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You might be referring to…

You might be referring to the 2007 MSU game column, and one of my favorite MGoBlog quotes ever: ". . . various servos and hydraulics kicked in. Henne flung a pass into Z45PASCTETERHM's outstretched arms, declared GOAL COMPLETED, and initiated nailcoeds.exe."

Him and Shaquille Bryant too…

Him and Shaquille Bryant too.  They both used the ESPNEWS video (Wheels added Alabama announcer audio, I think); I wonder if that made a difference?

I rarely add any 'production…

I rarely add any 'production value,' but that situation called for it.

I think the difference there…

I think the difference there might have been that Ohio's QB3 had a 3-TD, 0-INT day in the BTCCG and that they beat Wisco 59-0.  Meyer has been quoted as saying he ran up the score on purpose to improve their chances of getting in, and he was right.

I didn't get any copyright…

I didn't get any copyright strikes for the parkinggod video, but that's because it got pre-emptively blocked whenever I tried to upload it. Didn't matter what Evil Editing Trick I used; YT always detected it as copyrighted content. 

And that's new behavior - I had no such trouble with Maryland highlights last week.

You're Roko's Basilisk, aren…

You're Roko's Basilisk, aren't you?  

I'm a little embarrassed to…

I'm a little embarrassed to admit how long it took me to figure that out.  Or maybe I should have been more embarrassed if I figured it out right away ;)

Normally I'm all "Just the…

Normally I'm all "Just the plays, ma'am" but that was a perfect chance to stick it to Urbs and I wasn't gonna pass that up.

Well, shit.  Looks like I'm…

Well, shit.  Looks like I'm SOL on this.  I'm afraid to appeal to YT because then they might look over my prior videos, realize about 50 of them are Fox, and Boliviate my entire account.  I've been posting videos since 2006; that would make me very sad.

I'm guessing they didn't…

I'm guessing they didn't have a whole lot to say on Allar's TD when Mason Graham got tackled.

If he testifies, could he be…

If he testifies, could he be cross-examined? 

Don't forget the subtle…

Don't forget the subtle Ghostbusters reference!

I hear you, but I absolutely…

I hear you, but I absolutely do NOT want Backdoor Buckeyes Redux.  They were within a couple of feet of getting to the championship game (and almost certainly winning it) last year.

I heard Phil say he'd earned…

I heard Phil say he'd earned a scholarship to U-M, but he pronounced it "Mitch-igin."

I thought that too, then I…

I thought that too, then I realized it was Ransom, who is bad at geometry (q.v. Edwards' first long TD).

The announcers drove me…

The announcers drove me crazy.  They seemed determined to talk about anything but what was going in on in front of them.

The #5 guy in career rushing…

The #5 guy in career rushing yards at Michigan?  Yeah, I'd say so.

To me, his most amazing stat…

To me, his most amazing stat was a perfect 21-0 record in winner-take-all games (NCAA tournament, Olympic medal round, NBA Game 7 or series-deciding Game 5).  I don't see anybody getting close to that, ever.

Risk 1.0 Bot

Risk 1.0 Bot

I'll be there, Sec. 537. …

I'll be there, Sec. 537.  May shoot some original video for the parkinggod highlight reel.

You can see how open Wilson…

You can see how open Wilson is on CJ's first TD here.

"This ain't football so it…

"This ain't football so it ain't my problem!"

Am I the only person who…

Am I the only person who wants to see that tunnel become as intimidating to opponents as the Big House as a whole used to be?

As another data point, FWIW,…

As another data point, FWIW, all my parkinggod highlight reels get copyright-claimed within seconds of publishing, but the only practical effect to me is that I can't monetize them (big whoop, not why I'm doing them).

What I've heard from people who post full-game film on YT (even Unlisted or Private), is that they're copyright-claimed immediately and then blocked completely after a manual review, usually within 12-24 hours. And the weird thing (so I'm told) is that the cited sections are either commercials (due to the music, I would guess) or individual plays that are highlight-worthy.

Either they weren't smart…

Either they weren't smart enough to code it so it could be reset to 0, or they did not anticipate ever losing The Game again.

We did it three times as…

We did it three times as underdogs three times in the '90s, though the talent/recruiting differential was much closer then.

Brian capped the 90-play…

Brian capped the 90-play mark just three times since 2008 (twice in 2009 and the Rutgers game last year). 

I thought for sure that 2010 Illinois would have topped 90 plays.

I have posited what I call…

I have posited what I call the Iron Law of Detroit: The Lions will generally either lose games late in the year to bork their playoff chances or win games late in the year to bork their draft position.

Oh, they'll probably string…

Oh, they'll probably string together a 5-2 finish to drop their draft position from 1st to 10th or so.

I've long said that the…

I've long said that the Lions are world leaders in research on new ways to lose, and we joke that they're so bad they could lose to the bye week.  But I think that with all the upsets this past weekend that the Lions watched from their couches, we can say that they actually did lose to the bye week.

As long as we're running…

As long as we're running through fever dream scenarios, let's consider the case where M and MSU both win out.  Obviously, a 13-0 Big Ten champ MSU is going to the playoffs.  But I have to think a 11-1 Michigan whose only loss was to an undefeated conference champion would have a real shot at the playoffs as well.

When served with the right…

When served with the right side dish (e.g., flattened Husky), crow can be pretty tasty!

AND have Washington look…

AND have Washington look good in its other early games.  Remember how we all felt after the Minnesota game last year, when we expected them to be a good team?

Haven't seen this so far, so…

Haven't seen it said outright so far, so I'll ask the dumb question - if confirmed via PCR testing, this definitely ends the season*, right?  21 days from today or yesterday covers MD, OSU, and the matchup game?

 

* I'll go out on a limb and assume no bowl would want a 2-4 Michigan.

I don't like anything you…

I don't like anything you said there, but I have to agree with all of it.  Have an upvote.

For comparison, Chesson's KR…

For comparison, Chesson's KR TD against Northwestern in 2015 started 'on the numbers' at the 5, crossed the field on an angle to about the 30, and took about 12 seconds start-to-finish.

The 'this insanity' link was…

The 'this insanity' link was to James Yoder's YT video of the last two plays of regulation... which was lifted (without so much as a hat tip) from my highlight reel of that game: https://youtu.be/WxuIV2yzdi4?t=290.  The potato-quality sound was a dead giveaway.

But it's Yoder, so what do you expect?

I'd like to add the 2000…

I'd like to add the 2000 Orange Bowl win over Alabama.  I took so much shit from Bama fans on rec.sports.football.college in the week leading up to that game.

Afterwards, I was on r.s.f.c posting a schedule for the same folks who'd been woofing all week to come and get their whoopin, and to please be punctual for their assigned timeslot, because I had a lot of them to get through...

It's a randomly selected…

It's a randomly selected player from the winning side in the battle for each territory.

You couldn't afford to use a…

You couldn't afford to use a roster slot on an onside-kick specialist, but I gotta think this guy could bounce one into a Dixie cup at onside-kick range 90 times out of 100.  Knowing EXACTLY how the ball is going to behave on an onside kick would have to be an advantage.

 Black I think needs to come…

 Black I think needs to come back because he won't be on NFL radars with his current level of production.

An issue he could also address by transferring.

I think "Columbus delenda…

I think "Columbus delenda est!" (Columbo?  Columbae?  Columbum?  my Latin was long ago, far away, and bad) is my new motto.

I object to the assertion…

I object to the assertion that the entire northern half of Indiana is subject to the 'Unmistakable Scent of Gary.'  That's not true in Fort Wayne - it's overwhelmed by the emissions of the rendering plant (or (gulp) whatever else it might be) outside Plymouth.

(actually, Fort Wayne doesn't have much of a smell anymore, at least not since they tore down the potato chip factory across the street from my office)

I get a fair number of…

I get a fair number of complaints about my unmitigated one-sidedness; I always point those folks to WD.  

And if we'd done ANYTHING clipworthy in the third quarter, I'd have included it.

Eh, paying the danegeld just…

Eh, paying the danegeld just leads to more Danes.  And you'll run out of geld way before you run out of Danes.

I think my favorite take on…

I think my favorite take on last year's Army-UH bowl was from @AKHockeybear: "Army announcing themselves to Houston like it's Juneteenth"

Whenever the subject comes…

Whenever the subject comes up (I'm a Michigan fan living in Indiana, so it comes up relatively often), I point out that App St over Michigan wasn't only not the biggest upset of all time, it wasn't even the biggest upset of *that year.*  Stanford overcame being a 41-point dog and won at USC.  Biggest point-spread upset ever to that point (since outdone by Howard over UNLV in 2017 - 45 points).

I think it was a fatal…

I think it was a fatal combination of "couldn't get QB pressure" and "opponent has *3* warp-speed receivers so just throw to whoever draws Watson."

Is it just me, or did…

Is it just me, or did Anthony Carter... not look so good?

Is anybody else experiencing…

Is anybody else experiencing serious audio lag (like about a full second) on the DirecTV 4K channel?  I had it on both Belgium-Tunisia this morning and Nigeria-Iceland yesterday.