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Google Chrome incognito mode…

Google Chrome incognito mode fixed it for me and allowed the videos to start at the right time. On Windows, that's Ctrl+Shift+N.

I have been wondering the…

I have been wondering the same thing! For the first few weeks, the sound was only coming out of the north end scoreboard which made it harder to hear. I didn't notice last Saturday if it was the same way.

Indeed!

Indeed!

The quote from the article…

The quote from the article is: "UCLA is treating him as a first round pick so to speak — figuratively and monetarily". That is extremely vague and not necessarily the same as actual NFL 1st round pick money.

I started reading the…

I started reading the article earlier today but stopped when I saw this year’s OSU (23) ranked ahead of last year’s Michigan (27). It is not hard to see last year’s Michigan beating this year’s OSU…the same weaknesses are present in both OSU teams. That one doesn’t seem at all accurate.

I have 4 tickets in the…

I have 4 tickets in the lower bowl that I need to sell. Email me at my mgoblog username at gmail. Face value is $30 per ticket.

Account is listed as…

Account is listed as suspended according to https://twitter.com/MustaphaM

Go to the Dairy Barn for…

Go to the Dairy Barn for breakfast in the morning if you can get there early enough. Plan for a 30+ minute wait if you don't get there before 8am.

I also would really recommend Old Fashioned but they don't do reservations so it depends on when you get there. The lazy susans are really good (no. 6 is my favorite) and the beer list is great.

Not sure how into craft beer you are. I don't have any breweries that I would particularly recommend. Ale Asylum by the airport is a decent place to get beer and food; it is big so it isn't too hard to find a table even on a busy Friday night. My goto is looking on beer app Untappd for places around me that have Untitled Art beer, which is my favorite.

After that cheap shot from…

After that cheap shot from the other team, it looks like Smith was more interested in fighting than tracking the play. On the long run at 4:20 he was still fighting with the kid with his back turned to the play. I'm not worried about that happening in college though, as coaches would pull a player quickly if they didn't pursue quickly and pay attention.

JBB did totally miss his guy…

JBB did totally miss his guy once in pass pro when the guy did a spin move pass rush move (not the most common move) but fortunately it was a quick release pass play so Patterson wasn't pressured.

Also I went back and looked at the Hello posts for Higdon and McCaffrey and both were not supposed to be very fast, the latter with a verified 40 time of 5.18! Whatever speed training they are doing at Michigan is really working!

At 11am the police officer…

At 11am the police officer with the megaphone at the corner of Main and Stadium said that the game is delayed until at least 1pm and directed people to go to Pioneer. Gates weren’t even opened yet.

Thanks for posting,…

Thanks for posting, interesting to see. The thing that always bugs me about this kind of scoring is that when you limit the maximum plus/minus (+2 vs. -2 according to https://www.profootballfocus.com/pff-player-grades ) you risk underreporting the impact of a specific play. I think Metellus's pick-6 counts there, as it was such an incredibly huge play, giving us a 10-point swing with one play.

On Michigan Insider earlier

On Michigan Insider earlier this week, Sam talked about how this is intended to help shore up our slot coverage from the safety position.

Fit is nice and trim.

Fit is nice and trim. T-shirts were great. Sweatshirts were slight bit short though (it’s a large and I’m 6’ tall), basically a good length right away and I’m nervous it will shrink.

Michigan sweatshirts!

Got a couple of amazingly comfortable sweatshirts from Mitten State. Got this nice throwback one http://www.themittenstate.com/Michigan-Wolverbear-Throwback-Fleece-Hood… and this too http://www.themittenstate.com/Michigan-Classic-Fleece-Sweatshirt.html

Z!

I'm most excited to see Zavier Simpson this year. He grew a lot in his play over the tournaments at the end of the year and I am looking forward to seeing his continued development.

After 3.5-hour football games, I'm excited to switch up to see some 2-hour basketball games!

Yeah that's a good point.

Yeah that's a good point. Just now on WTKA Sam Webb mentioned that Wilton in an interview mentioned that his problem with sailing balls was not resetting his feet after eluding the rush. That made a lot of sense and is similar to what you are mentioning.

Harbaugh Speight vs. Borges Speight

This whole "Harbaugh Speight" vs. "Borges Speight" comparison never makes a lot of sense. They are basically using it as a way to compare when Speight is good vs. when he is bad. Saying "we need more Harbaugh Speight" is them just saying "we need Speight to play better." It doesn't seem like this is any deeper analysis, because whenever it is mentioned in articles or on the roundtable, it isn't accompanied by any critiques of technique.

Great game and it was a great

Great game and it was a great experience to take my family. I was thoroughly impressed by the players, who stayed after to sign autographs for the kids in attendance. Several of them thanked my kids for coming and even asked my kids their names and introduced themselves. Really great people on the team.

iOS embedded browser bug

It crashed Newsify on iOS 10 for me too, but not Safari. So it seems like this is just a bug with the embedded web browser control on iOS. I just assumed it was part of the natural instability of a major iOS release; I would be curious if anyone sees a crash on iOS 9.x.

MSU punt

MSU punt was bad tactics too.  Having Chesson split wide left was a bad choice in retrospect; max pro would have been much better.

Lewis as main returner instead of Chesson

I was definitely surprised that Lewis was the main returner deep instead of Chesson given that Chesson seems to be a bit faster and has some more experience returning kickoffs.  But I guess that shows their respect for Chesson's blocking job on kickoff returns.

1 step from 1 LB

It maybe made a tiny difference in making #26 take one extra step forward with his left foot, but yeah in practice the difference was quite negligible.

Link to play on YouTube

https://youtu.be/R0zhZDVixcA?t=48

"Best: Falling Back"

"Best: Falling Back": As a parent of young children, I disagree with this one.  We thrive on routine and when routine is disrupted, chaos ensues!

Ninkasi!

I love Ninkasi's beer; Tricerahops is one that I go for when I travel to California.  Widmer hef though?  Not the best advertisement for Oregon beer.

Michigan 529 for me

I would recommend doing a 529 plan, as the tax-free growth is really nice and the fact that it is still owned by me is critical.  When I looked at the numbers behind MET it didn't seem remotely like an option due to cost; it was a great deal for my wife's parents back in the 80's when it first came out but now it's not such a great deal.  There are also no guarantees about it being solvent, although the risk there is probably quite low.

The real decision behind a 529 is which state to choose.  I live in Michigan and chose to use Michigan's 529.  The tax deduction is nice but not a real factor (for a $10,000 max contribution I save something like $425).  Really you should compare performance plus fees.  I would look at the top 10 in 3-year returns according to http://www.savingforcollege.com/articles/2014-3-year-top-performing-dir… and cross-reference with fees stated in their year-end statements.  Michigan happened to be in the top-5 or top-10 when I purchased so I decided that the performance plus the return was good enough.

EECS 280

Lots of comments from people so mine will probably be buried but I figured I would respond anyway.  I majored in Computer Science Engineering at Michigan (graduated 2006).  280 was not all that difficult for me because I had already been exposed to all of the concepts but I understand why it would be difficult for non-majors.

That said, I never took 183 (I passed out of Engin 101 due to passing the Computer Science AP exam) so I can't attest to how good they are at preparing people for 280, but I woud say that 280 would be okay for you if you have some C/C++ programming experience on your own time or have taken an introductory C/C++ class like Engin 101.  When I took it, 280 was an introduction to data structures (EECS 381 was the really intense data structures + STL class that is really only useful for software devs) and wasn't too intense if you had some experience and understanding of data structures already.  Hope this helps, if you have more questions or need any help you can reach me at my username at gmail.  I will be at the career fair in January representing my company if you wanted to stop by and talk more.

"Concession pack"

Is a hot dog or a popcorn + a 20oz drink for $5.  "Over 50% savings!"  What a joke.

Plum

Plum Market in Ann Arbor got several cases of Backwoods Bastard Tuesday (not sure about Friday) so they are the most likely in the Ann Arbor area to have them.

I echo Backwoods Bastard and Two Hearted.  Other good Ann Arbor beer in a 6-pack would be Gulo Gulo by Wolverine State Brewing.

Illinois

Illinois actually does have good academics, especially in the engineering school.  A lot of their programs are just as good, or better than, Michigan.  http://engineering.illinois.edu/academics/rankings.html

Lots of options
I just went through this process a few weeks ago and talked to some knowledgeable friends about this.  Given how expensive the market is, buying gold is not a bad idea.  If the market dips a fair amount it gives you ability to sell your gold and buy the market lower.  Here are some options though:
  • Buy gold with goldmoney.com.  People recommended this more than Bullion Vault.  Goldmoney's sign up process was a big pain but I'm finally registered now.  They offer you choices of which country to store your gold as well as the ability to take physical delivery of your gold.
  • Buy Perth stock in Australia.  Do your research on Perth though, as they are fairly controversial.  IIRC they basically are a gold holding firm guaranteed to be solvent by the Australian government.  Something weird like that...
  • Buy a gold holding ETF.  A friend recommended PHYS over GLD, as he is suspicious of the latter.  Not the same as buying gold, but you could buy gold mining ETFs like GDX or GDXJ.  I got in GDX a month or two ago and the results have been very good.
  • Buy physical gold.  I haven't done this yet but it's been recommended.  This isn't the safest thing if capital controls are ever instituted but that hopefully is unlikely.
My own approach will be to balance buying in goldmoney.com, buying Perth stock, holding PHYS, and holding GDX.
 
Hope this helps.  Disclaimer: I'm not a financial advisor so make your own decisions, etc, etc.
Off the record?

The article mentions that the interview was off-the-record but doesn't mention any sort of expiration for that agreement.  Am I missing something?

Stauskas

The chart is particularly entertaining because people were complaining on his Christmas YouTube video that he was shooting all from the right side or the middle.  But as we all suspected, he is equally deadly from the left!

"Beard guy"

"Beard guy" is my friend's stepdad, Leon.  He has been an equipment manager for a long time at Michigan and always ends up on camera a few times per game.

The stats

Looking at the chart, I don't see why Denard is on top.  His rating is worse, his completion percentage is worse, and his number of TD's and picks are worse.  It should be organized by QB rating; even if some picks weren't his fault, they were still picks.

Definitely gonna fund it

Not only is it a good cause, but the gear actually is cool and there are some good choices.  Check it out!

I was audited last year

and I had made a mistake in how I reported a few stock sales.  I went through it all again, found out what I owed, acknowledged the mistake, and followed their instructions to fix it.  It took a few weeks to hear back from them each time but it went okay.  So my advice would be the obvious: run all of the numbers again, ask anyone you know for help, and don't worry.  I have been told that the number of audits is up a lot in the past year or two so it is no longer rare to be audited.

Drake Harris?

Not counting Drake Harris for MSU?

Price difference

The kickstarter price was $15 and said that it would be a discount over the final price, but the pre-order is only $12.50.  Not that it matters much, but am I reading something wrong?

ACL

Ouch, good luck with the ACL surgery!  I've had both replaced (1 ultimate frisbee, 1 basketball).  The difference for me between the two was the quality of physical therapy that I had.  For the first one I did my PT at the Cube in Ann Arbor and it went really well.  The second one was out in California and not so well.

Seats

 

>> It is a massive improvement and I'm happy to report that rumors the

>> seats were reminiscent of flying coach turns out not to be

>> true. Room was sufficient.

Unfortunately that wasn't the case for me.  Legroom was pretty bad and I'm only 6 feet tall.  I was in the lower bowl to the right of the student section.

Schofield

Watching the game Saturday Schofield didn't play all that well at guard.  I counted 2 or 3 plays where I noticed the rest of the line blocking well and him missing a block to get the play blown up.  It seemed like the coaches sat him for a while and brought Barnum in until Barnum got banged up again.  Schofield definitely seems like he belongs at tackle.

Screens

My friends and I were watching the game, wondering for the whole time when they would start throwing screens.  It's pretty elementary football logic that when they are blitzing and rushing really hard, you use misdirection using a quick screen to the running back.  They have done this in past games with success but I don't remember seeing it for the whole game.  This could have meant huge gains, but at the least would have kept the rush honest.

Take the points

I was watching the 49ers game with my friend and his dad, who is a former starting safety in the NFL.  When Harbaugh was making the decision, my friend's dad said automatically that you take the points.  He didn't have any specific examples from his time in the NFL but he said that it just isn't a good idea to take the points off of the board.

Conversation

This wasn't so much an interview as it was a conversation.

Fumbling

Watching the video, I couldn't help but notice how he holds that ball out for anyone to take it when running. Hopefully M can coach that out of him, or else it will be stripped easily.

He's not European?

Every time I saw his name before, I thought he was some random white European dude. But I guess I was totally wrong...

Christian coaches

"That hurts with some with recruits, but it probably helps with some others who may not walk around wearing Darwin fish but also aren't too enthused about getting evangelized for four years."

I understand that this is hyperbole, but this probably is not true. There are a bunch of Christian coaches out there, like Mike Singletary and Tony Dungy and I doubt they are evangelizing all of their players. Even in those two cases you see two entirely different styles of relating to people (Dungy seems pretty calm and Singletary seems pretty intense) even though they fall in the same bucket of being "Christian coaches".

I personally think that some kids may feel like they are basically choosing a father figure for the next 4-5 years, so it would make sense they want to choose one that shares their values. Whether or not this is actually true, they may just feel that with a Christian coach who shares their values, he's less likely pull a move like Charlie Weis does every year in totally screwing over some kid.