..... please do it! If you got the time and wanna give some some laughs... it would be nice... i'm curious to see what some fellow boilermakers would to say it. thanks again!

what are you saying in the first 5 paragraphs of this article?  Can someone please explain what you are talking about.  Is Siller good or not?

Two random thoughts that popped into my head while reading this entry:

1) Taylor Lewan must be a closet OSU fan. The kid wears a fedora (Earle Bruce) and a sweatervest (Tressel). Clearly he has a secret infatuation with OSU's head coaches. If he starts speaking with a Tennessee accent (Cooper) or like he just had a stroke (Hayes), I say we ship his ass off to Siberia.

2) I kind of hope Indiana wins 5 games this season with one of the losses being a nailbiter to Penn State by 3 points or so. IU sold their home game against PSU this season for a nice cash money payout to play at a neutral site (in D.C. IIRC) probably assuming that they would have no chance of beating the Nittany Lions anyway. With the way PSU is playing right now, I think IU might have had a reasonable shot to beat PSU in Bloomington. It would serve them right if they missed out on a bowl game because of their AD's lame money grab.

(love their women's soccer team but hey). I have been quietly enjoying all manner of schadenfreude the last few seasons as that miserable wanker Bobby Bowden was given a million dollar raise the same week my wife, an FSU prof, was asked to screw the lightbulb out of her office CEILING to save electricity for the U (later she lost her telephone, too; he just lost games.)

But I have changed my tune. Because the city loses millions in revenue every football weekend where attendance is low and you realize--like it or not--that both city and U have so f'ing much invested in football--infrastructure, advertising, surrounding hoopla--that lots of working people get badly dinged when they suck. 

This is the steep downside of college football at lots of other schools, one I never witnessed growing up in A2. 

Interestingly, FAMU's football stadium (also in Tally) continues to fill up. Loyalty, and love of their amazing band, still draws the crowds. Perhaps there is a lesson in there somewhere. 

Yeah. That's him at 2:02. No doubt.

1. I am disappointed that BGSU blogger (wasn't aware they existed) said this was the 'quietest 110,000' or whatever number he used. I thought we were much louder this year than yeras past.

2. there is no wave like the U of M wave. Amazing feat that makes me smile and shake my head in awe every time I see it. and i've seen it a lot...

It was mentioned on another post, but we really need Six Zero to design a Lloyd Brady t-shirt.  It would be nothing short of epic.

WE'VE LANDED ON THE MOON!

Those glasses are awesome, but I'm worried I can't pull it off.

FWIW, a co-worker/longtime purdue booster insists that siller won't play qb and was told he lost that privilege when he was reinstated.  i hope that's right, but let's be real - if he's better than henry, they'll probably play him.

From what I understand about Siller's ability (I apparently have completely blocked out the 2008 Purdue game from my mind, and thus don't remember Siller's performance at all), shouldn't UM's defense practicing against Denard help to shut down Siller?  That and the fact that the defense won't be debuting a new scheme this time around, is Siller really that big of a threat or just compared to the alternative?

EDIT: I realize the Purdue game is a long way off and Siller hasn't even gotten the starting nod, just thinking hypothetically.

I don't remember too many details about that Purdue game except for the hook and ladder play at the end. (That was the game Siller started, right?) Somehow Siller's name still instills as much fear in me as Juice's. Such a frustrating game.

[Taylor Lewan is] like an enormous Tressel who uses his power for mustaches and good.

Apparently he's been watching the Lion King. And it does matter, because he's changing the past (for mustaches and good).

If the MGoStore can't sell player related shirts, could we see if Lloyd Brady will allow us to use his image for a new T? Maybe him in the denard hug pose with a caption "Hug It Out"? The sales would fund the server for a year.

(In college, the bottom line is program prestige, wins, and losses, not money).

Then isn't prestige usually a product of wins....and then, don't more wins come from cupcakes than an additional Big Ten game? It seems if the goal is prestige, it's another knock against an additional conference game, not a plus.

The Cal Bears rugby (25 ntl championships since 1980!), baseball, gymnastics and women's lacrosse teams would like to dispute, "In college, the bottom line is program prestige, wins, and losses, not money."

Cal Bears football doesn't make enough money, ergo Cal is going down to 24 funded-sports.  U of M football DOES make a lot of money, ergo Michigan has 27 (and would have a couple more if not for Title IX equity requirements).

http://www.mercurynews.com/cal-bears/ci_16197819

Isn't Siller Purdue's #2 WR? 

LOL...this brings me joy...

Lewan is known for being very aggressive. He said he was often flagged for excessive blocking — "I don't even know if that's a rule" — which seems to be a penalty invented specifically for players like him.

 

His aggression has also shown itself in practice, apparently. Lewan has been in multiple fights during practice or, as he calls them, "this awkward, wrestling-tugging thing that never goes anywhere."

 

We luf him. Really, we do. He is fantastic and you should encourage him to continue to be happy all the time for the rest of his days.

Signed,

Everyone.

With respect to 9 conference games, the complaints of IU, Illinois, etc. will always win out because power conferences care more about bowl games and the financial payouts/exposure those provide as opposed to more conference games.  If OSU plays IU 100 times, 99 of them will go to the Buckeyes.  So that is an automatic loss for IU, as are games against UM, PSU, Iowa, and Wiscy.  So right there, you have 5 losses out of 12 games most years, and those odds won't improve when Nebraska enters the conference.  The top teams wouldn't really care because they are going to be bowl eligible and a game against Western is about the same as a game against Minny at this point.  By allowing teams like IU, Purdue, and Minny play tomato cans, though, you give those teams a chance to qualify for some meaningless bowl game, which means another check for the conference and a chance for a meh team to be featured on ESPN for a night.  Prestige and wins might mean something on paper, but conferences need to be advocates for all of their members, including those teams toward the bottom.