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It's okay, let 'em all…

It's okay, let 'em all transfer. The important thing is to get the right coach to rebuild the culture and the program.

Whatever's gonna happen is gonna happen. Next year is obviously kind of a continued-sacrifice-to-the-football-gods write off anyway.

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Also upvoted for the username.

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I don't think it's …

I don't think it's "remarkable". Why would we expect less? Juwan is a Michigan Man.

Classy is the expectation, right in line with leaders and best.

C;mon ladies, get through…

C;mon ladies, get through round 1 and then send shockwaves through the bracket!

If our QB1 is on the roster,…

If our QB1 is on the roster, it's Tuttle or maybe Denegal. Those are the only two QBs that looked decent throwing the ball last season when JJ was done for each game. Campbell's presser indicates pretty strongly that he'll be looking for a portal QB, but failing that, we'll probably start the season with Tuttle and see how that goes. If he (or anyone) can provide 2021-level QB play, then the offense will be reasonable this season.

That last paragraph tells me…

That last paragraph tells me that if the right QB is in the portal, we'll make a play for him.

That being said, the only thing I really care about is that one QB stands out enough to lay claim to QB1. Team 145 needs to get to 2021-level QB play, at least. 

Jalapeno Krunchers. Those…

Jalapeno Krunchers. Those were the bomb back in the day.

Great article....this is…

Great article....this is what I am hoping for, a talented coach at a smaller program who's ready for a P5 job. Rebuild this thing from the ground up, and let's roll.

Very few things need be said…

Very few things need be said here. 

This had to be done. Now, Warde must nail the hire and get MBB back on the road to national prominence. He should be judged going forward on that basis.

Lastly, everyone should watch and support the women's team.

After the PI BS, this was my…

After the PI BS, this was my first thought as well. From snooping, now they've moved on to full-on espionage.

Great post with a lot of…

Great post with a lot of work behind it, OP. Nice job!

If this is what it would…

If this is what it would have taken, I am perfectly fine with letting him go. Brad will find another diamond at OG.

Yeah, as you say, he can…

Yeah, as you say, he can play C as well. Big value with that re-signing.

If they're planning on…

If they're planning on extending Goff, then they have to maintain the OL at top-3 level in the league. For Goff to excel, he has to be given time and kept clean. The Glasgow signing is great, and they need to push to re-sign Jackson too. Keep the OL humming, and then the offense will roll.

Not unlucky. Both things in…

Not unlucky. Both things in your second sentence are probably true. 

As I implied in another post, if we hadn't won, I'd have a lot to say about the offense. But we won. The whole fuckin' thing. So it's fine. It all worked out.

On the potential good side, Campbell is the full-time OC, and he called a great Game 1 in 2023.

Thank you for doing this - a…

Thank you for doing this - a lot of excellent work here. None of this surprises me. For 2023, I think Harbaugh was on the way to getting closer to at least 60/40 run/pass, but so many things happened. 3 games of turmoil to start the season, an apparent injury to McCarthy somewhere along the line, and 3 more games of turmoil at the end of the regular season. 

That all being said, I am not going to crap on the Harbaughffense, because we won the National Championship. If we hadn't, I would have a lot to say.

But I'll just say the following: Thank you, Jim, for bringing us the title. And also, I really, really hope that -- when we have the talent at QB to execute -- Campbell calls the games like he did in the first game of 2023. In that game, the plays flowed well, and the mix of run and pass made sense. Now, that could have been the opponent, but I think a lot of it was opponent invariant. Campbell called a great game.

Hopefully we will have a functional, passing QB this season so that Campbell CAN call the game like game #1 of 2023. That, to this casual observer anyway, seemed to be the most dynamic offense for Michigan in quite a while.

Nope, Crichton is fan-damn…

Nope, Crichton is fan-damn-tastic. King is a bit wordy for me.....get on with it, Stephen, will ya?

See above.....if you like…

See above.....if you like that one, then you should really like A Gentleman in Moscow.

AGIM by Towles is excellent…

AGIM by Towles is excellent. So much so that I picked up The Lincoln Highway....got through it but was a little disappointed.....

I loved the Mistborn trilogy…

I loved the Mistborn trilogy. Excellent stuff.

I legit fall in love with…

I legit fall in love with Lisbeth Salander every time I read through the books. That probably says something about me.....

My (hot?) take is that PHM…

My (hot?) take is that PHM is better than The Martian and really should be made into a movie.

I 100% agree. The first…

I 100% agree. The first three books (and the Silver Spike which should be read as Book Four) are fantastic. But then Cook got even more dark, because The Books of the South (especially Dreams of Steel and Bleak Seasons) get sloggy and even more depressing and it becomes difficult to get through them. But I get so invested in the characters in the first trilogy that I have to keep going. Then book ten (?) Soldiers Live is a satisfying ending.

I love the Dresden Files…

I love the Dresden Files books, and I own all of them. My only criticism is that:

SPOILER, stop now if you don't want a spoiler......

 



Nothing ever goes right for Harry, and not only that, basically everyone he gets close to, fucking dies. I really want(ed) something to go right for Harry, but Jim Butcher is a dick.

Obligatory: Username checks…

Obligatory: Username checks out.

The best stuff I've read in…

The best stuff I've read in the last ten years, in no particular order:

The first three books of the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo series. GWTDT, then Girl Who Played With Fire and Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. All Steig Larsson.

Neverwhere and The Graveyard Book, both by Neil Gaiman.

The Black Company series, by Glen Cook. Eleven (I think?) books, with the first three being the best.

SevenEves, by Neal Stephenson.

The Martian and Project Hail Mary both by Andy Weir. There is also Artemis, but that one isn't as good.

Echoing the other comments…

Echoing the other comments.....

On the laptop (running Chrome) there were a couple ads on here that would freeze me up. But with ad-blocker on, no issues. 

Someone has to spend time…

Someone has to spend time there -- the OSU football players certainly don't.....

Jonesy -- you may be right…

Jonesy -- you may be right. But if we can run the ball and stop the run, we'll have a fighting chance. We already have the mental battle won. We have Day's number, and they know it.

Absolutely. That and the…

Absolutely. That and the history stuff they talk about during the stages -- the churches, castles, fortresses, even the architecture in the more urban areas. I love that stuff. 

Of course, it's also the idea that the riders are doing something that is beyond anything I could even think of doing, that also makes it for me.

Tomato cans at the beginning…

Tomato cans at the beginning, even with the 12-team (14? 16?) playoff.

You can rep exactly what you want to do without (much) fear of losing. You can rotate and rest starters, lessening the chances for injuries and giving your depth experience. You can even experiment with what you want to do in later games -- like we did on defense in 2023.

Our conference schedule is hard enough -- especially with us getting put in the marquee games as often as possible for the maximum cash grab. Schedule fairness? Nope, money for the conference.

Anyway, we are National Champions. I'm not putting much effort into thinking about how we will handle next season, especially with our QB situation as it stands now.

Tirreno-Adriatico.....but…

Tirreno-Adriatico.....but yeah, thanks for the rockin' cycling post. I love watching the Spring Classics and the Grand Tours.

Hopefully, we'll have more cycling posts going forward.....

I get what you're saying,…

I get what you're saying, and you're right. 

But I'm choosing to enjoy our National Championship, instead of lamenting anything. Hell, I'm not even thinking much about "well, going forward....."

Nope, National Championship. That's gonna hold me for a while.

Confirmed.....Chargers blog.

Confirmed.....Chargers blog.

The last court ruling makes…

The last court ruling makes it pretty clear that there aren't even rules against inducements, tampering, etc. now. Not that most elite teams cared before, but now even any semblance of structure is just crumbling. 

Sabb may have transferred primarily for playing time, but he would be silly to turn down $2MM guaranteed, especially if Michigan was only ("only"...geez) offering $X00 K.

Nowadays, if you want to buy players and have the means, it's all above board. It's the NFL with no salary cap. 

Nope, I thoroughly enjoyed…

Nope, I thoroughly enjoyed the 1984 version. But I'm not a movie-analyzer-then-critique type. Do I enjoy a movie? Yes? Then I consider it good. And I enjoyed the 1984 version.

I read the first two, maybe three, books and it's just too much world-building for me. It took me a long time to get through the GoT books, and I DNF the Wheel of Time series. Just too ponderous. 

Upvoted for the last line.

Upvoted for the last line.

"What's inside that 2008 UFR post?"
"Pain."

The next PI firm hired will…

The next PI firm hired will figure out something.

PSM nails the correct answer…

PSM nails the correct answer. Beilein left us in the lurch, and Howard was a fine hire given those constraints. 

Forget overtaking ass....now…

Forget overtaking ass....now we're worried about overthrowing ass.....

Saw the fight between this…

Saw the fight between this guy and some guy on the Flyers the other day. Best hockey fight of the year.

I agree with others downthread that planned, non-spontaneous fighting between goons that have no skill is stupid given what we know about long-lasting consequences of blows to the head.

That being said, I'd be pretty happy if on-ice enforcers return to making more of an impact going forward. Maybe it'll stop some of the cheap-shotting of skill players that has gotten more prevalent -- and seems to happen quite frequently to Dylan Larkin.

Zinter and Jones to keep the…

Zinter and Jones to keep the OL top-notch. This is a must for Goff to perform at his ceiling. 

Barner as TE2.

Jenkins as a run-stopper.

Run the ball and stop the run to have success in road games and in the playoffs.

This all being said, the Lions need CB help and pass rush help, and those are the needs I hope they address in FA.

Barner will surprise many…

Barner will surprise many and may be looked back on as a draft steal in a couple years. With improved coaching at Michigan, Barner improved by leaps and bounds. With (presumably) top-notch NFL coaching, he will continue to improve in both the pass and run games.

Still flying high.....come…

Still flying high.....come what may, I don't care.

In the last couple weeks,…

In the last couple weeks, the Wings have shown several hallmarks of solid, playoff-bound, could-make-some-noise teams.

  • Solid road wins -- especially in Seattle.
  • A game where the goalie comes up big to keep the team in it -- Colorado.
  • Beating a team you're supposed to in sound fashion -- St. Louis.
  • Gutting out a victory in a game where the team does not play its best -- Chicago.

We have the Panthers on Saturday. We'll know more then. But right now? We look like we can at least be competitive in a first-round series. If we can add a piece and the goaltending stays hot, maybe we win our first playoff series in a long time.....

This is the right answer…

This is the right answer. The Ottawa games were played (by Ottawa at least) and (more importantly) reffed like playoff games. Those two games made it very clear that we lacked the grit and attitude to be a realistic playoff team in 2023. 

I'm not sure we're quite at THAT level of physicality yet, but we are closer -- certainly close enough to be competitive in a seven-game series.

 

This is a solid comment…

This is a solid comment....last year, that TB shutout was deflating. But this year, this victory -- in a game not many folks gave them a good shot to win -- might be the confidence builder this team needs to propel them higher.

Assuming the goaltending holds, this is a playoff team, and one that might make some noise in the playoffs, too. Even the fourth line battles and battles, and that's huge in the playoffs.

Oh, and I'm POSBANGING everyone. It was a great game to watch last night and a great victory.

it's one of my earliest…

it's one of my earliest memories -- I was 7 years old.

And it is without a doubt the greatest upset of all time. College players versus what was arguably the greatest professional hockey juggernaut of all time. 

High buddies? In college in…

High buddies? In college in Ann Arbor? Checks out.....