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Never understood why singling out individual players on a team sport was such a good idea.  Say one of our running backs gets a touchdown, is he the only one to get a sticker?  How about the linemen that created the hole, or the fullback that was the lead blocker?  The same could be said about a touchdown pass, does the QB and the WR each get one?  What about the linemen in pass protection, or the other WR that may have opened up a lane with his route?

The Team's success in an effort by all the student athletes on the Team!  Saying these players are better or more successful marginalizes the other players not in the so-called "skill positions". 

Maybe I'm just a bitter ex-lineman though...

PS: Don't clutter up the helmets!  Best looking helmets in college football, no need to ruin them.

Don't most athletic departments use a search firm to put feelers out there?  If Patterson explicitly said "Dave Brandon" it's a good way to get around things if it was a firm that contacted him regarding his interest in the job.  It's all about what people say and how they say it. 

Crazy?

We did just stop them on third and one, no reason to think we really couldn't on fourth and one.  All the defense has to do is step up and make one play, like they did in the third OT.  You have to punt in that situation, you don't make the first down, you cost yourself the game.

Most coaches will call the punt...except for maybe Les Miles.

We're still giving up 80+ yard drives with the "bend-not-break" defense.  Why not try sending more men at the quarterback?  Yeah we may get torched a couple times, but it's no different than giving up long, sustained drives. 

Apparently Avery played more man coverage in high school, so this would actually play to his strength.  It's worth a shot at least.  With Illinois having a freshman QB, I think it's more important get to him quicker, forcing him to make bad decisions. 

That picture just gave my computer syphilis.   Gotta run my anti-virus now.

Also, they are in Indiana, and I have yet to find one redeeming feature of that state.

1. It's not Ohio

I bought two, then the next day found out my Dad had gotten some, so I'm looking to get rid of mine.  Drop me a line at: slymcyke at hotmail.com and we can work something out.

Thanks.

is the artist, and has been since issue 7.  Tony Moore was the artist on the first 6 issues.  It's funny because Charlie Adlard has been around a long time, since the early 90s, and the Walking Dead was some ot Tony Moore's earliest stuff.  The difference between the two is a little jarring if you're going from the first trade to the second, since their styles are a little different.  Being early Tony Moore work, he might even admit he looks back on it as being a little rough. 

I'm actually a fan of Charlie's art, but I can see it not being to everyone's taste.  I think his true gift to the series is the mood he sets with his layouts...he can also draw a pretty mean zombie, IMO.  So can series writer Robert Kirkman, who drew me a zombie sketch at a convention one time.

As a fan of the series, I'm really looking forward to this show.  Hopefully they maintain the character interactions, and the anything can happen at anytime aspects that make the book so enjoyable.

On the other hand, let's all pitch in and get Rosenberg, Snyder, and Sharp some OSU hats.

(They probably own some anyway)

I still can't see out of the eye where his gum hit me last year.

Dick.

I don't know about rooting for them this year, but I'm thinking about wearing a Nebraska t-shirt when I go to Dallas in September for a conference.  Wearing that along with my Michigan hat should lead to some interesting conversations, I'm sure.

So really, I wouldn't be doing it support Nebraska, but more so to piss off Longhorn fans.  I guess I'm kind of a jerk. :)

Definitely.  Had the best villian line in any Bond film...

"No, Mister Bond. I expect you to die."  Classic.

Honorable mention for me would be Alec Trevelyan, 006.  Not only because I loved the movie and the video game, but because I thought it was pretty cool having a rogue MI6 agent as the big bad.

After all the OOT talk a few weeks back, I decided to play the Master Quest disc I got when I bought Windwaker (but had never gotten around to playing before). I figured I'd just use my Wii and used my old GC wireless controller.

It works pretty well, no real difference that I can remember from the N64 controller. I think it's actually smoother to use the C joystick to play the notes on the ocarina instead of the buttons on the 64 controller.

I did notice that I can't select the rumble feature, and I'm not sure if that's a limitation of my wireless GC controller, or if it would work with a N64 controller with the rumble pack. That hasn't really detracted from my enjoyment of playing the game, though.

I read that and the first thing I thought was:

"What does Nightcrawler have to do with this?"

Maybe I'm just looking for anything that can bring together my two favorite things, comics and Michigan athletics!

Lots of it. Preferably Bell's Two-Hearted, it makes the pain go away.

I always assume the worst of corporations, but I imagine it's because they'd rather have you buy their aircards. Why offer a service for free when you can make your customers pay for a separate piece of hardware and another service plan?

[/thinks everyones out to get him]

What is the story behind the nickname? I get that his family runs a service, but is there some other story that made it stand out? Did it have something to do with how he left?

Just curious. I've seen the reference made, just always wondered if there was more to it.

that Carroll will remain unbeaten against Michigan. I was really hoping Coach Rod would redeem us against him in a future Rose Bowl.

Oh, well. He'll have to beat some other Pac-10 chump then!

I was at the Chicago Comic Con this year and my friends wanted to check out the D-list celebrity area. I was wearing my Michigan hat and one of my friends was wearing a State cap. As we're walking through we see the little person from the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. He calls my buddy over and asks if he and I are friends, my friend responds "yes", then he asks me why I'm hanging out with a Sparty and says "Go Blue". I started busting out laughing and he starts to give my buddy more crap, it was pretty funny.

It was at that point I noticed he was wearing a Tigers hat. We chatted with him for a little bit, he was really friendly and my buddy was a good sport. When I got home, I checked out IMDB and found out his name (Martin Klebba) and found out that he is from Troy, Michigan. Just goes to prove, there are Michigan fans everywhere. Our numbers are legion.

According to The Only Colors:

http://www.theonlycolors.com/2009/10/29/1106827/welcome-adreian-payne

Payne will fill up their scholarship allotment for 2010-2011. Barring any attrition, MSU won't have any room for Zeigler. So this should really help us in Trey's recruitment.

Sparty and his stupid laser eyes.

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Sharp actually said if their season last year wasn't as bad, it wouldn't be that big an issue. If they are doing this for the student athletes, it shouldn't matter the record.

He also says the biggest problem is the divisiveness between Rodriguez and the traditionalists. I thought the problem was supposed to be over working the players?

He's really showing his true colors here. He doesn't really care about the (supposed) infractions at all, and you can tell.

It sounds like Disney will be very hands off with the publishing division, which is good. This is going to be more like the Disney/Pixar deal, where they will still let Marvel do their own thing.

I would assume that Disney will back all the movies currently under Marvel Studios, and that when Marvel's deals with Fox and Sony over the X-Men and Spider-Man franchises expire, they will finance/back any future movies as well.

This is also an opportunity for Disney to help Marvel expand their brandname and market their products on a larger scale. Disney is more interested in toy, video game, branded products, and has the better resources to get the brand into expanded/newer markets.

Hopefully the best thing to come of this deal is, now that Marvel will have a larger financial backing, that this will help some lower selling titles. The titles that normally don't make a profit, and are usually cancled, might now have a chance to last longer an build an audience.

I believe this will benefit Marvel in the long run.