Unverified Voracity Condones Sea Mammal Abuse

Gregg Easterbrook was taken completely out of context. His next sentence was that Notre Dame's schematic advantage was thrown to the wind and overmatched by the surprising demonstration of a spread offense that Michigan chose to play all game. While the spread offense throughout a game often leads to 3-and-out, doing it as a surprise, all-game, caught ND off-guard.

The Forcier article contains the words "Beaver" and "snatch" in the same sentence.

...if there was a picture on display to accompany the Sea Mammal Abuse notice, like the previous dolphin-punch graphic?

Is it just me or is that M-Den link corrupt?

So I haven't been able to attend any games this year. What is this circle of death you people speak of? Anyone have pics/video?

Everyone loves the BOX. lol.

And he was suspended a game. I realize what he did was much more serious, but it is, technically, an example of a player being suspended without having been flagged.

man, the ND nation board linked from Dr. Saturday's twitter is the sourest grapes I've ever seen. We're not that bad here when we lose a game, are we?

the more we talk about it, the more it sticks around. just say no!

Shouldn't he be pointing out how Michigan will ultimately FAIL for hiring a disloyal mercenary like Rich Rodriguez? He was quick to point to this last year as an example of all that is wrong with college football and using the 3-9 record as an example of Michigan reaping what it had sown.

Apparently, a few wins and some highlights featuring really talented freshman will change that assessment.

...that Easterbrook's insistence on being dumb with respect to Michigan football must arise from some sort of grudge. Chait, perhaps? I mean, the Gregg's brother is Chief Judge of the Seventh Circuit, so you gotta figure he's about as smart as an anti-Semite can be.

was Tom Zbikowski? I didn't see anyone boxing or talking about boxing, which made it harder to identify him.

While the Sharp sign was a nice continuation of the theme, I felt their flying a replica of the Gonzales Flag from the Texas Revolution was just top notch.

If there are any BOX house peeps here, please keep the flag flying until someone does, in fact, come and take it from you.

i found out oUFR isn't up yet. that's depressing.

Generally, he combines a tenuous grasp of football with smug self-righteousness, which makes him highly irritating.

But he's also prone to occasional bouts of baffling stupidity. Last year this "NFL expert" opined that the Patriots' 11-5 record (and missed playoffs) with Matt Cassel proves Brady had nothing to do with their success, even though just one year prior, with almost exactly the same personnel, they were 16-0, went to the Super Bowl and broke most offensive records.

So if he can be that stupid about the NFL, you can basically throw everything he says about college football out the window.

The way the phrase was highlighted, I thought at first it was an attempt at sarcasm by him. But then a poster above notes the entire paragraph, and I'm all, "Are you SERIOUS?"

This is how a comedic genius such as myself might have written about UM, ND, and the (If the Freep spins it) rule-breaking No Huddle:

"...as Michigan must have surprised Notre Dame with the no huddle, since they've only been doing it for 13 games in a row now. There's no fucking way the Irish could have seen the no huddle coming. Somehow, they almost beat Michigan in spite of that. The Irish have proven, once again, why they are the greatest team of all time year in and year out."

Between all the ND complaining about refs and complaints about the Mouton thing (which is a difficult incident to decipher, IMO), I'm starting to forget what it was that we watched on Saturday. Was it a trial? Was it a performance of West Side Story? I had meant to watch a sport I grew up watching called football, or "American football" if you happen to be in Europe.

doesn't he logically think that Charles Woodson should have been suspended by Lloyd Carr for the '98 Rose Bowl for his confrontation with David Boston in the Ohio State game? What CW and Boston dished out to each other was far more violent and obvious than that weak tea "punch" that Jonas delivered.

I must say that Rothstein is off to a good start in the Jim Carty Memorial Award for Self-Righteousness in Sports Journalism. I wouldn't expect anything else from the carcass of the A2 News.

Happy that MGoBlog has picked them up as a sponsor. But I'll take Moe's, thank you.

I have never, ever, ever seen a rivalry game where the cameraman didn't at least pick up a good pugilistic moment between cornerback and receiver. This LB on center exchange is by far the tamest. I remain amazed at the shear volume of mountains made of molehills this season. Again, I cannot wait for the shocking "Underage Drinking Rampant on UM Campus" article.

Why did you link to Easterbrook? Now I'm, like, super fucking pissed off and I only perused about four of his paragraphs. Shame on me for bothering. But he actually says that what LeGarrette Blount did is "not hugely different" from what Serena Williams did. Yeah, other than the fact that it's assault, a cheap shot, and could lead to serious long-term health problems (unlikely, but always possible with a knockout punch).

Aside from having no understanding about college football (which, of course, makes him fit in perfectly at ESPN), the dude is going to cross the line again eventually. When an imbecile thinks he's brilliant, he's bound to screw up again.

Seriously, Brian, I'm arrrrghghghrrrsh.

Uhhh, like I said, shame on me for clicking. I'm a lot more mad at myself than at you. I'm gonna go smoke a cigarette for the first time in 14 years and calm the fuck down.

From Rothstein's opinion piece:

"But as Mouton got up, he put his left hand on Olsen’s right shoulder. He moved him over a little bit. Then his right hand connected with Olsen’s chin."

Watch the video, Rothstein. Mouton doesn't "move him over a little bit." In fact, it is Cissoko who shoves Olsen an instant before Mouton lands his "punch" (which is why I have a hard time believing that it was completely intentional).

Way to make up facts. The dude is from the RosenSnyder school of journalism.

Let it go.

We know you don't like Rodriguez, probably because he's got a weird accent and he's not from "your" class of people. We get it, you're a little skeeved about him because he's The Other. Fine (well not fine, not really, but let's put that aside for a moment).

But this is silly. There is no need to go hunting for the next big scandal with Rodriguez, because (and this is important) nobody cares anymore. Nobody cares about your opinion of the guy who's not part of the Kewl Kidz table, and nobody cares that this football coach doesn't quote Yeats and make the player look up a word in a dictionary before coming in to his office. It's irrelevant.

Nobody cares that you've lost your shit over a simple guy who just likes to coach and win at football. So please stop embarrassing yourself and LET.IT.GO.

Sincerely,

The World Outside of South Bend and East Lansing

The Tate Forcier article is a great find, very thorough. I didn't realize how destined for UofM this kid was. Very happy the Shavodrick Beaver and Kevin Newsome decommitted, I'll take Tate Forcier and D-Rob any day.

By the way, I worked with the MBA recruiting when I was at Michigan and discovered that there is a hidden consideration to admissions for the program in that there is an evaluation of connections to Michigan. In this way they can better predict an offer/commit thus limiting (bettering the perception of exlusivity) because their ratio of offers/applications is a lower percentage. The other reason for this is that the persons most committed coming in also produce great results and work hard. There are numerous other benefits of selecting the persons who are most committed to Michigan. I expect this works the same way for football. Even if Shavodrick Beaver or Kevin Newsome were more highly evaluated than Tate (marginally), his connection to Michigan was the most direct and his success more predictable.

By the way are Kevin Newsome or Shavodrick Beaver even starting?

Didn't Carson Butler slap someone in the head last year and not get flagged (or did he)? I guess he didn't get suspended either, just benched. But that's almost the same thing.