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425d7c15_Michael_Scarn___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 2 weeks ago [Title] The second one could be read [Body] | The second one could be read that way, sure, but, "we were turned in by Ohio," is a pretty straightforward use of the Hokeism. | [] | Michael Scarn | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/michael-scarn?quicktabs_1=0 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00131-ip-10-236-191-2_162099067_0.json |
425d7c15_Michael_Scarn___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 2 weeks ago [Title] Doesn't even look like [Body] | Doesn't even look like camoflauge - looks like the front of a Trapper Keeper. | [] | Michael Scarn | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/michael-scarn?quicktabs_1=0 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00131-ip-10-236-191-2_162099067_0.json |
e8480fe8_MaizeAndBlueWahoo___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 day 15 hours ago [Title] I have it on good authority [Body] | I have it on good authority that it was not you who were late for anything. It was instead a Mr. W. Rabbit. | [] | MaizeAndBlueWahoo | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/maizeandbluewahoo?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988598.68_20150728002308-00317-ip-10-236-191-2_159790199_0.json |
e8480fe8_MaizeAndBlueWahoo___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 days 22 hours ago [Title] You're saying the NFL was [Body] | You're saying the NFL was offered a spreadsheet conveniently put together by Brady's agents, on which they'd have to take the agents' word it was complete and accurate, and in order to find out what was on Brady's cell phone, they could instead track down multiple other cell phones and check off items on the spreadsheet? And that's a perfectly reasonable alternative to just spending 10 minutes scrolling through Brady's phone? Sorry, defending that approach is a stretch beyond stretches. All this fuck-Goodell outrage pretty much ignores the fact that Brady basically just broke into the Watergate hotel. | [] | MaizeAndBlueWahoo | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/maizeandbluewahoo?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988598.68_20150728002308-00317-ip-10-236-191-2_159790199_0.json |
e8480fe8_MaizeAndBlueWahoo___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 3 days 13 hours ago [Title] I hate your idea of suing [Body] | I hate your idea of suing because I don't want to sit here for three years watching some godawful lawsuit wend its way through the courts while ESPN breathlessly reports on every stupid motion and argument and filing in existence. I just upvoted for the Few Good Men reference. | [] | MaizeAndBlueWahoo | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/maizeandbluewahoo?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988598.68_20150728002308-00317-ip-10-236-191-2_159790199_0.json |
e8480fe8_MaizeAndBlueWahoo___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 3 days 13 hours ago [Title] Yes, they can, but from the [Body] | Yes, they can, but from the phone company, which would probably never give them up short of anything but a legal subpoena. To the NFL, they're as unrecoverable as if I called up AT&T and said, hey, give me so-and-so's stored-up text messages. | [] | MaizeAndBlueWahoo | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/maizeandbluewahoo?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988598.68_20150728002308-00317-ip-10-236-191-2_159790199_0.json |
e8480fe8_MaizeAndBlueWahoo___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 3 days 17 hours ago [Title] Today in Awkwardly Worded [Body] | Today in Awkwardly Worded Headlines: it's good to know Tuskegee has finally gotten out from the oppressive shadow that is Dennis Norfleet. | [] | MaizeAndBlueWahoo | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/maizeandbluewahoo?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988598.68_20150728002308-00317-ip-10-236-191-2_159790199_0.json |
e8480fe8_MaizeAndBlueWahoo___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 4 days 16 hours ago [Title] Nay to Vanderbilt. Doesn't [Body] | Nay to Vanderbilt. Doesn't pass the saltwater test. Close but no cigar, they're closer to Mobile Bay than to Lake Michigan. If you're closer to salt water than to a Great Lake, no Big Ten for you. That rule if actually enacted would've saved the Big Ten a lot of trouble. | [] | MaizeAndBlueWahoo | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/maizeandbluewahoo?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988598.68_20150728002308-00317-ip-10-236-191-2_159790199_0.json |
e8480fe8_MaizeAndBlueWahoo___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 5 days 5 hours ago [Title] Where have you been the last [Body] | Where have you been the last 60 or 70 years? | [] | MaizeAndBlueWahoo | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/maizeandbluewahoo?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988598.68_20150728002308-00317-ip-10-236-191-2_159790199_0.json |
e8480fe8_MaizeAndBlueWahoo___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 week 14 hours ago [Title] How did we get this far into [Body] | How did we get this far into the discussion and not mention the impact of Dave Brandon Junior on this whole thing? Sounds to me like Saban to Texas could've been done quite easily until Patterson pissed off his agent. | [] | MaizeAndBlueWahoo | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/maizeandbluewahoo?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988598.68_20150728002308-00317-ip-10-236-191-2_159790199_0.json |
e8480fe8_MaizeAndBlueWahoo___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 weeks 5 hours ago [Title] My all-time favorite band, [Body] | My all-time favorite band, playing one of their very best songs: | [] | MaizeAndBlueWahoo | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/maizeandbluewahoo?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988598.68_20150728002308-00317-ip-10-236-191-2_159790199_0.json |
e8480fe8_MaizeAndBlueWahoo___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 weeks 6 hours ago [Title] And in most cases that's a [Body] | And in most cases that's a good thing. Here, maybe not, I just really like the very chill vibe of the studio version, but Billy Preston is killing it anyway and the whole band is as '70s as '70s can be, so hey. | [] | MaizeAndBlueWahoo | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/maizeandbluewahoo?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988598.68_20150728002308-00317-ip-10-236-191-2_159790199_0.json |
e8480fe8_MaizeAndBlueWahoo___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 weeks 6 hours ago [Title] TMNT while it was on, then [Body] | TMNT while it was on, then Animaniacs. Definitely some Animaniacs. | [] | MaizeAndBlueWahoo | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/maizeandbluewahoo?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988598.68_20150728002308-00317-ip-10-236-191-2_159790199_0.json |
e8480fe8_MaizeAndBlueWahoo___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 weeks 6 hours ago [Title] I like the non-live version [Body] | I like the non-live version of this song better than live, it's a bit more laid-back, but the OP said live, so I'll be obliging. | [] | MaizeAndBlueWahoo | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/maizeandbluewahoo?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988598.68_20150728002308-00317-ip-10-236-191-2_159790199_0.json |
e8480fe8_MaizeAndBlueWahoo___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 weeks 15 hours ago [Title] I like this game. It's a [Body] | I like this game. It's a great deal more memorable than pretty much any other game that year. Hell of a lot more interesting than your basic run of the mill 24-10 win. | [] | MaizeAndBlueWahoo | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/maizeandbluewahoo?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988598.68_20150728002308-00317-ip-10-236-191-2_159790199_0.json |
e8480fe8_MaizeAndBlueWahoo___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 weeks 15 hours ago [Title] There's an xkcd for [Body] | There's an xkcd for that: http://www.xkcd.com/1235/ | [] | MaizeAndBlueWahoo | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/maizeandbluewahoo?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988598.68_20150728002308-00317-ip-10-236-191-2_159790199_0.json |
e8480fe8_MaizeAndBlueWahoo___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 weeks 19 hours ago [Title] If you like the Garcia page, [Body] | If you like the Garcia page, also read up on Operation Mincemeat. In general the whole story of intelligence during WWII is fascinating. The Brits absolutely ran circles around the Germans throughout the whole war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mincemeat | [] | MaizeAndBlueWahoo | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/maizeandbluewahoo?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988598.68_20150728002308-00317-ip-10-236-191-2_159790199_0.json |
e8480fe8_MaizeAndBlueWahoo___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 weeks 20 hours ago [Title] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki [Body] | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions Read and learn, everyone. | [] | MaizeAndBlueWahoo | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/maizeandbluewahoo?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988598.68_20150728002308-00317-ip-10-236-191-2_159790199_0.json |
e8480fe8_MaizeAndBlueWahoo___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 weeks 1 day ago [Title] Fking grammar Nazis. [Body] | Fking grammar Nazis. | [] | MaizeAndBlueWahoo | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/maizeandbluewahoo?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988598.68_20150728002308-00317-ip-10-236-191-2_159790199_0.json |
e8480fe8_MaizeAndBlueWahoo___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 weeks 1 day ago [Title] Amazon's a retail company [Body] | Amazon's a retail company like any other retail company. Which means they hype up sales to try and generate, you know, sales. Probably 100 years ago Sears or Montgomery Ward or Hudson's would have these big posters up advertising a sale and people would walk out going, "I say, old bean, that was a dilly of a letdown." Why anyone expects Amazon to be magically different because it's an Internet company and start selling $50 TVs is beyond me. | [] | MaizeAndBlueWahoo | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/maizeandbluewahoo?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988598.68_20150728002308-00317-ip-10-236-191-2_159790199_0.json |
e8480fe8_MaizeAndBlueWahoo___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 weeks 2 days ago [Title] The change from calling it [Body] | The change from calling it Big Jim's is a really recent development, so I don't know all that much about it. | [] | MaizeAndBlueWahoo | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/maizeandbluewahoo?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988598.68_20150728002308-00317-ip-10-236-191-2_159790199_0.json |
e8480fe8_MaizeAndBlueWahoo___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Nobody from UVA ever said UVA [Body] | Nobody from UVA ever said UVA had the "largest mall in the country." Just the only one that's a World Heritage Site. | [] | MaizeAndBlueWahoo | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/maizeandbluewahoo?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988598.68_20150728002308-00317-ip-10-236-191-2_159790199_0.json |
e8480fe8_MaizeAndBlueWahoo___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 weeks 2 days ago [Title] The interesting thing to me [Body] | The interesting thing to me about the Craig Ross blurb is this: Ross said he wished Franklin and Leach threw the ball more (and better) - which is basically RR's offense. Thus the highly ironic and idiotic nature of whatever boogeymen were out there during the RR era, pining for the good old days. Ever since Bo left, the offense we've run that bears the absolute least resemblance to Bo's offense..... is Lloyd Carr's! Lloyd's model was to find a bazooka statue and have him either give to the RB or shoot off rockets. I figure this is partly because Harbaugh showed what could be done with a QB with passing skills, and that combined with that being the direction the world was moving anyway, convinced Bo's successors to go find strong-armed QBs. Thus, Grbac, Navarre, Henne, etc. Bo's offense would've had little use for John Navarre; RR would never have recruited him. | [] | MaizeAndBlueWahoo | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/maizeandbluewahoo?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988598.68_20150728002308-00317-ip-10-236-191-2_159790199_0.json |
e8480fe8_MaizeAndBlueWahoo___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 weeks 2 days ago [Title] I gotta admit....Pluto is a [Body] | I gotta admit....Pluto is a cool-looking ball of rock. I did kinda think maybe it could be re-planetized. But putting Pluto back in the planet category is kind of like adding Rutgers to the Big Ten. Sure, Scarlet Knights is a cool nickname, and Rutgers was great back in the day....way back in the day. But they don't bring anything and they mess up the symmetry and if you think Rutgers is worthy of being in the Big Ten then why not dozens of other programs? Besides, neat as Pluto looks, there are some moons in this solar system that look way cooler. If that's the only criterion I propose Callisto as a planet. It hasn't managed to get rid of Jupiter from its orbit around the sun, but I don't know how you could turn down a giant floating disco ball. | [] | MaizeAndBlueWahoo | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/maizeandbluewahoo?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988598.68_20150728002308-00317-ip-10-236-191-2_159790199_0.json |
e8480fe8_MaizeAndBlueWahoo___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Grounds grounds grounds [Body] | Grounds grounds grounds grounds grounds. It's not a campus. Or, it's a campus that's called grounds. | [] | MaizeAndBlueWahoo | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/maizeandbluewahoo?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988598.68_20150728002308-00317-ip-10-236-191-2_159790199_0.json |
e8480fe8_MaizeAndBlueWahoo___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 weeks 2 days ago [Title] May I humbly suggest you take [Body] | May I humbly suggest you take an hour or two and walk around the UVA grounds. It really is worth the experience. I don't think they'd be doing tours in the summer, but you never know. Also, Monticello isn't the only presidential mansion in the area; someone mentioned Montpelier which is maybe 30 minutes away, and Ash Lawn-Highland is the house of James Monroe and right next door to Monticello. Actually there are two former houses belonging to Monroe in the area; one is smack in the middle of the UVA grounds. | [] | MaizeAndBlueWahoo | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/maizeandbluewahoo?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988598.68_20150728002308-00317-ip-10-236-191-2_159790199_0.json |
e8480fe8_MaizeAndBlueWahoo___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 weeks 3 days ago [Title] I'm not letting Brandon off [Body] | I'm not letting Brandon off the hook for hiring a coach that required an expensive firing. He made the choice and he signed the contracts. | [] | MaizeAndBlueWahoo | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/maizeandbluewahoo?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988598.68_20150728002308-00317-ip-10-236-191-2_159790199_0.json |
e8480fe8_MaizeAndBlueWahoo___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 weeks 3 days ago [Title] And yet Dave Brandon left [Body] | And yet Dave Brandon left behind a deficit. | [] | MaizeAndBlueWahoo | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/maizeandbluewahoo?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988598.68_20150728002308-00317-ip-10-236-191-2_159790199_0.json |
e8480fe8_MaizeAndBlueWahoo___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 weeks 3 days ago [Title] Yep....Martin is actually one [Body] | Yep....Martin is actually one of the hardy souls racing the Supermac, a once-a-decade-or-so race from Chicago to Port Huron (or vice versa, depending.) Over 500 miles, and then Stripes will turn around and do the regular Port Huron race. | [] | MaizeAndBlueWahoo | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/maizeandbluewahoo?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988598.68_20150728002308-00317-ip-10-236-191-2_159790199_0.json |
e8480fe8_MaizeAndBlueWahoo___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 weeks 4 days ago [Title] If everything comes to [Body] | If everything comes to fruition - never a safe assumption but things do seem to be rolling - the whole thing will work out brilliantly, I think. That's a huge empty space separating Midtown and downtown. The project as designed would be a huge, huge link, not to mention bringing very badly needed residential development to an area absolutely screaming for it. I don't know about the JLA site development, it sounded like a lot of wishful thinking, but it'd be great if they actually did build a 30-story skyscraper there, especially if that too was part residential. | [] | MaizeAndBlueWahoo | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/maizeandbluewahoo?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988598.68_20150728002308-00317-ip-10-236-191-2_159790199_0.json |
e8480fe8_MaizeAndBlueWahoo___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 weeks 4 days ago [Title] Let's be clear: The new Wings [Body] | Let's be clear: The new Wings arena isn't being financed with public money in the same sense these other stadiums generally are. I outlined this in another thread, but the "public portion" of the Wings arena is Downtown Development Authority money. DDA money is required by state law to be spent on economic development downtown. The DDA is financed by property taxes - but only that portion of property tax above the property's assessment prior to inclusion in the DDA. In other words, a parcel's taxable value before inclusion was X, when it was included it became X+Y, and Y is taken by the DDA to support downtown economic development - which again, by state law, is the only allowable purpose. X continues to go to the city for police and streetlights and whatever. This is why the DDA is called quasi-public. It's basically a homeowner's association for downtown businesses. And the DDA, by the way, will own the arena. This is a far cry different from the usual public funding mechanisms. The DDA exists precisely to fund things like this. And Oliver is not being honest by not noting the difference. | [] | MaizeAndBlueWahoo | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/maizeandbluewahoo?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988598.68_20150728002308-00317-ip-10-236-191-2_159790199_0.json |
e8480fe8_MaizeAndBlueWahoo___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 weeks 6 days ago [Title] Frankly, in the case of this [Body] | Frankly, in the case of this project, people who hate public funding of stadiums should be cheering the new Wings arena up and down the block. The bonds issued to pay for this thing are being paid back by the Ilitches and the DDA - NOT "Detroit taxpayers" which seems to be what fronts all the headlines. The Downtown Development Authority is more akin to a homeowners' association than anything, except its members are downtown businesses, and it's them who will pick up half the tab. It is most emphatically not being paid for by city residents. The DDA is funded by property taxes paid by downtown businesses, but only that portion of property tax above and beyond the value that the property would be assessed at if it wasn't in the DDA. And since state law requires that money go to economic development in the area, the arena is a more than logical use of the funds. Oh, and the DDA will own the arena, not the Ilitches. | [] | MaizeAndBlueWahoo | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/maizeandbluewahoo?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988598.68_20150728002308-00317-ip-10-236-191-2_159790199_0.json |
633ef99b_Wolverine_In_Exile___mgoblog__Title | [Date] 1 week 2 days ago [Body] He knew the time to go, had a good succession plan in place that had qualified coaches and established a program identity / core values and never distracted from The Team. This is why I will always talk about Bo in only the most reverential terms, and most younger Michigan fans today will not understand why Bo was held this way "since he, you know, never won a national title". [Title] | This is why Bo is so revered | [] | Wolverine In Exile | mgoblog | Title | http://mgoblog.com/users/wolverine-exile?quicktabs_1=0 | 36/1438042989443.69_20150728002309-00311-ip-10-236-191-2_168871889_0.json |
633ef99b_Wolverine_In_Exile___mgoblog__Title | [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Body] That's when population control will oh so hip, and you'll have to get a license to have children, but then you'll also probably have to prove you're genetically worthy to have kids. SO don't worry, all the less qualified folks will just be bred out so that only the truly worthy people will be able to propagate. And then since there'll be less people, think of the less resources we'll use, so then we can arrest global warming, and we won't ever have to leave our house because the Googazonber.com corporation will bring me everything I need via robot drone and I won't have to deal with *people*, 'cause I mean who likes waiting in line with smelly people, or people that don't have the exact same opinion I do on everything from morality to dress to hair style to.... The dismissive attitude so many people have nowadays toward the erosion of personal freedom and individual responsibility is really scary, all under the name of progress/safety/ease of life. Life is hard, life has tragedy,but through all that there's great pride and personal fulfillment available by overcoming these things. [Title] | But hey! | [] | Wolverine In Exile | mgoblog | Title | http://mgoblog.com/users/wolverine-exile?quicktabs_1=0 | 36/1438042989443.69_20150728002309-00311-ip-10-236-191-2_168871889_0.json |
633ef99b_Wolverine_In_Exile___mgoblog__Title | [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Body] I'm growing more convinced I'm going to end up like Dennis Leary's character, eating rat cheeseburgers and purposefully maintaining a '79 El Camino in an underground cabal. [Title] | You mean like Demolition Man? | [] | Wolverine In Exile | mgoblog | Title | http://mgoblog.com/users/wolverine-exile?quicktabs_1=0 | 36/1438042989443.69_20150728002309-00311-ip-10-236-191-2_168871889_0.json |
633ef99b_Wolverine_In_Exile___mgoblog__Title | [Date] 1 week 5 days ago [Body] but Judge Smails had it right, "The world needs ditch diggers too" I know no politics, but I thought this was a point that Charles Krauthammer brought out on a Fox News show about 6-8 months that really stuck with me, basically a lot of our political elite talk about "new economies" and getting more "green jobs" like computer programmers at google and what not.. but not everybody is capable of the high tech jobs or working finance at Goldman Sachs. That's not denegrating their work or value- you can have respect and pride in a manual labor job. That's what made the auto industry great IMO, sure it was tough manual labor on the line and it didn't take a lot of "skill" to turn a wrench, but you were building something and took pride in the end product. Culturally, we have over time de-valued the worth and "pride of ownership" in labor intensive fields, but there's value and moral good-i-tude in keeping productive and working hard. That translates into a society that then can overcome the really big challenges like financial hardship and wars and such. Unfortunately, you build in a mentality that everything's hard and we need automation to do some aspect of everything in our life, and then what? How does the human respond? I'm not saying we need to go back to a 1940's level of industrial technology, but the constant drive to automate everything is I think robbing humanity of some key maturation and resiliency aspects,and almost creating a permanent underclass of drones. But of course, automated cars theoretically can save lives, so "won't someone think about the CHILDREN???" [Title] | Everybody laughs at the line | [] | Wolverine In Exile | mgoblog | Title | http://mgoblog.com/users/wolverine-exile?quicktabs_1=0 | 36/1438042989443.69_20150728002309-00311-ip-10-236-191-2_168871889_0.json |
633ef99b_Wolverine_In_Exile___mgoblog__Title | [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Body] a couple years ago and managed to get a 'Space Bitches Space" in 24 month size. It is on kid #2 and will be saved for kid #3. We also sport the toddler sized Worst State Ever shirt and Cue the Muppets shirt. Works for both boys and girls. [Title] | I badgered the MGoBlog staff | [] | Wolverine In Exile | mgoblog | Title | http://mgoblog.com/users/wolverine-exile?quicktabs_1=0 | 36/1438042989443.69_20150728002309-00311-ip-10-236-191-2_168871889_0.json |
633ef99b_Wolverine_In_Exile___mgoblog__Title | [Date] 1 week 6 days ago [Body] 1) M-den has onesies for boys that are light blue and have a silk screened maize n blue tie with a block M on it. Got it for my son and avoided having to dress him in crappy Baby Gap formal wear for months when we'd go to church or a party or something. 2) A kids M book. You're going to be reading to him at night for a long time, and while the writing style of Jim Brandstatter is good to put dad to sleep, not so much for baby moving into toddler. I always liked the "Michigan 101" board book at M-Den and other places on campus. It's got pages dedicated to different things abotu campus (including a page on the sports teams) and then the back two pages are the complete words (include preambles) to both The Victors and Maize and Blue. Great lullabys even if you suck at singing. And you'll sing, trust me. [Title] | Two items | [] | Wolverine In Exile | mgoblog | Title | http://mgoblog.com/users/wolverine-exile?quicktabs_1=0 | 36/1438042989443.69_20150728002309-00311-ip-10-236-191-2_168871889_0.json |
633ef99b_Wolverine_In_Exile___mgoblog__Title | [Date] 2 weeks 5 days ago [Body] When they got into their spat with Direct TV, DirecTV went out and put "Weather Nation" on their network instead. Very no-frills weather forecasting and conditions channel and no superfluous / politically themed programming like Weather Channel was venturing into. When Weather Channel finally made their peace with DirecTV, Weather Nation had gained enough market share that people simply didn't worry about watching Weather Channel anymore. I know in our house, our smartphones are source #1 for weather, but then after that is local Dayton digital broadcast weather HD station, then Weather Nation. Weather Channel doesn't even register for me anymore. The analogy for ESPN for me would be that if someone like FoxSports 1 focused on just presenting the sports (both live content of major leagues and news-based recap shows), they'd take away market share from the STEPHEN A. SMITH led ESPN. But FS1 has gone down the "we're going to be ENTERTAINING" road, and as such have already probably passed the point of no return. [Title] | Add'l aspect to Weather Channel's downturn | [] | Wolverine In Exile | mgoblog | Title | http://mgoblog.com/users/wolverine-exile?quicktabs_1=0 | 36/1438042989443.69_20150728002309-00311-ip-10-236-191-2_168871889_0.json |
633ef99b_Wolverine_In_Exile___mgoblog__Title | [Date] 3 weeks 5 days ago [Body] Dusty Rhodes. Miss you big guy. [Title] | RIP | [] | Wolverine In Exile | mgoblog | Title | http://mgoblog.com/users/wolverine-exile?quicktabs_1=0 | 36/1438042989443.69_20150728002309-00311-ip-10-236-191-2_168871889_0.json |
633ef99b_Wolverine_In_Exile___mgoblog__Title | [Date] 3 weeks 5 days ago [Body] especially when she had the glasses at her desk thing going on. [Title] | Bailey | [] | Wolverine In Exile | mgoblog | Title | http://mgoblog.com/users/wolverine-exile?quicktabs_1=0 | 36/1438042989443.69_20150728002309-00311-ip-10-236-191-2_168871889_0.json |
633ef99b_Wolverine_In_Exile___mgoblog__Title | [Date] 4 weeks 3 days ago [Body] He'll get plenty of minutes at the 2, there's a black hole of gravitational mass down low in Okafor/Noel/Embiid to suck down defenders and get space to shoot, 'Ish' is a servicable distributor, and Nik's defensive liabilities can be mitigated by the wealth of big men downlow to be rim protectors. Will he be an All-star? probably not, but if he's going to be a servicable pro, he'll be in the right situation to showcase it the next couple year. Plus have you seen the Atlantic division??? I'm not sold on Toronto as a world-destroying "new NBA" team, the Knicks and Nets are going to be waterboard-torture bad, and Boston still has minimal talent (but double + coaching). I could actually see Philly making a run at finishing 2nd in the division next year. Now with Stauskas and the big-men, I'd love to see the Sixers get a veteran penetrate-but-pass-first point guard like Professor Andre Miller or, gulp, the Sixers actually using some of those stockpiled assets to get Ty Lawson from Denver. [Title] | Great situation for Nik | [] | Wolverine In Exile | mgoblog | Title | http://mgoblog.com/users/wolverine-exile?quicktabs_1=0 | 36/1438042989443.69_20150728002309-00311-ip-10-236-191-2_168871889_0.json |
633ef99b_Wolverine_In_Exile___mgoblog__Title | [Date] 4 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Troy Athens '96. Always a .500 team except for an occasional blip every 3 to 4 years where we'd win 7 and come within a game of winning the league, and then lose to Troy High. My senior year, we thought we had a chance with a strong senior class and a junior QB who was groomed to be a golden boy since he was in 7th grade, and we had a run, but didn't go very far (I think we lost in the 1st rd of the state playoffs by a lot). On the other hand we were a "futbol" powerhouse, and that was what most of us who didn't play football did, tailgate for soccer. (I was a varsity baseball only guy) [Title] | No | [] | Wolverine In Exile | mgoblog | Title | http://mgoblog.com/users/wolverine-exile?quicktabs_1=0 | 36/1438042989443.69_20150728002309-00311-ip-10-236-191-2_168871889_0.json |
633ef99b_Wolverine_In_Exile___mgoblog__Title | [Date] 5 weeks 4 days ago [Body] Bill Nye, noted science expert, said there's "no way" that the footballs could deflate on their own without the Patriots cheating! [Title] | But but but | [] | Wolverine In Exile | mgoblog | Title | http://mgoblog.com/users/wolverine-exile?quicktabs_1=0 | 36/1438042989443.69_20150728002309-00311-ip-10-236-191-2_168871889_0.json |
633ef99b_Wolverine_In_Exile___mgoblog__Title | [Date] 5 weeks 6 days ago [Body] Hyman's exactly the kind of player Babcock will love. Gritty forward with skill, can play wing or center.. I bet Hyman's getting Draper-like 3rd line minutes next year on the big club. [Title] | Babcock hire best thing for Hyman | [] | Wolverine In Exile | mgoblog | Title | http://mgoblog.com/users/wolverine-exile?quicktabs_1=0 | 36/1438042989443.69_20150728002309-00311-ip-10-236-191-2_168871889_0.json |
633ef99b_Wolverine_In_Exile___mgoblog__Title | [Date] 5 weeks 6 days ago [Body] So our Bball roster for next year is (apologies for using 80's era position names): WITH BATTLE: PG- Walton, Albrecht SG- Battle, MAAR SF- Levert, Dawkins, Dun Robinson PF- Irvin, Chapman / Wilson / Wagner C- Doyle / Donnel / Wilson W/O BATTLE: PG- Walton, Albrecht SG- Levert, MAAR / incoming FR? SF- Irvin, Dawkins, Dun Robinson PF- Chapman / Wagner / Wilson C- Doyle / Donnel / Wilson Is this even remotely accurate? [Title] | Battle or No Battle | [] | Wolverine In Exile | mgoblog | Title | http://mgoblog.com/users/wolverine-exile?quicktabs_1=0 | 36/1438042989443.69_20150728002309-00311-ip-10-236-191-2_168871889_0.json |
633ef99b_Wolverine_In_Exile___mgoblog__Title | [Date] 5 weeks 6 days ago [Body] for Phil Jackson as he seems to me to fit the Bill Cartwright mold of a center Phil likes. If SVG is sold on Jackson over Jennings, then get value for Jennings now. [Title] | Monroe would be appealing | [] | Wolverine In Exile | mgoblog | Title | http://mgoblog.com/users/wolverine-exile?quicktabs_1=0 | 36/1438042989443.69_20150728002309-00311-ip-10-236-191-2_168871889_0.json |
633ef99b_Wolverine_In_Exile___mgoblog__Title | [Date] 5 weeks 6 days ago [Body] http://www-personal.umich.edu/~btcesul/purduefootball.jpg [Title] | Never forget | [] | Wolverine In Exile | mgoblog | Title | http://mgoblog.com/users/wolverine-exile?quicktabs_1=0 | 36/1438042989443.69_20150728002309-00311-ip-10-236-191-2_168871889_0.json |
633ef99b_Wolverine_In_Exile___mgoblog__Title | [Date] 6 weeks 2 days ago [Body] we still might be the conference favorite at this point. Minnesota needs to find a replacement for Wilcox and the defense depth they lost, PSU is still building talent, MSU is a tire fire besides goalie, Wiscy's going to be extremely young with a new goalie, and Ohio St is Ohio St. Welcome to the CHA circa 1999! [Title] | The worst part is | [] | Wolverine In Exile | mgoblog | Title | http://mgoblog.com/users/wolverine-exile?quicktabs_1=0 | 36/1438042989443.69_20150728002309-00311-ip-10-236-191-2_168871889_0.json |
633ef99b_Wolverine_In_Exile___mgoblog__Title | [Date] 6 weeks 2 days ago [Body] We'll have a winning record, both OOC and within B1G play, but with the lack of OOC strength and the B1G likely to be down again this year, the conference will be a 1 bid league with the tourney champ getting the bid. If we had a stronger OOC schedule with maybe 1-2 less wins, we might be in a better position for an at-large, but in reality without a stronger B1G, we're going to be 1-bid conference territory for a while. [Title] | We're going to be in the same boat as last year | [] | Wolverine In Exile | mgoblog | Title | http://mgoblog.com/users/wolverine-exile?quicktabs_1=0 | 36/1438042989443.69_20150728002309-00311-ip-10-236-191-2_168871889_0.json |
633ef99b_Wolverine_In_Exile___mgoblog__Title | [Date] 6 weeks 2 days ago [Body] I think his swing changes the last 5 years were an *attempt* to protect his right knee without actually doing anything to protect it, and subsequently putting more stress on his back which is manifesting itself now. I think Foley was a huge mistake, and his current "coach" is more of a yes man than anything else. I really believe if he went back to Harmon honestly and not because he thought it was the right PR move, Harmon could help him get back to a natural motion that fits with his body-- that's always the least stressful swing is letting your body tell you what it can do instead of forcing your limbs to do something their not naturally inclined to do. Now what that may look like at the end of the day is a Tiger who will not be able to drive 300+ yds with ultra stiff shaft steel irons, and that may not fit the persona of what Tiger wants to be-- the ultimate golf alpha dog-- but as is pointed out below, the delta in swing yardage is so small nowadays relatively, it's more important to play target golf and be solid around the greens and putting. With Tiger's natural talent, I still think he could be today a Nick Faldo in his prime type of player, but I don't think his ego will allow it. [Title] | Yes but | [] | Wolverine In Exile | mgoblog | Title | http://mgoblog.com/users/wolverine-exile?quicktabs_1=0 | 36/1438042989443.69_20150728002309-00311-ip-10-236-191-2_168871889_0.json |
633ef99b_Wolverine_In_Exile___mgoblog__Title | [Date] 6 weeks 2 days ago [Body] It's similar to why McGwire took the PED's. It wasn't necessarily that he was intentionally bulking up, but with his original frame, the PED's helped him recover from injuries and build muscle mass to cover up for degredation in his tendons. I'm guessing that if its true that Tiger took PED's, it was as much to cover up for injuries as it was to build muscle mass. Although based on some of the stories I read as well, Ol' Eldrick had a mighty big chip on his shoulder that he wanted to be considered as much of an athlete as the team sports guys; "getting big" might have been the process his fulfilled that mental checkmark. [Title] | This | [] | Wolverine In Exile | mgoblog | Title | http://mgoblog.com/users/wolverine-exile?quicktabs_1=0 | 36/1438042989443.69_20150728002309-00311-ip-10-236-191-2_168871889_0.json |
633ef99b_Wolverine_In_Exile___mgoblog__Title | [Date] 6 weeks 2 days ago [Body] This is why Butch Harmon is such a good golf coach. I've been reading a bunch of Golf Magazine, Golf Digest, etc the past 5 years and pretty much everybody is in agreement that Harmon's "methods" basically involve taking your natural swings and then tweaking it. Contrast that to Sean Foley and others who want to completely remake your swing in their mold of what a good golf swing should look like. I've read and listened to lots of interviews that what Butch did with Tiger was just to take his God given talent and refine it a little, take the hitches out, etc. It's when Tiger started getting too smart for his own good and started believing in every new technique / training regimine / psuedo-scientific advance that his and Harmon's relationship fell out. I personally think there's a huge hubris factor as well-- he never recovered from the divorce / scandal psychologically and his continued internal denial that he really didn't do anything wrong has rotted his karma to the core. He needs a full on Hollywood movie like bottoming out / reawakening of himself to really recapture his natural talent. He is the real life Roy Hobbs. I'm only disappointed that I think he's going to find that around age 50, and he'll put together one Nicklaus in '86 like tournament, but it'll be too late to really challenge Jack's record. For the amateur golfers out there, this relates to you in the best possible way. If you want to really improve your golf game, find a coach that doesn't say he has to remake your swing. Most times, golfers can get improvement to the point where they'e shooting below bogey golf (breaking 90, threatening 80 which means at that pointyou can play pretty much any course and have fun) just by tweaking your natural motion. A coach that's willing to work with you instead of remake you in his image is more invested in your improvement than building his own ego. [Title] | Yes. This. | [] | Wolverine In Exile | mgoblog | Title | http://mgoblog.com/users/wolverine-exile?quicktabs_1=0 | 36/1438042989443.69_20150728002309-00311-ip-10-236-191-2_168871889_0.json |
633ef99b_Wolverine_In_Exile___mgoblog__Title | [Date] 6 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Dear God, why Penn St on the last weekend? WHY???? I can't take more heartbreak late in the season. [Title] | I can't believe I'm writing this but | [] | Wolverine In Exile | mgoblog | Title | http://mgoblog.com/users/wolverine-exile?quicktabs_1=0 | 36/1438042989443.69_20150728002309-00311-ip-10-236-191-2_168871889_0.json |
633ef99b_Wolverine_In_Exile___mgoblog__Title | [Date] 7 weeks 3 days ago [Body] We say in our place that an air gapped network is only as secure as the guy who thinks its no problem to plug his iPod into the USB port cause its easier than buying an extra charging block. There are lots of cyber attack vectors. This particular breach was one of the more nefarious ones. [Title] | Correct | [] | Wolverine In Exile | mgoblog | Title | http://mgoblog.com/users/wolverine-exile?quicktabs_1=0 | 36/1438042989443.69_20150728002309-00311-ip-10-236-191-2_168871889_0.json |
633ef99b_Wolverine_In_Exile___mgoblog__Title | [Date] 7 weeks 3 days ago [Body] On official us govt business a number of years ago, I used to leave the TV in my hotel room on the "free" porn preview channel when I left. (Yes there is such a thing in upsacle Russian hotels) I figured if the Soviets were going to surveil my room, I'd leave them with something interesting to watch. [Title] | When I visited moscow | [] | Wolverine In Exile | mgoblog | Title | http://mgoblog.com/users/wolverine-exile?quicktabs_1=0 | 36/1438042989443.69_20150728002309-00311-ip-10-236-191-2_168871889_0.json |
633ef99b_Wolverine_In_Exile___mgoblog__Title | [Date] 7 weeks 3 days ago [Body] Imagine in a classic LeCarre type novel if the bad guy spy had the financial records of every employee in targeted agencies, who worked in what weapons program office, budgetary office, etc. You now have increased your success percentage of recruiting assets by an innumerable amount because you as the recruiter now know who makes how much money, who's got significant debt, who's been divorced mulitple times, who had psychological evuations, what criminal history exists, etc. These are things that in a classical sense takes months to develop on a single individual. Now you have that type of data in a sortable format for every federal employee, available at however fast your database software runs. [Title] | You sir have nailed it | [] | Wolverine In Exile | mgoblog | Title | http://mgoblog.com/users/wolverine-exile?quicktabs_1=0 | 36/1438042989443.69_20150728002309-00311-ip-10-236-191-2_168871889_0.json |
633ef99b_Wolverine_In_Exile___mgoblog__Title | [Date] 7 weeks 3 days ago [Body] "The intelligence community didn't connect the dots" line? Even the increased risk of being identified as a spy will reduce the desire to conduct collection opportunities in a nation with human sources and reduce the opportunities for overt collection opportunities through the delay / decline to issue visas, permits, etc. Less information means less data means less dots, to relate to my statement at the front of this post. [Title] | Remember that whole | [] | Wolverine In Exile | mgoblog | Title | http://mgoblog.com/users/wolverine-exile?quicktabs_1=0 | 36/1438042989443.69_20150728002309-00311-ip-10-236-191-2_168871889_0.json |
633ef99b_Wolverine_In_Exile___mgoblog__Title | [Date] 7 weeks 3 days ago [Body] From a national security perspective since Snowden. There are a lot of protected identities at risk now within federal service, and I'm telling my guys in my building to basically consider that they now exist in a database in potentially adversarial nation(s) with enough detail to be detained as a spy upon entry. And I work in an overt national security entity. I'm worried about guys who have kept their affiliation with national security as a contractor, researcher, academic, etc secret. [Title] | This is probably the most serious data security breach | [] | Wolverine In Exile | mgoblog | Title | http://mgoblog.com/users/wolverine-exile?quicktabs_1=0 | 36/1438042989443.69_20150728002309-00311-ip-10-236-191-2_168871889_0.json |
633ef99b_Wolverine_In_Exile___mgoblog__Title | [Date] 7 weeks 3 days ago [Body] He's Antonio Gates with Jake Long's blocking ability! He's Tony Gonzalez with a mean streak! He's JJ Watt with Randy Moss's hands! [Title] | Engage Fred Jackson Hype Machine | [] | Wolverine In Exile | mgoblog | Title | http://mgoblog.com/users/wolverine-exile?quicktabs_1=0 | 36/1438042989443.69_20150728002309-00311-ip-10-236-191-2_168871889_0.json |
633ef99b_Wolverine_In_Exile___mgoblog__Title | [Date] 7 weeks 3 days ago [Body] for debt forgiveness programs in Department of Defense civilian jobs, especially for engineers. It's a good career, you help your country, and after your repaymenrt service time (typically less than 10 total) you have an excellent resume to go get a higher paying contractor job. And these are civilian jobs not uniformed military. For one example that benefits folks going into the intelligence career field, see the Pat Robertson Intelligence Scholars Program. [Title] | There's a lot of opporunities | [] | Wolverine In Exile | mgoblog | Title | http://mgoblog.com/users/wolverine-exile?quicktabs_1=0 | 36/1438042989443.69_20150728002309-00311-ip-10-236-191-2_168871889_0.json |
633ef99b_Wolverine_In_Exile___mgoblog__Title | [Date] 7 weeks 3 days ago [Body] He was one of the big regional stars that was able to catapult to national level status when the territory model was basically killed by WWF and the consolidation of the NWA into the WCW. Dusty had legendary long standing feuds against Ric Flair and the Four Horsemen in the NWA / WCW era, and then even when purposefullly given a horrible gimmick by VInce McMahon during his late career WWF run became a fan favorite in that organization. In addition to using excessive Southern "common man" slang in his promos, dancing in the ring, extreme showmanship with all his moves, and being one of the first southern promoters to really push African American wrestlers, Dusty was most famous for popularizing the "Dusty Finish". This was when as the lead booker and wrestler in his NWA territory, if Dusty didn't have the title and was scheduled in the main event against a heel champ, the heel champ would win by disqualification, thereby extending the feud for another show, keeping Dusty believable as a babyface contender, and putting more heat on the heel. More recent fans to wrestling will know Dusty as father to Dustin Runnels (aka "Golddust") and Cody Rhodes (aka "Stardust"), but its important to know that Dusty was one of the giants in the 1970's / 80's wrestling scene and if you went into the South, was basically as popular as Hulk Hogan. Some wrestling historians have commented that The Rock's inital "People's Champion" shtick in the WWE was inspired by Dusty Rhodes's character in that The Rock was essentially the evil mirror universe version of Dusty. [Title] | Dusty was one of the modern day wrestling legends | [] | Wolverine In Exile | mgoblog | Title | http://mgoblog.com/users/wolverine-exile?quicktabs_1=0 | 36/1438042989443.69_20150728002309-00311-ip-10-236-191-2_168871889_0.json |
74b0cf91_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 4 weeks 6 days ago [Title] I personally agree, for what [Body] | I personally agree, for what it's worth. I think my point is that even if the program is utterly blameless in reality, this will not play well outside the fan base, which is a problem unto itself. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/Belisarius/recentcomments?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00047-ip-10-236-191-2_155219300_0.json |
74b0cf91_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 4 weeks 6 days ago [Title] I think we can all concede [Body] | I think we can all concede that's a possibility. The problem is, that's not what Pipkins believes, and the best case scenario is this creates an unjustified black mark on public perception. Maybe Pipkins does have legitimate health problems, or maybe he can't take the pressure and pace Harbaugh demands of student athletes. Or maybe it is as he believes, a conspiracy to force him out. The truth behind the curtain doesn't change the problem this kind of PR problem this creates. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/Belisarius/recentcomments?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00047-ip-10-236-191-2_155219300_0.json |
74b0cf91_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 4 weeks 6 days ago [Title] Seems, from a journalistic [Body] | Seems, from a journalistic perspective, they could at least have TRIED to get Michigan's side of the story on this... | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/Belisarius/recentcomments?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00047-ip-10-236-191-2_155219300_0.json |
74b0cf91_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 4 weeks 6 days ago [Title] Interesting point, I hadn't [Body] | Interesting point, I hadn't thought of that. There isn't much in the way of a benefit to not letting him finish his last year, if he is indeed healthy enough. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/Belisarius/recentcomments?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00047-ip-10-236-191-2_155219300_0.json |
74b0cf91_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 4 weeks 6 days ago [Title] We need a witch doctor to [Body] | We need a witch doctor to clear up the bad juujuu following us around. My god, I need a drink... | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/Belisarius/recentcomments?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00047-ip-10-236-191-2_155219300_0.json |
74b0cf91_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 5 weeks 2 days ago [Title] Heyoooo... [Body] | Heyoooo... | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/Belisarius/recentcomments?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00047-ip-10-236-191-2_155219300_0.json |
74b0cf91_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 6 weeks 4 hours ago [Title] Given that Ferentz makes so [Body] | Given that Ferentz makes so much money Iowa can't even afford to fire him, Ferentz has no incentive to do anything more than is absolutely required of him. If the NCAA bans sattelite campuses, he has an excuse to do less work for the same amount of money. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/Belisarius/recentcomments?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00047-ip-10-236-191-2_155219300_0.json |
74b0cf91_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 37 weeks 19 hours ago [Title] Bravo. [Body] | Bravo. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/Belisarius/recentcomments?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00047-ip-10-236-191-2_155219300_0.json |
74b0cf91_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 38 weeks 3 days ago [Title] This is a very good point, [Body] | This is a very good point, but I think it also gets at the basis of the problem here. The Athletic Department did Yeoman service for the Mealer family, which is fine, and if that's why Elliot Mealer feels obliged to carry their water, that's understandable. Butr it misses ehy this whole "muggle"/"civilian" issue matters. There shouldn't BE a bunker mentality about this. The Athletic Department shouldn't be seen is seperate from the fans/alumni/students, because it all falls under the same institution. All these groups are extensions of the same entity, which is the University of Michigan. The relationship is meant to be symbiotic: without the fans there can be no team, and no AD to take care of them. If you start to see teh fans relationship to the team as parasitic, and seperate from what the AD does, you're not seeing the forest for the eco-system. I mean, if you want to see the players, the fans and the AD as soldiers, civilians and state department fine, but in that metaphor, we're still one nation. Can you imagine the metaphor if soldiers started to see themselves as so removed from civilian affairs that they constituted a different species? Chilling. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/Belisarius/recentcomments?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00047-ip-10-236-191-2_155219300_0.json |
74b0cf91_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 39 weeks 21 min ago [Title] The Day Has Come [Body] | There's no bread, let them eat cake There's no end to what they'll take Flaunt the fruits of noble birth Wash the salt into the earth But they're marching to Bastille Day La guillotine will claim Her bloody prize Free the dungeons of the innocent The king Will kneel, and let his kingdom rise Bloodstained velvet, dirty lace Naked fear on every face See them bow their heads to die As we would bow as they rode by And we're marching to Bastille Day La guillotine will claim Her bloody prize Sing, o choirs of cacophony The king has Kneeled, to let his kingdom rise Lessons taught but never learned All around us anger burns Guide the future by the past Long ago the mould was cast For they marched up to Bastille Day La guillotine -- claimed Her bloody prize Hear the echoes of the centuries Power isn't All that money buys http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW72Gmqjse4 | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/Belisarius/recentcomments?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00047-ip-10-236-191-2_155219300_0.json |
74b0cf91_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 41 weeks 1 hour ago [Title] Negatory, sir. Pitt's OLine [Body] | Negatory, sir. Pitt's OLine was also stripped of talent and experience when Chryst took over, and its last two recruiting classes were decimated by no less than three coaching changes. Chryst essentially inherited a program on the brink and cobbled together some success. I wrote a longer post about this further below. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/Belisarius/recentcomments?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00047-ip-10-236-191-2_155219300_0.json |
74b0cf91_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 41 weeks 1 hour ago [Title] Some Context on Chryst [Body] | I talked about Todd Graham to add a "boots on the ground" context, so I might as well chime in on the subject of Chryst. While Chryst hasn't had a lot of success at Pitt on paper, there are some things that should be noted. First, most importantly, don't underestimate what a trainwreck Pitt was when he took the helm. The Panthers managed to burn through three head coaches in two years, not counting interim head coaches, complete with two scandals. Two successive recruiting classes fell apart, and they went from pro to spread to pro in three successive seasons. They had much the same problems with youth and depth on their lines, and an underwhelming picture at QB. Chryst exacerbated this by running a clean ship and getting rid of problematic student athletes, like 5* Rushel Shell, further limiting his talent pool. Chryst is a first time HC, and the warts are there. Particularly, his cloack management has been poor, and some rushed decisions at critical times are noted; that could be the result of inexperience, but it alsio seems to be a running theme with pro-style coaches. That said, Chryst has shown some real upside, and I've often used it to highlight Hoke's flaws. He recruits well, he's been getting some big name kids to stay home, and whateeeever else you want to say, Chryst can identify and develop talent. He saw Tyler Boyd, whose third to choice after Pitt and WVU was Michigan State pretty much by default, and saw talent; Michigan can't offer everyone, obviously, but Pitt fans were aware of what a talent this kid was supposed to be and what a big target he was for them, and he wasn't on Michigan's radar. Sure enough, he'll probably be in the pros after next year. More notable, I think, is James Connor. Connor was a non-descript, 3* DE in his last year of HS. He committed to Pitt, and suddenly it was declared they wanted him to be a running back. Pitt fans shrugged. Yet Connor became, from his first year, a better RB than Michigan has had since Mike Hart, and with an equally talent and experience-denuded OL. I look at him with some whimsy as he does all the things I know RBs are supposed to do, like break tackles, burst through holes and drag piles, make yards after contact. Michigan wouldn't have recruited Connor anyway, because the kid had grade problems in HS, but that's not really the issue. Chryst looked at a no-name DE and saw potential, and then quickly realized that potential into performance, which are skills Hoke has lacked. He can develop QB talent too, for what it's worth. He got Savage drafted, and that was not seen as a likely feat when he took over. People in Pittsburgh see his work with Savage as a continuation of what he did with Russell Wilson. Boyd, Savage and Connor are anecodtal examples, I know, but I hold them out as examples of what Chryst does right. He took a program that was worse off than I think anyone unfamiliar with the program realizes, and has largely stabalized it. I tend to think given two more years the Panthers will be doing well enough that Chryst will be a much hotter commodity, which is, all-in-all, not a bad trajectory for a first HC job. At Michigan? Well, he's obviously a gamble, but I think there are riskier gambles out there that are being talked about. I think more highly of the job he's done at Pitt in three years than the job Hoke has done here in four, especially given the disparity of experience, resources and prestige. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/Belisarius/recentcomments?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00047-ip-10-236-191-2_155219300_0.json |
74b0cf91_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 41 weeks 1 day ago [Title] I don't disagree in any [Body] | I don't disagree in any particular. I think, though, that the difference between Graham and the other coaches you listed is slightly more than an issue of bad etiquette in the manner of his departure. That is to say, nobody blames a coach for moving up the ladder as a buisness decision (or at least, not too loud or for too long). I think the difference is, it's expected a coach on the rise leaves the program in better condition than when he inherited it. Most of the coaches you listed remained for multiple years, or in Brian Kelly's case, which is illuminating, for three, which is ample time to make your bones and to improve the school's situation for the next guy. The difference between one year and three can be dramatic, but I'm not trying to make that case, per se. Obviously Rice was better off, in a sense, than when he first came there. Pitt, on the other hand, actually suffered from his year-long tenure. And that, I think, is more the issue. I think I made the comparison to Chryst, somewhere in all this, who had the opportunity to leave and did not. At a minimu, whether it was the focus of his decision or not, he had to be aware that if HE left after a year, he would be the fourth Panthers coach to depart (willingly or not) in a three year span, and a program already on the brink would probably have collapsed in a fairly definitive manner. I think the fact that he remained reflects well on him, and he has done a great deal to restore the Panthers roster and on-the-field product to, if not exactly the heights of football, then at least out of the gutter. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/Belisarius/recentcomments?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00047-ip-10-236-191-2_155219300_0.json |
74b0cf91_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 41 weeks 1 day ago [Title] I believe he was at Tulsa [Body] | I believe he was at Tulsa longer, but he was certainly one-and-done at Rice and Pitt. His departure from Pitt was used against him in recruiting with some success at ASU, at least initially, although I assume his extending tenure and winning ways will have silenced most of that. Of course, the more he moves around, the more some of that negativity will resurface. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/Belisarius/recentcomments?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00047-ip-10-236-191-2_155219300_0.json |
74b0cf91_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 41 weeks 1 day ago [Title] I wouldn't contest that, but [Body] | I wouldn't contest that, but as a counter argument, it is believed (at least by the locals) that Paul Chryst received inquiries about the Wisconsin job after his first year and had the opportunity to take it. With that in mind, Pitt fans were resigned, and couldn't really fault him (being a Madison local/lifer). The story has it he stayed because he understood Pitt would completely unravel if he lleft, and he felt an obligation to build up the program before he moved on and upwards. Not groundbreaking stuff, again, just context. I do think most coaches feel an obligation to stay in a program for longer than a year. I don't even think Graham was much of a cultural fit, so perhaps it was for the best. I would draw a distinction between Hoke taking a job he was clear from the onset that he always wanted and would take and Graham, though, largely for the other, oh, we'll call them flourishes. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/Belisarius/recentcomments?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00047-ip-10-236-191-2_155219300_0.json |
74b0cf91_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 41 weeks 1 day ago [Title] I'll add this too, but just [Body] | I'll add this too, but just for context: he did face some of the same problems Rich Rod did trying to take the Panthers from a pro team to a spread team, including the tempo-fatigue we became familiar with. The pro-style linemen he inherited would wear down under the fast tempo, and their play would unravel in the latter stages of the game. Much the same with the defense, if the the offense couldn't remain on the field. Naturally, that's a self-correcting problem over time: the players become more accustomed to the tempo as time goes by, especially as new recruits selected for the system come up. It didn't make for a pretty sight over the course of one season, though, especially given how it ended. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/Belisarius/recentcomments?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00047-ip-10-236-191-2_155219300_0.json |
74b0cf91_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 41 weeks 1 day ago [Title] He's a Texas native, who [Body] | He's a Texas native, who seems most at home coaching and recruiting in that region, so you may be right. On the other hand, never underestimate a freebooting mentality. He might come to Michigan if the price is right, and to climb the ladder of school prestige. In that regard, though, he would be a flight risk as soon as a better, or perhaps even equitable, job opened down south. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/Belisarius/recentcomments?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00047-ip-10-236-191-2_155219300_0.json |
74b0cf91_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 41 weeks 1 day ago [Title] I was in Pittsburgh the year [Body] | I was in Pittsburgh the year Todd Graham (now known in the Steel City as "Fraud Graham") coached the Panthers and fled. There are plenty of legitimate reasons to reject the guy without delving into stereotypes of accent and religion. It wasn't just that he pulled a one-and-done in Pittsburgh, he lied to everyone, including administrators, players and recruits, along the way, and wrapped it up by leaving the AD standing on his doorstep when rumors made their way into the news and questions required answers. Then he texted the team a quicck goodbye on his way to Arizona. Once at ASU, he gave what was essentially the same speech he gave when he got to Pittsburgh, a great to do about the school being a dream job, integrity, yadda yadda. Maybe not as well known in Michigan, but go to a Pitt fansite and ask them their opinions about Graham. I guarantee you, faith and folksy mannerisms will not be in the top ten list of negative things you hear. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/Belisarius/recentcomments?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00047-ip-10-236-191-2_155219300_0.json |
74b0cf91_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 43 weeks 1 day ago [Title] Cue gifs of animals that look [Body] | Cue gifs of animals that look shocked....now! | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/Belisarius/recentcomments?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00047-ip-10-236-191-2_155219300_0.json |
74b0cf91_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 43 weeks 1 day ago [Title] It's fun how you can be [Body] | It's fun how you can be anyone on the internet, isn't it? Except, as you noted, someone who can spell. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/Belisarius/recentcomments?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00047-ip-10-236-191-2_155219300_0.json |
74b0cf91_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 43 weeks 1 day ago [Title] My first thought as well. [Body] | My first thought as well. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/Belisarius/recentcomments?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00047-ip-10-236-191-2_155219300_0.json |
74b0cf91_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 43 weeks 1 day ago [Title] The eastern world, it is [Body] | The eastern world, it is exploding Violence flarin', bullets loadin' You're old enough to kill, but not for votin' You don't believe in war, but what's that gun you're totin' And even the Jordan River has bodies floatin' But you tell me Over and over and over again, my friend Ah, you don't believe We're on the eve of destruction. Don't you understand what I'm tryin' to say Can't you feel the fears I'm feelin' today? If the button is pushed, there's no runnin' away There'll be no one to save, with the world in a grave [Take a look around ya boy, it's bound to scare ya boy] And you tell me Over and over and over again, my friend Ah, you don't believe We're on the eve of destruction. Yeah, my blood's so mad feels like coagulatin' I'm sitting here just contemplatin' I can't twist the truth, it knows no regulation. Handful of senators don't pass legislation And marches alone can't bring integration When human respect is disintegratin' This whole crazy world is just too frustratin' And you tell me Over and over and over again, my friend Ah, you don't believe We're on the eve of destruction. Think of all the hate there is in Red China Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama You may leave here for 4 days in space But when you return, it's the same old place The poundin' of the drums, the pride and disgrace You can bury your dead, but don't leave a trace Hate your next-door neighbor, but don't forget to say grace And, tell me over and over and over and over again, my friend You don't believe We're on the eve Of destruction Mm, no no, you don't believe We're on the eve of destruction. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/Belisarius/recentcomments?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00047-ip-10-236-191-2_155219300_0.json |
74b0cf91_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 40 weeks ago [Title] Sugar Bowl and the '99-'00 [Body] | Sugar Bowl and the '99-'00 Orange Bowl (Hail Brady!). So there's two off the top of my head... | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/Belisarius/recentcomments?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00047-ip-10-236-191-2_155219300_0.json |
74b0cf91_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 42 weeks ago [Title] Being a true freshman QB is a [Body] | Being a true freshman QB is a lot less of aproblem when you are A.) An elite talent, B.) throwing to an elite WR, and C.) Facing a team with no pass rush. Right now that's check, check and check. Which in not to say that we WILL need him at PSU, but on the road, in a very hostile environment, we may. But your statement was broader than that, and if you don't think we'll need him against MSU, or maybe even to generate some pass rush against pass-happy Indiana, I don't know what to say. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/Belisarius/recentcomments?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00047-ip-10-236-191-2_155219300_0.json |
74b0cf91_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 42 weeks ago [Title] That's, like, your opinion, [Body] | That's, like, your opinion, man. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/Belisarius/recentcomments?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00047-ip-10-236-191-2_155219300_0.json |
74b0cf91_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Title] It's purely anecdotal, so [Body] | It's purely anecdotal, so take it for what it's worth, but in a similar situation I've seen a similar move produce positive results. In Wannestedt's last year, the O-Line was thin, the center an undersized JUCO. The Panther's got off to a woeful start, couldn't move the ball against lowly New Hampshire, got trampled and embarassed on national TV by Miami. They reshufled the O-Line and had a substantial increase in tehri play. They wound up with a respectable(ish) 8-5 record, which they likely would not have had if they stuck to the original configuration for consistency sake. As I said, it's anecdotal, but it impressed upon me that O-Line, like everything else, must be subject to change, and that change may potentially yield positive results. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/Belisarius/recentcomments?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00047-ip-10-236-191-2_155219300_0.json |
74b0cf91_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 1 year 43 weeks ago [Title] Welcome to the family. You [Body] | Welcome to the family. You will not regret your choice. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/Belisarius/recentcomments?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00047-ip-10-236-191-2_155219300_0.json |
74b0cf91_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 1 week ago [Title] It's actually a surprisingly [Body] | It's actually a surprisingly well written story. Now, the key is it may not be a very entertaining story. But the underlying metaphor is very well crafted. In an age of movies without any form of plot or structure, I appreciate the competence of the storytelling as much as the homesickness inducing tour of A2. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/Belisarius/recentcomments?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00047-ip-10-236-191-2_155219300_0.json |
74b0cf91_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 2 weeks ago [Title] Surely you can't be serious? [Body] | Surely you can't be serious? | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/Belisarius/recentcomments?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00047-ip-10-236-191-2_155219300_0.json |
74b0cf91_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 3 weeks ago [Title] That's what I figure. Depth [Body] | That's what I figure. Depth chart going forward has to look mighty appetizing to players who want playing time, on top of the usual assets PSU has. Silver linings. I'd also say, it's reasonably encouraging to see so many NJ and MD athletes scatering across the Big Ten. To the degree that we expanded to improve our footprint in recruiting areas, that seems to be paying off some returns. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/Belisarius/recentcomments?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00047-ip-10-236-191-2_155219300_0.json |
74b0cf91_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Title] Also forgot G: "Bunk" [Body] | Also forgot G: "Bunk" Westmoreland: Built low to the ground, good with leverage. His motto is "to protect and serve" his QB. Possible drinking problem. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/Belisarius/recentcomments?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00047-ip-10-236-191-2_155219300_0.json |
74b0cf91_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Title] I've always thought of [Body] | I've always thought of Barksdale as a Pro-style QB: real gunslinger, prefers to stay in pocket. But I hear he might have a real challenge this season holding of unheralded recruit, Marlow Stanfield. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/Belisarius/recentcomments?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00047-ip-10-236-191-2_155219300_0.json |
74b0cf91_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Title] Please believe me when I tell [Body] | Please believe me when I tell you, just because an academic institution is accredited, that doesn't make it a fully functional academic institution. LOTS of schools in LOTS of fields have been accredited contrary to the common good of all mankind. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/Belisarius/recentcomments?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00047-ip-10-236-191-2_155219300_0.json |
74b0cf91_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Title] You know, to the downvoters: [Body] | You know, to the downvoters: that was a legitimate comment. If his offer holds true, with Watson's committment, this could be his last chance to commit, if he's worried about another DB taking his place. So...in the same manner as O-Linemen dropping earlier than they expected because their potential places started filling up: maybe it's Westphal. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/Belisarius/recentcomments?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00047-ip-10-236-191-2_155219300_0.json |
74b0cf91_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Title] Maybe Westphal? [Body] | Maybe Westphal? | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/Belisarius/recentcomments?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00047-ip-10-236-191-2_155219300_0.json |
74b0cf91_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Title] It is indeed great to be a [Body] | It is indeed great to be a Michigan Wolverine. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/Belisarius/recentcomments?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00047-ip-10-236-191-2_155219300_0.json |
74b0cf91_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Title] Spurs. Liked them since David [Body] | Spurs. Liked them since David Robinson. And they're not the Pistons. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/Belisarius/recentcomments?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00047-ip-10-236-191-2_155219300_0.json |
74b0cf91_Recent_Comments___mgoblog__Body | [Date] 2 years 4 weeks ago [Title] Oregon and Nike have had a [Body] | Oregon and Nike have had a quid-pro-quo relationship for years. Orgegon gets all the trashy uniforms they want, and Nike gets a professional football team. | [] | Recent Comments | mgoblog | Body | http://mgoblog.com/users/Belisarius/recentcomments?quicktabs_1=1 | 36/1438042988308.23_20150728002308-00047-ip-10-236-191-2_155219300_0.json |