The End Of OT Season - Your Guide To The Transition
POSTED AT THE REQUEST OF ROB F, ESTEEMED MOD:
The OT Season officially comes to an end at midnight. There will be some cleanup of a preliminary nature starting before then.
What does that mean for you? Veterans will know the answer, but for newer folks or infrequent visitors, here is your yearly reminder.
Now, when we say “end of OT season”, it is more a “significant narrowing of scope” – in other words, not every single OT thread will be removed outright. What you must do, if you plan on posting such a thread, is provide a pretty damn good explanation of why it should stay (or the reason may be self-evident) – and yes, frivolous ones will be removed as always.
As usual, there are usually narrow exceptions made for major breaking news of regional or national importance and a few other things and that’s what we mean here. Those are just a few examples of “allowable OT”. I realize some people would prefer a hard stop, but this is a community and we’ll consider things that might be of note to the community, even during the “non-OT” months. Such threads should be an EXCEPTION, and the onus is on the blogger to justify it.
A few things of note (non-comprehensive, of course – we reserve the right to throw other stuff out there too):
- The Snowflake Rule will apply after games, but we will weigh threads individually and those which provide, for example, detailed analysis of a single series or play or video analysis will probably stay. Those threads which are mere hot takes that could easily fit into a snowflake thread will likely go. I understand why the Snowflake threads are not popular in many segments of the MGoPopulation, but there has to be a way to mitigate hot takes and make sure they don’t bury more worthwhile content. The whole point is to make sure the better user-generated content remains – we have some excellent football minds on the board and I really don’t want their contributions to be buried by your two paragraphs which amount to “that was awesome” or “that sucked” or what-have-you.
- Having seen #1, please take care in general to consider carefully what you want to say if you’re going to create a thread. Search the threads for similar threads – that’s typically what I use as a measuring stick for “redundant”. As for breaking news, make sure that you check the publish dates on articles – you can almost be assured that anything over an hour old has made it to the board barring a huge oversight (and sometimes, something does get overlooked). Normal rules on sourcing apply as well, so for example, be judicious with Bleacher Report, no Chatsports, and don’t post a whole Freep article out of spite – post a quote, link it, and give people the opportunity to avoid reading it.
- DO NOT attack players or fellow MGoBloggers personally. Ad hominems are essentially your ticket to Bolivia or worse depending on the severity of the statement. I know people get emotional after games, but do try to run your initial reaction by your frontal cortex first for proper review. Criticizing play and strategy is fine, but basically bringing someone’s mom into it, if you will, is your way of telling the mods you no longer wish to be here.
- Report potential infractions or questionable posts in the Mod Sticky with a link to the comment or thread. We will review them as soon as possible and dole out point deductions and so forth accordingly. If it is raining in La Paz, we will provide appropriate gear assuming we did not spend the money on beer first. If there is a delay in getting to an issue, remember that the mods have lives too, but if it is something that really should go, say, right now, tweet me at @LorneEC3 and I’ll address it right then or make a note to do it ASAP. Yes, I can’t stand the threads with “IBD” or “Moms please delete” in 40 different forms and posts either, so let’s try to mitigate that, eh?
- Sunday (also Thursday and Monday) NFL threads will be allowed as usual. Pro sports events which are significant are fine as well (World Series, NBA or NHL coverage, etc…) – just not every bit of news like we get during the draft and free agency periods sometimes. I know people gripe about the amount of Lions coverage during the NFL season, but try to remember that a sizeable number of the active users on this site also live in Michigan. Do feel free to throw in some coverage of your own teams, if you so choose, but be selective due to OT restrictions.
- Threads covering other college games should typically be OK, but do try to keep the tradition of “Saturday Noon Games Thread”, for example, on the weekends (and on Thursdays and Fridays when sometimes there is a significant slate too). The tradition of MACtion is absolutely OK. If something noteworthy is happening in a particular game, a separate thread should be fine but detail the reason for breaking out of the open thread coverage.
October 17th, 2020 at 8:27 PM ^
I suppose I should have added:
7) Your COVID-19 update better include information of general use to the public. That is to say, "I am out of Clorox Wipes" will not remain on the board, but "Here Is Where You Can Get Clorox Wipes In ___________" might be of use to a few people.
8) Do NOT take #7 seriously - those threads are still OT.
October 18th, 2020 at 7:27 PM ^
I'm new here, but I still could use some Clorox Wipes.
Help a brotha out. lol
October 19th, 2020 at 8:03 AM ^
What does OT mean?
October 19th, 2020 at 4:12 PM ^
What does OT mean?
Off-Topic
October 17th, 2020 at 8:33 PM ^
Thank God!
October 18th, 2020 at 12:16 AM ^
Came to say this ... but are we not doing a Festivus?
October 17th, 2020 at 8:36 PM ^
I APPROVE THIS MESSAGE!
October 17th, 2020 at 8:38 PM ^
Alabama gets away with murder.
October 17th, 2020 at 8:39 PM ^
Wishful thinking.
October 17th, 2020 at 8:46 PM ^
i'm sure going to miss those swell covid threads....
thank you moms.
October 17th, 2020 at 9:53 PM ^
I don't think those are what they meant by snowflake threads... I'll show myself out...
October 17th, 2020 at 8:52 PM ^
The end of OT season should be preceded by a 24-hour Purge. An online free-for-all of every MGoBlogger for themselves.
October 17th, 2020 at 9:01 PM ^
#BRINGBACKOPPONENTWATCH
October 17th, 2020 at 9:32 PM ^
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October 17th, 2020 at 8:54 PM ^
Nice job of communicating expectations going forward. I am sure it's not easy on mods in this atypical environment. The majority of us appreciate all you do.
October 17th, 2020 at 8:56 PM ^
Okay.
October 17th, 2020 at 11:20 PM ^
You just keep doing you, Ponyboy.
October 18th, 2020 at 9:38 AM ^
Outsiders.
October 18th, 2020 at 4:12 PM ^
Stay golden, showers.
October 17th, 2020 at 9:23 PM ^
I'm really curious if Bolivia has seen an uptick in travel because of MGoBlog.
Also, HELLO NOT OT SEASON!
October 17th, 2020 at 9:34 PM ^
Good info. Let's keep this the best football board out there. Go Blue!
October 17th, 2020 at 10:09 PM ^
A true posbang thread
October 17th, 2020 at 10:13 PM ^
"bringing someone’s mom into it, if you will, is your way of telling the mods you no longer wish to be here."
Does that include Scott Frost's mom?
October 17th, 2020 at 10:24 PM ^
No, she inserted... opened herself.... became apart of the story.
October 18th, 2020 at 2:42 AM ^
A part of apart?
October 18th, 2020 at 6:41 AM ^
And I'm assuming Frau Wagner in her Michigan jersey is still acceptable, as long as the commentary is appropriate, ja?
October 17th, 2020 at 10:47 PM ^
The board won’t look the same without snarky political threads and the omnipresent COVID updates, which often seem to overlap. Hallelujah!
October 18th, 2020 at 2:43 AM ^
Don't worry. Those crap threads will return soon enough.
October 17th, 2020 at 10:48 PM ^
You may have to break up the snowflake threads once they get to a few pages, until that thing gets fixed where you make a comment and then it won't take you back to where you left off . . . leaving you to have to wade through pages of comments just to get back to where you were.
Or . . . just fix that thing.
October 18th, 2020 at 1:16 AM ^
What's the story on this? Is there a plan to fix this so it works like other message boards?
October 18th, 2020 at 9:52 AM ^
Ill just post a completely unrelated reply to a front page comment
October 17th, 2020 at 11:04 PM ^
This is all great and all until the season gets postponed or cancelled, and then it is back to this crap again.
October 18th, 2020 at 12:16 AM ^
You know what? Barney’s all right.
October 18th, 2020 at 12:17 AM ^
How did you get a picture of me from last night?!?
August 7th, 2021 at 10:19 AM ^
October 18th, 2020 at 1:00 AM ^
Let's hope we can get through both the football and basketball schedules without complete cancellation of season(s) and stave off next OT season for a good long time.
October 17th, 2020 at 11:34 PM ^
I'm looking forward to my favorite in-season thread series:
Opponent Lookalike
October 18th, 2020 at 12:17 AM ^
Forgot about those. Very enjoyable.
October 17th, 2020 at 11:35 PM ^
Make this sticky for a while please
October 17th, 2020 at 11:58 PM ^
I am a fan of this!
October 18th, 2020 at 2:29 PM ^
It’s a shame that it might be too late to mention that 45 years ago this month (October 11, 1975), NBC’s “Saturday Night” debuted and opened with a sketch that included the line, “I would like to feed your fingertips to the Wolverines”?
But it might not be too late to mention what happened in Michigan football history on the same day when NBC’S “Saturday Night” debuted. According to Wikipedia, on October 11, 1975, “Michigan, ranked No. 8 by the AP, defeated No. 15 Michigan State, 16–6, in a nationally-televised game played before a crowd of 79,776 at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan.
“In the first three quarters, the scoring was limited to field goals, two by Michigan's Bob Wood and two by the Spartans' Danish kicker, Hans Nielsen. Both of the Spartans' field goals were set up by Michigan turnovers – a fumble by Gordon Bell at Michigan's 27-yard line in the first quarter and a fumbled punt by Dwight Hicks in the third quarter.
“At the end of the third quarter, Jim Smith fielded a punt at midfield and returned it to the Michigan State 39-yard line. On fourth-and-one, Rick Leach freed himself from a tackler behind the line of scrimmage and converted the first down. Two plays later, Gordon Bell put the Wolverines ahead with a 19-yard touchdown run. Wood later added his third field goal.
“Rob Lytle led the Wolverines for 111 yards on 20 carries, and Bell totaled 105 yards on 19 carries. Rick Leach completed two of six passes for 38 yards and was intercepted once. Michigan State fumbled five times, Michigan recovering three.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team#Michigan_State https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/midaily/mdp.39015071754530/375