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18 weeks 4 hours ago	Looking at his wall I thought "LSU was in the Final Four?"	I let my attention wander for a few years there between say 1998 and 2009.  So they made it farther in the tourney with Big Baby Davis and Tyrus Thomas (and a coach who didn't last another two seasons) than they did with Shaq.  Weird.
19 weeks 6 days ago	This is up there	with whoever labeled Shawn Lazarus a sleeper recruit.
22 weeks 4 hours ago	Some healthy self-confidence there	I like it.  Come on down, young man.
26 weeks 2 days ago	Sounds like Urban "gets it"	Unless his team loses on Saturday, at which point he will be excoriated for not "getting it."
26 weeks 6 days ago	This will haunt my dreams	Whoa.
26 weeks 6 days ago	This will haunt my dreams	Whoa.
31 weeks 1 day ago	You're thinking of TE Tyler Ecker	Ecker was at UM in 2000 and redshirted, spent two years on his mission, then played from 2003 through 2006.
31 weeks 1 day ago	Jonathan Goodwin, Chris Kurpeikis	Jonathan Goodwin was from South Carolina, but was on the Ohio U roster before transferring to Michigan.  Not sure why he went to OU first; his big brother Harold Goodwin had graduated and was on the staff at EMU by the time Jonathan arrived.  Note that Harold is now the OL coach for the Indianapolis Colts. Justin Kurpeikis' (PSU)  big brother Chris was on the Michigan roster for one season (1995) after being at Notre Dame.  Don't know if he ever played.
31 weeks 2 days ago	It is a bit odd that we've had nobody wear it for eight seasons	It went unused for three years after AC, two years after Terrell, and now eight years after Braylon.  Granted there hasn't been a lights-out WR during that time (Manningham possibly excepted) but still.
31 weeks 2 days ago	It is a bit odd that we've had nobody wear it for eight seasons	It went unused for three years after AC, two years after Terrell, and now eight years after Braylon.  Granted there hasn't been a lights-out WR during that time (Manningham possibly excepted) but still.
31 weeks 3 days ago	Who is T. Gordan?	Is he related to Russell Bellamy, Devin Gardener, or Andre Pipkens?
33 weeks 3 days ago	I hear that Troy Nunes is an absolute magician	I haven't watched the highlights but if the leveling of the Syracuse TE by the 180-lb Todd Howard is not featured, it's a crime.  Howard had a middling career but he was good for the occasional astonishing hit.  I also recall him sending a Purdue running back cartwheeling. I remember Lloyd's teams habitually losing their first road games of the year, but the numbers really don't back this up.  It happened five straight times (2001-2005 by 5, 2, 4, 8, and 3 points respectively) but overall he was 7-6 in such games.
36 weeks 3 days ago	My 5yo daughter consistently advises Denard: "Don't fall down!"	It's going to be quite the shock to her system when he isn't the Michigan quarterback.  He's the only one she's known. Saddest story ever: I was out of the room during the MSU game last year and she shouted to me "Daddy, Denard just threw a touchdown!"  Too bad it was to the wrong team.  :-(
36 weeks 3 days ago	Solon, Ohio: Jim "Mad Dog" Mandich	I was born in Detroit, but did most of my growing up in Solon.  Mad Dog was before my time but I believe his "kick ass and take names" quote in Bo's book comes from a HS coach of his who was still around when I was in school...the youth minister at my Catholic parish btw. I now live in Mentor, OH, home of former Baldwin-Wallace QB Jim Tressel.  When Lee Tressel coached at Mentor High he encouraged his player Bill Kolesar to attend Michigan because Lee didn't like Woody Hayes.  So we have Lee Tressel to thank for Bill's son John.
43 weeks 2 days ago	Halol	A stampede toward the door would have been better, but I suppose you have to work with stock footage.
43 weeks 2 days ago	Jerry Sandusky arrived late to the 1998 game	I was standing above the tunnel entrance waiting for my brother.  I recognized Sandusky when he walked in from the parking lot, within 30 minutes of kickoff.  It was Penn State's offense that failed them that day, but I remember thinking their team was at a disadvantage if its coaches weren't showing up on time. At the time I wondered if Sandusky was hung over from the night before.  In the past year I have wondered if he was doing something else.  Ugh.
44 weeks 6 days ago	As for non-conf opponents, a home-and-home with Pitt plz	It's the closest school from a major non-B1G conference to Ann Arbor, and certainly the closest to my home in NE Ohio.  They play in a nice modern stadium (albeit an NFL home) and rarely fill the place, but they're not a total pushover.  Also western PA has been a fertile recruiting ground at times and some visibility there couldn't hurt.  We haven't played them since two blowout wins in the 1940s.  Paging Mr. Brandon...
44 weeks 6 days ago	It was Steve Bellisari in 1999, not Joe Germaine	Speaking of Bellisari, who would have thought that an OSU QB getting arrested shortly before the Michigan game would help their cause?  I posit that Bellisari's supreme generosity (instead of Stingy Krenzel) with the pigskin would have been worth at least seven points in 2001.
51 weeks 3 days ago	Plays 2, 3, and 4 were tremendous	Really tremendous.
1 year 8 weeks ago	Made dunks >>>> missed layups	MOAR dunx plz kthx.
1 year 9 weeks ago	Looks like Chris Howard, not Chris Floyd	JT Floyd wears 8, Chris Floyd wore 7.
1 year 15 weeks ago	I like the brighter yellow with a darker blue - more contrast	IMHO the blue should be very dark, like the original blue on the outside of the stadium.  The official maize color looks too orange to me.  I don't want us to be Cal or West Virginia. Lighting makes a huge difference though.  Witness the gap between the blue stripes on our Sugar Bowl uniforms (looked almost royal blue) and the blue on the helmets (very dark).  Same problem always plagues the Minnesota Vikings, whose purple jerseys looked much bluer than their helmets under the Metrodome lights.  AOTS people, weigh in here.
1 year 22 weeks ago	It will be tough to top 2010 and 2006 for total 13-game numbers	Both years we had seven home games plus road games at PSU and OSU. Theoretically the biggest numbers would be drawn by playing eight home games plus Big Ten road games at Penn State, Ohio State, Nebraska, and Wisconsin, then playing in the Rose Bowl. That would be a really rough schedule but would probably produce a season total of 1,350,000 or so, and since playing in the Rose Bowl would probably mean we played in the B1G championship game as well, that would add another 25-30 fans to the total. I bet we won't top the 2011 numbers next fall, road games at Minnesota and Purdue (our last two visits to both have drawn <60k) will drag down the average.
1 year 28 weeks ago	Creepiest gif ever btw	I was about to start stretching and now I feel like it would get me in trouble.
1 year 32 weeks ago	Good thing Molk is around to cheer Robinson up	Speaking of El Duderino...Molk is like a smaller, better groomed Everitt.
1 year 32 weeks ago	This weekend at Mentor	Ace, I live in Mentor.  I have half a mind to pull a Drew Peterson and film you at the game. I graduated from Solon so I was conflicted about the Mentor @ Solon game, but it was nice to see Mentor's defense be part of the story.  Both teams have been blowing people out.  Mentor's O did their usual thing but the D shutting down Solon's scoring was more impressive, especially on the road.
1 year 32 weeks ago	Yeah, great detailing but I think I'm sitting this one out	I don't need those kind of looks or questions.
1 year 32 weeks ago	All this over a few hundred isolated incidents?	Also a guy who can get you things: Two months ago Ben Axelrod may have gotten beat up for writing that piece.  I wonder if the fanbase is so beaten down that they will agree with him.
1 year 32 weeks ago	I'm pleased to see Slap Bulkhead mentioned	And for that matter, the second MST3K reference recently.  Sam Swordthrust and Jake Deepfried approve. The mascot hat frightens me.  Everything it touches turns to maize. Awesome wallpaper.
1 year 33 weeks ago	Thanks now my head hurts	I can't believe that an actual official AD production.  Great stuff. Maybe they hired away the brains behind Louie Caporusso: Love Expert   <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/yUfmRaPEYOc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

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