TimRoss

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32 weeks 6 days ago	Repost	Probably shouldn't post this again after our own Yakkety Sax-esque performance two weeks ago, but those jerseys...yikes.
40 weeks 1 day ago	Yakety TechFit
40 weeks 1 day ago	This is the soundtrack you were looking for
1 year 21 weeks ago	posted from iPhone	Bet we'll get Arizona.
1 year 25 weeks ago	I think you could apply all	I think you could apply all of the same logic of past trends and records, recruting, ppg averages and so on to Hoke before he was hired. Oh...wait...I think someone did do that...And yet; 40-34, 10-2, potential BCS bowl, outside shot at number 1 recruiting class, etc. What statistical analysis would have predicted this before Hoke was hired?   Meyer can coach. He's won everywhere he's been. TSIO will spare no expense to support him. It's gonna be fun. Two coaches with an intense understanding of the rivalry will hopefully restore it to the competitve balance of it's glory years. Or at the very worse a 1990's redux.  (And I'm not against statistical analysis in general, I just don't think that parsing numbers looking to allay fears of a number one rival hiring a great coach is the best use of it.)
1 year 25 weeks ago	I know that he is a popular	I know that he is a popular target here, but I'll give him credit for coming out and making a genuine and sincere statement almost immediately after he lost his job.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3GDCo2BWAnU Illinois is handling this coaching transition better then Akron did with Rob Ianello.
1 year 37 weeks ago	Ben Braden	Braden did not play this week, as he was recovering from the effects of a concussion from week one.
1 year 39 weeks ago	Brand	The word "brand" is used 13 times in that article.
1 year 47 weeks ago	His weight and conditioning	His weight and conditioning coach at Rockford is former UM player Brent Cummings.
2 years 8 weeks ago	Awesome	I'll tell you, Rockford's coach is a MASSIVE UM guy. He's coached at their camps for years, and was/is very close to Lloyd and heavily influenced by Bo. I'm more excited for him that he has one of his players commit than I am for Blue to get their first player for 2012. Great news all around. I hope Ben has a great career!
2 years 36 weeks ago	Your link and your avatar	Your link and your avatar make for an interesting juxtaposition.
2 years 37 weeks ago	Piped-in music?	I think it was during the second quarter that they showed portions of Brock's walk, and then interviewed him on the sideline. The ABC coverage didn't start until 3:30, and I think the team was on the field at that point.  During the latter stages of the game I realized that I hadn't noticed any piped-in music. Your mention of a Journey song was the first evidence that there was any. How was the mic-ed band? Was there a drop in piped-in music?
2 years 37 weeks ago	I'm going to guess Adobe	I'm going to guess Adobe Premiere (or whatever the current Adobe video editor is called) since the Adobe Universal Header is present as the players are massing early on in the clip.
2 years 37 weeks ago	(No subject)	I totally agree. This was my favorite of all of the hype videos that were produced this summer. Fantastic track, great editing. Really sums up the past few years nicely, and hopefully points to what the future looks like.    GO BLUE
2 years 37 weeks ago	I'd just like to nominate	Sorry, submitted a link that was previously posted as a url.
2 years 38 weeks ago	I think the mistake was for	I think the mistake was for him to "assume that the guys behind them would have been at that level." Seems pretty straightforward.
2 years 38 weeks ago	Strange	Earlier in the clip it's like watching an alternate reality Barry where he briefly displays emotion after scoring a touchdown.
2 years 40 weeks ago	Spot The Ball	I remember after he was hired a WVU offensive playbook made the rounds. "Spot the Ball" was terminology for the offense to line up ready to play at the spot of the ball and start of the 25 second clock. If I recall correctly, "Spot the Ball" was one of the phrases that went up in the weight room back when the upgrades came together in early '08.
3 years 12 weeks ago	Getzlaf, Rosby, Yzerman et all...	Getzlaf is that douchey guy at the bar who thinks he is the shit cause he is making seven figures, even though he is balding with faux-Ohno facial pubes. His post-NHL role on Jersey Shore is calling. That he is going bald is scientific evidence of karma if ever there was any. Rosby is Rosby. Versus and NBC pull out their kneepads early and have their storyline for the next six months; it's Rosby's world, we just live in it. Yzerman FTG. Can't argue with that. Sacrifices taste to assemble a gold medal winning team. Super hard to root for the Western Conference A-Hole All-Stars, but at least he got it done for his county. Bad news is that now he'll probably leave the Wings to take a GM position with another team this summer.
3 years 16 weeks ago	Opinion from the Planetary Society	I don't know what the reputation of the Planetary Society is around here, but they are very enthusiastic about today's announcement. http://www.planetary.org/about/press/releases/2010/0201_Planetary_Societ... (Carl Sagan was one of the founding members of the Planetary Society, FWIW.)
3 years 37 weeks ago	Ernie	When I was in middle school, my family would leave early for spring break to go stay in Lakeland for spring training. We stayed at the same hotel as the Tigers and everything. I have distinct memories of Willie Hernandez wearing a three piece suit to breakfast at the hotel restaurant, Cecil Fielder and his Nissan Pathfinder, and seeing Mike Henneman just about everywhere. My brother and I were total autograph hounds, and we'd arrive early to meet the players and get signatures on cards and balls. It felt like Ernie was just about everywhere. Always super gracious with his time and talking to everyone who was around. I remember him spending a lot of time talking with my mom and dad, while my brother and I chased Tigers with Sharpie's, cards, and baseballs. He chatted with everyone who was there, and I couldn't imagine how many people he spoke to during the course of spring training. I had one ball in particular that was riddled with signatures. Mostly it was covered with second and third tier players, but here and there you could find Trammell or Sparky written in there. Forget about Cecil. He was impossible to get, although my 5-year old sister somehow managed to get a 5-year old Prince Fielder autograph. But right in the sweet spot was Ernie. While he signed he asked us how school was going, where in Michigan we were from, what positions we played, and so on. Even as a snot nosed middle school puke, I could appreciate what a great guy he was. "Michigan's Grandpa," indeed! This was about the time of "Bo Don't Know Ernie." (I still have that bumper sticker packed away somewhere.) Bo was also everywhere around Lakeland, more often than not, sitting in the stands with the fans at Joker Marchant Stadium. I remember that conventional wisdom around West Michigan was that Bo had lost it. Here he'd just fired Ernie, and there was a lot of chatter before his retirement that he needed to go so that UM could compete for more national championships under Mo. There was a LOT of that chatter after Mo coached them to a bowl victory in '88. I remember my dad nudging me in Bo's direction and telling me to go ask him for an autograph. Heck, I was TERRIFIED of Bo. I'd seen enough games to know his demeanor. Plus, he reminded me of my grandpa, and I didn't like badgering him with requests, either. Eventually I summed up the courage to go ask him to sign my baseball, and he did, right in the sweet spot. He didn't bark or growl at me, and instead gave me that look that my own grandpa gave me which was somehow reassuring and slightly unnerving all at once. In the three years that our family went down there, and with all of the signatures on that ball, somehow the second sweet spot had never been signed. Not until Bo put his pen there that humid night. To make a long story longer, I have a baseball signed by both Bo and Ernie, in opposite sweet spots, from the height of "Bo Don't Know Ernie" era. Later that summer we flew to Boston to watch the Tigers at Fenway and to tool around Boston for a weekend. Through a complete accident, we ended up at the same hotel as the Tigers. We didn't realize it until we walked into the lobby and heard, "I haven't seen you guys since Lakeland! Glad you could make it out here for a game!" It was Ernie.