Sorry, all, but the MSU post should be read as satire on the strategizing of one wing of American politics. It reads like memos that sometimes leak to the Times or the Post.
As to whether "Oklahoma is fine academically," it's not in the AAU. The Times education report ranks Michigan 24th in the world, while Oklahoma sits somewhere vaguely in the 401 to 500 range.
On my iPad none of the options on the top line with the sandwich menu works. Also contributing by credit card button doesn’t bring up usual menu asking for card number and such.
As for humidity, for years I slow-pitched in Portland OR. Both the curveball and the screwball broke more in cool humid weather. Pitching shortly after a rain was best. What I hated was pitching in hot dry conditions at 3000’ east of the Cascade range.
As for humidity, for years I slow-pitched in Portland OR. Both the curveball and the screwball broke more in cool humid weather. Pitching shortly after a rain was best. What I hated was pitching in hot dry conditions at 3000’ east of the Cascade range.
Pay the man? He already has oodles. But I agree in principle. Offer to found and fund the UM-JH Summer Physics Internship Program in Detroit. Or create the Fab Five UM Grade School Chess Academy in Los Angeles. Find out what the man wants.
For a long time I thought the expression "witch of November" was just Lightfoot's imagination, but Wikipedia says it's a name for a fierce Lakes storm in autumn caused by the meeting of an Arctic air mass with warm air from the Gulf (of Mexico).
Helmets don't all need to be the same. I can't do the physics, but maybe if all offensive players wore one kind of helmet (soft within hard within soft, for example) and all defensive players something different (soft within hard, as at present, for example), there would be less torque applied to heads. Maybe offense and defense could switch by quarter.
The Times probably credits English schools highly, but it should be neutral among US universities. It only ranked down through (in its opinion) the best 400. B1G has eight ranked higher than the isloated best in the SEC; B1G's worst is better than 10 SEC teams.
On the final play Cal brought the ball to second base in an attempt to tag the sliding batter-baserunner. That might have been right with two outs, as the tag for the third out might have preceded the runner from first base's crossing the plate, preventing the run. With only one out Cal would benefit only if the runner from first base held up at third. Do we have a reputation for conservative base running?
Dennis, If you read this, know that we're all hoping you solve your academic problems and continue to the degree. We'd also like to see you on the team.
All I know about Durkin is that, according to the lead article above, Durkin was the three bad years described in Alum94's diary on Stanford Offense dated about Dec. 18. Alum wrote:
I won't delve into the defense because frankly Jim needs a very good DC - he struggled thru 3 bad years on defense until Vic Fangio arrived on a silver platter and made a miraculous turnaround in 2010.
Not counting when I've been abroad, I think Saturday was the first Michigan game I haven't watched to the last minute in 25 years. A quarter of a century. But as Inside the Box Score puts it, it doesn't matter.
Maybe nobody is innocent, but some are more guilty than others. Had Minnesota followed the rules prohibiting late hits and targeting we wouldn't be talking about concussions. I'd like to talk about prosecuting the defender for an action unrelated to the play in progress and aimed solely at inflicting a concussion on Morris. I'd also like to talk about lack of institutional control at Minnesota, where nobody seems to have suspended the thug.
Some concussions may be inevitable in football, but this concussion was not about football. A chess player could have committed a similar assault on his opponent.
Not for another two hours, it isn't. And on a related subject, I wish we'd stop scheduling our games for nine in the morning. After a reasonably pleasurable Friday night, nine comes mighty early.
I remember Amp Lee as having one principal trick. He'd stop on a dime to let would-be tacklers go past. I think the tackling technique he exploited is called "overpursuing." IIRC he didn't do much in the pro's, probably because overpursuers didn't play there.
"Good teams win the close games." Bill James, the baseball statistician, investigated that statement back in the '70's when I was reading each yearly Almanac that he published. IIRC he crunched a bit and found no pattern in one-run games -- they could go either way -- but that good teams won the 14 - 1 laughers.
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This comes from Merriam Webster 3d ed. They screwed up their web site (to which I actually pay to subscribe) recently, so I can't locate a clear way to credit them.
1. Sparkling Burgundy (Monmousseau) saved for celebrating the win. Oh, well.
2. Dolin vermouth.
3. Portuguese anise liqueur (25%) (think Ouzo).
4. La veillee est jeune. (The evening is young.)
I'm pleased and excited that Michigan has its own breweries (Founders and ??) now pumping out stouts and IPA's. When I lived in AA and Detroit (early '70s) I'd make runs to Windsor to pick up cases Molson Export just to get something with a little taste. OK, now here comes the question that will chisel your arteries and frost your hearts:
I've sampled east-of-Mississippi microbrews from NC to northern WVa and in Chicago and NYC. The many different styles had different colors and names, but they really all tasted about the same, and it was boring. I haven't sampled Michigan. Really good beers and radical differences among the brews of a single brewhouse are common, if not quite the norm, here in Portland OR. How does Michigan compare with here?
I get a black, blank box where I suspect other people can see some movie. That happens frequently on this site but not elsewhere. What's the format you're using?
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Sorry, all, but the MSU post should be read as satire on the strategizing of one wing of American politics. It reads like memos that sometimes leak to the Times or the Post.
As to whether "Oklahoma is fine academically," it's not in the AAU. The Times education report ranks Michigan 24th in the world, while Oklahoma sits somewhere vaguely in the 401 to 500 range.
On my iPad none of the options on the top line with the sandwich menu works. Also contributing by credit card button doesn’t bring up usual menu asking for card number and such.
Thanks for the report. I really enjoy these notes about remote sports.
The question was, how do you track a Wolverine through the wilderness?
The answer is, follow the blueprints.
Sorry to intrude on the best thread in ages, but I can’t start my own threads, and the Dad joke was too good to let languish.
I’ve been waiting to ask how you track a wolverine through the wilderness?
As for humidity, for years I slow-pitched in Portland OR. Both the curveball and the screwball broke more in cool humid weather. Pitching shortly after a rain was best. What I hated was pitching in hot dry conditions at 3000’ east of the Cascade range.
As for humidity, for years I slow-pitched in Portland OR. Both the curveball and the screwball broke more in cool humid weather. Pitching shortly after a rain was best. What I hated was pitching in hot dry conditions at 3000’ east of the Cascade range.
Pay the man? He already has oodles. But I agree in principle. Offer to found and fund the UM-JH Summer Physics Internship Program in Detroit. Or create the Fab Five UM Grade School Chess Academy in Los Angeles. Find out what the man wants.
Testing.
I can't wait 12 weeks, but I can manage 84 days.
How do I send a private message to the thread's originator?
I can't enlarge the fonts in the apps. If that improvement is promised, I'd accept almost any change.
Helmets don't all need to be the same. I can't do the physics, but maybe if all offensive players wore one kind of helmet (soft within hard within soft, for example) and all defensive players something different (soft within hard, as at present, for example), there would be less torque applied to heads. Maybe offense and defense could switch by quarter.
at 9 after yesterday.
Here are B1G and SEC world university rankings according to https://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2014/w…
18 Michigan
22 Northwestern
30 Wisconsin-Madison
46 Minnesota
49 Pennsylvania State
59 Ohio State
62 Purdue
83 Michigan State
88 Vanderbilt
103 Rutgers
108 Maryland, College Park
128 Florida
132 Indiana
159 Texas A&M
161 Iowa
191 Illinois at Urbana-Champagne
251-275 South Carolina
251-275 Nebraska-Lincoln
276-300 Georgia
301-350 Missouri
NR Alabama
NR Arkansas
NR Auburn
NR Kentucky
NR Louisiana State
NR Mississippi
NR Mississippi State
NR Tennessee
The Times probably credits English schools highly, but it should be neutral among US universities. It only ranked down through (in its opinion) the best 400. B1G has eight ranked higher than the isloated best in the SEC; B1G's worst is better than 10 SEC teams.
On the final play Cal brought the ball to second base in an attempt to tag the sliding batter-baserunner. That might have been right with two outs, as the tag for the third out might have preceded the runner from first base's crossing the plate, preventing the run. With only one out Cal would benefit only if the runner from first base held up at third. Do we have a reputation for conservative base running?
Dennis, If you read this, know that we're all hoping you solve your academic problems and continue to the degree. We'd also like to see you on the team.
All I know about Durkin is that, according to the lead article above, Durkin was the three bad years described in Alum94's diary on Stanford Offense dated about Dec. 18. Alum wrote:
I won't delve into the defense because frankly Jim needs a very good DC - he struggled thru 3 bad years on defense until Vic Fangio arrived on a silver platter and made a miraculous turnaround in 2010.
Not counting when I've been abroad, I think Saturday was the first Michigan game I haven't watched to the last minute in 25 years. A quarter of a century. But as Inside the Box Score puts it, it doesn't matter.
Maybe nobody is innocent, but some are more guilty than others. Had Minnesota followed the rules prohibiting late hits and targeting we wouldn't be talking about concussions. I'd like to talk about prosecuting the defender for an action unrelated to the play in progress and aimed solely at inflicting a concussion on Morris. I'd also like to talk about lack of institutional control at Minnesota, where nobody seems to have suspended the thug.
Some concussions may be inevitable in football, but this concussion was not about football. A chess player could have committed a similar assault on his opponent.
Not for another two hours, it isn't. And on a related subject, I wish we'd stop scheduling our games for nine in the morning. After a reasonably pleasurable Friday night, nine comes mighty early.
I remember Amp Lee as having one principal trick. He'd stop on a dime to let would-be tacklers go past. I think the tackling technique he exploited is called "overpursuing." IIRC he didn't do much in the pro's, probably because overpursuers didn't play there.
"Good teams win the close games." Bill James, the baseball statistician, investigated that statement back in the '70's when I was reading each yearly Almanac that he published. IIRC he crunched a bit and found no pattern in one-run games -- they could go either way -- but that good teams won the 14 - 1 laughers.
I hear that Oregon looks to schedule home-and-home opponents but nobody wants to tangle. Have we turned the Ducks down? If so, why?
It grieves me to watch team mates on the sidelines congratulate a player by whapping him on the helmet.
for the report, and thank you very much for flashlighting this nook.
As for Lindsey Wilson, the name is funny because of:
linsey-woolsey (noun)
Congrats on the two. Thanks for letting us know.
1. Sparkling Burgundy (Monmousseau) saved for celebrating the win. Oh, well.
2. Dolin vermouth.
3. Portuguese anise liqueur (25%) (think Ouzo).
4. La veillee est jeune. (The evening is young.)
I'm pleased and excited that Michigan has its own breweries (Founders and ??) now pumping out stouts and IPA's. When I lived in AA and Detroit (early '70s) I'd make runs to Windsor to pick up cases Molson Export just to get something with a little taste. OK, now here comes the question that will chisel your arteries and frost your hearts:
I've sampled east-of-Mississippi microbrews from NC to northern WVa and in Chicago and NYC. The many different styles had different colors and names, but they really all tasted about the same, and it was boring. I haven't sampled Michigan. Really good beers and radical differences among the brews of a single brewhouse are common, if not quite the norm, here in Portland OR. How does Michigan compare with here?
I get a black, blank box where I suspect other people can see some movie. That happens frequently on this site but not elsewhere. What's the format you're using?