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"We never drop the ball"

"We never drop the ball"

I'm really wrestling with…

I'm really wrestling with whether this makes me feel old or unaccomplished or both. I think both. 

Are you sure you aren't…

Are you sure you aren't remembering Jordan kovacs...

https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxYS3ntgbsRcV0nHMuf94E-HE1oH3532dr

Mo Hurst would argue he's…

Mo Hurst would argue he's too big. 

This is a great point…

This is a great point. Playing for hoke, and not harbaugh means the multi year starter, professional football analyst and quarterback coach who was incredibly well liked and respected by all couldn't possible have connections to the current staff, or irrespective of said connections, simply have valuable insights into the program or play of our current QB. Nailed it. 

The best way to earn the…

The best way to earn the respect of your team is to complain to superiors about the mean things that the big bad guy from the other team said to you. 

This book title is a dick…

This book title is a dick move, bacon!  Roast him hard tonight boys!

- Signed, guy who got cut from the worst hockey team in america AKA the worst hockey player in america. 

Who is Federov? 

Who is Federov? 

Weird, my car has never been…

Weird, my car has never been searched for a speeding violation. I wonder what was different about these three guys. 

She and @thedweck are my two…

Jane and @thedweck are my two best friends on the internet and neither of them know it. 

Only one guy on this list…

Only one guy on this list hasn't coached in the big ten championship. 

Am I the only one having…

Am I the only one having huge issues with the download speed on all mgoblog podcasts? They take 1995 levels (14.4k) of time to download. 

Still Still
Care to elaborate on why a…

Care to elaborate on why a basketball analyst and ex nba and Michigan star wouldn't have things to talk about with a great basketball mind and Michigan coach ?

If your reaction to person…

If your reaction to person on internet has irrational take is to leave this site, you should maybe consider not internetting altogether. 

Having said that, please don't stop. 

Seth posted it in the…

Seth posted it in the diaries section as well. 

This list is so sad.

This list is so sad.

The tape reminds me of…

The tape reminds me of breaston. 

My last 2 have been "Nacho…

My last 2 have been "Nacho Coche" and "Taco CARlton"

Hopefully Brian and Co will…

Hopefully Brian and Co will work out the kinks. 

My recommendation would be to solicit feedback from variety of users...5-10 of us, and priorize some usability improvements. These people should cover the spectrum of the types of users they have, and I think they should build of set of personas based on talking to users and design around their needs. From my experience, this rollout has made reading much less conventient - both from mobile and web .

Mitch's

Mitch's

shame on me

for not recognizing the ellipses and reading umbigs last post...

LT - JBB; LG - Bredeson; C -Ruiz; RG - Onwenu; RT - Runyan

first five

who are the first five?

As a man and the parent of a boy

I have zero concerns about my son having a path to success in this world. It may not be paved or a free ride, but he won't face disadvantages based on his gender.

Billy Donlon

He's really making an impact on that NW staff. Great career move getting out from under beilein. I don't think anyone predicted that they'd be .500 at this point in the season. 

the crying game

at age 11

Timing

How long will we have to wait for news?

pom poms

pom poms will definitely solve all of our problems. great idea.

You just decimated him with this response

My respect for him was reduced by 1/10th. 

Did you watch the games last year?

Because it seems like you didn't.

Here's a quick recap.

We are 9-0, ranked number two in the nation playing on the road at Iowa, winning.  

Then we can't rush for a single first down (our offensive line couldn't close it out), Darboh couldn't catch a well thrown ball, and a penalty that shouldn't have been called gives iowa field position to kick a game winning field goal. Plus like 10 other plays that would have allowed us to walk away with a win. The best teams struggle in a game or two every season. 

Then, we learn that our starting quarterback broke his collarbone in that Iowa game. So we had to go on the road against OSU, expecting to do it with a guy that couldn't do anything against Iowa. But our QB (Speight) comes back and leads his team (Michigan) to what should have been a win at Ohio State if not for a very controversial call on 4th down (Look it up on the internet)...Throw insome incredibly unlucky/inonsistent officiating, maybe give us a call we deserved, or take away one of our unfortunate turnovers and, yeah - we're undefeated and in the B1G championship game...

Running style

He sort of looks like a big Vincent Smith on this play. 

I understand the skepticism

But, him transferring sucked at the time - I always thought he had a ton of potential. Had he yet reached it, no. Is it possible he can? Yes. We were all super high on him at one time. 

It's his dad

He just playfully teasing him and embarrassed of him as any son would be.

Without going too far into this

I think that it is important for all of us to recognize the significance of the timing of him coming out to his father. I don't think his choice to do it on that night was a coincidence, and would lead me to believe that he needed strength and acceptance from his family to help him through what was likely an upsetting and fearful night for him. This fear can't just be written off as attributable to trolls, or a small segment of our population.  

Side note

This thread has given me a little bit of faith in humanity. 

Video version of UFR

Have you guys considered creating a video version fo the UFR where you annotate the video and stills and narrate? 



Sometimes I have a hard time seeing the cuts that you think the running backs need to make, and I think that it would be pretty awesome to consume the UFR this way - an extended highlight real that really focuses in on key plays and assigments...

kaep took them to the super bowl

I think we'd be ok either way

Interesting sidebar from the article

S&P+ overachievers (min: 2 games)

  1. Mississippi State (+29.3 points per game above projections)
  2. Air Force (+28.9)
Interesting sidebar from the article

S&P+ overachievers (min: 2 games)

  1. Mississippi State (+29.3 points per game above projections)
  2. Air Force (+28.9)
On the topic of pronunciation

Jamie, love you on the podcasts, but if you are reading this, it's ORY-GUN - not Ore-GONE

Khaleke Hudson == Jabrill Peppers

Ummmm.....

I'm pumped about hudson, but this just feels wrong.

Is it humanly possible

To watch this video and not love this kid?

Wasn't a "political" comment in any way

Just referenced the existence of politics. 

Also, this article sucked. 

We all are...

The fact that I knew people would notice means we all are spending too much time on here.

We're all enjoying the high now. 

I've been reading this blog for....

I've been reading this blog for 10 years, and this is the best preseason content they've put out, by far. 

Oh boy

I think I'll have to spend the evening re-reading these...I'll get back to you. 

I'll allow myself to be negged a bit more, I suppose

 

 

Disclaimer - I think that Brian is a great writer, I appreciate everything they do on this site and love the philosphy. This article didn't pull me in like some of the past ones have - it felt like a pretty big stretch as a metaphor. Also, I missed this key point: 

At this point I urge the reader not to get all judgy about the destination.

I judged the desination - I saw Korn written 50 times and my mind shut down. 

 

With respect to previous content, it's possible that I'm a bit more eager for the season to begin that I've been in recent years and just more desperate for info, but I've just felt as though we haven't gotten any of the more interesting analysis focused specfically on the team that I've been used to. And when I say that, I am including camp rumors and the like that are often later debunked but are satisfying at the time. Maybe it was an editorial choice on their part ot limit some of that because it's often just crap. 

 

 

 
This is

This is, without question, the worst preseason content this site has pushed out in the 10 years I've been reading it. 

So....

You are saying that we have found common ground! It's a first step I suppose... 

McCaffrey

McCaffrey passing Peters only means that he's going to be better than Andrew Luck and follow in Jimmy Clausen's footsteps and win at least 4 Heisman trophies.