1st one you intentionally left out the part of the rule that says by coaching staff or direct associates of the program.
I left it out because it isn't applicable. You are referring to the following "11.6.1.1 Exception -- Same Event at the Same Site. An institutional staff member may scout future opponents also participating in the same event at the same site."
That exemption is for things like March Madness, where multiple events are happening at the same event and site, as it would obviously be hard to tell the players and coaches of the 2nd game of the night that they couldn't watch the first game. This in no way applies to what Michigan was doing, as they were scouting in person future opponents participating in different events at different sites.
2nd one refers to using electronic devices in game by the teams participating. Not non participants. I can forgive your ignorance on that one.
That's an incorrect reading of the rulebook. Article 11 deals with "Prohibited Field Equipment", and is not limited to equipment operated by the two teams competing at that specific game. For instance, Subsection D prohibits all drones, not just drones operated by either team currently. There is nothing in the section to suggest that representatives of a 3rd team in the stands would be exempt from Subsection H... especially since they are not allowed to be at the event in the first place, per the first NCAA bylaw that we discussed.
The second one is taken out of context, either intentionally or otherwise. It's Section 4 of Rule 1; the citation is wrong. And Rule 1 refers to the game on the field. It doesn't apply to anyone who's not taking part in that game.
That's an incorrect reading of the rulebook. Article 11 deals with "Prohibited Field Equipment", and is not limited to equipment operated by the two teams competing at that specific game. For instance, Subsection D prohibits all drones, not just drones operated by either team currently. There is nothing in the section to suggest that representatives of a 3rd team in the stands would be exempt from Subsection H... especially since they are not allowed to be at the event in the first place, per the NCAA bylaw I previously cited.
Where do you get the information that this was "elaborate sign stealing operation?" A single simple spreadsheet could contain all the info that the NCAA leaker claims was found.
From the article, where among other things, it said that "Michigan’s sign-stealing operation expected to spend more than $15,000 this season sending scouts to more than 40 games played by 10 opponents." The size, scope, and budget of such an endeavor more than qualifies as an elaborate sign stealing operation in my book.
And from where do you get the info that there were "clear links to multiple coaches on staff?" That's ALSO not in the WaPo article.
I think you need to reread the article... here's the relevant part: "Days later, the outside firm told the NCAA, cellphone videos depicting the coaching staffs from these games were uploaded to a computer drive maintained and accessed by Stalions as well as several other Michigan assistants and coaches."
The "evidence" presented in the WaPo article adds nothing to the discussion except the info that some football coach seems to have paid someone to hack computers used by a Michigan coach.
On the contrary, if proven true, this seems this seems to be the smoking gun definitively proving that the Michigan coaching staff had knowledge of and culpability in Stalions sign stealing operation.
"Off-campus, in-person scouting of future opponents (in the same season) is prohibited.” NCAA Bylaw 11.6.1
"Any attempt to record, either through audio or video means, any signals given by an opposing player, coach or other team personnel is prohibited." NCAA Rulebook Rule 1, Section 4, Article 11, Subsection H
The article goes out of its away to point out that there is no evidence that Harbaugh himself was aware of this.
So evidence so far. Given all of this, I find the thought that Harbaugh wasn't aware of the elaborate sign stealing operation with it's own detailed budget and schedule with clear links to multiple coaches on staff to be rather absurd.
I don't think it's about the money for Harbaugh... I think it's 50% that he's tired of dealing with the NCAA/recruiting and 50% that he's still not over losing Super Bowl XLVII, and he wants to reach that mountain top.
I have two sets of tickets that I am looking to sell on StubHub, both overlooking roughly the 25 yard-line on the home side of the field. In order to be sure they sell, I priced them a good deal lower than any other ticket in those sections.
If interested, you can obviously feel free to purchase them via the StubHub link I provided, but if you would like to buy them from me directly to avoid paying fees to StubHub, I am willing to make a direct sale as well.
Please email me at [email protected] if you are interested in buying them from me directly.
Edit: The second pair have sold, but the first pair in Section 542 are still available.
Edit 2: I have reduced the remaining pair of tickets in Section 542 to $135 dollars each.
I have two sets of tickets that I am looking to sell on StubHub, both overlooking roughly the 25 yard-line on the home side of the field. In order to be sure they sell, I priced them a good deal lower than any other ticket in those sections.
If interested, you can obviously feel free to purchase them via the StubHub link I provided, but if you would like to buy them from me directly to avoid paying fees to StubHub, I am willing to make a direct sale as well.
Edit: The second pair have sold, but the first pair in Section 542 are still available.
I have to admit, though, while I find it cool how the stickers on the Wolverine helmets tell the story of their career, from an aesthetic perspective, I can't help but think that they blemish what is arguably the best helmet design in college football. Just my opinion, anyway.
As an Ohio State fan, I can confidently say that the vast majority of us like Gardner, to the point that, for many of us, he is our favorite non-Buckeye player.
He was exciting to watch and always left everything he had out on the field, nearly willing his teams to victory against us on three different occasions, despite being criminally misused in Brady Hoke's system. But even more importantly that, he was a class act, on and off the field. Despite being a better athlete than almost everyone else on the field, he was never arrogant, respecting both teammates and opponents. And, of course, the moment where he came over to comfort JT Barrett (in the 4th quarter of a very close game) was pure class, as was his postgame statement concerning JT's injury:
"You hate to see any player get hurt, especially a guy like him. A great guy, a hard worker. A guy who was called upon and he's executed and done it humbly.''
I hope my boys grow up to be Buckeye fans... but I hope even more than they grow up to be men of character like Devin Gardner.
Everyone, please remember that just about everyone working at football games, both home and away, wants you to have a good time. We take the fan experience seriously, and we often go out of our way to ensure that a good experience is had by all... so please do your part and treat all stadium staff with patience and respect, even when technology issues and/or stadium policies are frustrating you.
It was a mixture of Ohio State taking its foot off the gas once they had built an insurmountable lead and allowing Wisconsin's starting offense to score a garbage time 75 yard TD run against its 2nd and 3rd stringers in the 4th quarter.
I know Mel Tucker is pretty hated on this board, but I must say, his willingness to take responsibility for the outcome of the game is very refreshing compared to someone like Brian Kelly, who would have taken the opportunity to throw the players and/or assistant coaches under the bus.
This is a fantastic post! It is really neat to see where each B1G team draws their players from. Thanks for taking the time to make and share this!
If I may suggest one slight adjustment, while Rancho Santa Margarita, CA is listed as the hometown for Ohio State freshman Hero Kanu, his actual home town is Geltendorf, Germany. He was discovered there by PPI Recruits, which puts European football players in contact with American college football teams, and they arranged for him to go to Santa Margarita Catholic his senior year of high school as a foreign exchange student.
Ohio State has tons of safety depth, and their 2nd and 3rd string RBs have looked pretty good, so the absence of Henderson or Proctor/McCallister will be unlikely to cause any big issues.
The Buckeyes only glaring weakness right now is, as you alluded to, their CB room, both with regards to the play of the starters and it's depth. Having said that, Wisconsin isn't exactly an Air Raid team, so I highly doubt they can throw for enough TDs to outpace Ohio State's offense.
Why are the Nutso's disrespecting him when he has offers from everyone else in the B1G 10 plus Georgia, TAMU, Notre Lame, etc?
Because unless they are absolutely can't miss players, the Buckeyes very rarely offer in-state kids early. The main reason for that is that you don't have scholarships to waste, but you don't want to burn a relationship with a local coach/football program by withdrawing a committable scholarship offer to one of their kids that you offered too early.
Urban Meyer infamously did that when he offered Massillon Washington QB Danny Clark as a freshman and then later withdrew that offer as Clark didn't develop as initially projected. Beyond being a crappy thing to do, it hurt the relationship between Ohio State and some local high school coaches, who then advised there players to go elsewhere until Day became Ohio State's head coach.
So, to avoid repeating the Danny Clark scenario, and since the post-90s Ohio State rarely have had issue landing the top Ohio talent, even when offered late, the Buckeye's policy is to develop relationships with Ohio kids but not to offer them until their junior or even senior years.
"For 5-star 2021 quarterback and Michigan commit J.J. McCarthy, he grew up loving Ohio State, but that love is now gone.
“I used to love them, now I want to kill them,” McCarthy told the Athletic."
That's because the Buckeyes basically had their choice between J.J. McCarthy and Kyle McCord, and they went with McCord. I've heard that they liked both pretty equally, but the tie-breaker was Marvin Harrison Jr., who was McCord's #1 receiver and close friend in high school. If that's true, I am fine with the decision, because while the jury is still out on McCarthy vs McCord, Harrison Jr. has been fantastic for us (7 TDs over the last 3 games).
Cleveland.com picked up the responsibility for organizing the poll when the Big Ten dropped it 12 years ago. The panel included beat writers from 13 of 14 Big Ten teams and some who cover the entire league or have a national perspective.
It sounds like a broad swath of B1G writers voted in the poll, not just the staff of Cleveland.com.
Note: This answer was taken from a Reddit comment made by someone else 8 years ago. I slightly modified it to fit this particular question.
So, what the hell DO you do if you are unlucky enough to win the lottery?
This is the absolutely most important thing you can do right away: NOTHING.
Yes. Nothing.
DO NOT DECLARE YOURSELF THE WINNER yet.
Do NOT tell anyone. The urge is going to be nearly irresistible. Resist it. Trust me.
1. IMMEDIATELY retain an attorney.
Get a partner from a larger, NATIONAL firm. Don't let them pawn off junior partners or associates on you. They might try, all law firms might, but insist instead that your lead be a partner who has been with the firm for awhile. Do NOT use your local attorney. Yes, I mean your long-standing family attorney who did your mother's will. Do not use the guy who fought your dry-cleaner bill. Do not use the guy you have trusted your entire life because of his long and faithful service to your family. In fact, do not use any firm that has any connection to family or friends or community. TRUST me. This is bad. You want someone who has never heard of you, any of your friends, or any member of your family. Go the the closest big city and walk into one of the national firms asking for one of the "Trust and Estates" partners you have previously looked up on http://www.martindale.com from one of the largest 50 firms in the United States which has an office near you. You can look up attorneys by practice area and firm on Martindale.
2. Decide to take the lump sum.
Most lotteries pay a really pathetic rate for the annuity. It usually hovers around 4.5% annual return or less, depending. It doesn't take much to do better than this, and if you have the money already in cash, rather than leaving it in the hands of the state, you can pull from the capital whenever you like. If you take the annuity you won't have access to that cash. That could be good. It could be bad. It's probably bad unless you have a very addictive personality. If you need an allowance managed by the state, it is because you didn't listen to point #1 above.
Why not let the state just handle it for you and give you your allowance?
Many state lotteries pay you your "allowance" (the annuity option) by buying U.S. treasury instruments and running the interest payments through their bureaucracy before sending it to you along with a hunk of the principal every month. You will not be beating inflation by much, if at all. There is no reason you couldn't do this yourself, if a low single-digit return is acceptable to you.
You aren't going to get even remotely the amount of the actual jackpot of $630 million. By selecting the lump-sum cash up-front option, you knock-off $290 million (or 46% of the total), leaving you with $340 million. That money is then subject to withholding for taxes of $112 million (33%) leaving you with $228 million.
In general, you should expect to get about half of the original jackpot if you elect a lump sum (maybe better, it depends). After that, you should expect to lose around 33% of your already pruned figure to state and federal taxes. (Your mileage may vary, particularly if you live in a state with aggressive taxation schemes).
3. Decide right now, how much you plan to give to family and friends.
This really shouldn't be more than 20% or so. Figure it out right now. Pick your number. Tell your lawyer. That's it. Don't change it. 20% of $228 million is $45.6 million. That leaves you with $182.4 million. DO NOT CONSULT WITH FAMILY when deciding how much to give to family. You are going to get advice that is badly tainted by conflict of interest, and if other family members find out that Aunt Flo was consulted and they weren't you will never hear the end of it. Neither will Aunt Flo. This might later form the basis for an allegation that Aunt Flo unduly influenced you and a lawsuit might magically appear on this basis. No, I'm not kidding. I know of one circumstance (related to a business windfall, not a lottery) where the plaintiffs WON this case.
Do NOT give anyone cash. Ever. Period. Just don't. Do not buy them houses. Do not buy them cars. Tell your attorney that you want to provide for your family, and that you want to set up a series of trusts for them that will total 20% of your after tax winnings. Tell him you want the trust empowered to fund higher education, some help (not a total) purchase of their first home, some provision for weddings and the like, whatever. Do NOT put yourself in the position of handing out cash. Once you do, if you stop, you will be accused of being a heartless bastard (or bitch). Trust me. It won't go well.
It will be easy to lose perspective. It is now the duty of your friends, family, relatives, hangers-on and their inner circle to skew your perspective, and they take this job quite seriously. Setting up a trust, a managed fund for your family that is in the double digit millions is AMAZINGLY generous. You need never have trouble sleeping because you didn't lend Uncle Jerry $20,000 in small denomination unmarked bills to start his chain of deep-fried peanut butter pancake restaurants. ("Deep'n 'nutter Restaurants") Your attorney will have a number of good ideas how to parse this wealth out without turning your siblings/spouse/children/grandchildren/cousins/waitresses into the latest Paris Hilton.
4. You will be encouraged to hire an investment manager. Considerable pressure will be applied. Don't.
Investment managers charge fees, usually a percentage of assets. Consider this: If they charge 1% (which is low, I doubt you could find this deal, actually) they have to beat the market by 1% every year just to break even with a general market index fund. It is not worth it, and you don't need the extra return or the extra risk. Go for the index fund instead if you must invest in stocks. This is a hard rule to follow. They will come recommended by friends. They will come recommended by family. They will be your second cousin on your mother's side. Investment managers will sound smart. They will have lots of cool acronyms. They will have nice PowerPoint presentations. They might (MIGHT) pay for your shrimp cocktail lunch at TGI Friday's while reminding you how poor their side of the family is. They live for this stuff.
You should smile, thank them for their time, and then tell them you will get back to them next week. Don't sign ANYTHING. Don't write it on a cocktail napkin (lottery lawsuit cases have been won and lost over drunkenly scrawled cocktail napkin addition and subtraction figures with lots of zeros on them). Never call them back. Trust me. You will thank me later. This tactic, smiling, thanking people for their time, and promising to get back to people, is going to have to become familiar. You will have to learn to say no gently, without saying the word "no." It sounds underhanded. Sneaky. It is. And its part of your new survival strategy. I mean the word "survival" quite literally.
Get all this figured out BEFORE you claim your winnings. They aren't going anywhere. Just relax.
5. Invest in U.S. Treasury bonds as your safety net.
If you elect to be more global about your paranoia, use between 20.00% and 33.00% of what you have not decided to commit to a family fund IMMEDIATELY to purchase a combination of longer term U.S. treasuries (5 or 10 year are a good idea) and perhaps even another G7 treasury instrument. This is your safety net. You will be protected... from yourself.
You are going to be really tempted to starting being a big investor. You are going to be convinced that you can double your money in Vegas with your awesome Roulette system/by funding your friend's amazing idea to sell Lemming dung/buying land for oil drilling/by shorting the North Pole Ice market (global warming, you know). This all sounds tempting because "Even if I lose it all I still have $XX million left! Anyone could live on that comfortably for the rest of their life." Yeah, except for 33% of everyone who won the lottery.
You're not going to double your money, so cool it. Let me say that again. You're not going to double your money, so cool it. Right now, you'll get around 3.5% on the 10 year U.S. treasury. With $36.5 million (20% of $182.4 mil after your absurdly generous family gift) invested in those you will pull down $1,277,00 per year. If everything else blows up, you still have that, and you will be in the top 0.1% of income in the United States. So how about you not fuck with it. Eh? And that's income that is damn safe. If we get to the point where the United States defaults on those instruments, we are in far worse shape than worrying about money.
If you are really paranoid, you might consider picking another G7 or otherwise mainstream country other than the U.S. according to where you want to live if the United States dissolves into anarchy or Britney Spears is elected to the United States Senate. Put some fraction in something like Swiss Government Bonds at 3%. If the Swiss stop paying on their government debt, well, then you know money really means nothing anywhere on the globe anymore. I'd study small field sustainable agriculture if you think this is a possibility. You might have to start feeding yourself.
6. Invest in S&P 500 Index funds.
You now have, say 80% of $182.4 million or $146 million. Here is where things start to get less clear. Personally, I think you should dump half of this, or $73 million, into a boring S&P 500 index fund. Find something with low fees. You are going to be constantly tempted to retain "sophisticated" advisers who charge "nominal fees." Don't. Period. Even if you lose every other dime, you have $1,277,00 per year you didn't have before that will keep coming in until the United States falls into chaos. Fuck advisers and their fees. Instead, drop your $73 million in the market in a low fee vehicle. Unless we have an unprecedented downturn the likes of which the United States has never seen, should return around 7.00% or so over the next 10 years. You should expect to touch not even a dime of this money for 10 or 15 or even 20 years. In 20 years $73 million could easily become $230 million.
7. NOW you can buy your vacation home in Fiji.
You have provided for your family beyond your wildest dreams. And you still have $73 million in "cash." You know you will be getting $1,277,00 per year unless the capital building is burning, you don't ever need to give anyone you care about cash, since they are provided for generously and responsibly (and can't blow it in Vegas) and you have a HUGE nest egg that is growing at market rates. (Given the recent dip, you'll be buying in at great prices for the market). What now? Whatever you want. Go ahead and burn through $73 million in hookers and blow if you want. You've got more security than 99% of the country. A lot of it is in trusts so even if you are sued your family will live well, and progress across generations. If your lawyer is worth his salt (I bet he is) then you will be insulated from most lawsuits anyhow. Buy a nice house or two, make sure they aren't stupid investments though. Go ahead and be an angel investor and fund some startups, but REFUSE to do it for anyone you know. (Friends and money, oil and water - Michael Corleone) Play. Have fun. You earned it by putting together the shoe sizes of your whole family on one ticket and winning the jackpot.
A mixture of both. A little internet sleuthing informed me that Fish McWilliams' legal name is actually "Adarius" (his nickname comes from loving fish sandwiches), while Kool-Aid McKinstry's legal name is "Ga'Quincy".
I wonder what the impact will be on the Rose Bowl? Poaching two of the most storied Pac-12 teams will probably not have a beneficial effect upon the relationship between them and the B1G. And I also suppose that "The Alliance" between B1G, the Pac-12, and the ACC is now dead, more or less.
To your point, I agree that the 3rd "rival" of Michigan, Ohio State, and Penn State should be teams that are currently in the B1G West, lest they risk recreating the same balance issue that is currently causing issues with the geographical divisions.
Reading this list, it seems like it's less about Dochterman saying that Rutgers is Michigan's rival and more about each B1G team needing at least one marquee game that they play every year (and I don't think you could, in good faith, consider games against Indiana or Maryland to be "marquee"). It's the same thing with him assigning Maryland as Ohio State's 3rd "rival"... despite the fact that Maryland has literally never beaten the Buckeyes.
KO Strad, while I can’t vouch for all Columbus cops, the ones inside The Shoe are primarily Franklin county sheriff deputies, and I’ve never seen them be anything but professional towards fans, both home and visiting.
And, what’s more, I can certainly say that no usher (or any other stadium staff member) would knowingly allow any of our guests in the stadium to be harassed or threatened, regardless of their team affiliation. It’s our goal to help create a safe and fun environment for all, and we take that goal very seriously.
Hi, Ohio Stadium usher here. I saw your question, and I made an account to share my expertise, such that it is.
What sections are for visiting fans?
The largest concentration of any visiting fanbase at the Shoe is, roughly, in sections 4, 6, and 8 (on A, B, and C decks), which would be in the northeast corner of the stadium. If the Shoe was a clock, those sections would be in the 1 o'clock area. Having said that, the majority of visiting fans are dispersed fairly evenly throughout the stadium. The only section that I would tell you to avoid would be the south stands (any section in the 30s), as that is the student section and thus would probably give visiting fans the highest odds of experiencing an unpleasant interaction.
Also, where should I park with a Michigan license plate?
Any official parking garage or lot should be safe for a vehicle with a Michigan license... and to be honest, I would imagine that most unofficial ones should be safe too. The only place I would advise you to avoid parking is on the street near any frat houses, which I doubt you would be inclined to do in the first place.
Is it safe to walk to the stadium/around the concourse with a Michigan shirt on?
I can say with a high degree of certainty that you are safe everywhere inside the stadium. There are literally thousands of ushers and police officers stationed throughout the Shoe and any fans that threatens the safety of anyone else would be either be ejected and/or arrested (with the latter depending on the severity of their actions). There is obviously less oversight of any potentially aggressive fans outside the Shoe, but for what it's worth, I've never seen anything more than relatively mild heckling of Michigan fans outside of the stadium, and I've never even heard of violence occurring. That's not to say that your risk is zero, but I would imagine that, unless you are trying to start a fight, it's fairly low. I can assure you, however, that you almost certainly will be subjected to many drunken, off-key renditions of "I Don't Give A Damn For The Whole State of Michigan", especially after the game.
At the end of the day, it's my goal (and that of my fellow ushers) that all fans, including the visiting ones, have a positive experience while at the Shoe, and while it's out of my control to guarantee that you will have a good time free from harassment, if you are in my section, I will certainly try my best to ensure it.
So, coincidentally, I am an usher at Ohio Stadium, and 26A is my section. I don’t recall whether or not I spoke with you that day, but I am glad to hear that you had a good time. It's my goal (and that of my fellow ushers) that all fans, including the visiting ones, have a positive experience while at the Shoe.
I will say that all the Wolverine fans that I did interact with during that game were class acts and did their team proud, cheering hard for their team while still being friendly with the home fans and reserving their limited profanity for the refs.
To be honest, Michigan fans as a whole are definitely in the top half of my personal "Classiest Visiting B1G Fans" ranking system (and, just in case you were wondering, Nebraska fans are at the top of my rankings while Penn State fans are at the bottom).
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I left it out because it isn't applicable. You are referring to the following "11.6.1.1 Exception -- Same Event at the Same Site. An institutional staff member may scout future opponents also participating in the same event at the same site."
That exemption is for things like March Madness, where multiple events are happening at the same event and site, as it would obviously be hard to tell the players and coaches of the 2nd game of the night that they couldn't watch the first game. This in no way applies to what Michigan was doing, as they were scouting in person future opponents participating in different events at different sites.
That's an incorrect reading of the rulebook. Article 11 deals with "Prohibited Field Equipment", and is not limited to equipment operated by the two teams competing at that specific game. For instance, Subsection D prohibits all drones, not just drones operated by either team currently. There is nothing in the section to suggest that representatives of a 3rd team in the stands would be exempt from Subsection H... especially since they are not allowed to be at the event in the first place, per the first NCAA bylaw that we discussed.
That's an incorrect reading of the rulebook. Article 11 deals with "Prohibited Field Equipment", and is not limited to equipment operated by the two teams competing at that specific game. For instance, Subsection D prohibits all drones, not just drones operated by either team currently. There is nothing in the section to suggest that representatives of a 3rd team in the stands would be exempt from Subsection H... especially since they are not allowed to be at the event in the first place, per the NCAA bylaw I previously cited.
From the article, where among other things, it said that "Michigan’s sign-stealing operation expected to spend more than $15,000 this season sending scouts to more than 40 games played by 10 opponents." The size, scope, and budget of such an endeavor more than qualifies as an elaborate sign stealing operation in my book.
I think you need to reread the article... here's the relevant part: "Days later, the outside firm told the NCAA, cellphone videos depicting the coaching staffs from these games were uploaded to a computer drive maintained and accessed by Stalions as well as several other Michigan assistants and coaches."
On the contrary, if proven true, this seems this seems to be the smoking gun definitively proving that the Michigan coaching staff had knowledge of and culpability in Stalions sign stealing operation.
"Off-campus, in…
The NCAA.
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Sign stealing is legal.
Sending/paying people to go to non-Michigan games and film the opposing sideline is not.
So evidence so far. Given all of this, I find the thought that Harbaugh wasn't aware of the elaborate sign stealing operation with it's own detailed budget and schedule with clear links to multiple coaches on staff to be rather absurd.
I mean, wasn't the co-offensive coordinator's computer subpoenaed earlier this year? Maybe they found more than what they were looking for on it.
After signing a contract extension last offseason, Holtmann has a $20 million buyout, so he was always going to get at least one more year.
I tear up every time I hear Al Michaels' call at the end... what a great moment in sports history.
...or so the Germans would have us believe.
I don't think it's about the money for Harbaugh... I think it's 50% that he's tired of dealing with the NCAA/recruiting and 50% that he's still not over losing Super Bowl XLVII, and he wants to reach that mountain top.
I have two sets of tickets that I am looking to sell on StubHub, both overlooking roughly the 25 yard-line on the home side of the field. In order to be sure they sell, I priced them a good deal lower than any other ticket in those sections.
The first pair are in Section 542, Row 3, and are listed for $224 each ($448 for the pair).
The second pair are in Section 638, Row 4, and are listed for $148 each ($296 for the pair).
If interested, you can obviously feel free to purchase them via the StubHub link I provided, but if you would like to buy them from me directly to avoid paying fees to StubHub, I am willing to make a direct sale as well.
Please email me at [email protected] if you are interested in buying them from me directly.
Edit: The second pair have sold, but the first pair in Section 542 are still available.
Edit 2: I have reduced the remaining pair of tickets in Section 542 to $135 dollars each.
Edit 3: Both pairs are now sold!
Thanks, I didn't know about that thread.
I have two sets of tickets that I am looking to sell on StubHub, both overlooking roughly the 25 yard-line on the home side of the field. In order to be sure they sell, I priced them a good deal lower than any other ticket in those sections.
The first pair are in Section 542, Row 3, and are listed for $224 each ($448 for the pair).
The second pair are in Section 638, Row 4, and are listed for $148 each ($296 for the pair).
If interested, you can obviously feel free to purchase them via the StubHub link I provided, but if you would like to buy them from me directly to avoid paying fees to StubHub, I am willing to make a direct sale as well.
Edit: The second pair have sold, but the first pair in Section 542 are still available.
Edit: Both pairs are now sold!
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Great article.
I have to admit, though, while I find it cool how the stickers on the Wolverine helmets tell the story of their career, from an aesthetic perspective, I can't help but think that they blemish what is arguably the best helmet design in college football. Just my opinion, anyway.
25% of the time, it works every time.
I'm voting for Lance Leipold, if for no other reason than the incredible picture of him they used on the fan voting site:
As an Ohio State fan, I can confidently say that the vast majority of us like Gardner, to the point that, for many of us, he is our favorite non-Buckeye player.
He was exciting to watch and always left everything he had out on the field, nearly willing his teams to victory against us on three different occasions, despite being criminally misused in Brady Hoke's system. But even more importantly that, he was a class act, on and off the field. Despite being a better athlete than almost everyone else on the field, he was never arrogant, respecting both teammates and opponents. And, of course, the moment where he came over to comfort JT Barrett (in the 4th quarter of a very close game) was pure class, as was his postgame statement concerning JT's injury:
I hope my boys grow up to be Buckeye fans... but I hope even more than they grow up to be men of character like Devin Gardner.
As a stadium usher, I appreciate this post.
Everyone, please remember that just about everyone working at football games, both home and away, wants you to have a good time. We take the fan experience seriously, and we often go out of our way to ensure that a good experience is had by all... so please do your part and treat all stadium staff with patience and respect, even when technology issues and/or stadium policies are frustrating you.
What mistake... I thought it was a glitch?
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I mean, Ohio State did have exactly twice as many points going into halftime as Michigan did going into halftime against Iowa (26 vs 13).
Good call.
Words to live by.
It was a mixture of Ohio State taking its foot off the gas once they had built an insurmountable lead and allowing Wisconsin's starting offense to score a garbage time 75 yard TD run against its 2nd and 3rd stringers in the 4th quarter.
I know Mel Tucker is pretty hated on this board, but I must say, his willingness to take responsibility for the outcome of the game is very refreshing compared to someone like Brian Kelly, who would have taken the opportunity to throw the players and/or assistant coaches under the bus.
This is a fantastic post! It is really neat to see where each B1G team draws their players from. Thanks for taking the time to make and share this!
If I may suggest one slight adjustment, while Rancho Santa Margarita, CA is listed as the hometown for Ohio State freshman Hero Kanu, his actual home town is Geltendorf, Germany. He was discovered there by PPI Recruits, which puts European football players in contact with American college football teams, and they arranged for him to go to Santa Margarita Catholic his senior year of high school as a foreign exchange student.
Ohio State has tons of safety depth, and their 2nd and 3rd string RBs have looked pretty good, so the absence of Henderson or Proctor/McCallister will be unlikely to cause any big issues.
The Buckeyes only glaring weakness right now is, as you alluded to, their CB room, both with regards to the play of the starters and it's depth. Having said that, Wisconsin isn't exactly an Air Raid team, so I highly doubt they can throw for enough TDs to outpace Ohio State's offense.
Because unless they are absolutely can't miss players, the Buckeyes very rarely offer in-state kids early. The main reason for that is that you don't have scholarships to waste, but you don't want to burn a relationship with a local coach/football program by withdrawing a committable scholarship offer to one of their kids that you offered too early.
Urban Meyer infamously did that when he offered Massillon Washington QB Danny Clark as a freshman and then later withdrew that offer as Clark didn't develop as initially projected. Beyond being a crappy thing to do, it hurt the relationship between Ohio State and some local high school coaches, who then advised there players to go elsewhere until Day became Ohio State's head coach.
So, to avoid repeating the Danny Clark scenario, and since the post-90s Ohio State rarely have had issue landing the top Ohio talent, even when offered late, the Buckeye's policy is to develop relationships with Ohio kids but not to offer them until their junior or even senior years.
That's because the Buckeyes basically had their choice between J.J. McCarthy and Kyle McCord, and they went with McCord. I've heard that they liked both pretty equally, but the tie-breaker was Marvin Harrison Jr., who was McCord's #1 receiver and close friend in high school. If that's true, I am fine with the decision, because while the jury is still out on McCarthy vs McCord, Harrison Jr. has been fantastic for us (7 TDs over the last 3 games).
Oof. There are bad stats... and then there is this.
It sounds like a broad swath of B1G writers voted in the poll, not just the staff of Cleveland.com.
Note: This answer was taken from a Reddit comment made by someone else 8 years ago. I slightly modified it to fit this particular question.
So, what the hell DO you do if you are unlucky enough to win the lottery?
This is the absolutely most important thing you can do right away: NOTHING.
Yes. Nothing.
DO NOT DECLARE YOURSELF THE WINNER yet.
Do NOT tell anyone. The urge is going to be nearly irresistible. Resist it. Trust me.
1. IMMEDIATELY retain an attorney.
Get a partner from a larger, NATIONAL firm. Don't let them pawn off junior partners or associates on you. They might try, all law firms might, but insist instead that your lead be a partner who has been with the firm for awhile. Do NOT use your local attorney. Yes, I mean your long-standing family attorney who did your mother's will. Do not use the guy who fought your dry-cleaner bill. Do not use the guy you have trusted your entire life because of his long and faithful service to your family. In fact, do not use any firm that has any connection to family or friends or community. TRUST me. This is bad. You want someone who has never heard of you, any of your friends, or any member of your family. Go the the closest big city and walk into one of the national firms asking for one of the "Trust and Estates" partners you have previously looked up on http://www.martindale.com from one of the largest 50 firms in the United States which has an office near you. You can look up attorneys by practice area and firm on Martindale.
2. Decide to take the lump sum.
Most lotteries pay a really pathetic rate for the annuity. It usually hovers around 4.5% annual return or less, depending. It doesn't take much to do better than this, and if you have the money already in cash, rather than leaving it in the hands of the state, you can pull from the capital whenever you like. If you take the annuity you won't have access to that cash. That could be good. It could be bad. It's probably bad unless you have a very addictive personality. If you need an allowance managed by the state, it is because you didn't listen to point #1 above.
Why not let the state just handle it for you and give you your allowance?
Many state lotteries pay you your "allowance" (the annuity option) by buying U.S. treasury instruments and running the interest payments through their bureaucracy before sending it to you along with a hunk of the principal every month. You will not be beating inflation by much, if at all. There is no reason you couldn't do this yourself, if a low single-digit return is acceptable to you.
You aren't going to get even remotely the amount of the actual jackpot of $630 million. By selecting the lump-sum cash up-front option, you knock-off $290 million (or 46% of the total), leaving you with $340 million. That money is then subject to withholding for taxes of $112 million (33%) leaving you with $228 million.
In general, you should expect to get about half of the original jackpot if you elect a lump sum (maybe better, it depends). After that, you should expect to lose around 33% of your already pruned figure to state and federal taxes. (Your mileage may vary, particularly if you live in a state with aggressive taxation schemes).
3. Decide right now, how much you plan to give to family and friends.
This really shouldn't be more than 20% or so. Figure it out right now. Pick your number. Tell your lawyer. That's it. Don't change it. 20% of $228 million is $45.6 million. That leaves you with $182.4 million. DO NOT CONSULT WITH FAMILY when deciding how much to give to family. You are going to get advice that is badly tainted by conflict of interest, and if other family members find out that Aunt Flo was consulted and they weren't you will never hear the end of it. Neither will Aunt Flo. This might later form the basis for an allegation that Aunt Flo unduly influenced you and a lawsuit might magically appear on this basis. No, I'm not kidding. I know of one circumstance (related to a business windfall, not a lottery) where the plaintiffs WON this case.
Do NOT give anyone cash. Ever. Period. Just don't. Do not buy them houses. Do not buy them cars. Tell your attorney that you want to provide for your family, and that you want to set up a series of trusts for them that will total 20% of your after tax winnings. Tell him you want the trust empowered to fund higher education, some help (not a total) purchase of their first home, some provision for weddings and the like, whatever. Do NOT put yourself in the position of handing out cash. Once you do, if you stop, you will be accused of being a heartless bastard (or bitch). Trust me. It won't go well.
It will be easy to lose perspective. It is now the duty of your friends, family, relatives, hangers-on and their inner circle to skew your perspective, and they take this job quite seriously. Setting up a trust, a managed fund for your family that is in the double digit millions is AMAZINGLY generous. You need never have trouble sleeping because you didn't lend Uncle Jerry $20,000 in small denomination unmarked bills to start his chain of deep-fried peanut butter pancake restaurants. ("Deep'n 'nutter Restaurants") Your attorney will have a number of good ideas how to parse this wealth out without turning your siblings/spouse/children/grandchildren/cousins/waitresses into the latest Paris Hilton.
4. You will be encouraged to hire an investment manager. Considerable pressure will be applied. Don't.
Investment managers charge fees, usually a percentage of assets. Consider this: If they charge 1% (which is low, I doubt you could find this deal, actually) they have to beat the market by 1% every year just to break even with a general market index fund. It is not worth it, and you don't need the extra return or the extra risk. Go for the index fund instead if you must invest in stocks. This is a hard rule to follow. They will come recommended by friends. They will come recommended by family. They will be your second cousin on your mother's side. Investment managers will sound smart. They will have lots of cool acronyms. They will have nice PowerPoint presentations. They might (MIGHT) pay for your shrimp cocktail lunch at TGI Friday's while reminding you how poor their side of the family is. They live for this stuff.
You should smile, thank them for their time, and then tell them you will get back to them next week. Don't sign ANYTHING. Don't write it on a cocktail napkin (lottery lawsuit cases have been won and lost over drunkenly scrawled cocktail napkin addition and subtraction figures with lots of zeros on them). Never call them back. Trust me. You will thank me later. This tactic, smiling, thanking people for their time, and promising to get back to people, is going to have to become familiar. You will have to learn to say no gently, without saying the word "no." It sounds underhanded. Sneaky. It is. And its part of your new survival strategy. I mean the word "survival" quite literally.
Get all this figured out BEFORE you claim your winnings. They aren't going anywhere. Just relax.
5. Invest in U.S. Treasury bonds as your safety net.
If you elect to be more global about your paranoia, use between 20.00% and 33.00% of what you have not decided to commit to a family fund IMMEDIATELY to purchase a combination of longer term U.S. treasuries (5 or 10 year are a good idea) and perhaps even another G7 treasury instrument. This is your safety net. You will be protected... from yourself.
You are going to be really tempted to starting being a big investor. You are going to be convinced that you can double your money in Vegas with your awesome Roulette system/by funding your friend's amazing idea to sell Lemming dung/buying land for oil drilling/by shorting the North Pole Ice market (global warming, you know). This all sounds tempting because "Even if I lose it all I still have $XX million left! Anyone could live on that comfortably for the rest of their life." Yeah, except for 33% of everyone who won the lottery.
You're not going to double your money, so cool it. Let me say that again. You're not going to double your money, so cool it. Right now, you'll get around 3.5% on the 10 year U.S. treasury. With $36.5 million (20% of $182.4 mil after your absurdly generous family gift) invested in those you will pull down $1,277,00 per year. If everything else blows up, you still have that, and you will be in the top 0.1% of income in the United States. So how about you not fuck with it. Eh? And that's income that is damn safe. If we get to the point where the United States defaults on those instruments, we are in far worse shape than worrying about money.
If you are really paranoid, you might consider picking another G7 or otherwise mainstream country other than the U.S. according to where you want to live if the United States dissolves into anarchy or Britney Spears is elected to the United States Senate. Put some fraction in something like Swiss Government Bonds at 3%. If the Swiss stop paying on their government debt, well, then you know money really means nothing anywhere on the globe anymore. I'd study small field sustainable agriculture if you think this is a possibility. You might have to start feeding yourself.
6. Invest in S&P 500 Index funds.
You now have, say 80% of $182.4 million or $146 million. Here is where things start to get less clear. Personally, I think you should dump half of this, or $73 million, into a boring S&P 500 index fund. Find something with low fees. You are going to be constantly tempted to retain "sophisticated" advisers who charge "nominal fees." Don't. Period. Even if you lose every other dime, you have $1,277,00 per year you didn't have before that will keep coming in until the United States falls into chaos. Fuck advisers and their fees. Instead, drop your $73 million in the market in a low fee vehicle. Unless we have an unprecedented downturn the likes of which the United States has never seen, should return around 7.00% or so over the next 10 years. You should expect to touch not even a dime of this money for 10 or 15 or even 20 years. In 20 years $73 million could easily become $230 million.
7. NOW you can buy your vacation home in Fiji.
You have provided for your family beyond your wildest dreams. And you still have $73 million in "cash." You know you will be getting $1,277,00 per year unless the capital building is burning, you don't ever need to give anyone you care about cash, since they are provided for generously and responsibly (and can't blow it in Vegas) and you have a HUGE nest egg that is growing at market rates. (Given the recent dip, you'll be buying in at great prices for the market). What now? Whatever you want. Go ahead and burn through $73 million in hookers and blow if you want. You've got more security than 99% of the country. A lot of it is in trusts so even if you are sued your family will live well, and progress across generations. If your lawyer is worth his salt (I bet he is) then you will be insulated from most lawsuits anyhow. Buy a nice house or two, make sure they aren't stupid investments though. Go ahead and be an angel investor and fund some startups, but REFUSE to do it for anyone you know. (Friends and money, oil and water - Michael Corleone) Play. Have fun. You earned it by putting together the shoe sizes of your whole family on one ticket and winning the jackpot.
A mixture of both. A little internet sleuthing informed me that Fish McWilliams' legal name is actually "Adarius" (his nickname comes from loving fish sandwiches), while Kool-Aid McKinstry's legal name is "Ga'Quincy".
Translation:
Rest in peace, Coach.
$5 says that before the month is out, Oregon will be heading to the B1G as well (along with Washington, Stanford, and Notre Dame).
I wonder what the impact will be on the Rose Bowl? Poaching two of the most storied Pac-12 teams will probably not have a beneficial effect upon the relationship between them and the B1G. And I also suppose that "The Alliance" between B1G, the Pac-12, and the ACC is now dead, more or less.
I should have been a blue-chip QB recruit.
What was the one unfortunate uncanny valley in Coco?
Great football name! I assume he is committing as a PWO?
Jaxon…
Jaxon Howard is not the first person of whom I would think if I read "#JH" on a Michigan fan board.
To your point, I agree that the 3rd "rival" of Michigan, Ohio State, and Penn State should be teams that are currently in the B1G West, lest they risk recreating the same balance issue that is currently causing issues with the geographical divisions.
Reading this list, it seems like it's less about Dochterman saying that Rutgers is Michigan's rival and more about each B1G team needing at least one marquee game that they play every year (and I don't think you could, in good faith, consider games against Indiana or Maryland to be "marquee"). It's the same thing with him assigning Maryland as Ohio State's 3rd "rival"... despite the fact that Maryland has literally never beaten the Buckeyes.
KO Strad, while I can’t vouch for all Columbus cops, the ones inside The Shoe are primarily Franklin county sheriff deputies, and I’ve never seen them be anything but professional towards fans, both home and visiting.
And, what’s more, I can certainly say that no usher (or any other stadium staff member) would knowingly allow any of our guests in the stadium to be harassed or threatened, regardless of their team affiliation. It’s our goal to help create a safe and fun environment for all, and we take that goal very seriously.
Thank you! I’ve been a longtime fan of “Opponent Watch”, so I guess it’s about time I made an account.
I Googled “scanner blue” and found this gentleman- am I correct in assuming that he is an usher at The Big House?
Hi, Ohio Stadium usher here. I saw your question, and I made an account to share my expertise, such that it is.
The largest concentration of any visiting fanbase at the Shoe is, roughly, in sections 4, 6, and 8 (on A, B, and C decks), which would be in the northeast corner of the stadium. If the Shoe was a clock, those sections would be in the 1 o'clock area. Having said that, the majority of visiting fans are dispersed fairly evenly throughout the stadium. The only section that I would tell you to avoid would be the south stands (any section in the 30s), as that is the student section and thus would probably give visiting fans the highest odds of experiencing an unpleasant interaction.
Any official parking garage or lot should be safe for a vehicle with a Michigan license... and to be honest, I would imagine that most unofficial ones should be safe too. The only place I would advise you to avoid parking is on the street near any frat houses, which I doubt you would be inclined to do in the first place.
I can say with a high degree of certainty that you are safe everywhere inside the stadium. There are literally thousands of ushers and police officers stationed throughout the Shoe and any fans that threatens the safety of anyone else would be either be ejected and/or arrested (with the latter depending on the severity of their actions). There is obviously less oversight of any potentially aggressive fans outside the Shoe, but for what it's worth, I've never seen anything more than relatively mild heckling of Michigan fans outside of the stadium, and I've never even heard of violence occurring. That's not to say that your risk is zero, but I would imagine that, unless you are trying to start a fight, it's fairly low. I can assure you, however, that you almost certainly will be subjected to many drunken, off-key renditions of "I Don't Give A Damn For The Whole State of Michigan", especially after the game.
At the end of the day, it's my goal (and that of my fellow ushers) that all fans, including the visiting ones, have a positive experience while at the Shoe, and while it's out of my control to guarantee that you will have a good time free from harassment, if you are in my section, I will certainly try my best to ensure it.
So, coincidentally, I am an usher at Ohio Stadium, and 26A is my section. I don’t recall whether or not I spoke with you that day, but I am glad to hear that you had a good time. It's my goal (and that of my fellow ushers) that all fans, including the visiting ones, have a positive experience while at the Shoe.
I will say that all the Wolverine fans that I did interact with during that game were class acts and did their team proud, cheering hard for their team while still being friendly with the home fans and reserving their limited profanity for the refs.
To be honest, Michigan fans as a whole are definitely in the top half of my personal "Classiest Visiting B1G Fans" ranking system (and, just in case you were wondering, Nebraska fans are at the top of my rankings while Penn State fans are at the bottom).