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February 24th, 2013 at 10:43 PM
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META: Feedback request

Hi. It's me. How are you? I am good.

You may have noticed that I've been doing a little writing for the front page, and I'm looking for a little feedback. If you missed it, thus far I've done a weekly Twitter-themed thing:

  • http://mgoblog.com/content/week-twitterverse
  • http://mgoblog.com/content/week-twitterverse-0
  • http://mgoblog.com/content/week-twitterverse-1
  • http://mgoblog.com/content/week-twitterverse-2

I've also done a less reality-based piece (http://mgoblog.com/content/national-signing-day-wrap-post-preview).

So here's the question: do people, like, enjoy this stuff? Would people like me to keep doing the Twitter thing? Should I hide in shame? Brian has indicated I've got some flexibility as far as format, so I'm trying to please the MGoMasses (especially in light of today's discussion about how all things are terrible).

FWIW, among the options are "keep doing things as-is," "same tone, but just based on stuff that happens (non-Twitter-related)," "a choose-your-own-adventure type series of text-based adventures," "stop writing things and go away," any mixture of the above, or whatever else.

I am being Twitters

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February 24th, 2013 at 10:48 PM | I really like the (Score:5 Normal)
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I really like the Twitter-based summary type column, provided it doesn't turn into too much of  a "This Week in Schadenfreude" rip off. Case in point, the Desmond Howard twitter fight with the J'ville writer was awesome. Quoting people who hate Burke when the bball team loses isn't so fun.

But seriously, the column has been great. I say keep it up.

I am this close to going all Dark Blue in here.

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February 24th, 2013 at 10:53 PM | Yeah (Score:2 Normal)
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I didn't love that part. I gave it a try, but it just felt like diving back into the crapstorm that was the crappy basketball week.

I am being Twitters

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February 24th, 2013 at 10:57 PM | It's understandable given how (Score:3 Normal)
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It's understandable given how rough that week happened to be on the basketball court.

But I'm really glad you got a regular feature. It's been a lot of fun to read, and a welcome addition to the front page.

I am this close to going all Dark Blue in here.

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February 24th, 2013 at 10:51 PM | TWIT (Score:5 Normal)
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I love it.  Keep it coming.

I post some stuff from time-to-time that I think is humorous, and there are always people who don't get the jokes/take things too seriously/are never satisfied, etc.  Don't let the [out-of-wedlock children] grind you down.

"You will suffer humiliation when the team from my area defeats the team from your area." -- The Onion

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February 24th, 2013 at 10:51 PM | TWIS equivalent (Score:5 Normal)
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is ok by me. I am a big fan of both features.

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February 25th, 2013 at 1:50 AM | So yeah...is the front page (Score:1)
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So yeah...is the front page thing intentionally a twitter version of TWIS? I'm not a fan, but only because (a) I don't care about Twitter and (b) it just seems derivative of TWIS.

I also didn't get why the other thing was frontpaged. But as I said in the other thread, as far as I'm concerned, this blog is Brian, and diluting that with more alternative content is a risk (and, IMHO, always going to be a downgrade).

RIP my avatar, June 14, 1998 - October 26, 2012.

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February 24th, 2013 at 10:52 PM | Love it (Score:3 Normal)
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Really happy with it and look forward to them every week now!

Go Blue!

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February 24th, 2013 at 10:53 PM | love it (Score:2)
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Really liking the twitterverse column, keep up the good work.

Blue is Faster

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February 24th, 2013 at 10:55 PM | My Two Cents... (Score:4 Normal)
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"This Week In The Twitterverse" is indeed a great satirical stroll through the combination of sports fandom and the Internet. So far, I have enjoyed it and have no complaints. It's still fairly new, but it is a good concept and written well, and hopefully, this becomes a going thing on the blog. 

"Funny isn't it, how naughty dentists always make that one fatal mistake."

Follow the random tweets of a Michigan alum - http://twitter.com/#!/LorneEC3

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February 24th, 2013 at 10:54 PM | Keep it up. Love TWIT, and (Score:2)
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Keep it up. Love TWIT, and always appreciate extra content.

Bo Schembechler BA, Bear Bryant Law.

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February 24th, 2013 at 10:55 PM | Double Post...whoops (Score:2 Normal)
GotBlueOnMyMind
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Keep it up. Love TWIT, and always appreciate extra content.

Bo Schembechler BA, Bear Bryant Law.

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February 24th, 2013 at 10:58 PM | I found it very amusing too. (Score:1 Normal)
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I found it very amusing too. Keep up the good work sugar tits.

Bears Beets Battlestar Galactica

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February 24th, 2013 at 11:03 PM | I very much enjoy the (Score:2)
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I very much enjoy the Twitterverse column and look forward to it each week. I agree with with a poster above that I would rather not see it stray too far into TWIS territory; both because I think that is Brian's thing, and also because I think you have a great (albeit similar) concept in your own right.

The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right.

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February 24th, 2013 at 11:04 PM | As a non-tweeter myself, I (Score:4 Normal)
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As a non-tweeter myself, I enjoy getting an update every week about what I'm missing, for good or for bad.

 

That said, if you could pull off a weekly choose-your-own-adventure text adventure feature about the Wolverines or college sports in general, that would be awesome!

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February 24th, 2013 at 11:04 PM | Twitterverse (Score:1 Normal)
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Is solid. Enjoy it so far.

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February 24th, 2013 at 11:05 PM | This week in Twitterverse is (Score:2)
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This week in Twitterverse is definitely one of my favorite additions to the site.  Especially important for the long offseason, and I'd be pretty disappointed if you discontinued it.  Would love to see what else you might have in store...

Call Mr. Plow, that's my name, that name again is Mr. Plow

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February 24th, 2013 at 11:18 PM | seconded. It's been the most (Score:2)
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seconded. It's been the most entertaining content of the offseason.

Life and Loss with Michigan Basketball

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February 24th, 2013 at 11:07 PM | Good good and more good.  (Score:1)
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Good good and more good.  Keep it up!  Sorry for lack of real feedback but I just enjoy the stuff already.

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February 24th, 2013 at 11:08 PM | Great stuff (Score:1)
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Most notably the signing day post wrap. Visions of Hoke in a wizard hat calmly picking which Purdue commit he wants to pluck away... Classic

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February 24th, 2013 at 11:08 PM | I love the twitter columns. (Score:2 Normal)
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I love the twitter columns. Don't feel you need to change anything. It sucks that some people on here cannot appreciate the quality of the free content and feel they have to complain. you are all doing a fabulous job.

Not that I loved Rich Rod less, but that I loved Michigan more.

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February 24th, 2013 at 11:08 PM | Keep it up...I enjoy your writing... (Score:1)
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...there is no football and we have a stable football team now so i guess people have to complain about something.

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February 24th, 2013 at 11:09 PM | Nice addition (Score:2)
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To the board, keep it up! Also thanks for doing it in the first place

"It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing."

"The world is given to me only once..."

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February 24th, 2013 at 11:09 PM | Be yourself. Unless you can (Score:5 Normal)
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Be yourself.

Unless you can be Batman, then be Batman.

(Blogger alias: "Misopogon") This team is under construction. We thank you for your patience.

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February 24th, 2013 at 11:16 PM | I can't be batman :( (Score:4 Normal)
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I can't be batman :(

USING GRATUITOUS AMOUNTS OF CAPS LOCK SINCE APRIL 2011

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February 24th, 2013 at 11:24 PM | Damn (Score:5 Normal)
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I FEEL like I could be Batman, but I don't have a utility belt. Or a cave. And a Chevy Malibu is on the fringe of what could be considered a Batmobile.

I am being Twitters

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February 25th, 2013 at 10:40 AM | OK (Score:2)
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when you say you "FEEL" like you coiuld be Batman do you:

1.  feel like you have the capability within yourself to become Batman?
or
2.  You feel you already ARE Batman, but you're just not sure how to tell?

PROTIP:
Check to see if you're wearing black spandex.

Love & Hate are horns on the same goat.

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February 24th, 2013 at 11:13 PM | TWIT more yes please. (Score:2)
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TWIT more yes please.

5 4 3 2 1 Touchdown!

Touchdown Billy Taylor!

Touchdown Billy Taylor!

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February 24th, 2013 at 11:15 PM | Frankly, I don't think the (Score:5 Normal)
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Frankly, I don't think the actual form of your column matters (whether it's TWIT, free-form, etc.) as long as it is your humor.  Your humor is quick, witty, and eccentric -- just write about what you find most interesting, and I'll read it.

"It would be a travesty, it would be ridiculous to all of a sudden come back and get the feeling back, get the health back, feel good again and then all of a sudden go throw some other colors on my shirt and go coach."

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February 24th, 2013 at 11:19 PM | I was trying to put my thoughts into words... (Score:2 Normal)
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and you just completely nailed it. Any humor column BiSB writes is going to be funny, so I say just go for whatever feels right. I think TWIT is good, but if something else strikes your fancy, go for that. I don't think it needs to be strictly rigid to be a good weekly feature.

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February 24th, 2013 at 11:18 PM | Really enjoy the Twitter (Score:2)
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Really enjoy the Twitter stuff. I say keep doing what you're doing.

Want a winged helmet hat? See this post: Link

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February 24th, 2013 at 11:22 PM | After scrolling down all the (Score:3 Normal)
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After scrolling down all the way to the bottom and reading all the comments, I can't remember what your four options are. Oh well

I have very much enjoyed TWIT (and it's got a very fitting abbreviation) thus far. HOWEVA, I'm not sure it's a sustainable feature. I mean, you can only poke fun at people saying bombastic things before it just becomes noise. As someone else mentioned, the Desmond Howard thing was gold, Jerry, gold, while while people telling [individual x] to suffer some great calamity after [signing with their rival; losing an important basketball game] will become repetitive after a while. So if you're going to keep going with TWIT as-is, I'd suggest branching out and focusing more on, say, really creative sayings (as if any of those exist on Twitter) and less on people just being general asswipes.

Frankly, I think doing a choose-your-own-adventure column (or perhaps alternating between that and TWIT) would be the ideal solution; don't restrict yourself unnecessarily (see my comments about the staleness of just "standard features" in the other META thread). Either way, you're an entertaining enough writer that I'll read anything by the guy formerly known as Blue in South Bend.

EDIT: I think the idea behind my post is to give your take on the week's news, whatever that might be. Of course, then you run the risk of straying too far into UV territory, so what do I know? Do whatever the heck you want, I'm sure it'll be great.

"The straightest line from A to B is straight: From A to B"

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February 24th, 2013 at 11:20 PM | Don't change a thing. I love (Score:2)
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Don't change a thing. I love your writing style and input and I don't have a twitter, so TWIT is my idiot fix each week. :)

And p.s., while we're kind of on the topic, I just got done reading the post down bitching and I love your stuff too, Seth. :)

Parents are U of M grads.  Earned my BS at Purdue.  Both the fight songs I know by heart start with Hail.

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February 24th, 2013 at 11:27 PM | Keep doing (Score:2)
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all the things.

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February 24th, 2013 at 11:30 PM | If even I didn't think you were one of the wittiest (Score:1)
Michigasling
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Joined: 11/21/2009
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posters on here, I'd say go for whatever you want.  Too many times you've made me laugh out loud (seriously, though I refuse to use the abbrev.) for me to pick and choose.

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February 24th, 2013 at 11:31 PM | I second the motion. (Score:2)
Dubs
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Joined: 05/30/2011
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I second the motion.

"Welllllllll..."

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February 24th, 2013 at 11:35 PM | I was with you (Score:-1 Normal)
ClearEyesFullHart
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Joined: 09/09/2011
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Until this invitation to kiss your hiney. Seriously, I like your stuff, but if you're looking for positive reinforcement you should probably get a dog.

Omnes i facere est vincere 
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February 24th, 2013 at 11:48 PM | I have two dogs (Score:5 Normal)
BiSB
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Joined: 08/15/2009
MGoPoints: 28070

They poop in my house and eat my things.

I am being Twitters

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February 25th, 2013 at 10:44 AM | Let me guess... (Score:5 Funny)
GoWings2008
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Joined: 01/26/2011
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and then they poop your things in your house? 

I have three, one of them ate two decks of Uno cards.  That was interesting poop.

The Team, The Team, The Team

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February 25th, 2013 at 12:27 PM | Yup (Score:4 Normal)
BiSB
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When my younger dog was a puppy she ate a box of crayons (unbeknownst to me). You've never been more confused than when your dog unexpectedly craps a rainbow.

I am being Twitters

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February 25th, 2013 at 9:54 AM | While instant douchebagery (Score:5 Normal)
lbpeley
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Joined: 01/29/2009
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really isn't my thing, I can see that other people embrace it.  Hell, I would have even tended to agree with you had it not been for the small matter of reading that other bitchfest thread.

Apparently there's no small number of disgruntled people whining about free content. It seemed to me that BISB, whom I assume has at least some vested interest in the success of this blog, is merely trying to tap the pulse and see if there's anything he can do to please the disgruntled.

I guess it says more about you that you take that instantly as a request for ass kissing instead of reading the crapfest that is the other thread and seeing someone trying to make it better.

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February 24th, 2013 at 11:39 PM | BISB, you're a funny dude. (Score:2)
M-Dog
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Joined: 07/06/2008
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BISB, you're a funny dude.  The TWIT write-up about Nix cracked me up all afternoon.  

M'Dog

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February 24th, 2013 at 11:40 PM | Keep on doing what you're (Score:1)
BlueDragon
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Keep on doing what you're doing. I find your sense of humor more natural and organic than some of the other front-pagers'. TWIT is a good start; I would not mind reading your impressions of other aspects of today's sports world.

Abort, Retry, Fail?

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February 25th, 2013 at 2:10 AM | Agree on BiSB having more (Score:3 Normal)
ken725
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Joined: 10/26/2008
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Agree on BiSB having more natural and organic sense of humor.  Thanks for saying that because I was about to type something that would have made me look like an asshole.

Greetings from Bolivia.

"It's special how the real true people hang together. And if you don't support the program you're not a true Michigan guy. It's that simple."  - Gary Moeller

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February 24th, 2013 at 11:41 PM | TWIT isn't my thing, but only (Score:2)
BlockM
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Joined: 07/03/2008
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TWIT isn't my thing, but only because I'm on twitter enough already, but I'm fully capable of just skipping past it when it pops up on the main page. I could see it being pretty entertaining for people that don't see that stuff as it's happening in real time.

@pnbloem | Ultra-MGoBoard

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February 24th, 2013 at 11:49 PM | TWIT is pretty entertaining. (Score:2)
MaizeMN
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Joined: 01/28/2012
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Keep up the good work.

Also, I think Fathead might make a Batman cling to help out with the Malibu, unless it's purpley or some other non-Batman color.

If it's purpley, then be a Barney.

L.S.A. '88

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February 24th, 2013 at 11:49 PM | Be thou familiar, but by no (Score:2)
Bobby Digital
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Joined: 07/05/2008
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Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.

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February 24th, 2013 at 11:55 PM | Star Lotulelei Heart condition (Score:3 Normal)
Hokeforprez
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Joined: 02/28/2012
MGoPoints: 114

I can not start a thread but I thought this was worthy. I have not seen anything yet.   http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/24/combine-medical-test-reveals-star-lotulelei-has-heart-condition/  Sad to hear.

 

 
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February 25th, 2013 at 12:01 AM | I like the twitter (Score:1)
BoAndHokeFan
Joined: 03/09/2012
MGoPoints: 475

I like the twitter piece.

...just one man's opinion.

 

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February 25th, 2013 at 12:07 AM | I like the TWIT thing, but I (Score:2)
MaizeAndBlueWahoo
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Joined: 07/02/2008
MGoPoints: 11915

I like the TWIT thing, but I hope it can branch out from just highlighting a bunch of stupid people that need to be beaten in the throat with their own keyboards.

The signing day thing was outstanding.

"We've beaten Michigan the last four years.  So where's the threat?"

- Mark Dantonio

Blogging the Virginia Cavaliers at http://fromoldvirginia.blogspot.com/<

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February 25th, 2013 at 12:10 AM | I liked everything about (Score:2)
DKohn81
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Joined: 02/11/2012
MGoPoints: 743

I liked everything about them, keep it up.

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