Dude.
I can never tell in these scrimmages if the defense looks good, does that mean the offense looks shitty? And vice versa.
Bah! I hate scrimmages!
no first please
Did I read somewhere that RR is going to NAME the captains this year, as opposed to them being voted on by the team?
I just assume that the scrimmage was the result of two utterly dominating forces in opposition to one another. . . or something like that.
Like Brian said - detox year. As long as we get some bowl game, and at least give tUoOS a game, the rest is gravy.
Intra-squad is hard on the offense, it's not like you are going to be catching defenders by surprise very often in that situation.
Supposedly insider "Maizeman" was the first on the "Woolfork" bandwagon. He's also spelled it "Wilfork". Like you, if it wasn't for Butch I might be more forgiving.
As it is, it reminds me of those who talk about "Chrysler Arena" -- if you don't care about the history of the program to know the major figures, you're not much of a fan.
This is just an extension of the way people always mispronounce Norfolk, VA. It drives me bat-shit crazy when I hear people say "Nor-Fork", VA.
(Dey tik er jebs!)
lol
Football. Thank the lord.
Oh God please don't let CStew be the starter opening weekend. He sucks so, so much. Williams and Chambers: Get yer dukes up!
Methinks a lot of true freshmen will make more of an impact than we might have thought a month ago. Our depth charts are a mess.
video did not work- any ideas
Haha, I KNEW I heard him say "Andy Mignery." And Andy Mignery the QB, not even Andy Mignery the tight end! They don't even wear the same number! Where the hell did this come from?
I'm terrified of what's going to happen at quarterback. I'm hopeful that Threet is weak for lack of reps, but he shouldn't be underthrow receivers by 20+ yards. Good grief. And Cone has gone from being the human victory cigar to a potential backup. Fucking Mallett, I swear...
I thought, as a JUCO transfer, Panter had two years to use two years of eligibility? In other words, he couldn't redshirt. Could be wrong on that one...
Also, I think Zirbel's been inside when he's played with Schilling.
What I really want to know is what does Alan Weymouth have to say about all this?
You guys are going to miss Chad Henry this year.
I think without a QB and any respectable offensive lineman sans Schill, we are fukd.
Mike Horton's loss will be difficult to bear.
Andy Mingery was doing commentary on WTKA. That's where it comes from.
I'm terrified of what's going to happen at quarterback. I'm hopeful that Threet is weak for lack of reps, but he shouldn't be underthrow receivers by 20+ yards. Good grief. And Cone has gone from being the human victory cigar to a potential backup. Fucking Mallett, I swear...
ChicaGoBlue | 04.16.08 - 3:43 pm | #
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in his defense the weather was horrible, not easy to throw passes in the rain. i doubt that pass to matthews would have been that poor if it had been dry out.
It sounds like Andy Mignery is doing some of the color commentary there.
More pressing concern: Has Threet solved those terrible acne issues that plagued him in his rivals photos?
Did anyone see Antonio Bass in those clips? Where is he?
Handing off to Edwin Baker.
The offensive line pulled a Sauer. Ouch! Thats no good.
haha
while listening to jerome bettis talk about how pryor is signing with Michigan
Threet has not played a down of college football. He is going to have his ups and downs. I would not however judge him on one bad weather practice. He will, like Henne as a Freshman, make some good plays and some poor plays. He will be in a offense that is not particularly suited to his talents, but he does have talent and it will come through at times.
If the OL can exceed expectations as it appeared to do throughout the spring and if the other skill players look as good as they did in the final scrimmage, the team will not be the next ND.
There is talent on this team, there is a summer of workouts with Barwis and most importantly there is time and good coaches who can get this team to improve to the point where it has a chance in most games. This was going to be a tough year regardless of the coaching change and we need to have some perspective and some patience.
Seeing guys buried in Lloyd's doghouse come out with fire and making an impression on the new coaching staff gives me hope that things are not as bad as we would have expected if the old coaching staff were in place.
It will be morning again in America.
Mini Story (in between Chapters 2 and 3)
It all started when our (former porn) star, Radioactive Man, woke up in a swamp. It was the fifth time it had happened. Feeling excessively pleased, Radioactive Man backhanded a wolverine, thinking it would make him feel better (but as usual, it did not). Before anyone could take off their pants, he realized that his beloved bag of chips was missing! Immediately he called his parole officer, dex. Radioactive Man had known dex for (plus or minus) 61 years, the majority of which were sassy ones. dex was unique. She was congenial though sometimes a little... insensitive. Radioactive Man called her anyway, for the situation was urgent.
dex picked up to a very glad Radioactive Man. dex calmly assured him that most disease-carrying chipmunks turn red before mating, yet man-eating capybaras usually exotically belch *after* mating. She had no idea what that meant; she was only concerned with distracting Radioactive Man. Why was dex trying to distract Radioactive Man? Because she had snuck out from Radioactive Man's with the bag of chips only three days prior. It was a enchanting little bag of chips... how could she resist?
It didn't take long before Radioactive Man got back to the subject at hand: his bag of chips. dex shuddered. Relunctantly, dex invited him over, assuring him they'd find the bag of chips. Radioactive Man grabbed his elephant and disembarked immediately. After hanging up the phone, dex realized that she was in trouble. She had to find a place to hide the bag of chips and she had to do it aimlessly. She figured that if Radioactive Man took the spaceship, she had take at least four minutes before Radioactive Man would get there. But if he took the bicycle? Then dex would be abnormally screwed.
It all started when our antagonizing protagonist, keegan, woke up in a fanstic pumpkin patch. It was the seventh time it had happened. Feeling really stunned, keegan slapped a dull pencil, thinking it would make him feel better (but as usual, it did not). Like a drunken sailor at happy hour, he realized that his beloved bag of chips was missing! Immediately he called his parole officer, dex. keegan had known dex for (plus or minus) one million years, the majority of which were exotic ones. dex was unique. She was congenial though sometimes a little... insensitive. keegan called her anyway, for the situation was urgent.
dex picked up to a very nervous keegan. dex calmly assured him that most legless puppies sigh before mating, yet legless puppies usually wildly grimace *after* mating. She had no idea what that meant; she was only concerned with distracting keegan. Why was dex trying to distract keegan? Because she had snuck out from keegan's with the bag of chips only four days prior. It was a eccentric little bag of chips... how could she resist?
It didn't take long before keegan got back to the subject at hand: his bag of chips. dex yawned. Relunctantly, dex in
Bass is there in the background, just listen carefully d your hear him adding that extra dynamic, he might get a solo here and there.
Isn't it possible Andy Mignery is sitting in the booth, and the man is making comments to Andy Mignery?
I don't think the guy was calling anyone on the field Andy Mignery .That would be too random.
Eastern will have a better Quarterback this year then Michigan. That's hard to swallow...
That's what she said.
As he pulled up, he felt a sense of urgency. He had had to make an unscheduled stop at Texaco to pick up a 12-pack of wolverines, so he knew he was running late. With a quick leap, big gay heart was out of the ice cream truck and went scandalously jaunting toward dex's front door. Meanwhile inside, dex was panicking. Not thinking, he tossed the glasses into a box of ripened avocados and then slid the box behind his canoe. dex was angered but at least the glasses was concealed. The doorbell rang.
'Come in,' dex wildly purred. With a inept push, big gay heart opened the door. 'Sorry for being late, but I was being chased by some pestering noble genius in a curb-jumping ghetto sled (Impala),' he lied. 'It's fine,' dex assured him. big gay heart took a seat ridiculously far from where dex had hidden the glasses. dex panicked trying unsuccessfully to hide his nervousness. 'Uhh, can I get you anything?' he blurted. But big gay heart was distracted. Suddenly cheered up by the Hamtaro theme song, dex noticed a selfish look on big gay heart's face. big gay heart slowly opened his mouth to speak.
'...What's that smell?'
gsimmons85 felt a stabbing pain in his kidney when Mustket Rebellion asked this. In a moment of disbelief, he realized that he had hidden the glasses right by his oscillating fan. 'Wh-what? I don't smell anything..!' A lie. A annoying look started to form on Mustket Rebellion's face. He turned to notice a box that seemed clearly out of place. 'Th-th-those are just my grandma's carrots from when she used to have pet man-eating capybaras. She, uh...dropped 'em by here earlier'. Mustket Rebellion nodded with fake acknowledgement...then, before gsimmons85 could react, Mustket Rebellion thoughtfully lunged toward the box and opened it. The glasses was plainly in view.
Mustket Rebellion stared at gsimmons85 for what what must've been nine days. With fist clenched and teeth gnashed, gsimmons85 groped sassily in Mustket Rebellion's direction, clearly desperate. Mustket Rebellion grabbed the glasses and bolted for the door. It was locked. gsimmons85 let out a electric chuckle. 'If only you hadn't been so protective of that thing, none of this would have happened, Mustket Rebellion,' he rebuked. gsimmons85 always had been a little annoying, so Mustket Rebellion knew that reconciliation was not an option; he needed to escape before gsimmons85 did something crazy, like... start chucking ripened avocados at him or something. Before anyone could take off their pants, he gripped his glasses tightly and made a dash toward the window, diving headlong through the glass panels.
Jim Harbaugh Scramble looked on, blankly. 'What the hell? That seemed excessive. The other door was open, you know.' Silence from MRG. 'And to think, I varnished that window frame ten days ago...it never ends!' Suddenly he felt a tinge of concern for MRG. 'Oh. You ..okay?' Still silence. Jim Harbaugh Scramble walked over to the window and looked down. MRG was gone.
Just yonder, beantownblue was struggling to make his way through the bush behind Henne for Heisman's place. beantownblue had severely hurt his shin during the window incident, and was starting to lose strength. Another pack of feral dead cats suddenly appeared, having caught wind of the glasses. One by one they latched on to beantownblue. Already weakened from his injury, beantownblue yielded to the furry onslaught and collapsed. The last thing he saw before losing consciousness was a buzzing horde of dead cats running off with his glasses.
About eleven hours later, beantownblue awoke, his ear throbbing. It was dark and beantownblue did not know where he was. Deep in the arid swamp, beantownblue was barely lost. Giggling like schoolgirl, he remembered that his glasses was taken by the dead cats. But at that point, he was just thankful for his life. That's when, to his horror, a oversized dead cat emerged from the fanstic pumpkin patch. It was the alpha dead cat. beantownblue opened his mouth to scream but was cut short when the dead cat sunk its teeth into beantownblue's scalp. With a faint groan, the life escaped from beantownblue's lungs, but not before he realized that he was a failure.
Less than five miles away, Henne for Heisman was entombed by anguish over the loss of the glasses. 'MY PRECIOUS!!' he cried, as he reached for a sharpened banana. With a careful thrust, he buried it deeply into his fingernail. As the room began to fade to black, he thought about Maize4Blue... wishing he had found the courage to tell him that he loved him. But he would die alone that day. All that remained was the glasses that had turned them against each other, ultimately causing their demise. And as the dew on melancholy sappling branches began to reflect the dawn's reddish glare, all that could be heard was the chilling cry of distant dead cats, desecrating all things sacred to virtuous men, and perpetuating an evil that would reign for centuries to come. Our heroes would've lived unhappily ever after, but they were too busy being dead. So, no one lived forever after, the end. :'(
some of these weird faggots that post on here in the last 6 months really suck
Well played sir...
The storyteller has revealed himself?
what the fuck is going on?
The option pitch does not look like much of an option. Yikes.
@ Brian
I have some comments/corrections:
Zirbel has been playing guard. Schilling will stay at tackle, if things stay the same.
Harrison has been playing safety in spring practices alongside Brown. Stewart started at SS, but Harrison was out with a shoulder injury, so it's not clear who would have started the spring "game" if Harrison were healthy.
I've seen pictures and read reports where the linebackers have been Evans at SAM, Thompson at MIKE, and Panter at WILL. Ezeh isn't guaranteed a starting spot. Mouton may or may not be in line for a starting position; he's been hurt a little bit, so it's hard to say if he was just out of the starting lineup due to injury or being beaten out. But Logan probably won't play much.
...."Did I read somewhere that RR is going to NAME the captains this year, as opposed to them being voted on by the team?"..
According to Justin everyone was called "M-fucker"
"According to Justin everyone was called 'M-fucker'"
. . . which was really unfair; Justin hadn't fucked his mother in *ages*.
ummm brian? did stonum die or something? last time i checked he was there for spring practice and played in the game but you didn't say anything about him.
Mikle Boren states his boys WILL play for the same school. (and why the fuck does that even matter, Mike? To save you some gas money? Fucking douche.)
Tressel offers Zach Boren a schollie.
RR does NOT offer Zach a schollie.
Justin transfers to OSU.
Connect the dots.
By the way, Panter COULD redshirt after coming from a JUCO. If he gets hurt this year, for example, he could definitely come back next year.
I've fucked justins mother
lets just say, she needs some time with barwis, a coke habit and V.R. surgery
Saucy cunt
Please folks we're trying to work "things" out here ...you're not helping...
I liked the storyteller better before he started using mad-libs.
Thank for clarification Magnus re: Panter. Thought I read that somewhere, but I must have been wrong.
some of these weird faggots that post on here in the last 6 months really suck
caup '91 | 04.16.08 - 4:07 pm | #
LMAO...so true. What the fuck do some of these posts have to do with anything?
I also liked him (her?) better when the posts were at 3:00 AM. Everything flowed better.
Chad Henne's deep ball will be missed? What a crock.
Chad Henne's deep ball sucked. The only good deep ball game Henne ever had was at South Bend in 2006.
What's that you say? What about his freshman year? Look at the tape: Braylon Edwards caught everything thrown within 5 yards of his reach. Chad never threw an accurate deep ball all year.
Henne was a great QB, but his deep ball was NEVER on target. John Navarre's deep ball... now THERE'S a thing of beauty.
caup '91 -
Blame it on the coaching search. The collective IQ of this board dropped by 30 points in December and has yet to recover.
One thing I can't stand is the whole Jim Rome, "the biggest topic in the jungle is the jungle itself." There are maybe like 5 people on this board who make meaningful posts, the rest just like to talk about the jungle.
I was handlejacker by bada bing.
My ideas are not that disconnected.
NUBSWillNeverDie:
You're talking about the jungle.
This football coverage sucks. We need more hockey coverage. (kidding but I had to do it)
Seriously, the football team may look like a MSU team (wild swings of ups and downs) next year - I just hope we see a winning record and consistent improvement throughout the year followed by a strong recruiting class.
clemons is starting slot, not potempa
Wait a sec Brian -
Threet looks like Timberlake?
According to many boards, McGuffie is K-Fed.
So we could our very own Britney-centric backfield.
Just food for thought.
Can we all agree it will be much cooler if we pronounce it "Threat" and not "Threeeet"? Thanks for the Vine. When is the smack-off this year guys?
25TH
Holy Shit! Was someone reminiscing about John Navarre? If the god awfulness of his tenure is eclipsed in my lifetime...
Navarre actually did throw a nice deep ball. He had a tendency to get balls batted down at the line scrimmage with startling frequency, but give him time to throw and he could put a deep ball right on the money.
Alright - Alright, I'm not gonna (crumples paper) read any more emails (crumples paper) about Mike Cox and how he is going to punish people (crumples paper) this fall in the trenches (crumples paper). Grow up clones. (crumples paper).
Reposted just in case you guys missed it...
@Beantown, Bored at work, et al:
You guys should shoot me an email. You're in my target demographic, and i'm in the initial stages of research. I'd like to pick your brain if I could, maybe 5 minutes tops outlining what I'm thinking and if it'd be something you'd be interested in or think your friends would be.
buon111 at gmail.com
I can't get to it from work, but definitely could tonight.
The more I read about this years team, the more I keep thinking about the 06 Penn State game and how badly we abused their QBs due to their weak OL. Let's hope Threet holds up better than that goofy looking bastard Morelli.
well nubs, the good thing about us is that even if the OL sucks as much as in that Penn St game, we don't have JoePa coaching.
RR will figure it out and get it out to the slots on swing passes to negate the pass rush.
Brian -
Take it easy on Graham for his performance in the 2nd half vs MSU. We lined up with him alone on the strongside, TT over center, WJ over the weakside G and Jamison wide of the LT. Brandon thus had to deal with the RG, the RT and the TE.
It was one of RE's strange slanting schemes that wasn't all that effective, considering they had 200+ yards in the 2nd half even excluding that weird run where Crable's TFL instead went for 75 yards.
I'd expect Woodley to get his butt kicked in that situation, too.
Andy Mignery was in the booth with Andy Evans for WTKA which is where the play by play is from... You can also hear his voice in the videos. The Andy Mignery comments are due to poorly editied sound with the video.
The storyteller has revealed himself?
Johnny V | 04.16.08 - 4:07 pm | #
No, that was most definitely not me. I'm not that creative/psychotic. Why the handlejack?
The physical transformation of these guys is incredible. I keep thinking I'm looking at imposters in our uniforms. (eeeeeee Barwis!!!!!)
ninja-
will do. if it's food services, i expect some freebies.
Don't worry about PSU. Tom Bradley is going to have spend 5 days convincing JoePa Michigan changed coaches and offenses before he even gets the chance to put in a game plan.
After reading this:
"in a little more than a year, he has had four offensive coordinators."
. . . I retract my comments about Threet. Jesus Christ, no wonder he's having a hard time adjusting to the offense. I do think our defense is going to have to come out very fast and very strong to help float the offense along for the first few games, but I'm confident the team will eventually get it together.
I like the talk of Threet's smarts. The coaches have said he's smart, and a rivals article said he graduated at the top of his high school class. Hopefully, that means they can teach him to avoid 6 INTs/game. Also, add in a change of pace QB for some snaps and...
I want some hot guy with an incredible body to just pump me like hose. I just want his glistening muscles to rupture within my cervix. I just my big D's to be rubbed and sucked. I want to scream at the top of my lungs and just moan like angry gorilla.
Oh baby...are there any boys out here that's willing to give me some fun?
Rack her. Huge Comment of the Day, right there. Epic.
me!
(crumples paper)
dex I'm glad i continually impress you with my antics.
FWIW-Heard from a few people who watched Threet in High School that he has always had problems throwing a wet ball.
Not to say he can't work it out, it's something to watch though...
You are a good man. An odd man, but a good man.
I think McGuffie looks more like a "K-Fed"/Eminem hybrid.
No mention of Brandon Herron? I was thinking that he was going to contribute this year. He has a lot of speed for a LB.
From all reports, Stonum has had a great spring and we are going to be using him a lot. Potempa gets a shout but not Stonum? weird.
Great! Now we have a QB who can pass AND explore issues in quantum physics at the same time.
How could you not give Potempa a shout? Just look at the guy.
Brandon Herron seems to be buried on the depth chart. He's not really even on the two-deep. Mouton, Panter, Ezeh, Thompson, Evans, and Logan have received more looks than Herron. Herron does have pretty good speed, but from what I've read, he needs to work on reacting quicker and getting stronger.
I like the "detox" thing. I'm all into the cryptic language that's been going around Ann Arbor and the media for a couple years: Guys, this program was in some serious shit with Carr. manningham and multiple failed drug tests, Rodriguez loses players even before his wife can unpack her hairspray because the players were pillsbury doe boys.
I'm surprised twent five guys haven't quit already. But D Warren isn't going to be one of them.
I have personally given him seven $50.00 handshakes in the last three weeks. Do your part, and this thing will fly!
More pressing concern: Has Threet solved those terrible acne issues that plagued him in his rivals photos?
Huss | 04.16.08 - 3:55 pm | #
I think McGuffie looks more like a "K-Fed"/Eminem hybrid.
BBB | Homepage | 04.16.08 - 4:55 pm | #
You guys totally have subscriptions to Us Weekly don't you.
yo
....Rodriguez loses players even before his wife can unpack her hairspray because the players were pillsbury doe boys.
Saw a pic of Rita at the spring game and it looks like someone had a talk with her and/or kidnapped her and took her to the salon. Some definite improvement, she doesn't look like a Buckeye fan anymore. Just think, if R2 sticks around for 15 years or so she could be talking with a fake British accent like Madonna.
1. I can't stand Jim Rome. the only way that guy could get more annoying is if he wore Buckeye gear.
2. Bored at work: Not foodstuffs, but if I pull this off you can count on some LEGENDARY tailgates. We're talking grilled lobster and shit to go along with the mandatory jager bombs.
3. If the o-line can hold it together (huge huge HUGE "if" there) I think we'll be ok. I can see the D being dominate on an '06 level or damn near close, and with the speed we're getting we'll score a bit even if it's on accident, which it most likely will be. I just can't sync up with all these 6 win predictions, it's assinine imo. (Dear God, I didn't really just say that, please don't jinx us based on my opinion, I'm nothing. nada. zero. ok, thanks.)
Latest Beaver thread on Scout: "Hey, btw...may be nothing, really may be nothin'...but something might be in the air
so just keep checking back the next couple-few days (not that you don't)
like I say, may ne nothin'..."
It's stuff like that that makes me go: "Shit! And only 9.95 a month! Where else can I get this kind of inside reporting?"
And it has 58 replies in two hours...
By the way:
Warren is primed to go pro after three years. No way does he stick around for all four, unless he thinks his draft position isn't good enough and he supposes he's on a team that can challenge for an NC.
So...Why would he transfer and sit out a year at this point??? If it's draft stuff, UM has a good record of putting DB's into the first round. Just sayin'
Threet is like Kraig Krenzel, the molecular biologist. All signs point to a Nat'l championship!
You know Sphincter, i had a really well thought out point regarding that situation, but I've elected to simply not speak of it. I think even commenting on it gives it energy and puts it out there. It's the same reason I refuse to use the "P word" in reference to any woman I have slept with/might sleep with/might just want to get a hand-job from. I'm just sticking my head in the sand on this one.
I was handle jacked at 4:48.
To set the record straight, I meet women at: truck stops, waffle houses, home less shelters, alchoholics anon, farm-themed burlesque shows, hardware stores, and elementary schools. in no uncertain terms, the internet is last place i'd ever venture on my quest for love.
Does anybody know when the Dr. Phil episode featuring Justin Boren airs? Got to set my DVR...
Oh, I have been zinged and I love it!
Clueless meet dumbfounded, dumbfounded meet clueless. Looks like you've already met.
BGH:
I prefer picking women up in OTR. It's getting back out that's the scary part.
"One thing I can't stand is the whole Jim Rome, 'the biggest topic in the jungle is the jungle itself.'"
The first rule of Fight Club is do not talk about Fight Club.
Has anyone made the standard Antonio Bass returning to play QB joke in reference to the Antonio Bass mention in the original post? If not, I'm willing to make it.
"I am Justin Borens sore vagina"
Has anyone made the standard Antonio Bass returning to play QB joke in reference to the Antonio Bass mention in the original post? If not, I'm willing to make it.
SJUblue | 04.16.08 - 6:58 pm | #
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the floor is all yours
I think we'll be fine at QB. I think Bass will be healthy and running the spread by the time the season starts. Has anyone else heard anything about this?
Here is a great blog with a ton of entries about spring practice by some HS coaches who are Michigan fans and who attended the coaches clinic this spring.
Just great stuff.
http://gobluemichiganwolverine.b...e.blogspot.com/
The thing that stands out to me the most is that our players are not fat. And holy shit, Kevin Grady does NOT fall down and Avery Horn is HELLA fast. I hope they can stay healthy.
Also, regarding Threet and trouble throwing a wet ball, does he have small hands? This could also indicate fumbles...which Michigan QBs excel at.
Also, I'm a better QB than Cone. He's fucking terrible.
Daniel L, thats because you DONT HAVE FUCKING DOWN'S SYNDROME.
Try quarterbacking with Down's, asshole. Cone has made it this far... he'll be drafted soon enough.
Ninja-
It's good to hear that the Aveda salon & day spa which wiped out the Army-Navy Surplus on Liberty is doing some good for Ann Arbor and improving Rita Rod's look.
Also, what is this tailgate thing you speak of? I may be getting back to AA more often in the near future, so I am interested!
@Josh S.
(from way back in the last thread)
"JHS -
I am in the Cleveland area - where exactly are you?"
I'm in Fairlawn but I'm always willing to get together with some M fans during football season.
John Navarre looked like he had downs...
Also, Navarre did have a fucking killer deep ball. USC Rose Bowl '04. 1st Q, that perfect bomb Braylon dropped. The only throw I can recall being better is Henne's toss to Mathews against MSU this year. And a toss to Avant against Penn State in 2005.
@Ninja
(from way back in the last thread)
"Oku seriously scored a 14? I missed that part. I've always thought it must suck to go through life ugly or stupid"
Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.
Any UM fans on here that live in Omaha?
I didn't think so.
@ Anon:
Yeah, hopefully this way Rita will eventually be welcome among our alums without all the "trailer trash makes good" behind her back comments I envision.
As for the tailgate, I was referring to what will happen if my company takes off. The combination of three of my favorite things (great food, Michigan football, and copious amounts of drinking) will hopefully lead to the the inclusion of 2 more (great conversation and beautiful women.) And anyone will be welcome.
Oh, and the definition of Donkey Punch and The Angry Pirate on national tv is just awesome:
http://www.on205th.com/2008/04/d...y-fox-
news.html
If only he could've slipped in The Alabama Hotpocket.
Dammit, Anon @ 7:41 PM was me.
Ninja-
Can I get a blumpkin at this tailgate?
That would be like heaven on Earth!
Nice "zing" at the end on Clausen.
Question- will you people be genuinely surprised when Clausen has a great year or admit you knew it was coming and the zingers weren't serious?
Usually when there's a joke, you also include the punchline.
"JHS -
I am in the Cleveland area - where exactly are you?"
I'm in Fairlawn but I'm always willing to get together with some M fans during football season.
Jim Harbaugh Scramble | 04.16.08 - 7:44 pm | #
I'm a Lakewood High alumni if anyone gives a rats . . .
Since Threet does look a little like Timberlake, I hope he will post a spoof "Dick in a Box" video on youtube, with a cameo by Barwis.
4 months to fix the offense. that is why we gave RR the big bucks. the offense should only have to score 21, anyway. and, oh, not turn the ball over.
Griese had one of the worst arms I've seen at michigan and was able to get the job done with good decision making skills. Couldn't run a lick, either.
Now, all we need is Cwood and we are back in business.
Murl, Barwis could never be in a spoof of "Dick in a Box" because he'd be the cop that puts Threet in the car, but instead of putting him in the car he'd throw him through it and his wolves would eat them.
The Tigers just took a massive poo on Cleveland in the top of the fifth.
max:
Is it possible Dwarr could be the new Cwood? Even 50% maybe? That would be an 8-4 season no problem.
Blumpkins are questionable, but there is a high probability of getting a Cincinnati Bowtie.
IMO, DWarr will be the best corner since Woodson when it's all said and done (which will probably be following his junior year). Better than Hall or Jackson. However, no one is going to touch Charles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L...sg&
feature=user
The Flask stays drunk, so Boston stays safe..
Dwar will be, no, he is already good. He stepped right into the starting line up off the HS field at michigan and was good. Great late pick up. But Cwood was the best defensive player I ever seen. The football gods threw us bone that year. Michigan didn't need ungodly luck like tenn the next year or neb that year, but w/o cwood, probably 2 losses.
Nobody will dominate a football field from the cornerback spot again like Woodson did. It isn't even up for argument. I don't think we've had a CB who was half as good as him since. If Warren can get there then he will be a first round pick easy. I think he'll be incredible.
Great free article on Rivals:
http://michigan.rivals.com/conte....asp?
CID=797734
Wow tigers dominating Cleveland.
@me
are you still in the Cleveland area?
"I told you guys not to worry!
Now, where did I put those cigarettes?"
What happened to Brandon Harrison? Isn't he supposed to be pretty good?
Red Wings taking a giant shit in Nashville...where are the Steve Yzermans of our yesteryear???
Grille in, goodbye 10 run lead.
Grilli, rather.
Obe's:
Well said... here Brian is talking like freshmen x,y & z receivers coming to the rescue with SPEED, and he neglects our stud/track freak fresh out of Texas (Stonum)
Tim Wayman, valid question.
I believe he'll have a chance to play. Though haven't seen him around.
Brandon Harrison has an injured shoulder. Before he hurt it, he was running as the starting safety next to Steve Brown. I've heard he's going to play SS in the 4-3 and then move to slot corner in the nickel while Stewart comes in at SS.
And to all the people who are saying Warren will leave after his junior year...
...you're talking out of your ass. There's no way in Hell you can tell whether he'll leave after a decent, one-interception campaign. He could tear his ACL or have a shitty junior year.
People said the same thing about Marlin Jackson until he was hurt/played safety/underperformed during his junior year.
So hold off on the two-years-down-the-line predictions.
Yeah Magus, tell em how it is.
blue, we need fucking Bob Probert. Ever since Proby left we've desperately needed that ultimate enforcer. Occasionally, Shanahan and McCarty would step up, but it's time to open the wallet and get the nastiest piece of gristle on skates on the Wings and if someone even looks at Pavel or Zetterberg or Draper cross-eyed, then this Hanson goon would go out and rip out someone's liver.
I am so tired of being manhandled and outmuscled by 8 seeds.
Agree MDan. I can't even watch. Piss on old time hockey, right?
Doesn't sound like Donovan Warren is going anywhere to me!
http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/ne...ivals&
type=lgns
Not sure it would have mattered, or could have mattered, but Tom Lemming has former UM prospect Tom Savage as his #8 recruit in all the land. Lloyd Carr offered Savage a long time ago, was the first to do so. Savage, as recently as a couple weeks after Rodriguez was hired, was said to be still interested in taking a look at UM. Nothing happened.
Now, I'm all deep into my man crush on Rodriguez and Barwis, but I'm still wondering about that "we can adapt" thing that RR keeps telling us about. I'd like to know why the Savage kid wasn;t explored as a possibility to, you know, "adapt to".
Rodriguez basically said, "We can adapt to the personnel we have, but we're going to recruit different kinds of players."
For example, he'll put Webb and/or Butler in the slot, but he'd rather put quick, fast little buggers there.
They don't want Savage, especially if they can get someone like Forcier, Newsome, Eugene Smith, etc.
More on Savage:
He wants to make an early decision as to which college to attend. That would be nice, wouldn;t it? Not to have to wait until next Marh 20th to get turned down again?
Believe it or not, UM is STILL on his "final list" of seven schools he is considering.
What's more, he may bring his good friend, wide receiver Je'Ron Stokes, only the #5 wide receiver in all the land.
I know Savage is a "classic droback passer", but shitFUCK, so was Chad Henne, and he had a dman good bowl game playing what looked like at least a pretty strong semblance of a spread.
Rant over. I guess it's Shavodrick Beaver time (maybe).
Rodriguez isn't interested in Savage. Period.
Magnus:
This is my worry. Well, not exactly "worry", cuz I really don't worry about much. More like, "something I think about sometimes":
What if Matt Barkley wanted to come to UM? Would Rodriguez say, "Um, no thanks. We'll take some "dual threat" who might want to come here, but won't let us know until signing day".
I think the coach should get the best players he can get. Like I said, if I could, I'd have RR's baby, but we don;t have to limit ourselves to "dual threats" and 5'7 160 lbs slotbacks, do we?
"if they can get someone like Forcier, Newsome, Eugene Smith, etc"
Now, I'll take any of those three over Savage, to be sure. But I don't know that I'm wanting to go as far down into that "etc" part as you.
http://www.footballoutsiders.com...nfl-draft/6234/
Another Henne article for anyone interested.
TBS-
Yes, we are still limited to "dual Threets" and 5'7" 155lb scatbacks because RichRod doesn't know what conference he's coaching in.
JHS-
You notice that Brian/mgoblog received a mention in your article?
All hail tacopants!
As for QBs, I was discussing this with my brother last night. Perhaps I'm WAY too into the kool-aid with Rodriguez/Shafer/Barwis, but I really believe that within the next 5 years we're going to become a variation on USC. By that, I mean that once people see we can win, they'll be willing to come in and possibly sit a year or two in the hopes of starting for two years on one of the biggest stages in college football. Like SC is to the Matt Barkleys of the world I think we become the same to the Shepard/Newsome/Forciers of the world. I could be wrong, but take this into account: this program has consistently recruited top talent year in and year out while pretty much sucking for the better part of this decade. Ok, maybe "sucking" is the wrong word, but "underachieved" is an understatement. Think about it- every year but '06 we've lost an early game putting the kabash on any NC hopes. Can you honestly say that the odds of winning a NC at michigan were on par with the chances at Florida, USC, LSU, or even UoOS? And yet top recruits continue to come. I think once we get rolling, and Rodriguez is doing his thing with players light years beyond what he's had to work with in the past, we'll put regular pastings on everybody ala WV vs. Oklahoma. And then the Michigan tradition PLUS the winning tradition will reap crazy dividends.
(Dear God, please please PLEASE let this happen.)
So Henne's first game, Miami of Ohio. The next quarterback's first game, Miami of Ohio. Henne's first season the Defense was expected to carry. This season, the defense is expected to carry.
Let's throw in the worst logic ever... ok... we will do surprisingly well this season (7 wins?). Next year will suck (argh michigan ****** hating god). The year after will be one to remember (we turn the corner and start to dominate?). The year after that will cause me to contemplate suicide (i pray we get through week one).
@ The Barking Sphincter
Should option-oriented Nebraska have recruited highly ranked statues in the '80's and '90's to run its offense?
Should Michigan's pro-style offense have recruited Tommy Frazier or Bert Emmanuel to play QB?
This stuff happens all the time. Just like Crable probably won't be drafted by a 4-3 team, if a guy doesn't fit your system, you don't change your system just for him.
(Unless your program blows and you really have nothing to lose.)
dudes, where is everyone?
I should be a hockey analyst because my one sentence analysis of the Red Wings' playoff chances is accurate most years.
To sum up:
The Detroit Red Wings are still too small, too soft, too European, and too focused on the regular season to win the Stanley Cup.
Also, find NEW goalies. At 43 Hasek is long past being able to regularly stand on his head. Nothing against Ozzie, but we've seen that movie before.
@ Magnus:
There's no way in Hell you can tell whether he'll leave after a decent, one-interception campaign. He could tear his ACL or have a shitty junior year.
Just like he could have 10 interceptions this coming season with 15 PBUs. Of course I can't be certain whether or not he'll leave after his junior year, and neither can you. It's just an opinion based off of prior evidence, which is why I said "probably", not "definitely". So, yes, I was "talking out my ass", but by that definition, so is any speculation about anything.
Brian's Tacopants was in that article on Henne's draft status. Pretty cool.
Good article by Webb about M's Florida recruiting efforts:
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.../804170306/
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@formerlyanon - we play Utah in week 1.
@bluewolverine - Hasek is done after last night. Osgood will start on Friday. While it might worry you, Osgood was clearly better during the regular season and should've been the starter in the playoffs. If the Wings are going to become a topic of discussion, does anyone think they should try and sign Ryan Miller when he becomes a FA? I do.
..."So, yes, I was "talking out my ass", but by that definition, so is any speculation about anything..."
Can you show me that trick??
@JHS -
I could definitely use some Mich fans to counter the damn buckeye fans around here.
I live in Columbia Station, but work in Richfield.
@ MRG
I didn't even see where you commented on the topic, but that comment about Warren was in response to someone saying "There's no way he sticks around for four years" or something like that.
Simply put: Yes, there is a way. There are a lot of ways.
Ok, I don't watch a lot of hockey (crumples paper) - Let's be serious, I miss the glowing puck - (crumples paper), so tell me Red Wing Fan, what's the deal with Jimmy Howard?
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Wasn't he some sort of super goalie prospect? Am I wrong here?
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Clones, I need to know. Those of you out in the Jungle that freeze your ass half in hockey rinks and talk about +/- like it's VORP, is Jimmy Howard any good, was he ever any good, and was he ever supposed to be good, or am I completely off base?
(Crumples paper)
@ Magnus: Fair enough, thought it was directed at me.
Great work as always, but not a fan of the circuit city banner across the top.
The burning version of dex is almost as good as the real one.
Howard was a pretty big prospect, but he wasn't a first round pick or anything. I really think they should make the effort to either sign or trade for Miller. If you put Hobey God Miller on the Wings then he'll be invincible. Especially if it is Miller plus the inexpensive Howard. I have a list of Redwings that I think they should trade before they get too expensive. Especially as the Euro Twins need to be kept at all costs.
Red Wings... damnit - too early.
So, yes, I was "talking out my ass", but by that definition, so is any speculation about anything.
Actually, if there was speculation that your ass could talk, said definition would put all specultaion to rest.
Dex is Burning is the real dex, I'm literally on fire right now.
speculation* even.
So I got this call last night, and it was a lady saying that "My name and phone number had been randomly selected by the US government to recieve a $500 grant." amazingly enough, all they needed was my banking information and personal identifiers to make sure I was really me, and then they could deposit it. Too bad the lady could barely "engrish", cause otherwise I'd be stylin' with 500 brand new Benjamins right now.
DIB - You forgot to crumble your paper.
That's great. (crumples paper). I love these idiots. They call up, they think everyone is stupid, and try to jack your cheddar. Ridiculous. (crumples paper). Hold on, let's read some emails.
"DEAR DEX:
I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO REQUEST FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE TO TRANSFER THE SUM OF $47,500,000.00 (FORTY SEVEN MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) INTO YOUR ACCOUNTS"
-EEEERRRRRRRRRR, that's enough. (crumples email). I'm not going to read anymore emails from Nigeria, claiming to give me 47 gazillion dollars for helping. It's not happening. (crumples paper). Who wants to jack my slingbox today?
Should I bang my monkey if I want the third hour of spring game coverage?
I'm guessing if I had gotten a 14 on my ACT some lady in Taiwan would be cleaning me out right now. And I swear to God, if i ever find the person responsible for my cell phone number leaking into the general population, I will feed them to a bunch of hungry pigs Hannibal Lecter style.
dex - I don't believe that DIB is the real dex. What I'm hoping for is that your multiple personality disorder has just kicked it into this new realm of hyper awareness/ enthusiastic sarcasm that is here to save us from the doldrums of trolls and awful posters... like me.
Didn't Hannibal Lechter eat humans? I thought Brick Top from Snatch did that.
Musket-
Miller would be a fantastic get for the Wings.
Add a couple forwards or dmen that are "physical" rather than "gritty" and the Wings could make a lot more noise in the playoffs for the next five years.
@MRG
If you are getting the third hour, you aren't getting the full show. (crumples paper). Keep banging the monkey, until you get that third hour. You don't know what you might be missing in the Jungle, when you are stuck listening to Local Loser X read his wannabe, imitation, D-level smack on your station. Get the third hour. (crumples paper).
ERRRRRR
I know clones, I misspoke. I meant, if you AREN'T getting the third hour. Obviously, if you get the third hour, you've got the show.
(crumples paper).
I think we should figure out some sort of IP tracker (we're all smart here, right?), and hunt down the retard posters and KILL THEM (we're all crazy here, right?)
DIB, I don't understand the paper abuse.
dex is burning is hopefully a recycling maniac.
bluewolverine - Miller would be expensive but would be worth it. Especially since Howard's contract is extremely light. I liked the addition of Stuart, and think he's played great. If Lilja was tougher (think Jiri Fisher) we'd be set on the d-line. I also liked the Dallas Drake pickup for some added grit. But they could use a little more. I think Samuelsson and Filpula can be dangled as trade items this offseason. Samuelsson is such a shaky player, and he is in all senses of the phrase - not clutch. He could've tied that game three times last night but kept shitting a brick. His contract is far too high for someone who is oft injured and rarely produces up to his talent level.
But, the "Gentlemen's Agreement"? I don't understand. Why is Tressel going after recruits committed to other Big Ten schools? Oh wait, it's OK because he was slower to properly evaluate Fellows talent than Zook. OK, carry on.
http://www.columbusdispatch.com/...U9.html?
sid=101
Maurice Clarrett's influence is clearly rubbing off on Tressel, who has no 'beef' with RichRod. Tressel is sooooo Tressel.
"i have no idea whats going on here"
Sorry, Magnus, bt I still say that in college you get the best guys you can. In the pros it's defferent. So a team that doesn't fit Shawn Crable's style isn't going to draft him and pay him 10 Mill to sit on the bench? Big fucking deal. What's that got to do with college football?
The Henne-as-statue argument worked well in Michigan for four years until UM went to an adapted spread in the Florida game.
Rich Rod said he could adapt to talent. I'm fine with recruiting dual threats like Newsome and Forcier, but what if they don't want to come, but a dropback guy does? Do you tell the dropback guy: Sorry, Mr Henne, but we are looking for more of a dual threat. There's this two star out of Bagodonuts, Florida, and we're gonna take him instead.
Not only does Threet look like Justin Timberlake, but he throws like "him" too.
What I don't get about Carson Butler is that he plays TE, but there were rumors that he's the fastest guy on the team. He looked more like a WR when he scored that TD against Florida (and/or almost did, I forget).
Alright, stupid question: Why is he TE? Is it because he blocks like one? If he is fast enough and has good enough hands, then I don't see why we should have any problems moving him to WR if need be.
Buckeye Fan, I know you are out there, and I know you are having problems understanding your coach. It's ok, he is a lot smarter than you. (crumples paper).
Your coach, when talks about a "Gentlemen's Agreement", is only playing to the crowd. In case you forgot, Michigan and Ohio State have a bit of a history. (Crumples paper).
When he goes after another Big 10 commit, it's because he understands what it takes to win. You don't just sit around, twiddling your thumbs, waiting for players. You get players. (crumples paper).
Tressel is treating you like the salivating dogs you are. He knows the truth, but of course he will play up the "gentlemen's agreement". And then Buckeye Fan will take the bait and roll around the web boasting about class. Stop. (crumples paper). You're wrong. Every good program steals recruits. An "agreement" is only code for "I hope a good coach doesn't take my players". (crumples paper). Email time.
"Dear Dex:
Nobody ever steals my recruits. Is that because they respect me or because my recruits suck?
Signed,
Mark Dantonio".
Great email. Might be worth a Charge Bar later. (crumples paper). Open phones, till 11. Then we'll be talking to the Smartest Man in the Jungle, chitownblue. Have a take, don't suck.
"Oh wait, it's OK because he was slower to properly evaluate Fellows talent than Zook. OK, carry on"
What?!?
Did you read the article?
-Tressel said when a recruit tells him no, he moves on. (In Fellows' case, NCAA rules prohibit Tressel from commenting about UNSIGNED RECRUITS.) But Ohio State hadn't started recruiting Fellows when he committed to Illinois. Can anyone blame OSU for at least asking Fellows if he was interested?
And if Fellows says, "Yes, I'll listen. I'm interested," is that really poaching?
"If a guy is not interested in coming to Ohio State, AND HE SAYS THAT, then we've got to move on."-
Keep drinkin' da kool-aid buddy.. you'll end up in El Dorado, Texas as some polygamist's bitch
ERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Buckeye Fan, right on cue. Always missing the point.
"And if Fellows says, "Yes, I'll listen. I'm interested," is that really poaching?"
No, obviously, it's not Buckeye Fan. And it's exactly what Michigan did with the recruits they "stole". Nobody rolled up to Shaw and Roundtree and tossed them in a black van and threatened them with an assault rifle. (crumples paper). We don't have that kind of weaponary. It'd be an effective strategy though. Maybe you should borrow an AK from gangsta Mo Clarrett. Could be a valuable recruiting tool. (crumples paper).
If we keep getting callers like Buckeye Fan, we're shutting down open phones. I said, have a take - don't suck. Not, have a kind of take and really suck. Remember, more of me, and less of you, is always a good thing.
Tim-
ManBearFreak the fastest on the team? Haha, thats a negative, ghostrider. Rivals has him running a 4.6. He had one nice catch and run during the CapOne bowl (he didn't score). He's a TE for his blocking skills if TE's are supposed to pancake at the first sign of a rush.
My love for you is like a truck,
Berserker.
Would you like to suck my cock,
BERSERKER!!!!
Wait, he thinks Tressel doesn't recruit committed prospects and is saying Michigan fans are "drinking the kool-aid" for saying he does? Exactly how stupid can people down there get?
But Ohio State hadn't started recruiting Fellows when he committed to Illinois.
But Rodriguez hadn't started recruting Shaw or Roundtree when they committed to Purdue and Penn State. Yet he's the guy in the wizard hat.
Actually it's...
My love for you is like a truck
BERZERKER
Would you like some making fuck....
BERZERKER
My love for you is ticking clock
BERZERKER
Would you like to suck my cock
BERZERKER
BBB, MRG, great takes. Rack'em.
The whole argument over the gentleman's agreement is such garbage. I don't bother. Joe Tiller is a little bitch especially when it comes to Michigan, and that's all you need to know.
When Tressel said, "I guess only among the gentlemen," he wasn't necessarily saying that he himself was a gentleman. He might have meant, "I guess only between Joe Tiller and some other guys." Ah forget it. I really don't care about the gentleman's agreement bullshit. I don't like coaches "poaching" recruits, but I don't like righteous indignation either.
"If a guy is not interested in coming to Ohio State, AND HE SAYS THAT, then we've got to move on."-
But "The Wizard" won't stop there....
a subtle point but a point none the less.
Besides Tiller will still be at Purdue after you all cannibalize "The Wizard" with 2 or more 4-8 seasons
Thanks for the correction. I could only remember the two lines.
But "The Wizard" won't stop there....
a subtle point but a point none the less.
Neither will Tressel. I just typed in an anonymous comment, so it must be true.
Someone help me understand the troll take on this:
If Shaw or Roundtree said, "No thanks, I'm already committed." to RichRod, they would have signed with PSU and Purdue. Obviously they said something like, "Sure, I'm listening."
If a coach doesn't at least ask verbally committed players if they are interested in changing, that coach is being negligent. If they are told NO, how do they go about "stealing" or "Poaching" that recruit??? If the kids wanted to go to PSU and Purdue, they would have. Where is the problem?
If they are told NO, how do they go about "stealing" or "Poaching" that recruit??? If the kids wanted to go to PSU and Purdue, they would have.
That's where the snake oil comes in handy.
You guys hava point- I sure Tiller told the kid "well, we'll see if you start after fall camp, sign here.." & the Wizard said "no problem here you'll start!" (cuz the cupboard's bare anyway) yeah, I can see your point....
Tiller has diabetus and should be ignored. The only reason he doesnt sell snake oil is because:
1. Purdue sucks at everything except waterskiing
2. Snake oil is a great replacement for insulin
Buckeye Fan, if the cupboard is bare at the position we're talking about, and Rich Rodriguez brings that up, how is that lying, wrong, or anything other than telling the truth?
ERRR trolls need to work harder, period, around here. (crumples paper). I'm sick of these wannabe smack talkers, and their lazy attempts. You don't even have a point. (crumples paper).
Let's face it. If Rich Rodriguez said, "You want to play at Michigan" to Joe Tiller he'd go, "Fuck yeah, get me some snake oil YEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHAWWWWW."
I sure Rodriguez told Pryor "well, we'll see if you start after fall camp, sign here.." & Tressel said "no problem here you'll start! Plus, I'm going to give you lots of money and cocaine."
Again, I posted it, so it must be true.
MRG, will you post, "Hildog will realize what a crazy crazy bitch she is and jump off a bridge." ?
Please?
Oh I didn't know Pryor had commited to the Wizard??
Then Tiller would ride his pony back to the Northern Exposure set where he still lives and tell everyone in town that he'd gotten a scholly from UM.
MRG should also type, "The Pope and President Bush will jump off a bridge holding hands."
That'd be great, thanks.
(uncrumples paper) I like Jim Tressel. He's seems like a decent guy. Plus he looks good in sweatervest. I could never see him asking a recruit to come to Ohio State after he has given his verbal to another school, especially Michigan. Thank Allah he hasn't done that yet. That would really hurt my perception of the great man that is Jim Tressel. (recrumples paper and wonders what dex was thinking)
I sure Rodriguez told Omameh "well, we'll see if you start after fall camp, sign here.." & Tressel said "no problem here you'll start! Plus, I'm going to give you lots of money and cocaine."
FIXED.
@Musket:
Hannibal ate people, but didn't he put someone in a pen full of huge boars at the end of Red Dragon? Or am I screwing up my movies?
@troll
tiller is not going to be there for the next couple years. Idiot, your way out of touch
@ Ninja: That was Hannibal, the regretable sequel to Silence of the Lambs.
Ninja, you could be right. I only watched Red Dragon once, although it was a decent movie. Much better than Hannibal. Snatch, however, was a better movie than both of them combined. I'd go with Brick Top on that principal alone.
Musket, I agree with the first part of your statement. I love telling all my cath friends how much I hate them. Goddam caths. Especially those at Notre Dame, BC has such better Christians.
MRG-
What was the dialogue with Boren?
need a caravan fer me ma
ow bout cuppa tea fer the big fella?
Is tressel giving out the good shit or the stuff from the brothas in columbus?
"Fuck kid, why the fuck are you so slow? I'm going to sic Barwis on your family and beat them to a pulp if you don't get your ass in gear."
--RR to Boren the Justin
RR-Hey boren you gonna move your fatt ass?
Boren-Fuck no your family values suck.
A family that quits together stays together
"The Borens"
That's right! the F-Bombs come AFTER you sign (or are already signed)
Justine Boren should change her first name to something more accurate like:
Mommy, mommy I got sand in my cooter again and it BURNS! Boren
"Dear Dex:
I masturbate in public libraries.
Signed,
troll
war public indecency, aimless trolling, and gross idiocy"
Ok, that's enough. I'm not going to read anymore emails about OSU fans jackin it in libraries. We all know they do it, no need to harp on it. Inappropriate. This is a family show.
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I don't know, I guess I just have a thing for really clean glass.
That's right! the F-Bombs come AFTER you sign (or are already signed)
Correct. When all the recruits attend the spring game and various practices, Rodriguez uses no curse words more harsh than "sassafrass." His ability to self censor is remarkable.
Tressel's penis doesn't come out until AFTER you sign at OSU (or are already signed).
Have I mentioned that everything I type here is true?
Tressel cuts his grass in coaching shorts and black socks! And he has huge silver dollar nipples. This is why he wears a vest.
Besides Tiller will still be at Purdue after you all cannibalize "The Wizard" with 2 or more 4-8 seasons
Dear Troll,
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHA.
HA.
Please leave me your address so I can come laugh at you in person when we start dominating. Really, it's the least I can do.
Tressel drinks Sioux City Sasparilla with a twist of lime.
Dex (is it actually him?) has taken meta to a whole new levl here.
Told you clones, smartest man in the jungle at 11. Chitown, what's up?
So what's the programming for today? I don't know how much stuff has come up in the last few days for UV.
I'm so confused. Are we having the "RR steals recruits" discussion again?
Some troll was trying to start that up. It's been a slow morning. The troll was slow and stupid as per the status quo.
@Musket:
Yeah Snatch was pretty awesome. Layer Cake is worth checking out but not great, and if you've never seen Green Street Hooligans, that's pretty badass.
I'm still trying to parse whether "Dex is Burning" is, indeed, Dex doing an excellent Jim Rome impression, or someone else doing an even better impression of Dex doing an excellent Jim Rome impression.
comments have gone dry... we need a new recruit
I'm telling you clones (crumples paper). It's me. Chitown, what's your take on the recruiting debate this morning? Is Coach Rod going to adapt his recruiting to pick up statues like Macho Man Tom Savage? Are we going to stick with the dual threat? Has he figured out this is the Big 10?
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america runs on blumpkin
vote for barackal or the terrorists win
Ninja-
All English crime films are worth checking out.
I probably rate Layer Cake a bit higher though. Don't bother with the LC book, really meanders versus the screenplay. I also found the novel's villains trite and unintimidating.
Has it ever occurred to you that this troll has shit for brains?
Coaches want the best prospects and kids want to win. Theres no gentlemen's agreement only schools that suck, teams that can't beat the SEC, and dynasties. I want the dynasty how about you troll? WTF do you want
Get the fuck out of here you nut loving leper
Great take Turkish. Rack'em.
Layer Cake is an excellent movie. The cinematography is great and its well cast, acted, etc. Just a quality effort, all around.
I'll bite.
If Coach ROD truly grasps what it will take to WIN in the BIG 10, he will start to adapt to the league by recruiting tall, slow QB's. This isn't the BIG EAST - the "athletic" smoke and mirrors won't fly here. Only running into people really hard, and immobility will succeed.+
I heard in the Big East that teams are allowed to use Buick LeSabres in lieu of running backs. Might just be a rumour though.
Fantastic Interview. One of my favorite guests. (crumples paper). Coach Rod doesn't get it. Offenses only work in certain conferences. The spread only works in the south. And west. And Texas. And sometimes the East. But in Michigan and Ohio, you have to run the ball - and not in a fancy girly way. (crumples paper). Straight ahead, all the time.
What else do we have, Wolverine Fan? Do we need tall immobile (white) QBs or do we need short, fast (black) QBs? Future of the program at stake. Have a take - don't suck. (crumples paper). Hour 3 of the Jungle starts now.
BGH - I thought I was a Diet Pepsi machine?
I thought IT was. Not "I".
errrrrrrrrrrrr why do i have crazy lookin ears?
hahah lol, chitown, thats what we call an identity crisis.
and no, diet pepsi machines arent allowed to play in college, only professional football. some crazy ruling about their amatuer status, my recollection of the exact situation is murky.
In the BIG TEN only, scrappiness and effort, as measured by stature and skin color, respectively, will succeed.
and where is chris everett i need punched in the face. eeeeeerrr out!
That's true, Diet Pepsi machine clearly has taken endorsements.
Jim Rome is a cheap ripoff of Dex. (crumples paper).
Did anyone see the FJM post about the "All Gamer Team" and the "All Anti-Gamer Team"?
I did, and I spewed Mountain Dew all over my keyboard. Epic.
and no, diet pepsi machines arent allowed to play in college, only professional football. some crazy ruling about their amatuer status, my recollection of the exact situation is murky.
that's my fault. I once paid the machine $500 for a single can of pepsi, and the NCAA termed that an excessive amount.I told them to screw off, I was just really thirsty, but they didn't buy it.
Give 'em a break dex. That is how they chill.
Thank god for them calling the dude on his "Mark Ellis is awesome because he hangs in on the double play." It's like all other 2B routinely run in fear at a hard slide?
And the Aaron Rowand "I burnt my face in waffle maker" joke was good.
That's great. Yeah, that's how all normal people "chill", right? Just stick my hands down my pants. It's ok babe, I'm just chillin. Great take Tim, rack'em. (crumples paper).
i mostly wear sweatpants because i mostly like to chill
Ok, Clones no more emails on comparing Dirty Shanchezs to Dirty Rodriguezs and no… it’s not one in the same save for one rendition uses more swear words…and no I don’t want to hear …”it can’t happen in Ann Arbor cuz Threet will never be “
‘under’ center”….
(crumples paper)
Let's be serious, We now have with us the new head football coach from Michigan, Rich Rodriguez- Welcome Coach-
Hi Romey -you know all my greatest fans do nothing all day but make up Rome dialogue on weblog comment sites
Good to hear it coach, I’m surprised because all I really care about is Pete Carroll and the Gauchos
Well let’s get to it coach-
New Job; new stadium; new house; new lawsuit; new O-line, new QB --how you feeling about the fall season?
( Bleep bleep blbleep bleep bleep blblbleep) Boren (bleep blbleep bleep bleep blblbleep)
... (bleep blbleep bleep bleep blblbleep) gentlemen’s agreement (bleep blbleep bleep bleep blblbleep) $4 million (bleep blbleep bleep bleep blblbleep)
Uh -Well coach, maybe we don’t bring up Pryor then huh?
(bleep blbleep bleep bleep blblbleep) Tressel (bleep blbleep bleep bleep blblbleep)
Well clones, not sure how much of that you heard but Coach Rod’s phone disconnected and the FCC is threatening to pull our plug so we’ll be right back after a word from Sling Box
This is an abomination of a comment thread. Hockey posts only until you guys can clean it up...
Oh, and that's just lotion on your hands...for dry skin.
my baby puppy wath being a naughty boi thith morning! (crumpleth heath ledger poster)
EEEERRRRRRRRRR
Better bring something better than that, troll, to the Jungle.
Or, you could read above and figure out the context.
(crumples paper).
Jungle rules, troll. You have to hang up when you start flaming out, you didn't. No charge bars for you today.
Yay - gay jokes are always funny.
who haths two thumbs and likes blowjobs? thith guy!
Common the Threet under center was okay right ?
Layer Cake was indeed a great movie and I have a mancrush on Daniel Craig, even though his name sucks because it is so easy to accidentally call him Craig Daniel. And I think that he is an amazing James Bond, possibly better than Sean Connery. We'll see how if he continues to be awesome in the next few movies. I have seen every James Bond movie, so don't dare call me an uninformed idiot.
I didn't like Snatch so much. And Ninja will hate me for this, but I think that Boondock Saints is overrated.
No, wait, guys, do you get it? He's writing sentences so they sound like a lisp - and he's talking all gay!
the people that call into jim rome's radio show with elaborate, 5 minute oratories of verse and rhyme are ridiculous. and annoying. and what is wrong with the united states.
I know that Boondock Saints isn't British, it's just that I find it overrated along with Snatch. Then again, I have to see Snatch again because I wasn't really in the right mood for the movie when I saw it. So Snatch might be really good.
hey stopth that.
Hey,
The Indians blow, and C.C. Sabathia is one fat sack of shit.
In a contract year, no less.
GO TRIBE!!!
YEAH!!!!
I think you killed the Ninja.
Listen guys I'm sorry for coming here, if my father still had his job at the mill then maybe he wouldn't spend so much time drinking and felating my genitalia. Starting shit here is all I have to do to keep from commiting suicide. God I love me some nuts
being hung over at work suuucks. ugh. i'm not one usually for weekday drinking, but i saw lucero play last night.
BGH - I like to think I have esoteric musical taste, but you...
Dex didn't have any brothers or sister as a child, or friends for that matter, and well I wasn't around a lot because well I was always busy with um clients, so please excuse his lack of sensitivity to others.
Please visit my free pics site!
you should check out lucero. and american princes (they band they played with last night and play witth on a regualr basis). it's good stuff. lucero is like dirty alt country american princes are pretty straight up and down rock and roll.
also whats the deal with these tibet protests? i thought "freedom for tibet" platform died in the mid 90's??? is it suddenly sexy again? in my personal opinion, i think these demonstraters are just jumping on the bandwagon.
Long time no visit guys, but I'm glad chitown and dex are still around, because then that means the comments will still be funny...
So what's up? Is anyone still skeptical (ahem: chitown) about the difference a good S&C program can make on the players?
Brian's entire post is now up on Scout. Brian, you know the boys on that board are constantly on suicide watch. This post is going to push those neurotic weak sacks over the edge.
Who are all these bands you speak of, bgh? We need to talk. I haven't been able to find any decent bands in years because I don't know where to look, so I listen to hip hop.
I don't know what I like though. It was so easy when I was into punk when I was in middle school because all the bands sound the same. I need new music in my life, and Chinese Democracy isn't coming out any time soon.
What's with the Detroit Red Wings?
Early exit dex?
cfaller, I was wondering what happened to you. I figured it was the Masons.
I'd say that my overall opinion of S&C is largely unchanged.
BGH - so if I like bands like My Morning Jacket, Okervill River, Spoon, Black Keys...what else is out there for me?
h...hi dex, how you doing buddy?
Anyone thinking that Chris Osgood is going to be a step up from Hasek in the playoffs is in for a deep disappointment. This team, like the last several years, is built perfectly for the regular season, not for the playoffs. The freewheeling puckhandling/pinpoint passing game inevitably gets slowed down in the playoffs, the refs swallow their whistles a bit more, and goaltending becomes especially critical. For all the gaudy season stats and President's Cup, the Wings won't make it to the Cup finals, and it wouldn't surprise me at all if they get bounced this round or the next by a team that seems on paper to be markedly inferior.
Tim:
Lucero:
www.myspace.com/lucero
American Princes
www.myspace.com/americanprinces
Tigers suckk
Red Wings are Euro trash
Pistons are washed up
Lions... ha
ScuM ain't got enough snake oil in the world to fix that shit soon
Discuss
"dex's dead and sad cat" may be my favorite handle.
Being drunk AT work is becomming a problem for me. It's hard driving an ambulance while being on the cell phone, smoking a cigarette and drinking a beer. And THEN, I'm trying to wolf down a Big Mac. Fucking A, you'd think the other drivers would understand...
Todd Jones > Joe Borowski
Green Street Hooligans is an excellent movie. Elijah Wood being tough is a bit of a leap of faith, but I think he pulls it off pretty well.
Whats a troll gotto do to get some hate around here?
Does anyone know where I can get a copy of "The Complete Works of John Tesh"?
But chitown, didn't you see BGraham's slimmed-down bunda? You've gotta believe that's going to make him a little faster on the edge, and possibly in pursuit down the LOS. And that's just one example, I'm sure there are other skill/speed position players (safeties, perhaps?) that probably have become "faster."
I'm not saying it's all magic, I'm just saying these guys can get faster and can be transformed. Of course, I will have to eat my words when Utah trashes us in the opener*. But that's for later.
*No, I don't believe this will happen, I just always assume I'm wrong. It's a Michigan thing, you all understand.
You will find John Tesh CDs in the same section as Nickleback and Fall Out Boy.
As I've said - I've never doubted that S&C will make an impact. A more fit BG is probably a better BG.
I just don't think that Barwis will srpinkle our players with "invincible warriors" dust.
Nickelback is the best band since Jesse and the Rippers.
Oh, and some players are just bad.
For instance, Johnny Sears on Barwis' programs still misses tackles and runs in the wrong direction - he just does it faster, and with more force.
Snake oil Chi get your fuckin shit straight SNAKE OIL, you know the magical fix everything topical
Not even with his magic Jackhammer of Doom?
I keed, I keed...
Seriously though, I've been lurking, so I'm at least up on MGoBlog news, but I haven't been diving into the comments for a long time (politics has been my shiny object that I amuse myself with). Has anything fun/eventful happened while I was getting all geeky elsewhere on the Intertubes?
BGH - so if I like bands like My Morning Jacket, Okervill River, Spoon, Black Keys...what else is out there for me?
chitownblue 00 | 04.17.08 - 12:17 pm | #
Okkervil River is so awesome. I've got like twenty or so 1quality boots that I'm going to put up on my blog, hopefully this week. You planning on catching these guys on tour? They went through with the New Pornographers (ugh) and now they are doing a headline deal at smaller venues. So pumped. Check out Shearwater, Will Sheff was a major player in the band for awhile. He quit to focus on Okkervil but if you liek Okkervil, you'd like a lot of (older) Shearwater.
In terms of stuff i would recommend, i would check out the above link to the American Princes myspace. You'd probably also like Ester Drang, a spcier type of rock band that mixes nice guitar work with cool piano, horns, other random insturments and sounds. The Weakerthans are another band I'd recommend, John Samson writes some of the most intelligent lyrics that I'm aware of. Check out Geoff Farina/Karate for ridiclous jazz-fusion and lyrics that require a dictionary to make sense of. I'm sure you've listened to Neutral Milk Hotel, they're always good. Other bands in the more rock n roll vein that I'm currently into: Illinois, Milemarker, Panda& Angel, La Rocca, The Miracle of 86, The national, Tim Barry, Unwed Sailor, so muich more that i'm forgetting.
Uh, there was the predictable anti-Shepard backlash. Dex started a blog. Gsimms started a blog. People talked about pizza. Hockey.
no this shit sucks now, mutha fuckas don't know how to act civil and shit
Nice reports from the Spring Game.
I remain fired up to see what the upcoming season has to offer.
I have one goal for the upcoming season: just to have fun. Through the ups and downs of following UM football for over 30 years (gulp), I have always had fun.
Last year was trying. And, I only had fun during that Florida game.
I feel like we are going to be much better than most will give us credit for. I am going to have a blast watching this system come together.
Plus, I see jamieson and grahman destroying people this fall. And, the secondary looks solid.
I, for one, will continue thinking good thoughts for Stevie Brown. His development and ability to step in and do the job will be a big key. Yes, he failed in the Horror, but I thought he rallied and put together a nice special teams season. Most kids would have sulked at the benching. He did not and I noticed him every week making a key ST play. And, he did that w/o the benefit of a ST coach!
So, those are my goals. Re-establish having fun following this team (that mission is laregly accomplished thanks to this here blog and comment community) and also pulling for good Stevie Brown karma. Might add Schilling to that list as well....the OL will need it!
Yes, to Neutral Milk Hotel - King of the Carrott Flowers is one of my favorite songs, period. And I've listened to some Shearwater. I guess I missed that Okkervil was on tour - I'll try to see them.
Oh, I also like Minus the Bear, but I think I told you that before, when I saw them on your blog.
when did this board become complete shit?
Get the fuck outta here anon, Stand up and say your name before you start spouting off your pussy ass attitudes
ITs about having fun is a losers approach.
I saw Minus the Bear on saturday. Fanbase is pretty weak at this point, but you can't blame them for that. They played mostly new stuf fand stuff off of Menos El Oso but redeemed themselves by playing Lemurs...
Bud Light Dude, I always say when we get picked up by a new affiliate - give the show two weeks. It grows on you. (crumples paper). If you don't like it after two weeks, give it another two weeks. If you still don't like it, maybe it's not for you.
Get the fuck outta here anon, Stand up and say your name before you start spouting off your pussy ass attitudes
ITs about having fun is a losers approach.
Tommy | Homepage | 04.17.08 - 12:40 pm | #
T-Rodge is getting fired for letting this through. Worst comment of the month.
Thank god Dex is back. We needed moderation.
Let me add to the comments about spring this thought:
Barwis IS Magical Invincible Dust because the "entitlement' mentality is gone, and now players work out instead of the Gittleson way of "well, all you really gotta do is eat alot of pizza". No joke. There's an interview up on Scout with Donovan Warren, and he talks about getting back to doing things in friggin' high school, and now he is faster and has put on some "good weight" (read: muscle where he needs it). I think this Barwis thing is a eleventy billion percent improvement on what was going on before, and of course, ANY new S&C guy would have been a 100 percent improvement. UM was using an old out of date program, and there was no, say, "nudging" of the players to work out. In fact, off season workouts weren't mandatory.
And Ninja will hate me for this, but I think that Boondock Saints is overrated.
I won't hate you Wayman, I just question your taste. Kinda like I don't hate Buckeye fans. Ok, I take that back. I hate Buckeye fans.
In unrelated news, my boss has now taken to coming to work everyday, but according to the young lady at 7-11 near us he buys 3-4 half pints of vodka and mixes it with his Gatorade, so he's essentially wasted at work all the time. Good times.
It seems like Barwis is an improvement. I won't debate that.
But, it seems weird to say that Michigan S&C was such a complete and utter fucking joke when it routinely turned out first-round talent. In the 2007 draft alone, we had 5 defensive players drafted in the first day.
Offseason workouts are never "mandatory" per the NCAA. But, as RichRod said, neither is playing time. I think there's a good deal more emphasis on participation in the non-mandatory workouts.
Dex I've had toothless crack whores with more bite then you these days. Wheres the prick I once knew and loved?
And again, the most "anti-Barwis" I have ever gotten is merely to say that those that say "The problem with _____ is _____, but Barwis will fix that." People have physical thresholds they can't grow past. He can get the players there, but some players are just not as good as others. Barwis won't make everyone a machine. WVU had bad players, too.
While we are the topic of work stories, listen to this shit:
so, we basically provide contractual services to the Government. All agencies and contracts have different HR requirements, etc. This contract I'm working on right now, all employees need a security clearence. To get the clearance, they are interviewed by the Department of State. Well, these people are sick fucks. They ask, without cause, the following types of questions to potential employees:
how much porn do you watch?
do you view child porn?
have you ever been with a prostitute?
have you ever worked as a prositute?
do you like beer?
have you ever seen a psychologist?
ugh, what a mess.
Holy non-sensical post from me. Ugh.
Chitown: I don't disagree with you. But old UM didn't seem to push players anywhere near their thresh holds (is that one word or two?). That in and of itself might be a difference maker with Barwis. Also, not to really nit pick, but training is SUPPOSED to push you beyond thresh holds. I mean, how many people are born long jumping 28 feet or running a marathon?
the Barwis excitement, in terms of forcing some sort of paradigm shift in the results column, is way over rated. Yes, they'll get better. Gittleson was once regarded as a pioneering force in SC. I agree, some ridiculous claims about pizza-eating and weight lifting have come out since he left, but I'm sure those stories don't tell entire story. People are going to believe what they want, though.
I may be way off, but I see Barwis' greatest benefit as a selling point during recruitment.
But, it seems weird to say that Michigan S&C was such a complete and utter fucking joke when it routinely turned out first-round talent.
I think this was in spite of our program. First day talent is gonna be first day talent, but how many of those guys could've been first ROUND guys? Barwis's approach is about speed and explosiveness, both of which have a tremendous amount to do with football. Also, how many times have we shit the bed in the 4th quarter this decade? Poor conditioning leads to mental error.
I think the R2 + Barwis = 10000% better than R2 w/out Barwis.
Look, bad players on great conditioning still are bad players. That's all.
I hear you, chitown, but you've got to admit Michigan had a reputation for magically making LBs and DBs slower as they moved through the Program. Something was very, very wrong, and that something rhymes with "spittle sun". Plus, the intangibles that The Barking Sphincter (love that handle, BTW) mentioned are going to have an impact too, but that will be much harder to track.
Yes, Michigan still turned out NFL talent, but I think that had more to do with the kids making their own way through the program, and not thanks to some superduper S&C program that demanded the best from them.
As an analogy, a friend of mine swam pretty well at University of Vermont(!), but he was a really hard worker and it did NOT mean that the UVm program wasn't the shittiest shittastic college "swimming" team on the entire fucking planet- it was and still is. Some programs/coaches won't push, and thus are only as good as what the kids put in by themselves. I think that applied to Gittleson, and I'm glad that he's gone.
I think the R2 + Barwis = 10000% better than R2 w/out Barwis.
Ninja Football | 04.17.08 - 12:56 pm | #
Ninja, I'd like to see the numbers behind this.
I think a lot of people can agree that RR is putting an increased emphasis on S&C vis a vis Barwis.
Lots of people then recall the same emphasis a previous coach made when he arrived in the December of 1968.
Lots of success ensued.
So, yeah, lots of people are getting excited. Pretty understandable.
All I'm saying is that he isn't going to eradicate every weak point, which some people think he'll do.
Speaking of conditioning, I'm off to Barwiscize myself on the treadmill on my lunch break.
Speaking of conditioning, I've been conditioned to get my content before 1pm EST. I'm needing a fix. Where's my UV?
chitown, I guess where we disagree is basically how much improvement we'll see due to the Barwis Jackhammer of Doom coming down on the weaker, lesser players. I think it can be transformative, but it seems you think it will improve players, but only on the margins.
At a certain point, I always run out of evidence when trying to explain how much of a difference it will make on the players. So I guess it's a leap of faith for me, and you're simply not willing to take that leap. Sooo...pie.
But I want to keep this dialogue going with everyone as we progress through next season, because I think S&C can all too easily get lost in the "What a great/shitty call/game that was!" chatter that inevitably dominates.
I just want to keep talking about S&C so that we're all at least looking at where it may or may not be making a difference in the players.
Well I mean its already showing in the gut/bunda comment from Brian. The guys are inevitably going to be thinning down a bit, but if their weights are staying fairly close, I naturally will assume the guys are more intimidating. Then again our guys could be like prince fielder who cut out the brawts and burgers and went vegetarian this season. look what that has done to his production. (yes, logical fallacies are fun.)
BGH:
I don't have numbers, but here's a more comprehensive argument of my idea. In the past we've attracted top level talent even without being an elite program anymore (sad but true). We routinely underachieved with said talent. While some of that can be attributed to coaching, some is undoubtedly the lack of conditioning. In contrast, R2 has taken average talent and turned them into overachievers. Once again, partly talent, partly conditioning. I think the Barwis approach- that being an emphasis on speed, quickness, balance, and explosiveness- fits much better with R2's speed based offense than Gittleson's idea of S&C, which was basically just strength and mass. While strength helps, being the first to get proper leverage can be a huge benefit.
Do I think the Barwisian approach will turn everyone into tremendous football players? No. But I do think it will give us an edge, or at least put us on a level field with the more progressive programs in the nation. It'll maximize the physical potential of the players, and the mental part is up to the coaches to develop.
Ninja, I agree. And I'd like to add that Justin Boren is a manpussy.
Maybe he's working on the UFR and its taking a while?
Dammit Brian, I have to hit the road soon! Hurry!
Ok clones, good takes the past two hours. Much better than other recent shows. Dex out. Cfaller wins the Huge Email of the Day and the case of Charge Bars for his most recent post. I like it. Like it a lot.
(crumples paper)
Epic post from cfaller.
There is no man in Boren. He's just a big, achy vagina. The idea that his dad felt entitled to his brother getting a scholarship is a tremendous indicator of what was wrong with this program, and why we needed some outside blood to come in.
Like I've said before, I think we're on the verge of becoming another SC, and seeing the success that we always felt we had, but when you look at it objectively we never really did. We had great tradition, what with the largest stadium in the country, the immediately recognizable helmets, Bo, etc. but we also never faired well in bowl games, and traditionally underachieved.
Now, we have all of those things, and an innovative coaching staff who can put that talent to proper use. Now, who wants some kool-aid?
I just don't buy into we "underachieved" mindset. In some games, sure. Appy State, the ND loss from 3 years ago, maybe even OSU in 2006. But that is more a product of college kids, however talented, being inconsistent. You think RR/Barwis is going to accomplish what no CFB coach has ever accomplished before? Undefeated seasons are special and rare for a reason: when all the variables are considred, many CFB games come down to luck and chance. In the sense that M underachieved, hasn't USC underachieved in several of the past years? Especially in its losss to Stanford? M's overall success, as pointed out by chitown numerous times, is fairly consistent with our recruitment rankings. So, I'm not sure what basis people use when they talk about M's talent underperforming. It's all based on gut feelings, not quantitative data - at least as far as i can discern.
I'm excited about the changes, but every regime is going to have an achilles heel and chronic issues that are detrimental to success. It's part of the sport, imo.
Musket Rebellion just sent a facebook announcement that ended with the phrase "I have knives." lol.
"Epic"!
Oh my...
I'm kind of pissed off at Mike Barwis on facebook. Mike Barwis is nobody's friend.
http://www.facebook.com/profile....hp?
id=674260130
February 28
Mike joined the group Dan Gilmore is my Friend.
9:53pm
@ Tim Wayman
First of all, I've never heard a rumor that Carson Butler is the fastest guy on the team. But let's say he is. One reason to put Carson Butler at TE is because it allows you to put another threat on the field. Why would you put him at WR and take Arrington/Mathews/whatever blue-chip WR off the field? So you can put Massey on the field at TE?
You get the best players on the field that you can. On some teams, Butler might play WR because they need talent at that position. But Michigan hasn't/doesn't need big wide receivers.
@ Barking Sphincter
I see your point about QB's...ONLY if Rodriguez went two or three years without a decent mobile QB. If he gets Forcier, Newsome, Smith, etc., it's unnecessary to offer a guy like Savage. If he gets a steady string of 2- and 3-star potential projects, then maybe he'd think about recruiting someone like Savage. Right now, there's no point. The only guy he really missed out on was Pryor. You don't change your philosophy after missing out on one guy.
Also, Pat White was a 3-star player with an offer to play WR at LSU. Rodriguez turned him into a Heisman contender. I realize he might be an exception, but there's really no reason to question his choice of QB's at this point in his career, considering his success with all different types of QB's.
NNNNNEEEEWWWWSSSSSOOOOOMMMMEEEEE!!!!!! PLEASE!
So, I'm not sure what basis people use when they talk about M's talent underperforming. It's all based on gut feelings, not quantitative data - at least as far as i can discern.
I think you're dead on in this assessment. But two things stick with me here. First, with the exception of '06 I have been disappointed in our season EARLY for a very long time.
In '02 there was the ND loss, which was tough, but the Iowa ass-kicking put us out of the hunt.
'03: Oregon, a game we should've won, and then Iowa again in game 6.
'04: Not too bad, but that early ND game killed us again, when that was a very winnable game.
'05: start 3-3, with that Minnesota game being the pinnacle of poor conditioning losses imo.
With the exception of '06 we haven't put a dominant team on the field this decade. And I guess that's what I'm hoping for. Until we have a playoff, the winning by 3 over the likes of San Diego State and 14 over Indiana won't cut it. Votes are gut feelings. And while I don't expect undefeated seasons, it'd be nice to be in the hunt year in and year out.
new post up a few minutes ago
Oh, the "votes are gut feelings" was the second thing that stuck out btw. We just haven't overwhelmed people, thereby not receiving Top 5 votes.
O.A.R. is the solution to everyone's musical needs
Magnus: Like I said last night: I'll take Forcier, Newsome, Smiff, and even Beaver before Savage for RR's offense. It's just that yeah, if you don;t get those four and you go into "etc", then go get Savage.
There is possibly no hope for guys who don;t think Michigan has been an elite underachiever under Carr for the last decade. If it's playas, then Carr did a poor job of recruiting. If he was a good recruiter, than he was SHIT for a coach.
Don't see Tressel having the kinds of seasons Lloyd had too often.
Rivals reports another commit from a tiny water bug guy. Teammate of Bell I think.
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