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Friday, January 11, 2008
Enough is enough, WVU fans
So I understand why they were mad. And they let Coach Rodriguez know it.
But after reading about what's happening to his mother and family still back in West Virginia, I have one thing to say some of those fans: enough is enough. You people should be ashamed of yourselves.
According to the Detroit News story linked above, Coach Rodriguez's mother says her family has suffered insults, vandalism and even death threats since her son left for A2.
Arleen Rodriguez said her grandson, a senior in high school, has gotten death threats and threatening notes stuck to his locker. Her 12-year-old granddaughter had to be escorted to her class. In addition, "the girl went to a friend's birthday party recently and presented the friend with a WVU purse. Arleen said one of the adults there remarked that the gift was nice, but would have nicer had it come from a true Mountaineer."
Are you kidding me?! A true Mountaineer? What, one who threatens high school kids and says shit like that to little girls? That makes me sick.
There is no excuse for such crap. None. Jesus Christ, there's a war going on and you stupid fucks are leaving death threats over a coach taking another job?! Get. A. Fucking. Life.
Because anybody who does this stuff isn't a true fan, just a true asshole.
49 comments:
- Trip said...
Agreed about the family bashing, but the lady is also complaining about people making fun of RR (example: throwing darts at a picture of RR) and wants the people to be happy for him..... I would be upset if my coach skipped town as well, not happy.
- January 10, 2008 7:43 AM
- Katie said...
I have been shocked by the reaction of the WVU fans. It really is sad. I too felt badly for them that first week. Then after seeing the bizarre behavior, I can only shake my head in disbelief!
It does not help that ESPN is feeding that fire
You have to scroll WAY down to Leftover Bowl Point #2. Easterbrook is as big of an assclown as Drew Sharp! That entire article is worthless, but his take on R2 leaving WVU is very skewed.
- January 10, 2008 7:43 AM
- JB said...
You are quickly becoming the conscious of a football nation. Kudos, Sir.
- January 10, 2008 8:25 AM
- whetstonebuck said...
All together now...
"Almost Heaven, West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River - Life is old there...
- January 10, 2008 8:28 AM
- Fritz said...
I am surprised by the vehemence and stupidity of the idiots in West Virginia. Until now, I thought this kind of behavior was the exclusive domain of british Soccer "fans', mourners at Iranian ayatollah's funerals, and Bammers.
- January 10, 2008 8:29 AM
- DaBraylon17 said...
WVU fans are such losers. fuck em.
- January 10, 2008 8:57 AM
- Out of Conference said...
Jealousy - making fans be classless for many years. Yeah jealousy!
- January 10, 2008 9:22 AM
- Gary said...
Even worse is that WVU zealots have been responding to RR's mother with, and I quote "What do you expect woman?". For a particularly enlightened take on the situation:
Oh, its luscious, West Virginia goodness.
- January 10, 2008 9:24 AM
- MGoBlue93 said...
The death threats in Morgantown have been occurring since the Pitt loss. Before hillbillies start crashing the board with the canned, "it happens in Ann Arbor too"...
Michigan's coach lost 5 of the last 6 to Michigan's 100+ year rival and nothing like what has been going on in WV remotely happened here.
And another thing, other than the hooliganism, the common refrain about R2 from Mountaineer nation is that he did it for the money. REALLY? If R2 did it for the $$$, why didn't he bolt for 'Bama the year before?
I'm biased but based upon the stories coming out of WV, I would have got the he|| out of there too.
- January 10, 2008 9:30 AM
- Joshua said...
"You are quickly becoming the conscious of a football nation."
I think you mean "conscience", but it's a wonderful point. Unless yoou really meant "concious", in which case it begs the questions: does that make drunken, rioting coach burning idiots the unconcious? Everyone say it now- O-H!.......Oh no! Not the handcuffs!
- January 10, 2008 9:38 AM
- Dezzi said...
"Country roooooooooooooooads, take me hoooooooooooome..."
- January 10, 2008 9:45 AM
- Aaron said...
I couldn't agree more with this post, and it's exactly what I've been telling West Virginia fans I know. I would be upset if a coach left one of my teams(and they have), but this is quickly getting out of hand. There are FAR greater problems right now than college football
- January 10, 2008 10:45 AM
- goat7ed said...
before hillbillies start crashing the board...wrong for so many reasons:
-typewriters can't access the internet
-Appalachia Online still connects by tin can and string modem
-too busy googling their sister to blog with folks outside the family (if you know what I mean)
-can't see screen anymore due to too many stamps already afixed from trying to send hate email to RR
-smoked last three spell checkers
- January 10, 2008 10:51 AM
- MGoBlue93 said...
"Appalachia Online"... that one made me shoot water out of my nose.
- January 10, 2008 10:55 AM
- Nathan said...
As a WVU fan and alumni, I have to say that the people doing this to his kids are ridiculous. We do have a lot of ignorant rednecks back in WV. However, not all of them are, so calling them all hillbillies is similarly ignorant. There are ignorant assholes everywhere, including NYC (where I now live) and I would presume the great state of Michigan.
- January 10, 2008 11:01 AM
- Crabapple Buck said...
Now you know why Jed Clampett packed up the truck and moved to Beverly...Hills that is. Swimmin' pools, movie stars.
- January 10, 2008 11:18 AM
- Joe said...
Well Yost...it could be worse. They could have stormed Rich's mother's house and burned her couch.
What the hell is up with burning couches anyway?
- January 10, 2008 11:45 AM
- MGoBlue93 said...
And we have a winner... nathan was the first one to come to the board with it happens everywhere.
- January 10, 2008 12:17 PM
- Nathan said...
I didn't say this exact thing happened everywhere. I just said there are ignorant assholes everywhere and you are helping to reinforce my point.
- January 10, 2008 12:26 PM
- Dezzi said...
I would like to think that my asshole is smart and not ignorant...
- January 10, 2008 12:49 PM
- Joshua said...
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- January 10, 2008 1:52 PM
- MGoBlue93 said...
yeah... my asshole busted its ass over many years of hard work at a top university. It is hardly ignorant.
- January 10, 2008 1:53 PM
- Joshua said...
I, for one, am ignorant to the indication there may be ignorant ignnoramuses indigenous to our incredible state. If this in fact is indeed indisputable i would be undeniably indignant. Anyone whos says different would be a lying liar who lies a lot. understand?
"I just said there are ignorant assholes everywhere and you are helping to reinforce my point."
point, Nathan.
"I would like to think that my asshole is smart and not ignorant..."
Ha! Smart, ass. I see what you did there....nice.
- January 10, 2008 2:13 PM
- Joshua said...
"yeah... my asshole busted its ass over many years of hard work at a top university. It is hardly ignorant."
I believe while dezzi's comment was a clever repose on the juxtaposition of smart and ass, you are stating merely you're asses lack of ignorance while putting forth its "hard work". Does this indicate increasing incontinence on behalf of you ass? If so they make something for that.
- January 10, 2008 2:28 PM
- MGoBlue93 said...
joshua... it's under control ;)
- January 10, 2008 2:53 PM
- goat7ed said...
that's good, because an impaction caused by increased incontinence could make you a hard ass, and a real irritable asshole.
- January 10, 2008 3:00 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
seems like i just logged on to a proctologist's chat room...
however, **thread jack warning** speaking of asses, did anyone read this in the Freep -
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080110/SPORTS06/80109116/&imw=Y ?
well, while disagreeable, i didn't think much of until someone sent me this-
from 7 years ago.
same writer. just what the hell is going on over there w/ the folks who are supposed to maintain "journalistic integrity"???
even the Dispatch is more upfront than this!
- January 10, 2008 3:14 PM
- Vadatripp said...
Yeah, I saw both of those articles, too. But I can see his point because OSU has had soooooo many tremendous starting QBs in the NFL like....um....well....I think Art Schlichter started a couple of games before switching careers to a convicted felon.
- January 10, 2008 3:21 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
lloyd's put every qb he's had into the pros.
suppose Lloyd hadn't retired- could you see this jerk writing an article that Pryor should go michigan to get ready for the nfl??
the substance of this is crap. however, the bias behind it is obvious. the freep should be embarrassed by this.
- January 10, 2008 3:25 PM
- lsuadam said...
michigan as a state has no right to put anyone down. Ever hear of the malice at the palace back in 2004. If any of these michigan fans are also piston fans then they have no right to talk about having class
- January 10, 2008 4:37 PM
- Mikoyan said...
Normally, I like Mr. Easterbrook but I feel he is way off the mark about RR. I mean if it were just the money, wouldn't he have bolted last year for Alabama?
- January 10, 2008 4:37 PM
- Joshua said...
"michigan as a state has no right to put anyone down. Ever hear of the malice at the palace back in 2004. If any of these michigan fans are also piston fans then they have no right to talk about having class"
Let's compare, shall we?
1. Multi-millionaire professional athlete who is 6-7 and weighs 246 lbs. goes into stands after average joe, because someone threw a cup at him, inciting riot.
2. Grown men insult 12 year old girls and send death threats to someone's family because he switched to a better job.
I see your point. These are EXACTLY the same.
Now, another comparison:
1.Your post.
2.The post of a sleep deprived ferret hopped up on crystal meth.
These too are exactly the same.
Oh, wait- no they're not, because the fuckin ferret would make more sense. Seriously, I hope you live in a one level house, because I know donkeys can walk upstairs but not down, and you sir are a jackass. You'd get trapped up there and starve to death. Actually I rescind that comment because it's unfair to the noble donkey.
My God man, the only way you should ever be allowed to breed is if we determine chimpanzees are getting too intelligent and we need someone to dumb them down. That could be your chance to do something historic. Other than being the biggest idiot I've ever had the displeasure of reading, that is.
Please, please, PLEASE try defending your post. Please. I beg you.
- January 10, 2008 5:51 PM
- Joshua said...
So here's what perplexes me. (Other than the way someone possessing the IQ of a can of chicken noodle soup has survived long enough to post on this blog)
I understand that you judge a person on their history, and R2 has a history of running a spread option, primarily geared toward the run. He has had success with this. He also has a history of adjusting his offensive schemes to his personnel. He has had success with that as well. Now everyone (media, etc.) is assuming he'll stick with the exact same spread option attack, but ignore one glaring fact. R2 has never, ever had access to the kind of talent he'll be able to pull now that he's recruiting for the maize and blue. It's like the difference between Bridget Moynahan and Giselle. One is extremely attractive, the other is worth $140 million dollars because of her looks. Hmm, think there's a bit of disparity? He now has full license to do whatever the hell he wants from a scheme standpoint. The mad genius has just been built a $10 million dollar lab by Pfizer. Why isn't anyone talking about this? Is it stupidity? Ignorance? Sensationalism? Seems to me you could generate a great amount of interest by playing up the "they could be anything" angle than the "same old Rodriguez destroying the old Michigan traditional angle. Jeebus it's frustrating.
- January 10, 2008 6:09 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
first, sports writers can be pretty lame. if you cover college football, this time of year has to be really dull.
maybe they sit around and speculate because they don't have anything to do and are too lazy to actually investigate anything new?
trying to figure out just who R2 is chasing right now would take a lot of leg work. maybe it's easier to just conject what "might be" based on what "used to be".
what's really odd is how little the detroit/main stream press has to say about this that's original. the best analysis i've read yeat (in the "real" press) is the article that appeared weeks ago featuring the Charleston paper's beat writer for WVU and his thoughts on R2 in A2. amongst many other ideas, he speculated that R2 would change some aspects of his game planning, O and D, based on new levels of talent available to him at Michigan.
but that kind of speculation requires a great deal of prior knowledge, or a lot of research. much easier to just look at the offense in the Fiesta Bowl and boot strap that.
- January 10, 2008 6:44 PM
- Joshua said...
Yeah, SIC, I think you're correct and part of it may be laziness and the need to fill a certain amount of space in a short amount of time. My biggest gripe with that is that it feeds the lemmings who depend solely on the Detroit Press and the coconut telegraph to get their news and form their opinions. Given the level of intelligence of our general population I find it frustrating when the people in the business of informing them drop the ball.
FWIW, everyone I know is freaking out right now over the level of change going on in the program. My brother is easily one of the most level-headed people you will ever meet, and he's totally nervous. I had my own freak out moment at work yesterday and come up with a rather apt analogy which I'm still working on, but it's gonna be one hell of a ride. Anyone else experiencing the same?
- January 10, 2008 6:59 PM
- beast in 'bama said...
Joshua and SiC:
What's going to be interesting to me, just as a football fan, is how his 3-3-5 defense is going to work with the superior talent he'll attract at Michigan.
Offensively, the man's a proven commodity at multiple levels of competition. Once he gets "his" players in, they'll come from far and wide just to gape in awe at the Michigan offense.
The WVU defense put up some good numbers this season, statistically speaking, but how much of that is due to that highly ranked ground attack, eating clock like Mangino at a Chinese buffet. How much of that is due to the level of competition (especially on defense) in the Big East?
And this is all assuming that he's even going to run the 3-3-5 scheme. He might look around and see a surplus of d-line and linebacker talent on hand and scrap it all for a 4-3-4. Was the 3-3-5 just a strategic adjustment to Louisville's pass-happy attack, or did he just not have much in the way of defensive line inventory at WVU?
I'm hoping that he keeps it, just to see what happens on a bigger stage.
- January 10, 2008 7:12 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
i'm just the opposite. i've grown so weary of losing bowls, to tosu/wisconsion/app st....
i think it's wonderful. when we finally dumped herrmmaann, i thought "now things will be different". but that was only partially true. watching the bowls this year, i realized- we used to be like that- even when we lost, we were still good.
i'm up for the risk if that's what it takes.
and speaking of change-
they're having a "fire sale" of all the old weight room equipment? can you believe we actually had the team working out on machines instead of free weights?
"you can't make an omelet w/ out breaking a few eggs".
- January 10, 2008 7:41 PM
- Katie said...
I think that the "Michigan Man", that is those men who have been rooting for Michigan since they were born are the ones that may have more of a tendency to "freak out" or get nervous over the drastic changes that are being made. In all honesty, what was known as Michigan football ended with the tOSU game. I say that because the Bowl game was obviously something different than we have seen before. (and there is a large part of me that wishes we had seen it on September 1st and the following week, hell he entire season!) But I digress........I think the "Michigan Men" are going to have a bit of anxiety over the changes, but I do believe that they will come around because Michigan football is going to be superb, and like SIC said, GOOD, even when we lose. (I almost can't remember how that felt anymore!!) I think that is what I hated so much about the tOSU game. If we had played good and lost, then, ok, but to play like we did and lose, that just really sucked. Anyway......my point, which I am not making very well......likely do to the margarita I had at dinner.......(double...ha!) Tradition is difficult to give up sometimes and I think the MIchigan men are getting a bit antsy about that. I don't think that the base line tradition is changing.......we will remain Michigan Football, we just might go about winning in a whole different way, and that my friends is damn exciting!
- January 10, 2008 8:00 PM
- Joshua said...
I'm all about the change, all about Ninja Football. Mallet leaving did give me a bit of a freakout moment (My bro is predicting Mallet to TN and a NC for them with him at qb, ha! If we don't get Pryor I'm gonna be talking him off a ledge) but I'm mainly just excited.
And two other things. MACHINES? You're kidding right. Please tell me you're kidding.
And Debord to TN? What the hell are they thinking? My prediction for Mallet, btw, is he ends up wherever Loeffler is if Loef makes a decision soon enough. That man will make an excellent head coach some day, maybe for us in 15 years. Keep an eye on him wherever he goes.
- January 10, 2008 8:45 PM
- TitleIX said...
As a friend at dinner said to me tonight...
"off-tackle left will now be one of our trick plays"
repeat after me kids:
change is good.
oh---and I got nothing for the hoodlums in the hollars. except continued head-shaking. W T F
- January 10, 2008 8:49 PM
- Katie said...
LOL@T9, so true, so true!
I really liked Loeffler and I would have liked to see him stay (Campbell and Bedord as well) So I will keep an eye on him. Did you read the article though, that said that Loeffler did not like Mallett. Somewhere I read that and it may have been at the beginning of the season. I think that is interesting now that the speculation is that Mallett will go where ever Loeffler goes.
I am watching the Cap.One Bowl game again.......such a great game, it is even better when you know the ending and are not sitting on the edge of your seat, pulling out your hair and screaming.......NOOOO HART DID NOT FUMBLE>>>>NOT ON THE ONE YARD LINE>>>>OH GOD IT IS OVER NOW!!!!!!!!!! ROFL!
- January 10, 2008 9:07 PM
- Katie said...
Uhhh, that would be Bedford....LOL
- January 10, 2008 9:08 PM
- Joshua said...
Mallet gone. Manningham gone. Arrington gone. New offense. New coach who'd never been to Ann Arbor when he was hired. What have we done? Oh my god.
When I heard about all of it that was my first reaction. Complete freakout. After my co-workers splashed me in the face with a bucket of water to break through the catatonia and I remembered to breath (and that Harlem globetrotter showed up with the bucket of confetti- how do they do that?!!) I was searching for an analogy to come up with the level of nervousness I'd just experienced. I decided that level of freakout should be reserved for when you slip one past the goalie and your whole life is about to change. What I came up with is this....
Michigan Football, The Teen Movie
Scene 1: It's a nice day in Ann Arbor and Our Hero, Michigan Fan Base(MFB for short) has just left class and notices he has voicemail. Who is it? The hot, sexy girl (Ashley Rodriguez) he's been seeing from down the hall? His ex-girlfriend (Jen Carr), the high-school sweetheart who went to State and they thought it'd work out but now everything's just so different? Or is it another one of those weird hangups he's been getting? Could it be his friend/respected semi-nemesis (Buck) from high school who's got a lot of potential but went to that school in Columbus to play football and has a propensity to party too much? Let's find out shall we? And...ACTION!
MFB dials his voicemail, throws his backpack over his shoulder and heads to the union to meet Ashley. Being that Michigan is having it's warmest January day in years, he is able to relax and get lost in thoughts of...
Ahh, Ashley. So hot. So smart. So not like Jen. You know, we had a lot of good times, but it's so nice to have someone who's not so conservative! She'd never be up for that party this weekend. Ooh mental note:buy dog food. It's supposed to be nice out so he we can play with his Mallett tomorrow, maybe a picnic in the Arb. Great little guy, I just wish he wouldn't chew on my shoes an pee on the rug. *ring* what the? Oh yeah, voicemail .
Message 1: Click.
Damn hangups, wtf is up with that?
Message 2: "MFB! M.F.Beee! It's Buck, dude. Give me a call. you gotta call me! Dude. I've got the BEST. STORY. EVER. Call me, gotta go, that Hottie LSU's on the other line. I'm totally gettin' lucky tonight."
Ah, Buck, how does he get so much tail? Seriously that guy sees more ass than a toilet seat. Course there are those rumors about Roofi-coladas, and that Clarret chick gave him crabs that one time. No, he's too upstanding for that. No way. I prefer to believe the best about him. Even if he does wear that ghay sweatervest all the time.
Message 3: "All right you little fucker. This is West Virginia. That's right piss-wad. You know me, I'm sure Ashley talks about me all the time. You know Ashley, the girl you been impressin with all your fancy wurdzz, and your book lurnin', and your big "Budget" and "support staff". I'm gonna kick your ass dude. Don't lay another finger on her.I mean it. She's mine. She'll always love me. Oh, and that "spread offense" she runs? Yeah she did it here first. And you know what, she's not even that good at it. Yeah, that's right. She better not come back here that little slut, 'cause I'll kill you and her and her family and then I'll make a youtube video about how much I don't care and what a slut she is and I'll burn that t-shirt that says "Ashley and WV 4 ever." And that was a nice shirt, all airbrushed fancy. I bet you don't know nuthin' about airbrushed t-shirts do you boy? I'm gonna-"
*MFB deletes msg*
Seriously, how did she ever DATE that guy! What an asshole
Message 4: "Hey MFB......look, I know you've been getting a lot of hang ups lately.....and, well, it's me. Look, I'm late. As in LATE, LATE. I don't know how it happened but we need to talk about this, but Ive got class for the next 4 hours and then my Dad's picking me up for my sister's birthday party and I won't be back until monday so I'll talk to you then, ok. Just take the weekend and think. Even though we don't know what's going on yet, it'll be ok. Let's just talk about US when I get back and everything else will work out. Ok? I gotta go....bye. Oh, and Scott came bye and took Mallet. Said since he was Jen's friend first and you guys bought the puppy as roommates he thinks he should have it. I know you love that puppy, but really, all he ever did was pee on the rug and pout about it. Don't call me, just think. Gotta go. Bye.
OhMYGod-OhMYGod-OhMYGod-OhMYGod-OhMYGod-OhMYGod-OhMYGod-OhMYGod-OhMYGod-OhMYGod-OhMYGod. How did this happen? What am I gonna do? My life is over. My puppy's gone. I've gotta do laundry. I'm gonna die. Oh MY GOD!
Do to some inexplicable chain of events, MFB goes on a weekend long search for a pregnancy test, in which the following things happen:
Scene 2. MFB arm wrestles a nun, hilarity ensues.
Scene 3. MFB eats psychedelic mushrooms and falls head first into the fresh lobster tank at Meijer, then mistakes an Emu for Jimmy Clausen, hilarity ensues.
Scene 4. MFB ponders life in conversation with his friends. Hilarity does not ensue.
Scene 5. MFB gets hit on by a tranny who resembles Charlie Weiss, spends $38.75 at Taco Bell (a virtually impossible feat), and surprise! Hilarity ensues.
Scene 6. Ashley Comes back, turns out she is pregnant. MFB hopes she's as cool as she seems and really likes the way she's open and communicates (Not at all like his ex). Hopes the fact that she's "innovative" isn't a euphemism for "she's a slut". Hopes she's right when she says she heard about this new breed of puppy named a "Pryor" that's great and hopefully won't pee on the rug and pout about it and maybe they can find out about it together. Everyone lives happily ever after.
Scene 7. As our hero drives off into the sunset and the credit roll, MFB's phone rings- it's Buck.
MFB: "Hey Buck! What's up buddy? How'd your night with SEC go?"
Buck: "Let's not talk about me- how's Jen?"
MFB: "Aw, man, we broke up. But right before she decided we needed to have a threesome with LSU's cousin, Florida. Totally pounded her. And Jen wasn't like herself. If she'd been that way all along maybe thing's would be different. But hey I've got some news, but first- what happened with LSU man? You score or what?"
Buck: "Ah, man, I don't know what happened. So much pressure, and- swear you won' t tell anyone? I laid an egg. I couldn't get it up."
The End.
This could've been so much better but I'm in a hurry. And besides, if the movie sucks, they can always release a Director's Cut three years from now where it turns out Ashley Rodriguez wasn't pregnant and MFB ends up with the girl from high school who's always been in love with him, the one who's kinda crazy yet strangely passionate and attractive: Leah Miles.
- January 10, 2008 9:47 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
that was scary, wierd, and yet oddly intriguing. you can almost see a young john cusack playing mfb. sort of a "gross pointe rodriguez".
personally, i'd have scripted it more along the lines of a middle aged divorce story (been awhile since i've been in school).
we had been happy for years. then the fire died out and we drifted apart. we tried to work it out, but we'd take one step forward ('06) and two steps back ('05 & '07).
we had some flirtations w/ a southern belle during the seperation, but that didn't work out, and honestly, she was just a reproduction of the ex.
once we came to our senses, shaken by both rejection and relief, we quickly fell for the sexy, younger one. the complete opposite of the ex. the wild one who did all the things and went all the places we never went before. wild, exciting, a whole new world.
you know her/him: the one everyone told us wasn't "right" for us. that it wouldn't work out. that we were just on the rebound and it would leave us worse off than before.
anyway, that would be my middle aged plot line. and to the extent that this is in anyway autobiographical, also why i'm more comfortable w/ this new ride w/ R2.
- January 10, 2008 10:21 PM
- Joshua said...
Scary, weird and yet oddly intriguing? eh, ok i can take that. I relate way too many things to movies, but the reaction I had was seriously like I'd slipped one past the goalie with the dream girl I barely know after just breaking up with the safe girl who wasn't all that bad. And it's been way too long since I've been in school, too, but i figured everyone's seen one of those movies, right?
- January 10, 2008 10:38 PM
- Joshua said...
And come on- Clarett giving the Buckeyes crabs and Mallet as a puppy peeing on the carpet and then pouting about it? You've gotta give me props for that.
- January 10, 2008 10:41 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
no, no- i meant wierd in a good way- sorta a tarentino/pulp fiction teen movie thing.
it was good. i'm just not sure why... you know?
- January 10, 2008 10:47 PM
- Katie said...
ROFL@ Joshua, You have a mind that I can't even imagine what goes on it there!! VERY funny story, great job! Thanks for sharing it!
- January 11, 2008 8:46 AM
- Ron said...
Should we have a "know your foe" style intro to our new coach and assistants?
Just think it might be good to learn as much as we can.
Man, my word verification was schsil. awesome.
- January 12, 2008 1:40 AM


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So here's my questions: Is this a joke? Why when all is said and done does this have to be bareback? Fucking a stranger in a gangbang isn't enough? What kind of a fraternity is this? What college? This cannot be well known, I don't care how liberal the college is or if it's on the east coast.
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LONDON -- Before the recent terrorist attack on a natural-gas facility in Algeria, internal BP reports in 2011 and 2012 cautioned the oil giant's staff that the killing of Osama bin Laden could give rise to new threats from al Qaeda offshoots in Africa.
The reports, which were seen by The Wall Street Journal, anticipate the emergence of groups like the one that launched a deadly attack against the plant in In Amenas, Algeria, which BP operates in a joint venture with Algerian state-oil company Sonatrach and Norway's Statoil.
One of the reports, in May 2011 -- just after bin Laden's killing -- predicted that renewed terror activity could emerge from Algeria's al Qaeda franchise, among others.
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The hostage-taking by militants who stormed the In Amenas plant led to a deadly confrontation that left at least 38 people dead. Four BP staff were killed during the siege. The militant group, calling itself Those Who Sign With Blood, is headed by Mokhtar Belmokhtar, a breakaway commander from al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, or AQIM -- both originating from Algeria.
The May 2011 killing of bin Laden in Pakistan gave rise to hopes that al Qaeda-affiliated terror groups would lose strength. The BP internal security assessments, however, predicted a new generation of extremists could rise up and be more focused on African targets.
"[Al Qaeda] affiliates and other groups will seek to fill the leadership and motivational void left by OBL," BP's security department said in its internal newsletter the month U.S. forces killed bin Laden.
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Those efforts, the report said, were "fostered by weak or nonexistent central governments, easily-crossed borders, ready availability of weapons and explosives, and simmering ethnic, religious and economic fissures."
The same report acknowledged Libya remained unstable after the fall of Moammar Gadhafi in 2011 and added: "It will take considerable time for the central government to re-establish order nationwide, and the saturation of arms throughout the country will contribute to lawlessness."
Mr. Belmokhtar took advantage of chaos during the war in Mali, and the availability of weapons in Libya, to launch an attack in neighboring Algeria. Algeria had long been seen as an unlikely location for such an attack after its army crushed most of an Islamic militancy during the 1990s.
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... Maryam al-Khawaja - Acting President of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights -... Her father, Abdulhadi al-Khawaja , is a leading Bahraini human rights activist who has been tortured by the regime and jailed for life as a political dissident. The question she sent to me to ask Phillips was a simple one: "Are they [the British government] going to continue with silent diplomacy after two years of utter failure? Or will they actually promote human rights [in Bahrain]?"
This seemed an odd response to a question asked on behalf of a woman whose father is serving a life sentence for his non-violent calls for democratic reform, and who says he has been tortured and threatened with sexual assault while in custody. Last Friday, Maryam's sister Zainab was jailed for three months for her political activism . Perhaps she and her father should join the former ambassador in welcoming their jailers' commitment to political discourse? As Abdulhadi al-Khawaja has asked : "How can you have a dialogue if representatives of the groups you mean to dialogue with are in prison?"
"What more Britain can do" in these circumstances seems reasonably obvious. Rather than talking up the regime's "National Dialogue", Britain should publically acknowledge that, as Amnesty International says, talks will be an "empty exercise" unless all prisoners of conscience are unconditionally released, and all restrictions on freedom of expression are lifted. Instead of welcoming regime pledges of reform, and disingenuously saying as Phillips did to me that the extent of those reforms is "something we can debate", Britain should acknowledge the fact that (to quote Human Rights Watch ), "no progress" has been made, and that "all [the regime's] talk of national dialogue and reform mean nothing". In short, Britain could stop parroting its ally's obfuscatory narrative .
If the monarchy does not change course, the British government should cancel the UK-Bahrain defence agreement (with its reported focus on "internal stability" ) that was signed with minimal coverage last October. It should put an immediate and complete end to all arms sales and any continuing training of Bahraini security forces . And it should reverse the contemptible decision to rename the Mons Hall at Sandhurst military academy after the King of Bahrain, following a £3m donation. The hall was originally named after a First World War battle that claimed the lives of 1,600 British troops, the betrayal of whose memory speaks volumes about the squalid relationship between the British state and the Bahraini royal family.
In the absence of such measures, Britain will not merely have failed to promote democracy in Bahrain but will to all intents and purposes have sided with the oppressor. As Maryam al-Khawaja told me in response to Phillips' comments, "the UK needs to hold its allies accountable for human rights violations. As long as the international state of immunity for the Bahraini regime continues, the human rights situation will continue to deteriorate".


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Sunday, November 05, 2006
Shut Up and Blog?
And that's not negative, that's a fact.
All the hard work, all the redemption, all the vindication following last season's 7-5 mark nearly came crashing down against the Cardinals. A team that's not even a good MAC team. A team that has all of three victories -- against 1-9 Eastern Michigan, 2-8 Buffalo and 1-9 Miami of Ohio. A team that lost to something called North Dakota State...at home! A team starting a freshman QB. A team playing on the road. A team that had never even played a #2 ranked squad let alone beaten one. A team that was a nearly five touchdown underdog.
But a team that came within a whisker of ruining all that is so special for Michigan this fall.
And pointing this out does not make one less of a Michigan fan. Being disappointed in games like yesterday's, even in victory, doesn't mean one's not enjoying this magical and, let's be honest after 2005, unexpected National Title run. Getting frustrated that the Wolverines recently keep playing down to their competition the last couple weeks shouldn't call into question whether one bleeds maize and blue to the core.
At least you would think that's the case.
However, a select few readers seem to believe any criticism of the team is unfair. Pointing out a lack of improvement is unjustified due to a #2 ranking. Expecting more, especially against the Ball States of the world on Senior Day, is downright negative. As if the mere fact that this is a "Michigan site" precludes one from heaping nothing the but praise on the team, come hell or high-water (or crappy win over a 3-6 MAC team).
However, I disagree. And I'm going to continue expressing such honest disagreement here. Sometimes in a way that is less than sugarcoated or polite (especially if I sit down to hammer out a post as soon as a game ends, my passions not yet subsided). But that's why I have chosen this blog as my outlet. So I can be brutally honest and, yes, at times raw. If folks prefer such thoughts couched in less colorful language, then they're really not going to enjoy some things I write.
So be it.
But when somebody leaves a comment after yesterday's unwarranted nail-biter such as, "I was never concerned that we would lose the game. As poorly as we played in half-two, I was not concerned about defeat," that raises the hairs on the back of my neck.
Really? Not concerned at all? With Ball State having seven -- SEVEN -- cracks at the endzone from inside our 10 with about 3 minutes left?! Uh, just what exactly would it take for you to be concerned?
Sorry, can't play nice with stuff like that. Don't want to and not going to. Ever. And hopefully most readers enjoy, or at least respect, that.
So, is the sky falling? Of course not. This is one hell of a ride! If we win Saturday against IU will The Game in Columbus be for all the marbles? You bet your ass! And I'll be there cheering mine off.
But did U-M play like the second best team in the country yesterday? Shit no. Was the game an embarrassment? Yep. Across the board -- dropped passes, poor coaching (taking guys out too early before the game was totally in hand), defense giving up big plays, having to settle for FGs instead of TDs, not putting away an inferior opponent when up 31-12, etc. etc. etc.
And is that negative? Nope. Just the facts, ma'am.
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Look on the bright side. At least Lou Holtz gave you all the credit in the world for your win today. So today wasn't a total failure for you guys :)
On the flip side my Buckeyes played its worse 30:00 this season.
- November 05, 2006 4:05 AM
No argument here Yost.
- November 05, 2006 5:36 AM
Two points:
1) It's your site, and it's free. Accordingly, you should (continue to) write what and how you like. For those of us who appreciate the analysis, passion, and humor, we will continue to read; others can go to iwantblindpraiseforUM.com. The very concept of a forum for the past 2500 years has been a place to exchange views, a goal which is ill-served if one can only express wholly favorable comments.
2) There is no doubt that tOSU and UM will retain the top two spots this week. However, do you think it is legitimate to drop teams -- even undefeated teams -- after lackluster wins late in the season? (This question is purely hypothetical, as no other teams can reasonably argue they currently deserve to be ranked 1 or 2.)
- November 05, 2006 8:15 AM
- Scott said...
With regard to your take on those who think it's unfair to criticize the team, I'd like to voice my agreement with the following analogy: I love my dog. About once a week, he refuses to do his business when I take him out at night and when this happens he usually leaves me a present in the kitchen that I get to clean up before going to work. Sometimes when I get to work I complain about it to my coworkers when they ask how I'm doing. It doesn't mean I don't love my dog; I'm just frustrated that 3 months of housetraining haven't seemed to click yet. He's a good dog, but there's room for improvement.
- November 05, 2006 9:43 AM
- TitleIX said...
If you watch Michigan Replay, or read the post-game quotes from the players, they all say the SAME THING that Yost, I and the other "cut and runners" said--the team wasn't focused, they didn't show up, and they almost blew it.
That's the truth.
To question our love for, understanding of, or committment to Michigan Sports is just wrong. I don't follow along blindly.
I also will praise AND criticize. I have expectations that we play to our potential.
SO-a win is a win, and I'm feeling less frustrated than yesterday. And hopefully this is the smack across the head the players needed. As Chad said, "some people have been reading their press and believing it too much" (to paraphrase)
But really--don't call anyone's committment or loyalty into question when we express our frustration and opinions. It reminds me way too much of the political blow hards and their 'reason' these days.......
- November 05, 2006 10:10 AM
It's like the team does better in tough away games where there is more pressure and understanding of the situation. In those games, the team launches a coordinated, well-planned attack, such as against ND. That's why we destroyed them. The players and the coaches couldn't get their heads out of their asses because they didn't take the game seriously and were just thinking ahead. That's not the way to win football games. And nobody wanted to be there. Hopefully yesterday was a wakeup call.
Go Blue!
- November 05, 2006 10:26 AM
From Logician Anon Blogger Person (aka last night's Anon606pm)
To TitleIX and Yost
I hope you didn't take my statements as criticism of your criticism. I said numerous times that I was disappointed with our second-string play, and the receiving corps for dropping so many passes. I said the second half was unacceptable.
I also said, to the discontent of Yost's hairs on the back of his neck, that I wasn't concerned about a defeat. I wasn't. Was I on my feet? Yes. Was I surprised to see Ball State cut it to 8 points with some chances? Yes. And that didn't sit well with me.
BUT, I let it go as soon as the game was over, because there are some games in a long season where "I didn't play my "A" game." (Credit to Tiger Woods, circa 1997). But, without their "A" game, they won and its done now.
Does the team NEED to use the experience as final motivation to focus and prepare to totally DESTROY their next three opponents? ABSOLUTELY.
Good day, fellow Michigan fans.
P.S. Yost, thanks for quoting me on your main page.
All the best,
Logician Anon Blogger Person
- November 05, 2006 10:44 AM
One teeny tiny little problem with any analysis talking about how close Ball State was to beating Michigan. They were down by 8 points.
--they had to score a TD, AND
--they had to score a 2 point conversion (based on 0/7 inside the 10 that wasn't exactly a sure thing), AND
--they had to stop Michigan in the last 2 minutes, AND
--they had to beat Michigan in OT
Even if they score a TD, it's still very unlikely they win the game. The odds of them converting the 2 point conversion had to be around 30% or less. The odds of them stopping Michigan on a last drive when Michigan moved up and down the field all day had to be less than 50%. The odds of them winning if it went to OT had to be less than 50%.
Mathematically, even if they got it in the endzone they still probably lose the game over 90% of the time.
Michigan had everything go wrong in that game and still weren't even that close to losing.
- November 05, 2006 11:15 AM
- surrounded in columbus said...
first, all the post game interviews, Henne's, Carr's, other players', admit they took this week (and game) lightly. is that an excuse? no. they played awful at times, but can anyone really blame them for looking ahead?
they prepared poorly, they played poorly, and hopefully they learned from it. if they light up IU, everyone will forget about it.
second, pissing & moaning is a part of the michigan tradition ("i can't believe Bo's blowing it in the 3rd quarter. Bo always waits until the 4th quarter to blow it).
when we were up 40-21 in the waning minutes of the ND game, i bitched about the play calling to my friends watching the game. why? partly out of force of habit, partly because i thought we could do better.
never being satisfied w/ less than perfection is not a vice. keep bitching. keep demanding perfection. and don't feel like you need to apologize for either.
- November 05, 2006 11:31 AM
My two cents.
All these years we have sometimes just plain showed up to play, without any life, go through the motions and either win close or drop the ball to some damn team that we have no business losing to.
Also ppl say LC hates blowing out over matched opponents (this includes quite a few conference foes) but we always seem to take it easy and end up playing a close game. Is 42-12 a blowout but at the same time it not like hanging 70 on a team. Cna we please shoot for this from now onwards. times have changed and voters perceptions have changed, they want emphatic wins on tape and on the scoresheet. Hope LC learns this.
This year's team has been different from teams of the past in that they have never taken a day off on D. But yesterday was different. They drove 70 some yards on starting D, and this was BSU, what the hell was going on. And for second string argument, shouldn't our second stringers be competent against a MAC team with two wins? Hope we accept this and try to damn get better, even if we are no 2 in the nation.
GO Blue!!
- November 05, 2006 11:38 AM
And where was our pass rush yesterday. Where was Woodley, Biggs, Jaimison, Branch and Taylor.
- November 05, 2006 11:43 AM
One, thing. Yes, Ball St. drove the length of the field on our starting D at the end of the game, but this included a group of guys - minus Burgess - who thought their day was done 45 minutes ago. It's tough to get back up when you've already started to mentally cool off.
Just a thought.
- November 05, 2006 12:01 PM
- TitleIX said...
All love Logician Anon Blogger Person.
All love.
Or, for the Ally McBeal fans...
- November 05, 2006 12:58 PM
Your comments are not without merits. But its obvious you have never coached a team in your life.
Mich needed to rest its banged up players going into the IU and OSU games. This was obviously the game to substitute freely. The players knew it was a 60% game, that's why there were so many mental mistakes. Sure Mich escaped by their nose hairs, but the talent rose to the occasion. The real test will be being mentally prepaired for IU and still playing 20 guys on O and D. Then on to the big game
- November 05, 2006 1:26 PM
- Yost said...
Gee, Anon, I mean Bill Parcells, so nice to have coaching genius such as yourself opening all our eyes.
- November 05, 2006 2:50 PM
- Yost said...
I think it is legit, but you said it best -- in the current season, there is no one to fill the void. However, had WVU beat Louisville or SC still be undefeated, I think we would have been jumped this week getting that kind of scare from a 35 point 'dog.
- November 05, 2006 2:52 PM
Yost, I completely agree with you. tOSU and UM are safe at the top because no one can now claim to be better -- which is amazing (and I mean no disrespect) given tOSU and UM each have only one win over a team currently in the Top Fifteen, although admittedly those wins have been the two most impressive this season.
- November 05, 2006 4:28 PM
- Howard21 said...
That is the exact reason I started my blog. I really don't care if any one reads it, but it was my only outlet to discuss Michigan football. I live in NW Washington. Not a lot of blue faithful, only the occasional Husky hater and they are few and far between. I don't know if WVU would have jumped has they won but they would have closed the gap and given more reason to have a Big East school in the NC. Did anyone watch the Sports Reporters this morning? They tore the Big East and Loisville a new one. I realize they aren't stacked but they do have the best winning percentage against BCS conference teams. Just a thought on them not sucking as much as everyone thinks.
- November 05, 2006 4:37 PM
- boomstick aka Shop Smart, Shop S-mart said...
I would just like to point out to everyone who claimed we needed to win with "style points" one little flaw in your argument.
You are all completely wrong.
We picked up points in both the AP and the Coaches poll. Which means we picked up points in the BCS, because the computers ignore margin of victory.
Both Texas and Louisville, the new #3's, have less points than WVa had in the same spots last week. So can everyone quit crying that we didn't triple up the score on Ball State for those oh so precious style points?
- November 05, 2006 5:15 PM
It was refreshing to see the Buck fans not hijack this blog today after hijacking the "wtf" blog yesterday.
- November 05, 2006 5:39 PM
- Ungar Kelt said...
Everyone was waiting for it, so here it is - your reason to bitch this season. You got to engage in a little of it after the Vandi and CMU games, but ND sort of ruined it. Now, we had a bad game. Bring on the "Chicken Little" cries. Go for it, get it out of your system.
A lot of us are enjoying one of the greatest seasons of Michigan football we've witnessed in our lives, and enjoying the hell out of being 10-0 and #2. Others - well, they are looking for a reason to live in 2005, waiting for the sky to fall.
Last year, Michigan might have lost that game against Ball St. This year, they won by being strong in the final moments. Criticism is certainly justified, but not hitting the panic button. Calm down.
Ball St should have never been in that game, but in life, a lot of things happen that shouldn't. But it didn't cost us anything. Grow up and move on. WE WON - period.
- November 05, 2006 8:18 PM
- Yost said...
So let me see if I completely understand your enlightening comment -- I complained about the team's play after we looked shaky in the CMU and Vandy games, lavished insane praise on the team after the ND game (when we put up about 3 days of post-Irish victory stuff) then, after nearly blowing a game against a crappy MAC school, I bitch about the play? Do I have that straight? Gee, shocking.
As for "living in last season," seeing as we sell tshirts saying "Last season is over, bitch" and "Now do you believe?" I'm a bit perplexed by comment.
How in the hell is being upset and angry about a shit crap performance not enjoying the season? Seriously. Should we just put up the same posts over and over again lavishing praise, even if it's undeserved by the play on the field?
As for Michigan losing a game to Ball St last year, uh...no. These are games that Michigan's 3rd string should win b/c we wouldn't even recruit Ball St's first string.
And what the hell are you talking about "Chicken Little?" By stating if we play like we did against Ball State, we'll lose to OSU (and possibly IU)? If you think that's not the case, well, I can't help you and maybe football isn't a sport you should follow.
So grow up, move on and when you leave a comment, at least make sense.
- November 05, 2006 9:37 PM
Broomstick -- contrary to the implication in your post, the BCS does not factor in the AP: the two human polls that make up 2/3 of the BCS weight are the coaches and Harris poll.
- November 05, 2006 9:45 PM
- DevilGrad said...
Even good teams crap the bed at least once a season. Really good ones get away with it and still win. If you want to bitch, bitch that it happened this late in the year. If you want to take some solace, keep in mind that Brady Hoke came from Lloyd's staff and probably knows how to game plan him as well as anyone would.
Besides, as a fan of that snake-bit 1-9 Miami team that is one of Ball U's wins, watching y'all whine about 10-0 is just damned unsightly. God may curse the Tigers (again), just to humble y'all, and then I will have a real bone to pick with you.
Carry on, though, gents.
- November 05, 2006 11:34 PM
- Yost said...
And not complaining about 10-0, just expecting more from a team that IS 10-0 playing an inferior opponent this late in the season with so much at stake.
- November 05, 2006 11:58 PM
- boomstick aka Shop Smart, Shop S-mart said...
Hey allaha, we picked up points in the Harris too. When I made my post, the BCS wasn't up yet because they were still waiting on the Harris numbers. I can only report the numbers I have available. As with the other two polls, the new #3 has less points than the last #3.
So, let us all understand that margin of vicorty didn't mean shit.
- November 06, 2006 12:12 AM
Broomstick -- if you're saying that MoV is irrelevant in the computers and matters only to the extent it may influence human voters in the coaches' and Harris poll, then you are absolutely right.
- November 06, 2006 12:21 AM
Keep up the criticism.
It is constructive and needed.
I know that there are many fellow Michigan fans who believe the Wolverines are above criticism and a take the self-satisfying position: "a win is win".
I disagree.
Wait until Carr/English/DeBord get a load of the game film this week.
UM football practice is going to be brutal.
I'm glad the Ball State game played out as it did.
The UM players are caught up in the hype and reading USA Today in the library. After the Notre Dame walloping, Carr said this would be the team's greatest challenge - not getting big heads.
Clearly, even on senior day, the Wolverine team was full of themselves going into this game.
This is a good lesson for the team to learn going in to Indiana and OSU road games. Finish! Finish the drive, finish the series, finish the quarter, finish the game.
- November 06, 2006 10:16 AM
7 of 14 on 3rd down and 2 FGs?
Field goals against one of the worst teams in the MAC?
Good luck with that kind of shoddy play vs. Indiana and Ohio State.
That is clearly NOT FINISHING.
DeBord should considering starting wideouts (Dutch, Tabb or others) who actually want to catch the ball and score touchdowns, not clown around.
- November 06, 2006 10:19 AM
- boomstick aka Shop Smart, Shop S-mart said...
Please learn to read. It isn't hard to notice that my screen name is not a household cleaning implement. I also don't need you to tell me that MoV is unimportant to the computers and the extent it influences human voters.
My statement was made in direct rebuttal of the chicken littles who were complaining that we didn't run up the score or let Ball State hang around. The proof is in the point totals. Even after a lackluster performance, we still picked up points.
- November 06, 2006 1:11 PM
still a punk.
- November 06, 2006 1:38 PM
Yost, Benny, et al, I enjoy this blog more than any for my team (Gamecocks), or SEC for that matter. It's your blog, people obviously come here to read it, whether or not they complain about your content. You know they'll be back. In the meantime, I wish like hell my Gamecocks had Michigans problems.
(Aside to the scornful gods) Damn, why, why can't we be good. Please don't let that fart-monger Corso be right about the Gamecocks. We sacrificed one legendary coach on the altar of mediocrity, please don't require another from us. Reward us, reward us. At least let us beat Ohio State in the Outback Bowl for the third time this decade! Please!!!!!!
- November 06, 2006 5:10 PM
- Yost said...
I personally think Spurrier will make things happen down at South Carolina. Really do.
The problem is, the league is just so damn tough. For the Gamecocks to break through, they must get past 4 or 5 really good teams, not just 2 or 3 as is the case in most leagues.
- November 06, 2006 5:12 PM
- Ungar Kelt said...
"By stating if we play like we did against Ball State, we'll lose to OSU (and possibly IU)? If you think that's not the case, well, I can't help you and maybe football isn't a sport you should follow."
But we know that the game was close entirely because the 2nd string D played badly.
I'm sure that you read the piece in Sunday's Free Press from Michael Rosenberg. With that knowledge, how can you speculate that we are going to duplicate that same poor defensive effort again against IU & Tosu? Are you projecting that Michigan is going to sit the 1st string defense for the rest of the season?
- November 06, 2006 6:37 PM


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Seven years ago Vanessa Watson, a Perth mother of twins, found herself spending almost six months lying on her back with no knickers and legs in the air. That was the only way she could avoid the broken-glass sensation she felt when anything touched her external genitals.
She'd had years of not even being able to sit down due to overwhelming, burning pain in the genitals, bowel and bladder and was bedridden for a year.
''I couldn't sit, couldn't have sex,'' she says. ''I had rectal spasms which felt like hot pokers and needed icepacks to cope with my constant pain in the vulva. My kids and my husband were the only thing that kept me going.''
Watson is a gynaecological nurse and for years did the rounds of the Perth medical establishment trying to find out what was going on. Googling her symptoms, she stumbled on the answer herself - pudendal nerve entrapment - but it took a year before she managed to convince her doctors to give her the test proving this was the case. She ended up coming to Sydney for surgery at one of the new clinics now dealing with such conditions.
There are huge numbers of women like Watson, searching the country for help with ''things that go wrong down there''. That's the phrase women sometimes use to refer to problems in the vagina and vulva (the external genitals) which cause so many women extreme pain and embarrassment. Now, finally, the medical profession is waking up to their plight. Vulvar clinics are gradually opening up across the country, staffed by specialists - gynaecologists, dermatologists, physiotherapists - newly branded ''vulvovaginal'' experts trying to solve the mysteries causing so many women such private misery.
One such expert is Deborah Coady, a New York gynaecology professor, who estimates up to one in five women struggle with painful sex at some point in their lives. Boston gynaecologists Bernard Harlow and Elizabeth Steward surveyed nearly 5000 women and found 16 per cent had experienced chronic burning or pain in the vulva that lasted at least three months. In the past five to 10 years, there's been an explosion in knowledge about vulval and vaginal pain, both causes and treatment, but most doctors aren't up to speed with these new developments. It turns out many problems are mighty complex, requiring the co-operation of various medical specialists to sort them out.
For example: Most women will have experience with thrush, the irritating yeast infection that causes itching and vaginal discharge. But if that isn't properly treated or the woman has recurrent infections, this sometimes leads to inflamed nerve endings and pain at the opening of the vagina. This, in turn, can cause spasms of pelvic floor muscles, and even compression of the pudendal nerve, the main pathway linking the vulva, the pelvic muscles and organs. The result can be severe, chronic pain.
''Chronic pain in the vulva or vagina can be the driver that leads to physical and chemical changes in the nervous pathways making the pain even worse,'' Adelaide pelvic pain specialist Susan Evans says. ''This can mean the pain continues even when the original cause of the pain has been treated. Pain persists because the nerves have 'learnt' to transmit pain signals.''
Evans is one of only two gynaecologists in Australia who is also a pain specialist. The other is University of NSW gynaecology professor Thierry Vancaillie, who runs the Women's Health and Research Institute, which deals with many of these complex vulvovaginal issues. Their clinic sees more than 300 women a year with undiagnosed pelvic pain, some of whom, like Watson, travel across the country for the unique treatments on offer - such as surgery on pelvic nerves or Botox injections for painful spasms or tension in pelvic floor muscles, the muscles that support all the structures in the pelvis.
A whole host of factors can cause pain in these pelvic muscles, including congenital high muscle tension, orthopaedic issues such as hip dysplasia, childbirth-induced injuries to the pelvic floor, repetitive strain from sports such as biking or skiing, painful bladder problems and tensing in response to sexual pain. Deborah Coady's excellent new book, Healing Painful Sex (co- authored by Nancy Fish) points out research on many of these areas is very recent, which is why it is such a struggle for women to find proper help.
Vancaillie's team includes a physiotherapist, to teach women to relax these muscles, and an acupuncturist. ''This works well for women recovering from birth injuries,'' he says.
Many women with sexual pain spend years trying to find out what's wrong with them - the women attending Vancaillie's clinic average four to eight years before being properly diagnosed.
Jenny Towell's story is typical. The 67 year-old Lakes Entrance woman visited her GP over two years complaining about her painful vulva, which ''never felt quite right'' following her hysterectomy. ''It was constantly itchy, dry and sensitive.'' In response, her doctor did not examine her but simply suggested she use treatments for thrush and soothing ointments. It was a female locum who finally conducted a proper examination and immediately picked that Jenny had lichen sclerosus, a serious skin condition that left untreated can cause painful scarring that totally covers the clitoris, and other organs.
''I was horrified when I realised where this could end up if left unattended,'' says Towell, who is recovering using steroid ointments.
Vancaillie says very few gynaecologists, let alone GPs, have a good knowledge of sexual anatomy. ''If you asked a gynaecologist about which nerves stimulate the various structures in the pelvis, most would have great difficulty telling you,'' he says, adding it presents a real handicap to diagnosis and treatment.
Take the clitoris. It's only in recent years the true complexity of problems associated with this most sensitive of genital organs have been revealed. We now know that a chemical imbalance in the brain marked by high dopamine levels accounts for the distressing problem known as Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder where a woman feels perpetually aroused - a real nightmare for the women concerned.
There are other issues causing trouble with the clitoris, as Sydney woman ''Jane'' (who doesn't want her identity revealed) discovered when she was a 29-year-old newlywed. Out of the blue she started feeling exquisite, unrelenting pain around the clitoris. ''It felt as if someone was slicing the tip of the clitoris with a razor blade. It never stopped, I couldn't wear underwear, couldn't wash or wipe myself, just couldn't function.''
Jane sought help from doctors, acupuncture and Chinese herbs before she finally turned up at her parents' home announcing that she'd kill herself unless someone helped her. She ended up in the hands of a bevy of experts at one of Sydney's major hospitals who tried various remedies, some of which made the problem worse, until finally it was discovered she had a collapsing disc putting pressure on the base of the pudendal nerve connecting to the clitoris.
She used Pilates to realign her back, and by following a strict diet, reducing stress and using meditation she managed to control the chronic pain syndrome resulting from this condition.
Such obscure problems are fortunately rare in comparison to the more common causes of pelvic pain such as endometriosis, chronic thrush infection, bladder pain syndrome, damage through labour, pelvic-muscle spasm, and cancer.
Evans also deals with a steady stream of young women whose pelvic pain stems back to early problems with painful periods leading to a sensitised pelvic nervous system. Here too, proper treatment may require experts from different specialties to work together. ''The vulva is the frontier where the specialties meet,'' said Ross Pagano, a Melbourne gynaecologist speaking at the Australian and New Zealand Vulvovaginal Society, the new professional body bringing together the experts interested in this vital area of women's bodies.
Sadly it's taken many years of strenuous effort to get professionals together and persuade them to take seriously the problems suffered by women in their nether regions.
Tanja Bohl, a Victorian dermatologist and vulva specialist, suggests this is now happening because women, often educated through the internet, are demanding answers. ''They are no longer prepared to be fobbed off and so we have had to raise our game,'' she says, mentioning the role of women's support groups in galvanising the professions to take action.
In many countries, including Australia, there are now support groups with excellent websites covering many vulvovaginal problems (you can find them on my website - bettinaarndt.com.au). The main push has come from the indefatigable Kath Mazzella, who runs the Gynaecological Awareness Information Network in Perth. It was at a GAIN meeting that Vanessa Watson first heard her problem being discussed. ''I heard women describing my symptoms and my life!'' At the meeting she also met Vancaillie who carried out her surgery.
Mazzella is planning awareness days across the country this year under the stirring banner - Viva la Vulva!
Bettina Arndt is a sex therapist, writer and social commentator.


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March 28, 2013 8:57 am
Powell rarely challenged in 4-1 victory
The Powell Panthers may have fallen from this week's girls' soccer rankings, but performances like Tuesday's 4-1 victory at Worland could have them basking among the state's top five soon. The Panthers controlled play for virtually the entire 80 minutes to improve to 4-1-1 this season.
March 28, 2013 8:56 am
Late first-half surge sends Powell to 6-0 loss Tuesday
Fourth-ranked Worland scored three goals in a 2:30 stretch of the late first half to transform what appeared to be an evenly-matched soccer game into a 6-0 blowout. The loss dropped the Panthers to 2-4 overall and an 0-1 beginning to Northwest quadrant play.
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PHS Girls' soccer Team defeated in snow, wind at Buffalo
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Panther boys top Pinedale in Overtime
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Panther track set to open season
The Powell High School track teams are scheduled to open the 2013 track and field season this Saturday in Cody. While young, the team should be a force to be contended with in 3A track once again, especially on the boys' side where the Panthers could feature the state's top weight unit.
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Boys receive votes as well
The Powell Panthers are ranked fifth in the first girls' soccer poll of the year. The Panthers were named on six of the 11 ballots submitted and begin the year at No. 5 according to the Wyopreps coaches and media poll.
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We have arrived, again, at that point of the year where everyone stares bleary eyed at statistics, throws darts at a wall, flips a coin or otherwise employs their method of preference to fill in all those little lines on the NCAA tournament bracket for the sake of bragging rights amongst their friends. Considering all the time some folks spend, it's a darn good thing nobody actually tries to make money off the deal or whole offices might shut down.
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Utah Supreme Court approves SLC soccer complex after long battle
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Utah's airmen deliver Christmas gifts to foster kids
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