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Gorilla smash. This blog's readership annihilated the annual EDSBS charity fundraiser last year, bringing hope to refugees and a Bo-themed skin to EDSBS. Michigan coasted past #2 Auburn by a full two grand, and lo, we were amply rewarded.

You can take the opportunity to defend your crown by hitting up the 2012 version; this year the winning team also gets an episode of Shutdown Fullback devoted to it ("in a good way!" Orson says) and a "custom essay focused on doing nothing but denigrating the things the winning school finds deplorable."

Just going to leave this screenshot here now.

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Yes, that's real. Or at least it is for me. /shakes fist at google personalization

Unfortunately, only round dollar amounts are available this year so you can't punch in your favorite score from a rivalry game unless you want to go big baller… or commemorate the Yakety Sax game with your 38.00.

Note: make sure to leave the school name in the DESIGNATION line, lest your donation not be credited to the glorious university you owe your lives, fortune, and honor to. If you need further hate to motivate you, that guy whose operative theory about why Brady Hoke will fail is "recruits too many NFL-sized offensive linemen who remind me of a guy who didn't work out for OSU" is suggesting that OSU fans should donate to "embarrass Michigan." Also he has not read the instructions closely enough, the bastard.

The last tie. 1992 OSU:

Kiss your sister, unless you've already married her. OOOH SICK BURN. MGoVideo also has all of the 1992 Purdue game.

Reinstated. Josh Furman is back and ready to go. Given the way this worked out, couldn't he have been practicing? He and the team would have benefited and… like… it doesn't sound like anything happened except some yelling into a dorm room (and, of course, the heinous crime against Furman's locks).

Somehow this sums up everything perfectly. SBN headline:

College Football Playoffs: Which 2 Bowls Should Be Added To The BCS?

College football? College football.

The plan. Two and out for Trey Burke is the plan:

Dime: Do you plan on leaving school for the NBA if you have another good year next season?

TB: If I have a great season, and we go far, I probably will lean towards coming out. I can’t really speak on that right now, it’s too early. But I definitely will look into it and my coaches will help me look into it because they understand the type of situation I’m in.

It would be nice to get Michigan's hyped freshman point guard a little time to get his feet wet but I'll take it. Derrick Walton's happy about his choice right now.

The limit. It turns out I've got one when it comes to recruiting, and it's one the premium sites, Tremendous and UMHoops are now exploring on a daily basis. If I see a "2014" or even "2015" in front of a kid's name, I am unmoved unless they seem extremely good and likely to end up at M.

A comprehensive list of 2014 football recruits I am interested in hearing about at this juncture: Malik McDowell. Since some of them are ending up at M it is also interesting to figure out how good the next crop of Cass Tech kids is. IL CB Parrker Westphal just got offers from half the Big Ten and is coached by Todd Howard (yes that Todd Howard), so he's getting there. I may be interested in 2014 Mississippi SG Devin Booker, but am not sure yet.

This will change after football players' junior seasons; in basketball it will change when Beilein can fire out offers in June. Right now it's just all so futuristic, man. Like finding an NCAA tournament loss to a major underdog hits only a pile of scar tissue where your heart used to be, I assume this is an effect of being a hockey fan. When Tristin Llewellyn committed he was supposed to be amazing. This did not happen. Need more data before emotions get all emotional.

Under that limit. I am interested to hear how Michigan's 2013 basketball commits are doing during their AAU season. Zak Irvin's play continues to improve:

Zak Irvin (2013, Wing, Eric Gordon All-Stars – Commit)

Zak Irvin is without a doubt one of the better players in his class. His jumpshot is water and when he gets it going from beyond the arc it’s almost impossible to stop him. His long arms make him a terror at the top of the zone on defense. In man-to-man sets, he was easily the best on-ball defender on his team. Irvin’s team is loaded, with two players headed to Indiana, one to Notre Dame and another to Purdue, but when the Eric Gordon All-Stars needed buckets it seemed like Irvin was the primary option. Irvin’s handle is solid and he looked okay running point guard sporadically, though he had a few turnovers. Two areas of his game to watch are his passing ability and rebounding. He made a concerted effort to rebound all weekend and wound up with 12 in the final game of the day on Saturday. He was also able to find his teammates for easy buckets in the post after using his quickness to get by his defender.

Love the idea that Irvin can be a 6'5" shutdown perimeter defender in the mold of a Bernard Robinson Jr. Michigan hasn't had an elite defender since. Also in that post, Mark Donnal gets in a bunch of foul trouble. UMHoops also has an article on Donnal featuring his relationship with Dan Dakich, who happens to be his AAU coach.

You realize this makes you Mubarak, right? Jim Delany:

Delany defended the Rose Bowl and compared the coming changes in college football to the Arab Spring, the revolts that erupted across the Middle East and North Africa last year.

“Not all change is manageable,” Delany said. “You want to control change. You want evolution, not revolution, because you don’t know what the unintended consequences will be.”

As always, Jim Delany should not say things.

Incoming defenders. The United States of Hockey also scouted the USA U18's defense corps, with all three of Michigan's commits turning in good performances. Trouba:

Jacob Trouba — It is plainly clear why Trouba is getting a lot of Top-10 buzz. He can do a little bit of everything. His pro-ready size and strength are going to be attractive to a lot of teams. He also plays with an edge and had several bone-crushing hits in the tournament. What people often forget is that Trouba is a tremendous skater. He has speed, sure, but there’s more to it than that. He’s able to find seems and turn it up ice quickly. Then there’s his cannon from the point. Trouba’s one goal at the tournament came off a stunning one-timer that required video review because it came right off the back bar in the net so quickly. He posted three points total. Knocks on his offensive upside are overblown, I feel. There are clearly many tools at this defenseman’s disposal. He should go early on Day 1. Committed to the University of Michigan.

Carrick:

Connor Carrick — Playing a strong game at both ends of the ice allowed Carrick to have a lot of success. The offensive-minded defenseman posted four points including a pair of goals. Carrick has good speed and some creativity with the puck. He also has pretty good strength along the walls, which makes up for his lack of height. Carrick also has a good feel for when to jump into plays and often makes good decisions when pinching. If Carrick ever got into trouble, he was able to recover with his feet. There should be a few teams that will be looking to pick up Carrick in the later rounds of the Draft. Committed to the University of Michigan.

Continues to sound like a bigger version of Langlais. Carrick's going to be important next year as Michigan tries to get that third pairing solidified, but if Michigan does hold on to all of their incoming defensemen they'll be in good shape.

Rutledge only got one start, a shutout—all games not against Canada were shutouts—in which he "bailed out" his team more than once. Click through for that report.

Etc.: The Solid Verbal features Dan, Ty, and Andy Staples talkin' playoffs. More Staples on playoffs. MVictors has audio of Willie Heston. If Dave Brandon was at FSU. Jerald Robinson's violence against a parking lot gate gets Michigan one point the Fulmer Cup. A second is added for "admiration."

Comments

wolverine1987

May 1st, 2012 at 3:39 PM ^

It's apparent they want the major bowls to stay despite all the issues with guys in jackets. so make the new system this:

1.Keep the 4 major Bowls

2.The 4 bowls are then comprised of the 6 BCS conference champions plus 2 at large teams

3. The 4 winners of those bowls are the 4 teams in the Sem-finals.

4. Play the two semi-finals the following week at home sites

5. Bid out and play the title game at a neutral site as discussed.

So the bowls stay, and in effect this is an 8 team playoff that keeps, and in fact ramps up, the importance of both the major bowls, and makes the conference championship critical, thus keeping the importance of the regular season as we have now.

imafreak1

May 1st, 2012 at 4:08 PM ^

If a guy is arrested and charges are pressed, I'm fine with him sitting out until it works its way through the courts.

Getting arrested is bad. Having those kinds of charges pressed against you is bad. Even if you're found not guilty those are bad things.

This is preferable to Hoke being his own judge and jury and subjecting Michigan to weeks of bad press followed by a much less public vindication of sorts. It's not like Furman was sitting in his room playing scrabble after all.

stbowie

May 1st, 2012 at 4:14 PM ^

Was the OSU coach saying "You'll f*** us every chance you get" when the ref says there's one second still on the clock. Would have been better still if we'd used that one second to score....

WolverineHistorian

May 1st, 2012 at 4:35 PM ^

I have all 3 tie games from the 92 season but I never uploaded them because of particular painful moments. 

The Illinois game was turnover city.  Every time we got close to score, we fumbled.  Over 300 yards of offense in the first half but only 7 points because of the turnovers.  Pete Elezovic missed an extra point in the game as well (as did Illinois.)

The Notre Dame game had the infamous phantom interference on Ty Law when ND had a 3rd and goal.  That little gift gave them a fresh set of downs to tie the game.  Then in the final minute, we're in range to win it with a field goal and Grbac throws a pick to an area where there were NO Michigan receivers at all. 

The Ohio State game, what better gift could they have gotten?  Grbac was 3-0 against them then has to leave the game in the 1st quarter.  Merry early Christmas, Cooper. 

Does anyone want to see those games?  They're not losses but they'll still make you want to pull your hair out. 

 

Wisconsin Wolverine

May 1st, 2012 at 7:55 PM ^

I went with the biggest rivalry score I could find: 86-0 over OSU in 1902.  Boom.

... I also went with the minimum allowable donation, because I am poor.  I still feel a little bit like a baller.

skwasha

May 1st, 2012 at 9:42 PM ^

If we can Kickstart the magazine with $50K plus, I don't see why we shouldn't be able to kill this and put the other schools to shame. OK, well maybe not to shame... as it's all for a good casue and all that. But heck, the magazine isn't even tax deductible!

goblue85

May 2nd, 2012 at 9:57 AM ^

I was wondering if the frozen diamond michigan/ohio game will be posted on youtube?  As cleveland fan loved seeing michigan beat team down south in that venue lol. 

 

 

Sambojangles

May 2nd, 2012 at 10:11 AM ^

The EDSBS charity competition is a great reason for Michigan to run up the score on rivals. I think 40.34 is my donation this year (actually just 40, I know you have to round to the dollar).

French West Indian

May 2nd, 2012 at 11:05 AM ^

Truth is that Delaney is right.  There likely are a lot of unforeseen consequences that will emerge as college football continues to scrap tradition in favor of the next best thing.  Eventually this approach will hurt the game and it's popularity.