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While true the other 2's are…

While true the other 2's are 2 B10 teams and QPac so it's Maine or QPac.

That's a skill set that…

That's a skill set that takes aptitude as well. People were saying he would be a good coach when he was a player, and not just because his limitations as a player were evident.

This type of ranking calls…

This type of ranking calls for pairwise comparison/pair ranking. It's really hard to sort all these plays in your head. I assume that's not available easily for free but I definitely recommend exploring if there is a free version for subsequent posts.

I got a rose bowl and…

I got a rose bowl and national championship shirt/sweatshirt from UGP. I like both of them and they seem good quality. They also indirectly support the site (Seth you should also get an affiliate link to the UGP main Michigan store). 

The goal is for it not to be…

The goal is for it not to be viral, since November is respiratory virus season.

My order from underground…

My order from underground printing a few days ago, shipped the next day.

I would settle for…

I would settle for successful but not dominant.

I wonder what the odds say…

I wonder what the odds say on 4th and 4 at the 7 kicking the FG vs. going for it. Seems like getting a TD, onside, and FG is more likely than FG, onside, TD.

It's telling that there's…

It's telling that there's only 1 defensive player on the list...

But Texas is an SEC team :)

But Texas is an SEC team :)

Thank You, Comrade, Seth.

Thank You, Comrade, Seth.

Partially it's because the…

Partially it's because the coaching carousel has started and that gets tons of clicks.

Yeah I think that's a good…

Yeah I think that's a good point. Franklin has a decent enough record it's reasonable to make him change up and find some solid assistants. Same thing harbaugh was doing in that time frame. It took harbaugh several years to get a good crew of coaches together.

Most likely a Penn State NW…

Most likely a Penn State NW situation but we'll see 

Someone is trying to skew…

Someone is trying to skew the state of our open threads this week

Having used the Supercharger…

Having used the Supercharger network on the east coast extensively, I've never waited for a charger (west coast may have some wait times). Unless you're travelling extensively on back roads in the middle of nowhere, having a charger every 20-50 miles along major highways is fine for giving you a few options as your charge gets low. 

 

The charging situation doesn't work for everyone right now for sure. If you don't have parking at home to use a home outlet and you don't use your car super frequently, you could also look for destination chargers (level 2) where you live rather than superchargers. My town has a charger a 15 minute walk from my house, for instance, which I would walk to once a week with the dog when we had work on our house and couldn't charge at home.

I think you might be…

I think you might be surprised. I road trip east coast to Michigan relatively frequently and thought I'd want to keep using ICE for that but prefer the EV after doing it. Part of this is my EV is newer with better adaptive cruise controls, but it's also quieter which is inherent to EVs and makes it feel less tiring to drive.

I threw Toledo to Nashville in the supercharger route planner. You need one shorter and one longer charging session, assuming you would take a lunch break and one other bathroom/gas break normally you probably won't be waiting any longer than it takes to look through mgoboard or send some texts updating people on your progress after the bathroom break. If you're travelling with a family you probably will be done charging before everyone is ready.

As an aside I wouldn't recommend a none Tesla for anyone road tripping frequently until the Supercharger network is fully open to other cars.

Somehow he fumbled 2x in the…

Somehow he fumbled 2x in the bowl game against Florida.

Tour de France is my July…

Tour de France is my July outlet. Hours every morning.

Seems obscure and…

Seems obscure and inconsequential it's not as if the English were involved in any other colonization efforts.

The real good stuff comes…

The real good stuff comes from Valorant these days.

Would be fun to have the two…

Would be fun to have the two winged helmet teams playing.

As someone who spent his 20…

As someone who spent his 20's living in Philly, yes it's a fantastic city. That said Nova is the burbs and Ann Arbor is definitely superior.

Yeah you always challenge…

Yeah you always challenge that if you have it available.

Impression so far B10 seems…

Impression so far B10 seems good at hockey.

This Isaiah Pacheco is…

This Isaiah Pacheco is pretty good.

I wonder if the offsides was…

I wonder if the offsides was on the long snapper not snapping when he was supposed to, rather than MSU purposely trying to get Michigan to jump the count?

Also fumbled snap, not forced by Michigan but good job tackling immediately.

This blog is all about…

This blog is all about overanalyzing small, flawed data sets. That's all you get with football.

If PSU, Michigan, and OSU…

If PSU, Michigan, and OSU all end up with one conference loss with OSU losing to PSU and Michigan losing to OSU then it most likely goes to the highest ranked team in the rankings, which would almost certainly be OSU since they just beat us and PSU probably can't make it into the top 5 winning out. If we're all within one rank I think it goes to a coin flip.

I think it's really unlikely…

I think it's really unlikely ND wins, but you're right ND has a solid defense so Clemson is likely to struggle. It's just hard to see a ND win without lots of turnovers.

Edit: I am surprised by ND neutral defense efficiency metrics.

Get out of here with your…

Get out of here with your reasonable take :)

You are correct. SP+ isn't…

You are correct. SP+ isn't perfect but it's one of, if not the best tool we have for controlling for strength of opposing defenses.

That's fair though, the…

That's fair though, the assessment makes sense if you're trying to plant an early season stake. Alabama has deficiencies on offense with their receivers. OSU hasn't shown they're significantly different than last year's team. It's reasonable at this point to think Michigan's offense is quite a bit better with JJ and maybe a smaller step back without Ojabo and Hutchinson. 

Could be Pioneer doesn't…

Could be Pioneer doesn't want to handle the liability concerns whereas the mall and their partners were willing to work with it. Could also be they are setting up with wider spacing in the mall and didn't think that was doable at Pioneer.

Passing Rutger, pretty close…

Passing Rutger, pretty close to a total Rutger...

They will be repurposed or…

They will be repurposed or recycled nearly. The materials are too valuable not to.

Higher income people and…

Higher income people and more expensive cars don't qualify for the tax credits either. The credits are pretty well targeted to people who's buying decision can be most influenced by the discount.

EVs require less man hours…

EVs require less man hours to assemble. The drive train is also simpler. In the shorter term more engineering work is probably needed to develop a mature platform. Unless Ford massively expands their market share they will need less people.

Measured the distance in…

Measured the distance in Google maps. Looks like ~600ft to the far side of the stadium from where the band is. It'll take over half a second for the sound to travel from the band to the far corner.

EV6 is a hatch though if you…

EV6 is a hatch though if you're looking at the e-Golf, the Hyundai ioniq 5 may be preferred. It's the same EV platform as the EV6 but has the more of a Golf look. The EV6 and ioniq 5 are pretty much equivalent in EV performance to the Model Y (efficiency, range, and charge time) in the small SUV/hatchback space.

Does anyone with more…

Does anyone with more insight into the Director's cup scoring have insight to our chances to hold off Stanford?

Adding my 2 cents even…

Adding my 2 cents even though it's a little later. Bought a Model Y about a year ago, was expecting to do 1 electric and 1 ICE car for awhile, probably will buy another EV sooner rather than later to replace the current ICE car.

1. No experience, will say be prepared for you and your wife negotiating about who takes the electric car, my experience has been it's a much better experience for doing errands.

2. Keep in mind if you're buying right now MSRP and purchase price are different for anyone not doing direct to consumer. Kia EV6, Polestar and Fisker have EVs but I'm not sure if they're in the US and what price.

3. Did not qualify for credit with my car, given you're looking at a 50k car I'm assuming you pay 7500 in federal taxes you should have no problem getting the credit at tax time, with wonky prices right now just make sure the total cost makes sense after credit.

4. Solid state batteries are coming eventually but still many years from commercial at scale production. Initial versions of solid state probably won't be huge improvements over the advances made in current tech. Don't purchase based on this

5. Before Sep seems unlikely. Neon for semiconductor manufacturing is impacted by the Ukraine - Russia conflict. I would make the best decision based on current conditions.

6. They might be very good the Munro Live Youtube (auto engineering consultant) channel certainly thinks the Chinese EVs will compete in the US pretty soon. They won't be a step change though and are a little longer out from wide availability.

Other things:

Your planned usage suggests you can charge with a normal 120v 15A outlet and don't need to invest immediately in a charger and higher power outlet.

I would prioritize higher efficiency, charge speed, and meeting at least a 250 mile range (as you've identified). 300+ mile range will make longer road trips feel basically normal since you'll be able to drive for ~3 hours before stopping and charging will be basically complete after you've used the bathroom and grabbed a snack or meal. I drove from east coast to Chicago and felt very comfortable with the superchargers it added 30-45minutes of wait time after bathroom and meals to my ~14 hour road trip in, 5-15 minute chunks. You're experience will vary in none Tesla EVs but should still be doable on major highways.

I wouldn't do a hybrid at this point 2 drive trains is not desirable from a reliability and maintenance perspective.

Anecdotal evidence yes but I…

Anecdotal evidence yes but I'll add my 0.02$. 

1. Owned a Model Y for a year thought we'd live with 1 ICE and 1EV for the next decade or so, we'll almost certainly buy an EV when we replace our other car.

3. Depends on energy mix in your area but based on the most recent study I've seen the current US grid makes EVs carbon neutral at 5-15k miles of driving, so lifetime carbon is much lower. The environmental impact of mining is harder to measure but Lithium, Cobalt, and Nickel will all be recycled at high recoveries.

6. Immediate acceleration when merging or passing, and running AC when storing groceries or plants and with more stops on errands, travelling with the dog, or just being able to sit in a temperature controlled cabin without idling are huge quality of life improvements as well.

Yes, but hydrogen is…

Yes, but hydrogen is inherently not efficient as a fuel source (the physics of producing, distributing, and converting to electricity in the fuel cell are worse than ICE or BEV) and requires a completely new more complicated fuel infrastructure than gas stations or EVs (distribution is largely solved since there's electricity near essentially  all roads, charging stations are the gap). It might work for niche use cases but is unlikely to be a mass consumer technology.

In general if you're…

In general if you're interested in car and EV engineering, I recommend the Munro Live youtube channel. Munro owns and automotive and consumer appliance engineering consulting company and posts video tear downs and reviews of many different vehicles. He tends to look at more EVs since that's where the new engineering problems are in the industry.

The average car buyer, buys…

The average car buyer, buys used, so wide adoption relies on building up enough used inventory over the next decade or so. For people looking to buy new cars a notch up from base model sedans much of the difference to comparable vehicles can be mitigated by reduced operating costs (and depending on how you evaluate older model 3 resale prices all of the difference is mitigated by better retention of value).

 

I'll add my wife and I bought a Model Y when we were looking to replace one of our 2 cars. Much like you mentioned we were thinking 1 ICE and 1 EV would help with the range anxiety/road trips. Living with it for a year, we won't be buying ICE when we replace our other car and we've made all road trips including a east coast to MI trip in the Y. To your point I wouldn't be as confident in the longer trips if not for the Supercharger network, but If you are considering a base tier luxury vehicle or higher trim none luxury and a garage or very nearby charger then EVs are likely already a better choice for this admittedly priviledged cohort, and there's almost no downside to switch 1 vehicle (the errand/shorter commuter) if you're a 2 car household with parking and access to a 120V outlet.

That's sad I always enjoyed…

That's sad I always enjoyed when Denard would beat the RB/WR to the end zone.

Between the blocked punt,…

Between the blocked punt, the 61 yard punt, and Iowa's missed field goal we should be #1 in FEI right?

Great chances on both sides…

Great chances on both sides towards the end of the 2nd OT

Unfortunately that's an easy…

Unfortunately that's an easy one, 2014 OSU lost to unranked VA Tech week 2 then ran the table. This years OSU team has been compared a lot to that team as a potential route OSU could take and given how they've looked recently it's a real possibility.