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10 weeks 2 days ago	It's always great	to be a Michigan Wolverine!  Tonight especially!  We can all be very proud of every one on our school's basketball team, from the coaches to the players to the various assistants.  The entire season was a great effort.
10 weeks 5 days ago	Physicality	According to Merriam-Webster, the first known use of "physicality" was in 1660, so if it is not a word, it has been around being not a word for a long time.
17 weeks 20 hours ago	Why	is it that the NCAA cannot use whatever information it got from the bankruptcy proceeding?  Is there anything illegal about what the NCAA  did in connection with the bankruptcy proceeding, or is it something in the NCAA charter or rules that precludes it from using reliable information obtained in a judicial proceeding?
17 weeks 4 days ago	Maryland Students	were pumped up!  I live in the DC area and was listening to the sports station for a while this afternoon while students were being interviewed.  The fact that Maryland is joining the Big Ten made them really pumped about this game, and they were all enthusiastically predicting a Maryland win.
17 weeks 6 days ago	Jay Bilas	still had us in his top four this morning on Mike & Mike:  Indiana, Michigan, Miami and Florida, as I recall.  We'll be fine.  That one game was a disaster and against the one team none of want to have thump us, but it was one game.  What is it that they say?  Something like don't let one game give you more than one loss?
19 weeks 6 days ago	Food Chain	I didn't fight my way to the top of the food chain to eat vegetables.  Nonetheless, I hope I don't get this particular steak dinner.
22 weeks 1 day ago	Eh	Meyer may be a great coach and Saban may be a great coach, but if it was my kid, I would consider the Michigan coach the best coach in the country at the best school in the country.
29 weeks 2 days ago	Amen	Well said.
29 weeks 4 days ago	Game Ball	I understand the OSU team has awarded Al Borges the game ball!  That second half play calling and personnel usage was atrocious.  Did he think it gave us an unfair advantage to have Devin and Denard in at the same time?
29 weeks 4 days ago	Game Ball	I understand the OSU team has awarded Al Borges the game ball!  That second half play calling and personnel usage was atrocious.  Did he think it gave us an unfair advantage to have Devin and Denard in at the same time?
29 weeks 4 days ago	Game Ball	I understand the OSU team has awarded Al Borges the game ball!  That second half play calling and personnel usage was atrocious.  Did he think it gave us an unfair advantage to have Devin and Denard in at the same time?
34 weeks 3 days ago	And South Carolina	got destroyed by Florida, which is more of a negative than losing to Alabama in the first game of the year.
35 weeks 5 days ago	Mono	I hope the mono doesn't cause him to miss the entire season.  That could really set him back in his development.
40 weeks 2 days ago	need more votes	Can't let him lose to a drop-back passer!
41 weeks 2 days ago	Passing	When I was watching, it certainly looked like Denard was throwing off his back foot.  He certainly was not stepping into the throw, even on the long throws.  He did seem to improve a little as the game progressed, but by then the game was over and Alabama didn't seem to be trying as hard as it was earlier in the game.
41 weeks 3 days ago	Michigan	is still the leaders and best.  The one comment with which I really take exception is the one about Dee Hart:  "Had he stuck with his initial commitment to Michigan,—and after yesterday, nobody can blame him for not doing so—Hart would have started at running back for the Wolverines."  That makes no sense to me.  There is nothing that could make me regret having gone to Michigan, but for Hart, it seems as if he elected to sit on the bench at a lousy school where he will probably get a lousy education instead of going to a great school where he would have played and gotten a great education.  Seems like a bad choice to me. ""
41 weeks 3 days ago	Satellite TV	during thunderstorms mercifully limited my viewing time.  At the beginning of the game, though, there were a few plays that really hurt us, the first being the 15 yard penalty assessed against Lewan, the interception that happened after Roundtree was thrown out of bounds (why was that penalty not called?) and a second 10 yard penalty on Lewan.  We are in trouble if Lewan is going to stink it up that badly, but it seemed as if both lines played very poorly, both our offensive line and our defensive line.  The announcers were not clear and there were no replays, but it also looked to me like Gardner and Roundtree each dropped very catchable passes (perhaps the first two that Denard threw).  In a game like this, we had to play error-free to have a chance, and those kinds of senseless penalties and drops pretty well eliminated any momentum we might have been able to build.  But, ultimately, we were killed by a defense that, after that first three and out, looked clueless and inept.
42 weeks 4 days ago	Dean Smith	What Dean Smith accomplished went way beyond just basketball.  Smith is well known for promoting desegregation and for integrating the Tar Heels basketball team, as well as being a force in integrating all ACC schools.  Many of his activities were extremely unpopular in North Carolina but were important to our evolution as a nation and to the complete development of his players.  Personally, I would take him over Wooden, who is widely believed to have stretched the rules a bit with his recruiting, having a great record but having had even greater players.   o  A
42 weeks 5 days ago	Maybe	just maybe, he saw how hard Roger Clemens fought and won in court and is still viewed by the same folks who thought he had used PEDs before he was acquitted as a person who used PEDs.  Lance is right in that it is a no-win situation.  Even if you win, you have roughly the same groups of people who either believe you were honest believe you cheated.  As to Lance Armstrong, it has just been carried on for too many years.  The people who believed (and in many instances still believe) Brian McNamee's testimony are also going to accept the testimony of Lance's teammates, even though they do not know what kind of pressure was placed on them or the validity of their "testimony".
45 weeks 2 days ago	Many Factors	Close to home, better school academically.  Who knows?  He may not think he is going to play pro football, likes Michigan and wants a Michigan degree.
47 weeks 2 days ago	Saline	Although it is somewhat beside the point, does anyone know why the Saline Police would be in Ann Arbor?
47 weeks 6 days ago	X-Plan	X-Plan can be a good deal, but other deals may be better.  I belong to USAA, and the price from its auto buying service is lower than the Ford X-Plan price with fewer restrictions.
48 weeks 15 hours ago	You might want to check	your spelling of "another".  You sound like you are indeed an alum of Auburn.
48 weeks 16 hours ago	Not every football player	wants a "school".  Some kids just want to play football and have fun, without having to bother with inconveniences like studying.  Auburn is in the south, is supposed to have a pretty campus full of willing coeds and alums/boosters willing to pay the going rate.  We, on the other hand, want kids who will actually go to class and study (even if they are not taking the hardest courses available) and get nothing outside of what the NCAA allows.  Personally, I am glad I went to Michigan and glad the school has a coaching staff with the right priorities.
1 year 4 weeks ago	Maybe the Lions	I had hoped to root for him as a Wolverine, now I will just hope all works out for him and he is drafted by the Lions in a few years.  Good luck!
1 year 8 weeks ago	First Ballot	Great catcher, great hitter and (judging from his stint with the Tigers and Nationals) great teammate.  On Mike & Mike, they had on their baseball guru, who ranked Pudge 9th all time on list of catchers, slightly behind Fisk and Carter.  Personally, I would have him higher, certainly above those two, as almost all of his batting stats are significantly better than their stats and he did get 13 or so gold gloves.  To me, his most amazing stat is that he threw out 46% of the guys who tried to steal (more than 10% higher than Carter or Fisk), and had 7 seasons where he threw out more than 50% (highest season was 60%).  You have to believe that a lot of folks who otherwise would have been stealing bases stayed on first and sometimes stayed close enough to first so that they could not go from first to third on a single.
1 year 12 weeks ago	Everyone also says	that there has been a terrific improvement the second year a QB is in Borges' system.  I think we started to see the real Denard towards the end of the season, when he started understanding the system better and that we will see 2 or 3 td passes for every interception this year.  Having a huge target can help that significantly.  I also disagree with people who suggest Denard does not have a strong arm.  It may not be as strong as a Tom Brady or Matthew Stafford, but he looks to me to have more than adequate arm strength. He made a dramatic improvement from his first year in RR's system to his second year, and I would not be surprised to see an equally dramatic improvement from year 1 to year 2 in Borges' system.  Everyone says he is a tremendously hard working player.
1 year 13 weeks ago	But	the rating services have Gedeon far below him.  Why would they want Gedeon instead of O'Daniel?  According to today's post that averaged the rankings, O'Daniel is the 89th recruit overall (#8 OLB) and Gedeon the 205th (#17 OLB).
1 year 17 weeks ago	Not at all good.	In fact, calling him a clown is a serious insult to clowns.  As soon as I hear his name, I switch the station.  He looks like a dweeb and acts like an a*%.
1 year 18 weeks ago	I accept	your generous offer.  Which DC area restaurant?

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