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I don't think Michigan is a great team this year, but let's look at our four losses. Losses against the #1, #2, and #3 teams in the country, and a loss against Nebraska with a RS freshman behind center taking the first meaningful snaps of his career in a tough road environment. I think we have a better shot at this than some people might think.

The players did nothing wrong. They should be able to transfer wherever they want. If that happens to be to another school under sanctions, then so be it. It's their choice and they should have that right.

The Yankees play the Mariners tonight, which means Ichiro will face his old team and home fans one last time. Very strange.

Wow, I had completely forgotten about Geocities. Your assessment is spot on, however.

The dreaded double post. I appologize. 

It's such a sad way for him to go out. Seeing him choking up while being interviewed last night was really tough to see. 

Thank you, San Diego! Molk to Chargers

Which teams are realistic possibilities to take a center at this point? I can't believe he's being passed over this much. 

What type of press has this been getting in and around Michigan? I'm curious if it's just the MGoBlog/internet fans expressing displeasure or if it's more widespread than that. 

Is it not lost on the MSU faithful that for 3 of those 4 years, we were as bad as we've ever been? I'll give them last year - they beat a good team, so good for them. But honestly, the other 3? Which teams with half a pulse DIDN'T beat us during those years? They all did! I just find it funny that they think it's some huge claim to fame and represents their ascension to glory when really those were the same teams getting beaten by Toledo and barely squeaking by UMass. Congrats, Sparty. You should be so proud! 

If they are good enough to leave early and play in the NBA, then they'll get that money eventually. While they are in college, they get all their necessities paid for through their athletic scholarships. It's not like they're struggling to eat while they're still in school. 

This article is about a high school in the state of Michgan. Not U of M. 

What about the Rays? In 2011, they had the second lowest payroll of any MLB team. They won the AL Wild Card. As of last year at least, the Orioles had the 3rd highest payroll in the AL East yet still finished dead last. (This is all according to CBSSports figures, fyi.)

Money helps teams win. There's no doubt about it. But there's obviously a lot more to it than that. Plus, there's a big difference between buying top free agents and developing awesome players from within. The Yankees have obviously done their share of purchasing players (CC, Tex, A-Rod, etc.). But at the same time, a lot of their big players came up through the Yankee farm system - Jeter, Rivera, Cano, Posada, Pettite, as well as guys like David Robertson,  Brett Gardner, Phil Hughes, and several others. So yes, the Yankees have the money to pay those guys to stay, but they are also the ones who developed that talent to begin with.

Of course there are the A-Rods and CCs of the world, but every team has some of that. I mean, look at Fielder's contract. If the Tigers win the World Series this year, then you could have the same "bought the championship" argument. They now have the 5th highest payroll in the MLB.

The NL East should be interesting this year. The Phillies should still be very good thanks to their pitching, but they won't be as dominant as in years past with injuries to guys like Ryan Howard and Chase Utley. A lot of people are expecting big years from the Nats and possibly even the Marlins too, and Atlanta should compete as always. I normally don't follow the NL too much, but this could be an interesting division race. The same is true for the AL East, as Toronto is expected to improve this year as well. Should be a good season! 

The heart of the problem is that a lot of people just don't understand the value of a college education. That's unfortunate. It always seems like the guys that complain about this are the 1% that make it to the NFL and thus don't see a need for a college education in the first place.  I wonder if the players who know they'll never make it professionally are more appreciative of their free education? 

Even if Shane wouldn't be a complete disaster as a freshman, wouldn't you rather have 5th year senior Shane than true freshman Shane? Especially if the QB playing instead of freshman Shane is a senior/redshirt junior? 

We need a good Lloyd Brady photoshop thread or something to make everyone feel better.

This isn't the place to talk about people needing religion in their lives.

My first Michigan game was App State and I graduated after Rich Rod's last year. Suffice to say, I didn't see a whole lot of great football during my time at Michigan. But, I did get to see this kid play live. I'll forever be thankful for that. Thanks for being an awesome representative of the university, DRob. 

Just like they scheduled Boise State....once Kellen Moore is gone, of course. 

Agreed. Smot's dribbling error may have been the straw that broke the camel's back, but we shouldn't have been in that situation to begin with. You could just as easily blame Stu and Novak for their poor showings, Burke for jacking up 9 million contested 3s at the end instead of passing or prolonging the game by getting an easy 2, or THJ for bad shot selection. Or, in other words, THE TEAM. 

Smot didn't lose the game for us. The team lost it together. Sucks, but it happens. 

You do realize that Hoke has nothing to do with who the basketball team beats or loses to, yes? 

It's funny BECAUSE it pisses them off so much. It's weird that calling them by a name that they spell out as their main school cheer is so offensive to them. It makes no sense. So, the fact that they find issue with it is stupid and funny. 

And it's no different than OSU calling us "The School Up North". 

Novak has been ice cold lately.

Come on Belmont! Go on a run.

Holy turnovers, Batman!

I love whoever is marking anything remotely negative as trolling. Guess what...you can be a diehard fan and be disappointed in the game without being a troll. It's called being realistic. It's not like people are flaming the players or coaches. 

I also love that OSU is still shooting early in the shot clock and taking threes. Classy move, guys! 

The team just seems to have no fight. I don't get it. We can't play this badly the last game before the tournament.

They played part of the "Hide Your Kids, Hide Your Wife" song at some point during the 2010 season. Now THAT is a weird song choice.

Yep, I definitely thought I'd open this thread and find photos of free cars and beautiful women in bed. 

If Dorsey can make it into Michigan on his own accord and then wants to try to walk on, I completely agree with you. In fact, if he makes it into Michigan without a football scholarship, I give the kid even more props than I would have if he made the team the first time. But let's be serious - there probably isn't a very large chance of that happening. It could happen, and it would be wonderful if it did, but it's unlikely.

The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior. That's reality. There are always exceptions, especially for young kids, and I hope Dorsey is one of them. I really do. But you're kidding yourself if you don't think he is a risk for a program. Not a guaranteed failure, but a risk nonetheless. 

We would have won this if the students were there. Crowd was dead all night and reflected on the team. Stu and Novak deserve better for their last home game.

I wonder if Meyer would have taken the Ohio job if Braxton Miller wasn't there. Urban is really walking into the perfect scenario personnel-wise. For that reason alone, I expect Ohio to be very good. It would have been interesting to see how he would have fared with a more traditional, pocket passer QB and the need to do a complete overhaul, a la RR. Something tells me that Urban would have shied away from the challenge.

This.

I'd feel more confident that my elite football team could win a national championship than an equally elite basketball team. Even if we get a playoff in football soon, I think I'd feel the same way as long as the playoff is limited to a small number of teams. Way too much luck involved with March Madness, as fun as it is to watch.

I really hate complaining about refs in sports, but this is just insane. NW has been in the bonus for 9 minutes! That's a load of crap.

I wish I could say that NW is playing well enough to beat us or that we're just beating ourselves. But the refs are beating us, pure and simple. We better step it up and figure out how to get into the paint and play defense without fouling in the second half.