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33 weeks 3 days ago "Greg"

Did anyone else read "Greg and the defensive staff" and have a bout of PTSD?  Mattison is a totally different Greg, but the memory of GERG is too fresh in my mind to react rationally when I hear the words "Greg" and "defense" in the same sentence together.
37 weeks 11 hours ago Avery math

Brian,

Great UFR as usual, but unless I totally don't understand your methodology, it seems the math on Avery is off:

Avery 3 3 3.5 Another endzone PBU but not so hot underneath.

 

 
1 year 10 weeks ago Good comment

I never worked in journalism, but I've always loved writing.  Writing well is absolutely critical to success in many professions, inlcuding journalism.  I'm currently an IT auditor, and it's the ability to write that sets people apart.  There are plenty of people who understand technology who can't write a coherent report, and they'll never make good auditors because of this. 

Writing is very important if you want to be in managment as well.  I've seen plenty of people write crappy emails complaining about how they can't "get ahead", yet when you read the email, you see why.  They don't take the time - or have the knowledge - to write intelligently.  And as a manager, you'll write a lot, and be judged based on that writing.

Back to Woody.  It's interesting that he does not care about sports because he is on shows like Around the Horn where he has such strong opinions on sports.  Which demonstrates that most of it is an act.  Drew Sharp is an act.  I remember reading once that somone claimed to have met Michael Savage and he said that most of his show is an act.  There is a market out there for opinions, so people give it to them.  But many times it's really not even that person's opinion, it's just a show to attract attention.  It's smart when you think about it.  And it makes you wonder why we should listen, or get angry listening to commentators of all sorts.

Now that's totally different from objective journalism, and yes, journalists should try not to have strong opinions (like be a fan of a team) in the field they are covering.  One of the criticisms of jounalists in general in the younger generation is they don't care about objectivity any more.  But I'm more inclinded to go with what Brian says:  bias is unimportant because everyone is biased; it's being accurate that matters.

End self-important pompus post.
1 year 10 weeks ago I think your wrong

Rim shot.
1 year 10 weeks ago The more I think about it, I

The more I think about it, I think this is a reflection of the balance of power.  Most of the good teams are in the Big Ten, Big East, ACC, and Big-12. There are a few good clubs in the SEC, PAC-10, and true "western" conferences. Seems like since we have West and Southwest regionals, the NCAA is trying not to punish power teams from the east by sending them out west.  After all, it's not their fault that they happen to be located east of the Mississippi.  So, even though Duke gets early round games in Charlotte, the regional semi-finals and finals are out west (I think). Honestly, given the current balance of power, I'd be in favor of West, Northeast, Southeast, and Central (plains) regions.  True "west" teams haven't been that competitive in a long time.  There are excpetions (Arizona, UCLA, UNLV), but they do no represent the competitive power of the conferences in which they compete.  Actually, since the turn of the millenium, the only team west of the Mississippi to win the title is Kansas (2008), and you'd be hard-pressed to consider that a "western" team.
1 year 10 weeks ago West region

I just wondered how the NCAA put 2nd and 1st round west region games in Charlotte.  I admit, I haven't followed college BB in a while because Michigan has been so poor for so long, but I remember playing west games out west.  You know, like in CA or AZ or WA.  Not that I am complaining, but it seems like BB fans out west are kinda getting shafted.  I guess it's just about money.  Keeping games in primetime for easterners and ensuring sellouts at the same time.
1 year 10 weeks ago CWebb

I'm from the same timeframe and I have similar memories.  To this day, watching the Fab 5 play was one of the most thrilling things I've ever seen as a Michigan fan.  Seeing five true freshman start by the end of the season and then go all the way to the NCAA championship game was unbelievably thrilling.  I suppose it's kind of hypocritcal to resent them for knowingly breaking the rules and still take pleasure if watching them do what they did, but there it is.

With Webber, what rubs me most the wrong way is all the hypocrisy.  Interviews with Albom about how he "couldn't afford to eat yet the U is making all this money off my jersey".  Lies to grand juries.  To this day, he's never admitted taking any money.  Yet he lectures us about the "injustices" of the system.  If it's so unjust, just say "yeah, I took the money and I would do it again and here's why".  Instead he just keeps lying when anyone with a pulse knows he took serious cash.  And regardless of what you think of the system, he agreed to abide by its rules and then blatantly broke them.  This is not honorable, no matter how you look at it, anymore than what Jim Tressel or Terrel Pryor did.  He did this for himself alone, without any thought about the consequences to Michigan or his teammates.

I do want an apology from Webber.  Admit you lied, admit you broke the rules, and show actual contrition for what you did to Michigan's reputation.  To this day, he still can't be bothered to admit he was wrong and he holds this bitterness in his heart.  Reminds me of the Micchael Jordan Hall of Fame speech.
1 year 10 weeks ago This is all just so stupid. 

This is all just so stupid.  It's as if OSU went to a PR agency and decided to do exactly the opposite of what they said.  The NCAA, an organization run by politicians if ever there was one, will not be mollified by a non-apology, nor will the be amused.

I mean think about this for a second.  Tressel knew he had to say something to these fans.  He spent actual mental energy trying to figure out the best way to pretend to apologize without really apologizing.  That's absolute proof that he thinks he did nothing wrong. I honestly think, based on his actions of late, that we get deep insight into the man's soul.  He's a man who is completely full of himself, a man who thinks following the rules is optional.  I'm more hopeful than ever that OSU is going to get crushed.
1 year 10 weeks ago He said "I sincerely

He said "I sincerely apologize for what we've been through."  The word apologize is in the sentence so it must be an apology.  Similar "apologies":  sorry you are such a bitch, I'm really sorry I tried to do the right thing and you just can't see it.
1 year 10 weeks ago This is the attitude of

This is the attitude of someone in complete denial.  In his mind, he did nothing wrong.  He feels the need to say something to the fans, so he comes out with this lame "sorry about what happened" as if this magically just happened and he had no role in it.  Stunning.  Arrogance.
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