Unverified Voracity Wins At All Costs

EMU probably went nameless so they could recycle the jerseys every year

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Seats in row 2 of the Michigan section. "AJ Sturges" chant is in.

While on the inside you must be thinking "man there is no way that a bunch of tinfoil hat wearing guys could ever be a part of the BCS system" the blogs have shown that they are more capable than their MSM counterparts.

Also I think that the blogs are a more "democratic" way for the constituents of the U.S. to get their voices heard for the BCS. I would say that you're more of senators for your respective teams than just "blog-writers".

The suspension is a little weak. My question is why is Coleman in the game ?? Maybe Tressel is taking out some frustration on the Big Ten for all the heat he is getting, because that is ridiculous. You have 100 kids busting their ass all week and he can't sub in up 30 with a minute to go??

Nameless uniforms are usually a tradition for a big school or pro team, where the idea is "we don't need the names because everybody knows (or should know) who our players are anyway." EMU doing it is pretty weird.

What's amazing about the Sparty board you linked to is that they have a picture of Google's 767, part owned by "EL native" Larry Page. Uhhh, that would be UM grad Larry Page...

As far as aircraft owned by Sparty alums, this type had the most hits on the Google (the "Go Green" version):

I'm with OSU on this one. What Coleman did was wrong, but the Big 10 should not be the force behind suspending players. The Big 10 suspension of Mouton was more insulting because they seemed to have taken it on the word of a coach from outside the conference, plus it was so close to gameday. The conference does not trust the judgment of its own coaches, and that is inexcusable. Another problem is where you draw the line. What if it's a small tussle that the refs let go, like the one between Charles Woodson and David Boston?

If Tressel has a problem with Coleman's behavior, then he should be the one to decide how to deal with it. If he lets guys off too easily, then fine, the Big 10 has a school lacking institutional control, but that's OSU's problem until a certain point (e.g. loss of scholarships, ban from bowls, regular punishments handed out by the conference, etc.)

Seems a bit odd in light of our very own Tim's ballot that does not list Nebraska.

I guess that one-point loss AT Virginia Tech (ranked #4) was horrible. And Cal's drubbing at the hands of Oregon doesn't drop them out of Tim's poll?

I hate jerseys without names and I am also annoyed by first initials. The jerseys have NUMBERS too, so why do we need the first initial? How many people look at Carlos Brown, No. 23, and wonder "Gee, I wonder if that is Stevie or Carlos Brown? I sure wish there were an initial to help me figure it out." Or, do people wonder "Why the hell is there an initial on Stevie Brown's jersey? They must think we are total morons. Stevie is no. 3, Carlos is no. 23. Duh."

Coleman had NO BUSINESS throwing that kind of hit at that point in the game. :37 left in a blow out and he's throwing his elbow/helmet at a guy already wrapped up. Dirty.

but that is not an attractive arrangement. Such a fine fellow could have worked out a much better looking paint job for his $13M taxi.

Something just looks goofy, does it not?

That can only be the case when I wake up to find Tim's ballot containing Boise, TCU, Houston and Cincinnati in the Top Ten of any Football poll. And that this is not uncommon. I'll now make a statement guaranteed to generate flaming missiles, but fire away--there is no way that a one loss SC, a one loss OK, and LSU are not only better than than all four of those teams, but in Houston and TCU's case they would not only lose, but be destroyed. Those current (and they are temporary) rankings and records are only comparable if you assume that their respective conferences and teams are even marginally close to those mentioned in talent. They are not. Records only count when you comparing teams from roughly equivalent conferences--when you compare records of Texax v. OK, fine, but to compare 3-1 OK to a 4-0 TCU is fraudulent. And when you say how do you know, I respond: recruiting, NFL draft picks, competition, and every measure of talent that exists. There, childish rant over with, I feel better and am prepared for an e-whipping.

So yeah, went ahead and read the Sparty board while checking out the plane link.

Thansk brain. Cant work rest of day due to lossss of QI points frm reeding there comments. dammit....cant get out of white ghetto spelling. Arrrrrrrggh.........

"starve the horse that pulls the cart?" what the fuck does that even mean?

I understand that if one blog has something share-worthy, it's proper Netiquette to link back.

However, I think there should be a corollary to that rule, which states if the page it was taken from uses sobriquets such as "scUM," the blog in question forgoes any expectation of the kindness of a back-link.

The reason this rivalry has jumped to No. 2 for us in-staters is that we have to live with insufferable Sparty fans, who are at their absolute worst the week before the game every year.

Leaving our upper deck seats at the Tigers game last night, caught in the human traffic of the ramps, there was this general good-feelingness that occurs among groups of fans after a tremendous victory.

But then a 4-foot 9 Spartygirl broke the spell, starting up a "GO GREEN! GO WHITE!" cheer. She got one responder, then another guy yelled "SHUT UP!" and it got a general chuckle, but the post-win good feeling was ruined, and for the next 20 minutes of the crowd winding its way out, I had to hear her bitching about "scUM."

I want this week to be over, and I want Michigan to win, so the Spartans can all crawl back in their holes and forget they have a football team until the week before the 2010 game. I never quite understood why of all our in-state brethren, MSU is the only one that always has to make a nuisance of itself. Maybe it's because we let them in the Big Ten; in retrospect we probably should have given them a directional name and stuck 'em in the MAC with the rest of the State of Michigan also-rans.

Stay classy, lil' bro, and please, keep complaining about how nobody gives you any respect, because that's the perfect way to earn it.

A little Internet sleuthing made it easy:

http://www.ur.umich.edu/9900/Apr17_00/2.htm

Also, "Ohio State Student-Athlete..." ROFL!

If a lot of schools start taking the names off of the jerseys, I would hope that UM keeps theirs and tells players, "the whole world will be able to see your name on your jersey." For seventeen year-old, having his name on his jersey might make a difference if it comes down to two schools on opposite sides of the fence.
I can see it at EMU, though. Usually, being on TV is more of a source of embarassment for them than a source of pride, and they are better off remaining anonymous.

The plane is owned by Richard Rogel, a very successful and involved alum.

http://www.zli.bus.umich.edu/meet_zell_lurie/bios_rogel.asp

It was designed by a Michigan Art & Design Student.

http://www.michigandaily.com/content/students-design-lands-learjet

Makes you think what you could/would do if you had the money...

Having lived in SEC territory for sometime, I have on occasion forgotten why I disliked MSU while growing up in the great state of Michigan. Then I read the rants of the fans of MSU and it all comes back to me so quickly. Nostalgia...

Oh, Sparty. Your rage doth make us mirthful. Also, thou suckest.

I agree with keeping the name. Just make sure to say some cliche about caring more about the name on the front than the name on the back (even if there is no name on the front). and put the name on the back.

And didn't it use to be the convention that(at least in high school) the nickname went on the front of home jerseys and the school name went on the front of away jerseys? Or was that just a fevered dream from my youth?

Amusing Dantonio quote from the News (not the Freep, notably).

Somebody call the NCAA! (Unless this was clever dig at Michigan, but Dantonio's not that clever, is he?)

"When you work 85, 90 hours a week to prepare for one single moment, you tend to remember those things," Dantonio said. "This will be no different.

"We'll come ready to play, I can assure you that."

What an awesome plane. Now gimme my make-up point!