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I’m going off memory from my…

I’m going off memory from my last job, but I’m pretty sure this would fall 4th all time regular season

Florida St v Notre Dame from the 90’s is #1

The Game ‘06 is #2

And I think Bama v LSU from about a decade ago hit 20M

I’d bet a lot this is #4 for regular season

a lot of Championship games have done in the 20’s - although last years was a dud @ 17M

% of viewership watching TV…

% of viewership watching TV at that time, or 9% of the people watching Nielsen rated television during that time slot 

9.0 is higher than the CFP championship game last year - @ 17M watched

Not sure if serious…it’s the…

Not sure if serious…it’s the best liberal arts school in the country 

I want to like you.

But you…

I want to like you.

But you’re making it difficult.

This isn’t page 6.

Alabama, Georgia, and Ohio…

Alabama, Georgia, and Ohio St have 2 Jucos this year on their football rosters. Oklahoma has 6.

It’s not super common, but it’s also not super rare for the annual playoff contenders.

Didn’t 100% guarantee it’s…

Didn’t 100% guarantee it’s starting on time. But it is starting on time for some teams but not everywhere (as I said).

I’m trying to be useful here, apologies if that isn’t your take.

I’m a Ross alum. This is my job. So I’m pitching in what I know. Go blue.

If I’m lying, I’m consistent…

If I’m lying, I’m consistent. And correct. Feel free to check my history of posts on this site, they are few and far between.
 

Just trying to be useful given the access my job provides. Go Blue.

90%+ chance this happens.

I…

90%+ chance this happens.

I work closely with the CFP as a sponsor, as of this AM their guidance was it’s happening.

Crazy.

I work for one of the…

I work for one of the College Football Playoffs bigger sponsors and had a call with senior Disney execs on Thursday.

1) The season is 100% happening

2) It's going to start on time, but maybe not everywhere

3) They aren't concerned if team A plays 8 games and team B plays 11 games - the Playoffs is subjective anyway

4) There is no good plan yet for what happens when someone gets sick

5) Capitalism for the win - Disney runs the the CFP, not the NCAA - this is the most important and real statement

I promise it’s happening, I…

I promise it’s happening, I never post, but this is one where I have direct knowledge 

“Drunken Disorderly” citations have gone down in every college stadium where beer sales have been introduced 

the general belief is that there is less binge drinking pregame when you introduce beer sales in stadium 

But you never know, you may be right

Nice one, I hadn’t…

Nice one, I hadn’t considered that obvious angle

Notre Dame just signed a deal with Coors Light (for many millions) but still don’t sell in stadium outside of suites

i don’t think it’s announced yet but will be shortly

Notre Dame is saying privately they’ll start selling in the next two years 

That’s when we’ll start too, 95% certainty

They 100% are going to sell…

They 100% are going to sell beer in the stadium. Likely ‘21 season. Same year as Norte Dame.

I work for a large beer…

I work for a large beer manufacturer and we're currently working on several marketing partnerships across the country with various universities. It's a real study, Ohio State and Texas were the poster children for the study. Since they began selling beer, there has been less binge-drinking prior to the games, less hard alcohol is being brought into the stadium, and less overall debauchery (scientific term clearly). Also, students are showing up (more) on time.

Oh, and the schools are making millions more in concessions. The Big House will be selling beer within the next 3-5 years. I'd bet a $1 or $2 on it. Maybe $3. Notre Dame will go before we go within the next 3 years. The SEC will go within the next 18 months.

ICC

The two highest attended soccer matches in the history of the US were ICC matches at the big house, one in 2016 and one 2014.



They didn’t come back last year due to a scheduling conflict.



They’ll be back this year. Stephen Ross owns the ICC and has made a commitment to at least one of the tournament’s sponsors.

She is terrific

Smart. Aggressive. Knows what needs to be done. It’s not her holding it back. She would have been great. This dude is gonna be more of the same.

Kathy is the only rockstar USSF has

I’ve worked pretty closely with SUM over the last few years. They are not good. But Kathy is a machine. Would have been great for US soccer.

Correct

That's the announcement. Big House didn't work due to scheduling issues with the teams and other matches happening during the tournament.

Their top recruit on the 247

Their top recruit on the 247 composite would be 13th in our class. But they are 31st overall, so not that different from a typical Sparty class in that regard.




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Uh

You just said the same things Brian said. Glass houses and what not.

Always

We always want OSU to lose, preferably by a lot

Just being objective in

Just being objective in general, Lacy and all of those other Alabama backs were top 10 RB talents coming out of high school, regardless of the coach they had solid odds to become NFL backs based on talent. Toby was a 3 star FB, not even a top 50 player in CA coming out of high school.




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As just an ob

As just an ob




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Definitely don't check his

Definitely don't check his Twitter feed and see what Willis and Micah Parsons are saying. Don't do it to yourself.




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Beer Garden

There will be a Heineken beer garden before the match inside the gates but outside the stadium. They are also bringing a human foosball table to the garden so I imagine that will be the spot a couple of hours prior to the match up until kick off. There will be beer vendors walking through the aisles so no need to get up during the game...

Darnay Holmes 17th

Darnay Holmes 17th




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You are missing something

You are missing something




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Troy Polamalu

Troy Polamalu




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Stephen Ross owns Ascendent Sports who own the tournament

100% fact that there is a game in Ann Arbor versus somewhere in Texas (either Dallas or Houston) as ESPN preferred because he said so.



No link available, heard this directly from his team via work...

WME + IMG

William Morris Endeavor bought IMG.WME is the largest artist and talent agency in the world. They actually represent the NFL. The CEO of WME is Ari Emanuel, yes, the real person the "Ari" from "Entourage" is based on.



So while IMG technically got out of the Agent business, in actuality they got significantly deeper into the business. Only now with a very thin firewall.



Having done a lot of work with WME over the last couple of years, I can tell you that the firewall is more like a laser pointer with the sole purpose of distracting a cat.

Eubanks

Our later commit was pretty much a sure thing to Alabama until this week...

A Belgian should be Belgian

Corn doesn't belong in a Belgian. The leffe brand is hundreds of years old. Corn didn't exist in Europe at that time. It only made it to Leffe after ABI bought Leffe. To save lots of money. Same with Stella. Although the that has been shit for years. Ask any European.

Leffe is owned by ABI

It is a Belgian brewed with American corn. Find a new Belgian if you like Belgians. Belgian.

That is really something

Never heard anything like this before. I have no reaction other than wow. I think you are truly unique.

This is funny.

Congrats on forcing our punter to drop the ball. Amazing play call. We must add that to our playbook.



You really pulled it off.



I know we are back because you are winning the way you used to. Randomly. Enjoy this year. A lot.





Hill's Twitter

His Twitter account was all Michigan yesterday, including multiple retweets of Woodson's exploits for the Raiders yesterday. He is quickly moving into "lock" area for us...

This one

Well obviously this is the right one then. Case closed.

Tennessee

Which must be why Tennessee is sitting at #14 after losing to the worst version of Florida.

Or...

1 play away from being a 3-1 team who beat Nebraska, Boise St., and UCLA. This game of yours can work in many different ways...

Best drinking game ever

Drink a Heineken every time you see Heineken during a Champions League game.



Fox wouldn't have brought Champions League games to the U.S. without Heineken's money and commitment. True story. So I for one will gladly drink a Heineken or 5 in gratitude.

Toys R' Us is an absolute corporate shit show

He's going to fit in wonderfully. Absolute mess of a company and has been for years.

Math

Half of 1st rounders were 4 or 5 stars. Only a fraction of recruits are 4 or 5 star recruits. Math.

don't want to lose to Jacksonville at anything

that is all

But...it worked. So...

This is game theory man. The shotgun approach to admissions doesn't work for everyone, but it can work obviously. Everyone has to figure out their own odds based on their own resume. My strengths were in my work experience and commitment to the school. My GMAT was above average for Ross but not good enough to overcome the poor grades (for Ross) on their own. I knew all of this from talking to the Head of Admissions at the time.

Point is, there was almost no chance of me getting in without going with a different strategy. I think the OP is in a similar situation given his background. And that's probably true for any of the other top 15 - 20 schools that are worth going to full-time. So my reco is take a different approach, just figure out the best for him...shotgun probably isn't the answer if he wants to get into Michigan.

Maybe there were 5 others that would have worked otherwise. But from conversations afterwards, I know for a fact that the only reason I got in was because of this approach.All of the stories are N=1, so good of you to offer a different view.

For what it's worth, I was also on the admissions committee for Ross for a couple of years before work got the better of my schedule, and the bias I saw (and live by at work as well), is that you admit people who show a bias for action, not just a pretty resume...

Yes

You can absoltuely mitigate a low GPA. I did the exact same thing and took a couple of night classes at NYU in some quant classes to show I had that muscle. It just takes a lot more effort to make up for middling grades...

Progression

The key is show progression in life. My experience is that the Ross team really cares about people "who care" and are always learning and moving forward from what they learn. Find those kind of schools, and you'll have a much better chance of getting in (i think)

2.7ish

But I had almost two years of 2.3ish. Spent a lot of time drinking and not much time schooling. It takes some longer than others to find their "purpose"...

Go all in

If you're serious about Ross being your #1 choice, then show commitment. Apply to ONLY Ross this year, and let them know you're only applying to Ross. This is your dream, and you'll do whatever it takes. They need to know that.

My guess is from the background provided, you probably won't get in, but maybe land on the waitlist. Or maybe you get lucky. Make sure you get an on-campus interview so you can drive home your commitment.

Assume you don't get in, then you ask them what you need to do next year to get in. But come with suggestions. My guess is you won't get your scores to a place where they HAVE to let you in, becuase anything under 800 won't make that a mandatory. Your work experience won't get appreciably better where you currently are and my guess is a new job won't either if you stay on the current path. 

My guess is the way to prove you're "Ross/Michigan man" is that you do something incredibly committed on the non-profit side over the next year. Show you're more than just a guy who wants to make a career change. Show them you want to go to Michigan to be a part of the incredible network, and you want to be a contributing member of the network by showing them how you can give back. Even better if you do that locally in Ann Arbor/Detroit/Michigan.

It's all about tie-breakers in MBA admissions. If you a) show your commitment to Michigan is real and b) you're they kind of person who cares more than just making money then they'll see someone who will give back to Michigan long-term. That's the tie-breaker you need.

This approach above parallels my strategy when I originally applied back in '04. It took me two years to get it in and I had some pretty crappy undergrad grades to get past, but it worked and I finally got that Ross degree. In the last 7 years I have tripled + my salary and am working at my dream job. I have also continuously given back to UM/Ross whenever I get the chance since I know none of my current success would be possible without the Michigan brand. Plus season tickets for two years man. Season tickets.

In year two I applied to other schools in case I didn't get in, but didn't end up needing them, so I'd reco that as well since you never know...

Cheers, good luck, and go blue.

You can't beat newkie brown, old reliable...

You can't beat newkie brown, old reliable...




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This

Just this.

Leach --> Welker

Those are really common measurables for Leach receivers, Welker ran a 4.65 at the combine. So I choose to say he's like Welker, only taller.