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Pasties and points to you both, yooper cousins!  And that's pass-tees, not paste-ees by the way for those unfamiliar with the legendary dietary staple. 

He's been a member for 15 minutes and 10 seconds,,,about three minutes less than how long it takes Brett Bielema to read the M Club banner.

"Who wants chowder?"

Your point on the merit of RR's firing is well taken--I get it.  We could spar all night about his judgment with the defense and special teams or we can focus on the offense only.,,which had its own struggles against better teams down the stretch.  Maybe more time would've ironed this all out--maybe more time would've have RR eventually asking the same question that Darryl Rogers did.  Either way, it's moot.  He's gone.  I thought that DB was pretty clear about the red letter game priority that he placed on the job duty.  You can disagree with his emphasis on this priority but if you're an incoming coach, you know what's expected of you from this AD to keep your job.  If that nugget of up-front clarity counts for anything, it counts to make the job a worthwhile challenge--not toxic.

Did Fitz, a Chicago boy, former player for NU, married to NU gal, self-professed NU lover taking himself out of consideration surprise anyone?  Is it a surprise that JH has NFL dreams?  Dungy's remarks could be interpreted in a couple of ways. 

I'm just not ready to flatline the M job just because every guy whose face the media chooses to thrust a mic at doesn't gush about us--at least publicly.  

Let's just relax--your remark about stepping away from the computer is a good idea--we should all do it for a little during this whacked time.  Enjoy your upcoming graduation and rest assured that the successes that the guy on your avatar enjoyed will make their way back sooner rather than later. 

(and I'm relieved that you're not 14 years old or else I'd have felt wholly inadequate for graduating at the ripe old age of 21)

I'll take a wild guess that our AD is not "retarded" so you can all exhale.  Can we all relax?  This notion of shock over RR's firing "after three fucking seasons" kind of ignores a lot of shit that even those of us like myself who were ok with giving him a 4th year must acknowledge.  It's not like some magical pimp hand from the sky suddenly cold-cocked a coach who was kicking all forms of ass on the field.  I wont go into all of the infamous records that RR broke in his 3 years with M--we all know them by heart.  I would've been happy if he could find one frick'n guy to kick a 30 frick'n yard field goal. 

I understand that a lot of folks who are current M students or who are graduating in May are acquainted with RR in a way that others of us are not.  He's the only coach the current students have known.  For others like myself, it's different.  Bo & Mo coached while I was on campus and I've seen Lloyd and RR since.  Lots of different action there--lots of success too.  It's a perspective that lends itself to less surprise and disappointment over the RR outcome. 

The decision to fire RR was not cronyism...actually, I couldn't give a crap if it was.  May the best coach guide the team,

Rest assured that the M job is not toxic.  M is not the Detroit Lions organization whose coach, Darryl Rogers once asked, "What does a coach have to do around here to get fired?"  That, my friend, is a toxic job.  Not the M job where the standards are sky high...not by a long shot. 

Have a little faith that a man with the extraordinary life accomplishments, education and intelligence of our AD is not "retarded" (may that term burn in hell).  And have faith that the moment M starts winning again we'll all forget about our past adolescent-chick, freak-outs about whether the M job somehow lost its luster.  We'll be fine. 

As they say in St. Lucia, "No Problems."

PSH called...he wants his face back.  It never clicked for me as to why I kept thinking of Truman Capote and suspected nefarious priests whenever I saw Patterson's face...that is, until you cut through the Gordian Knot for me with that astute observation. 

Imaginary points to you, friend.

That sounded really stupid back when Bo was preaching it too.  Did you miss the part where DB explained that the strength of the B10 usually places its winner in a position to contend for a national championship? 

How about we figure out how to beat Michigan Agricultural College and then worry about winning a f**king national championship.   

My vote's for the Dantonio-Bielema award for narcissistic coach most likely to scream his own name during an orgasm.

The only thing that scares me more than Keyser Soze and spiders is Mike Wilbon's belief that his opinion truly has the power to move mountains. 

We won't lose to two "MSU" schools in the same season--we can't.  Although if the unthinkable did happen, I'm sure that Dantonio will find some way to take credit for it during recruiting visits.  I try to convince myself every day that that man doesn't have body parts neatly packaged and stuffed in his freezer.

I trust that he'll keep rr.  What puzzles me, however, is the urgency on the part of Domino's to convince me that their pizza is NOT made from toe nail clippings, red fingerpaint and buffalo snot.  That never crossed my mind...that is...until those ads came out.  

Kill must have been quite the coach...such to the extent that he left quite a taste in his players mouths.

     "I have a horrible taste in my mouth and want to get that taste out," NIU quarterback Chandler Harnish told the Rockford Register Star.
 

Nice.  Helmets, pads, jerseys and a tsunami of Listerine.  Go get 'em Gophers!!!

The priceless part of the article is this:

Groban also took a mild swing at Rodriguez on his Twitter account.

"Coach Rodriguez, I'm very flattered but crying to You Raise Me Up is SO five years ago. #playwelcometothejungle"

I never heard of Groban until all this happened.  It appears that he has enjoyed some success in the music industry--success that I was completely and blissfully unaware of until the football bust.  When his monstrous talent is counterbalanced against the fact that so many have lived their day-to-day lives unaware of his existence, one can only draw a single conclusion--he is a ninja. 

A ninja who deserves to have his very little dong punched by a very little hand.

--apologies for running a bit long--

Yes, richrod lost me for a good while around the time of the PSU game and for most of the time since.  As this coaching controversy reaches an operatic pitch, I figured I could either stare at my imaginary what-would-bo-do bracelet or I could self-medicate by cracking open the oldie but goodie biography, "Bo." Bo's last fall of coaching was my freshman year at M so I got a glimpse of the final flickering embers of the legendary era.  As I read the top of page 29 of the book, I couldn't help but smile--my criticism of our coach was being challenged by the contents of a book that predates this controversy by 20 or so years.  To paraphrase would be an injustice.  Therefore, allow me to quote:

"The Northwestern experience was interesting because here we were, working under one of the greatest minds in college football, Ara Parseghian, and yet in 1957, my second year there, we lost every game we played.  Every single game.  We were 0-9, the only losing team I ever coached.  How did it happen?  The talent wasn't there.  And we had no leadership amonst the seniors.

"And yet, as wierd as this sounds, that might have been Ara's finest year of coaching--only because, through all of those defeats, he never cracked, he never made his coaches feel inferior, and he never stopped trying new things.  I never met anyone with that kind of football imagination....During meetings after each loss, Ara would say to us, 'Listen, I know this isn't a great year.  But you guys are not to blame.  We'll get through this.  We will turn it around.'"

That passage struck me.  The perspective it gives leaves me less critical of a coach who is encountering similar circumstances and appears to be dealing with them in an equally admirable way.  In the end, however, whether Rich Rod, Rich Little, James Harbaugh or James Brown is caoching M, I still say...

Go Blue!

I hope that his helmet wasn't rigged (or wigged) like Gallagher's cap.

Barry was the best.  Not many Lions fans in my neck of the woods but that didn't matter.  We all wanted to watch him rip 80 for a TD--even if he was playing against our team!