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29 weeks 5 days ago	the truly darkest day for	the truly darkest day for everyone other than dave brandon will be when uniforms start to contain company logos. dave's definitely looking forward to it though. he was worried that he'd run out of places to put advertisements.    "$800,000 for a hungry howie logo on the shoulder?? easiest money i ever made"
42 weeks 5 days ago	Dark visors and fog can make	Dark visors and fog can make anything dramatic. Case and point.
49 weeks 12 hours ago	gerrit yntema
1 year 4 weeks ago	he doesn't hate brandon "so	he doesn't hate brandon "so much." he thinks it's douchey to sell a home game like a kidney and squeeze every penny out it. it's much more about this being douchey than brandon being douchey. and also, i'm a big brandon supporter, but come on...he's kinda douchey.
1 year 4 weeks ago	it's kind of cute that they	it's kind of cute that they have their own blog.
1 year 5 weeks ago	the thing about urban's	the thing about urban's desire to put in a third digit in their scoreboard made me involuntarily squint into the "not sure if serious" look. this isn't the mountain west and braxton miller isn't tim tebow. the guy has every right to be confident, but geez give yourself a little margain for error. that fanbase already has ludicrously high expectations and you're trying to take them to another level? i don't know about this particular context, but a massive ego in life in general is rarely a positive trait. my gut feeling is that he'll do very well for himself there but in 20 years they'll be talking about tress and not urb.
1 year 6 weeks ago	it's interesting to me that	it's interesting to me that you can have your best offensive line in 20 years and still worry about our defense. i think with the coaching that they'll get that they'll end up being pretty good, but asking an essentially brand new front four to open up against a proven, experienced alabama offensive line seems like a tall task. i hope you guys are right though.
1 year 8 weeks ago	Not the same	Telling someone that they don't have an offer and telling someone that they are no longer considered committed are distinctly different situations. Especially in the case with Dunn who was a commit in title only. No one's saying it's a big deal or dirty or anything like that; it just seemed like kind of a drastic step for someone who's a lights-out recruiter to take.
1 year 9 weeks ago	We have positional needs that	We have positional needs that we need to meet in this class. The breakdown leaves a few spots open for players that you like enough to take. It's not a situation of the coaches wanting another TE or RB. It's a situation of them liking a certain player enough to use one of those freebie spots on him. The identities of people the coaches feel that strongly about is becoming clear (Isaac, Orndoff, Green, Levenberry, etc). The fact that the coaches continue recruiting guys at positions that are "full" speaks much more to how much they value the individual player moreso than how much they value a certain number of recruits at a given position. If I'm ever going to trust the coaches it's going to be in regard to who they let snatch up these precious free spots.
1 year 9 weeks ago	When will we get to hear how	When will we get to hear how much weight everyone put on/off in the awesomely short off-season? I don't know why but that's one of my favorite parts of the off-season since it can only ever be 100% positive news.
1 year 10 weeks ago	4/5 of the teams in college	4/5 of the teams in college football will play tomato cans in the first week of the season. Yet, they will scout these teams. We may be no where near as good as Alabama but we have one of the most dynamic offenses in college football. We're definitely not going to be beneath their notice.
1 year 10 weeks ago	No shot at a 1 seed	I agree with the logic that the winner of the B1G regular season and tourney should have a shot at a 1-seed but this is an odd year. It's highly unusual for a team with 5 conference losses to be the regular season champion. Even though it might "feel" like we should be a top seed the tournament committee is going to have a very hard time giving that distinction to a team with 8 losses.  It's a shame too because if you take the Iowa and Arkansas losses off the board I think that it would still be well within the realm of possibility. It's obviously been an absolutely amazing year but Iowa has kinda peed in our fruit loops.
1 year 12 weeks ago	Was he running that fast the	Was he running that fast the entire time he was here?
1 year 13 weeks ago	Go back to Psych 111	This domino-effect is a common human reaction to other's cues. Especially in unfamiliar circumstances (like recruiting) In my opinion, there were 8-10 recruits who felt very strongly about Michigan but didn't really know what to do about that. They all knew or at least knew of one another and thus were watching what the others were doing. They were looking at each other's cues. That's why when a few started saying that they wanted to take their time and explore all their options, that's what they all said. Yesterday though, the cue started to change. Boesch committed on his visit. Shallman planned to commit on scheduled a radio interview. This sent the cue to the other people on the visit that committing was the appropriate action if you feel similarly. Dawson and Lewis both really like Michigan and thus picked up on the cue (probably after being told about Boesh/Shallman) and committed as well. Fox heard about the recruits committing and did the same. The ultimate test to this will be in LTT actually commits tonight and goes against what he's been saying for quite some time. The ultimate caveat on this theory is that I only went my Psych 111 lecture three times.
1 year 13 weeks ago	this has been a good day	this has been a good day
1 year 14 weeks ago	I think it's dick cheney	I think it's dick cheney
1 year 15 weeks ago	fred jackson says he is like	fred jackson says he is like shaq. only taller.
1 year 15 weeks ago	it's one of the best days of	it's one of the best days of this kid's life. he's a good player, let's all be happy for him and us and not feel sorry for ourselves over nothing.
1 year 15 weeks ago	looks like scout is saying	looks like scout is saying norfleet. don't freak out. it's on their main page not behind a paywall.
1 year 16 weeks ago	None of us were thinking	None of us were thinking about this kid a week ago but NOW WE NEED HIM
1 year 18 weeks ago	maybe aquaman can get an	maybe aquaman can get an interview with paterno and straighten this whole thing out
1 year 18 weeks ago	how much adderall did you	how much adderall did you take tonight
1 year 22 weeks ago	90% of this has nothing to do with his skills	This is a d*** measuring contest between OSU and us. We're all so emotionally wrapped up in this because many people see this kid's recruitment as the ultimate chance to vindicate that "we're back" on OSU's level, Urban Meyer or not. In reality, with the offensive line we'll be fielding by the time Fitz graduates we won't need STAR POWER to have an effective running game. This is something that has been pointed out repeatedly. I want Dunn as badly as everyone else but there is no doom and gloom whatsoever if he doesn't come here. The thought that we're even in the running for a lifelong OSU fan who is being heavily recruited by the "hottest" coaching hire since Nick Saban is all the validation that we need that we're back to being relevant.
1 year 23 weeks ago	No it didn't. It went great.	No it didn't. It went great. He's not coming here. Writings been on the wall for a little while now.
1 year 24 weeks ago	I honestly can't wait until	I honestly can't wait until every discussion about us stops involving a discussion about MSU. Just hearing about them and seeing their name brings my mood down.
1 year 26 weeks ago	Not coach at U of M	he's off to a good start
1 year 28 weeks ago	we want him to win job after DG	The last few years have gotten us all thinking that starting very young qb's is a good thing. We didn't choose that though. It was by necessity.  Assuming that DG doesn't get his medical redshirt, we're actually set up to not have to deal with young qb brain farts for a while if Bellomy develops. When DG graduates it would be a choice of Bellomy entering his fourth year vs. Morris entering his second. I'd rather not have to force a young QB in there if we don't have to. If Bellomy is good than Morris only plays if he's really good.  Best case scenario, he redshirts his freshman year, backs up Bellomy in year 2 and then takes over in year three. That way you get him starting for three years and he doesn't play until he and Borges are very familiar with each other.  Bellomy being good enough to bridge the gap between DG and SM is by far the best case scenario IMO.
1 year 32 weeks ago	You're so right	we should definitely not do this because you conjecture about bo's attitude towards halftime shows. damn those "stupid students" and their desire to hear popular music at a football game. "Real" Michigan fans like you know better. keep fighting the good fight.
1 year 33 weeks ago	I'm not sure if you're trying	I'm not sure if you're trying to 'out-Pittsburgh,' me but except for my years in AA I've lived here my entire life. Go ahead and take my word for it that except for the people that went to either school there aren't many college football diehards around.
1 year 33 weeks ago	I'd disagree with that	Pittsburgh is a pro sports town by about a mile and a half. That being said, I'd say that the average fan without ties to either school leans towards Pitt. There aren't too many people with diehard alliances one way or the other. Penn State fans are really obnoxious and Pitt kind of has that underdog, find-a-way-to-lose mentality that Pittsburgh people can identify with.

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