I have to agree with your post. Without people who have been around forever, who would appreciate the humor and intelligence of those with 20k MGoPoints?
Don't pay for the in helmet radios. Instead, Ono should offer that despite the school and Harbaugh having done nothing wrong, the AD will make a $100,000 donation to the Children's Hospital and release a statement that the school considers the matter closed. Go ahead, B1G, fight against the Children's Hospital.
We bought the Echelon bike and we've been using it pretty consistently for pushing two years now. We ended up buying an Echelon rower about a year ago and I make good use of that. The classes are good and once you find an instructor or two that you like, it really helps keep you from getting in ruts of doing the exact same thing over and over and over and getting bored with it. Yes, its all spinning and rowing, but a good instructor makes the drills you do varied to help keep you from simply plateauing.
I've been coaching my kid and his team will be a U8 team in the fall. They've been mostly 6 year olds going against 7 year olds. Our problem was that 70% of the team were new to the sport so I focused on both teaching the kids who had played a few new skills while just getting the new to the sport kids to just be able to dribble and shoot. Nothing fancy.
Ultimately, the goal was to expose the kids to the different positions. Maybe in the fall if I have most of the same kids we can start focusing more. Our record was 1-2-2 in the spring. I made sure to rotate whoever was playing goalie and our defense around. Many of our opponents were winning, but the coach's kid was the goalie the entire season.
The way its being done now is good for data analysis and look back purposes. The way it had been done was just fun. And useful information that's fun to read is what makes this blog great!
When you're buying that environmentally friendly vehicle, keep in mind that the mining process to get the metals for the batteries for EVs is extremely environmentally destructive and that the batteries themselves are environmentally toxic while also being potentially prohibitively expensive to replace if you need to do that. Not trying to sway you one way or the other, but just giving you another data point to think about in your comparison.
No to Texas and Oklahoma. We'll see just how bad the damage they left in their wake in the Big 12 is, but no need to bring their conference killing ways to the B1G.
Fair point, but if the portal is predicated on their current status, it has more value in showing what any given school is losing which is probably the more important evaluation of the current state of the student athletes in the portal. Getting a scholarship at EMU would be a future state after he leaves portal--tracking both current state and post-portal state would be interesting to see if these student athletes were able to earn themselves a scholarship (ie. walk-on -> scholly) or hurt themselves (scholly -> no scholly and either giving up footbal or having to just walk on somewhere).
Listening to Dusty and Danny on ESPNU the other day, they were talking about how a pure discussion of portal numbers is deceiving for that very reason. A lot of walk-ons end up putting their name in the portal distorting the numbers even though they never had an on-field impact in the past season and were likely told by coaches that wouldn't change next season either. Good for any of those wak-ons who can get into a better position to be a contributor to new teams!
Everyone is arguing about which strikers and which cbs to bring and play. I want to talk about the goalkeeping pecking order!
Turner is the much better shot stopper especially lately. Make him the number one, make Horvath 2 since he's seeing playing time then bring an up and coming talent like Slonina for three!
That sounds a lot like the NFL divisions. Lets just add two more teams to make four nice even "pods" of four. Each team plays everyone in their pod once, they play all teams in one other division (the assigned divisions rotate each year) and then they play team from the remaining two divisions that corresponds to their finish last year (ie. the second place teams play each other). There is plenty of predictability in the schedule because only two of your teams are unknown until the end of the season. This means that you go two years max before you play a team in the third year and you still get three games to schedule against whoever you want.
Bonus is that the B1G can have a mini playoff where the top teams in each division play for a chance for the championship game.
As a Penguins fan, I was very happy it was overturned!
That being said, after the call came in, I said it felt like a make-up call for the lack of calls in the first period. There were a lot of high hard hits to the head (Marino, Rakell) that went uncalled or in the case of the Rakell hit was just a single minor.
Its almost as if we should have a "Select sport" drop down for anybody starting a new topic so that the board will automatically display the "Pro Hockey" tag in the subject line for a post like this one.
I became a fan of Michigan in fourth grade because of football. And then I visited the MSU campus multiple times in high school and really didn't care for it. Even though I got my letter of acceptance at Michigan, I was moved out of the state because my parents got a new job down in Florida and out of state tuition was WAY too expensive for me. So I became a Gator.
But yes, my love for Michigan started because of football.
Don't forget the inflation of player salaries. If Alabama knows that TAMU is offering $2M for that 5 star, do they now offer $2.5M? Boom, now the going rate for a top prospect just rose half a million.
That's awesome for your daughter! As somebody who went through Air Force ROTC, it's a great way to get your commission while still getting to enjoy college.
The two keys for us were: peer pressure (daycare) and BRIBERY. Its amazing what a 2 year will do for a single (not the whole bag!) fruit snack (usually Welch's or the kind with as much fruit as possible).
I remember being in the stands down in Gainesville during the Leak/Tebow era and the most hated person in the stadium was red hat referee. It was especially bad during big games because the bigger the network broadcasting the game, the more that guy was on the field. Cupcake games were almost more fun because they were just much shorter.
Brian, I'm sorry to hear about the challenges you've faced; thank you for sharing! While this blog may be a little less without you, you are bigger than this blog and your health is far more important that the fandom of a bunch of strangers. I've greatly enjoyed reading your material for a very long time and I hope you keep writing, but what is best for you is most important. Best of luck to you!
The only thing I can think of is that he's from Tennessee so there's a draw to going to the local-ish school. Maybe the co-eds were friendly on his visit?
My biggest concern with these kids making this much money this young are these:
1) What does this do to their motivation? Will they still be hungry to succeed or will that much money make them feel... entitled and therefore slack off?
2) What are colleges doing to ensure these kids are surrounded by GOOD HONEST business managers? Its hard enough for many NFL players to manage their money so how much harder will it be for an 18 year old?
Kansas can call and pitch themselves all they'd like because they're trying to find the best home possible after the long time coming collapse of the Big 12. It doesn't mean the B1G needs to listen.
I'd rather pick up Oklahoma State or Iowa State. At least they're entertaining.
With the public appetite for football, I doubt there will ever be a decrease to 14 games, but 16 with only 3 preseason? I'm good with that. Killing Thursday night? Please. While its a nice way to break up my week, I'd be much happier letting college football have Thursday night instead.
The NFL traded an uncompetitive game for a competitive game. In other words, they got rid of a meaningless game in which guys could get injured and replaced it with a game that counts in which guys could get injured. Coaches will just adjust so that starters still only play about one to one and a half games in the preseason. The borderline guys will still get the rest of the time. I'm... ambivalent on the overall impact of this. What would you like to see for player safety?
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I have to agree with your post. Without people who have been around forever, who would appreciate the humor and intelligence of those with 20k MGoPoints?
Don't pay for the in helmet radios. Instead, Ono should offer that despite the school and Harbaugh having done nothing wrong, the AD will make a $100,000 donation to the Children's Hospital and release a statement that the school considers the matter closed. Go ahead, B1G, fight against the Children's Hospital.
We bought the Echelon bike and we've been using it pretty consistently for pushing two years now. We ended up buying an Echelon rower about a year ago and I make good use of that. The classes are good and once you find an instructor or two that you like, it really helps keep you from getting in ruts of doing the exact same thing over and over and over and getting bored with it. Yes, its all spinning and rowing, but a good instructor makes the drills you do varied to help keep you from simply plateauing.
Considering that Harbaugh has Tom Mars representing him, its not a completely improbable thought.
I've been coaching my kid and his team will be a U8 team in the fall. They've been mostly 6 year olds going against 7 year olds. Our problem was that 70% of the team were new to the sport so I focused on both teaching the kids who had played a few new skills while just getting the new to the sport kids to just be able to dribble and shoot. Nothing fancy.
Ultimately, the goal was to expose the kids to the different positions. Maybe in the fall if I have most of the same kids we can start focusing more. Our record was 1-2-2 in the spring. I made sure to rotate whoever was playing goalie and our defense around. Many of our opponents were winning, but the coach's kid was the goalie the entire season.
The way its being done now is good for data analysis and look back purposes. The way it had been done was just fun. And useful information that's fun to read is what makes this blog great!
As a Gator alum who grew up in B1G country, I agree. Now to hope this season is at least entertaining.
If USC/UCLA can wear all all color uniforms, just imagine a USC/Michigan game with both wearing their fullcolor uniforms!
When you're buying that environmentally friendly vehicle, keep in mind that the mining process to get the metals for the batteries for EVs is extremely environmentally destructive and that the batteries themselves are environmentally toxic while also being potentially prohibitively expensive to replace if you need to do that. Not trying to sway you one way or the other, but just giving you another data point to think about in your comparison.
No to Texas and Oklahoma. We'll see just how bad the damage they left in their wake in the Big 12 is, but no need to bring their conference killing ways to the B1G.
Fair point, but if the portal is predicated on their current status, it has more value in showing what any given school is losing which is probably the more important evaluation of the current state of the student athletes in the portal. Getting a scholarship at EMU would be a future state after he leaves portal--tracking both current state and post-portal state would be interesting to see if these student athletes were able to earn themselves a scholarship (ie. walk-on -> scholly) or hurt themselves (scholly -> no scholly and either giving up footbal or having to just walk on somewhere).
I'd add in that we also need a breakdown by scholarship status as well. "On scholarship" versus "PWO" versus "walk-on".
Listening to Dusty and Danny on ESPNU the other day, they were talking about how a pure discussion of portal numbers is deceiving for that very reason. A lot of walk-ons end up putting their name in the portal distorting the numbers even though they never had an on-field impact in the past season and were likely told by coaches that wouldn't change next season either. Good for any of those wak-ons who can get into a better position to be a contributor to new teams!
It sounds great when echoing around Ben Hill Griffin Stadium!
Everyone is arguing about which strikers and which cbs to bring and play. I want to talk about the goalkeeping pecking order!
Turner is the much better shot stopper especially lately. Make him the number one, make Horvath 2 since he's seeing playing time then bring an up and coming talent like Slonina for three!
I wonder how long it'll be before the IRS starts asking to see how much of that is taxable income and gifts that each recruit got?
Witnessed with my own two eyes from Ben Hill Griffin Stadium: Leak/Tebow
Gonna have to root for my school on this one.
That sounds a lot like the NFL divisions. Lets just add two more teams to make four nice even "pods" of four. Each team plays everyone in their pod once, they play all teams in one other division (the assigned divisions rotate each year) and then they play team from the remaining two divisions that corresponds to their finish last year (ie. the second place teams play each other). There is plenty of predictability in the schedule because only two of your teams are unknown until the end of the season. This means that you go two years max before you play a team in the third year and you still get three games to schedule against whoever you want.
Bonus is that the B1G can have a mini playoff where the top teams in each division play for a chance for the championship game.
As a Penguins fan, I was very happy it was overturned!
That being said, after the call came in, I said it felt like a make-up call for the lack of calls in the first period. There were a lot of high hard hits to the head (Marino, Rakell) that went uncalled or in the case of the Rakell hit was just a single minor.
Its almost as if we should have a "Select sport" drop down for anybody starting a new topic so that the board will automatically display the "Pro Hockey" tag in the subject line for a post like this one.
I became a fan of Michigan in fourth grade because of football. And then I visited the MSU campus multiple times in high school and really didn't care for it. Even though I got my letter of acceptance at Michigan, I was moved out of the state because my parents got a new job down in Florida and out of state tuition was WAY too expensive for me. So I became a Gator.
But yes, my love for Michigan started because of football.
Don't forget the inflation of player salaries. If Alabama knows that TAMU is offering $2M for that 5 star, do they now offer $2.5M? Boom, now the going rate for a top prospect just rose half a million.
I'm not happy about this. I didn't like Emory Jones and I'm not happy having to root for another OSU sub.
That's awesome for your daughter! As somebody who went through Air Force ROTC, it's a great way to get your commission while still getting to enjoy college.
Notice the classy Ohio players at about the four second mark of that tweet...
The two keys for us were: peer pressure (daycare) and BRIBERY. Its amazing what a 2 year will do for a single (not the whole bag!) fruit snack (usually Welch's or the kind with as much fruit as possible).
I remember being in the stands down in Gainesville during the Leak/Tebow era and the most hated person in the stadium was red hat referee. It was especially bad during big games because the bigger the network broadcasting the game, the more that guy was on the field. Cupcake games were almost more fun because they were just much shorter.
While the person donating the money gets a tax break, the coach receiving all of that money is being taxed on it, I would think.
Add some jellied cranberry sauce and coleslaw to top this off. Adds a nice salty/sweet contrast!
I... don't actually hate it.
Brian, I'm sorry to hear about the challenges you've faced; thank you for sharing! While this blog may be a little less without you, you are bigger than this blog and your health is far more important that the fandom of a bunch of strangers. I've greatly enjoyed reading your material for a very long time and I hope you keep writing, but what is best for you is most important. Best of luck to you!
The only thing I can think of is that he's from Tennessee so there's a draw to going to the local-ish school. Maybe the co-eds were friendly on his visit?
Just call the new conference "The West". Other names could be the Too Late to Watch Conference and the I'm Not Dead Yet! Conference.
My biggest concern with these kids making this much money this young are these:
1) What does this do to their motivation? Will they still be hungry to succeed or will that much money make them feel... entitled and therefore slack off?
2) What are colleges doing to ensure these kids are surrounded by GOOD HONEST business managers? Its hard enough for many NFL players to manage their money so how much harder will it be for an 18 year old?
Kansas can call and pitch themselves all they'd like because they're trying to find the best home possible after the long time coming collapse of the Big 12. It doesn't mean the B1G needs to listen.
I'd rather pick up Oklahoma State or Iowa State. At least they're entertaining.
You state with such certainty that it is a fact that smoking weed is a civil rights issue. I'm curious to understand your logic for this.
Just proves that I need some afternoon caffeine! (and I was too lazy to Google it)
Prince / Foo Fighters - Darling Nikki
? / Disturbed - Sound of Silence (tells you which version I prefer!)
Sorry, way late to respond. You can find most of those breweries on the shelf of the local Hy-Vee stores except for 515... they don't bottle.
Toppling Goliath is pretty decent. Pseudo Sue is a pretty good IPA, but probably not $20 for 4 good.
I agree with you. I have no idea. And because I understood none of that, I think that officially makes me "old".
I can find Odd Side down here in Texas and am loving it!
In Des Moines, you've gotta hit:
Confluence
Firetrucker
Barn Town
515
And there are several taprooms (el Bait Shop!) and breweries downtown worth walking between.
Boulevard was worth it. Love finding their different beers.
With the public appetite for football, I doubt there will ever be a decrease to 14 games, but 16 with only 3 preseason? I'm good with that. Killing Thursday night? Please. While its a nice way to break up my week, I'd be much happier letting college football have Thursday night instead.
The NFL traded an uncompetitive game for a competitive game. In other words, they got rid of a meaningless game in which guys could get injured and replaced it with a game that counts in which guys could get injured. Coaches will just adjust so that starters still only play about one to one and a half games in the preseason. The borderline guys will still get the rest of the time. I'm... ambivalent on the overall impact of this. What would you like to see for player safety?
Or make it that any missed kick ends the game to strongly discourage field goals.
Here we go, Steelers, here we go!
My only thought on the Big12/SEC challenge is: GO GATORS!
Should I downvote you because this is the current nightmare scenario or should I upvote you because this is the current nightmare scenario?