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Thank you for the athletic contributions you made as members of the wrestling team.  However, it's time for both of you to get the heck out of here.  It's bad enough when fans react this way, but when student athletes are involved, it's an embarrassment to the university.  You don't deserve the honor of representing this university when you do stupid (and potentially dangerous) shit like this.

Congrats!  It's incredible how often IVF leads to multiples...

You win.

The speed of the track and the distance does suit Goldencents infinitely better than Churchill Downs.  His other good showings/wins we're on tracks that more resembled Pimlico However, I want nothing to do with the 17th placed also ran horse at the Derby that just seemed to completely give up at the last turn. 

As for betting exotics, this would be the race to do it.  Unfortunately, lower risk means lower reward, especially if you heard Orb's straight bet odds were expected to go down to 3/5 (combined with the small field).

With Orb sitting at 1-1 odds, I'm honestly thinking of sitting this one out (betting wise). I had Mylute in the Derby, but have completely lost faith in Rosie. I do think Orb will have trouble in coming out of the first post, and I'm really liking Itsmyluckyday to pull out a shocker. Other than that, Titletown 5 is sitting with 30 to 1 odds, and in a 9 horse field, that's looking mighty tempting...

For food in Tempe, Four Peaks, Oregano's, Tott's Asian Diner, Ted's Hot dogs and Nello's are a must.  For bars, I'm partial to the Vine on Apache (it's dumpy, but I loved it), as well as Mac's Broiler Room and Tap on McClintock and Guadalupe, and Papago Brewing (they sell Bell's) on Scottsdale and McDowell

Just moved back to A2 in late 2011 after 5 years in Arizona.  Hate to say, but if you're looking for an apartment, you have to do it quickly.  Since there are really not that many apartment options, students snatch them up quickly and well in advance, and then other renters quickly follow behind those students.  There are plenty of complexes downtown that are being built (and are being marketed to young professionals, rather than students), so this maybe a year where you have to bite the bullet and move into a complex with availability that might not fit all your needs, all while keeping on eye on when you can reserve a lease at one the newer complexes.

As for development jobs, there are a bunch of tech oriented companies that might be worth looking into.  Thomson Reuters and Barracuda standout as the larger A2 based ones, but if you are up to commuting a little bit, you may want to look more towards metro detroit.  I prefer to stay in Ann Arbor for work, so I don't have much knowledge of those oppurtunities, but there sure seem to be a lot of them over by the Livonia area.

As for other tidbits, the West side is heavy with the yuppies/townies, closer to downtown is a hodge podge of people and a ton of students (obviously), Pittsfield area I generally tend to stay away from in terms of living accomadations (there are some nice places, but there something not right about it since it doesn't really feel like Ann Arbor, but more like a A2/Ypsi/Saline clusterf*ck), and the northeast side is heavily residential and family based with not much to do.  I stick to the west side and downtown.

Anyways, Ann Arbor is changing, it's definitely evolving by getting bigger and a little more commercial, but it's still the best damn city in the world, you'll love it here.

Meh, they won the NIT in 2012 (I think), and followed that up last year with a 2nd round exit in the NIT, a 18-14 (9-9) regular season record and dismantling of a top 10 Oregon team (at the time) as their best win.  Since they're only losing 3 points/game production to graduation, I assume they can only get better.  So, I wouldn't say stinky (but I wouldn't say great either), as there's a decent possiblilty this is a NCAA tourney bound team.  Regardless, it's better than the WVU team we played in Brooklyn last that finished below .500.  Should definitely be a game we should win against a RPI top 100 team at the least.

If I must choose between the two, I'll take Kraft, just because the amount of cheesiness with Velveeta can really start getting annoying after a bit. However, I prefer my own homemade baked mac n cheese: Egg noodles mixed with heavy cream and shredded fontina, poured in a casserole dish with a layer of sliced havarti in the middle, topped with parmesan cheese (the real stuff) and italian breadcrumbs, then baked til melty and golden brown on top. Nothing beats it.

A minor detail that the BCS wouldn't have cared about had Ohio been eligible.

Want more attention from the schools that you actually have the ability to transfer to? Tell everyone you're considering transferring to Michigan. We've seen plenty of guys do it before and we all know U of M has never been real big on transfers. I really wouldn't mind a backup QB who could limit the possible burning of Shane's redshirt to being a personal decision by Hoke rather than out of neccesity, but I just don't see it happening.

What I wouldn't do for an Arizona burrito from Fili B's, or better yet, a white hot from Ted's in Tempe.  As for coney dogs, I know the Upper Deck in Old Town Scottsdale (owned by an MSU alum, or at least was when I was there) had some pretty decent ones with dogs shipped from Michigan, and while the name slips me, there was another little place in South Scottsdale owned by another former Michigan resident that did a good version as well.

But yeah, it's a more than fair trade to give up the fast food options in Arizona in order to have easy access to Coney Islands, Blimpy and Zingerman's again

As good as 2x4 animal style with chopped chilis extra toast is, I think would definitely take a Culver's butter burger over it any day (mmm, butter burger).  Only had Habit Burger once, Whataburger is meh, and while still good,  I can't say I've been horribly impressed with Five Guys (haven't been to Smashburger).  However, you still have to respect In-N-Out for how well they treat and pay their employees, which definitely shows through in the service.

To further deviate, even though it's not a "burger joint," Chick-fil-A trumps them all.  Man, living back in Ann Arbor definitely makes me miss all the better fast food options I had when I was in Arizona.

I havent't heard anything, but I also don't following recruiting as close as I should. Doesn't his brother (or close relative of sorts) play for Ferris?

While it doesn't seem to be as good as his show was on Travel channel (I think he's happier now on CNN, and oddly enough, his grumpiness made the show a lot more enjoyable), Anthony Bourdain is always quality television.

Thanks a lot, Terminate Carr. Irrational or not, baseball is a sport with many superstitions, a major one of which is to NEVER talk about a no hitter in progress. Therefore, I'm irrationally blaming you.

Edit: My wife, who knows very little about baseball and just started to watch it with me last season, even knew not to say anything today. Pretty much, she, in her novice fanhood, has infinitely better baseball fan ettiquette than you.

JakefromStateFarm. Either he's gone off the deep end, or he's just trying to stack up on imaginary points (even though he's already hit 100)...

I popped my Churchill Downs cherry last year at the Derby.  That hours long wait to get in and the similarly long wait to get out of the infield is enough to make me want to go back only if it is with grandstand tickets.  That, along with the heat and sunshine, which had not been in the forecast, was brutal.  To top it off, while gambling at a casino outside Cinci the night before, I had talked my wife out of betting on I'll Have Another (I don't remember why, I think it had something to do with his post position not historically being a good one).  So out of all the money we bet, which was a decent amount, we walked out of the racetrack with just $15 in winnings, thanks to a lone $5 show bet on Dullahan. However, we also walked out with a great memory, despite all the things I could spend forever complaining about

Anyways, the Derby is a great event, and Churchill Downs is a great place.  Good luck to anyone putting money down on it tomorrow, and have fun to anyone going or just watching on tv.  As for me, I'll be at home, drinking some sort of adult beverage in my 2012 Kentucky Derby commerative mint julep glass, cheering on Mylute and enjoying the greatest, most exciting 2 minutes in all of sports.

Except that Chicago used to be the meatpacking capital of the US and the Bulls first arena was like right next to the Chicago stockyards.  But yeah, other than their extremely cow centric past, Chicago has nothing to do with cows...

with a TD/INT ratio of 5 to 4...

His sophomore season is the only year his passing stats could pass for somewhat respectable, and even then we were all hoping he would get much better at throwing, which he most certainly did not. Him being #4 all time at Michigan is more of a testament to how his big play/running ability bought him more time at the QB position than he should've had, than it does his actual ability as a QB.

...I pay $3.70 a month for NASCAR?

Sure hope he finds his splitfinger and fast. And all fastball outting seldom ends so uneventfully like tonight did...

Good save.  Most people start getting really defensive when they get called out on their double post. No imaginary downvote for you.

I'm not sure what just happened there.

Well, your whining about me whining about....meh, I'm already over it.  Say what you will, but self policing is a part of this site, and will continue to be until meaningful voting makes its return (which, per Brian, isn't too far off).   Also, when a OP has 3 upvotes vs. 43 downvotes, it's not really the thread to criticize the drastic majority that is vocally chastising the OP.

But yeah, I'm with you in that I didn't see anything wrong with what he said.  The quote as the OP presented it was taken out of context and I don't think was intended towards us specifically.  The quote in fact seems to make perfect sense and is something you'd expect, as well as hope, a coach of a school that's always stuck under other team's shadow should respond.  I enjoy making fun of Dantonio's over the top sound bytes, but this just isn't one of those.  However, as far as him softening his stance on Michigan, I'm not sure if that's the case, but it was probably a lot easier (for multiple reasons) for him to show a little more restraint towards us since Hoke became coach when compared to our last staff.

Thadmattasagoblin, the threads you've been starting lately have been plentiful and of below average quality, even by offseason standards. C'mon man, you're better than this...

There's no need for a topic like this on the board. Regardless, there is plenty of security and even snipers at the stadium and you can't so much as carry a purse into the game. The stadium has been safe and secure for a very very long time and will continue to be. We can't let on unfortunate event create irrational paranoia.

A true Michigan man would've donated money on the condition that Blimpy Burger gets to stay in it's current location...

So excited for next year.  With the guys returning and the additions of Irvin, Walton and Donnal, there's gonna be a lot less drop off (dare I say if any) than what the so called experts think.  Go Blue!!!

And to the 2 people who negged the OP, shame on you.

I'm not quite sure why they hired him in the first place.  Stupid decision.  Joey D needs to get his act together and make a smart coaching hire or hit the road himself.  How a guy can go from unquestioningly one of the best front office guys in all of pro sports to one of the absolute worst in a span of 5 years is completely dumbfounding.

And I know it will never happen, but I feel obligated to throw this out every time the Pistons go on a coaching search: Bill Laimbeer.

You can play it off that you were surprised yourself that ND wasn't on there, but the true reason you posted this is to be antagonistic and rub in what this pointless list from this irrelevant site has to say.  This post is nothing but a subtle attempt at trolling.

Since you were the on that posted it, all I'm really getting out of this list is that since the BCS era began, the polls have accepted ND as a non-factor, and thus have them consistently start out the season unranked or in the bottom portion of the top 25.  Now if only ND fans and the sector of the media that doesn't vote in the polls (but thinks every year is ND's year) would readjust their expectations...

Since the mid 80's only 8 teams (I believe) have won an NBA championship.  The Pistons' 3 titles makes them one of those 8.  Yes, they have been at that bottom on the barrel as of late, but the great thing about the Pistons is that for the past 30 years, every time they hit the bottom, they consistently rise back up to the top.  Granted this is no longer a Bill Davidson owned organization, but you of all people, as a lifelong Pistons fan, should know not to treat this organization as if they're no better than the Lions. 

is making me crave Thano's Lamplighter pizza.  God, I miss that place.  It was the best pizza in A2 and arguably the best now defunct Ann Arbor restaurant.  Heck, I bet we probably could even start a thread on great establishments that have made that long trip to restaurant heaven.

My sister in law was signed up and on her way to qualifying for this Boston Marathon until a bicycle accident put her marathon running on hold last year.  I can't even imagine if she had been there.  Running a marathon like that is an almost spiritual thing to a lot of runners, and now this memory will now be etched into them, mentally, emotionally, and in some unfortunate cases, physically. 

There are some damn sick people in this world.  I can't even begin to fathom what disease of the mind coupled with pure hatred lives inside of someone who would do such a thing.  My condolences to anyone affected.

Coney dogs were created in metro detroit and thusly are a SE Michigan thing. It's the same reason why you don't see nearly as many italian beef places outside of Chicago, or restaurants specializing in pasties south of the UP/N. Michigan. Skyline has unfortunately cornered the Ohio market as the closest thing to a Coney Island. I weep everytime a person brags about going to there. Yuck!

On Pauline, it's all parking on the side of the road.  It's not going to be nearly as busy as football Saturdays, but you have get there pretty early to find a spot closer (or as close) to the stadium than Allmendinger Park.

For every basketball game, I park at the Indoor Track and Tennis building.  I'd have to imagine it would have a few spots available there if the lots around the Crisler itself are filled up.  That or you could always just park on Pauline.

I'm with you on the whole judging aspect.  My wife did synchronized figure skating on an international level (sidenote: synchronized gymnastics is a sport that could be a more athletic alternative to competitive cheerleading).  Hearing my wife talk about all the little stupid rules and things you must do to avoid pointless deductions are absolutely ridiculous.  Things like uniforms, make up and music selection also somehow play a critical role in not getting docked points.  It's ridiculous.  It's not really about the best team skillwise, but it all comes down to how well you know the judges' style and how much you can do to appease them.  I can't imagine competitive cheerleading isn't too far off from that.

That's awesome that we have a new trophy to add to this year's impressive collection. Congrats!
But that said, the idea of cheerleading as a "sport" has always pissed me off. The whole concept of a cheerleader got very misinterpreted at some point. You're not a cheerleader to have people cheer on how well you can cheerlead yourself. You are there to keep the fans in the game, or to make up for the crowd's lack of enthusiam at times. I don't doubt the skill or countless hours of practice needed to do what they do, but I see competitive cheerleaders as people who are not talented enough to be gymnast or to be pure dancers, and forgot what cheerleaders are truly there fore. Now neg away if you must for me being a debbie downer.

I heard they got the highest rated seeker recruit, Harry Potter.  He's just a first year, but he's pretty damn good.  Don't worry though, the coach of Nebraska's football team wants to kill him for some reason, so he won't last long.

If I were in your position, I wouldn't ask anything. No good would come of me opening my mouth around that man.

Or, instead of having a degree to fall back on if ythey become bankrupt, how about getting a  business/accounting degree so they know how to better manage that money.  What they learn in college can still have practical applications for an NBA player...

Sports has winning, and it has losing. When you are a fan, you don't get (or move closer to getting) a ring, trophy, bonus or even your name in the paper. You get one thing: bragging rights over the other fans. I don't often participate in the despair of our opponents' fans as much as I use to, and I agree there are certain lines not to cross, but trying to tell others to not do that is to completely miss the boat on part of what being a fan is.

I'm not sure how it works, but in some places, it says the early entry deadline is 4/29, but in other places, it says in order to maintain NCAA elgibility, you must withdraw from the draft by 4/16. Hopefully someone can educate me what the difference between the two dates are...

Rational fans vent, sometimes nonsensically.  Irrational fans pretend everything is sunshine and rainbows and/or that all situations require stoicism.  And I don't believe you'll find me laughing at Syracuse fans on whatever post you're talking about.  There's a time to tell everyone to pull themselves up by their bootstraps and wipe the snot from their nose.  And then there are times to just back off and let people be.  This time would be the latter.  Tomorrow, you have my blessing to  chastise the whiners.

If there's any point where a fanbase can pout and whine, it's after a loss in a championship game.  Just let it be.

Yeah, the reffing blew Kentucky derby horse balls and still has me seething mad. Buy overplaying Spike in the 2nd half, pathetic defense by Timmy, and everything inexplicably dropping for Louisville didn't help either. Fuck slimeball Pitino. Whoop de shit for Ware. Go Blue and thanks Trey.

Because he went to Maize n' Blue Deli.  MvF always goes for quantity over quality, even in the pre-challenge stops.  Not to start a deli war, but let's be honest: Zingerman's is the highbrow, overpriced (yet worth every inflated penny) good stuff, and Maize n' Blue fills you up and satisfies with a ton more bang for your buck.

RIP.  Now, if you all don't mind me asking, I was just in Kindergarten when she resigned, so can someone explain to me why so many here seem to dislike her enough to the point of disrespecting her and her legacy even at the announcement of her passing?  I feel almost anyone is deserving of atleast a little respect when they pass, most especially a former world leader, so I assume her transgressions were decidedly heinous.  Either that, or some of you are just complete pricks.  Either way, please and honestly enlighten me.

Interesting little tidbit: Samuri Jack takes place a future version of the city the Powerpuff girls lived in.

But I still agree to disagree to an extent.

While it's only a third of Syracuse's issues right now and the one that is probably the least of the NCAA's concerns at the moment (if it's even an open issue at all still), any time there are allegations of sexual molestation of children, that is far and away a bigger issue and bigger hit to the reputation of any organization than anything else you can imagine (IMHO).

I, as well as many others, are still fans and supporters of Steve Fisher, the fab five, Louis Bullock, Mo Taylor and the dear departed Tractor Traylor.  Name me one person who's still a supporter of Bernie Fine.

Is that you, Herm?

- Not Herm

I'm right there with ya.  Being in my late 20's, I honestly don't remember watching Lions football without Jason Hanson being on the team.  It'll definitely be a little surreal watching them this year.  

Maybe we go after Maher in the draft.  We need a punter and kicker, and he could possibly fill one or the other (I feel so dirty and guilty talking about someone else so soon).

Received call from Tim Hardaway Jr.'s father. Says son has not yet decided on leaving early. Also denies intent to sign w/agent Henry Thomas

— Darren Heitner (@DarrenHeitner) April 4, 2013

Firstly, unless he's already been told there's no way his draft stock can go any higher, I don't get why Timmy is leaving (Trey leaving is a no brainer).  Timmy is extremely inconsistent and I could only imagine one year of him playing like he can and not falling into one of his usual Big Ten conference slumps would help him drastically come draft time.

However, the biggest issue I have is that this chump outted these guys.  Not only did he steal their thunder when they do announce, but it creates an unnecessary distraction and unwarranted pressure from fans/friends/family for the team to win it all now while they can.  It's a damn shame people feel the need to be first is more important than a kid's privacy.

Edit:  On a quasi-good note, I was wondering where Irvin would fit into our rotation next year.  Sure seems like he has a good chance to not have to come off the bench now.

http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/buying-selling-um-tickets-thread-spreadsheet

I think the Ticket Spreadsheet and it's accompanying thread suffice.  It's just that a lot of people don't bother using it or even know it's there.

I don't think in the eyes of the law, or common sense for that matter, "it didn't physically hurt the guy" is an argument that hold up very well.  I played a lot of sports and have dealt with lot of coaching styles, from pathetically passive to extremely aggressive (good ol'  Michigan high school football coaching legend Chuck Lori).  I've seen coaches put their hands on players in the heat of competition.  It's always a shock when it happens, but in most situations (which a few and far between), it's a one off occurrence that just happens and is clearly not done with malintent.

To do what that man did so many times on that film and clearly was done with utter disregard for the kids he's trying to turn into young men is appalling and does absolutely require swift and harsh punishment.  You forget, being a coach on any non pro level is not purely about results on the court.  This coach is setting a horrible example to his players for how a grown man should behave and is an embarrassment to his school. 

I lived in Arizona for 5 years and then not too long ago, moved back to Ann Arbor partly because I found the heat obnoxious. So I'm one of the few people that actually is not jealous. And wouldn't the public sector say the reason they can't run the a/c when needed is because they need more money to do so and then still not run it once they get said money?

What's my motivation for continuing to watch? What did they give me to think about that's going to hold a special place in my memory as I wait for season 4? I get that what happened was a big deal and huge deviation when compared to the comics, but in the context of the show itself, it doesnt do much for me. Zombies are awesome, but clearly the show doesn't rely on that alone, so I was expecting them to give me a least a little something to whet my appetite for future episodes. With how it was presented, this seemed like more of slowly developing poor man's series finale than the end of a season.

I played football for 8 years. I broke a foot, broke multiple fingers, got 3 concussions, tore a tendon in my foot and got various other injuries and firsthand witnessed even more. Despite all that, I still literally threw up and almost passed out after they showed the first replay. I hope nothing but the best for that young man (and his teammates and opponents that were there)and wish that everything possible is done to ensure he has a speedy recovery.

Believe or not, the same reason why the NCAA tourney is so exciting is the same reason why you can't necessarily judge the strength of a conference by how many of their teams make it to the final four:  It's a one and done tournament where anything can happen.  All the teams that are in the tourney, from 1 seeds to 16 seeds, are there because they've shown the propensity that they can possibly beat almost any other team on any given day.  While the cream pretty much always rises to top in the end regardless, you're going to have a lot of unforseen outcomes that wouldn't hold true if it was in a best of 7 series.  Besides, 2 teams in the elite 8 and 4 in the sweet 16 is pretty damn good.

http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2013/03/michigans_john_beilein_celebra.html

Beilein threw a party.  They had subs.  It was crazy.

I had cancelled my hbo and showtime from Comcast about 8 months ago. My bill got the memo, my cable boxes did not. I'm a mother f'in premium channel outlaw! Or maybe some rep gave it to me as a kind gesture and I wasn't paying attention...

That move makes no sense, unless they already have someone lined up (if Shaka wouldn't leave VCU for Illinois, why would he leave for Minny). With NW canning Carmody, and now Minnesota firing Tubby, this seems to be the year of stupid Big Ten coaching moves for teams who for some reason think they can get someone better than who they already have.

My junior year of high school football, I played left guard in a very pull heavy offense (pretty every other run play, I was pulling). That year, we played Saginaw. That Saginaw team featured a senior outside linebacker named Lamar Woodley. The target for pulling guards is normally OLBs and ends. I'll let you use your imagination from there.

a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race

Tell me where in the there does it insinuate that racism is attempting to help some of the most downtrodden of your own race overcome their predicament that they were placed in because of the actual racism minorities in our country were a victim to.  Where?  Because I'm not seeing it.  John Thompson didn't recruit based off of a superiority complex.  He didn't turn his nose up at white players, he just chose to extend his hand to black ones that no one else really cared to.  His recruitment of blacks was not due to their physical and mental traits compared to whites, but their socioeconimic situation, which is not racist. 

Look here guy, you can try to twist what Thompson did any way you'd like to justify your dislike of him, and I'm sure you'll respond back to this post with some other flawed rationale for why what he did was racist, but the fact the matter is you are very confused about what racism is, and that's that.

That was probably the most obnoxious use of abbrevations that I've ever seen in a single post...

I don't trust McLimans at the point, seeing as he has a tendency to throw up a prayer of a 3 as soon as he touches the ball outside the arc. I'd put money on McGary to take the point in that faux lineup.

I cheer for my bracket picks, so conference allegiences do not exist during march madness for me. The only time I knowingly cheer against my bracket is if U of M is doing the bracket busting. Also, if/when my bracket is widdled down to nothing, I cheer for the underdogs to bust the brackets of the others left standing.

Congrats! My wife and I are expecting our first on 8/26 (we're already freaking out about the possibility of missing the opening game game, which would be a hell of a bad way to the start off our parent/child relationship). Don't know if I'm having a boy or a girl yet, but here's to hoping our kids are maize n' blue teammates!

I used to use the CBS bracket app on Facebook, seeing as that would be the easiest way to get a lot of people easily. However, that app isn't open this year without so much as an explanation. So, I've resorted to Yahoo, but not because I necessarily like it (because I don't). Most of the people I know and can trust to ante up for a bracket pool are guys I've done Fantasy sports with on there, so I know them getting lazy about having to create a login won't be an issue. It's really just about convenience.

It's heresy, I know, but I think VCU has a pretty nice draw to make it out of the south. Past that, Minny absolutely has the potential to be a giant killer and play much better than their 11 seed suggests. Would not be surprised if they make it out that region as long as they don't have to go through us.

I've got Guiness black in the mini fridge of my man cave, but I'm restraining myself and instead showing support for my pregnant wife during her favorite holiday by having a shamrock shake with her.

Fyi - wolverine41's comment is directed towards a troll that only shows up on the mobile app for whatever reason.

Multiple members of his entourage / Young Money say he's fine and his twitter handle sent one out as well. If he turns to be ok, that guy better quit it with the sizzurp.

Edit: *Obligatory grumble about this not being board worthy.

The tourneys we've played in were in the beginning of the year. We were a better team in the beginning of the year (at least in the concept that we have not improved and grown over the season as much as the teams around us have). IMHO, to say we're a tourney team or a neutral court team because of what we did months ago is a flawed notion. I do really hope I'm wrong about that though. We do have the makings of a team that can make deep runs just because we have a player that can singlehandedly take control to go along with a bunch of 3pt shooters, but not having a consistent 2nd or 3rd option, reliable bigs and above average D are traits that hurt our chances. Come to think of it, we kinda seem like the Kemba Walker era UConn huskies...

You love how the Pats run their organization? They let Brady restructure his contract under the false pretense that they'd bring in help as well as do whatever it took to not let guys like Welker walk.

You have time to rub shoulders on the interwebz with football aware social media guys from Meijer and then make it on to Buzzfeed, yet you say you don't have time to mod the MGoBoard anymore?

This will be the biggest game played at Crisler in a very long time.  This game will also be a big game for Hoosier fans as it will be not horribly far away and a chance to clinch the Big Ten title outright.  Both fanbases really want these tickets.  You'll be lucky to get 2 tickets together for less than $200 a piece.  Me and my wife are going (upper corner, not great seats) and have fielded a few offers from friends and acquantiences of upwards of $300 each.  These offers were swiftly rejected.  So, to put it bluntly, this an awful game to think about taking your kids to.  For the cheapest 5 together that you could possibly fine, you'd be far over on the wrong side of $500, if not worse. 

Man, makes you wonder how Manti ended up with an internet girlfriend with leukemia when there are many more "e-chicks" with loose morals like yourself out there on the interwebz.

You can't be fucking serious.

Little Mitch delivered newspapers while riding a unicycle?  I would absolutely sign up for a subscription just to see that.

We're a completely different team with 2 bigs on the floor.  Mitch is a liability on d, and J-Mo can't finish on offense, but combined, they're just what we need in the post.

We're getting beat in almost every aspect of the game and we're only down by 3. I'll take it, but something better change in the second half if we're going to have a chance to win this one.

Absolutely.  Because Nik has been automatic from behind the arc lately to go along with his great defensive play...

/s

That's not so much teams just getting incredibly lucky/hot against us from 3, but more of a consequence of how wide open our defense tends to leave guys behind the arc.

Edit: that was meant for kehnonymous' comment

Graham cracker crust is pretty amazing, and imho, infinitely better than most any regular pastry crust can ever aspire to be.  However, never underestimate the heavenly deliciousness that is an Oreo pie crust...

I dunno.  3-4 in the month of February.  A complete whooping at the hands of Sparty, poor coaching decisions down the stretch that led to an OT loss to Wisconsin, barely and uninspiringly hanging on at home against the worst team in the B1G and now, when at least a share of the Big Ten title was in our control, we just gave PSU their first conference win of the season when we were up by 15 with 10 minutes left. 

There's an immense amount of talent on this team, enough to win a national championship I dare say.  Understandbly, any team is going to struggle in this conference,  however, the way we tumbled so suddenly and in such apathetic fashion is inexcusable.  To say Beilein has lost this team (to a very mild extent) is not as far fetched as it seems.  A team doesn't just go from #1 on Feb 3rd to by the end of the month having 4 more losses, including one against the worst team in the conference, unless mental mistakes are occuring by all members of the team, coaches and players alike.

Now, do I think Beilein lost this team? No.  From what I heard from sources directly connected to the program, they've been lost since day one;  At each other's throats and not getting along by the time the freshmen first rolled in.  That lack of comraderie and morale is finally affecting them as their pure talent can no longer coast them through games this late in the season.  They need to wake up and decide if they want to be champs.  We'll know on Sunday what they decided to do.

I'm not trying to advocate flopping, but just like a good defensive player (like Novak did, for example) adds a little acting to the end of a charge to make sure he gets the ref's full attention, I don't have a huge issue with a player really emphasizing that a elbow has contacted his head.  With the elbow rule out in full force, having replay there for the officials to determine whether the contact was incidental or flagrant just personally makes me a little more comfortable with this dramatization (in moderation).  On the other end, flat out flopping and crossing your fingers that the ref buys it or will magically see something on the monitor that makes it swing your way is utterly uncalled for.

Edit: To show how biased I am on the subject of flopping, I was a long snapper in my football playing days and would purposely take a little bit longer to lift my head back up after a snap.  If someone dare try to touch me at least quasi head on while I was still in my prone position, I would flamboyantly drop to ground to let the ref know he needs to at least think about throwing his flag.  There is unfortunately an art behind the strategic flop and it serves a purpose (again, in moderation).

I saw that after someone already replied to my post.  By the way, you didn't put a comma after "also," which is pretty grammatically obnoxious as well.  We're all human and thank goodness we're on a message board where grammar is irrelevant.

Granted, it was a flop, but I've seen more dramatic flops with much less contact involved.  Also, I hardly find an 8 second clip with no sound from Crean necessarily incriminating.  As lame as it may be if Crean did tell him to flop, with every possible elbow to face being reviewed on the monitor, the way I see it is if the guy legitimately and flagrantly gets elbowed above the shoulders, who cares about his overreaction (or in some cases, lack thereof; a flagrant is a flagrant.  If it was a non-reviewable play, I'd care a lot more.

I heard from an insider that there was a big wig meeting at McDonald's today and that during it, Ronald Mcdonald, The Grimace, the Hamburglar and Mayor McCheese made a serious push to make the McRib a permanent menu item. Fingers crossed!

Disclaimer: I love Hoke and how much he knows and respects our traditions and lifted us from the ashes. However, while he undestands the defensive line, his head coaching abilities and thus his success, revolve purely around putting great coaches around him, developing upstanding young men and attracting recruits with his passion and charisma. These attributes ain't really what your average NFL owner cares about. Brady Hoke is not an x's and o's guy and you need to know how to wear a headset and take control in the NFL. I don't think he'd want to leave, but if he did, I'm not sure any smart pro team would take him.