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Seth: helots were enslaved…

Seth: helots were enslaved by the ancient Spartans; Spartan citizens were called Spartiates. (This is response to you saying that the MSU logo isn't "what the helots wore" -- if we're going to talk about Michigan degrees and our ability to get historical details right, we shouldn't conflate the enslaved helots with Spartiate citizens!)

That's a good point but I…

That's a good point but I think the problem there is sample size. Michigan has been so dominant that truly critical field goals are few and far between; consequently you don't need statistics to evaluate pressure kicks.

A blocked kick can in theory…

A blocked kick can in theory be a kicker's responsibility, but Brian's game column linked to Zoltan Mesko explaining how this particular kick was blocked, and it seemed to be a blocking issue rather than a kicking issue.

Note: Radjewski has 15.6…

Note: Radjewski has 15.6 PAAR for Moody last year on 34 attempts (compared to my 15.4 PAAR); I don't know what accounts for the discrepancy (different measurements of the distances?), but it's close enough that I didn't worry about it too much.

Me too. They do a good job…

Me too. They do a good job with the NFL and soccer but I can listen to Robert Mays without the subscription anyway

I always thought that one…

I always thought that one major function of MGoBlog was to relitigate the Rich Rod years

Yes, I just thought it was…

Yes, I just thought it was an interesting story

Brian, I don't know if this…

Brian, I don't know if this is the same as what Michigan ran, but apparently Chip Kelly ran a play like this, with the frontside using pin-pull rules and the backside outside zone. This website calls it "pin-pull sweep"

This cut-up looks the most similar to the play you highlighted: 

https://youtu.be/EiLGyyeAdPg?si=wIceu9YC0Gnzc5HT

 

I assume that Seth meant to…

I assume that Seth meant to assign +1.5 to Makari Paige

I actually think that…

I actually think that allegedly is overused. I see things like "Man accused of allegedly stabbing woman multiple times" -- that's wrong. He's being accused of stabbing, not of allegedly stabbing. You don't accuse someone of allegedly doing something, you accuse them of doing something.

That's all irrelevant to what you're saying here, of course. Still, I don't think that it's very useful to talk about the "fashion" of the presumption of innocence. I'd be curious to know when was the Golden Age when it was the case that everyone (or even most people) assumed that people were innocent until proven guilty.

It's the opposite of…

It's the opposite of sinister! The rest of Alex's family is sinister.

Someone once claimed that it…

Someone once claimed that it WAS photoshopped on this here blog. But there's video, of course (https://youtu.be/AuExP3YhS0U?t=4465).

I thought SpaceCoyote had a…

I thought SpaceCoyote had a pretty good explanation of what Michigan might have been trying to do on that 3rd and Goal at the end of the 1st quarter:

Lots of complaints on this call, let me explain the design here pic.twitter.com/vVjb2OCfmq

— Space Coyote (@SpaceCoyoteBDS) November 1, 2022

 

If it makes you feel better…

If it makes you feel better Seth, in Latin it would be pronounced Yanus, not Janus.

Nikhai Hill Green also not…

Nikhai Hill Green also not available according to Angelique

Academic here. I know for a…

Academic here. I know for a fact that I have not been interviewed for jobs because I didn't have a PhD from the "right" institution... I went to a program that doesn't have the greatest reputation but has the best people in the sub-field that I work in. I ended up doing petty well. So I agree that you want to go to the best school possible, but sometimes there's nobody in the Ivies who does what you are interested in, and ultimately that's the most important thing.

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Looked fine to me too: http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=34516822 

Erick All became a father…

Erick All became a father this morning according Michigan radio

The Athletic has a story up,…

The Athletic has a story up, looks bad for Mel:

https://theathletic.com/3468455/2022/08/02/mel-pearson-michigan/

It's ad nauseam, from Latin…

It's ad nauseam, from Latin nausea, from ancient Greek ναυσία (from ναῦς, "ship," so effectively the ship's sickness, i.e. "seasickness") 

People at the game said that…

People at the game said that the crowd was super into it, so I'm not so sure that the audio was fake

Coaches since Mack have a…

Coaches since Mack have a combined record of 53-99 (.535), and the two coaches prior to Mack had a combined record of 72-54-2 (.571), so his career record at Texas of 158–48 (.767) is all the more remarkable.

Lots of violations of…

Lots of violations of University policy, in particular, "All faculty and staff members must disclose all actual or potential conflicts of interest or conflicts of commitment."

I think it just really…

I think it just really depends on the person. I found it easy, but I don't think that it means that they're objectively so. (I'm a professor at a Research 1 public university, not in Econ, so I think about this stuff a lot)

I went to UM and I found…

I went to UM and I found upper-level Econ classes very easy too.

I wanted to add that while…

I wanted to add that while soccer songs are wonderful and uplifting, what I really love are the chants, which are often very obscene and aimed at specific clubs and individuals (like the owners of clubs). I guess that probably don't work in a college context; the closest thing is perhaps when Kansas fans started chanting "S-E-C" at Texas -- or even better, the chants of the Michigan hockey fans

Seth, one minor correction …

Seth, one minor correction (I think, unless I am missing something). On this play, it's Tyreke Smith, not Zach Harrison, who's playing DE to the play side and who gets passed up by Keegan:

He's still an elite recruit, of course, and a senior to boot, so the point stands.

I think it must be Jake…

I think it must be Jake Zembiec:

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-football/news/penn-state-gold-chains-mustache-coach/wig28t6kib2r1ud5jqdxmpxy4

I made this chart. It didn't…

I made this chart. It didn't make me feel better:

My memory of the 1990s teams…

My memory of the 1990s teams (Moeller & Carr) was that they were kind of the opposite of Harbaugh's teams: capable of losing at home to mediocre teams (e.g., Illinois in 93) but also capable of beating good teams on the road (e.g., Penn State in 93, Colorado in 96). Harbaugh's teams have generally been pretty good at beating teams they should, but incapable of beating teams that are their equals or better.

Also worth comparing to…

Also worth comparing to Payton Thorne's, which is eerily similar:

Am I the only one confused…

Am I the only one confused as to why Welschof is third in Mr Worldwide when he was only a +2?

For Texas:


The intrigue in…

For Texas:

The intrigue in Texas speaks to its appeal. It probably also explains why the program hasn’t won a Big 12 title since 2009.

“Just a lot of political aspects to it that have nothing to do with football that makes it very difficult,” a Power 5 administrator said. “Takes a very skilled person.”

Alignment has been incredibly difficult to pull off there. The program is on its third head coach since Mack Brown. And the looming move to the SEC — while making the richest program in the country even richer — may make it even more difficult for the on-field product to get back on track.

“Expectations are so unrealistic,” an agent said. “Delusional fan base, but they do have the money to throw at any problem that comes their way.”

Seth, Classics professor…

Seth, Classics professor here: you're saying Cannae (in Polybius, Κάνναι) weird. The accent is always on the first syllable no matter how you say it. It's /ˈkæni/ or /ˈkæneɪ/ or /ˈkænaɪ/ but not what you were saying.

FWIW most ancient historians say /ˈkænaɪ/ 

the dude messing with…

the dude messing with Haskins' legs was Drew Singleton 

You can't get away with that…

You can't get away with that on a Michigan blog, my friend. I know for a fact that I'm not the only person with a PhD in Classics who reads MGoBlog

CAVEAT DEFENSIONIS is…

CAVEAT DEFENSIONIS is gibberish in Latin, Seth. Where's the subject? Why is defensio genitive? Why not cave defensionem (cf. cave canem = beware the dog)?

I guess he's German but he…

I guess he's German but he seems to be playing in southern California: https://247sports.com/Player/Hero-Kanu-46114765/

247 story doesn't add much…

247 story doesn't add much other than that entering the portal doesn't necessarily mean that the player will leave: https://247sports.com/Article/Zach-Charbonnet-enters-transfer-portal-Michigan-football-running-back-159519773/

Qué?

Qué?

Confirmed by Angelique:

Confirmed by Angelique:

https://twitter.com/chengelis/status/1341494271044694016

Was too busy writing to update -- yup confirmed by two sources. I was first texted about Don Brown at 3:06 p.m. today. and I JUST got a text from the first source saying "I told you first!!" lol

He just committed:

https:/…

He just committed:

https://twitter.com/Davontemiles90/status/1340076803235459074

Joe Thuney ($14.7m) makes…

Joe Thuney ($14.7m) makes more money per year than Bill Belichick ($12m) and Thuney's salary is limited by a salary cap in a way that Belichick's isn't.

I mean, yes and no. Is it…

I mean, yes and no. Is it capitalism that the athletes don't get paid beyond scholarship etc? By contrast, In the NFL (which also isn't pure capitalism, as there are salary caps and a players' union) the best players get paid ~$40 million a year, about 3-4x times what the highest paid coaches are paid.

Is 'Burying the Lead' a…

Is 'Burying the Lead' a clever joke or a misspelling of 'lede'?

I think you mean rational…

I think you mean rational expectations

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Maybe I'm being dense, but I…

Maybe I'm being dense, but I feel like Seth meant the title to be "Arrogance is a feature." On my reading, what he's arguing is that Michigan didn't respect MSU and so came out with a vanilla game plan, which suggests that arrogance is a feature (not a bug) that's baked into the football program and which leads to results such as these. Or am I not getting it?

Bill Belichick

Bill Belichick

Brian, pretty sure you mean…

Brian, pretty sure you mean whither (to what place), not wither (become dry and shriveled)