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Unless it comes pre-folded like tacos

A car in Ann Arbor was graffiti'd during an MSU game weekend a few years ago:

Spelling is a graduate course in East Lansing 

My guess is you'll want to wait and see what 2013 Devin Gardner does before prognosticating about 2014 Devin Gardner.... but man am I excited that he got that redshirt.

I'd say so

How many "Swag Mattisons" does Rosentraub get?

But not to Jimmy Johns.

Just finished the first Bioshock a bit ago. Was crazy (Subs!) just downloaded Fable 3 for free, but I think that may take way too long to play through.

I think the only games I've paid full price* for recently are the NCAA Football ones and Halo 4.

* b/c I usually get a preorder deal of $5-20 off, or include DLC.

Thus I personally don't care about their ham.

Also, I hate Mayo, which is pretty much all JJs throws on their subs.

It was torn down when I was 6, but I remember going to a few Bulls games there and 1 Blackhawks game. During the Anthem at the Hawks' game I remember they put a camera shot of the outside of the building on the jumbotron. We had seats in the upper deck and I thought the building was going to collapse. It shook. it shook on the Jumbotron. The jumbotron itself was shaking. I love the United Center, and Corneilson does an amazing job with the Anthem, but having that memory as a 5-6 year old of Messmer belting out the anthem in the Stadium is something I'm proud to have witnessed.

Remember the Roar

Who's so cool

As long as it's got a cop motor, cop shocks, etc. just make sure the lighter works

First, I'll agree that the lines are quite blurred between "Foreign" and "Domestic" at this point. Again, I work for a worldwide auto supplier so I see lots of it firsthand.

That said, when it comes to quality, all I will say is do your research and drive multiple vehicles. Most preconceptions aren't valid anymore. I'd say that the new wave of Ford/GM/Chrysler vehicles are up to par with most of the competition, especially for the price.

I personally drive a German car (when I bought 4 doors and 3 pedal configurations didn't exist elsewhere) and will probably buy another when it's time, but not without doign lots of research and spending time in vehicle. If you're thinking Camry, drive a Mazda 6, Fusion, and Malibu. See what works for you, what you like, and your budget.

Pryor with the bucket.

But really he's just a Jewish guy from the Bronx

http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2011/02/07/110207ta_talk_paumgarten

Kudos to Heiko for sure. What strikes me is just how cerebral Borges seems. I couldn't have told you that the OSU game and the Iowa game had the same gameplan. I was at the Iowa game. It was awesome [Aside, Borges called them "Ohio State". Alert Brady]

His philosophy reminds me a lot of Greg Maddux, in that he uses one play to set up the next one. Maddux would do this with pitches better than anyone. Sure, we hated seeing Vincent Smith get 0 yards up the middle out of the I, but if we ran the throwback screen every time out of the I it would never have worked (it always worked! at least in part because we occasionally ran him up the middle).

This was an absolutely great interview Heiko. I learned a lot and really like the way that Borges thinks.

Have a flag game. 7-on-7. With rotating groups. Skill and Linemen. Like you wouldn't watch ultra-competitive linemen playing 7 on 7 flag football? it'd be more entertaining than making them all fake block.

The Split Ms are a no-go

he had five KICK RETURN TDs in college! Guy was an absolute freak. A true 6'4" 260# 4.4 40 guy.

can't wait for part 2. This should be in HTTV for sure

If you're not a big Kevin Smith fan it probably sucks as the whole movie is an inside joke and reference to all the other Kevin Smith movies. But Will Ferrel makes me lose it every time. I always forget that he's in the movie.

Moves can be big and scary but should be exciting. I can't help much for housing but for job searches try indeed.com:

a quick search shows 186 web developer jobs in ann arbor: http://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=web+developer&l=ann+arbor%2C+mi

Good luck!

"In ur pocket blitzin ur dudes" or something along those lines but better would work.

Also, this is available. So it isn't Mattison's license plate. It should be:

I listen to my local ESPN Radio guys on the way home (Waddle & Silvy) but I can't stand Mike & Mike. Or most national non-live-sport-coverage on ESPN these days.

How about saying that Gallon had the best season since Braylon?

He has his degree and 1 more year of eligibility, he's leaving as a grad student transfer who can play immediately.

I read your post and thought of this:

Don't get me wrong, I love me some Denard, but I doubt he'll be a primary kick returner to start the year. As far as I remember, Denard participated in 1 KR during college (he was on the field and didn't touch the ball) and the Jags also drafted SC (NTSC)'s Ace Sanders in the 2nd round, who was a punt returner in college, and a pretty good one. I don't doubt that the Jags might put both Ace and Denard back for kicks, but he's not going to be given the job by any means.

But also, indeed.com . great job board, lots of tech jobs

But this guy's chair is freakin sweet

UFR is one of if not the greatest features of the site. But you've gotta walk before you can run. UFR can be a little technical and can get a little inside-joke heavy at times (in a very good way. As a long time reader of UFR i get it completely, but jumping into UFRs might be difficult if you're less familiar IMO).

In the top right, just under the HTTV Kickstarter info is a "site search" box. Search for "picture pages", this is where Brian (and others) have taken a play and broken it up into a frame-by-frame analysis. You can also search "4-3" and other tags. Pretty much any football term you can think of, and you can see where it's been discussed earlier on the site.

EDIT: after teaching you to fish, here's a fish:

http://mgoblog.com/category/tags/picture-pages

Any way to get more Mayim Bialik in people's lives is a good thing

Michigan averaged 5434 student no-shows. There were over 3,000 no show students for MSU (this years' best home game).

There were 21,770 student tickets sold. That means 25% of the students didn't show up (don't know if that nmeans they didn't show at all or just on time)

But that's some bullshit. Get to the games or don't buy tickets.

my current apartment/parking situation isn't good for me to get to the rink. but I'll get back in the pads soon

Bring it.

Happy Gordie Howe Day

/flamebaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit

/all in good fun. I respect the hell out of the Wings. Gold standard in hockey in the last 25 years.

Send some hookers up to their rooms the night before a game, make sure they don't get any sleep.

CLICK ON THE VIDEO (audio only). IT'S BETTER THAN YOU THINK.

Yes all caps were deserved. The banter does exist. I feel like Santa/the MMs in that commercial.

He's asking Football questions. I don't know if they're all Heiko or if Brian's helping, but they're not asking Borges/Mattison to "talk about Jake Ryan's leadership". They're asking about double-A gap blitzes and talking about actual football. The coaches seem to enjoy this, becuase they're ya know, football coaches.

It's kind of like if you're at a party and meeting people and everyone asks "what do you do?" and you do something obscure like me and say "i'm an engineer for an auto supplier". The conversation typically ends there. Car parts and engineering are nerdy and most people don't care. But if someone else is an engineer, or into cars, and asks good follow ups, I can tell that they want to know more and that we can talk the same language.

The coaches know that Heiko speaks "football" and they see that he has the technical knowledge and asks good questions. I think that the blog/readership benefits a ton, because the coaches like talking football.

With pulling guards

Or flagged for Awesome.

Also, hand inside the shoulder = not a hold (I think)

Student Athlete Welfare <<<<<<<<<<<<< Dollars

Sounds about par for the course when it comes to the NCAA

As a 6 year old in 1993, I had no idea about anything that wasn't hockey. But I think this could be a fun thread. Where were you last time Michigan went dancing?

As far as I know the only time Knight ever touched a player was when he "bopped" that Texas Tech kid in the chin so that he would look at Knight. The kid, and the kid's parents were interviewed and thought it was all OK.

I never watched a Knight practice and I dont doubt that Knight strayed near and probably crossed the line, but this coach was so far passed it he couldn't see the line.

I am thrilled that I havent heard of them. Refs should be like playing surfaces - anonymous and non-factors. When you've heard of a ref or playing surface (TV teddy, Dick Bavetta, etc. or RFK, Soldier Field, the old ice at the Chicago Stadium) it's gonna mess something up.

 every player on the team brings a certain role to the table

And that's Al's swiss army knife philosophy right there. They can tailor the offense, packages, even plays to specific personnel. As long as they don't give it away (Williams = Run) too much, I'm very excited to see what this team can do.

And no, that quote was not altered. Gordon was talking about Kovacs.

Webber is disassociated officially with the university until 5/7/2013 (As referenced above). What happens on the 8th is anyone's guess.

I don't think anything needs to be done in the arena/playing area, but I would love to see a display, with the banners, with the positives and negatives from the Fab 5 Era. It could talk about the cultural influence, the racisim, the basketball, the scandal... and it wouldn't be out of place in the historical area of the new Crisler Center.

I'm an engineer in the auto industry, and the lack of "proper" stats use is pretty staggering. And this is among engineers! Who should know better. When not  among science types the lack of stats knowledge I assume gets even worse. If you give me a data set and the story you want it to tell, I can make the stats do that.

I guess the moral is, good stats are hard to find. Not just among jounalists.

Definitely some of your best work.

And now, this Bears fan is just sad about Urlacher again...

I think Robinson would have some of the same limitations as Kovacs, for different reasons. Kovacs had a great mind for the game, but despite his impressive pro-day measurables he could be an athletic liability (see SC bowl game). Marvin on the other hand is a great natural athlete, but no way he has the football instincts of Kovacs. I like both of them nearer the line rather that in deep coverage.

79-65 Michigan

It's already a bidding war. Have you followed recruiting at all? Right now U of M can offer a scholarship, a chance at a great degree, and kick-ass faciliites. Michigan will even give you 4 full years of scholarship, while other schools can offer you only 1 year. The only thing missing is straight cash. See, since Michigan makes more money, they can offer more, better facilities, tutors, training table food, etc. It's already a totally unfair bidding war based on money!

Forgo the "honorable" talk of "amaturism" and what you have is a professional sports league that has imposed a salary cap. In Football that salary cap is 85 scholarships. The cap never changes. The NCAA has had absolutely zero "representation" for its players (unlike other major sports leagues) and thus, there is no CBA or anything similar. The NCAA makes the rules, just like the pro leagues used to before the players could strike. As Brian points out in the numbers, the football (and to a lesser extent bball) money doesn't just pay for every other athlete's scholarship, it's increasingly paying for more and more salaries of people in the AD. All that new TV money has to go somewhere, why shouldn't some of it go to the players? Put it in a trust, make it the olympic model, do something with it so that the product gets paid more than just a scholarship.

For anyone claiming it's not fair, it's already not fair. OF COURSE EMU won't compete with Michigan when money is involved. Money is already involved! The best athletes already go to the best programs! Stipends or booster cash isn't going to change that.

Which means you've never experienced "Transformers: Beast Wars"

Nebraska had to "buy in" to the TV deal, as they didn't get a full 1/12th share for at least the first couple of years. My guess is Maryland needed an advance on their new earnings, so they may pay this back by taking a smaller % of the next TV deal, or something similar.

What's our "best 11" for various plays? Mattison sure isn't shy about substituting various packages out there, and it wouldn't surprise me to have a few different personnell groups on the DL.

It wouldn't surprise me to have a DL of Mario/Black/Clark/Ryan on passing downs in the nickel/dime group, or even something like Clark/Pipkins/Washington/Wormley against spread teams in running situations.

or 1% less. So yes, you should be totally concerned. But if he drank an extra glass or 2 of water he'd be exactly 300lbs.

But last time I was in AA I stopped in his daughter's store. Lots of decent stuff, especially when it comes to gifts or custom things

http://www.rockpaperscissorsshop.com/

It's on Main Street. bought something for my sister there.

Remember when we were all excited that we didn't get stuck shilling this crap for adidias this time?

Well.... shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit

Former Bears draft pick Dan LeFevour?

Thanks Jerry! we couldn't have taken a flyer on a lineman or WR or TE with that pick!

/Jerry Angelo, former bears GM drafted this guy who never played an NFL down. Jerry is now also out of the NFL.

Ted was one of the most instrumental players when it came to forming the Players Association. Jack Adams hated him for it, and Glenn Hall as well, that's why Trader Jack shipped them both to Chicago.

My old goalie coach wrote Hall's authorized biography, http://www.amazon.com/Glenn-Hall-They-Call-Goalie/dp/0970917015 and I recently re-read it. Big section on Ted and Glenn's time in Detroit.

Excellent

What if you're being chased by sparties and buckeyes?

That's sports. We raised a banner last year without winning a tournament. There is plenty of emphasis in lots of sports on regular season titles, and plenty on tournaments. the NHL's president's trophy used to be worth more to teams than the stanley cup.

That B1G banner that was raised at Crisler sure made folks happy. Value what you want, but both seasons and tournaments have their places

Too many guys in the NBA are afraid to get dunked on. Props to him for at least trying to play defense. Didn't work, but still. A for effort

He can shoot at any time. I've stopped penalty shots with pokechecks, I've also never faced Kane. 

Just like Penalty Shot rules. And howard  could have challenged more, but once Kane slows down like that, the only way Howard wins is if his reaction time is ridiculous once Kane starts shooting - or to force the action with a pokecheck. But with Kane's handle, a pokecheck is more likely to make the goalie look bad than Kane

At least they play 5-on-5 for the playoffs. Seeding probably means the least in hockey out of any of the major sports

Yes, it's a skills contest that has very little to do with hockey, but it pacifies the TV networks. Hockey needed to get back on TV and had to give the networks something, and what they did was guarantee game length. You've got a max of 65 minutes then shootout. Boom, game over. 

In the playoffs, they still play hockey (5 on 5) and decide it. I actually think that hockey has done a decent job with this balance. However I think that they should make regulation wins worth 3 points, as an incentive to try to win outright. 

As a goalie, this is dumb and totally unfair. It's not a hockey play. As a Hawks fan, damn Kaner

Toews, Kane, and either Hossa or Sharp. The #3 shooter for the hawks hasn't been great this year no matter who it is

Rules then could have said that it was clean, you're still celebrating a traumatic brain injury to an opponent.

Let's celebrate contact to a guys head and him getting totally concussed and injured!

Way to go champ. 

Appendage: Wing

Direction: West (or East)

Color: White

Specific House: The _______ House

/As an engineer I read engineer

Last weekend I got engaged in Ann Arbor, tomorrow I'm heading to Germany for work for the week.... so I'll be listening to the game via mgoblue.com.

Had a couple of Goose Island Green Lines last night, they were tasty.

As far as I'm concerned, flyovers are a 2-birds-1-stone solution. Pilots need to fly to train, we don't want to be sending pilots out who have no air time. Sometimes they may fly long missions heading towards a large target, need to make a low altitude pass at said target, and then head back to base (say a bombing run).

Why not make that bombing run practice coinside with a sporting event? I mean, they need to practice, and a big stadium is as good a practice target as any, may as well do it with people inside.

The Air Force (or Navy, I dont remember) actually made their flyover request form public because they had to fly practice runs, and they might as well give the fans a show while they practice. EDSBS actually requested a flyover to his kids' birthday (didn't happen).

Do you think that the pilot practice runs are a waste of money? Or just that they coordinate them with sporting events? Because I could do that for free with a google calander.

As a Hawks fan, I hate it, but I'm not sure what the answer is. They need to re-align. The 4 pod idea before the lockout made some sense, it just sucks that we'll get the shaft alone (as opposed to getting the shaft with the wings all these years).

Being the one odd original six team out would suck... but the NHL has to do something.

Of course, at least the league leadership has shown itself to not be the worst management of a major sport in North America.....

That rink sucked too. At LFA the cinder blocks didn't go all the way up, we used to get 2 locker rooms for practice and throw tape balls back and forth over them.

It's the little things that make this column great

My guess is his move made the team better for the bowl game. Denard had to get RB reps, and Norfleet is a freshman who is lower on the depth chart anyway. We were down CBs because a couple of guys got kicked off the team.... So yeah. He could really be that good at offense. The team just had an extra body at RB that needed a lot of work and they also needed bodies at CB. A temp switch makes a ton of sense.

http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/mgoboard-faq

I guess this files in both "Michigan" and "Pro Sports", but as a general rule well titled threads don't need modifying

What's the offtopic policy?

In the offseason, offtopic posts are tolerated. During football season they are discouraged and may be subject to removal depending on how alert the moderators are. What counts as on- and off- topic?

ONTOPIC

• Anything Michigan sports related
• Anything related to other Big Ten teams or upcoming opponents
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GRAY AREA

• College sports in general
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UNWELCOME, KTHX

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• Drew Sharp, Ace Williams, Mike Valenti. Saying stupid and/or false things about Michigan in order to get Michigan fans upset is a tried and true way to phish for clicks. Let's not feed the trolls.

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We will let pro sports topics slide even during football season but "everything else" posts are likely to get the axe.

84-71 Michigan

Adding a new conference sport (hockey) that is borderline revenue/not disagrees. Also one of the main selling points of BTN was the added coverage for non-revenue sports. Wrestling, WBB, gymnastics, etc. have all been on BTN the last few days.

And that does make a lot of sense. When it came out that the B1G said "no" to a school I thought for sure it was Louisville. Sure, better athletic program, but terrible academics. This diary goes about the cash adn motivation for why the B1G is only interested in premier academic members.

Your pictures aren't loading for me though, did you upload them to the internet and then link them here?

All you care about is Justin

edit: the google image search for " 'murica" is quite possibly why the internet was invented.

Basketball has a similar rule with the ability to catch-and-shoot at the end of a game. IIRC you need at least 0.4 seconds to catch-and-shoot rather than just tip the ball towards the hoop. This takes quick/slow triggers on the timekeepers out of the game in a better way.

As with many things, the day after the holiday is the jackpot. If you don't buy candy on November 1st or February 15th, you're an idiot (not necessarily for the holidy, but to have. because candy). Same with flowers on 2/14 and christmas lights on 12/26.

My girlfriend and I are long distance, so today I don't have a ton going on. But she's coming to town tomorrow which means I'll be picking up some flowers and chocolates at 1/3rd price and go from there

The owners of Superdawg are family friends...

This is a Chicago Hot Dog

When's lunch....

No belts on the new ones.