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5 weeks 4 days ago	McGary	McGary's game reminds me a lot of Vlade Divac.
6 weeks 2 days ago	Red flags	Red flags in general... 1.  Western Union 2.  Any form of wire transfers 3.  Can't accept normal payments/use normal sites (PayPal, StubHub, etc.) 4.  Sends you check for wrong amount and has a plan for you to fix it.  Normal people tear up a first check when they make an error -- not send it on with a set of instructions   5.  Ask for a refund before their original check clears.  Make sure to check with your bank as it may actually take a long time for a check to clear (way longer than you'd think) 6.  Doing business with people with whom you are unfamiliar, will never see or hear from again, or have no way of reporting to the authorities It sounds somewhat narrow-minded, but there is something to be said for only dealing with companies you trust and that have excellent customer service.
7 weeks 4 days ago	Life long Jayhawk basketball fan perspective	I've been a Jayhawk basketball fan my whole life, or at least as early as I could dribble a basketball.  I remember watching Danny and the Miracles, all of those underperforming Roy Williams teams, and all of the Bill Self teams.  From my estimation, talent-wise this KU team is somewhere in the top 5 out of all of those teams, but sometimes they don't show up to games (as evidenced by some of their baffling losses this season).  At their best, I think this KU team can beat anybody.  McLemore is the best looking player I've seen at KU since Paul Pierce.  But KU is also very beatable, as they sometimes have turnover meltdowns and go cold on offense. As a double Michigan grad/alum, I'll be rooting for Michigan this Friday, but I would set the line at favoring Kansas by three.  I think the two best teams in the whole NCAA tournament are Kansas and Indiana, but Michigan can certainly beat either of them.
1 year 42 weeks ago	The NCAA knows that...	OSU caught Tressel before he got the chance to fire Gordon Gee and start running the whole school.   So give credit where credit is due.
1 year 42 weeks ago	Good luck	Any test that lasts a couple days is no fun, but you'll get through it.  The important thing to remember is that you have studied for this thing full-time for more than a month and more studying would probably be counter-productive.
2 years 8 weeks ago	Sad population trend	It's unfortunate that Michigan is losing population, but at least for me it didn't make sense to stay there after graduation.  There were jobs to be had, but nothing in the particular specialty that I was interested.
2 years 9 weeks ago	Webber	Webber seems like a nice guy.  Nice guys make mistakes too, and he has already been put through the ringer for it.  As a Michigan alum, I have always tried be a good person and to represent myself in a positive light, but no one has any expectations of me.  Webber had so much talent that everyone had sky-is-the-limit expectations of him. I'm not sure that he was prepared for all of those expectations, and just being himself at the same time.  Lots of child prodigies burn out under less pressure than Webber had. I was a little bit disappointed for him (not for me) that his pro career didn't turn out better because he was on some bad teams early in his career and had some bad luck later in his career, but that's life.  Lots of great players get stuck on bad teams or get unfortunate injuries. I don't get the whole "hating" athletes meme.  This is just their job.  Would you have the same outrage if an engineering student was receiving improper and excessive financial aid?  Being a fan doesn't entitle you to weigh their souls in your hands.   I get that there was some collateral damage to the Michigan basketball program because of the Ed Martin scandal, but do you really think that's how the athletes planned it?  It's really easy to blame people because the train came off the tracks, and after the fact, it's pretty obvious that a bunch of things never should have happened (and, yes, it really should not have ever happened), but I'm cynical and just assume that this sort of thing happens all of the time in major college sports.  Only when Yahoo! or the FBI gets involved does anyone actually find out about it.
2 years 10 weeks ago	Does mgoblog provide CLE credit?	Too bad.
2 years 17 weeks ago	education needs more funding	Education needs more funding -- not less.   UM will be fine either way, but I would be surprised if UM went private. It is truly sad that the cost of an undergraduate education continues to skyrocket (not unique to UM).
2 years 18 weeks ago	knocking out the private loans is key	The way Sopwith describes paring down the loans is the way to do it.  Knocking out the higher interest private loans is the key.
2 years 18 weeks ago	but to be fair...	Even with patent prep. & pros., there is still the difficulty of having the right technical/scientific background.  Many lawyers do not have the necessary technical/scientific background to sit for the patent bar.  There is also a strong preference in patent for candidates with additional degrees (Ph.D. or M.S.).
2 years 18 weeks ago	Re: law school	No matter what kind of school you attend, you do need to have a realistic plan for what you are going to do afterwards and how you are going to meet your financial obligations, whatever they may be.  Even then, having a few back-up plans is smart.  A lot of people don't realize that legal jobs are scarce and that "having a law degree" by itself doesn't make you a marketable commodity.  I was on a plane a couple months ago talking to someone that works for a state bar association (in a Big Ten state) and they told me that only about 40% of their law graduates have legally related jobs six months after graduation.  That's a sobering statistic.
2 years 19 weeks ago	I need to grow a beard	I need to grow a beard and wander the streets of San Diego drinking milk from the carton.
2 years 19 weeks ago	My guess was bacon	Every loss is better with some bacon.
2 years 19 weeks ago	Pryor Sadtire	Now on sale at...
2 years 19 weeks ago	He did have a sweet haircut	And "GERG" was fun to say.  So there's that.
2 years 19 weeks ago	Pryor satire always makes me laugh	Win, lose, or draw, I always find Pryor satire amusing.
2 years 24 weeks ago	If Dee prefers Alabama...	I wish the guy luck.  I have never been tempted to spend several years in Alabama.  It's his choice. I would be surprised if DB to has the whims of any high school prospect/commit as included in his priorities.
2 years 24 weeks ago	Oops -- not Dave Brandon	I wrote the above before I read Brian's post about how he isn't interested in opinion/speculation on the subject, unless I am actually Dave Brandon (which I am not).  Sorry.
2 years 24 weeks ago	I would keep RR	I would keep RR for at least another year, and I have five reasons: 1.  I'm still not sure if RR can succeed at Michigan -- when I'm not sure about something, I don't make changes.   There is still a good chance he can succeed at Michigan.  Yes, I just said that and didn't combust in flames. 2.  If Michigan is JH's dream job, it will still be his dream job in another year or two.  If it's not his dream job, then Michigan is just another stepping stone to the NFL and it doesn't matter.  3.  College football games, week to week, are decided by a lot of random occurences (fluke plays, injuries, etc.).  I still believe that Alabama and Boise St. are two of the best teams in college football, even though neither will be in BCS bowl games.  Michigan is better than 7-5, in my opinion.  The Big 10 was stacked this year.  4.  Being a die-hard Michigan fan means enduring bad years too.  If a bad year is 7-5, I can take it.  5.  Giving a guy four years as head coach is a fair shake.  I'd rather set precedent in giving a head football coach at least 4 years before canning him.  If JH ends up being the next coach, I'd want to give him at least 4 years too.
2 years 26 weeks ago	603	603 (605 if 603 is taken)
2 years 28 weeks ago	I blame RR	I blame RR a little bit for not fusing adamantium to the skeletons of our players, especially those in the defensive secondary. I blame RR for not dressing up Troy Palamalu and Ed Reed in Michigan jerseys, and making them play defense for us under a false identity. I blame RR for not growing a handlebar mustache and learning to speak in a British or Australian accent. I blame RR for cold weather.
2 years 28 weeks ago	Whenever I think Penn State	I think of Mario Manningham in the endzone with time expiring. Also...McGloin may be a Wrangler jeans-wearing gunslinger, but the PSU O-Line is not good.  Very few QBs have the ability to be good and remain healthy with a bad O-Line. I predict Denard gets 200+ (10+ yards/carry) on the ground and 200+ in the air.  The only thing that prevents this is if Michigan intentionally limits his carries (in which I predict 100+ yards running and 270+ in the air for Denard). Finally, in a reverse jinx, I predict that Sparty wins at Iowa by a final score of 7-0 on a  trick play called, "Jail break!"  Too soon?
2 years 29 weeks ago	Hmmm...	Do I think the ND head coach and AD should be fired for poor decision-making that may or may not have contributed to a student's death?  Hmmm... It's remarkably stupid that someone didn't think that maybe 50+ mph winds are terrible conditions to video something way up in the air.  That's more than a minor brain fart. It's remarkably stupid that ND didn't appear to have a better policy and training regarding scissor lifts.  What other machines are they using without proper safety training?  Further, what if there had been additional bystanders in the way.  If the scissor lift had landed on 12 people and killed 7, what then? On the flip side, I don't expect administrators and coaches to be able to do everything at once and know the OSHA operating standards for every apparatus on the field or in the gym.    In the final analysis, I guess it depends how tolerant you are of stupidity and if you think that you could accurately identify the candidate(s) that would have averted the tragedy before it happened.   Yeah, I'd rather have Jim Tressel than Brian Kelly as a head coach, but so would everybody else.
2 years 29 weeks ago	I'll add one to "Worry if..."	"Worry if she sends you a text that says, 'I just spent a lot of money - hehe.'"
2 years 30 weeks ago	I am more curious	I am more curious about what he THOUGHT he was disagreeing with.  You know, what case decided 10-15 years ago that he disliked.
2 years 30 weeks ago	So Much Information	I realize that historical court cases are "fair questions" for a debate, and not to make excuses for Runyan . . . but there's a ton of information that people just forget or can't  remember when put on the spot.  I wish more people would just say, "I can't recall that case right now." or "I would have to brush up on my history before I answer that question."
2 years 30 weeks ago	Office Space	Great Office Space reference.
2 years 30 weeks ago	Paranoid	I think it's OK to be paranoid sometimes.  Over the last five years, we have been Appalachian State-ed, nearly Les-Miled, Mallett-ed alligator armed Boren "family valued," Free Press-ed, Stretching/Practice-Gated, Feagin-ed, Cissoko-ed, Demar Dorsey-ed, "But he's not a Michigan Man"-ed, Angry Michigan Hating Safety God-ed, and had two of the worst football seasons in the last 30 years.  And that doesn't even discuss a virulent Sparty outbreak, which has been otherwise dormant since the 1960's and that always klassy team in the worst state ever (Badger-ed!).   We all watch the games and we realize that the D and special teams need a little work.  But when you say "I think the ___ sucks," it's probably not a groundbreaking observation and does not provide any solutions.  There is a distinct difference between "I think we should run more midline because X, Y, and Z" and "Blar Blar Angry I Win at Everything This Losing Thing is BS."   Also, if the worst thing that happens to you by voicing your criticism is losing imaginery website points, you are OK.  It's not like Brian is keeping a special bad person list of individuals to be sent to the gulags (at least not yet, right?).
2 years 30 weeks ago	The sweatervest	The sweatervest does not look happy.  Frowny face time (for them).

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