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14 weeks 23 hours ago So you're saying

He's booking charters that make them more likely to miss free throws?  Or is it the hotels he books that do that?

17 weeks 18 hours ago Volleyball season ended in December

With Michigan in the Final Four.  This looks like a match my family attended.  Bunch of the basketball guys were there. All the freshman and THJ, iirc.

32 weeks 6 days ago Thanks for sharing the info

I had noticed two basketball players on crutches over near the Union last week and wondered what the deal is. Very disappointing to hear it was ACLs.

33 weeks 1 hour ago But the issues -- long and short term -- are entirely different

For professional athletes, they are going to be making an immense amount of money immediately -- when they are young and impulsive -- that will have to last them after their career ends.  A ten year career in the NFL is long and then you have to live on that or find something else to do.  There are going to be people looking to get a share from all side -- friends and family and "investors" and "financial advisors."

That's incredibly different than most of us who need to learn that we can't have everything we were raised with in our parents' house when we are first starting out, or how to account for the  costs of adult life we took for granted living at home. (Assuming most of the readers are middle class and saw parents writing utility bills and hitting the credit union savings account for unexpected auto repairs.)

34 weeks 4 days ago You can remotely manage Macs.

You can remotely manage Macs. They certainly do here at Michigan.

34 weeks 5 days ago He lives in Columbus

That explains a lot.

34 weeks 6 days ago I've seen similar feed problems

I had tags on a bunch of things I never looked at, let alone tagged, all in a row one evening. Database syncs going awry or something.

35 weeks 1 hour ago His wife is younger, but not outrageously so

The family was at a couple of Michigan baseball games last season.

36 weeks 4 days ago That Pioneer side of Stadium is fine.

That is in fact probably your best bet to get to PiHi.  Main will be a parking lot, and without the bridge, people are going to cross State on foot at Granger to walk through the field hockey field, which will block that up.

 

36 weeks 4 days ago People parked there for basketball

The lights cycle for getting out of the stump of Stadium up to that parking lot so you aren't completely trapped.  Much smaller crowd for basketball, of course.

36 weeks 4 days ago Closed for walking

My daughter walks home from Pioneer and cannot use the bridge.

It looks like they are getting closer to done, as in there is actually a bridge deck instead of gaping space, so it may open for pedestrians before cars, but that is just my uninformed opinion without any sort of insider information.

37 weeks 4 days ago Seriously, delete to stop the violence

Hoke's gonna kill Gant for this if it's true, and Gant's gonna kill his so-called friend.

45 weeks 19 hours ago Did they overlap at Michigan/CW?

Might be just some historic personality clash issues.

46 weeks 2 days ago Just as I suspected! Congrats

Just as I suspected! Congrats to Sam!

46 weeks 2 days ago Pommel horse

He's good at it, they need it, he's a shoo-in.

46 weeks 2 days ago Add another Michigan Olympian

Canadian women's basketball team qualified, so that means Krista Phillips gets added to the list.

46 weeks 6 days ago Because it sucks

It is slanted toward the schools that invest heavily in the big name sports and don't have many "non-revenue" sports.  I'm looking at you, SEC.

47 weeks 2 days ago As a U.Va. alum

This is pretty much my assumption, especially as some of the board members are/have been involved with firms with an interest in for-profit online education endeavors.

48 weeks 6 days ago Definitely European style

My German mother ate that way (and all the relatives on that side of the family, not that I see them that often).

49 weeks 2 hours ago His coach got fired

Or rather, "came to a mutual decision to seek other opportunities."  I can see where he would consider doing the same. Either way it's a crapshoot, so why not try something completely different.

I know he redshirted, so he may well be done with school.  If not, although I know absolutely nothing about the Brosnahan family situation other than that they live near a couple of my colleagues, I am guessing another semester of tuition wouldn't break the bank.  It's not as if baseball players get full scholarships anyway.

Kind of too bad because he was the pitcher my son decided was "his guy" last season.

51 weeks 6 days ago Well, not one sport

Michigan hasn't been pounding Penn State in volleyball.  No one much has.

51 weeks 6 days ago Had the top 4 Michigan guys coming in

Which is not saying much nationally, but would still hate to lose them.

1 year 17 min ago Kentucky?

Not counting them as a common opponent?

1 year 4 days ago It's official!

http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/051712aaa.html

1 year 4 days ago We will just have to agree to disagree

I see a difference between purchasing goods -- durable or disposable -- to enhance the home arena, no matter how temporarily, and paying for travel expenses for people not within the department.

1 year 4 days ago Well....

 Are Michigan fans really less inclined to care about winning non-rev teams than Utah or Alabama fans? Or is it just not as attractive or well-publicized a proposition in Ann Arbor?

We know the bandwagon is big, having sat through the Amaker years in Crisler, so I don't exactly expect hordes to turn out for a marginal women's basketball team, considering how even the most successful women's teams are viewed. But if it's well-publicized, cheap, and Crisler is a "cool" place to be and the event is lively and enjoyable, more people should turn up.

Back when we started going to gymnastics -- almost ten years ago! God I'm old -- there was a student named Rishi who was really enthusiastic and got lots of other students turning out. There was a local weekly TV show with highlights from the previous week's meet on whichever station used to carry those things pre-BTN. My son would pretend to be Ben Hummel, the student doing the announcing. The crowds have declined since then. This is just anecdotal, but I'm guessing we could look at attendance figures and see whether there is a correlation between attendance and Rishi and Ben's time in Ann Arbor.... The AD has to know of ways other than a few random tweets and a video on MGoBlue to get people out for non-revenue sports.

1 year 4 days ago The pompoms and the shirts are EXACTLY like the curtain

The curtain has the benefit of not being a single use item and not filling the landfill with maize, but otherwise, they are soft goods for use within the arena.

As to ad hominem attacks, only one person in this thread has implied that other posters are jerks.

1 year 5 days ago I suspect you are wrong

I'm arguing on behalf of non-revenue sports, which my family attends regularly, in Crisler. It would be nice if we had a spare nice old-school fieldhouse like Illinois and Penn State do for their non-revs, but we don't.

Wrestling, like men's gymnastics and volleyball, competes in a space the right size for the event.  Cliff Keen reminds me of nothing more than an elementary school gym, but at least the fans aren't rattling around like the last handful of peanuts in the bottom of the supersized Costco can. And I'm pretty sure that when these teams host Big Tens or regionals in Crisler, they will be using the curtain, too, regardless of gender.

1 year 5 days ago I am encouraged

The hiring of Barnes Arico denotes a certain seriousness of purpose. I'd like to see something more -- what, I don't know -- done to bring in students for non-revs (not just women's sports). The fact that other schools can fill arenas for women's gymnastics -- even in the SEC, which is surely as football-mad and probably more -- means it could be done here.

Director's Cup doesn't wrap up til May 31st, so you have a little more time.

1 year 5 days ago Like they mention that the

Like they mention that the MMB isn't there for big night games at Penn State?  The only reason it would merit a mention is because it created local controversy.  I'm not a fan of the whole Jerry's World boondoggle anyway, but I think the band should be there if only because it was sold to Michigan fans as a bowl-like experience.  However, that's not the same as being noteworthy at all to Musberger. And Dave Brandon, whatever you may think of him, is not dumb enough to set a precedent for the AD paying for the band.

What does merit a mention by commentators and fans on blogs is the quality of facilities when other equally ranked teams come to Ann Arbor.  Now, to be sure, not many schools draw much for women's basketball, but Utah, Alabama, and Georgia manage to fill a similar sized arena for gymnastics. Seeing the uninspiring facilities gives the *appearance* that Michigan just doesn't care about non-rev sports.  While that is not true for baseball and softball (thanks, Mr. Wilpon -- visitors are impressed by the facility!), it is very true for other sports.  Improving Crisler just a bit more -- to the level with peer institutions -- for a mere $500,000 more isn't the same as sending the band to Texas. And fortunately, big improvements to all the other facilities -- $250 million -- are on the schedule next.

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