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1 week 1 day ago	This is just plain wacky for our conference	Sorry the Rose Bowl is not the end game anymore - it's winning national championships.  This is not the 80s anymore.  We need the advantage of bringing teams up here to the Midwest just like the SEC, Big 12 and Pac 12 have had for decades.
5 weeks 4 hours ago	Jerald's going to get off easy compared to this......	Was managing a team building a system for an electric utility They had a 100K gate that automatically closed off the parking lot at night to protect their utility vehicles - one of my systems testers went home at midnight.  Forgot about the gate and plowed through it going 50 mph.   Needless to say 100K gate meets 30K rental car and nothing survived except my idiot tester (sheepishly unhurt) Try to imagine my explanation of the situation to the client and then my boss for the project write-off :)
7 weeks 3 days ago	Was student there at the time	Lived in U Towers.  We all rushed out onto South U and South Liberty area.  For the first hour, it started out as super cool - mostly all students, everybody cheering and singing the Victors.  Then some crazy dude started climbing out onto the traffic light - which prompted more cheers.   After the first hour - some friends from East Lansing showed up and the crowd started to get more non-students (townies).   Once the bricks started going through the windows of stores on South U, my buddies and I retreated back up to U Towers where we watched from the 17th floor.   Car was overturned.  Chef Jan of the Chinese restaurant got beaten up trying to protect his restaurant.  General embarrasing mayhem.  No couches were burned - thank god for that.   Finally the police came and tear gassed the street.   Next time when UofM hit the Final four, the police took precautions and there cops on the roof and cops in riot gear in the street.  Unfortunately we lost that game, can't remember to whom.
1 year 30 weeks ago	Play defense	I am tired of uneven defense/offense play going back to the Lloyd years.  Do both well
1 year 36 weeks ago	Not surprise on looks to QBs	He was on espn over the summer during sportscenter and was shown coaching the Notre Dame quarterbacks.  The whole time I think he called his QBs knuckleheads like 10 times i.e. knucklehead what are you doing, knucklehead get your feet right, knucklehead throw the ball It was cracking me up but I did think if i was a recruit seeing this, I wouldn't like what I was hearing.    Reminded me of the Charlie Weis sportscenter QB drop that was on before we smoked them at ND stadium in 2006.
2 years 14 weeks ago	Yes, its tax deductible on federal and state tax returns	80% for federal State of Michigan its up $200 for a qualifying institution (UofM)
2 years 37 weeks ago	You handled yourself well	I listened to the podcast on WJR. It was a total setup. Albom was being a pompous prick as he usually is (which is why he's on the air) and you were good to not take the bait. He clearly had 2 agendas as I listened to him when he was talking to you: 1. Newspapers are better than silly old blogs 2. People who write for newspapers can do no wrong I wouldn't lose any sleep over it. Hey at least you get press for your blog.
2 years 37 weeks ago	Gameday Experience	Section 19 - flow was no different, the corner sections are smaller and it was easy to get into. Towers look good no complaints from me. The noise was definitely louder but not deafening (i.e. Autzen Stadium). My test was during the reading of the letters M-I-C-H-I-G-A-N. You could never hear the section to the left of you because of the previous stadium acoustics, you could hear it now because of reverb off of the new facilities. I am hoping they stick speakers on the new facilities as well to get the noise up even further. Agreed on the band, they need to add some mics for the band to the stadium speakers because I can't hear anything but the opposing team's band (they are directly across from my section I give you that). Guys keep the noise up - F$!%* the old people, make it loud! make it intimidating! Go Blue