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This guy also: “But I’ve not…

This guy also: “But I’ve not murdered anyone and I’ve never seen anyone murder someone else, so let’s get rid of all the laws prohibiting murder. Bad people are going to murder anyway amirite?”

 

And: “Plane crash has a 0.00001% chance of happening so next time I fly, no seat belt and I’m going to make sure the pilots don’t perform a safety checklist. I’m not afraid of a 0.00001% chance of dying so nobody else is either! These regulations are such a burden”

I don’t think you can…

I don’t think you can reasonably compare the US to Italy France Germany or UK.
 

Those countries, with functional governments and educated people that believe in society, more or less contained the outbreak by start of summer - hell the UK even opened clubs and bars in the summer. To go even further, NZ and Taiwan mask rate is 0% bc they actually defeated the virus. 
 

A better comparison would be countries like Brazil, Philippines, Russia, India (I.e., the peers of the US these days) that have also embraced a mask disinformation platform and similarly have no coherent response other than sticking fingers in ears and saying La La I can’t Hear You

Good thing we don’t base our…

Good thing we don’t base our policy off 1 guys anecdotes. I have been to Michigan, Illinois, Massachusetts, NH, etc during Covid and there is only 1 place where I’ve seen >50% mask wearing and that’s in Boston.
 

Even here in Boston, my younger coworkers are starting to talk about having huge house parties or having friends over ... and this is despite people up here generally being well educated and responsible. I can’t imagine what the current situation is like in Michigan or Illinois. I don’t think it’s a question of 100% compliance but rather 90% indoor mask wearing and social distancing which definitely works - we know it does because MA basically had no COVID outbreaks all summer and that’s about what compliance was like here. Now that people have stopped caring as much, we are starting to see a huge spike. 

I think he meant 500,000…

I think he meant 500,000 total if you reread his post. The prior surge where death was minimized still included many states with large, well funded hospitals. I don’t believe ICU capacities were reached, which is really the only reason why people would die (if they can’t get an ICU bed). However, with this current rise, it’s in a lot of the poor uneducated states with worse health care systems - I believe ICU is nearly at capacity for Wisconsin and the Dakotas (don’t know about elsewhere). But yes it’s probably true that ditching stupid things like “hydroxychloroquine” for more important things like Remdesivir and respirators probably has helped. 

LETS GO!! Nico has always…

LETS GO!! Nico has always struck me as a team-first guy. I was surprised back when there was a rumor that receivers would be sitting due to attitude issues and multiple posters thought it was implying Nico rather than some of the other guys that clearly weren't giving 100%. If Ambry stays and McCaffrey is accurate downfield we could definitely have the advantage in all but 1 game next year.

We need to hire Jim Leonhard…

We need to hire Jim Leonhard right now. 2 million a year. 3 year contract. Consistently does a good job against the best competition. 

I coulda sworn I saw…

I coulda sworn I saw Harbaugh at the gym here in Boston the other day!

Refs

Can these refs do the Game? First time I've ever seen neutral or pro-Michigan refs.

Seriously, we need to bring

Seriously, we need to bring back Jedd Fisch and pay him anything he wants. The difference is night and day

Fire Pep Hamilton! Seriously,

Fire Pep Hamilton! Seriously, this is crap. Every 3rd down has been 3 guys running levels. Where's the creativity? Every play is vanilla garbage. Inside zone is the only play that's getting anything consistently. 

You don't hear this stuff

You don't hear this stuff about rugby because there is *no* coverage here about the faults of rugby. People keep saying to take away the helmets because concussions and CTE don't happen in Rugby or Soccer, but they do, and it's quite serious. It's quite clear, though, that the CTE researchers (especially at BU) have no interest in testing brain samples from other sports because it doesn't fit their agenda.

See: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/depression-continues-to-…http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/89765211/duncan-garner-tackling-th…http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/10739111/One-in-four-football…. , http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3264739/Rugby-dangerous-not-d… .

The coverage surrounding CTE and football is no doubt because football is a large target and it's a juicy target for controversy. One of the best ways to get attention as a journalist or a researcher is to pick a fight with a holy national institution - and to be honest, they've succeeded. People are very familiar with the worst possible outcome of CTE. But for every sensationalized headline, it just feels cheap. CTE is a serious issue, but we're doing ourselves a disservice by automatically associating it with football and football only. We don't even have a set of statistically convincing data to associate CTE with sub-concussive hits at the pee-wee through high school levels. You know, we could say that we should pull our kids out of these contact sports (soccer, football, hockey, baseball, basketball, rugby, etc) but until they get to the semi-pro level, we might be taking away the benefits they would get from participation in sports: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4532417/

This is true, the headline

This is true, the headline should read "99% of 202 ex-NFL players with severe mental issues were diagnosed with CTE"

Not only that, but the median age of death for those with mild CTE was 44 years while median age of death for those with severe CTE was 71 years. So what, does CTE extend your life by 30 whole years? Obviously that's a ridiculous statement, so I would really doubt the power that this data set has. What it does do, undeniably, is demonstrate that for the low percentage of individuals with psychologial issues, there is a link between their trauma and pychological state.

But keep in mind and this is very back of the envelope stuff, this study is over a period of 2 years and sampled players who died between the ages of 35-79. This means that these individuals would have played in the NFL anywhere from 1960 to 2014 - given that the total number of NFL players in any given year is 1696, and if every player was different every single year that would give us 91584 players (obviously there are players who stay multiple years, so lets cut that down to 20000 unique players and some would have died for other causes so let's say 10,000). So out of those 10000, 202 were shown to have severe psychological issues. Obviously there are more that wouldn't have been able to participate in the study so lets bump that number up to 500. There are no statistics as to how many football players died in that same timeframe without psychological issues so we can't do a direct comparison, but even with those crappy numbers, CTE is found in a mere 2-5% of NFL players. 

Supposedly their brain bank included those with military service and domestic violence victims, so it would seem that those would present interesting groups to study, if nothing else but to compare if CTE is a result of football.

It does piss me off that this study has no control group - I mean how does this bullshit even get on to JAMA other than because they know they'll get reads and the article will be talked about and misconstrued?

It might be that the coaches

It might be that the coaches planned for things they saw on film only for the opponent to break those tendencies. It doesn't make sense for technique to vary so wildly but consistent with everyone on the field if it wasn't done on purpose. 

Boston? Preferably not Tavern

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That and rain... You would

That and rain... You would think that a little drizzle wouldn't affect the residents coastal city like Boston, but everything comes to a standstill if there's a couple drops of water falling from the sky.

Shoulda been 1.) Clemson 2.)

Shoulda been 1.) Clemson 2.) Bama 3.) Ohio State 4.) Stanford

I don't think running the

I don't think running the ball was the game plan at all. We had to keep them honest with a couple vanilla runs, but this game was always going through Rudock and the air. Opponents are going to keep playing like we have a 70/30 run/pass split when Harbaugh's gunning for 70/30 pass to run.

In that respect, this game was successful.

Wtf have you heard of

Wtf have you heard of graduate school? If you have aspirations of medical school, law school, business school, engineering and the sciences, vet school, education, social work, etc etc, community college is simply not an option

WD

Do you actually feel that you were a driving force for hiring Harbaugh? Not antagonistic, just curious

I don't know.. if Morris can

I don't know.. if Morris can keep calm in the pocket and actually survey the field (both mental things, mind you), he can be quite good.. especially with that arm strength. I think it's going to be neck and neck, but Rudock starts at Utah and Morris relieves him later on in the season.

Boston proper here! Good to

Boston proper here! Good to see another MA MGoBlog reader.

Get ready for a dong punch of

Get ready for a dong punch of epic proportions :))

Disgusting, putrid people.

Disgusting, putrid people. America is the one of the few countries in the world where people of all religions, ethnic backgrounds, and personal preferences can live in relative freedom. To disrespect the flag and a veteran is one the most utterly low acts any person in this country can do. I hope they learn to appreciate the freedom and opportunity they were given by this beautiful country.

Don't forget about

Don't forget about play-action from under center which generally makes the defense bite extra hard on something that isn't going anywhere, leaving a deep route wide open for a touchdown or requiring safeties to stop.

Wow. The machine is

Wow. The machine is activating.

I honestly am quite happy

I honestly am quite happy that Ohio State made it in.

Now they can get trucksticked by Alabama and we can all take great pleasure in their 62-7 loss or whatever it will be.

In your case, asquared =

In your case, asquared = arrogance squared

The point is not that he

The point is not that he deserves better than this... He definitely deserves everything that happened.

The point is that it is sad that he had a chance to escape the miserable spiral of doom and waste of life in bad neighborhoods and was about to be honored for it... and now he is brought back down to the depths from where he tried to elevate himself.

In essence, his actions were a result of his terrible past and tragically, he never finally escaped its clutches.

This is a ridiculous

This is a ridiculous statement. "Manball" is not incompatible with dual threat quarterbacks. MANBALL implies a power scheme and you can totally run a spread offense using Manball. The problem comes with how crappy the 2nd QB option is... We've had no development at the QB position for 4 years now and losing our only mediocre at best QB would cripple us.

The spread offense meme needs

The spread offense meme needs to die. Any adequate pro-style OC would know how to integrate read and package elements a la Seattle and San Fran while still utilizing the tendency-based advantages to which pro style lends itself.

Possibly the worst game I

Possibly the worst game I have ever watched. Offensive line looks good though.

Freebirds doesn't hold a

Freebirds doesn't hold a candle to the chipotle. Fresh cooked food is wayyy better than canned and frozen food

There's always a chance, and

There's always a chance, and more so when there's absolutely nothing left to lose. I hope the coaches/players don't see this as Big Bad Michigan vs. lesser team which is how they've seen the last 9 games or so. If we have that scrappy, chip on the shoulder mentality, then we just probably could see Paul Bunyan back home.

*Hyman
.. not.. the other

*Hyman

.. not.. the other thing.

Yeah that's not gonna happen.

Yeah that's not gonna happen. Good try though

Realize who the best players

Realize who the best players at every position are, for once. Don't throw any interceptions and don't fumble the ball. Put 11 players on the field for special teams. Learn what a time out is good for. Play as a team. 

Basic stuff.

Agganis is great! Really big,

Agganis is great! Really big, modern concourse, can get really loud.



Hopefully there is some info about a Michigan section here as I'm trying to go also.



As for nearby bars, there's a very Ashley's like bar nearby called Sunset Bar and Grill (on Brighton Ave past Packard's Corner) with a huge selection of local beers on tap. Don't confuse it for Sunset cantina, which is closer to Agganis but is a margarita bar or something.

This is why I love MGoBlog

This is why I love MGoBlog

SEC well... Is actually that

SEC well... Is actually that good. Colley matrix rankings are basically the same and SOS is higher for the SEC basically across the board. It's definitely true that every team is beatable in certain situations but the way it's played out, SEC deserves 4/ top 5

It was neutralized by

It was neutralized by holding. Good no call

What if we actually win the

What if we actually win the MSU game...? If we've got peppers Lewis and Taylor healthy we might be able to hold their offense pretty well.

Play calling is competent.

Play calling is competent. What's not there is focus... One guy messes up on nearly every play on offense and defense and we get blown out. Focus and drive is what's lacking

Rutgers has some serious

Rutgers has some serious problems if they don't win by at least 28. I'm guessing all of those points will come off turnovers, though. I don't see us scoring any TDs in this game because unlike Minnesota Rutgers actually has some studs on defense and on offense too.

2009 MSU and OSU I will

2009 MSU and OSU I will agree. Tate really played his heart out in those games. I'd say Denard single-handedly won the 2012 MSU slugfest. But very very sporadic.

No I'm saying that the

No I'm saying that the players constantly say "the fans don't matter"... But the fans do matter and they should fuel the players fire. There has really been no fuel most of the past 7 years.

I love my alma mater but the

I love my alma mater but the program is trapped in a cycle of poor results because the fans attack the football team because of poor results. I have accepted this. I will feel involved again for two things: 1) only when the fans stop taking things for granted and stop equating being Michigan with second = last. 2) I want to see the players on the field actually playing *for* their/my school... I want to see a Novak aneurysm of leadership. I haven't seen the players give a shit about the school and play hard since the 2007 capital one bowl (and maybe Wisco 2008). Once these 2 things happen, I'll be back all in.

That's definitely not going

That's definitely not going to happen whatever the outcome

Hate to say it but Schlissel

Hate to say it but Schlissel most likely doesn't give a rats ass about what's going on... It's worth a shot though

Sparty is impressive. Their

Sparty is impressive. Their players play with fire and intensity. They want to win no matter who the opponent is and should be able to run the table given their schedule... Although they won't get into the playoff due to their loss at Autzen.

That is a rivalry game ya

That is a rivalry game ya know. Not an official trophy game but it's been chippy the last 7 years between em. NU for some reason always has Penn State's number