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3 weeks 20 hours ago	NEYS	Never eat yellow snow.
16 weeks 4 days ago	I enjoyed this discussion	You guys kept it mostly to the immediate here-and-now or immediate future. Things will keep changing ever more quickly. We've already gone past the information age and into the attention age. Clickbait and its siblings will dominate much more over the next 10 years, and will evolve to become even more invasive and attractive to humans. The average person's time is more crowded than ever with all media competing for attention. (Think about how many books you're reading now vs just five years ago...) I think that MGoBlog is a true exception that is in part a lucky confluence: Brian's talent, passion, and conviction. As noted, the uniqueness of the Michigan fan base money-cannon and ability/desire to read with critical thought The "moment" when blogging basically went extinct and Brian taking this endeavor forward at the right time. Maybe less important, but my point is that it was built from something naturally, not a New Coke kind of launch. Primary focus being on a sport that attracts a certain type of fanatic, one that prefers stories and information over clickbait. (Have there ever been any good NFL team blogs?) The benefit of the wider Michigan universe, principally the other sports, but the University and Ann Arbor culture provides a ready-made community based on shared experience I don't expect that other sites can repeat this roadmap unless they have the same kinds of conditions. I am grateful for this site every day. Having moved out of the country in 2008, it has been a true lifeblood for me in connecting back to the football team and university in general throughout that time. Thanks guys!
20 weeks 4 days ago	One Ugly Person	I think Larry Bird qualifies, no?
20 weeks 6 days ago	1997	1997 was supposed to be Bill Clinton, but knee surgery changed his schedule. So instead they got... Lee Bollinger. It was a cold and rainy day. But Bolliger gave a great speech, after which people were not all that upset.
23 weeks 7 hours ago	1997 Football	Not af the same level, but the general malaise from the fan base heading into the 1997 season was pretty significant. The team had lost four games each of the previous four years. Despite going 3-1 vs OSU, the vibe was that Michigan was in decline, and the outlook for the year was not promising. I vividly recall a friend sending me the news that "Fuckin' Griese was named starter for the Colorado game. Another great year of Michigan football..." Wr knew Woodson was special, of course, but I don't think anyone imagined it would be the best Michigan team in a half-century and national champion.
25 weeks 2 days ago	Reefer Madness	I had a similar thought. The whole thing reminded me of Eric Schlosser's book, Reefer Madness. Making "vices" legal generally helps all parties minus the most nefarious ones.
27 weeks 3 days ago	The Milagro Beanfield War	I didn't know Ruben Blades went to Miami.
28 weeks 5 hours ago	Maybe there is a flipside argument here	Does it inicate that these two teams work the salary cap better by getting more for less?
29 weeks 3 days ago	How to pay the players	This was my thought from a few years back. Still seems viable to me: http://roadgames07.blogspot.com/2010/12/proposal-to-solve-student-athlet... tl;dr version: Pay the players for marketing by which they are currently exploiting them. Give them a commission for every ad, promo, feature, mention of games for TV in which their name or likeness is used. That's where the biggest portion of the money pie comes from and can solve most of the issue on its own. (And do the same for jerseys as this is the most obvious thing in the world.) Would be unfair to the more successful programs, but so is every aspect of recruiting already.
29 weeks 4 days ago	Cool!	That is cool.
29 weeks 5 days ago	Many cooks with a head chef	More of a "by committee" appraoch to coaching:   http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2015/09/jim_harbaughs_unique_p... "Instead of designating one person to serve as the team's chief offensive play caller, or limit the discussion to himself and one other coach, Harbaugh keeps an open dialogue going with his entire offensive staff from snap-to-snap on the sidelines during game days."
30 weeks 3 days ago	What a horseshit article	Not one mention of the fact that this replaces spring practice time that overlaps with classes. But of course we get some sanctimony about "not getting too far away from academics" without that explaining that this trip does exactly that.
30 weeks 3 days ago	Set list	When you put all these tracks together... wow!   http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-beach-boys/1966/hill-auditorium-univer...
30 weeks 5 days ago	Ah, entonces	So then Michigan should be in a position to dominate in 2016.
31 weeks 2 hours ago	To be fair	There are loads of peaceful protesters today. Not sure if such criticism was the intent of the OP above or if he simply wrote it quickly. But maybe OP should have worded differently? I know - no politics. That's kind of my point...
31 weeks 5 days ago	It's a fair question	Is the lack of "end of game first downs" due to: OL? RBs? Playcalling? General disarray / poor execution? I'm cerainly no expert, and I imagine the advanced metrics would be telling. What we can say is that it seemed very rare this season that O-line blocks effectively made it to the second level, particularly against the better teams. Perhaps on some playcalls that is not the design, but most of the times a running back was "sprung" it was due to his own jukes or broken tackles. Especially since Newsome's injury. That indicates that during the flow of the game the run blocking was far from top-notch. What does that mean for end-of-game drives with nine in the box on defense? Maybe not much. Let's see what happens next year with a new (albeit younger) line. Again, I probably don't know what I'm talking about...
31 weeks 6 days ago	Does this count	Does this count as recruiting in Ohio?
32 weeks 2 days ago	Nice work Brian.	Nice work Brian.
35 weeks 5 days ago	Phrasing....	or something
35 weeks 6 days ago	Bruno Minniti	Duh
36 weeks 6 hours ago	Qu'ont-ils fait?	Maybe it was a Franglish question and he wanted to know what they did in Ann Arbor...
36 weeks 5 days ago	Yep	Cubs at #1 invaldiates the whole endeavor. Most misguided fans in sport. Great for them that they won this year, sure there are a ton of them. But every year (going back for more than 100 of 'em), they were convinced that this would be the year. And until this season they always, always lost.
36 weeks 6 days ago	I keep thinking	How remarkable it is that Ed had only boys, and four of 'em. His wife was an accomplished soccer player, and father-in-law a world-class sprinter. So the kids are bascially genetically engineered for athletic excellence. Anyway, if Michigan can get two of 'em to play in Ann Arbor, all the better.
37 weeks 6 days ago	Thank you	That makes sense.
38 weeks 50 min ago	Have heard this, but	Don't the chains need to be tip to tip? Meaning if they put the ball square on the 25 to start, then the nose of the ball is already past it? Or do they put the tip of the ball on the 25? If it's square, then the tip-to-first-down is actually just inside the 15. Anyone know?
38 weeks 9 hours ago	That one	I was thinking about this question last night, and this was the first game to come to mind. I couldn't think of any others...
38 weeks 4 days ago	Lloyd "sharp as a tack" Carr	Loved the Lloyd chatter to start the show. I was lucky enough to meet/interview Carr in 2008, and during the conversation he recalled not just the name, but also the personality of the football coach at my high school in suburban Chicago. The dude had retired in 1991.
38 weeks 4 days ago	Really useful!	For instance:
38 weeks 5 days ago	Well done	I hadn't seen that one before. Very well put together.
39 weeks 9 hours ago	Broadcast	That ESPN broadcast was horrendous all the way through: Hardly any replays Pore-o-vision all the time. On passes they zoomed in on the ball in flight. The interview with Miles was bad enough, but made worse by the fact that they didn't give him working headphones and didn't correct the problem. The commentary was dominated by playoff scenario discussions, with very little info or insight on the game at hand.

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