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This is the first comment I…

This is the first comment I've seen mentioning this.  As soon as this play happened, I turned to my gf and said "well now I hate Pat Mahomes".  I couldn't hate Tom Brady for the Michigan ties, but I'm sure he infuriated so many people for a similar reason.  I believe Mahomes is the new NFL darling as a previous poster said.

However, I actually disagree with you about it even being a hold.  I believe the strike zone analogy works best in this argument.  It's only a strike if the ump decided it was a strike consistently for the entire game.  I don't think that was a hold because that kind of contact from a DB is RARELY called as a hold.  I also disagree with the motion that you have to find instance in THAT ONE GAME where similar contact wasn't called in order to argue that it shouldn't have been called in that one game.  I think that kind of contact in most games is not called.  I don't care if the statistics of that one game don't support the argument (which they probably do anyway).

That call ruined the entire game for me. It felt like a complete waste of 3.5 hours all for some ref who decided to be noticed.  Refs shouldn't make the outcome of the game... they should set the tone of the game.

Eli,

This statement is the…

Eli,

This statement is the perfect example of why I will always disagree with religion.  Your sense of reality is so messed up, and it's irreversible. You know nothing about life.

All other things being equal…

All other things being equal...it helps.

I'm going to assume everyone else is just as skilled and knowledgeable about soccer as Jack.  

I've seen him in person a…

I've seen him in person a few times, and I've gone to some AFC Ann Arbor games.  I would say he won't make the team.  He has a knack for finding the net and producing on offense, but he's physically not that gifted.  He's not blazing fast or quick.

Just my opinion.  I've played soccer my whole life (38 years old), but I've never played at that kind of level.  However, I do think I can spot talent reasonably well.

Let's RUMBLE!!!

Let's RUMBLE!!!

My grievance....

I hate web…

My grievance....

I hate web pages like this with horizontal banners and ads that don't load as fast as the text content.  Every time I try to click on a thread another banner or ad loads just before the click and I click a different thread or worse I click an ad.

Please move all of that bullchit to the sides.  There's room.  The layout sucks.

This is a PERFECT system for…

This is a PERFECT system for college football because there are natural divides between top tier and second tier schools as far as quality of play and competition.  If you are bummed that you don't get a shot at the big trophy while attending CMU, then go to another school.  The transfer portal should allow one transfer with no restrictions other than sitting out a year.  Schools should not be able to block any student from transferring to/from any other school, but at least make the player sit out one year so it's not total chaos of transfers all the time.

This is exactly the point. …

This is exactly the point.  Does anyone besides Alabama and Clemson like the fact that their team could finish in a drastically different position form year to year?  Applying consequences to recruiting and building a team like that might actually fix it and create more stability and parity.  It's getting boring to me to watch teams try to align the stars for a championship run by rearranging coaches and recruit kids with a win now attitude.

Has the playoff system with…

Has the playoff system with a committee really made the fan experience that much better?  It may be really exciting for the 4 teams that have a chance at a championship every year, but the rest of the post season is irrelevant now.  This year we have the Big Ten champs playing the Pac 12 champs in the Rose Bowl, and I highly doubt anyone really cares.  Finding that 1 best team in the county to call national champs every year is a waste of time when you consider most years the best team could be any of a dozen teams on any given weekend.  I think the entertainment value of focusing almost entirely on finding a national champion is quite low compared to the old days when you just found good interesting match-ups with some traditional ties.

This is why I like the idea of promotion/relegation.  It's more interesting from an entertainment standpoint.  I don't care about the money aspects because it doesn't effect me, and I know there's no chance of it actually happening.  It was just something to entertain in my head.

LOL the combination of Boner…

LOL the combination of Boner's statement above you and your statement is hilarious to me.  I have a twisted sense of humor, I'll admit it.

It sounds like you are actually suggesting alcohol and cigarettes should be illegal.

You're generalizing on an…

You're generalizing on an anecdote.  Your argument is invalid.

Lol dude.  Someone already…

Lol dude.  Someone already suggested that EXACT name in this very same thread.  Fail.

 

What about Pepper Jabrill Cook?

This is the only discussion…

This is the only discussion board I've seen that cares at all about thread titles.  Any other board I follow just makes fun of the title if it's not great or purposely tries to derail the conversation based on the title as a joke.  I think it's kinda ridiculous to get so upset over a perceived poor title on a board that you are essentially wasting your own personal time reading.  Also, I can't believe how many people get this upset.

I hope for the sake of 2026,…

I hope for the sake of 2026, they don't bother with older guys like Nagbe (sorry Brian) and Bradley.  I would be satisfied with this next 8 years of US soccer treating Qatar as an opportunity for more touches for a team that is trying to gel and be ready for something serious in 2026.  In my years of playing soccer, one thing that was always true was that good consistent coaching of mostly the same group of players made a HUGE difference on the field.

Soccer is like basketball and hockey from the standpoint that you don't really get time to communicate things while on offense.  You have to go by gut feel and knowing your teammates.  Also, on defense you need a concrete strategy for rotating and tackling tendencies.  This stuff takes a lot of repetition like any other activity.  We need to find the best talent we can now, and start finding lineups that gel and will be in their physical prime by 2026.  

Score too many goals, and…

Score too many goals, and you don't have this...

https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/1017112538360795146

Again, this is very…

Again, this is very subjective.  I find football, baseball, and basketball infuriating to play.  Football and baseball are mostly just standing around.  Basketball requires height.  

At the very young levels (ages 4-8) soccer is ideal because kids can just run and run.  Push, shove, kick, pull, fall over, etc.  Go watch kids build sand castles in the in-field of a baseball little-league game and goof-off with their mitt in the out-field.  Also, if you want kids that young to play football, it's mostly going to resemble rugby for the constant action.  Structured sports and activities like football, baseball, golf, gynmastics, dance etc are boring as hell to most kids.

Your argument falls flat…

Your argument falls flat when you talk about scouting kids (elementary school age).  Pay to play has already weeded them out by that age.  Club soccer starts around kindergarten. 

 

Pay to play is where this whole thing starts to get fixed.

All depends on who you are. …

All depends on who you are.  I love PLAYING soccer, but hate watching it.  People watch golf and baseball.  I find those incredibly boring.  I also find it interesting that there's very little actual game action in a football game, yet people obviously watch the hell out of it. 

I agree that scoring goals in soccer is a lot of fun, and more would be better.  However, if you have more you might not celebrate them as much.  It's a fine line.

Your argument is anecdotal.

Your argument is anecdotal.

There's a reason his first…

There's a reason his first part was the first part.  It's the most important one.  Hope Solo is right.  Pay to play is the biggest thing holding us back.  I've played my whole life, but never had to experience how expensive it is to play at even a mediocre level until I signed up my 6 year old daughter for travel soccer this summer.  $1600 for a year.  That's way too much money for the majority of the people from whom we generally find our most talented athletes.

There, I just negated your…

There, I just negated your negs. 

The bang after the banging.

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The bang after the banging.

I prefer Act of Valor for

I prefer Act of Valor for combat movies.  Black Hawk Down is good though.  Much better acting obviously.

Well done on the

Well done on the explanation.  Contact was about religion/faith more than science.  I found it incredible.

Another science-ish movie with McConaughey that is incredible is Interstellar.

Ohh thank you sir.  I was

Ohh thank you sir.  I was hoping someone else in this world didn't care for it like me.  I don't understand the love affair with Pulp Fiction.  Also, Fight Club.  Don't get it.

3 of my favorites are:

The Big Lebowski

Cinderella Man

Under Seige

Those aren't necessarily the 3 best movies ever made in my opinion, but they're 3 movies I wll watch all the way through if they are on TV.

When I was in the college of

When I was in the college of engineering back in early 2000's there was a program called SGUS (Simultaneous graduate undergraduate study).  If you maintained a 3.6 cumulative GPA as an undergrad you had the opportunity to double count a few classes from undergrad towards you rgrad degree.  If this appeals to you, it can allow you to receive a master's in just 1 additional year.  I believe this is still available.  You'll have to work hard, but it could be worth it.  

By the way, I went this route, but still maintained a social life at UM (certainly less partying than my roommates though).  Had a great group of friends, and we even made it to the finals in independent men A flag football.

All of the Belien not liking

All of the Belien not liking calls ones need to be archived.  They can be used for so many things in the future.

Logged on just to up vote

Logged on just to up vote you.  

Only been a member for a month and you're already posting stuff like this.  Thumbs up brother.  Welcome to MGoBlog.

They don't call me crash for

They don't call me crash for nothing.

You sound quite knowledgable

You sound quite knowledgable with transmissions.  I'm sure you have more experience with them overall than I do, but there is one thing I have to respond to....

The idea that people up the line pressure to get harder shifts to keep the heat down in order to increase longevity is false in my opinion.  Wet clutches are designed with a certain amount of apply pressure such that the physical discs don't actually touch.  There is a microscopic film of oil between them that transmit the force.  This is achieved by having an exact amount of pressure applied to the discs.  Not enough pressure means they slip, and too much pressure means they touch and you get premature wear.  Wet clutches are designed to last forever theoretically becuase the friction material never touches anything so no material contaminates the fluid.  When you increase supply pressure you are going to actually CAUSE premature wear, not avoid it.

Like I said, I'm not a transmission expert, but I do know that one specific thing about force transferring in a fluid.

 

To the OP: FCA has never been known for robust transmission designs.

I'll toss one your way.  Just

I'll toss one your way.  Just don't try this shit on the Friday before The Game.

The Rashan Gary scream

The Rashan Gary scream actually scares me a little.  I'm worried he might actually hurt somebody very badly this year on the field.

The ones with the gifs

The ones with the gifs

My goodness that's a lot of

My goodness that's a lot of talent.

Congratulations.
I just filed

Congratulations.

I just filed for divorce a couple weeks ago.  Everyone is celebrating!!

Yeah the username is from way

Yeah the username is from way way back joining my very first forum (another motocross forum).  I grew up on two wheels, but you'll never catch me on the street.  The size and speed difference between anything on two wheels vs anything on 4 wheels is WAY too much.

What boggles my mind is how militant the avid cyclists are about the law.  They love to quote the law verbatim to you all the time, but I have never once argued what the law was.  For me it's more about common sense and physics.

I got into a big argument

I got into a big argument over on a motocross forum (I grew up racing motocross) about this.  It really sucks to hear this, but I just can't get over how many people risk their lives out on the road with so many distracted drivers.

I come from a Ford family.

I come from a Ford family.  Several relatives have retired from Ford, and several still work there.  I will always drive Fords.  My favorite Ford I've owned was a 1999 Escort SE manual transmission.

 

I put 212,000 miles on that car for $2850.  You just can't beat that.

My favorite Ford that I would love to own would be the new Focus RS.

I've been able to

I've been able to consistently run on an elliptical for 2.5 - 3 miles 6 days a week.  Only way it's possible is with my jailbroken Firestick.  My brain just won't let me run to music, which is also why I don't run outside or on a track.

I also play rec-league soccer 1-2- times a week at Fuller Park.  Can't wait until they open the pool so the women can distract me from my soccer game.

I think nutrition is even more important though.  My doctor has turned me on to avoiding white flour and sugar as much as possible.  So now it's whole grain everything and Costco protein bars.  Chicken, salads, broccoli as much as possible.

 

Ohh and I don't drink.  Never have.  I hope that's enough to get me to comfortable death in about 70 years.

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Glasgow at #180 is absolute

Glasgow at #180 is absolute steal.

Is there anybody on this

Is there anybody on this board named Donny?  Walter has something to say to that man.

I've broken my collar bone

I've broken my collar bone twice, and both times I used the figure-8 strap.  I tried the sling on the first break but it was actually painful because my arm/shoulder ended up putting weight on my chest.  The figure-8 strap pulls the weight off the collar bone and also helps to prevent the ever-popular "bump" at the break location.

I hate you for this.  Negged.

I hate you for this.  Negged.

This one is good

This one is good too.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U18ISUGKjI

 

The part I love is seeing the highlights of this year's team and noticing how much effort is put into each play.  I don't think this coaching staff is going to allow us to beat ourselves.

+1.  My wife loves that song,

+1.  My wife loves that song, and I hate it.  It's not music.  It's haunted house background noise.

Joaguin Benoit has said far

Joaguin Benoit has said far worse on the golf course, believe me.  It's true.

October 3rd, 2016 at 2:46
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it would be entertaining
 

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to see Finbaum have a stroke on National TV (but make a full recovery, of course)

CANT SWIM?!?! Hell, the fall will probably kill ya

-B. Cassidy

 

Hatter,
If there is a hell, I

Hatter,

If there is a hell, I have a one-way ticket there, no doubt, based on my reaction to your post.

Upvoted him for you.  That

Upvoted him for you.  That song is awful.