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You get what you put in whether it is a game or in life. The young men seemingly didn't put in much banking on a winless Penn State team cowering and looking ahead to Saturday. You would think since Penn State played them tough at home they would have really took it to them here. Not the case at all. This team just doesn't respond well to pressure which is what the tourney is all about.

In places like LSU, Texas, and Alabama (there are more) football is king in the region. Alabama and Texas could drop basketball all together and football wouldn't even blink. Kids in Texas and SEC territory are just more focused on football and basketball is just something to do between football seasons. 

The refs are not a 20 point difference in this game. That's a lame excuse for the whooping that is taking place due to turnovers and just sloppy play.

Your avatar fits perfectly with your comment. 

I thought it was good to hear as well. Personally, I think its great to see Rodriguez supporting Denard and can only help him as he moves to the next level. Whatever a Michigan fans opinion is about Rodriguez, he is still a well respected and especially in the coaching fraternity. So who knows, maybe those words from Rodriguez could give a team the green light to pick Denard a little sooner come draft day.

You are correct. Just read any Denard or Michigan article on the Detroit newspaper sites and you will see not just a dislike but utter contempt for Denard Robinson. I had a guy near me yell "I'm glad you're hurt and a senior!" when he was shown on the scoreboard and he was agreed with by the guy in front of him. I almost said something but whats the point with morons like that. They'll never get it and really, who cares what he thinks other than people of like mind. 

There is a pretty nasty group of Denard haters. In fact John U. Bacon wrote an article in September about how more Michigan fans should appreciate Denard and Terry Foster (yes, I know) wrote a similar one on November 6th. Why? Because there are too many people that are haters and want everything both ways. 

When he is gone I hope the school and the program will have another young man with the respect, class and drive the Denard Robinson has shown. Maybe I am a prisoner of the moment but I can't think of a better face (or hair) the Michigan football program in a long time than Denard Robinson.

http://johnubacon.com/2012/09/in-appreciation-of-denard-robinson/

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20121106/OPINION03/211060394

That freshman has more game experience, has taken more snaps in practice this season and has had better field postion.

Two top 15 recruiting classes (2009,2010), both ranked second in the Big Ten to Ohio State. 

There is an ad for Nebraska shit on the left side of my screen as I type this. 

For the people who screamed "anyone but Denard" here and elsewhere... congrats.

This is just rediculous. Definition of insanity.  

Couldn't be this frustrating. There's at least a chance of a goal on any shot where in football you pretty much have to cross the 30 to get anything.

A pitch on 3rd and 7? My glass isn't even empty and I'm topping it off with some more Red Stag and Coke. It's a big glass too.

Maybe the Longhorn Network is not thrilled with the subpar Texas football team they have to show. Luckily they still have the Texas womens volleyball team! 

Not being sarcastic either. I have AT&T Uverse and get the Longhorn Network here in Michigan and it's not hard on the eyes unlike Mack Brown's football team.

My dog has been very sick lately and I've been on the campus a lot and they have all told me they don't care what happens as long as MSU beats Michigan. Now that could be because their season has been less than expected but that was the attitude at least this year from 9 out 10 people I have come in contact with. All have been cool about it though.

Ugly win and a ugly trophey never looked so good!

I just give USC the benefit of the doubt that they had a bad game but I could live with them out as well. Stanford is overrated but at the same time many teams are so I guess they might be spot on given the turmoil of the top 25.

I forgot Oregon was playing tonight. That's ok though because I makes me a starter for Washington. The only thing I know from tuning in is that the PAC-12 is Oregon, USC and then everyone else minus WSU.

It's true and I've heard them at games. Not slurs but negative comments about his dreads and untied shoes being "ghetto" when he struggles.

It's not FIRE BORGES either and yes Denard was bad but the Vincent Smith pass attempt had nothing to do with Denard and was a key play in the game.

It's the end of the world and "Jack Kennedy" needs to go in!!! 

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Then all of a sudden it just hit me that Hart was the RB coach. Would love to see a Dantonio/Hart meeting at midfield after an EMU win. Probably won't happen but the way this game is going it's not out of the question.

They're just clean and classy looking. 

It's been said before but I really like what UCLA and USC have done by both wearing their home jerseys. It looks great with the sharp contrast in colors. However there are two teams that could do it better...

That was the response from the spartys at the bar I was at and others I know.

"It was two years ago and what happens two years ago doesn't matter today and this MSU team would have lost but only by 3." is what a couple of them told which made me laugh. So I asked for a score and they gave 23-20 for Alabama (a couple said 31-10 MSU) which made me laugh harder. I told them they wouldn't cross the 50 just LSU in the BCS game until the 4th quarter which was met with "yeah right Walverine". Then they preceded to talk up Boise St. and how great they've been the last three years which led me to point out if two years ago didn't matter why should three?

They honestly didn't get what I was getting at. I "misremembered" what I was talking with and realized it was like trying to teach my bulldog how to cook me dinner.

For last season the only way to get Notre Dame, Nebraska, and Ohio State was through the ticket package option with all packages including Eastern Michigan. ND was gone for all but single seats however I picked up two seats for OSU with no problem at all. With a soft home schedule and in state opponents those MSU packages will go very fast. 

Who knows if any of the money is left but Wanetta Gibson has recanted her admission of making it all up because she is worried about losing or repaying the money. Luckily it was recorded by a private investigator but when the DA asked her to state it again for the record she refused. That's just cold.

On a side note, it's doubtful any NFL team would take guy who hasn't played since high school but wouldn't he still be eligable to play in college? If so he may still have a shot at making it or at least earning his degree.

Interesting and sad story but it's a good post to share. Thanks MgoblueAF.

Dont forget those stats include the cripple fight that took place in Columbus with key Buckeye players suspended and Joe Bauserman as the starting QB. A poster above mentioned MSU beating a RichRod defense a high school all-star team could beat well, Bauserman would likely not be on said HS all-star team in his current form.

That said, MSU had a great defense and they played very well against Michigan last year so props to them. I'm definately not sad Worthy entered the draft either.

EDIT: Damnit! This was supposed to be a reply to Homesick Alien.

I believe it was Mattison who was the main recruiter for Tim Tebow while at Florida and he had nothing to do with QBs.

I do this when I am a little nervous like at a tight game or when I am ansty to get to work but have to sit for a minute to either explain instructions or receive instructions. It's fair to say that Hoke is not exactly at home sitting for a 20 minute presser either. His voice never changes and his posture stays the same through out so I chalk it up to being restless, sitting at a long press conference covering practice.

(Insert Iverson "practice" comments! Ha ha!)

We should recruit blogs like Penn State, Texas and others to join in the fun! The Ohio Stae debacle was humorous for pretty much any college football fan so I would be some would jump in.

As for opponents for the Wings it's easy. Toronto. Maple Leafs fans travel like Nebraska to play Detroit and would make for a great atmosphere. For Michigan I would say it has to be sparty. There really isn't anyone else that would fill a 110,000 seat stadium and spartys like the Wings too. Wisconsin or OSU fans don't really care about the Wings so you couldn't sell tickets packages to both games.

I wasn't aware Rodriguez ever coach a juggernaut. If you think Michigan was a juggernaut before he came you better grab a dictionary because Michigan definately does not fit the the definition in any way.

It's at least a cover of a traditional LSU Marching Band song where 'We are Notre Dame' is a cover to a trash can.

I had the chance to see it person before the 2007 Rose Bowl with USC and it's pretty cool looking. The spoked base was cool and the fact that it's the Rose Bowl trophy makes it better.

I will give up one of the next two games, maybe both to beat Ohio State at this point. Losing to Illinois wouldn't be good but would feel like Iowa. I've thought Nebraska would win from the moment the schedule came out but maybe not anymore. I could care less if the conference is weak and if we are "frauds". I don't care if OSU is down because they didn't care that Michigan has been down and they were dirtier than used Depends in their wins. For me perosnally beating Illinois and Nebraska only to lose to OSU would leave a bad taste. Going 2-1 isn't ideal it would be far more palatable of one of those wins came at home on November 26, 2011.

Number 1 and 2 is where I take some issue. 
 
Many key players are from Michigan and Ohio. Demens, Thomas Gordon, Cam Gordon, Devin Gardner, Rocko Khoury, Ryan Van Bergan, Will Campbell and Mike Martin are just a few from Michigan. Patrick Omameh is a Michigan fan from Columbus, Kovacs grew up a Michigan fan in Ohio, same for Koger who is from Toledo. Yes, there are a number of kids from out of the region but there are plenty from Michigan and Ohio who know Michigan and what Michigan is about and that should rub off.

 http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/mich-m-footbl-mtt.html >>>>
  
I think two coaching changes in 4 years has a significant effect compounded by the switch from pro to spread and back to pro styles. MSU in my opinion is usually more amped up for the game anyways. It's what they live for. Even in some of their less that stellar years a win over Michigan saved their season regardless of what else happened. If they went 1-11 and the 1 was a win over Michigan it isn't a "lost" year it's a "good" year. Michigan has higher goals and standards and arguably the biggest rivalry game in all of college football with Ohio State where MSU worries about beating Michigan and the rest is cake.
 
I can't say what kind of leader Denard is because I'm not in the locker room. From what I have read however the players seem to think he is fine so I have to go on that. There are a few articles that I have seen that says he has leadership skills but I don't think you need to be vocal to be a leader. A guy like Steve Yzerman led (lead) by example and I think Denard does that.

I don't see anything that redeeming about him.

so I don't have to classy and hope state gets crushed. Yes Notre Dame can be annoying but state fans are even worse because they have tendency to be pyromaniacs and are experts in property damage. Plus I have be around them far more often.

I see a 31- 28 win for the Irish.

I think the fact that a lot of these kids also have 11 more games experience versus last season helps more than coaching or scheme at this point. Say what you what about coaching but that trial by fire players like Kovacs went through pays off as this year goes on and Mattison will only add to that.

He's a real bad ass.

He should have tossedd his wig in the fire to truely end the RichRod era because I'm sure when he sees that on YouTube he'll think "Damn you RichRod, you made me wear a wig!"

It's just a different style, not any better or worse than a coach who wears a headset the whole game. I also don't see a coach who wears a headset as a micromanager at all, it's just their style. If it were about micromanagment then 95% or college and pro coaches would be guilty. I think some of those comments are thinly veiled shots at the previous coach at Michigan who wore a headset, like the three coaches before him.

I looked at Google images of him and found a bunch of photos of him in the past wearing headsets so maybe he had some reason not to wear one most of the time. He may have been trying to get a feel for the teams attitude and intensity in their first game. It's probably hard to do when you have a headset on and people talking in your ear.

Again, just his style. Different isn't wrong or right, it's just different and it's also just 3 quarters of football so far.

US 23 is a cluster right now with construction at the US 23 and I96 interchange and a lane shift just south of Brighton. It's still two lanes for both north and south but it's still orange signs with orange barrels so it triggers the typical stupidity amongst drivers. I know because I have to drive it every morning and it sucks on Thursday so Saturday should be just amazing.

The reason I beleive Notre Dame will be the most difficult is based on last years game and the fact that Nate Montana saw playing time and it was a close game. They have a decent defense as well but if Dayne Crist stays in the game and plays well Michigan could be in trouble.

After ND I would put Ohio State as the next toughest. They have been stacked on defense for years and that whole scheme will stay intact. The offense will stay mostly intact as well and if Miller is as good as they say by that time in the year he will be seasoned. If that kid gets hurt though they are in serious trouble and I think would have a hard time moving the ball being forced to rely too much on the run.

sparty to me is the easiest for a number of reasons. Cousins is not Dayne Crist and he lost his favorite target in in Gantt. They also lost their best CB in Rucker and (IMHO) the key to great a defense, two very good linebackers which will make it easier to run the ball. Without good LB's that can get side to side Denard could have a big day either running or throwing on bootlegs. Also you never know what player might be in jail at kickoff.

It's all a matter of opinion but I see sparty as the weakest because they lost some key guys and we have yet to see how well Dantonio can replace key talent. We know ND has a great passing game and Ohio State, unfortunately is always loaded with great talent.

Aside from having limited options in finding a head coach in June I would not be surprised if Fickell loses the interim tag at the end of the year. Just basing off what Michigan alumni/fans wanted in a coach this guy has all of those for Ohio State. He's a Buckeye. From Ohio, played at OSU, coached at OSU and "gets" the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry. I do know he is one of their main recruiters as well so they wouldn't lose much there either. The negatives could be he was asscoiated with all of this since he was on Tressels staff and if he loses to Michigan hes a toast.

What does it take to build a program? Does it take 2-3 years to really get things moving at a major university? I have no clue because I've never tried it. Sure a lot of coaches have made turnarounds happen and the current and previous coach at Michigan have done it, all before they came to Michigan. Maybe there's a lot more to deal with than just X's and O's when you go from a smaller school to Michigan that neither me or anyone on this board will ever know.

So to sit there on a computer and claim an accomplished college coach "doesn't know what he's doing" is pretty disingenuous. I support Michigan. I supported Michigan with coach Rodriguez, coach Carr, coach Moeller, coach Schembechler and now coach Hoke. I would have supported Michigan with a coach English or even a coach Deboard.

It's just gotten old seeing any post on Rodriguez and seeing the same comments over and over.

Its always tough to see anyone at such a young age pass.

I remember watching him a few years back when he was with Minnesota playing the Wings. He was a mountain of a player and by far the biggest guy on the ice.

If Sharks score I hate to say it, but I think the Wings are toast. If they can kill it maybe they can get some momentum.

It will never stop because walking away is now for "pussies" just like using your fists. The way you solve it now it is to pull a gun on someone but people are so numb to that now people have to pull the trigger. Usally over the dumbest shit too.

They need to make some moves this offseason. Not saying blow them up, just some guys need to be moved out and some others brought in. The Wings looked great for 2 periods and the wheels fell off in the 3rd.

Hope you like Winnipeg!

I don't have any experience with Cubs fans but the White Sox fans get pretty mouthy if they're in the hunt. Bears fans are not great but neither a many of the Lions fans! Lions fans think they score a touchdown the game is going to be close one. Then come the next three quarters and that excitement turns to drunken anger.

Blackhawks fans are the worst though as far as visiting hockey teams to Detroit.

Their obession with the Red Wings is scary. I've been to the United Center twice and instead of chanting "Let's Go Hawks!" they spend more time yelling "Detroit Sucks!". When the scoreboard says differently they get really defensive when you point that out.

I don't really care for any Chicago sports fans in general. Everyone talks about Philly fans or Boston or New York but Chicago is right up there.They are obnoxious and rude for all sports, especially baseball and hockey. By contrast the Maple Leaf fans at the Joe a couple weeks ago were great. They were loud, cheered their team and were really interested in talking about hockey. The fans across the aisle were even better because we talked about the Wings and Leafs playing at Michigan Stadium when there is another Big Chill.

Do you respect him?

He's won a lot of games over the years, proving that he is a good coach. Has one national championship and has made it to I believe 3 NC games. Has won BCS games and does better in rivalry games than maybe any coach in OSU history. I hate him for obvious reasons but I did respect him because he seemed less douchy than guys like Saban, Kiffen, and Spurrier. That went out the window when it came out his cheating directly led to wins. Tressel manipulated the game by playing people that he knew would be ineligable. Without those players he loses a couple of games early and their season is dead. OSU doesn't go to the Sugar Bowl and the school doesn't get the massive pay day.

I don't see how his manipulation is bad and Manny's two failed tests and countless character issues is ok because "he's a great hitter". He can be a great hitter, when he wants to be.

Tressel fires Gee and the new pres fires the AD. Then the new pres hires a new AD with balls and they fire Jimbo?

She's in the backseat in the picture.

I want to say "NOTHIN' IS OVER!!!" but I can't.

5-1, second intermission.

I hate single elimination in hockey. One shitty bounce and your're done.

Well, unless that shitty bounce goes our way!  About 3 of them!

The last sentence in your post nails it. This isn't so much people upset over a team rule as it is an objection to religion which makes this a slippery slope.

This issue is a lot closer to making a kid run laps for being late to practice or missing a tackle than a caning.

You equate a kid choosing to go to a college with strict rules to a woman born into a society with little to no choice in the matter. I don't think a muslim, female has much of a choice to what country or type of society she is born into. The kid made a choice to go to BYU which make kids sign the code when they enroll. If he didn't like it then he could have gone elsewhere. I'm sure he had other offers.

This is about choices and the consequences that go along with them. He made a choice and knew the consequences.  Why can't people own their decsions?

 If you can't see how different the two are I feel really bad for you and anyone else.

You just can't seem to get off the topic of Rodriguez. We know your feelings toward him because nearly every post is about how bad he is. He's gone, move on, get over it.

Lets say Rodriguez ran him off. I say good, he's a spaz. Even St. Lloyd thought so. If he stayed and all these rumors persisted I'm sure you would have blamed the drug use on Rodriguez

I don't understand why some on here are so pissy about giving props to a player from an opposing team or rival doing somthing cool. It should be that way. There is nothing wrong in showing a little class to people who have done nothing wrong. To me, that's what should set a Michigan fan apart from a spartan or a buckeye fan.

If Bo and Woody can be friends, Izzo and Jonny B can repect one another why can't a Michigan fan think what Sullinger did was cool?

Personally, I think it was cool on both Sullinger and the Gopher fans part. That's what heckling should be. Not the "F you, you piece of sh--! I hope you die" garbage so many seem to think is acceptable. That's not in fun, that's just stupid. When at Michigan games I always help an opposing fan if they ask (and are respectful) and offer help sometimes like when they want pictures taken in front of Michigan Stadium. It's just sports.

I'm sure this has been on here before but here is a quick Wikipedia list on helmet stickers. Fresno has three different colors and like Georgia Florida State recognizes academic achievements as well which is something I really like since they are student athletes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmet_sticker

No because helmet stickers only passable on less complex helmets like OSU's or Georgia's. Plus those wolverine heads are just too big. I do like what Georgia does with it's bones though. White for athletics and black bones for academic. Sparty give's an "S" for every week not in jail.

I would never be 100% for it but if they were just small block "M"s instead of those massive stickers it might be at least tolerable.

What would Matt Millen do?

If he were still here would would have no issue at WR! However, your post would read...

"They need LB, CB, OL, QB, S, DT, DE, C, P, and K.

It would be hard to argue that 2007 was a wild year and the exception given that in many years you end up with either an undefeated teams or at the most one loss teams playing.

Only one team had a perfect record after week 15, Hawaii from the WAC. Only two had one loss, Ohio State and Kentucky. Florida had 3 losses and were ranked 9th that year. The rest of the top ten all had 2 losses that year. Problem is one of their 2 losses didn't come to Appy.

The only way could have played in the title game in '07 would have been to win out and that wasn't a possibilty after week 2. No pollster would have never voted a team with a loss to a D2 school and a loss to an ok Oregon (finished 9-4) team a week later to play in the BCS championship game. Never. They may not have even have voted them with the just the App. St. loss.

The current scoreboard at Michigan Stadium just doesn't have a small screen but it is pretty faded from the inside. I would even be cool with them leaving them the same size and just making the entire upper part a screen.

I'm more excited about the fact Yost will have a video screen. Now they can show replays on goals which only the people behind the penalty box can see. This may be a stretch but I think a real screen would add to the home ice advantage when it comes to penalties. Sometimes the refs miss a penalty (ha ha!) but when you show it on the screen maybe you get a call to go your way later on?

Is anyone 100% in the last game of the season?

Regardless, they should have scored more than 3 points because Henne didn't play horrible, In fact he hit Mannigham in the numbers a number of times but he had huge drops and the right side of o-line got owned.

So I can't see injuries as any excuse for 3 points on the board. If it is the case that those two injuries were the reason for such a horrible offense that day then the horrible offense in '08 shouldn't have been a surprise.

There were many reports that Mallett wanted out halfway through the season because he was homesick. So there is a good chance that he made his mind up long before Rodriguez was even hired.

Do I have proof? Of course not, I wasn't there but at the same time the only insight you likely have into Rodriguez's personality is what you saw on T.V. I'm sure there is more to a mans personality than what you see on the television.

There is no sure thing but Michigan did get pounded by the 4th best team in nation in the Rose Bowl that year. The fact that is was even as close as the score show is because USC played it's 2nd and 3rd stringers in the 4th quarter.

I would argue that Michigan was closer to an NC this past year than in 2007 as well. That dream was dead after the first game and buried by the second.

Not just from a recruiting standpoint but Lloyd never had a viable coach on his staff that could have become the head coach after he retired. Most teams with a coach at an advanced age have a guy on board who can take over. If not they go out and find one the way West Virginia did so the transition isn't so difficult. Just look at what dantonio had. Treadwell came in and they didn't miss a beat handing Wisconsin it's only loss till the Rose Bowl. He then gets picked up by a pretty good MAC program in Miami and Ronnie is buried at Eastern.

I still get chills when he said either DeBord or English would be "excellent choices" during the search.

I will have a problem if Fred Jackson is not on the staff. An article on here a couple days ago mentioned how Jackson has a strong recruiting base in Texas. Sorry but I'm out on the idea that only midwest kids are viable recruits. I want those big and fast Texas recruits and some of that Florida speed and skill that Coach Jackson has his finger on.

Even the "great satan" that is Rodriguez kept him on staff during his transition. So he obviously has value as a coach.

Say we only land 10-12 guys this year does it mean we're in trouble? I would say no because this team as a whole is quite young. With 20 starters comming back and some solid recruits who were redshirted last year there is some decent depth. Maybe the skill isn't as high as we want or they are the type of players Hoke wants but it's arguably a better situation than 3 years ago.  In that transition we lost both starting WR's, QB, RB, LT, LG, and C (douche) on offense and both OLB and SS on defense.

So if some of these guys go elsewhere I think it would be ok. Getting 20 guys back on a 7 win team isn't so bad and one of them will be a senior CB and another is D-Rob.

I know a guy who constantly called him a "hillbilly" and would ask "How could anyone take a like that serious with his hillbilly accent?" A friend of mine told me he sounded like a "hick". Maybe it wasn't widespread but it definately existed.

He is too quirky for the fan base at Michigan. People freaked about RR at the bust but that's just the tip of the iceberg of what Les Miles does. "But he's a Michigan Man!" Yeah, a Michigan Man who eats grass.

He's weird, like John L. Smith weird.

Is it really fair to compare the Big East of now to anyone? Shouldn't the comparison be made between the Pac 10 of now and the Big East that Rodriguez was part of?

The Pac 10 is really down this year. The third best team has a 5-4 record, lost to Notre Dame at home and is 8-6 overall. The fourth best team is 5-4 in the conference and 6-6 overall. Arizona St. finished 6-6 but two of it's wins were against FCS schools and therefore didn't qualify for a bowl.

Say what you want about their wins but the Big East did go 5-0 in bowl games in 2006-2007. So the period Rodriguez was at West Virginia the Big East may have been more competitive than the period Harbaugh has been involved in the Pac 10.

Regardless, we are going to find out a lot about the Pac 10 tomorrow and on the 10th and in the end Rodriguez didn't win here. I just wouldn't be so sure that the next will either, regardless of who it is.

I don't blame him, it never hurts to see if you can get millions of dollars. Just avoid Donovan Warrens advisor!

In the end I agree with Beavis, it's a tough year for DT. As much as I like the kid I don't see him being a first day pick pick...yet. One more year  like this past and a better health I can see him going late in the first round.

No person is perfect so of course Rich Rodriguez has his flaws but as a whole he has more integrity in his finger than all his detractors combined. I had the pleasure of meeting him once while attending UofM-Flint for my MBA at a leadership seminar in Ann Arbor. He was very warm to our group and even though he was short on time after the brief lecture he talked to all ten of us individually. I found him very engaging and genuine, something you don't always find.

But I always get a kick out of the 'crazed' look in the eyes of Rufus. The face just screams DIE Brutus DIE!!!

I'll admit saying they are Big East weak (this year) is hyperbole but to say they are much stronger than the Big East is hyperbole as well. After Oregon there really isn't much beef. In my opinion, the PAC10 will win maybe one bowl game this year if any this year.

The PAC10 as a whole is awful this year. The Iowa/Arizona game was Iowa's for the taking and they laid an egg the first half which cost them the game. Minnesota vs. USC... USC's second stringers years back could have beaten Minnesota this year so it shows how far they slipped. Also, Notre Dame beat USC at home. The ASU/Wisconsin game I feel would have been ugly had Wisconsin played decent. You can go game by game if you but as a whole I firmly believe the PAC10 is easily the second worse major confrence this year.

That's because they've had their ass kissed for their entire football lives and in all likelyhood have benefitted from scewjobs. So they just assume it will continue and then they end up getting burned. They then end up leaving college and driving around with bottles of Grey Goose, AK-47's and bullett proof vests.

With all the attention on recruiting and negative press swirling around the D (both of which are deserved) I almost forgot about the guys redshirting. It would be more then helpful to the D if these guys could contribute quality minutes next year with the loss of Mouton.

Anything is possible when enough people are pissed off!

They are still looking at jumping into the Big East but the story I saw said the study to determine if they jump may take a while. I bet they wait until the Big East is about to implode and become a Conference USA or WAC level conference, losing their AQ status.

Right now there is nothing, I repeat nothing wrong with "very well-rounded, reliable and consistent". In fact I would take that all day long given how inconsistent the secondary has been really for a number of years.

Look how "mighty" that duck is comming out of the ice! To be fair though that team never had a chance to have a decent jersey being saddled with such a horrible name. Since they dropped the 'Mighty' part the current ones aren't too horrible.

Maybe Pelini will have an hour long show on a network to tell everyone he's taking his screaming to South Beach?

That is all.