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9 weeks 2 days ago	same	Me too.
36 weeks 5 days ago	I guess I'm in the minority here	The loss is huge. He was our only reliable one-on-one coverage DB and arguably the best if not most important player on defense. The projections based on allegedly bad passing offenses on the schedule are flimsy. Before last year, UM spent three years making such offenses look all world. One reason was that we had nobody who could cover on the outside.  Sure, the current sitation is not nearly as bleak as it was for those three years. But Countes was a good player as a freshman and had stud potential coming into this year. It's a major loss.
37 weeks 2 days ago	peak/trough	Great writing. Exhibit A of why "bloggers" can and should be treated as journalists or professional writers or whatever. Overall, fantastic.
37 weeks 2 days ago	when you wish upon a star	Nothing happens. Better days are ahead, but Saturday will not be one of them. This preview made me more pessimistic than I already was. Michigan's top goals for Saturday: (i) not get embarrassed; (ii) not suffer significant injuries.
38 weeks 4 days ago	Not to defend Carr, but . . .	he was right. Iowa was a better fit for Wienke. If a HS kid asks that kind of question under that circumstance, Carr probably should have defferred any response. But, once he chose to respond, there was only one appropriate answer.
38 weeks 5 days ago	I'd rather not see UFR for this b/c	except for 5-10 plays, it was not pretty
49 weeks 2 days ago	he looks small in those vids	Not relative to the other players but from what I would expect a 4 star to look like at that stage. Also don't understand the yelling/screaming vid in after several plays that were fine but nothing special. He's a Alabama-monstrous-OL pancake away from toning that down.
1 year 24 weeks ago	We Must Eat	Was it my imagination, or were there multiple NFLers on multiple teams doing the "We Must Eat" routine? I watched NFL Red Zone most of the day, and there seemed to be a few of these at least. If so, were they copying Denard or did he pick that up from somewhere?
1 year 29 weeks ago	'89 vid	Thanks for that 1989 embed. Tony Boles was a joy to watch on the field. Seemed like he was floating effortlessly (albeit, quickly) past everyone around him. Then a knee injury, and it was over. That was my senior year, and I went to the Rose Bowl (standard home win for USC and road loss for Michigan). Today, this caused me to look him upon Wikipedia. If you're looking for an excuse to be depressed, read his entry there.
1 year 33 weeks ago	GERG????	Pardon a dumb question (since most of you seem to know the answer), but what does "GERG" mean? I know who it refers to but not the significance.   thx.
2 years 32 weeks ago	kool aid	Agree it's kook aid.  I'll drink it, too but only b/c I'm a fan. I'm realistic though.  It's Michigan, and few teams have a better history for grabbing defeat from the jaws of victory and otherwise underachieving and breaking the hearts of its fans (with some notable exceptions, of course). This will be the best D Michigan has faced all year, so I'm not expecting the fireworks we've seen in weeks 1-5.  I'm not saying Denard isn't great or won't have a good game tomorrow, but I'm not expecting wild things from him.  That said, if anything, our WRs have been underrated this year.  I think the 4 WRs would be No. 2 WRs on most college teams and No. 1 WRs on many. Bottom line, though, is that our defense is utterly hopeless.  But for Denard, we would be no better than 2-3 this year against lousy competition. Barring some significant improvement, this doesn't bode well for the Big Ten season.
2 years 39 weeks ago	season	Season's over already.  No D can survive this, let alone one that was collectively shaky at all positions to begin with. Unfortunately, this seals the deal for RichRod's tenure at UM, which bums me out b/c he's going in the exact direction they need to go in at the pace to be expected.  In other words, the transition we've dealt w/ the last two years was a foregone, sucky conclusion before it happened.  But  the long-term payoff would be great if allowed to bear fruit --  and better than what we've had at UM for decades. That experiment may as well be over.  if we can hook Harbaugh, then maybe we have a chance not to suck in five years. Sorry for the pessimism.  I'm as bummed as anyone about this.