rundown of Michigan's riser
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| Date | Title | Body |
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| 43 weeks 5 days ago | My take |
These are my take on the % chances of M winning: Alabama - 20% Air Force - 100% UMass - 100% ND - 45% Purdue - 95% Illinois - 95% MSU - 70% Nebraska - 60% Minny - 100% Northwestern - 85% Iowa - 80% Ohio - 40% Expected value, 8.9 wins rounded up to 9. |
| 44 weeks 2 days ago | BSD |
This is the only truly acceptable response to the current situation from a Penn State sports blog right now (some derivation of these core concepts.) 1. What happened was horrible and unconscionable 2. Joe Paterno could've stopped it, didn't, and is therefore morally culpable in the single biggest test of his character he ever faced 3. The Penn State community needs to perform a serious evaluation of the culture that got us to this point so that it never happens again That's it. Anything else at this time is pretty much unjustifiable. Also, I take zero schadenfreude in this situation. Zero. All I think through any of this stuff as I read it is "what if that were my son?" There is no joy in any of this, in any way. |
| 50 weeks 17 hours ago | Not surprising |
As long as you have a minimum price worked in somehow, it's the best way to extract maximum revenue. I hadn't realized it was already being used though. |
| 50 weeks 17 hours ago | This will be tried someday |
Someday soon in our internet age, you will login to your account. You will type in the largest amount you would be willing to pay for next season's tickets, along with everyone else. The highest 114,000 per seat bids will get the seats in the order of $'s bid (highest $ bid gets 50 yard line, 20 rows up, etc.) The end. (We're headed there, deep down you all know it.) |
| 50 weeks 1 day ago | Desmond Howard |
Not to state the obvious, but Desmond's Heisman campaign was amazing. I remember watching just thinking that every play should be run to him and he wouldn't ever drop a pass. Grbac to Howard was the whole season that year. |
| 50 weeks 6 days ago | Lone Survivor |
Anyone interested in the Seals should read Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell. Great book about Seal training (these players got off easy!) and a mission that went wrong. Highly recommended. |
| 50 weeks 6 days ago | He is an excellent writer |
I actually think this is the perfect spot for Albom to write. He is a really good writer, and while he doesn't cover the day to day of sports very well he captures the whole of something like Lidstrom's career perfectly. Albom has perspective, and he can capture something human in just about any worthy story. He couldn't do a UFR for anything, but he is certainly worthy to eulogize a life or a career. Didn't think when I woke up today "I'm going to have to defend Mitch Albom a little", but there you go. |
| 51 weeks 6 days ago | As a victim myself |
Having your tonsils and adenoids removed is a horrible, hellish experience. No joke. You can't really sleep, can't really eat, can't take the pain meds you want to take (only Tylenol, no aspirin or Advil.) Your throat bleeds pretty much constantly for a week... It really, really sucks. I wasn't right for 2 weeks myself. The no sleeping is the worst. I thought the same thing before I got my surgery, "I'll just eat ice cream for a couple days, this'll be a snap." Not a snap. Horrible & hellish. I'm shuddering just thinking about it. On the bright side it does solve the problem of getting sore throats constantly, but don't hammer the kid for that. It sucks. |
| 52 weeks 14 hours ago | You forgot |
You forgot to mention "contact lens wearer" which I still find one of the most perplexing things ever. How did/do we not test everyone's eyes once a year? Dukes, York, Chesson, get thee to an optometrist please. |
| 1 year 6 days ago | It's all about travel |
I still say that a B1G fan who is facing (for example): Indianapolis in early December for the B1G Championship game Pasadena on January 1st for the semifinal Miami on January 14th for the National Championship or an SEC fan who is also facing Atlanta / New Orleans / Miami Isn't going to make all 3 of those games. Unless you are retired, a 1%'er, and have an extremely accomodating wife, you aren't going to all 3 of those games. TV ratings will be through the roof, but come on. I was at the Sugar Bowl, and I couldn't believe that a 10-2 Michigan team playing in an awesome city after three years of misery couldn't sell out the building. As much as I loved the experience, there's no way I could justify two of those trips in one year. These AD's and conference commissioners are crazy.
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| 1 year 1 week ago | IU |
How is Indiana not #1? They have nothing to be excited about, ever. There is no joy involved at all. While PSU is going through a tough time, they'll be back. There is hope. But IU? Always sucked, always will suck. (They don't even have a single football recruit at this point.) It's a football disaster area. |
| 1 year 1 week ago | Of course I would |
In my opinion the health risks associated with football are being inflated by the NFL's current issues. From Pop Warner to the NFL there is a vast difference of experience. The NFL has the largest people on the planet hitting each other nearly continuosly through training camps, countless practices, 20 games, etc. It's a lot more hitting than even college, by a lot bigger, stronger men. My son has zero chance to ever play in the NFL, and probably not much chance to play in college, at least under scholarship. His risk of serious injury is virtually nil. Of course I would allow him to play, and as far as his talent would allow him to progress. The benefits of playing in a structured team sport, learning a role, discipline, etc. far outweigh any risk. |
| 1 year 1 week ago | Wow |
I clicked through just because I didn't quite believe the concept. But it's even worse than you'd think. She probably knows that there's no crying in baseball, but I think this other team doesn't realize that. |
| 1 year 1 week ago | Bronze Uni's |
Remarkable how well this mascot works with those horrid Nike Pro Combat bronze atrocities. |
| 1 year 1 week ago | Rest in Peace |
Given my pic, I figured I should add that I hope he has Sailed off through night and day, And in and out of weeks, And almost over a year... |
| 1 year 2 weeks ago | Vada Murray |
Didn't Vada Murray suffer from lung cancer? Apologies, but I didn't understand that reference. |
| 1 year 3 weeks ago | We all know why |
This is a classic case of using stupid reasons to justify the real reason that you can't say. And that is that warm weather teams don't want to potentially play at a cold weather site. They all currently mostly play near home and don't want to give that up. I think the B1G should stand firm. Home games are the only way. One other thought, who would want to go see a Semifinal, then turn around and head to the Championship Game a week or two later? People will wait and see if they can just go to the Championship Game and semifinals might actually not sell out (even though the TV ratings would be through the roof.)
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| 1 year 5 weeks ago | He's doing a Hoke |
Just as Hoke teaches the fundamentals every year and doesn't assume that everyone remembers everything, Seth is doing the same. I say thanks, even as someone who has watched football for almost 30 years now I appreciated the refresher. |
| 1 year 11 weeks ago | Just hope for... |
Just hope we win the B1G title. That's all you have to say. However that works out, hey, stuff happens. |
| 1 year 11 weeks ago | Plays too |
Since the whole point of this endeavour will be to reflect back in a few years on what we have loved in Michigan sports, I would also suggest we strongly consider adding 3-5 plays as well as players. The players need to be honored, certainly. But consider the 2015 you looking back and reading a write up these specific plays (just off the top of my head): 2012 Football - ND v MIchigan - Robinson to Gallon - The Cloaking Device 2007 Football - Wisconsin v Michigan - Threet rumbles for 50+ yards 2006 Football - Michigan v Penn State - Branch destroys QB 2011 Football - Michigan v ND - Robinson goes 84 yards 2012 Football - Nebraska v Michigan - Mike Martin forces a pitch on an option play as NT 2012 Basketball - Ohio V Michigan - Trey Burke scores over Sullinger Etc. You get the idea. Again, this is not at all to take away from the players, but also to capture those specific moments that made us all giddy beyond belief. I would probably go back and read that page once a month. We could also include the UFR of the play to give it that MGoBlog connection (or have the best UFR description of any play.) |
| 1 year 16 weeks ago | Air Force |
Off we go, into the wild blue yonder, climbing high, into the sun... |
| 1 year 22 weeks ago | Coin flips are too arbitrary |
It'll never happen, but the OT order should be decided by what yard line you are willing to start from (keeping in mind that the team to go first will start from the 25.) So would you make it the 40? Your own 35? Removes the arbitrariness and adds another element of strategy. How much is knowing what you have to do worth to that team in that OT? The type of auction could be fun too. It could be that each head coach gives their auction number to a different linesman who then communicate it to the head ref and the winner is the furthest back. That would be my preference. But a straight up back and forth between captains would also be interesting (it might take a bit more time which is why it's not my preference.) The NFL OT could probably replace the OT coin-flip with a similar auction and still keep a sudden death OT going. It would take luck out of it. |
| 1 year 34 weeks ago | Record |
I'm curious to know what Bacon thinks Michigan's 2008 record would have been if Lloyd had stayed. Do Mallet, Boren, Arrington, etc. still leave? Does that matter? |
| 1 year 35 weeks ago | No agenda here |
But I want to point out that "the touchdowns are red herrings" is going against that whole "results based charting service" attitude. You're clearly looking through some tinted lenses at that point. And before you jump all over me, I want Borges to put out an offense as close to last year's as possible, so I am in agreement with the overall theme. But you can't just say "ignore the fact that all our points came from under center." |
| 2 years 5 days ago | Let me ask this... |
I think this practice is despicable, but only because they yank the scholarship. Frankly, I'd be fine with this: 1. Coach brings kid into room and tells him he is off the football team as he's not going to see the field 2. Agrees to continue a scholarship at the school, just not a football scholarship. Also agrees the kid can be on the practice squad (or whatever is allowable without counting against the 85 limit) 3. Has no problem (obviously) if the kid wants to transfer and try to make a team somewhere else. Now there is a way that big-time boosters can put their money to work, scholarships for kids that tried but just couldn't make the team. Am I a jerk for thinking that? If so, why? |
| 3 years 26 weeks ago | Just a great post |
Loved it. I'd add: Michigan Football is the pack. The strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack. |
| 3 years 34 weeks ago | M Fans |
M fans tend to be more independent and less into Groupthink than some other fanbases, at least when I went to school there. For example, it's easy to get ND students to ALL wear a green tee, they are open to Groupthink from the womb. Michigan students, and particularly alumni, just tend to have a higher percentage that says, "screw your edict, I'm wearing what I want!" It's an independent streak that I happen to like. (Frankly, I'm amazed that the Maize-Outs have been participated in and as successful as they have been.) Just my .02 |
| 3 years 39 weeks ago | Love the concept |
How about: A: Then why does it say "aksepted"? B: EPIC FAIL |
| 3 years 39 weeks ago | A rebuttal |
I started typing "Uniqenam you ignorant slut" but just barely stopped. Our mascot gets so many things right, here's a small helpful list: 1. It is unique. There aren't any other Wolverines in major colleges. So I would counter that it's actually the BEST nickname in sports, or at least in the running. |
| 3 years 44 weeks ago | Benefit |
Isn't swearing one of the perks of being a football coach? Like 401k, health care plan, free tickets, and I can swear like a sailor and everyone shrugs it off. Awesome! I think you're looking at this the wrong f-ing way. |
