Don

January 20th, 2013 at 10:09 PM ^

Go Niners. Not because I love the guy who only went to Michigan because his first choice Stanford didn't offer him a scholarship, but I can't stand Baltimore and Ray Lewis.

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Bocheezu

January 21st, 2013 at 12:14 AM ^

It's odd how the completed pass rule has evolved over time.  Seems like in the replay era it's gone from

-- If the ball touches the ground ever for any reason, it is an incomplete pass, no subjectivity involed whatsoever

to

-- If the receiver controls the ball and has his hands under the ball and the tip of ball happens to touch the ground, that's OK, it's complete.  As long as he doesn't throw the ball away after standing up and "completes the process."

to

--  If the receiver somewhat controls the ball, it moves after hitting the ground, but the ball doesn't leave his hand in the process, that's complete

I mean, what the hell, before too long, guys will just trap the ball and it will be called complete

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bostonsix

January 21st, 2013 at 1:08 AM ^

However I loved how harbaugh stuck it to Pete Carroll and never let off the gas pedal in those games just to make a point, even though he claimed he was just running his offense. I want Hoke to do that to so badly to Ohio, where I know Harbaugh would have.

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WolvinLA2

January 20th, 2013 at 10:49 PM ^

Harbaugh's an asshole, but he's an incredible coach.  Stanford didn't care that he was an asshole and Alabama doesn't care that Saban's an asshole.  

Hoke's not an asshole, and it looks like he'll be a good coach.  Breaking rules excepted, if you told me Michigan hired one of the country's best coaches who is also an asshole, I'd say that's just fine.  I'm not at all upset with Hoke, but I would have been just as psyched with Harbaugh.

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Rage

January 20th, 2013 at 11:11 PM ^

When he was hired, Hoke talked about being a Michigan Man and what it meant.  He talked about his players being good husbands, good fathers and good men in the community.  I started to realize that maybe some things were more important than the final score.  I don't think that we can compete with the likes of Alabama because it's a dirty($$$) program.   Hoke will be more like Carr than Harbaugh, but gosh darn it, I love him.  At the end of the day, I'd rather have Hoke be the face of our school rather than some immature prick who already publicly spoke poorly of us.      

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M-Wolverine

January 21st, 2013 at 10:35 AM ^

But those were from before the bowl game.  A lot changed after it. I think the big change was the 2nd half of the Orange Bowl.

http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/orange-bowl-open-thread-probably-unavoidabl…

Then we got stuff like-

http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/cc-thoughts-harbaugh-after-orange-bowl

http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/jh-harbaugh-watch-day-1

http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/cc-jim-harbaughs-maize-and-blue-blood

 

Though from before the Bowl Game, this was pretty fun.

 

http://mgoblog.com/content/one-last-blind-stab-dark#comments

Love the old "Denard is going to transfer" meme. (Or this one - http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/cc-hokenot-option )

 

My favorite comment from scanning?

 

Wow what a play by Taylor (Score:1)
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Someday, at some school, maybe Denard will do that in a BCS game...

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Doughboy1917

January 21st, 2013 at 1:08 AM ^

 

I was just telling my wife the very same thing.  I really wanted Harbaugh to come to Michigan, but seeing what a jerk he is, I'm glad he took the NFL job instead.  He's a good coach, but he would have been an embarrassment to Michigan.  

I'm very happy with Brady Hoke.  I cannot imagine him pulling a stunt like this on the Michigan sideline.

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B-Nut-GoBlue

January 20th, 2013 at 10:09 PM ^

Not to get to sappy, but their mom and dad, sitting in their living room in whatever state they're in, have to be proud as all hell.  This storyline is going to get old by, oh tomorrow afternoon, but it is pretty neat at it's core.

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steve sharik

January 20th, 2013 at 10:25 PM ^

...there was an NFL coach who understood expected values, Belichick punts from the Ravens 35, 34, and 45 (on 4th and 2) in the same game.  Two of the ensuing drives were Baltimore TDs.

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TheLastHarbaugh

January 21st, 2013 at 7:45 AM ^

Except Ray Lewis didn't kill anyone, and you pushing this fallacious idea makes you kind of an asshole.

Is Ray Lewis a scumbag who told everyone in the limo to keep their mouths shut to save his football career after the incident went down? Yes.

Did he kill anyone? No.

By nearly all accounts Ray Lewis' involvement in the fight was trying to separate people and get his entourage into his limo. IIRC, the only people who claim Lewis was throwing down, were a lady who claimed she was too drunk to really remember anything, and a con man who was in prison at the time of the trial.

Two of Ray's hanger-ons murdered those guys. So if you want to blame Ray for having shady people around him, or for attempting to cover up what happened in an attempt to save his football career, then fine. The man however, is not a murderer.

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