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but i really loved the dunk near the end, too.

I understood what it meant!

but thank you for sharing and thanks to everyone else for sharing their insight into the problem. I found this post very educational and will be on the look out and I am not naive in any way whatsoever.

I've almost got pulled into 2 scams, myself. Someone mails you a postcard talking about something to sell you and then they start asking for personal information and wanting you to pay with a credit card over the phone.  I had already given a ton of information without even thinking and then as I started to read off my credit card #, I got this weird feeling in my gut. I then simply said, "On 2nd thought, I don't want your book. Never contact me again and delete my information from your server." The person on the other side didn't even try to talk me out of it. I got a simple, "OK" and then they hung up. They knew I had wised up at the last second. The thought that went through my head was, "Wait! I'm going to give my credit card # to this complete stranger that contacted me." Beware of deals where they contact you. If you go out and seek something, it's one thing, but if they contact you with a deal...watch out

The 2nd one was when this company left an empty vial on my mailbox offerring a free water testing. I knew my water wasn't that great, so thought, "hey what a wonderful oppurtunity." I filled up the vial and put it back on the side of my mailbox just like the card said to do. A couple of days later, I got a call telling me how horrible my water was and that hey wanted to send a guy out. I said, "OK" and this guy comes out and tests my water again and wants to sell me this filtration system. As soon as he asked me for my credit card information, i started having this weird feeling. People need to trust this weird feeling. It is your brain telling you that something is wrong.

I picked up his card and walked over to my desktop and typed his company into Google. The entire first page was filled with entries of scams related to this company. I calmly picked up my phone, took a pic of the guy, and told him to get out. When I took the pic of him, he had this look of horror on his face. Then he packed up his stuff and left. I never contacted the authorities about it

The first one with the book, i put in google, too and it came back with scam entries. Thing about a lot of scams, they have already got some other people and they've talked about it on the internet and it will show up on google. Before making some purchase like that, it's good to google it.

in Order of how rigged, I can list some

1) NBE (National Basketball Entertainment, not NBA)

2) Boxing

3) WWE wrestling

4) NFL football

I can't believe this is still being questioned. The NBA has been rigged for years. Several people have come out and revealed this, but the NBA administration finds a way to discredit those individuals.

I'm just surprised that they players act surprised anymore. They already know what's going on. They could even be implicit in the fix as far as I'm concerned.

Eric Gordon

I like that comparison even more.

then they might've called the flagrant 1

what did Nix say in his tweet?

and missed it, too

then i had to flip back with the dvr

and remove all doubt!!

Someone had to say it

Why are we worried about  tiebreakers? Plenty of bball left. I doubt UW wins out and MIchigan has to win out for it to even matter.

loves the idea

Money, money, money, money!!

I don't watch any shows in real time anymore except for sports...i'd rather watch something on the dvr while the new show saves and then come back in an hour and watch this show. Why watch anything in real time?

I think a team needs to get more than 7 contributors from a recruiting class. That's pretty bad.

club is still in full effect.

it's stupid

are these memes true?

Last year, besides the horrible weather that I can't blame on Brandon or anyone that has to do with UM athletics, Denard ran one series and then sat the rest of the 1 hr scrimmage. We got to sit in horrible weather and watch Devin and Bellomy miss 5 yard passes over and over for exactly 1 hr and then were told to go home or to the lacrosse game...

and I got a ticket for parking...even though there was no sign where I parked prohibiting parking...

Oh yeah and the items that you received for donations to Mott were pretty lame unless you donated $500

Like was said, It would be nice if someone actually made an effort to make it fun

That being said, I and my group of friends will probably still go, get there at 7am, tailgate in sleet/snow/rain and 30 degrees with 50 mph winds and then head into the stadium and be irritated at the level of actual football that we get to see.

that they just didn't renew his contract.

they review that pass that Eifert was bobbling on his way out of bounds and if they give that muffed punt to ND after ND's first failed drive. THese two plays would've totally turned this one around!!

just like Valenti and Foster. They've been fired multiple times for their stupidity, yet someone else keeps giving them another job.

It's too bad something like this can't get a guy blackballed like Howard Cosell or Jimmy "The Greek"

seems this comes out like 3 times a week. At  this point, its no longer news unless he names someone else as leader OR actually commits.

What?

if you like him.

NCAA didn't have an axe to grind with OSU. The sanctions imposed are/were a sham and should have been more. The sanctions OSU got were just a fraction of what happened to USC. The NCAA went lightly on OSU, because of Gee's relationships. He's only saying this, because OSU went 12-0 this year and 6-7 last year. If they had a better year last year and only went 8-4 or something this year, we wouldn't be hearing any of this stuff.

an appearance in the Rose Bowl? Is this sarcasm? Are you predicting that at some point in the future, Dantonio takes MSU to the Rose Bowl? Huh?

entire point of having such a hot woman style the T

Sometimes you don't follow the chalk exactly as it was measured out. Sometimes a runner will cut corners. I've run in many 5k's over the years with a GPS watch and very rarely do they come out as exactly 3.11 miles. Every time that I ran the BHBH run, I've actually ran over the 3.11 miles that a 5k should be. I always attributed to to the fact that you had to weave through the thousands of participants. To me, the course was hilly and long, so I didn't really use it as a measure of my running ability. It was what I call a 'funrun,' done solely for the enjoyment of running through AA and finishing in Michigan stadium, running through the tunnel.

Its an announcement to the thousands of people that are interested in this race that it has been cancelled and an explanation as to why it was cancelled. How is that 'bridge-burning?'

I keep seeing people say, "Well, if there was a camera in my living room..." Well, there isn't one. We aren't paid a lot of money to be public representatives of a university. Fitzgerald is. Did he jump around like that when his team scored a td to take the lead with 4 minutes to go? No. He only did this after a personal foul on his QB. The guy is a douche. If there were a camera in my living room, then I'd adjust my behavior. I certainly wouldn't jump around like a fool after a personal foul on my qb. Now, I might jump around like a fool after Rountree makes an amazing catch, after Gibbons kicks the tying field goal, after DG scores the go-ahead td in OT, or after Demens makes a monstrous stop on 4th and 2 to end the game...but not for some random  pf call that you don't even know is going to result in a score.

we just need Nebraska to lose a game or even, 2. There are other games left on their schedule besides @MSU. Now a loss by Nebraska tomorrow would be nice, but Michigan's whole season does NOT depend on it. I wouldn't be unhappy with a Spartan victory, but then again, I wouldn't be too upset to see Nebraska pile it on either. A very mediocre season for Sparty would be a welcome thing around here.

I'm still confused on the usage of yards/attempt as the most important statistic in judging who the best passing QB is and in that, he's only leading by .3

Obviously, the Michigan schedule with the best team in the land and the worst team in the land is enough to throw off any chart.

When looking at passing, I'd look at either completion %, passer rating, or even total yards before I'd look at yards/attempt.

When I ask Sparties who they think is the best passing QB in the big10 (or even the best QB in the big 10), the ones that I know have no hesitation. Their first answer is "NOT DENARD!!" and their 2nd answer is usually Braxton Miller, even though they can come up with no apparent reason for feeling that way.

if it was just more women from their sports teams.

absolutely know that the coaches consider Devin to be the 2nd string QB? Could they be entertaining some of the same thoughts we are when thinking of Bellomy and Gardner?

seems like the material on the palms would be of some sort of meshy type, textured at least, to ensure better catching of the ball. These look like they'd make it harder to catch a football, especially in wet weather.

I was excited for a second, then I saw the pic and the price and i thought 'wtf?'

any top 10 teams?

after the renovations, there are paper towels and hot water in the bathrooms...

that ranked Burbidge as the top rated player in the state. That must have been the one article that Dantonio saw.

I am going by Izzo's words, not stuff that I'm making up. Izzo has constantly criticized Payne and Nix publicly for being out of shape. Yes, Nix has improved, but he is still completely out of shape. Izzo has talked about his players being tired. Is Nix in better shape? Yes. Is Nix in good shape for a d1 bball player at what is supposed to be one of the best programs in the nation? No! He's a 20 year old d1 basketball player. He has absolutely no excuse to be that fat and out of shape. Draymond is a senior and is still out of shape. Izzo is the one complaining about depth. Look at all the freshmen and sophomores he is running out there.

We were told by Sparty all year that Appling would be super-awesome. He's decent.

Injuries and decommits happen. Welcome to the party, see Dion Harris, Lester Abram, Chris Hunter, etc. and any number of players that committed to Michigan and then changed. You're not going to get any pity here. None was given to Michigan when it happened to them and none should be given from any UM fans. I am actually kind of suprised at the number of Michgian fans that have spoken out that they feel bad for DayDay. I'm not happy he's hurt, but I'm not sad either. That shoe has been on the MIchigan foot so much in the past, that I truly do not feel for any team that is going through a couple of injuries, especially after the torment given to Michigan fan during their troubles.

Trice and Kearney are no Trey Burke.

can only hope!

Don't forget Nix and Payne being completely out of shape, this after Nix promised to get in shape at the end of last season.

Appling is just not as good as they were trying to make him

Trice and Kearney aren't ready to contribute as freshman

The hurt guy that would be sniping 3's if only...

The incidents with Summers and Allen and the thing with Lucious. How good would that team be with Lucious? How good would they be if they had Lucious, Nix and Payne were in shape, DayDay was healthy, with Appling.

All that has gone to hell with mismanagement. Izzo takes none of the blame, but he really is. Where is the depth on that team?

10pm local time for Alex Kozan....which is midnight est...right?

Why wouldn't someone tell him that to his face? Are you insinuating that he would commit violence if someone said those things to his face? What kind of weak-minded individual would do that?

Even if he would commit violence over it, I say, "do it." Have you seen most of these guys when they get in fights? They have no idea what they're doing, then you sue them and you'd no longer be broke and miserable.

Maxwell won't even be touched next year...

or sunday.

I know, crazy!!! right?

it's true, though. Some people out there just do not run to the mgoblog msg board immediately after the game to discuss the game. Therefore, you might get some discussion from those monday morning types. I don't have a problem with it. I'm sure Brady Hoke, if he has a presser today, will talk some about the Michigan-MSU game. Are we going to shout at him from the crowd to get over it and stop talking about it? I doubt it.

Now tomorrow might be pushing it, but I have no problem with some discussion carrying over to monday morning knowing that some people have a life and don't necessarily spend all weekend on their computer or smartphone posting and reading on mgoblog.

Crazytalk!!!!

Cut it with the "he's just a kid" excuse. He's 20. He's a grown man making adult decisions. There are no "kids" in college.

with you

because if we would have rooted for OH*, it might have had an impact on the game!!!

Down with Ohio*!

Scoring defense is points

I know, that's obvious

Yards didn't count last year for the offense. I'd rather have a good scoring D.

ND scored at will against MSU. The only reason they didn't score more is that they didn't need to. The rest of the teams they have played are horrible at offense. OH* has looked like total crap offensively against both Miami, Fla and Toledo, as well as, MSU. The offensive statistics of their opponents are NOT just a result of them playing MSU. Western shut down Central. I could go on, but there isn't really a point. We'll find out first hand how MSU's d is in 2 weeks.

I hadn't seen any previous thread about this article and I didn't even know there was a Dorsey article on Aug 8th on Mlive. I went there and did a search and found what I think he was talking about. THing is, it didn't have anything to do with State. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I still don't know what he's talking about even though now I do know what article he is talking about...

days until Michigan faces Western?

I know, I know, but some of these work with all the numbers in the pic and some of them only work with the MIchigan players...

Jacob Turner

right after committing to come to the BBQ.

what my karma is...I guess after I hit 'post,' I'll know...

that is their response. The longer they take the "can't tough this" attitude, the worse it will be for them.

The best thing for them that they could do right now is to try to grovel. I'm hoping that they stand defiant!!

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and it was 35 and snowing

If I was a fan at my first spring game, I probably would never come back. It was a horrible day

the weather

stupid print-at-home tickets that meant nothing, didn't even hear who won any of the prizes

people begging for money every 5 minutes, I get it, its a charity fund-raiser, I'll give at the entrance, you don't need to bug me every 5 minutes in the stands

cars lining the subdivision near the game all were ticketed by AA police

barely an hour of practice, Coach Hoke said it was because of depth...huh? The guys were tired after that?

It was really, really bad and it wasn't just the weather. I'm already questioing if i ever want to go again.

Devin certainly didn't look any better

I get all kinds of emails with information and sweet deals.

I'm not a season ticket holder. I think I get the letter, because I'm registered at mgoblue.com and occasionally buy tickets through the website. I was shocked the first time I got that letter, but I guess Michigan was just doing everything they could to make sure no one mistakenly violates NCAA rules.

Best thing I ever learned for shin splints...prevention is key. Sit down on a bench, stool, couch, whatever so that your butt is higher than your feet. Put your feet flat on the ground, raise your toes up as high as they can go and hold tight leaving the heel of your foot on the ground...hold...hold. You'll feel the muscles in your shin tightening,  release letting your toes go back down to the floor...repeat this exercise for 3 sets of 12 reps every day forever...You won't get shin splints as long as you regularly do this simple little exercise.

Hope that helps, sorry if repeated, read through and hadn't seen it

As for your arch, your stride is probably messed up...when you run, your feet should be straight...not toe pointed out...common problem...also, shorten your stride...don't reach your feet too far out in front of you, use shorter stride and step more rather than a long stride