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Great name, I took two classes with Markovits and did research for him. Brilliant man. 

Congrats to my fellow graduates. Sanjay Gupta killed it, such a great speech. 

Keep it up Pat. The videos are great, especially this one. Everyone I know is obsessed with this song. 

Haha that's what I was thinking last night as I watched the flood overtake my inbox. There were some funny responses but of course there were also annoying people like scumbag Steve.

It has to do with him being from the Northeast. Smotrycz was given the nickname Lobstrycz because of this and that is why they wear the lobster costumes. 

Touche jmblue, that should be the plan. 

EDIT: Double post

With how competitive the Central Division has been this year, I personally would prefer to have all hands on deck this time of year. Considering we just set the record for longest home winning streak, I'd like to lock up home ice advantage for the playoffs. 

The Devils know about whatever issues he has been having this season, so I think they may want him to stay and mature for another year. Red has worked with him well this year. He also has had a few instances that he needs to work on (see Northern's second goal of Saturday). I think he's going to stay. JMFJ was much further along at this point in his career at Michigan. Also, the players almost always talk with Red before heading out. Usually if he says he thinks they are ready and they want to go, they will leave. I doubt he will tell Merrill he is ready to move on to the next level. 

Also a few on-campus crimes before DPS reported them to students, if they did at all (ie. Chem Building gunman and shooting by Thompson parking structure). 

I just have noticed that BTN in general has a lot more equipment than FSD and Comcast.

FSD seems to do the main camera, a corner (either by the band or 3rd floor by north stands) and maybe an extra one on the ground level. BTN had like 2 in the corners ice level along with the ones up top. 

Right where momma keeps the peanut butter. I am personally looking forward to senior night. Always a good way to send out the guys, especially those who don't receive as much proclaim for what they did here. Do it for the seniors, like team 132.

Historically, the #2 seeds do better than the #1 seeds. Also, after reading Blue Ice for Bacon's class, I don't want to have a 1 seed. We do better when we don't. He refers to it as the Terrier's curse - when we are favored to win, we don't. When we are an underdog, that's when we perform better. 

Haha I forgot about that commercial. 

Go with the Michigan jersey or the Labatts. Roy is still hated in town and Toronto fans despise MTL. 

I agree with you that this should be a sweep given the way we have played since the Alaska series in the fall, but I am cautiously optimistic. I know that Miami tends to give us trouble. With that in mind, I decided to sport my Worst State Ever shirt today. 

Does anyone happen to know what hand? I assume it's his glove, since that side takes a little more direct abuse than the blocker. 

The Wings will be fine, but let's hope he gets well soon with how tight the Central has been this year. 

NIke has owned Bauer since '94 but the Nike Bauer combo name didn't happen until 2006. They killed that name after about 2009 and just went back to Bauer. Reebok has been owned by Addidas since 2005, right before the Nike Bauer name came out. 

I really like Reebok's hockey stuff. I was slightly skeptical at first, but I've been wearing 5K skates since junior year of high school and have had no problems at all. I prefer the Reebok logo on the jerseys, more fitting to hockey.

PDG along with Guptill have been a welcomed boost to the lineup after the loss of great talent last year. When the seniors and juniors struggled early in the season, these two were a great help. 

Who would have thought that a walk-on (two if you count Janecyk's appearance this year) would have this much success at Michigan. We are typically known for our high profile goalies (ie. Montoya, Sauer, etc.) but the program is in the hands of a small time guy who's having lots of success.

Unfortunately the bandwagon fans come early and take the good seats. These are the same kids that leave before the end of the game instead of staying and singing the alma mater. My cousin who graduated in '09 suffered through the Amaker years and then had to deal with the bandwagon kids his senior year and year of grad school. I realize the importance of having a full student section; however, the fans that have shown dedication should be rewarded properly. 

I'm thankful for a December game in the Big House. Cannot wait until we host the Big Chill and we destroy Sparty's world record for largest hockey crowd. 

The earlier you get there, the easier it is to move between sections. You shouldn't have much of a problem. 

The game will be on, except in the rare case that there is another structural problem like Miami last year. I'm sure that the UM maintenance crews will be out clearing the area around Yost, and the entrances will probably will be shoveled and salted. It's weird having a Tuesday night game. The only midweek games are typically the Niagara home opener on a thursday.

I'm pretty sure that was Wilkins covering that side of the ice and was completely out of position for the goal. If you remember the play where Summers was checked from behind and the ensuing State goal was called off, Shegos was literally directly behind the net and was clearly in the correct position for the play.

Now turn to the play that the whistle was blown early. I will agree that the intent to blow the whistle is stupid and it must be used properly, which it obviously wasn't in this case. But if you remember where Wilkins was positioned on that play, he was on the goal line, about the distance of the faceoff dot away. When he waves it off from that far away, he is not in position to make that call properly. Now the CCHA will never admit this, b/c they protect their own (see Notre Dame game at home last season).

I am not defending Shegos here, just pointing out the fact that in the first case, he was in proper position and Wilkins was not.

you must mean the graffiti on the walls in Angell hall's bathrooms haha

is this glen winston or a sparty maurice clarett wanna-be? maybe both?

Don't forget the unprovoked chants after a goal...slutty sisters, slutty girlfriends haha. Pretty much every chant that comes from the student section is amaizing

Anyone catch the Favre reference on MNF? It was that play where Romo ducked a sack ran to the right and then threw that lucky pass to the other side of the field. The announcers said, "He favred it in there." ESPN has officially made Favre into a verb

My roommate did that last year when he was studying on his bed for our Anthro 101 exam (we were both in the class). I walked in later that day and I saw him passed out on his bed with the anthro book lying next to him.

Wouldn't an I'm with Stupid shirt work just as well? haha But the I'm with little brother would get you some stupid comments regarding little brother, because apparently they don't fully understand the full joke behind that. After last year's loss to them, one of my state friends asked, "Who's little brother now?" Definitely shows their ignorance.

From what I have heard about MSU, they are even worse than they were last year, mainly due to the loss of the Midget sieve. I fully expect sparty to be a bottom-feeder in the CCHA this year again. The domers lose one of their biggest (literally) component from last year, Pearce, who is now within the Detroit farm system. And Miami wasn't scary good last year. When we played them in the Worst State ever, both games were close defensively, but our offense didn't score for us (I think we had one goal the entire weekend). But second semester we handled them easily at Yost.

That's exactly what I thought too.

I went on to mgoblue.com to see how the LBs played statwise.

Mouton - 4 solo tackles, 1 assisted
Ezeh - 2 solo tackles, 5 assisted
Stevie Brown - 3 solo, 3 assisted

These are the 3 that had significant contributions to the ND game.

For comparison, here are a few other players:
Graham - 3 solo, 0 assisted
Woolfolk - 5 solo, 3 assisted
Warren - 3 solo, 3 assisted
Death Roh - 2 solo, 0 assisted
Booboo - 4 solo, 1 assisted
Martin - 1 solo, 2 assisted

statwise, they didn't play too bad compared to everyone else.

EDIT: Sorry for the double post.

There's also no crying in baseball, but things happen.

Handshakes in football are hard to monitor with so many guys and so few officials. It works out better in hockey b/c the refs can just jump in and quickly pull someone away if need be

EDIT: sorry for the double post, my bad

Since the Athletic Dept. is investigating the allegations, in my opinion, Lloyd is best served by keeping quiet to avoid a conflict of interest between the team and the AD. For those of you that have forgotten, Lloyd is not completely retired. He is officially listed as an Assistant Athletic Director on mgoblue.com:

http://mgoblue.com/clubsDept/page.aspx?id=84254

This is not just a look alike, but also a sound alike (not exactly, but you guys get what I mean with the rapping)

while rapping about it the entire way to the endzone

DPS has better things to do like hand out MIPs instead of doing their actual job of, you know, keeping us safe

I don't see rushing defense on the list, which makes me wonder why is was left out.

first off, you get a +1 for the user name (first time I have seen you post)

second, I agree that the optimism for this year has helped to fuel my excitement for the season. I have always followed Michigan football, but the biggest thing that gets me ready for saturdays in the fall is the fact that I am a student. The year I was accepted was the year of The Horror, but my first game after being accepted was the Minnesota Homecoming game that year. Being an actual student of the University is what jumped my fandom (is that a word?) to a whole new level.

good way to look at it, but I doubt that a majority of Sportsnation knows who Tate and Shoelace are.

ESPN users do not know that Sheridan=Death like we do. They see junior and think he has the experience advantage over the far more talented freshmen. This just goes to show you how ignorant and uninformed people are about our situation.

exactly, we had the purdue game under control at the beginning of the game and then gave it away. The main problem I saw last year was the team played well at times, but they didn't play consistent football. Take the Wisconsin game for example: First half, we had 5 turnovers and 0 points. Second half, I don't have to remind you guys how it played out. The same thing happened with the Penn State and Purdue games, except we came out of the gun running and after the first quarter or so, we slowed down and gave up our lead.

As long as the team plays well for four consistent quarters, I will be happy with the performance.

As much as I would love to finish 1st or 2nd in the Big 10, I realize that we still need to gain a little more experience in certain positions in order to fully compete for the title. Realistically, I think we will be 7-5 this year. A winning record and a trip to a fairly decent bowl game would be good enough, as well as a win against MSU and ND.

Of all the hype videos I have seen, this one is by far the best one. You make the video flow so well with the transitions as well as the music. I personally think that FTATR fits in perfect for this year, going with the team's attitude towards redemption from last year

Bacon's class gets great reviews from everyone I have talked to about it. I wanted to take it this fall, but it filled up before I started my registration. From what I have heard, it is a must take class and I plan on taking it before I graduate.

As a sign in the Yost student section on Dec 5 said, "Sparty says remember to check the safety."

A few of the chants at Yost were originally from Cornell but over the years, the student section has modified them and made the chants our own ie. the Cya Chant, which no one else has come close to.

I completely agree that there needs to be more creativity in regards to coming up with Michigan specific chants. I also think that the band should start playing bulwinkle and the dudley do-right songs more often. These two songs are a Michigan tradition that seems to have fallen off except at Yost and Crisler.

Yeah you are right, I just looked over this years roster for UConn and they seem very green to me and the players that have started don't seem too productive. We are bringing back all of our major contributors which will definitely give us a distinct advantage over them. I'm sure that the atmosphere at Crisler will be the same as the Duke game last year so that will help. Even last year, we hung in with them to the very end of the game even leading them at a few times.

I have met Coach Beilein and around campus and saw Desmond at the Titletown filming last year.

I have actually seen Beilein twice: first time I was picking up my paycheck from Weidenbach (I work for the Athletic Dept) and he was walking through the lobby as I walked in. He said how's it going to me. At first, I didn't even realize that it was him. I had to do a double take. The second time I saw Beilein was during the past spring semester. I went up to A2 for a day to take care of some things for classes and to visit a friend. We were walking to my friend's apartment after coming out of Angell. On the Diag, I saw Beilein walking towards me with what looked like a recruit and his family. He once again said hello to me and this time I responded with Hey Coach.

Desmond was really cool at the Titletown filming. Before everything started, he met with the small group of the band that attended. Afterwards, Desmond stuck around to sign autographs and talk to fans. I didn't have anything for him to sign so I ran into the Grad to get a piece of paper. I kind of snuck my way up to the front of the group of people around Desmond. I got up to him and asked him to sign my slip of paper as a reporter from the Daily? asked him if it was a hard decision to come back to Ann Arbor the filming. Of course, he says that there was no doubt that he wanted to do that and that he loved the fans.

Oh I like Shaw too, I am just really excited by the way Smith looks so far. He has the potential to be really good for us especially after we lose our senior depth at Rb. I think Shaw will most likely have an impact at Rb too if given a decent amount of carries this year behind the seniors.

Michigan just doesn't have much of a need to use the image of a wolverine because of the rarity of the name makes it unique to our team and easily recognizable. The winged helmets and the block M serve as our symbols.

While I enjoy seeing a former buckeye get wrecked on MNF, I would rather see a current one get run over by someone like Minor or see Pryor get picked off by our worst defender again.