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What "theft" of…

What "theft" of Constantinople do you think people aren't aware enough of?
My favorite was the 1204 sack by the Crusaders.

Zoltan Mesko

While an…

Zoltan Mesko

While an amazing Space Emperor, he didn't quite conquer the NFL.

Jim Sorgi being Manning's…

Jim Sorgi being Manning's backup for 5 years had to be the peak back-up QB job. Which is why it's kind of funny he ended his time in Indy on the IR with a torn labrum.

You're just telling on…

You're just telling on yourself with the wild claim about Title IX.

Just so hard to pick his…

Just so hard to pick his most touching verse. These feel like a pretty good sampling though.

"So we prayed to Allah with all of our might
Until those big U.S. jets came flyin' one night
They dropped little bombs all over their holy land
Man, you should have seen 'em run, like rabbits, they ran"

"Grandpappy told my pappy, back in my day, son
A man had to answer for the wicked that he done
Take all the rope in Texas find a tall oak tree
Round up all them bad boys, hang them high in the street
For all the people to see"

His special teams group fell…

His special teams group fell of a cliff once the best kicking duo in college graduated. 
I guess the question should be is if Jay was working on kicking technique with them and should therefor get a lot of credit, or if we should look at the pretty poor returning of the last couple of years and ask how much input he had on those phases.

I remember walking on the…

I remember walking on the sidewalk in St. Joseph with the snowbanks over 6' in the last 15 years.
Was the same winter you could walk on the ice out past the lighthouse at the end of the pier.

To be fair, this is where it…

To be fair, this is where it was going from the jump.

Can't wait to read your…

Can't wait to read your reasoning for why limiting the sale of tobacco to people over 18 is stealing parental rights.

Probably the World Series of…

Probably the World Series of Poker pieces, which would have been 2006. It was really good writing. After that, Brian sort of caught up to the other Michigan-centered blogs and then blew them out of the water when he went full time and had a good run of hiring new writers.

Honestly, based on the…

Honestly, based on the attention to basketball over the last few years, I'm surprised it was mentioned here at all.
Nothing wrong with it, but at this point I think basketball is a distant 3rd for the folks writing here.

There has never been a…

There has never been a sentence less true than Seth saying, "I don't want to get too into the weeds on that."

How often do you have to say…

How often do you have to say, "I'm just asking a question" as someone gets annoyed with you?

Hasn't Martelli been in…

Hasn't Martelli been in charge since Howard had heart surgery? Which means this defense is the one he built in the offseason. Why on earth would you put him in charge if Howard gets fired?

Need Seth to make sure the…

Need Seth to make sure the point threshold to make a new post is always at least 1 point higher than whatever total this guy has.

Really starting to wonder…

Really starting to wonder how bad Jaelin's ACL tear was. A kid I coach in a different sport tore hers last November and was back on a court in July. She was healthy enough to win her conference golf championship in the fall and is back starting for a team trying to win a state championship.
Meanwhile, Jaelin looks as stiff as a 40 year old Adrien Nunez.

Another way to look at the…

Another way to look at the basketball defense is that last year Howard was able to put together a better defense with the worst defender in history and Hunter Dickinson; while this year Martelli has failed to build a better defense without those 2 and a whole host of reinforcements.

How much time have you spent…

How much time have you spent analyzing college benches to know if it's unusual for a staffer to not travel after arguing with their boss?

Will is the second coming of…

Will is the second coming of Adrien Nunez. A guy that apparently has EVERYTHING a coach wants, aside from the baseline athletic ability to compete at the level being asked of him.

If Sanderson hasn't been able to get him there at this point, is it ever likely to happen?

Not sure if I'm creating a…

Not sure if I'm creating a memory, but didn't the bar with "Home" "Football" "Basketball" used to follow you as you scrolled down the screen? Without that, you get stuck at the bottom without anything to click on to take you back to all of those links.

Basically, what I'm saying is that a "HOME" button (disguised behind the logo perhaps?) would make site navigation more seamless.

If the old pop-out windows…

If the old pop-out windows aren't coming back, this would be the next best thing as far as QoL.

Jett was so unpleasant to…

Jett was so unpleasant to watch that I forgot about the year of Caleb Houstan. 

Never thought we'd get a…

Never thought we'd get a Sailing Uma reference on the podcast.
Now I'm wondering how many cruising channels Seth is subscribed to.

"I would be quite surprised…

"I would be quite surprised if Michigan's defense did any preparation for this game, because this offense is not good enough to warrant it. "

I would be surprised if any coach at Michigan dared to voice this kind of opinion out loud, even if they did believe it.

Now I really want to know…

Now I really want to know Brian's UTR score.

The miniseries from a few…

The miniseries from a few years ago was really good too. Think it's on Amazon.

No, in fact, it is not. Did…

No, in fact, it is not. Did you not ever take an intro to political science? We generally cover terms and definitions that basic in the first few sessions. I bet if you aske nicely, a local college would let you audit a course if you're interested in learning more.

"and barely a weed to be…

"and barely a weed to be seen."

Or pollinators of any kind. Hope you planted a bunch of flowering plants to complement that pretty grass.

An hour with Jamie Mac?
That…

An hour with Jamie Mac?
That's a fun surprise on a Monday morning.

He did the last 400 in a…

He did the last 400 in a little over a minute.

You, the average varsity athlete, would struggle to do just the first 400 at that pace.

It's Brian's hair, according…

It's Brian's hair, according to Seth. He won't pull it back, so it hits his mic.

One day Seth needs to lock that man in a car and make him listen to the podcast so he knows how infuriating that sound is.

Seems that Ace & Brian were…

Seems that Ace & Brian were able to disagree and make that work for what they were talking about. When Seth & Brian disagree it either turns into a thing that one of them won't let go of, or one of them just stops talking for the rest of the segment.

Gotta say that the MGoBlog…

Gotta say that the MGoBlog podcasts could use a refresh. The bits are getting kinda stale and if I'm honest, Seth & Brian don't seem to have great chemistry when they're the two carrying the show.

Sure do miss Brian writing…

Sure do miss Brian writing for the site on a more regular basis.

My sister just ordered a…

My sister just ordered a Chevy EUV. I'm curious to see how it works out for her. She mostly drives in the city, but wanted something with the range to let her drive it to visit her kids who each live about 90 minutes from her.

I'm holding out hope for the new Dodge Chargers being useable daily drivers with decent range before I make the switch.

Bunch of conspiracy peddling…

Bunch of conspiracy peddling and medical misinformation from The Oracle 2 in the Bronny thread.

https://mgoblog.com/users/oracle-2

He sure could have. But I…

He sure could have. But I will bet you anything you like he didn't get it from a Covid vaccine. Because he wouldn't have gotten one recently.

And any athlete at a school…

And any athlete at a school like USC would know if they had myocarditis severe enough to cause a cardiac arrest.
As Bronny also has one of the wealthiest athletes in history as a parent, we can safely assume that between his childhood and matriculation at one of the largest universities in the country that he has had more than enough medical examinations to discover any hint of myocarditis, let alone a case severe enough to cause a heart attack.

With that out the way, speculating that a vaccine that he would have received months and/or years ago could have possibly caused severe enough myocarditis to cause a cardiac arrest is a talking point for trolls, the incurably stupid, and ideologues. 

Cardiac arrest and…

Cardiac arrest and myocarditis are not the same thing. 
The vanishingly small number of people who develop myocarditis after the vaccine see it present and go away within a short time after vaccination.
Exercise-induced cardiac arrest is a known issue in athletes, which is why I've had to take courses on it every two years for nearly two decades as a high school coach.

Not sure if they're…

Not sure if they're suggesting it, but I will. 
Colleges should not be pimping out cheerleaders to donors.

Crazy to think that, barring…

Crazy to think that, barring injury, neither will be expected to play above the 4 spot in the lineup.

The women's tennis team this…

The women's tennis team this coming season is going to absolutely loaded with experienced talent. A B1G championship is probably the floor on the expectations, with a run in the tournament the expectation.

Left a comment and the…

Left a comment and the Diaries and Board columns came unstuck from the right side of the screen and moved to the bottom left.
So, the same issue that has been around since the big rebuild.

I think Brian must be losing…

I think Brian must be losing his understanding of time. Akili Smith was done playing in the NFL before all of the games were broadcast in HD. It's more surprising that he hasn't had a kid in college already.

The weather hasn't chased…

The weather hasn't chased off the far more successful and longer-tenured coach of the women's team.

Who are you reading that is…

Who are you reading that is placing the blame on Roman holidays for the demise of the, I assume, Western empire?

Hey, if you're going to get…

Hey, if you're going to get Scott Bell to guest write it, that's fine.

"Dip is drip."
If this were…

"Dip is drip."

If this were a modern website where we could just drag and drop images, right here is where I'd be putting the "stop trying to make fetch happen" pic.

But once they get past…

But once they get past masking pot legal for them and those pesky age of consent laws out of the way, they're going right for the sidewalks.

I mean, you know you could…

I mean, you know you could make this an actual post, right?