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1 year 49 weeks ago	not worth its own thread, but. . .	BTN airing 1981 OSU- Stanford right now. Big tackle was just made by . . . Chris Cicero. I'll bet that kid turns out to be a bang-up lawyer and proud Bucks supporter when his playing days are done.
2 years 3 weeks ago	Other ADs	Then there's Weidenbach Hall, and the Schembechler Building . . . and the Goss Halo (currently gathering dust in storage).
2 years 23 weeks ago	Miles rumors	At a holiday party in 2007, a gorup of 4 guys were discussing Miles.  Each claimed to have an "inside source" that had revealed what it was Miles did to piss everyone off.  Each of these guys is a Michigan alum living in AA with means to have access to/run in the same circles as UM higher-ups and/or AD personnel.  Each had a completely different story as to what Miles did.  The above-referenced rumor was one of them, but the others were completely unrelated.  That particular rumor has certainly bounced around more than others over the years, but IMHO that is as attributable to that rumor's salaciousness as to its potential truthfulness. I accepted at that point I would never know the real story.  If Martin didn't reach out to Miles, there is a very limited group of people (Martin himself, perhaps Carr or MSC) who really know why.  Unless you hear it direct from them, I wouldn't put any stock in it.  Even if Brian or Bacon wrote a book about it, I'd take the info with a grain of salt unless it was backed with quotes from one or more of that small group, and the source(s) later stood by the quotes.  And that ain't gonna happen.
2 years 25 weeks ago	Meram	Rumor has it his scalding finish to the season has him focused entirely on prepping for the MLS draft.  Don't expect any further appearances in the winged helmet.  Obviously, good for him, but a downer for those hoping he might be the answer to our kicking woes on Jan. 1 or beyond.
2 years 29 weeks ago	Thanks for this thread	I agree wholeheartedly.  And it did have a significant impact on the game.  First, the TD KO return was caused in large part by a low, short kick -- not sure if Hagerup would have done better, but he's been handling KOs the last few weeks for a reason.  As soon as he caught the ball on the 15 without a coverage guy in sight, you knew it was trouble.  The shanked punt had a big impact as well.  All in all, it provided a nice teaching moment for my son (who I had "suspended" during our backyard football game yesterday for, let's just say, unsportsmanlike conduct). One of the reasons I love Michigan (in addition to being a brainwashed lifelong fan and alum) is that we do things the right way.  And it gives me confidence that our AD will make what I believe to be the right decision in retaining RR.  In many places (cough, East Lansing, cough), a coach might have felt the need to bow to the UNACCEPTABLE crowd in order to keep his job, or at the very least felt that his AD wouldn't care about the shoddy discipline so long as the product on the field was good.  At Michigan, it's the opposite -- I believe the coach knows that letting a player play despite the rules violation would be a bigger black mark in the AD's book than the blowout loss.
2 years 29 weeks ago	Live sighting	Actually saw young Lloyd in person at the soccer game yesterday.  If was after the game, and he had that blissful smile on his face that I remember from earlier in the season.  It was good to see it again.
2 years 32 weeks ago	Dorrestein	Watching this for the umpteenth time, I noticed something about Dorrestein that I didn't in any of the umpteen times I looked at the original picture pages or the non-captioned video.  Dorrestein does not get "caught up in the wash" -- he affirmatively releases from the DE and turns toward the playside guys that are being pushed toward him (about 2:05).  Almost like he was coached to do it.  This struck me as odd, given that we've seen Omameh and Lewan repeatedly hopping on such donkeys and whipping them senseless.  I never knew nothin' about OL play, but isn't the fix for this to simply continue pushing the guy in the general direction he wants to go, i.e., angled downfield?  If Dorrestein had done so, the guy wouldn't have gotten to the play side either (a) as quickly or (b) only 7 yards downfield or (c) possibly not at all if Dorrestein had enough push and knocked him off his feet.  Denard would've been well to the outside and presumably beyond his reach by that point.
2 years 37 weeks ago	No	The Black Knight had plenty of moxie, but he (quite literally) got gashed.  I think we've got too many guys like that starting on D already. BTW, I hate to be a spelling nazi, but it's Knight with a K.  And as all French soldiers know, it's pronounced "ka-nig-it."
2 years 38 weeks ago	The LB at the end	Check how the LB at the end of the play shoots Lewan a glance as if to say, "Where the hell did that come from?"
2 years 38 weeks ago	No, I don't know how to internet	But I do know you can get jerseys at umsoccer.com
2 years 39 weeks ago	#22's read	Another difference (and the reason I don't think it would've mattered which slot was in on play 1) -- in play 1, he's immediately dropping into his deep half, which gives him the time and depth he needs to avoid the block and catch Denard on the angle.  In play 2, he actually steps forward on the snap, so when he starts on his angle he gets caught up in the wash.  I wonder if he got bitched out on play 1 for bailing so quick and thus being unable to catch Denard until 40 yards downfield, so when play 2 came up he's thinking, "Oh man, I gotta get upfield ASAP!" Also, Te'o was blitzing on play 1, which meant that Omameh had to take him at the LOS, rather than getting on him five yards downfield and pushing him back.
2 years 39 weeks ago	Great idea, but	You mangled the lyric: You don't tug on Superman's cape. You don't spit into the wind. You don't pull the mask off the ol' Lone Ranger And you don't rush only 3 men!
2 years 39 weeks ago	Also don't forget	RR should get a +1 for hurdling Odoms' attempted OB cut block as he raced down the sideline -- although this might get cancelled out by a -1 on Odoms for missing the block . . .
2 years 39 weeks ago	Kelly	Interesting how he says he can't protect Crist more, and has to keep the zone read in the play call rotation,  "because of the spread offense."  I'm sure there's a segment of the domer population spouting off about how real coaches adapt their scheme to fit their personnel.  Particularly since I'm fairly certain that Crist's injury happened on a zone read keeper (he got mashed in the right side of the head by (I think) Mouton at the end of the play).  Hopefully, that segment is more powerful than the similar subset of Michigan fans, and Kelly gets run out of town before he gets a chance to get his own Denard coached up and on the field.
2 years 39 weeks ago	The most amazing thing	I'm thinking back on the last two games, and I don't remember a single pass in which I said, "Whew, we're lucky that wasn't picked off."  Seems like his incompletions have either been drops, throwaways, or killing Roy Roundtree.  I attribute it to the coaching -- they are either drawing up plays in which there is always a first or second read that cannot be doubled, or Denard is uber-prepared for these coverages through film work, or Denard has been drilled so thoroughly on ball security that he will always take off rather than try to force it in.
2 years 39 weeks ago	Beautiful pic	There's a lot of soul-dong-punching going on in that picture.
2 years 39 weeks ago	Hate to be a spelling nazi	But you misspelled "weakly."
2 years 39 weeks ago	#16 running QB draw	Anyone else get a kick out of seeing #16 running QB draws into wide open spaces in the '81 game?  I expect a repeat this year.
2 years 39 weeks ago	The amazing thing is . . .	That quote is attributed to none other than George W. Bush.  How the heck did he know about Tacopants before any of the rest of us did?  I mean, I'm sure Cheney and Rove had know about Tacopants since the late seventies, and there's that photo of Rumsfield shaking hands with Tacopants in that grainy circa 1981, but I'm impressed that Bush was in on it, too.
2 years 39 weeks ago	Disgusting	I am so sick of coming to this board the Monday after a big win and what do we get?  Another transfer!?!  How many of these guys is RR going to run off before we're left with Denard, Molk, and 18 guys who aspire to be Kovacs?  But then again, having re-read the original post, I see there's no link.  What's your source, OP (or should I say, Melanie Collins)?  Have you actually talked to Taco?  I won't believe Taco's really gone until TomVH has gotten confirmation from Taco's dad (first name Nacho, I believe -- or is that our new OL recruit?  Tough to keep it all straight).
2 years 40 weeks ago	You said it	Consider my Sparty bro-in-law.  I couldn't watch the game live, so had my phone off for radio silence purposes.  After I watched the game last night, I turned my phone back on.  There's a text from the aforementioned SBIL, to the effect of  "look at the Heisman candidate caving like a little girl at the first sign of adversity!!"  I'm not sure what prompted the text -- it came in about 5 pm, and I didn't go back to try to figure out what play he was talking about.  In all events, I happily replied, asking him if he cared to issue a retraction.  To his credit, he acknowledged that he had a large helping of crow on his plate.
2 years 40 weeks ago	John Thompson	Came immediately to mind -- my 13-year-old still says he was sure I was going to throw him down the stands in excitement when Thompson scored.  Same game also saw BG's big hit in the red zone.  Also, Warren had the game-clinching pick against Indiana last year (how's that gum, Lynch?).
2 years 40 weeks ago	Wonderful	Thanks as always for the work.  Two nitpicks -- in your substitution intro, you mention Mike Williams coming in.  Perhaps you had the duck/juice thing on your brain, but don't you mean Mike Jones?  Second, I think Obi deserved more credit on the fumble recovery -- he took on two blockers (allowing Floyd to be a free hitter), but still did not get knocked off his feet, which ultimately meant he was in position to make the recovery.
2 years 40 weeks ago	Yeah, that's one of the main	Yeah, that's one of the main reasons I'm having trouble believing the RABBLEGIBSONRABBLE talk going on.
2 years 40 weeks ago	Love your work, but . . .	Where do Shazor, Mundy, Johnny Sears, Chris Richards, etc. fit on your list? I seriously do love your work, but this seems to be a "pattern" that has been occurring with some frequency even in the late Carr years.  I'm not sure that hanging it all on Gibson makes sense. If you're looking for the one constant in all this, it's pretty obvious -- this is all Fred Jackson's fault.  (In case it's not obvious, that previous sentence is /s).
2 years 40 weeks ago	I loved the quote.	But I hated that the SI article referred to him as a "journeyman."  He's played 3 seasons, all for the same team, and increased his catches, yards, and YPC each year.  How is that a "journeyman"?
2 years 41 weeks ago	Brady-Henson	Anyone else remember watching the (I think) Syracuse game in (I think) 1999?  Lloyd was doing his "alternate first two quarters then whoever played better plays the second half" deal (can you imagine if he had tried that with the mgocommunity on the job?), and the cameras showed Brady on the sideline as Henson directed the victory in the second half.  Brady was scowling, and the announcer said, "That's the look of a quarterback who just lost his starting job." Lessons:  a)  It is a TV show, and is made more watchable by injecting drama/controversy.  b) those announcers will be in a different city next week, watching a different game, and no one (except some guy 10 years later on a blog) will remember their idle speculation.  c)  How'd that Brady kid turn out?  Not saying that's what's in store for Tate, but he should note that perseverance can work in wonderful ways.
2 years 41 weeks ago	It's simple	I want OSU to be 11-0 every year heading into the Michigan game, to make that game as big as humanly possible.  At the same time, every time I see them actually playing, I cannot help but root for the other team (with the possible exception of Sparty). So to answer the OP's question, as I sit here right now I'm rooting for OSU.  If I happen to turn on the game tonight, I'll be rooting for Marshall.  After the game, I'll be grimly satisfied if OSU wins.  I'll be positively giddy if they lose.
2 years 41 weeks ago	I like the attempt at diplomacy.	I'll always think of them as the Bo and Woody Divisions, but PSU and Nebraska really do deserve a nod as well.  How about the Four Letter State Division and the 1997 National Champion(s) Division?
2 years 41 weeks ago	I wholly support Pryor	I wholly support Pryor talking to the media.  I think he should hold a press conference on his views on society, crime and world peace every week.  It would be even better if he had Maurice Clarett with him.  And best of all would be if they held the press conference on the Red Neck Rocker's staircase, with the RNR himself moderating the discussion.

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