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Haha don't laugh but Dinosaurs and Other Failures is my favorite class I've taken so far at Michigan! Okay, so I've only completed one year. But yeah, GEOSCI 103 with JAW is actually really fascinating. I looked forward to class each time. Plus, it's only one credit, and a half-term minicourse. The final was a bit more difficult than I anticipated though...

i'm a little late to the party, but oh well. 

this story doesn't involve me, but rather a friend's mom. she was on the christmas day flight to detroit involving the underwear bomber. she sat only a few rows away from him. scary stuff to say the least. 

1) Wake up early, convince my roommate that even though the game isn't for another 12 hours it's time to go out.
2) Drink.
3) Maybe (ideally) hit up College Gameday.
4) Drink. Hit up the houses and frats.
5) Find something to eat.
6) Drink.
7) Wander around.
8) Make my way down Hoover to the game.
9) Experience the best and most memorable game I've been to thus far.
10) Leave the stadium, probably find something to eat. Then go out for the night. Probably drink if there's still alcohol in the city of Ann Arbor.
11) Go back to room, think about what potentially could have been the best days ever during my time at the University of Michigan.

Needless to say, I'm pretty pumped.

I bought a Denard jersey last season. It was an impulse buy one Friday September afternoon after math class. They had a ton of #5 jerseys and had just gotten the 16's in. I only wear it during away games when I watch with my friends, but sometimes I forget. We're undefeated when I wear it btw. I would only wear it in away game instances (gotta wear maize at home!). I'm an 18 year old female. My friend wanted to wear it to a Mathletes or Athletes party last semester, but I didn't let her because I didn't want to risk it getting spilled on. Haha

Sis, haha. And you're right, it must have been destiny! But to be honest, I'm normally up really late so I would regularly be able to contribute to a late night thread (of which I think should happen more often!)

i love how skymall was one of the sources hahahaha

I love Denard.

hahahahaha SAME!! gotta love bio lab lecture. 

squad :)

2nd place went to football.

no haha, a different guy who appears in this

Ahhh I'm so glad I have 3 more years here :)

She teaches Intro to Anthropology, she's a fantastic lecturer.  Many, many interesting anecdotes.

I'm depressed guys. Even pictures of Denard's smile aren't doing much.

It's comforting to know I'm not the only one that has done this.

That was awesome! Thanks for this!

Merry Christmas everybody! I hope Santa is good to all :)
Be safe and GO BLUE!

hahahahahahaha oh my god.

based on his first name, i think he'll do all right here...

agreed. i tend to feel really uncomfortable whenever i need to use the directory for whatever reason haha

I saw Lloyd Brady at the M Den on Wednesday, that kinda made my day.

Also: BOWL GAME

i am reallllly jealous of you!

what does MSM mean? i know what it refers to, but what is the true acronym?

I'm not sure, but I do know that he repeatedly called Cameron Gordon "Gordon Cameron."

i have been looking forward to this in the daily since yesterday.  they've had some really good sports features lately.

Michigan wins

I see him MWF in Angell Hall.  He's always talking to a friend or going up to class, nothing too exciting. I always am happy to see him though, as I actually don't see many football players around campus throughout my day, but some of the freshmen live in my residence hall.  

It was actually pretty weird, for the Notre Dame game, I saw some of the players who are redshirting/don't travel just walking around South Quad about an hour before kickoff.  Wouldn't you think that they watched the game in an athletic building or something? (but I really don't know)

Did I really just +1 everybody's posts?

.....yes.

Could we schedule these weekly or something?

Again, good job. The diagrams really make it a lot easier to understand. Now I know the different defensive arrangements and the coverage schemes. Even when I used to play Madden I would just pick whichever random one sounded good to me or was recommended haha. Personally I like your terminology but that's just me.
Also, question: what does "tech" mean (like 3-tech, 4-tech)? Does this have to do with the defensive lineman's position on the line and where he's lined up relative to the offensive linemen? Forgive me if this is completely wrong.

Yay drunken posts!
I'll try:
"Man! This guy doesn't get the credit he is due. He lived with a high school friend of mine after my friend's father took him in. He graduated from Portage Northern way before I did but hasn't achieved fame around the area, seemingly hidden behind guys like Kelly Baraka, Derek Jeter, Greg Jennings, and others. Since he was the captain of the '97 team, he should deserve credit. Go Mayes. Go Blue."

Kinda OT, but I guess he is right in that Mayes isn't really mentioned around here (the area). There is an OMG half shirtless picture plaque of him and a banner of his jersey in the high school gym, but not really any mention of his legacy.

This is EXACTLY what I've been needing. I've never played organized football (being a girl and all) but I do love the game. I like to think that I know more than the average female, but really I just know the basics such as position types, scoring, and penalties. To be honest, reading about the intricacies, especially on defense, I kind of have no idea what's going on.
So thank you for taking the time to create these and educate fellow readers. And look forward to lots of questions from me (probably really obvious, dumb ones) in the comment section. But I've been wanting to learn more for awhile.

Wow. Remember when that show was super popular?
Oh 2001, when tv was much simpler.

Well, I'm a little late to the party, but I thought I'd chime in with my thoughts. First, I do wish there were numbers on the posts, so I knew where I was at. Also, if the title is really long, it runs into the person's username, which is a little messy, and I like to know who says what. Also, I feel that the date and time of each post is a little small, but that's just me. I liked when there were boxes around the comments, but no boxes doesn't bother me either.

And the points issue, I'm not a huge fan of it. I'm a faithful reader, but I only comment when I have something witty or useful to say, which isn't that often as evidenced by my smaller point total. Pretty much I've relied on people upvoting me to get me where I am. I'm extremely appreciative for everybody here and their knowledge, so I like to pos them fairly freely. Now, I can't give the upvote like I used to because I don't have thousands of points to burn. So I don't like saying this, but I'll probably not vote on very much any more, because really fast I could get to the point where I don't have any mgopoints to lose.

Ehh I guess I'm resistant to change, but some warning could have been nice! But I totally understand the point of evolving the blog, so it's as good as it can be.

The Rugrats comment made my night. 90's Nickelodeon FTW.

Hahaha. Looks like he'd enjoy a wine cooler with Tressel.

Ahh this is exciting! It'd be pretty ballin' if I could get myself down to Dallas to watch the game and back in time for school to start! Maybe I should start looking for flights and hotels now.

I think I die a little bit on the inside each time I see Jim Delany's last name spelled wrong. Just sayin'.

I think I'm both an optimist and a pessimist. Before sports seasons, I'm often very optimistic. Like right now, I'm really excited for this season. I'm excited to see how our quarterbacks play out, and I think we can be really good. I'm excited because it'll be my first time being in the stands as a student. Obviously I love summer, but I'm excited to start school (not a statement usually said by me) and I can't wait to see college football's winningest team play its games in college football's largest stadium.

That said, I can be pessimistic too. In my own personal life, I'm cautious and have perfectionist tendencies, so I don't always have the rosiest outlook. When things start to go poorly, I tend to have a more negative outlook than positive. For example, I'm pessimistic about the Tigers right now due to their bad luck and injuries. I still love them, but...you know.

That said, I think success can be so much sweeter after you've experienced a rough patch and have started to be a little more pessimistic, because it catches you off guard.

I think they still have home brewing stuff at that little shop at Bell's in Kalamazoo.

No I hadn't. I don't really watch shows on the premium tv channels, because I don't get them.
Haha, thank you for that. I did like it. It's too bad they couldn't have fit a few more stereotypes in though.

Excellent point. The bad thing is that I'm gonna assume that the general public isn't intelligent enough to recognize this. Since this has the potential to receive a ton of national coverage, they'll use this ruling to support their claim that cheer isn't a sport, while they may be misconstruing what that judge ruled upon.

Just imagine if it appeared that way three months from now

Mark Titus is hilarious, despite the fact that he went to Ohio State. I first learned of him from a link on here after one of our players got a trillion this season.

I've read a lot of his blog entries, and his older ones are the funniest. He was actually drafted by the Harlem Globetrotters really recently.