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17 weeks 6 days ago MRI's - devils advocate

Brian - I wish you well with the ACL surgery, if/when it should happan down the road, and good luck with the rehab.  

There is a difference in who you see in terms of specialist for the confidence in clinical exam and ordering expesive imaging studies.  A good orthopedist can feel an ACL tear with his knee exam better, because he does the exam more frequently and has a better reference experience.  Whereas, a primary care FP or internist will have less frequent experience in doing the knee exam, because he dealing with a wider range of patients with different problems.  

If everyone got an MRI for any knee injury, the waiting time for MRI scans would much longer, and the costs much higher, since you would be scanning alot of normal knees.  

Moral of the story, if you are worried about the knee, get thee to an orthopod first, since he will be more likely to pick up an abnormality on physical exam, and you can rest assured he will get the scan done in timely fashion.

I agree about going to St. Joe's vs. UM, despite having trained at UM for medicine, St. Joe's has a lot more equipment capacity for its size.  UM is using its MRI scanners alot of different purposes.

I know this sounds wishy-washy, but it it is reasonable standard of care.

 
17 weeks 6 days ago careful about your language!

Are you a lawyer or a sideline pundit?
25 weeks 3 days ago Another view

While this interpretation does not follow computer algorithms, Michigan's drop in the rankings may have something to do with not covering the betting spread, which was 8.5 - 9.5 points.  So Michigan won, but not convincingly and OSU appeared stronger than Nebraska, which Michigan beat handily the previous week.  

I wonder how many judge pundits use a method involving cover - not cover record, instead of win- loss ratio.  I would have to go back to records to compare MIchigan record, but they have had some close games.  If nothing else, our punter needs some practice catching snaps.
32 weeks 6 days ago Fwiw steve's cancer was an islet cell cancer

Most cancers of the pancreas are an carcinoma cell type and have a dismal prognosis. Steve Jobs had an islet cell cancer of the pancreas, which overproduced a gut hormone like glucagon or insulin. And is not so quickly lethal. Sad to hear about his death, since he has been such power influence in all our lives. It is ironic to think th web began on NeXT computer at CERN
33 weeks 3 days ago Polls are fine for the moment!But the real reward is in the path

Good polls are more a symbol of expectations.

For me, the pathway to Big 10 championship is more enticing.

While every Big 10 game is valuable, I think most people are waiting for four key games:

1) MSU game - to determine bragging rights for the state of Michigan,

2)Nebraska game - not very popular, but beating Nebraska is essential to winning the Legends division.

3) the Ohio game - it just feels good to make Jim Tressel eat his words.

4) If we can pull it all together - Big 10 championship game in Indianapolis - probably playing Wisconsin, unless they make a mistake. 

Also the Illinois game will be interesting after the triple overtime win last year.

Go Blue!
36 weeks 3 days ago Stay Hungry - indeed!

It's good to know that Michigan got noticed by coaches and journalists after the Notre Dame game, since ND has a potent offense, when they are not using it to shoot themselves in the foot.  

I will be happy for MIchigan to linger at this rank for the next three games.   While I respect SDSU they are not seriously considered by pundits, and it will give Michigan fans a chance to see what we might look like on offense and defense in a couple years.  While I like EMU as a small college, it is a couple quantum leaps from the Big Ten, and it will serve to only expose any glaring deficiencies and a chance for the offense to recover from the ND and build their confidence until they meet a Big 10 oppenent.  Northwestern without Dan Persa should obviously be less a threat on offense than with him, but I would like to see us play NW with Dan Persa in order to develop our defense.  

MSU is the first serious opponent in the Big 10 that would earn us a leap in respect amongst others and ourselves.  I am tired of losing to MSU the last three years, and our defense needs to show us they can handle Kirk Cousins and Edwin Baker effectively.   It can serve to show the defense, where we can meet the challenge, and  out of respect to MSU, Kirk Cousins and Baker will be more popular in the NFL draft someday, when they met a strong Michigan team - win or lose.  Minnesota has not been traditionally a serious threat, and right now, I hope Coach Kill gets well soon.

 

Right now -  4 B1G 10 teams are in the top 25 - Wisconsin, Nebraska, MSU and Ohio, and three other teams have received votes - Michigan, Northwestern, and Penn State.  I would like to see 6 B1G 10 teams in the top 25 sometime this year, if the football gods deem them worthy, 

I wish a restful and quite 9/11 to all!
36 weeks 4 days ago Love the muppets!

You can never have too much muppets!

Rest now until next week.  

Watching Michigan football can be strenuous!
36 weeks 6 days ago Fine Review!

Fine Review from UFR as always!

I would be interested in a chart looking at Denard's performance during the first half, when conditions were relatively dry versus the second half (quarter), when conditions were decidedly wetter.  Perhaps it would be worthwhile diving that second half into two periods, one before the first lightening delay and the second afterwards - granted, the numbers are small, but Denard seemed to be more inaccurate during the wet conditions.

I will nitpick about one video - where you attempt to demonstrate a run by Toussaint for 11 yards, but it actually shows WMU offensive play for several yards againsts Michigan's defense.  You can find the correct video further up the page, but it would be nice if you could fix it.
38 weeks 4 days ago Well done scrimmage review !

Not that we would expect anything less.   If only we could bring GERG Robinson back to coach the scout team for the defense, it might raise morale for the scrimmage!  

But fantasies aside, punting should be less valuable against Western Michigan.

Against Notre Dame, I would hope a little trickery would not be out of character.  One begins to appreciate Tate Forcier's ability to pooch kick on demand.  

I would not expect many cards of strategy to shown during the Western Michigan game; instead, just establishing fundamentals.   See Denard run, See Denard pass and complete, see Denard fake run and pass, see Denard hand off to Shaw and run.  A boring west coast pro offense for Denard would be a good change of pace.

As for the defense - can we get some magic dust to activate Will Campbell as a pass rusher and run tackler.  Just a thought!

 
39 weeks 1 day ago Block M looks great!

Looking forward to the HD capable scoreboards for big, awesome highlights and replays.  Glad to see all the work come to fruition on time!
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