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Duke University

I think he probably means that she is finishing her residency this year and is being recruited for a faculty position. Otherwise it means she is applying now for residency/internship, with the match being in the spring. That being said, is she good looking, or what?

I'm inclined...

To believe they never would.

Beefeater martini desert dry shaken with a twist

Same drink since college - Michian 1991

Tonight:  Australian rules football - Esenden versus Sydney

We all remember that situation.  I am much more of a reader than contibutor to this board over these years, but I think most of us would agree with you.  They certainly recruit well at USC, and I won't ever criticize a player for his choices.  I met a couple of the song-girls years ago, and they would probably have made the choice difficult for me too (that is if I had any football talent and the opportunity to be a local celebrity there).  We'll be fine, and so will USC; hopefully we'll have a chance to meet up with them again soon on the field.

Come on bro'
Where is the love?
Leader of the free world and all that!

More like Crowley's

I live in Durham NC now but grew up in Southfield. People down here in north Carolina are as nice as they come. Belk is kinda lame but still nice. It is nicer than Penny's or Sears but not quite as nice as JL Hudson's back in the day. Thus my comparison to Crowley's. All you youngins who can't remember Hudson's or Crowley's can shut up and get off my lawn.

I'm 42 now; as a high school senior, I visited my sister at Akers dormitory at MSU numerous times.. and should have become an alcoholic in the aftermath.  I have to say that I never met a nicer bunch of people who partied that hard in all of my life.  On one occasion, after getting completely obliterated and lost while trying to get back, I passed out under a huge low hanging spruce such that only my feet stuck out from under the tree.  I remember this: some completely random sparties pulled me out by my feet and asked me where I was supposed to be.  They carried me back to my sisters dorm and dropped me in front of her door.  As some of you know, I was a Michigan football cheerleader back in the acrobat squad days; I bleed blue,  and generally dislike Sparty football, but I think if that had been in Ann Arbor I might still be under that tree.

Michigan being ranked 11 is no less believable than Boise at 4 if you consider the quality of opponents that they each have faced and the manner in which they executed. In Michigan's case, there has also been improvement each week.

These men know nothing about me.

Do I have time to make a martini?

Not much been said other than speculation by us peasants.

I've heard that O'Sullivans is hiring.

Damn! Them too?!

I heard that he was wandering around near Scorekeeper's trying to figure out what happened to Dooley's.  GPS currenlty shows him wandering aroung on North University looking for Drake's candy shop.

"And Truman was too much of a pussy-wimp to let Macarthur go in an take out those commie-bastards."

I like the way you think, Mellon.  I'm watching you.

...and Roy as offensive coordinator.  Penn and Teller for for special teams coaches.  Barry Manilow, defensive coordinator. 

No offense taken.

No defense this year either.

Hey - thanks for posting.

I'll just stay right here and keep refreshing while the porn starts coming up.

Did anyone see the awards show tonight.  When Cam won the Davy OBrien award, they of course panned to Gene Jizzek.  His wife was next to him.  She was chomping on gum in the front row of this major event.  She looked like some desperate cougar at a bar.

I just wish we could get Desmond Tousaint on the field at some point, and Desmond Woolfolk back healthy.

Bless his cotton-picking maize and blue heart!

He's coming too.

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I was considering posting, but judging by the demeanor of this Board lately, I chose to hold my thought to myself.  Anyway, thanks for asking.  I'll plus one you both for the eventual neg's coming your way.

You sound fired up.

I think you keep up the pressure and the look of the Dline.  Offense sticks with the system but hopefully adds in Tousaint.  The biggest changes (most amount of work) will go into defending the middle of the field.  I listened to Sam Webb yesterday and today, and I think he is right.  If we can't work through our deficiencies behind the defensive line, the run could kill us as badly as the pass.  What remains to be seen is whether scheme adjustment alone will work.  I personally think (although I don't attend practice) that we really ought to consider testing some of the younger players at those positions. 

I am on board, and have been all along.  Every now and then someone brings up another team going through a change so that we can contrast them.  I think that Brian Kelly's story is still too early.  However, am I the only one who is impressed with the Auburn transition?  I don't know much about them, but I think that their transition was quite good. 

Hard to compete with Kentucky.

gotcha

Yep, you read my mind.

Bingo.

If any other team tries it, they will not have the same success.  I frankly hope that someone tries to do it.  There is a reason Chappell had no interceptions since last year. 

The numbers are the numbers.  It is very clear to every opponent that the pass defense is a weakness. Every team, but especially pass-first teams, will try to expoit this.  If they have an accurate experienced QB, it will go well, but the drives will be long if the defense does not give up the big play.  At the same time, more (but shorter) pass plays are more opportunities for errors.  This is simple strategy on the part of the Michigan D to make up of our deficiency.  This approach - as distasteful as many of you all find it to be - is the approach that gives us the best chance of winning games right now. 

Next season, this strategy will probably not be as necessary given the loss of nearly all of the  experienced Big Ten QB's.

He was already anticoagulated.  He's going to need a filter.  That would a bit of an issue.

http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/watching-game-toronto

Five bucks says that Geaux_Blue will see your posting and get excited for another opportunity to yell at someone.

So if Dee goes blue, then Ryles does too, but if Dee goes to another SEC school, but HA HA goes blue, then Ryles comes with him.  But if HA HA goes to Alabama and Ryles goes to another SEC school, then Dee goes blue?  Then what happens to Ricardo - is he in on this?  I don't know who this Dr Phillips is, but I really like him.

If I were an unreal high school RB prospect, wanted by all of the power programs, Michigan would be my first choice based on the perspective of my experiences.  However, if you asked me to name another school that would be appealing for similar reasons (assuming no other emotional ties), I would say Alabama.  I will fly to Ann Arbor and jump off the Bell Tower if he chooses Alabama, but I would not fault him severely if he does.  neg away, boys if you need to.

Typically the last name Yoder in the mid-atlantic region is Amish.

Don't ask my why I know that.

I hope you weren't being sarcastic, because I think you are right on this.  However, I really don't think any of our players are going to take anyone lightly - especially in conference; the revenge tour has to start.

Did Kornblue say whether they would figure it out in the next, say, 18 hours?

Didn't you say something dumb last year that lit the place up a week of neg-bombs?

Troy is a great athlete, and if he does not fully recover to the extent that he can play corner, he may still be valuable at another role position provided he can get some significant portion of his speed back. Even with 90% of his speed, he might play a key role on special teams in a worst case scenario. 

Is Town Club pop still around in Detroit?

The problem is that it has an enormous mental aspect that all of the more physical positions do not.   SO - if a guy has the physical skill to kick a fricking ball far and with the right vector, then it should be easier for him to work out mental issues than a player at a physical position who is outmatched by an opponent. 

That is, unless he is actually a total basket case mentally, which Gibbons is not.  I actually have faith in this guy.  Mike Gillette was not that good either when he arrived.  

What we need to do is start sending recruiters to eastern Europe.  Homer Simpson says that immigration was invented to bring field goal kickers to the US

Daniel from Orlando also gave me a great stock tip, and I sold the farm on it.  Why am I so trusting?

edit:  i swear I did not hit return twice.  please save yourself a neg point.

We always hummed the Mission Impossible theme music.

Correction to my prior comment:

Most of the time, the mascots did go along with it.  It was the Miami Ibis who actually did NOT agree.  That's why it was so entertaining.  That episode almost ended in a brawl.  The guy was yelling and swearing at us the whole time.  My buddy just corrected me on this one.

I am not sure when it truly started, but we were doing it in the late 80's.  In 1988, the two Michigan cheerleading teams merged - the long-standing all-male acrobatic team (mostly former gymnasts) and the co-ed squad which was started just a couple years prior.  The old male squad can still always be identified at homecoming by the all-maize sweaters.  The co-ed team was identifiable by their stereotypical cheerleader behavior and complete absence of sense of humor.  For the first couple years, the old men's squad filled the ranks on the new team, and the "crotching" tradition went on (along with many other fan favorites.)

But when those guys all graduated, many of the best traditions went with them.

For me, this is the coaching watch hot seat for us after the season.  If they make a change with Gibson, it would confirm suspician.

Much like the OP, you just joined about 3 weeks ago, and your comments are earily similar to his.

"It was amazing - a 9 out of 10.  If it had been a 10, I would have committed."

What is RCMB?

NO!!!

(yes)

Just awful.

I knew he was going to have problems at that prep school when I saw that he could not spell Cornelius.

I love love love that avatar or Lloyd Brady Christmas.  That guy is spectacular, especially the white pants (unfortunately not depicted).

Cheers to you Lloyd.  Stay thirsty.

Could have been complete, partial, blurriness or whatever.  The kid should have been taken for a formal ophthalmologic exam to look at the retina, as well as a CT scan of the head.  This was handled badly unless the report of any visual change was incorrect. 

Based on the fact that the entire national media has this as a second thought story and barely mention it, I would say no.  That does not mean that it is not equal or worse (equal in my opinion).  But it says that Michigan is a program that is on a much higher pedastal than Va Tech.  So even though it's equal, NOBODY will care like they did with Happy Appy.  We're Michigan, that's just how it's gonna be, better or worse.

You are the highest MGoPoints earner to agree with me.  I feel validated somehow.

...but Texas Southern is at the bottom of the SWAC and lost last week to Prairie View by something like 16-14.  I am an eternal optimist, but it would be easier to read into this if TSU were even a reasonable team.

I think you are right.  The reason I spend so much time reading this blog is because this is one place where clear thought prevails through dissemination of accurate information (along with a touch of homerism).  Michigan fans are generally smart about football, but so few spend time understanding the team.  They need more KNOWLEDGE.

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yes

Biggie:  I am listening to you right now.  You have a fairly bizarre affect, my friend.

But I like it.

That one is so on-target that anyone who misses the reference can only blame himself.

http://oldhatcreative.com/ourwork-detail.php?wid=108&tags[]=UNIVERSITY%20OF%20MICHIGAN&client=University%20of%20Michigan

I am on vacation, and made sure of our broadcast station, but I had not considered a backup.

Every setback

is a setup

for a comeback.

See you in Zihuatenejo

Good Luck Carvin.  Tip of the hat to GERG...Wag of the finger to Edsell.

Good times....

Good times....

You are a good man.

Most high schools are already starting

Quick - change your title to something else - like "Kelvin Grady looked good"

The wolves are about to tear you up.

You're welcome

I just found it - I had never seen that video.  Go figure.  I was going to post it as a new board item, but this thread needed a lift since the title is going to draw everyone's attention and the content sucks so badly.  But I agree - that video is awesome.  I just watched it three more times.

.....but if you are 5 and 7, well.....

I'm with you bro'.  I am actually very surprised that so many people on the board don't see it this way.  It seems so obvious.  I understand that opinions vary, but I really would not have expected dissent on this issue.

I will not take a shot at you, but you sound alot like some of my friends (former grads) who have not kept up with the specific issues involved in this discussion.  Your response is a very knee-jerk one at best without much consideration. 

As for the rest of the board.....on my mark.....unleash hell

I am old

But you apparently have anosmia.

Terrelle Pryor from right and his left side

Everytime he speaks, I like him more.  He sounds like a professional - he shows great maturity and an understanding of the task at hand.  He seems to get the big picture.

Now everyone can make up his/her own mind, but I have to admit that I love Cox.  Can't get enough of Cox quite frankly.  If you haven't given Cox a chance, you really should.  I hope that Fred Jackson will too.

Oui!

Just maybe he might just pound it up the middle though.  Just sayin'.  It would probably hurt the defense.  The guy is huge.

15 days and a wake-up until Mike Cox drops a load of points on UConn

I always sort of hoped that Tate would eventually be a maize and blue version of Fran Tarkenton.  If he could just turn the "happy feet" into something more consistently productive rather than fear-provoking, that would be nice.  Maybe experience will help make that happen more this year.  Then he can go on to host an updated version of "That's Incredible" and have many infomercials and entrepreneurial ventures after the Hall of Fame.

Not a big deal - I really don't care where he's going.  If it had been to Columbus, that would have been different. 

He looks like he's wearing pads when he's not wearing pads

My brother's going to kill me!  He's going to shit!

So which is it - is he going to shit or kill you?

First he's going to shit, then he's going to kill me!

I had them down as "filthy vermin", but I guess I was wrong.  It's actually "dark horses".  Can you "tip" a dark horse at night while it sleeps?  If so, then it probably actually does fit.

They are too valuable and I have too  few to neg you for including a link to the newspaper analogous to Pravda for East Lansing. 

I neg thee, I neg thee, I neg thee.  Now I will throw dog poop on your shoes.

....and I crushed most standardized tests, but goddam that Steve Sharik speaks in a language that might as well be Chinese.  I admit that I am not a true student of the game (I have learned that since frequenting this board daily for 3 years), but I literally don't know what the hell he is saying.  Kudos to you Steve Sharik.  Whatever you do for a living, you are underpaid.

Good thing you're here.  Otherwise, people would be posting things that other people might have interest in reading.  80% of the topics are the same yet we all still keep coming back to read them.

But I think you are totally on crack.  Dude...just look at....she is so hot....dude!

POSADA: noun - Spanish inn: in a Spanish-speaking country, a hotel, pension, or hostel

or:

POSADA:  noun - A Christmas festival originating in Latin America that dramatizes the search of Joseph and Mary for lodging

There's another in the balls for you!  BooooooYaaaaaa!

I'm at Duke but I live on the UNC campus - frickin' beautiful.  Reminds me of Ann Arbor.

...but Butch Woolfolk's son and I were wondering if you could at least change your avatar.

Carry on.

What did Jimmy Buffet ever do to you?

Could someone please commit.  I've read everything on the board already.

It's like anything else, the more you do it, the more normal it seems.  If we played a PAC10 away game every year, then by the time a senior class came around, they will have been there multiple times.  This would help to remove the novelty of these road-trip games through familiarity.  All of us can remember the many games we should have won, but seemed not to show up with an attitude that we could.  Although USC and Oregon are possible teams to schedule, the rest of the field would be open too - UCLA, Washington State, etc...

Great design - great.

Lose the red, bro and you've got something.

I really am 40 and can still do a standing backflip.

Yes, I was a former gymnast, but it's not that hard.

Like anything, it just takes practice

Irish - I shared your post with a good friend/colleague.  It was most appreciated.  I wish there was not a 4-5 star athlete at most starting positions though.  Te'o is a going to be a beast.