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45 weeks 3 days ago	Ridiculous!	I am incensed by the comments Gene Smith made. Really, Gene Smith? You'll be "on the offensive" if the NCAA makes further penalties? I think OSU is playing a pretty dangerous game right now. The reason SMU eventually for the death penalty was not only for its pretty glaring, rampant violations, but because of the organization's refusal to take culpability and its "try it, I dare you" attitude towards the NCAA. I'm not saying OSU is getting the death penalty (which really wouldn't be good for anyone, though I might secretly snicker myself to sleep over the indignity), but they must be DAMN FOOLS to think that there will be no more sanctions. Also, can Gene Smith be fired already? It's cruel to delay the inevitable.
1 year 4 weeks ago	Not to beat the Krikor thing to death, but...	I also know Krikor. I'm not saying I know his brother/his family (other than enjoying a Quickie Burger now and then). I am not saying I am the definitive expert on all things Krikor (in regards to the douche vs not douche debate), nor is anyone who reads this site, except Krikor himself. He's a nice guy. I agree with a comment in an earlier post that he can come off a little arrogant, but I don't think he means it in a bad way. And, again, he was part of a Michigan National Championship team. I know that means opening up the doors to a public scrutiny, but I feel bad for the guy more than anything now. Who wants to be belittled by anonymous blog posters who don't know him? Regardless of who he is/if he made his own wikipedia page (doubtful, those tend to NOT fly), its all kind of harsh. But not harsher than we all do to everyone else who ever entered the stratosphere of Michigan sports. And as a recent med school graduate, the M4 is indeed for "Medical School Year 4." He probably only signed that out of a habit, since we're constantly identifying ourselves as the med student in emails to the thousands of doctors who don't know us that we need to work with every day.
1 year 19 weeks ago	Dear Brian	Dearest Brian, I know you're upset. Brady Hoke certainly wasn't in my top 5 choice for our beloved program. That being said, since the beginning of Coaching Carousel 2011 (an ingenious name, BTW), I've noticed you've been sad. Well, sad and angry. I wish you were less angry. Don't get me wrong, I'm angry too. But it makes it hard to read this site (which usually makes my day better) when coming over here means I'll get my daily dose of "The End is Nigh" when its comes to Michigan football.  I know you're struggling, but please pull out of this funk, because otherwise we're going to turn into a big angry pile of  ex-Michigan fans who live underground worshipping golden statues of JH, waiting for the second-coming. Sincerely, WolverineHusker, a big fan of yours P.S.: I suppose if the underground gathering had some kegs of Fat Tire, I might be down to participate. Who am I kidding? I'd go even if there was Busch Light.
1 year 20 weeks ago	Faith	This is a great post, and I'll reiterate what others have said in acknowledging the quality of the responses. First, I'd like to state my pre-Bowl game point of view on Rich Rod, which was basically your "wait." I did not believe that RR was up to my expectations for our program...but did believe he had it in him. It just had to be...drawn out, somehow. Post-Bowl game? Hmm...Am I done waiting? I am myself an advocate of the "a coach cannot be judged on one game" mentality. There were plenty of things Rich Rod did wrong, from a coaching perspective. But were the dropped passes his fault? We easily could have scored 2 more TDs to make the game, well, seem less like a total blow out. But regardless of whose fault it is...am I still ready to wait? Faith is a funny thing. Biblically speaking...people lose it all the time. Under pharoah, the Jews in Egypt felt "forsaken" by the God that did not hear their calls for help. When his life was on the line, Peter denied Jesus three times...because in a sense he did not have faith that his "faith" was enough to protect him, in this life or the next. But faith, in and of itself, is not religious. There is just as much faith in Cubs fans who believe that, one day, the cure will be broken. Or in Red Sox fans who had their faith rewarded in a AL Series that one can only call miraculous.  I do not know if RR can bring us the glory that I hope for. I do not know if JH can, either. But I know the answer to your third question: I am prepared to wait forever. Good golly, I hope it doesn't come to that. But I believe with all my heart that Michigan is my team, and that through years of darkness come years of light. As a child I weathered the 1-15 New England Patriots years...the disappointment, the desperation, the laughable badness...and on the other end watched the team rewarded with three super bowls.  Three lean years of Michigan football can't kill that spirit that lives in us. It gives voice to our detractors, to which I say "bring. it. on." Having faith is about taking the good with the bad. Let the haters hate. I'm staying put right where I am, because I know our good days are coming.
1 year 20 weeks ago	That's not the only good I saw.	Even after that game i still love Denard. That's not an easy feat when the team loses by a million. But every day, even when our team sucks, I'm still impressed by the kid. It's not his fault those WRs kept dropping sure-thing TD passes that were right to them.
1 year 20 weeks ago	It's a weird feeling for me...	...this expected dejection. I didn't think we'd win this game...no matter how hard I tried to tell myself otherwise. But I certainly didn't expect the big, collapsing mess that was our team on Saturday. It's not the sadness that gets to me (because I feel like we've all had our share of sadness this season)...it's the fact that I'm getting used to it. That being said, the commentators (Well, some of them) actually had it right: no way you can judge a coach based on one game. That being said, 100% chance they are, right now.
1 year 20 weeks ago	I take issue with this idea of "reenergizing."	Didn't bring in Rich Rod "re-energize" the program...until it blew up in our faces? I agree that a new coach/possibly new system, combined with the JH jingoism would probably add a curiosity factory to our upcoming season, but it would ONLY sustain itself if the 'new era,' so to speak, proved to be successful. If JH comes and has a poor (or even mediocre) first season, the same "we're-losing-I-hate-this" malaise will strike again. Fresh starts are not always good starts; don't think hiring a new coach guarantees $$$ and prestige.
1 year 20 weeks ago	No chance	Why would Denard, Mr. Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year (and, if our team had been better, a possible Heisman contender), sit out a year? He's a proven star right now, and his transferring would sideline him for a full season. That would be a career disaster, in my opinion. I think Denard is staying regardless. Maybe that's just wishful thinking, because his departure would already worsen by Football OffSeason-al Affect Disorder.
1 year 20 weeks ago	Really?	i'd like to see one person who's a bigger Rich Rod fan than a Michigan fan. Oh wait, there are those people...at Ohio State, Notre Dame, Michigan State, Iowa, Penn State... I want Rich Rod to stay, but I believe Rich Rod deserves all the flack he gets around here. People are just getting a little misty eyed about the end of an era...it's like the day after Christmas: your mind knows its over, but your heart just won't let go.
1 year 20 weeks ago	As not only a Michigander and Nebraskan...	...but a native of California, I can say that, yes, Palo Alto has some nice regions (for the loaded), it's also got lots of crime and traffic, as well as the worst public school system in the country and an absolutely floundering economy that is not getting better anytime soon. Sure, all of these things don't matter when you're going to make as much as Michigan head coach will, but Ann Arbor is decidedly more family-friendly than Palo Alto...even with the chaos that ensues on game days.

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