US Congressman wants B1G to investigate concussion
Weeeeee! Congrats Brandon and Hoke! A US Congressman from NJ, who is chair of the Congressional Brain Injury Caucus, wants the B1G to investigate UM and the handling of Morris' concussion. Man, this athletic department is so great handling a PR crisis! Glad the President and the Regents are around to address the shitstorm!
September 30th, 2014 at 2:30 PM ^
is so surreal. What a time to be a fan....
September 30th, 2014 at 2:33 PM ^
October 19th, 2014 at 9:27 AM ^
The idiot here is the congressman.
September 30th, 2014 at 3:06 PM ^
..........
September 30th, 2014 at 2:33 PM ^
Is the UN going to proffer a resolution condemning Hoke?
Might actually get the Security Council to finally argee to something.
September 30th, 2014 at 4:44 PM ^
It's next up after this hearing ends.
September 30th, 2014 at 2:37 PM ^
I think the International Criminal Court might be gearing up for an indictment as well.
September 30th, 2014 at 2:38 PM ^
I made more than one war crime joke about Iowa/Purdue on Saturday...
M/PSU might be worse.
September 30th, 2014 at 2:33 PM ^
September 30th, 2014 at 2:35 PM ^
The cover up always does.
September 30th, 2014 at 2:34 PM ^
God bless America.
September 30th, 2014 at 3:32 PM ^
Tax dollar? You have to refer me to your accountant.
September 30th, 2014 at 4:09 PM ^
He lives in the Cayman Islands. Seems like such an out of the way place for his line of work. Must be really pretty there.
September 30th, 2014 at 2:34 PM ^
It figures that some douche congressman from New Jersey would add his two cents worth to help muddy the water before we travel to... drum roll... New Jersey.
September 30th, 2014 at 2:46 PM ^
These weasel politicians look for any opportunity to grandstand and generate some publicity...all under the flimsy guise of taking up the latest cause or protecting people against evildoers.
September 30th, 2014 at 3:10 PM ^
They have to at least look like they're doing something for their pay cheques....
September 30th, 2014 at 3:47 PM ^
You betcha.
September 30th, 2014 at 2:34 PM ^
BRANDGHAZI
September 30th, 2014 at 2:35 PM ^
I want to upvote this joke a lot.
September 30th, 2014 at 3:48 PM ^
This joke will be even funnier if Fox Sports 1 is still covering Brandghazi throughout Michigan's search for a coach come Winter, demanding to know the truth. WHAT DID SECRETARY BRANDON KNOW??
September 30th, 2014 at 2:35 PM ^
These assclowns can barely handle what's on their plates now and they decide to get involved with this?
September 30th, 2014 at 2:38 PM ^
Thanks for reforming, say, immigration or civil forfeiture.
September 30th, 2014 at 2:46 PM ^
Or voting on our newest military endeavor.
EDIT: For a slightly more neutral term. Trying to avoid actual politics.
September 30th, 2014 at 2:39 PM ^
September 30th, 2014 at 2:44 PM ^
Exactly. Now we seem to be searching for the area directly below the lowest spot below the area right underneath and just a bit under rock bottom.
I cant wait to find out what tomorrow might bring.
September 30th, 2014 at 3:12 PM ^
If it's not a new AD I'm not interested, so don't wake me up.
September 30th, 2014 at 2:40 PM ^
This is crazy! How Brady and Dave still have jobs is unreal. I didn't think it could get worse, but it always seems to. I think instead of asking myself if it can get worse, I will instead ask myself how bad will it get.
September 30th, 2014 at 2:40 PM ^
What a joke.
September 30th, 2014 at 2:43 PM ^
Man I have a great zinger but i'll get negged to hell/possibly banned. Can I get mod permission? It's not offensive.
September 30th, 2014 at 2:46 PM ^
I'm not a mod or anything but sure, go ahead-fire when ready soldier. I'm sure it'll be just fine.
I mean it's in a thread with more than a bit of political undertones. What could possibly go wrong?
September 30th, 2014 at 2:50 PM ^
In the words of Lee Corso, "aww fuck it".
I'm just waiting for Obama to chime in. If Obama had a son, would he look like Shane Morris?
September 30th, 2014 at 2:53 PM ^
Meh, C+
September 30th, 2014 at 2:56 PM ^
Ya probably. It was better when I thought of it. :(
September 30th, 2014 at 2:59 PM ^
Hey, with the current state of the blog, I'll take a C+. Right in the meaty part of the curve, as Constanza would say.
September 30th, 2014 at 4:14 PM ^
September 30th, 2014 at 5:27 PM ^
Keep your day job.
September 30th, 2014 at 2:52 PM ^
The thread gets locked and summarized in one snarky paragraph?
September 30th, 2014 at 2:43 PM ^
This is what politicians do (both sides). They stick themselves into these type of situations asking for answers so that they look busy with what they are doing, and instead ignore way more important issues.
September 30th, 2014 at 2:48 PM ^
Just like PEDs in baseball? Concussions in sports IS an important issue. It's their job.
September 30th, 2014 at 2:54 PM ^
not some random politician looking for cheap publicity. He's not calling for a congressional investigation, but asking the Big Ten to do a better job enforcing good safety protocols. I find it hard to find any fault with that.
September 30th, 2014 at 2:57 PM ^
Look harder.
September 30th, 2014 at 3:02 PM ^
Why is there even a brain-injury caucus?
September 30th, 2014 at 3:07 PM ^
Nation's most popular sport has a serious problem of causing traumatic brain injuries, for one. Probably also a fair number in the military, come to think of it. It's a reasonable thing to exist.
September 30th, 2014 at 3:14 PM ^
Because 300,000+ people have brain injuries related to serving in Afg/Iraq. This fact plus other factors related to brain injuries costs tax payers 60 billion a year.
September 30th, 2014 at 3:45 PM ^
Because there are 535 nearby cases of it?
September 30th, 2014 at 3:46 PM ^
September 30th, 2014 at 3:49 PM ^
You've just described the entirety of Congress.
September 30th, 2014 at 2:45 PM ^
the closer we come to untennable status for Brandon.
Maybe ISIS would like to weigh in