Unverified Voracity Is Bluffin' With Christopher Walken's Muffin

Is straight out of The Prince. I fucking love it, he is going to be remembered as one helluva AD.

you owe me a coke.

i guess i should've just written less, i would've beaten you.

Early in my professional career, I was a sound quality engineer. 6 dB is a doubling of the level (i.e. magnitude) of acoustic pressure, sound power, or sound intensity, (actually, on a log scale, its a doubling of anything). Acoustic pressure is measured in Pascals, (abbr. Pa) sound power in Watts (W) and sound intensity in Watts per sq. meter (W/m^2).

"Loudness" is something else, but is dependent upon the frequency content of the sound. There are different weighting curves and means to calculate it. One weighting curve, known as "dB(A)" is a weighting curve (on a log scale of sound pressure) that attempts to approximate how the ear hears sound. Most vibro-acoustics engineers have largely dismissed dB(A) as a good measure of perceived loudness (but its better than no weighting). Two other means are closer: Stevens loudness, and Zwicker loudness (ISO532A and B standards). Many studies have shown that the weighting curves in Zwicker loudness do a good job of approximating perceived loudness.

Depending upon the frequency content of the sound, 6-10 dB is a doubling of perceived loudness. 4-5 dB will certainly seem louder to most spectators in the stands, but it certainly won't be "triple" or even "double".

DWarren is being unfairly mocked, but I think it's a powerful statement.  What's done is done--I'll be cheering for him to succeed with the Jets just as much as BG with the Eagles.

A very efficient speaker, er typer.

42% of the population that regularly reads Mgoblog makes 100k+?

And apparently 70% of us don't have children.

Yes...and yes.  I had no idea I fell so firmly in the middle of the Mgoblog demographic.

I love the fact that Free Press circulation dropped by 3% more than the News.  I'd like to think that is directly attributed to the Michigan fan standing firm against their shoddy journalism.

I don't think that's completely fair. I do agree that Brandon seems to be getting the job done in a very professional manner.

You just beat me to this... I was just happily reading along, then ran into that brick wall and logged in just to say something about it. I work in the theatre world when I'm not working in the banking world, so this jumped off the page at me.  I'm a little surprised at Brian. He's not usually one to fall victim to trying to be more colorful and using words incorrectly in the process. Eh, give him a pass. He runs a helluva blog.

I did not know that. Also I hate you a little.

since the third person singular present tense active voice indicative mood ending for the fourth conjugation is -t and the third person plural present tense active voice indicative mood ending for the fourth conjugation is -nt. 

because it ends with an 's'

I have been among the Tate fans, believing that ability to throw on time and on target is vital to success in this offense.  I gained two things from the video, however, that will have me feeling very happy no matter which non-freshman starts this fall.

1 - Denard did a very nice job leading the bubble screen receiver, so that the receiver had to move forward to make the catch.  It was awfully frustrating last fall to watch sideways passes get dropped, bobbled, or caught without the runner having a head of steam and getting tackled for minimal gain.

2 - Watching the d-line rush Denard was a lot like watching teams rush Dennis Dixon, Juice Williams, Pryor, or any other mobile quarterback.  They seemed not to want to go all out so as not to create running lanes.  This gave tons of extra time, so that being on time is less of a factor - in fact, it became a total non-factor.  Granted, it was only a spring game against the twos, but I loved seeing Denard make use of extra time to find receivers downfield rather than immediately taking off.

I like the way Denard is playing - if he starts, that's great.  If Tate elevates his game to the point that it's better than Denard's, that's great too.

Does anyone know what new information NFL teams could have evaluated that was different than what the experts projected?

I believe what RR said was, "I don't know why Warren didn't wait until his official evaluation".  Clearly the head coach wants him back, but RR didn't say Warren made a mistake in deciding to go, just in making the decision without getting all the information, and information that is given freely before you lose your chance to change your mind.

But wasn't that official review that he would go in the 3-4 round, and many experts had said prior to that official review that they say him going in the 3rd round?  I certainly don't remember anyone saying, "there's a chance he won't be drafted at all"

Now that he hasn't been drafted everyone is saying, "he definitely would have been drafted after his senior year".  But that's making the assumption that he would have had an outstanding Senior Season.  

I think it's entirely possible that he would have been the best corner next year, but I'm not sure that's something that would have meant he's an NFL corner.

I do remember that Warren was our best corner, but then again the other corner was a freshman.  Also I remember Warren getting beat time to time by tall NFL looking wide receivers.

Then again, I don't get paid for assessing talent for the NFL.  Clearly the people who do get paid decided he wasn't worth a draft pick.

Now that means to me either Warren didn't have the stuff, and should have at least gotten his college degree or,

He was a 3-4 rounder, but with no college degree what choice does he have? So maybe that leverage was used to pick him up for a practice squad for free, and wait and see what happens.

I think most of this commentary is based on, "Michigan desperately needs experienced corners" rather than, "Warren didn't have what it takes to be drafted and here's why".

Since no one stated that before he didn't get drafted, I greatly doubt Maize and Brew are really bringing and true analysis to the discussion.

It's very easy to watch people run through a mine field, then point to the ones blown to pieces and say, "I knew he shouldn't have tried it", but it doesn't really tell you anything about what it takes to successfully make it through the mine field.

My point is that, I think he could just as easily not perform well against premium competition his senior year.  Yes he would be on TV more and be mentioned as one of the returning seniors, but with my limited knowledge on what players do between Junior and Senior year, it's 50/50 in my mind that he would have turned that exposure into a contract.

Now the sensical thing is to state, "but he would have a degree", but sometimes players don't really want any old job you can get with a communications major degree.

And to me, that's what's important for defining, "he made the right decision", since it's based on what he wants to do.

And according to twitter, he's just like Mike Hart, and wants to prove them all wrong.

I agree about the ST issue - in the 5th and 6th round, teams might be leary about taking a chance on Warren if he cannot fill a number of spots.  I somewhat buy the limited review time for scouts, but at the same time you always hear that scouts usually can figure out a kid based on a couple of videos, and with the abundance of youtube clips as well as Warren's exposure playing for UM, I doubt the scouts did not know who he was as a Junior.  I do think the advisory panel dropped the ball here, moreso with Warren than Snead (who always sounded like he was leaving irrespective of what the draft experts told him).  If the advisory pannel had told him than he was, at best, a 3rd rounder, my guess is that he would have at least reconsidered coming back.