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Saturday, September 08, 2007
Oregon - 39, Team-that-used-to-be-Michigan - 7
79 comments:
- TitleIX said...
It's all about the tailgates now....it's all we have left.
- September 08, 2007 7:17 PM
- buckidrummer said...
I never thought it'd go before JoePa
- September 08, 2007 7:26 PM
- god of the whoppers said...
how pissed do you think a lineman who turned down a top 10 draft spot to return for his senior year because we had a "chance" is?
- September 08, 2007 7:28 PM
- BARman said...
If it hastens Lloyd's (and the rest of the coaching staff) departure, maybe going win-less this season will be worth it.
- September 08, 2007 7:30 PM
- TitleIX said...
Lloyd is on the radio with Brandstatter whinig about injuries...
- September 08, 2007 7:32 PM
- TitleIX said...
as is my spelling.....
- September 08, 2007 7:33 PM
- Out of Conference said...
I really thought you guys would pull this off. To rip off one of the anouncers in the UGA-COcks game, it looks like Michigan let App State beat you twice.
I didn;t watch much of the MI game- so I don't the whole story, but I did see your studs were out due to injuries(?).
Lou Holtz when coaching of the Cocks stated something to the effect, "South Carolina must have the record of the most fans per win in the history of the sport." Seeing the Big House packed with losse makes me wonder if we lost the monkey.
- September 08, 2007 7:38 PM
- bubulldog said...
well, at least we still have the big ten season and no spread offenses. I'm having flashbacks of Ricky Foggy running across the field and taking the little brown jug. so many beers, so much time until we play ND... Mallett vs. Clausen... #1 recruit vs. #2, sad that our season is reduced to so little so soon. I was so hopeful. Despair.
- September 08, 2007 7:52 PM
- bubulldog said...
Forgot to say, season ticket holders, we owe it to Hart to show up. True Michigan Man.
- September 08, 2007 7:55 PM
- 616goblue said...
Hart is a true Michigan man, too bad the rest of the maize & blue can not feed off of his effort...this week is gonna suck eggs sideways with the UM bashing I am gonna get...BP in Gville
- September 08, 2007 7:59 PM
- Mike P. said...
With as much dignity as he could muster, the Old Man gathered up the sad remains of his shattered football program. Later that night, alone in the backyard, he buried it next to the garage. Now I could never be sure, but I thought that I heard the sound of "Taps" being played. Gently.
- September 08, 2007 8:08 PM
- thistlewarrior said...
Thanks Mike P. That's the first time I've laughed since kickoff.
I declare this season the curse of the Fuck Lion!
- September 08, 2007 8:12 PM
- Wholesome Goodness said...
With all due respect, I believe Michigan football died in 2006.
- September 08, 2007 8:15 PM
- TitleIX said...
so misery LOVES company....
Michigan and Notre Dame baby
bottom o' the heap
- September 08, 2007 8:36 PM
- GoBlue43 said...
Well since it looks like Notre Dame is about to lose im commissioning the next game as the
"2000 Flushes Toilet Bowl".
remember where you heard it first when it shows up on 10 different blogs Monday.
Go Blue!!!(the first 5 letters in my word verification for today was fubar which is how I feel about this season)
- September 08, 2007 8:54 PM
- MGoBlue93 said...
The thing that sucked the most was just the way the team gave up... In the past, we've seen Michigan beat Penn State on the last play of the game, or overcome that ridiculous deficit in Minnesota. Not this team, when the going got a little tough, they just quit and mailed it in.
- September 08, 2007 9:01 PM
- Super G said...
Well. Carr will be gone at the end of the season and Michigan will start a multi-year re-building process to:
1. Recruit speed
2. Begin to employ things like the spread at the U of M.
At least Michigan won't have long term recruiting problems. We'll be back.
This season has been a long time coming. The lack of speed on defense will probably kill us all season (especially without an effective rush). We knew the defense was a question mark, but it is truly bad.
No explanation for the anemic offense.
Too bad for the seniors. Hopefully they'll make it through the season without serious injuries.
- September 08, 2007 9:04 PM
- matt said...
my post from last week:
" curt, i watched the whole game - i'm in pasadena, but just went down to a bar and slowly got sicker and sicker as it dawned on me that michigan would probably lose that game. that was in the 2nd quarter.
they are slow.
they will lose to oregon.
if you gamble, take the oregon and the points for easy money.
their defense has been slow for a while now - you don't need to wait until watching them next week to realize that.
and sadly, they've done nothing to remedy the situation. they continue to recruit big, strong, slow guys - like it's still 1977.
it is coaching. and that same decision making when it comes to recruiting will not save us when drawing up defensive schemes to stop quicker, more athletic teams like Oregon.
September 04, 2007 2:53 PM "
- September 08, 2007 9:06 PM
- MGoBlue93 said...
I'm not so sure GOW that a certain lineman would have been a decent NFL player. Long looked slow and lost against ASU. Long only looked marginally better today. Long may have been a potential top 10 pick last year but after two games, I'd say his stock is sliding.
- September 08, 2007 9:12 PM
- matt said...
"No explanation for the anemic offense."
absolutely no excuse. i don't think i saw a pass attempt (until late) of over 10-15 yards... just short little passes, 2 yard outs (to the wide-side, no less)...
the whole coaching staff needs to GO.
- September 08, 2007 9:33 PM
- Mary said...
anyone else realize we are 0-4 since bo died?
- September 08, 2007 10:09 PM
- David said...
Looks like Michigan has a defense feared more by the fans than the opposition.
- September 08, 2007 10:15 PM
- nathanp2112 said...
To borrow from the App St website:
- September 08, 2007 10:19 PM
- Katie said...
I really thought that they might pull it together and the real Micigan team was going to show up today........how wrong I was......how sad for Long, Hart and Henne.............
- September 08, 2007 10:22 PM
- Jim said...
From the AP
"It's kind of funny. I was looking at one of their D-lineman and was like, `He's about to quit,' " (Oregon tailback Jonathon) Stewart said.
Whatever waning respect we might have once enjoyed is fast evaporating.
- September 08, 2007 10:24 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
today's mzone jeopardy:
answer- "1998"
question-"when was michigan's current play book written?"
answer- "adjustments"
question- "what is something Michigan hasn't made since 1994?"
answer- "delusional"
question-"what is the clinical term for anyone that really thought Lloyd Carr was going to do anything different this week than he did last week than he did last year than he did in 2001?"
answer- "spread offense"
question- "what is a gimmick offense that showed up around 1999 and has stuck around ever since but according to Lloyd will never really catch on?"
answer-"john navarre/chad henne/ryan mallet"
question- "who are michigan's 3 slow qb's that you couldn't tell apart but for their numbers?"
answer-"brian kelly/les myles/jeff tedford/bill cowher/mike trgovac"
question- "what are the names on bill martin's secret "short list" of candidates to replace lloyd carr?"
- September 08, 2007 10:26 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
You might add this one:
Answer: Masada
Question: Where did the Wolverine Nation go?
- September 08, 2007 10:30 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
not sure about that one. that required courage and dignity. we're short on both right now. if we had courage, someone in the admin would hold Carr accountable now, regardless of the possible side effects (which we're not avoiding anyway). we don't have the nerve to fire coordinators, let alone the head coach.
dignity would demand that Lloyd be humiliated enough to actually act ashamed, instead of blaming injuries, or refs, or poor execution. Lloyd can't do that. if he did, he'd have the dignity to fall on his own sword.
if Lloyd had a shred left, he would announce his retirement was coming at the end of the season.
no. not masada. we're more like-
answer- "the little big horn"
question- "what is the name of the battlefield where arrogance and swaggering self confidence to the point of denial end up getting your ass in a crack that you're not getting out of following the same leader you followed here?"
- September 08, 2007 10:48 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
You are right. I thought a worthy rival deserved the dignity of Masada in their anguish.
Only you who have suffered as loyal fans have the right to scale it down.
- September 08, 2007 10:55 PM
- Mark said...
Michigan defense sucks! Has for some time. Carr is John Cooper of Michigan. Carr needs to stop whining and fire his defense coach and win the big games before UM fire him (which wouldn't hurt). Looks like another OSU victory this year.
- September 08, 2007 11:29 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
Just for your personal edification, that is
- September 08, 2007 11:32 PM
- hosehound said...
There should be no more discussion regarding Carr out of Michigan fans. Everyone knows he's gone. To blame anything more on him is unjust. You're team is about the 4th or 5th best in the Big Ten and falling. It's only going to get worse . . . enjoy the next decade of anonymity.
- September 08, 2007 11:44 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
Is it just me or does Carr sound like Jimmy Stewart giving a pep talk to a fictional team.
- September 08, 2007 11:56 PM
- jwalk said...
I've never been crazy about Weiss, but if any coach could draw up a special offensive gameplan for next week it would probably be him. Whether or not his players would respond or not is up for grabs, but how hard could it be to beat this Michigan defense right now. All it would really take is pretending to run a spread offense and our tacklers will do the rest.
- September 09, 2007 12:58 AM
- lordsnow01 said...
I've got to be honest - I'm not a Michigan fan, probably never will be.
That said, I give Mike Hart massive kudos for playing like a champion. His dedication and drive is inspirational, and quite frankly - I wish it would have helped more.
bubulldog's got the right of it - you lot owe it to Hart to show up. He gives his all and deserves more respect than the rest of the team combined.
- September 09, 2007 1:39 AM
- Matt said...
How did we get so...bad? The linemen can't keep up with the QB, everyone is missing tackles. It's insane. And the offense...the fucking offense. What the hell happened?
There are some spots of hope. The arm on Ryan Mallett is beautiful. He is unpolished but he can throw! And if everyone would have made the tackles they should have, then that would significantly cut down on the rush yardage, but they still lack speed.
Here's the problem: the coaches are back to their old tricks of not putting enough trust in their QB. Henne was good last year because he was allowed to throw as he wished. It's like they only trust him with screen passes again. We're fucked.
- September 09, 2007 1:50 AM
- jhuffmm said...
Following is the message I sent to the University president after the App. St. loss. The only thing I added this week is that I will boycott attending or watching every Michigan game until Lloyd Carr is fired and I encourage everyone to do the same. Change requires dedication and commitment.
I am a Michigan grad currently living in Washington DC. I proudly don the Michigan colors and decorate my car and house with Michigan paraphernalia. After today, I feel like I should take it all down. This was the most disgraceful loss in NCAA history and I am actually ashamed to be associated with the school I love. Anything short of the immediate firing of "Coach" Lloyd Carr is unacceptable and will not be tolerated by the somehow still loyal fan base of this school. This is just the culmination in a long line of heart wrenching disappointments at the hands of this team due to his lack of leadership and football understanding. I hope you take this letter as seriously as I am because I don't think I can take any more heartache. I'm sure their are other letters you have received that echo my sentiments.
Sincerely, Michael Huffstetler
- September 09, 2007 3:34 AM
- nitz said...
At least we're not a laughingstock anymore; now we're an object of pity.
If there's a silver lining to this loss, at least now the cable companies of southeastern Michigan can hold off adding the Big Ten Network for another year.
Gotta go change some diapers...
- September 09, 2007 3:59 AM
- AD said...
Is this rock bottom? Or are we still staring into the abyss? Any true Big Ten fan feels sick to his (or her) stomach right now. The "mystique" is dead. Long live the "mystique".
- September 09, 2007 4:27 AM
- Robert said...
Michigan, what happen my Big Ten brethren (from a Hawkeye fan)?? It sucks when our crown jewel is Wisconsin. Look at it this way, you guys have a whole year to find a replacement coach. You guys recruit nothing but talent. Get a competent sonofabitch at the helm, you'll be back!
- September 09, 2007 4:32 AM
- bildoebler said...
The entire Michigan defense was so embarrassed by Saturday's butt kicking that they tried to commit mass suicide by throwing themselves in front of the team bus, but they all missed it.
- September 09, 2007 8:22 AM
- gitchegumee said...
A head coach has four primary responsibilities when preparing for and playing an opponent: 1) accurately evaluate your opponent's strengths and weaknesses, 2) develop a game plan to neutralize your opponent's strengths and exploit his weaknesses based upon your knowledge of your own players, 3) mentally and physically prepare your players for the challenge and 4) make game-time adjustments to your plan in response to the changing conditions during the game which take advantage of unexpected opportunities or make corrections for your own mistakes and weaknesses. The rest is up to the talent and execution of the players. Without the raw talent, of course, even the best game plan will fail. But Michigan HAS the talent.
In Saturday's game, which I watched in its painful entirety, I saw virtually NO evidence that Lloyd Carr is capable of carrying out ANY of his responsibilities as head coach. Michigan's defense looked as if it had never seen the type of offense Oregon threw at them, even though it had many similarities to App State of a week earlier. Michigan's offense looked timid and uncertain with too many quick-out passes which went no where. It was obvious that Oregon had done its homework and knew what to expect, and Michigan had NO surprises for them which they couldn't handle.
There was plenty of evidence that Michigan was NOT mentally or physically prepared for this game. Michigan's abundant penalties, turnovers, and injuries all reveal the lack of preparation.
Worst of all was the failure to make meaningful game-time adjustments. The defensive secondary made little attempt to step up and slow down Oregon's speedier receivers at the line, and not surprisingly got blown by all afternoon. The defense just let them run their routes unimpeded and trotted along behind. Michigan's offense seemed to spend most of the game in Oregon's territory, and yet hardly threw to the end zone at all, continuing to grind out the short passes and Mike Hart runs. Hart is outstanding, but he can't carry the team alone. I found it particularly telling that as the tide turned against Michigan early, it was Hart who tried to fire up the players and turn things around, RATHER THAN THE COACHING STAFF. Since the coach wasn't going to win the game, Hart must have realized that it was up to HIM to step up and provide the leadership on the sidelines as well as on the field.
I have watched Michigan football for decades, and have come to expect regular doses of the tough loss, particularly in bowl games. The knowledge that on any given Saturday at least half of the Big Ten could beat your team makes it more exciting. The days of the "Big Two and the Little Eight" are over, probably forever. There is certainly more balance in the league than in the glory days of Bo and Woody. But the Big Ten itself is also fading as a major power, and has been for several years. The Pac Ten and the ACC have both eclipsed the Big Ten and there are signs that the future will continue be troubled, if not worse.
The most frustrating thing for us lifelong die-hard Big Ten fans is that it does not have to be this way. Lloyd Carr has taken a team with an abundance of individual talent and almost unlimited potential, and completely FAILED to forge it into the powerhouse team it could have been. And Carr's record in the "big" games is extremely weak. He has won regular season games consistently ONLY because he has had such an amazing pool of talent to rely upon. But that talent is going to head for the coasts in a hurry unless something is done to turn things around at Michigan.
Getting rid of the coaching staff will not miraculously turn a mediocre team into a great one. But refusing to recognize the need to make changes WILL consistently turn players with great skills into mediocre teams.
It's time for a change.
Before it gets worse.
- September 09, 2007 8:41 AM
- Q1Go said...
There better be a future United States president on this Michigan football team, because this is looking like the worst season since Gerald Ford played.
- September 09, 2007 9:10 AM
- bildoebler said...
On a positive note for a football fan in the state of Michigan the Wolverines are making the Lions look like Super Bowl Champs!
- September 09, 2007 9:16 AM
- tider1701 said...
Dear Wolverine fans, players and alumni,
Hey, look on the bright side, there is always time to beat, uh, be a part of the 3rd best converence in the country. You guys suck this year and I am so glad to see that, while you can make fun of an old guy that could still coach till he died (Bear), you can't play like a team while your coach is struggling to save himself from the rabid media. Bama never had a Heisman winner, but we sure as hell fought our ass off every single play. Maybe that's why you guys have more regular season wins (and more years playing the game) yet we have more bowl wins. It shows a lot about a team that loses to an inferior opponent (up for debate still) and comes back the following week against a team that traveled a long way to play and can't control the line of scrimmage. You MI folks are some lazy, weak-hearted pussies to lay down so quickly for a beat down while playing at home after such a lucky comeback last week that never materialized (Thank God). It is a blessing to see both you guys and Notre Dame suck so badly and now you have to line up to play a meaningless game featuring the most overrated teams in the history of the sport. Congrats on stinking so badly that every paper in the WORLD carried something about your historic meltdown on national TV against lowly APPALACHIAN STATE. May you have to answer questions about that pathetic performance for the rest of your lives. I hope that you never ever forget the nauseating feeling that being the FIRST TOP 10 TEAM TO EVER LOSE TO A DIV. 1-AA TEAM brings each and every night before you go to bed. At least you can look at some of the ugliest girls in the country every day on campus so you can get a nauseating feeling from something else besides your MAIZE (fairly gay name for yellow) helmets. I hope we meet in the future for a game just so that I can rub these opening loses in some more. Good luck next week against Notre Dame as I hate them only slightly more than I hate your team of quitters.
- September 09, 2007 9:19 AM
- whetstonebuck said...
There you have it. The Tide has spoken.
A nice example of the sarcasm intended with the following:
"I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
Good to know who is who. I guess all us sinners can bow down now.
- September 09, 2007 9:38 AM
- tider1701 said...
Sorry, fans, players, and alumni,
I forgot to mention the coaching in my last post. It was as ineffective of a lob coaching and preparing a team as I have seen in recent memory. Down here we nip that shit in the bud during the 2nd quarter or at least at halftime. Our players are smart enough also, to recognize a crappy coach when we see one and that is why we have gone through so many before Saban. Of course, bad coaching and ineffective leadership is no reason to quit like most of you defensive and offensive lineman did during the Oregon game. Tom Brady must be offended to be associated with such a sad group of players and coaches. I don't remember that guy ever quitting on his team or coaches. You see, even if your leadership sucks, you can still execute your gameplan with heart and desire alongside your "family" of teammates. Oregon looked like a better coached team and also played with more heart and class (cheap kick to the groin). I hope Lloyd Carr sends a message to that guy and suspends him for a game or two for that thuggish behavior that would NEVER fly at BAMA. Good luck again against lowly Notre DUMB next week and if you guys don't send those talentless losers a message you don't deserve a spot in the 4th best team of the country (SEC, PAC-10, Big East, Big 10).
- September 09, 2007 9:40 AM
- chris said...
Hey guys, I am a tOSU grad and fan, but unlike many of my fellow fans, I have the utmost respect for Michigan, the rivalry and guys like Mike Hart. It is really painful what is going on right now, especially for the seniors who came back for one more run. I really hope that Michigan turns things around so that the game at the end of November continues to be the even that it always has been. And oh, the Buckeyes' offense was frightening yesterday. I am officially scared for the trip to Seattle next week.
- September 09, 2007 9:53 AM
- TitleIX said...
Wow Tider, who pissed in your Wheaties this morning??
Your 'points' would all be salient if it weren't for the sanctimonius vitriol.
Keep your vindictive trash talk to yourself, ok?
If I remember correctly, The Big Blue beat Bama in 1988 AND 2000. By Michigan QBs Demetrius Taylor and Tom Brady, respectively.
- September 09, 2007 9:56 AM
- ChicagoWolverine said...
I'd first like to say this: i apologize to all the Indiana fans out there -- I now know what if feels like to suck.
Secondly, Observations from the game:
* Key Play flashed on the score board with key logos
* Shawn Crable is now my least favorite Michigan player of all time. A senior, a captain -- WTF! I've never seen such uninspired, unenergetic, unpassionate play out of anyone.
* Henne Injury. I don't know the whole story, but it seems he played another series after the injury as Mallett warmed up. Was he THAT hurt that he couldn't come back out on the field to support his team?
* Arrington and Hart were limping almost most of the game.
* Was sitting right next to the tunnel where the team comes out -- I knew we had lost when they were walking out of the tunnel. That fire I was hoping that was burning under their balls was not there. they looked scared, tight, and not like Michigan Men as they walk through that tunnel.
* Manningham stop playing in the 3rd quarter -- sure he ran his routes, but gave no effort.
* Carlos Brown - I'm sure he's a stud back, but he still has some sort of cast on his right hand... why have him run and risk a fumble?
* Henne pick -- WTF Mate? What bad decisions he's been making. He also had Manningham wide open for TD's a couple times. Either didn't go to his direction or awful throw over wrong shoulder or just completely off target.
* Mallett should have been picked off 5 times. If it wasn't him staring down his target from the snap or just being off target -- the Quacks dropped 5 picks.
Lastly: It's still great to be a Michigan Wolverine
- September 09, 2007 10:00 AM
- jackscrow said...
"It's still great to be a Michigan Wolverine".
Just three reasons that have nothing to do with Ohio.
Come on....
BTW, the only team I hate more than UofM is Notre Damn.
Go Blue (next week only).
- September 09, 2007 10:07 AM
- Toonces said...
Uhh, Tider, at least nobody's had to make a movie about how Lloyd nearly killed off his entire fucking team from heat stroke, huh?
Maybe, at this juncture, we need to explore that project...Who will play Lloyd?
- September 09, 2007 10:14 AM
- whetstonebuck said...
Yo! Tide-y-bowl man,
Uh, I'm a Buckeye fan. I know it requires more than a sixth grade education to derive that from my name. That being said...
Thanks for illuminating the southern redneck stereotype for me, though I have experienced it before. Apparently, you are the poster child. How's the tooth?
Congratulations on the best football conference in the universe. I have always felt that when options and opportunities are few, it is good to maximize the little you have. Good job.
- September 09, 2007 10:17 AM
- Toonces said...
There must be a curse to explain this entire sorry situation. Theories:
1) Lloyd, when born, was bound by his ankles and left for dead. He survived, inadvertantly marrried and slept with his mother, and brought down a curse from the football gods that will only be lifted up his departure.
2) the entire defense slept with Tider's mother, contracted "the Clap" and can't run without extreme discomfort.
Tider, I know you'll never get the first reference; please explore the second and get back with me.
- September 09, 2007 10:32 AM
- WingRG said...
you must be even dumber than you sound if you think that "whetstone BUCK's" favorite team is "maize and blue". Alabama fans have to reason to gloat at UM's misery, you're not very far removed from that pile of shit that you were in the last 10 years.
And to all of you UM fans that say that OSU fans are the worst, i'm sure these Bammer fans are giving us the run for our $$$.
UM will be great again (as much as it pains a Buckeye fan like me to say it). No way Bama will ever be as good as they were under the Bear.
"All due respect ... (cue up Tony Soprano's Jersey accent"
- September 09, 2007 10:38 AM
- TitleIX said...
Uh, Tider...how about some internal consistency with your comments??
You criticize that being the self-centerd fucks we are, 'all' we talk about is Michigan, not giving other teams credit and kudos; yet then you call for "team pride" and throw as an example your complete misunderstanding of my tongue-in-cheek humility-inspired "we've only got the tailgates to look forward to" comment I made earlier?
Look, put your damned Uzi away, walk away from the side of the barn that you continue to pepper with random, inconsistent comments. This is a Michigan blog. If you want to puff yourself up about the wonders of 'Bama football that's fine. Just spare me your 'karmic justice' crap...because sweety, your karmic meter is getting ready to blow.
Peace out.
- September 09, 2007 10:43 AM
- Andy said...
Smack talk from an 'bama fan ? Wow this is getting crazy. Queue the music...
- September 09, 2007 10:45 AM
- TitleIX said...
oh, and using the well-respected debating tactic "my denali is bigger than yours" really scores points to us tree-hugging 'merican-hating liberals up north ;-)
seriously bud, you can't dig yourself out of the hole you 'dun' dug.
Physics accumen aside, your wisdom ain't welcome here.
- September 09, 2007 10:48 AM
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- September 09, 2007 10:52 AM
- Toonces said...
Andy, God bless you. You've made my morning. Except for the fact that during the '07 season, we, the collective Michigan Nation, are Ned Beatty lost in a camping adventure that still has about 9 more weeks....
- September 09, 2007 10:52 AM
- TitleIX said...
best laugh of the day, Andy
Maybe we can get us one of them Driver boys to coach the rest of the way??
- September 09, 2007 10:54 AM
- Andy said...
When my friend T9 (with her three M degrees and one of the biggest brains I know in the world) starts jawing with a in-bred, mouth-breathing, bear bryant worshiping, tide fan about the unpredictable nature of karma and 20 year old kids playing football... nothing but pure comedy genius.
- September 09, 2007 10:59 AM
- Michael said...
lol ... toonces, great ancient greek reference there. Of course you would have had to graduate high school or taken a humanities course in college to identifiy that. Apparently our tide buddy missed that. Honestly, I could care less about Alabama, you are relatively meaningless in the landscape of college football and your coach is the larry brown of football. Don't think for one minute if Saban were offered the Michigan job, he wouldn't take it. Hell, he would be gone before sundown. As far as the "owe it to Mike Hart to show up", I am not so sure.
- September 09, 2007 11:03 AM
- TitleIX said...
Ah, Andy, you know that I loves me some football and can get easily looped.
Back to football: while watching the Penn State/Domer game and hearing the very low stats for each offense in the first half, I got to thinking....I would be interested in seeing a comparison of the average of the offensive stats amongst and between the Big Ten, SEC, ACC, and Pac 10. My bet, now that the Kool-Aide has worn off, is that the Big Ten is waaaay back in the numbers and that we are the last of the run-run-run divisions.
Despite my 3 degrees (thanks for the props Andy) I must admit that I am surprisingly 'math challenged', plus, I wouldn't know how to get the data. ESPN College Almanac??
Some help maybe from the group?
(my word veri. is FRGVE. Now THERE'S some karmic compassion)
- September 09, 2007 11:12 AM
- Corby said...
yeah, it's gotten so bad - people are making website wondering whether they can even win the Big 10!
Come on guys - get it together!
- September 09, 2007 11:19 AM
- gitchegumee said...
To chicagowolverine-
Thanks for two things: 1) Great analysis and insights and 2) a needed reminder that despite our current woes, it truly IS great to be a wolverine. Its easy to get discouraged and dwell upon the negative, as I did earlier, but the legacy and tradition of Michigan will endure. I do believe this, and your post helped to bring me out of my funk.
To whetstonebuck-
Thanks for "How's the tooth?" I laughed until I cried. Sometimes irritating insects can be ignored and they will go away, but sometimes you just have to swat them. Nice swat.
p.s. Here's hoping the Buckeyes run the table, until, of course, Michigan stops them on November 17th. (Hope springs eternal.) Hopefully by then we will have gotten our act together.
- September 09, 2007 11:27 AM
- Bill in Birmingham said...
Having to deal with assholes like Tider on a daily basis,I actually believe in his physics background. Only in the Alabama nation would you find a physics graduate/student/etc. preparing multiple junior high level postings out of anger over year old satire on the blog of a program 600 miles away. On the other hand, most of the good Bama fans I know are graduates. It is typically the trailer park crowd that rants like this jerk. Maybe he sweeps the floor of the physics building in Tuscaloosa.
By the way, Tider will tell you that
- September 09, 2007 12:37 PM
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- September 09, 2007 12:55 PM
- Matt said...
First, thank you Chris. My parents went to OSU and even though the rivalry is heated, I still root for fellow Big Ten in OOC games. My dad is a Buckeye but he is not happy to see this happen either.
So to Tider, we did not deserve this. Everyone keeps saying that the Michigan fanbase is so arrogant that we had this coming. I beg to differ.
Even if we are arrogant, we always treated our opponents and our fans with respect (maybe except for Notre Dame in 2003, but it wasn't all that bad). Michigan has always run a clean and classy program. And you know what? I'm not too happy about Greg Matthews either. He looked like Marcus Vick out there and I felt like emailing the AD and telling him that as an alumnus I wanted him out. (Then I remembered that our AD is a DB - douche bag.) And once thing that all Big Ten teams avoid almost all the time is running up the score. (Just to put this in perspective, I was watching Miami-Oklahoma yesterday. OU was winning 44-13 with 3 min remaining and decided to throw a 30+ yard pass for a TD. WTF?)
There is bad blood between the SEC and Big Ten. We have rival football playing styles and we are sick of hearing each other's conference called the toughest. But if there is anything that we should all agree on--whether you are a fan of MSU, OSU, or the SEC--Michigan did not deserve this. So yeah, the players should stop giving up and act more like Mike Hart, but what Tider said is uncompletely uncalled for.
- September 09, 2007 12:56 PM
- Matt said...
And another thing to the OSU fans: I can't tell you how much I long for another #1 vs. #2 matchup (with us winning of course). But I do root for both teams to be undefeated going into The Game.
- September 09, 2007 1:00 PM
- beast in 'bama said...
I'd love to give all of you a pep talk, because I don't like the practice of rubbing salt on wounds that aren't my own (Tider1701 - Coach Bryant would NOT be proud of the way you are behaving here; have some dignity).
But after watching most of yesterday's game I'm afraid there isn't much in the way of pep talk material. Michigan's football problems are systemic (lack of speed and modern football schemes) and won't be remedied soon. And, like Notre Dame, it will take several years to right the ship.
I've been visiting the MZone for more than a year now, and in that time I've seen a lot of hostility for AD Bill Martin. With the foregone conclusion that this season will be Carr's last, does it make sense to have Martin making potentially the most important hire in Michigan football history?
- September 09, 2007 1:40 PM
- gitchegumee said...
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- September 09, 2007 2:17 PM
- zen wizard said...
bppfmpNext week's match-up with Notre Dame at least will be an interesting "Battle of the Wuss-Bags."
- September 09, 2007 2:29 PM
- gitchegumee said...
To titleix -
The NCAA posts raw stats within a few hours of the Saturday games.
Source: (broken across two lines)
I looked over the charts and was surprised to find that the Big 10 actually leads the major
conferences in average yards per game, average number of plays from scrimmage, AND rushing attempts as a percentage of total plays. In other words, on the average, other conferences use the pass more than the Big 10, but the Big 10 schools total more yardage overall.
Conference Averages
You are correct that we do run more, but only slightly more than the SEC. The stat I found even more interesting was that ACC offenses run up significantly LESS yardage than most everybody else, which is the opposite of what I expected.
- September 09, 2007 2:35 PM
- buckeyemama said...
This has got to be the best Michigan website I have ever seen. I appreciate your honesty and sense of humor... although naturally some of the Buckeye bashes are stereotypical of only a small percentage of Buckeye fans. We have our fair share of drunken idiots... good Lord, we live in Ohio. What the hell is there to do in OHIO? But we aren't all bottle throwing-car tipping-swearing at children heathens. And if I were to stereotype the entire Michigan nation by the behavior of a few of their fans, I could come up with some great slams too. BUT I digress... that has nothing to do with what I really wanted to say, which is that I really like your site (am a bit jealous of it, actually... we Buckeyes don't have anything that I am aware of that compares in quality!) AND I really do feel for you guys. I'm not one to kick someone when they are down, especially knowing how klutzy I am! (And how fickle the world of college football is...)
Michigan will be back. A victory over the Buckeyes salvages a lot, as would victories over Penn State and MSU... if for nothing more then being able to deflect the criticism from their fans! Too bad you guys don't get to play Bama. The only Bama fan I know is an alumni and she is the biggest fan I know- literally. The woman is like 400 pounds. Maybe she and Tider should hook up.
ANYHOW, this too shall pass. Keeps your heads up... although I do despise those winged helmets... and kick some Notre Dame ass this week. It shouldn't be hard.
- September 09, 2007 2:42 PM
- TitleIX said...
To the Big Lake of Statistics they call Gitchegumee.
I too am shocked by the data.
I'm going to go trolling that website for more surprises.
Although, NOW what to we have to blame for this sadness??
As an aside--Tom Brady is DREAMY. He and the Pats seem to be running a Michigan-like offense to perfection today against the J E T S jetsjetsjets
- September 09, 2007 2:55 PM
- MGoBlue93 said...
BiB... you are right on and personally, I despise Martin more than I could ever Carr. Martin isn't an AD, nor a Michigan man... he's just a bean counter -- plain and simple.
I'm crapping my pants just thinking who Martin is going to hire next.
BUT, Martin may have made the right move in John Beilen for the men's BB team. Can lightening strike twice? I sure hope so.
- September 09, 2007 3:11 PM
- BookBuster said...
Geez, the Ducks have been waiting for this game for four freakin' years and UM doesn't even show up? I'll take the win, but it comes with a heaping, HEAPING spoon of disappointment. I can't even tell if we were tested. For all I know, we're going to get rolled by Fresno State next weekend...
- September 09, 2007 4:53 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
Wow. By the number of deleted posts it looks like I missed all the fireworks. I can see that things were adequately handled.
Glad you had a good laugh. People need to laugh more. Laughter heap good medicine (simplified it in case Tidy-bowl was reading).
Thanks for the Dueling banjos clip. Made my week. Being a picker of both instruments, I felt all was well with the world as I listened and saw the joy on the actors faces.
- September 09, 2007 5:14 PM


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Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Burger Joint Bruhaha
Below is a picture of a new restaurant that opened last month on State Street called Quickie Burger and Dogs:
Just a burger joint and a sign? Well, not to some.
According to the Michigan Daily, "the Stonewall Democrats, a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender caucus of the University's College Democrats chapter, has taken offense with the restaurant's logo and recently began circulating a petition to sway the owners to change the logo."
They claim the picture of the woman riding the hamburger next to the word "Quickie" contributes to the "objectification of women."
Oooo...kay. And what do the owners say?
"We were thinking beef, rodeo, so instead of putting a cowboy, we just picked a cowgirl. It's a rodeo-style cowgirl riding a bull, but instead, it's a burger. It was put together to be funny and different. No offense was meant to anyone."
And no offense would be taken in 99.9 percent of the country. But you're in A2. Where I think some folks actually look for stuff to be offended by, whether warranted or not. And the sign above definitely falls in the "not" category.
What say you?
46 comments:
- whetstonebuck said...
"the Stonewall Democrats, a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender caucus of the University's College Democrats chapter, has taken offense with the restaurant's logo and recently began circulating a petition to sway the owners to change the logo."
Screw 'em.
- April 02, 2008 1:02 AM
- Reed said...
That's nothing, look at what the guy with the hot dog stand outside Harvard Stadium has (you have to page down just a bit).
There's absolutely nothing offensive about the Quickie Burger sign. Though it does look like the cowgirl in question is in the middle of having an accident. But with that look on her face, I'm guessing that she's feeling more relief than shame...
- April 02, 2008 1:17 AM
- Adam said...
Wow. I'm a Democrat and these Democrats are embarrassing the rest of us.
Not only is the sign not offensive, it's JUST A SIGN. I mean, look at Cluck-U Chicken (it's all over my home state of New Jersey as well as Maryland, where it originated, and there's even one in *gasp* Columbus). Their adds say "luscious legs, big breasts, and terrific thighs" and show women. And girls still eat there.
It's a fucking sign. Get over it. There are lots of other places you can go.
- April 02, 2008 2:02 AM
- Dezzi said...
I like my women like I like my meat... a little pink in the middle....
- April 02, 2008 5:42 AM
- Ninja Football said...
I voted yes, (just to be the only vote) and then it turns out I'm number 3. Can I have my vote back?
- April 02, 2008 5:46 AM
- A stone wall said...
I'm so embarrassed.
- April 02, 2008 5:51 AM
- Joshua said...
Ok, guess what comes up when you do a Google image search for "embarrassed". A shot of an LSU Tiger strolling into the endzone with a bunch of Buckeyes in the background. Right on the front page. That made my morning.
WV: ynomhe
You down with OPP? Yeah U know me.
(Good luck getting that out of your head.)
- April 02, 2008 6:00 AM
- phil said...
Before I vote, can I ask what type of patio furniture this restaurant has?
- April 02, 2008 7:20 AM
- Bigasshammm said...
"the Stonewall Democrats, a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender caucus of the University's College Democrats chapter,"
To appease these people they should just paint a "Buckstache" on said cowgirl and therefore it will represent all that they love. Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals, Transexuals, and Republicans.
Have I gone too far?
PS:: Once again I am looking for info on the Spring Game. If anyone has any shoot me an email or maybe Yost can make a thread about it since it actually involves football. :)
- April 02, 2008 7:23 AM
- TitleIX said...
Kinda funny that you all would be discussing whether or not something objectifies women, since, uh aside from football talk, that's all you guys do. Not a very neutral crowd around here...
I'm just sayin!
Let's see---
said 'cowgirl' is sans cowboy hat and has flowing blonde hair, and she's using a beer mug to balance herself. yep, that's what professional women rodeo riders look like.....
Just like Hooters is an homage to owls.
(cue Andy: mmmmmm owls, love ya bub)
Quickie Burgers absolutely meant to suggest/depict/imply a 'quickie' with the blondie on the beef.
Personally, I've been driving by the sign for weeks and have found it sophmoric, stupid, and slightly offensive.
Worthy of a petition?
But I'm I glad that it once again raises the depiction of women in public places as there is a continuum of acceptable images and an amazing inconsistency and double standard. That hierarchical chaos is also contextual--meaning that the SI swimsuit issue is fine for all to see yet Hustler needs to be covered and kept behind the counter.
Vegas showgirls dress a certain way yet there are no tank tops allowed in a 'normal' work environment.
Look---let's not get all righteously indignant about democrats and other marginalized groups for expressing their upset with the sign and deny the truth re: the intent of the sign.
I chose to frequent this site because that kind of sophmoric silliness doesn't scare me (and sometimes it's funny) but it sure as heck doesn't need to be up on the corner of State and Hill for all to be confronted with. It's stoopid and offensive to me in that context. Maybe I'm just bitter as a non-blonde? ha!
Party-pooping over
Go back to your regularly scheduled 'it's just a sign dude, don't be so GAY, sheez' discussions.
- April 02, 2008 7:37 AM
- TitleIX said...
spring game at Saline High School, not open to the public
- April 02, 2008 7:39 AM
- Dezzi said...
If they want... I can put my wang in a hot dog bun and they can post that on the other side so it's fair?
(Was going to insert a comment about needing a footlong bun... but that would be too small for me...)
- April 02, 2008 7:48 AM
- Temp430 said...
The owners should change the sign by giving the cowgirl more cleavage and re-work the hat to look more like a condom.
- April 02, 2008 8:05 AM
- Lexus said...
What does Art Price, Jr. think? That's what I want to know!
- April 02, 2008 8:17 AM
- Crabapple Buck said...
BTW - The owl tastes like chicken.
- April 02, 2008 8:24 AM
- Hemlock Philosopher said...
T-IX, The use of "sophomoric" should be limited to once per post. CB - owl tastes like chicken because when they were programming the Matrix, and trying to produce a believable similation of what life should be like, there were some pieces of information that they were missing. One of these was what chicken was supposed to taste like. None of the programmers had a clue what chicken should taste like, so they just made it taste like everything.
- April 02, 2008 8:40 AM
- Chris in NC said...
Wow. I find myself in rare sort of agreement with titleix on a social/political issue. Jot this one down for the history books. Anyone who doesn't think that the implication is a quickie with the blonde on the burger is fooling themselves. They knew it when it was first put up and they know it now. Let's see if they bend over and drop trow for the whiners.
This is just advertising 101. The fact is if most women got hot and bothered at the mere sight of a good looking man, you can bet there would be a whole lot of shirtless man signs up too. Unfortunately, ladies, a sign can't rub your back yet. Men don't need that to get their attention. A woman, any woman, will do. Hey, don't blame us, we were made that way. We didn't choose to be like that!
Now, is it really offensive? Please! It's just a sign dude, don't be so gay, sheez! :)
Of course, the "Stonewall Democrats" are using basic advertising 102. When you are a whiney special interest group that no one knows about or cares about, find something to be offended by and make a stink. It's good for the money coffers.
- April 02, 2008 8:44 AM
- Jeremy said...
Why is nobody concerned about what happened to Tubby's?
You can eat when you find the DuFranes.
- April 02, 2008 8:50 AM
- beast in 'bama said...
Anyone see a parallel with the new Subway ad campaign, $5 Footlong? Have you seen it? There's Godzilla storming through a city skyline, juxtaposed with a woman holding up her hands in a "foot long" gesture, all the while shaking her head "NO!"
This kind of imagery is everywhere.
- April 02, 2008 9:24 AM
- matthew said...
People really need to get off this "it offends me, so it shouldn't exist" bullshit.
You're offended? So what? Go ahead and be offended. Who gives a rat's ass?
Last time I checked, you have every right to be offended for whatever lame reason. You also have the right to not care. But let me make the following statement very clear: The law of the land does not, and should not, protect you from being offended.
In addition: it gets my goat that the same group of people who reject moral legislation by the conservative movement are willing to protest practices that they find "offensive"... hello PETA?
- April 02, 2008 9:36 AM
- Feelin' Blue said...
Maybe they should put her in reverse cowgirl instead.
I am embarrassed as a Michigan alum, but hey, it's expected. I can't believe these prudes though. They are seriously circulating a petition to change a sign that is mildly suggestive? What a joke. Pick your battles.
- April 02, 2008 9:38 AM
- whetstonebuck said...
"Look---let's not get all righteously indignant about democrats and other marginalized groups for expressing their upset with the sign and deny the truth re: the intent of the sign."
Keep marginalized groups in the margins!
- April 02, 2008 9:38 AM
- Feelin' Blue said...
This reminds me of the No Thai! mini-fiasco from a few months ago.
Some students offended by No Thai!
- April 02, 2008 9:46 AM
- Jeremy said...
Nobody is saying that they shouldn't be *able* to use that imagery. They're organizing people who also find it offensive and petitioning the owners to change it. One of the most important ingredients in free speech is opposing speech which you find to be false or offensive, not by banning it, but by refuting it.
- April 02, 2008 9:46 AM
- Killing My Liver said...
BY all means, be offended. If you are offended by the sign, don't eat there, petition, etc.
And, if that offends you, don't look at any magazine(including womens mags), watch TV or even listen to the radio. The overtone in this sign is slight.
It's your right to express your opinion, feel free to do so as you move into the wilderness as to not be offended by signs.
- April 02, 2008 10:23 AM
- BARman said...
Matthew--right on. It's all becoming so much crap. Mountains out of molehills; hypocrisy of the whiners; power via victimhood...yadayada, on and on, forever and ever, ad nauseum...
- April 02, 2008 11:19 AM
- zen wizard said...
I would have rather seen her riding a huge hot dog.
But other than that...
- April 02, 2008 11:55 AM
- surrounded in columbus said...
Okay- not to quibble on semantics, but isn't ALL commercial art some level of "objectification"? commercials/ads convey a message (BUY THIS NOW! Or something similar) and the art is supposed to convey that same message. if it didn't objectify the images, it wouldn't be effective.
The Marlborough Man out on I-94 objectifies men: "Be a real man. Be a cowboy. Ride a horse, be strong and tall in the saddle. Smoke ciggies like your father did. Only pansies worry about lung cancer."??? Right?
When do you see men portrayed as weak? Hair loss and "male enhancement" commercials. men as dull and dimwitted? in car GPS commercials (an no, i never stop for directions either).
Cute babies are on diaper commercials showing children as cuddly, adoring objects. I suppose cute babies' diapers are less smelly than an ugly babies'?
Ugly kids are used for selling cleaning products (apparently ugly kids make bigger messes than the cute ones).
the ad featuring the "desperate housewives" soccer mom driving a particular mini van or mopping the floor w/ the new swiffer sends a message to mini van driving/floor swiffering women (and men) everywhere.
and how about the newer, subtler messages that show the attractive 40 something being "admired" by her teenage son's friends for serving the right chicken nuggets as a snack??? holy "Stacy's Mom..."! not only does that objectify women, but it does so (assumedly) to sell to the woman- "yeah, young guys will still dig you, even at 42, if you feed them"?
This sign is no different. It says: "red meat eating, over sexed and in a hurry men- come have a burger here and hot blondes will love having a quickie w/ you, no matter how fat & bald you are."
Honestly- how different is that from any beer commercial???? we all know the kind of woman that finds you attractive in a bar depends on what you order. Heineken? brunette in the DKNY suit. Miller Lite? Blonde in the Daisy Dukes. right?
or have i been watching too much tv?
- April 02, 2008 12:06 PM
- Geoff said...
And here I thought we only had to deal with this kind of nonsense out in Washington.
Political correctness run rampant......
- April 02, 2008 12:28 PM
- phil said...
SIC - good points about advertising and its allure. For example, I was in Home Depot yesterday and they had this patio table and umbrella that was positioned.....well, it was just soooo hot. I do admit to flirting with it, but I resisted the temptation to buy it, but man, that garden manager knew just how to manipulate a guy.
- April 02, 2008 12:29 PM
- Jim said...
You know what's funny? Their explanation of the origin of the sign could be completely true.
I was doing a lecture to a group of teachers on shark reproduction once. I was searching around for a good image to use on the title slide and couldn't find anything I liked so I decided to grab a completely random animal image--just to be weird/random/funny. It'd been a long week of workshops and that's my sense of humor. It could have been any animal--armadillo, springer spaniel, giraffe--anything...but it wasn't. It was a beaver. It was late and I was tired and I didn't really think about it at all. I even labeled it with an arrow that said "This is a beaver."
Thankfully we discovered my little faux pas while reviewing the slides with a female co-worker (who knew my sense of humor, and that no offense was intended). The look on her face, though, was priceless. Man, I took crap for that for years.
- April 02, 2008 12:42 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
SiC...making sense...Holy Cow!
Must be that Columbus atmosphere.
- April 02, 2008 12:59 PM
- jcloverboi said...
not really sure what all the hubbub is about. Yeah, the sign probably isn't in great taste, but I'm sure there are many far more egregious examples of objectification on tv, radio, and in print. perhaps it's because the sign is on/near campus--people tend to care more about issues that are close to home. not eating there would make a much larger impact than raising a stink about the sign. if anything, the flap over the sign is giving the restaurant some free publicity.
- April 02, 2008 1:11 PM
- beast in 'bama said...
Phil: While I'm a firm believer in free speech, I'm afraid you're going to have to stop. LOL (both comments)!
Jim: In another life (20 years ago) I was covering a rural county commission meeting as a young reporter at the local paper. I showed up early and was talking with several of the commissioners as we waited for the meeting to begin.
As these were all rural, Alabama men - and it was not football season - the conversation turned to growing up in the country, specifically to some of the odd things they had eaten as children (possums, dandelions, poke salad, neutrea, etc.)
Finally one of the commissioners, a cotton farmer from my own district, spoke up in his low, painfully stereotypic Alabama drawl: "Any a' ya'll evah eaten anah beevuh?"
The lone woman in the room at the time turned as red as I did - she out of embarrassment, me from trying to control hysterical laughter. The others? No, none of the rest of them had ever eaten any beaver.
Word verification? bvvehf
Coincidence? I think not.
- April 02, 2008 1:36 PM
- Out of Conference said...
Well the motto on the back of the menu probably says, "Nothing's better than meeting your girl in a park, except parking your meat in a girl!"
- April 02, 2008 1:44 PM
- Red said...
The owners should just put up a picture of a guy wearing a cowboy hat, vest and chaps with him swallowing a big ol hot dog to appease those angry queers in A2.
- April 02, 2008 1:58 PM
- MGoBlue93 said...
No Thai! has gone through the same thing. And I recall there was a falafel stand which was the frequent target of protests during my daze in A2. The moral of this story is, is there a restaurant in A2 which someone cannot be offended by? Seriously.
- April 02, 2008 2:23 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
"said 'cowgirl' is sans cowboy hat and has flowing blonde hair, and she's using a beer mug to balance herself. yep, that's what professional women rodeo riders look like....."
Hate to burst your bubble, but that is what some of them look like around here. By some, I mean enough of them to warrant the picture as normal.
If you want to protest the picture protest on behalf of giant sentient hamburgers being tortured by women.
- April 02, 2008 2:46 PM
- Sarah Bellum said...
This is an issue, seriously? I just want a tee-shirt bearing this image!
- April 02, 2008 3:54 PM
- TitleIX said...
hemlock--touche re: my spelling. glad that an opportunity to call me out brought you out from the lurkers. :-) welcome back.
guess that I'm going to have give back my Red Hot Lovers T-shirt.
- April 02, 2008 6:00 PM
- Catie said...
I am a democrat (practically a bleeding heart much to the dismay of my highly republican family) And, Although T9 makes a beautiful point, I am personally not offended.
Now if she was riding a hot dog, that might be more blatant. But seriously sex sells folks and that is what this is, marketing in a college town.
- April 02, 2008 8:07 PM
- Mikoyan said...
Where is PETA in all this? AFter all, this place sells meat....
- April 03, 2008 12:03 AM
- dtw2phx said...
Offended?? HA! I wanna see how the menu items are listed. Extras such as slit pickles, special sauces, and sausage-wallet-Saturdays!
- April 03, 2008 1:50 AM
- CaliGirl said...
My best friend's brother owns this place...he sent my boyfriend and me a t-shirt...I wear it proudly to support him...so I guess no offense taken here...
- April 07, 2008 12:46 PM
- Mikoyan said...
But the important question...
How's the food? Heck, if I'm gonna go to that part of Ann Arbor, I might as well go about 3 or 4 blocks west and go to Blimpy Burger. Is it comparable to Blimpy Burger?
- April 08, 2008 11:08 AM
- lieutenant winslow said...
the lack of one or more conspicuously placed hotdog leads me to believe that the stonewalls have a lot to learn about objectifying women
- April 23, 2008 3:56 PM

subset: commoncrawl


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Tributes have flooded in for a jockey who died in an accident at an annual horse trials event in Somerset.
Canadian national Jordan McDonald was killed in a fall at Nunney International Horse Trials hours after a German rider died at an event near Hamburg.
Mr McDonald, who was based in Leicestershire, died while competing at the Nunney International competition near Frome, and rising German star Benjamin Winter was killed during Germany's major four-star event at Luhmuhlen.
McDonald, 30, had been married for just a year to fellow eventer Shandiss McDonald, and was riding on a cross-country course at the Frome event.
"It is with the deepest regret that we announce that Mr Jordan McDonald suffered a fatal accident whilst competing at Nunney British Eventing-affiliated one-day event in Somerset," British Eventing said, in a statement.
"Jordan's horse, Only Me, a seven-year-old gelding, was not injured.
"Jordan was aged 30 and based in Leicestershire, but is Canadian by nationality."
Competition was halted for the day following McDonald's accident, but resumed today with many riders wearing black armbands as a mark of respect, including reigning Badminton Horse Trials champion Sam Griffiths.
"Unbelievably sad day for our sport," Griffiths said on Twitter. "Our thoughts are with the families and friends involved. Life is so precious."
Nunney is a relatively new event on the British calendar, but attracts many of the world's top riders.
Competitors entered this year included Griffiths, Zara Phillips, Tina Cook and Izzy Taylor.
Horse riding fan Samantha Elton, 44, who went to the event as a spectator, said everyone at the event had been shocked by the tragedy.
She said: "There are risks which come with horse riding, but it is still nevertheless a big shock when a rider dies after falling from a horse.
"Only earlier on I had heard that (German rider) Benjamin Winter died following a fall at the Luhmuhlen. So, to be here and learn a Canadian rider has died... Well, it just sends shivers down your spine.
"Two deaths in the sport on the same day is pretty unheard of."
Equestrian sport's world governing body, the Federation Equestre Internationale, released a statement following 25-year-old Winter's death at Luhmuhlen yesterday.
The FEI also confirmed that a full investigation into the accident had been launched.
Competition continued today at the request of Winter's family.
"Mr Winter and the 10-year-old gelding Ispo had a rotational fall at fence 20, resulting in fatal injuries to the rider. The horse was uninjured in the fall," the FEI said.
A statement posted by event organisers on the official Luhmuhlen website said Winter was taken by helicopter to Hamburg-Boberg Accident and Emergency Hospital following his fall, where he died.


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The Hard-Ons have been churning out killer punk rock on a number of international labels since 1985. Neil Hamburger has released a number of comedy titles on the Drag City label, in addition to making numerous TV appearances. First 500 copies available on mystery colored vinyl!
HARD-ONS with NEIL HAMBURGER - American Exports by AlternativeTentacles
"Come on, how can you NOT buy it!?
"In the most noodle-headed artistic collaboration since Carrot Top joined Van Halen, Australian punk rockers The Hard-Ons met with Neil Hamburger at Sydney's Megaphon Studio in March 2008 to record two original compositions and two cover tunes. The results? Startling! Against all odds, Neil Hamburger's nerdy and stuffed-nose vocals somehow sound inappropriate and out of place when set against high-speed hardcore punk. I know! I couldn't believe it either! Luckily, the songs are hooky, the lyrics are hilarious, and you're a Neil Hamburger fan.
"The originals display that trademark Hamburger wit while allowing the Hard-Ons to cook dinner with some thrash attack hardcore and radio-ready midtempo pop-punk. The old school hardcore occurs during "American Exports," in which Neil reprises an Inside Neil Hamburger routine by frantically reeling off a laundry list of terrible things that Australia has imported from the U.S. (including Extreme-Flavor Pringle's, the National Treasure films, Paris Hilton and Yo La Tengo) before concluding "Anti-depressants! Anti-depressants! Now we're going to need more anti-depressants!" And thematically speaking, the radio-ready pop-punk must occur in "Young Punks," in which Neil contrasts the young mall punks "happy with all the stuff they can buy" with the bitter old punks "needing corneal transplants of the eye." He sounds considerably more comfortable performing his vocals against this slower and less aggressive melody, so it's not too surprising when he ends the track by (a) admitting that he hates punk rock and is just doing this record for the money, and (b) throwing in a Simon & Garfunkel reference."
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Cash, Check or Money Order Price - Add 3% for VISA, MC, DISC or AmexThis Bipod Adapter quickly and easily attaches to a Picatinny rail so any standard bipod or sling can then be attached to the integrated swivel stud. A curved inchforend style inch profile assures the perfect fit for the bipod to mate with. Light weight yet durable, the machined anodized aluminum construction provides reliable performance. Two integrated fasteners ensure a secure attachment that wont rattle loose during heavy use.
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In the U.S., two of the most popular trees grown are the maple tree and the oak tree. Incidentally, they're the two biggest sellers in the hardwood flooring industry. The woods are highly-durable, classically beautiful, and can suit a variety of design tastes. Because they're grown domestically, they're also very affordable.
The difference between the woods, appearance-wise, is the large pores and markings of the oak tree. You'll know oak when you see it What Kind of Wood Flooring Is Best? Corning NY 14830 because of the large brown rings that run through the wood. With maple, the pores are so small, they're almost invisible! This gives maple a smoother appearance, and makes it more favorable for high-gloss finishes.
Both woods respond very well to antiquing methods such as dyes and handscraping, and can be found in both solid and engineered products.
One of the top manufacturers of oak and maple wood floors is Somerset Hardwood Flooring. Somerset has Corning NY 14830 an entire collection devoted just to Maple Hardwood floors alone! Available in seven colors and four widths, Somerset's maple hardwood collection can't be beat.
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As Warren deftly — and professorily — put it: "I paid the taxes that I legally owed. I did not make a charitable contribution to the state." Yeah, who expects anybody to make a charitable contribution to the state?
The state is all about compulsion. It's a crisp, cold force that says you owe, and we will punish you if you don't pay. So you do exactly that (if you're reasonably competent and rational). There's no warmth and love left over. If you're feeling charitable, you go looking for something more specific upon which to lavish your love-in-the-form of money. In fact, it would be kind of screwy to love the government like that, to put your love-money into the general pot from which the state pays all its general expenses, even if you want the people of the state to put you in a position to cause the government to rack up even more expenses.
Brown's campaign called Warren a hypocrite for not checking the optional higher tax rate on her personal income. "The problem with running a campaign based on self-righteousness and moral superiority is that you had better live up to the same standard you would impose on everyone else," said the incumbent's campaign manager, Jim Barnett, in a statement. The Brown team said Warren earned over $700,000 in 2011, adding, "This is the sort of hypocrisy and double-speak voters are sick and tired of hearing from politicians, especially those who can't keep their hands out of others' pocketbooks."Is it really self-righteousness and moral superiority? Or is it a crisp cold calculation of what each person's share of the expenses is? You will be billed for that, and you will pay in a calm and orderly manner. There will be no love exchanged, no enthusiasm. It's just your share, that you owe, as determined by the democratic majority, who like to think that more is owed by those other people, those millionaires, and not little me. And it's not that $700,000 doesn't make Warren a good target for the democratic majority who would like to require more from somebody — somebody else. Obviously, she is. And I think she would agree!
When your vision is of the majority making the cold calculation and assessment, all you need to do to avoid hypocrisy is to pay what you owe... coolly and emotionlessly, with no extra gushings of love or cash.
Is Warren a hypocrite on the theory that she can't keep her "hands out of others' pocketbooks"? If she had a seat in the Senate and enough political sway, would she not vote to increase the tax rate for people who make $700,000 (or $500,000 or $200,000 or even $100,000)? I think she would. It's not politically wise to say that, but I assume she'd jack up tax rates if she could. In a calm, calculated manner. And everyone should pay their share, as determined by the government, to cover the expenses of the government, as determined by the government, in a Democracy where the people gave her — and people like her — seats in Congress.
There's no self-righteousness and moral superiority anywhere in this vision for America. It's just gray, bland exaction and compliance.


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|Ridge returns to B&B on Friday, December 13, now played by former
ALL MY CHILDREN star Thorsten Kaye. Photo Credit: CBS
Monday, December 9
Liam (Scott Clifton) issues Hope (Kim Matula) an ultimatum about Wyatt (Darin Brooks); Quinn (Rena Sofer) shows her appreciation to Eric (John McCook).
Tuesday, December 10
Wyatt tries to gain an advantage through charm; Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) begins to change her stance towards Bill (Don Diamont).
Wednesday, December 11
Quinn looks to Eric to help secure her future; Hope opens up to Brooke.
Thursday, December 12
Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) returns to Los Angeles; Wyatt pleads with Liam.
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Quinn and Steffy go to Paris; Ridge (Thorsten Kaye) returns home.
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WallCalendar is a set of LaTeX wall calendar templates and utilities for managing them. Users can customize templates or create their own. It includes a template that produces Interior and Covers, which are ready to be uploaded to lulu.com for printing on demand. It also contains a calendar Web site example (generated using the txt2site utility) that integrates with a paper calendar via QR codes.
Parcittox is a clipboard manager with network sync. It's a fork of Parcellite, including the Dittox library. Parcellite is a GTK clipboard manager which allows the use to synchronize selection and <Ctrl> + <c> clipboards and to select, save, and edit the history of clipboards. Parcittox adds the possibility to share clips over the network between Linux (using Parcittox) and Windows (using Ditto) PCs. It also implements the QRencode library to easily transfer clips to your smartphone.
Gig Cable Label generates label images with numbers in the Resistor code colors and letters in red with a white background, with a QR code to the right side of the label. The QR codes size is based on the string size of the text and ECC level (the better the error correction, the less text that can be encoded). All labels can be made with the select boxes provided for both Numeric and Alphanumeric codes. QR codes can be generated from phone numbers, URLs, email addresses, VCARDS, and custom text.
cQRCode is a class that generates QR code images in GIF, JPEG, and PNG formats. It takes a string of information to encode and can either serve the image with the current script output or save it to a file. The size of matrix points and the error correction level parameters are configurable.
QRwave uses QR codes to streamline the B2B ordering process. It is a Web service/smartphone application combo which allows your clients to place an order by simply scanning an item's QR code. With QRwave, any authorized company employees can place a restocking order as soon as they notice that supplies are running low. There's no need to remember a website URL or vendor information. Everything is included in the QR code.
QR code is a JavaScript object that can display QR code images using the Google Charts API. It can create an HTML IMG element inside a given page element with an URL of Google Charts API that serves a QR code image with a given piece of information. Currently, it can generate QR code images for HTTP links, bookmarks, SMS messages, phone numbers, personal contacts, email addresses, geographic locations, WIFI accesses, or any type of text content.
QR code generator is a PHP class that can be used to generate QR Code images using Google Chart API. It can send an HTTP request to the Google Chart API Web server to request the generation of a PNG image that represents the QR code graphic for a given information snippet. Currently the class can request the generation of QR codes for information snippets of the following types: bookmark, text, SMS message, phone number, contact information, e-mail message, geo-location, WIFI access, i-appli metadata, or abitrary content-type. The generated QR code image can be returned as a string, served for download, or returned as a URL string.
Barcode Studio is designed to quickly create high-quality barcode images. It is commonly used for pre-press requirements, postal bar-coding, desktop publishing applications, mobile tagging, print shops, and general barcode purposes. It supports all linear barcodes (like Code39, 2of5, EAN, UPC, Code39, Code128, and EAN/UCC128), 2D barcodes (like PDF417, QR-Code, Aztec Code, DataMatrix ECC200, and MaxiCode), GS1 DataBar, and HIBC codes. Barcode data can be entered manually or imported from external data sources. Serial numbers are created automatically on demand. It has a built-in quality preview. Single as well as batch barcode creation is supported via the command line or the graphical user interface. Barcodes can be printed directly, copied to the clipboard, generated as image files (BMP, GIF, JPG, TIFF, or PNG) or exported as vector graphics (EPS, EMF, WMF , PDF, or PostScript). The created barcodes are useable immediately: Just insert the barcode graphics into your artwork, database, form, or any document.
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Just when y'all thought you can peg AT for putting out punky, noisy
rock oddities and intellectually pregnant spoken word, here we go
again throwing you for a loop!
The FLAMING STARS have remained an
elusive band stateside despite their 5-year career in England. And
what do they sound like? Imagine cavernous Phil Spectorish
production, reverb'd guitars, and velvety baritone vocals over
vaguely tropical rhythms and lazy rockabilly beats: suave,
sophisticated, seductive...oh, yes! If you dig MICK HARVEY's (of the
BADSEEDS) solo output of SERGE GAINSBOURG covers, the FLAMING STARS
will be the perfect drug for you.
Since the FLAMING STARS first EP in1995, the U.K. band have released six albums, ten singles, gigged extensively in the UK and Germany, and played shows in France, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Greece and Japan.
The FLAMING STARS have a caustic sophistication at a constant tug-of-war with the deep-down sleaze 'n' roll straight from the bar room floor. Unlike typical garage acts immortalizing vintage juvenilia, the FLAMING STARS carve out a sultry, mysterious world with their sound. Their sound combines early punk, Ennio Morricone soundtracks, Slade, outlaw country and Tom Waits. Melody Maker called them "a fistfight between the Voidoids and Jerry Lee Lewis". The German press called them : "Nick Cave meets Elvis in a whiskey bar".
The band is fronted by singer and keyboard player Max Décharné, former drummer with Gallon Drunk, who is also the author of four books and a regular contributor to Mojo and Bizarre magazines.
In November, they will tour the U.S to support this album and their new single "One Lonely Night / Days Like This" (virus 267 September 10th) as well as promoting Max's latest book Straight from the Fridge Dad, a book on 1920s-1960s hipster slang, to be published in November via Random House.
GINMILL PERFUME culls some of their hits from : SONGS FROM THE BAR ROOM FLOOR (1996), BRING ME THE REST OF ALFREDO GARCIA (1996) , SELL YOUR SOUL (1997), PATHWAY (1999),and A WALK ON THE WIRED SIDE (2000). It also includes 1 song that is out of print.
Max Decharné will appear on 'Hardboiled Hollywood' on Thursday, September 27th, 2001. He is a published writer with a new book on 20s-60s slang,Straight from the Fridge Dad (Random House) out in November, 2001 and a regular contributor to Mojo and Bizarre. He will be doing readings and signings in various major US cities.
ROLLING STONE (Germany)"Eine Greatest Thrills Compilation fuer das Amerikanische Hinterland eigentlich, nun aber als Einstiegstontraeger all jener dringendst empfohlen, die dem Pulp-Fiction-Inspirierten (die Literaturgattung, nicht der Film, Dummy!) halsbrecherischen brenzligen und nicht selten sinistren Rock n Roll des Quintetts aus Camden Town noch nicht verfallen sind. Die delizioese Cover allein die paar Dollar wert."(four stars)
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MELODY MAKER : "a fistfight between the Voidoids and Jerry Lee Lewis".
ISAAC HAYES comments on an early single : "The singer gives the impression of being drunk".
The Flaming Stars, Ginmill Perfume: The Story So Far, 1995-2000
With music journalist and hipster-slang lexicographer Max Decharne leading The
Flaming Stars, it's no wonder that the group's music has a smugly retro feel.
Released Stateside almost concurrently with Straight from the Fridge, Dad,
Decharne's dictionary of 1920s-1960 slang, his band's newest album is a
pleasantly affected jumble of well-worn techniques, styles, and lyrics,
self-consciously underscored by lo-fi production.
Ginmill Perfume encompasses
five years of the band's career, and nearly as many decades of rock 'n' roll,
from the piercing guitar of Mickey Baker to the fiery sounds of Dick Dale, from
the gentle melodies of the La's to the sometimes-ominous sounds of Nick Cave
and The Tindersticks. Raucous piano, gloomy organ, tinny drums - all fill out the
stylized sounds of the five older and ten newer songs that oscillate on the
genre spectrum between Britpop and music noir. Decharne's lyrical ironies
occasionally become clumsy ("everyone loves the way you smile/'till the car you
drive goes out of style"), but this small flaw only humanizes the music, making
it easier to embrace as the extravagantly dramatic, charmingly guilty pleasure
it is.
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Alameda County [California] Health and Ways of Living Study, 1974 Panel (ICPSR 6838)
Published: Jan 31, 2008
Principal Investigator(s):
George A. Kaplan, California Department of Health Services. Human Population Laboratory
Version V2
These data constitute the second wave of a survey designed to study the influence of health practices and social relationships on the physical and mental health of a typical sample of the population. The first wave (HEALTH AND WAYS OF LIVING STUDY, 1965 PANEL [ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA] [ICPSR 6688]) collected information for 6,928 respondents (including approximately 500 women aged 65 years and older) on chronic health conditions, health behaviors, social involvements, and psychological characteristics. The 1974 questionnaire was sent to 6,246 living subjects who had responded in 1965, and were able to be located. A total of 4,864 individuals responded in 1974. Questions were asked on marital and life satisfaction, parenting, physical activities, employment, and childhood experiences. Demographic information on age, race, height, weight, education, income, and religion was also collected. Included with this dataset is a separate file (Part 2) containing mortality data for respondents who died between the 1965 and 1974 panels, and information on nonrespondents.
Export Citation:
United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute on Aging (5 R37 AG11375-03)
Subject Terms
Geographic Coverage
ICPSR obtained these data from the Human Population Laboratory under the agreement that the data are for the sole use of ICPSR and may not be sold or provided to third parties outside the ICPSR membership, and that these data are not to be used for any commercial purpose. Users are reminded that, per ICPSR Bylaws, data and other materials provided by ICPSR are to be used solely for statistical analysis and reporting of aggregated information, and not for investigation of specific individuals or organizations. Each member institution gives assurance that such uses of statistical data will conform to widely accepted standards of practice and legal restrictions that are intended to protect the confidentiality of research subjects.
Time Period(s)
Date of Collection
1973-11 -- 1974-08
Data Collection Notes
See the codebook for a listing of publications related to this study as provided by the Human Population Laboratory.
The machine-readable documentation (which includes the data collection instrument) is provided as a Portable Documentation Format (PDF) file.
A nine-year follow-up of the respondents to the 1965 survey, which consisted of a stratified random sample of Alameda County households with noninstitutionalized residents aged 21 or older, or aged 16-21 and older if married.
Households in Alameda County, California.
Data Source
self-enumerated questionnaires
survey data
The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.
This study is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA), the aging program within ICPSR. NACDA is sponsored by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) at the National Institutes of Heath (NIH).


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Microsoft has heard the cries of frustrated fans about the mandatory 24-hour check-in and used game restrictions for Xbox One, announcing today that it was reversing those policies to reflect its current stance for the Xbox 360.
In a post to fans on the official Xbox One site, Microsoft revealed that now "After a one-time system set-up with a new Xbox One, you can play any disc based game without ever connecting online again. There is no 24-hour connection requirement and you can take your Xbox One anywhere you want and play your games, just like on Xbox 360."
Also, "There will be no limitations to using and sharing games, it will work just as it does today on Xbox 360." Regional restrictions on the console are also being removed.
Microsoft's Don Mattrick said fan feedback was important in making these changes:
"You told us how much you loved the flexibility you have today with games delivered on disc. The ability to lend, share, and resell these games at your discretion is of incredible importance to you. Also important to you is the freedom to play offline, for any length of time, anywhere in the world.
So, today I am announcing the following changes to Xbox One and how you can play, share, lend, and resell your games exactly as you do today on Xbox 360."
He said that the company still has faith in its original plan. "While we believe that the majority of people will play games online and access the cloud for both games and entertainment, we will give consumers the choice of both physical and digital content. We have listened and we have heard loud and clear from your feedback that you want the best of both worlds."
Microsoft had received criticism for its mixed messaging on its policies for the Xbox One. During E3, the company defended its game stance, saying the industry was "in transition." Sony, however, chose to capitalize on the controversial policies by announcing at it's E3 press conference that it "won't impose any new restrictions on your use of PS4 game discs."
While the 180-degree shift by Microsoft may make more people consider pre-ordering the console, there is still the price: $399 for PS4 versus $499 for Xbox One. The Kinect 2 is a mandatory part of the the MS console, while the PlayStation Eye is an optional purchase for an additional $59.