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20 weeks 1 day ago	SOBOCOP!	So glad that is a thing now. THJ or not, this should be a relatively comfortable W and a nice introduction to Big Ten play for the freshmen.
38 weeks 4 days ago	I think you guys are a little	I think you guys are a little down on Northwestern's offensive capabilities. I'm not saying they're going to be the greatest or most explosive offense in the conference or anything, but they definitely have enough to give people problems. This isn't much to write home about this year, the weakest year for B1G wide receivers in some time, but...IIRC, Rittenberg ranked them the #1 WR group in the B1G and I don't know that I disagree. Yeah, Ebert and tight end Drake Dunsmore are gone but Christian Jones and Demetrius Fields are both very solid. Also, Prater is a wild card. At tailback, Mike Trumpy is back after an ACL injury knocked him out early in the season last year. Throw in a little scatback type in Venric Mark, and also watch out for freshman RB Malin Jones.  Otherwise, I pretty much completely agree with everything else (I also think we're looking at 9-3). Two hours of podcast=100% Pure Colombian Awesome.
45 weeks 2 days ago	That's awesome. Hey WH...I'm	That's awesome. Hey WH...I'm not sure how this would actually work in practice, but perhaps a Grapentine tribute video is in order?
45 weeks 2 days ago	For the record, I wasn't on	For the record, I wasn't on Youtube with the express purpose of finding out what he looked like...I know that Google is a thing that exists. The fact that I didn't know what he looked like was a product of: a) kind of actively not wanting to know and b) not ever having Googled him, partly due to reason a but also because there really aren't too many reasons to think to do so. I was aimlessly bumbling around Youtube and decided that I wanted to see if I could find any videos in which his stadium announcing comes through relatively clearly, which lead me to that video/confirming via Google that he has a radio gig...FWIW. The more you know!
47 weeks 2 days ago	Re: the Dumba comparison to Woodson	I'm not sure if Button is a Michigan fan or vaguely affiliated with Michigan in some way, but he mentioned Ann Arbor a number of times throughout the draft (and even dropped a "Go Blue" at one point), so...I don't know. As for the comparison, his explanation was that, like Woodson, Dumba is apparently an extremely versatile defenseman. Just like Woodson played defense, offense, and on ST, Dumba can do a bunch of different things on the ice...at least, that was his explanation, FWIW. Just thought it was an interesting if not slighly odd comparison to make.
1 year 4 weeks ago	The posts or the	The posts or the quarterbacks? Wait...don't answer that.
1 year 12 weeks ago	That's definitely one of my	That's definitely one of my favorite episodes..."Sorry. I am a coyote." Getting either Rancho Cucamonga or Damore'ea Stringfellow would go a long way toward assuaging the lingering disappointment of not landing one LEVITICUS PAYNE (that's a name that I feel like deserves all caps at all times).
1 year 12 weeks ago	This really can't be said	This really can't be said enough. I would argue that these seniors are no less impressive than the football class of seniors that just left us. Thank you Zack and Stu...it's really hard to believe that that was their last home game. The 2008-09 run to the tourney feels like it was only yesterday.  This was obviously not the outcome that anybody, let alone Zack and Stu, was looking for, but I feel pretty confident that these seniors will take it upon themselves to make sure that the sting of this loss doesn't linger longer than it needs to. There are still quite a few games to win.
1 year 13 weeks ago	SOBOCOP! Yes...I'm glad that	SOBOCOP! Yes...I'm glad that has stuck.
1 year 21 weeks ago	I was expecting just another	I was expecting just another MSM fluff article, and while it was that to an extent I thought this was one of the best things that I've read over there (i.e. annarbor.com). Good stuff, particularly the part about Borges being a San Francisco Giants fan and somewhat reluctantly comparing Dileo to David Eckstein (GRIT). I can't imagine how fun this bowl trip has to be for Dileo; he hasn't made that many receptions but it seems that almost all of them have been either been touchdowns or big first downs (particularly the long pass against OSU). I hope he has the chance to make some plays playing in front of his friends and family once again.
1 year 21 weeks ago	It's amazing how much better	It's amazing how much better things are now than they were on January 1st, really not at all that long ago. I have a feeling that this is just the beginning.
1 year 21 weeks ago	Jon Falk...what a guy. I'm	Jon Falk...what a guy. I'm reading through his book as some rah-rah pre-bowl game reading; it's amazing how many people he knows/people that know him as a result of his long tenure at Michigan. I'm sure he'll be setting up shop at the Rose Bowl very soon once again.
1 year 21 weeks ago	Truly a shame, but if Roy	Truly a shame, but if Roy Williams is still on an NFL roster then Braylon will be too. He showed a lot of promise early in his career and he probably still has a couple years or so before the athleticism starts to go (if it hasn't already). Hopefully he can figure it out.
1 year 24 weeks ago	My little brother played	My little brother played travel baseball with him back in the day...getting Jameis to Columbus would be an enormous coup for Urban. I'm not too worried about it, and on the small chance that he does end up there there's nothing to say but "you put your 5-star out there, we'll do the same with ours and let's play." Like someone already mentioned, if he has baseball aspirations then OSU wouldn't be ideal; they've been good of late as far as I know but the Big Ten is a dreadful baseball conference. Either way, my philosophy regarding all things Urban/Ohio right now is "bring it."
1 year 24 weeks ago	Kork Coupons...lol. Is that a	Kork Coupons...lol. Is that a WLA reference or does that come from elsewhere? In any case, the fact that I'm going to get the chance to watch my Wolverines in NOLA after the last 3 seasons kind of makes all the haters completely irrelevant no matter how cogent their arguments (which they aren't, really). This season has truly been TREMENDOUS.
1 year 25 weeks ago	Only just now got a chance to	Only just now got a chance to read this...well done. It's especially relevant for me since I'm only a year younger than you (i.e. the losing streak=1/3 of my lifetime). What a day and what a season...I'm still kind of taking it all in. Being 10-2 is nice, but knowing that the future is extremely bright is even better.
1 year 25 weeks ago	Random thought upon watching	Random thought upon watching the ending again, but...I love how Buckeye fans keep harping on the fact that "if Miller completed that last pass you guys would've lost to the worst Buckeye team in a while blah blah blah." Last time I checked, completing passes is kind of a part of the game of football. Also, Michigan would have had, what, 1:30ish left with two timeouts down one? Yeah, I'm pretty sure we would've had enough time to get six, let alone get in field goal range, given how we moved that ball that day.
1 year 25 weeks ago		So close. Can't wait to give 'em hell and then some. BEAT OHIO
1 year 25 weeks ago		I will never forget exactly where I was when I heard...still getting over it to this day. I think Bo will like what he sees on that field tomorrow. Go Blue and Beat Ohio.
1 year 25 weeks ago		Trying to get to bed earlyish but I just can't...this whole "anticipation" thing is a lot more fun than the dread I've felt before The Game the last several years, that's for sure. Can't wait.
1 year 25 weeks ago		This. I really don't care if they're 11-0 or 0-11, "drained" or jacked up on Mountain Dew...victory will be sweet either way. I just wish the clock would move a little quicker. BEAT OHIO.
1 year 25 weeks ago	It's been a while and it's	It's been a while and it's almost hard to envision what beating them feels like...it's time for that to end. It's kind of like when Seth Rogan throws Danny McBride through the wall in Pineapple Express: THIS ENDS NOW.
1 year 25 weeks ago	West Virginia...they are bad.	West Virginia...they are bad. Maybe it's just because I'm watching (I think the last WVU game I watched was the Syracuse blowout...Syracuse!)...throw out the record books and whatnot but there's no reason they should be losing/lose this game.
1 year 25 weeks ago	This is amazing. The	This is amazing. The MGoCommentariat's Paint skills knows no bounds. And, of course, #BeatOhio.
1 year 26 weeks ago		Really enjoyed these. I would love for us to come out victorious for these guys, but given who they are you know they would say that it's about one thing: The Team The Team The Team. And that's why we love them.
1 year 26 weeks ago		What do you expect? Quoting from "Roll Tide/War Eagle", he's got too much Buckeye in him. I hope we beat them by 40.
1 year 27 weeks ago	Other than Mattison, who	Other than Mattison, who should easily win this IME...Todd Grantham has done a great job down at Georgia with that defense. UGA has been sort of under the radar this year after they started out 0-2 a la us in 2007, but the defense has looked infinitely better than it did in the derp-filled Willie Martinez years. If it wasn't for him, Richt could've been out of a job after this season. Chavis is not a bad choice either but with that much talent I feel like it's sort of hard to screw that up. He definitely is a good defensive mind though, going back to his days in Knoxville.
1 year 28 weeks ago	Having gone to high school in	Having gone to high school in Alabama (thankfully Alabama was in the middle of a long streak of getting dominated by Auburn, so they weren't as insufferable as they are now), I can attest to a lot of what was in the documentary...it truly is crazy down there when it comes to this game. I'm definitely not saying it's better than Michigan-Ohio State, but you're truly missing out if you haven't been to an Iron Bowl. I went in 2009 when a mediocre Auburn almost upset the eventual national champs...pretty awesome experience. But yeah, the overall derpiness of the fanbases, the history of rampant cheating, and Auburn's second-tier status as a program put this rivalry below Michigan-Ohio State for sure (although on a pure hatred level, the two are easily comparable).  That said, the people that call into the Finebaum show (i.e. all the of people yelling and cussing throughout the documentary haha) represent the craziest of the crazies in the state, which is saying something. A lot of people are pretty insane but those folks are the absolute worst by a country mile.
1 year 29 weeks ago	Just FYI, but apparently the	Just FYI, but apparently the awesomely-named Steele Jantz is not the starter at Iowa State anymore (unless he's injured or something)...according to the Texas Tech box score, "Jared Barnett" is. Sad news, I know.
1 year 29 weeks ago	Man, Michigan Stadium is	Man, Michigan Stadium is slowly turning into "Mister Squishy" from DFW's "Oblivion." Focus groups WOOO! It's sad. I'm hoping that there's a way to effectively let DB et al know that this is probably (and I say probably because I really can't objectively account for the desires of thousands of other people) not what Michigan fans want. I was watching from home, but I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed the oversaturation of 7NA. The White Stripes are awesome, though, and some other Stripes songs is actually a really good suggestion. As for the student section...yeah. I graduated this past year and i can definitely speak to the bottleneck nature of getting into the stadium. It's ridiculous but there's still no excuse for the turnout this year. I mean, it was definitely this bad at times BACK IN MY DAY (aka 2007-2011) but I can't really explain what's happening this year given our record. This happens at a lot of other schools too but I've been to some big time stadiums--namely Auburn--where the students show up en masse 45 minutes before the game has even started and it's awesome. Unfortunately, I feel like, given the nature of the student body, this is probably just how things are going to be forever unless certain incentives are instituted. I will say that we shouldn't downsize the student section because, despite the turnouts, it's still by far the loudest part of the stadium. However, something definitely needs to be done, and, not that it matters for me anymore, but I wouldn't mind something like what we've done with basketball being done for football.

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