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Dear Diary is Tripping Over 'Laces
Everywhere else has reposted already so I might as well throw this up top. 'Pre-gaming with' Pat Stansik posted this ode to a valentine of untied laces, performed by a band called Mind's Eyes. The lyrics you will recognize, since you made them.
Sorry to be a bit of a wet towel on this but if you've played guitar for longer than 9 months a I-V-ii-vi progression in G is something you only do if you're an Oasis knockoff for ironic effect, or as a secret track filled with dick jokes at the end of your album. Then again I thought Donkey Punch was overrated, that Tally Hall just plain sucked, and if anyone of that generation was going to "make it" it oughtta be Six Clips, so what do I know?
I know Six Clips rocked.
What I don't know is how to play lacrosse, except in that it seems to be like hockey. But hey the Canadian sports haven't missed with me yet so let's learn this. Let's see, where would we find…oh hey look it's Brooks with the beginner's guide to the rules of lacrosse. [Read read read]. Sweet, I'm now familiar enough with the regs to criticize the refs and ready for some L-A-X. Let's see, where would we find a game…oh hey look it's MaizeAndBlueWahoo with the details for M's first televised lacrosse game (plus a long recap of the first game as varsity, a 13-9 loss to Detroit-Mercy in Pontiac). Surely it's some weekday when I can't...oh hey look it's right after the Spring Game in the Big House, and versus Ohio State. And there's to be a cup between the three Big Ten teams (PSU is the other). Now this is how you launch a new varsity sport!
In a Race to Pasadena, I'll Take the Beamer BimmerHT. Your diarist of the week Eye of the Tiger has made 2012 Big Ten Football programs comparable to 2012 model automobiles #OnlyInMichigan. Each team gets a 2011 grade, a 2012 recruiting grade, and a predicted 
average wins for the next three years that doesn't seem to take into account some of the vast differences in schedule strengths. It also highlights the bitter unfairness of Ohio State's players only getting free Nissans this year when they're valued at Ferrari FFs. Michigan Team 133 is a controversial 2012 BMW M5. Controversial because people in the comments are enraged that he said the metaphorically Rich-Rod model was a naturally aspirated V10 but the V10 is really traditional so he must be saying Lloyd and Mo and Bo ran spread offenses, and Hoke isn't a safe V8 and...wow guys we really just found a way to drag performance engines into an RR argument. Seriously: #OnlyInMichigan!
Picture-Paging Brilliance. On TV the Treais goal when he put back his own rebound looked downright Datsyukian, but I was afraid it might seem less so when screen capped. Silly thing to fear:
All hail CenterIce for picture paging every goal against MSU last weekend.
Sugar Bowl Every Snap. Sugar Bowl Every Snap. He also surveys readers to ask who wants Brian to stop what he's doing and sacrifice two days of his life to thoroughly picking apart a game from six weeks ago that is only marginally related to this year's team. To this you respond "hell yes!" because Brian Cook is our personal UFR monkey.
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WHAT IS THE AIRSPEED VELOCITY OF A BE-DREADED SPREAD QUARTERBACK CARRYING AN OBLONG COCONUT?
The board this week awoke to a new self-consciousness. In order to cross the Bridge of MGoDeath you must answer me these questions three:
- WHO is your favorite new MGoBoard poster (hint: it's the Bama guy)?
- WHICH old-tyme blogger do you miss the most?
- WHAT made you come to MGoBlog in the first place?
That last is the most interesting, from the guy who found the blogspot site left open on a fishbowl computer to the old guy who finally asked his kid "how do you know so much about the recruits?"
SOFTBALL UPDATE
Starting pitcher Sara Driesenga was freshman of the week. Line? Line!
| SEASON | ERA | W-L | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 0.64 | 2-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
Line!!!! Sara, who by reports was born crying "Hail to the Victors," is also batting .500 so far (2 for 4). This is slightly worse than her high school career, when she had an ERA of 0.40, and a .504 career batting average. Let's pick it up Sara; this is MICHIGAN fergodsakes. Softball also picked up a touted southpaw recruit this week.
GET TO THE PART WITH KATE UPTON!
Etc. Discussing blooms from Brian's post on the Mattison clinic on whether this using the SAM on the wide side always is perhaps a bit unsound—from recollection teams that tried that last year were Illinois and Nebraska and it very didn't work. College Game Day is free FYI; in return for this information the OP let us know Denard liked his valentine song from up top. Sigh: Kate Upton. The countdown begins.
February 17th, 2012 at 9:34 AM | 
Well! I may be bald and getting fatter . . .
Well! I may be bald and getting fatter . . .
February 17th, 2012 at 12:00 PM |
What does woolly mammoth
What does woolly mammoth
What does woolly mammoth taste like? Are they hard to bring down?
"We've beaten Michigan the last four years. So where's the threat?"
- Mark Dantonio
Blogging the Virginia Cavaliers at http://fromoldvirginia.blogspot.com/<
February 17th, 2012 at 9:54 AM |
picking a part
You need
picking a part
You need
picking a part
You need coffee.
February 17th, 2012 at 1:42 PM |
Fixed. Yes. Red-eye flight.
Fixed. Yes. Red-eye flight.
Fixed. Yes. Red-eye flight. U.S. Air. GOD I can't stand USAir.
(Blogger alias: "Misopogon") This team is under construction. We thank you for your patience.
February 17th, 2012 at 10:19 AM |
Answer
Answer
"WHAT IS THE AIRSPEED VELOCITY OF A BE-DREADED SPREAD QUARTERBACK CARRYING AN OBLONG COCONUT?"
Answer: Faster than anyone on the ND or OSU defense. Nuf said.
The Team, The Team, The Team
February 17th, 2012 at 10:42 AM |
Who are you
Who are you
that you are so wise in the ways of defense?
It is I, Denard, Quarterback of the Leaders and the Best.
February 17th, 2012 at 3:55 PM |
That question gives the
That question gives the
That question gives the response "What do you mean? African or European be-dreaded spread quarterback?" a hilarious twist.
Michigan Resurgent? Michigan Resurgent!
The beatings will continue until the uniforms improve!
February 17th, 2012 at 4:06 PM |
Are you suggesting
Are you suggesting
Are you suggesting quarterbacks migrate?
The Team, The Team, The Team
February 17th, 2012 at 5:43 PM |
Not at all,
Not at all,
They could be carried (by their offensive lineman?)
February 18th, 2012 at 6:45 AM |
You could grip
You could grip
him by the dreadlocks.
February 17th, 2012 at 10:20 AM |
I'm only saying this because
I'm only saying this because
I'm only saying this because I am a die-hard BMW fan. The common nickname pronounced "Beamer" is actually spelled "Bimmer."
Sorry. I feel like that guy that makes people say "rendezvous" and other foreign words with an accent.
University of Tom Brady, B.A. '10; University of Peyton Manning, J.D. '13.
February 17th, 2012 at 10:25 AM |
Datsyukian
Datsyukian
That is freaking awesome.
+1000
The Team, The Team, The Team
February 19th, 2012 at 1:59 AM |
Didn't he
Didn't he
Fight Godzilla once?
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
February 17th, 2012 at 10:51 AM |
Tally Hall sucked?
Tally Hall sucked?
You sir, are dead to me.
Hail to the colors that float in the light-
Hurrah for the Yellow and Blue!
February 17th, 2012 at 1:42 PM |
You never saw them in 2002
You never saw them in 2002
You never saw them in 2002 when they trudged into their like 3rd show ever and won a battle of the bands by bringing the entire female contingent of a Markley floor with them. Yes, when I formed this opinion, they were a pop punk band that did suck. Then they got into a totally rad phone booth with bodacious babes and reappeared with beards and most excellent ties.
From my days as Oblivion merch guy I have rough handout CDs of like every band in ann arbor and detroit operating from 2002-'05 from merch table disc trading. Tally's is a 4-song thing that's not bad if you want the mp3s.-- misopogon [at] att [dot net.
(Blogger alias: "Misopogon") This team is under construction. We thank you for your patience.
February 17th, 2012 at 11:21 AM |
lol @ Seth ranting about the
lol @ Seth ranting about the
lol @ Seth ranting about the chords both here and on the youtube comments.
February 17th, 2012 at 11:58 AM |
Love the Six Clips reference
Love the Six Clips reference
They did rock. That is all.
February 17th, 2012 at 12:32 PM |
I-V-ii-vi
I-V-ii-vi
is contrived. Particularly since both moves are really I - V. (e.g. Key of G where I-V-ii-vi == G - D - A - E). Make the ii Dim and the vi minor and it sounds more interesting. That is all.
Support your local brewery!
February 17th, 2012 at 1:09 PM |
Putting aside the suggestion
Putting aside the suggestion
Putting aside the suggestion that his readership is wasting Brain's time with their undue demands, I think a UFR of the Sugar Bowl would be very informative and have great relevance to 2012.
Michigans offense, the engine of the team, stalled. The same offense is coming back in 2012. The first opponent is Alabama. What happened?
Give it to Wheatley!
February 17th, 2012 at 1:32 PM |
This man does not get reverse
This man does not get reverse
This man does not get reverse sarcasm.
Brian IS our UFR monkey. If you accost him at Yost with a 50-foot pair of shears which you hold over him and his luxuriant locks until he he has judiciously handed out every +0.5, you will have performed a great service to the contiguous United States.
(contiguous because Hawaiians and Alaskans only come here for the dreads and hockeybear)
(Blogger alias: "Misopogon") This team is under construction. We thank you for your patience.
February 17th, 2012 at 4:06 PM |
I'm excited to be diarist of the week!
I'm excited to be diarist of the week!
But, to continue the gearhead nerdfest, the issue was that I'd originally said the Carr-analogous M5 was powered by a V8 turbo, when it was actually powered by a naturally aspirated V8. So the analogy goes:
Carr--emblematic of the M5's fine handling, consistent performing V8 tradition
Rodriguez--exciting but difficult to control and erratic V10
Hoke--return to traditional V8 roots...only turbocharged!
When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing. -Bo
But I'm not that OLD! We did enjoy our first visit to THE GAME this last fall (he is 23 and I am 51).
You have gotta' love this . . .