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Two things:

(1) that Michigan - Florida State game was one of the most enjoyable games I've ever watched. Desmond could've scored 2 return TDs in addition to his 2 receiving TDs, Buckley does his first "Lambeau Leap," McIntosh runs in an INT, and Amp Lee's feet, my goodness, what he does to that safety at the goal line.

Also YALE VAN DYNE.

(2) Joe Boisture had a back problem which curtailed his career. Whether he was good was never actually proven at the college level.

do look familiar. And I bet Dave Brandon was in on it

I remember just how much faster Florida State was than we were on the lines, and if Will Campbell's new sveltitude allows us to experience some of that against our opponents, I will be camping happily.

Perhaps this has been mentioned before, but any thought of lining him up at 3, or even 5, on some plays?

Penn State fans deserve a better top blog than BSD. Their front page as of this writing is the above, three articles on Ohio State (Iowa week was last week; they do a thing from them then one from the opponent's blogger) and then one like our "There are..." countdown that has to be the most trite fullbackian thing every written in the history of trite things people write about fullbacks:

The fullback position is often overlooked and under appreciated, but there was one guy that paved the way for Tony Hunt's record setting career: Matt Hahn. Hard nosed and blue-collar, Hahn had a team-first attitude. Not only was he unselfish when it came to helping his teammates, he had a knack for huge catches out of the backfield. He didn't catch many but it always seemed like the ones he did haul in were game-changers.

There is nothing in this world bad enough to prevent "haters" from being deployed. Yeah, Penn State football player, it's jealousy at the root of all of this.

Simply proof that if there's one thing that college athletes get off on, it's being "disrespected." There's nothing cooler these days than being the disrespected, dark horse, us-against-the-world, underdog.  It's chic.  Nobody wants to be the favorite.  That's not cool.  You haven't really "made it" unless you have haters, which these days only requires someone to think you won't win the national championship.

Can do no wrong. What a genuine team player and all around leader.

Definitely clicked it after reading that

Manball, meet Rollerball.

Too bad Gilliam didn't send that photo to Emmert before he sanctioned PSU.  If only Emmert had seen the sign and the football players studying in their shoulder pads and jerseys....

 If the NCAA is ever going to get a handle on these things, plausible deniability needs to be tossed out the window.

Also, yes, completely agree; they need to switch from an "innocent until proven guilty" model to one that basically says "if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, etc."  UNC should be getting reamed, not wrist-slapped - this punishment hasn't hurt the program one iota.

If i were a rapper, and this were the '80s, my rap name would totally be MC Escher.

Ad some shoulder stripes and that's Michigan's outfit from last year's ND game.

They're harder to see than our maize stripes, but there are definitely shoulder stripes on the Nebraska uniforms. Not a fan.

Speaking of haters, why all the Gardner hate?  

...it'll probably be Gardner and if early returns are any indication... it will occasionally result in passes thrown ten yards past the line of scrimmage or thirty yards behind it. 

He's got an amazing arm, but hasn't had the game time to show it.  Beyond that, it's not like Denard has been a beacon of precision passing.  Let's instead maybe be happy that our starter is so good, we have the luxury of using the backup in pass formations.

Those PSU football players aren't studying they are filling out their transfer papers.

I went to that FSU game with my dad (I was 11 at the time)... On the walk back to the car after the game, Dad bought a "F*** Florida State" shirt from a street vendor, which didn't please my mom upon our return home. I think he ended up giving it to one of his co-workers the next Monday. Wish I still had it, though.

The North Carolina issue should confine itself to the fraud that was conducted related to the course not meeting and the professor not actually teaching anything.

But the fact that athletes may or may not have been encouraged to take any particular class at the university should be a non-issue. 

Football players, like other college students, are going to choose courses that fit around their interests, academic strengths & other obligations.  Sometimes that means they will take classes that are known to have limited or predictable expectations for work outside of class.  Or because a professor has a workable policy for making up inevitable absences.  BFD. 

There are all kinds of ways to get this information.  Some of it is in the catalog (i.e. science designed for non-majors), some is from the syllabuses posts online, and some is by word-of-mouth, and some of it is because academic advisors know this stuff or might even pick up the phone and call someone to find out.  I call that doing their job.

I like the number changes/legend patches policy because it makes Brian lose his mind.

I really don't care if Roy Roundtree is 12, 21, or 999 as long as he catches the ball, makes plays and leads us to victory.

All the uproar on socks, jerseys and patches is befuddling. I remember being sick and digusted with this program for 3 years. Not because of the coach, not because of the traditions changed...because we were getting our shit kicked in on the regular. Rich Rod could've done white pants on the road or maize home uniforms for a game if it would've put more W's on the board.

I feel like we're not in the right to complain about anything until we're truly back in BCS/National Title contention on the regular. That was the worst 3 years of my Michigan Football memory. I'm not far enough removed to give a damn about anything other than W's. Call me in 4 years if we have a 6-2 or better record vs. Ohio/MSU, at least 1 NC, multiple B1G Championships, a Heisman and a Rose Bowl victory...if we can get all that, then maybe I'll worry about Shane, Dymonte or David Dawson switching their number in their senior year.

Ugh...the Florida State game.  It actually was closer than the score indicated but that didn't make it any less painful.  FSU fans ripped out pieces of the big house turf to take home with them.  It's generally regarded down there as one of their top and favorite victories. 

Bo got that game scheduled after Nebraska had dropped what would have been a home & home with us for the 1991 and 1992 seasons.  After dumping us, the Huskers scheduled Washington for those 2 seasons instead and got thumped in both.  Bo called Bobby Bowden to replace the home and home but FSU could only play one game because their '92 schedule was already completed.  So a coin toss decided that it would be played at the big house, not that it ended up mattering. 

My hate for the Seminoles started that day and continued through the years as the media became more and more obsessed with St. Bobby Bowden and the Florida schools.  The only time I ever rooted for them was when they played against Notre Dame.  Although I did enjoy watching them destroy the Buckeyes in the Sugar Bowl. 

I've very much enjoyed FSU's demise to mediocrity this past decade. 

Sitting there watching Casey Wheldon have all day to peruse the field, finish home work and then find one of several open receivers deep down the field made for an unhappy day. Only 2 games worse that I attended... The Miami (YTM) game of 1988, (First football game at the Big House) and the MSU game of 1990. (I know they were both close but the nut punch feeling of both losses still hurts today.

That touchdowns reel is the best thing I've seen today.

All I remember is T Buck's pick six on Grbac. Memory has erased the rest.

For many reasons, good and bad.

Yeah, Elvis telgraphing that lazy toss for Buckley to waltz into the endzone hurts to this day.

Hated my Sec. 9 Row 10 seats, so we made our way to the student section, ~30 yard line.  Packed (PACKED) in like sardines...everyone standing on the benches.  Sideways.  Had to dip a shoulder and turn to watch as the LOS moved from one side to the other.  With the up-tempo pace, it was like a tennis match, back and forth, up and down the field.

Using a Howard Cosell voiceover would work to describe the overall game...two heavyweights: one the old guard, the other, the challenger, a young up-and-comer.  With shot after shot exchanged, the youngster survives, outlasts his opponent, and walks off the field...bruised, bloodied, but victorious.