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because I don't think colleges should be in the business of running a professional sports league, but this is a different issue entirely.  For games or merchandise, you effectively have a thrid party using player's intellectual property for profit without them getting compensation.  If EA had poached some EECS student's code or plagerized a student research paper everyone would be up in arms about it.  From an IP standpoint, this is basically the same thing.

The streak would have ended at 15.   This was only the second shootout at home this year; at home they really have been as good as the 22-2-1 record indicates.  This makes their .500 record on the road puzzling because they've also been as bad on the road as their record indicates.

I you steal a cd directly from the factory the loss from the theft is a couple cents, maybe not even that much. Either way almost all the loss felt by the supplier is through fewer sales to amortize high development costs of IP, not from loss of property.

my brother has a blue and white sweater from china that proudly shows off his fandom for the 2006 "World Champion" Detroit Lions.

But mistakes have consequences. Paint a happy face on his actions, ignore the conflict of interest. Say it was denial; being unable to believe that a colleague was capable of doing something so terrible. The consequence of being in a position of power and doing the legal minimum were unspeakable. He failed those kids, he disgraced the university. Failure had consequences, losing his job is one of them.

I'm all for hating rivals... on the field. I hope we play the Irish every year and grind them into dust. Hating them to the point that we don't want to play them in order to damage their program is ridiculous and defeats the purpose of a sports rivalry.

The Big 10's very own Lane Kiffin

with two kids with clean records. He can send one if them after this fake buckeye and the other after Bauserman. They've got clean records so they won't get any time.

If you can't move the ball on eastern out of the I, no one is going to panic trying to prepare for it.  Look at the game yesterday.  Michigan ran primarily out of the shotgun until they were up by three touchdowns, and after SDSU scored, they went back to the shotgun for the 4th TD.   If they can get more than 2 ypc out of the I and if Denard can make effective throws out of the I, then we might start seeing more of it.  

The Good:

Offensive Playcalling 1st half.  The coaches are learning.  We suck with I formations and Denard under center.   They didn 't break them out full time until the second half with a 3 TD lead.

Speed Option (!)  Possibly the first ever Michigan speed option play gets taken to the house by Denard.  They brought it out again and Denard pitched it for a first down.  Correct reads both times.

Deffensive pressure on Lindley.  From the preview, SDSU was supposed to have a pretty good offensive line.  The D only got one sack, but alot of the bad throws were force by pressure on the QB.

Red Zone offense: Still perfect, fantastic fake handoff TD run by Denard and great run by Smith to seal the game

The Bad

Denard passing.  Regressed Mechanics, lack of experience in the pocket, new reads?  All of the above?  He did alright with the short routes and screens though.

Offensive Playcalling second half.  Lloydball until SDSU scored the TD.   I get that they want to work on the new stuff and probably didn't want to run up the score on their old team, but couldn't this have waited until the fourth quarter?   This game was a fumble recovery away from being a one score game with tons of time left.

Hopkins.   Rember when all our kick returners kept dropping the ball and inexplicably didn't lose their job?  It seems like Hopkins is the new guy that can't hold onto the ball but inexplicably gets playing time.

Koger's hands.  Tried to catch the ball with his chest twice today.   Resulted in a dropped 1st down conversion and a deflection that was intercepted.

Field goal kicking.  Still crap from beyond 25 yards until it proves otherwise.

But they're a 3-0 team with blowout wins from a BCS auto qualifier conference.   Right now that's as good of a claim as any team ranked between 20 and 25.

or Hagerup will be a Junior next year and Wyle (recruited as a kicker) hasn't looked that great as a punter.  I"m guesing that the preferred walk on means he won't get the scholarship until Hagerup  graduates.

but going 7-5 means that we beat the teams we should definitely beat (SDSU, Minnesota, Purdue) and go 1-4 the rest of the schedule.  The Big 10 looks horrible this year, as we are now someone in that group is going to get Denarded, someone is going to get RPS'd by Mattison.  8 wins seam much more likely than 7, 9 isn't that unreasonable (add Northwestern, Iowa and one more to get to 9).

edit: More reason for optimism; the D's going to look better once Hagerup comes back and the oponents stop playing on short fields

It'll be interesting to see how we play against a 3-3-5 defense.   The only other time our players have seen one is in practice against GERG.   

there will only be 4 undefeated teams left in the big 10.  

yay, my first double post

Disregarding tradition and alienating loyal fans in pursuit of expanding the business and trying to attract new people.

Probably not going to happen.  I think the game is going to look a lot like last year.  Winning is going to be about getting pressure on their quarterback and our offense making more big plays and less mistakes than theirs.   Hopefully home field advantage swings that in our favor.

Another year of Denard, 5* Gardner, then 5* Morris

but I've got my torch and pitchfork ready in case Michigan ever tries to make alternate uniforms an annual tradition

and that's still ignoring the fact that he broke Hasek's ridiculous regular season save percentage record.   

featuring the LSUfreek cargate gifs, and a giant paper asterix for the bobblehead

Bounties, cash handshakes, boosters, yacts, stripper, prostitutes, agents, coaches.  The only major violation they didn't commit was extra stretching time

I was expecting the Tatgate to result in tressel getting show-claused and vacated wins; basically what tsio self imposed. After the car thing came out and all the reports on tressel's history, it still feels like a disappointment.

Freak storm strikes Big House BBQ,

All UM commits stuck by lighting, each lose one star   

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when NBC treats your program like Gary Bettman's NHL.   Maybe they'll have to play back to back games in week six to make room for the new tonight show.

is still a bug upgrade over Carmona.    Ubaldo at a 4 ERA and a .500 record probably nets them 3 more wins instead of starting Carmona.  That's one more than they need to take first place.   On paper the difference between Fister and the Tiger's 5th starter is even bigger, so I don't know that it will get the Tribe 1st place, but they didn't trade for a veteran rental player.  Jimenez is still young, talented and under contract.

The buckeyes where just later disqualified for cheating. At least that's the way I think of it so the couch burners can't use the "but it's on my DVR" "but I saw it happen" excuse. Same goes for USC.

I wonder if the solution is to get them in on the punishment. Prevent show claused coaches from being hired in the pros, at least for a short period of time. Prevent ineligible players from being taken in the first round or limit their signing bonus.  No one is going to look the other way if it actually costs them their job.  Cash hand shakes and free tats will be a lot less attractive if it can cost you a guaranteed contract and a 7 figure signing bonus.

the one day that isn't supposed to have severe thunderstorms will be 99.  I guess that's still an upgrade from the tornado warning last year.

looks like they've been taking lessons on how to fuck up a 1 goal lead from the red wings.

and that mascots, alternative uniforms, etc that detract from tradition hurt the brand. If this is a one time thing, it's not the end if the world. If we turn into the football equivalent of a shitty NHL team and start rolling out ugly alternative uniforms every time we're on national tv, then everybody better get off my lawn.

they should have nearly 10 million in cap space to throw around in free agency for a backup goalie and at least one skater.  Yup, they overpayed for Ericsson, if he doesn't improve.  It still doesn't hurt the wings this year; realistically the only near term effect of the deal is they'll have to decide between him and Stuart next year.  If Ericsson doesn't improve, that should be an easy decision to make.

After they miss out on Richards they'll be the same core minus Campbell plus a bunch of scrubs.  This is a really, really shitty UFA class and the league's  bottom feeders all need to find ways to blow $10-20 million dollars to meet the cap floor.  I don't think anyone is getting better through free agency this offseason unless they're prepared to spend 6 million/ season on one of a few mediocre players or $2-3 million on bad player.

are a little different when they derive their weath solely from the taxation of their subjects.   Kim Jong Il is a feudal lord, and his Hennessey collections, lobster dinners and whatever bullshit ensues when he feels like giving the rest of the world the finger are directly responsible for the economic collapse of his nation and the poverty of those within it. 

His OBP through the last 201 at bats (since May 1st) is a respectable .341.  Speed at the top of the order isn't just about stolen bases either, its about going from 1st to third on a single and comming home on a double.  The problem is Jackson is the only player on the roster with good speed and a decent bat. 

I'd be interetered to see Kelly drop to the bottom third of the order and move everyone up a spot, but I defnitely see the wisdom of having Cabrera bat 4th.  The first time through the order he either comes up with a man on base, or there are 3 outs to bring him home for Martinez et all.

2006 was a bad draft for the wings, 07-08 were not bad drafts (Brendan Smith, Gustav Nyquist).  With the way the prospects are playing right now and how many the wings have signed, 2009 and 2010 might end up being the best draft classes with wings have produced in 20 years   They just haven't produced any NHLers yet for the same reason Abdelkader (05), Helm(05), Howard(03) and Kindl (05) have only just made it up with the big club.  Holland likes to develop his players in the minors and breaking into the NHL on a stacked wings team is a lot harder than breaking into a rebuilding team that wants to rush it's top 10 pick to the NHL for exposure. 

Get wronged by a guy on the bottom rung of the cooperate ladder and sue for 100,000 times the value of the damages incurred.  I won't say anything good about US Airways though.  Flying with them is a guaranteed 2 hour delay on the connection in Charlotte.

Bring back Chelios.  The 2011 Detroit red wings, 1995 all world team

/s

Yeah, I realize Jagr still has some skill left.  Current Datsyuk + 1990s Jagrwould be like watching the Harlem Globetrotters on ice.