Freshman Fumbles
September 14th, 2008 at 1:19 AM ^
September 14th, 2008 at 5:15 AM ^
I'm guessing you just read the subject line which is understandable given the lack of linebreaks.
September 14th, 2008 at 1:27 AM ^
September 14th, 2008 at 1:28 AM ^
E-Man, you kill me.
McG is starting because he has outstanding ability. He may be a fumbler. We don't know yet. He has played all of three games. He has a nice burst and great speed and shown the ability to find a hole and hit it.
Those are the reasons he is starting. Not that "He is a man" or a "no attitude, works hard, no thrills no frills football player". He is an effective runner. Hart had silly amounts of attitude. That didn't make him a lesser runner.
Please kill the psycho babble crap.
September 14th, 2008 at 1:33 AM ^
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September 14th, 2008 at 1:28 AM ^
September 14th, 2008 at 1:33 AM ^
September 14th, 2008 at 1:53 AM ^
E-Man, the reason I'm up right now is that I have a 1 year old that sleeps for crap and I wind up dealing with him a lot.
EDIT: Also, I'm in Chicago, so I pick up an hour.
The reason you bug me is that your are illogical. As a former engineer, the lack of logic in an argument drives me nuts. You, and others on this site, represent the good and the bad about the Michigan football fanbase.
The good: you seem to have a passion for the team, as do I.
The bad: you don't critically look at what is going on in front of you. You spout off on topics as an expert, making assertions that have no basis in anything quantitative. You act as if you could possibly know what is going on in someone's head.
I sit in the stands at games, hearing people say things that are completely baseless, and it bugs me that our fans, while having plenty of passion, completely lack a clue. I hope that by pressing on poor arguements, that maybe, just maybe, a few people will start viewing this team in a more accurate light.
This is nothing against you personally.
September 14th, 2008 at 2:17 AM ^
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September 14th, 2008 at 2:35 AM ^
no you were initially a dick in another post and now are even bigger one who is trying to use etiquette to save face.
September 14th, 2008 at 2:14 AM ^
E-Man, your most recent post just cleared everything up for me regarding your view of college football. Nothing you say has any reasoning behind it, it is just a rant to stir thngs up.
Couple that with your previously stated goal of becoming a writer, and it all makes sense. You just want to find an audience for your words. I understand and accept that. I will no longer read your posts.
A smarter man would have come to this realization sooner. What bothers me is that the gibberish that you post tends to take any reasonable discussion off of the rails, thus harming this community.
Why don't you and WolverSwede go to his "Read Me" post and spout off to each other? Unless WolverSwede is your third or fourth pen name.
September 14th, 2008 at 2:27 AM ^
If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that's left is compromise.
not my quote. since youre smart and I am not....how do you define reasonable in a chat room? Chat room reason or lack thereof. Be a great paper. that quote above goes hand in hand with the logic of an engineer.
September 14th, 2008 at 2:24 AM ^
OK, I totally posted a forum entitled "Quit 'Yer Bitchin"...
http://www.mgoblog.com/content/quit-yer-bitchin
But, man, your posts are horrid. Just please, please stop. Have you ever heard of a paragraph? How about an opening, body and conclusion to a rational thought? I mean, it's all gibberish. Are you hammered all the time? Holy hell...it's just not readable. I didn't read it. I never do. It's just a jumble of thoughts brewed up by an insane person.
I hereby take back my "Quit 'Yer Bitchin" forum. Because, the only reasonable way you can respond to this mess is with a bitch.
September 14th, 2008 at 2:32 AM ^
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September 14th, 2008 at 10:07 AM ^
When I got up this morning and checked the blog, there must have been 20 new posts/diaries/threads. I noticed that one of them was by Ellipses man, and saved reading that one for last because I knew that it would be, well, this.
E-man, I do not doubt that you have something to contribute to the blog. That is why I am taking the trouble to write this. But your writing style is undisciplined. You don't take the effort to use proper punctuation, CAPITALIZATION, paragraphs, etc.
I think you are a fan of Bo's. Think of these things as fundamentals. If you don't do the fundamentals well you will not succeed. Undisciplined writing leads to undisciplined thoughts and posts. If even you do not think it worth the effort to present your arguments in a proper form, why should anyone take your posts seriously?
You are trying to "sell" your ideas and thoughts on this board. And like a consumer product, packaging is an important part of the sale. Poor packaging often reflects a faulty product.
Your grammar and writing style are undisciplined, and so are your arguments. You would be much more effective if you addressed these.
September 14th, 2008 at 2:36 AM ^
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September 14th, 2008 at 9:44 AM ^
September 14th, 2008 at 10:10 AM ^
I did read what E-man said. Here is my impression:
1. McGuffie "has no attitude", is "no thrills no frills", and is "just a man". You don't know him, I imagine, or have met him. There hasn't ever even been a filmed interview of the kid. We have no idea what sort of person he is. Additionally, the sort of person he is has no impact on what sort of running back he is. In the end, saying a guy is "just a worker", or "has no attitude" is, ultimately, code for "he's white". Why can't you say what we do know? He played a great fucking game. Period. All the inside-his-mind stuff is useless.
2.Why do you think someone like Shaw is suffering from something related to not having his ego stroked? How do a) even know that's true and b) know it's what he's thinking?
3. The fumbles were likely not a function of the player's ego. They were likely a function of playing a football game in a fucking typhoon. If you've never heard of Occam's Razor, it states, simply "All other things being equal, the simplest solution is the best." So, what's simpler? Shaw and Grady are jealous of McGuffie, and Cissoko needs his ego stroked, so that psychosomatically worked into their hands to weaken their grip; or, "it was really wet outside, and most of these people don't have much experience"?
4. Finally, here's why some of us prefer some sort of reason, and evidence behind posts: because then they help us understand things, or bring an interesting point of view to the table. Hearing observations such as "we ran the ball much better vs. Miami because of Molk's improved play" is MUCH more enlightening than "I believe that right now, Michael Shaw is thinking ______". Because one exists in reality, and the other exists in the head of the author.