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Thanks for the great thread!

If you had to guess, what is the cause for the effect of age differences?  What happens to around the age of 12 that makes a difference?

If soccer players are also exhibiting CTE, it would be interesting to do a similar study and see if you get a gender difference in the cutoff age (e.g., boys - 12, girls - 10).

Their offense was horrendous last year (59yds of offense).  Their defense was solid but lose their best players to early NFL entry and graduation.  They don't have any good QBs in the pipeline.  Strong is a good defensive coach, but I don't think he'll last 4 years.

Murray is very short, but he is one of the most polished HS QBs you'll ever see.  So much so, that he may pass up A&M's current starter (who was the #1 PP QB the previous year).  Personally, I hope Murray gets redshirted.

Other contenders: Auburn with Malzahn&Muschamp. A&M with Sumlin&Chavis

I doubt Michigan lands Little. Provided 2015 QB Kyler Murray signs with A&M, 2016 OT Little should follow his HS teammate and friend to A&M

A&M just snagged Chavis from LSU

But that means Michigan may now have to compete with LSU

They let midgets play football??

It's ok as long as you're really, really, ridiculously good looking

Afghanis don't like democracy. Where's my pay?

He does have Chutzpah!

This is why you shouldn't compare Funchess to Mike Evans:

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/24852368/look-mike-evans-with-the-most-devastating-block-youll-see-today

Funchess can't block

I still don't believe you no matter how many times you say it

I have no empathy for anyone who fell for this. This is what you get when you listen to Cowherd

I wouldn't call John Idzik, Dave Brandon, Brady Hoke impressive.  Also, Enfield has struggled at USC

Especially once you get hit in the mouth

Clearly you have not seen "Interstellar" yet

Don't tell Peyton Manning

damn messenger

Bye Gardner

1) Bama 2) Oregon 3) Miss St 4) TCU.

I wouldn't vote for FSU as they enable criminal behavior which is far worse than any NCAA violation.

I take credit. I sent him an email on the 28th saying you're going to get fired, why don't you just resign.

Freebirds used to be good until they were bought out ~8 years ago

Hopefully the Michigan job finds Gary Patterson and hands him $5mil/year

66 yds of offense.  Subtract MSU's yardage from the pick-6 and our offense has moved the ball...37 yards

How the fuck did the recruitniks ever label DG the best DTQB???

The fewer times the ball touches Gardner the better. Thus a flea flicker is a doomed play

You think A&M is an awful academic institution???

• They are an AAU school
•  8th among public universities in New York Times survey of business leaders worldwide based on the top institutions from which they recruit
• 2nd in nation among universities based on "contribution to the public good," Washington Monthly
• 2nd in the nation among public universities in "great schools, great prices," U.S. News & World Report
• 2nd in nation for preparing graduates for the workforce, The Wall Street Journal
• Top 10 in nation for return on investment, or what graduates earn in their careers compared to their college costs, PayScale

Good writeup.

I always hoped one of my two teams (Michigan; A&M) would snag Patterson in their previous recent coaching searches.  Unfortunately I don't think anybody is pulling Patterson away from TCU.  I'm not sure why he's bound to the school.  FT Worth is a pretty awesome city though.

LOLWUT? Strong has been a disaster

One problem with Mullen is that we don't have his type of QB on campus. Are Michigan fans willing to give him time to get his personnel?

Kings bury is not getting it turned around. Look at his record against teams with winning records.

He can recruit but he's not a very good coach. When he won the MNC, he attributed it to stop coaching Vince Young and just let VY go make plays. Not exactly a ringing endorsement of his coaching ability

Normally I'd agree with you, but when Hoke is only using coach speak in his press conferences then I'd like to use his coach speak against him

That 2010 season was largely due to the first and second string QBs getting injured for the season

Not sure if this belongs here.... Brian - the next time you or one of your staff has a chance to ask Hoke a question, please consider asking him, "Coach, you have always placed the highest importance on winning the B1G. Even in your first season when everyone lauded your success, you were quick to point out that you failed because you didn't win the B1G. If you fail in your goal for the fourth consecutive year, will you consider resigning?"

Money talks. If you're a donor, write a letter that says you are withholding any donations until we have a new AD and coach. If you're friends with a donor (especially a big money donor), ask them to do the same.

I like this theory. Brandon would've likely had to fire Hoke to save his own job, but now he can lie and try to save face

He loves Brady and by all accounts Brady is a good man. However being a good man/friend does not necessarily make one a good coach.

I wish someone would have the balls to ask Hoke, "Coach, what does it say about you when the program has regressed with each successive year you have been coach?"

Are you 7 years old?

Butt saves our ass

Or just fire everyone

Needs to go along with everyone else. ZERO production from DEs. Every single game every single year.

I agree. Time for a new staff

That wasn't even close. Clearly PI

God bless you Emily Weiss, whomever you are. You understand what men want.

...of fail

I'd live for Mitch to come back to take Bieldfelt's minutes. Dude looks lost out there

He's a UT grad and his hate for A&M boiled over.

How can you not list a change of baby clothes as one of the necessities?!?  There is an 89.1% chance your baby will have a POOPEXPLOSION while you're away from home if you forget to bring backup clothes.

I still have my NO MA'AM shirt.



It got all the ladies

You are young

Likely headed to TCU to join his sister (no info on how much weight she can bench).

Good get by them to get Larry Johnson. 

I love the two set of responses.

It's also interesting to read how many recruits had little-to-no relationship with Borges

Brandon cares more about milking money out of alumni and perverting the brand than putting a winning team on the field.

I blame the Republicans/Democrats/Libertarians/Christians/Jews/Muslims/Hindus/Athiests.

My apologies if I didn't offend someone.

Or is this a different rule than the NFL?

They may have us beat convincingly on the gridiron, but their lack of intelligence, class, and maturity always reminds me where they stand in the big picture.

Kyle field gets insanely loud. Heck, we tell during time outs so the opposing team has no chance to communicate.



Go to The Game, yell, and get in Braxton's head.

Great OC and one of the best OL coaches in the nation. He is responsible for A&M's ridiculous OL.

I like the section you put in there about Bandura and self efficacy.  Personally, I'd like the coaches to employ a Bandura-esque Bobo doll experiment with our OL.  Show them tapes of Jake Ryan beating the f- out of a Bobo doll and then having them replicate it on opposing teams' defensive linemen

I hope he remembers to bring a bedpan for his WoW raid

Defense was pretty damn good.

This loss is on Borges and on the ST

Al (Sten) Borges needs to be fired for his horrendous play calling

Sten - and you see what happens when Borges calls a pass???  We move it. 

never played to win..  :(

We have the better kicker.  But they have the taller WRs.

Hooray. 3 bad coaching decisions in a  row

Awesome run.  He's going to feel that tomorrow, Monday, and Tuesday..

PSU #4 has been one of the MVPs for UM.  Several timely PIs

I'd like us to play Green a couple snaps on this series.  PSU has only seen him on 1 carry. It'd be a nice mixup

Magnusson has been money!

F'n Kalis.  It's bad enough you're getting your butt kicked

We almost got Woodson'd

How does he not see these PSU players???  It's not like they are jumping the route

Nicky is just mad that he can't stop JFF

Can't compare A&M and MSU.

MSU is several notches below UM in terms of academics and athletics. If you're a Michigan HS student and you get into both schools, there's no question you go to UM.

A&M and UT are equals in terms of academics and athletics (each have their own strengths in various depts/sports). UT is more of the glamour school, but aside from that, they are equal.

And passed on Andrew Luck.

And passed on RG3.

And has a 450lb man be their strength & conditioning coach.



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Do you think it's Manziel's decision to have CBS do this?

Do you think it's Manziel's decision for ESPN to spend every TV and radio show ripping him?

Sure he's made some poor decisions (really nothing compared to the assault/theft crimes that other athletes have made), but it's the media's fault for shining a ridiculously large spotlight on him and highlighting/criticisizing every single thing he does.

But it sure would be nice if we could see that tape that ESPN refused to purchase.

Maybe this is getting into tinfoil hat conspiracy land, but this whole thing has been driven by ESPN. It's been their lead story (i.e., ratings machine) and has turned into a case where they report on their own report.

but I don't understand the outrage.

Where was the evidence??

All you had was an ESPN reporter (Darrell Rovell) on a personal crusade against A&M who said he's talked to dealers. These dealers won't go on record and some have a criminal past. This is not the first time Rovell has been duped in his investigations.

If there was solid evidence, I'd be all for suspending Manziel. But without anything credible, he's innocent and should play (in fact, sitting him for the 1st half is stupid)

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Yes I'm an Aggie (so I'm biased), but I doubt this story is true. His family is LOADED. They don't need $50k. JFF has made some poor choices this off-season, but I don't see him jeopardizing his eligibility over something he doesn't need.

2 years ago A&M lost a basketball player in an auto accident due to driver fatigue (not alcohol). Every year there are several A&M students who die driving home during spring/winter/Thanksgiving break. It's really tragic. I lost one of my students at A&M this exact way. I wish they would get more sleep before making these long drives.

can't believe he didn't get drafted. He was the the ultimate Flex guy

Here's what he forecasted for 2012 (Final AP Rank in parentheses):

1) USC  (lulz)

2) Bama (1)

3) LSU (14)

4) Okla (15)

5) Oregon (2)

6) Georgia (5)

7) FSU (10)

8) MICHIGAN (24)

9) So Carolina (8)

10) Arkansas (nr)

11) WVU (nr)

12) Wisc (nr)

13) Mich St (nr)

14) Clemson (11)

15) Texas (19)

16) VaTech (nr)

17) Nebraska (25)

18) Ohio (3)

19) Ok St (nr)

20) TCU (nr)

21) Stanford (7)

22) Kansas St (12)

23) Florida (9)

24) Louisville (13)

25) Boise St (18)

So, 8 of his predicted top25 teams ended up not being ranked. I know he's supposively the best prognosticator, but that was a pretty poor job he did.

Via PSU: "Contrary to the reporter's assertions, Dr. Sebastianelli remains the doctor in charge of the University's entire medical program for intercollegiate athletics, including football. Further, there has been no change in the support provided by State College-based Penn State orthopedic surgeons, including Dr. Sebastianelli."

Seth - you call the metric "YRPR" and Football Outsiders call the metric "RYPR". Also, the values you have don't match the values they list on their site. Why the discrepency?

Great card, especially if you do a lot of Amazon purchases (3%).

Like most cards, you should pair it with another card. I suggest the Chase Freedom to get the 5% back on certain categories.

...you mean send you into a grease coma.

Always tasted awesome. Always felt like crap 2hrs later.

Did you remove instances when the opponent is also coming off of a bye week?

You goto Ohio and will never go anywhere in life

Burke is off. Put in Spike

He's not beating out Johnny Football for the Heisman.

However, he can be 1st team All BigTen.

Had he enough starts to qualify this past season, Gardner's QB rating would've placed him 8th in the nation

I check the site a couple times a day. There are some poor pieces (Oklahoma) but it's still a great site

A&M loses 4 WRs to graduation. With the air-raid offense deploying 4-5 WRs per play and A&M running the hurry-up, they need about 10 contributers per game.

Too bad DG wasnt so wildly innacurate or else M would've won and Gallon would've had 200+ yds

Ask him why every fan and announcer knew what he was doing was stupid, yet he did it anyways