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Grad transfers can enter at…

Grad transfers can enter at any time iirc.

No surprise.  It'll be…

No surprise.  It'll be interesting to see if he commits elsewhere right away or take a little bit of a wait and see attitude until a new coach is named.

Let's positively take out…

Let's positively take out the 8 seed and then the 1 in the second round.  LFG!

Seriously?  She's halfway…

Seriously?  She's halfway through her second season.

LOL bears.  Tentative lol…

LOL bears.  Tentative lol Stillers as they may have just wasted perfectly good TP.

No more JH or JH but we…

No more JH or JH but we still have GOJG.

Pleased to see Medved on the…

Pleased to see Medved on the list.  His name came up a lot on Minnesota boards as the Pitino era ground to its inevitable end.  

Other than making something…

Other than making something out of VCU I can’t say that I have ever been particularly impressed with Smart’s results.

Can you have an Orgi in the…

Can you have an Orgi in the end zone?

Norman Dale

Norman Dale

It's Friday, I'm bangin

It's Friday, I'm bangin

He's made the decision, he's…

He's made the decision, he's just waiting to announce the decision until the best possible time.  That time is when Ann Arbor Torch & Pitchfork is out of stock on most flammables.

Well stated.  Quinn isn't…

Well stated.  Quinn isn't some Sparty slappy, he's a Philly guy. 

ETA:  He spent a lot of time on the Michigan and Michigan State beat before moving over to doing more golf, so it's no surprise that he has sources at both schools.

Dammit Warde, you've lost…

Dammit Warde, you've lost Blinkin.  HOW COULD YOU LET THAT HAPPEN?

You're fired.

Can I offer you an even…

Can I offer you an even cheaper option?  All the opinion you care to hear, only $29.95!

I had a pizza pie for dinner…

I had a pizza pie for dinner, now wishing I had a slice of lemon meringue to chase it.

The more of this stuff I…

The more of this stuff I read the more the contrarian in me wants Juwan to come back, full of fire.  He recruits a competitive roster out of the portal after everyone leaves, makes a change or two to his staff to put renewed focus on defense, the new recruits look promising, Michigan has a solid season.

Sure, it's not at all likely, but it would be fun, if only because of the Juwan haters.

It's also not like it is impossible.  Get a few replacement level guys and one to three legitimately good college players and you can be at least a mid-pack B1G team.  With a few breaks, you could be better than that.  It just depends on what is available in the portal.  Michigan should be attractive to a lot of guys looking to uptransfer or who are looking for more PT, since lots of roster spots and lots of PT will be available.  Dial up a lil' NIL, focus on guys who can be admitted and suddenly next year starts looking different.

But sure, fire Juwan, fire Warde, rabble rabble rabble.

FlightAware confirms a large…

FlightAware confirms a large number of planes inbound to Detroit Metro today, clearly Warde is interviewing thousands of potential candidates.

And Wink Martindale visited…

And Wink Martindale visited Churchill Downs in the spring of '10, where he won some mad money on Super Saver at 15-1 and hit the bourbon trail later that evening.

lol at putting your…

lol at putting your conference tournament, even if it is a first round game between two bad teams, on the Cock.  Good job good effort B1G.

I felt like I had a flood of…

I felt like I had a flood of "this HS prospect has heard from Michigan" posts from recruiting guys in my Twitter timeline this weekend for the first time in a while.  Agree with the sentiment that the staff will be active and effective on the trail.

Will be interesting to see how the targets change with the staff turnover.  I'm expecting that there will be a whole new batch of 4* guys to read up on and by that I mean for Alex to research and post about.

That is a very reasonable…

That is a very reasonable contract from the team side of things, less than $10M guaranteed.  If Glasgow was a few years younger that number would be two or three times as large.

With Glasgow's performance and versatility this is an easy A+ re-signing.

Maybe it's just me, but if I…

Maybe it's just me, but if I'm the coach, it's senior day and it's a lost season, I'm starting Llewellyn and Selvala and Tray.  I don't care if Dug/Tschetter/Reed are "better", give your seniors the little thank you.  

I get a chuckle out of the …

I get a chuckle out of the “needs more reps” analysis.  He was a starter for essentially two full seasons.  He played OSU twice, PSU twice and started three CFP games.  He wouldn’t be a better QB this fall if he threw the ball a million times against Big 12 defenses or if he played in a system where he threw ten more dump offs or screens per game.  He is as ready as any college QB, screw counting stats.

Huge, huge win.  Serious WIM…

Huge, huge win.  Serious WIM demonstrated.

Iowa will be quite the challenge, looking at their box score Caitlin Clark was 2-14 from three against Penn State and they still scored 95.  Still, it's March.  It can happen.  LFG.

 

There should be sufficient…

There should be sufficient minutes leaving the program after the season that Kampschroeder and Crockett can expect a significant bump in PT, but KBA's rotations aren't always obvious (at least to me).  So who knows.

BEAT INDIANA

I enjoyed…

BEAT INDIANA

I enjoyed watching the game last night.  The team played well and Phelia was assertive on offense.

Solid win for the ladies. …

Solid win for the ladies.  Minnesota hasn't been the same since Braun went down, Battle is a very good player but she needed more help if they were going to win.

On to Indiana.  All chalk in the final 8, let's end that.

The way he's turned around…

The way he's turned around the smoldering dumpster fire that has been Sparty Hockey since Ron Mason makes him worthy of a nice bump imo.  It appears to be a real program again and you can't argue with a B1G title.

Or maybe, if we're lucky, this season was a complete fluke from having a great goalie and Sparty can go back to mediocrity while paying the coach a bunch of money.

Does google translate cover…

Does google translate cover whatever this is?

How much NIL would we need…

How much NIL would we need to come up with to have it be that picture of Blake Corum, bleeding from the bridge of his nose, showing the kind of steely determination that wins NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS?

Yes, and it needs to be in…

Yes, and it needs to be in Comic Sans.

Everything helps with depth…

Everything helps with depth at nose if you put enough effort into it.

Could he?  Sure.

Is he…

Could he?  Sure.

Is he going to?  Nope.

No idea why people have this thought.  He's earned his retirement, he has a pretty sweet BTN gig and being a coach in the college game has gotten infinitely more annoying since he left.

Time to let it go and move on to pining for someone else.

andddd we still can't pull…

andddd we still can't pull in elite OL

Well, shit, we once again aren't going to be the winner of the recruiting ranking championship.  Son of ***damned bitch.

Look at Sanders' top six and ask yourself, what does this young man value?  Seems pretty apparent to me.

If a kid doesn't want what Michigan is selling, that's fine.  I appreciate the honesty, to not have Michigan in your final group as a token or in order to try and pry a better offer out of another school.

As usual Michigan will have to recruit guys who are marginally less exciting athletically as pro prospects, build them up, coach them up and deploy them to excellent effect.

it kinda looks like it will…

it kinda looks like it will be a Ving parade with lots of stage-win fireworks behind him.

One of the best things about stage races is that it doesn't take much for a seemingly-inevitable parade to go off the rails.  The days where you see one of the greats crack are incredible.

 

 

I ended up watching the…

I ended up watching the second half since it was on FS1 and the eye test backed up a lot of the numbers we've seen -- this is a good team, not a great team, with a bunch of smart, experienced players but a few glaring weaknesses.  There is a definitely lack of shooting -- by comparison Abby Ellis pretty much singlehandedly kept bringing Purdue back every time M would open up a six or eight point lead.  The ball handling is shaky, though it was mostly good enough to deal with the Purdue press.  The athleticism is below average, they can definitely be out-athleted pretty easily at multiple positions. 

Still, they played as a team, moved the ball well and got a lot of good looks at the basket.  Cam Williams played well and I thought Jordan Hobbs was a difference maker. 

I assume they'll be on TV for the BTT and NCAAT (if they get in), looking forward to watching.

Definitely going to be an…

Definitely going to be an exciting grand tour season, it's been a while since the GC contenders have been so widely dispersed.

This season is drunk

Worst…

This season is drunk

Worst simulation ever

Control Alt Delete

We rabble rabble

Warde…

We rabble rabble

Warde observes it passively

Like a round buddha

I don't think Jaylen Harrell…

I don't think Jaylen Harrell ran the 40, but his vertical leap (37") was better than Chop's which was impressive as hell to me.

I can't think of any reason…

I can't think of any reason why it should be expanded, the NCAA just wants more money.  Personally I'd roll it back to a nice clean 64, but 68 is fine.

RIP Craig, you were always…

RIP Craig, you were always an easy guy to root for.

I have my first colonoscopy scheduled for next month, I have no idea what any symptoms or concerning things would be so I have no expectations other than a mildly unpleasant medical experience.  Definitely more motivated now to just get it done.

Yeah, but would you bet a…

Yeah, but would you bet a cheeseburger?  Or does that up the ante too much?

Just imagine if the NCAA…

Just imagine if the NCAA made cooler poopin' a violation.

Messed around with that site…

Messed around with that site and pulled up the all-time best results in the different 'events' - sure we all remember DJ Turner's blazing 40 time, but there are a number of Michigan guys scattered everywhere.

Every Northwestern preview…

Every Northwestern preview from now on really should have a video clip of Collins getting ejected at the end of the Purdue game.  That may have been the best 60 seconds of B1G action this entire season.

Fire NorthWARDEstern!

Fire NorthWARDEstern!

Maybe if we rabble harder on…

Maybe if we rabble harder on the internets Warde will fire Juwan.

Is this a real life Dr…

Is this a real life Dr Pepper Fansville commercial?

Serious, WTF.  Yes, all three teams lost to Sparty recently.  But in essentially every non-football sport we are coming off historic runs of vastly outperforming little brother, and oh yeah, football won the national championship.

If you want to advocate for firing people, have at it.  But to be so concerned (panic?  we talking about PANIC?) about long term stuff based on so little is ridiculous.