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MSU did an investigation into the $400 thing, didn't find anything, but did find $40 in improper benefits on Friday. Then Saturday MSU said Bridges was cleared in the $400 thing but failed to mention the $40 thing. And on Sunday, Bridges was asked if he ever received improper benefits, and he said no - two days after paying back $40 in improper benefits. Okay.

Laphroaig is... robust. But if you buy a bottle, you receive lifetime ownership of one square foot of land on their distillery property. Then you can go to Scotland, visit their distillery, and they'll give you coordinates, muck boots, and a flag from your home country so you can find your plot and plant your flag.

I'd prefer a CJ-2A, but yeah you're getting it

His OC was his son Kendal, who was very good but also deep in the "culture" they had. Got cleaned out with the rest of the staff. The only person to give him a job was Lane Kiffen, so you do the math. 

It was the start of Tennessee fans hating Michigan. Peyton is their God, and that Heisman would've cemented him as the greatest player in college football that year, and one of the greatest in history... except for some guy from Michigan. So he went on to a long and illustrious career in the NFL and would've easily been considered the greatest quarterback of his generation, if not all time... except for some other guy from Michigan. 

If they didn't believe he had a decent shot to play again, I would think he'd be on medical hardship by now instead of taking a roster spot. 

It is the winter of the year 2075. An elderly Ace Anbender feebly waves his cane in the general direction of the virtual "Publish" button. A photo of Tom Crean adjusting his pants appears on the mgoblog.com front page. 

From what I'm reading, UT basically had Gruden locked up, terms agreed, booster money in place. But their biggest donor, Jimmy Haslam, has a hard-on for Schiano and convinced Currie to bring in Schiano through the back door, unbeknownst to the other boosters. That started the shitshow, and we all know the rest. Maybe Gruden is still out there, or maybe he's turned off by it all and won't sign now. The fans seem to want Tee Martin, but apparently Peyton Manning is pushing back against it. Their only realistic choice might end up being ol' pizzafarts himself, Brady Hoke.

Pretty sure onions are poisonous for dogs. I let mine eat most stuff that drops, but I always pick up onions.

Depends how much you want people to trust you

"Double" might have been a bit of hyperbole, but I think there would be more eyeballs for the duration, so the second half ads would be more valuable.

Jozy seems to have some trouble with the ball at his feet. It would be nice to have a better finisher up front (said nearly every soccer team ever) but he's probably the best option. To me, consistent lineup is underrated.

Recipe is easily googled.

1 lb bacon (regular, not thick)

1 lb ground sausage

Deli-style sliced cheese of your choice

Rope smoked sausage (optional)

BBQ sauce

BBQ rub (optional)

Weave a bacon mat, 6 slices in each direction. Fry the rest crispy and set aside. Smash the ground sausage onto the mat in an even layer, leaving about an inch around the sides. Place 4 slices of cheese on the sausage. Crumble the fried bacon and sprinkle on top of the cheese. Add some BBQ sauce. At this point I like to put in a piece of smoked sausage that is the same length end-to-end as your ground sausage layer. Roll the monstrosity into a tube - PROTIP: roll the ground sausage layer first with everything rolled up inside it, then roll the bacon mat around it. Add BBQ rub to the outside if desired. Secure your meat tube; I use high temp silicone cooking bands. Throw it on the grill for an hour or so, until the bacon on the outside is good and crispy. Directly over the coals will crisp up the outside nicely, but it will flare up. Slice and serve. 

Let's not forget that at Florida he put his name on another student's paper, got caught, then replaced that paper with one that he bought off the internet, got caught again, but before he could be academically punished, he bought a stolen laptop, and when the cops showed up to retrieve it, he threw it out the window, was arrested anyway, and transferred to a JUCO. When at Auburn, he said he did absolutely nothing wrong during his time at Florida.

I believe "the Beatles are overrated" has an appropriate level of take hotness to be included in this thread, but I respect your hot take that the "Beatles are overrated" take should not be considered hot. 

I dropped this in another thread, but I think the Kinks are better than the Beatles. If the Kinks hadn't been barred from performing in the US during the peak years of the British Invasion, they'd be much more popular than they are. The Beatles are a little too folk-y and hippie-ish for me. But that's just, like, my opinion, man.

Assume all two-lane roads since that's where I live. 

A vehicle traveling northbound is turning left to travel westbound. There are no vehicles waiting at the stop sign in the eastbound lane, so the driver tightens their turn and cuts completely across the eastbound lane. This drives me crazy.

A part of the road I drive to work goes downhill -> mild curve -> uphill. If no other cars are immediately present, some vehicles will come down the hill, drift completely into the oncoming lane through the curve, then slide back into their own lane to go up the hill. This ain't Gran Turismo, pal. Stay in your lane.

F/+ drops to second in Advanced Statistics Accuracy rankings.

S&P now in sole possession of first place.

FEI remains third.

A guy walks into a bar in Columbus with a parrot, a pig, and 2 quarters. He calls the bartender over and says, "I'll bet you, or anyone else in this bar, $100 that I can put my balls in this pig's mouth and then remove them unscathed." The bartender replies, "Hell, I'll take that bet." The man drops the 2 quarters in a glass and sets the pig on the bar. He then carefully places his balls in the pig's mouth and rattles the quarters in the glass. The pig closes its mouth, and after a few moments the man hits the pig over the head with the parrot, the pig opens its mouth, and the man removes his balls, unscathed. "Well I'll be damned," says the bartender as he slides a hundred dollar bill across the bar. The man turns to face the other patrons and says, "Anyone else care to give it a shot?" A minute of silence passes before a young OSU fan stands up. "I reckon I'll try," she says, "you just have to promise not to hit me on the head with the parrot."

You should try 00 bread flour (Amazon) in your dough, especially if you can let it hang out in the fridge for a day or two.

The VW wedding commercial always gives me chills

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSEnzs8AocY

You can make simple syrup in about 5 minutes so maybe not that. Bitters is a good idea though. Tonic water mixes with anything. Perhaps some "microbrew" cola or ginger ale?

Got a sixer each of Left Hand Hard Wired Nitro Coffee Porter and Founders Azacca. We're probably getting as much snow as DC but the farmers have already been through a few times with their tractors to plow the road and my neighbor did my driveway with his skid steer. All I gotta do is drink some beers and sweep off the jeeps every few hours. Stay safe out there people, especially if you're getting iced.

Congrats man. I'm a little late to the party here, but I'm going for it anyway.

Financially, I agree that you should try to stock up on diapers; get a lot via the baby shower. Also, I've heard you can get a pretty good discount if you pre-pay the hospital for the birth - otherwise the bills just keep coming after you bring the baby home. I didn't hear about this until afterwards, so I don't know much about it, just maybe something to look into. 

I didn't read any books, but my wife references the "what to expect" books from time to time. If you're having a hospital birth, you should go take a tour of the hospital. An Infant CPR class would also be a good idea, for peace of mind at the very least. 

My wife got up with the baby every night while she was on maternity leave, but once she went back to work, we alternated nights. That way, no matter how many times you have to get up with the baby during the night, you know you're going to get to sleep the next night. 

That's about all I got. You'll figure it all out. Babies aren't that hard. 

I live pretty close to Harrisonburg VA, the self-appointed beer capital of Virginia. Two breweries (Brothers and Pale Fire), another on the way (Wolfe Street), and a satellite taproom room for Three Notch'd. Pale Fire and Brothers both make really good stuff, but I don't think they distribute far. Otherwise, I'm usually drinking Dogfish Head, Ballast Point, Lagunitas, Firestone Walker, Bells, or my own poorly-made stuff.

Only tradition I can think of is saving a Hopslam for Michigan's opening kickoff every year.

I visited there too, and we didn't have time for a plantation tour but we grabbed some stuff at the airport to take home. Cafe Britt is a great brand, reasonably priced and readily available on Amazon. They have a really good light roast that I'd recommend.

Any possibility of a live stream? Even if it's just audio, I'd grab a beer and tune in.

Waterloo Sunset by the Kinks. Or anything else by the Kinks.

Shenandoah Valley

I worked contract archaeology for a summer in North Dakota about a decade ago. The first weekend we were there, one of my roommates and I went to one of the two local bars in town. Being North Dakota, they had some weird shitty beers we'd never heard of in the cooler, so we started ordering them. Each time we got a round of beers, the bartender gave us free shots because she "made too much for those guys down there who ordered them." For the last shot (after 6 rounds of beers and 5 rounds of free shots), she said we could order a free shot, whatever we liked. So I told the red-headed bartender that I like Red Headed Sluts. While I was genuinely not hitting on her, she must have taken it that way because she giggled and skipped off to make our shots. From that first weekend in May until we left in October, we were at that bar 5 or 6 nights a week and never once were asked to pay for our drinks. We were never even presented a tab. We just tipped the bartender somewhere between $20 and $50 depending on how much we drank. I saved no money that summer.

Side notes, when it was closing time at the bar, they would just pour whatever was left of your drink into a solo cup and send you out into the street. The bar had a blackjack table in the corner that only seemed to be live after midnight. The bars in town sold pint bottles of hard liquor - this bar would sell you a shot of Everclear, but not a bottle; the bar across the street would sell you a bottle of Everclear but not a shot. It was a strange place. 

I'd have to say "Giant Spider Invasion" and "Jack Frost" are my favorites. "Jack Frost" seemed like a horrifically bad movie as well.

Got some DuClaw Dirty Little Freak (coconut / caramel / chocolate brown ale) and some Clown Shoes Chocolate Sombrero (chocolate stout w/ cinnamon, vanilla, and ancho chili). Both pretty damn good.

Hoping for a good reason to celebrate, so I'm heading to the beer store at lunch time. Anyone care to recommend something good / not too obscure?

Would like to have seen

Mitropolous-Rundus play

How does his name fit?

Went to the local bottle shop here in Harrisonburg VA after I heard the news, got some Founders Dark Penance (probably some kind of meaning behind that one) and some Sweet Josie Amber Ale (one of those words is my 6 week old daughter's name). Never had either one, looking forward to celebrating!

Combos are like pop tarts. There is really only one flavor. Nacho cheese pretzel is the frosted brown sugar cinnamon of Combos. Cheddar cheese pretzel is the frosted strawberry - acceptable, but you know something out there is better.

To expand on Mr. Berenson's chart, if VCU's opponent commits 15 or more turnovers, VCU wins. If the opponent commits 14 or fewer turnovers, VCU loses. This is excepting their last game against St. Louis. 

Michigan has only committed more than 14 turnovers twice - at MSU and at PSU. So if VCU mugs the shit out of Michigan and nothing is called, or they start chucking no-look arm-punt threes with a hand in their faces that subsequently hit nothing but net, then we should all worry. Otherwise, I feel okay about the chances. Anything can happen, but I like our guys.

It was a box-and-none.

HAHAHAHAHAHA

I thought when your teammate set a pick for you, you were supposed to essentially rub shoulders with him to run the defender either into the pick or into chase mode. Why do Michigan's ball handlers always seem to leave enough room for the defender to squeeze through? What's the point of the pick? Why does no one just go up strong and try to draw the foul instead of shooting a 2 foot fadeaway reverse? Why does my mood improve when my TV is muted? And if my mood is improving, why is the cat still hiding under the bed? 

This very much reminds me of a Matt Ufford article from today -

How to start a fight on the internet

- that was going around the twitters a little.

Last day at the old job was yesterday, and I'm starting the new job next week, so I have a bit of a long weekend. After 7 years of traveling for work, I think I deserve it. Answers:

1. My brother-in-law and his fiancee are throwing an Arrested Development party. I've only seen the show a couple times, but they said to show up wearing something based on whatever you know about the show. I'm going as a banana.

2. Not into overnight backpacking, but I do hike a lot. I live pretty close to the Central District of the Shenandoah National Park. I proposed to my now-wife at the Bears Den Overlook, which is on the AT and has a pretty nice trail center. 

3. I grew up in Michigan, but none of my friends there are MGoBloggers as far as I know. I moved to Virginia and met a couple dudes who are, though. 

4. Merican cheese, bacon, some shredded Mexican cheese blend sprinkled on there. Pepperoni is good too, but a little greasy. Also good is bacon and cheese grilled between two slices of cheesy garlic Texas toast (fried egg optional). 

The Galaxy phones use Google's Android operating system. You can shorten android to "droid" but you might have to pay George Lucas some royalties to do so. At any rate, wallpapers are usually just wallpapers, and an image can typically be cropped in-phone to fit the phone's wallpaper size, and the ones you made are awesome, so most people should be aware that they can put them on their phones regardless of OS. 

Bottom line: excellent work! share with all!

The team scores ~2 points per possession that Stauskas takes a 3. So they just need Stauskas to shoot a 3 on every possession, and with the Kobe stuff it will average out to being the same as scoring a 2 point bucket on every trip right? So with Michigan having about 63 possessions per game, that's 126 points per game, every game. Math.

Got a growler of Laughing Dog Citra IPA that they apparently brewed special for the 10th anniversary of Capital Ale House (VA bar/restaurant with a handful of locations). Figured it was a good night to drink the whole thing. 

The picture isn't really supposed to mean anything. I got in on the dickheadery by replying to you with a comment about the "yakety sex" thing without realizing that someone else had already referenced it about 45 minutes earlier. So I changed my post to a picture of Denard to cover my fuck-up. 

Rumor has it that Fulmer voted Michigan #4, and Joe Paterno let one of his assistants fill out his coaches' poll, and the assistant left Michigan off entirely. 

Jeter fractures his ankle. That changes a lot - lineup, defense, Ewing theory?

Maybe a really wide stitched together panorama? Or something super tight like an eyeball with part of the helmet visible (enough to recognize the helmet)? A touchdown from your knees? You take great pictures, let's see something crazy.

18 knuckles in his mouth doesn't do any good if he vomits. Should stick to 17.4 fists.

My own kitten feeling hopeless and helpless

I have a similar expression on my face.

A win or a single digit loss would make me feel ≥pretty good. Finishing off this half rack of PBR would also make me feel ≥pretty good. Go Blue.

My wife and I (emphasis on the I) are fixing up an old farm house that her grandparents left behind. I've already ripped out the kitchen and put in a whole new one, painted the first floor, and replaced some rotted floor boards in various areas, and I'm about to head over and start a plywood / cement board / tile sandwich on the bathroom floor. Besides the painting, I have zero experience with any of this stuff, and it all turned out great so far. Point being, don't get too nervous, I'm sure it'll work out just fine. 

Their IPA is one of the best on the market. Good on them.

It's sorta like I ran a 60 meter dash, but fell on my face after 10 meters. Twice.

I bought a $5 easy, and all I could remember was that two of the lines started with 02. I saw this post, freaked out a little, and had to run and get my ticket. Now I'm just a sad guy in need of a change of underpants. 

It's like when someone says your name after you get jinxed and can't talk.

That game 7 was a complete farce anyway. And one single turnover doesn't cost a game. Nearly infinite things figure into a win or loss. Kronwall is solid. Picking on the second best defenseman on the team is weird. 

Rightfully so. Went off Jack Johnson's skate.

Bertuzzi had the defense beat by a step and a half and got hooked about 5 feet from the goal. Wanted a penalty shot, no dice.

We're down, so the refs are on our side now, right?

I was on my honeymoon in Bora Bora for this game. I bought stupidly expensive internet access from the Hilton just to watch the ESPN GameCast slowly change numbers. My wife was okay with this. The marriage is still going well, thank you for asking.

I drank a shitload of Fat Tire working in New Mexico, and I got kinda sick of it too. It's good, but doesn't quite taste the same as I remember.

I just had the Ranger IPA, and it was pretty awesome. 

Obvious troll is incredibly obvious. 

MICHIGAN (24-8)  <-- That single digit in the loss column in a beautiful thing

OSU hasn't beat Purdue yet...

Down 7, 2 minutes left.

EDIT down 10, one minute left

Not sure about the best, but in terms of value to the team, I'd say definitely yes.

Trey Burke is a... Lamborghini?

at least we're not Syracuse

I'm sippin on some Ranger IPA from the Fat Tire guys. It's not too far off Two Hearted, and I love Two Hearted.

The radio stream on mgoblue.com is always available...

I was hoping it was noticeable enough. If I remember, I'll modify it and put it up in the next McCray thread.

And have you learned all the nuances of the hand map?

Well for ricotta, you just have to put 3 cups whole milk and 1 cup heavy cream in a saucepan with a little salt and slowly bring it up to 190 degrees, then take it off the heat and add a few tablespoons of lemon juice and let it sit for 5 minutes to separate the curds from the whey, then pour it all in a cheesecloth lined strainer and let it drain for 90 minutes. What's left is ricotta.

It was a joke, sorta like this:

Get it?

Off-center widow's peak, eyebrows connect to nose, small bags under eyes, nose points downward, nonexistent upper lip, gums showing in smile, shiny chin, neck too long, what is that pleather?

2 out of 10. Wouldn't bang.

Your first post in 2 1/2 years is a picture in a drinking thread? I like the cut of your jib, man.

You know who else we haven't beat in a while? Iowa. And Iowa's fan isn't rude about it.

Ah, to be young again...

THAT is a good brew.

It was the Double Jack; I tried the Union Jack a little while ago too, and it was delicious as expected but not quite the Double.

Beer Cloud says Green Flash is sold all over around here, so I'll definitely look for it tomorrow. The Jai Alai didn't come up, but I'll keep an eye out for that as well. I appreciate the info!

Couple Lagunitas IPAs that somehow survived the week since the last drinkin' thread. Laying low tonight, but tomorrow I'm gonna run out to the beer store and find some new beer to drink. Suggestions welcome (I'm into IPAs these days).

"I would IF I THOUGHT" and then went on to give his predictions based on what he, Brian Cook, THOUGHT.

Plus, while it took me a few minutes to find, maybe this is the shit you're looking for:

http://mgoblog.com/content/team-0

My underlying assumption was that David Brandon was a cold-hearted corporatist who would tell someone to assemble a powerpoint about head coaching candidates and take the Michigan Man stuff as merely a relevant bullet point. I was wrong. Brandon is king of the Michigan Men, and my predictive performance has lagged the market.

Jeremy Roenick went into the Coyotes Ring of Honor tonight, but he'll always be a Blackhawk to me.

NHL '94-EVA

No "Possum Kingdom"??? C'mon!

"Don't Stop" by Innerpartysystem is pretty hype-y.

Good story! It's funny that some guys can make some great beer but be clueless about other parts of the process. I guess it goes to show that anyone can make good beer.

Congrats to the Wings!

I suppose it is just like bodying someone. If you're in good enough position, I guess it's cool.

So you can push someone down on a breakaway and not get a penalty? Sweet!

Correct.