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I knew Kalel was special…

I knew Kalel was special when he completed that clutch 3rd and 1 jump pass in The Game 2022 and then walked off the field with a look of annoyance on his face, as if he was mad at himself that it didn't go for a TD.

The Facebook post announcing…

The Facebook post announcing his hire also included some nice subtle trolling:

Isn't Alabama one of those…

Isn't Alabama one of those weird schools with two mascots? I think their on-field mascot is an elephant for some reason.

I went about a year ago. Had…

I went about a year ago. Had a delicious dinner for six at this halal Wagyu place in Tokyo for around US$100: https://maps.app.goo.gl/r2867fgB9gV6389AA.

Also, this place in Tokyo where you catch your own fish and then they cook it for you is pretty cool:  https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g14133673-d1177395-Reviews-Zauo_Shinjuku-Nishishinjuku_Shinjuku_Tokyo_Tokyo_Prefecture_Kanto.html

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You know, that's actually…

You know, that's actually not such a bad idea. He was a pretty damn good D-line coach. He might not add much value in recruiting, but if all he had to do was coach DL, he could thrive.

It would require a lot of pride-swallowing by Hoke, though.

What's scary about people…

What's scary about people who get arrested for DUI is that they probably do it a lot more often than they get caught.

The idea that Brady has some…

The idea that Brady has some sort of strained relationship with Michigan is one of those baseless falsehoods that simply won't die.

Maybe if more people on the…

Maybe if more people on the West Coast had watched the Pac religiously, there would still be a Pac. I had a born-and-bred Californian who is a huge Niners fan once ask me, "So what exactly is the Pac-12?"

That statement has been so…

That statement has been so blown out of proportion over the years that the original context has been completely lost.

There isn't an AD in America who would have let Frieder get away with what he was trying to do. The audacity of telling your boss that you're leaving to join a competitor but will stay on and be the elephant in the room for an indeterminate period of time was ridiculous. Bo did what any AD would have done.

Wow, thanks for posting that…

Wow, thanks for posting that info.

Looks like Sherrone didn't overlap with Alford at Louisville, but he must been aware of the impression Alford made on the staff there.

Cousins isn't terrible, but…

Cousins isn't terrible, but for him of all people to be the first QB in NFL history to sign a fully guaranteed contract, he must have one hell of an agent.

That's a lot of McMansion…

That's a lot of McMansion bathrooms.

I fought it for a while,…

I fought it for a while, until I realized how much easier it is to say and type "natty" than "national championship."

I really love watching Jim…

I really love watching Jim and John chop it up (especially when their dad is with them). You can tell how genuinely close that family is and how much the brothers love and respect their dad.

Also: I don't think it's too soon. The man gave us the best three-year run in the program's history and topped it off with a perfect season and a natty. He's one of the greatest Wolverines of all time. I hope he achieves his dream of winning the Super Bowl. We should be the ones who cheer for him the loudest.

Politically, Jim doesn't fit…

Politically, Jim doesn't fit neatly into any category. He has some views that align with those of the left (Colin Kaepernick and certain racial issues) and some views that align with those of the right (abortion). He's done things that rankled people on the left (speaking at pro-life rallies) and he's done things that rankled people on the right (participating in a Black Lives Matter protest). He's a bit of an enigma.

The counterpoint to that is…

The counterpoint to that is that certain Western scholars on Islam have a tendency to view Islamic history through the lens of Western Civilization and its experience with certain hot-button issues and touchstone phenomena (i.e., slavery, colonialism, racism, etc). In so doing, they unwittingly carry baggage into their analyses that doesn't have any direct analog in Islamic history. For example, slavery as it was practiced in the Muslim World was very different from chattel slavery as it was practiced in the West. Similarly, although it's true that Muslim empires invaded countries just like their Western counterparts, applying the label "colonialism" (and all of its connotations) to the manner in which those countries were ruled is very misleading.

Some Western scholars who do this don't know any better. Others do know better but use these loaded terms as a rhetorical sleight of hand to evoke certain images in order to advance an agenda. 

Interesting how you omitted…

Interesting how you omitted the rest of the title ("Defenders of the West: The Christian Heroes Who Stood Against Islam").

That guy is an extremist masquerading as a serious scholar. Him writing about Islam and Muslims is like David Duke writing about African American history.

He's 71, so that seems…

He's 71, so that seems unlikely.

The Beilein era was one of the greatest eras in the history of Michigan Basketball, if not the greatest. But it's in the past. Obsession with the past is what landed us in this mess (Juwan would never have been hired if he wasn't ex-Fab Five). 

He left Michigan because he…

He left Michigan because he hated having to deal with recruiting bullshit. With NIL and the transfer portal, all of the bullshit he hated has only gotten worse. 

How on earth did this guy…

How on earth did this guy win the Broyles award?

I hate to say it, but the fact that Gattis won the Broyles award and Sherrone Moore didn't kind of takes the shine off the Broyles award a little bit.

I don't know why you're…

I don't know why you're being downvoted, but this is correct. If you're a product of that world, you don't always think like a normal person. That's part of the reason why so many people find it so difficult to break out of that cycle.

There's alcohol, there are…

There's alcohol, there are drugs, there are people from rough backgrounds who are just pissed off at the world, there are people who grew up in circumstances where they have to fight to stay alive and that's their overriding instinct, etc. And some people are just plain sociopaths (who are not as rare as we might think).

It's a crazy world, man. It's hard to imagine how someone could do such horrible things when the overwhelming majority of people you or I interact with on a daily basis are sensible folks, but there's a reason why we have police, courts of law, and militaries in society. Bad shit happens, unfortunately.

In fairness, it is a pretty…

In fairness, it is a pretty popular show for some strange reason. I personally could never get into it and I don't understand why so many people like it, but I also hate soccer so what do I know?

and while this one has a lot…
and while this one has a lot of stuff in it that’s not believable

Like the minor, inconsequential detail that a kid who never went to law school can lie about having graduated from HLS and then land and keep a job as an associate at a prestigious New York law firm.

I know this is sarcasm, but…

I know this is sarcasm, but I genuinely hope we never see or hear from that guy again.

He fell on his sword because he went rogue and hatched a ridiculous scheme that he probably knew is against the rules but provided no discernible advantage to the team on or off the field. It only caused everyone headaches and bad publicity. Oh, and he tried to profit from Blake Corum's name without his consent. And those are just the shenanigans of his that we know about.

So yeah, that guy can fuck off.

Yeah I was confused by that…

Yeah I was confused by that too. IIRC, he had some early-game jitters, but he shook them off pretty quickly. He had three touchdown passes by the halfway mark of the second quarter.

It was the season opener. Our fans aren't so unreasonable that they would boo the starting quarterback in the first quarter of the season opener.

He's a weirdo, but he's our…

He's a weirdo, but he's our weirdo. And he's a lovable weirdo.

Make us proud, Jimmy.

Let's hope he shrugs his…

Let's hope he shrugs his shoulders and feels just fine. He's a tough guy with a tough team, after all.

As an aside, are there any…

As an aside, are there any people in America who feel the need to constantly point out where they're from more than Chicagoans? And they do it in contexts where it makes no sense whatsoever. Example: "Godfather 2 was better than Godfather 1. Trust me, I'm from Chicago."

(all due respect to any Chicagoans on here)

I think we sacrificed at…

I think we sacrificed at least one season of basketball at the altar of football in order to win the natty.

And if that is indeed the case, then honestly, I'm okay with that decision.

Beilein ain't comin' back…

Beilein ain't comin' back. Everything he hated about college basketball has only gotten worse.

Very sorry for your loss. 

Very sorry for your loss. 

Jeebus. Just.... Jeebus.

Jeebus. Just.... Jeebus.

I despise the NCAA with a…

I despise the NCAA with a hatred that burns hotter than a thousand suns, but I'm concerned about what might replace it. A full-throated embrace of the idea that every last penny must be gobbled up might not be much better than the hypocritical pretense of amateurism.

I think we're all watching a…

I think we're all watching a slow-moving adaptation of Lord of the Flies.

Umm... great?

Umm... great?

Oh my God, that's terrible!…

Oh my God, that's terrible! I had no idea he was ill.

Prayers and condolences for his family.

My guess is that they have…

My guess is that they have some excessively risk-averse lawyers who told them to keep the artwork generic to avoid an NIL lawsuit.

That or their graphic designers are just lazy.

This might be obvious, but…

This might be obvious, but if you or your kids are into comic books or cards (*), then a comic book case or a card holder should do the trick.

(*) Are kids still into those kinds of things, or have the TikSnapGrams taken over their attention spans?

lol... That actually wasn't…

lol... That actually wasn't our section or row. I think it's a reference to the date. 

I am resisting the…

I am resisting the temptation to laugh and point at them for this because I hate the NCAA more than I hate OSU and all of these violations seem like ticky-tack bullshit.

I will, however, laugh and point at them for this:

I don't think he ever…

I don't think he ever suffered the kind of injury that would have had a permanent impact on his speed or explosiveness (like an ACL tear). He pulled his hamstring and had a couple of ankle sprains, I think. IIRC, during his time with the Giants he had some issues with the coaches and in the locker room stemming from a contract holdout that kept him out of training camp. That isolated him from the team a bit. He seems to have been a case of starting an NFL career out on the wrong foot and never really getting back on track.

His decision to choose…

His decision to choose baseball over football seemed like a logical one at the time given that baseball players have much longer careers and lower injury risk than football players. But I think Henson didn't account for the fact that he had a better shot at success in the pros playing football than he did playing baseball.

Mike Hart was obviously a…

Mike Hart was obviously a great college RB, but his size and middling speed severely narrowed his path to success in the NFL. It wasn't altogether surprising that he didn't make it in the NFL.  

For me it would be Tyrone…

For me it would be Tyrone Wheatley. Don't get me wrong; 5,000 career rushing yards is nothing to scoff at, but he was a mid-first round draft pick. I thought he had a chance to become one of the league's most dominant RBs.

BLITZ IZ ALLOWEZ BIG PLAEZ?…

BLITZ IZ ALLOWEZ BIG PLAEZ? NO PROBLUM JUSST NEAD MOAR BLITZ. ALSOW MOAR MANN CUVERIDGE.

Wasn't UConn a member of the…

Wasn't UConn a member of the AAC at one point? Is the AAC even a thing anymore? I'm starting to lose track of all this shit.

Crazy stat: Ryan Day is such…

Crazy stat: Ryan Day is such an amazing coach that in five years, he has only lost three B1G games. ONLY THREE.

He's 40-3 in the B1G. That's a hell of a record. Again, only THREE B1G losses. Not sure why Ohio State fans are calling for his head.

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Umm... hit a nerve?

Umm... hit a nerve?