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Thank you for sharing this,…

Thank you for sharing this, and thank you for your service. God bless, and Go Blue. 

Mr. Brightside. And it's not…

Mr. Brightside. And it's not a close call. 

Completely agree with your…

Completely agree with your sentiment. It's never been the same without Ace, especially on the podcast. 

Seek help, man. Actually,…

Seek help, man. Actually, don’t. Continue living in the misery that apparently permeates your being. Richly deserved. 

So have I, but apparently…

So have I, but apparently you decided to make an account…checks notes…12 years into your reading the site. Cool. I wish you never had. 
 

This is neither the time nor the place to dig up beefs from years ago. Fucking clown. 

Well said, mabrsu. I miss…

Well said, mabrsu. I miss Ace on the podcast, too, and completely agree that he probably could have brought a smile to Brian's face during those 2021 podcasts. 

I mean this very, very…

I mean this sincerely, as someone who has read this site since the Haloscan days: Delete your account. You won't be missed. Ace, on the other hand, was and is missed by many of us.

Jesus, man. Read the room. 

Goddamn, Ace. It's great to…

Goddamn, Ace. It's great to hear from you. As soon as I saw this, I texted numerous friends immediately with a link to your post. I hope the coming years bring you better health than the preceding years have, and that someday, we get to see your writing again regularly somewhere. There was no one better at writing about Michigan basketball.

When Brian's voice cracked when he said your name during the emotional fourth segment of the MGoPodcast, I felt the hair on my arms stand up and perhaps my eyes got a bit misty. You're sort of like the MGoProdigal Son, and it's truly great to read your writing again. Your voice is sorely missed. I was a fan of yours here and at your subsequent endeavors, and loved your podcast with Dan and the crew. Take care of yourself-- sending healing vibes your way. Still a fan; always will be. 

Had similar experience- we…

Had similar experience- we were about to land in Chicago, and then had to fly to Indianapolis to refuel. Spent 2+ hours sitting on the tarmac in Indy before we flew back to Chicago. Made it into Chicago about 4 hours later than we were supposed to. It was my final destination, but I think some folks who had connecting flights got stranded overnight in Chicago. 

I keep re reading this and I…

I keep re reading this and I can’t stop the tears. It was all worth it. It always was, but right now, especially.

 

I wept in the fourth quarter…

I wept in the fourth quarter from section 121, and I am weeping now. This is, truly, as good as it gets. Valhalla. 

That’s a good deal. I spent …

That’s a good deal. I spent $2288 all in on Wednesday for tickets in the 25th row in lower bowl corner on Michigan side (section 121). Your seats are decidedly better. 

OP-

I had this same…

OP-

I had this same question, as a friend who is an OSU alum challenged my assertion that OSU message boards knew about it ahead of time. The closest thing I could find in print is Brian's statement here, regarding Buckeye Scoop: https://mgoblog.com/content/i-got-your-sign

In that piece, Brian states as follows:

"The first person to allude to this investigation was Ohio State insider Bill Greene of Buckeye Scoop, the site that was blackballed by OSU for paying a walk-on to give them access to internal Ohio State information. The message board rumors that started up a couple of days ago also came from OSU sources, which point's a big ol' finger at Ryan Day as the primary complainer. I do not believe the message board rumor that Ryan Day hired a private investigator to get at all this… but I kind of do."

I believe I heard Brian say on WTKA or a podcast that once the news broke nationally, those posts had been scrubbed from Buckeye Scoop, FWIW. 

No it is not. And the…

No it is not. And the reasons it can’t be in federal court are laid out in Michigan’s brief and in a post further up this thread by user JBockie (or JBockle). Yes it should be enforceable against the B1G, also, for reasons others have stated in the thread. Scroll up

 

MGoLawyer here, and DBockie…

MGoLawyer here, and DBockie is correct re why we are in state court. 

I am a Defector subscriber…

I am a Defector subscriber and concur with the OP. Defector has previously posted one or two Connor Stalions pieces in the same vein as the one linked in the OP, and I thought today's was excellent. Cracked me up and engrossed me at the same time. For those who may not be aware, Defector is composed of the former writers at Deadspin who quit en masse to form their own employee-owned site when Deadspin was taken over by a private equity firm. So far, Defector has been profitable in each of its last two years. David J. Roth's writing, alone, is work the subscription IMO. 

Can you provide a page…

Can you provide a page number? I cannot find the rule at 4-11-h. Rule 4 deals with the actual ball in play. And the index to the rules you linked doesn’t shed any further light. In fact, I can’t seem to find any 4-11-h at the link you posted. Also, my understanding was you could not use electronic means to monitor signals in the same game. That’s not what Michigan is accused of doing. 

They track their speed and…

They track their speed and movement via a GPS-like technology. Probably also track HR, breathing rate, blood pressure, etc. 

I was in London this year,…

I was in London this year, watched the PSU game at Passyunk Ave in Waterloo with the Michigan Alumni folks who I connected with via the London Alumni Association’s Facebook page. Had a good turnout. It was the official place to watch the game with the Alumni Association. Passyunk Ave is a bar (duh) located off this artistic underground tunnel (I know- sounds weird, but it was cool). They showed the game on a projector screen downstairs and another one upstairs, too. Here’s a link from google maps. 

https://maps.app.goo.gl/BJZqHgtSYMSkTRpi9?g_st=ic
 

I also went to Poland last…

I also went to Poland last year myself. And visited Auschwitz, Birkenau, and the Jewish Quarter in Krakow, plus the Katyn monument. And I wholeheartedly agree with your post. Auschwitz and Birkenau are, especially, incredibly profound. 

If given the opportunity,…

If given the opportunity, would you spread your wings and fly away?

Let’s Go Blue. Glad to have…

Let’s Go Blue. Glad to have you back, Brian. Can’t wait to read one of your UFRs again. 

Just got back from a weekend…

Just got back from a weekend in Denver. Wonderful city with a ton to do- really has blown up in the last 10 years, it seems. My sincere advice: Drink a lot of water ahead of time, and drink a ton of water while you're there. Especially if you're boozing. Bring a water bottle- lots of places to fill up. I could not believe how dehydrated I was. I live in the midwest which has a more humid climate. Denver's dryness honestly felt like southern Arizona's. That + the elevation (we went to A-Basin for a day, which is a hell of a fun time)...did a number on this flatlander! 

These are fantastic pics. 

These are fantastic pics. 

Woke up with hot piss and…

Woke up with hot piss and ice water in my veins, and I’m just a spectator. Go Blue. Beat MSU. LFG!!

Sending you nothing but good…

Sending you nothing but good vibes, Brian. Thank you for the courage it took to share this. 

Thanks for sharing. I now…

Thanks for sharing. I now find myself engrossed in this story and hoping that your wife is able to recover!

I’m in same boat. I’m done…

I’m in same boat. I’m done supporting the University in any financial capacity until Bo’s name and statute are removed and until they cease playing that “the team, the team, the team” clip. Bo Schembechler was a fraud of a man, full stop. His enabling of serial sexual assault and his likely refusal to even stop his own son from being molested render him wholly beneath contempt. I have no respect for this man or his legacy, and, personally, I wish he’d never set foot on our campus. His enabling and covering up of sexual abuse (yes, covering up; when you repeatedly bat away complaints of sexual assault for someone for decades, you’re covering up their sexual assaults for them) render him morally repugnant.

I’m also astounded by some of the reactions in this thread. Absolutely reeks of Penn State/Paterno mealy-mouthed bullshit. Absolutely disgusting. Get some sense of perspective. Take off the maize-and-blue tinted glasses. We are supposed to be the Leaders and Best. Let’s act like it. 

You should have waited until…

You should have waited until you had a chance to actually read the document before commenting.

Dude, wait...WHAT? Holy…

Dude, wait...WHAT? Holy fucking shit. He had the most elaborate back story, involving raising young Black men out west, no? This blows my mind. 

No, actually, a bunch of you…

No, actually, a bunch of you are petty small business tyrants, too. The kind of selfish assholes that own a Sea Doo dealership they inherited from their father and think they are "self made." The kind of people who have "boat parades--where 5 boats sink--that serve as a metaphor for their entire "me first, fuck everyone else" ideology.  

[EDIT: this is in response to The Mayor's comment above where he says "I guess us conservatives are just dumb, working class people that can barely read and write"]

This (above). Listen to el…

This (above). Listen to el segundo. 

10% infection rate already?…

10+% infection rate already? Really? 32.5+ million cases already? (325m US population x .10 = 32.5m cases). While I believe that the reported number of 5.1 million cases is an undercount, you should probably note that you’re speculating when you throw out that 10% number, without citing to any testing data or modeling by an epidemiologist . 

In reality,1.56% of the population has tested positive for CoVid-19. (See below). While I suspect this represents an undercount due to testing issues (and lack of access to healthcare), it’s incorrect to say that 10% of the population has CoVid as a statement of fact. If you want to say that epidemiologists estimate the infection rate is 6-10x higher than testing shows, that’s fine, but be clear about the fact that it’s an estimate. Someone reading your comment would rightly infer that there have been over 32.5 million Americans who’ve tested positive for CoVid, which is simply false. I’m not an anti-masker or CoVid Denise—by any stretch— but we need to be honest when discussing these issues. 

CDC data on the hard numbers I’ve cited: https://www.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/

No one would disagree with…

No one would disagree with you. And there is still lots of structure, even if they aren’t playing games this fall.

https://twitter.com/bypatforde/status/1293272838833659904?s=10

Link to analysis that…

Link to analysis that supports Hatter here, pulled from CDC data and fed into an Excel spreadsheet (with links to CDC sources): https://www.reddit.com/r/FloridaCoronavirus/comments/gr2yj5/florida_pneumonia_deaths_vs_average/

I’d say it about Robert…

I’d say it about Robert Redfield, an underqualified political appointee who is head of the CDC, and yes, I’d certainly say it to his face. He’s head of the agency that screwed up the testing kits, and is a Trump appointee. I’d also ask him why the CDC has/had periodically stopped reporting data on its website about daily testing, especially when that data has reflected poorly on the lack of testing being done in the US (back in March, specifically).
 

I’d also say some things to Deborah Birx, who seems to think her job is to serve as a cheerleader. In television appearances, she’s tried to justify Trump’s comments about injecting disinfectant into the human body. 
 

Why would anyone be afraid to tell a public servant they’re not doing their job well enough? They literally work for us, the taxpayers. 

Nope, NY also saw a massive…

Nope, NY also saw a massive spike in overall deaths— not just CoVid deaths— suggesting an undercount of CoVid cases. They had more deaths In a single month than any month ever on record, including after 9/11. And they’ve had 6x the number of normal deaths, far more than the CoVid count, as of a month ago.

 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/27/upshot/coronavirus-deaths-new-york-city.html

I'd say keep it like past…

I'd say keep it like past years-- even if there are no fans in stadiums, if games are played and televised without fans (which seems like a plausible scenario), it would be nice to have whatever analysis you can provide heading into the season. 

I think you’re making a…

I think you’re making a flawed assumption when you say we “know” the death rate. Why do you think the death count isn’t underreported? Why would they test corpses when we don’t even have enough testing for the symptomatic? I think if anything, the death number is likely underreported due to the widespread lack of testing capacity.  The lack of testing applies to deaths, too— there are many cases where the person dies and they were likely CoVid positive but were never tested. 

This list is wrong. Only OSU…

This list is wrong. Only OSU beat Michigan during the 2006 regular season. So, PSU did not beat Michigan 17-10 in 2006. It was the other way around. Michigan won in Happy Valley, 17-10, on October 14, 2006. 

I’m a regular listener and I…

I’m a regular listener and I strongly, strongly disagree with the OP. I actually think the show is significantly better with Ace on it. I think his insights are more well-informed as a general rule, and his banter with Brian is better. 

Also, I must be in the minority, but I think Seth is often just wrong about the analysis, and I find myself agreeing with Brian when he corrects Seth. And, Seth seems to see things almost too much through the lens of someone who is surrounded by MSU folks in his day-to-day— he seems overly focused on MSU year round. 

Yes. The man was an All…

Yes. The man was an All American here. He mattered. He matters. He’s a Wolverine. I, for one, am rooting for him to mature and take care of what I believe are some personal demons related to substance issues.

The failure to notify him of…

The failure to notify him of the hearing is a major violation of the Constitutional right to due process, and not dependent on the changed standard enacted by the “Dear Colleague” letter (preponderance). Regardless of the standard of evidence used, the school had a duty to make efforts to inform him. Whether or not they complied with that duty, I cannot say; the amount of the settlement suggests they were fearful they would lose on that issue. 

Yeah, I don't know what he's…

Yeah, I don't know what he's talking about. No Chicago mayor has gone to jail or prison since at least WWII, if ever.

Illinois governors, though? Hoo boy. There are, what, three of them locked up right now?

Data?

I could flame the hell out of you, but, let's just leave it at the fact that you have no data other than your opinion. Period. And it's difficult not to be offended by your opinion. 

As an out-of-stater for both undergrad and law school, I would posit that kids from out of state may just as likely have MORE of a connection to the school, because it was a hell of a lot harder for them to get in (at least in the late 90's-- out of state standards were uniformly more difficult and had a lower acceptance rate-- I know this because I asked this specific question during my group visit to the school in the summer of 1998, and after hemming and hawing, they admitted that they have higher standards for out of state students, at least back then; this was right after they'd shown us the James Earl Jones video they used to show prospective students back then).... and wasn't the default, "hey, this is my best state school" choice for people like me, who had to rely on parents and grandparents and my own money to afford to attend undergrad, and who had to finance law school completely with loans because my family had no more money left after they'd helped put me through undergrad.

Also, your "geography" argument is also blown up by anyone who's from, say, Toledo or Northeast Indiana vs., say, Holland, MI. 

As long as you're willing to admit your opinion is pure conjecture based on some nebulous concept of "I'm from the state of Michigan, therefore I love U of M more than anyone else," then we're fine. But don't act like your opinion is based on any sort of rational data set. Thanks.

Cosign Ozark

I cosign the Ozark recommendation. I watched it all in a weekend. Loved it. Also really, really loved "Narcos," and felt that the show improved in seasons 2 and 3. 

LET'S GOOOO

Leaving tomorrow to fly to Dallas and drive down. Staying till Tuesday no matter what. Because we are going to win the National Championship Monday night. Let's Go Blue!!!

Jeez

Even more allegations here. Wow. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/27/us/william-strampel-michigan-state.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

Agreed

Agreed. I do coverage work for a living (not involved in this case, though). There's almost no way that an intentional acts exclusion isn't present in the policies, given when they were issued. Also, intentional criminal conduct is uninsurable for public policy reasons (in most states) and because it violates the doctrine of fortuity. So, I highly, highly doubt there is any coverage for Nasser himself.

As for MSU itself: There would likely be a duty to defend negligence allegations against the institution and any of its then-employees.The fight will be over everything else--are punitive damages covered? what about reckless disregard/willful and wanton? Is there a distinction between that and "intentional acts" as defined by the policy? And then you get into the areas where I think the biggest fight will be, a point you rightly raise: horizontal vs. vertical exhaustion of policies; which policies are triggered; which allocation method is employed among the policies. Those three issues will take time to sort out and a lot of money will be implicated. I'd look for the courts to bend over backward to reach as much insurance money as possible, including making new law in the State of Michigan to do it at the Michigan Supreme Court level if need be. 

Needs moar

Man, I am here for this post, especially in light of 8 years of restraint. Comment more?