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1 week 8 hours ago	this is just spin control	please.   Brian founded the blog and generally does a very good job.   However, this is his paying  JOB now (good for him)  and he is making enough money to have employees...... so taking a little email shit from your customers doesnt seem like much of a hardship.   and while "Fickle" was a fine column that captured the emotion of the moment, his prediction of a 39-0 win for OSU was juvenile at best and worthy of Chicken Little.  Anyone in the M administration and football program who read or heard of the prediction will now consider the "journalism" of MGoBlog to be second rate.  But spin on, appreciation thread!   PS  my huge neg of points is the result of my suggesting Hoke/Borges blew the Big Ten last year at Nebraska by not having a real backup QB ready, despite having the frequently dinged Denard at QB......
2 weeks 6 hours ago	or you go into full Bo Mode, and invoke 1969	the 1969 OSU team was a juggernaut, coming in having gone for 2 at the end of the previous year's 50-14 ass whipping. Hoke should go "full Bo" including the inspirational captain's speech, followed by charging out of the locker room through the unopened (fake) door.
2 weeks 1 day ago	we need more on Papa Stauskas' band	are you serious?!    our bulked up Canadian gunner's father was a heavy metal star?   WE NEED TO KNOW more about it.   YouTube videos?   This is big.   I trust this Board to root out the story.
3 weeks 3 days ago	Hand passed out the consolation prizes the other day	That whole tribute to Hoke and Muschamp was Hand's way of saying "many thanks, but no thanks" and anybody who is suprised today had blinders on. Did Hand really indicate "chance to win a national championship" was what separated Alabama?  as if his going to MIchigan was not enough for M to win?  Yikes. so 7-5 (at best) with a whipping from the Bucks.....we were ready to hang RichRod for that. But Hoke is Brandon's hire, so he probably makes hime lose Borges, maybe Funk in order to give hin year 4. Sadly, there is no obvious, sexy new HC candidate I can think of.. Thankfully, we got hoops.   CARIS!
3 weeks 4 days ago	hard not to feel the consolation prizes have already been given	I read Hand's praise of Muschamp and Hoke ("my favorite coach") the other day, and could not help but feel he was laying the groundwork for choosing Alabame......he is a good kid, and he seems to be trying to be respectful to the guys who put in a big effort and came up short....... Hope I am wrong, but I will be shocked if Hand picks U-M.
3 weeks 4 days ago	check out how Urban is doing and JUDGE NOW	where do you get the idea that it takes 5-6 years to judge a coach?  RichRod was gone in 3.  Urban is in his second seasson, after taking over a .500 team.......and he has yet to lose. Would you feel confident about judging what kind of coach Urban is right now?
3 weeks 6 days ago	Now my neg points are a badge of insight	After last year's Nebraska game, when Denard went out and Bellomy was clearly not ready, I posted that Hoke (and Borges) were not so good at their jobs, and the negbomb blew me into "never create content again" land. Now that it is apparent that a kid with 3 years of video game experience would be an upgrade over Borges......and Hoke is talking about the players not executing?    that he liked the offensive calls? And for all the talk about Hoke being such a great recruiter, this is Year 3.  About the only impact player he recruited is Funchess (maybe Ryan?)....... Time to roll out the RichRod metrics.  Even RichRod's teams improved each year.  Now, a team with a losing record on the road has to win a game on the road to salvage a winning season......and when OSU runs it up, 1968 style, we will again be in the market for a new coach. Prepare to deal with :   7-5  in Year 3 with embarrassments at the hands of MSU & OSU, with the talent we have, and with 3 of the wins being Central, Akron and UConn We have already established that is unacceptable.
4 weeks 4 days ago	do the words "Denard" and "wildcat" not work well?	cant imagine why a lame offensive team like JAX would not have figured out a wildcat type package to put on the field as an alternative to a cigar store indian (oops, our cigar store indian) sitting in the pocket.   watched Josh Cribbs running wildcat for the Jets, rollling and throwing to an open receiver....wearing #16 with the dreads flying...........somebody show the tape to JAX
4 weeks 6 days ago	its the mirror image of the RichRod situation, like it or not.	If RichRod needed a new DC to right the ship, Hoke needs a new OC. which do we like better: run up and down the field/ cant stop em   or  cant run the ball/ play pretty good D?
6 weeks 4 days ago	Ferrell isnt funny	there, I said it.  Kind of a no-talent Benny Hill. he is such box office poison, I am surprised they let him keep making movies.  even Adam Sandler is funnier, and he hasnt been funny since Opera Man.
7 weeks 6 days ago	is Hoke just the new Frieder	Hoke is starting to remind me of Frieder.......a great recruiter, a lousy game coach. How lousy?  The strutting around the sidelines is a clue.  He needs to have a headset on and have input into the offensive play calling.    In the "real world" a guy like Borges, with tons of good jobs (but none for very long) would be considered a journeyman, not a guru. That Hoke leaves him to operate the offense is a poor commentary on Hoke.  Last year, he let Borges convince him Russell Bellomy was ready to play, so perhaps Hoke doesnt want to see the truth.   He can get away with leaaving the defense in the hands of Mattison, who we bought from the NFL.  But Borges is not Mattison, and does not have nearly the resume.   My impression is that your average 14 year old with PlayStation expeerience could have done a better job fitting an offense to Denard, a unique talent Borges made do ordinary things.   But now its Year 3, which is all RichRod got, and RichRod at least left some talent behind.
8 weeks 1 day ago	I give up who/what is JMFR?	even wasted time on MGOBLUE looking for this.   time to go to bed. go (to sleep) blue
9 weeks 4 days ago	ok, rookies	1972......a 42-0 shellacking with Ed Shuttlesworth pounding in a few TDs........and the first time I saw Minnesota as a Michigan undergrad, it was a 49-0 in 1974.
11 weeks 8 hours ago	I was there, behind the flagpole	behind the flagpole, to the right and behind the screen in seats obtained through the M Athletic Dept. the stadium is small enough that we could see the field okay, but we could not see the screen at all. the one place the down/distance showed was often late, so we got most of our info by watching the down markers.  Incredibly, the clock never stopped when the chains were being moved.....not even for a few seconds.  I thought that was the college rule, that the clock stopped briefly while chains re- set....I know the clock does not stop in NFL, but..... the fans were mellow and didnt get chippy in general, but on line in the mens room, when they had me outnumbered, they tried to get snotty, but it was stuff like, "so how come you're not a 30 point favorite?" I would give the crowd 40- 60 UConn, but U-M owned the children's division.  Tons of kids in Michigan garb, UConn fans apparently dont breed.  95-5, Michigan. Great tailgate across the street organized by an army of U-M alumni groups, lots of food and drink being shared. the rawk music feels cheesey.  their band needs to play more, and the stadiuim is small enough they should be a factor. A disappointing game, but the defense only gave up one real touchdown, one on a 7 yard "drive".  Actually pretty good considering the way the O kept turning it over.
12 weeks 4 days ago	well, last year I got neg-bombed for saying Gardner shoud have..	....have been better prepared when Denard went down against Nebraska.  Russel Bellomy?  he was no more ready to be out there than your basic JV QB.  Even with playing receiver, he shoudl still have been the (prepared) #2 QB when we needed him.   I still consider this the only real smudge on Saint Brady' s robe.
12 weeks 4 days ago	He deserves the recognition, but...	HIs catch and run at the end of UTL 1 is practically an iconic Michigan play, one that will be replayed for.......well, a really long time.  So he already put his 10 into the lore of Michigan football, he's always going be #10 running across the field with Don Criqui freaking.
13 weeks 10 hours ago	Perhaps Cowher's kids are out of school.....	Can you see Cowher in a 10 gallon?
18 weeks 5 hours ago	Mike Cox was a better name than Carlos Danger	....and as a NY Giants draft pick, the name was in play
23 weeks 2 days ago	the Jets also drafted Ralph Clayton and made him a FB	remember Ralph Clayton?   a big bodied, but fleet wide receiver?    another Jets black hole.
25 weeks 3 days ago	and the Fred Jackson Award for Internet Journalism goes to ....	the guy who wrote  "Gallon is going to be the best dang tiny receiver Michigan's ever had" hey kid, the  famed  Michigan's whole " #1 as a killer wide receiver"  tradition started with a "dang tiny receiver" named Carter.....you may have heard of him.   I think even Freddie the J would giggle at this one.
27 weeks 1 day ago	1978 Rose Bowl still makes me ill....	first posession, we move across mid field, punt.  but John Anderson dropped to one knee to take a low snap and we gave Washington the ball at like, our 38 last posession, chance for great comeback win, Leach rolls and flips a pass to Stan Edwards...a clean catch and run and he scores, but he juggles the ball and drops it onto the chest of a flat on the ground linebacker, who gets credit for a game saving interception. ugh.  feeling sick again.
27 weeks 6 days ago	we gotta reload, not rebuild	(note:  I lost like 20,000 points for heavly criticizing Hoke/Borges for not having a real backup quarterback ready against Nebraska, so I am treading lightly here)   If Morris is our second best QB, and he is  needed, he must be ready be ready..   How different would last year have been if a mildly prepared Gardner steps in agains t Nebraska, instead of the deer in the headlights show Bellomy put on? Morris has great potential, but Speight is right behind him, and somehow I suspect Hoke will continue to recruit well and keep the QB pipline full.    Arent we about due to recruit another CA QB to get on line?
28 weeks 4 days ago	Pantyhose for a plane ride....	....you sexy thing
30 weeks 3 days ago	its a BARNBURNER	one of my alltime favorite sports terms.
30 weeks 4 days ago	how many years of eligibilty does Webber have left?	Ohio State could figure a way to get him eligible again, if he was one of theirs.
35 weeks 6 days ago	any thoughts on watching the game in London, England?	is there a Wolverine bar in London?
36 weeks 2 days ago	better not take Heavy D as a dis	If Mitch delievers a Heavy D level performance, we win.....'cause no way he fouls out. dig?
49 weeks 6 days ago	dont count the Jets our for Saban	Rex Ryan has been working hard to get fired.  HIs teams have gotten worse every year.   And Woody Johnson has the cash, and he needs to make a splash..  If anyone can back the truck up to Saban's house, it is the Jets.
50 weeks 4 days ago	as Johnny Carson would say	"move the cat" wtf is the purpose of this in MGo Blog? why dont mods clean out this litter?
50 weeks 4 days ago	do we close off the upper tier?	at Madison Square Garden recently, they made the crowd seem fuller by blacking out the upper most tier.   I had to point that out to people with me, they had not noticed.  havent been in the Center, but know the Arena could not have done it without a cheesy look.  I suspect the proper lighting is important. really hard to imagine the full full place for Eastern. we'll see tonight!

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