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One Frame At A Time: Jehu Goes Bowling
I believe this is called bowling a turkey:Click for the original, unedited GIF, though the above is how that play is now going to live on in my memory. Many, many more GIFs coming tomorrow afternoon.
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Unverified Voracity Has Bad News For Les Miles
I agree with these men, whatever they happen to be saying. Would you like your Gallon touchdown in… Italian or something? Les Miles is in a lot of trouble, unless he isn't in any. Sports Illustrated...
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Hokepoints: Third Play Guy
Al Borges CMU press conference:"He's a third play guy. You guys have heard me talk about the third play, right? He's a third play guy."Devin Gardner's ridiculous redzone efficiency last year has gone...
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Picture Pages: Hopped Up On Goofballs
I wish I'd remembered that Bob Diaco linebackers play like they're hopped up on goofballs before the game. Here's the mesh point on Michigan's first offensive snap:One ILB is almost to the line of...
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Tuesday Presser Transcript 9-10-13: Greg Mattison
Opening remarks: "Well, we're ready to go out for the next one, I guess. That was an exciting game. The thing I'd say is that I was very proud of how hard our kids played and how they were very...
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One Frame At A Time: Notre Dame
This whole sequence—Hoke trying to call a timeout as Gardner barely gets the play off, Gardner scoring, Hoke shrugging—is spectacular; the ever-so-subtle smirk at the end just kills me, though....
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2015 Names To Watch: David Edwards
Position: QuarterbackHt/Wt: 6'6" / 230 lbs.Location: Downers Grove North High School – Downers Grove, ILOffers: Illinois, Indiana, VanderbiltMichigan has only offered one quarterback in the 2015 class...
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Instead of watching film of Akron like a responsible blogger, I made this video. I hope you agree that I made the right decision.UPDATE: Louis Nix is awesome.@AceAnbender lol *tear :)— lOUIS NIX III...
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Tuesday Presser Transcript 9-10-13: Al Borges
...MGoIcebreaker: Big win. Does that mean we get to have a word of the day? [MGoContext: Al stopped doing words of the day because "It's only cute if you win.']" 'Big win.' Two words."Other than the...
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Picture Pages: False Mesh Goofball Punish
NOTE: UFR will be later than usual today, because of Dos A Cero IV. Lo siento.BONUS: Soon to be number one in Google for highly competitive search term "mesh goofball punish." Dolla dolla bill y'all....
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This Week's Obsession: Leaders Numbers
If they're going to do it, might as well be Gardner. [Fuller]Schedule for roundtable Legends jerseys:Akron: Brian Cook switches to #1Minnesota: Seth Fisher will wear #2Nebraska: Mathlete shall don...
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The Weekly Six-Notre Dame
This week’s factor favorite (Upchurch) 1. The Six Factors Field PosEarly ConvBonus YdsAvg 3rd DistAdj 3rd ConvRed ZoneOffense 15.3 (42) 55% (40) 211 (36) 7.0 (81) +14% (13) 7.0 (1)Defense 23.4 (80) 41%...
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Wednesday Presser Transcript 9-11-13: Brady Hoke
Bullets: Boo boo watch: AJ Williams is questionable, Courtney Avery is getting better, but still probably limited. It's Akron week. Yawn.------------------------------Opening remarks:"Practice was...
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Fee Fi Foe Film: Akron
Akron has played one FBS opponent this season: UCF, a decent AAC (aka remnants of the Big East) team. They lost 38-7 and did not score until 42 seconds remained in the game, when Akron's backups were...
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Upon Further Review 2013: Offense vs Notre Dame
FORMATION NOTES: Michigan was split close to evenly between shotgun/pistol/under center. Notre Dame, meanwhile, was in a ton of four-man fronts until late, when they went back to more of a 4-3 look....
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Guess the Score, Win Stuff: Acheron
Rubber capital of the world, this."Akron" is Greek for "pinnacle" or "high place" (I'll take the latter definition for $500, Alex). It is home to about 200,000 people who live there either for the...
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Opponent Watch: Week 2
About last week:Yoink. The road ahead:Michigan Sta…Wait, we haven’t gotten there yet. We go in chronological order around here. Oh, c’mon. Let me just talk about State first, then I’ll talk about the...
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Upon Further Review 2013: Defense vs Notre Dame
FORMATION NOTES: A very passive, bend-but-don't break outing. Michigan started in their 4-3, eventually transitioning to a nickel package basically full-time in the second half. Almost the entire game...
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Thursday Recruitin' Got That On Camera
Apologies for the lateness and relative brevity; I spent all day dealing with Comcast, whose technician decided it was necessary to shut off my internet while changing out cable boxes, then left for an...
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Dear Diary is the Modern Stone Age Family
ppToilet’s post-game version of Monumental’s wallpaperIt’s been nearly a week and I’m not sure I’m back on a normal sleep schedule yet. I had to shake down Ace for our review copy of NCAA 14 back,...
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