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Love the way they play on both sides with amazing chemistry. HAIL!

These games are taking way too long at the end.

USA! USA! USA!

Sling didin't offer BTN or Fox. I switched to Vue, but still didn't have BTN. Now that they are raising the price of their basic package from $30 to $40, it's not worth its shortcomings. I am switching to HULU next week. Same price as the new Vue price and Offers BTN, Fox, and all the ESPNs including ESPNU (Vue doesn't have the U, so a lot of streaming games aren't available).

This is only important if you want to watch a few of the lesser watched teams. But this past week it I tried to watch a bunch of close games of the little guys because most of the prime-time match up were blow-outs - no joy, didn't have the U, so I couldn't.

It should be noted that I live in an area with no cable. Our options are streaming services or satellite. With the price of by internet ($50) and the price of programming ($40), I am rapidly approaching what a decent cable bundle would cost. Still, at least the streaming service doesn't require a contract. If I want to trade HULU for Sling Orange ($20) after the season, I can without any hassle.

One last note. I would consider YouTube, but it isn't offered at our location, yet.

Cheers,

AF

Family has a cabin on Brevoort Lake, a treasure in its own right.

I'm stationed at Vandenberg AFB and we have about 40 miles of coast line and the fishing pressure is almost nil. Rock fish and cabezon are a blast.

Still, I would trade it all for a great fall day on the Carp River when the kings are running.

Thanks for taking the time to do this; it's great content.

XM: If I may shift gears for a moment gentlemen, coach Harbaugh vs. the hurricane, who would win?

MGoBlog: Harbaugh, Harbaugh!!

XM: Hold on, Hold on, hold on. The name of the hurricane is Hurricane Harbaugh.

I thought I remeber folks saying Nebraska would be ranked better if the medical school was factored into the total research dollars. For some reason it's not, so they don't qualify for the AAU.

We are now seeing the fruits of that line of thinking come to bear. I get that there is a ton of money involved in the whole enterprise, and concede athletes should get full cost reimbursement. Even more, I wouldn't be apposed to a small stipend that is equal to 16 hrs a week of working in the campus book store, or the like.

But once you start outright payment, based on value, or allow majoring in a sport, the whole academic mission of universities comes into question. No one can play a sport as long as one can use a real education. Emphasizing education is what the mission should be, and what I hope is the focus going forward.

It was reported on the edge of the internet that Michael Wroblewski received a scholarship.

I haven't  read or seen it anywhere else (including his twitter) but thought it was good news, if true.

Are you from Eaton Rapids?

20 reasonably good channels for $20, requires no special equipment (can play on computer and hdmi to tv), and you can cancel anytime. We just signed up for 3 months and got a free Roku 2 out of the deal.

Can buy at Lowes. At the same price point, it is better than the Weber IMO. For instance, in the $300-500 range, Weber will give you cast aluminum end caps on a steel enameled firebox. Broil King gives you a full Cast Aluminum firebox for $100 less.

Having a full aluminum firebox was really important to me, and the Broil King just seemed a better value. Webers are great quality, but not great value.

Toussaint looks great, right now. It's awesome to see him playing well.

THIS ESPN article makes it sound like it's up to the school. If true, I wonder what the football program's cap on exemptions is.

Player, Pos. ......................... Hometown (High School)

Chris Bryant, OL ........................Chicago, Ill. (Simeon)

Graham Glasgow, OL ..............Aurora, Ill. (Marmion Academy)

Joe Kerridge, FB ........................Traverse City, Mich. (St. Francis)

Wayne Lyons, DB ......................Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Dillard/Stanford)

Desmond Morgan, LB .............Holland, Mich. (West Ottawa)

Blake O’Neill, P ...........................Melbourne, Australia (Weber State)

Antonio Poole, LB .....................Cincinnati, Ohio (Winton Woods)

Jake Rudock, QB .......................Weston, Fla. (St. Thomas Aquinas/Iowa)

Fourth-Year Seniors Player,

Pos. ......................... Hometown

(High School)

Kenny Allen, PK .........................Fenton, Mich. (Fenton)

Brad Anlauf, WR .........................Hinsdale, Ill. (Hinsdale Central)

Shaun Austin, DB ......................Plymouth, Mich. (Plymouth)

Blake Bars, OL.............................Nashville, Tenn. (Montgomery Bell Academy)

Nick Benda, LB ...........................Champion, Mich. (Westwood)

Drew Berube, DL .......................Hampstead, N.C. (Berwick Area [Pa.])

Joe Bolden, LB ...........................Cincinnati, Ohio (Colerain)

Ben Braden, OL ..........................Rockford, Mich. (Rockford)

Jehu Chesson, WR ....................St. Louis, Mo. (Ladue Horton Watkins)

Jeremy Clark, DB .......................Madisonville, Ky. (Madisonville North Hopkins)

Brian Cleary, QB.........................Grosse Pointe, Mich. (Detroit Jesuit)

Amara Darboh, WR ..................West Des Moines, Iowa (Dowling Catholic)

Bo Dever, WR ..............................Lake Forest, Ill. (Lake Forest)

Allen Gant, LB ............................Sylvania, Ohio (Southview)

Ryan Glasgow, DT .....................Aurora, Ill. (Marmion Academy)

Matthew Godin, DT .................Fenton, MIch. (Detroit Catholic Central)

Deyanco Hardwick, FB ............Ann Arbor, Mich. (East Detroit)

Bobby Henderson, FB .............Hopewell Junction, NY (John Jay)

Willie Henry, DT .........................Cleveland, Ohio (Glenville)

Sione Houma, FB ......................Salt Lake City, Utah (Highland)

Royce Jenkins-Stone, LB ........Detroit, Mich. (Cass Technical)

Michael Jocz, TE ........................Novi, Mich. (Novi)

Drake Johnson, RB ...................Ann Arbor, Mich. (Pioneer)

Kyle Kalis, OL ..............................Lakewood, Ohio (St. Edward)

Dan Liesman, LB .......................Lansing, Mich. (Lansing Catholic)

Erik Magnuson, OL ...................Carlsbad, Calif. (La Costa Canyon)

Mario Ojemudia, DE ................Farmington Hills, Mich. (Harrison)

A.J. Pearson, S ............................Johns Creek, Ga. (Northview)

Ben Pliska, OL.............................Kirkland, Wash. (Lake Washington)

Terry Richardson, CB ...............Detroit, Mich. (Cass Technical)

James Ross, LB ...........................Orchard Lake, Mich. (St. Mary’s Prep)

Tom Strobel, OL/DL .................Mentor, Ohio (Mentor) A.J. Williams, TE .........................Cincinnati, Ohio (Sycamore)

Jarrod Wilson, S .........................Akron, Ohio (Buchtel)

Travis Wooley, CB ......................Sault Sainte Marie, Mich. (Sault Area)

That was kinda long/ugly but I don't know how to do it better. Sorry

It's where managers really earn their money.

And go Royals!

On how average baseball players are often amazing cricket players.

Speaking of two sport athletes, is Jumpman going to do the baseball/softball uniforms? Cause it turns out dunking from the free-throw line didn't translate to anything useful on the ball diamond.

Cheers!

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Cheers.

I said a bang bang bangity bang!

Jsut incase I made it in time to be 5th

You should have just thrown a Datsun up there. My dad had one. I think it went 0-60 in under a minute twenty.

I'm sure I'll end up with it for my first rental back in the States. I always have this kinda luck with rentals:

Scruffy was commenting on Ron_Lippitt's use of a possesive determiner with the gerund. After researching what that was, I surmised we was pointing out the use of "daring" as a gerund. To use the possessive noun (pronoun in this case), would one use your as the possessive of you, instead of you're (you are)?

Or did I just totaly miss this and he was citing a different example.

Puh-cans go in the pie, pee-cans are something you use in the boat when a lady is present.

Once I found it I could have posted the link, but you're a better human.

Cheers.

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NM

That's where I saw it for the first time. Still, nice to see the blog get mentioned.

What makes Ditka so bad?

I don't really know to much about him other than his coaching resume. Oh, and what I learned from Bill Swerski's Superfans.

IBTD

That and not having your reflective belt.

I'm +8 hrs from EST and there is no way I'm gonna be able to not stay awake.

It's hard for me to tell you what the record of other schools are.

What we always expected. A bunch of GAs voting.

the more I couldn't stop giggling.

I needed that; this situation/football season is depressing. 

I don't agree with the premise of your first paragraph, but 2 and 3 are spot on.

The first was generally well received/interesting. The second, not so much. It was like you intentionally beat a dead horse while making completely unprovable accusations.

If you had a source or reference that told what the s&c program at UM is, that would be one thing. But you don't.

Few people are the man Lloyd Carr is. And tell your mother thank you. I am sure that job has had some gut-wrenching moments.

you should plus 1.

I'm also guessing that's my problem. But thanks for the reply, it does help to know for future use.

UM shouldn’t “run away” from the past, as if everyone will just forget about the biggest de-pantsing in college football history if the victim always wears a belt and suspenders.

Best line of prose I've read on this blog in a while. I'm not even saying I agree with you, but your writing style should be front paged.

where many of these atrocities took place. The Turks refuse to even acknowledge they did anything wrong and give tacit, if not outright approval to what the Azerbaijanis are doing to the Armenians now. 

Even today the Turks are actively wiping out any vestiges of Armenian culture within their borders.

ihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khachkar

I seem to always enjoy your schedule ones the most. They are amazingly done and informative.

Just sipping on a few vodka cocktails. It's cheap and effective.

If not, I wish the mods would have left the post so we could expedite his trip to Bolivia.

"Web filter category: None"

Which means we have no real reason to block this, but we want to make sure you don't see anything entertaining.

One of the best effort of the year.

He stopped blogging once real life started to interfere with his blogging. 

I do remeber the blog well though because it's what vectored me to MGoBlog.

LINK 

He really did cover recruiting well, but I don't think he had any original content, if I remember correctly.

The true home of St Nik.

Career on an endless repeat loop, minus The Horror, I take that in a heart beat.

Both are good men a good coaches.

this comment is awesome.

Just sayin.

I doubt it will affect civility, but I wish people would remember why we are fans in the first place. In college football, it's more than record, coach, or geography. It's about supporting young men who, while talented, trod the same ground and student experience many of us have. They embody a love for the game that isn't rooted in the almighty dollar.

When fans lose sight of what is important I hope they are punished/corrected. It's not about fan/student/alum expectations. It's about proudly representing a student body and their state/supporters. It's about showcasing the ability to be a modern Renaissance man, and showcasing the ability of society and universities to still produce these kind of well rounded citizens.

/drunk (ya I know it's Tuesday) rant off

At least the ref called the OOB

i want to say the only peole on the floor getting paid to be pros are the refs. And they are acting like amatures

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

He still surprises Ds nad me.

we need another big in the game

or we'd be up 6

the stream is titled: College Basketball 2013 Puerto Rico Tip-off: Second Semi-Final.

As in the picture, my cupboards have about a 3 inch gap between the door and shelf.

but I see the game being frustratingly close unitl late in the 3rd. At which point we will go up by two scores and win by 13.

This sucks

Don't know why you'd leave points on the field. First to 15 could win.

And I'll admit it, I laughed.

but now you're one less voice that can talk crap about this generation's student section.

Even still, enjoy the two-hearted; I would love to say that was my plan B.

We do not have the talent. We do have one all-american, one good end, and then: doom. I don't want to be the guy to beat the RichRod dead horse, but let us not forget the horrible recruiting he did on the O line, or on the entire roster for that matter. For every starter RR recruited we have two "doesn't play here anymore's." Additionally, he recruited one OL in one of his years (2010?). Brady Hoke is not only rebuilding a program, but is digging out of the greatest craters ever created at Michigan.

As for the general complaining about the play calling. Was it great: no. But you people have played way to much Madden/NCAA for your own good. We have a weak OL, a QB that can succumb to idiotic turn overs on a moments notice, and a kicker who has been pretty solid this year. Many act like we should be gunslinging down the field with reckless abondandment instead of releying on  easier than average kick from and above average kicker. We cry about how many TOs this team gives up and then turn on the coaches when they do something showing an aversion to TOs.

/uninspiring rant off

/still pissed

I'm stationed in Turkey and firstrow works, but you have to use firstrowsports.bz these days.

I used it last week on the recommendation of someone on the live blog, so it's new to me. It worked great, and the quality was fantastic, but I don't really know how it works or how to find the stream address(es) for different channels,

It seems like the addresses change all the time. The link he gave last week, for BTN, still works, but that's not going to help me this week.

Since upvotes mean very little these days.

This is one of the best post on the blog. I would watch and read these as often as you could produce them.

I really want Herm to weigh in on this one.

I work with the AF's base ops and air traffic folks, and we're always in the same squadron as weather. I have found the AF weather models to be some of the most accurate, and always love getting the inside scoop on the forecast. It was especially nice while I was stationed in tornado alley; they were always the best at predicting when the big thunderstorms would pop-up.

I wouldn't be surprised if this is the reason they are bowling instead of playing ski-ball. I can already hear the motivational speech now.

but I'm starting to feel like Brandon Brown needs one of these:

one used to be able to see if other users were online. It was nice not to sit there and wait for a reply to a post that might not come for awhile.

and I approve this message.

This year she had another son for me (Thursday), so I guess that's a good Father's Day present, too. It has been an amazing week to be a father in our house. Now, if we can just get a little sleep, lol.

And I was fortunate enought to be at the game in the OP. I grew up around a bunch of Spartan fans and one was kind enough to take me to the game because they knew I was a huge Michigan fan. Some MSU fans are gracious.

The best combo I've found is The Big Green Egg. It grills as well as any grill, and is almost as good as a dedicated smoker.

There is a knock off made in Mexico? that is just about as awesome. I think  the only real difference is the hinge hardware. They brand is Kamado.

.420 in 1911, .409 in 1912, and amazingly again in 1922 with .401. Migs is good, but saying he is better, I don't know about that.

saying Zetterburg was tripped.....yeah.

None the less, happy Memorial Day, and GO BLUE!

Thanks for being the architech of the greatest blog ever concieved.

The duck hunting was awesome this year ana alll the bike riding around here is pretty sweet, still, it's not as good as where I spent the last five years... Patrick

when I first found this blog as to the level of analysis it contained. But this, this is amazing. Well done Heiko, what an amazing effort and level of access I never thought I'd see on a blog. Cheers!

I certainly can't now

except for the first 18 seconds, that was awesome

Congrats to the women.

during NSD for Hoke's first class. In an effort to not watch Judge Joe Brown, I took to the interwebs. I came across a blogspot "Michigan Football Recruiting" (which is no longer active). It had a link to a bunch of other UM blogs. I clicked here, and haven't been able to kick the habit since.

examples of why we need the old voting system. A "5" just doesn't capture how hard you guys have made me laugh this otherwise boring Saturday night.

the Home Depot reference, please?

when you hustle

DEFENSE.

Excited, we have to play defense.

Tim

are Stauskas. It's gotta be a third.