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Is OSU the new Detroit Lions…

Is OSU the new Detroit Lions? People are talking

I'm taking every single one…

I'm taking every single one of JJ's pre-game meditation classes

the Orji proposition is…

the Orji proposition is probably experimental rather than something destined to happen.

To be fair, most orgy propositions are often just experimental 

Remember the good old days…

Remember the good old days when we got NCAA violations for our own players stretching too much? 

"Electrified glass" let's…

"Electrified glass" let's you virtually see what you would look like in a uniform. Why can't they just, you know, put one on and look at it?

An Orji in hand is worth two… An Orji in hand is worth two in the bush
I've probably missed this at…

I've probably missed this at some point but what is stopping, say, mgoblog from raising a bunch of money from its readers and signing athletes to be spokespeople for the site? 

What's changed is that these…

What's changed is that these are potentially 10s of millions of dollars decisions now. 50 years ago, the money paid to a top college football athlete wasn't that much more than a "regular" job. The contracts and endorsements are getting bigger every year so the incentive to play in a game that best case won't change that number and worst case can significantly impact that number or limit your ability to get a 2nd contract in a few years is basically none. It's being presented to college kids by agents and their families as "You can almost certainly obtain generational wealth" or "You can risk that and your previous 20 years of playing to get to this point by playing in a 'meaningless' game". 

I don't like it as a fan, but I certainly understand and won't hold it against any player that chooses takes the long-term value approach in an inherently violent and brutal sporting career. 

"We are a city of fire and…

"We are a city of fire and water...  Specifically our river, which does both"

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/the-cuyahoga-river-caught-fire-it-inspired-a-movement

 

So the TL;DR here is "who…

So the TL;DR here is "who knows?" and "unlikely to take the job" for everyone. Got it.

Can't remember where I heard…

Can't remember where I heard this but I always liked:

  1. Start on the 35
  2. Teams get equal attempts but after every score, the next team starts 5 yards further back
  3. Once starting position is 50 yards or further, sudden death scoring  

Always felt easy to understand and follow along while balancing the need to move the ball and keeping talented kickers a factor in the game.

Should also be noted that 7…

Should also be noted that 7 of 11 staff coaches are not white. Really good to see more representation at at the coaching level.

Wouldn't each of those…

Wouldn't each of those examples require a 2nd win in the Big Ten Championship game to make the playoffs?  So that would be 6 wins away

Having a case of COVID-19 is…

Having a case of COVID-19 is no joke not to mention the related myocarditis potential and the potential long-term effects of reduced respiratory function.  

I propose the goal is isolate and mask as much as possible to reduce the potential of spreading a deadly and highly contagious virus that we don't have a cure for or can easily test at large scale. Professional sports bubbles can work because they are able to effectively isolate and test everyday with teams in a single location without traveling. Doing that just for the 65 power 5 teams of over a hundred people plus the support staff to pull it all off is an incredibly high cost to pay. The 15,000 tests a day you need for this alone is over 2% of daily testing capacity in the entire United States (~700,000/day). Just do the math, none of this makes financial sense for football let alone the increased health risks to players. Basketball is about 1/10th of the complexity and even that is not likely to happen unless there are drastic (and proven) changes to the ability to test.

Every Midwest state has a…

Every Midwest state has a higher number of new cases today, using a 7 day average, than it did 8 weeks ago: http://91-divoc.com/pages/covid-visualization/?chart=states&highlight=Wisconsin&show=us-states&y=both&scale=linear&data=cases-daily-7&data-source=jhu&xaxis=right-8wk&extra=Michigan%2CIndiana%2COhio%2CIllinois%2CPennsylvania#states  

 

The Michigan Marching Band

The Michigan Marching Band

Lazy Gaga

Lazy Gaga

All my troubles seemed so…

All my troubles seemed so far away: https://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/stephen-spanellis-transfer-portal

Not actively rooting against…

Not actively rooting against the conference, I'm just happy to see MSU playing on Friday with all the other High School teams

There is accountability in

There is accountability in that they will now give him 2-3 more articles to double-down on these rankings before doing it all over again for the final four with even more fanfare. It's about entertainment and attention rather than knowledge. If people are talking about something because its wrong then at least they are talking about it! More wrong == MOAR TALKY. It's basically how Stephan A Smith, Skip Bayless, Mel Kiper Jr., etc not only have jobs but are championed and given their own segments and shows.

Agreed -- crossing Lake

Agreed -- crossing Lake Washington for your commute means you will have a really long commute. Each town/area is pretty different, I'd recommend just finding a place near your work to rent at first and seeing which city or area gives you what you want. 

"Michigan did a great job

"Michigan did a great job bottling up Samuels a month ago."

Well, except for 3rd down in the 2nd OT.

*ducks out of path of flying bottles*

Last game I attended doesn't

Last game I attended doesn't exist anymore #thehorror

I will not be there tomorrow.

Missed opportunity to title

Missed opportunity to title this The Redshirt Wedding.  Shame!

I'm a little light on modern

I'm a little light on modern roster rules knowledge, why are there 4 #2's?

Tangential topic: If anyone

Tangential topic: If anyone is curious why Twitter would ever expand beyond 140 characters, this is the perfect example. That letter has a lot of sellable keywords and relevance data baked into it and posting screenshots of your Notes app is not searchable so it can't be used to serve up more relevant ads or follows or other recommendations.

That said. Beat Purdue!

Wouldn't a caching solution

Wouldn't a caching solution would be cheaper for the (relatively short) surges in traffic that the site sees?  Switching to a full AWS cloud architecture with properly sized instances and auto scaling groups would be fairly expensive*, require more attention to maintain, and a little overkill for the normal traffic patterns and days. A caching layer or CDN may not give you up to millisecond accurate data or posts but it would allow the site to continue to server traffic without breaking the bank

* I say this with zero knowledge of the existing infrastructure, cost, or budget.

As a west-coast wolverine, I

As a west-coast wolverine, I full endorse this decision.

and Blake O'Neill is...  #12!

and Blake O'Neill is...  #12!

There have been a bunch of

There have been a bunch of studies on this but one example is with a penny:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/gamblers-take-note-the-odds-in-a-coin-flip-arent-quite-5050-145465423/?no-ist

 

I wouldn't bet against him

I wouldn't bet against him

The first Umich game is

The first Umich game is typically the weekend before the NFL starts so we do something in that game. Favorite one from the past was "How many total yards will Denard have?".

Tiger Woods.  If not in sheer

Tiger Woods.  If not in sheer numbers, definitely in percentage of increase*

*I have zero data backing up this claim

BUT DUKE DOES IT!

BUT DUKE DOES IT!

I don't have data to back

I don't have data to back this up but in the MLS case every stadium has different field dimensions.  Narrow/short fields favor defense-oriented teams while wider/longer fields are more favorable to possession-oriented teams that can spread out the field.   

hehe, duty

hehe, duty

In the modern stone-age it

In the modern stone-age it would be the new logo

How come Purdue always seems

How come Purdue always seems to attract terrible weather, home and away?

Q: What kind of bees make

Q: What kind of bees make milk?

A: Boobies!

</5thgradeHumor>

Why is he a fan?  He didn't

Why is he a fan?  He didn't even go to Umich

</sarcasm>

The playing to the advantage

The playing to the advantage of the rules should never trump playing the game.

I mostly agree with you but aren't the rules by definition part of the game?  Playing the game means playing to the advantage of the rules.

*6 colleges are on the list.

*6 colleges are on the list.

It's OK everybody, Delany is

It's OK everybody, Delany is just sending in Bielema as a double agent to take down the SEC from the inside!

Or, something like that 

I don't know why this is

I don't know why this is bugging (and ever so slightly at that) but if you go from #21 to #19 in the rankings, shouldn't your change be  -2?  I get the relationship between "up" and + but it just feels awkward and unnatural.  

Clearly this is super important and resolved immediately.

"Easy" meaning that a quick

"Easy" meaning that a quick google search yielded a conversion of every pantone color to its hex value.

Pantone -> Hex conversion

Well, that was easy

Blue 282 --> #002654

Maize 116 --> #f7b50c

I believe Bobby Williams was

I believe Bobby Williams was black when was at MSU

PITCH IT TO BREASTON!

PITCH IT TO BREASTON!

beer me!

beer me!

Why are 2 Pac-12 schools

Why are 2 Pac-12 schools bringing officials to Michigian in the first pla...  Oh wait, nevermind