Unverified Voracity Needs Mulch Answers
MUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUULCH
Mulch Madness at the Beilein Residence today 15 yards of Mulch delivered In just over 2 hrs the huge pile was gone and put in the beds Thx to Austin , Isaiah , Jon , Jordan , Drew, Zach and Nolan Loved working side by side with these guys again #GoBlue pic.twitter.com/XalInNCGo6
— John Beilein (@JohnBeilein) May 17, 2018
I HAVE QUESTIONS. When did Beilein think up "Mulch Madness" and how excited was he to send that tweet? Why does John Beilein need 15 cubic yards of mulch? I need 15 cubic yards of mulch because my entire yard is mulched. Does John Beilein also have a no-grass yard? Did he clear this with compliance? (A: Yes, obviously.) Did that mean the players couldn't have snacks?
Where did he get his mulch? How much did it cost? Is it cheaper than the mulch I buy? What's with the pitchforks, doesn't the mulch fall through? Is it stupid to use a snow-shovel instead of these pitchfork things? That's what I do. Will I force Ace to ask all these questions at a press conference? (A: Yes, obviously.)
No. Uh, Sir. It's 2010 all over again:
He said Saturday he feels the game hasn’t been emphasized enough by Michigan.
“To be quite honest I really feel like over the years, in recent years, there hasn’t been the emphasis that I’m used to being put on that game,” Woodson said.
“Every game has been out on the same level of that game and that’s not the way we were brought up, that’s not the way we were raised around here. And we had no shame in saying it.”
Michigan lost by a literal inch in 2016 and last year had a brilliant gameplan undone by a third string quarterback playing like an eighth string one. Also they went and grabbed a defensive coordinator who runs a 4-2-5 as a base and has a 3-3-5 changeup in an attempt to tackle OSU's spread offense. There have been cracks in the Harbaugh façade—cough cough Drevno—but "doesn't prepare enough for Ohio State" is not one of them.
Purdue could be real interesting real soon. Former five star and now former Clemson Tiger Hunter Johnson is transferring after one year. He's from Indianapolis—a couple years back he played Brandon Peters in a game Ace broke down—and has a couple of Big Ten locations high on his list:
Sources told ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg that Northwestern and Purdue are two possible destinations for Johnson. His brother Cole played in few games as a reserve for Northwestern a few years ago.
This is against the natural way of things where failed Purdue quarterbacks inexplicably go start for major programs in the south, but I suspect Boiler fans will accept this violation of tradition if in fact they do land Johnson. If the Boilers can hold onto Jeff Brohm, who was a candidate during Tennessee's crazy search, they could be in for some Tiller-era seasons. Large ifs, but with Nebraska finally hiring someone who is a good idea the West could be substantially less sad in the near future.
Or Johnson could be so definitively behind Trevor Lawrence he transfers after one spring session because he's not actually that good. Peters's team blew his out, after all.
Camp Sanderson now has data behind it. Moe Wagner came back to Michigan in part because he wasn't an NBA-ready athlete. The bits of this that can be fixed seem to have been fixed, emphatically:
Michigan big man Moe Wagner ranked high among the centers tested at the 2018 #NBACombine pic.twitter.com/SnpmNnsnxv
— Def Pen Hoops (@DefPenHoops) May 18, 2018
Wagner still doesn't have pterodactyl arms, but hopefully his increased physical prowess and the big leap in his rebounding that made possible allow him to slip into the tail end of the first round.
Hoops croot quotes. The Detroit News runs down Michigan's incoming basketball class, with quotes from both Rivals and 24/7 scouts. Some of them are silly, like this assertion from Brian Snow…
What (Brazdeikis) does is he just scores the ball. He's more of a mid-range shooter right now, which I don't love because it's the most inefficient shot in basketball, but he does it at a high level.
…that is flatly incorrect per UMHoops:
But other assertions are more interesting and less directly contradicted by data. Both guys think Colin Castleton has a chance to be elite:
Bossi’s take: “Castleton is a guy that we gave a pretty big bump to after his senior year because he has always been able to move really well for a kid his size … but what really stood out to me is how quickly his skills emerged. He's become reliable as a 10- to 12-foot jump shooter. He's got a little jump hook, and the production on offense that wasn't really there last spring and summer has started to come on during the high school year. I think he's got confidence now.”
Snow’s take: “Colin is a kid who can really run the court, has good hands and good shooting touch. He's physically not strong yet but he does compete. I think he has a chance to really improve as the years go along. He's going to have to get stronger and spend a lot of time in the weight room, but he's a good athlete, he can block shots, he can score inside, from the mid-range and even step out to 3. He might not be ready for big minutes right away, but I think this is a kid who down the line has a chance to be a special player.”
Brandon Johns is also proposed as a potential 4/5 combo, which would be another way for Michigan to get some stretch 5 minutes even after Wagner's departure.
But at least he made logical hires! So this guy still had a job?
Kansas football went 12-72 during Zenger’s stint as AD. They’ve lost 60 of their last 63 Big 12 games. https://t.co/eekObJ3OnF
— Max Olson (@max_olson) May 21, 2018
The guy who hired Charlie Weis after Notre Dame survived longer than Weis.
Etc.: NHL GMs are just in charge of things. ChadTough Cancer Center is now a thing. Ethan Sears on Trey Burke's NBA revival. DJ Carton moves to five-star status at 24/7. Jalen Wilson is just outside at #29. Stephen Spanellis is a thinker. Jim Harbaugh doesn't understand roasts and that's probably for the best.
I guess if you somehow had a sever grass allergy? Why wouldn't you use rubber mulch at that point? Or even just use artificial turf, which looks much much better than it used to?
Maybe I spent too much time being melted into a skid loaded by an enourmous pile of mulch, but the appeal of having to spread it all over my yard just does not appeal to me.
Am I the only one who thinks 15 yards of mulch isn't that much at all? If you're supposed to go 2-3 inches deep you're not covering that much space.
...is the way to go. I was a novice mulcher about 10 years ago and tried the snow shovel route on 12 yards of mulch. After about 4 hours and minimal progress my neighbor took pity on me and showed me the error of my ways by loaning me a pitchfork. I'm pretty sure I would still be working on the original 12 yards had he not helped me out.
Obviously I rarely post but I couldn't leave Mulch Madness alone.
A friend of mine was a student manager during the Frieder years. One cold fall morning, Frieder "invited" the student managers to his house for cider and donuts.
Except that it turned out the cider and donuts were only available *after* they raked his lawn.
Except that it turned out that the donuts were of the plain variety only.
Just in case anyone dared to work up a sweat raking leaves on that frigid fall morning, one of the kids at the house (no idea if it was one of Frieder's or one of the neighborhood kids) was giving all of the managers a good soaking with the garden hose while they raked.
of wood chips. Already spread 25, hope to get about 100 more this season. I have 8 acres to cover with chips and fruit bushes/trees.
Because obvs.
Sorry,
Agree with Woodson.
I was almost in first place by an inch give me a trophy is so millennial.
If our quarterback didn't have a bad game we would of won - it's not fair!
We almost beat Ohio State - yeah team! Effort! Had a really good practice!
I think Charles is coming from a place where it appears that the OSU team and fanbase is more dedicated to this game than we are. I understand we have had a shot to win the last two years, but that doesn't change what appears to be a more focused passion for The Game on OSU's front over ours. I have felt the same way. I think Harbaugh has downplayed this game in the media where Urban has not. I get where Charles is coming from with his comments. The other big thing is that Charles has way more credibility in this matter (for obvious reasons) over a bunch of people in the media and us fans.
I've had it with this effin mousepad.
It's a poor craftsman that blames his tools
This has got to be the most annoying phrases in basketball commentary. "He can really score the ball" Ugh.
Close second - Using "disrespect" as an objective verb.
Also - get off my lawn.
I feel like we aren't talking enough about Jordan's shorts.
when it comes to OSU. Not one person on MGoBlog, myself or the proprietors of this site included, has any right to disagree with him on this point. He has earned a lifetime exemption from criticism on any opinion OSU related.
I am not being sarcastic.
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