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...except for that whole "Notre Dame is too chicken to play us" thing, which is, like, the topic of this post.

...apparently, in the future, college bball halves will be 40 minutes long, but tick down 2 seconds at a time.

but how do we know Ohio still be a home game in the 4 game home conference slate?  They're in the East as well, so will have the same 5/4 timing as us.  I'm guessing this just assumes they won't switch it up from the current cycle?

ALL THE THINGS!

...to Brian's two lineup scenarios.  Even in a tallball world where McGary starts at the 4 and GRIII the 3, that doesn't mean that we won't play *some* minutes with them at the 5 and 4 respectively.  So I think the actual miniutes will be somewhere in between those two options.  

...gonna Spart.

Some things never change.

David Lee and Kevin Love.

Oh, and Wes Unseld.

He prob had to drop the kids off at the pool.  Take the Browns to the Super Bowl.  You know, take a Linthecum?

...but if this were the grand vision, surely Delaney would have responded to this issue differently?

...is a fair point.  You are right.

I was referring strictly to blog posts, which I view as receiving a positive externality from the athletes (akin to covering the mayor), but not actually exploiting them.  

...people getting paid to be ADs don't also make mistakes along the lines of Brian's wanting to keep RR a fourth year (which I don't believe is even an entirely accurate characterization by the time the decision was taken - all hail the Process - but point taken).

I also don't believe that Brian's income is exploitative of the athletes, but that could be open for rigorous debate.  

I do agree with your last point, though I'd make the funds available only after eligibility has been exhausted, for things like health insurance and maybe a small pension depending on the size of the pot.  

...but surprised Rothstein didn't ask about RR vs. Hoke.

not four.  Not sure they're relationship, but I'd guess GRIII doesn't need to go for the money, which at least helps.

...it would be a NC not a MNC. They play a tournament in bball.

...for the posbang....

...and I love this team...

...and I don't care who knows it!!

...than the actual uniformz is the fact that we are the home team and gave up the right to wear our home blues to do it.

I continue to not think "brand" means what Dave B Brandin' thinks it does.

Louisville is an upgrade to Maryland.  Thus, he could see the ACC as being marginally stronger.

Given most folks see Rutgers and Maryland as diluting the overall quality of the B1G in football, he definitely could be talking about the B1G as devaluing themselves in the process - from a competitive standpoint.

...where the North Carolinas, Virginias (maybe you have insight), and Georgia Techs - basically the AAU institutions rumored to be candidates for the #15 and #16 slots in the B1G - come out on collecting the penalty.  If they staunchly defend, then it would certainly quell speculation that they have one foot out the door.  If they're all "yeah....don't worry about it, Maryland" then they are probably trying to set a precedent.

Hadn't thought of it that way. It reduces the margin of error for Michigan but any year they go undefeated in the division, then you're right, they win regardless of crossover game outcome. But if they drop one to a non-contender, then it flips back to being unfair.

Imagine a world where the Legends division plays everyone in its own division, plus Michigan plays Ohio State, Nebraska plays a decimated Penn State, and Michigan State plays Indiana from the Leaders, with no other crossovers.  Due to the protected crossover, Michigan would have the hardest schedule every year that Ohio State is better than those teams (i.e. every year).  That is an inherent disadvantage - and a fairly major one.  If Nebraska and Michigan State are also playing Ohio State, then it evens out.

The other way around it is to have the division winner determined only by intra-division games, but then The Game literally doesn't count.  And I doubt that's the outcome.

...it seems pretty clear that the B1G will have to expand to a 9 game conference schedule.

...but I'd pay a premium for one of those knit tam o'shanters that used to be all over the place in, I'm guessing, the 70s and 80s. Can't find them anywhere.  

...or other logistical considerations, you'd be better served starting at Old Pro and ending at Blue Light.  Union St > Palo Alto on a Saturday night.

Then again, I watched the Horror at Old Pro on a Saturday morning, so....

Everyone kills people, murders people, steals from you, steals from me...

I was talking to the cosmos in general as a communication style rather than actually believing he would read it, Mr McSnarkypants.

...people calling Denard "not a real quarterback".

With which, I agree with Brian.  I mean, just check JeepinBen's diary about the Record Watch.

...in crunch time in the pros, and I think without question, it had to do with the TO.  

Sad.  

...who's avatar is Blue-Chip, a direct gambling reference.

Well done.

...it's conceptually wrong to call a prediction "wrong" before the thing being predicted happens.  Until it plays out, he could be absolutely right.  That said, basing a prediction on recruiting rankings - particularly for a "role" player (granted, a very talented one, but make no mistake, this team will go as Trey and Jr go) - just doesn't feel right.  

...he was referring to me, not our fearless leader.

because it's such an unorthodox style of play (look at what they do against BCS conference teams...their rushing stats were the norm), compounded by playing it the week after Alabama, where there is just such little time to prepare (i.e. Dave Brandon gets the RPS -1).  

Yes.

...specifically to say what you just said, but you did it better.  Thanks.

...made me do a literal LOL.  Well done, internet.

That said, no way we have that much ease on the ground and only put up 32 unless we do a purposeful clock melt all day, which seems unwise until we have a three score lead.  I think this is a forty or fifty something to twenty or (gasp) thirty something game.

Sexual 

Enjoyment with

Cousins

The differences may just be due to being replicas rather than authentic.  

...but I think that's a dig on Nebraska (given the colors and the shirt before it in the online store), which is therefore a sentiment that we approve of.

Definitely bratwurst.

...he's got to deal with those wackos for two whole years.  He's got to give them *something* more than "I like Michigan better" or else life is going to be made even worse by the cooler poopers than it already will be.  If there's some other plausible explanation, they may tone it down by 10%.

RR as coach WAS his offense.  You don't hire RR to come run a pro style...that would have been worse for everyone involved in the long run.  That said, he passed WAY more often here than he did at WV, which WAS him fitting his offense around his personnel.  

That said, it was a particularly difficult transition given the personnel, and Michigan is not a patient place.  And it would have helped if he cared one iota about defense.  Which will always baffle me because he played safety.

Who cares about all the Michigan football in between now and then, GIVE ME SOME BOND!

/s

...that's the players' attitude, and I'm sure that's the message the coaches give them, but the reality is, fans *are* going to "worry" about that sort of thing.  Because it's not like we can do much to "take care of business on our own" as fans.  

Yes.

...is that they both face the camera as opposed to each facing the crowd on its side of the field.  Asymmetry sucks.

I'd be willing to bet that will be last names.  They're just using MICHIGAN for the prototype to show what it would look like without including an actual "student-athlete" in the advertising.

...and you still haven't "mapped out her full base"??  C'mon man.

Someone could say the same about New York City if they visited just for New Year's, but that's not the day to day.  

Actually, I can't I've been to Pamplona at other times of the year, but I'm guessing it's a lot like the rest of the country when the festival isn't happening.

...when they are spearheading Michigan's recruiting efforts, not Ohio State's or anyone else's! 

"selling jerseys in Ohio."  

Excellent.

..."you" are real, or "they" are real?  Are they spectacular?

...was extremely lazy, which is definitely not how Kobe rolls.  Shaq could be lazy and still dominate, but he also could have been more dominant than he was for a longer period of time.  Kobe is still an ass, but their pairing was more of a bad fit than Kobe needing the ball or the attention.

...you make them give you a concession for coming off of it.  This isn't a majority rules thing, it's a "everyone has to agree" thing.

...when you ask for it?

...get moved up because of his Michigan offer, I think he'll get moved up because of his camp performances.

This is Michigan, fergodsakes.

The choice is clear.  

...but in retrospect, those classes were not only nothing special, but I blame certain members of them more than I blame Webber for the tire fire our program subsequently became.

Tiger's chauffeur's assistant?

...but Dantonio is smiling too much to be taken seriously.  Could you try to be a little more realistic next time?

/s

...at how many people are not getting the joke.  This is Michigan, fergodsakes.  Get a freaking sense of humor, people.