Perhaps noted elsewhere, but I haven’t seen it referenced. On Blake’s TD run in overtime, the poetic beauty of Alabama’s would-be tacklers forming a literal countdown to glory: #3 hits him at the 5 yard line, #2 flies by at the wrong angle at the 3, then #1 as the last resistance at the 1. 3, 2, 1, Boom. Best New Years countdown ever.
If I’m remembering correctly which replay review this was, the lack of clarity for those at the game was compounded by the referee announcing the result of the replay review just as the PA announcer was welcoming some honored guest who was being recognized on the field. The two were talking over each other for the duration of the explanation and neither message was discernible where we were sitting.
There were zero in-stadium replays of that play. They showed one replay for the Michigan (Corum?) fumble that was called down by stopped forward progress, and a few other inconsequential plays, but very few in-stadium replays overall.
My favorite JF coaching moment was him trying to call a time-out as fast as humanly possible to stop the clock after a change of possession. The ref he was trying to get to acknowledge the time-out call explains to him that the clock stops all by itself after a change of possession. JF meanders back to the sideline trying hard to give off a “just kidding; I totally knew that the whole time” vibe.
The irony of expensive watches is that they generally don’t keep great time, relatively speaking. Most high-end watches have a mechanical movement (tiny gears and springs, but no battery or electronic components) that are inherently less accurate than a decent quartz watch—or any smart watch—you could get for much, much less. Acceptable accuracy for a very high-end mechanical watch would be +/- a couple seconds a day, which translates to a minute a month.
For folks that really get into watches, the “charm” of the heritage and intricacy of the mechanical movement on the inside, along with the design and materials on the outside are much more important than absolute accuracy as a timekeeper. It is really more jewelry than timekeeping function at some level. [This coming from someone who is interested in the engineering that goes into mechanical watches, but doesn’t have anything even approaching high-end.]
This was early 90s, which is a long time ago. I may be misremembering, but I was pretty sure it was ERC. You couldn’t walk by without seeing someone at a table on the sidewalk in a beret with a German philosophy book or something of the sort. It alway struck (the much younger and less mature version of) me and my friends as the place for people who were trying very hard to pass themselves off as intellectuals. Maybe the vibe changed or my perception was off the whole time, but the “Cafe Pretentious” label was a thing.
Not to be a fruit snob, but I think it was “like an orange on a toothpick”—William was a redhead. He’ll be crying himself to sleep tonight on his huge pillow.
Wasn’t the iconic Woodson with rose in mouth photo/video from after the ‘97 OSU game (clinching the Rose Bowl birth) rather than at the ‘98 Rose Bowl itself. Maybe he did it again after the Rose Bowl, but the image I recall was from Michigan Stadium.
Not sure where you were seated, but I would not agree with the assertion that Colorado State traveled "out traveled" Michigan, unless you are building in some kind of relative-to-expectations factor. There were Colorado State fans there, sure, but from what I saw there were many more Michigan fans. That was true for the concourses and anywhere near where we were sitting. I think it may have sounded more pro-CSU (particularly in the first half as CSU was raining threes) because the neutrals--both Tennessee and Kentucky fan bases who were well represented and the local Indiana and Purdue fans--seemed to be largely rooting against Michigan, but once we got our footing and started chipping away at the CSU lead, I thought it was pretty clearly a pro-Michigan crowd both in terms of sheer numbers and noise level.
[edit: I would not say the same for the Saturday game, where there did seem to be more Tennessee fans than Michigan fans. Part of it is 90%+ of them wear orange, which pops visually compared to our navy blue and smattering of maize, but even taking that into account, it seemed to be notably pro-Tennessee for the second game.]
Of the last five drives of the game, the only one that didn't end in a TD was the KC possession at the end of regulation that started with 13 seconds on the clock, in which they still managed to move 44 yards in those 13 seconds to set up the field goal they needed to force overtime.
So, while there may be a plausible universe in which KC takes the overtime kickoff and goes four and out, the much more likely universe is the one in which whoever got the OT kickoff would march down and score a touchdown without the other team ever having a chance to go on offense. That is exactly what happened and what folks seem to have a problem with. The OP's specific concern--and the general tone of the complaints as a whole--was was that "the team that wins the coin toss can score a TD and win, while the other teams offense never gets to touch the ball." Your solution to that problem is to let the coin toss winner start at midfield (rather than in their own end, where they might expect to be after a touchback or kickoff return under the current OT rules)? You may have a different set of concerns in mind, but that seems to miss the general outcry from yesterday's game, and the specific concern of the OP, entirely.
Think about how your proposed system plays out in yesterday's game. It is exactly what happened yesterday, except that your system would have given KC an additional advantage by putting them at midfield to start. All of today's complaining is how the coin flip winner is given a nearly insurmountable advantage when you have two great offenses playing each other. Your system does that even more by giving the coin flip winner less distance to cover to get a TD.
No one is worried about "penaliz[ing] the team who wins the coin toss" by having them start at the 25+/-. That is what is already happening (assuming a touchback or average kick return). People are complaining that the coin flip winner already has too much of an advantage even starting in their own end and your proposed solution makes that dramatically worse by putting them at midfield.
But that system would do nothing to address the perceived problem with yesterday's game. It even makes it worse, because now the team that wins the coin toss starts at midfield instead of their own 25+/-.
Please forgive my stupidity. Can someone explain the 2% milk shirt to me? I know Harbaugh has expressed his disdain for anything but whole milk. Are we saying there was only a 2% chance to pull this off, but we did it? That Iowa only had a 2% chance to beat us in the B10 championship game? That our opponents drink 2% milk and are therefore weak? I’m sure it is obvious to many, but I’m missing it.
I think it was both not seeing the safety and throwing it way behind the receiver. If the safety doesn't undercut that route, the DB in coverage likely still makes the interception as it looked to be thrown right at the DB and well behind the intended receiver. If he threw it where it needed to be for the receiver, the undercutting safety still makes the interception, just more easily. Cade made some beautiful throws on the day, but that one was bad on multiple fronts.
On your point about the first type of game, when OSU was up on MSU 49-0 at halftime last week, ESPN's win probability metric showed that OSU had a 99.7% chance of winning. Where, exactly, does that other 0.3% exist in the data and what would you have to do to get to 99.9% probability by halftime? The metric suggests that MSU had about a 1-in-333 shot at coming back, which seems to drastically overstate the actual chances. No team in college or pro football history has ever come back from more than a 35 point deficit at any point in any game.
How about one team on offense at one end of the field and the other team on offense at the other end. Normal play clock rules. Alternating plays on each end of the field until there is a winner.
Would that give Penn State an unfair advantage in that Franklin could only be involved in the decision making on one end of the field?
[not a serious proposal; just a chance to take a shot at Franklin]
I wouldn’t even call it the off-hand based on the driving. Every drive in the video is left, with or without a false move to the right to get the defender leaning. Strange to see that from a guy who shoots the jumper righty and passes primarily righty. He can finish pretty well with either hand, but all of the crazy athletic stuff, like the attempted alley-oop at 1:56 or the emphatic block at 5:12 looks like an instinctive righty. Have you seen him drive right in other highlights/contexts?
Is Cam Whitmore left or right handed? He seems to drive almost exclusively to the left, but shoots (jumpers,layups, dunks) and blocks with his right hand. An unusual combination my my casual fan eyes. I’m guessing he is a natural lefty, who was just taught to shoot righty? Maybe ambidextrous?
My experience was just the opposite. I had PS Vue for a couple years before YTTV was available in my area (and Sling TV before that). I switched over to YTTV as soon as it was offered here and prefer it by a wide margin on all fronts. Content, UI, DVR, etc. Only downsides were the increase in price to $65 and dropping of the Tennis Channel, which I would occasionally watch but can definitely live without. $65 for YTTV, $40 for internet are the full monthly cost for home entertainment. I think that comes in below what I could do for a cable/internet package. We would have Amazon Prime even if it didn’t include Prime Video, so I’m not counting that as an entertainment expense.
Didn’t Tom Brady get Spots take-out for some of the Patriots a few years back when they were in Detroit to play the Lions? I seem to remember some reference to that during the broadcast.
I would pay more attention to the distance you actually hit them and less to the stated loft. The hybrids probably have longer shafts and may have a different flex, so they could hit a different distance even if the stated loft was exactly the same. But, that is where I'd start. Cover the gap between 3-wood and 6-iron with one fewer club. Ideally, leaving yourself with clubs that you are comfortable hitting and with reasonable yardage gaps between. That buys you an extra wedge to help the short game.
I would try to get a 60 if it was me, but I'm comfortable with that club and rely on my short game to get me out of trouble that my long game gets me into. It depends on how you swing and what you're comfortable with. Another wedge in the bag also allows you to vary bounce. I like my 56 SW with lots of bounce for soft sand and when I'm in a crappy lie that I don't want to dig into. I like much less loft on the 60 LW for tight/hard lies where digging in is less of a concern and I want the sole to sit as close to the ground as I can. As stated by others, 1st priority is the gapping between clubs so you don't have too big of a gap between any two clubs and not so much overlap that would make a club largely redundant. Hit a bunch balls with each club to know how far each will typically carry. Space the gaps as uniformly as you can. 2nd is what are you comfortable with, particularly for the wedges around the green.
Seems like a lot of clubs with potential for overlap between 5-wood, 4-hybrid, 5-hybrid, and 5-iron. From the PW loft, it seems like your irons are fairly traditionally lofted, so maybe the hybrids are stronger and this all works for how you hit. I would make sure of the gapping in this area of the bag. For my own game, I would try to get rid of one of the hybrids or the 5-wood and add an additional wedge, but YMMV. Lots of room for personal taste.
It was widely referred to as "Cafe Pretentious" in my undergrad days in the early 90's. What are they going to do with all of the berets in the lost-and-found?
He left his wife of 43 years and family back in PA to take the Michigan job. I think he has publicly acknowledged that he would like to get back to them soon. He committed to help Juwan get things off the ground, but it wouldn't be a shock to see him leave sooner rather than later.
Different venue this year, but last year in Chicago a number of primary market premium seats were released the Wednesday night that the tournament started. No idea why on that timing, but I got a pair in the first row for Friday and Sunday at face value. There were some for Saturday, too, but they were gone by the time I tried to add to the cart. They were all gone in a few minutes, but I happened to be looking just at the right time. For Sunday, we were first row between the Michigan bench and center court. Best seats I have ever had for any sporting event.
On the TruTD, as Tru gets to about the 15, it looks like #21 on ND has to choose between trying to make a play on the ball carrier or putting a lick on Shea. He chose the latter, but didn't get much of a hit--just a glancing shove. He has his back to Tru as he crosses the goal line. He probably didn't have much of a chance of stopping Tru, but it struck me as odd that he didn't even really try to.
Perhaps you were only feigning ignorance, but it is called "the black" because the beveled edges of home plate are black, as opposed to the top surface, which is white. Pitching in "the black" means at the edges of home plate, which are (literally) black, and the most difficult areas for the hitter to cover.
I read an article within the last few years that there were some areas of rural Louisiana that didn't even have local telephone service--not cell service, just regular landline service--until very recently. The story got some national attention because a guy there had a some type of medical issue and died because he had no way to contact emergency services. I believe there was some sort of grant provided shortly after that to extend local telephone service to the area to avoid having that happen again. I believe the article said that was the last inhabited area in the continental US to have access to phone service.
Wasn't the one with just the "M" on the front (the Jamal Crawford image in the OP) just an alternate that was only used a couple times? I thought the main jersey that year had "Michigan" spelled out in full.
Whatever your other preferences, the Adidas "tire-tracks-across-the-shorts" look has to take last place by a mile.
[My cool story, Bro:] I was an undergrad during the Fab Five years. I don't think State Street Sports even exists anymore, but back then I believe it had some affiliation with the M-Den and the Athletic Department. When Webber declared for the draft, they had two or three authentic Webber jerseys that they claimed were directly from the Athletic Department. They even had the Webber name sewn on on the back. Selling a jersey with the name on the back was a no-no under the NCAA rules, but apparently this was cleared because they were intended for game use and only resold when they turned out to be extras (or at least that was the story). This was before the Ed Martin stench, so I snapped one up. It's been in my closet for 25+ years and only worn a couple times. I'm 6'0" and it is huge on a normal sized person.
Not sure if this was clear on the telecast, but on the Charles Matthews put-back dunk during the second half run, the crowd was so loud that most folks--even some of the players on the court--couldn't hear the whistle to know that he had been fouled, too. Carolina just inbounded the ball and headed up the court to get into their offensive set. The ref had to run over to the scorer's table and tell them at point blank range to stop the game for the foul he had called because no one could hear anything.
Forgive me if this was obvious on the television broadcast, but on the Charles Matthews put-back dunk during the second half run, the crowd was so loud that most folks--even some of the players on the court--couldn't hear the whistle to know that he had been fouled, too. Carolina just inbounded the ball and headed up the court to get into their offensive set. The ref had to run over to the scorer's table and tell them at point blank range to stop the game for the foul he had called because no one could hear anything.
About 20 years ago, when I was last a student at Michigan, I masked and painted yellow (not quite maize) wings and stripes onto the blue bike helmet I wore when riding around campus. The helmet had three channels running front to back that nearly touched at the very back and were perfect for the stripes. It turned out really nice and I got lots of comments on it, but it wasn't really the right kind of paint for the job and quickly developed some cracks and chips. Still have and love that helmet.
Was the DPJ pose after the long TD catch (featured photo in the "Product of the Programs" post) a nod to the Paul Bunyan Trophy?? Apologies if this has already been confirmed or refuted--just noticed the similarities and was curious.
The penalties were for taking helmets off while still on the field. Winovich took his off, too, but he didn't get flagged for it. Only one of the penalties could be accepted, so it really didn't matter how many of them did it (except for purposes of the two-unsportsmanlike-conduct-penalties-and-you're-ejected rule).
Mattison's expression in the photo at the top is pretty funny. I know he isn't, but it looks as if he's thinking to himself (along with some of the rest of us): "Hey Warinner, could you maybe have your guys try to block someone? My defense is over here trying to win a football game."
Ahhh . . . you’ve already tried that. Multiple times. It didn’t end very well for you. In the last go-round, your suit was found to to be lacking merit to such a degree that you got to pay ESPN’s legal fees. So, sure, by all means, you should sue ESPN.
On former #2 Walter Smith, referenced and pictured above, if my recollection is correct he was named team captain in 1994, despite a season-ending leg injury.
He led the team out of the tunnel to touch the banner on crutches for most of the home season. For senior day, he led the team out in full uniform and without the crutches to quite an ovation.
Late in the game, with the result not really in doubt, Lloyd put him in for a play. He limped over to line up as WR near the sideline. On the snap, the QB threw the ball to him and he sorta fell over out of bounds before anyone could hit him, so he got on the stat sheet for his senior year with one catch for a yard or two. He had been an inspirational leader for the team all year, so the Michigan faithful went crazy when he got that lone catch. Those that didn't know the backstory thought it was a pretty bizarre reaction for such a ho-hum play.
It was my senior year, too (and I'm generally a sap), so it was one of my favorite Michigan football memories.
Memories have faded above over the last 20+ years, so apologies if I have any of this wrong, but that's how I remember it.
You are correct. Roddick's 2003 win was at US Open, not Wimbledon as I incorrectly stated. That was the last time a US man won a grand slam singles title, and Roddick's lone grand slam title.
He made the final in 2009 at Wimbledon, losing 16-14 in the fifth to Federer. That was the last time a US man reached a grand slam semi-finals in singles.
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Perhaps noted elsewhere, but I haven’t seen it referenced. On Blake’s TD run in overtime, the poetic beauty of Alabama’s would-be tacklers forming a literal countdown to glory: #3 hits him at the 5 yard line, #2 flies by at the wrong angle at the 3, then #1 as the last resistance at the 1. 3, 2, 1, Boom. Best New Years countdown ever.
If I’m remembering correctly which replay review this was, the lack of clarity for those at the game was compounded by the referee announcing the result of the replay review just as the PA announcer was welcoming some honored guest who was being recognized on the field. The two were talking over each other for the duration of the explanation and neither message was discernible where we were sitting.
There were zero in-stadium replays of that play. They showed one replay for the Michigan (Corum?) fumble that was called down by stopped forward progress, and a few other inconsequential plays, but very few in-stadium replays overall.
My favorite JF coaching moment was him trying to call a time-out as fast as humanly possible to stop the clock after a change of possession. The ref he was trying to get to acknowledge the time-out call explains to him that the clock stops all by itself after a change of possession. JF meanders back to the sideline trying hard to give off a “just kidding; I totally knew that the whole time” vibe.
The irony of expensive watches is that they generally don’t keep great time, relatively speaking. Most high-end watches have a mechanical movement (tiny gears and springs, but no battery or electronic components) that are inherently less accurate than a decent quartz watch—or any smart watch—you could get for much, much less. Acceptable accuracy for a very high-end mechanical watch would be +/- a couple seconds a day, which translates to a minute a month.
For folks that really get into watches, the “charm” of the heritage and intricacy of the mechanical movement on the inside, along with the design and materials on the outside are much more important than absolute accuracy as a timekeeper. It is really more jewelry than timekeeping function at some level. [This coming from someone who is interested in the engineering that goes into mechanical watches, but doesn’t have anything even approaching high-end.]
This was early 90s, which is a long time ago. I may be misremembering, but I was pretty sure it was ERC. You couldn’t walk by without seeing someone at a table on the sidewalk in a beret with a German philosophy book or something of the sort. It alway struck (the much younger and less mature version of) me and my friends as the place for people who were trying very hard to pass themselves off as intellectuals. Maybe the vibe changed or my perception was off the whole time, but the “Cafe Pretentious” label was a thing.
Espresso Royale was generally known as “Cafe Pretentious” in my circles during undergrad. Their website still claims campus locations. Not so?
I worry that he might flounder at Michigan. Could be roughy.
Not to be a fruit snob, but I think it was “like an orange on a toothpick”—William was a redhead. He’ll be crying himself to sleep tonight on his huge pillow.
Wasn’t the iconic Woodson with rose in mouth photo/video from after the ‘97 OSU game (clinching the Rose Bowl birth) rather than at the ‘98 Rose Bowl itself. Maybe he did it again after the Rose Bowl, but the image I recall was from Michigan Stadium.
Not sure where you were seated, but I would not agree with the assertion that Colorado State traveled "out traveled" Michigan, unless you are building in some kind of relative-to-expectations factor. There were Colorado State fans there, sure, but from what I saw there were many more Michigan fans. That was true for the concourses and anywhere near where we were sitting. I think it may have sounded more pro-CSU (particularly in the first half as CSU was raining threes) because the neutrals--both Tennessee and Kentucky fan bases who were well represented and the local Indiana and Purdue fans--seemed to be largely rooting against Michigan, but once we got our footing and started chipping away at the CSU lead, I thought it was pretty clearly a pro-Michigan crowd both in terms of sheer numbers and noise level.
[edit: I would not say the same for the Saturday game, where there did seem to be more Tennessee fans than Michigan fans. Part of it is 90%+ of them wear orange, which pops visually compared to our navy blue and smattering of maize, but even taking that into account, it seemed to be notably pro-Tennessee for the second game.]
Of the last five drives of the game, the only one that didn't end in a TD was the KC possession at the end of regulation that started with 13 seconds on the clock, in which they still managed to move 44 yards in those 13 seconds to set up the field goal they needed to force overtime.
So, while there may be a plausible universe in which KC takes the overtime kickoff and goes four and out, the much more likely universe is the one in which whoever got the OT kickoff would march down and score a touchdown without the other team ever having a chance to go on offense. That is exactly what happened and what folks seem to have a problem with. The OP's specific concern--and the general tone of the complaints as a whole--was was that "the team that wins the coin toss can score a TD and win, while the other teams offense never gets to touch the ball." Your solution to that problem is to let the coin toss winner start at midfield (rather than in their own end, where they might expect to be after a touchback or kickoff return under the current OT rules)? You may have a different set of concerns in mind, but that seems to miss the general outcry from yesterday's game, and the specific concern of the OP, entirely.
Think about how your proposed system plays out in yesterday's game. It is exactly what happened yesterday, except that your system would have given KC an additional advantage by putting them at midfield to start. All of today's complaining is how the coin flip winner is given a nearly insurmountable advantage when you have two great offenses playing each other. Your system does that even more by giving the coin flip winner less distance to cover to get a TD.
No one is worried about "penaliz[ing] the team who wins the coin toss" by having them start at the 25+/-. That is what is already happening (assuming a touchback or average kick return). People are complaining that the coin flip winner already has too much of an advantage even starting in their own end and your proposed solution makes that dramatically worse by putting them at midfield.
But that system would do nothing to address the perceived problem with yesterday's game. It even makes it worse, because now the team that wins the coin toss starts at midfield instead of their own 25+/-.
I was thinking your cut-out cookies would be in the shape of Ukraine.
Thanks. I knew I must be missing something.
Please forgive my stupidity. Can someone explain the 2% milk shirt to me? I know Harbaugh has expressed his disdain for anything but whole milk. Are we saying there was only a 2% chance to pull this off, but we did it? That Iowa only had a 2% chance to beat us in the B10 championship game? That our opponents drink 2% milk and are therefore weak? I’m sure it is obvious to many, but I’m missing it.
I think it was both not seeing the safety and throwing it way behind the receiver. If the safety doesn't undercut that route, the DB in coverage likely still makes the interception as it looked to be thrown right at the DB and well behind the intended receiver. If he threw it where it needed to be for the receiver, the undercutting safety still makes the interception, just more easily. Cade made some beautiful throws on the day, but that one was bad on multiple fronts.
On your point about the first type of game, when OSU was up on MSU 49-0 at halftime last week, ESPN's win probability metric showed that OSU had a 99.7% chance of winning. Where, exactly, does that other 0.3% exist in the data and what would you have to do to get to 99.9% probability by halftime? The metric suggests that MSU had about a 1-in-333 shot at coming back, which seems to drastically overstate the actual chances. No team in college or pro football history has ever come back from more than a 35 point deficit at any point in any game.
How about one team on offense at one end of the field and the other team on offense at the other end. Normal play clock rules. Alternating plays on each end of the field until there is a winner.
Would that give Penn State an unfair advantage in that Franklin could only be involved in the decision making on one end of the field?
[not a serious proposal; just a chance to take a shot at Franklin]
I wouldn’t even call it the off-hand based on the driving. Every drive in the video is left, with or without a false move to the right to get the defender leaning. Strange to see that from a guy who shoots the jumper righty and passes primarily righty. He can finish pretty well with either hand, but all of the crazy athletic stuff, like the attempted alley-oop at 1:56 or the emphatic block at 5:12 looks like an instinctive righty. Have you seen him drive right in other highlights/contexts?
Is Cam Whitmore left or right handed? He seems to drive almost exclusively to the left, but shoots (jumpers,layups, dunks) and blocks with his right hand. An unusual combination my my casual fan eyes. I’m guessing he is a natural lefty, who was just taught to shoot righty? Maybe ambidextrous?
To be fair, the Illinois AD is only asking that Ayo be declared Co-POY. And he does not mean that to diminish in any way the nice year Garza had.
My experience was just the opposite. I had PS Vue for a couple years before YTTV was available in my area (and Sling TV before that). I switched over to YTTV as soon as it was offered here and prefer it by a wide margin on all fronts. Content, UI, DVR, etc. Only downsides were the increase in price to $65 and dropping of the Tennis Channel, which I would occasionally watch but can definitely live without. $65 for YTTV, $40 for internet are the full monthly cost for home entertainment. I think that comes in below what I could do for a cable/internet package. We would have Amazon Prime even if it didn’t include Prime Video, so I’m not counting that as an entertainment expense.
Didn’t Tom Brady get Spots take-out for some of the Patriots a few years back when they were in Detroit to play the Lions? I seem to remember some reference to that during the broadcast.
I would pay more attention to the distance you actually hit them and less to the stated loft. The hybrids probably have longer shafts and may have a different flex, so they could hit a different distance even if the stated loft was exactly the same. But, that is where I'd start. Cover the gap between 3-wood and 6-iron with one fewer club. Ideally, leaving yourself with clubs that you are comfortable hitting and with reasonable yardage gaps between. That buys you an extra wedge to help the short game.
I would try to get a 60 if it was me, but I'm comfortable with that club and rely on my short game to get me out of trouble that my long game gets me into. It depends on how you swing and what you're comfortable with. Another wedge in the bag also allows you to vary bounce. I like my 56 SW with lots of bounce for soft sand and when I'm in a crappy lie that I don't want to dig into. I like much less loft on the 60 LW for tight/hard lies where digging in is less of a concern and I want the sole to sit as close to the ground as I can. As stated by others, 1st priority is the gapping between clubs so you don't have too big of a gap between any two clubs and not so much overlap that would make a club largely redundant. Hit a bunch balls with each club to know how far each will typically carry. Space the gaps as uniformly as you can. 2nd is what are you comfortable with, particularly for the wedges around the green.
Seems like a lot of clubs with potential for overlap between 5-wood, 4-hybrid, 5-hybrid, and 5-iron. From the PW loft, it seems like your irons are fairly traditionally lofted, so maybe the hybrids are stronger and this all works for how you hit. I would make sure of the gapping in this area of the bag. For my own game, I would try to get rid of one of the hybrids or the 5-wood and add an additional wedge, but YMMV. Lots of room for personal taste.
It was widely referred to as "Cafe Pretentious" in my undergrad days in the early 90's. What are they going to do with all of the berets in the lost-and-found?
I'd put the first season of "24" on my personal list. I'll concede that subsequent seasons went downhill quickly.
He left his wife of 43 years and family back in PA to take the Michigan job. I think he has publicly acknowledged that he would like to get back to them soon. He committed to help Juwan get things off the ground, but it wouldn't be a shock to see him leave sooner rather than later.
Different venue this year, but last year in Chicago a number of primary market premium seats were released the Wednesday night that the tournament started. No idea why on that timing, but I got a pair in the first row for Friday and Sunday at face value. There were some for Saturday, too, but they were gone by the time I tried to add to the cart. They were all gone in a few minutes, but I happened to be looking just at the right time. For Sunday, we were first row between the Michigan bench and center court. Best seats I have ever had for any sporting event.
Not everyone who is accepted becomes part of the class. Mongo's stat and yours could both be true.
Hinton played at DT in the OSU game. Where is the "switched to OT" coming from?
[I like to imagine what Martelli's telling Saddi Washington here:]
"I swear, the pinstripes didn't look that bold in the fabric swatch."
Immediately preceded by: "This swing has been resilient."
On the TruTD, as Tru gets to about the 15, it looks like #21 on ND has to choose between trying to make a play on the ball carrier or putting a lick on Shea. He chose the latter, but didn't get much of a hit--just a glancing shove. He has his back to Tru as he crosses the goal line. He probably didn't have much of a chance of stopping Tru, but it struck me as odd that he didn't even really try to.
Perhaps you were only feigning ignorance, but it is called "the black" because the beveled edges of home plate are black, as opposed to the top surface, which is white. Pitching in "the black" means at the edges of home plate, which are (literally) black, and the most difficult areas for the hitter to cover.
I read an article within the last few years that there were some areas of rural Louisiana that didn't even have local telephone service--not cell service, just regular landline service--until very recently. The story got some national attention because a guy there had a some type of medical issue and died because he had no way to contact emergency services. I believe there was some sort of grant provided shortly after that to extend local telephone service to the area to avoid having that happen again. I believe the article said that was the last inhabited area in the continental US to have access to phone service.
Wasn't the one with just the "M" on the front (the Jamal Crawford image in the OP) just an alternate that was only used a couple times? I thought the main jersey that year had "Michigan" spelled out in full.
Whatever your other preferences, the Adidas "tire-tracks-across-the-shorts" look has to take last place by a mile.
[My cool story, Bro:] I was an undergrad during the Fab Five years. I don't think State Street Sports even exists anymore, but back then I believe it had some affiliation with the M-Den and the Athletic Department. When Webber declared for the draft, they had two or three authentic Webber jerseys that they claimed were directly from the Athletic Department. They even had the Webber name sewn on on the back. Selling a jersey with the name on the back was a no-no under the NCAA rules, but apparently this was cleared because they were intended for game use and only resold when they turned out to be extras (or at least that was the story). This was before the Ed Martin stench, so I snapped one up. It's been in my closet for 25+ years and only worn a couple times. I'm 6'0" and it is huge on a normal sized person.
Jamal Crawford (or is this a football-only list?)
Not sure if this was clear on the telecast, but on the Charles Matthews put-back dunk during the second half run, the crowd was so loud that most folks--even some of the players on the court--couldn't hear the whistle to know that he had been fouled, too. Carolina just inbounded the ball and headed up the court to get into their offensive set. The ref had to run over to the scorer's table and tell them at point blank range to stop the game for the foul he had called because no one could hear anything.
Forgive me if this was obvious on the television broadcast, but on the Charles Matthews put-back dunk during the second half run, the crowd was so loud that most folks--even some of the players on the court--couldn't hear the whistle to know that he had been fouled, too. Carolina just inbounded the ball and headed up the court to get into their offensive set. The ref had to run over to the scorer's table and tell them at point blank range to stop the game for the foul he had called because no one could hear anything.
About 20 years ago, when I was last a student at Michigan, I masked and painted yellow (not quite maize) wings and stripes onto the blue bike helmet I wore when riding around campus. The helmet had three channels running front to back that nearly touched at the very back and were perfect for the stripes. It turned out really nice and I got lots of comments on it, but it wasn't really the right kind of paint for the job and quickly developed some cracks and chips. Still have and love that helmet.
Was the DPJ pose after the long TD catch (featured photo in the "Product of the Programs" post) a nod to the Paul Bunyan Trophy?? Apologies if this has already been confirmed or refuted--just noticed the similarities and was curious.
The penalties were for taking helmets off while still on the field. Winovich took his off, too, but he didn't get flagged for it. Only one of the penalties could be accepted, so it really didn't matter how many of them did it (except for purposes of the two-unsportsmanlike-conduct-penalties-and-you're-ejected rule).
Mattison's expression in the photo at the top is pretty funny. I know he isn't, but it looks as if he's thinking to himself (along with some of the rest of us): "Hey Warinner, could you maybe have your guys try to block someone? My defense is over here trying to win a football game."
Belatedly fact-checking, I guess Moeller was still the coach in 1994, not Carr, who took over the following year.
On former #2 Walter Smith, referenced and pictured above, if my recollection is correct he was named team captain in 1994, despite a season-ending leg injury.
He led the team out of the tunnel to touch the banner on crutches for most of the home season. For senior day, he led the team out in full uniform and without the crutches to quite an ovation.
Late in the game, with the result not really in doubt, Lloyd put him in for a play. He limped over to line up as WR near the sideline. On the snap, the QB threw the ball to him and he sorta fell over out of bounds before anyone could hit him, so he got on the stat sheet for his senior year with one catch for a yard or two. He had been an inspirational leader for the team all year, so the Michigan faithful went crazy when he got that lone catch. Those that didn't know the backstory thought it was a pretty bizarre reaction for such a ho-hum play.
It was my senior year, too (and I'm generally a sap), so it was one of my favorite Michigan football memories.
Memories have faded above over the last 20+ years, so apologies if I have any of this wrong, but that's how I remember it.
You are correct. Roddick's 2003 win was at US Open, not Wimbledon as I incorrectly stated. That was the last time a US man won a grand slam singles title, and Roddick's lone grand slam title.
He made the final in 2009 at Wimbledon, losing 16-14 in the fifth to Federer. That was the last time a US man reached a grand slam semi-finals in singles.