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Miller was born in 1984- he's a Millennial!  Dick Butkus or Joe Greene would've just walked it off.

Jet fuel can't upvote comments.

Best place on the web for a good "OT/not OT/delete/don't delete!" argument!

So I take it ESPN U had some Friday night slots they needed filled?

1) Find some high school kids to suit up for your team.

2) Teach them to lead with their heads. Kill shots win games.

3) Take out the knees.

4) Coach them to take a couple of vicious cheap shots or late hits early in the game- it puts the other team on their heels the rest of the way.

5) Stock up on growth hormone.

Good luck!

He is a miracle worker for nearly getting that garbage pitching staff into the playoffs. Not that baseball managers do much anyhow.

37-27 UM

UM 31
CU 27

I've always found mgoblog odd in that it's the only blog or community I'm aware of that frequently asks its participants to contribute less.  Serious question- why not have a separate off-topic board?  More discussion, more page clicks, more $$$.

HINDER

Lock the thread.

Love laughing at hockey players always shoving and punching between whistles, kind of a cross between little kids throwing tantrums and so-called "thugs".

That's two more QBs than Michigan has playing in the two playoffs.

Their football team won a conference championship and is about to win a second in an era when co-champions are no longer a possibility, meaning you have a 1/14 shot at it instead of about 2/10 like it used to be. And their basketball team has been even better under Izzo.

2012, Disney World. I was wearing a Michigan t-shirt. Someone walking in the opposite direction yelled "Appalachian State!" at me.

In 2012 .

Tough to bet against Michigan's rich tradition of winning football games out west.

Pistol won't work in the Big Ten.

Michael Jordan misses the game winner against Utah in the '98 Finals.

Jazz win the Finals. Jordan publicly blames Scottie Pippen. Pippen retires immediately and takes a job as an assistant at Cleveland State, then moves on to be an assistant at USC. While at USC, Pippen becomes involved in a minor scandal, which ends up affecting the entire athletic department. Reggie Bush and Matt Leinart decide to instead attend Purdue, leading them to consecutive Rose Bowl losses. Joe Tiller retires when both players declare for the draft in 2006. Rich Rodriguez, not Danny Hope, is hired to replace Tiller. Lloyd Carr is then in turn replaced by Jim Grobe upon retirement in 2007. Grobe lasts three seasons with records of 4-8, 5-7, and 7-6 before being fired and replaced by Brady Hoke. Roy Roundtree has a moderately successful college career at Purdue, becoming an undrafted free agent who appears in 9 games over two seasons with the Titans and Panthers.

The end.

Research is pointless beyond looking at which top seeds are dealing with significant injuries and eliminating those teams from consideration, and MAYBE also eliminating the handful of teams that you can seemingly count on pooping out early in the tournament annually.  The tournament as a whole is a crapshoot, the round of 64 games always include several unpredictable results, and no amount of research would ever give you UConn over UK last year, or Wichita State, Michigan, and Syracuse in the FF the year before, etc.

Edit: Upon further consideration, it's probably also worthwhile to look at which teams are drastically underseeded or overseeded based on metrics.

I think these might look decent on an actual basketball player

Nobody will ever see this, but I'd like to pat myself on the back. Nailed it!

I recall there being talk of Michigan and Minnesota doing something similar when Michigan was trying to find a "special" opponent for the home opener to celebrate the completed stadium renovations in 2010.  I don't know if those rumors came from the AD or from the fans, though.

And, based on my experience as a Mathcounts judge, I'm not so sure about the academics part either.

But, hey, I guess I can't argue against #3.

Way ahead of you.

Playing the "I think State will take a step back next year" game is always a bad idea.  They'll be right there with 10+ wins again next year.

I'd argue that OSU played one non-conference game against a team with a pulse and, in that game, lost at home to .500 ACC team.  Their best wins are Michigan State and... Minnesota?  Who TCU also beat, and by a considerably larger margin.  If you look at the other top teams in the Big Ten, they all have non-conference schedules littered with losses to literally every other power 5 team any of them faced.  The Big Ten, based on non-conference results, is effectively a mid-major this year.

I guess my point is that there is a large gulf between the top three conferences and the Big Ten/ACC.  I feel the playoff needs to have two representatives from the SEC, but I'd also accept two from the Big 12.  I'd leave Jimbo Fisher and his band of enabled criminals home just out of my own distaste for them.

Give me Alabama, Mississippi State, Oregon, and TCU.

I can't tell if he's claiming that women abuse men more often than men abuse women (which seems dubious), or if he's going all the way and making the "she probably deserved it" claim.

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, but I guess nobody cares about lung cancer.

Much better than never beating said rival.

I win.

I care if the Big Ten sucks because my cable provider gives me the Big Ten Network, not the PAC 12 or SEC networks. So if the Big Ten stinks, then I'm stuck watching this garbage for the next two months.

Or, more likely, I'll go outside and do something more enjoyable with my time.

You got it, Coach. I set my alarm and I'll be up at 4:30 a.m. doing sprints to help my team win some games.

The real headline here should be "Angelique Chengelis Awakes From Ten-Year Coma"

WHAT ABOUT THE SHOWERS?!?!?!

Your analogy works only if Brady Hoke has a known learning disability or predilection for coloring books

Yes, Michigan didn't have the size to hang with Wisconsin, in spite of beating Wisconsin in Madison a couple months ago.

And they have no chance at a Championship with this sort of lineup, as long as you ignore the fact that they had a second-half lead in the championship game one year ago with a similar sort of undersized lineup (freshman GRIII playing the 4...).  Okay, fine, McGary is taller than Morgan.

Nice #hottake you have there

Put in a less trolling tone, I've also wondered why immediately prior to some sporting events is the correct time to express a few minutes of patriotism.  For example, why is the national anthem performed before a college basketball game or a professional football game, but never some other public event such as a movie, concert, musical, etc., at least that I am aware of?

I'm not saying we shouldn't occassionally take a few minutes to be grateful for what we have in this country and to thank those who have sacrificied for it, nor do I think we should do away with the national anthem at sporting events... but what exactly makes the beginning of a game the ideal time for patriotism?

Joe Buck is presumably thrilled now (just not expressing it)

It's a nice shot, for sure, but I'd be wary of using the word "clutch" when describing anything that occurs in a March game between two .300 teams.

But, maybe it is Earth-shattering.  Have you seen Armageddon?

But how many NFL coaches care about cost-benefit analysis of fourth down strategy?  Or even understand basic statistics?

MAYBE Belichick?

I'm not sure that changing the values of touchdows by +/- 1 point will have much impact on fourth down strategy since that strategy is already overwhelmingly dictated by playing conservatively and following standard protocol rather than by any sort of EV calculations.

Fire Beilein

Uh

No shit

Ew

(comment directed toward Olive Garden, not public masturbation)

Did Dave Brandon tag along too?

Bravo!

Be honored- you have received the elusive Anonymosity Upvote.

We're MICHIGAN. Anything less than 14-0 is unacceptable!

My morbid curiosity got the best of me and I browsed this thread. Oops.

Yeah, Michigan fans!!

We must play like men on Saturday and not get bullied.

Damn right. I can't wait to lay out Calhoun.

Einhorn is Finkle. Finkle is Einhorn.

What's going on with the gray thing on the white uniform's crotch?  Armored codpiece?

Would "Dummy" be short for "Dumbtonio?"

That'll show those dirty $parties

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latson3146, grand arbiter of what is and is not "Michigan"

Was Devin seen in Birmingham driving Johnny Football's agent's Ferrari yet?

Big Ten in horrible. PAC-12 is better, but definitely not SEC-good. The PAC-12 has, what, two very good teams and then a bunch of mediocrity?

My hypothesis is that every SEC team besides UK and UT would be in the mix for the B1G championship. Well, a few teams would be more than in the mix; they'd be stone cold locks to win it. But we'll never get to test that theory because the B1G collectively has a pathetic non-conference schedule.

I have it on good authority that Goodell (more like Greenbaydelldouche, am I right?!) is in favor of contraction for the Lions. Expect the league to be reduced to 31 teams within the next four weeks, with Calvin being sent to the Packers. They're just working out the logistics for scheduling. Probably giving the Pack 12 bye weeks and a bye to the Super Bowl. Take it to the bank.

Exactly. Fans get butthurt about losing and then project that onto the players, as if the players go back into the locker room and cry after losing by 50.

Doesn't matter how bad State's offense is if their D keeps scoring like this...

Losing to a D1-AA team is a good start, but they'll need to pad their record with a few losses to the MAC before they'll qualify.

I believe "abstinence" is a big one there, too

Hair Club for Men

Yet another member of the media biased against Michigan.  Disgusting.

I for one can't wait until Michigan shocks the world and this so-called writer.  Nobody is giving them a chance, but I think they can do it.

Louisville by four.

Five words:

We must protect this house

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Politics, religion, pornography, and/or excessive disrespect towards college athletes can [rightfully] earn one the banhammer...

But spam is A-OK

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Adidas is planning to make a minor change, though- the jerseys will instead be white with white numbers and white letters.

It all depends on whether an NBA job is above or below the Beilein Ceiling.

Just an observation:

The amount of attention being given to this whole situation, which has little to nothing to do with actual play on the field and ultimately boils down to nothing more than "did some guy lie about having a girlfriend that died?", is further confirmation of my opinion that most sports fans are really just soap opera fans.  The only difference is that this soap opera is about a large man in tight pants rather than a stereotypical fictional handsome two-timing doctor.

See also: Tim Tebow, Tiger Woods, and pretty much anything discussed on ESPN's assortment of terrible programming.

Or DB will say something about needing to "step up the wow factor" and you will begin to see the team in even more unusual uniforms, alternate helmets, different color schemes, etc.

I'm sure my fantasy team would have been sweet, but I moved out of my parents' house years ago so I was ineligible.

The winged helmet is iconic, and I am pretty sure that will never go away.

I wouldn't count on that. All other uniform-related evidence indicates that we WILL see an "alternate" helmet at some point before DB retires, beyond just adding numbers or messing with the finish. My money is on one of these final two Notre Dame games or Michigan's next Rose Bowl appearance.

Not that I think Chryst has any reason to go back to Wisconsin, but I'll play:

Kevin Wilson.  He picks up a couple 8-win seasons in the pathetic LITERS division and then bails on the MAC-with-its-own-cable-channel conference to go coach in a conference with some actual decent football teams, the ACC.

STOP BELIEVING SPORTS BY BROOKS

EVERYTHING "REPORTED" BY THAT SITE IS FICTION

IT IS SLIGHTLY LESS RELIABLE AS A SOURCE THAN THE ONION

NOTICE NEWS SOURCES ARE ALSO SAYIN SBB IS THEIR SOURCE

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All things considered... although this is a big change for the B1G as a whole, this doesn't affect Michigan THAT much.  We are still guaranteed to play 6 of the other 9 traditional B1G teams annually.  We've replaced the others with an annual game against Nebraska, which might be an improvement.  We'll still play one of the other traditional B1G teams or PSU almost annually.

The big overhaul is going to come when Central Florida or Rice or Portland State is added to get up to 16 in a couple more years.  I'm assuming they're just waiting to inevitably reach 16 teams before bothering to rework the divisions.  My other assumption is that when they do rework the divisions, the result will be even more nonsensical with respect to geography and tradition.

Q: WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERISTY OF MICHIGAN AND ANOTHER STUDENT AT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY?

A: THE STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, BESIDES BEING IN THE PROCESS OF RECEIVING A SUPERIOR EDUCATION ACCORDING TO VARIOUS SOURCES RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVISING RANKINGS FOR AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES, HAS NEVER HAD SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH A BLOOD RELATIVE. THIS PUNCHLINE, OF COURSE, IMPLIES THAT AN OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT CHOSEN AT RANDOM HAS A HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF BEING INCESTUOUS.

We aren't.

But that's mostly just because we're too busy talking about State.

No. Minnesota and Iowa are garbage.

+1 for a good, descriptive thread title.

Northwestern 24, Michigan 17

Three reasons:

1. Big Ten is ass.

2. Michigan's two best wins are losses to Alabama and Notre Dame.

3. The only difference between the Big Ten and the MAC is the Big Ten has its own cable channel to show round-the-clock bad football.

Nebraska 31

Michigan 17

rushing yards = 116

Based on this cornerback play, I just checked to see if Tony Gibson is coaching at WVU again. I was moderately surprised to discover he's not responsible for this.

Europeans can relate to napping, and what is there that induces daytime sleeping better than watching baseball? Nothing! So tell him attending a baseball game isn't just any old nap; it's a very special power nap with tens of thousands of your power napping best friends.

Also, if the Tigers play San Francisco, go to the games in SF instead.  1000x better than spending time in North America's version of Afghanistan.

Purdue's regular season basically hinges on their game against Wisconsin, which is a home game for them. They have gimmes against Indiana and Illinois, and then, if they beat Wisconsin, they just need to pick up one win amongst the rest of their soft schedule (PSU, @Iowa, and @Minnesota are most winnable) to get to the magic 4-4 conference record. With that Wisconsin tiebreaker in hand, this will put them in the B1GCG as Wisconsin isn't winning more than 4 conference games- even after conceding Indiana and Illinois, they would need three wins from OSU, MSU, Minnesota, and @PSU.

So I'd say Purdue is the absolute safest bet of anyone to make the B1GCG at the moment. And none of the teams in the Ledge-Ends division appear to be much better than them.

The block Ms inside the numbers are a good start, but what those jerseys really need are block Ms inside the block Ms.

Sure, Denard is fast, but didn't we all come to the conclusion a few years back that Tate Forcier has better "football speed"?  Maybe we should have Tate and Usain race in full pads within a football game?

We do know that Bolt would destroy Sam McGuffie in a race though- Sam just doesn't have that top-end speed.

If Campbell has even half the lateral movement that his left eye does in that picture, he'll be good to go.

They need to invent some kind of turf that isn't conducive to speed. Something that has the "slowing" quality of natural grass.

<smartass>Well, one option that has the "slowing" quality of natural grass is natural grass. </smartass>

Overall, it seems like a reasonable idea, but I don't know how much of a difference it would make- the game is played by slower, smaller players at the high school level but my understanding is that head injuries are pretty common even at that level.

This never would have happened if they had a strong leader in the clubhouse like a Brandon Inge.

The team will soon go to shambles.  They need a leader.  You know, a Brandon-Inge-type.

Without a clubhouse leader, a real team guy, like an Inge, I predict 35 wins this year.

Who on this team will provide the leadership, the grit, the hustle, the leadership, and the hustle you need to win?  I don't see any Brandon Inges on the roster.  35 wins.

Sure did!  But nobody in my family, including myself, has ever exhibited much interest in baseball, so the few games I saw there had no sentimental value to me.  More importantly, I was still a pre-teen the last time I was there and I distinctly remember being frightened by the trough urinals.  So there's that.

Thus, my cold-hearted and barely-informed opinion that Tiger Stadium was a dump.

EDIT: I'd like to add that I'm shocked that my original comment still has positive points.  I thought my trolling was blatant, but maybe I should've added a trollface.jpg to really drive the point home?

Tiger Stadium was a dump and its neighborhood looks like something out of Uzbekistan, but not the nicer parts of Uzbekistan of course.

Here's to progress!

Curses aren't real.

Sourcing SbB should be grounds for a ban. If you believe anything anything from him/them, then you've probably also wired money to a man in Nigeria so you can receive your multi-million dollar inheritance. Good luck on getting that inheritance, OP.

I believe you are correct.  If this wasn't the case, we'd often see a hacker hit a slice that kept curving until it came back towards him.  I've never seen anyone boomerang a ball.  No matter how much sidespin you put on the ball, it eventually stops curving.

POUND GOB LUE!

POUND GOB LUE!

POUND GOB LUE!

Petrino is of the ilk unashamed to enhance the prospects of those who would gladly destroy the opportunities of the most worthy among us; exchanging duty for any and every subsumed illusion from which they might seek opportunity to satiate their preferred fidelity to conspiritorial debauchment, determined to prop up their failed self-interest.

wut

When did Michigan hire Danny Devito??

Lehigh lost.  Now my bracket is FUCKED.