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Now you made me curious…

Now you made me curious about the etymology of the term.  If you can trust my googly research, "tomato can" was first popularized in boxing to describe an unworthy opponent; someone who was easy to pound and make bleed, like a cheap tomato can.

Why do people still give…

Why do people still give clicks to ESPN?  Same story from FoxSports

https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-football/michigan-qb-j-j-mccarthy-is-using-his-winning-resume-to-woe-nfl-teams

And Michigan OL coach Grant…

And Michigan OL coach Grant Newsome

Wisconsin +3 at the half. …

Wisconsin -3.5 at halftime.  Down 33 to 37

You don't have to "give them…

You don't have to "give them a pass".  You also don't have to let anything they do twist you up.  Personally, I divorced myself from everything ESPN related (except actual game coverage) and I just ignore any people on "the list".

Move on.  Focus on better things.  That's how to stop being bitter.  They're not worth your brain power

I think Edwards should move…

I think Edwards should move to receiver.  He has a better future in the NFL as a slot than RB imo

Guys, I'm enjoying this…

Guys, I'm enjoying this championship, not worrying about who is head coach next year.  Because the program is likely in good shape next year, no matter who the head coach is.

Harbaugh is the CEO right now.  It's the CEOs job to determine if there is going to be one month or two months off between the final game and Spring Practice.  You don't just wing it, you have a schedule.

All that to say, I wouldn't take his words as any sign one way or another what his plans are.  
 

And just a personal feeling: I don't honestly care.  If he leaves I wouldn't blame him, and I'll also feel good about the Michigan program as long as certain key staff is retained.  And frankly, after tonight, I could probably have this be my college football sunset season and not go through the big emotions any more.  Watch as a more casual fan.

So satisfied right now.  Didn't think the Kharmic scales would ever balance for UM football.  May be time to color my chips now that I'm finally in the emotional black

 

In my 20+ yr accounting…

In my 20+ yr accounting career I needed to gain an intimate understanding of what it takes to be successful in a lot of different business roles.  In supply chain: you can't be successful.  You ordered too few, we lost out on sales!  You ordered too many, that's just cash sitting in the warehouse collecting dust!  Oh, quantity is dialed in... how are you sourcing it?  They charge less, we're paying too much!  Our quality metrics are brutal, why did you use such a cheap supplier!

Corporate scapegoats.  I would never advise anyone to choose that field for their career.

Also:

https://archive.is…

Also:

https://archive.is/i5TO5

So true!  Full video of that…

So true!  Full video of that interview Sam had with Trente (13 mins).  For anyone's reference:

https://youtu.be/ZlmpE_D8kkY?si=hLaXVDZtkmSH0iWg

 

 

Edit: Wrong thread

This.  Y'all going off…

This.  Y'all going off reports of what someone said happened.  But, yeah, twitter journalists all make sure all the proper facts and context are reported.  Smh 

I'm so tired of our fans…

I'm so tired of our fans speaking with such certainty on these matters.  "Goodbye Sanderson" lol.  Like you really know what's going on in the AD right now.

Stop leaping to conclusions based on conjecture.  That's the same mentality that blew up the Wyld Stallyns Affair

Agree.  Approach ensures you…

Agree.  Approach ensures you get coachable players.  Not players who think they're gonna be great on their own no matter where they go.  That player goes to the highest bidder.

Fuck the Big Ten Fuck the Big Ten
Saw the Iowa/Nebraska O/U at…

Saw the Iowa/Nebraska O/U at 25.5 earlier this week 😳.  Couldn't pull the trigger on the under, but watching the game right now in a 10 - 10 tie going into the fourth.  Wondering if we can get a 13-10 finish

And the entire opening salvo…

And the entire opening salvo (couple pages) is really a glorious outline of the hypocrisy of the big ten's suspension.  

Then it lays out the facts of the case.

Then it outlines each of the four points that must be satisfied for a TRO to be justifiably enforced (thanks MGoLawyers for my education on this):

 

I.   Plaintiffs Are Likely To Succeed on the Merits

II.  Premature Punishment Would Cause Irreparable Injury

III. The Balance of Equities Warrants Injunctive Relief

IV. The Public Interest Would Be Served by an Injunction

It seems to be a no-brainer that the TRO will be granted.  But nothing surprises me any more.  Sometimes logic and reason don't matter

It sets the table with a…

It sets the table with a killer hook:

INTRODUCTION

Sportsmanship is founded upon principles of integrity, respect, and fair play. So it is a poignant irony that The Big Ten Conference, Inc. ("Conference*) invoked its Sportsmanship Policy even as it breached a contract, succumbed to pressure, and threw procedure out the window in pursuit of summary punishment.

^^^^
Nostradamus.

Or.

The…

^^^^
Nostradamus.

Or.

The Knowledge.

 

I'm sorry but in our modern…

I'm sorry but in our modern world, 'loud and repetitive' trump 'logical and rational' every time. Such is life

Hinton didn't play @…

Hinton didn't play @ Nebraska so still at 4 games.  Suppose he'll redshirt, so points for all the people who assumed he was playing so much to get as many live reps as possible against easy competition while preserving redshirt.

I haven't seen it, but I…

I haven't seen it, but I heard from Shutdown Fullcast that the terms are that the Team scores that many points, so I fully expect special teams and defensive touchdowns to give Brian F a huge boost (*as always...and they'll still fall short)

You need to clear your cache

You need to clear your cache

No, he did not know that…

No, he did not know that risk

On Jan. 11, the NCAA announced it would be cracking down on allowing waivers for two-time transfers, two days after Walker began classes at North Carolina.

Not 2 Rice Krispie treats. …

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In our state, all assets…

In our state, all assets earned over the course of the marriage are to be split 50/50 and there's not a lot of wiggle room on that.  Any lawyer in Michigan should make this happen no problem (excepting hidden and/or cash assets not backed by documents easily obtained in discovery).

serious advice: if she cares about assets that much, tell her to negotiate with wildly unrealistic asks to the point that negotiations drag out, and every time the next step is to go to a judge, then she can ask for something more reasonable but still way in her favor.  Chances are he'll settle out-of-favor just to avoid the prolonged process.

^^^^ This is what my ex did, and i couldn't care less how much extra money i paid just to be rid of her bullshit and conclude the process.  You can't really start your new normal until the financial settlement is made, and the combined waiting and powerlessness you possess when going through negotiation are absolute hell.  

Unless her ex is an ego-centric individual who uses conflict like that for fuel, I'd wager that -- if your sister has the mettle to play hardball for the long haul -- she can negotiate herself a pretty comfortable future.

 

 

Disagree, because I think…

Disagree, because I think ultimately academic prestige is the only thing that will matter when determining the value of the Big 10 conference brand.

Ultimately, I don't think any of this realignment in the short term matters except dividing major sports teams into tier1 and tier2.  Because for CFB, I believe the Big10 and ACC will merge to create "CFB NFC" and the SEC and Big12 will merge into "CFB AFC".  Fox controls CNFC viewing rights, ABC controls CAFC viewing rights, and each year the playoffs ultimately pit conference champions in a college superbowl.  I mean, we've already seen this happen in the NFL, what's to say that's not the blueprint for where this is heading?

In football, other media outlets snap up rights for the tier2 league which becomes a defacto farm system.  Maybe something similar happens with college basketball and/or hockey, but as far as other sports go, I think ultimately they follow a model much like today's where they primarily play opponents in their ncaa conference/division, and have national championships very similar to current practice.  There's no paradigm shifting money tied to viewership of those other sports, so no real value or incentive to align schedules based on a football-centric ecosystem.

In my scenario, shared football revenue tied to Cal and Stanford are the same to UM if they're in either one of the ACC or Big10 conference.  Therefore, the value to the big 10 comes from academic prestige and the research funds tied therein.

 

alternately: who the fuck knows 🤷‍♂️ 

Thanks all for the great…

Thanks all for the great stories and feedback!

But Michigan isn't pulling…

But Michigan isn't pulling in #1 classes every year, so there are going to be questions, notably edge and corner. 
 

Conversely, I have seen it projected that Michigan will have anywhere from 15 - 17 draft picks after this season (20 if you listen to Harbaugh).  And the transfer portal has given us quality options at TE, OT, Edge, Linebacker, Cornerback, Center, and Kicker that we wouldn't have had in the non-portal era.

If a college team is projected to have an all-time record number of NFL draft picks, I'm pretty comfortable saying that's a team without pressing questions.

Guess that puts Corum in the…

Guess that puts Corum in the company of Chuck Norris and that guy from Nazareth

Did you have Kraft Mac &…

Did you have Kraft Mac & Cheese with shaved truffles as a side dish?

https://www.ncaa.com/news…

(your link directs to a 404 error; has some extra characters at the end of your url)

https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2020-10-27/slippery-rock-footballs-history-michigan-explained

 

Summary: a long time ago UM's pa announcer liked to say "slippery rock" and said their score every week.  Since then, the programs have linked up various times for publicity and good ambassadorship.  There are many events listed in the article.

 

I think I remember my dad saying something about Michigan's bus breaking down near Slippery Rock in the forties, and they showed great hospitality to the UM team, so that was UM's rooting interest from them on.  Probably not true and there are probably many made-up origin stories that are more interesting than the real story.

 

Yes, as far as I could tell …

Yes, as far as I could tell +$5/yr was completely arbitrary by the op, and I had this same question (and an eyebrow-raising-head-tilting reaction)

Still waiting for him to be…

Still waiting for him to be unleashed on offense against OSU 🫤 

 

good read.  Thx

I've been curious to ask all…

I've been curious to ask all mgobloggians: if you happened to stumble across a cat and dog fucking, would you watch out of curiosity?  Would anyone ever seek out this kind of veterinary pornography?

I'm not your chief, buddy

I'm not your chief, buddy

How do you define a state …

How do you define a state "visited"?  For my list I needed to sleep overnight in a state or stop and see some attraction in that state (like seeing Yellowstone in all of Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana in the same day; also: visiting the four corners.)

I didn't want to include airport layovers or just driving through some state on the way somewhere.

just curious how other people do their lists 🤷‍♂️ 

Dude, from your own post…

Dude, from your own post that I was responding to:

No one else in the world even comes close to trying to emulate the deep dish pizza.
 

Internet arguing must be a hobby of yours or something.  Can't wait to see who wins your argument with yourself lol

Front and center, just…

Front and center, just admitted he blew the 27th out.  I'll always remember how torn up he was about it.

Don't know of that place,…

Don't know of that place, but my favorite bar in Chicago ca. 2010 is around the corner from there: Burwood Tap at Burling and Wrightwood

Nobody emulates it because…

Nobody emulates it because it sucks.  It's not pizza.  It's Midwest heart attack casserole.

Always went w my Great Aunt…

Always went w my Great Aunt for her birthday because your age was your % discount

I believe sacks count as a…

I believe sacks count as a net against passing yards in nfl stats.  Unlike college where they net against rushing yds.

Damn, I thought this was a…

Damn, I thought this was a long awaited CRex update :(

good luck with the endeavor!

https://twitter.com… https://twitter.com/hayesfawcett3/status/1673013201057767427?s=46&t=ZAiqMSIY8_rqTmiIjbwHNw

 

Was that the DT from Georgia…

Was that the DT from Georgia that decommitted, recommitted, had a solid freshman year then transferred back to Georgia?  Forget his name

OT winner!

I tuned in to…

OT winner!

I tuned in to the 4th quarter to watch my first quarter ever of any lacrosse.  It wasn't boring lol.  Nice win

This is very in-depth about…

This is very in-depth about the turnaround

https://theathletic.com/3771847/2022/11/08/michigan-biff-poggi-jim-harbaugh/?amp=1

That's at least not nearly…

That's at least not nearly as bad as the misuse of "literally"

He'll probably come out…

He'll probably come out ahead in his second divorce.