gbdub

History

Member for

3 years 13 weeks

Blog

View recent blog entries

Karma

Current value

2

Recent Comments

Date	Title	Body
1 week 3 hours ago	Dantonio doesn't have the	Dantonio doesn't have the heart either. /mocking coaches serious health issues
1 week 3 hours ago	This is the same disaster we	This is the same disaster we have with Neb/OSU/ND on the same home/away schedule. I'm really disappointed with how DB has handled B1G scheduling. Keeping The Game the last of the season is really the only good scheduling victory he's pulled off.
1 week 4 hours ago	You beat me to it. I don't	You beat me to it. I don't mind thoughtful updates to the uniform, particularly the aways. And I'm in the apparent minority that thinks yellow maize looks better than orange. But I HATE alternates, because they are almost always gaudy for the sale of being gaudy. Plus, big games are when I really want us in the classic jerseys. Instead someone making a retrospective of the Hoke-Meyer 10 year war 2 is going to see UM and OSU in different uniforms every. Single. Year. Blech.
1 week 2 days ago	Sparty at least has talent in	Sparty at least has talent in addition to physicality. If they really start calling all contact, Wiscy won't even make the tourney.
1 week 2 days ago	To be fair, I think ND has a	To be fair, I think ND has a series against Texas coming up - Texas for Michigan is a closer trade in terms of prestige of opponent. So I doubt their 2015 will be much easier than their 2014. That said, to hell with 'em.
1 week 3 days ago	I know you were answering the	I know you were answering the guy's question, but it doesn't really seem fair to lump 2009 recruits who graduated (e.g. Denard) in with unplanned departures...
1 week 3 days ago	How "lasting" was the	How "lasting" was the "legacy", if you "catch my drift"? /fartjoke
1 week 6 days ago	Oh, the idiom-anity!	Cookie corner cutting? Scream sour grapes?
2 weeks 3 days ago	His point is that if a player	His point is that if a player is OFFERED a medical scholarship at school A but decides INSTEAD to transfer to school B and ends up playing there, it looks fishy.
2 weeks 5 days ago	I believe medical scholies	I believe medical scholies are a somewhat new thing. As in, used to not be allowed.
3 weeks 3 days ago	Parity based scheduling could	Parity based scheduling could actually be good, if and only if they make the division record the number 1 factor in the division title (right now, it's total conference record). That way, the concerns about a decent team sneaking into the title game over a good team by womping an easier cross division schedule are eliminated.
3 weeks 6 days ago	mo' Moe mo' wins?	mo' Moe mo' wins?
4 weeks 2 hours ago	Rule #1 is no politics, and	Rule #1 is no politics, and while the line is fuzzy, I don't think there's any doubt you crossed it. Your comment would not be unusually flamey or out of line on a political blog but it's out of place here.  In case you think it's just you, note the locking of the "DB running for Senate?" thread. Extending the courtesy of an explanation since your points indicate you're a rare poster.
4 weeks 3 hours ago	While I know none of these	While I know none of these people personally, from resume Krislov seems like an excellent choice. And unlike Hanlon and Sullivan, taking the Michigan job would be a definite upgrade to his current position.
4 weeks 3 hours ago	Not sure about stripes, but I	Not sure about stripes, but I guarantee you the Mackinac Bridge would go from green and white to an absolutely blinding shade of Maize (which would change every 3 weeks).
4 weeks 3 hours ago	Indignity was an attempt at	Indignity was an attempt at humorous hyperbole directed at the "I know where she's coming from". Sorry if it didn't come off as intended. In regards to the GA issue, I think an honest assessment would acknowledge the following: many of the biggest, rowdiest pregame parties take place at Greek houses, many of the biggest, rowdiest seating groups have been Greek groups, and a disproportionate (though not exclusive) number of young ladies stumbling in after the first quarter and spending the whole game on the phone have a portion of the Greek alphabet pasted on the ass of their yoga pants. So with that in mind, I think it would be good of the Greek community, which nominally supports spirit, solidarity, etc., to take the lead on a "get to the game on time" effort (and hopefully not a "pledges get to the game on time to save the seniors seats). Heck, just having a majority of the Greek community in the stands to cheer on the band for pregame would be a major improvement in game day atmosphere. Perhaps such an effort has been made, but if so it hasn't been visible outside the Greek community.
4 weeks 3 hours ago	Sure, but you gotta admit	Sure, but you gotta admit some of the flaws are inherent in the system when anybody, bitch or not, can get that worked up about people being quiet and awkward at forced-pairing social events, and then be defended (sort of) by numerous others who apparently suffered through similar indignities as Greek officers. Don't worry, this is not intended as an insult - despite not being in a frat I've been in my shares of organized and unorganized insular groups (like say MGoBlog) with their own idiosyncrasies that they (or a vocal subset of "they") often take WAY too seriously. I think the life lesson here is to occasionally sit back and consider what you look like to someone on the outside looking in, and be able to laugh at what you see.
4 weeks 4 hours ago	This needs to be posted every	This needs to be posted every time someone hits a nerve and triggers a brah backlash of "blah blah stop stereotyping the Greek system blah blah" (as it did in many of the GA threads) because honestly sometimes you need to able to laugh at yourself.
4 weeks 7 hours ago	I agree on the sad abuse of	I agree on the sad abuse of "begs the question" - but what idiom do we have that has the actual meaning that "begs the question" abusers are going for? I guess you could say "raises the obvious question", but I don't think that has quite the impact people think they get with "begs the question".
4 weeks 21 hours ago	Well, if he expected to get a	Well, if he expected to get a lot of PT, wouldn't he want to stay? And wouldn't Crean want him to? Seems pretty clear cut to me, unless you're implying there's some sort of discipline issue with the guy and he's being gently booted.
4 weeks 1 day ago	Key words "to accommodate the	Key words "to accommodate the large number of requests". It was expanded because there were students purchasing tickets. If students are not purchasing tickets it will shrink. DB is not sitting on unsold seats just to make sure the "student section" is a given size. The point is that all students are accommodated as a policy. It's not as if 1000 students were being turned away every year and they finally gave in and added to the student section. They didn't decide anything, other than where to stick the students they had already guaranteed seats.
4 weeks 1 day ago	But Fans = Revenue, and	But Fans = Revenue, and Revenue = Facilities+Coaches = Players, and Players = Wins = Fans. So really, Fans = Revenue = Players.
4 weeks 1 day ago	"Likely to only compound an	"Likely to only compound an earlier departmental mistake, which was to expand the amount of student seating in the first place" I keep hearing this, and it's dumb. All students who want one and can pay up are guaranteed a student season ticket - there is not a lottery and nobody gets turned down. The size of the student section is entirely a function of how many students purchase season tickets.
4 weeks 2 days ago	Eh, this is already a PR	Eh, this is already a PR mess. You could ease into it and be okay. And you don't have to significantly oversell to make a big dent in the perceived emptiness of the stadium. Apparently UGA has a GA policy that sounds like a good option: they determined that at their most full (an Auburn game) there were still something like 2500 empty seats in the student section (out of about 18000). Their solution was to trim the student section by 2000 seats. The trimmed seats were then sold as GA to graduates less than 5 years removed from UGA for a significant discount over the general public price. There was no PSL the first year, a nominal one the second year, and the regular $500 one in year 3. That let the recent alums "ease into" season tickets. Not sure how this worked out, but it sounds like a good idea.
4 weeks 2 days ago	Well, again, why wouldn't we?	Well, again, why wouldn't we? You don't seriously think they tracked no shows just to shame us, do you? Anyway, they were always be no shows, and not just because of apathy or poor fandom. The fact that you can't buy single game student seats basically guarantees a certain number of no shows as long as student season tickets are effectively cheaper than single game full price seats for the few games a year that more casual fans want to go to. Even marquee games will suffer some number of fans who just can't make it but couldn't or didn't sell their seats for whatever reason.
4 weeks 2 days ago	You don't think Dave "dolla	You don't think Dave "dolla dolla bill y'all" Brandon would do that? After doubling the price for MBB tickets and increasing football tickets by 50%? I have a bridge I'd like to sell you... But seriously, I assure you venues oversell GA tickets all the time. It would be stupid not to, because you'll always have no shows and giving a few refunds or dealing with a little overcrowding is cheaper than having vast unused capacity.
4 weeks 2 days ago	Why does it have to be whole	Why does it have to be whole sections? Rope off the top half of a section and sell single game seats in the nosebleeds. Student seats have to be bought well before the season - plenty of time to work out the ideal section size and sell single game seats for the remainder, just as they do with other season tix. I don't think the student section was the same size/ shape for any two consecutive years while in college. Always fluctuated year to year.
4 weeks 2 days ago	No they won't, because they	No they won't, because they won't be student seats anymore. 22,000 tickets will be sold for 18,000 seats. Voila, packed student section, DB laughs all the way to the bank.
4 weeks 2 days ago	Everyone is missing the big	Everyone is missing the big obvious thing when they say "yah but seats will still be empty" - There WILL be over sold seats. Which is to say, the AD has worked out that x% of student tix will be no-shows for a given game, and the student section will be shrunk accordingly to allow full price asses to fill the remaining seats. I predict a fuller student section, with more severe crowding higher up the bowl for bigger games.
4 weeks 2 days ago	Not fair to count the	Not fair to count the validations - a re-sale is not a no-show, and few non AA area fans with season tix (at full price) go to every game. Plus some students will sell one marquee game at market price to fund the rest of the season.

more