Unverified Voracity Soothes Rubber Chickens

In the GR Press was an excellent read. I had not even noticed that Mayo was the author, likely due to the fact like Brian said that he didnt feel the need to state his own opinion every few sentences.

Words to warm your heart on a cold and snowy January day. Hoke hit a home run with this hire.

mixture of QB recruits we are going after, I am hoping they will just recruit QB's based on talent and not "style of play" Tressell and Mack Brown in particular have done a great job of recruitng players who are very talented regardless of their style of play.  I wouldn't mind seeing a bit of a change every 4 years depending on the QB we are able to get. 

Towards the last painful month or so of the RR era, a common argument in favor of terminating RR and moving on was that regardless of how good of a coach RR was, or what direction the program was heading in, the negative perception had eclipsed the reality, such that a change was required.  (Not going to get into whether that was correct or incorrect).

But, with Hoke, we are seeing the exact same effect, but to the positive.  The positive vibes, quotes, feelings and overall media love-fest with Hoke (the perception) is helping to shape a reality that should translate into wins over the next few years.  The perception is helping salvage something of this class and, if it continues (which our VERY easy schedule and low expectations next year should allow), that perception might yield a monster recruiting class next year.

It sucks that RR got the short end of the perception / reality thing, but it is nice to be on the positive end of this.  GO Hoke!

I am absolutely sure that I love nothing more than the old-school Michigan Replay intro music.  Michigan Replay was awesome, and if we go back to that song and 10am shows on Sunday I will buy Jim Brandstatter and Brady Hoke puppies for Christmas

I feel like Colonel Nicholson at the end of the Bridge on the River Kwai when he realized how wroing he was in building the railroad bridge for the Japanese.  Brady Hoke is obviously the man.  Call me converted.

As for GMAT saying he would not have come to Michigan unless Brady Hoke is here and doing the asking, that makes Brady Hoke the Godfather.  He made GMAT an offer he couldn't refuse.

I guess he was wondering why someone would want to leave his beloved NFL, but he thought it is weird that GM was looking to go back to the college game from a top 10 NFL defense.  I don't care why he did it, I'm just glad he did. 

I remember seeing an old Michigan Replay from the early 80s on WOLV-tv that used the Across 110th Street intro, but then I believe they went away from it for a number of years before bringing it back sometime into the Carr years.  This has to be a matter of public record.  We really need the Athletic Department to start putting up old Michigan Replay's on mgoblue.com for our viewing pleasure. 

1.  My signature will be changed as soon as I finish this post.

2.  This fact that this guy wants our defense to become something that other coaches use to teach defense speaks volumes.  Few people can claim that, but coming from the former DC of the Baltimore Ravens it sounds, well, awesome.

3.  Looking at that 90's practice footage, I'd LOVE LOVE LOVE to see Hoke scrap the away uni's as soon as possible.  Ditch the adidas template, go back to the old basics-- out with the new, in with the old-- or if you prefer, a fresh start, a clean slate.  Single color navy numbers, contrasting Northwestern stripes on the sleeves.  Old school defense... Old school Michigan.

Better wrap this up, I'm working myself into a frenzy again...

FYI - Rutgers dropped their game with Miami in 2018.  Miami is now looking for an opponent in NYC for that slot.

On of the first words out of Mattison's mouth?  Tremendous.  Ah, its good to be home again.

The Music took a hiatus from the early 80's until the early 2000's.  I miss it.  I miss Michigan Replay.   And it's a shame it got the axe.

Can we get it back, DB?  Sundays are for The Music and guarded coachspeak.  kthx.

I'm pretty sure Debord did special teams (brought in the year after the Boccher (sp?) - Iowa disaster) and recruiting coordinator when he was brought back by Lloyd. I remember because at the time I was irritated that they didn't bring in someone with demonstrated competence in ST. But once he was around, that put him in a good position to bump Terry Malone the next season that the offence burped. 

I read an article over the weekend about Draper's "resignation" and it said that Draper was thought to be the source of the leaks that came out on that fateful Tuesday saying RR had been fired by the local TV News.  It was said that Dave Brandon set a trap to see who was the source of the leaks in the department and Draper was caught in the net.  It said that Dave Brandon has done this a couple times to expose people leaking information.  "It's a trap" T-shirts would be very appropriate if this is all true.  This was a legitimate newspaper reporter on an official looking website for whatever that's worth these days.

Man Does Brandy look Young and Skinnier.

I saw him on the street in downtown AA last year, and he looked like a sausage that was about to burst its casing. He didn't look comfortable.

You can buy the funky track used for Michigan Replay for 89 cents at Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Across-110th-Street-Instrumental/dp/B001CDL2ZG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1295897481&sr=8-2

What a concept.

Don't miss a young Lloyd Carr giving a pep talk at the very end of the '89 Michigan Replay video.

Rutgers doesn't have him on their Spring 2011 roster, so they are definitely moving in another direction. Odd to lock him down on locations.