Definitely make every issue about the 1 or 2 college athletes per year coming out as transgender during their college careers. Do not address the tens of thousands who stay with the gender they were born with. Because a transgender person winning a championship definitely leads to moral decay, the downfall of society, and probably The Rapture. It's that serious. Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed, and all of the other big guys tell us so. Unless they don't exist. If they do, they don't address it in their holy books. At all. But YOU addressing it punches your ticket to heaven. So congratulations.
So does that mean puking is a necessary board bodily function? Or a bodily board function? "Bodily Board" sounds like a character from Bridgerton if you say it in British accent with insane cheerfulness.
You are probably high right now, play Ultimate Frisbee, and had a hair transplant in your 50's just so you could keep your ponytail. "That's stereotyping, kids, and stereotyping is WRONG!" :)
Can't bet against Satan/Saban. Traditional deals with the devil are 7 years, but Nick seems to have pushed that out a few years. Unless he and the lord of the underworld are one and the same...they are only one letter apart, after all. In that case, could go on for centuries because immortality.
Drinking 1792 small barrel, eating pizza. But not by myself on a golf cart when the pizza is cold.
Hope Jim doesn't leave. We overlapped almost exactly at UM, so I know him-actually not at all. As a counselor, though, he's fascinating to analyze from afar.
LSA, well said. This is always a thoughtful place, though of course we are all guilty of ridiculous hot takes and emotional postings at times. I would not want my legacy to contain any post I've made on a game thread, for example. Not even sure some of them were written in any discernible world language, TBH. I saw that an LSA grad from '83 replied-let's see how many years we can get on this thread. LSA '86.
I've been boycotting People's sexiest man of the year contest since it started. Never come close to winning and never will, so might as well tell the world I'm boycotting. I have an older sister, so I AM a little brother.
LSA, one correction on your data, though it's not your fault. There were many more "Shits" given than you tallied, but OSU fans couldn't resist packing them into coolers and taking them home to Columbus. This, of course, made them unavailable for counting.
No changes needed, very excited about this team! I have friends-many friends, very important friends-in the program. They shared the offensive gameplan with me for the remainder of the season, and I've been studying it for hours. I can't hope to understand the sheer genius, so I'm sharing it with you guys to see if you can interpret for me. Any help is appreciated.
I have a cat, and he's the best one I've ever had. Great purr (High Motor), always happy to have attention, but doesn't need it all the time (Team Guy). Sleeps a lot, eats well, keeps his fur clean. (Works hard off the field, "Gym Rat.") I love dogs too, but nothing wrong with cats. Not a big Mongolian Grill fan, though.
Class of '86 here, rabid M fan, now a high school counselor. So, so, so difficult to defend anything UM admissions does. We took a tour 5 years ago when my stepdaughter was looking at UM, she ended up as a direct admit to Ross and graduated this spring. Great experience for her, prospects are bright. She hated the UM COVID response and thought it was too restrictive, but that's a discussion for another day.
The tour itself was meh. Highlight was the admissions rep saying "Maize is yellow-with just a tinge of arrogance mixed in." I thought it was funny, but not sure anyone without a UM history got the joke.
With the kids from our high school that apply to UM, the best advice from our department is spend time on your essays, follow directions, and then hope they let you in. No guidance from UM admissions as to what they are looking for. In fact, they run workshops for high school counselors and seem to delight in giving as little information as possible.
"It's a holistic process" is something we hear a lot from them. That's code for "We do whatever the hell we want and don't have to explain ourselves to you." I guess that model works for them given the number of applications and acceptance rate, but it's a very different environment than it was even ten years ago. They don't have to try harder because they are The University of Michigan, but wouldn't it be nice if they did?
My favorite part about this event is the thousands of wannabees that wear jerseys, buy thousand dollar bikes, and impede traffic all over the roads where I drive. Somehow the majesty of the event doesn't make up for getting stuck behind 10 bikers on Dexter-Ann Arbor road for a mile going 25. By all means neg away, just get off the road first.
I have not been on the blog much over the past few months. No more basketball and absolute despair over the upcoming football season tends to do that to me. I am apparently the last one to know that XM is white, and I do find it disingenuous at best that he didn't ever state this-or at least, not overtly enough that I ever caught it at some point over the past however many years. Sounds like his COVID misinformation was egregious, and that he didn't handle the ban in a mature manner. Having said all that, it sounds like Ace-AGAIN-overreacted to a poster, made it personal, and took it outside the bounds of the blog into real life. I enjoy his writing, usually, and am glad he appears to be winning his battle with his health, but I have to believe that in real life he is a miserable person to be around. So sensitive, so prickly, so willing to use the nuclear option at the slightest provocation. Given the choice of one or the other on the blog, I'd take XM. Coffee, with a little cream. Because it's 10 a.m.
"What if" with me for a second. What if there had been a Big Ten Championship football game back in 2003, and it started at 8 p.m.? What if a 14 year old kid had only been allowed to watch the first half because it was on a school night? That kid would now be 32 and would never have seen Michigan football win a Big Ten Championship since she missed out that night in 2003.
Let the kid stay up. Call her into first hour if you need to. Some experiences are more important than perfect school attendance. And I work in a school!
*Save the "But that will never happen with basketball" takes. Would have been unthinkable with where football was in 2003, as well.
I always said part of Urban's success at OSU was spending that time as an assistant under Woody Hayes, just like Harbaugh gives credit to the lifelong lessons he learned from Fielding Yost.
Educator here, have worked for many years in middle and high school. Sorry this happened to your daughter. I would set up an appointment with a good counselor/therapist so she can process this. Your family doctor, religious leader, or school counselor are good resources for recommendations.
1. Check your spam and voicemail on all phones to make sure the school didn't contact you.
2. Ask your daughter if she feels safe going to school tomorrow. If not, keep her home until you meet with the principals.
3. Call the principal first thing in the morning. Discuss the status of their investigation. Based on that conversation, decide next steps. Face to face meeting? Safety plan for your daughter? Police involvement? I would look on that as a last step, but of course you have every right to go there first if you choose. I would agree with a few others that police involvement and all that comes with it could add to the trauma for your daughter, but it could also be exactly the right move.
4. I don't know you or your daughter, so no disrespect is meant to either of you here-and no, this does not imply blaming the victim. It's about getting all the information about the situation. Gently ask her-or have the counselor/therapist ask her-what the history is with the boy. Does she know him? Have they had issues before? Has he dated her friends, or possibly her? (Middle school relationships can last a day or a week, and when they end sometimes the kids don't have the experience to handle it well.) What does she know about him? His friends? Context can help explain the actions, though not excuse them.
5. Be persistent. Tell the principal exactly what you want to see happen, and include the superintendent in your conversation. If at any point you feel like they are holding back or dragging their feet, you can always go nuclear-police, DA, school board, local media, etc.
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That is my fault. Wanted to get the content across and didn't have the skills to link.
Thanks for posting, I find these intriguing! Is there a special pornographic deck with an Urban Meyer card? :)
Speaking of regrettable fashion trends from the 90's...RIP, Luke.
Roided up on 'roids? Is that like a double negative, so you are saying he is definitely NOT on roids?
Definitely make every issue about the 1 or 2 college athletes per year coming out as transgender during their college careers. Do not address the tens of thousands who stay with the gender they were born with. Because a transgender person winning a championship definitely leads to moral decay, the downfall of society, and probably The Rapture. It's that serious. Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed, and all of the other big guys tell us so. Unless they don't exist. If they do, they don't address it in their holy books. At all. But YOU addressing it punches your ticket to heaven. So congratulations.
When I heard who our new President was...I felt like Christmas came early! (Obligatory "I'll show myself out.)
So does that mean puking is a necessary board bodily function? Or a bodily board function? "Bodily Board" sounds like a character from Bridgerton if you say it in British accent with insane cheerfulness.
That horse they are looking for left the barn a loooooonnnnnggggg time ago...
You are probably high right now, play Ultimate Frisbee, and had a hair transplant in your 50's just so you could keep your ponytail. "That's stereotyping, kids, and stereotyping is WRONG!" :)
LSA 1986
Can't bet against Satan/Saban. Traditional deals with the devil are 7 years, but Nick seems to have pushed that out a few years. Unless he and the lord of the underworld are one and the same...they are only one letter apart, after all. In that case, could go on for centuries because immortality.
Drinking 1792 small barrel, eating pizza. But not by myself on a golf cart when the pizza is cold.
Hope Jim doesn't leave. We overlapped almost exactly at UM, so I know him-actually not at all. As a counselor, though, he's fascinating to analyze from afar.
"I only came here to do two things-kick some ass, and drink some beer. Looks like we're almost out of beer."
To Paradise? I'll pack my bags, we leave tonight.
I hear Dax has numerous girlfriends in the Niagara Falls area.
Not a big deal if NFL coaches don't fly. They can always drive home the next day. After a pit stop in (Cayman) Nebraska. #Urban'd
LSA, well said. This is always a thoughtful place, though of course we are all guilty of ridiculous hot takes and emotional postings at times. I would not want my legacy to contain any post I've made on a game thread, for example. Not even sure some of them were written in any discernible world language, TBH. I saw that an LSA grad from '83 replied-let's see how many years we can get on this thread. LSA '86.
I've been boycotting People's sexiest man of the year contest since it started. Never come close to winning and never will, so might as well tell the world I'm boycotting. I have an older sister, so I AM a little brother.
Username (unfortunately) checks out.
Yep, no worst this week. All is right with the world and Michigan Football!
Not a former player, and more aimed at MSU than Ohio State...but apparently the troll game is strong for the AAFD.
LSA, one correction on your data, though it's not your fault. There were many more "Shits" given than you tallied, but OSU fans couldn't resist packing them into coolers and taking them home to Columbus. This, of course, made them unavailable for counting.
Only posted this as a new thread because I couldn't post anywhere else due to the website crashing. Keep Harbaugh, fire Huel!
I know what I'm having for dinner tonight.
I know what I'm having for dinner tonight.
My thoughts are that Ohio State is a far better team than Purdue, and will probably win. Am I doing this right?
Anything out of the ordinary absolutely baffles our defense. Tempo, misdirection, fakes-it makes our guys forget how to play football.
Beyond putrid offense. Got bailed out on a call, Corum had a great individual effort. No scheming to put guys in good positions.
You didn't go to Qdoba afterwards by any chance?
Jesus. It's like Cade is throwing at their shadows 6 feet behind them. Special arm punt there, also.
Two words: J J
Our QB throws is inaccurate, playcalling has no imagination-AGAIN-and Offensive line getting smoked. Other than that, offense looks great.
Was…
Yes, we have them.
Was that your question?
Someone put some jalepenos in your morning Bloody, LSA? A little spicy today!
No changes needed, very excited about this team! I have friends-many friends, very important friends-in the program. They shared the offensive gameplan with me for the remainder of the season, and I've been studying it for hours. I can't hope to understand the sheer genius, so I'm sharing it with you guys to see if you can interpret for me. Any help is appreciated.
Entirely too much
This doesn't look like Keith Jackson...
We tried it on and off for a good part of the Hoke era. It was...not pleasing.
I have a cat, and he's the best one I've ever had. Great purr (High Motor), always happy to have attention, but doesn't need it all the time (Team Guy). Sleeps a lot, eats well, keeps his fur clean. (Works hard off the field, "Gym Rat.") I love dogs too, but nothing wrong with cats. Not a big Mongolian Grill fan, though.
Great. That sport where MOON games are celebrated as classics is back. Be still my heart.
I was talking to Keith Jackson yesterday. He's a huge Rutger Hauer fan.
Class of '86 here, rabid M fan, now a high school counselor. So, so, so difficult to defend anything UM admissions does. We took a tour 5 years ago when my stepdaughter was looking at UM, she ended up as a direct admit to Ross and graduated this spring. Great experience for her, prospects are bright. She hated the UM COVID response and thought it was too restrictive, but that's a discussion for another day.
The tour itself was meh. Highlight was the admissions rep saying "Maize is yellow-with just a tinge of arrogance mixed in." I thought it was funny, but not sure anyone without a UM history got the joke.
With the kids from our high school that apply to UM, the best advice from our department is spend time on your essays, follow directions, and then hope they let you in. No guidance from UM admissions as to what they are looking for. In fact, they run workshops for high school counselors and seem to delight in giving as little information as possible.
"It's a holistic process" is something we hear a lot from them. That's code for "We do whatever the hell we want and don't have to explain ourselves to you." I guess that model works for them given the number of applications and acceptance rate, but it's a very different environment than it was even ten years ago. They don't have to try harder because they are The University of Michigan, but wouldn't it be nice if they did?
My favorite part about this event is the thousands of wannabees that wear jerseys, buy thousand dollar bikes, and impede traffic all over the roads where I drive. Somehow the majesty of the event doesn't make up for getting stuck behind 10 bikers on Dexter-Ann Arbor road for a mile going 25. By all means neg away, just get off the road first.
Underrated comment, KBLOW!
I have not been on the blog much over the past few months. No more basketball and absolute despair over the upcoming football season tends to do that to me. I am apparently the last one to know that XM is white, and I do find it disingenuous at best that he didn't ever state this-or at least, not overtly enough that I ever caught it at some point over the past however many years. Sounds like his COVID misinformation was egregious, and that he didn't handle the ban in a mature manner. Having said all that, it sounds like Ace-AGAIN-overreacted to a poster, made it personal, and took it outside the bounds of the blog into real life. I enjoy his writing, usually, and am glad he appears to be winning his battle with his health, but I have to believe that in real life he is a miserable person to be around. So sensitive, so prickly, so willing to use the nuclear option at the slightest provocation. Given the choice of one or the other on the blog, I'd take XM. Coffee, with a little cream. Because it's 10 a.m.
Might as well jump, go ahead and jump.
"What if" with me for a second. What if there had been a Big Ten Championship football game back in 2003, and it started at 8 p.m.? What if a 14 year old kid had only been allowed to watch the first half because it was on a school night? That kid would now be 32 and would never have seen Michigan football win a Big Ten Championship since she missed out that night in 2003.
Let the kid stay up. Call her into first hour if you need to. Some experiences are more important than perfect school attendance. And I work in a school!
*Save the "But that will never happen with basketball" takes. Would have been unthinkable with where football was in 2003, as well.
Dark, but kids have to learn how the world works at some point. Would recommend.
I always said part of Urban's success at OSU was spending that time as an assistant under Woody Hayes, just like Harbaugh gives credit to the lifelong lessons he learned from Fielding Yost.
Educator here, have worked for many years in middle and high school. Sorry this happened to your daughter. I would set up an appointment with a good counselor/therapist so she can process this. Your family doctor, religious leader, or school counselor are good resources for recommendations.
1. Check your spam and voicemail on all phones to make sure the school didn't contact you.
2. Ask your daughter if she feels safe going to school tomorrow. If not, keep her home until you meet with the principals.
3. Call the principal first thing in the morning. Discuss the status of their investigation. Based on that conversation, decide next steps. Face to face meeting? Safety plan for your daughter? Police involvement? I would look on that as a last step, but of course you have every right to go there first if you choose. I would agree with a few others that police involvement and all that comes with it could add to the trauma for your daughter, but it could also be exactly the right move.
4. I don't know you or your daughter, so no disrespect is meant to either of you here-and no, this does not imply blaming the victim. It's about getting all the information about the situation. Gently ask her-or have the counselor/therapist ask her-what the history is with the boy. Does she know him? Have they had issues before? Has he dated her friends, or possibly her? (Middle school relationships can last a day or a week, and when they end sometimes the kids don't have the experience to handle it well.) What does she know about him? His friends? Context can help explain the actions, though not excuse them.
5. Be persistent. Tell the principal exactly what you want to see happen, and include the superintendent in your conversation. If at any point you feel like they are holding back or dragging their feet, you can always go nuclear-police, DA, school board, local media, etc.
Best of luck.