Per Dave Ablauf: Standard Unis for The Game

But how do you arrive that determination?

Until the AD sees a decline in the money they're taking it and are seeing reports that their marketing actions are the reason that this is happening, how do you arrive at that conclusion if you're the AD? You're not really seeing a decline in intake due to the people saying, " I oppose this and I refuse to support Michigan for this". On the contrary they're seeing returns on this and can chalk up threads that appear on this board/blog as self-selecting 'bru haha'.

I'm not saying you're wrong but I'm just wondering how the AD would arrive at the decision that the "marginal value of the next dollar isn't worth the externalities". How do you measure that and is what is happening actually the opposite of how you'd measure that?

As far as the huge margin we're running -- the AD is seperate from the University as I'm sure you. It operates like a corporation. Large cash reserves are great for any corporation -- look at Apple for example. You can service existing debt, fund capital projects, or just save for a rainy day. In this day and age you need a CEO style AD and not someone who 'gets it'. Not to say that Dave Brandon doesn't get 'get it'. He grew up during the Bo era and played under him so I'm sure he 'gets it'. He's just doing a cost-benefit analysis and deciding the risks of tampering with a few things are worth the risk.

I don't agree with every thing he does. If I never saw another alternate unfirom I wouldn't care but my panties aren't in a bunch about it. A lot of people were decrying that "Ohio State wasn't showing respect for The Game" by wearing alternate unis but has our showing over the past decade shown respect?

Other things like whining about 3:30 starts and back in 1974 we never did this and I can't talk to the person next to me because it's too loud....it's a fucking football game.

I complain a lot I think -- I complain a lot in victory even but I think that's valid. Just because I eeked out a C- by studying 2 hours before the exam doesn't mean I should be happy or patting myself on the back and if your child did that you certainly wouldn't think it to be praise worthy. I think it's perfectly acceptable to be concerned about our on the field perfomances instead of just saying "here here boys a win is a win" but some of this whining about tiny little bullshit that makes no difference on the outcome of the game makes our fanbase one of the more loathesome fan bases in existence.

Win. That's the Michigan tradition I care about.

Not directed towards you BISB. My question devolved into a rant...sorry.

Thanks, MGrow. I needed that.

If Monty Python were still active they could do justice to this.

Not paying for the band to go to the game!!!

But you're stretching beyond reason.

If he had fired Rich Rod right away you'd probably be first in line to say "he didn't give Rich a chance in the bowl game!!!" and "How could he hire Hoke before Stanford played their bowl game and tried to get Harbaugh!!!"

RAWK music started with Rich and Martin.

The PSD things come out the same time every year. You don't stop mass mailings by what may or may not happen in the game the week before. This is just stupid.

Student section thing may be a debacle, but that's on the students for not listening. At least he's trying. They're not.

I'm not sure App State is that big a deal. But it certainly could be a negative. But blame the Big Ten.

Lots of people like the parachuters. They usually get a great reaction at the Stadium. Just because you have a stick up your ass doesn't make it a debacle.

The Beyonce halftime show was wildly popular. Why aren't you blaming the band for that? You think Brandon is choosing the set list? The lights were awesome.

The unretiring numbers is a great idea.  Give people popular numbers, and actually makes people remember them. Now how they're assigned maybe could use some tweaking, but that's probably more Hoke's call than Brandon's. 

There, cut your list way down. You can love him now.