will be michigan's highest pick in a while
Illinois Head Coach Beckman Trying to "Plug" His Troubles; NCAA Violation to Be Reported
October 8th, 2012 at 8:38 AM | 
Didn't
Didn't
October 8th, 2012 at 10:15 AM |
Welcome
Welcome
to the nanny state.
October 8th, 2012 at 2:21 PM |
So stupid. I don't
So stupid. I don't
So stupid. I don't understand peoples stance on tobacco. These arne't kids at the universities, they are adults. and they can made educated decisions on if to use tobacco or not. Banning a legal substance is rediculous.
It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.
October 8th, 2012 at 7:52 AM |
Hahaha...
Hahaha...
Much ado about nothing...
October 8th, 2012 at 7:57 AM |
He should try SNUS
He should try SNUS
Much safer than normal chewing tobacco.
"The street legend is back, bitches!"
October 8th, 2012 at 8:16 AM |
As a coach and long time user.
As a coach and long time user.
Not chewing during a game is difficult to do, especially if you're severely addicted to nicotine. Non-users won't understand, but chewing on the field is like pizza&beer, Jack&Coke, and hug&a kiss. BTW, Lloyd used to chew during games too, before he was a head coach (as did a bunch of coaches).
I've been chewing for a LONG time. Too long. I've just recently switched to Mint Snuff, a non-tabacco/non-nicotine alternative. I wonder what the NCAA would say about that?
"the Spirit of Michigan...is based on a deathless loyalty to Michigan and all her ways....and a conviction that nowhere is there a better university, in any way, than this Michigan of ours" - Fielding Yost
October 8th, 2012 at 8:38 AM |
Kids
Kids
Kids watching you can't tell the difference. My thought is that the rule exists to prevent the popularization of chewing among the impressionable.
October 8th, 2012 at 5:24 PM |
or we could just educate our children...
or we could just educate our children...
let the children decide if they want to chew or not!
We are the dead.
October 8th, 2012 at 8:50 AM |
Good luck. MInt Snuff, the
Good luck. MInt Snuff, the
Good luck. MInt Snuff, the patch, and a newborn daughter finally helped me beat the habit.
October 8th, 2012 at 9:04 AM |
Not _____ing during a game is
Not _____ing during a game is
Not _____ing during a game is difficult if you're addicted to ______.
No offense to you (and congrats on the switch - keep it up), but the best way to avoid getting addicted to something is not to start in the first place. I don't have any sympathy for people who get addicted to tobacco, other drugs, or alcohol. It's a stupid decision when people get hooked on those things, and then they pay for their mistakes later.
October 8th, 2012 at 9:20 AM |
Good for you for being ultra
Good for you for being ultra
Good for you for being ultra strong in your convictions. Some of us, however, are pre-disposed to addictions (coming from a long family line of addicted nicotine and/or alcohol users). Normally I read your contributions with interest, but in this case, you can take your holier than thou BS and shove it up your ass.
"the Spirit of Michigan...is based on a deathless loyalty to Michigan and all her ways....and a conviction that nowhere is there a better university, in any way, than this Michigan of ours" - Fielding Yost
October 8th, 2012 at 9:27 AM |
I've had fellow coaches dip.
I've had fellow coaches dip.
I've had fellow coaches dip. And then I've found out that some of my players are doing it and I try to warn them off it. You know what their response is? "Well, Coach _______ does it." And I have no response, because some of my fellow coaches aren't being good role models, and I can't exactly demean my colleague. So I've seen its effects on younger people, and I know that nothing good comes from it.
Like I said, good for you for weaning yourself off the tobacco. That's a step in the right direction toward becoming healthier and a better role model for the next generation.
October 8th, 2012 at 9:24 AM |
Might want to soften your tone a bit
Might want to soften your tone a bit
Everybody has addictions. Just because yours aren't as noticeable or detrimental as drugs and alcohol doesn't mean they're not there. To say you have "no sympathy" for millions of people suffering with addiction and that they're all stupid is unbelievably insensitive, judgmental, and does nobody any good.
allowance day! ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding
October 8th, 2012 at 9:39 AM |
Except for a very small
Except for a very small
Except for a very small minority, you don't "suffer from" addiction. You choose it.
People who chew tobacco don't "suffer from" mouth cancer. They get it because of their choices. Just like most people don't "suffer from" obesity. They're fat because they eat too much and/or don't exercise.*
This is the last I'm going to say on the subject, because I've said what I have to say.
*Obviously, there are some people who are obese, addicted, etc. due to reasons beyond their control. Those are in the minority, though.
October 8th, 2012 at 10:48 AM |
Michigan football addiction
Michigan football addiction
Could you leave these pages and your website for two weeks? I'm not nearly the mgo-follower you are, and I have a hell of a time making it more than 10 days without mgoblog, your site, or aquaman's site.
October 8th, 2012 at 10:53 AM |
You're missing something
You're missing something
You're missing the incredibly important point that addiction interferes with your ability to make choices by directly affecting your brain's choice-making machinery. It is therefore much more complicated morally than your description captures.
October 8th, 2012 at 10:06 AM |
Hypocrite. You're addiction
Hypocrite. You're addiction
Hypocrite. Your addiction to Cox, Michael, has been long documented.
The swag is back.
October 8th, 2012 at 10:32 AM |
Upvoted
Upvoted
Upvoted, not because you wrote that he was addicted to Cox (he-heh!) but because you obviously went back and edited your post to use the right "your".
Only on MGoBlog...
"The straightest line from A to B is straight: From A to B"
"When you have Denard Robinson, you can have everything"
~George Walden
October 8th, 2012 at 10:50 AM |
Damn "Swiftkey" keyboard and
Damn "Swiftkey" keyboard and
Damn "Swiftkey" keyboard and its incorrect word recommendations. To show my devotion to proper grammar, after I posted on my smartphone app, I had to open up MGoBlog on the web and edit the post (as the app doesn't allow editing). Correcting the incorrect "you're" became top priority.
The swag is back.
October 8th, 2012 at 12:18 PM |
Congrats
Congrats
You just earned auto-upvotes from me for the foreseeable future. That's dedication right there.
"The straightest line from A to B is straight: From A to B"
"When you have Denard Robinson, you can have everything"
~George Walden
October 8th, 2012 at 1:22 PM |
I respect you!
I respect you!
Being accountable to your Mgoteam, you quickly remedied the situation.
Frank: A little housewarming gift. To new beginnings.
Me: I actually gave this to you for your wedding.
Frank: This model?
Me: This exact one
October 8th, 2012 at 3:59 PM |
The fill in the blanks became a lot more fun
The fill in the blanks became a lot more fun
when I thought "sex addiction."
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
October 8th, 2012 at 5:25 PM |
hmm...
hmm...
is not being an asshole is hard to do when you are addicted to being an asshole?
We are the dead.
October 8th, 2012 at 8:22 AM |
All this talk about tobacco
All this talk about tobacco
All this talk about tobacco means I need to go take a cigarette break.
Semper Fidelis
October 8th, 2012 at 8:47 AM |
FYI coach Hoke also dips.
FYI coach Hoke also dips.
FYI coach Hoke also dips.
October 8th, 2012 at 9:37 AM |
This makes me love him even
This makes me love him even
This makes me love him even more. i hope he's a Grizzly Mint kinda fella.
October 8th, 2012 at 9:52 AM |
last
last
I remember it was copenhagen longcut.
Coach Hoke once told me that a moral victory is still a (expletive deleted) loss.
October 8th, 2012 at 10:06 AM |
Wintergreen? Straight? Not a
Wintergreen? Straight? Not a
Wintergreen? Straight? Not a big Copenhagen fan myself. My goal is to now share a dipper with Coach Hoke before I die.
October 8th, 2012 at 9:09 AM |
OMG!!! He was
OMG!!! He was
OMG!!! He was chewing tobacco? He should be stoned to death during the half time show.
October 8th, 2012 at 9:13 AM |
this,
this,
is an ncaa violation. Other than that, there is no reason to talk about it. This is an example of why I stopped reading USA Today. They broke the story. They don't report news, they report sensationalized stories about people.
Coach Hoke once told me that a moral victory is still a (expletive deleted) loss.
October 8th, 2012 at 9:49 AM |
OP sounds like a fucking
OP sounds like a fucking
OP sounds like a fucking dweeb.
October 8th, 2012 at 10:15 AM |
This post actually angers me.
This post actually angers me.
This post actually angers me. While tobacco is against the rules and chewing is gross, I really don't give a shit. Why is this scuba big deal?
OP why do you post like this is such a tragedy and a shame? It's not a big deal at all.
October 8th, 2012 at 10:15 AM |
Scuba is autocorrect fail for
Scuba is autocorrect fail for
Scuba is autocorrect fail for such
October 8th, 2012 at 10:34 AM |
Oh please
Oh please
This IS a Scuba big deal. Can you imagine him dying of decompression sickness because he needed his nicotene at an inopportune time?
"The straightest line from A to B is straight: From A to B"
"When you have Denard Robinson, you can have everything"
~George Walden
October 8th, 2012 at 10:42 AM |
This is nothing
This is nothing
I predict this blows over in 5... 4... 3... 1...
"The straightest line from A to B is straight: From A to B"
"When you have Denard Robinson, you can have everything"
~George Walden
October 8th, 2012 at 1:10 PM |
I'd probably feel like
I'd probably feel like
I'd probably feel like throwing a digger in too if my team was playing that terribly...
JK.. the baccy is absolutely disgusting, and it makes me nauseous even thinking about that garbage...
October 8th, 2012 at 5:38 PM |
It never gets old
It never gets old
Never gets old watching so many people miss so much sarcasm.
And this, naturally, is not sarcastic.
HAIL.
Vrable get cited for this, too?