"Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee. Sink all coffins and all hearses to one common pool! and since neither can be mine, let me then tow to pieces, while still chasing thee, though tied to thee, thou damned whale! Thus, I give up the spear!" - M. Dantonio
I think when you throw a water balloon filled with paint at someone, that's assault and battery or whatever the definition is in MI. I personally think painting statues is part of the harmless fun of college football rivalry but this is crossing the line for me.
I did meet George Perles at a 4th of July parade up north when I was a little kid, so I'd have to say him. I don't really remember it other than shaking his hand. At the time, he was the most famous person I'd met.
It's also possible that he misspoke. I don't think we need to worry about Herbie. I think our guys smacked plenty of respect for Michigan into him back in the day.
After consulting the University's style guide for colors, I'd say that this bird is closest to Arboretum blue. I'm aware that the official color has been described as azure blue for many years but that seems to have gone out with the revamp they did a few years ago.
Sounds like the annual Maize Rage meeting has improved in the last decade. I remember going to one where Brent Petway and K'len Morris were the players who came, and I don't think Tommy even showed up.
I think by now, Coach has a pretty solid feel for who asks good questions and who asks stupid questions, and is prepared to reward the people who ask good questions as we see here.
"There's an old movie called The Lion King. There's a scene in the movie where a monkey hits the lion over the head, and the lion says, 'What'd you do that for?' and the monkey says, 'It doesn't matter, it's in the past.'"
- Rich Rodriguez, on his hiring from West Virginia at his introductory press conference (Dec. 17, 2007)
This would be the first title to be vacated. There's been a handful of runner-up and Final Four appearances, but no one has had to give a title back yet. This would be the ultimate black mark on a program.
As far as I've been able to tell, it's an athlete-owned online media site founded by Jeter that has acquired an impressive roster of athlete contributors. Basically, it's a way for athletes to put out their stories and opinions while bypassing the traditional media, for better or for worse.
Another way of putting this is: compare Rudock's (or any offensive starter's) helmet with that famous photo of Bo yelling at Harbaugh in the Rose Bowl and you'll find that they have roughly the same number of stickers. It's hard to believe that someone in the 5 games this season could already have earned as many stickers as Harbaugh did in a Big Ten championship season, assuming the criteria are the same.
Correct. The only instance I've ever seen of the defensive variety is when I was playing NCAA and had the QB take the snap on the conversion and run all the way to the other end zone, just to see if it would work (it did).
Not impossible. There is still such a thing as a one-point safety. It's still highly, highly improbable. You'd have to somehow chase down the ballcarrier on an extra point attempt and get him to run all the way to his end zone. I'm not sure if there is a defensive one-point safety in the recorded annals of football.
According to the record book on MGoBlue, Green and Smith both had 100 against App St. last year. Before that, yes, the next previous instance was Minor and Brown vs. Minnesota in '07 if we're not counting Shoelace.
Yeah, you're right. They should just dick around until they're certain about when and where the absolute worst of the storm will hit and how bad it will be, and ignore the other weather issues that are predicted for the next few days. Jeez.
Sure. You're correct that more night game reps are good in general, but overall this game doesn't seem like it will be good preparation for the type of atmosphere that we're concerned about in those upcoming games.
The Steelers have a home game Thursday night though. Considering that Heinz Field is notorious for having one of the worst playing surfaces in the NFL, they may not be able to turn it around for another game Saturday.
No need to be salty, fellas. None of the predictions here, nor the previous games in the history of the rivalry, will determine who wins when we play State. The players and coaches will. There's no need to question someone's fanhood or football acumen because you don't agree with their thought process when predicting games.
I take your point. Certainly we can't discount one of our only two BCS bowl wins. But if we could, that game would be it. The matchup was questioned as soon as it was announced (VT's presence much more so than ours) and the game itself was a horrible football game. I remember my own reaction being closer to "Wow, I can't believe we won that crap" than the joy of, say, the ND game that year.
Yeah, at the end of the Akron game I was hiding my phone so I couldn't throw it through a window, and getting ready to explain to my roommate why I broke his table. Fortunately neither came to pass. That win was so terrible that it caused me to invent this bit of tortured logic: "We may have had more points at the end of the game, but it doesn't mean we won."
There are 2 questions that I would consider here: (1) Is his stock high enough that it won't be significantly damaged by losing a year of achievement and film? (2) Will he be able to maintain his fitness and his skill in that same time so he can put up good numbers in the pre-draft evaluations?
Not being involved with NFL personnel, I can't definitively answer those questions. I suspect that there will be several teams willing to take Fournette based on his body of work up to this point, even if he never played another college game. He's very talented. It's difficult to spend a high pick on a guy who hasn't played a real game in a year, but he seems like the type of player who could be worth the risk. Of course, it is possible that as mentioned above, another new hot back could emerge in that next season. All other things being equal, you pick the guy who's been playing over the one who hasn't.
Fitness is another issue entirely. The track record of the few players who have done the year off is not good in that regard. Even if Fournette trained with the LSU team as if he were still playing, it would be difficult. It's widely recognized that there is no substitute for game speed, match fitness, whatever you want to call it. Some players may find it difficult to remain appropriately motivated during a period of no football games. I feel like there is a fitness regimen that could be developed to make it work, but it would have to be very specific and well managed.
Ultimately, I feel like the day is coming where it will be the right move for a player like Fournette to sit out a year. But, I don't think that day is here yet.
UCLA and USC do it because they both used to play their home games at the Coliseum and therefore both could be considered the home team. I'm not interested in allowing OSU to wear their home jerseys on our field. I'd be happy to see us wearing ours on their field, though.
Working with housing to have freshmen sit with their hall? That's pretty good. Of course, you'd have to put the Bursley kids as far from the action as possible.
If you're suggesting that he went on the weekly conference call and lied about not knowing about a players-only meeting, that makes him look like even more of a jackass than he does in the first place.
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I did meet George Perles at a 4th of July parade up north when I was a little kid, so I'd have to say him. I don't really remember it other than shaking his hand. At the time, he was the most famous person I'd met.
31-17, M.
I was already laughing my ass off before I finished scrolling down to see D'Antoni's face. Priceless.
Sorry, accidentally negged you. Sparty hate week must be getting to me.
I'd been wondering about that myself. I was in section 21 already looking down in disgust, and looked back up to see him running away with it...
After consulting the University's style guide for colors, I'd say that this bird is closest to Arboretum blue. I'm aware that the official color has been described as azure blue for many years but that seems to have gone out with the revamp they did a few years ago.
I wasn't aware that everyone was already aware of that. Now I am, so thank you and Go Blue.
I think by now, Coach has a pretty solid feel for who asks good questions and who asks stupid questions, and is prepared to reward the people who ask good questions as we see here.
Uh...I sure hate to be this guy, but:
"There's an old movie called The Lion King. There's a scene in the movie where a monkey hits the lion over the head, and the lion says, 'What'd you do that for?' and the monkey says, 'It doesn't matter, it's in the past.'"
- Rich Rodriguez, on his hiring from West Virginia at his introductory press conference (Dec. 17, 2007)
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Edit: EM beat me to the punch, and I'm going to go sit in the corner.
This would be the first title to be vacated. There's been a handful of runner-up and Final Four appearances, but no one has had to give a title back yet. This would be the ultimate black mark on a program.
I believe Jerry Tarkanian was the originator of this quip in the '80s, with Kentucky and Cleveland State as the teams.
Wow, I can't believe
14-7, M.
Wow, I can't believe this one wasn't already taken.
Scott Dreisbrudock?
Edit: Dammit, looks like I responded to a post that got nuked. I'll be fully aware next time.
20-3, M.
Yeah, you're right. They should just dick around until they're certain about when and where the absolute worst of the storm will hit and how bad it will be, and ignore the other weather issues that are predicted for the next few days. Jeez.
Not being involved with NFL personnel, I can't definitively answer those questions. I suspect that there will be several teams willing to take Fournette based on his body of work up to this point, even if he never played another college game. He's very talented. It's difficult to spend a high pick on a guy who hasn't played a real game in a year, but he seems like the type of player who could be worth the risk. Of course, it is possible that as mentioned above, another new hot back could emerge in that next season. All other things being equal, you pick the guy who's been playing over the one who hasn't.
Fitness is another issue entirely. The track record of the few players who have done the year off is not good in that regard. Even if Fournette trained with the LSU team as if he were still playing, it would be difficult. It's widely recognized that there is no substitute for game speed, match fitness, whatever you want to call it. Some players may find it difficult to remain appropriately motivated during a period of no football games. I feel like there is a fitness regimen that could be developed to make it work, but it would have to be very specific and well managed.
Ultimately, I feel like the day is coming where it will be the right move for a player like Fournette to sit out a year. But, I don't think that day is here yet.
If you're suggesting that he went on the weekly conference call and lied about not knowing about a players-only meeting, that makes him look like even more of a jackass than he does in the first place.