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23-20 michigan

23-20 michigan

23-20 michigan

23-20 michigan

Good Luck

Damn near every bar is out.  The very last one may be Frasiers - had a hopslam there on Saturday, but given the pour I'd say that keg was on its last legs.  Good luck!

Echo the sentiment

Thank goodness!

What an incredible young man!

What an incredible young man! Go Blue!!

71 Michigan - 64 Syracuse

71 Michigan - 64 Syracuse

96-59

96-59

M 84 - NU 67

M 84 - NU 67

Concussions not the issue.

While concussions certainly to contribute to brain trauma, recent studies have suggested that they are not the greatest factor in degenerative brain disease.  The real problem seems to be repetitive hits to the head (concussion level hits are not required).  This article by Jonathan Mahler talks about it:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-05/there-is-no-concussion-crisis-…

Frankly, I think that these athletes assume the known risks with a playing a violent sport.

question.

Do you know if they will send out an email with this information as well?

Michigan 51 - 6 Illiniois 

Michigan 51 - 6 Illiniois 

Side question:

When are student tickets available for pick up?

If you know Angell Hall (and

If you know Angell Hall (and Mason Hall) off of State Street, the Diag is behind that building

Ugh.

I logged in just to downvote you.  Seriously dude, get some help

So THE ONLY reason in your

So THE ONLY reason in your mind that he could have "gone public," by having the athletic department make the responsible decision to inform the students, was to stir up controversy?  Seems to me you're scrounging to excuse your alarmist behavior.  To me, Brandon made the right call to inform the students well ahead of time.  We have no evidence, either way, of Brandon making efforts to reach out to donors for support - but that doesn't mean he wasn't looking for them!  All in all, your argument just sounds like the "but but but he's soooo corporate"

Oh boy.  Was 5 days really

Oh boy.  Was 5 days really that long to remember?  Brandon didn't go public with it at first.  The athletic department sent out an email to all of the band members doing the responsible thing by letting them know, far in advance, that they would not be able to attend.  The email was obviously seen by a plethora of people in the media, including the The Daily, who wrote on the subject and asked Brandon for a response.  He then gave them the response.  That isn't the work of an evil genius creating your sideshow just to drum up support; its the work of a responsible AD.  

This might actually be the

This might actually be the best post on here...literally LOL'd

To Brian.

I love this blog.  I love the environment you have created here.  I love you.  BUT. You are way off base on this Brandon bashing.  Is it really so hard for you to believe that Brandon has the best interest of the program and fans in mind when making these decisions? Is it so hard for you to believe that he had been working on securing the funds for the band (a realitvely trival matter when you step back from it) this whole time?  Sorry Brian, but the "ann arbor torch and pitchforks" didn't "work."  They were just a sideshow to Brandon working on securing the funds.

But...But...we need a reason

But...But...we need a reason to hate him don't we!? Can't we find something!?

"typical corporate

"typical corporate tool"....oh boy.  Son you need to come back down to earth.  Like I said twice above, I disagree with the decision and if I were in his shoes I would allow them to go.  However, this is not a criminal act, nor that big of a deal really.

LOL.  You'd just rather

LOL.  You'd just rather believe the rumormongering that he's doing this to milk every cent out of the program?

I won't take the time to look

I won't take the time to look up every thread discussing different topics/problems with Dave Brandon, nor will I take the time to look up all the Brian posts about Dave Brandon, but if you follow along religiously as I do there is absolutely no question that there is a segment of the MgoBlog (and I would suppose Michigan) community that takes it upon themselves to attack our AD at every turn.  I happen to think that overall he's doing a pretty good job, however that isn't the issue.  The issue is the "boy who cried wolf" syndrome some people have where they complain about every thing the AD does as a masterful afront to everything Michigan in the name of the almighty dollar.  The result is that when there is a legitimate complaint, which I think this is, people go overboard with their reactions....which I think this is.  While I would love to see our band at the game, I'm not going to get worked up like some people have been and make outrageous claims that Dave Brandon is selling out the University.

It's already been posted.

It's already been posted.  Listen, I really want the band there as well; and I think that it is a big mistake not only for the fan base, but for branding, not to have them there.  But this whole outrage over it is a little extreme in my opinion.  I think that a lot of people on this board just want a reason to hate Dave Brandon, and go over the top to vilify him.  Do I think this is a mistake, absolutely.  Do I think this is a "war" against the loyal fanbase, not at all.

Thanks!

Thanks!

Seems like Sugar Shane

Seems like Sugar Shane does:

 

!!! This!!-->> “: Michigan will paint a hashtag on the turf at Michigan Stadium for the Spring Game this Saturday"

Does someone have an online

Does someone have an online feed for the game?  Any help would be very much appreciated stuck at work...

Does he trust his eyes to

Does he trust his eyes to Doctor Rahmani?

Yes we do. Not a big deal

Yes we do. Not a big deal IMHO

Oh goody, more roles the

Oh goody, more roles the federal government shouldn't be taking...

Damn You and Bless You

I just spent 30 minutes that I should have been studying watching WolverineHistorian's highlights of UTL...so worth it.

Looks like you made a fan over there...

He's a bit critical of your loyalties lol:

 

"Anyone want to know what else is cute? Aside from the fact that Michigan fans are all of a sudden basketball fans after years of telling us they don't care about the sport, I happened to have a little look-see at MGoBlog (bad move) and got quite a kick out of it. Apparently, they have an "Alabama fan" that posts there with an Alabama-centric POV. If you read enough of his posts, though, it starts to sound suspicious, then becomes painfully obvious that the guy is a Michigan douche posing as an Alabama fan to get the other oblivious Michigan douches to think Alabama fans look at things the same way Michigan fans do. It's obvious because the guy regurgitates all of the Michigan douches' talking points (ie. Sparty has an inferiority complex, has a low opinion of MSU fans b/c of RCMB). Pretty much, the guy is a Michigan fan masquerading as an Alabama fan and sucking up the the posters on their board. Either their posters over there are really, really stupid and easily duped, or they are playing dumb and convincing themselves that an Alabama fan actually gives a shit about Michigan. Found it VERY amusing that they have to stoop that low, then have the audacity to criticize our board and laud theirs."

Adobe you say?

 

Definitely agree with the

Definitely agree with the Moe's vote, though BTB is probably tops for me.  

Is there an online stream for

Is there an online stream for this game?

Definitely a hipster.

Definitely a hipster.

Is this RCMB or something?

And ironically enough, my double post...

Is this RCMB or something.

Is this RCMB or something?  We could have really done without this post...

I have no problem with people

I have no problem with people dipping, hell I'll give it whirl every once and a while, but please stop dipping at Michigan games.  I've been around people when they are doing it and it is just gross and intolerable.

How do you have the time!?

How do you have the time!? Seriously, awesome job man.

http://www.businessinsider.co

http://www.businessinsider.com/conservative-legislators-are-really-outdoing-liberals-in-opposing-sopa-2012-1

Paul for president.

Paul for president.

Can we start complaining

Can we start complaining about Beilein benching starters down the stretch now?

Man what is with those

Man what is with those students!!?? It's like...they don't appreciate the game the same way we do...

More proof of why this is the

More proof of why this is the best blog on the internet.  Thank you Ace!

What If?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIaqmF5IXV4

Do you think you could get me

Do you think you could get me a few hours in the archives?

I'd give Molk offensive POY

I'd give Molk offensive POY

We've really had too many of

We've really had too many of these threads at this point.  I appreciate your point of view, but this belongs in one of the hundreds we already have.

Eh...

We had some of those four letter chants going on throughout the game.  But i've never promoted taking down the goalposts.  The whole "don't trash the big house" kind of thing.

Watching Denard sprint to the

Watching Denard sprint to the student section makes me want to cry.