I use the freep for toilet paper after ordering a burrito. 

what would you rather watch: Michigan's o-line or Joe Nathan pitch? 

In OT news: Tigers lead the mariners 2-1 in the bottom of the 5th. The tigers have been frustrating King Felix with both him and Lloyd Mclenndon regularly barking at the ump (lloyd was tossed in the second inning for arguing balls and strikes). 

Was that because I posted using the app in the BPL thread? It is an awesome app.

well he better whip it out soon or swansea is going to steal this one. new manager same result. 

I have only seen college hockey at ford field. I saw BC win the national title. I have also finished the Detroit marathon on the 50 at ford field. I have yet to see a football game at Ford Field.

A growler of Founders Curmudgeon Old Ale.

I plan on buying 2 tickets for $40. I won't pay more than $20 a ticket.

that is my favorite line I hear from those who are prejudiced. Please be tolerant to my intolerance...wait what...

Dang it you are right. I got tired of my students following my personal account. It could be ok for me to unprotect it for a few hours.

on twitter I have been lighting up Dave Brandon: @DaveBrandonAD

I feel the same as a biochemist...I would rather eat some of the algae blooms out of Lake Erie than Chobani

If it is party bus loaded up with Oberon, then I will stop my complaining against Dave Brandon. 

I am sorry as a season ticket holder all I see is me being defrauded by Dave Brandon yet again. Sure it is not that much money, but it is the principle of the matter that I was lied to yet again by Dave Brandon. I don't care if the game is in Chicago. I have tons of friends in Chicago I can stay with to see the game. However, I was expecting TWO home games, not one. 

Pay a few thousand to Dollar Bill Brandon and you will change your tune. 

hey look it's Dave Brandon!!!

Exactly, I was lucky enough to failed in my suicide attempt back when I was in high school. I was lucky enough to have friends and family that cared enough about to get me help. 

The world lost a comedic master. RIP. 

Disagree about the Big Chill. I have been to every outdoor game except for the GLI last year, and the Big Chill has by far the best sight lines and the best lines outside of an indoor game. 

Ok, the GLI sucked. I heard about the holes in the ice surface that caused the game to be delayed. 

Nope. I will be at this game. However, I am pissed off we are losing a home game to sparty. 

oh that is BS we lose our home game

I am so sick of the Wings are old meme. It is tired and completely false. Outside of Alfie and Cleary, who are the senior citizens on the team? If anything the wings issues are due to youth on the blue line. 

screw MSU. I hate Ohio football like the next Michigan alum, but I cannot stand MSU basketball and hockey. 

At least PSU doesn't look like clowns

+1.

Agree. However, there comes to. Point where putting food on the table and paying the mortgage is more important than a football game. Unfortunately, Brandon has priced many middle class families like my own out with his dynamic pricing scam. I am happy with every promotion that is announced. It shows Brandon's bosses, the regents, that his policies and direction are not working. Hopefully, it will force him to actually lower season ticket prices.

Exactly. That is why I am not buying the whole team loves them line.

That evidence is similar to Kim Jong Un showing a bunch of North Koreans living happy lives.

I want a reaction not on an official company account off the record.

Informal poll:

A: I like this jersey and use words like dope, sick, or fresh
B. I like this jersey and don't use words like dope, fresh, or sick
C. These uniforms look ugly and I use words like dope, fresh, or sick
D. These uniforms suck and I don't use words like dope, fresh, or sick

I am 31 and I despise them. It looks like something Beiber or Kanye would design.

Company men all the way. I want someone to meet them at The Jug and get their true opinion.

Have you actually looked at this train wreck?

Why am I not surprised you would like this heaping pile of garbage.

Sorry. That is just Denard, roh, and Van Bergan being company men. Not buying they actually liked the jerseys.

Fire Brandon

Touchdown!

NPR for me. I prefer intelligent conversation. 

I pretty much hate sports talk with a passion. I would rather not listen to a meat head with an IQ approaching that of a head of lettuce. Don't get me started on Valenti. 

NPR is the way to go, especially Wait Wait Don't Tell Me on Saturdays. 

that's an improvement? life is too short to drink major domestics son.

He did screw up the ticket sales for the event by tweeting out the season ticket holder pre-sale code and sending out an email with the wrong date for the season ticket holder pre-sale. 

One word, Helicopter 

oh hell no...

I am sorry my internet was sucking you asshole.

College football is a niche sport global. That is a fact.

How about U2, Red Hot Chili Peppers, or Bruce Springsteen? I would love to see a concert in the big house. 

false equivalence argument. A better argument would be to compare the US soccer leagues with European Ice Hockey, especially the Swedish Hockey League. For all intents and purposes the MLS is a minor league for the EPL, La Liga, and Bundesliga. Just like the SHL is a minor league for the NHL and the KHL. 

Going by ratings I would put soccer in this country at the level of the ice hockey and above NASCAR and Golf. 

However, I fail to see the point of denigrating other people's interests. The nobody cares about soccer meme is old. Guess what 98% of this planet doesn't give a shit about college football or the NFL. 

Ratings from the last two world cups, the EPL, Champions League, and world cup qualifying disprove your vast ignorance. 

thankfully changing demographics mean closed minded individuals like you are a dying breed. 

that is assuming one could afford to attend a game without robbing a bank. 

Agreed. He is a giant douche.

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.