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The sky is falling, fire the coaches crowd annoy the hell out of me. 2 plays go another way and that crowd call the coaches genius.



However, even more annoying are op and his kin with the calm down its just football, we don't know the whole story ... Ugh. The only thing more predictable than the crazies are op

If we have to have retro and special edition uni's...I wish this guy was designing them.  Somone send adidas his resume!

Careful shirtless.. run around throwing out the phrase run for a cure and you may just get sued by Koman.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/07/komen-foundation-charities-cure...

Koman is a foundation I would never give $$ to. Notorious for giving low % of actual funds raised to, you know, the cure.

Their tag should read

Susan G Koman For the Cure!  So Long as it Doesn't Cut into Executive Salaries, Lavish Travel and Marketing!

OSU prez and NCAA prez old roomates, colleagues, and still consider each other "good friends".  There is no hammer coming down on OSU.

Its why they have been so arrogant, because they can.  I believe as much as anything the conversations already been had, OSU knows exactly whats coming its way.  It will be about 15% worse than their self imposed penalties, it will be orchastrated that way so the NCAA can claim some sort of tough action.  

While not as horrific, Hoke_Floats logic reminds me of this...

Arrogance I can take. 

Blind group think and kowtowing in effort to get a +1 ... I have more difficulty with

I'm glad the old point system is gone.  People are back to talking football around here.

In pursuit of points this place had turned into endless postings of lolcats, 'funny' animated gifs, users who couldn't put a comment together without the mgomeme, and contests to see who could be snarkiest... not to mention the my way or the highway mentality that turned everyone into a circle jerk participant (er, I mean mgocirclejerk).  Think like us, talk like us, or we will negbang you!  Ugh.

Even though I don't comment much, I check this site multiple times a day, many more than a 30 year old should.  This is the best college football blog on the planet, and while not perfect, currently mgoblog is as good as its been in a loooong time.  Yeh, I'm good with how it is.

First, I have for years admired Lloyd Carr.

But to say he can't be something he isn't is ridiculous. I am reserved person, I don't like to be in the spot light, I would never want to be in front of the microphones for an interview.

But mess with my family, and I don't care what I am "comfortable" with or not, I am going to war.

If you're saying Carr can't be a certain type of person, its not the type of person who is comfortable out in the media. Its the type person who lacks the integrity to stick up for his family.

(and before someone wigs out on me, I am not saying Lloyd lacks integrity.  I am saying if you fully believe a person is just a certain way and they can't change, then u must believe that certain type that Lloyd is lacks the integrity to stand up for family when they are attacked.  He didn't, it wasn't because he isn't that type of person, it was a conscious calculated move on his part, what for I don't know)

We are all, especially in sports, judged by a standard set by those who came before us. 

Bo created a standard here for how a coach should act and who a coach should be.  Put Lloyd Carr somewhere that didn't have a Bo standard, and few would question is greatness or commitment to the program.  Unfortunately for him, he exists at a place that has an incredibly high standard for what a coach, or Michigan Man, should be.  Lloyd Carr doesn't match up to Bo, and so he will be judged accordingly.

Is if fare?  Maybe not.  I dunno.  But its reality.  Its why we say He's not Bo.  Bo set a standard, showed us all how a Michigan Man (yes I dispise the phrase too) must act.

Look at Kobe.  He is/was as close to perfection as you could find on a basketball court, yet he was always not-quite-Jordan.  Jordan set the standard for a basketball player's ability, competitiveness, marketability, drive...Kobe was not quite Jordan.  If Kobe existed in a Jordanless world, well, he would be Jordan.

And Cierre is thinking the same thing...  He (Kelly) didn't live up to the expectations that we have for our coaches at Notre Dame....

Good stuff, I laughed a couple times... and hey bonus for starting a thread that won't get locked down or deleted!!

Nothing at you directly Ziff, I could/should have made that clear in my comment, I can 'comprehend' you were discussing the spot.  I was speaking more in general. Read through the past 2 days of comments and threads, Brians own, the podcast, and the a few of the comments on your post... I just find it odd that after a loss people seem to focus on one or two plays.  This week is the 4th and 1 call. 

Happens every time.  Predictable as snow in the UP.  When a team loses a game, its fan base finds one bad play to obsess about.  Its like a disgruntled fan base needs some common ground to apply a laser focus. 

Sure, most likely there were better plays to be had.  But honestly, it was one play in a game we were solidely beaten.  We didn't deserve to win that game. Their players were dirty, their fans are as mature as 1st graders, their coach a prick, but they beat us in every facet of the game.  Offense, defense, special teams, coaching, all of it. 

Can we just drop this one play call cost us the game bs?

Or, you know, we could do it the old fashion way and BEAT MSU AND NEBRASKA OURSELVES.  Yes, I was yelling.  I am not worried about somebody else beating them, since we play them this year.  Its our job.  If we lose we don't deserve to be ahead of them i the division.  Seriously. 

Yeh let's do that. Cause f all those people who go out of their way to support the University of Michigan football program. Screw their allegiance, our personal taste in music is much more important.... Fwiw, I am booing u right now

Sometimes I think these fan voting things are kind of silly.  However, I will NOT stand for Kirk Cousins having over FOUR TIMES the votes as Denard.  That is a crime against humanity.  I will vote everyday for Denard, and whoever does not do the same is a MSU fanboy and sings Go Green! Go Brass! in their sleep.

Arrrrrgghhh... MOOOOORE.  That was such a tease, we needs more!!  I could watch 2 hours of those guys talking

Yes, I am sure coach Jackson spouts off negative comments to ppl about current players, fully ignorant that these random ppl might relay the information and that information could find its way back to the players or to the internet.  I am sure he's quite willing to discuss how pathetic his players are to pretty much anyone.  I mean, hes a noob right, Jackson has pretty much no expience in life or coaching.  He certainly hasn't learned the level of professionalism that goes with the position he holds.

He'd do that.  Yup.

I watched wmu a lot last yr, even attended the homecoming game.  I like wmu in general, but don't have much positive to say about their coaching.  imo, just bad.  Carder has some physical gifts, and serously seems taller than 6'2'', but he just doesn't make the throws when he needs to.  Throw in the playcalling, and you have a recipe for barely a challenge in the opening game.

Hiller was a gun slinger as some have mentioned, and had a lot more tools at WR, yet the coaches never could figure out how to use him in the way say Dan LeFevour at central.  You watch the Broncos and you see them do some things that work, and then they just abandon it.  Its just sad.  

RUN TMC!  I grew up a G State Warriors fan, so maybe my opinion is a bit slanted. To me the HOF is about what a particular player did for the game, more so than pure statistics.  Mully did a lot for the game.  He brought in a different group of fans.  I am sure some of it had to do with his color, same thing goes with the Williams sisters in tennis.  Mullin was a NY and college legend before the NBA (Bill Walton is considered one of the greatest ever, and he didn't do much spectacular in the NBA), and one of the biggest stars on an otherwise crappy Golden State Warriors franchise.  Two time gold medalist.  One of the great shooters.  The HOF likes to spread the love around too, and i think it helps he came from a team that isn't well represented in the hall.  There is a lilttle politics in everything. 

And for Rodman, thank god they overlooked the off court and stupid stuff he did, he was a for sure hall of famer, per inch greatest rebounder ever.  Crazy defender who could guard almost any position.  Shut down some of the great PFs of all time, held his own guarding centers. 

I'm holding out for Wright.. just so we can have some sweet Command & Conquer references

Is it just my homer eyes, cause I don't see Hoke as fat??  I never have.  Hes a big dude, but thats kind of it, hes a big dude.  Hes big like a lineman, husky thick stocky whatever you want to call it.  He's a bit older, so no doubt is actually is a bit fat, and not as solid as he used to be.. but seriously, he's a fuckin football coach.  This is what football coaches used to look like, cause THEY played the damn game.  I bet its part of why he does so great recruiting lineman, they relate to him.  They see him as one of their own.  He's not some sissy imitation senator, librarian wanna be. 

"I don't believe people have the right to roll the dice with other people's lives," she (the judge) said. "Not when you get behind the wheel of a 2-ton vehicle."

I don't know about her sentencing with other violations, such as MIPs and such, but she seems right on with drunk drivers

maybe the 'standard' need to be restandarized

I generally like DB and think he is good for UM football, and the school in general. But he really scares me when he starts talking about branding and the Michigan brand, especially in the context of updating/innovating the brand. 

Branding is about positioning, your position within your market & in your customers mind.  DB's experience at Dominoes was not with a brand like Michigan.  Michigan is timeless, its tradition.  To go all Al Reis and Jack Trout, we have the leadership positioning.  Michigan a Mercedes, Dominoes was/is a Ford. (I reserved Bently and those for the Ivy leagues).  Ford is respectable, but you do not brand or market them the same way as Mercedes.

The brand itself doesn't need to be updated, you don't need to innovate the Michigan brand into the new century.  You don't need gimicks and flash.  Leave that to Oregon (Scion anyone? Kia?).

Show me a Mercedes commercial with giant rats driving...

I guess I am saying, if he's talking about innovating or updating the brand itself, I am against it.  If he is simply talking about innovation in communicating the brand, WITHIN the context of what the brand already is, then I am for it.

This is why I was/am for B10 network, for respectible alternate/throwback jerseys, stadium updates, but against something like a mascot.  IMHO, its not the Michigan brand, against our tradition. Its simply a me-to tactic, a copy cat move... and leaders don't do me-to.  If DB wants to stay true to our brand, our position within the market, its clear NO MASCOT. 

Hoke is proving that he can sell Michigan just fine based on its traditional brand.  I doubt he gives a stadium tour and talks about the awesome RAWK music on game days (and I am for RAWK music in moderation).

I am sure DB knows this, I am sure he gets it more than I do, but it still worries me.  A hammer sees only nails, and I worry a lifelong innovator who innovated completley different brands in completely different positions in their market will instinctually innovate in the ways he is accustumed to.

And we will get glowing yellow jerseys once a year, commercials not talking about our astronauts but our RAWK, and JOJO the mascot patroling our tailgates and games.

Seconded

I just got the avg warning again, so I think I am going to stick with droid app until things cool down here on mgoblog.com....

Latrell Sprewell is sitting somewhere thinking..  "50 lbs Costco, seriously?  I gotta a family to feed." 

Insulted, Sprewell plans to sign with Sam's Club

Unfortunately, Sam's Club rejects his membership offer.

My question is if at some point pryor does play again, the first time he runs on the field do the 10,000 alumni and 74,000 truck drivers cheer or boo him?

Taking a page from the Cam Newton book... have your parents execute your nefarious actions

except, of course, for those former players who said he was the best coach they ever had...

That is all.

i look at that list and all i see is Shafer sitting at #10... and all i think i want to pretend i know, goes out the window.

I grew up with a friend who's dad was a city cop.  We were on our way to a hoops tourney a few towns over once, going about 85 in a 55, and we were pulled over.  The cop who pulled us over came to the window made a couple jokes and said slow it down or something to that effect.  Never asked for ID, or even name.  When we asked the friend's dad why he didn't get a ticket, he said b/c he's a cop, and cops don't give cops tickets.  Asked how the other cop knew he was a cop, he explained that they put something in the rear window of their civilian cars to let the cop who pulled them over know whats up.  In his rear window sat a police hat.  Since that day, a number of times I have seen a law enforcement sticker or hat in the driver rear window of civilian cars in that area, guess its still their 'secret code'.   And thats my cool story bro

Ire flows high on Mondays.  I get what you're saying, I just don't think its clear cut like that.  If a back is that much better, his talent would show.  I don't think on any given day, being hot gives you 5 more yards a carry than not being hot. And if you are taking your sample from just a few touches, too much else comes into play.

Could it be obivous at times? Possibly. IMO, doesn't provide as much benefit to having THE guy into a rythme and flow.

If rotating backs, for the sake of finding the the "hot" back, actually provided a +3 (in your most recent comment, +5-12 in your first) MORE yards per carry, wouldn't more teams do it?   That's a pretty huge difference.

And if this is the case, as you said, rotating the backs would pretty much stop after the 1st quarter (or even first drive), because you would have found your back that gets 4 more yards per carry.  Yet...magnus...it doesn't does it.

Regardless, have a good one, excuse the ire, my allotted time surfin has expired back to real life

Right Magnus, b/c thats what generally happens.  You have 2 guys who are so close in ability that one isn't a decernable starter over the other, yet when put into a game one can get 5-12 yd runs and the other can manage nothing more than a few no gains and losses.  Clearly you know what your talking about.

F*cking bullsh*t. 

I'm so close to just being done salivating over college football.  Upping my comcast every year to the HD subscription in late August.  You know what, I don't even care anymore, lets sellout every inch of Mich stadium with advertising.  Lets put Domino's Pizza all over our jerseys.  Bring sticker helmets back just so we can put them up for auction to the highest corporate bidder.  Have sponsored plays.  I guess there's always high school football...

could go ether way.  have known ppl who got screwed and who were well taken care of when the garage screwed up.  when u go in there, be prepared just in case they want to corn hole u.  have already contacted the bbb and know what steps u can take if they don't make it right.  i would post many many online reviews describing what happened...end them with a to be continued.  if they take of the problem, sing their praise, if they don't, expose them.  google maps review, yelp, i think yahoo has biz reviews...if the garage is a chain, go up the ladder.  find the territory manager.  point is, next communication with the garage, they need to know u aren't a pussy.  that u aren't going to sit around and let them get one over on u

ur good.. u beat me by 4 minutes AND provided a vid.  nice work

The qb is parallel to the other players right? And not looking DOWN on them as you were in the stands (or watching on tv)? The secondary only appears camouflaged against the backdrop of the field...which is not the backdrop the qb is looking at

I love it. Especially around midfield when you don't need a huge punt, and the fans all want them to go for it on 4th down anyway. For as many times as Tate might not "pin" them within the 10, they will get four times as many crappy returns because they were forced to stay in a nickel or punt safe. I wonder what damage Tate could do in a traditional punt formation, and how many times he could roll out and hit a TE doing a 5 and out? Not open, try the running punt we saw so much a couple yrs ago. Tate may not be the fastest, but he is illusive as hell, and I would feel pretty good he could avoid most of the pressure that might get to him

Shouldn't forget its pretax. I would assume he's taxed at 35%, but if this 'bonus' is considered a bonus like the rest of us get, could very well get taxed at 40%. Leaving him with $150k or so.

We don't know his situation, maybe he made a promise to his mom or something.

Does anyone else find it odd that with the "real" journalists careers in danger, the bloggers of the world are the ones who report with calm reflection and thought out analysis, while the old media journalists put out over-hyped hysteria in a last ditch effort to get attention?

I thought that's why we weren't able to trust news and commentary from bloggers... what an odd flip.

Never promised...

What??? Conference first, always. Go back and read you bible, of Bo Schembechler. Every year your first and main goal is win your conference.

Ugh, again, not DR in any way position specific.

AND, you SEROUSLY think he is a serviceable QUARTERBACK??? Holy good god man. Better than Gardner, yeh maaaybe. Maybe. Regardless we lose with either of them.

Its good to know you are proud of a 5 win season. Losing to Mich St and OSU is ok? Shit man. You are the same guy who wanted Carr out because he could only get us a 8-9 win season, and now you are ok with 5 because it currently fits your internet argument.

Is football only about risk reward? I know plenty of traders, and few FEW do risk reward analysis themselves. Their firm does it for them. Maybe you are a basement trader, and if so I really don't need you to profuse your risk reward expertise to me.

My position is a bit different, but only a bit. I am a marketing analyst, the point of my existence within this corporation is to maximize output. You want to get to the goal in baby steps, I want to sprint. I promise you, in athletics, the sprinter wins.

Seriously, I am surprised you didn't tell me your dad can beat up my dad.

Well Mr Risk Analyzer, what was our record in the B10 last year? You are clearly not doing your job, what risk is there? Losing? You mean losing MORE than all but 1 conference game??? Seriously??

I would not hire you.

hah, dude i got your metaphor, I've read Soar With Your Strengths, I get it. Its not just about DR and HIS grades, its about the entire team. Maximizing the overall talent you can put on the field.

I'd still like someone to explain how having a top 3 play maker on the bench maximizes our talent on the field, which gives us the best chance to win. Its really that simple.

The entire structure of your argument is that if, IF, Forcier gets injured, then we need DR because he is substantially better than Gardner would be. I don't agree. DR or Gardner at qb means a loss. I don't care if its by 3 (DR) or 33 (Gardner).

We're not winning, why wouldn't we want to play the team that gives us the best chance of winning. That entire journey you just took with your school metaphor is constructed around something that hasn't and might not occur. If it does, we're screwed regardless.

Don't be so risk adverse. Don't be afraid to reach for excellence (cue inspirational music)

Can someone please explain to me, and talk slowly, why we cannot use DR in other areas of the offense? I get it, if Forcier goes down we need him at QB or we lose. Well, we lost anyway. So whats the difference? Don't we need the play making ability more to avoid losses than the possibility of an injury?

And this yr, whats to stop DR from having a dual role. 2nd string QB, but starts at a receiver spot or some type of offensive back. We need him on the field. Am I wrong or is he perfect to return punts and or kickoffs?

If Forcier goes down, we lose. Its that simple. DG is not acceptable at qb. So we might as well pull Gardner out of red shirt at that point, if it comes to it.

I like and support RR, my biggest BIGGEST question is his ability to utilize his talent. I just don't see it. I see him much like Carr, cept with the opposite offense. He has his scheme, and tries to fit the players into it. Doesn't seem to be able to adjust for the talent he has today. Or I am wrong.

I was once asked if I were an animal on the african safaria, which would I be. It was then followed up by asking if the qualities of a giraffe or lion match me better and why.

I have also been asked a number of puzzle questions. Like, you have 7 balls that look exactly the same. Same color same size. 1 ball has a greater mass than the other 6. The other 6 are all equal. You have only a balance scale, and can use it 2 times. How do you find the ball with the greater mass.

Why do they call it Ovaltine? The mug is round; the jar is round... they should call it Roundtine.

I generally don't neg the hell outta ppl who post for the sake of creating an uproar. But I did neg everyone of your posts after reading THIS, your MGOBOARD post from a couple days ago:

http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/ot-sure-mens-dress-shoies

>> OT For Sure: Men's Dress Shoies

Guys, this is as serious an MGoTopicOffTopic as has ever been brought up.

I am a serious, and I MEAN SERIOUS clothes horse. I love shopping for clothes. Love it. Can't get enough of it. And sometimes, I get to buy some instead of trying them on and runing out of the department store real fast, hoping the security guards are at lunch or something. Hell, I'll kill the bastard before I give up a hot pair of stolen shoes.

And that brings me to this topic: Men's dress shoes. For years, I've been into the Johnston & Murphy line. Holy hell--you put on a pair of leather J&M's and you wouldn't care if your wife ran off to Bermuda with the plumber and left you with nothing BUT the J&M's. I finally bought two pair this year, and I can't go anywhere while wearing them without some hot chick noticing I have a boner. I ain't lyin' when I tell her, "It's not YOU, honey, it's the Johnston & Murphy's. Fuck off and buy me a drink."

I think it's the confidence in me that she notices--and it impresses her. She never buys me the drink, though, but she sure fucks off!

Anyway, I found two new lines today that are about as sexually arousing as my J&M's: Clark, and Echo. Tried them on, walked around, and plunked down a hundy for the Clark's. So far, I'm satisfied. I've had them on for three hours while wearing nothing else, and they look and feel great!

I figure I can come here and ask for any other shoe lines in the same price range (on sale, J&M's and Clark's are about a hundy a pair at a department store in Omaha).

This would be a good thread and a good day to discuss shoes. I know you're out there. We're Michigan Men. We may sit and watch TV with one hand stuffed in our pants, but DAMMIT do we look good while doing it!<<

Holy bejesus man. You are a straight up girl. A few on this board have called u a homosexual or something along those lines. I hope its true, I have no problem with that and it would explain the above post. But no, NO straight man talks like this. To be a straight man and talk like this is a sin against nature.

BB Storm user. Never check mgoblog anymore because its just too big, bad formatting for mobile, and takes too long.

The mini opera browser is better that the BB browser, but i still wish mgoblog had a mobile version =) Oh yes, I am asking for a lot... I do 3/4 of my net surfing on a mobile phone, yet don't check mgoblog on there (wish i could) because its huge and the formatting is terrible. Eh, maybe next Christmas?? Thats all I want Santa, er, Brian

I never went to an OSU/UM game at the shoe, but I did date a girl who attended OSU for a year. I walked with her (wearing my Mich shirt of course) during her orientation. This was early or mid summer, but the pride of OSU was on campus. While I never endured the common "f michigan", I was told many times that I was stupid. Remember, this was summer. Middle of the day. Everyone was sober (well, this was OH-IO so maybe not). I had was my Mich shirt on, she had her OSU shirt. I thought we looked like the espn commercial, and since there was no impending game I thought it was all in good fun. I imagined I was going to get some looks, or some minor ribbing. I remember one grad student aged kid walked by without making eye contact muttered "hope you get your ass kicked".

The worst, however, was the older man (I have no idea if he was a professor, another student's dad, janitor, or truck driver strolling the campus), probably in his 40s or early 50s, came right up to me and with a scowl said "you should be shot in the head and killed". In all seriousness, in all hate, and walked away. I should be killed execution style. I didn't respond, I couldn't really. It was a true wtf moment.

The very next day I snuck (or sneaked for u grammar nazis) into the shoe, and relieved myself on their field. They wanted to be #1 that year, so I gave them #1. I have a picture of it even, best pic of my life.

Your #2 point is "Big House is louder than ever"... ugh, when did we as Michigan fans need to resort to such scraping for reason to believe...

Its UM vs OSU. That is why we might win. And that is why we might lose. Nothing more needs to be said.

Think his wristband says? "I am gr.." Great? Greedy? Grammatically Incompetent?

Maybe its just a statement of intent or action. I am grabbing her boob.

bad weather does act as an equalizer, as far as a teams strengths. i do think it exploits a teams weaknesses, however. I think our speed advantage will be less of an advantage because of the weather. so many of these games come down to who screws up the least, and the resulting big plays or field position from said screwups.

Crappy weather turns games into a battle for field position. If the weather is especially bad, u have to think that hurts us both. Their pass attack will be mitigated, and our runners will be less likely to get around the corner and get to the outside make cuts, etc. Teams that can play 3 yds and a puddle of mud generally do well in horrible weather.

You all remember OSU at the big house in 2007? I was there, cold and wet. OSU had just 13 pass attempts the entire game to Mich 30 something attempts. They just kept bashing up the middle, and played field position. And won.

If the weather is really bad, its who can make the fewest crucial mistakes, and who can win the field position game. I really dunno who that favors.

We have a young team... there are going to be stumbles. You have to figure we lose 1 (at least), 2 (probable) or 3 (lets hope not) that our talent and system say we should win, simply due to inexperience and youthful miscues.

I actually don't like the way out schedule lines up the rest of the way.

We have home field advantage with 2 teams that it may not matter. Penn St and OSU may just be too strong for us regardless. Its wasted on games we may not have a chance at.

Then the second tier of the big 10 that we play, Ill-MSU-Iowa and for fun lets throw in Wisconsin, we play away. Those are games we could win/lose and could really use the home field advantage.

We play the lowest tier of the B10 at home. Purdue and Indiana. Those are games we should win regardless of where we play.

So, IMO, the 4 games we need home field the most we don't have it. 2 games we should win regardless, we have it. 2 games we should lose regardless, we have it. It'd take our B10 schedule the rest of the way flipped any day. That would give us the best shot at 6-2 in the B10. 6-2 in the B10 probably means we are looking at a 10-2 season since we got past ND. Not too shabby. But with the schedule as it is, we could easily be looking at a .500 or sub .500 B10 record. OSU/PSU losses, only takes one slip up at any of the following away games: Mich St, Iowa, Wisc, Ill...

Though it will be nice having a shot at PSU and OSU at home =) Anyway, its late, i ramble, GO BLUE!

3. Lets not forget, unless there is a collaborative conspiracy going on here, it was a lot more than "ssshhhh". More along the lines of shut the f$*% up you fa*%ots"

That is a flag every time.