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Paying 34 year old Geno…

Paying 34 year old Geno Smith 65M for the next two years or JJ (or another qb at 16) for 4 years and 16M total. NFL teams do love paying mediocre QBs a lot of money though.

Top 5 picks get 35M+…

Top 5 picks get 35M+ guaranteed, going 15-25 is ~15M so there is a significant financial different in the short-term. Long-term you can certainly argue that going to a good team will allow you to recoup that money several times over with a longer, more successful career. Plus you wouldn't have to play for a shitty team. You figure the Rams, Seahawks, Vikings, or Saints in that middle tier with older QBs are probably where he'd end up.

Over time, I’ve largely shed…

Over time, I’ve largely shed my other sports teams and only casually keep up with the Pistons, Lions, Tigers and Red Wings. But Michigan football never dropped off the radar. Sometimes I wonder why and periodically let myself dwell on existential questions like “why do I even watch this sport?”

Honestly, the answer for me is this blog. I'm roughly the same age as Internet Raj and became a fan because my step dad was and because they were frequently on tv and had cool helmets (I grew up in Connecticut so there aren't a lot of other options). I don't know that there's a better place on the internet so deeply committed to one team. There are sites that cover a specific team but lack the depth of coverage and there are sites with incredibly deep coverage but based on a league or sport. I don't think there's a fandom that enables this sort of thing very often and I think places like this enable that fandom to feed on itself to create a deeper fandom.

Brian covered it on the WTKA…

Brian covered it on the WTKA round table. His synopsis was they're hired by Ohio and had one of Stallion's guys flipped and gave them access to the spot where he had to upload videos or whatever which was presumably a school provided Google drive.

He follows up two sections…

He follows up two sections later. I think the idea is that they wanted to see how it worked so they would have some time to work on responses if it didn't.

Hoping Minnesota OL are good not other opponent OLs bad. Indicators say yes since they were able to move the ball against everyone but Nebraska, and the Husker run defense was only ever cracked by Michigan. If OSU OL isn't as good as the Gophers this might work.

It's Nexstar owned. Small…

It's Nexstar owned. Small businesses have grey areas, conglomerates don't give a shit because the employees are so far disconnected from people making decisions.

Too much consolidation so…

Too much consolidation so now you have basically 5 guys deciding what gets made and those guys are sitting in lush 50M a year jobs unless they totally fuck up.

He's from New Jersey and the…

He's from New Jersey and the 247 link says recruited by Chris Partridge.

I bet the climate change…

I bet the climate change denial goes over well with the kids too.

I would imagine that…

I would imagine that semifinal teams do extensive prep work on all three other teams since they have a month to do it. It wouldn't make sense to wait until after the semis to even start looking at them.

I haven't looked into the…

I haven't looked into the 1870 Society enough to see what players are doing to earn the money.

They're playing football, just like every other NIL collective regardless of what nominal activities are involved. Also, every collective should be for-profit, you shouldn't get tax benefits for giving money to athletes.

I like the Streamable clips…

I like the Streamable clips much better, click anywhere to play, don't have t convert to hd every time, dont have to unmute every time. Only downside is the lack of ability to slow it down to half or quarter time.

I've always thought that a…

I've always thought that a concession stand that focused on food from the visiting team's region/state/etc would be a cool way to add some variety to the food each week.

"Hughes, I will admit, plays…

"Hughes, I will admit, plays it rather oddly, initially placing pressure on the puck-handler before backing way off and then never going down fully to obstruct the pass (my preferred way of defending this)"

He's defending the center of the ice. He has to pressure to avoid giving the puck carrier a free lane to the net. Once he sees that guy commit to moving outside he pivots and comes back to play the pass. I'm not sure that going down for the pass is optimal there because as a lefty the forward has an easier time cutting back in for a shot.

Are we pretending that…

Are we pretending that wealthy people are all brilliant unemotional decision makers today? The world's richest man is busy setting piles of money on fire so he can troll the libs unabated. What's the ROI on owning a yacht? What's the ROI on any hobby? What's the ROI on donating to the athletic department instead of the players? Rich people have money to spend, they spend it on things they like or things that they can use to gloat about to other rich people. College football fits that model.

I don't actually know here…

I don't actually know here but Merriam-Webster agrees with your original usage.

2

: compose, constitute

… a misconception as to what comprises a literary generation.

William Styron

… about 8 percent of our military forces are comprised of women.

Jimmy Carter

Comprise vs. Compose: Usage Guide

 

Although it has been in use since the late 18th century, sense 2 is still attacked as wrong. Why it has been singled out is not clear, but until comparatively recent times it was found chiefly in scientific or technical writing rather than belles lettres. Our current evidence shows a slight shift in usage: sense 2 is somewhat more frequent in recent literary use than the earlier senses. You should be aware, however, that if you use sense 2 you may be subject to criticism for doing so, and you may want to choose a safer synonym such as compose or make up.

Seriously, can't we just…

Seriously, can't we just remember her for all the things she pretended to be for money instead of who she was?

They started breeding them…

They started breeding them to taste better. It's not like people figured out that frying and salting shit makes it taste good a decade ago.

Seth tweeted about this…

Seth tweeted about this yesterday, the bottom of the B1G is really bad but the top 10 of each conference match up fairly well with only 2 games that would have a line of 3 or more on a neutral field (using SP+). Only Michigan and Illinois would be favored though.

I typically enjoy these but…

I typically enjoy these but think it misses the mark this week by going with a random school drink that just happens to be in the same state. Heublein was a major CT based distributor that invented pre-mixed cocktails, popularized vodka in the US, and created the Moscow Mule. I would have gone with something along those lines.

I too think the podcast has…

I too think the podcast has too much rambling about Michigan football. I generally dislike podcast hosts who express general enthusiasm and a depth of knowledge about the subject matter, I'm looking for something much more soulless and curated for my listening non-pleasure. I also agree with the previous poster about improving the experience for sponsors. Have you thought about expanding into a Michigan/Rutger podcast to break into the New York market?

 

Boone's teams were a…

Boone's teams were a combined 35-45 w/o Harbaugh and 44-19-1 with him. Hindsight provides a lot of clarity.

You picked a hell of a week…

You picked a hell of a week for an argument that the Rooney rule works as intended.

To make a lot more money,…

To make a lot more money, same as most other people who change jobs.

To be fair, those are all…

To be fair, those are all 3rd+ round picks, it would probably be more surprising if one of them had become a star.

You can't be over 100% in…

You can't be over 100% in his formula since returning production is capped at 100%. Adding x to both the numerator and denominator would still be 100%. In this case (only passing yards are included in the calculation and I'm not adjusting for sack yardage) you have [425 (McNamara) + 1602 (Bowman)] / [1502 (Michigan total) + 1602 (Bowman)] or 2027/3104=65.3%.

"As well as possible, yes…

"As well as possible, yes. When your team adds a transfer, I add the new player's production to both the team's numerator and denominator."

 

https://www.espn.com/college-football/insider/story/_/id/30801130/which-college-football-teams-return-most-production-2021

Is anyone actually arguing…

Is anyone actually arguing that they're getting hosed? Byes and game location are completely separate decisions and the point is that there's no reason to have the second round at neutral sites. If you really want to include the bowls, make the rule that playoff games are at the pre-selected location of the higher seed (this location could be their home stadium), think Rose Bowl: Official Playoff Home of the Big Ten or Alamo Bowl: Post-season Home of the Texas Longhorns. Does it suck more than home sites? Yup, but it at least shifts the power in these relationships towards the schools and not the bowls and if teams want to screw over their fans for a little extra money, at least the fans know who to blame.

He had 3 games under 75…

He had 3 games under 75 rushing yards. Cook had 5, Kamara had 10 (rushing only), James robinson had 7. I think you need to evaluate what you consider a bust to be, especially considering that 62.5/game is a 1,000 yard pace.

Just have a min tournament…

Just have a min tournament. E1 vs W2 and vice versa. Whoever wins will add wins over two top 15ish or better teams and have a better playoff case regardless of who it is.

Not the person you replied…

Not the person you replied to but, in order, states with the highest documented cases per capita are LA, MS, FL, AL, ND, GA, AZ, TN, SC, IA. None of those states have documented rates higher than roughly 3.6% of the population that have had COVID (cue conjecture about actual rates) herd immunity guesses are that somewhere around 50% of the population needs to have antibodies. The northeast does generally have the highest death per capita rates, likely at least in part due to having been on the leading edge. New infections per capita is literally all over the map with a top 10 (yesterday's) of KS, ND, TN, UT, RI, WI, AK, ID, NE, CT.

 

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

Just play in Glick if you…

Just play in Glick if you need to start earlier. If you don't have fans does it matter? How many B1G teams don't have an indoor facility?

How the universities choose…

How the universities choose to spend and distribute those funds is what should be up for debate/discussion.

Like how they choose to spend and distribute those funds to coaches?

I wonder how some of these…

I wonder how some of these people get elected. He’s a little late to the game. To me, he appears to be one of those that wants to be seen walking into the game instead of actually watching the game.

https://www.rollcall.com/2019/03/28/sen-chris-murphy-calls-college-athlete-compensation-a-civil-rights-issue/ Here is in March 2019 saying the same thing.

His thinking is convoluted (IMO) for the most part, even though he had 1, maybe 2 good points.

(I agree that $55M on a facility is absurd, but, the big schools need to keep pace to entice the talent.)

If only they had some sort of other mechanism for attracting talent that didn't involve setting money ablaze to cry poor all the time.

Maybe he/politicians should give 80% their fundraising cash back to serve the people instead of using it to get re-elected.

Red herring #1. Currently, elections require huge sums of money. Here is Senator Murphy's stance on election funding reform for your perusal https://www.murphy.senate.gov/issues/election-reform

I wonder why he didn’t go after a company in his state, ESPN, for helping to cause many of these financial disparities.

Red Herring #2. ESPN pays for the rights to games, they didn't create nor do they enforce rules about where the money is spent.

He “inadvertently” forgot to say:

Most states have enacted, or are in the process of enacting laws, allowing “student”/athletes to benefit off the field.

Do you think that Senators don't have any say or influence on laws? They may not always have the sway on the national level but they certainly know people in their own states.

The “student”/athletes do receive the room/board and the opportunity to earn an education.

Would you be cool with your employer saying you can have a room, meal plan, and tuition reimbursement with no other income? What if you were making your company millions and they said that?

The “student”/athletes do not have to accept any scholarship, if they so choose.

Sure, just like I don't have to accept employment but I enjoy a house and food. It also wouldn't stop me from asking for a raise if I felt I deserved it.

My guess is that Coach Harbaugh/U of M would like to have lower costs/salaries, but the real problem is that the TV companies and sponsors (Nike, Coke, Under Armour, etc...) are the ones driving the high prices. The senator should start here, just like the sponsors put the pressure on the Washington team of the NFL.

The high prices aren't the issue. The money going to everyone but the labor is the issue. The answer to, "How do we fix this." Isn't price fixing.

Saban has had a talent…

Saban has had a talent advantage for the majority of his success. Popovich didn't have the greatest player but he did have Tim Duncan for all of his championship years, it's not like he was going down to the gym and grabbing five guys to win a championship with.

"If he can win without Brady, that would be a major feather in the cap."

You're literally replying to a comment about how Belichick won without Brady.

"...was a mediocre coach for a long time without Brady"

The Giants won two SBs in his 6 years as DC, he had the Browns at 11-5 before their last season in Cleveland, which fell apart. Went 29-19 in three years as the Jets' DC and then went to New England. Not sure that mediocre is the adjective I would use.

ESPN used it with a picture…

ESPN used it with a picture of Jeremy Lin for a story about a Knicks loss. Slightly different situation than using it to describe a weak point in the Clemson Death Star though maybe they should have gone with a thermal exhaust port reference.

Round robin division…

Round robin division schedule. Divisions play on opposite weekends so you have 2 weeks between games to essentially quarantine schools after each game. Everyone plays 6 games over 3 months and you have a championship game at the end.

The cold portion is likely…

The cold portion is likely because people tend to cluster more in cold weather. Moisture is also likely helpful for transmission. The standard flu has higher transmission rates in temperate regions during their rainy seasons. Inside vs. outside would depend on how quickly UV light has an effect combined with fresh vs. recirculated air.

The point of flattening the…

The point of flattening the curve is two-fold. 1) You don't overwhelm hospitals and 2) It gives you tie to ramp up your testing and contact tracing so that you can actually contain outbreaks to small groups. The fact that hospitals weren't over run would seem to indicate that #1 worked. Even places that didn't institute strict guidelines had large portions of the population take some form of precaution on their own. There is no way you can possibly say that #2 was accomplished. The president refused to use the DPA and there are still testing supply shortages.

Jonas Grey. 592 career…

Jonas Grey. 592 career rushing yards with 5 tds, 201 yards and 4 tds in one game.

I actually don't…

I actually don't particularly support the fed and I don't think monetary policy is very useful as a tool in the grand scheme of things but holy shit, where to start? The fed is not privately owned, it's a governmental institution.

You can certainly argue that the fed hasn't always acted ideally, especially with the benefit of hindsight but to claim it is directly responsible for wars and depressions is nuts.

Sure hope no one stuck their money in a mattress and then took a 100 year nap. Is the fed responsible for global inflation or just in the US?

I'll give you this one.

The Treasury Department mints money, not the fed.

The fed is audited already, fuck off with your Rand Paul bullshit. 

If you can't make an argument against something without wearing your tinfoil hat, please don't bother doing so.

No thank you.

No thank you.

I guess I prefer the slant…

I guess I prefer the slant where people don't needlessly die to prop up the stock market.

Not opponent adjusted so…

Not opponent adjusted so Occam's Razor would suggest that Bama, OSU, Ind, MSU, MD, ND, PSU > Ill, Iowa, Rutger, Wisc, Army, MTSU.

I think it's more of a Tom…

I think it's more of a Tom Herman-esque two fingers up rating.

"The same viruses that cause…

"The same viruses that cause colds and the flu often cause acute bronchitis."

 

https://medlineplus.gov/acutebronchitis.html

Obviously next time the…

Obviously next time the other team will have to work harder to make sure a bunch of those Kentucky players aren't eligible to play.

It went to Univision in the…

It went to Univision in the Gawker fallout and then was sold again this year. The only way you can appeal to everyone is writing bland non-opinionated stuff. Maybe you turn off a large group of people but you make a product that the remaining people are far more engaged with.

I think part of the issue is…

I think part of the issue is that they actually don't defer enough to the call on the field. I will continue to beat the drum for a replay system where someone can watch the play at full speed from several angles and then make a decision. This weird frame-by-frame thing isn't what replay was instituted to police, it was for the massive, obvious blown calls that had no recourse previously.

Is creating a regulation to…

Is creating a regulation to outlaw regulation really an issue or is it just, you know, enforcing open markets and not allowing price fixing.