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| Date | Title | Body |
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| 1 week 14 min ago | Disagree. There are cases |
Disagree. There are cases where the Harvard degree won't open any more doors than the UM degree or give an incremental benefit that isn't worth the cost of tuition. I'm specifically thinking of engineering. I've worked for NASA and DoD for 13 years, and rarely have encountered Ivy league graduates during my career. The ones I have encountered haven't had doors opened for them that weren't available to graduates at other top engineering schools. If she's undecided or doesn't want engineering, than yeah Harvard. The opprotunities in business, public policy, or law are just too great and no university can compete with them. Especially if she wants to do something that might be constrained to a limited number of academic positions (ie theorhetical astrophysics or 15th centurary Irish lit). In those cases, having an Ivy league degree gives you the cache to land one of the few academic positions available. But if she wants to do engineering, then UM. |
| 2 weeks 6 days ago | 5 star depth at RB? Yes |
5 star depth at RB? Yes please....
Granted its a long shot, but here's guessing that Peppers does reel in a suprise stud for us with this type of attitude. Gotta love the passion for UM |
| 3 weeks 6 days ago | The physical adjustment I'm |
The physical adjustment I'm more concerned about is how well his body responds to getting hit by guys 3-4 years older and are stars from around the nation, as opposed to folks who look like me ;) Nothing to back it up, but for running backs I get the sense that pounding is more of a transition then putting on lbs. |
| 4 weeks 5 days ago | Chill man.... Its |
Chill man....
Its offseason, so raise your tolerance for things that aren't 100% maize and blue. Besides, commenting on the relative success of a conference member in a post that calls out conference member rankings is fair game.
My $0.02: Enjoy your summer, have a beer, comment on things that interest you and ignore things that don't.... |
| 4 weeks 5 days ago | Yeah! As a side note, I know |
Yeah! As a side note, I know they have been doing well, but it is still freaky to see Northwestern up there..... |
| 7 weeks 6 days ago | Give me a break. 2005 we |
Give me a break. 2005 we lost 4 games by 4 points or less in a season riddled with injuries. 2007 we were 9-4. I'll give you that we underperformed in both seasons, and had one of our programs (neigh the sports') most embarrassing losses, but we were a long way from "damn lucky to not be under .500".
There's no doubt that Carr's later years showed signs of slippage, but your comment just reeks of unnecessary spite and is just factually not true. |
| 10 weeks 3 days ago | Yep. There is a huge and |
Yep. There is a huge and unfortunate misconception by many that a charge only occurs when the defender is stationary. Blasting through someone's chest is almost always a charge, regardless of whether ones feet are moving. You beat someone to a spot, you have a right to be there. |
| 15 weeks 13 hours ago | Correct. There was never a |
Correct. There was never a tribe of "Illini" or Chief Illiniwek.
The suit worn by the Illinois mascot, was somehow donated in the 1920's by a Sioux tribe (nothing to do with Illinois or Illinois' native americans). The dance performed was based on a traiditional Illinois native american "happy" dance, but it was altered for apperances sake when performed in a football stadium. Also, Fighting Illini was the term endeared upon Illinois residents who voluntarily took up arms during WW1, but many take to imply a war-like tribe of native americans. (Their memorial stadium is actually a WW1 memorial).
All these loose pieces together allowed various political factions to somehow unite against their mascot. The factonization of the Illinois mascot over all those sources no doubt contributed to said mascot's retirement.
Contrast that to Florida State who had one tribe to negotiate with. |
| 15 weeks 2 days ago | Spot on. Data to back you |
Spot on. Data to back you up:
http://blogs.courant.com/uconn_mens_basketball/2011/03/most-final-fours-... |
| 23 weeks 2 days ago | Lol, Sparty :) |
Lol, Sparty :) |
| 30 weeks 2 days ago | Illinois' take is: 1. They |
Illinois' take is: 1. They had a slush fund scandal in 60's when Pete Elliott was the AD. There's a few more things going back to the Yost / Red Grange era that I can't remember, but the bottom line is the two universities haven't always seen eye to eye. Contrast that to the closeness Bo/Moeller/Carr had ( still do) to the Iowa administration and coaching staff |
| 32 weeks 2 hours ago | For me, its a case by case |
For me, its a case by case basis. I think exceptional players sometimes stuggle with coaching later in life because they have unrealistic expectations on player capabilities and can't comprehend the need for motivational techniques (because motivation has never been an issue for them). So in the case of Woodson, its unclear in my mind whether he would be an effictive coach.
I also don't think coaching searches should limit themselves exclusively to UM players or family tree. See one Mr. Schembechler. |
| 32 weeks 1 day ago | For the life of me, I don't |
For the life of me, I don't understand why we can't work with B1G , OSU, and UNL to break up the let's play 2 of the historical top 10 teams on the road thing to once a year, every other year. I guess it would require either us or one of those schools playing us to have 2 road games in sequential years, but I think I'd be fine with that to even things out in the long run. Tangential to that thought.... the B1G schedule in 2016 is especially brutal. |
| 32 weeks 3 days ago | Btw, there was an absolutely |
Btw, there was an absolutely in excussible PI call on Pitt that extended a nd td drive during this game.... |
| 33 weeks 1 day ago | Absolutely correct. Of issue |
Absolutely correct. Of issue though, is personally attacking the kid, stating he will never be good, or that you could have done a better job. |
| 33 weeks 3 days ago | I just moved to NoVa from |
I just moved to NoVa from Houston this year. I thought I was done with this crap. Oh we'll, got candles, batteries, crackers , and alcohol. So I'll be ok.... |
| 33 weeks 3 days ago | I agree 100%. I'd also add |
I agree 100%. I'd also add this policy protects UM as well as the kid. For example, say a kid is wavering, takes visits to other schools but Hoke & Co bank on him receiving a scholly from UM. Come signing day, UM could be left holding the bag with no real options if the kid chooses elsewhere. |
| 33 weeks 6 days ago | Eh. I have hard time blaming |
Eh. I have hard time blaming Martin for this. The article states he was signed. Martin was probably thinking it was normal work rythm time, and yes, I do believe he should be able to turn off his cell phone for an hour. In anycase, its probably all for the best. We've got a good thing going in bball, I'm not sure Pitino would have thrived in an environment where bball was always the bridesmaid never the bride, and I don't think UM would have been as forgiving as Lousville was with respect to his personal short comings. Ships passing in the night, water on the under bridge, your favorite cliche here, but both sides seem better off for it IMO. |
| 36 weeks 4 days ago | Purdue rushes out to a 18-0 |
Purdue rushes out to a 18-0 run due to 9 Robbie Hummel tip ins. AIRBHG screams "HEY this is FOOTBAWL" and goes east to blow up Hummel's knee for the 3rd time allowing UM to get the 1pt safety. We get 4 td's and denard finishes off the half with a 75 yr field goal. |
| 47 weeks 2 days ago | ^^^. This. The only thing I |
^^^. This. The only thing I would add is the Freeh report puts the blame squarely not just on Paterno et al, but the entire "culture" at Penn State. The kids on current scholly will be fine one or another ( transfer -- whatever ). But that enire University, athletic department, and fan base must give their pound of flesh. |
| 1 year 2 weeks ago | This is why I read this blog |
This is why I read this blog |
| 1 year 2 weeks ago | ask me in 5 years.... |
ask me in 5 years.... |
| 1 year 2 weeks ago | Patience all.... This is all |
Patience all.... This is all part of the negotiations. Unfortunately, the SEC laid gauntlets down with their comments last week --- so I see this as posturing. Delany has been an excellent commish, and he is taking a measured, thoughtful look at this and trying to do whats best for B1G. No reason to panic. |
| 1 year 4 weeks ago | I work for a NASA contractor |
I work for a NASA contractor and you are spot on. I'm actually a little sick of people calling this a "commercial" venture as SpaceX has been funded at least 50% by NASA since about 2003 or 2004. That being said, I congratulate them. They did prove it can be done more efficiently and cheaper -- at least to this point. I wish them well on their rendezvous later this week, and hope they can get a man rated vehicle up soon. |
| 1 year 7 weeks ago | I agree 100%. I'll even add |
I agree 100%. I'll even add he doesn't make these comments if Bo were still alive. That might even upset me more. In the 20 years or so between him attending and Bo passing, he had ample opprotunity to make his point and didn't.
EDIT: Oops. Sorry. This was supposed to be in response to orobs comment. |
| 1 year 7 weeks ago | I disagree. I understand |
I disagree. I understand time heels all wounds, but the Fab Five set back the basketball program more than a decade -- almost 2 decades. The wins were vacated. The banners down. The $$$ returned. And we are just now starting to come out of stentch of what was probably the darkest hour in MBB history. The extent of the illegalities (both NCAA and legal) was astounding. Jalen & co seem like good guys, I wish them nothing but the best. I enjoyed watching them here when they wore Maize & Blue, and I can appreciate how some of them want to come back. However, it doesn't change the fact we (as an institution) set aside some of our core prinicipals for short term gains. It may not be the most popular opinion, but I'm fine with non-relationship. I hope (want) mich to stand for something besides just wins and losses. I want that to be doing things the right way. I'm probably too nieve to comment on this. |
| 1 year 8 weeks ago | Here's a good article that |
Here's a good article that gives an overview of what's going on (state legislature constraints, budget cuts, and AD as an independent entity).
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/04/college-vs-college-s...
However, what's striking to me is it seems the UF probably doesnt have well respected faculty in CS. I say this because at our beloved UM, EECS (and other engineering faculty) are regularly only supported between 0.1 - 0.2 by the university. The rest of their salary is research grants. Engineering depts in general operate that way as government & industry alike regularly rely on academia to solve some of the tougher problems -- so there is plenty of $$$ to go around in those fields. Clearly, the UF faculty stuggled to ataian such funding. I wonder why.... |
| 1 year 10 weeks ago | Good points, but I'd like to |
Good points, but I'd like to give you a few more items to think about: 1. I think one can argue that there is already is a division between the haves and have nots. TCU and Boise are the exception and not the rule. Look at the final BCS standings and they are the only non-BCS representatives in the top 25. Its no coincidence that KU and UK played for the bball NC. Both those schools spend (and choose to do so) siginificant money and resources that other schools do. 2. I think its also well estabilshed that neither Bosie or TCU attracted top talent, but instead developed from a pull of USC / Texas castaways. I'd argue that in my system they (and therefore indirectly the school) they would benefit more as their earning power might not be as great in the future (lack of NFL opprotunities, etc.). 3. I'd never really thought of your idea of further seperation of the FBS, but got to admit I kind of like it. NFL uses 16 games + playoff to determine a champion of 32 teams. We use 13 games + 1 bowl to determine a champion of 110+ teams. Someone is invevitably going to be left off the table. |
| 1 year 10 weeks ago | Let them earn $$$ |
To me, the answer is simple: remove all constraints on a kid earning money, but don't require a minimum salary across the NCAAs. What do I really care if Kentucky wants to pay $10,000 for a point guard or Alabama $50,000 for a tail back? To me this does several hings: 1. Removes the facad of college sports of not being a business. 2. Allows a kid to cash in on endorsements etc. when in maybe one or two years he / she wouldn't. Hell, in this case each school could employ an agent and require some percentage of earnings to that school's general fund. 3. It would allow the NCAA to actually focus on things like academic fraud, and put some substantial penalities in place (like maybe losing accrediation -- don't laugh, what other than academic fraud goes directly at the heart of the worth and integrity of a degree???) 4. When I was a student athlete, NCAA actually limited the amount of money one could make in a summer job. Insane. When I intended UM my friend was in EECS and spendt his summers with Microsoft earning tens of thousands of dollars. UM actually used his story in some student recruiting literature. Replace EECS with "basketball" and "Microsoft" with the Lakers and all of the sudden its a recruiting viloation. For all those who say "they already get paid" -- yes, that may be technically true. But many, do not get paid at the level a free market demands. I'd suggest just be happy with your own life before advacting forcing someone to accept less money.
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| 1 year 16 weeks ago | My $0.02 (in order of |
My $0.02 (in order of preference):
1. Screener rolls hard to the block. Burke hits screener over the top. Howeva, many have pointed out because of size Burke has trouble delivering the pass over the top. 2. Screener rolls hard to block and Burke rotates the ball quickly to the wing. Screener should be anticipating entry pass from wing and establishing post from either trailing defender or help side defender. Wing should have easy post entry to screener or open jump (depending on defense rotation). Burke flairs to top of key to provide spacing and outlet in case none of this works out. 3.a. If screener is good jump shooter, pick and pop. Burke has to flair to the wing side to draw the double team away from screener. 3.b. If a switch occurs (ie big defender on Burke), Burke should flair to the wing, current wing runs the baseline to clear out, and screener flairs top of the key and towards opposite wing. This creates a clear out / mismatch where Burke (and excellent dribble drive penetrator) can go one on one against a big.
Never, ever, try to drible through a double team. That is a disastor waiting to happen. |
