January 11th, 2011 at 11:10 AM ^
Definitely credible. Have to believe the man that owns the best BBQ in the state.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:06 AM ^
What time does the late mid-morning thread start?
January 11th, 2011 at 11:06 AM ^
Just one more grass joke, then I gotta go
January 11th, 2011 at 11:09 AM ^
I'm going to get fired from my job before this thing is over! I've already asked my IT Dept for another F5 button.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:09 AM ^
Hell, it's 11:10...when does the late morning open thread open?
January 11th, 2011 at 11:09 AM ^
Senario:
Hi Trevor, this is (insert SEC coach here).
We like you, but we are unsure if you and other recruits will pan out.
Option 1) You go sign with the Valdosta State Blazers and start division II football immediately.
Option 2) You sign with us, get a chance to be a (Gator, Tide, Tiger, etc) or... if your not that good, we cut you, and you play at the Valdosta State Blazers next year.
Personally, if I were a boarderline recruit, and all I had to do is beat 2-3 other guys in spring football to be on a SEC team I may take that chance. The other guys may have medical or academic issues. The worst thing that happens is they go to another school the following year. Furthermore the SEC allows this so the coaches are playing by the rules.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:11 AM ^
Completely agree.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:17 AM ^
Or option 3, you go play for Mississippi, or South Carolina or Iowa or Michigan St or pretty much any Big 12 school who will certainly offer you a schollie if you got one from Bama or LSU or Auburn and you get to play D1 football without being afraid of getting cut and finding a new team.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:27 AM ^
however if you are a Southern kid - with a Crimson Tide bedspread and die-hard Bama fans for family - are you not going to take your shot? A 25-35% chance of the big dance as opposed to resigning yourself to the mid-powers permanently? Only a delayed year of college to lose?
January 11th, 2011 at 11:34 AM ^
I'm not saying there aren't some kids like that, but your OP implied there were two choices - SEC elite and D2. Not every kid commits to his childhood favorite (as we've seen this year) and a kid can still stay in the south and play for Arkansas, MSU, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Clemson, all who would almost certainly take a kid with a Bama offer. And you'd still have a shot to play at a high level - Arkansas played in a BSS bowl and USC (NTUSC) played in the SEC champ game.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:52 AM ^
I am a bird-in-the-hand type guy and would council my kid or relative to take the other more "sure thing" scholarship than the "maybe" scholarship.
But there are a lot of kids and families that I am sure are willing to take that shot and risk going for the brass ring.
I just don't understand why the coaches are being vilified for offering that shot take it or leave it, when the conference rules allow the practice. Bitch at the SEC commissioner or NCAA. A coach signing the number of kids he is allowed is not "dirty" as people are implying. No more than RR trying to medically redshirt Devin when he is not really hurt - the rules allow this - wink wink.
A scholarship is not a sure thing anyway. Many kids are an injury, bad test or one more "team rule violation" from being cut every year. There is no guarantee he goes to Ole Miss instead of LSU and doesn't get cut in a year for whatever at Ole Miss.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:30 AM ^
To be fair about the Big 12, I believe they were the second-highest number of over-signers behind the SEC. Don't think kids at Texas A&M or Oklahoma aren't "encouraged" to leave after a couple of years. But yeah, I agree with your general point about kids having to go in with their eyes open.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:24 AM ^
Of course, we're totally sure that this is the script Miles has been following, because he's a Michigan Man after all. It certainly doesn't look anything like this:
Coach: We really think you've got a chance to be a multi-year starter and an all-conference player here at our school. Our coaches can't wait to start working with you.
Player: I've heard some things about oversigning and scholarship limits.
Coach: That's overblown by the media. We always honor our commitments to players like you who show their commitment to our school.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:32 AM ^
If you are being recruited by one of the big SEC schools, chances are you have a better fallback than D2.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:10 AM ^
Crappy photoshop of the day! Let's hope I never have to use my powers (or lack thereof) again
January 11th, 2011 at 11:12 AM ^
something about the colors is not quite right.
January 11th, 2011 at 12:08 PM ^
You must be crazy. All this F5ing
January 11th, 2011 at 11:11 AM ^
Maybe we'll get word at 11:11 on 1/11/11? Oh wait. That's now!!
January 11th, 2011 at 11:11 AM ^
I know he could back out if something bigger came up, but he is scheduled to speak at the AFCA between 2 and 3 this afternoon. I don't know if the specific time has been mentioned more than "he'll be speaking at the Tuesday General Session."
http://www.afca.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9300&ATCLID=639377
January 11th, 2011 at 11:30 AM ^
Maybe he'll hijack the conference to announce his move to Michigan. Some might view that as a dick move, I would find it to be an awesome move. One great big awesome dick move.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:14 AM ^
We should just set up a frickin live blog for this. It would be easier to follow.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:16 AM ^
Haven't posted lately, haven't even read the threads. Actually getting work done. It will be nice if we get a decent coach. I'm still depressed over the whole RR thing. Of course, you move on, but this wasn't a happy three years for me. And now another SEC MNC. Grrrh.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:26 AM ^
a knitting club--something like the DAR--to sit around and drink Vernor's floats and talk about what might have been. We'll have to see where Rich lands before we book private planes to go watch his games, tho.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:36 AM ^
Mmmmmm, Vernor's floats.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:17 AM ^
and meeting with Brandon so not to hurt any feelings, if I am reading the grass leaves correctly.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:26 AM ^
Based on...?
January 11th, 2011 at 11:18 AM ^
Early next month we will be able to track MGoBlog's in-depth coverage of Les Miles' culinary exploration of tire-rubber-field-turf-sand-stuff on the new Verizon iPhone 4 using the fancy MGoBlog app currently available in the Apple app store...
Tell your wifes tell your kids, Apple's getting all up in here
January 11th, 2011 at 11:34 AM ^
That's awesome! Man, I miss old Simpsons episodes.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:20 AM ^
At least Brandon's not on a boat.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:38 AM ^
He did it LIKE A BOSS.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:55 AM ^
My favorite song from The Lonely Island.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:26 AM ^
We need someone at that conference! What is Miles wearing? What variety of grass is he chewing? Fescue likely means he's Big Blue bound, while Bermuda says he's staying on the Bayou . . . .
January 11th, 2011 at 11:27 AM ^
I don't get why chewing grass means he's going to work for IBM?
January 11th, 2011 at 11:30 AM ^
in case Fuzzy and others weren't sufficiently annoyed by the clever and totally original allusion to chewing grass. No need to thank me . . . .
January 11th, 2011 at 11:55 AM ^
Can we get a "Kentucky," jonny_GoBlue?
January 11th, 2011 at 11:21 AM ^
YOU are NOT the father!!!!
Damn. Time to turn off Maury.
For the record, I texted my cousin in AA this morning and asked if he's seen the mgojet fly over lately. He said no, but said he did see Les Miles himself at Mr. Greek's having breakfast this very morning. I must admit though, this cousin of mine is a bit of a joker.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:24 AM ^
I heard that he was wandering around near Scorekeeper's trying to figure out what happened to Dooley's. GPS currenlty shows him wandering aroung on North University looking for Drake's candy shop.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:28 AM ^
at Steve's Lunch. At least Blimpy's is still in AA. Might have a chance to keep him yet.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:29 AM ^
Steve's lunch is gone too? For F- sake. Please tell me the Brown Jug is still there and that Village Corner has not become a CVS
January 11th, 2011 at 11:32 AM ^
Village Corner is gone now.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:32 AM ^
Building got demolished
January 11th, 2011 at 11:32 AM ^
I don't live in Ann Arbor any more, but I read online somewhere that Village Corner closed. No idea what's there instead, but the old VC is long gone (shed a wine tear).
January 11th, 2011 at 11:33 AM ^
I heard VC went out of business. Not sure of it's status as a CVS...
January 11th, 2011 at 11:39 AM ^
Village Corner is being relocated. The building it was in is being demolished to make room for a student highrise (yet another one). Village Corner's owner is looking to move it to a different location but that hasn't been determined yet. Brown Jug is still alive, but Touchdown's has now become Blue Leprechaun. And Mitch's reopened briefly, but is out of business yet again. Any other questions?
January 11th, 2011 at 11:29 AM ^
It's been reported that a number of students heard him say "What the fuck? I swear Mitch's was on the other side of the street."
January 11th, 2011 at 11:32 AM ^
Has anyone checked the Martian Room?