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4 days 23 hours ago	Fun fact, I did not know	Fun fact, I did not know minnesota students also called their school UofM until I met some in chicago.
3 weeks 7 hours ago	Honestly, as much as I want	Honestly, as much as I want to see competitive balance, it's not something you are going to reorganiez for in the future and it's hard to do.  Who knows how Penn State is going to do through their scholarship reductions?  Is Michigan State in a mid-upper tier of hte big ten?  What about Northwesterh who appears to be on the rise? I think the picking of winners and losers is tough and a bit shortsighted on a competitive balance aspect, though geographic exposure is a fair argument.  I would also agree that certain programs may value football more (nebraska) than say basketball for other schools (Indiana) and so they will be more likely to stay in a mid-upper range than drop out, but it's just hard to tell. I'm just glad Michigan and Ohio are in the same region.  Being in the Chicago area, it sucks that I won't see them out here as often, but I suppose it was bound to happen unless the eye was chosen for the realignment.
4 weeks 4 days ago	Just wanted to get this in	Just wanted to get this in here, but anyone who works in the chemical industry is taught that they should NOT try to help in situations like this unless they are part of the response team. With the unknown circumstances and the potential for toxic gases, you could just be creating another victim if you run in there.  Every safety training says you call for help and you get out.  There have been multiple situations where someone has run in and died trying to help their friend.
4 weeks 6 days ago	Woo tickets renewed!  Also	Woo tickets renewed!  Also grabbed a couple for the Northwestern game
4 weeks 6 days ago	this thread has a great	this thread has a great title good job Denard!  now to just finish strong with school and the draft
5 weeks 2 hours ago	they were saying some people	they were saying some people lost limbs and that there were trash cans that exploded.  This is terrible.   for anyone who reddits, here's the thread I've been looking at. http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1cen7i/explosion_at_the_boston_marathon/
5 weeks 1 day ago	I thought i saw an estimate	I thought i saw an estimate of about 15k this year.  Regardless i drove in from the chicago area and it was f'ing cold, but it was a good time.
8 weeks 3 days ago	What I got from this is that	What I got from this is that we are recruiting the sun.
10 weeks 3 days ago	sigh this is just depressing.	sigh this is just depressing.  I shouldn't care about this and this should have ended a while ago.  On facebook you can only vote once so why did they make it this long?   oh well on with the rest of my life.  I"m gonna be pretty sad if Denard loses because of cheating (though I will not take part in it myself)
11 weeks 5 days ago	I vote based on the size of	I vote based on the size of their.... wikipedia pages.
12 weeks 1 day ago	Wasn't Koger coming back as a	Wasn't Koger coming back as a football analyst?   Maybe that's his spot
12 weeks 5 days ago	It says immediately after the	It says immediately after the jump "As always, click the still frames to open each animated gif in a lightbox."
14 weeks 4 days ago	Hecklinski used to be a QB,	Hecklinski used to be a QB and QB coach, so I'm sure he is capable of doing good evaluations as well.  I'd imagine that Borges wouldn't send him unless he trusted his abilities. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Hecklinski
14 weeks 4 days ago	Anyone know when they are	Anyone know when they are going to start selling tickets for this?
17 weeks 3 days ago	or an actual receiver	or an actual receiver
17 weeks 6 days ago	in all seriousness, DB seems	in all seriousness, DB seems to be doing pretty well with coaching hires so far.
18 weeks 6 days ago	I live in "ND territory" i	I live in "ND territory" i suppose being in Chicago.  Aside from "END SEC REIGN" and "ND FANS WOULD BE INSUFFERABLE" it kind of sucks to feel this way but I feel like ND doesn't deserve to be in this game because they had so many close calls that went their way (Pitt field goal, stanford no TD, USC Barkley is out...).   If they win I am just going to quietly shake my head (also because I am watching the game with a bunch of my ND friends).
19 weeks 1 hour ago	"I believe you can bet all of	"I believe you can bet all of your possessions and everything in East Lansing that our passing game will be vastly improved next season." This does not sound like someone who has a lot of confidence.  Do posessions include debt?
19 weeks 3 days ago	I think one thing to keep in	I think one thing to keep in mind is... the teams are still going to have to travel EVERYWHERE it's just a matter of how often you travel to each of these places. for the inner outer config, it could be arranged such that the outer teams have 2 far road games per year.  It's not like we go to every road game (I live in the chicago area and I thought Nebraska was too far to go to, so I doubt many people from Michigan would go there). I guess the feast or famine doesn't sit well with some of the people I've spoken to, but I am still a fan of the eye of doom.
19 weeks 4 days ago	Fred Jackson was a QB coach	Fred Jackson was a QB coach before he switched to RB coach at Michigan, though I will admit that there are probably more parallels there. (Edit: Added list of experience for Jackson - from Mgoblue.com)   R(S) POSITION SCHOOL 1979-81 Offensive Coordinator, QBs, WRs Toledo 1982-86 Offensive Coordinator, QBs, WRs Wisconsin 1987 Wide Receivers U.S. Naval Academy 1988 Quarterbacks, Wide Receivers South Carolina 1989-90 Offensive Coordinator, QBs, WRs Purdue 1991 Quarterbacks Vanderbilt 1992- Running Backs Michigan 1995-96 Offensive Coordinator Michigan 1997-2002 Assistant Head Coach Michigan 2003-07 Associate Head Coach Michigan 2008- Running Backs Michigan
19 weeks 5 days ago	what's with the hype on PSU?	Why PSU, if I may ask?  They lost their seniors and the scholly reds and transfers will start to hit them next year.  I don't think it'll be easy but I don't expect to lose that game either.
19 weeks 5 days ago	Fitz was in a boot at the	Fitz was in a boot at the bowl game, and someone asked him about it and he said he would get it off in a couple weeks.  Hopefully he can be back up to speed by fall with that much time.
19 weeks 5 days ago	I'm thinking 9-3, though I	I'm thinking 9-3, though I think our schedule gives time for our oline to mesh before the real competition (with the exception of ND, which may serve as the early challenge to show where they need to be).  3 losses, to either ND, Northwestern, Nebraska, MSU, and OSU.  With all the home games and our track record at home, and Northwestern being almost like a home game, I think we win 2 of these games.
19 weeks 5 days ago	would it have been better if	would it have been better if they did a blue or black outline of the numbers?  I think that would have made the readabiliy sufficient.
19 weeks 5 days ago	FWIW, someone asked Fitz when	FWIW, someone asked Fitz when he would get his boot off and he said in 2 weeks.
19 weeks 5 days ago	Double plus for that last	Double plus for that last point. That hit was brutal
19 weeks 5 days ago	I was there and it was a loss	I was there and it was a loss but in some weird way it feels like am inspiring loss. We got beaten on talent but with the transitions that was an issue which time will fix in the near future
21 weeks 6 days ago	I haven't liked any of our	I haven't liked any of our uniform changes, but I do like a lot of oregon's uniforms.  I feel like adidas is just doing something wrong.
21 weeks 6 days ago	This is not getting enough	This is not getting enough attention.  It doesn't explicitly say it was weed.  There's a pretty long discussion here based on speculation.
22 weeks 1 day ago	I ninja edited it in later	I ninja edited it in later i'll take minnesota

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