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Date	Title	Body
18 weeks 6 days ago	I win this thread	Just finished a Pliny the Elder and now on to a bottle of 1999 Fontodi vigna del Sorbo.
24 weeks 1 hour ago	Those are like elephant seals or something dude.	Thin candy shell....Surprised you didn't know that   Thin Candy Shell
31 weeks 18 min ago	I don't want to talk about Gerg's Beaver.	Now or ever again.
41 weeks 4 days ago	Apparently all I have to do is keep posting.	And arguing with the biggest pessimist on the board. And for good measure..... Michigan will go 13-0 this year when Demens has a David Harris type year at MLB.
41 weeks 4 days ago	I have minus 8 Mgonerdpoints	You have 23606. You do it.
41 weeks 4 days ago	Ok so who made up the difference in tackles in 2005 and 2006?	DB's? Other LB's? Someone other good player took a lot of tackles or there were a lot less to be made.
41 weeks 4 days ago	I don't see where you are going here.	Yes, safeties making a lot of tackles is bad but having a stud D-line that made a ton of tackles didn't help Harris' stats. I also completely disagree that bad middle LB's make a ton of tackles. They make more tackles than say a bad cornerback but they certainly make a lot less than a good middle LB.
41 weeks 4 days ago	I thought about the reverse argument for my first point.	And I should have posted my feelings on that point in the first post. While you can argue that better complimenting players help the defense as a whole I believe that when the majority of the players around you are bad, decent to good players tend to make a LOT of plays simply because nobody else is there to make them. Case in point is Jordan Kovacs. Kovacs is a good player but do you think he would be about to break the all-time tackle record for a DB at Michigan if he didn't play on some terrible defenses? I don't think so.
41 weeks 4 days ago	Three major points you are missing here.	1. The 2006 defense was loaded with NFL level talent making it harder to come by tackles. 2. Stats don't show where those tackles were made or how they were made. Harris was almost always in the right place and a major reason why team rushed for almost nothing week after week. 3. Stats don't show blown assignments. Demens missed his assignment on numerous occasions or got blocked clean out of the play plenty of times. Harris was a machine and even if couldn't make the tackle he held his spot better than most college LB's I have seen. He almost never made major mistakes and controlled the defense. David Harris is a pro bowl LB for a reason and one of the most underrated players ever to wear a Michigan uniform. Demens career isn't over yet but it will take an enormous leap for him to get to Harris' level, in my opinion.
2 years 18 weeks ago	Thanks for the info	Josh Helmholdt has said that he was very close to Frey and that is the main reason he decommited in the first place.  At this point I feel like he is very open but it is never a good sign that the guy decommited 3 weeks before signing day. We will see.
2 years 18 weeks ago	Ha! Exactly. Here is some info from SDSU on the new guy:	http://goaztecs.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/032609aad.html
2 years 18 weeks ago	And apparently our new O-line coach is Darrel Funk from SDSU	I love how Spartanmag is the first one to break that story.  On the bright side at least the staff is filling out.  How we have not paid some top DC a ton of cash yet is beyond me.  With the amount of money we saved from getting Hoke instead of Harbaugh or Miles we should be able to get the very best DC.
2 years 18 weeks ago	People are WAY too caught up in the rules	I understand the reason behind them but in this case he obviously was writing the post at the same time the other guy was and along comes Rule Nazi.  It's an online sports blog for crissake!
2 years 27 weeks ago	Vincent Smith's knee and Denard's odd running style.	I have been pleasantly surprised with Smith's improved agility the past couple of weeks and think that it is a result of additional healing time on his knee.  In the best case scenario he should be fully healed by next year and Smith will take another big leap. Has anybody noticed that Denard ALWAYS lands on his right side when he is tackled?  I mean every single time.  I'm not sure if he was taught to do that but considering he throws with his right arm, maybe it isn't the best idea to keep smashing it into the ground.
2 years 27 weeks ago	Hollowell is the highest rated 3-star CB	I think, more than anything, his drop occurred because some other player was moved up into four star range.  I'm not too worried about him being a solid prospect.  What is more surprising to me is that Kellen Jones dropped even though he is having a monster season.
2 years 35 weeks ago	Yeah and maybe he can give me back the 80 Mgopoints it cost me	Thanks a lot Steve
2 years 35 weeks ago	Help. It's not my fault! :)
2 years 35 weeks ago	I guess it seems to happen only on this site	How can I delete all of these?
2 years 35 weeks ago	I love it.	But they will kill your car in Ohio
2 years 35 weeks ago	Injuries are the worst part about this game but UM always seems	to have them so I really can't feel too bad for them
2 years 35 weeks ago	He almost picked up another one on a 2 point conversion	Lloyd would have him running stairs!
2 years 35 weeks ago	Hopefully we will get an update soon on whether we still lead*	nm
2 years 35 weeks ago	Wow another Hermosa UM fan.	I'll be at Sangria bright and early.
2 years 36 weeks ago	Soft covered helmets would help.	There is absolutely no need for the outside layer of a football helmet to be solid plastic. Adding an additional soft, yet dense layer to the outside portion of the helmet will at least marginally dull hard impacts. If it helps even one player it would be worth the change because there is no legitimate reason to keep the current helmet design.
2 years 36 weeks ago	I can't make my own post with my number of points but	What did Sam Webb say about Dee Hart's visit just now?
2 years 37 weeks ago	Actually Roundtree had to go the hospital	He got hit in the chest so hard that he coughed up some blood. Denard has to try to not lead his receivers into that kind of hit. The good news is he was released right away and he said he was fine to play next week
2 years 41 weeks ago	Thanks Tom, a question.	How good is Davis really? I know the coaches wanted him but how good do you think he actually is?
3 years 24 weeks ago	I think we should sign as many top guys as possible.....	and grayshirt the guys we think are of least use.
3 years 26 weeks ago	Anybody hear what happened with Dior Mathis.....	When did he stop looking at UM and where is he leaning now?
3 years 36 weeks ago	Yeah uh, been meaning to mention this....	A grown man shouldn't be that obsessed with cats. Get yourself a dog for Crissake!

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