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Brian

And by "ate" I mean "popped a little rubbery thing in my mouth, made a face, spit it out, spent a good two minutes trying to cut it into pieces, gave up, and looked it up on Google where I was horrified to find out it was a barnacle oh and by the way Wikipedia says they taste like 'rubber dipped in ammonia.'"

Softballin'. Michigan's perpetually successful softball team won the Big Ten this year and gets to host a regional. They're the #5 overall seed. Details:

Michigan is joined by regional No. 2 seed Notre Dame, No. 3 seed Cleveland State and No. 4 seed Miami (Ohio) in the double-elimination event. Michigan opens regional play against Miami [Of Ohio (Not That Miami Of Ohio) –ed] on Friday (May 15) at 7 p.m. following the Notre Dame and Cleveland State opener, which begins at 4:30 p.m.

Five to ten bucks gets you in for the day each of the three days; weather is supposed to be gorgeous.

(HT: Michigan Sports Center.)

Grinding it out. The Realests have a new project called "Lost Lettermen" wherein they track down college stars of yesteryear and let you know what they're up to. Marcus Ray is trying to break into coaching:

Being a GA is tough because of the grind and the low pay. Especially being 32 with a family. I really miss my family. They still live in Columbus, because I did not want my wife to relocate without the proper security. She is the backbone of our family. It will be a rewarding experience in the end though. I break down opponent's game film, recruit high school players, create scouting reports, as well as coach the safeties. Last season I didn't do as much hands on coaching, but as a result of some changes on our staff, I have become more like a position coach.

Ray was going to be a Michigan GA until Carr's retirement; he guarantees he'll be one of the hottest DB coaches on the market this year and hopes to latch on at a MAC school.

THIS IS A TERRIBLE LETDOWN. Denard Robinson finished third in Florida's state 100 championships. See for yourself, and marvel a bit at the internet:

To be fair, Robinson got beat by a guy who smoked the Florida state record. And he got off to a terrible start. I think we should revoke his scholarship. Or maybe shoot him.*

*(KIDDING, Mrs. Robinson! Kidding!)

Way to focus. Someday I hope to meet the man who writes Free Press headlines and call him a nasty name. (I'm leaning towards "obtuse twit" at the moment.) Darius Morris and Matt Vogrich participated in an all-star game called the "Academic All-American Classic". To get in you have to have a 3.0 GPA, which while not stellar is less depressing than most high major prospects. Michigan has two kids smart enough and good enough to be in this meaningless game. They had the usual amount of fun that is had at meaningless all star games. The Free Press headline?

U-M recruits hotdog in final game

Here's a tiny nofollowed link you shouldn't click on. 

He strikes again! Speaking of Free Press Headline guy, he translated this noncommital statement from once and future transfer Steven Threet…

Threet said he has no indication what will happen in fall camp but figures the tipping point will be decision-making, which gives Sheridan a chance to play.

"I feel like Tate has a good opportunity coming in early with the extra reps in the spring and that should be beneficial," he said. "But Nick does a good job of executing the offense the way they want it to be run. People may point out the physical things Tate or Denard may have at a physical advantage, but a lot of time at quarterback in this system comes down to decision-making."

…into "Threet gives starting nod to Sheridan." To me that quote is a standard boilerplate "Both teams played hard" answer. Nine of ten obtuse twits evidently disagree.

I can't seriously believe Sheridan executes the offense the way the coaches want it to be run…

Name Att Comp Int Yards TD Pct YPA
Sheridan,Nick 137 63 5 613 2 46% 4.5

…unless Threet means they've given that side of the ball a cigarette and a blindfold. Sheridan's decision-making last year was not a strong suit. Remember the desperate, insane heave that was intercepted late in the first half against Utah and proved to be the margin of victory? Even in Sheridan's opus to date—the reasonable performance against Minnesota—he threw two first-half passes that definitely should have been intercepted. Why am I even spending time on this? The chances Sheridan takes a snap over a healthy Forcier are 0.001%. Seriously, people.

(HT: Doctor Saturday.)

In the spirit. It's OT season on the message board, so it may as well leak in here. Some guy at the Chicago Tribune "gorged himself" in Ann Arbor for three days and reported back with rapturous praise. Unfortunately, the restaurants visited consisted of…

  • Zingerman's
  • Cafe Zola, where he eats Zingerman's challah
  • Sweetwater's, where he has coffee
  • Kosmo
  • Monahan's, a place owned by a guy who used to be a partner at Zingerman's
  • Zingerman's… again
  • Zingerman's Bakehouse
  • Blimpy Burger
  • Dominicks, where he has a $21.40 jug o' drink
  • Zingerman's Roadhouse
  • Zingerman's Roadhouse… again
  • Zingerman's Creamery
  • The Dexter Cider Mill
  • Zingerman's Roadhouse… again again

There is the slightest hint of a pattern here. Seven of the twelve places food is consumed are Zingerman's owned and nine are at least vaguely affiliated. This isn't a newspaper article, it's an advertisement.

I don't have the antipathy for Zingerman's that my girlfriend—who once flew into what can only be described as a conniption fit after seeing a Zingerman's catalogue that huffily advertised "Indonesian" cinnamon when 1) that's not actually cinnamon, but cassia, and 2) it's cheaper and widely regarded as inferior—does*, but I do think it's overrated based on reputation. Just like, I'm sorry to say, Blimpy Burger, which is certainly not "cheaper than food." The motto should be "where the yelling makes up for fries softer than Sam McGuffie's head, except not really."

There are plenty of awesome restaurants in town (Logan, Eve, Red Hawk, various sushi huts, Seoul Garden if you like dangerously authentic Korean, Angelo's if you like hollandaise sauce and you're a commie if you don't, and, hell, NYPD sells a killer slice) as long as you avoid Main Street; this guy went to exactly zero of them. And it's not like he was going the cheap route. Look at all the Zs above. I give this a FAIL.

*(Her take: "Assholes like this are why Zingerman's exists." Did I tell you?)

Etc.: Black Shoe Diaries examines possible Big Ten bowl realignment.

Comments

michiginmiami

May 12th, 2009 at 9:46 PM ^

all those places almost made up for the horrible horrible cold.

anyone ever eat at sabor latino? south american stuff, pretty damn tasty.
also, le dog (esp the lobster bisque).
and not because it's good, but because i miss the late night slices, the In 'N Out pizza near Rick's.
washtenaw dairy. it counts if you've had dinner there.
Great Lake chinese restaurant puts middle kingdom to shame, but it's out on washtenaw at the road the movie theater's on. I forget the road exactly but it's worth the drive.

ColoradoBlue

May 12th, 2009 at 10:03 PM ^

a) making me realize how much of the A2 experience I missed out on due to my, er, frugality as a student.

b) making me really, really want to get back there. All of you within driving distance are really friggin spoiled.

mejunglechop

May 12th, 2009 at 11:42 PM ^

The fact that blimpy charges you extra for literally everything except the smallest portion of ketchup I've ever seen chafes me beyond belief. Quickie is where it's at now.

MMB 82

May 13th, 2009 at 1:22 AM ^

Or do you mean Chapati? I loved those things, and in Chicago we had Pockets to fill the void of low budget student hunger.....

btw-good pizza is pretty good, and bad pizza is.....pretty good. I doubt that ANY pizza within ten miles of a major university has ever gone to waste.

jeag

May 13th, 2009 at 9:44 AM ^

Does anyone else like the Jerk Pit? It's dirty, empty, and the Jamaican dude is awkward, but goddamn that's a good jerk pork sandwich.

msoccer10

May 13th, 2009 at 10:38 AM ^

is gone. Supposedly coming back at some point but in a different location. Goddamn expansion and new construction made the landlord greedy and wanted RHL out. I am craving a jumbo dog and curly fries right now.

buckley

May 13th, 2009 at 1:36 PM ^

is also a good Korean restaurant. Ann Arbor is an embarrassment of riches for dinigg out.

In Ypsi, Aubrees has good pizza, and you can get a good burger at Sidetrack. The Vietnamese place at Michigan and Huron is also quite good IMO.

Blue Bennie

May 13th, 2009 at 4:24 PM ^

One time a couple buddies and I stopped for beer and burgers at the Jug. We got our food, but didn't see our waitress for a while, so we ran out the door.

We found out the next day from another friend who worked there she had quit during her shift.

I still like to stop by there Fridays before Football. I'd rather stop there then one of the "cool" places on Main.

I worked at Stucchi's for a couple years. We would stop in after closing the bars in the summer, and make some cones for the walk back.

Nobody mentioned Good Time Charlie's...the were always good for LITs and cheese break.

backusduo

May 13th, 2009 at 8:40 PM ^

3rd in the 100, by a fraction, but slow time 10.62, 2nd place was 10.61, and 1st was a new record 10.32
1st in the 4x100 with Witty 40.64
DNF in the prelims of the 200.

sackett

May 14th, 2009 at 4:18 PM ^

Sorry, but Zingerman's is not overrated "based on reputation." I've been coming to Ann Arbor for decades, and my family and I eat literally all of our meals (breakfast and lunch at the Deli and dinner at the Roadhouse) at one Zingerman's establishment or another. How it can be merged w/the average at best restaurants on Main St. is amusing.