I've had good luck with WOOD radio out of Grand Rapids either through their website or streaming to my phone with the iHeartRadio app. 

as has already been mentioned, is that it is wide open and subject to trolls. You can protect your tweets, but then the only people that can see them are those that are following you, which kind of defeats the purpose of trying to do a liveblog on twitter.

That being said, twitter seems like the best option at this point. Those that don't want to mix their professional accounts with MGoBlog could just open a second twitter for MGoBlog purposes.

It's not that he's setting a bad example to his team (there are plenty of other poor role models down there), but more so to the viewers that may have seen him dipping on the sideline while watching the game on tv. It may seem trivial, but the NCAA does have rules against using alcohol, drugs, and tobacco at events for good reason. I'm sure you can figure out why for drugs and alcohol, but tobacco is the greatest risk factor for developing oral cancer among many others (20X higher risk). So while its stupid in the context of recruiting, it was the right thing for the health teacher to do from a public health standpoint.

good sir

is also saying we played University of Chicago again in 1897 and we lost 21-12

I got an email saying the Big House Big Heart races were moved to the day after the spring game instead of being in the fall. I think this is to try and get people to make a weekend of it. I'm kind of bummed, I liked running through Ann Arbor in the fall.

I don't know what Akron has to offer, but we just finished a brand new soccer complex and can probably offer a few more Benjamin's.

At first I read that as "I has a concussion..." that's certainly what is happening to me at the sudden lack of depth at the safety position

Would not suprise me in the slightest if they had a bounty on Denard's head or for knocking any of our guys out of the game.

Mike Jones!

I feel really bad for Woolfolk, but maybe he's going mano-a-mano with the Michigan BLANK hating god and taking one for the team.

I don't think it's terribly different. Everything looks to be in the same general areas, they just changed the colors and made TV and Social Media more prominent.

I think you are forgetting the fake cover zero bring the house blitz leading to a wide open score for ND to go ahead at the end. I'm with you though, I think the next wrinkle is going to be faking the blitzes, which will better disguise our defense.

Not doing any more studying tonight! Amaizing finish to the game.

GO BLUE

And you know what's going to be on ABC instead of primetime football in the bighouse for the first time in history?

NASCAR

That's right, effing NASCAR. This should be a no brainer for a national broadcast on ABC. I of course don't have cable being the poor ass grad student that I am. Instead I'm going to be stuck in a shitty bar in Ohio surrounded by people that may or may not have attended that school in Ohio and worship the ground that Tressel walks on. If you can't tell I'm quite pissed by ths.

Maybe it's something weird with her shirt and make-up combo, but her eyes are really creeping me out.

I'm partial to Afternoon Delight rather than Angelo's. I thought Angelo's was overhyped when I was there, but maybe that was due to a lack of Hollandaise sauce.

Washtenaw Dairy, hands down

Did your kid decide yet? I'm a UM alum doing grad work at Case. It's a great school and I'd be more than willing to answer any questions you have.

I'm running FF and got a warning earlier today from my work computer.

I noticed a problem a few weeks ago and emailed Brian about it and traced the issue to Quantserve which I think is a cookie tracking service of some kind. One of my Java files was corrupted by the bug. Reinstalling Java fixed the problem.

I also started running NoScript (FF add-on) and blocked Quantserve on my personal computer. I have not had any problems since installing NoScript.

I always run Firefox, but had only been running Noscript on my Admin profile. The profile I usually use does not have admin privileges to help prevent unwanted junk from automatically installing itself. The only thing I dislike about Noscript is that you have to approve a number of things on every webpage you go to and for me that gets old quick. I guess I'll just have to suck it up and deal with it though.

It occurs when multiple tabs are open, but it also occurs when MGoBlog is the only window open in a fresh start of the browser.

Michigan has both men's and women's teams. Both have been pretty good in recent years (women more recently than the men), however I think the men were suspended from club sports for some off field issues.

I'm not quite sure how this would involve student activity fees.

First, UM's student activity fee is $15 per semester (really low, may go up soon). Rec sports can barely maintain facilities with that amount. If there is going to be an increase in the fee to pay student athletes, then there will be a lot of backlash within the university about ways to better spend that increase.

Second, mid-major's may have higher student activity fees, but do you really think the student body would agree to let the university increase their cost of attendance to pay the athletes to do their laundry? I just don't see that happening. Increasing ticket prices probably won't do it either because most of those mid-majors already have a hard time putting butts in the seats.

Glad to see the maize and blue doing well. The only part I caught was while working out this morning the game made the ESPN top ten plays. A diving grab by the WMU left fielder in foul territory. keep up the good work ladies!

And yet in the eyes of the NCAA the severity of the infraction is almost the same. Labeling these as "Major" is ridiculous. Tatgate, Auburn, SMU, USC... those are major. Why is the NCAA wasting their time on things like this?

The main stream media reading public (average person reads at a 6th  grade level...) isn't going to be able to tell the difference between any of these violations, particularly when the media groups all these cases together.

$3,500 for a 2003 Tahoe? 8 years old now and we don't know what kind of shape, but that seems a little low if you ask me.

ERA is not a good stat. There is so much out of the player's control that can affect his ERA. FIP, BABIP, or even WHIP are better statistics to evaluate a pitcher by.

Looks like Jimbo has been doing his uniform shopping at an Army/Navy Surplus store.

If I recall correctly, the military route was how USC (not that USC) ended up with a late 30's (actually might have been 40) WR.

Anyone notice that QuantUM wieghs less than BWC? That's crazy.

@Blazefire: Dilithium fits the naming convention, I hope they use that for the next car. They could put a huge decal of Denard's smile on the side of the car blinding all the competition causing them to run off the road. Ok, not really on the last part, but Dilithium would be cool.

Would you prefer pessemism and come fall be mildly suprised by BWC's performance or would you rather Brian blow sunshine up his ass and then have BWC et al perform below expectations come fall? Personally I would rather take the former. Have you watched this D the last three years? It's going to take 2-3 years to get back to average IMO.

Bernie hasn't disappeared completely. He hasn't been around baseball because he's been busy touring as a jazz guitarist. His two albums have been #2 & #3 on the jazz charts. He was also nominated for a latin grammy.

The basketball player Wayman Tisdale was also a well respected jazz guitarist cranking out 8 albums before he died of cancer in 2009.

To piggy back on your comment, steroids are not going to help you hit a ball. You have to have the hand eye coordination. Roids might help you hit it farther and HGH might help you recover from injury faster, but neither is going to make your hands swing a bat in such a way that it hits a little round ball.

I was unaware of that caveat, which sucks. I'm glad I did not purchase MLBtv.

I think it sometimes depends on the weather. I graduated in 2010 and there were a couple of years that it was almost non-existant due to crappy weather and a potential crack down (2006 or 7?). I think last year it was pretty big though because it was 60 and sunny out. I might have my years mixed up though.

I wish I had known about this when I was there...

I'm more into trolling for salmon out on Lake Michigan, but where I'm going to school for the next few years is going to crimp my style a bit. I just picked up a fly rod and plan to try that out this year. Anyone know anything about fly fishing or have some websites they might recommend?

Also, April Vokey can teach me how to fly fish anytime:

That's great and all, but I thought one of the reasons the Rose Bowl was moved to January 2nd 2012 was because January 1st is a Sunday and some religions (Mormon?) don't play on Sundays. With University of Utah joining the PacTen, I would be surprised if the PacTen making any significant move to Sundays. I also don't see the NFL screwing the pooch that bad and not having a season (unless of course they are really that stupid).

The 2012 recruiting cycle has barely started and we're already talking about 2013 and beyond?

link (Fox news)

Sounds like a booster group is being investigated by the lottery commission and so the MSU AD cut ties.

Edit: the DetNews link above is better than the FoxNews link I provided

who do you see our four losses coming to?

They are actually legit photos, the crap he is signing changes with each picture.

Most people would see the writting on the wall that something big is coming down the pipe from the NCAA. However, there are a lot of people in Ohio that still believe Tressel/OSU is above the law and that the punishment fits the crime. There is no hope for them.

Mistake by the lake! I like that when you wikipedia "Mistake by the lake" it returns Cleveland

But what if I play scratch-offs, pull-tabs, mega millions, keno, daily3&5, and classico lotto? Does it still not count as diversifying?

Anyone having problems with the NCAA.com video? I'm not getting the video, but game tracker is working.

Anyone know if this will be available to watch online? It seems the 30 for 30 shows are stuck in the stoneage while most other ESPN content is available on ESPN3/ESPN.com.

I would assume MGoBlue.com

While I see you are trying to be humorous, lets separate out the Libyan people from Moammar Gadhafi. Just because he's off his rocker doesn't mean all the people from Libya are too.

Many countries (Iraq and Iran included) will pay for their citizens to go to school in foreign countries so long as they are willing to return to the country when their program is done. Regardless of how the 35 students were chosen, this is a good thing because it exposes those students to western culture, gives them an education, and hopefully when they return to Libya they have a more positive view of the US.

I think it's because that hoebag Miley Cyrus was hosting

Current Riot Status says no riot, but then again it doesn't appear to have been updated in a while

If I'm not mistaken ND copied our bowl design back in the day and yet they are ranked ahead of us?!

I was thinking the same thing. This story amounts to a whole lot of nothing IMO. Most people that follow college football are aware of the crime issues that do occur. I think CBS/SI may have come across some bigger recruiting issues while researching for this story with the intent of dropping a second story later.

This year is shaping up to be one full of fantastic names

Woah, how did I miss that? Can anyone explain why it has to be on the 2nd for all BCS schools to accept a bid?

I think there are better options than the McAfee, see those free ones mentioned above. The McAfee available for download at ITCS was rarely updated in the four years that I was there.

Does he really need to refer to himself in the third person?

(Possibly NSFWoH even though it is SNL)

I think the hope is that with a 4-3 we can hold up more at the point of attack and establish a toughness in the trenches. This hopefully will result in a better run defense. Whether we have the personal to do this remains to be seen. I'm not sure who our 2-deep is at DT.

The secondary should be better based solely on the the experienced gained by the freshman this past season.

The 4-3 we ran in the waning Carr years did not match up well against the spread, so that may be a concern going forward. Then again the 3-3-5 was supposed to be the great equalizer when it came to defending the spread and we all know how well that worked out.

I honestly wouldn't mind having a D like Iowa. They throw rock every play and everyone knows that it is coming, yet they out execute you and shut you down.

I would not be surprised if it was Illich. I recall reading an article in one of the local papers about a number of properties downtown being bought by several businesses that no one really knows who owns. It wasn't chump change either, they were throwing large sums of money at people to get them to move out. I never saw a follow up, but the author either inferred or traces the purchases back to Illich holdings.

Nice? I saw you guys were subzero for a few days last week. I guess I shouldn't say anything though, I'm a D-1 at Case and it snows just about every day.

This is great and all, but this would be a parallel move for him. Not sure it makes sense unless he likes the college game better. Can he recruit?

queue it up to 2:40

Works on my iPhone in mobile safari. Quite humorous I must say.

Amphetamines, depending on the variety, can be considered a PED.

This study looked at the drug use in the NCAA and included PEDs

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=11176146

Another thing to think about that the IT guy for my grad progam suggested was to have two accounts set up on your computer. One as an admin with full privileges, the second as your everyday account with limited privileges (ie. no install and limited adjustments to settings). This prevents malware, viruses, etc from downloading and installing on your computer.

It's kind of a pain switching between accounts when installing a new program, but for most people we don't install new things all that often and I have not a problem with malware/viruses. Once a month or so I log into the admin account and download any updates that may be available for windows, java, flash, etc.

Another suggestion for those running firefox is to install the Adblock Plus and Noscript plug-ins. When you navigate to a website (MGoBlog included) you are actually loading several websites at the same time. All the ads are coming from different sources, blocking those prevents unwanted content and attacks. You can customize the settings so sites like MGoBlog can still display everything and Brian still receives his pennies for each click.

Heat before running/exercising to loosen up tight muscles; RICE after. That's what our trainer always had us do for cross country back in the day.

Section 1 should be around shortly for another rant on the Free Press

I haven't tried it, how is it?

What happened to David Ablauf? Is this the same position or would the person be working with him?

prima donna.

Pre-Madonna would be the album of Madonna demos released in 1997

Anyway, the knock on Gittleson was much more about the "strength" side of things than the "conditioning" part.  He did pretty much the same conditioning stuff as everyone else.

 

I think you need to flip that around. Strength was not the issue, it was conditioning. Teams always talked about how Michigan early in the season got winded easily. Additionally, a few players mentioned never running as much under Carr/Gittleson as RR/Barwis (granted spread, etc, but still the point remains the same). Look at the combine times of Manningham. Add in the comments from former players coming back to work out with Barwis saying they felt like they were getting faster as well as stronger. Last but not least, I give you Jake Long, tell him strength was the issue 

Looks like it was was officially open in November of '04

http://www.ur.umich.edu/0405/Nov01_04/06.shtml

The thing is, students/parents are paying higher and higher tuition rates every year and expect to be getting the most bang for their buck. However, when comparing our rec facilities to other B1G schools and top universities we lag far far behind. Now days people expect state of the art, country club type amenities a la Lifetime Fitness, 24 Hour Fitness, etc.

The university would struggle with supporting departments and degrees that do not bring in much in the way of funding and as a result, many of those departments and programs would be cut. Having those progams is what adds to the diversity of this university. This is in no way a good thing for anyone involved. In a state looking to shore up a huge budget deficit, they would not simply reallocate the money, it would simply be gone from the department of education and in turn, gone from the budget.

Burns and Fogler of the ChE department were entertaining and relatable, but there are in a technical field, so I'm not sure how good they would be for your audience.

Not so sure about that. The cost of a dental education has skyrocketed the last ten years (unless you are instate at a public school... even then it's expensive). I'm in my first year and just took out ~$80,000 for this year. Ill have 350k when I graduate including undergrad. Throw in the cost of opening/buying a practice and it does not look nearly as lucrative as I once did.

Does anyone know how this might affect is status with the NCAA in regards to progress towards degree completion? That is usually one of the reasons we do not take JC transfers and I'm wondering if this could prevent him from returning.

Is it just me or does he remind me a little of Chris Farley's Matt Foley character?

You failed to mention the most crucial bit of information. The plane appears to have purposely skirted Ohio airspace on the way back. This means we obviously have a coach that knows about the rivalry.

Your kids have a right to see history in the making. Way to get everyone on the board excited about getting the scoop.

/s partly

It appears to be en route. Should be arriving around 10:45p. Can we send someone out to Willow Run to see who gets off the plane?

I think it would be a safe bet that we have Michigan representatives on the "Winged Helmet" plane jetting around SEC country, but that DB is in Dallas at the coaching conference.

If you can't beat them, join them. Is that the philosphy now? I just don't see Mullen signing a contract extension and less than a month later jumping ship to another school.

Nothing like some Saturday morning lab work to get my weekend started right... we better find a coach soon, this is really hampering my studying

Wooooohooooo!

Good news? No more furry little critters on the sidelines... I hope.

For the record, N911UM is the Survival Flight plane/helicopter I think and is either stored or serviced at Pontiac/Oakland International

They do have pretty attractive co-eds, there is no denying that.

Everything goes in cycles and I hope that this time next year we are seeing the Big Ten taking the SEC to the woodshed.

Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!!

246 days until football season starts again!

Happy New Years to all!

Had some Bell's Best Brown Ale with some damn good BBQ. It resulted in a food coma and I almost didn't make it to the ball drop. I'm looking forward to a W tomorrow to ring in the New Year right.

Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and I hope we all have a happy new year. We should start it off with bang by winning the Gator Bowl

I don't get the signing. Overpaying for an aging, middle reliever (!), one year removed from major injury, with a career year so far out of line with his historical averages...

We could have saved a few bucks and brought up one of the 20 major league ready relief pitchers we have in the minors right now or is DD not saying we have that kind of depth this year? /s

It would have been much more acceptable on a 2 year deal.

I think attendance peaked somewhere near the end of the first period/beginning of second. The north endzone was slow to fill up, but for a brief period of time it did appear full. There was definitely not 113,000 in the stands, but I think 85,000 was low. How are they going to account for people in the box seats if they use aerial photos?

Oh, I see what you did there. I expect this coming from a guy with a Schmitts Gay avatar.

Fun...? There is nothing fun about a logo, especially the ones that Delany and co came up with.

You mean Tom Selleck?

FYI, the Twins opened Target Field this past season.

I have to say I was impressed with how well the AD pulled this off. It wasn't quite Yost, but the atmosphere was great. I hope to see some Hello posts tomorrow.

Are the Cavs really that high on him?

I heard on the news that players were having a hard time making it to the Q with all the snow, so maybe they had a short bench.

It's good to see former wolverines doing well in the pros.

(This is my first winter in Cleveland, should I expect this kind of snow regularly?)