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1 week 2 days ago	To go along	To go along with a 5* QB & RB in 2013, and 5* WR in 2014... Oh and the 2012 & 2013 OLine classes.... If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 2015, we're gonna see some serious shit.
1 week 2 days ago	You	You watch your darn mouth.  Don't you know that coaches can only be wrong all the time or right all the time?   /s
2 weeks 1 day ago	Have you met the Lions?	Have you met the Lions?  They once used the #10 pick to draft a WR who sat out a year eating a lot of Doritos.
2 weeks 3 days ago	Damn	Damn, I saw the posting a few days ago and wanted to get my application in.  :(
3 weeks 3 days ago	Frank	The next funny thing that Frank says/does will be the first funny thing that Frank says/does.
4 weeks 4 days ago	3rd best	ND has the 3rd best TV contract in the state of Indiana.
5 weeks 6 days ago	Vegas	You're seeing that the line in Vegas is L'Ville -5, and they're currently only up 3. The NBA ref saga a few years ago along with the recent Pac 12 shit has forced me to always wonder how much the refs inentionally alter games. I don't know that we would have won had the game been called better.  I do know that Trey and Mitch would have been on the court more, and L'ville likely would have had fewer ORebs, fewer steals, and fewer FTAs.  Wish we could have seen what would have happened. Still incredibly happy that we're in a position to play "What if" after a national title game.  Who saw this coming 4 years ago when we inexplicibly missed the tourney?  Or 3 years ago when we were a leadership anneurysm away from another disappointing season?   Hopefully only Trey and THJ leave.  Spike, GR3, Nik, Mitch, Caris + Walton and Irivin is a helluva top 7.  If Donnal can contribute, it's even better.
6 weeks 15 hours ago	Dear Syracuse	Dear Syracuse, If your whole season comes down to a single block/charge call, maybe do things to make sure your entire season doesn't come down to a single block/charge call. Such things include, but are not limited to: Watching tape. Not running your mouth. Actually exploiting the alleged mismatches you have at every position. Get your alleged world beating 6-6 PG to pass the ball to his own team more than the opposing team. Derp less.
7 weeks 17 hours ago	Spike	How 'bout Coach B trying to get Spike some tail.  Most elligible bachelor... Fantastic.
7 weeks 6 days ago	And...	That is all.
8 weeks 19 hours ago	Sited in Busch's Ann Arbor	Walked into Busch's this morning freezing cold, saw the Bell's man dropping off the first batch of Oberon for the year, immediately thought it was spring, and got happy. Went back outside and got sad.
8 weeks 3 days ago	Ducreux agrees.
10 weeks 1 day ago	Stuaskas needs to embrace NJaS	I want a youtube series of Stauskas doing various things, title "Not just a shooter." It'd basically be Dirty Jobs with Nik Stauskas.
10 weeks 4 days ago	Just checked	Just checked and Denard is up by 10k.
11 weeks 12 hours ago	They were	They were Nazi's, Walter?
11 weeks 1 day ago	Uniformz History	Forgive my lack of Uniformz history knowledge, but wasn't @MSU the only time we've worn these?  Am I remembering that correctly? If so, why were they not burned with fire?  Lots and lots of fire.
11 weeks 2 days ago	Maybe	Maybe he ended up in the hospital that one night because it had been 4 hours...
11 weeks 4 days ago	There's some carry over	There's some carry over.  A lot of playing good defense is about attitude.  We clearly lack it. Mostly, I think they're lacking a leader.  When times get rough it seems like everybody is looking around like a deer in headlights.
11 weeks 4 days ago	Agreed	Agree completely. Ever since the Wisconsin debacle, this team isn't putting out what it'll take to make it passed the 2nd round. My worst nightmare at this point is losing out, falling to a 4 seed, and getting put up against somebody like Bucknell.
12 weeks 6 days ago	Yup	Yup it was in the ESPN pictures for the One Day thingy. Also, in the past, Beilein has done similar things for students waiting in line for stuff.  (GA seating, ticket sales, greeting the team when they get back home from a road trip, etc.) So, basically, the RCMB people are not doing anything that hasn't done before, and therefore can go back to being considered as a form of life less than human.
13 weeks 3 days ago	Imagine	Imagine how happy all of us would have been if Tony Gibson had been hired away by the NFL in 2009. That is how happy MSU fans would be if Roushar gets hired away.
13 weeks 5 days ago	Agree / Disagree	I agree that our biggest problem is the freshman crapping the bed when a truly aggresive & physical defense gets up in their face. Howeva* 3/5 of our starters last night were true freshman.  Playing four top 25 teams in 11 days, 3 of them on the road, is pretty grueling if you're not used to it (even if you are).  Sure, in high school you play two games a week.  You also have about 20 minutes of travel to those games.   What was the record of that same MSU team when they had to play a lot of underclassman in 2010 - 2011?  19 - 15. It takes direct-to-NBA talent to pull off being an elite team full of freshman.  Even Kentucky had some non-freshman key contributors. It's scary/fun that we're sitting 21-4 right now and our expectations should actually go up in '13-14 and '14-15...   * (Ref: Smith, Steven A. birth-2013)
13 weeks 5 days ago	Please	Please see: http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/thj-apology-fansalum#comment-1929159 Then light self on fire.
13 weeks 5 days ago	Ditto	Ditto.  Even sadder are the people who feel they're owed an apology/explanation. Maybe from professional athletes, maybe.  Though at that level I'd say stop buying tickets/shirts/jerseys and cancel your cable if you're that upset with it. At the college level, a bunch of 18 - 22 year olds putting in 80+ hours a week of work owe nobody an apology or an explanation.
13 weeks 5 days ago	Damnit, now I want Pad Thai	I read this while eating my salad, wishing the entire time that it was a pile of spicey Pad Thai. Thanks Brian.  Thanks a lot.
13 weeks 6 days ago	I'm with you	I'm with you.  I bet he ends up out of state.
14 weeks 11 hours ago	940s	I just received my new 940s, and they are nice.  Way better than the Asics I was wearing previously.
15 weeks 2 days ago	Money and...	Money and vaginas.  Two powerful motivators for men ages 14 - 135.
15 weeks 3 days ago	To be fair	To be fair, all buckeyes are either ugly chicks or dudes.
15 weeks 5 days ago	It's gonna be 20	It feels like this thing is headed for 20.  4 divisions of 5.  9 conference games, you play the 4 other teams in your division once, and go NFL style where one division squares off against another.  Say East v West and North v South on year.  East v South and North v West the next year.  Etc.     Then have a 4 team, 2 week playoff.   Biggest issue is competitive balance and geography. UM / MSU / OSU / IU / Purdue (presumedly) is guaranteed to be the toughest division every year.   I'm asuming the final 6 teams will be something like:  GT, UVA, UNC/Duke, Louisville, Clemson, Syracuse.  Given our goals seem to be to A) Destroy the ACC becuase Fuck Notre Dame.  B) Add more states for BTN revenue.  C) Make all of our heads asplode.

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