glad about this difference) that Lloyd left on 100% his own terms and wasn't forced out (regardless of what some dumb ESPN Big Ten blog post asserts)


Input: [Date] 1 year 33 weeks ago [Title] Hadn't heard of him before. [Body]

Output: Hadn't heard of him before. Hope he loses every football game for four years.


Input: [Date] 1 year 33 weeks ago [Title] We seriously must be a [Body]

Output: We seriously must be a football school if a Final Four run is somehow below beating an 8 win Notre Dame squad (and I was at both the FF and the ND game)


Input: [Date] 1 year 33 weeks ago [Title] Well I figure it's never a [Body]

Output: Well I figure it's never a bad thing when a UM adminstrator wins a positive award, so congrats to him.


Input: [Date] 1 year 33 weeks ago [Title] Maybe it's because the last 3 [Body]

Output: Maybe it's because the last 3 months of 2013 have been such a drag on my sports psyche, maybe it's because I had work in 2 hours and 3 exams the following week, I don't know. But I left that game feeling if the team couldn't get over the hump in that atmosphere agaisnt a top team, I'm not seeing much more than 10 wins in Big Ten play and at that point I don't know if that's enough to make the NCAA Tournament. We crucially need this year/next year to continue the momentum of the Final Four run if we're going to continue to compete in the Big Ten and in recruiting. I guess all I can do is hope Beilein can get it straightened out. Good news is that considering his track record so far, that's probably not a vain hope.


Input: [Date] 1 year 33 weeks ago [Title] Playing against the Falcons [Body]

Output: Playing against the Falcons defense is the rough equivalent of playing on JV/Freshman mode in NCAA Football though.


Input: [Date] 1 year 33 weeks ago [Title] Falcons fan here: THIS WAS [Body]

Output: Falcons fan here: THIS WAS NOT THE GAME I WOULD HAVE CHOSEN TO WIN BASED OFF A LAST MINUTE 2 PT CONVERSION ATTEMPT.


Input: [Date] 1 year 33 weeks ago [Title] Funchess/Gallon 127 rec 2011 [Body]

Output: Funchess/Gallon 127 rec 2011 yds 15 TDs Manningham/Aarington (jr year) 139 rec 2056 yds 20 TDs (so year) 78 rec 1373 yds 17 TDs It's very much a fair statement, especially when considering the quality of OL. People here don't appreciate Jeremy Gallon nearly enough. He ought to go down as an all-timer at WR. Desmond and AC were clearly better, but he's in the conversation IMO with everyone else.


Input: [Date] 1 year 33 weeks ago [Title] I'm a Falcons fan so that [Body]

Output: I'm a Falcons fan so that dictates my rooting behavior. I cheered on TJ Duckett and Michael Jenkins while they were here (though Jenkins was mediocre and I did call refer to him as "that stupid Bukeye" alot). For the most part though, it seems that there aren't a lot of UM/MSU/OSU guys involved in the Falcons games/rivalries so it's a non-issue.


Input: [Date] 1 year 33 weeks ago [Title] Yeah I (like many here) think [Body]

Output: Yeah I (like many here) think Dave Brandon has a big ego and can come off as smug and so I don't particularly like him. However, I do believe that most DB complaining is way over the top and that Brandon is honestly trying to do what he believes is best for Michigan athletics (however misguided some efforts may be).


Input: [Date] 1 year 35 weeks ago [Title] I wouldn't need validation. [Body]

Output: I wouldn't need validation. How much would you want for them?


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

Output: NW 24 UM 14. I watch the remainder of the season out of loyalty to the team, but fully emotionally check out after the game and look forward to basketball.


Input: [Date] 1 year 37 weeks ago [Title] I know it's a different [Body]

Output: I know it's a different sport, but before the basketball season, the Maize Rage got to go to a closed practice and some of the players came up to talk to us afterwards. Jon Horford remarked that they'd appreciate people supporting the team and not sarcastically cheering/booing. So keep that in mind during this debate. Note: I did boo once during 2008, but I deeply regret that now and if I could, would go back then to throw multiple water bottles at my 17 year old self.


Input: [Date] 1 year 37 weeks ago [Title] Because this is not a [Body]

Output: Because this is not a meaningless game. It's a key road win that'll be key if we want to maximize seeding. Also Iowa State is not a pushover (in fact KenPom has them as a slight favorite)


Input: [Date] 1 year 38 weeks ago [Title] Jason Whitlock cannot write a [Body]

Output: Jason Whitlock cannot write a decent article because he is a hack.


Input: [Date] 1 year 38 weeks ago [Title] Yeah what the guys above [Body]

Output: Yeah what the guys above said. If you want to sit in the bleachers, you have to get in line early and wait for GA. If you just want a ticket, are a student and don't care, wait until after the claiming period and buy tickets that way.


Input: [Date] 1 year 39 weeks ago [Title] Considering Nebraska seems [Body]

Output: Considering Nebraska seems about as good as Minnesota, we should be able to handle Nebraska at home. Beyond that I have no clue if we'll win the road games and it'll take a 1969ish upset for us to beat Ohio State at home.


Input: [Date] 1 year 39 weeks ago [Title] This could not be more [Body]

Output: This could not be more perfectly representative of the two fan bases. Simply incredible


Input: [Date] 1 year 40 weeks ago [Title] But the question is what [Body]

Output: But the question is what gives you the best probability of not giving up a FG/TD. The free kick after the safety probably gains you 20 yards in field position at least vs. punting. You give up two first downs and you probably lose regardless with only 5:00 to go. Honestly if I had been Nebraska I would have gone for it, but I don't think the punt was that terrible a choice. I think all 3 choices are fairly close which is why it's an interesting game theory brain teaser.


Input: [Date] 1 year 40 weeks ago [Title] You do realize that working [Body]

Output: You do realize that working on an outside game is not mutually exclusive with working on a post game right? Also that there is a 0% chance that McGary decided to do that without the input of Beilien (for example he told Stauskas to work on quicker releases a la Ray Allen) And if McGary is going to play as the 4 in this offense, he needs to have some shooting range. I'm not saying he needs to take 3 threes a game, but he needs to be able to hit that 16 footer somewhat consistently to avoid bogging down the offense.


Input: [Date] 1 year 40 weeks ago [Title] Maybe, but way too early to [Body]

Output: Maybe, but way too early to intelligently ask the question. Also this thread is bad and you should feel bad.


Input: [Date] 1 year 40 weeks ago [Title] Look at my first post, I [Body]

Output: Look at my first post, I definitely agree with you. I just think this team's issues are going to limit how many games we win UNLESS we see ND/IU Devin the rest of the year.


Input: [Date] 1 year 40 weeks ago [Title] While he didn't put it [Body]

Output: While he didn't put it clearly, I think he was referring to the defenses only depth chart, not the whole team.


Input: [Date] 1 year 40 weeks ago [Title] Well I meant 8-4 as a ceiling [Body]

Output: Well I meant 8-4 as a ceiling as far as year in year out results. It is absolutely possible (and I dare say the most likely result) that this year ends with us at 8-4/


Input: [Date] 1 year 40 weeks ago [Title] I definitely don't think that [Body]

Output: I definitely don't think that our ceiling is at 8-4 especially in what appears to be a rather weak Big Ten going forward. We are recruiting so well on defense (a place where you often see stronger correlation between stars and success than offense) and we have a great defensive staff in place. I even think that Borges when given the right pieces is an above average OC. The problem is that it'll take a once in a generation stars lining up for us to win a National Title, but then again that's not any different from the Bo/Mo/Lloyd eras. We should consistently compete and hopefully win some Big Ten Titles.


Input: [Date] 1 year 40 weeks ago [Title] I got to see an open practice [Body]

Output: I got to see an open practice the other day and I can't contain my excitement. Walton/Irvin look like legit Big 10 players already and that's adding to a great core in GRIII/McGary/Morgan. The coaches appear to be preaching defense hard and if we improve there, it will offset the probably loss in offensive efficiency without Burke (complaining about last year's offense in any way seems absurd but whatever)


Input: [Date] 1 year 40 weeks ago [Title] Wasn't this the same group [Body]

Output: Wasn't this the same group that had us going 5-7 before the season? Not saying their metrics are terrible, but maybe not the most useful in the context of the Big Ten.


Input: [Date] 1 year 41 weeks ago [Title] Fantastic post. I'm not sure [Body]

Output: Fantastic post. I'm not sure Borges is the answer and I think some honest, frank questions can be asked about how effective his scheme/adjustments have been. That being said insulting his weight, insinuating that he doesn't care about his job/winning, or any of the such vitrol that has been spouted since Saturday is unnecessary. You'll almost never see me post in game threads or immediately after losses because I know I can't maintain perspective in the heat of the moment. I'd suggest many, many posters here do the same.