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32 weeks 4 days ago	I am not suggesting that he	I am not suggesting that he is a great coach, but this specific argument doesn't make any sense at all. What are the specific offensive square pegs you're talking about?  QB is the obvious one, and it isn't even that obvious considering he's coached effective passing spreads in the past. But even if you go to a pro style offense to coddle your QB, you are doing that to the detriment of the other 10 positions on offense. Your OL, WRs, RBs, TEs are all being coached (less effectively) to do something that is not what they will be doing from the following year on out.    To be clear, I am not defending RichRod. I am defending reason.
32 weeks 4 days ago	lolwut	Yeah man, losing by a field goal to a team that went 13-0 and beat Alabama in the Sugar Bowl is terrible. But that's not even the point. Rich Rodriguez inherited an offense with virtually zero experience. I think there was like 3 combined starts along the OL, and definitely a QB with no game experience. So what was he supposed to do, exactly? Install an offense that isn't his core competency, so he's training his young roster for a new offense that they won't even be running the next year? He was hired precisely to modernize a stale program.  Beating a dead horse, yadda yadda, but for some reason this moronic argument still irks me.
41 weeks 18 hours ago	Every year, the same group of	Every year, the same group of people lodge the same complaints, so thank you for pre-empting them in a well-reasoned defense of Draftageddon. I personally love Draftageddon and appreciate that the mgostaff sees its continued utility regardless of the silly complaints it generates.
1 year 5 weeks ago	Equating Harbaugh and Pitino	Equating Harbaugh and Pitino is moronic. Yes, they both ride officials, but the comparison ends there.
1 year 8 weeks ago	6/30/2008 was the launch date	6/30/2008 was the launch date of this version of the blog. Prior to that it was something about halo.
1 year 8 weeks ago	You get my upvote for only	You get my upvote for only acquiring 200 points since the day this site launched. That takes patience.
1 year 15 weeks ago	You realize that he got his	You realize that he got his start doing sports analysis, right? And that his site is funded by ESPN? The OP is both relevant and interesting. I'll never understandw why people get offended by a data nerd whose site spends most of its time covering non-political topics when not in the middle of an election cycle.
1 year 18 weeks ago	This is true, but the food makes it worth it.	This is true, but the food makes it worth it. Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
1 year 18 weeks ago	Georgia is actually a	Georgia is actually a delight. Much better than our Georgia IMO.
1 year 21 weeks ago	Locutus of Borg	If I'm reading this correctly, we need to hope that Harbaugh or Brown is formerly Locutus?
1 year 30 weeks ago	This argument is not well	This argument is not well crafted, sir. EDIT: This was meant to be in response to Melanin.
1 year 30 weeks ago	Because we all share Earth	Because we all share Earth and sometimes the existence of other human beings can be inconvenient.  FWIW, the other alternative is for you to slow down until there's no oncoming traffic. Maybe use the time to ponder whether we'll ever get that left guard spot figured out.
1 year 32 weeks ago	You're not wrong, Walter,	You're not wrong, Walter, you're just an asshole!
1 year 32 weeks ago	Perhaps endangering the	Perhaps endangering the well-being of another human being should carry more weight than, say, a speeding ticket to these guys.
1 year 32 weeks ago	Spot on	While there will be plenty of parents who will disallow their kids' participation in football, so long as it's a sport that generates a lot of income for those who make it professionally, it can sustain itself as is. A major reason why is that it's a "way out" for kids in underserved communities. Mr. Yost is also correct that there's no reason why more can't be done about this, especially at the professional level.
1 year 32 weeks ago	College Football	College Football at its core is a tribal endeavor. The more excuses to hate your opponent you can find, the better. I don't feel disrespected by Scott Frost, but I do hope we beat his team so badly that he decides to quit football.
1 year 32 weeks ago	Clemson	Surprised to see how there isn't more Internet outrage about Clemson being so high on the admirability axis. See: the recruitment of Rashan Gary.
1 year 32 weeks ago	Fun fact: the USS Michigan is	Fun fact: the USS Michigan is an OHIO class ship. /ducks
1 year 33 weeks ago	It's PHOTON torpedoes.	It's PHOTON torpedoes. Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
1 year 33 weeks ago	Hipsters	Hating on Draftageddon is the "cool" thing to do on mgoblog. I really like the feature and it clearly serves as a great mechanism for the mgostaff to do their homework on the conference. Also hating on FREE CONTENT is for morons. And hipsters.
1 year 33 weeks ago	Strongest could be a	EDIT: Double post. Go blue.
1 year 33 weeks ago	Strongest could be a	Strongest could be a reference to talent and not physical strength.
1 year 34 weeks ago	It seems like the starter	It seems like the starter would be named no later than Sunday, right?
1 year 37 weeks ago	Weird, Urban Meyer has had no	Weird, Urban Meyer has had no trouble demolishing us with "running backs" playing QB.
1 year 37 weeks ago	This is an interesting post	This is an interesting post and I'm not sure there's a satisfying answer. I'm not sure something like what you're asking for exists, nor do I think there's much of a demand from non-casual baseball fans. I'll do some research.
1 year 37 weeks ago	WTF Mark Snyder	Why is Mark Snyder's Twitter account linked on mgoblog? Does this happen regularly now, and I've failed to notice?
1 year 37 weeks ago	Baseball haters	I grew up playing baseball and love watching the game, even when my team is rebuilding. When people say there isn't any "action" in baseball, I assume they're talking about scoring. Low scoring games are usually the result of great pitching, which is an absolute treat to watch. We are in an era with a ton of great pitching (rotation and relief) and that's the biggest reason why there are fewer runs being scored. Perhaps appreciating great pitching requires more than a casual understanding of the game, which may be baseball's biggest issue; it requires nuance and an attention span that many other sports do not. That and it's largely free of the soap opera stuff that ESPN loves to talk about. (OMG JOHNNY FOOTBALL) The sport is also a lot more athletic than is used to be, which I believe has resulted in much better defense (though I have no numbers to back this up) across the board. Young, athletic teams with great pitching like the Marlins are really fun to watch. Unfortunately baseball is becoming more like soccer, where families need to spend a lot of money to ensure their kids are able to play in summer leagues, travel squads, etc., so a lot of would-be excellent baseball players end up playing other sports. Fortunately Latin America and Japan exist.
1 year 40 weeks ago	Chunkums' Brian Kelly/Lloyd	Chunkums' Brian Kelly/Lloyd Brady gif is the most all time of the all timers IMO. It's in the Lloyd Brady thread linked above.
1 year 41 weeks ago	You're being negged because	You're being negged because you're an asshole, not because books exist.
1 year 41 weeks ago	Got mine today too.	Got mine today too. Washington DC.

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