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Relevant site information. The Sporting Blog is no more and has been sold to SB Nation. This is mostly a problem for me when I try to explain what I do to people over 50—before I could just say I write for "the AOL" or "the Sporting News" and that would create flickers of recognition. In other ways it is basically no change. I'll write non-Michigan stuff for SBN, keep the mothership going as it was before, and work on my patient explanations of how you can make a living writing on the internet.
Another thing that is tentatively moving to SBN: the BlogPoll. CBS never did anything with it, shoving it into a corner and studiously ignoring it. At SBN it will get the tech help it needs while still providing yours truly with the same cash flow—zero dollars—it always has.
This has been your meta update.
HYPE VIDEO. Hype video? Hype video.
Geeeeergugh. Darryl Stonum didn't do anything, but after you've picked up a DUI not doing anything becomes a reason to put you in jail. A hearing in which it was determined Stonum did very little of what the court asked him to do as part of his probation saw him spend three days in jail in early June.
Not a big deal in the scheme of things but it's another item on the Stonum dossier that argues against the guy ever living up to his copious recruiting hype. The others are the original DUI and his inability to adjust to deep balls. A large part of succeeding in college football is just doing what you're told to, and Stonum obviously didn't do that over the past year when it came to his DUI.
Old and busted. MCalibur put up a diary a bit back complaining about the NCAA's passer rating, which was calibrated in 1979 to render 100 as the performance of an average quarterback. He sets about recreating the formula based on modern averages, finding 139.2 is the new average and creating some interesting charts along the way that show both separation between three, four, and five star recruits and steady improvement as quarterbacks age:
Four-year starters with five stars are so rare (Henne is one of two in the study) that their numbers were left out.
Then MCalibur re-ranks the QBs with another version of QB rating that doesn't really move anyone around much.
Hondurans love Jonathan Bornstein. They love Michigan about as much when their English teacher is a fan:
Etc.: Holdin' the Rope writes on the Alabama Outback Bowl in 1997, the last game I failed to see live. I remember listening to it on the radio—we did not have cable—and feeling helpless as Michigan flailed its way to defeat. The other game I remember listening to was that Minnesota game in the mid-90s in which they outrushed Michigan by some comical amount and still lost. Different times. More Brock Mealer in the News.
July 21st, 2010 at 1:14 PM | 
Thank you Brian for the meta-update
Thank you Brian for the meta-update
July 21st, 2010 at 1:34 PM |
That hype video is pretty
That hype video is pretty
That hype video is pretty awesome, but EASILY the second best video in this post.
July 21st, 2010 at 1:47 PM |
Hail to the Victors!
Hail to the Victors!
It wasn't until I saw that video (the second one) that I realized what college football really needs: more third world propaganda. Each university could pick a country, expose the children at a young age, and in ten to fifteen years acquire millions of new supporters. I'd pay good money to get in the ground floor of Big Ten Network: International.
Only 745 miles from Ann Arbor to Lincoln. Roadtrip?
July 21st, 2010 at 1:50 PM |
They do it like Ufer.
They do it like Ufer.
Hail! Hail! to Meeeechigan
"Conserve your precious hatred for the game."- Apu
July 21st, 2010 at 4:40 PM |
Hate to say it, but those
Hate to say it, but those
Hate to say it, but those kids sounded at least as good as any version coming out of the locker room.
As far as Stonum goes.....same old same old....opportunity of a lifetime and some of these kids just don't get it.
July 21st, 2010 at 1:53 PM |
If I had a printer and a
If I had a printer and a
If I had a printer and a stapler and access to Rosenberg I would print out a copy of that Brock Mealer article and staple it to Rosenberg's forehead.
July 21st, 2010 at 3:58 PM |
Dreams *can* come true!
Dreams *can* come true!
Enter this contest and bring your stapler, and you'll get an autographed copy of his book while you're at it!
July 21st, 2010 at 5:36 PM |
I'll chip in to help you post
I'll chip in to help you post
I'll chip in to help you post bail.
July 21st, 2010 at 2:05 PM |
Love that hype video
Love that hype video
The season can't get here soon enough.
Christ in me arise and dispel all the darkness.
July 21st, 2010 at 2:08 PM |
I think I could watch it all
I think I could watch it all
I think I could watch it all afternoon.
I hope to be like dang for large sections of the season.
You come at the king, you best not miss.
July 21st, 2010 at 2:36 PM |
what is it called when you
what is it called when you
what is it called when you have goose bumps and are weeping for joyh at the same time? cause i have that during hype video.
2013 resolution - make it onto the 2014 favorite MGoPosters post, not ironically
i wish i would have made my screen name "IT WAS THE CHAIR"
July 21st, 2010 at 2:57 PM |
I felt tingly all over.
I felt tingly all over.
I felt tingly all over.
I hope to be like dang for large sections of the season.
You come at the king, you best not miss.
July 21st, 2010 at 2:10 PM |
Also teaching his kids about
Also teaching his kids about
Also teaching his kids about foreshadowing with Boobi nearly off the field. Now that's an English teacher.
July 21st, 2010 at 2:12 PM |
Hype Video
Hype Video
It's ironic that hype videos from this summer and last revolve around showing highlights from the previous season while simultaneously playing song lyrics advocating said highlights are forgettable.
July 21st, 2010 at 2:17 PM |
Loved
Loved
the hype video. One problem: Nick Sheridan was in it.
Also, U of M should fly all those kids up to Ann Arbor for the MSU game this year.
July 21st, 2010 at 7:20 PM |
Funny thing is...
Funny thing is...
...Nick Sheridan says the same thing about you being a fan...it's too bad.
"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
July 21st, 2010 at 2:20 PM |
Honduras, Bitches.
Honduras, Bitches.
Honduras.
"This is the EMU game, not the emo game."
July 21st, 2010 at 2:22 PM |
Congratulations . . . ?
Congratulations . . . ?
The goodbye post on TSN read far more like an obituary than a "We've Moved!" sign; I read it and grieved on teh Twitterz. Fortunately, said Twitterz quickly enlightened me as to the acquisition and stuff.
Well, "Congratulations" if you're happy; my condolences if not.
Peace
Ty
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http://www.abeautifuldayforfootball.com - a Spartan football blog
July 21st, 2010 at 2:34 PM |
Stonum
Stonum
I cannot imagine NOT complying with court-ordered probation requirements.
This does not speak well of this young man, and it does not reflect well on his team.
July 21st, 2010 at 2:43 PM |
Anybody
Anybody
know where that Obama picture is from?
I've been trying to look for it, but no luck
Today in the town of Ann Arbor, a savior has been hired. And His name shall be called Hoke
July 21st, 2010 at 3:22 PM |
Welcome to SB Nation
Welcome to SB Nation
Good to hear that the BlogPoll will be migrating over there. Our tech guys are pretty awesome, so I look forward to seeing what they do with it.
July 21st, 2010 at 4:33 PM |
So...is there any way we can
So...is there any way we can
So...is there any way we can trade the down-in-front crowd for those Honduran children? I reckon it'd probably be a net positive, noise-wise. Vamos azul!
July 21st, 2010 at 4:37 PM |
anyone have any idea what the
anyone have any idea what the
anyone have any idea what the name of the school in that video might be? I know some people who have taught in a school system in the Gracias area. wild question, i know
Rudy watches inspirational movies about Shawn Hunwick
July 21st, 2010 at 11:09 PM |
Honduras Teacher
Honduras Teacher
Abundant Life Christian School in Gracias, Honduras. Awesome kids.
Go Blue!
July 21st, 2010 at 4:55 PM |
well
well
I know the newest, latest higlight video is alway my favorite but that one is special with the tunnel shots which I feel like are pretty rare
"It's a perfect day to be a Michigan Wolverine." - David Merritt
July 21st, 2010 at 7:22 PM |
Hype Video
Hype Video
While the music didn't strike me as anything that unique, the editing on it was fabulous. Very professional look.
But I wonder if we're ever going to find anything to top this-
"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
July 21st, 2010 at 9:30 PM |
I was hoping someone would
I was hoping someone would
I was hoping someone would create a hype video using Eminem's "Not Afraid"
Otherwise, I'll settle for this too:
Touchdown Michigan!
July 22nd, 2010 at 2:11 AM |
Pat Haden Sucks!!!!!!
Pat Haden Sucks!!!!!!
We all know that Notre Dame on NBC is horrible TV. However, it just got a little better yesterday. Pat Haden (the worst broadcaster in sports besides Tom Hammond) will no longer make us suffer for the Michigan/ND game in South Bend. I'm sure NBC will roll out another idiot, but at least Haden's high voice will no longer make me suffer for one saturday every two years. By the way, fuck USC!!
I hope that both things will work out well and that TWIS has found a new new home.
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"The Michigan fanbase: a cynical, Eeyorish bunch even in the best of times."