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|2 weeks 12 hours ago
|You mean the J. Ira and
You mean the J. Ira and Nick...aww fuck it.
|2 weeks 14 hours ago
|Those chastising Brandon for
Those chastising Brandon for turning the aura around M football into a professional sports atmosphere were wrong.
He's turning it into a minor league sports atmosphere.
|5 weeks 1 day ago
"McGary's agent leaks something in hopes of gaining hype, enticing another team to trade up for him."
|5 weeks 3 days ago
|Fuck Portugal.
Fuck Portugal.
|6 weeks 18 hours ago
|Herm would hate this guy.
Herm would hate this guy.
|7 weeks 3 days ago
|African-American Studies.
African-American Studies.
|8 weeks 3 days ago
|...except all of that is
...except all of that is true.
|8 weeks 3 days ago
|Julian Green does not deserve
Julian Green does not deserve to be anywhere near this roster. It's absolutely sickening.
And to think, we're struggling to find stability at the wing positions, rotating between Alejandro Bedoya, Brad motherfucking Davis, and Graham Zusi.
|8 weeks 6 days ago
|I will give you $10 Millon to
I will give you $10 Millon to rename your username the "State Street honorary writer of things that occasionally interest me Seth" to be disbursed in any way that MGoBlog sees fit.
You turning that shit down?
|9 weeks 16 hours ago
|So does Dave Brandon have the
So does Dave Brandon have the autonomy to dictate the entire B1G schedule? How do you know he didn't go out of his way to represent our interests but was overruled? Were you there?
|9 weeks 4 days ago
|LOL. You must have been
LOL. You must have been outraged when he committed.
|9 weeks 5 days ago
|I wouldn't keep the most
I wouldn't keep the most athletic person on earth (probably) back at Keeper.
|10 weeks 1 day ago
|You clearly have not spent
You clearly have not spent much time around here.
|11 weeks 15 hours ago
|(No subject)
|11 weeks 22 hours ago
|11 weeks 5 days ago
|I hereby pledge 10 bucks
I hereby pledge 10 bucks towards the Kickstarter to get you to go to prom...provided you ask Kate Upton via twitter. You could even link to the page.
Fucking offseason, man.
|12 weeks 1 day ago
|Dear Julie Hermann, Did you
Dear Julie Hermann,
|13 weeks 14 hours ago
|Breaking News
Graham Glasgow has joined the Michigan baseball team as a third baseman. He will join the team for the remainder of the season, be suspended for the next three games, and rejoin the football team for week one against Appalachain State.
|13 weeks 1 day ago
|Why are we holding jobs in
Why are we holding jobs in College Football to a higher standard than any other job?
If you're a scumbug and an asshole but you're a good fucking lawyer, you're gonna enjoy all of the career advancement that goes along with that.
If you have zero ethics and are a coked-out madmen but you rake in the dough as an I-Banker, you will assuredly get some pretty solid job offers down the road.
So if you're a scumbag asshole football coach with zero ethics but you win football games, why should we expect said individual to not climb the ranks, make some dough, and enjoy the ride?
|13 weeks 1 day ago
|13 weeks 1 day ago
|13 weeks 3 days ago
|Michigan Football has gotten
Michigan Football has gotten so depressing that I'm genuinely curious if this is a troll.
|13 weeks 3 days ago
|So now we're using
So now we're using apostrophes just to use 'em, eh?
|14 weeks 14 hours ago
|One year from now, Brady Hoke
One year from now, Brady Hoke will be the Defensive Line coach in Tuscaloosa. Book it.
|14 weeks 15 hours ago
|It's about that time of the
It's about that time of the offseason, eh?
|14 weeks 1 day ago
Is that your way of saying you're from San Diego?
|15 weeks 22 hours ago
|This post has an ESPN
This post has an ESPN headline-level title.
|15 weeks 3 days ago
|How about something easy,
How about something easy, like opening up the program to the fans.
I watched a motherfucking 40 contest between OSU and their students during their spring game on BTN. I'll be damned if it isn't Urban Meyer making the call to put that on.
Instead of moping around and being generally unpleasant, how about doing something to engage the students/fans/media with the program instead of giving us a couple of clips of Devin stretching during Spring Practice?
|15 weeks 4 days ago
|Don't give a fuck about the
Don't give a fuck about the game but I'm watching soley for the classic "NHL on ESPN" theme they've been running throughout.
|15 weeks 6 days ago
|Yeah, I'm sure people would
Yeah, I'm sure people would pay a fortune to watch Johnny Football play for the "Texas Rail Cats" or Jabari Parker play for the "Durham Bloodhounds."
These teams wouldn't make any money, and thus could never afford to pay the stars the money that people think is out there.
These schools instill more value on these prospects than most people care to realize.
|16 weeks 17 hours ago
|So, to sum it up: "Good for
So, to sum it up:
"Good for him" = approval
"Why is this a story?" = someone tiptoeing the lines of policial correctness to state they disapprove of gay people.
Luckily, I think most people fit into the first camp.
|16 weeks 2 days ago
|And I have an eight foot
And I have an eight foot penis.
|17 weeks 6 days ago
|Who knew Dave Zirin was a pen
Who knew Dave Zirin was a pen name for Jason Whitlock.
|18 weeks 15 hours ago
|The problem is that the NCAA
The problem is that the NCAA and the institutions are evincing two different narratives.
The NCAA can't be crying student-athlete when Pat Fitzgerald/Nick Saban/Insert-coach-here is demanding his players take certain classes, forcing them to show up at 5 AM practice after finishing a workout at 11 PM the night before, and lugging the players on road trips to different states in lieu of Friday class.
This whole thing is a clusterfuck.
|18 weeks 1 day ago
|Dude must have done a good
Dude must have done a good job controlling the narrative of the football program and getting out ahead of any stories that came up in the recent past.
|18 weeks 4 days ago
|I realize Va Tech's colors
I realize Va Tech's colors are kind of weird but what the fuck is up with Buzz William's wardrobe? Light blue shirt, maroon paisley tie, orange pocket square?
No, bro.
|20 weeks 1 day ago
|Am I the only one...
That sees Jalen Rose with a huge arm?
|20 weeks 1 day ago
|Am I missing something with
Am I missing something with the quotation marks?
|20 weeks 3 days ago
|This is...not obsessive or
This is...not obsessive or anything.
|21 weeks 13 hours ago
|Uh, Anthony Wright?
Uh, Anthony Wright?
|21 weeks 6 days ago
|Big weightroom.
Big weightroom.
|22 weeks 2 days ago
|Instead of shelling out for
Instead of shelling out for some lavish indoor rowing facility or some shit, wouldn't it be nice to throw like 10 million a year at a guy like Harbaugh, after we've just received $100 million in cash from our biggest donor?
|22 weeks 2 days ago
|I would hope a Northern Irish
I would hope a Northern Irish terrorist organization isn't bankrolling our football program.
|22 weeks 4 days ago
|So we've gone from one guy
So we've gone from one guy taking drugs to an entire University being complicit?
|22 weeks 6 days ago
|"...and with the way offense
"...and with the way offense and passing has changed in college football..."
Maybe there is a god.
|23 weeks 6 days ago
|"Why is this still a story?"
"Why is this still a story?" - the new "no place in the league for this".
|24 weeks 6 days ago
|If Mr. and Mrs. McDowell put
If Mr. and Mrs. McDowell put the same amount of effort into parenting their child as they do bitching about where he wants to go to college, maybe they wouldn't be in this position.
Then again, from the way they act, the fact that they are in this position isn't surprising.
|25 weeks 1 day ago
|I think Malik McDowell's
I think Malik McDowell's mom's comments officially turned me totally off from recruiting forever.
It's becoming way too much of a shit show.
|25 weeks 2 days ago
|Team CC.
Team CC.
|25 weeks 2 days ago
|If you think there's nothing
If you think there's nothing wrong with the AD being oblivious to media reports about a football player being accused of sexual assault, I don't know what to tell you.
|25 weeks 2 days ago
|Uh, are you kidding? You
Uh, are you kidding? You think this inconsequential?
|25 weeks 4 days ago
|25 weeks 4 days ago
|I have a belly button.
I have a belly button.
|25 weeks 4 days ago
|Enough of...what?
Enough of...what? ...Exposure for the University? ...Money for the AD? ...The influx of people who otherwise wouldn't step foot in AA? ...Potential recruiting boosts?
Fuck that Dave Brandon for having the nerve to breathe.
|25 weeks 5 days ago
|How could anybody genuinely
How could anybody genuinely be against this?
|26 weeks 13 hours ago
|My takeaway is that 24 hours
My takeaway is that 24 hours later we've yet to hear anything from the University or the AD other than Ablauf, which is pretty disgusting.
|26 weeks 13 hours ago
|Institutions of higher
Institutions of higher learning are even known to check on prospective students social media profiles to see if anything seems "out of whack".
So yeah, having that sort of dark cloud hanging over one's head would be a pretty large red flag for, again, one of the most selective social work schools in the world.
Anybody that has had a class with and/or interacted with this kid could tell you that he didn't get there on his academic merits either.
|26 weeks 15 hours ago
|Lost in all this fracas:How
Lost in all this fracas:
How the fuck does someone like Gibbons, who had been accused of Sexual Assault and had rumblings on campus of being not-so-great a person, get into one of the best SOCIAL WORK schools on the face of the earth?
This issue is not isolated to the AD or the football team.
|26 weeks 1 day ago
|This is hilarious. Aren't
This is hilarious. Aren't you like 60? Is it really your place to be making blanket generalizations about the relationships of college students?
|26 weeks 1 day ago
|So, essentially exactly what
So, essentially exactly what Hoke did by lying at the press conferences.
|26 weeks 1 day ago
Causing people to feel sympathy for someone just dismissed for a potential rape is pretty low.
|26 weeks 1 day ago
|Yeah they expelled him...five
Yeah they expelled him...five years later, once the public found out about what happened and there was a (however small, due to the source of the claims) wave of public opinion deriding what had happened.
|26 weeks 1 day ago
|Anyone brushing off Hoke's
Anyone brushing off Hoke's comments as "silly little comments" or "typical coachspeak" is missing the point and is clearly part of the problem.
The crux of this issue is the University went out of their way to cover up this incident. The Head Football Coach being complicit in that, even up until the final days, is disgusting.
|26 weeks 2 days ago
|Can someone explain the draw
Can someone explain the draw of the nickname "Urbz" to me?
|26 weeks 5 days ago
|Get this man to Theta, stat.
Get this man to Theta, stat.
|26 weeks 6 days ago
|A big decision that will have
A big decision that will have obvious repercussions on the football program. Interested to say the least - and surprised that this doesn't have more attention on the boards.
|28 weeks 3 days ago
|What!? He was just a head
What!? He was just a head coach at a great school, and was a win away from a Rose Bowl. I thought he was an offensive mastermind?
|28 weeks 3 days ago
|Clearly, Brian Kelly watches
Clearly, Brian Kelly watches absolutely zero college football games outside of the ones he coaches.
|28 weeks 4 days ago
|Uh, yeah, exactly. I've been
Uh, yeah, exactly.
I've been around a while. I would never put a nugget like that out there it if I didn't get the goods from somebody reputable.
And no, I've never met Ace Williams in my life.
|28 weeks 6 days ago
|It's also important that this
It's also important that this guy wants to become a HC one day. Tons of incentive for him to succeed from that angle alone.
It beats having Borges rot upstairs with no future aspirations.
|29 weeks 3 days ago
|The more pressing issue next
The more pressing issue next year will be student attendance. Place will be half empty for every game on the schedule.
|29 weeks 6 days ago
|Lighten up. Jesus. You know
Lighten up. Jesus.
You know what'd be great? If we had that much fun in the locker room.
|30 weeks 1 day ago
|Like the man, hate him, or in
Like the man, hate him, or in between Rich deserves this vindication. Hope he enjoys the next couple of months.
|30 weeks 2 days ago
|Egos need to disappear.
Egos need to disappear.
|30 weeks 2 days ago
|Because I guess Kansas State
Because I guess Kansas State was going to alter their gameplan based upon whether Gardner had a broken foot or Turf Toe, even after it was announced he wouldn't play in the game?
There's a difference between tipping your hand to your opponent(s) about injuries and just trolling for shits.
|30 weeks 2 days ago
|"...he is a straight
"...he is a straight shooter..."
Is that so?
"Turf Toe" - Hoke on Gardner's injury.
"He's probable to return" - Hoke at halftime of the Nebraska game last year, on Denard.
"He's day-to-day" - Hoke every week on Denard post-Nebraska, though it was clear he was anything but.
"He's got a boo boo" - Hoke on everybody.
Sorry, no.
|30 weeks 2 days ago
|Not only laid back, but thus
Not only laid back, but thus far Hoke has not proven he has the mental capability of an elite head coach.
Listening to Beilien's radio show tonight is such a stark contrast from anything I've ever heard Hoke say, be it in a press conference, in a private rotary club type setting, at a coaching convention, or otherwise.
Beilien could recite off the top of his head how many free throw attempts Stauskas has had this year, and noted that it was more than Burke had at this time last year.
That little nugget right there, however miniscule, just shows that Beilien knows the X's and O's, is up to date on relevant metrics, and can disect the critical aspects of the game.
It is nothing like "We did some things, executed, heard football being played."
Like it or not, you need to be more than a figure head to be a Head Coach at a school like this. You need to be able to think critically, solve problems and truly analyze every nook and cranny of the game.
Chip Kelly was/is amazing at this. And it's not a surprise how successful he's been in the NFL.
|30 weeks 2 days ago
|Chip Kelly in one year has
Chip Kelly in one year has caused this massive purge of college coaches. Incredible.
Anybody wealthy enough on these boards to brush shoulders with an NFL owner and suggest one Brady Hoke as the next hot NFL guy?
|30 weeks 2 days ago
|Sing us a song, you're the Schiano Man.
|30 weeks 3 days ago
|Cocaine is a helluva drug.
Cocaine is a helluva drug.
|30 weeks 3 days ago
|It really makes me
It really makes me wonder...how much of that initial Hoke press conference was staged? How much was he coached?
In hindsight, he must have practiced that thing over, and over, and over again and been told authoritatively what to say and how to carry himself.
It's like all of a sudden, as the years have gone on, he's become totally uncooperative, brash and rude to each and every member of the media, all of whom are only trying to do their jobs.
|30 weeks 3 days ago
|I'm not "calling" for
I'm not "calling" for anything. I realize that Hoke would never do such a thing.
My point is that he says he loves this place, but ironically his presence is making us worse.
Your post says it all. Great leaders identify weaknesses and make changes. Throughout this whole season, Hoke has made zero adjustments and zero improvements.
|30 weeks 3 days ago
|What proof do you have? Your
What proof do you have? Your insinuation that the Locker Room is broken is pure conjecture.
Those that deride the staff for the poor job they've done have pretty concrete proof: they've watched the past 13 games.
|30 weeks 3 days ago
|Or, more likely, this staff
Or, more likely, this staff from the top down is just bad.
|30 weeks 3 days ago
|If Hoke truly cares about
If Hoke truly cares about this University, he would step down.
All the rhetoric is totally empty.
This program is regressing, and he knows it. He's just not cut out for this.
|30 weeks 3 days ago
|The "1976" says it all.
The "1976" says it all.
|30 weeks 4 days ago
|Think about the next season.
Think about the next season. Is anybody excited? This is the first time I can remember feeling absolutely nothing towards the next football season. No intrigue, no anticipation, no excitement. I feel about as uninspired as Brady Hoke looks coaching a football game.
Changes will be made, sure. Borges will be gone. Perhaps some of the other staff too. But does anybody feel any sort of positive with Brady Hoke in charge?
This man is not a BCS level coach.
He is not a Michigan caliber coach.
During the hiring process, Brandon spent too much time vetting his Michigan ties and not enough time vetting his football philosophy or credentials.
And now, we pay the price.
Let's enjoy mediocrity.
|30 weeks 4 days ago
|Hundreds of yards of total
Hundreds of yards of total offense.
|30 weeks 4 days ago
|I do. Rich's teams were
I do. Rich's teams were improving year to year. Hoke's are regressing.
|30 weeks 5 days ago
|Hold me closer, Tiny Dancer.
Hold me closer, Tiny Dancer.
|30 weeks 5 days ago
|The straw man
it is strong in this one.
|30 weeks 6 days ago
|This is a good counter, and
This is a good counter, and one I legitimately hadn't thought of before. But something tells me Hoke doesn't take the nuances of HIPAA into account when fudging around re injuries.
|30 weeks 6 days ago
|The antithesis to integrity
The antithesis to integrity seems to encompass lying. I'm not trying to pile on Hoke here for what most other FBS coaches do. But when it comes down to it, we're playing in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl, is lying about a kid's injury to get a competitive advantage really necessary?
I'd say if you're going to preach integrity, then you should practice it.
Just comes off as pretty sleazy.
|30 weeks 6 days ago
|Also the same guys that sit
Also the same guys that sit in living rooms lecturing to recruits parents about how they're full of "integrity."
|30 weeks 6 days ago
|A fracture is (usually) a
A fracture is (usually) a pretty cut and dry type of injury. But yet, here we have Hoke saying Devin's got "Turf Toe" up until today. I really don't get it. What's the point of lying?
|31 weeks 3 hours ago
|...except you misspelled the
...except you misspelled the word "know."
|31 weeks 1 day ago
|All the credit in the world
All the credit in the world to Will Muschamp.
Defensive guru with no real intricate offensive knowledge, hires a guy to run Manball, realizes Manball isn't working, scraps everything and picks up an innovative guy with a fun, upbeat offense.
If only, if only.
|31 weeks 2 days ago
|This is the new "that
This is the new "that couldn't have been Jameis Winston! The police report says he's only 5'10''!"
|31 weeks 2 days ago
|The story is now being
The story is now being reported by the Ann Arbor News. They contacted the police and confirmed that Lewan is being investigated.
This means that the title of that post is inherently true - there is some potential legal trouble for Lewan. Is there a reason why there hasn't been another peep on the board about this?
Makes you wonder if there's some sort of creative censorship being handed down from the AD or elsewhere.
|31 weeks 3 days ago
|I think it's pretty clear
I think it's pretty clear that Gardner will ride the pine for this one. Even if he steps in for a few plays, he will be limited. Why not use this as a benchmark to see how far Morris has progressed?
On a related note, I've heard from somebody I trust that Borges will be done after the bowl game. Not looking to start a fracas or start a new thread, but sounds like there could be some shuffling on the staff regardless of what happens in the game.
Their reason for waiting until the bowl game isn't an accident either - sounds like they are going after some guys in the NFL/with late bowl games whom they don't want to disrupt, similar to what happened in 2010. I guess this must be Brandon's MO.
|31 weeks 3 days ago
|Please buy more Vizio
Please buy more Vizio products.
|31 weeks 4 days ago
|Al Borges somewhere: "Why
Al Borges somewhere: "Why didn't I think of that?"
|31 weeks 4 days ago
|Because we are playing in the
Because we are playing in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl.
|31 weeks 6 days ago
|The more important slice from
The more important slice from that article is that he invokes Judge Judy.
|32 weeks 11 hours ago
|I've heard this time is very
I've heard this time is very alive for Tosh Lupoi.
|32 weeks 1 day ago
|Recruiting seems to work
Recruiting seems to work pretty seamlessly with Nick Saban's "process."
The bottom line is good football coaches will win football games.
With the lack of good coaches in Ann Arbor, recruiting will catch up to us.
|32 weeks 1 day ago
|Spoiler alert, I've got a
Spoiler alert, I've got a place where you can have access to the same information for free, minus the haughtyness and holier-than-thou auora of "recruiting experts"....it's called twitter.
|32 weeks 1 day ago
|(No subject)
|32 weeks 1 day ago
|Yeah, curse that Dave Brandon
Yeah, curse that Dave Brandon guy. I heard he killed six kittens while he was the CEO at Dominos. Allegedly. Remember the six.
|32 weeks 4 days ago
|...which means absolutely
...which means absolutely nothing because Saban has no buyout. His contract "extension" might as well be written in crayon on a napkin.
|32 weeks 4 days ago
|The rest of America:
|32 weeks 4 days ago
|Snow + America = Nobody Loses
Snow + America = Nobody Loses
|33 weeks 2 days ago
|All I know is that if Bryan
All I know is that if Bryan Harsin takes the Boise State job, I will personally roll Al Borges all the way to Arkansas for an interview.
|33 weeks 2 days ago
|I heard a talking head stress
I heard a talking head stress that the bowls are "for the community". Rose Bowl student tickets are $150 dollars. Hell, BWW bowl tickets can go for $100 each. The execs of these bowls make well over six figures.
|33 weeks 2 days ago
|Do you Brandon conspiracy
Do you Brandon conspiracy theorists understand just how much, in terms of percent of revenues, merchandise actually brings into the AD? Or are you just talking out of your behind?
|33 weeks 3 days ago
|Double Post
Double Post
|33 weeks 3 days ago
|Honest question, what would
Honest question, what would it take to shake your confidence in this Head Coach? A 6-6 season next year? Missing a bowl entirely?
The numbers don't lie. This program has regressed in the past three years.
|33 weeks 3 days ago
|Nothing like the sweet smell
Nothing like the sweet smell of mediocrity. Sugar Bowl to this in three years. Sounds like the man in charge is "absolutely the right man" to lead this program forward.
|33 weeks 6 days ago
|Brady is a grown ass
Brady is a grown ass man.
This kid is 17 years old.
|33 weeks 6 days ago
|I see we've now transformed
I see we've now transformed this board into a Michigan Recruiting Xanga.
Please, for the love of god, stop trying to justify this inane post and just take it down.
When posting something can do more harm than good for the program, why even bother?
|34 weeks 5 days ago
|Youth has been the excuse
Youth has been the excuse literally every year since 2008, so I'm going with that.
"We have young receivers!" sounds like the next shoulder to lean on.
|34 weeks 5 days ago
|Is a Fuck-Hio related to,
Is a Fuck-Hio related to, perhaps, a Fuck Lion?
|34 weeks 5 days ago
|This thread is so appropriate
This thread is so appropriate for the state of this site right now.
Some down time? Nothing to bitch about for a few hours?
Ah, let's turn the wrath to these social media jerseyz! Curse you Hunter Lochmann!!!!!
|34 weeks 5 days ago
|Should probably read "Worry
Should probably read "Worry When" for this game.
|34 weeks 5 days ago
|Wahhhhhhllllllllllllll ya
Wahhhhhhllllllllllllll ya know, physicalness. Toughess. All of that stuff.
So yeah.
This won't be pretty.
Also, fuck al Borges. And his enabler.
|35 weeks 14 hours ago
|I like Dave Brandon. I don't
I like Dave Brandon. I don't blame him for trying to maximize profits. I think he loves this University and is great at his job.
That being said, fuck Dave Brandon for the blatant omission of Rich Rodriguez in that blog post. What a chickenshit comment, praising "Carr's" recruits.
|35 weeks 1 day ago
|Not a fan. Alum. Sorry I
Not a fan. Alum.
|35 weeks 1 day ago
|Cool, let's get collectively
Cool, let's get collectively brainwashed for a 17 year old kid?
|35 weeks 1 day ago
|We will get Neyland'd. And
We will get Neyland'd. And quite frankly if Hoke is still around, I hope we do. Absolutely no reason to pay to watch a football game with that guy in charge.
|35 weeks 1 day ago
|If he does, Brian can watch
If he does, Brian can watch the BWW Bowl at my house.
|35 weeks 1 day ago
|I'll be genuinely interested
I'll be genuinely interested to see how Hoke's career arc turns out after he (at some point, not necessarily Sunday morning) leaves the University of Michigan. He's unique as a head coach in that he's never coordinated a defense. DC seems to be too much of a "macro" position for Hoke, as he is even now just a glorified position coach.
Does he try and snag another MAC Head Coach job? Does he lateral to a DL Coach position at a BCS level school?
Honestly wouldn't be surprised if he hung them up for good and transitioned into a sort of consulting role after his time in Ann Arbor is up.
Where Michigan and Hoke go from Saturday will be interesting to watch.
|35 weeks 1 day ago
|Our head coach shows zero
Our head coach shows zero emotion towards anything.
Why should I show any emotion towards anything?
I don't know about you, but since the PSU game I've kind of checked out. I feel nothing anymore. It's just a blaise coast until mediocrity ceases to be enough for Dave Brandon.
|35 weeks 3 days ago
|This week on the board is
This week on the board is eerily similar to the week before OSU in 2008.
Spoiler alert: we have terrible football coaches and are going to lose the game.
|35 weeks 4 days ago
|I hate Brady Hoke. And Al
I hate Brady Hoke. And Al Borges.
Next Saturday will be the most embarassing day for the program since the Horror.
|35 weeks 4 days ago
|Hoke continues to be the
Hoke continues to be the laughing stock of the Big Ten. And that is saying something.
Think about that. Are we truly in a better place than Indiana, Purdue, or Illinois?
Hoke will never answer the difficult questions, he will never make changes for the good of the team, and he has nowhere near the coaching skills to win a National Championship.
The longer this "Gee Whiz" charade, the trite press conferences, the negligence goes on, the more it stains our University.
Enjoy it for another 12 months. Looking forward to breaking out the FlightAware one year and one week from now.
|35 weeks 4 days ago
|I heard he opened for Robin
I heard he opened for Robin Sparkles back in the early 90s.
|36 weeks 6 days ago
|This is one of the most
This is one of the most ridiculous posts I have ever seen on this board. And from a staffer at that. I don't even know what else to say.
What are the odds that this school-specific, ordinary-guy-turns-reporter-guy stuff turn a kid off from attending a school in the near future? At what point do the negatives of this third-party recruiting fad outweigh the (supposed) positives?
|37 weeks 1 day ago
|Can anyone really fathom how
Can anyone really fathom how Al Borges has been employed by BCS level institutions for the past 20-ish years?
|37 weeks 2 days ago
|I'm not talking staff
I'm not talking staff changes. Even I'm anti getting rid of Borges mid season. That's nonsense.
I'm talking gameplan changes. Throw some different looks out there.
If Brady Hoke truly did not like the gameplan, he would have changed it.
Instead, we rushed for negative yards for the second week in a row running into the middle of a dumpster fire line.
But yeah, Brady probably tore him a new one behind closed doors! Next game will be different!
|37 weeks 2 days ago
|I would have a) kept Borges,
I would have a) kept Borges, I don't know where you're referencing that I would can him midseason
b) done anything other than running power into a terrible line, game after game after game.
|37 weeks 2 days ago
|If it was all coach speak,
If it was all coach speak, all a mirage, then we would have seen some changes after PSU and certinly after MSU.
We did not.
Stop fooling yourselves.
|37 weeks 2 days ago
|That's great! When can these
That's great! When can these recruits start playing? They already have? He's had three recruiting classes?
Nice guy, terrible head football coach.
Glad you like him though.
|37 weeks 2 days ago
|Contrary to popular belief,
Contrary to popular belief, the media is the program's microphone to the public. Everything Hoke says to the media is amplified. Look at the articles coming out of MSM this week, from Wojo and Chengelis and even here on the blog from Brian. All negative. All containing baffling quotes from Hoke.
Hoke saying ridiculous shit is bad PR. There's a way to "defend your staff" without sounding like a pompous asshole.
|37 weeks 2 days ago
|Brady Hoke is an embarassment
Brady Hoke is an embarassment to this academically elite University. Hoke's not an alum. I get that. But to have somebody who thinks in this way, who speaks this way to the media, who communicates with vague catchphrases such as "we didn't do some things" and spews such absurd garbage is an insult to the the people who have worked hard to build up the integrity of the institution.
It's enough already. I don't mind having a non-alum coach. I do mind having a (purposely or otherwise) mentally incapacitated one.
|37 weeks 2 days ago
|That is why
Everyone who thinks we will magically become Alabama is hilariously mistaken.
|37 weeks 2 days ago
|Funny how the people who
Funny how the people who deride the fanbase when they do something bad for PR (booing the team) come to the defense of the head coach when he does something bad for PR (give these absolutely ridiculous comments to the public).
It's like a never ending cycle of idiocy.
|37 weeks 2 days ago
|You lost me after Hoke
You lost me after Hoke stopped communicating in caveman sounds.
|37 weeks 2 days ago
|The fact that Hoke's only
The fact that Hoke's only logical rebuttal to this comment was a deadpan "He's wrong" is the biggest indictment of Al Borges I've seen. Couldn't muster any better explanation for the opponent literally calling out the playcalling.
|37 weeks 2 days ago
|We would have a damn strong
We would have a damn strong football team.
Have a great day.
|37 weeks 2 days ago
|Heiko asks the only tough
Heiko asks the only tough question of the presser, per usual.
Fuck this guy, man. Brady has lost the team, the media and the fans. There is no going back.
|37 weeks 3 days ago
|Totally immune to anything
Totally immune to anything that happens the next 1+ years. Wake me up when we have a new, competent coaching staff.
|37 weeks 4 days ago
|Well the offensive coach who
Well the offensive coach who is currently our OC caused us to gain negative yards on the ground so...can't be worse?
|37 weeks 4 days ago
|...Which is exactly what Hoke
...Which is exactly what Hoke said in the postgame presser.
|37 weeks 4 days ago
|Does it really matter? We
Does it really matter? We just had negative yards rushing for the second motherfucking week in a row. People I would take over Borges: Luke Fickell, Saline HS's OC, Carl Pelini...
|37 weeks 4 days ago
|Hoke is easily one of the
Hoke is easily one of the worst BCS level coaches. Laughable performance.
|37 weeks 5 days ago
|Wouldn't be surprised if he
Wouldn't be surprised if he got an interview, his wife works in the AD at EMU.
|37 weeks 5 days ago
|I have close to zero amount of
I have close to zero amount of trust in a man who as head coach not only delegates half of the game of football to somebody else, but delegates that half to Al motherfucking Borges.
|37 weeks 5 days ago
|Possible scenario - I wake up
Possible scenario - I wake up tomorrow surrounded by one billion dollars, three strippers, and some Remy.
|37 weeks 6 days ago
|What? I made a reference to
I made a reference to two spread offenses and contrasted it with the monotonous, Manballish style Hoke wants to run.
You sound like sombody desperate to convince himself to believe that Hoke is the guy, which, I guess. Whatever helps you sleep at night.
|37 weeks 6 days ago
|Okay? Does Art Briles line
Okay? Does Art Briles line up with 7 lineman in the I-Form? Last I checked, his offense is pretty innovative and unpredictable.
Rich Rodriguez was also 7-6 in his third year, if I do remember correctly.
|37 weeks 6 days ago
|Baylor and Oregon on the same
Baylor and Oregon on the same night? Sure beats Big Dumb Brady Hoke Football that we have to suffer through on Saturdays.
|38 weeks 1 day ago
|Thank you. Anyone using the
Thank you. Anyone using the youth excuse is delusional and clearly doesn't watch college ball. At all.
|38 weeks 1 day ago
|38 weeks 3 days ago
|This is a poor comparison. I
This is a poor comparison. I understand what you're getting at, but you're leaving out a lot of the relevant stuff.
Beilein was an outsider. Hoke was not.
Beilein was absolutely known for his innovative playing style and his experience with doing more with less. He was unique. Hoke is innately ordinary. There is nothing special about him. His preferred style of play is about as exciting as Swan Lake.
Beilein had a lot more time to get his stuff together because the program had been a dumpster fire for so long. Hoke's leash is a bit shorter. M football is held to a higher standard than basketball.
|38 weeks 3 days ago
|The turning point for Brady
The turning point for Brady Hoke occured as soon as he sent the punt team out in PSU territory in Happy Valley. I stand by that. That was Brady Hoke's fatal error, it showed his true colors.
Brady Hoke will not be the head coach at Michigan on January 1, 2015. There is a near 0% chance. I'd put my life on it.
|38 weeks 4 days ago
|Uh, not at all. I supplied
Uh, not at all. I supplied evidence to counter your point.
|38 weeks 4 days ago
|Get a better paying
Get a better paying job.
Don't make this about Brandon. Thread is for discussing the coaches.
|38 weeks 4 days ago
|He coaches at Vanderbilt.
You seemingly often disregard facts. For your convenience, here are the records for the past 20 years of Vanderbilt football. Context bro. It's a thing.
|38 weeks 4 days ago
|Trendy rising star of the
Trendy rising star of the PAST THREE YEARS that took Vanderbilt - Vandy! to three straight bowl games for the first time ever.
He has fire, and passion, and balls unlike the incumbent.
You are ridiculous. And clearly don't even know a thing about the guy. But ok!
|38 weeks 4 days ago
|James. Motherfucking.
James. Motherfucking. Franklin.
|38 weeks 4 days ago
|Brady Hoke is an embarassment
Brady Hoke is an embarassment to the University. Time to hire the best available coach out there, not just a "Michigan Man." If you don't need to be a Michigan Man to be a fan then you certainly don't need to be one to be a coach.
I want a leader, somebody with ingenunity. Somebody that actually has some sort of tangible control over what occurs during the game. Brady Hoke is not that man.
|38 weeks 4 days ago
|We must hire James Franklin
We must hire James Franklin after this year. Dump truck full of cash. I don't care. Put some of Ross's 100 mil towards bringing in a fiery, competent and qualified HEAD COACH, instead of a figurehead delagator guy-thingy.
|38 weeks 4 days ago
|I don't think the University
I don't think the University of Indiana-Purdue Forth Wayne is going anywhere, bro.
|38 weeks 4 days ago
|Yeah, no way in hell is the
Yeah, no way in hell is the Offensive Coordinator in charge of the offensive line. It's only 5/11ths of the Offense.
|38 weeks 4 days ago
|So Brady Hoke, a glorified
So Brady Hoke, a glorified Defensive Line coach, was hired to patch up our miserable defense in 2010. Which OL Guru will we seek out for the soon to be vacant opening?
|38 weeks 6 days ago
|Heh, what a surprise, you
Heh, what a surprise, you never attended M. Sorry for pushing your buttons.
|38 weeks 6 days ago
|What a surprise, all the
What a surprise, all the non-alums are so offended and taken aback...
Though this guy comes off as a douche his logic seems correct. If you haven't spent four years eating, living, and breathing on a particular college campus, poured thousands of dollars into tuition and living expenses into any given school, or are employed there, why even care? Why not root for the Lions with such fervor? Or the Pistons? Or the Tigers?
Collegiate Athletics is a uniquely American phenomenon. This great country of ours is filled with so many large academic institutions. College Athletics has literally grown from the adoration and loyalty that these alumni feel for their schools.
Makes you wonder if the commercialization of College Athletics and the growing number of "Walmart Wolverine" types is a coincidence.
|39 weeks 3 days ago
|The exact opposite of
The exact opposite of whatever Al Borges would do.
|39 weeks 4 days ago
|As fans, I think we can all
As fans, I think we can all agree that we want to be elite, to be in the national conversation every year and to win championships.
I just don't see that happening three years into this project. We have regressed. We're recruiting great? Outstanding. There's a big difference between building relationships with kids in order to get them to commit and putting them in a position to succeed once they're here.
Just don't see the latter coming to fruition under the Hoke/Borges Manball Reich.
|39 weeks 4 days ago
|Not sure how much is hubris
Not sure how much is hubris or how much is delusion, but either way I think we're in trouble in the long run with this guy at the helm.
|40 weeks 4 days ago
|They actually have a senior
They actually have a senior wide receiver (Gallon)...and Joe Reynolds, a senior, Jeremy Jackson, a senior, and Drew Dileo, a senior.
Again, this argument is absolutely nuts. Nuts. And BiSB, I love you, but that statement is wholly incorrect.
|40 weeks 5 days ago
|You are delusional. How long
You are delusional. How long can we use "youth" as an excuse? It's been an excuse for 6 straight years now. News flash: every team suffers from attrition and "youth." We currently have a senior wide receiver, a 4th year quarterback, two upperclassmen tackles (NFL draft picks, mind you), a senior running back. And that's just on offense, where we've had the most trouble. Do you know how many teams would kill for that amount of upperclassmen at those positions?
What a joke argument. No team plays stacked with juniors and seniors at every position.
|41 weeks 2 days ago
|This is a really well thought
This is a really well thought out and great response.
However I didn't insinuate that media terseness has anything to do with coaching competence. I simply pointed out the similarities between the way Kiffin and Hoke handle the media.
As many (now fired) coaches know, once the media turns on you, you're toast, especially in the twitter groupthink era.
You may not know anybody that personally works the Michigan beat, but I can assure you, they don't appreciate the way Hoke treats the media. The tension has been building for a while now, and losing will only exacerbate the matter. Do you have any idea how hard a media person's job becomes if only given the blah answers and total misdirection that Hoke provides? These people are the ones responsible for shaping the public's view on Hoke and this team. His behavior doesn't help.
|41 weeks 2 days ago
|This game and the aftermath
This game and the aftermath has proved that Brady Hoke has way more in common with Lane Kiffin than many of us acknowledge. From the way he shuts down practices, disrespects the media, and runs this program like his own little secret club. The similarities are staggering. The stubbornness, unwillingness to change the dynamic on the staff (besides Monte "stepping down," Kiffin was insistent on calling plays even though he was terrible at it) and flat out lack of preparedness to coach at this level.
Anyone who thinks Brady Hoke is the man to take this program to the next level has not watched enough USC Football over the past three years.
|41 weeks 2 days ago
|This. So much
This. So much this.
Yesterday showed empirically how much better of a coach and leader Bill O'Brien is than Brady Hoke.
|41 weeks 3 days ago
Look at the coaches at the top of the polls. Hoke will never be an innovative, upbeat, fun guy like Helfrich. He does not have anywhere near the leadership skills of a Nick Saban.
As long as Brady Hoke is here, enjoy these 8-4 seasons.
|42 weeks 6 days ago
|Title XI required post, obvs.
Title IX required post, obvs.
|43 weeks 13 hours ago
|HaSean...wouldn't the name
HaSean...wouldn't the name Sean suffice? Have you ever met a CEO or generally successful person with a name like "HaSean?"
|44 weeks 4 min ago
|The most compelling part was
The most compelling part was the fact that Mr. Brandon refused, through his spokesperson, to be interviewed by the student run newspaper.
For all the shit that Gordon Gee got on this board, he never felt he was above the students at OSU. He was incessently out at frat parties, hanging with student groups, visible out in the Oval.
DB comes across as massively egotistical in this piece. It's the motherfucking daily, not Charlie Rose. Be a man and provide at least a snippet for them.
|44 weeks 16 hours ago
|No offense bro, you seem like
No offense bro, you seem like a pretty even keeled, nice guy. But I think a lot of the flack you're receiving right now results from your lack of willingness to take some of these concerns (most of which could end up making you a better "reporter" in the long run) seriously. A "you guys bring up some valid points, I will discuss with Brian and reevaluate" would go a long way to quelling the masses.
But to just pack up everything and pick up your ball and go home because of this? Come on.
This blog has never done things the "conventional" way.
Yes, it may be "conventional" for old dudes to tweet at adolescents, hoping to engage them in conversation.
But that doesn't mean there's not a better way to go about this.
|44 weeks 1 day ago
|I'd say a complete stranger
I'd say a complete stranger contacting a 16 year old boy on social media is not the point of social media.
It's probably more useful for that 16 year old boy to interact socially with, I don't know, his own peers, people he in fact knows or is familiar with.
|44 weeks 1 day ago
|Hopefully this starts a
Hopefully this starts a necessary dialogue about the role of third party sites (like this one) in recruiting.
If you wan't to talk about a kid after he commits, fine. But to actively search out and contact via social media (like this dude Brandon explains above, and I'm sure is standard in the industry) is quite frankly pretty disgusting. I understand these media types want to run a succesful enterprise - but at what price?
|44 weeks 2 days ago
|This. I like markets.
This. I like markets. Markets are good. If you charge market price for season tickets, maybe that SDT girl who shows up to her Soc 101 lecture once a month won't buy tickets because she knows she will never go.
|44 weeks 4 days ago
|The only thing worse than a
The only thing worse than a game announced by Beth Mowins and Joey Galloway is...actually nothing. Nothing is worse than this.
|44 weeks 5 days ago
|Players are given checks in
Players are given checks in the amount of $1000/month for rent. Many of them live at places that don't cost half that (i.e. the homes down by the Athletic Campus) and they pocket the rest. Ever wonder why Denard was always able to sport a better wardrobe than 99% of undergrads?
The sob story by Foster and others is just a manipulation of the public to deflect the real reason he and others accept money - because people like money.
|44 weeks 6 days ago
|Those 1,500 extra student
Those 1,500 extra student basketball season tickets have to pay for something.
|45 weeks 23 hours ago
|^^^^ Had an awesome time at
^^^^ Had an awesome time at U-Mix last weekend.
|45 weeks 1 day ago
|I'll say it again
DB loves the shitstorm. He doubt is relishing in this thread right now.
|45 weeks 1 day ago
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|45 weeks 1 day ago
|Wouldn't common sense dictate
Wouldn't common sense dictate that when you get to 3,000 tickets sold, if 3,000 seats are available, you cease making them available for purchase?


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I loved everything about this online but when it arrived, the interior space doesn't hold much. It only has about 4 or 5 inches deep for storage because the lid (which is not hollow) takes up half the height. If that doesn't matter to you, you'll probably like the ottoman, but for me it doesn't do the job. I'll have to send it back. So disappointing.
Large ottoman. Bought this for the family room. I store bedding and pillow for the sleeper couch. Very roomy interior. Easy to clean just by wiping with warm water. Sturdy construction. Just wish it came in navy. Highly recommend.
It's not a luxury item or anything, but this ottoman is a steal at this size and price. Love the different color options. I got mine in brick and it is very understated but gives the room a pop of color. Awesome size, almost the size of my old coffee table and the storage fits everything you could want to fit in there. Microfiber is ideal-just wipe the mess away with a damp cloth. I have nothing bad to say about this ottoman.
I really like this ottoman. The color (I ordered the burgundy one) is vibrant and just as expected from the website example. I put it in a study that has a sofa bed in it, it's perfect as an ottoman and the storage is plentiful. The only reason I did not give it an overall rating of 5 stars is because it would be nicer and more convenient if it had casters (wheels) on it for easier movement when necessary.
very nice and well made ...I like it and recommend it.
This is exactly what I've been looking fo- comfortable to sit on, nice looking, and adequate storage.
This is the second one we have purchased. Good construction with nice size storage compartment. We have a chocolate brown and a mocha. The colors are very true to what is shown. Love the material. Received very quickly and put the legs on in two minutes.
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This Sunday, FADER will attend MTV's VMAs. After a stint in LA, the ceremony's returning to New York this year, with YouTube's brightest converging on Brooklyn's hulking Barclays Center. We're legitimately thrilled to go—with no host, it's set to be masterfully engineered pageant comprised mostly of actual music, with performances by Drake, Kanye West, Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake, and maybe/probably *N SYNC. Before we jump into the belly of the VMAs ourselves, we thought it'd be wise to acknowledge that there was a lot of great stuff that didn't make the nominee list. Here, we pick our favorite videos that received nods, and discuss a handful that didn't, but deserved to.
(Best Direction, Best Hip-Hop Video)
They should change the Moon Man to be a Drake action figure posed in the moment when he's doing the loose ring finger dance in all white in a convertible in a suburban snowstorm. For me, at least, it's equally iconic to the moon landing, if not more memorable. What more could you want from a music video than an image so crystalized you never need to see it again. It'll just be there in my brain, ghostriding, waiting to be recalled.
(Best Female Video, Best Pop Video, Best Editing)
What audience is "We Can't Stop" for? What lifestyle, aside from the explicitly endorsed use of Beats speakers, is it trying to sell? Miley has said the video's loosely based on what it's like to be her, visualized here by director Diane Martel as molly-fueled stationary bike riding, white bread for dinner, and having a backyard of Hollywood hills to share with friends at sunrise. "It's like a giant, fucked-up selfie," Martel has said. NPR's Ann Powers wisely points out that in such a selfie, with Cyrus offering up and adoring herself as a product or thing, rather than a real girl with a music job and inner life, it's hard to know if she's having real fun, being playful, mimicking someone else for profit in bad faith or taking risks in good faith. With Miley's personhood bleeding into consumer culture and back again, you have to guess what's real and what's not, which is kind of why I like the video.
(Best Choreography)
I learned to dance from MTV, specifically when I was in middle school and I'd try out choreography to Aaliyah's video for "Are You That Somebody" at bar mitzvahs. If I was an MTV tween now, Ciara would be my role model for bedroom rehearsals. Not Gaga, with her aggressively practiced productions, or even Beyonce, with her Wonder Woman power moves, but Ciara, a woman who simply rolls her entire body with sexy ease, who makes dance seem natural and personal and erotic and, most importantly, possible to people without huge budgets, "concepts" and 15 dancers. "Body Party" is an odd video, a funny little showcase of Ciara's relationship with Future. I remember watching it the minute it came out, crowded with my colleagues around an office computer. Ciara looks so sensual in leggings, a T-shirt and dark, dark sunglasses—who wouldn't want to be as cool, as talented, as magnetic as her? Sure, we may never look as good as her when doing that shoulder stand, but we'd having so much fun trying.
(would-be Best Video with a Social Message)
I feel pretty uncomfortable writing about this video, and I feel even more uncomfortable admitting that I think it's pretty amazing, but I do. Is it ethically permissible to say that you enjoyed watching a video that deals with the subjects of sibling incest and teenage sexuality in a way that seems to aesthetically fetishize them, at least to some degree? I'm really not sure, but I do know that shock value in art usually doesn't do anything for me—my mind just registers it as such as a way of shielding me from the parts of the work in question that have the potential to deeply disturb me. In "Girl Like Me," the shock value aspect just creeps up on you until it explodes into something unavoidable, much like the forbidden crushes that this brother-sister duo seem to have on each other. The whole thing is beautifully photographed, painstakingly styled and perfectly edited to the beat, which is part of what makes me like it in spite of myself. But what makes it really upsetting is that instead of just caricaturing the sexualizing aspects of consumer youth culture à la Ryan Trecartin, director Eugene Kotlyarenko's video links it to some deep Freudian shit that even your analyst probably doesn't want to think about, and makes it hard to look away.
(would-be Best Rock Video)
As director Malcolm Elijah can tell you, it's hard not to love Bob. Bob is an American-born actor from Texas who is currently making a movie about his life-long ambition of getting cast in a Fellini film. (Learn about it here.) He's also the person who steals the show in this very poignant short film for Pure X's "Thousand Year Old Child," which pays tribute to one ordinary old man's undying show business dreams in lurid, black-and-white photography.
(would-be Best Female Video)
When I heard "Manhattan" for the first time last year, I immediately sent the song—THE song from Cat Power's Sun—into multi-month-long overplay mode. Its meaning is loose enough to walk your way into, but tight enough to be summed up in a single image. There's a moment in a Subway station when Cat Power, with a pink vulva symbol taped to the back of her leather jacket, covers her face in oversized mittens, cracking up at the rare sight of that weird train that only carries dumpsters. This isn't the kind of video that happens in a boardroom or a studio—it just happens.
(would-be Best Male Video)
When is the rest of the world going to wake up and see Le1f as the pop star he truly is? It's no bother to him either way—he keeps making epic video moments whether MTV acknowledges him or not. "Spa Day" is his "Slave 4 U"—he's past being not yet a girl, not yet a woman, and now he's a fully functional sensual star. He'll tell it to the world: I've just begun having my fun. Everybody else should be playing catch up.


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Monday's fatal collision between a van and a train at Batavia appears to be the first significant incident involving a train in town since 1990.
Investigators say Monday's crash happened after Tara Lewman, 25, drove around signal arms and into the path of an oncoming train. Lewman and Jordan Clark, 1, both of Batavia, survived. Kallie Clark, 5, and Erika Clark, 4, were killed.
On April 23, 1990, the California Zephyr derailed at Batavia. Damage was estimated at $1.8 million. That's equivalent to more than $3 million today.
There were no fatalities in the 1990 crash, but there were numerous injuries. According to a safety recommendation memo written by the National Transportation Safety Board after the crash, one passenger sustained serious injuries and another 75 received minor injuries. Ten crew members also suffered minor injuries.
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June 5, 2013 —
The editor:
My name is Donald Edward Bays. I am the father of Donald Keith Bays. I love my son, but when you are wrong, you are wrong.
There is no way that Grayson will be better off if it is voted wet. Alcoholic drinks have never been a friend to anyone. Homes have been destroyed by alcohol. People die because of alcohol. I have watched this happen.
My sister came from her home, beaten almost to death by her husband, because of his drunkenness. I have seen my college friends puke their guts out with a hangover. My wife lost her mother when she was 15 months old to a drunk driver.
You might say well they can get it in Ashland, and they can. But why is that a reason to put it in Grayson?
I am 73 years old and I have never had my first beer or any other type of alcoholic drink, and I do not plan to in the future. I do not feel I have missed out on anything in my life by not drinking alcoholic drinks.
Dear Grayson friends, will you please vote no. I have no vote.
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Firefox Surpasses 2 Billion Add-on Downloads
Number of Add-on downloads double in less than three years.
The Mozilla Project announced that Firefox served the 2 billionth add-on download since the project's creation in 2005. Firefox reached 1 billion downloads in November 2008, but took less than two years to double that number to the current benchmark.
"With more than 150 million add-ons in use every day, we know that the next billion add-on downloads will be here before we know it," Add-ons Senior Marketing Manager Julie Choi said via the Mozilla Add-on blog.
In honor of this achievement, Mozilla asked for the community's favorite add-ons and created a collection called "The Best 2 Billion Firefox Add-ons." The collection features some of the most recognizable and popular add-ons in the browser's history and were instrumental in the rising browser popularity.
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Heartbleed Bleeds On
According to a report, many potential victims of the Heartbleed attack have patched their systems, but few have cleaned up the crime scene to protect themselves from the effects of a previous intrusion.
Drone Brain Goes Open Source
DARPA and NICTA release the code for the ultra-secure microkernel system used in aerial drones.
Password Management Services Vulnerable to Attack
Should you trust an online service to store your online passwords?
New Raspberry Pi Adds Two USB Ports
New B+ board lets you build cool things without the complication of a powered USB hub.
Microsoft Grabs No-IP.com Domains
Redmond rushes in to root out alleged malware haven.
Firefox Steps into 3D
New initiative will bring futuristic virtual reality effects to the web surfing experience.
New Trojan Targets Online Banking
Dyreza malware launches a man-in-the-middle attack that compromises SSL.
HP Rolls Out Massive Cloud Network
New cloud combines worldwide access with local attention to data security.
New Attack Targets Wireless Logins
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Friday nights collection of high school football games might have been the best I can remember, and because of Twitter accounts and online coverage I could track a dozen games at once.
Years ago, the only way to get high school scores on a Friday night was to call the newspaper. Later, radio station WPTF began a Friday night high school scoreboard show. Television stations added shows later.
But technology has changed to the point that you can get play-by-play results in almost live time. By 11 p.m., full accounts of most of the biggest games already are posted at www.newsobserver.com/sports/preps/.
For example, take a look at three of the most exciting games from Friday night as reported on the PrepsNow Twitter account:
8:19: South Johnston 21, Smithfield-Selma 0 5 minutes to play 1st half
8:52 p.m.: Wakefield 20, Leesville Road 17. End of 3rd qtr.
8:53: Sanderson 34, Millbrook 24 entering the 4th
8:59: Leesville's Malcolm Hitchcock runs in a 1-yard score on fourth and goal. Leesville Road 24, Wakefield 20 with 9:09 remaining
9:10: Chris Samuels gets Smithfield-Selma on the board with an 8-yd TD run and two-point conversion. Spartans trail South Johnston 21-8 3rd qtr
9:19: Football: Wakefield 27, Leesville Road 24 w/ 3:03 remaining. Brabrand runs in a 4-yard Wakefield score to give Wolverines the lead. # cap8
9:30: This is what Millbrook vs. Sanderson is all about. 41-40 with 1:44 in the 4th Quarter on Sanderson's Senior Night. # WildcatPride # RIVALRY
9:36: Wakefield 34, Leesville Road 31 with 50 seconds remaining. Wolverines score on a Brabrand to Dennis pass. # cap8
9:37: South Johnston 21, Smithfield-Selma 15. Raequan Smith with the 3-yd TD run for Spartans. 8:33 left 4th quarter
9:46: Football: Wakefield 34, Leesville Road 31. Final. Wild ending here. Wakefield wins first outright # cap8 title since 2005.
9:46: Millbrook survives as Sanderson misses last second field goal to take 41-40 win
9:54: South Johnston fumbles the ball, Smithfield-Selma recovers. Trojans lead by six with 3:38 left
10:03: Chris Samuels finds Raequan Smith for 33-yd TD pass with 1:29 left. XP gives Smithfield-Selma 22-21 lead over South Johnston
10:12: South Johnston comes up short on FG attempt. Smithfield-Selma will break 40-game losing streak states longest with a 22-21 WIN
Add Southern Durhams wild 54-41 win for the Big Eight 3A title and Southeast Raleighs rally past Clayton, plus Shawn Stankavages seven touchdown passes for Cardinal Gibbons, and it was quite a night.
And instead of waiting until the next morning, the N&O had stories online from 13 games before 11 p.m. Eventually, 577 pictures from seven games were posted.


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The Swim Across America Sound to Cove Open Water Swim Sound to the Cove is held on 11 August 2012 and is a 1/2-mile, 1-mile, 5K, or 10K swim in Long Island Sound finishing on the beach at beautiful Morgan Park in the City of Glen Cove.
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The chair creaks as you settle onto it. The candlelight flickers. All around you the ravenous faces of your so-called friends twist in delight as you slowly open the box laid out on the table. Welcome to Dangerous Games! Each week, we'll feature a horror/thriller/monster tabletop game you should be playing. Don't be scared… roll the dice… what's the worst that could happen?
Elder Sign
"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn" *cough cough* Oh, excuse me, I had something caught in my throat. What I meant to say was, "In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming." That's right, board gamers, even the elder gods get plenty of attention on hobby shop shelves. Dead Cthulhu waits dreaming and now, with the board game Elder Sign, you can wake him up (Pro tip: don't wake him up)!
Elder Sign is an awesome adventure card/board game for one to eight players. Released in 2011 by Fantasy Flight Games, Elder Sign puts the players in the ill-fated role of adventurers and explorers stuck in a museum of curiosities. As time ticks by, the cracks between our world and the outer worlds thins in the museum, and it's a race against the clock to find elder signs to seal away the monsters!
Game Mechanics
Each player works in cooperation with each other player to try and save the world from Cthulhu and his buddies. A map of cards is set out under a clock which tracks the progress of the elder gods. Each turn players attempt to move to different areas of the "map" and resolve actions on the cards. Maybe you're investigating a strange noise you heard in the basement. Or maybe you're taken on a creepy guided tour. No matter what the action, the players must roll custom dice and match the symbols on the dice to the symbols on the cards. If they fail to do so, they lose sanity or stamina (or maybe both).
If the players succeed, they get weapons, unique items (like the Necronomicon), clues, and hopefully an elder sign to help them in the fight against the elder gods. This is totally a dice-based system, and plays out kind of like Nyarlathotep Yahtzee.
If the game proceeds to the point where the elder god du jour awakens, it becomes a mad dash to destroy him before he destroys you (and the whole world). When I last played, we were able to seal up the portal before Ithaqua came and froze us solid.
Replay Value
I've only played this game a few times, but I'm dying to play again. The subtle balance between luck and wit keep this game fresh. Also, there are plenty of Great Old Ones to battle, and tons of different cards/rooms to explore. Add to that the various abilities of the different characters players can choose from, and this becomes a very high-variant game.
Overall Impressions
If you're a Cthulhu fan this game is a must. It's quick and fun to play (clocking in at an hour to two hours tops). It's extremely easy to learn (and teach to others). The artwork looks exactly how you'd want it to look, and the play experience keeps you on the edge of your seat. Will you roll that last scroll symbol you need to roll? Will you die a horrible death at the hands of some twisted beast? Probably, but you'll definitely come back for more.


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PLATTSBURGH — The Plattsburgh State women's basketball team will be hosting its 15th annual alumnae game today at Memorial Hall at 11 a.m. as part of its alumnae weekend festivities.
In addition to the alumnae game, all former Plattsburgh State women's basketball players will receive free admission to the Plattsburgh State women's basketball games this weekend. The Cardinals will play Buffalo State starting at 2 p.m.
Toys for Tots Dart Tourney Saturday
PERU — The third-annual Toys for Tots Dart Tournament will be held Saturday at Murphy's. The entry fee is a $10 (minimum) unwrapped gift and $5 cash towards
Contact John at 570-5761 if you're interested or have questions.
Peru native running strong at Oneonta
ONEONTA — Peru native Charles Remillard was a member of the 2012 Oneonta State Men's cross country team. The team placed third in the SUNYAC Championship and placed 11th at the NCAA Atlantic Regional Championship.
Remillard competed in four events during the season with his best finish in a 5k run being 25th at the Oneonta State Early Bird Invitational. His best finish in an 8k run was 54th at the Oneonta State Airfield Invitational.
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PLATTSBURGH — Champlain Valley Sports Performance (CVSP), formerly known as J&B Sports Performance, is hosting a sports performance clinic on Saturday, Dec. 29 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and on Sunday, Dec. 30 from 12 to 2 p.m.
CVSP will be offering sports performance training/instruction for ages 8 to adult, including parents, coaches and groups. The clinic Certified Strength and Conditioning Coaches will teach participants proper body positioning, running/speed techniques, agility and plyometric and flexibility techniques. Groups/teams that join will learn proper team warm-up drills that focus on dynamic flexibility.
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CHAMPLAIN — Families of athletes and interested spectators of Northeastern Clinton Central School athletic teams are encouraged to view the schools leagueminder page at http://nccscougar.digitalsports.com/.
The leagueminder webpage has the most up to date athletic team schedules and announcements involving all NCCS athletic teams.
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If your major or intended profession is criminal justice, psychology or public administration, SPSS is an especially useful software tool for analyzing data. Designed specifically for statistics, SPSS is more user-friendly and yields more information than does Excel. In this SPSS workshop, you'll run basic statistical tests, interpret the results and be better equipped to make informed decisions.
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Rep. Mike Hager and 16 conservative organizations want to end North Carolina's renewables policy in order that N.C. be a role model for free markets ("Hager digs in to keep bill alive" May 1).
If supply and demand are the basis for a free-market economy, and the prices of goods and services are set in a free-price system, I can assume that Hager and his allies will be eliminating all tax breaks and subsidies that businesses currently enjoy.
In 2011 N.C. gave Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds more than $10 million in tax credits. North Carolina can strive to be like Texas, the state which gives the most incentives (on average more than $19 billion annually). Of course, Texas has one of the highest poverty rates in the country and most of the "new" jobs created are minimum wage.
I look forward to seeing how a truly "free-market economy" will work in North Carolina.
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I'm Kurt Brockett, Director of UX Evangelism at IdentityMine. We're a user experience (UX) company specializing in Microsoft presentation technologies. In 2005 we hitched a ride on the Avalon train that morphed into Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) released in .NET 3.0. This is the technology root that has grown to include Silverlight, Microsoft Surface and most recently the preferred way to build touch applications in Windows 7.
Our foray into Sports & Entertainment started with a relationship we established with the New Orleans Saints. This past summer we created an application on Microsoft Surface that assists the team in searching and organizing stats and cross-referencing them with the vast video libraries they currently store. Our work with the Saints led to an introduction to the Miami Dolphins who were in the unique position of playing host to the Pro Bowl and Super Bowl this year.
As a host organization, Miami was interested in demonstrating leadership by using specialized technologies within Sun Life Stadium for these two high-profile events as a first step in a venue wide rollout strategy. Today, the pursuit of success in professional sports is to increase sponsorship revenue while providing an enjoyable and compelling fan experience. The use of digital signage within venues can only take a brand so far before it crosses the line into distracting from the sport. Additionally, the actual effect of that type of advertising is impossible to measure. To combat this, IdentityMine has created a portfolio of application experiences which compels fans to interact with team and sponsor content due to their compelling and intuitive nature.
These unique experiences require a complete package from the software, hardware, operating system, and physical environment. Identity Mine and Microsoft teamed up with HP to place 30 of their new TouchSmart PCs in numerous luxury suites. In addition, the Microsoft Surface team provided 5 units that were used in various high-traffic areas.
Here's a picture of our team doing a bit of the setup:
Chad Brown setting up one of the Microsoft Surface units.
The experiences we built are all built utilizing Windows Presentation Foundation targeted at both Windows 7 and Microsoft Surface. Below is a quick tour of the software applications that were deployed.
Flashcards – Fans were able to play memory and matching games with NFL specific content. In the sample set below you will see that users matched logos to their favorite NFL Teams.
Super Bowl Highlight Reel: Utilizing touch, fans were able to search a library of Super Bowl highlight content and play their favorite moments in Super Bowl history.
Merchandise Selector: Fans discovered and visualized various Super Bowl XLIV and NFL team merchandise that was available for purchase in the Club Level during the game. This experience leveraged Microsoft Tag technology allowing fans to capture links to the products directly on their Mobile Phones for later purchase.
Digital Memories: A touch-enabled experience allowed team and league executives and marketing partners the ability to review catalogs of photos taken during the festivities leading to game day including the exclusive Commissioner's Ball and owners pre-party held at the Viceroy in Miami.
Miami Beach Sand: A beach themed entertainment application that illustrated the unique touch and gesture-enabled properties of Microsoft Surface and Windows 7. This application became an entertaining way for fans to uncover unique sponsored tokens "beneath" the "sand".
(Above far right) Mark Brown of IdentityMine with some younger fans digging into Miami Beach Sand.
The experiences were a hit in the suites and the attendees were able to relive the event through relevant and recent content available within 24 hours of an event, bringing a personalization aspect that can't be achieve utilizing static technologies. Additionally IdentityMine, Microsoft and HP were able to demonstrate to all the franchises in the NFL the real business and entertainment value that touch enabled interactive experiences can bring the sports and entertainment world.
We're excited by this initial rollout and are currently working with other franchises to bring customized experiences to many more fans. For more information on IdentityMine services visit www.identitymine.com and be sure to come see us in the Commons Showcase area at the upcoming MIX10 conference being held in March in Las Vegas, NV.


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Editor's Note: Elk Grove Patch is interviewing candidates running for mayor in 2012. Click here to read interviews with Jerry Braxmeyer, Gary Davis and Greg Higley, and check back to hear from the remaining candidates.
This isn't the first time LaWanna Montgomery has run for office in Elk Grove, but this time is different. She's one of six people running for mayor in the first election being held for that position, and her twin daughters are now headed off to college.
Montgomery said if she can own and operate her after-school and tutoring business, Reach Learning Center, while looking after twins, there's no telling what she'll be able to accomplish now.
Elk Grove Patch sat down with the candidate to talk about her goals, plans and aspirations. This interview has been edited for length.
Why did you decide to run for mayor?
I decided to run for mayor because they need a strong mayor, someone who knows how to move Elk Grove forward in these tough times.
What were some of the things you learned from [running for city council in 2004 and 2008]?
What I've learned is not to give up, that's one thing … Because I know I'm a person that works well with everyone, so I believe that you need a mayor who can not just work for a small group of people, but be willing to work for everyone, and my leadership skills have proven that year after year. I've gone into several cities through northern California and southern California and set up the Reach Learning Center. Everywhere I have gone I've prospered. I feel if I have the backings of a city, the sky's the limit. I can do anything and everything I want to make us prosper [and] be a known, No. 1 city—not just in California, but maybe globally.
What are some of the areas where Elk Grove has room to improve?
One of the things I think Elk Grove needs to improve is equality. We have a small group of people who do everything all the time. You never get a chance to see any changes take place, see any growth happen, because you never let new blood come in to make that difference. … I don't see representation such as myself on [the city council]. I've seen one African American man, that's Jim Cooper, who's been the only person there since incorporation. I think I bring something different. This will be really what we call historic because it will be the first African American woman being able to lead [Elk Grove]. That involves a lot—not just me—but it's inclusive; it involves all of us working together to make this happen.
What do you think that would bring to the city?
That equality would bring the qualities I've had everywhere else I've been—my successes. I have tutored over 1,000 students throughout northern and southern California.
What are some of the other issues you'd like to focus on if you're elected?
One of the issues I'm really concerned about is business, because I am a business owner and have been a business owner for over 10 years. I want to make sure that small businesses have incentives to encourage them to hire more or advertise or sell their products. Education—although that is not a city responsibility, it's one of my major focuses because I'm an educator and a business owner. We've seen so many jobs leave—we've seen so many companies leave. You have to have companies with livable wages, not just wages to make you work at two or three different jobs just to make ends meet.
Can you give me any specifics of what you would do to help businesses?
Yes, for example I would have workshops [with] so many steps that you have to go to [in order] to graduate from the program. Meaning you'd to have to have a five-year plan, have to attend all the workshops, there would be criteria you'd have to meet, and then we would have money set aside—maybe in the general fund—that we could give to them. Maybe it could help them with advertisement. I don't want to say all of what I would do and then look and see someone else doing it. What I would like to be able to do is win it and then put my ideas forward.
What do you think of the efforts the city is currently doing to attract businesses?
They haven't attracted them. They've been working on this plan for how long?All I see is some empty buildings. Save Mart was a perfect example—you look up and they're gone. Whatever they're doing, it's not working. It's one thing to talk—it's a whole bigger piece when you get actions and results. I'm an actions and results person.
What do you think of the actions the city has taken to give incentives to state agencies that move to Elk Grove?
You have to have incentives. You have to have something...It's competitive so [that's] going to make you stand out.
Is there a limit to that spending? Is there a point where the incentive is too much for what you're getting for it?
Yes, and I think it's a case-by-case scenario. I don't think you can say one shoe fits all.
What do you think of the city's application to expand its Sphere of Influence? Do you support that?
Yes, I do. One of the things I've been talking about for a long time is the whole hidden island. I went to Hawaii … I was like, that's an island, it's secluded, but so many people [come] from all over the place spending money, bringing commerce and tourists and all those wonderful things. That could happen here.
Do you think Elk Grove could be a tourist destination?
I think it could have some tourists come in here, and the reason why I say that is...people are coming here from all over the place. A lot of times they're looking for hotels, they're looking for places to stay and they might not always want to stay in the city of Sacramento. Elk Grove is a good suburban place for them to come. If we have the shopping mall and we promote tourism and some commerce here I don't see why it couldn't happen.
You mentioned the mall. Given that that's a privately owned property, what could you do as mayor to encourage the development of that?
I think it's working with the developers. I think that we understand the money situations that happen. He's gotta have investors and partners and different things too. There's nothing that just the city alone does. I don't know all the particulars that involve the mall, but I feel as mayor that would be one of my job responsibilities. Then it's time for me to take it apart and figure out what it is and how do we make this happen?
What do you think the biggest challenge is that the city is facing?
I think it's more the economy right now. We have an influx of homelessness. We've never had a homeless problem like we're having now. I think that's a major issue for the food banks, and what are we going to put in place for the people here? I don't look at Elk Grove as a city who wants to have homeless people standing all by our freeways and standing there begging for money. I think we can solve that problem.
What would you be able to do as mayor to help those people?
I would love to work more with the food bank, work on places for the homeless to be able to come.
What's been the best and worst thing that's happened to Elk Grove since [you moved here]?
The best thing that has happened to Elk Grove is education. We have some of the best schools. My daughters are products of that. One of the worst things that has happened here in Elk Grove that I'm hearing about is equality and fairness. … It's such a tight community—they only have certain people that they make exceptions for and everybody else they don't.
Who are "they"?
I would have to say our current leaders. I can't think of anybody else that we can say would be responsible for that.
Can you give me an example of that?
I would say discrimination in many ways. For example I had an incident … I was over at Bank of America with several cars parked in a row. A man came over to me with a Hawaiian shirt and shorts, and he spits on my car, calls me a racial slur, wants to kill me, thank God my doors were locked. I contacted [the] police. I had them come out there, and what they did was they asked him—he admitted to all this. He admitted that he had did this. On my car there is still all this [spit] He wasn't even arrested or cited for that, at all.
This is what the officer told me. He came up to me and said, 'He apologized, would you like to accept his apology?' I thought to myself as I'm looking at my window and all this stuff—I'm thinking, is that all you're going to do? I'm almost hysterical. That hurt me to the core.
[Editor's note: Elk Grove Police Department spokesman Officer Chris Trim confirmed that Montgomery reported this incident on the afternoon of Aug. 3, telling police that a man sat on her car, hit it and spit on it.
"The notes indicate that there wasn't any damage and that Montgomery wanted the person warned and advised not to spit on vehicles," Trim said in an email. "There is no mention of any threats or racial slurs anywhere in the details of the call."]
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Goizueta MBA students test leadership, teamwork on Army obstacle course
Students in Goizueta Business School's One-Year MBA program traveled to Ft. Benning, Georgia, to take on a grueling leadership obstacle course usually reserved for military officers.
Brave hearts: Faces of heart transplant
The Emory Heart Transplant Program ranks among the nation's top heart transplant hospitals. Meet people, ages 3 to 79, whose lives were transformed by heart transplant at Emory.
Emory summer scholar competes in Jeopardy! Teen Tournament
Josiah Takang, an ION@Yerkes scholar working at Emory this summer, got to test his knowledge for a $75,000 top prize in the Jeopardy! Teen Tournament, which began airing July 21.
Two Emory hospitals turn their operating rooms 'green'
Emory University Hospital Midtown and Emory University Hospital are becoming more environmentally friendly, thanks to a new comprehensive waste management plan.
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New HIV prevention guidelines combine biomedical, behavioral approaches
Alumna receives Presidential Early Career Award
Memorial planned for music instructor Tamara Albrecht
Emory's Goizueta BBA program ranks no. 7 in nation
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- Difficult conversations: When a patient is facing death
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Joyce Carol Oates tickets available Aug. 5; Emory reading keynotes Decatur Book Festival
Literary icon Joyce Carol Oates reads Aug. 29 at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts as the keynote for the Decatur Book Festival, which features several Emory authors.
Student tech trends: more laptops in class, fewer personal printers
An annual survey shows how new technology is changing the Emory student experience, tracking trends ranging from tablet use to gaming on campus.
'Walks with Matthew' can lead to better health, communication
Campus Services chief Matthew Early invites the Emory community to take a walk on Friday for an opportunity to talk with him about any topic while also getting healthy exercise.
Faculty learn Chinese to help connect with international students
Met by growing numbers of Chinese students in their classes, some Emory faculty are inspired to learn the language themselves to help improve communication.
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Do you know what your dog is thinking? New research may help
WGCL - TV, July 21
Lawyer says we should rethink approach to treating tuberculosis
KNPR-FM, July 17
MBAs face no-nonsense hurdles at Fort Benning
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Like clockwork, impeachment talk surfaces -- but action's unlikely
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"Being fearless and jumping out of a plane can also mean that you're fearless in sticking up for someone, or when it's time to do a presentation. "
- Psychologist Ken Carter, who is conducting an online survey on "sensation-seeking"


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Sage Small Technical Waist Pack
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Three key words: WELDED WATERPROOF CONSTRUCTION. This pack is really more medium in size and holds all you need for a day of fishing.
Note: While the bag is fully waterproof, the main compartment zipper is "highly water resistant." In our opinion, if you fully close the zipper, your stuff will stay dry during a normal day of fishing. Even in the rain. But it is not meant as a 100% dry bag.