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13 weeks 19 hours ago	I can't tell if this just got	I can't tell if this just got really awkward
15 weeks 13 hours ago	Would you mind posting the Bo	Would you mind posting the Bo quote? With reference, if possible? I'm sure to treasure this.
23 weeks 2 days ago	"some would argue"	"some would argue"
24 weeks 1 day ago	Are you a parody?	Are you a parody?
25 weeks 2 days ago	This is way too good of an	This is way too good of an idea to ever possibly be implemented.
26 weeks 2 days ago	I'm a baseball noob, but	I'm a baseball noob, but hasn't OBP become more valued than BA?
26 weeks 2 days ago	Don't forget my old favorite,	Don't forget my old favorite, King of Belch!
26 weeks 5 days ago	Bluejustingo seems like a	Bluejustingo seems like a pretty cool guy. eh posts a lot and doesn't afraid of anything
26 weeks 6 days ago	I agree, Magnus - even Coach	I agree, Magnus - even Coach Palka said he thought the team overachieved. I think a lot of people will be interested in to what extent he can build the program to maintain such success.  In re: Tater, though, I'm not sure a seven-point loss sealed by a late interception against the defending state champs qualifies as having nothing left in the tank.
27 weeks 20 hours ago	Saline seats around 4,000,	Saline seats around 4,000, maybe a few more. In my totally biased opinion, the highlight of the stadium experience is Saline's version of Carl Grapentine: Jere Hassberger, the incredible AP calc/physics teacher, former wrestling coach, and doctor in nuclear engineering via U-M.
27 weeks 20 hours ago	Glennie wasn't so bad, and he	Glennie wasn't so bad, and he cared about the community and his job teaching phys ed quite a bit. He also oversaw the new weightroom installation, making sure Saline had great equipment and a balanced conditioning program mainly centered on BFS.
27 weeks 20 hours ago	Persistent health issues	Persistent health issues (back) forced him to give up football after a couple years at MSU.
27 weeks 21 hours ago	in re: greatest Saline football teams...	I had some correspondence with Saline legend Jack Crabtree a few years ago as part of a project for the SHS newspaper examining the greatest sports seasons in school history. On a whim, I dug through the old email box and found his rankings (this was 2007, but no team between then and now would come close anyway). Direct words of Crabtree:     1979 Football Team - (9-0) Only team in school history that will have an undefeated team until a team goes undefeated and wins the state title.  1983 Football Team - (9-0) Lost in the first round which would be the district finals today.  Holds the school record for the fewest points scored against a Saline team = 38 points for the season. 1990 Football Team - (9-0) Lost in the first round of the playoffs.  Most offensive yards for a team until the 200?(Coach Glennis's) team. 1988 Football Team - (8-1) Lost 1st game of the playoffs. 1985 Football Team - (8-1) Lost 1st game of the regular season on a fathom TD.  Won the first round against the #1 ranked team in one poll. Second round lost to another #1 ranked team in another poll/they went on to be the State Champions. 1981 Football Team - (8-1) Didn't qualify for the playoffs/old point system. FWIW, the SHS newspaper staff wound up going with the early 90s girls golf dynasty (threepeat state champs, IIRC) as #1 for all sports.
27 weeks 21 hours ago	Awesome Infinite Jest	Awesome Infinite Jest reference, though given Brian's love for DFW that almost seems like brown nosing.
27 weeks 2 days ago	The tone of your comments	The tone of your comments combined with your posting of a Reason.com link - you must be working hard to not dispense personal opinion!
30 weeks 1 day ago	slight typo above: one	slight typo above: one paragraph sentences = DFW at his most brief one sentence paragraphs = lazy journalists
30 weeks 2 days ago	My understanding is that your	My understanding is that your calculations toss away plays where one team has a solid lead, figured by a sliding scale between time and margin, and that this is to compare only truly competitive situations of first team vs. first team. However, this method obviously must sometimes truncate plays that are still representative of competitive play, such as early in the third quarter last Saturday when U-M still had their first offense against the first Illinois defense. In an ideal world where time isn't an issue and you crunch stats all day, would you like to include more of those truncated plays?
31 weeks 1 day ago	I'm not sure mid-to-late 80s	I'm not sure mid-to-late 80s Odessa is a solid standard for human decency, much less professional courtesy.
31 weeks 4 days ago	Not your guy	But why not buy both and sell the extra again? Even if you sell it on gameday for face value, that's not so bad.
33 weeks 4 days ago	This Is Really Important	5/11 = 45%, not 55%, right??
34 weeks 2 days ago	Not upon their ability to	Not upon their ability to pick games, but their ability to pick attractive betting lines.
34 weeks 3 days ago	I know it seems too good to	I know it seems too good to be true, but if you check out the video for this one, it definitely starts as Borges is saying "awful." Which would fit with last year's game being awful, referenced by way of metamorphosis, and all the way back... So either the initial stuff is real, or Heiko came up with a brilliant way to lead into the single word he knew would get left at the beginning of a rough cut of the presser.
34 weeks 5 days ago	This can't be random! There	This can't be random! There must be a reason!
35 weeks 3 days ago	I was thinking a similar	I was thinking a similar thing...Borges' total nonanswer gives me complete confidence that Norfleet will be involved in the offense soon.
35 weeks 4 days ago	Ha, and next you'll tell me	Ha, and next you'll tell me that MGoHaiku ISN'T actually a disembodied internet personification of the haiku form. Whatever.
35 weeks 5 days ago	-	-
35 weeks 5 days ago	Ace, can you comment on the	Ace, can you comment on the seemingly rather severe dropoff in average talent from the top three classes to everyone else? Does it pass your "eye test," and how much of that represents accumulated effects of ratings bumps for guys who commit to U-M, ND, or OSU?
35 weeks 6 days ago	Thanks for noting that your	Thanks for noting that your prediction; I'll change the entry in my logbook.
35 weeks 6 days ago	I agree in re: run blocking.	I agree in re: run blocking. Pass pro was good even last week (though partially because of Bama's contain strategy). But the AF DL are all 260 lbs or fewer; one would hope Michigan could overpower them. It'll also be interesting to see in UFR if Fitz missed holes or if there weren't any for him.
36 weeks 3 days ago	Nice differentiation of	Nice differentiation of possible poll purposes--Brian's written about this some time ago, when he was running the BlogPoll. IMO, the best thing about the BlogPoll is simply that it has a guideline, namely to be "resume-based" or reflection what has happened, as opposed to the AP/Coaches which both arouse endless confusion on whether they're prognostic or diagnostic (personally, I think SOMEONE in the MSM knows this and wants it to stay that way, because more confusion=more articles by different people=more commenting=more ad revenue online).

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