My groomsmen and I wore matching suits and I made the decision to buy.
Banana Republic has nice, trim fitting suits and if you sign up for their emails, they are constantly having 40%-50% off sales. You end up getting a nice suit that'll be useful well beyond the wedding for not much more than cost of rental. It also saves you the hassle of nagging everyone for their measurements etc. and picking up/dropping off after the wedding.
I waited for a sale, then emailed my groomsmen and said "this is the suit, here's the coupon code, please order yours today." Went with a classic slim cut navy suit and nobody complained.
If Tom Brady had been drafted by any other coach/organization, he doesn't become...Tom Brady. Having the GOAT as an alum has worked out pretty well for Michigan.
If he hasn't been watching the games, it'd be easy to look at the stat sheet and reach the same conclusion. The touches are spread so widely, no single player is putting up huge numbers. Collectively, however, its a different story. If this is how he reached his opinion, it's lazy and uninformed but I can see how he got there.
I don't know how it could possibly be coordinated short of having the words up on the scoreboard (which would never happen), but logistics aside, I'd have liked to replace the alternating Go Blue chant with "Joe Knew" for this one game.
That clip really shows peak highlighter yellow when the helmets are entirely "maize." I believe that was shot prior to the 2010 season. Glad a few things have changed since then!
Weinreb is surely furiously pumping out his next willowy introspection piece where he excuses everything with obfuscation against the backdrop of his idyllic Happy Valley upbringing.
Spend up for good tickets to the game and do not consider obstructed view seats as you might end up directly behind a support beam. This is actually a great tool for double checking:
I'm really excited about this kid. I understand Peters is the more polished, hyped passer but Victor's tape reminds me of Tebow (in college) with a better arm and throwing motion. Tough runner, invites contact, moves the pile but can sling it down the field. If Peters or someone else wins the job, hopefully they find another spot on the field for Vicious Vic.
Tend to agree. Corley is a long athlete who is a smooth strider once he gets moving, but he takes little steps which slows his acceleration. When I watch Mitchell, he is well built and strong. More quick than fast. Smooth into the routes and aggressive in getting the ball on slants in traffic whereas Corley seems to get a bunch of jump balls.
Admitedly, I'm no expert and ultimately trust the judgement of Harbaugh and his staff. These are just my impressions when watching the tape.
Joshua Garnett was another. He really seemed to love Michigan. But he also loved Stanford. Can't really blame him on the academic front...but it seemed like it was too close to call and weather ended up being the deciding factor. Unlike Bri'onte Dunn (my other heartbreak), Garnett has been a productive college player.
Mine was Da'shawn Hand. Kid was trending blue all the way, making dismissive comments about OSU, bonding with UM professors and looking to study engineering. Saban lurked but most believed he'd ultimately go with Michigan. But the losses under Hoke kept adding up. Decommitments happened. Recruiting momentum was lost. He went to Bama and then nearly stole Jabrill.
Dunn hurt too just because it seemed to be a situation where he was taking one last look and Urban told him to commit or he'd lose his offer if he made the Michigan visit.
I read the posts and know the names but don't get overly excited about recruiting anymore.
the Kordell Stewart game and the Brock Mealer game. I cried at both.
We had end zone seats, pretty high up, behind the Colorado offense. I remember thinking how tepid the Michigan pass seemed except for Trevor Pryce who was a beast. The throw was a rocket and I'll forever have the image seared in my mind of the tipped ball suspended in air, Michael Westbrook's arms outstretched, Ty Law helplessly grabbing at his waist on the way to the turf. And then silence.
We had tickets to the Lions-Patriots game the next day and my parents couldn't get me out of bed. Fortunately, I eventually pulled it together. Although the Lions lost, Barry Sanders had a couple runs that are always featured in his career highlights.
My insufferable MBA story: During business school, I was at a party standing around talking to some classmates I didn't know that well. One of them leaves for a minute and returns with a round of (terrible) shots proclaiming, "Boys, boys...we all got MBAs coming our way! Drink up!"
I'm a fan of the renovations but do miss the press box lettering. The one aspect of the new press boxes I've always felt looked incomplete is the large blue panels at the top. It's very plain and begging for something (thankfully Brandon is out because you could fit a ton of ads up there). I'd always thought just painting UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN in the block/end zone font would look nice. But enlarging the art deco and painting it on or (better) making new, bigger letters and affixing them to that section would look great.
Removing all sharp objects from my office in anticipation of Michael Weinreb's breathless account about how the world makes sense again and this is true justice.
When Harbaugh took over the 49ers, Alex Smith was very much considered a bust. I'm highly confident JH can draw the most out of these kids and help them realize ther potential regardless of who starts.
He's 44. Has HC experience building FIU from a doormat into consecutive bowl berths. Strong recruiter (TY Hilton). Since being unfairly fired at FIU (who have gone back to being terrible), he has coached at Miami (YTM) where he played and now is the OL coach at Alabama.
Brian Griese rolling out and hitting Jerame Tuman in the flank was money in the bank. I'm not saying he surpassed Harbaugh in accuracy on the move (pretty subjective anyway), but I just remember that being a go-to play in '97 that always seemed to pick up 10-15 yards.
You're taking the job right? I know you're under contract with another team and you probably can't comment so just...give me a hillbilly karate chop if the answer is yes.
This one bugged me as well. Clearly it was a penalty. The referee mistakenly announced it as a late hit, but it was a facemask. Galloway chirping about the defender's feet being allowed to follow through with the tackle as the replay ran showing Gardner's head being turned was pretty bad.
However, nothing will ever top Urban Meyer calling "The Game" while his agent ironed out the final details of his contract with OSU. He was slobbering all over Braxton Miller. Michigan won so it more-or-less went ignored, but he was just attrocious knowing any praise or even even keeled analysis he offered up for Michigan could be held against him once he officially took the job days later.
The Yuri Wright mention made me laugh. What an odd recruitment. I actually enjoy looking back at recruiting battles M lost or withdrew from and seeing how those players developed (or didn't).
Speaking of odd recruiting battles, I live in Santa Monica and a couple weeks ago saw former M target (and Santa Monica native) Jordan Payton running along the beach. He was wearing Michigan shorts which made me smile. Jordan caught eight passes for 95 yards to lead UCLA yesterday.
Edit: Sorry, this was a response to a comment below.
The Yuri Wright mention made me laugh. What an odd recruitment. I actually enjoy looking back at recruiting battles M lost or withdrew from and seeing how those players developed (or didn't).
Speaking of odd recruiting battles, I live in Santa Monica and a couple weeks ago saw former M target (and Santa Monica native) Jordan Payton running along the beach. He was wearing Michigan shorts which made me smile. Jordan caught eight passes for 95 yards to lead UCLA yesterday.
I'm glad Michigan gave him a deadline. Now, the program can move on and it's clear Malik's heart is elsewhere. Given the circumstances, if he still wouldn't relent and sign, it shows just how far behind Michigan was in the recruiting battle. This wasn't a photo finish.
While you're absolutely correct, you're giving us far too much credit. We're sports fans scouring blogs and twitter about kids who might have an impact in a game in 3-4 years. Emotional involvement is requisite. There's no other way I could explain the absurd hours spent cultivating my fanhood. This probably goes for 90% of readers (and the other 10% just have really boring jobs).
This stuff is why I've taken a step back from closely following recruiting. After the Hand announcement, I realized that the decisions of high school kids were affecting my mood. That's asinine. With the recruiting cycle starting earlier and earlier, it is inevitable these kids will constantly be shuffling their leaders. That's their right and they should absolutely be thorough in considering all options.
I hope Michigan lands the strongest class possible each year but I'll be tuning in to recruiting around new years.
If Marshall's account that McDowell told him he was picking Michigan on the morning of his announcement is true, you have to wonder what was going through the kid's head. Clearly, Michigan had no chance. If they were a close runner up and he changed his mind sometime that morning, you'd think he and his parents would've compromised and selected Michigan by now. It seems Michigan was completely out of the running and has been for some time. Guess we should just chalk it up to kids being kids.
5* player. We need more of them. As others have said, if this were a case of legal issues or questions about qualifying, then take a pass. But he is 17. I don't buy the "...if he doesn't want to be here" mindset. MSU is the flavor of the month. If nothing else, Marshall's comments confirm that. Get him on campus, he'll make friends on the team, go to some good parties, meet some pretty girls and that'll be that. It's not as if he'd wallow through the next four years wishing he could be in EL.
I think Hoke, Meyer and Fisher would be delighted if he took that tact as it keeps the door open that he'll sign with one of them instead. Dantonio, of course, not so much. While it should be about the kids making the right decision for themselves, most fans don't even have that perspective so it is hard to believe coaches who have seven figure contracts at stake always keep that perspective.
I am not going to post it here, but through LinkedIn, it appears he played basketball in Europe and now works abroad. It also appears he got his MBA at Indiana! Good for him. Glad to hear he was a class act in your interraction.
This will sound like sour grapes, but in watching Hand's tape, I get the same feeling as when I watched Derrick Green's tape last year. I see a guy who is bigger and stronger than his competition and therefore, he inevitably makes plays. But I am not blown away like I was with other tapes (ie Peppers and Ty Isaac). Hand could certainly become a dominant player (and hopefully Green will). I'm just a know-nothing guy on the internet, but I can see how CNNSI came to this entirely arbitrary prediction.
Unless universal forces shift in 2014 and reverse Michigan's impossibly poisoned mojo, the news seems inevitable. Might as well practice assuming the fetal position now.
I agree with the general tenor of the comments pointing out that while the NFL's hands are dirty in many regards, the players are not forced into game action but willfully choose to pursue this line of work. Jackson always comes off as a bit whiney in this regard (which explains why Deadspin loves him). If his point was "If only I'd known the risks, I wouldn't have played," it'd be far more interesting than criticizing the league's handling of injuries in what is very obviously a brutally violent game. I'd be interested to get John Moffitt's take on Jackson and his book.
Man, we are thin at WR. No surprises, but seeing it on paper just drove it home for me. We'll need consistent contributions from the TEs in the passing game.
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If he hasn't been watching the games, it'd be easy to look at the stat sheet and reach the same conclusion. The touches are spread so widely, no single player is putting up huge numbers. Collectively, however, its a different story. If this is how he reached his opinion, it's lazy and uninformed but I can see how he got there.
I don't know how it could possibly be coordinated short of having the words up on the scoreboard (which would never happen), but logistics aside, I'd have liked to replace the alternating Go Blue chant with "Joe Knew" for this one game.
That clip really shows peak highlighter yellow when the helmets are entirely "maize." I believe that was shot prior to the 2010 season. Glad a few things have changed since then!
Weinreb is surely furiously pumping out his next willowy introspection piece where he excuses everything with obfuscation against the backdrop of his idyllic Happy Valley upbringing.
Spend up for good tickets to the game and do not consider obstructed view seats as you might end up directly behind a support beam. This is actually a great tool for double checking:
http://www.preciseseating.com/fenwaypark2.php
Get to Fenway early to drink lots of beer across the street at Cask N Flagon and Boston Beer Works.
Maize pants with the white jerseys. Indication they'll be switching back?
/Tom Brady rolls eyes
//Places chip back on shoulder
///Obliterates entire NFL some more
Psyched to see these two play in a couple years. I've missed watching the big, phsyically dominant receivers in the mold of Braylon.
I'm really excited about this kid. I understand Peters is the more polished, hyped passer but Victor's tape reminds me of Tebow (in college) with a better arm and throwing motion. Tough runner, invites contact, moves the pile but can sling it down the field. If Peters or someone else wins the job, hopefully they find another spot on the field for Vicious Vic.
...unless that is her in Joe's profile picture.
Tend to agree. Corley is a long athlete who is a smooth strider once he gets moving, but he takes little steps which slows his acceleration. When I watch Mitchell, he is well built and strong. More quick than fast. Smooth into the routes and aggressive in getting the ball on slants in traffic whereas Corley seems to get a bunch of jump balls.
Admitedly, I'm no expert and ultimately trust the judgement of Harbaugh and his staff. These are just my impressions when watching the tape.
Joshua Garnett was another. He really seemed to love Michigan. But he also loved Stanford. Can't really blame him on the academic front...but it seemed like it was too close to call and weather ended up being the deciding factor. Unlike Bri'onte Dunn (my other heartbreak), Garnett has been a productive college player.
Mine was Da'shawn Hand. Kid was trending blue all the way, making dismissive comments about OSU, bonding with UM professors and looking to study engineering. Saban lurked but most believed he'd ultimately go with Michigan. But the losses under Hoke kept adding up. Decommitments happened. Recruiting momentum was lost. He went to Bama and then nearly stole Jabrill.
Dunn hurt too just because it seemed to be a situation where he was taking one last look and Urban told him to commit or he'd lose his offer if he made the Michigan visit.
I read the posts and know the names but don't get overly excited about recruiting anymore.
...more like UAB.
Congrats Under Armor--you took one of the iconic uniforms and made them into a MAC team.
the Kordell Stewart game and the Brock Mealer game. I cried at both.
We had end zone seats, pretty high up, behind the Colorado offense. I remember thinking how tepid the Michigan pass seemed except for Trevor Pryce who was a beast. The throw was a rocket and I'll forever have the image seared in my mind of the tipped ball suspended in air, Michael Westbrook's arms outstretched, Ty Law helplessly grabbing at his waist on the way to the turf. And then silence.
We had tickets to the Lions-Patriots game the next day and my parents couldn't get me out of bed. Fortunately, I eventually pulled it together. Although the Lions lost, Barry Sanders had a couple runs that are always featured in his career highlights.
About this sounds awful and douchey.
My insufferable MBA story: During business school, I was at a party standing around talking to some classmates I didn't know that well. One of them leaves for a minute and returns with a round of (terrible) shots proclaiming, "Boys, boys...we all got MBAs coming our way! Drink up!"
Ughhhh.
I'm a fan of the renovations but do miss the press box lettering. The one aspect of the new press boxes I've always felt looked incomplete is the large blue panels at the top. It's very plain and begging for something (thankfully Brandon is out because you could fit a ton of ads up there). I'd always thought just painting UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN in the block/end zone font would look nice. But enlarging the art deco and painting it on or (better) making new, bigger letters and affixing them to that section would look great.
Removing all sharp objects from my office in anticipation of Michael Weinreb's breathless account about how the world makes sense again and this is true justice.
He's 44. Has HC experience building FIU from a doormat into consecutive bowl berths. Strong recruiter (TY Hilton). Since being unfairly fired at FIU (who have gone back to being terrible), he has coached at Miami (YTM) where he played and now is the OL coach at Alabama.
Brian Griese rolling out and hitting Jerame Tuman in the flank was money in the bank. I'm not saying he surpassed Harbaugh in accuracy on the move (pretty subjective anyway), but I just remember that being a go-to play in '97 that always seemed to pick up 10-15 yards.
You're taking the job right? I know you're under contract with another team and you probably can't comment so just...give me a hillbilly karate chop if the answer is yes.
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Thank you! See you soon.
Whoa, whoa, whoa...let's not overlook our real competition in all this. Kansas:
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This one bugged me as well. Clearly it was a penalty. The referee mistakenly announced it as a late hit, but it was a facemask. Galloway chirping about the defender's feet being allowed to follow through with the tackle as the replay ran showing Gardner's head being turned was pretty bad.
However, nothing will ever top Urban Meyer calling "The Game" while his agent ironed out the final details of his contract with OSU. He was slobbering all over Braxton Miller. Michigan won so it more-or-less went ignored, but he was just attrocious knowing any praise or even even keeled analysis he offered up for Michigan could be held against him once he officially took the job days later.
I'm glad Michigan gave him a deadline. Now, the program can move on and it's clear Malik's heart is elsewhere. Given the circumstances, if he still wouldn't relent and sign, it shows just how far behind Michigan was in the recruiting battle. This wasn't a photo finish.
While you're absolutely correct, you're giving us far too much credit. We're sports fans scouring blogs and twitter about kids who might have an impact in a game in 3-4 years. Emotional involvement is requisite. There's no other way I could explain the absurd hours spent cultivating my fanhood. This probably goes for 90% of readers (and the other 10% just have really boring jobs).
This stuff is why I've taken a step back from closely following recruiting. After the Hand announcement, I realized that the decisions of high school kids were affecting my mood. That's asinine. With the recruiting cycle starting earlier and earlier, it is inevitable these kids will constantly be shuffling their leaders. That's their right and they should absolutely be thorough in considering all options.
I hope Michigan lands the strongest class possible each year but I'll be tuning in to recruiting around new years.
I was referring less to the consequence of the outcome and more to the state of our interior defense.
One for each chin.
...as I did after the UConn football game. Relieved to get the win but deeply concerned about what that win exposed.
Someone please make a gif of sad Illini fan in Orange Krush t-shirt, stat!
Let your nuts hang!
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If Marshall's account that McDowell told him he was picking Michigan on the morning of his announcement is true, you have to wonder what was going through the kid's head. Clearly, Michigan had no chance. If they were a close runner up and he changed his mind sometime that morning, you'd think he and his parents would've compromised and selected Michigan by now. It seems Michigan was completely out of the running and has been for some time. Guess we should just chalk it up to kids being kids.
This isn't happening. My guess at this point: 55% MSU, 44% OSU, 0.9% FSU, 0.1% M.
5* player. We need more of them. As others have said, if this were a case of legal issues or questions about qualifying, then take a pass. But he is 17. I don't buy the "...if he doesn't want to be here" mindset. MSU is the flavor of the month. If nothing else, Marshall's comments confirm that. Get him on campus, he'll make friends on the team, go to some good parties, meet some pretty girls and that'll be that. It's not as if he'd wallow through the next four years wishing he could be in EL.
I think Hoke, Meyer and Fisher would be delighted if he took that tact as it keeps the door open that he'll sign with one of them instead. Dantonio, of course, not so much. While it should be about the kids making the right decision for themselves, most fans don't even have that perspective so it is hard to believe coaches who have seven figure contracts at stake always keep that perspective.
The size-speed combo could create enticing mismatches. And he's a grown-ass man--looks like he's 26 already.
I am not going to post it here, but through LinkedIn, it appears he played basketball in Europe and now works abroad. It also appears he got his MBA at Indiana! Good for him. Glad to hear he was a class act in your interraction.
This will sound like sour grapes, but in watching Hand's tape, I get the same feeling as when I watched Derrick Green's tape last year. I see a guy who is bigger and stronger than his competition and therefore, he inevitably makes plays. But I am not blown away like I was with other tapes (ie Peppers and Ty Isaac). Hand could certainly become a dominant player (and hopefully Green will). I'm just a know-nothing guy on the internet, but I can see how CNNSI came to this entirely arbitrary prediction.
Every coach of a storied program coming off a poor season will be telling recruits they can do it too.
Unless universal forces shift in 2014 and reverse Michigan's impossibly poisoned mojo, the news seems inevitable. Might as well practice assuming the fetal position now.
I agree with the general tenor of the comments pointing out that while the NFL's hands are dirty in many regards, the players are not forced into game action but willfully choose to pursue this line of work. Jackson always comes off as a bit whiney in this regard (which explains why Deadspin loves him). If his point was "If only I'd known the risks, I wouldn't have played," it'd be far more interesting than criticizing the league's handling of injuries in what is very obviously a brutally violent game. I'd be interested to get John Moffitt's take on Jackson and his book.
Man, we are thin at WR. No surprises, but seeing it on paper just drove it home for me. We'll need consistent contributions from the TEs in the passing game.