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I feel sorry for today's…

I feel sorry for today's high school sophomores.  By the time they go to college, NIL will have mostly burned itself out and approaching something much more modest.

They thought it was smart

They thought it was smart

to goad he who remembers.

Purdue gonna die.

If a source gives you their…

If a source gives you their story on the proviso that you hold it until the investigation is completed, and YOU leak it early, you won't have anyone else willing to be a source for your next big scoop.

Journalism Ethics 101.

It's the Week Three Trap -…

It's the Week Three Trap - you've beaten a couple of tin cans, maybe lollygagging a bit in prep while meanwhile the other team has two full games on tape and plenty of weaknesses they can go after.

From my 5k days, the 2nd…

From my 5k days, the 2nd mile is when your brain starts to go “OK dude, we’ve been running a while now, what the hell?”  By mile 3, either your brain gives up on complaining or you collapse.

Recklessness that directly…

Recklessness that directly resulted in someone's death SHOULD be a millstone around Brian Kelley's neck until he pays some actual consequence.

If you're in Berlin, have a…

If you're in Berlin, have a doner kebab and currywurst.  Find a street stall.

Letting the worst posters on…

Letting the worst posters on the site go to the very top of every comment thread for 8 bucks a month has made wading through trash takes much, much worse.

If the fear is that B School…

If the fear is that B School Bros will gleefully replace expensive-but-good human work with crap-but-free AI work... yeah that's completely what's going to happen.  

It's Cinematic Universe…

It's Cinematic Universe Syndrome.  Season 1 had a great hook - full on Space Western/Nameless Ronin, unconnected to the rest of the Star Wars saga, showing the life and grittiness of the Star Wars Universe.  Then they had to throw in references to the hundred other Star Wars properties, and in doing so, lost what made the show unique.  

I hate Poe's Law as much as…

I hate Poe's Law as much as anybody, buuuuut installing a political stooge to oversee a public university where said stooge has the explicit, stated goal to "self-select out" existing students and replace them with "mission-aligned" students is pretty darn Hitleric.

That's different from Judischen Physik... how?

So.... everybody kills…

So.... everybody kills people, steals from you, steals from me?

Well the country I'm living…

Well the country I'm living in is a whole ass gun free zone, and guess what, I get to go about my day, even teach in schools, without the slightest fear of getting shot.

Given that every mass shooting for the past decade has been met with "we need more guns" by y'all, surely we'd be reaching Peak Gun soon where everything magically becomes safe, right?

Rich idiots.  Next question?

Rich idiots.  Next question?

I like it.  After two full…

I like it.  After two full hours of putting everything on the line, it all comes down to who has nerves of steel.

I saw a Reddit post that…

I saw a Reddit post that perfectly describes Michigan's 1st and 2nd half performance:

"Watching Michigan this year has been like watching a psychopath drown a ferret in a bathtub. At first there’s a lot of thrashing around, the ferret draws some blood, and you start to think “Hey, that little guy just might make it out of here.” But then the psychopath’s grip doesn’t loosen, in fact it tightens. The thrashing about slows and the ferret begins to accept its fate, culminated by an anticlimactic gurgle."

Gotta give credit where…

Gotta give credit where credit's due - replace Hutch with an average DE, Michigan probably wins 9-10 games on the way to a decent bowl game but doesn't compete for the CFP.  Replace Walker with an average RB, and I don't think MSU wins 5 games.

It’s like they’ve gone full…

It’s like they’ve gone full on Anime Villain - absolute disrespect at the start, gets punched in the face, then gets angry and unleashes their true power.

Yep, I'm a teacher.  Were I…

Yep, I'm a teacher.  Were I to publicly say that this Hitler fellow had some nice ideas (for the record I DON'T), you'd be hard pressed to find a school willing to associate themselves with an out-and-out Nazi, and for good reason.  It's just not acceptable in a polite society.  

My solution to everything -…

My solution to everything - Chaos Relegation!  12-team Champions League play round robin, top two teams then play for the National Championship.  Lower tier keeps their conference and BCS bowl system.  Bowls are #12 vs #13 (best lower level team), #11 vs 14, and so on.  Loser gets relegated.  Finally, to preserve rivalries, there's a We Want Bama clause where a traditional rival can force a bowl game against a historic rival - for example a #14 MSU can choose to face #3 Michigan instead of #11 Oklahoma.  All rivalries are preserved provided both teams are any good.

It's utterly baffling to me…

It's utterly baffling to me that with all the film of the season, defensive coordinators would rather go against Blake Corum and the OL than JJ and the receiving corps, but those guys are paid a lot of money to know way more football than me.  They have to be seeing something that tells them going against the best RB behind the best OL in college football is the lesser of two evils.  We'll see what that is soon enough.

90- odd Spartans also didn’t…

90- odd Spartans also didn’t grab their teammates as they were assaulting an injured guy.  It’s really, really bad.

“Shibboleth” generally means…

“Shibboleth” generally means an obscure thing which can conclusively identify one as a member of a group - from the ancient Israelite’s story of identifying enemy spies by their inability to pronounce the word “shibboleth” correctly.

However, Raj is ignoring that if anything, this is the good vibes rebound following the return of the Mexican Pizza.  Bring on Penn State!

Better passer than Denard,…

Better passer than Denard, better decisions and pocket presence than Jake.

Michigan is EDGE U now.  We…

Michigan is EDGE U now.  We just have to get used to the fact that some guy we were banking on getting at least two more good years out of will blow up and go in the first round.  Next man up.  And into the draft.

That's my take too.  JJ had…

That's my take too.  JJ had all the tools to be a game-changing quarterback last year, except he'd do dumb things that could lose some games (and arguably did lose the MSU game).  The moment JJ's no longer a QB that could lose you the game, he starts.  That he hasn't seized the job yet suggests he's still working on his decision making.

You can’t imagine “play in…

You can’t imagine “play in front of LeBron” wouldn’t be appealing to kids who’ve breathed basketball their entire lives.

MSU was an exercise in…

MSU was an exercise in arrogance - they used to have the biggest college sports graphic, now completely wiped out by some hearts and flowers.

24 point win against a top 3…

24 point win against a top 3 team.  Even if we weren't struggling this season.

You storm.

In education, Rule Number…

In education, Rule Number One of admin drama is: Never Involve the Kids.  That alone killed all respect I had for Gattis.  See ya, bum.

Other than the pile of…

Other than the pile of defensive players currently kicking butt in the NFL, Michigan needs to recruit more talented defensive players.

Signed,

N. S. Sherlock

There was a Dr Pepper…

There was a Dr Pepper commercial a few years back that was entirely “Pitbull throws a giant Dr Pepper party under a random highway overpass.”

As I recall, it broke Brian’s brain, and thus was enshrined in MGoMemedom.

Ndamukong Suh had 12 sacks…

Ndamukong Suh had 12 sacks his senior year. Hutchinson has 13, and at least two more games left. Get this man a ticket to New York.

It's worse than that.  Going…

It's worse than that.  Going for 2 does absolutely nothing down 20, but is the call down 16.  All else equal, Sparty would still need to find another score at the end of the game, and M is playing the clock with the lead.

It's worse than that.  Going…

Ed: double post

Only in MGoBlog would abject…

Only in MGoBlog would abject nihilism be the optimistic take. 

Sometime in the first…

Sometime in the first quarter, Cade threw at solid B+ ball at a receiver one-on-one with the CB, and had a step.  The CB effortlessly broke the pass up.  If that was a B- throw, it would've been intercepted.  Meanwhile, Michigan was getting whatever they wanted on the ground.  

Just win the game.

More.  The answer is more.

More.  The answer is more.

Oh fuck fuck fuck FUCK

Oh fuck fuck fuck FUCK

Can't call PI if you dust …

Can't call PI if you dust 'em.

I'm staying up at midnight…

I'm staying up at midnight in Singapore for THIS.

Welp that hasn't changed…

Welp that hasn't changed this year.

Alright, be honest: who here…

Alright, be honest: who here swore quietly when Harbaugh went for it on 4th down?

I interned for a summer back…

I interned for a summer back in the day, but only saw him a few times.  What struck me each time was he always did the little things that your typical egotistical politician would never do.  Two examples:

There's a little trolley in the long tunnel that connects the Senate Office building to the Capitol Building.  Senator Levin was coming from some hearing whatever back to his office, with a large briefcase in hand, but he just missed the trolley - a family of tourists just pushed off.  He didn't curse, look annoyed, or even sigh, but just started walking down the walkway - in his 70s carrying a briefcase.  Didn't make a scene, just started walking.

In the last week of the internship, on Have Lunch with the Senator Day, one of the interns (not me) was responsible for bringing his order of soup.  When everyone gathered in his office, one of his staffers asked where the Senator's spoon was.  Just like the Matrix, there was no spoon, to the intern's horror.  But Carl Levin didn't make remark, didn't sigh in frustration, didn't even glare at the poor intern.  He just picked up the bowl, started slurping away, and continued with the meal.  

Unless the voters find…

Unless the voters find someone with the humility to treat public service as an actual service, and the focus to become really, really good at legislating and representing the people.

They found one with Carl Levin.  I'm not sure if they've found another since.

I had a Those Who Stay…

I had a Those Who Stay banner on my wall for the past decade.  It's currently at the bottom of my trash bin.

As long as I live, I never…

As long as I live, I never want to hear "The Team, the Team, the Team" again.

Great news!  Bad title…

Great news!  Bad title though.  I nearly had a heart attack skimming the headlines and reading "Woj Bomb! Juwan... Leaving Ann Arbor... NBA."

 
40% shot to win it vs 60%…

40% shot to win it vs 60% shot to have a 50% shot to win in overtime.

It'll be a BEAUTIFUL,…

It'll be a BEAUTIFUL, PERFECT bracket that will be released in two weeks.