first
i'll take it.
I live in Boston, but my housemate works for Comcast so we get every channel anyway. This sports tier stuff is bullshit though. A la carte cable packages please.
what does niggling mean?
So what does this mean for those of us outside the Big 10 States who have Comcast?
sports tier, Mdog.
It seems like Vin and maybe Big Gay Heart equate "Moneyball" with being cheap. But I don't think that's true.
I believe Moneyball is simply about extracting maximum value. That doesn't necessarily mean being cheap, but it does mean that franchises with less resources are going to be more willing and able to play Moneyball- they have to, if they want to compete. So the Texas Techs and the West Virginias and the Oakland A's of the world must scratch and claw and innovate in order to obtain victories over the Texases, Michigans, and New York Yankees of the world.
And as Brian and Ninja Football have pointed out, when you take that Moneyball/maximum value extraction mindset and put it in a franchise with lots of resources, championships will result.
But again...Moneyball =/= Being Cheap.
cfaller96 | Homepage | 06.19.08 - 3:49 pm | #
Quoted for truth.
Fuck comcast so hard. They got pwned here. Pie on the face. Die in a fire you incompetent twats.
^^^^^^^^^^^^And if you believe that, would you be interested in buying me?
So how do I get BTN in DC? Obama or McCain?
i subscribe to the yankees player acquisition philosophy: pay ooodles of money to mediocre RHSPers and position players who get injured for 1/2 the year.
woo doggie
"Outside of the Big Ten states that Comcast serves, Comcast has the option to provide Big Ten Network programming on any level of service, including its Sports Entertainment Package. "
So yeah, sports tier likely for those outside the footprint (not it).
Sports tier it is! It will just replace the ESPN Game Day season pass that my wife grumbled about.
yay sports tier!!!!!
Put Lifetime on a "Vagina Tier" and maybe I'll understand the reasoning behind the "Sports Tier"
So when will it be available outside the Big Ten region? Or is it going to be like how I get NESN but people everywhere else do not? That's what it sounds like. Can I get it on an expanded package?
Oh I understand. Comcast will decide how it will be available next year across the country. For now, it will only be in the Big Ten states if I understand correctly.
well, this is much better then the baseball discussion in the previous post's comments.
Other Chris from a couple posts ago (I was out working, so I couldn't respond before the blizzard of new posts): when I go to Michigan games, I'm there as a spectator only. Right now my only media affiliation (and it's a pretty loose freelance affiliation) is with a small newspaper in a small town, and when it comes to sports, the only place that gets me is high school sporting events. I think I would pretty much die of happiness if I got to shoot a Michigan football game from the sidelines, but that would require a major miracle, or a massive boost to my fledgling career (which I don't necessarily need right now, as I actually enjoy shooting local sports).
And now, we send you back to your regularly-scheduled Comcast bashing.
I was thinking of broadcatsing all the games via sopcast or TVants over at BeatOSU, but nothing can be guaranteed. I'd set it up and it'd run on one channel all day, so if you wanted varying channels or games you'd be s.o.l., but at least you could watch us if you're out of the country/region.
that would be killer ninja. college football really falls short when it comes to watching illegal feeds online!
Is it too late to enter a submission for the banner contest?
http://huggingharoldreynolds.blo...er-
buckeye.html
You've just been Rob-rolled.
I live in Boston. What package do I have to make sure that I'm getting?
Not that *cough* I'd actually do it *cough* because it's "illegal" *cough* and I'd never think of just putting the feed up for several hours *cough*. Not sure of my bandwidth and channel availability yet for the fall, but it might work out.
And if SOMEONE could get a T-Rex vs Wolves Barwis shirt done *cough* we could put those up over there too.
Looks like Marquis Slocum will be ruled academically ineligible for this season. Michigan football players are smarter than everyone elses'.
Time Warner won't add BTN because they hate the Buckeyes too...
Looks like Marquis Slocum will be ruled academically ineligible for this season. Michigan football players will beat the Spartan football players for the SEVENTH CONSECUTIVE TIME and we'll continue to come up with lame ass attempts at taunting, brah.
Sparty Art | 06.19.08 - 4:44 pm | #
Fixed your post.
trollers . . .
Who's Marquis Slocum?
Stood in the weight room listening to Barwis this morning.
Heaven help all you spartys.
It Marques Slocum. Jr. DB.
DT. My bad.
http://www.wvrecord.com/argument...uez-
believeable
Is it possible? A West Virginian siding with Coach Rod? Article makes good point that WV is spending a boatload of money on lawyer fees, so why not just take a reduced settlement and cut out greedy lawyers instead of going for the full amount and then forking over a good percentage to lawyers, the biggest scumbags in the world? It'd be in the best interests of the law firm representing WV to drag this on till next year; money, money, money...
SO IN SEATTLE WILL I GET TO WATCH THE GAMES ON COMCAST OR WHAT????
Probably the funniest comment re: Marques Slocum was from the last time he was ruled academically ineligible and I think it was BGH who said it. It was something like:
The fuck lion isn't going to walk itself.
One of the all-time great comments.
This was asked about earlier:
NIGGLING
adjective
1. petty; trivial; inconsequential: to quibble about a niggling difference in terminology.
2. demanding too much care, attention, time, etc.: niggling chores about the house.
All you guys have a Comcastration complex.
AWESOME! Moving to Philly (from TWC country). I'm already scheduled to get basic digital!
This is absolute gold: http://www.spartantailgate.com/f...an-7-5-a-
5.html
Holy inferiority complex.
don't know if this was posted on earlier thread but looks like TOSU's backup QB, Henton, is transferring
Thanks anonymous. Definite gold. Platinum maybe.
This Comcast-BTN deal is great! I mean, don't get me wrong- as much as I have enjoyed being that creepy guy in his mid-30's hanging out in EL bars with college girls who pretended to be interested in my stories about how I used to bartend at a place that served like 100 bottles of Jaegermeister a night, I am all about kicking back and relaxing (random hood rat optional) in the comfort of my bachelor pad while I watch the sport that makes me forget how pathetic my life really is- college football.
More pathetic- me, talking to people who share a common passion about things in my life, or you, handlejacker, who feels the need to make yourself feel better about your life by commenting on my posts? Seriously. And if you think such a post will truly affect my state of being you haven't been paying much attention to my ego.
I post here because it's a cheaper support group then either the bar or therapy.
Anon,
That Spartan board is high comedy- thanks for the link.
Have we solved the problem of Ygeny's banner needing to be more evil looking? I don't know about you guys, but evil is cool if you ask me. I dig evil. I want the Mgoblog banner to feature an evil looking UM football player. Get it done.
My suggestion is to give the eyes just a tad more form; let them stand out about 6% more--NOT TOO MUCH.
Then you need a smile. Not a gaping Sparty "Hey, Cheeze Whiz is on sale" smile, but a subtle, wry, almost "is he smiling" smile. The kind that says "I'm evil, and it's pretty cool, actually. I get to do evil stuff sometimes. But mostly, when I walk by, people just shiver, and pretend they aren;t looking at me. The I curse them, maybe have their dog run in front of the bus or something and not get killed, just lose a couple legs so they always wonder if it was me that did it. Hey, anyone got a Coke? Even Demons get thirsty. Is this interview almost over?"
The kind of smile that says satisfaction. You picture Milton's Satan: Evil, fucked, kicked out of Heaven, but growing into the role. After the flight back to Earth, he's ready to kick some apple eatin' ass. Get the bitch, have HER fuck the guy over. Good evil stuff.
Yvgeny, get on it.
Here is the next funny name I want on our roster.
Zach Grossnickle PK
"If you don't demand excellence, you are part of the problem."
I was reading the comments and I came across that gem of a quote, or fascist slogan.
STRENGTH THROUGH DISCIPLINE
STRENGTH THROUGH COMMUNITY
STRENGTH THROUGH ACTION
And by the way--no joke--I get an email titled, wait for it...
The Mike Cox Report
I don't know if I accidentally signed up for some political mailing list, but I get emails from the Michigan attorney general, Mike Cox. Golden. Every time I see the email, I think it's a joke until I open it.
Yvgeny, get on it.
The Barking Sphincter
Rgr. Getting on it....
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Will somebody in the know (i.e., someone with a Scout or Rivals subscription) please put the Slocum rumors to bed. Is he, or isn't he, going to be on the team this year?
FWIW, I used to post premium updates from Scout when I was a subscriber. Under a different name, of course....
I'll be recording all the games on ABC in HD this Fall - there will be two seperate releases, a 720x480 DVD .iso and a 1280x720 MPEG-2 version. Perhaps a 960x544 .mp4 release if there's enough interest.
They will be released on mgovideo.com
One request though for those of you who have Comcast and are somewhat computer savvy - this device (http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/
data_hdpvr.html) will allow you to record HD through component video, which will be key to getting the games on the Big Ten network this fall. I can work with you on how to set this up provided that you have some interest and don't mind dropping $250, to get a unit.
Leave a comment if this sounds like something you'd like to do.
I think a handlejacker just had an entire conversation with themselves over the course of 3 hours. Am I wrong?
are you all getting three stations of the big ten network or one....when the network started last year we got one channel then two and now we have three, but not the HD channel....just wondering...I live in Lexington, KY and have insight
Vagina Tier??? Don't cry, dry your eye, here come yer mama with those three little guys...
err two. Me=fail
@ goblueky:
I'm guessing we'd get all the alternates. People who had DirectTv did so last year, with the main channel being in HD and then the other games available in low def.
As an aside, my best friend growing up lives in Lexington and went to UofM. Knickname is Chaka. Ring any bells?
Nickname*
Once again, I'm a dyslexic crack whore from Duluth.
Dex, there's a soap opera tier if that makes you feel any better. Sports gets like AT LEAST 4 channels on basic cable (with WOW I get ESPN, ESPN2, FSN, ESPN Classic, Golf Channel, SPEED) along with frequent primetime spots on network television and local sports channels. Lifetime occupies one channel, it's not even a similar comparison. (For the record, I don't watch Lifetime, I really only watch tv for sports, but the point still stands). Basically, stop complaining.
oh yeah WOW also has BTN, but I won't include that within my point.
Dex, there's a soap opera tier if that makes you feel any better. Sports gets like AT LEAST 4 channels on basic cable (with WOW I get ESPN, ESPN2, FSN, ESPN Classic, Golf Channel, SPEED) along with frequent primetime spots on network television and local sports channels. Lifetime occupies one channel, it's not even a similar comparison. (For the record, I don't watch Lifetime, I really only watch tv for sports, but the point still stands). Basically, stop complaining.
kgh10 | 06.19.08 - 11:00 pm | #
His entire point was why should he pay for shit he doesn't want. I get what you're saying, but it's not applicable to what he's saying totally.
Kg,
Was that you being a big meanie earlier and calling my life pathetic? If so I just wanted to let you know it worked, and I've been crying my eyes out for hours because some anonymous person on the interweb thinks I'm a loser.
If it wasn't you, please send Kleenex.
Oh, and you can't fool us, we know you have Lifetime on 24/7.
Daniel L, you're probably right, but it was more or less addressing a common complaint by many, many people. If all channels should be a la carte, fine, but for some reason that is never brought up in a suggestion/complaint.
Ninja - You caught me, I actually adore lifetime and all of the movies about anorexia and/or being pregnant at 15...sooo enlightening! And no, not me, so where should I send the kleenex?
Thing is, people ALWAYS say Lifetime which gets pretty annoying. Why should non Catholics have to pay for EWTN, people who hate politics/news pay for 2154362546 News channels and c-spans, or any other channel? Nobody ever says that, it's always Lifetime, as if Lifetime has 5 channels exactly like it on basic cable.
Ninja - Going with the theme of "___ Man", I'm a Bravo (and sports channel) girl!
Kgh, I was tempted to bring up the shopping channels because they're pretty much worthless and there are anywhere from 4-17 on each basic tier. Then I remembered that buying things off the Home Shopping Network was the only thing that kept me going when I, too, was a 15 year old anorexic girl bearing the love child of my social studies teacher. True story.
Anybody have any insight into DirecTV? I live in Wisconsin and the a-holes at Time Warner still haven't made a deal with BTN (although I am hoping that the Comcast deal gives them some ideas). Am I correct in my understanding that DirecTV does not have on-demand services, but it does have more HD and it gets BTN?
Why should non Catholics have to pay for EWTN, ...
the religious fanatic channels pay the cable companies to show their channels. while i find this totally disgusting for no apparent reason, it's a big reason cable bills are 'only' $X/month. same for the shopping channels, i think. i'm waiting for the voodoo & scientology channels to show up. then, eventually the church of star trek.
a few week ago at the B10 tourney, i overheard a M football player say Slocum was flunking.... so i'm not surprised. fwiw...
Am I correct in my understanding that DirecTV does not have on-demand services, but it does have more HD and it gets BTN?
as i understand it, this is correct.
I think the problem with Lifetime is that they don't even bother to pretend that they might attempt to diversify their lineup. If I were a woman I would be offended that the network thinks that they can pidgeonhole women into two groups (i) those that got pregnant as teens; or (ii) those that get beaten by their husbands. The anorexics are simply subgroups of the other two. What ever happened to (iii) those who are hot and promiscuous lesbians? They are women too!
@DanK
you are a grade A idiot.
Fuck. Make that "pigeonhole".
^^^^^^^^^^Highly unintentional comedy post of the day when taken out of context.
http://chaperoned.livejournal.co....com/
71724.html
Silly spartans, the SUMMER comes before the fall.
(in this case summer=120 years of winning)
so i downloaded the NCAA 09 demo on xbox live. the throw away button (now RB) is the biggest pain in the ass ever. its an automatic intentional grounding... not to mention I keep trying to throw dump passes into the crowd.
the QB confidence thing is awesome, and for split screens you can choose between two bluff plays and a your actual play call so when you play an opponent they dont know what play your calling. the cutbacks are insane. its a lot harder to break tackles as well. all awesome. the only thing i hate about the demo is its just LSU @ OSU with 2 minute quarters. When I played my buddy we each got one possession.
Presently watching WVU vs Cinn on ESPN U.
There's no way our offense can look like this. White is carrying the ball A LOT (25 carries in the 4th q) and I can't see us doing this:
* depth chart is unclear
* Threet does not have 4.3 speed
* RR does not want to signal "every time Feagin is in its a QB keep"
When he has thrown (19 att) its been shorter stuff -- the run sets up the pass.
Wow- yeah the WVU team from last year is the only team Rod ever coached and it is exactly the only type of offense he has ever know or will ever know how to run, thanks for pointing out Threet isn't as fast as White also - you should email that tibit to Coach Rodriguez just in case.
Re: Lifetime discussion
My comment had nothing to do with lifetime vs. sports or if I like Lifetime or whatever. My point was just if I don't want Lifetime, EWTN, SPEED, ESPN 12, Golf Channel, FOX News, or any other channel then why should I pay for them?
I wonder how the prostitutes are at Georgia Southern:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/ne...tory?
id=3453326
Sorry if this was posted already.
No doubt the bucknuts will now be bitching about their depth chart.
It would be a shame if Boeckman got knocked out when he played us and we had to get payback on Pryor.
MGOBLOG in the Free Press this morning in a blurb about the new unis.
http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a...6/80619077/
1054
Damn, I was hoping Henton would be the Anti-Boren and move north.
the only thing i hate about the demo is its just LSU @ OSU with 2 minute quarters. When I played my buddy we each got one possession.
And yet somehow I scored 84 points with LSU and sacked Boeckman 7 times. Then my buddy insisted on texting me all night about how close the game actually was and how he really had a shot at winning.
formerlyanonymous | 06.20.08 - 2:16 am | #
Fixed.
....My point was just if I don't want Lifetime, EWTN, SPEED, ESPN 12, Golf Channel, FOX News, or any other channel then why should I pay for them?
dex | Homepage | 06.20.08 - 7:52 am | #
Dex, it is part of the Plan of Great Works that all shall prop the channels up, and all shall share in the glory of basic cable.
If cable was nationalized there would be 78 channels of static, 1 channel with the weather, and 200 million people waiting in line to watch the two channels that work.
w00t! Mgoblog in the Free Press!!1!!
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.d...80619077/&
imw=Y
"If cable was nationalized there would be 78 channels of static, 1 channel with the weather, and 200 million people waiting in line to watch the two channels that work."
Yeah, but if it were Holland both channels would be porn.
If cable was nationalized there would be 78 channels of static, 1 channel with the weather, and 200 million people waiting in line to watch the two channels that work.
dex | Homepage | 06.20.08 - 9:25 am | #
And it would cost $150 a month. $10 a month if you make less than $10k a year, and it would be a tax write off if you make over $100k a year.
Then again, we'd never have to deal with Comcast again, or see those commercials...ok, I'm in favor of this.
Comcast just bowed to economic reality, at least within the B10 footprint. Discretionary spending on non-essentials is going in the dumper, and prospects for persuading people to ante up extra dough aren't great right now. I would never pay a nickel more for any programming over and above the crap I already pay for on ComCast. I'm 100% behind the idea of a Vagina Channel.
yo, if any one on here likes neutral milk hotel, i've got a good live set up:
http://pastoralgenocide.wordpres...n-francisco-ca/
WEST TEXAS BLUE, you FUCKING PIECE OF WORTHLESS SHIT. Yeah everyone like you says lawyers are the biggest scumbags on earth until you find yourself in the drunk tank or trying to get part of the will that your white-trash pappy cut you out of because you fucked your cousin too many times. Then the lawyer's your best fucking friend. BTW, good lawyers tell their clients exactly what that article said, "You're gonna pay me a ton of money to fight this thing, you should just settle for less now." But sometimes we can scream at our clients till we're [MGO]blue in the face, but the clients are the pigheaded morons who want to fight on principle. Add to the fact that here, WVU is paying the lawyers out of the public trough, and they have even less incentive to listen to their lawyers. FUCK YOU WEST TEXAS PIECE OF SHIT. GO SHOVE AN ARMADILLO UP YOUR ASS AND SHUT THE FUCK UP.
I definitely want you representing me next time I'm in court
the tourettes/J.D. combo has proven effective in the court room.
malletastrophe:
I feel like I've posted this 7 bazillion times:
RR has run dramatically different pass/run splits throughout his career. While OC at Tulane, he had Shaun King throw for 3500+ yards, and run for 800.
As OC at Clemson, he had Woody Dantzler become the first college qb to throw for 2000+ and run for 1000+.
At WVU, Rashard Marshall (QB before White) consistently threw for over 2000 yards. Chris Henry had a 1000 yard season as a receiver.
Pat white, however, cannot throw. So RR doesn't make him throw lots. He can run really well, though. So he runs.
Yes chitown, but what if it's COLD outside? Then what, smart guy?
Rich Rod doesn't undertsand spirals. Actually, he's afraid of them. So, he likes to keep the ball on the ground.
In fact, the single common thread running through all of RR's offenses is that he does like a QB who is at least a threat to run. Whether that is King's 800 yards of largely scrambling, or White's 1700 yards of called run plays, he does like a QB who is capable of picking up yardage. Maybe Threet isn't that guy - but do we know that he can't be a scrambler in the way guys like Boeckman, Krenzel, or Donovan (from Wisconsin) were?
I do agree with Angry Lawyer's point though, bitching about lawyers being greedy is right next to "what's the deal with airline food?", "men like the remote!", and "black people do this, white people do that" as the lamest cliche jokes in the world.
What's with horses? They're like big riding dogs.
The MLB season heats up this weekend with a 2007 World Series rematch between the Red Sox and Cardinals on Saturday
If that's the kind of research Bodog puts into their lines as well, then I'm very depressed I get my ass handed to me so often by them.
Agreed abt RR's ability to adjust -- worth remembering once people start bitching about RRod if we don't score on our first possession vs Utah.
It's just odd to watch one of those games and NOT see "off tackle left."
But those dudes ran and ran and ran.
'Twas inspiring to think what Minor and Brown (plus Shaw and McGuff) can do in that offense...
One thing to not, and maybe one of the few valid pooints brought up by our friends at O Zone, is that instances in which RR threw prolifically, he did so while serving under other coaches. His personal preference is obviously to run the ball. Is that a bad thing? No. Will that- perhaps - change? One would think. He's got tools he's never had before.
BGH -
I was trying to remember who the other music nerd was on these comment boards.
Where'd you find the NMH set? Aeroplane is still one of the best albums in the last 15 years...
I have it on good authority that RichRod is also scared of balloons.
Scout says out main offensive attack next year will be handing the ball to Terrence Taylor behind a wall of 9 blockers.
RichRod had a layover in Heathrow in the early '70s. To this day he drives on the left side of the road.
In rebuttal to the O-Zone guy, the notion that the HCs for Tulane and Clemson did anything other than allow their OC to give them the most potent and productive offense possible given the tools at his disposal is kind of silly, no?
"No Rich, we don't WANT to be any better on offense, I need you to PASS more, dammit!"
I liked Aeroplane Over the Sea as well. But didn't like Avery Island.
Has anyone heard the new Wolf Parade? It's good.
New MMJ, on the otherhand, is not. Depressing.
I'd agree with the assertion that Rodriguez seemingly likes to run. Fine. But, he's not an idiot - he's not going to make Steve Threet be Pat White. And since he clearly is capable of calling a passing offense, I'm sure he will when neccesary.
The one issue that no one brings up, though, is that RR isn't the Offensive Coordinator - Calvin Macgee is. Again, though, I think the same stuff applies - he's not an idiot, and won;t have Threet running QB sweeps.
Avery Island was far different, and more influenced by his use of drugs. Gardenhead/Leave Me Alone was a gem on that album though. I also have a live disc (Live at ) that's incredibly annoying, so its great that you're finding other material to listen to that is, hopefully, less annoying.
I have Aeroplane and Avery Island burned on the same CD and hardly ever actually listen to Avery.
Totally off the football topic, but more on the Jeff Mangum topic:
About a month ago, someone at Slate wrote a piece about the hermit-ness of Mangum's life. How he recorded two albums, then vanished, and now occassionally shows up unannounced at friends concerts and plays a song, or plays at coffee-houses under pseudonyms. And they made the comment that he's desperately "trying to find a way for music to save him".
Isn't that sort of romanticized way of looking at an artist sort of stupid on our part and bad for them? Jeff Mangum is, undoubtedly, actually crazy. The guy wrote an album about being haunted by the ghost of Anne Frank. Not metaphorically haunted. Actually haunted. When someone says that, shouldn't their friends/family not write it off to being an eccentric artist, and actually worry about the persons actual health?
Sorry if already posted...
This dude thinks those jerseys weren't official:
http://wingedhelmet.com/anyboard...3732&v=2&gV=0&
p
Take it FWIW.
But what is better for the universe - Crazy Jeff or Medicated Jeff?
It's like that photshopped Calvin and Hobbes strip where they put Calvin on meds and Hobbes disappears.
That guy lost me at "Wolverine Nation". He'd have almost as good of a chance of me taking his opinion if called us "Big Blue" and kicked me in the nuts. Almoost, but not quite.
Or, in the context of yesterday, it would be like telling Rob Deer to get a hair cut, choke up, and hit more singles. Sure, it might make him "better", but the essence of his soul is taken away.
That's a big question Chitown. Do you worry about his health? Of course. My best friend came home one day to find his girlfriend in bed, dead. Without moving or changing domiciles he effectively disappeared for a year and the way I can describe it is that he grew really *quiet*. I haven't the faintest idea what he did during that time. In fact, nobody knows. What I do know is that I'd show up at his work once a week and make certain he was still functioning. As adults, that's all you can do and is also the minimum expectation before you can interfere.
Jeff Magnum clearly still functions. He can play music and feed himself and I assume is not a threat to others. So you just leave him and his shadow, Anne Frank, alone and worry for the best for him.
Plus, I like to use my musical artists for selfish benefit. I still intend to travel to England and get Richard Ashcroft hooked on heroin again. Its the only time he made good music.
Yeah Dex, I agree about which is better for the universe, but there comes a point when people aren't able to help themselves. Now if the dude is just crazy and doesn't pose a threat to himself, let him have his Hobbes. If Calvin starts doing heroin on an Amy Winehouse level and decides to sell Hobbes as a sex slave to fund his next jaunt, it's time to step in.
If I'm stepping in anywhere in that situation, it's to figure out what's up with the guy buying a stuffed tiger as a sex slave.
Went to the LLoyd Carr event in DC last night. The old man is getting on in years, but it was great to see all the energy in the room.
And they had great brownies. Mangino loves brownies.
You should put NMH into Pandora. Happiest radio station everer!!!11
It's also easy to imagine how sarcasm might be selected over time as evolutionarily crucial. Imagine two ancient humans running across the savannah with a hungry lion in pursuit. One guy says to the other, "Are we having fun yet?" and the other just looks blank and stops to figure out what in the world his pal meant by that remark. End of friendship, end of one guy's contribution to the future of the human gene pool.
....
I'm not sure what to think about that.
Anyone think we'll get massive 16 team (banner) regional today? Odds of new site showing up today?
Actually, not a regional. Fail.
Dex you just validated my life view. Thanks.
Baseball Prospectus has a term for players like Deer (or Adam Dunn, or Ryan Howard) - the Three True Outcomes Superstars.
They actually keep track of a "three true outcomes" stat - the percentage of their plate appearances than end with either a walk, a strikeout, or a homer. Something like 70% of Deer's PA's finished with one of those. The pitcher could almost send the defense back to the dugout.
So, gjp, dex, or BGH - what is the best song ON Aeroplane over the see. I'm a King of Carrot Flowers man, myself.
Ghost. It drives itself and he almost never stops singing in it. His voice is like an additionaly instrument, if you follow my meaning.
Mangino- it was all about the giant cookies. I saw women stashing extras in purses
But the whole damn album is good with maybe the exception being the opening of King of Carrot Flowers Part Two.
*I looooove you Jesus Chriiiiiist...*
Semen stains the mountaintops semen stains the mountaintops
I like Communist Daughter and Holland, 1945
Russ Branyan is another favorite of the TTO followers.
I also went to the Lloyd Carr event in DC last night. (Saw Mangino there, man can eat a lot of brownies). Carr was his dignified, athoritative self, and very comfortable at the lectern. All the reasons we love and hate him were in evidence. He talked lovingly and extemporaneously about the former players that showed up: Max Pollack, looks like a lawyer, good thing Crable didn't get injured; Adam Kraus, now with the Ravens; and a few others. He evinced a deep love for the school, the program, and talked about the importance of doing things with integrity, even when it gets hard to compete with teams that have, "three or four guys getting paid."
He also said, in reference to recruiting, but unfortunately it could have been in reference to his offenses, "Michigan does things the right way, which is to say the old way, the way things have always been done."
pianos filled with flames
Holland, 1945 was my gateway drug for what would be my adulation of that album. Still one of my favorite songs ever.
Have you heard Beirut? I read that NMH's horn section contacted him to play horns on his first album. He was 19 when that occured.
Presently watching WVU vs Cinn on ESPN U.
There's no way our offense can look like this. White is carrying the ball A LOT (25 carries in the 4th q) and I can't see us doing this:
* depth chart is unclear
* Threet does not have 4.3 speed
* RR does not want to signal "every time Feagin is in its a QB keep"
When he has thrown (19 att) its been shorter stuff -- the run sets up the pass.
malletastrophe | 06.20.08 - 7:24 am | #
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Wow- yeah the WVU team from last year is the only team Rod ever coached and it is exactly the only type of offense he has ever know or will ever know how to run, thanks for pointing out Threet isn't as fast as White also - you should email that tibit to Coach Rodriguez just in case.
dex | Homepage | 06.20.08 - 7:50 am | #
.....I LOVE THIS BOARD.
Ok, which one of you yahoos put this up?
http://detroit.craigslist.org/co.../
725465669.html
Naked man must have a Craigslist account.
fuck baseball
Naked man must have a Craigslist account.
Maize4Blue | Homepage | 06.20.08 - 12:09 pm | #
I should've known. I bet there's fondue and a disco ball involved too.
Dude, you've totally changed my life. I now realize that when I am watching baseball and I think I enjoy it, my testicles are actually shrinking into my body, I'm bored, and becoming less of a MAN by the second! Holy shit, do I owe you money or something?
Figures that ad is from Downriver.
Naked man must have a Craigslist account.
Maize4Blue | Homepage | 06.20.08 - 12:09 pm | #
I should've known. I bet there's fondue and a disco ball involved too.
Ninja Football | 06.20.08 - 12:12 pm | #
Not to mention leather chairs and silk kimonos.
Anyone else surprised we got out of camp with only one commitment? I figured there'd be a few.
Ninja you're always panicking.
^^^^^^^^Lol nice. I thought i was always hanging around being pathetic and telling stories about my patheticism.
Patheticism, btw, is a mixture of athleticism and being pathetic, thus making me a Pathetic Ninja. Seriously, I can sneak up on college chicks and be the creepy old dude before they even know I'm there. I just come out of the rafters and shit. It's amazing.
During his DC speech last night, Carr bragged about finding a diamond in the rough with Dhani Jones who was 190 pounds coming out of High School. Dhani's mom Nancy, in the front row of the audience, interrupted and offered to tell "the rest of the story." But Carr said "NO! Moving right along..."
I spoke to Nancy after the speech. She was super cool, and it's very obvious where Dhani gets his personality. She said Dhani was not recruited by Michigan, but applied and was admitted on his own. She went with him to visit Ann Arbor, and they met with Lloyd. Dhani says to Lloyd "I have always wanted to go to Michigan. I'd rather sit on the bench in a winged helmet than start anywhere else." Lloyd replies, "Sorry son, we don't have any scholarships left for linebackers, but you are welcome to try and walk on." Nancy replies, "I'm not paying 30 grand a year so Michigan can make 30 million off of my son. If he doesn't get a scholarship, he'll go to Washington, and see you in the Rose Bowl, sacking your quarterback." Nancy said three days later Lloyd came out to DC and offered Dhani. Then she said to me, "You might remember, he got a sack in the '98 Rose Bowl." I told her I was there and remember it well.
I asked what Dhani was up to and Anne said, "worrying his mom." He's in Thailand right now kickboxing for his show Dhani Tackles the World. He reports to the Bengals at the end of the month, has a bowtie company and a company that markets a "high end sake, gree tea, pomegranate beverage." And he still plays the piano. Nancy is a proud mom.
Dhani was in the Residential College, which was weird for a football player. He also wrote poetry alot. He was a weird dude.
Dhani was in the Residential College, which was weird for a football player. He also wrote poetry alot. He was a weird dude.
chitownblue 00 | 06.20.08 - 12:38 pm | #
Also haunted by Anne Frank?
I lived in EQ while Dhani lived there and we took some classes together. I knew that after he got a better grade in Bio than me and offered to "help me study for the next test" that I shouldn't be pre-med anymore.
He was a really smart guy. Both his parents went to U-M as well.
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