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| 1 day 13 hours ago | Here... |
Here you go. |
| 1 day 13 hours ago | Love these videos!!! |
I'm always pumped to see these videos every Sunday. So much so in fact that when we lose, the second most disappointing thing aside from us losing is that I won't have great highlight videos from the game to watch over and over again.
Thanks a ton for the effort!!! I realize it takes more time and effort than what most people probably think. |
| 1 week 6 days ago | I think... |
I think he's the best kicker since Kenny Allen. For real, Kenny Allen had a hell of a career. He went 18-22 in 2015, then followed that up with a 19-23 performance in 2016 (and simultaneously had 51/84 touchbacks on kickoffs - a number that could've been higher but we sometimes chose to kick it short, and averaged 43.7 yards per punt during his career - the best of anyone since 2000 at least). He finished his career with 15 straight made FGs and he never missed an extra point in his career. |
| 1 week 6 days ago | Interesting... |
Interesting stuff! Can we see the map of it? |
| 1 week 6 days ago | This is awesome!! |
I hope this gets posted every week! Thanks! |
| 3 weeks 12 hours ago | This one... |
This one is a couple of years old now, but I like it better. OSU as Joffrey and MSU as Theon.
http://www.10worthy.com/2015/04/12/if-your-favorite-game-of-thrones-characters-were-big-ten-schools/ |
| 3 weeks 1 day ago | Fantastic... |
Fantastic stuff!!! Thanks for sharing... Go Blue!!! |
| 3 weeks 1 day ago | Wow... |
Wow, this video was so incredibly well done! Love that you focused on returning players. Amazing video! |
| 3 weeks 4 days ago | Tennessee |
Tennessee. Would love to do a home and home with them. Neyland Stadium looks fantastic, almost as amazing as the Big House. Plus, we owe them a loss after they clobbered us in the 2002 Citrus Bowl. |
| 4 weeks 1 day ago | Yeah... |
Yeah, Drew Henson who started for less than a full season (in a year when we went to the Citrus Bowl) seems like a real stretch, and a few other guys seem a little overrated. Still, I get that a lot more somewhat recent guys are on the list because they're high on Michigan's all-time lists in many passing categories since we didn't pass it a whole lot under Bo and nobody passed a whole lot before that. |
| 4 weeks 5 days ago | I live in Mexico... |
I live in Mexico and I use a slingbox. If it's a fantastic option if you have access to a cable box in the US that nobody's going to be using. Otherwise, I'm pretty sure you can get an American IP address and get whatever streaming package each channel offers. |
| 5 weeks 3 days ago | re: Los Lunas |
Not sure if Brian will see this or not, but "Luna," in addition to meaning "moon," is also a common last name in Mexico. So "Los Lunas" means "the Lunas" as in the people from the Luna family, the same way that "Los Campos" would mean "the Campos" (family members) or the Johnsons would mean people from the Johnson family. If I had to guess, I'd wager that "Los Lunas," New Mexico is named after some people with the last name Luna. |
| 5 weeks 4 days ago | This... |
This is always one of my favorite articles on this site! Awesome writing and jokes. Thanks a ton!!!!! |
| 6 weeks 3 days ago | Makes sense... |
Makes sense. The quote jumped out at me only because I've seen Runyan mentioned a lot as a potential tackle, but I honestly didn't remember what he was recruited as or what his natural position is. Good insight. Thanks! |
| 6 weeks 4 days ago | Well... |
If we're going to make bold inferences based on vague quotes, it's worth considering that Cole might be starting camp at center with Runyan at left tackle. You have athletic options with Juwann [Bushell-Beatty] and I know Jon [Runyan Jr.] is one of the more athletic options that you guys have. Could you kind of describe that right tackle position a little bit? “Yeah, Juwann and Nolan’s over there. Jon Runyan can work over there." Kind of makes it sound like Runyan can work at right tackle, but maybe isn't currently playing right tackle. Which means we could be continuing with Cole at center for now. Don't get me wrong, I'd prefer Mason Cole at LT and Kugler or Ruiz at center, but that quote kind of jumped out at me because I assumed Runyan would be battling for the RT starting spot. There's still a ton of time left in camp; I'm sure the coaches will figure out whatever our best 5 is.
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| 15 weeks 12 hours ago | People will hate this... |
People will hate this, but I always really respected Troy Smith's game when he was OSU's starter. Before that, I really respected Craig Krenzel as well, not so much because he was a great player but because he did a lot without having a ton of physical talent and came up with big plays for them to win some really memorable games. Those were the days when I actually usually rooted for OSU to win all their games before they played us because, since they had basically never beaten us in my lifetime up until 2001, I was still assuming every year that we'd beat them every year regardless of our record or theirs. Since then I've learned my lesson and I basically never want them to beat anyone. |
| 15 weeks 12 hours ago | I swear I've never... |
I swear I've never seen a guy that got away with more fouling on the perimeter on defense. Don't get me wrong, the guy played with a lot of passion, but it was almost like a self-fulfiling prophecy where everyone said he was a great defender, so the refs let him get away with murder, thus making him a great defender. On offense, he didn't have much game. He was efficient because he always was surrounded by great talent but Spike, for example, was a way better offensive player. I guess I never have understood why Craft got so much hype and credit in the press. With all that said, I am very, very glad that Craft went to OSU if it had anything to do with them not offering Trey. |
| 15 weeks 1 day ago | Yeah but... |
Yeah but renting a tux costs like $200 anyway. I've been in 3 weddings and had to rent a $180 or $200 tuxedos each time, and a $200 tuxedo rental doesn't even look especially good. I would have way rather bought a suit that I could keep for that price. |
| 17 weeks 2 days ago | Great comment. |
Great comment. I'm with you that it's hilarious anyone would base this decision solely on which guy was in at the end of one game. Michigan went to Moe in the clutch much more than DJ in the previous two games, which were also the biggest games of the season. |
| 18 weeks 3 days ago | What... |
What a joke. At least now I know why he was so desperate to add Rutgers and Maryland even though they're terrible for student athletes, fans, and the long-term strength of the conference. |
| 18 weeks 4 days ago | My list: |
Derrick Walton Caris LeVert Zack Novak Zack Irvin Jordan Morgan
Morgan should be on the list, and you kind of need 4 guys who are real 3 point threats to make our offense work if you go with a center like Morgan who's not a threat at all from outside. I also think that whether his stats impress you or not, Novak makes just about any team better when he's on the floor. |
| 18 weeks 4 days ago | Not a huge fan of the Jevohn Shepherd line... |
This was a great and fun read! I'm not a fan of the Jevohn Shepherd line, though. First off, I don't see the harm in including a second five even if you acknowledge that there were extremely slim pickings. Jevohn and any of Bielfeldt, Horford, Gibson, etc, could work. On top of that, not picking two more guys "to avoid picking Jevohn Shepherd" seems like a really unneccesary slap in the face of a guy who 1) put a lot of effort into his Michigan career and became a solid rotation guy (and started on occasion) even if he wasn't a fantastic talent and 2) could be reading this artice. |
| 18 weeks 4 days ago | You gotta... |
You gotta pick between Morgan and Peedi because there's no question that Novak should be a starter on this team. Especially considering that Irvin could also defend the 4. With respect to their play, Novak is a no brainer over Peedi, JMo, and probably Irvin. On top of that, this lineup would play better with 4 guys that are real threats from deep, and that means replacing either Peedi or JMo with Novak.
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| 19 weeks 3 days ago | Yeah... |
Yeah it was the worst officiating imagineable. After 4 years of not even watching highlights of the game, I finally got myself to watch the first half on youtube a couple of weeks ago and the officiating was absolutely as bad as I remembered (which was surprising considering how worked up I was at the time compared to watching it years later in a calm state).
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| 19 weeks 3 days ago | Great thread!!!!! |
What a great thread! I couldn’t choose just 10, so here are my top ten in the tourney and my top ten in the regular season. Definitely a tough job weighing the importance of each win, how good of a game it was, plus how thrilling/gratifying it was for me at the time.
Top Ten NCAA Tournament wins
1. 2013 - Kansas Trey Burke 2. 2013 – Florida Expected a really tough game against a really tough team to make the Final Four, and instead we just destroyed them. 3. 2013 – Syracuse Amazing, tight win to make it to the Final. 4. 2017 – Louisville Seemingly the worst matchup imaginable for an incredible team that looked like it could make a deep run if we could just get by Louisville. It turned out to be an amazing win overcoming a lot of nearly impossible breaks. 5. 2014 – VCU It looked like we got the toughest 5 seed imaginable but we wiped the floor with them. It was the moment that it started looking like we could make a run after a tough end to the regular season. 6. 2011 – Tennessee The biggest blowout in an 8v9 matchup in history. A fantastic exclamation point capping the greatest season turnaround I’d ever seen at the time. 7. 2014 – Tennessee A nail-biting win to make it to the Elite Eight. Maybe Jordan Morgan’s greatest moment. 8. 2009 – Clemson Our first NCAA tourney win under Beilein! It was the first one in 11 years at the time. 9. 2009 – Oklahoma State An amazing performance by Michigan to get a heart-pounding win. 10. 2014 – Texas A great performance against a solid second-round opponent.
Top Ten Regular Season wins 1. 2014 at MSU An amazing road win at #3 MSU when they had their strongest team in years. It was an unbelievable performance in spite of criminally uneven officiating that eventually led to us winning the Big Ten outright in a really tough year. It might’ve been the best we’ve ever played under Beilein, considering the circumstances. “Win the game” + Stauskas blowing kisses to the crowd. 2. 2017 vs. Wisconsin (BTT final) An amazing group led by Derrick Walton won a well-deserved championship trophy. We beat up pretty bad on a borderline elite Wisconsin team that seemed like a favorite after they won their semi by 20+. For Derrick Walton, the trophy and tournament MVP honor was a just reward for one of the greatest Big Ten seasons by any individual in program history. 3. 2011 at MSU I’d never been less excited going into a Michigan-MSU bball game, but instead of getting humiliated again, we won at the Breslin for the first time since I was a little kid. That game was really the catalyst for an unbelievable turnaround that eventually took Beilein from the hotseat to the NCAA Final. Years later, that still might have been the most important win of Beilein’s tenure here. 4. 2014 vs. MSU Most of the way through the most thrilling regular season of my lifetime, Michigan had already accomplished so much and yet if we didn’t beat a really tough State team at home, it felt like we were likely to end up with nothing at year’s end. Instead, even though State played great, the boys were just at another level and dismantled State in the second half. At the time, it was our 6th win out of 8 against MSU. 5. 2011 vs. MSU After an amazing turnaround and a number of really memorable wins, we still had to beat State at home just to make the tourney and to avoid them evening the season series. The boys played fantastic and got it down. Darius Morris to MSU: “Get the fuck off my court!” 6. 2008 vs. Duke Manny and Peedi and the guys were just unbelievable in what, at the time, was probably our best win since the 90s. The atmosphere was also the best it had been since the 90s. That win really got Beilein’s program going. What a day. 7. 2012 vs. OSU An amazing, tense home win that helped us win the B1G for the first time in 25 years. It really felt like we legitimately outplayed a top 10 team that day. 8. 2014 at Wisconsin A road win over the #3 team in the country at a venue where we always lose. I assumed we’d lose. Instead, we played absolutely amazing, we won, and all of a sudden we were *maybe*a contender in a loaded Big Ten (and we did end up winning the title!). 9. 2009 at Minnesota An amazing double-digit comeback on the road that got us into the tournament for the first time since the 90s. 10. 2008 vs. UCLA (pre-season NIT) A neutral-court win over a top 5 opponent when we had been picked to finish last (!!!) in the Big Ten. It was kind of our first real show of life under Beilein, and amazingly that momentum probably played a big part in us going on to beat Duke and eventually make the tourney. |
| 20 weeks 1 day ago | Mine... |
Mine may not be obvious. It's of Coolio parachuting in an Amani Toomer jersey. Great 90s rap video ("1,2,3,4") where he wears a ton of Michigan gear. |
| 21 weeks 1 day ago | Fantastic post! |
Fantastic post! Thanks! |
| 21 weeks 1 day ago | Great thread! |
My favorite fishing is the fall salmon run on the Betsie River where my family has a cabin (one of a number of great, or once great) salmon rivers in Michigan. Unfortunately, the chinook salmon population is starting to dwindle, but the rivers used to be just overrun with monster chinook salmon. You can still catch some huge ones, there are just a lot less now than there were 5-10 years ago. My ideal fall weekend probably combines time spent on the river with Saturday afternoon spent at the Big House. Aside from that, I love pike and bass fishing on inland lakes in the summer, and going out to the Grand Haven pier to try to catch steelhead although for me, the catching has always been incredibly slow on the pier. Big one that got away? I guess the biggest bummer was on a lake where we go pike fishing all the time and catch a ton of 20-27 inch pike, but very rarely anything bigger than that. I hooked and basically landed a 38 inch pike (a monster by my standards). Unfortunately, the fish didn't completely fit in the net we were using, so my dad was able to scoop the pike up, but then he was afraid to put the net in the boat because he thought the pike might squirm out of the net and bite him I guess. So, instead, the pike squirmed out of the net and back into the water (unhooking itself from my lure in the process). Honest mistake, but needless to say I was beside myself as I've never seen a pike close to that size before or since. Definitely the one that got away. Here's a picture of one of the bigger salmon that I've caught (edit: picture seems to be extremely distorted... oh well):
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| 24 weeks 6 days ago | I actually... |
I actually really like how statistics driven the analysis at UMhoops is. MGoBlog has great hoops analysis as well; I like that the analysis at the two sites is different because UMhoops pays such close attention to the statistical side of things. I'm really interested in all the stats that they provide and I don't know where I could find them throughout the season without UMhoops. When the team is good, I read all the content on UMhoops and MGoBlog and I rarely feel like the coverage provided by both sites was redundant. |
| 30 weeks 18 hours ago | Yeah... |
Yeah, it would be awesome to host State at night! Side note: I've never understood why a night game HAS to be against a big opponent. I mean, I'd rather play State at night than play Indiana at night, but I also don't really see the harm in spicing up a Michigan - Indiana matchup by having it at night. The only thing I wouldn't be a fan of is having Michigan - OSU at night. It's just feels like part of the tradition of that match-up is playing it in the day. |
