Have a beer and a lap dance on me.

heading to Cooperstown this weekend for the Baseball Hall of Fame Induction ceremony. It will be my first trip to cooperstown. Then my wife and I will be heading to Boston and Maine for a few days of vacation. 

yeah, well so are half of the burnt out buildings in Detroit. It is time to move forward from both the Joe and the Olympia. The roaring 1920's are not coming back. 

yeah, I will wait until mid August to download the OS rosters off EA locker. There is too much training camp changes coming down until the start of the season. Perhaps we can get another mgoblog season going again on X box live. I remember last season, it fell through half way through the season due to individuals flaking out. 

Let's win a college football playoff first and then make criticisms of the new president.

damn iphone...sigh...My twitter account could use some more followers though.

It is always date night when I write Dave Brandon a check. I would at least want him to buy me followers before I have to bend over and take it in. 

I truly believe this is yet another attempt to make the higher income individuals that can actually afford season tickets feel all good and warm inside and then not blink twice when Dave approaches them for yet another donation or raises ticket prices. 

Dave was a snake oil saleman with Dominos and he remains one with Michigan. 

Oh those poor engineers, managers, lawyers, and physicians that can afford season tickets are being victimized...booo hooo...fricken hoo. 

How about DollarBill Brandon throw those of us not in the top 10% a bone once in awhile? You know like lower ticket prices, or opening this up to fans who have bought a season ticket in the past couple of years but can no longer afford it. 
 

this event is yet another middle finger to those of us who have been priced out. I am remembering everything Dave does and I am speaking out with my wallet. I am buying tickets off the street or on stub hub. I am no longer donating to the athletic department, but to the school of education the department of biophysics. 

You know what, I change my suggestion from Debbie Does Dallas to Backdoor Girls Part 19. I feel like I am taking it up the rear door whenever Brandon announces ticket prices. 

I don't know how any recent college grad with student loans and a mortgage can afford tickets unless they are an engineer/lawyer/physician. You stated my exact opinion of Brandon's antics much better than I could. I have been a die hard fan for years but I feel left behind and betrayed due to Dave raising ticket prices beyond my financial means. 

I have a novel idea to mend the fences in our alumni base and fan base. How about we reward all fans who support the team, not just to top 10% or those who can still financialy support football season tickets? Showhow I doubt move night will come even close to capacity. So, it wouldn't hurt one bit to invite more fans not just your top donors.

At least Dave threw everyone a bone by lowering the price of hockey season tickets a bit. 

Sure, my views are jaded a bit with jealousy towards those who can still afford tickets. I am just tired of feeling like a second class citizen by Dave Brandon. 

Exactly. Most people don't care about distance running, but I live and breath distance running. Being a dick to those who care about things you don't care about just shows your immaturity. 

They should show Debbie Does Dallas

I hate noon games. No time to get a good buzz on. 

The WOW Factor! 

I would love to get a Michigan soccer kit before the ManU/Real Madrid match. 

Go Machine! 

not online illegally...Watching the game right now in Ann Arbor

http://www.stream2watch.me/baseball/kansas-city-royals-vs-detroit-tigers...

right... I guess I will take you at your word Sir Knight of the Internet...

I got your point the entire time. Thanks for the insults BTW (typical mgoblog immaturity). I have HUGE problem with people telling me what I SHOULD believe or not. I will look at the data and metrics myself and come to my own conclusion. The Fox News'ing and ESPN'ing of America is a major problem in our society. Too few in our country use the 6lb muscle between their ears. 

I know, but that is the tone of your message to anyone criticising dear ol Lebron. 

Nope. I will retract my statement and admit I was wrong. Unlike the rest of America I actually allow data and evidence to influence my beliefs, not blind hope. 

as opposed to the Hoke fans on here...two way street. Like I said above the results have been trending downwards for Hoke. If Hoke has a rebound year I will retract my statement. 

that sounds a lot like biology to me...an alpha with high evolutionary fitness and ability to attract a mate to pass down his genes for future generations. 

Fair enough.. However, I also believe ticket prices and the attractiveness of 60 in LED's in air conditioning has a major effect on attendance. Not just at Michigan, but at most universities. Which gets to my point that Brandon's policies are not helping to combat the attractiveness of the home environment. My opinion is if you are not part of the solution then you are part of the problem. 

Basketball seating is a different animal than football. Dave didn't scrap GA student seating but stuck with it. It became streamlined unlike football (a logistical nightmare). Yes, winning helps. 

We can have one sin in our life can't we...?

Your third point is a complete gneralization. Not every student (myself included when I was a student and still don't as a young alum) parties like a drunken sailor. Dave's GA policy made it as difficult as possible for students to enter the stadium. The logistics of the GA policy was complete bunk to the point where it was scrapped halfway through the season. Finally, the about face Brandon performed after the season scrapping the entire GA policy while also raising ticket prices for students speaks to his lack of transperancy to have the students involved in the football experience. Sorry, I am calling BS on your post. 

Sounds about the same as my interactions with Brandon on the hockey side of things. The Dekers board met with one of his many Office of Development yes men. The yes man went on and on about how they would do anything to help booster clubs like the Dekers. Yet, here we are in 2014 and the Dekers are the last of the athletic booster clubs after the softball Diamond Club went under recently. Dave decides to do the exact opposite of helping us out, relegating us to a tiny corner of Yost and charging us the full cost of advertising inside Yost while giving the family discount the University Health System and other preferred organizations. Our entire goal is to raise funds for an endowed hockey scholarship. Pretty much everything we do now except for the annual post-season banquet is unofficial. Dave killed our board and jumbotron advertising, 50/50 (while sparty's and the Ohio State's equivalent organizations continues there 50/50's), and took over the homecoming hockey rally. We were willing to work the athletics support staff and Office and Development in any capacity necessary. 

You don't think Lucifer is making all of the ASPCA commercials? 

I expect....

The WOW Factor

Nope all michigan. I openly root against Purdue.

Gotta go with Dollar Bill Dave! He is going to break the 100k streak this year! 

Michigan leads in the WOW factor

oh goody i can't wait to see how Dave Brandon whores his way through this season. 

this thread needs more Kate Upton. 

Get ready for the excitement of a Greece/Costa Rica Shootout!

That game was my favorite sporting event ever. My wife was lucky enough to be at that game. I couldn't go, because I had to GSI my chem sections. 

mine too! Let's get Babcock behind the Michigan bench. 

I need to get banged hard....I am so hard up for post banging. Once I start post banging I don't know if I will be able to stop. I want to post bang in every position. Missionary, doggy style, reverse cowgirl, pile driver. 

I am willing to bet I can buy a ticket to the horrow part deux for $5 outside the stadium on gameday. 

Completely Agree. Time to show the regents and our new president how dangerous Dave Brandon has been to the Michigan brand. I hope to see empty seats. 

Anyone buying from the university doesn't like money. You can get the majority of the season for a significant discount on the secondary market. 

Who cares. The shear majority only care about filing up their reelection coffers from lobbyists than the actual and urgent needs of their constituents. 

fuck congress. 

If I had it my way we would have immediate election reforms (including the repeal of Citizens United) and dissolution of all current representatives and senators, with an immediate elections to refill those seats. 

100% disagree. You seem to undersestimate the scores of Michigan alums who have been alienated to the point where we refuse to donate to the athletic arm of the university. Myself, included will only resume our giving when Dave Brandon is either fired by the president or resigns. I am sick and tired of Dave Brandon catering to the top 1% of the socioeconomic demographic while making Michigan athletics completely unaffordable for the middle class. I couldn't care less if Michigan was a defending BCS title holder. It used to feel like a family with the Michigan fan base, now it feels like a country club. 

yep, the corporate gladhandling is entering academic world unfortunately. Just more reason for a revolution against 1% in this country. 

No kidding. I will be renewing my season tickets for hockey to show Douchebag Brandon this is how you treat your middle class fans, not by pricing them out. 

Good for you! Too bad the rest of the old folks aren't in maize with the same precentage as the student section. 

Oh, I haven't missed a home game since 2008. 

Blame the old people and Greek system for not wearing maize.

Makes sense

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You know what the bitching by people who do not like soccer is even more annoying than the constant in your face FIFA. What do you think you are trying to solve by bitching that you don't like soccer? NOBODY GIVES A CRAP THAT YOU DON'T LIKE SOCCER. If you don't like it, dont watch it or click on that link. It is easy that. So go pound sand. 

Even Ira on WTKA this morning was bitching about soccer. He is unlistenable as it is with his annoying voice. No wonder he is stuck on AM radio. 

https://twitter.com/sbnation/status/477616351289176064

Just like that. Brooks!! Who is quitting now!

Just leave this country commie. We are in America, so you root for the old bars and stripes. 

This describes waiting for LSH...

ehhhh...George RR has said they are using material from book 7...I assumed this means the King Beyond the Wall. 

The UM biophysics department, specifically the faculty members that have dual appointments in biophysics and physics have collaborations with labs in Rio. During my 3rd year of my PhD I spent a couple weeks in Rio with a physics lab. 

and get turned down for what

Where is the team from my motherland of Slovakia? oh thats right we will only play hockey. 

I am all in bitches. 

what's wrong with Kale? 

Or the gameday experience that you loved being cheapened like a minor league baseball game...I gave up my tickets for two reasons: (1) the piss poor gameday experience and (2) priced out. None of the reasons have to do with wins.

Yeah no. I was raised on michigan through the 80's and 90's. Wins will not bring me back. Only the removal of the constant commercialized product will bring me back. Michigan football is NOT a product. It is a tradition not to be sold. For all I complained about Bill Martin, he was correct. Just because you can charge more doesn't mean you should.

Bacon touches on the exact reasons I dropped my season tickets. It want for a winning team, hell I am a cubs fan and a Purdue alum. So, I am used to losing. I dropped my tickets because Brandon made the "privilege" of being a Michigan season ticket holder a complete sham. Football games are just an excuse for Brandon to drive up donations. He lost me as a season ticket holder during the infamous MMB rent the big house for weddings show. Beyoncé, 7 dollar hot dogs, laser shows are not the michigan difference.

MGoBuyProfessorXBeer Kickstarter. Preferably IPA, dark IPA, Porters, Stouts, sours. 

Donate to the academic side. It won't be wasted by Dave Brandon.

I don't care anymore. there i said it. I have better things to spend my money on, like food, housing, hockey, beer, race entrance fees. 

There are balloons?

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

Welcome to Dave Brandon's michigan, As soon as the Alumni Association saw the profits rolling in for athletics they knew they had to copy Brandon's Domino's Pizza strategy. 

we need to get you laid. 

yep and still fuck man city and liverpool. 

I figuratively LOL'ed at the word prestige in your post. 

yeah I am a fair weather fan for not ponying up $1000+ for season tickets...nice strawman fallacy. 

I love Michigan more than Dave Brandon. However, I refuse to renew my season tickets with that douchnoggle in charge of our athletic program. Instead I am redirecting my donation to the school of education, where I feel my donation will be better used and not to glad hand Brandon's corporate  buddies. So yeah, I am taking a stand. I will still go to games, but I am purchasing through stub hub and my friends. 

Secondly, you will not convince me it is a better financial decision to obtain tickets through the AD and not the secondary market. Every study has shown a full season when combined with PSL's is a poor investment when compared to the secondary market. 

yep, the school I teach at has $85 tickets. The prom is at the Livonia Manor. It is not a cheap night anymore. 

I offer the truth to Lion's koolaid drinkers. This team has no hope and will never have hope. 

Same old lions. 

Well YSU is a glorified community school, I guess he is qualified to be the lead academic officer. He is pretty good as a bag man at the college level.

switch to the pack. Great history. Publicly owned team. Actually draft intelligently. 

oh man, I am so looking forward to my drive home tomorrow. This is making for some AWESOME radio.  Valenti is going to flip his lid. 

May the F = dp/dt be with you as well! 

My prediction 15-0, national champs bitches

I wonder if Babcock would support a women's hockey program when he is coach here at Michigan. 

damn it you beat me to it...

I am going to reply with this to anyone who believes this is a 1st amendment issue. 

I know Babs is probably joking, but I had a HUGE chubby when I read that tweet earlier. 

None, Weird Al isn't touring this summer. :(

I just want to be able to afford tickets and not see the seats in the row next to mine go for sometimes 50% of what I paid. DB can take his dynamic pricing and PSL's and shove it up his anus. 

one website...

www.stubhub.com

I am all for the status that comes with season tickets. I thought the same as you did when I graduated from michigan. I bought season tickets for a couple of years. However, then Dave Brandon came in and I started seeing seats right next to mine being offered for a deep discount. So from one recent grad to another, get them from stubhub.com 

I am sorry to hear this. You have my thoughts and condolences. Cancer is a bitch and takes away too many of our loved ones and friends. 

35 days until we can buyout the Mule. 

Says the president of Bolivia

Too bad the replay didn't show that.

Oh eat a bag of dicks. I heard it is a speciality in Bolivia.