2014 was worse than 2008.

Rich Rod, for all his faults, at least had his worst year in year 1.

Hoke had a losing season by year 4, when he should have been getting a better teach each year.

"Many folks look at the present and have no idea that it isn’t a result just of one guy, which is how fools blame “the government” for the state of their own lives."

"The government" is not just one guy. And I wouldn't say they're as clean as the wind-driven snow.

But your point is taken. Same with people who blame "big business" or "the system" or any other entity for things well within their own control

Can't say I'm the biggest Jimmy Buffet fan, but he had some songs I appreciate. One Particular Harbor is a good piece. 

I also like his live cover of the Grateful Dead's "Uncle John's Band"

So EVERY criticism of a non-white athlete or coach is default prejudicial based on color?

Wow. That view in and of itself is prejudicial. And a good way to deflect legitimate criticism.

For the record, I fully support Howard, and despise people who freak out over a bad spell in a season. That being said, I’m also mature enough to not read every criticism as being a racism boogeyman behind every tree and every wall.

Whatever. I couldn’t care less about the sex of the person in the role. I care whether or not that person can successfully fill the role.

Please don’t be so quick to turn this into a racial issue. Too many people assume that if two different people of different ethnicities argue, it is automatically about race. That is pretty obtuse and immature. Let’s deal with facts, not speculation.

You’re full of it. Gard DID instigate it. Howard tried to walk away and Gard kept it up with his imbecilic behavior.

Does Howard deserve some sort of disciplinary action? Yes. But don’t you dare act like Gard is an innocent party in all of this.

I have to be honest: sometimes I wonder whether or not political opinion is motivating the banning of certain sports writers on this site.

And I get that that is the prerogative of the mods, but it doesn’t speak well to free and honest and common sense discourse.

Sad to hear. I recommend his book Eat the Rich

And what reason would that be?

Giordano’s rocks.

All Highlander memes are automatically upvoted.

“Prisoner’s dilemma”?????

God rest his soul.

To be fair, he got a lot of unjustified flak while he was here. He was blamed for defensive woes that really should have been laid at the feet of Rich Rod.

He was an excellent 4-3 defensive coach, but Rich Rod wanted him to run the 3-3-5. That’s like asking a tractor pull driver to suddenly take up formula one racing and drive the Monaco Grand Prix next week. Rich Rod, for whatever reason, would not hire a DC with a 3-3-5 focus, and Robinson got thrown under the bus.

I don't teach at the university level, but in the case of our schools not allowing hoodies on, it's because 1.) kids DO try to do bad things and keep their faces hidden, and 2.) a lot of kids try to vape with the hoodies over their heads to try to conceal the exhaled vapor.

And it applies to ALL kids, not just one particular ethnicity. 

My traditional prime rib recipe that has been used for a great many years and still turns heads with the delicious aroma it spreads throughout the house.

Add to that the chocolate yule log (which basically is a giant ho-ho) that I have learned to make.

Nobody goes hungry in our house.

God be praised for your wife's improving health!

And... yes, watching Michigan beat any team is worth a rewatch, but I put the Buckeyes (along with Sparty) up there with multiple rewatches.

Short of a miracle they're gonna get curb-stomped.

Yep. An inconvenience, to be sure. But he’ll most likely not keel over from it.

Because at least the Bears occasionally make it to the playoffs, which is one of the reasons my son likes them

Me, I’m a Packers fan.

Meat industry?

i got news for you: I can tell you about a LOT of not good things like that in the vegetarian-food industry as well. No one organization—corporate, government, union, activist—has a monopoly on dirty little secrets,

Back to the point, if I were Beamer, I don’t think I would have played nice on this.

Ted Nugent- Stranglehold

Is he wrong?

While we do not know whether or not that was the cause, I do agree that athletes probably need to retire sooner in life if they can. And not just football athletes either. I keep hearing about how soccer can be notorious for concussions, in someways even more so than Football.

I don’t even care if it’s a penalty or not. All I care about is that, if the quarterback begins a slide, the play should be blown dead right then and there.

I’ll take it a step further: if you step outside of the quarterback pocket, you should be considered a potential runner.

Or have blown the play dead at the very least.

Kelly, like Urban Meyer, is one of the examples of coaches whom I personally have issues with, but professionally give him respect for his job.

And... it was fun watching him turn Dantonio's face into a scowl worthy of Oscar the Grouch when ND beat MSU.

I have to admit, when he was first hired, people were criticizing him for not playing "manball" and that the spread was too weak to work in the B1G.

Enter Urban Meyer, who basically stole RichRod's playbook and used it against us, save for minor tweaks, and beat Hoke's "manball" teams into the ground with it.

Still early in the season.

Seems as if getting a coordinator for a job like Clemson might be risky (yes, I know Dabo was a coordinator, but still, I would think that an established HC, even one at a lower level school, would be more conducive to the position).

Best to him. Hope he has learned that 1.) you have to play defense too, and 2.) don’t screw with the Title IX folks

Doesn’t matter to me one way or the other. Frankly I don’t get the hate for ND. Do I want to beat them? Yes. But I’ve no ill will toward them. Heck, I would root for them over Sparty.

I for one will be very interested in seeing how that works out. His offense style stands a good chance to work in that conference, whereas the SEC is much more defense of minded than the pac12 is

I won't lie: the thought crossed my mind more than once. Happy that I was foolish to let thoughts like that in my head.

I seem to recall a statement that “two wrongs don’t make a right.”

Vandalism is uncivil no matter the reason

The Gretch is trying to save face, I see.

Sidenote: I hate Star Trek Discovery.

But your point is well-taken otherwise

 No real pain here. I’ll root for anybody over MSU. At least OSU and even Notre Dame deserve recognition. Sparty is “Johnny-come-lately” in the overall arc of traditionally prominent teams.

I have no shame in rooting for any team over Sparty, especially after Supervisor Dantonio took over.

A “stan”?

Prayer for him.

Vanilla, but not TOO vanilla.

Rumor is that Durkin was distracted by the Maryland job offer. Doesn’t excuse the whole of the game, but it does account for some of it.

The "woulda-shoulda-coulda" take you're spouting can apply to ANY quarterback in ANY game, even good ones.

And last I checked, no QB "wins games on his own." There are ten other players out there, every play.

They made the stops when they had to. Enough said.

Purdue’s defenses are usually so inept that they will even make Nebraska look good

What does it matter who said it? Truth is truth, no matter who says it, whether you like them or not.

It’s Purdue, what did you expect? They have never been a defensive juggernaut.

A win is a win, especially when it comes to Penn State. No complaints.

It seems as if every time we play Indiana, we seem to have an exorbitant number of injuries.