the AFC

thats pretty close to home.  From what I've read or seen, he was supposedly, quiet, normal, and gave no one the impression there was something amiss.  The whole this is simply astonishing.

I remember that...somehow...the mid 90s were a bit fuzzy...wasn't he homeless or something? (or at least looked like it)

more butthurt emails from Buckeye fans over my little Craigslist post. I am dissapoint. Although, two guys did email and ask how much I wanted.  

http://columbus.craigslist.org/sgd/3751856168.html

should be up in a few minutes

If it were me (which is my way of saying I have no idea if this is the "right" or "wrong" way to go about it, only my opinion of what I would do) I would avoid bringing up OSU all together. Ask him how he's doing at Akron, what he thought of his work for the Colts, basically anything but OSU. The best revenge is living well, and further by asking him about his life since then you are subtly reminding him he isn't as OSU anymore.

Again, thats just me.  I don't figure he's going to say "Oh yeah, I had my brother handing out wads of cash like it was lunch" and "yeah, we circumvented every rule we could"...I mean, unless you go all Jack Burns and inject him with sodium pentathol in the bathroom.

thank you for posting

wish I could unsee! Gaaah the bad juju aaaahhhh!

( I read far enough to see the expalanation and how this technically isn't bad juju in your eyes, Sir. Howeva...my paranoia is stronger than your rationalization so I will commence my own private freakout.)

I think I had an Uncle Nutpunch, but his moniker was derived from teabagging a punchbowl at a party.  

mine is a Louisiana Catahoula with a merle coat.  40 pounds of fury, as the mailman calls her

in real life, my dog is named Maizey. Obvious Michigan connection is obvious, but it was that movie which gave me the idea.

all the way...I became a big Sherwood Brown fan on Friday. Loved his enthusiasm and how he wasn't intimidated by the Georgetown players at the end of the game when things got contentious

you've been registered for three weeks and you think it's wise to tell people how to do things? 

Something something about how it is better to remain silent and be thought a fool rather than speak and remove all doubt.  

I'm sure if the mods deem this not board worthy they'll get their mod on. Why worry about it yourself?

does the smell of stale beer and deep fryer grease permeate the air?

I dont even have Michigan making the sweet 16 on any of my brackets.  I refuse to pontificate how they might do, for fear that my hubris may cause the Sports Gods to seek sweet vengeance for my audacity.  I hope my brackets blow up. I'm more than willing to lose $5 a piece and take one for the team in order to gain the favor of the Sports Gods who abhor presumptuousness.

with felony possession (5th degree felony) for having over 100 grams. In Ohio you can have up to 100 grams in one bag and it is considered "personal use" which is a class 6 misdemeanor. He is also charged with trafficking (4th degree felony) because the pound was in separate bags. I didn't see empty bags in the picture, but if they were present, then they could attach a "possession of criminal tools" charge as well. Had everything been in one bag, it would have been felony possession only. Or that's what I heard on a documentary on PBS.

Since they smelled burnt weed, but he didn't get a drug paraphenalia charge, Im going to assume he was toking a joint or a blunt.

they really do become part of the family and at that point there's nothing you can do but bend over and ask the Vet to not stick it in too far.  Good luck to you and your pooch!

which is about 15 minutes northeast of downtown. Money magazine ranked in as one of the 100 best places to live in 2008, I believe.  Where, an hour north, will you be working? Mansfield?

The northwest suburbs are the more "ritzy" places to live (such as Upper Arlington, Dublin and Powell), but traffic on that side of town rush hour is absolutely horrendous, which is why my Wife and I decided to live on the Northeast side of town.  Westerville is more north/central, but it is also a nice suburb as well.

As far as the city itself, it's really not that bad. The farther you are from OSU campus, the less likely you are to run into the insane Bucknuts.  You can get anywhere from anywhere in 20 minutes or less.  Columbus is a big test market due to its "whitebrededness" so many corporations open test locations here, so you can find almost any chain restaurant that exists. There are a number of good golf courses nearby as well (if you are so inclined).  There are 2 "Lifestyle centers" (does anyone remember malls, sheesh Im old) that may not rival what you can likely find in LA, but they wont leave you wanting either. You can get pretty much anything you want here, except good seafood.

Also, you may want to look into Delaware county, which is the county directly north of Franklin (which Columbus is located in). Cities to look at in Delaware county include Delaware (so creative!), Sunbury, and Powell to name a few. Delaware county has the highest median income in the state and it is also the fastest growing county in the state both in terms of poulation and income.

If you have any other specific questions, Id be happy to help.

when I was saying that Sandler, Farley, Hartman, Carvey, Spade et. al. were the best cast ever...

they're just trying to fit into the SEC, and they haven't quite gotten the hang of oversigning yet. However, thanks to Johnny Football, we know they're pretty good at scheduling "online" classes for the football team.

when you lose say nothing. When you win say less. Drives them crazy. They totally want you to be a smug, arrogant s.o.b. so they can still hate you, but you just smile, and say, "yeah great game. Just glad the better team won"

Drives buckeyes nuts. I will admit though, walking around the office building with a sh*t eating grin on your face is completely acceptable.

Also- surreptitiously crop dusting their cubicle and making a graceful exit before they know what hit them is also encouraged. Or if they have an office, drop the hammer, and then as you walk out, close the door behind you.

yup, I'm 35 and act like I'm 15

is rumor on the Tweeter, nothing substansiated. And Tiger Droppings has "the last and only thread concerning Miles rumors" where the only post (from a mod, Im guessing) says:

"Unless it is reported by a credible news source (as determined by the discretion of the admin staff), threads and posts alluding to same will be deleted, and the persons posting them will be evaluated. 

Consider yourself warned."

 

 

 

I'm Batman

but yeesh...

Congratulations Mason! Best of luck to you.

Mee-lee-wah-kay, which is Algonquin for "the good land"

Drew Dileo is not the next Wes Welker. Wes Welker was the first Drew Dileo

you don't need drugs anymore once you've had kids. You're awake, you're paranoid, you smell bad...its the same thing!

what a wonderful drug. Anything that makes you paranoid and impotent, gimme more of that!

and after that return, I went running through the halls of my fraternity house singing "The Victors". I got beat down by about 15 guys. I remember being at the bottom of a pile of people punching and kicking me, laughing my ass off because I had never been happier in my life. Also, Buckeye fans. Screw them. Because, Buckeye fans.  Wasn't the first time I had been chased or beaten by a group of them.

recently beaten Contra while drinking half a fifth of scotch...without the code. I suck at video games, but I was/am the Contra master

some wiseacre Sparty student media intern puts them on 'kiss cam"?  I wouldn't put it past Sparty.

NTTAWWT

New Balance used to be made in the USA only...I know that has changed somewhat what with them having to cut some corners to meed price standards and get their stuff in places like Meijer and other large box stores, but they really do make an effort to maintain a manufacturing presence in the USA, which is commendable. It is also why I haven't worn anything but New Balance in clese to ten years.

Screw Nike and Adidas, from a "evil corporation" perspective. They both suck.

that he can handle pressure and throw accurately with people in his face (and at his feet, ostensibly). Anyone can sit there with a clean pocket and look good, like its a 7 on 7 drill. Unfortunately, opposing teams have plans of their own and they involve rushing, hitting and otherwaise maiming opposing QB's (especially the upper echelon teams. The ones we REALLY want to beat). As a result, I'd rather have the guy who can handle the rush who may not have all of the measurables over the guy with a million dollar arm and a ten cent head.

we rode donkeys on the farm I grew up on

blownboth doors of my 78 Cutlass. Had a 305 in it, but was only rated at about 140 HP. Went from 0-60 eventually. The late 70's Caprice/Cutlass/Regals were grossly underpowered. 10 MPG too.

And still, I loved that car.

"What's a Fuzzy Snuggleduck?", you may ask. Vodka, Cream Soda and OJ.  Proportions are adjusted to individual flavor.  Use more soda than OJ. Be careful, because they go down reeeeeal easy. Some think they taste like Creamsicles. Others are reminded of the sick days of their youth when they got baby asprin crushed up in OJ.

damn button only lets me give you one point for that. 

caution: video contains one very NSFW word

the worst part about Cleveland is that it's in Ohio. Other than that, it's actually quite nice. I am biased, however.

of this thread will haunt my dreams

if Bama wins, then we have to keep hearing about S-E-C! S-E-C!

if Notre Dame wins, well, thats pretty much self explanatory.

So, for me? Pain. Either way

show a movie on that thing

in Bob Swerski's voice. Am I the only one?

I'm eating one of their corn muffins right now, getting ready for my drive to Grand Blanc today. It's going to be nice to ge out of the Columbus area for a while.

And there is no way Saban is coming to the Browns. Joe Banner has decided he wants to have final roster control.  He wants to hire a GM who reports to him for football operations (so they are essentially a glorified Pro Personnel director). I would think Saban would want more power than that.

Also, it seems Mike Lombardi (yes, the guy who drafted JaMarcus Russell) is DESPERATE to get back into the NFL. He worked for Banner in Philly in the 90's, and would be willing to take the GM role in the reduced capacity that Banner seems to want out of his GM. There have been tons of rumors, and my guess is Lombardi is the one floating lots of those rumors through his media pals to try and position himself for the job. 

One rumor stated that "hiring Lombardi would give the Browns the inside track to Saban", the reasoning being Saban and Lombardi both worked on Belichick's staff in Cleveland in the 90's.  I have read in multiple other places that rumor is not true in any way, shape or form. Also, I've read that Saban doesn't care about Lombardi's involvement one way or the other.

I was hoping the sale of the Browns meant the end of cronyism and that maybe the new braintrust would actually put effort into the interview process and hire the best man for the open jobs (GM, Coach). If this happens, it will signal the fact that nothing has changed and Browns fans just have to hope that the bosses' friends are up to the task.

Maybe I should become a Lions fan. At least you have Calvin.

yeah, I'm old, so what?  I still wear the Bo style navy Block M hat. Never tried another style. Hell, I probably  have boxer shorts older than some of you.  I hate uniformz, but my opinion is not what matters to the people making decisions. 

Froma global perspective, I think its dangerous to do whatever you can in the sake of profits. Eventually you become dependent on those numbers, and if you can't reach them, then you might make other concessions to your ideals in order to maintain those profits. Eventually, you're a slave to the dollar and have lost a lot of what made you special to begin with.

May not happen for 100 years, but the slow erosion of certain values and traditions is a slippery slope we are now all trying to reclaim solid footing on. Short term gain, potential long term loss.

Now...GET OFF MY LAWN

My family moved me from Ferndale to the East SIde of Cleveland in 1978. Much of my childhood was spent running from older kids before I got on the bus after school, because they wanted to beat me for wearing Michigan gear (my sarcastic personality probably helped as well). And that was only in Cleveland.

I live outside of Columbus now, and I've had grown men shout out to me in a parking lot "Michigan sucks!". This is while they are walking into Target with their kids, as I am walking out with mine. 

I haved lived amongst Ohio fans most of my life. When they ask me how I can be a Michigan fan since I live in Ohio, I wish I had a video to replay for them of me hiding in the bathroom as a ten year old because the 7th graders have threatened to gang up on me on the way out to the buses.

They wanted Clarett to talk, and for a while it appeared as though he may. Ultimately though, he was re-accepted into the fold at OSU (I think he even tried to take some more classes there), and he never gave the NCAA anything.

And since it was 10 years ago, I doubt it would matter anyway. Come to think of it, since this is the NCAA we are talking about, it could have been 10 minutes ago and it wouldn't matter.

Mike Jones

if the goddamn plane has crashed into the mountain? 

my Dad and I could get a clear signal in his truck on a stretch of road between our house in Cleveland and our cottage near the Pennsylvania state line. Some of the happiest memories of my childhood involve riding back from a night doing work on the house at the lake, listening to Bruce Martyn call a Wings game.  

The funny thing was we couldn't get a signal on the big Cleveland AM station (1100), but we pulled in 760 well enough to hear the Wings.

but in 1995 it was about 35k. Sigh

the TMZ of the sports world.  

if Adderall really counts as a performance enhancer (that is what I have heard the suspensions were for) Joe Haden got clipped 4 games for this earlier as well. Adderall is more of a party drug (when used not in conjunction with a doctors instructions) than it is a performance enhancer. Not sure if they are taking it so they can study   other teams' offenses more thoroughly, or if they are taking it during a night out with the boys (as was the case with Joe Haden).

Either way, calling it a PED is a miosnomer. It is on the "banned substance" list , so they deserve punishment if they are guilty.

Not sure what this has to do with Pete Caroll really. I'm all for looking for reasons to bash Pat Shurmur, but there was no way in the world Haden's use of adderall could have been blamed on him. Lord knows Browns fans are looking for any reason to hate Shurmur (most of the time we dont have to look very hard), but how a player conducts himself during an off day is out of the coaches control.

the coaching staff really limited the options on offense.  It seemed as though they lost a little faith in Denard's ability to securely carry the ball in his left hand after the fumble. I came into this game expecting the play book to be wide open, and insted it reminded me of Bill Bellichik running Eric Metcalf up the middle over and over again in the early 90's for the Browns.

I am so flummoxed, it's hard to get sentences out right now, but I'd rather talk about something else more important that what I percieve to be a lackluster performance by the coaching staff.

I'd like to thank all the players, and especially the Seniors for all their hard work this season.  They handled themselves like true Michigan Men at all times on and off the field, and make me proud to don the Maize and Blue, especially living here in a suburb of Columbus.  Not to get all mushy or anything, but I'm sure I am one of many who would like to heap effusive amounts of praise upon Denard, truly one of the greatest football players to ever suit up for Michigan. More importantly, he is an even better person off the field than on, by all accounts. Thank you Denard for four of the most amazing football seasons I have ever experienced.  

I wish the team the best of luck in their bowl preparation. Denard deserves to go out with a W.

and hats of to you Martavious for the work you are doing for your hometown.

BEAT OHIO!

duh

who is simply afraid to even participate this week? Pick Michigan players, and invoke the wrath of the fantasy gods. Avoid Ohio State players, and invoke the wrath of the fantasy gods. Avoid them all, and then it turns into some weird redux of Oedipus, where the more you try to avoid your fate, the more you cause it to become reality.

I shouldn't have even commented. Im 35, I should know better. Not "know better" as in its silly to think anything I do has an outcome on the game. But "know better" as to why even mention it, because now it could be a blip on the sports gods radar. As they say in Japan, the nail that sticks out gets hammered.

Maybe I have mental issues

could have had a sweatshirt on in the seats, but since I've been to that hole as a visitor before and not been treated exceptionally well, I wouldn't really care to walk into to out of the place wearing Blue.  Once I went wearing a green jacket and khaki pants and two different sets of bros wanted to fight me because I wasn't celebrating OSU's win (2002).  It'd be different if I were going with a group of folks or sitting somewhere friendly. 

Generally I agree, they are mostly hot air, but now that I'm in my 30's and have kids, I don't see the need to be putting myself in that situation.

my Dogs generally hide when I watch football because of the shouts of excitement or anger. Holding in my emotions would be as successful as using gauze as a condom.

the Big Teen conference? Name has scalability, as it will not be outdated until they expand to 20 teams, and they don't need to change anything, just use a bunch of those little carrot symbols to insert the extra "e"

e.g.- Big Te^^en

Well, maybe not red font, because red is just a horrible, ugly disgusting color, but for presentation purposes, it provides the best contrast to black

thats one cool looking bulldozer cupcake. I'd rather have one cool bulldozer than two turd looking things. After all, they say you eat with your eyes first (which I believe is incorrect, but this is not the place for epicurean discussions)

I hate the idea, but I voted yes. The Big Ten has been trying to get into the east coast markets for years. Expansion is going to happen one way or the other.  I guess you either embrace change or get run over by progress, so it is what it is. 

earliest memories of Notre Dame include Tim Brown and Rocket Ismail crushing my <10 year old soul.  Grbac to Howard was easily one of the best days of my life while I was still a virgin. Notre Dame has always been a solid 1B to Ohio's 1A in my "hate" book. Sparty I never really considered a serious threat to anything other than my couch. Sparty is like "aww...isn't that cute....the little one wants to run with the big dogs".

All that being said, my antipathy for ND has waned a bit over the years. At some point (i think it was 38-0 in 2003) i just started feeling sorry for them. Their fans went from pompous and arrogant to delusional, and it's not nice to make fun of insane people. 

SEC fans are just insufferabe. ESPN shoves it down everyone's throat. And I'm at a point in life where I pretty much despise whatever ESPN is shilling. Case in point, I was a big fan of Rory McIlroy as he was coming up. Now I root for him to lose, just because ESPN has decided to make him their new cash cow for golf.

Wow, pretty sure I just realized I hate ESPN more than Notre Dame. I wish the Irish luck for the rest of the season, even if it will immediately induce vomiting every time I do so. Beat ESPN..errr...the SEC.

I thought Ohio State already had a series on Spike about that. Ink Masters, I think?

they dont get any gold pants to wear (or pawn) this year, I don't give a flying fig what they wear. The world is now a shameless money grab. Kind of sad, but thats how companies are able to pay thousands of kids in Thailand 15 cents an hour to create these monstrosities.

My lawn...get off 

With the exit of Lerner, the "new" Browns are finally rid of the last vestiges of the Modell era and the curse he brought upon the team by firing(!) Paul Brown and cutting(!!) Jim Brown.  Shurmur will be gone at the end of the season (if not sooner). I hope they keep Heckert around. He has done enough to warrant keeping his job.  I have a feeling the next HC is not going to be a re-tread (Cowher, Gruden, Reid). And I certainly don't think they will be interested in a coach who wants to do anything other than be a head coach. They arent going to want guys who split duties between GM and coah, or O-coordinator or D- coordinator.

I am more optimistic about the future of the Browns (after this season, obvs) than I have been since 1994, when Bellichik finally got it turned arpund and it realy looked like they would be good for a least the rest of the decade.

I've had people telling me for years that I'm insane. Some only I can see

give Jake mother fu*%ing Ryan ALL of the numbers? I'm afraid he may get mad at us if we don't

/s (obviously, but the "Cant take a joke" police might hassle me without it)

The Rundown where they eat that jungle fruit and start hallucinating...have I eaten any weird produce lately?  The snozzberries taste like snozzberries

the more dismayed I am by other grown a$s men who disparage these kids who are out there playing a game. I want to see Michigan win as much as the next guy (likely more, considering all the beatings I suffered at the hands of Buckeye fans as a child), but for the love of God, if these young men don't win, there is no reason to speak so poorly of them. It's not like they are actively trying to fail.

I suspect many of these critics have not overcome much adversity in their own lives.

just heard from a friend from HS that she got that call from Con Ed. My sister in law is already in the dark, she is on Long Island

was one of my faves, if only for economic reasons. Back then they did the 2 for $4.50 (7" pizza and 6" sub). The sauce at Myles gives a lot of people (including me) some killer heartburn, but it is sooo worth the extra Prilosec (for me, others disagree, Im sure)

I worked at Myles for 2 years while I was there. Just ate this one last week after stopping in on a trip from Flint to Columbus

we are discussing the best way to catch Muskie?

i am fortunate to be a Browns fan. Get well soon, Charles.

allow me:

It took me a while, but finally saw the MSU player laying in smoking the weeds

I was an English major once upon a time, and at that time, they were capitalized, if you are referring to a specific person. If i was just referring to any doctor or any wife, then lower case is fine.

Now if they've updated the MLA in the last 15 years, well...GET OFF MY LAWN!!!!

(I have included several grammatical errors in this message for your enjoyment. Have fun!)

isn't it the Salmon of Capistrano?

in fact, the Brewmaster at Thirsty Dog used to be the Brewmaster for Great Lakes Brewery, but left in a dispte oer money and Thirsty Dog offered an ownership stake.  Thirsty Dog's 12 Dogs of Christmas Ale gives Great Lakes Christmas Ale a run for its money, that is for certain.  I am a fan of many of their brews besides their Christmas offering: Irish Setter Red, Twisted Kilt, and Old Leghumper, to name a few

i dont know what a catch is anymore, or a fumble, or what makes it a fumble (as opposed to an incompletion) when the qb loses the ball as he is throwing it. they view these plays one frame at a time in replay and it seems like they often lose perspective of how the play happened in real time when they review something frame by frame.

its tough to really get that far into a game when it seems the rules can be interpreted in any number of different ways

so, I live in a Columbus suburb, and got hoodwinked into going to Meijer with my Wife and Son last weekend.  As I was waiting for her to gather all of the necessary grooming/make up items, I stumbled across the school supply section, full of OSU gear, and only one single lonely box of Michigan folders. Idle hands being the devils playground and all, I decided to not act my age (35).  The result:

a little ying for your yang yang? or perhaps some ching for your chang chang?

That song makes me want to re-enact the scene from Family Guy where Peter, Brian and Stewie keep puking on each other.

it took 1.4 to learn how to spell "comprehensive". Thats 4 whole syllables

 you aren't much of a head coach if the loss of one assistant causes a meltdown of Chernobyl like proportions on one side of the ball.  Head coaches are in charge of entire teams, not just offenses. This includes special teams. Thats the part where they kick the ball through the uprights.

ive had enough low paying restaurant jobs where high life was the answer for me as well. There are better ways to get a buzz on for cheap, in my opinion, but i can undertand the lure of the high life

who?

this?

LOLA! la la la la Lolaaaaa

Posnanski spent the better part of the last 2 years in Happy Valley with Paterno and the biography was largely written before any of this scandal came out. I am sure there were some edits made after things broke, but I'm fairly certain it was printed before the end of the Sandusky trial. 

In short, I wouldn't expect much damnation of Paterno, but in the author's defense, it should be noted his book was written while he (and most of the rest of us) were being fooled.  I feel badly for Posnanski, I mean, can you imagine spending 2 years working on something, being away from your wife and kids for large portions of time to do it, and then finding out at the very end that it was all a sham (not your work, but the subject). That's a kick in the gnads

but i could make out "tyrann matthieu no longer on team" from Les

Art VanDelay...I hear he's in latex

sponsored by Life Savers?

to put Mrs. Mattison on the MGoHoliday Card list. Thank you ma'am for fostering your Husband's desire to continue coaching at Michigan.  

did that happen?

Bo would not approve

went to Penn State, and I just got to see him for the first time in a while the other day. ANGAR is directed at Sandusky, Spanier, Curley and administration. Still believes Joe Pa did nothing wrong, didn't know anything and doesn't think "chasing victories" was ever a motive

I've known the guy for 10 years. I was floored. I had to change the subject.

on my way in to the SDSU game last year. Wore it that day and then washed it when I got home. It no longer fits. I was disappointed, to say the least

fastest slowest way from Ludington to Manitowoc

and was going to post something to that effect myself, but alas, I was a bit slow on the draw.

Love that movie. Nice pull!