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and Oberon was called Sol Sun (he says while smacking his dentures).

... but everyone needs to win six.

Dong in the mouth.

CHOOOOOOOKE

Sheeeeit

of the playoffs during his senior year. We were doing our little layup drill warmups, then looked down the court and watched their layup drills, which were a series of alley oop slams. We were beaten before the tipoff and lost by more than 50...

I never fully realized the disparity of basketball talent until that night.

What some consider naughty, others consider necessary...

Looking at http://www.nfl.com/teams/statistics?team=det, the Lions have outgained their opponents over the year by about 900 yards, and they have 50 more first downs over the year. They have been outscored by 19 points this year overall, and have a -6 turnover ratio.

Unfortunately, these stats do not include complete dumbass plays (CDPs). I'm sure the Lions are at a +50 for that this year....

Denard was hurt a lot worse than we were told.

And were forced to roll out a green quarterback in a winnable game.  Just had to put the egocentric spin on this.

Beat up the lousy nonconference teams, win one big one, make it into the top two, and then lay and big fat deuce to an unranked foe. It will all hold serve if they're shut out of the BCS, gripe about it, and then lose to Purdue in the Weedeater Bowl.

A trim 54.00 ERA in the playoffs.

Although, isn't it maroon?

He ran a bunch of tweets. Tweet Fail...

Thought vomit + ego = most people on twitter

a falling knife with this guy.

I was just going to say to bring a bag of cash and work on your oral skills. It's very competitive...

it's painfully obviously we need some more point guards.

Judging from the posts, our power play has sucked, and Cornell carried much of the play in the second. Have we just been outplayed this game, or just some suckiness in key areas?

as part of a PAC 10 preview out here. He essentially said the same thing.

As he was talking, I felt bad that he didn't get the chance, but I then remembered the defense. He would have been lucky to get 8-4 out of last year's squad, and I think 7-5 was likely.

I was disappointed when he didn't get a chance to complete. I'm not anymore.

I did like when they asked him if he was still bitter. His response: "I think we all have a chip on our shoulder and have something to prove. Yeah, I'm still bitter."

#174 - Mail someone an apple pie

#175 - Receive an apple pie

I'll never forget watching that arm snap and pop in 2010...

I finally hit my 2012 recruiting fill. I can take a few weeks off now and look forward to beating MSU, winning the B1G tourney and a #3 seed in the dance. 

Great class. Yey! Done...

When they were talking about winners and losers on NSD, Gottleib referred to Ohio's class and cited Brian from MGoBlog and the "Fear Factor 10" comment. No other references made to the class.

FWIW

... uh ... ah, fuck it.

but not jumping time zones makes it possible for weekend trips. This coming from a Michigan transplant in Oregon.

you pronounce his town correctly.

It is "Pyou -yawl-up"

live organ donor, in the bathtub with ice...

We're likely to add another 4 star, whoever it is, before it is all over, so not getting Garnett is disappointing, but not too disappointing. He's always seemed a Stanford guy, and I'll just hope he goes there.

Just like 80 percent of the teams in the league. This rush to get the season started by Christmas is a money grab, but how many teams will be watchable when the smoke clears?

........ right

...........now........................

It wouldn't be surprising to see them with a top-10 class when this is all done.

I'm not saying these are terrible, terrible things. They are more like irresponsible teenage things, but the grades and the flakiness would give a perception of a higher-risk kid. He's probably a gamebreaker, but not worth the risk. Too many flameouts in the recent years ...

You'd think he could have gone for a more high profile job, despite his lack of HC experience

Women who don't appreciate how important sports are to a man's happiness are not to be married. For all the conversations we pretend to listen to; the dumb trips to the store; the blathering about their neurotic friends, they need to understand that we are simply unavailable for a few Saturdays a year. This sets a terrible precedent.

Looks fade, but the colors maize and blue do not. 

"Isn't it about time you behead to Monterrey?"

Beunas Suerte

Imagine your child or little brother or sister being raped, and then you find out that, 10 years ago, someone saw the alleged rapist commit a similar act against another child, but did not go to the police.

He, Joe Pa, and the rest of them have a special place down there as well. 

Is Denard the only one playing a new offense? Is he the only one making mistakes on blocking assignments, routes, snap counts, etc.? It's probably really hard on Denard to be the only person making mistakes while learning a new offense. Every blocking assignment has been executed perfectly, and every receiver route has been run with laser-like precision.

We were a 7-5 team that got manhandled against every quality opponent, and we installed a new offense and defense. While the Juice comparisons are fair given the athleticism, I think we take our mid-level bowl, win one of the last three (and the bowl game), and call this season a success. I'll take 9-4 given the shit maelstrom we've had the last three years.

Denard has proven to be a student of the game, and is willing to bust his ass to succeed. I can't wait to see him next year.

No decent coach will take the job until they know what the penalties are (one would think). If it drags into January, that means it's unlikely they have a coach who can get much of a recruiting foothold prior to signing day. Feb. 10 works for me.

The drawback of having a nearly full recruiting class...

Amazing, amazing

not taken command, it doesn't necessarily mean that Brink is less shitty. Perhaps I'm being optimistic, but if Brink is playing like a madman, and he's beating Big Will, I'm willing to hold the anxiety down for now.

of Western Michigan University.

when he obliges in making less errors on field. He was a sieve last week.

My friend's grandfather coached the Beavers' baseball team for 40-some years (Coleman) and they have amazing seats for the games. Sat 10 feet behind Cheating Petey when OSU upset USC 4-5 years ago. Most exciting college football game I've ever been to (hard to admit that).

Helix4 is wringing his hands, hatching his next plot to take over the world....

when Scooter McGee says they're committed.

Or perhaps Boss Jackson.

Or Scoop Dickson.

Or Skip Foreplay.

At the peak of homophobdon. I was sporting my Billy Sims jersey and my friend commented, "I didn't know you were Billy Sims' girlfriend." Like many of you, the ritual at high school was that you gave your girlfriends your jersey to wear on the night of the game. I did not like getting called Billy Sims' girlfriend at that age, and I promptly hung it in my closet.

The funny thing, 20 something years later, whenever I see a person wearing a jersey, that "girlfriend" comment pops into my head ... 

Tate has jumped the shark and is now entering douchedom.

I'm getting Wolverine scuttlebutt told by a professional wrestler. Is Rick Flair "The Knowledge?"

We traded our top two prospects to get him (and absorb Willis); two "can't miss" prospects. Thus far, both have missed. Scott Sizemore has been average with the glove and a poor hitter. This is a trade of a middling middle reliever for a middling prospect who wouldn't be playing in the majors if we weren't thin at second.

Just give Ramon Santiago the job already.

to pursue my dream: teaching. I knew it would be tough becoming a teacher, but I didn't know I was also becoming a parent, a counselor, and a social worker in the process. I got the toughest kids and got some of the best results in the schools.

My reward? A pink slip, one of 60 handed out in our district today.

Fucking seniority shit.

How's that for an "Anything."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79tl2H3QzT0

My favorite Harry Truman quote is: "Shit, I really should have left when they told me to."

That was the Harry Truman who lived on Spirit Lake at the base of Mt. St. Helens in 1980. He and his lodge are about 800 feet underwater.

Shit, shit, shit, shit....Spring Football ...shit...

in Portland, two blocks from my house, sipping a Lagunitas.

If only they had Oberon on tap . . .

Put that trophy on your Shelvin ... Mack that is.

If UConn wins

"See, cheaters do prosper."

to get Tripucka'ed.

is marketed like wrestling, but with gangly guys throwing girly punches and never connecting.  It's simply unwatchable.

but I believe there was a lot that we never heard about (and that we shouldn't hear about). 

As talented as Denard is, I found it strange that Tate went from a SI cover boy to third string. Then the stripping of the helmet wings. I won't speculate on why, but this simply doesn't happen unless there is a reason. Had TF had continued to grow as an athlete and a student, it would have been suicide to remove him as starter. RR got a lot of grief for doing this, even after people saw what Denard could do.

Tate should keep his mouth shut and be thankful he hooked on with a high-profile school, talent  (moxie) or not. 

is like wading through cowshit to find the magic mushrooms. Some good pre-NSD info buried in mounds of poopie...

it's about 90 miles north. It was 55 and partly sunny today, so I'm hoping that weather forecast is accurate. Personally, I think Eugene blows.

"Grit," "gritty," "scrappy" and "gunslinging" are all adjectives used to describe Mr. Bellomy. 

We may have found our "moxie" replacement.

with the user name of R Kelly. Not a rip on you, but just kind of funny.

Dee Hart has been relegated to off topic.

Much appreciated

Crap...don't know how to upload a photoshop file. Been searching the meta files, but I can't figure it out...

Anyone know where I go to find info on uploading something that's not in URL format? 

Looking down at mine: OK

Looking up at someone else's: Not good.

1.) Get on the wagon

2.) Get off the wagon

3.) Bitch about the wagon who was fired after going 0-6 against its two most hated wagons.

knowing our kickers, he's calling for the extra point try?

when we started calling him Dee. Good luck kiddo. It was fun imagining you in maize and blue since you were a freshman in high school.

Someone could have purchased you a Shake Weight for Christmas.

who don't understand that New Year's Day is for football and nursing hangovers. It isn't a day to get families together and go sledding at Mount Hood. Yet my wife (a UM grad herself) seems to think that family time at the mountain is a better way to spend NYD, instead of me camped in the basement watching the game.

Bunch of damn communists is what they are.

 If they play the 3-3-5, many top defensive recruits are going to be scared off. I don't care if we get 4's and 5's, as long as Casteel comes and makes this a top-10 defense. WVa. is the only major school not to allow 21 points in any game this season.

If we get Harbaugh, fine, great, a Michigan man.

If we keep RR, great. Now let's go get the guy who knows how to execute the 3-3-5. He's worth five AZs (although it sucks that we lose an instater)

could this thread have on recruiting?

with relatively shallower pockets than ones worn at Michigan.

What the hell does the term family values really mean. 

Is that you put the family above all else?

What if your family is littered with assholes? What are your values then?

I always found the term humorous because it is so ambiguous. 

Good girlfriends wouldn't have left an idiot like you.

he will officially be anointed as the chosen one

It's been so raw, so strange to have losing seasons, to drop games to Toledo, and to barely squeak by Indiana. It just feels different now. I don't feel particularly good about our chances against Wisky and Uof OS, despite our record and our potentially improving defense.

I don't feel entitled anymore as a Michigan football fan. Prior to 2008, I was disappointed when we dropped that first game of the year, thinking, "Oh well, no national championship. At least we can get to the Rose Bowl."

I remember thinking the Capital One Bowl and Gator Bowl were consolation prizes.

I remember believing that we had a top-5 team every year.

Now, it's almost like I'm waiting for someone to take two of our wins away. Don't get me wrong though; the last two years have been among the most exciting I can remember. I think it reminded me that your team doesn't win simply because it has on the winged helmets.

But it makes the wins more satisfying than ever, IMO.

on a Tuesday. We've pretty much dissected the game last week and the upcoming game. I nice little diversion. Thanks DA and mystery announcer.

I thought heard the announcers say Illini starting field position was from their own 48. Tough to keep points off the board when you give them half a field to work with ... on average.

A snip and a bag of frozen peas was where I thought this was going.

is visiting this weekend, reportedly. Like to see this guy's attention refocused.

Believe it.

will stop in the middle of the street and start performing tai chi, and they don't care whether the light is green or read.

A friend of mine, whose family had a long-standing relation with OSU, invited me to see the game because his father wasn't going (just buried his wife). OSU had not beaten USC in 35 years, but ended up getting out to a huge lead. USC roared back, but lost on the last play when it couldn't convert on a two-point conversion to tie. My friend started crying, everyone around us started crying, and we stormed the field. Couldn't help it, even though I was rooting for my friend more than the Beavers. Probably the most powerful sporting event I've ever been to.

we are fucking 3 and 0. Did you really think we'd be 3-0 at this point. I didn't, not with a solid UConn team coming in to play our beaten up squad from last year, then a trip to Notre Dame. 

We will lose some games this year, but the offense is miles ahead of where it was last year. And, god forbid, if DR goes down, there are two competent backups to take the place. The defense looked like shit last week, but I thought they were decent against UConn and Notre Dame (minus some breakdowns). The question is whether the uMass game is a trend or an aberration. We're going to have to see...

This team has Iowa and State at home this year, and could start 5-0. I think eight wins is no longer pie in the sky; it is very achievable. Our recruiting class will be strong, if this happens, this will be the last year we have 8-10 freshmen in our two deep.

It's going to be a gutwrenching year, but we should really begin to turn the corner.

Have faith!

What's the score, about 3,000 to 1 now? If he can somehow stay healthy, DR will kindly shove his Heisman up Mr. Forde's back 40.

I changed my icon pic to him. He was spotted in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest near Mt. St. Helens.

They're including a bottle of Everclear and an old dorm couch to set on fire. Winner gets both. Wait ... so does the loser.

I  saw this on umgoblog when I googled his 2009 prediction. 

"Phil Steele’s 2009 College Football Preview (On newsstands now) predicts Michigan to finish 6th in the Big Ten and as the 48th overall team in the country and play in the Champ Sports Bowl against Miami (FL). "

http://umgoblog.com/post/162.aspx

Basically, the article goes on to break down some of Steele's info. This obviously did not include the multitude of turnovers, but it is a reasonably interesting read, just the same.

II so frickin' hope we pull 8-4 this year. I'm nervous as hell about the UConn game, but as long as we win the turnovers, I think we're going to get it. Can't wait to hear whether the stadium is as loud as advertised post renovations.

If I saw a headline saying,  "UM coach considers sexual re-assignment; plans to go by Regina," I don't know if it would surprise me.

It's been that kind of a ride recently.

I am dumber, and Beau is officially cut off from heterosexual sex until he's at least 25. 

"Sabotage" and "Sure Shot" by the BBoys

 "Renegades of Funk" and "Killing in the Name of" by Rage Against the Machine

Some kind of Foo Fighters

Helter Skelter by the Beatles

I saw him live (yeah that year). I was blown away the Lions got him. The only guy I ever saw who looked that dominant on a field (in person) was Lawrence Phillips vs. Sparty. Funny how both of them flamed out.

The second funny story I've heard this week. The first was the FedEx driver who crashed his truck when he was choking on a spicy pork rind. 

Flight tracker is back

DD can tell us what he knows, and how he feels, but the university would be way out of bounds to talk about the situation publicly, regardless of the negative image it presents to recruits, their parents and us fans.

The only thing RR will probably say is,  "Demar Dorsey will not be attending Michigan this fall." And we'll be left here wondering ...

Just like Marcus Witherspoon.

I want this kid here because he is an amazing athlete, thus I really want to give this kid a chance to succeed despite past transgressions. But if he is a crapbag, he can go elsewhere. Yes, he made some mistakes and was caught twice. He could end up being the greatest DB of all time, but if there are red flags that stretch beyond him being CAUGHT twice, we should pass. I stress the word caught because I imagine this is what is holding up his admission.

Neg the shit out of me, but I don't want to sell out our proud school after it's been through the wringer the last 18 months. If there were no penalties looming, no NCAA probe, no violations, no Justin Feagin, well I think we could take a flyer on him. 

This kid will help the program, but he will not make the program. The risks of bringing in this kid outweigh the benefits, especially if there are other concerns besides his run-ins with the police. If he goes south, it's another embarrassment on our program.

All this being said, I hope (against hope) that there isn't a problem, that DD has seen the light, and because of that, he is blue this fall.

He said don't worry about it, which is a relief. Still, I feel a bit like Steve Carrell in "The 40-year-old Virgin" when he's dreading the next day at work after he is exposed as a virgin. I have that kid in my first period class tomorrow.

"Yep, this is going to be bad."