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I don't think it is at all…

I don't think it is at all unless their parent is standing at the counter with them.  And I don't think there shouldn't be any rules at all.  But that's a discussion for a different forum.

Man, I hear what you're…

Man, I hear what you're saying, but this slope gets slippery real fast.  I personally don't think that kids under 12 should be playing tackle football, so this rule makes a lot of sense to me.  But I don't know that I want the government to get to decide what activities are and are not safe enough for kids. 

Humankind has a long history of parents raising their kids and being responsible for them.  I understand that it's easy to look around and think that other parents are doing a shit job.  But I sure as hell don't think the government can make better decisions about raising MY kid than I can, and I'm guessing I'm not alone in that feeling.

I still love Bells and…

I still love Bells and Founders, but unfortunately they've both been sold to larger, non-michigan entities.   If you want the pure Michigan experience,  my go-tos are Jolly Pumpkin (headquartered out of Dexter I believe) and Shorts.

I used to not like sours (which is what JP brews almost exclusively), but it is definitely a taste worth acquiring. 

Negged for not understanding…

Negged for not understanding how a negbang works.

Yeah, the neutral site…

Yeah, the neutral site factor makes it slightly more meaningful on which endzone you're playing in.  But if M had won the toss and not chose to go on D first I would've considered it coaching malpractice on the scale of Marty Mornhingweg not taking the ball in OT against the Bears.

Line was moving back towards…

Line was moving back towards Michigan today.  Probably means big money was coming in on Michigan late.  Difficult to say how Vegas did overall.

Sprinkled a bet on Navy in…

Sprinkled a bet on Navy in honor of my Grandpa who served on the USS Witchita in WWII.  Appreciate everyone who served or who has family that served!  

Totally agree.  While it…

Totally agree.  While it sucks to lose coaches to other schools it's far worse to have coaches that nobody else wants.

How do you shoot the devil…

How do you shoot the devil in the back?  What if you miss?

Who cares?!?  Michigan vs…

Who cares?!?  Michigan vs. Everbody.

Don't forget to sing when you win

BURN IT ALL DOWN!!!

BURN IT ALL DOWN!!!

How uncultured are you?!?

How uncultured are you?!?

It's "b a", not "a b"

Depends what you mean by …

Depends what you mean by "excellent coach".  If you're judging it based on results of basketball games then I agree.  If you're judging it based on being a leader of young men then I strongly disagree. 

Beside being just a well-documented general asshole he was also a poacher (https://www.themeateater.com/conservation/anthropology/retired-game-warden-recalls-citing-bobby-knight-in-unreported-shooting) and of course had troubling-at-best opinions on rape (https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/27/sports/knight-is-criticized-over-rape-remark.html)

In general I avoid speaking ill of the dead.  But i can't think of much good to say in this case.

"Spartinas"

Like Spartans,…

"Spartinas"

Like Spartans, but feminine...  sick burn

I've made sausage.  I find…

I've made sausage.  I find it enjoyable and satisfying.

I'd watch it on my yacht. …

I'd watch it on my yacht.  Why slum it with the plebes?

I'm with you.  Just give…

I'm with you.  Just give everyone an AR when they enter the stadium and let them blast the shit out of that tornado (or tornada I guess.  Don't need the me too crowd on my ass) when it tries to infringe on them.  That's what my grandpa woulda done. 

Man, that 2016 recruiting…

Man, that 2016 recruiting class was nice.  Way more fun than the retrospectives looking back at various RichRod/Hoke classes.

Exactly what I was thinking…

Exactly what I was thinking.   That would be peak Lions.

Not sure if you're serious…

Not sure if you're serious or not but it seems to me Osborne and Meyer have a lot in common.

https://www.si.com/vault/1995/09/25/206647/coach-and-jury-nebraska-players-charged-with-crimes-have-a-steadfast-ally-in-the-man-who-runs-the-program-tom-osborne

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I would argue that we tend…

I would argue that we tend to underreact when there isn't video.  

Do you really believe that…

Do you really believe that if he beat the shit out of a 13 year old boy there wouldn't be as much outrage as there is for this?  That's a weird stance to take.  I'm gonna have to disagree.

They drafted Tyreek Hill…

They drafted Tyreek Hill after he beat the shit out of his pregnant girlfriend,  so why would you think they actually care about this?  They care about winning football games and public opinion.  If they can get away with employing horrible people that help them win football games they will.

Somebody got triggered. …

Somebody got triggered.  Maybe you should find a safe space until the game/weather are over.

The new redshirt rules allow…

The new redshirt rules allow you to take a redshirt if you play in 4 games or less in a season.  Hence all the monitoring of how many games the freshmen have played in.  I guess that makes the medical redshirt moot, as the regular redshirt rules are less restrictive than the medical rules.

Oh, is that how it works?  I…

Oh, is that how it works?  I thought the thing people were arguing on here was that win/loss didn't matter.  In that case I amend my statement.   Notre Dame deserves to be ranked higher than us because they are 9-0 and we are 8-1 and they beat us head-to-head.  

I guarantee that if the situation were the exact opposite no one here would be arguing that ND should be ahead of M.

Michigan only played one…

Michigan only played one quality non-conference game and we lost.  I'm also not sure that Wisconsin/PSU/MSU are demonstrably better than Stanford/VA Tech/USC.

Screw all of you for making me defend Notre Dame.

There's a big difference…

There's a big difference between presenting an unpopular opinion that is honest and defensible vs presenting that same opinion and saying that the differing viewpoint should not be "tolerated" (whatever that means).  In my opinion that is what's causing the negative reaction to your post.

Jeremy Bloom was being…

Jeremy Bloom was being compensated as an olympic level skiier and somehow that made him inelegible as a wr for Colorado.  

What point are you trying to make?

I beleive this is false. …

I beleive this is false.  Mark Titus (benchwarmer OSU basketball player) had a blog called "club trillion" and he could not sell shirts.  Can't have the talent making money, could steal some dollars from Delaney and Company.

And he was a walkon for the "scholarships are fair compensation" crowd .

Nope

Nope

Barry's a great running back…

Barry's a great running back, but he's not as good as Jim Brown.

Dantonio said almost the…

Dantonio said almost the same response during one of the RichRod years.  MSU needed to beat Penn St and have Michigan beat OSU in order to get to the Big 10 championship game (or maybe the Rose Bowl, don't remember the year).  A reporter asked Dantonio if it was weird to be in a situation where he had to root for Michigan.  He scoffed and said "Go Bucks".

That's why they will always be little brother.

An actual list of the…

An actual list of the players, or at least a link to the info, would have been a useful addition to this post.

Just used expressVPN along…

Just used expressVPN along with psvue to watch saturday college football and sunday nfl in Asia.  Works great.

This program has been held…

This program has been held back the last couple years by Hoke's awful QB and Oline recruiting.  He could recruit defense and that's about it (and I have a funny feeling that Mattison had something to do with that).

So, Blue_by_u and fishbulb…

So, Blue_by_u and fishbulb are definitely the same person, right?

Also, he has freakishly big…

Also, he has freakishly big ears but tries to hide them with his hair.  Can't trust a man like that.

I beleive the most prevalent…

I beleive the most prevalent scam these days is the double selling of the same ticket.  For instance, if I have physical tickets I can sell them on stubhub as electronic tickets simply by inputting the ticket number.  When someone buys them, they then have an electronic ticket for those seats.  However, I am still in possession of the physical tickets, which, if I were unscrupulous,  I could still use myself to enter the stadium or sell in person outside the stadium, say to a family of six.

As far as the OP's situation, I'd say that more often than not you won't have to worry about it, but depending on your financial situation, it may be worth paying a little extra for the peace of mind of buying through a legitimate broker.  Just my $0.02

Hmmmmm, I wonder what it…

Hmmmmm, I wonder what it could be...

Just a smokescreen.  Oldest…

Just a smokescreen.  Oldest trick in the book.

I roofed for a couple years…

I roofed for a couple years in college and can confidently say that most (90%) of the people I worked with and knew in the trades would have preferred beer to cash.

Agreed.  Bunch of cucks…

Agreed.  Bunch of cucks around here.

It's not hard to not listen…

It's not hard to not listen to the podcast if you're not interested in it or feel it will offend your sensibilities. 

He used to complain…

He used to complain incessantly about Beilein.   He was inconvenienced by Michigan's tournament run, so turned his focus on the football team.  If football has a good season he'll find something new to complain about.  Rinse.  Repeat.

You're right Maizen, totally…

You're right Maizen, totally UNACCEPTABLE that Michigan doesn't sign every kid that they want.

Your logic is dizzying.

Your logic is dizzying.

LOL WUT?
What did I pretend

LOL WUT?

What did I pretend to do?

And what numbers, exactly, did you state?  From what I can see you used a 1-game sample of Jordan going 5/19 in game 6 of the 1996 finals vs Lebron going 19/32 in game 1 of the 2018 finals.  I guess that settles everything...

Oh, you also pointed out that Lebron has put together a string of 20482934208 games in a row in which he's scored 50 points.  That is indeed impressive.

That is some rock-solid statistical evidence that you've presented.  I can see why all the feelingsball takes make you so angry.  It's really annoying when people just don't get it.

No, you can't quantify it. 

No, you can't quantify it.  That's the point.

Feel free to rationalize your opinion however you want, just don't pretend that it's an objective fact.

How is that different than when Lebron went to

How is that different than when Lebron went to Miami?