Today's random questions, XM style

Clean Block - 'ship >> everything

2019 (waving dot gif)

Free throw - I understand percentages

Hockey 'cruting

Izzo - Dantonio at least got some consequences

i am the king of stupid questions!  do not try and dethrone me.  you have failed, in that your questions are actually good.  hah!  i am still the king (of stupid questions).  will supply answers later.  

1)  THE_GAME was referee homecooked

2)  2019

3)  That 3...

4)  Technicalities of paint drying could be interesting

5)  All the above

1. JT was short. Michigan wins, ends the streak(s), wins the Big Ten, wins the National Championship and almost certainly prevents the current pandemic as well. 

2. 2007. Was at the game, so enjoyable when that place died after the Manningham catch.

3. So now I have COVID-19

4. There's a site that covers hockey recruiting???

5.  Dantonio. 

1. JT was short. 
2. 2007 
3. Uncontested three. Z became an okay 3 point shooter
4. I do not care about hockey recruiting so paint drying
5. Dan7onio

1) JT was short.

2) 2007

3) Open 3. Why not.

4) Paint drying. I've actually done it.

5) Dantonio. This isn't even close. Izzo is annoying, but D was at a whole other level.

1) JT WAS SHORT, i saw it with my own eyes

2) 2019

3) 3 point

4) love hockey, give me the blog post.

5) Izzo, His program is still very strong, Dantonio was never going to make it back to where he was. 

1) JT was short

2) 2019

3) Free  Throw line, more critical down the stretch of a game for someone with the ball in their hands so often

4) Hockey recruiting

5) Dantonio. But Izzo's sideline whining irks me to no end

Umm, #3 is just a fucking evil question.

1. JT was short

2. 2007

3. Free throw

4. Hockey

5. Dantonio - having stood next to Izzo and confirmed the angry midget thing firsthand (he really does wear high-heeled footwear when he’s out and about) I find it hard to take him very seriously

1) JT Was Short -- the block wouldn't have 100% guaranteed the win, while JT being short would have.  And, OSU win in the Horseshoe may be more important than a B-Ball natty

2) 2019 -- just a beautiful beatdown

3) Uncontested 3

4) Hockey recruiting

5) Izzo -- Dantonio is the more miserable douche, but Izzo has all the villain qualities by being an animated midgee

1.  The block.  A national title >>> beating OSU. 

2.  Neither.  For me it’s 2016.  MSU has been kicking our ass the previous 7 of 8 years and their fans were so sure they were gonna win at home.

3.  We’re all gonna die of COVID

4.  Hockey recruiting.  Hockey is the greatest sport in the universe.  Physicality of football, hand eye coordination of baseball, and athleticism of basketball.  All on ice.

5. Tied.  Honesty, the entire University and local police/district attorneys allowed them complete freedom.  I mean, if you knew you could do damn near anything you wanted, short of killing someone, with zero legal repercussions, and if those shitty actions led to more pay, bonuses and support from your employer?  Who knows how far you’d stretch your morals.  I know I’d struggle with them in that scenario.

1. JT was short - changed the entire trajectory of the football program.

2. 2019

3. I'm definitely going to get it and suffer greatly I'm sure.

4. Paint drying....not really that close.

5. Dantonio

I wish we'd won the title game, but the block doesn't necessarily mean we won. JT was short means that game is over. I'll take that one.

I'm surprised you aren't a fan of hockey 'crootin XM. Aren't you a hockey alum?

1) Bock was clean, that was a Championship.

2) 2019, I work with so many more Sparties now.

3) Free Throw.

4) Body paint on Kate Upton or other model, the paint. Otherwise hockey.

5) Dantonio

1) You can reverse one call: The Block Was Clean or JT Was Short? JT was short. I still remember Meyer running up and down the sideline exhorting the OSU crowd. I was furious.

2) More schadenfreudelicious: MSU football game 2007 or MSU football game 2019? 2019 game. We were there and it was one my alltime favorite Big House games.

3) One shot to make you coronavirus immune: Zavier Simpson at the free throw line or Simpson with an uncontested 3? That’s a tough one. I guess a free throw. Uuuggghhh... still love the guy though!

4) Would you rather: Watch paint dry or read a blog post about hockey recruiting? Paint dry. I’ve never gotten into the hockey thing.

5) Bigger villain: Izzo or Dantonio? Definitely Dantonio although I don’t know a bigger whiner than Izzo.

Block happened with 5 minutes to play. Too much time to say for sure how that game ends. I'll take JT was Short. 

2019 MSU football already knew they were terrible so I felt more apathy than anything so I'll take 2007.

Free Throw. 

Hockey

They both suck.

1)  Emotionally, JT was short was more enraging to me, so I'll got with that one.

2)  2007 all the way

3)  Free throw line with fingers and toes crossed

4)  Because I could no longer claim "ain't got the time", I was forced into painting the laundry room last week.  I actually had to watch paint dry to make sure coverage was good and one coat was going to do the trick.  Damn corona virus.  So, we're going with "paint drying" for $100, Alex.

5)  Dantonio

1) JT was short. Easy, that could have easily changed the rivalry and the course of the program. 

2) 2007 was probably a better game, but I'll say 2019 because it signifies the end of their brief stint as relevant in the college football world.

3) Free throw line. His percentages are higher there.

4) Hockey recruiting. Those posts are interesting if a bit rambling. It's hard to write about hockey recruiting since it's so fluid and convoluted. I mean Michigan seems to be in great shape but I have no clue how they compare to other teams.

5) Man thats tough. Izzo gets worshiped by the media for some reason that no one can figure out. But Dantonio is a smug asshole. I guess I'll go Dantonio because he seems to actively promote a criminal culture that leads to the average student getting hurt. I mean the pregame walk incident encapsulates how he wants them to be on field. Then that spills over into the university community with the laptop stealing, the jumping hockey players, the sexual assaults and so on. You can make an argument Izzo has had similar issues, but I think its more turning a blind eye than seeking out troubled recruits and then playing up those tendencies, which is what Dantonio does.

1. JT was short. Because that would stop all the moaning about it on this board. 
 

2. 2019. Because my memory span is short. But 2018, with Devin will stand out over the years. If that were a choice. 

3. Too late. Already have it. free throw to relieve the suffering. 
 

4. I’d argue that the intricacies of hockey recruiting are more complex than the chemical processes occurring in paint drying and I’m a simple minded man, so I’ll go with the paint. 
 

5. Izzo. Because he’s better at hiding it. Dantonio was at best a street smart capo.  

1) JT. Football is more important than basketball, and a W in Columbus changes the entire outlook of the Harbaugh tenure. 

2) 2007 - road game, come from behind, shut up the lifelong MSU/App State fans, and spawned the greatest and most accurate fanbase nickname ever.

3) Going to play the percentages and say free throw

4) GTFOH with hockey recruiting shade. At least hockey recruiting is informative and newsworthy, with players choosing leagues and drafts and such. 80% of basketball and football recruiting is "player X put this sick photoshop on his Twitter"

5) Dantonio. Izzo might be a phoney but I think he's just a creature of the system. He's not much worse than the other basketball coaches of his generation, and he does have tons of success to back it up. Dantonio, on the other hand, is genuinely awful. He makes guys like Saban and Meyer look like nice, affable dudes. He was an actual dick talking about Mike Hart in 07, and supporting the on-field assaults in 13-14, and claiming he didn't know what was going on before the 2018 game. And all of that is before considering off-field sexual misconduct by his players. Even by MSU coach standards, he's uniquely toxic.

1. JT was short. The block does not, in any way, guarantee a win; brings the probability up to 50%, perhaps.

More interesting to me would be, would I prefer a win in one of the two basketball national title games, or a win in one of the two M-OSU games that could vault Michigan into the playoff? That's a hard question, but given what it means for the trajectory of the program and the desperate need I have to see Michigan beat Ohio, I probably take the OSU win.

2. 2007 but it's like picking between your children.

3. Z was a 60% FT shooter this year. Not great, but not bad. Easy choice.

4. Hockey recruiting! All the way. In fact, in my heaviest hockey days, I knew a lot of the best prospects everywhere, and could (and did) watch some of them play at the Cube on the NTDP. The 2010 and 2014 Olympic teams were fun in part because I had been following some of those guys since they were teenagers. 

5. If #2 is choosing between your children, this is choosing between forms of cancer. But I guess Dantonio is the bigger villain right now, subject to change if we find that Izzo has concealed more crimes than we're aware of. 

1. JT was short - without a doubt. I think if this call was reversed then the entire trajectory of the football program would be on the elite level. 

2. 2019 - 2007 was great but Dantonio hadn't shown his ass like he had by 2019. It was extremely satisfying to plaster them after hearing all summer from MSU fans that they would be great. 

3. Free throw line, but not very confident in either. 

4. Watch paint dry

5. Dantonio - I wouldn't be nearly as satisfied if Izzo's program crashed and burned, so it has to be Dantonio

1. JT was short all day. The foul call was egregious but even without those two FTs, M was still outscored 13-12 from the point the call was made. I actually recently re-watched that game and in my head I always thought that call was made much closer to the end of the game. I was surprised that there was still 5+ minutes left in the game. 

2. 2007

3. FT Line 

4. ummm paint dry? 

5. Izzo

1. JT was short, because Fuck them, that’s why

2. 2019 because fuck them

3. Uncontested 3... ?

4. Hockey recruiting, dumb question

5. f both guys

1) You can reverse one call: The Block Was Clean or JT Was Short? JT was short...still burns me

2) More schadenfreudelicious: MSU football game 2007 or MSU football game 2019? Both...MSU football is schadenfreude

3) One shot to make you coronavirus immune: Zavier Simpson at the free throw line or Simpson with an uncontested 3? Not worried about corona virus immunity.  

4) Would you rather: Watch paint dry or read a blog post about hockey recruiting? Watch paint dry...hockey...zzzzz never had interest unless I was being paid in the press box.

5) Bigger villain: Izzo or Dantonio? Izzo...he's a filthy fuck. Parades around like he cares about anything but winning any way he can. Dantonio is close level douchery but I think he generally tries 

I usually don't have time to participate in this kind of thing, but here it is.

1.  The block was clean.  I choose that because I know the block was clean.  Not sure about JT.

2.  MSU 2019.  2007, although a win, was a harbinger of years of distress.  2019 is a harbinger of distress for MSU.  Much better.

3.  Simpson with a 3.  Statistically this is wrong.

5.  4 is missing so I will move on to 5.  Dantonio.  But either is a good choice.

1. JT was short.  I don't know if we beat Alabama or Clemson, but the whole narrative around the program changes with that win.

2. 2007.  

3. FT line.

4. Hockey Recruiting

5. Izzo. We gifted him the Brian Ellerbe years.  If that's not enough, his teams always seemed to find themselves either in the easiest brackets or beneficiaries of upsets clearing a path to the Final Four.

1. JT WAS SHORT.  I love BB, and love the thought of a National Championship, but I hate the Buckeyes with the fire of 10,000 suns.

2.  2019

3. Lord have mercy.  Can I shoot it myself?

4. Hockey recruiting

5. Izzo because he's still active.  "Never will you find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy."     - Obi Wan, commenting on East Lansing.