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Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Go Bucks! No, really
Yet even with all those considerations, I will be pulling for Ohio State tonight in the BCS title game against LSU.
Not all my friends agree and I know some of our maize and blue readers don't. But I'm pro-Buck tonight. My reasons?
1) It's a Big 10 thing. Michigan knocked off Florida and a Buck defeat of the Bayou Bengals would go a long way toward shutting people up about SEC superiority and the Big 10's alleged decline (well, all except Drew Sharp).
2) Les Miles. If he stones the Bucks, the U-M Sky is Falling/Grass is Always Greener crowd will be back in full force. And even I might be tempted to second guess why I was so opposed to Lester back when it mattered. Plus he'll probably then hold another press conference after the game again announcing he's not coming to Michigan to rub it in.
3) Bucks on this site. After Michigan's Capitol One Bowl victory, we had a ton o' nice comments here on the MZone from Tosu fans offering their sincere congrats and kind words about Carr's farewell. Maybe I'm going soft (or you fuckers need to throw some more donuts at me this fall in Columbus to reignite the anger) but I thought that was very cool.
Thus, alas, with some shame, I'll say it again...
Go Big Ten! Go Bucks!
But tomorrow it's back to hating you. So don't get any wise-ass ideas that this makes us friends or some shit like that.
P.S. Okay, okay, maybe the exclamation points were overkill.
54 comments:
- Jason said...
Very logical. You may (or may not be) surprised at how many Buckeye fans were actively rooting for the Wolverines against the Gators.
Weirdest feeling I've ever had in my life -- actually getting angry at a Mike Hart fumble.
- January 07, 2008 4:49 AM
- Dezzi said...
I will be wishing for an OSU victory... probably not actively "cheering" for them (reason being I won't watch the game as it will be too early in the morning here)... but I hope OSU wins.
I'm more of a conference backer than a rabid fan of the Wolverines. I grew up in Ohio, went to Michigan.... and will always cheer for Michigan... but in a bowl game where the reputation of the conference is on the line, I'm all for conference teams.
Good luck Buckeyes... (I also say this to my homemade ones that I brought back from holiday... not sure they'll last the week!)
- January 07, 2008 5:58 AM
- Katie said...
I will be rooting for the Buckeyes tonight (although I will have to miss the first part of the game due to a class) The reasons are exactly like Yost. The big 10 thing is huge, but also our buckeye friends here on the Mzone, when you make friends, it just doesn't seem right to want something bad for them. So, on this ONE day of the year.........
- January 07, 2008 6:40 AM
- Jeremy said...
Buckeyes winning only hurts Michigan in terms of exposure, recruiting, and their insufferable woofing. And you're inviting that?
"Hey guys, go ahead and make the strongest possible case for Terrelle Pryor; it's cool, since you wished us well!" "Huggy rainbows, right buddies?" you ask, as they tell your grandmother to fuck herself. This is a rivalry, and why the hell would you ever root for them to have an edge?
Sorry, I've been to Columbus three times for the Game, and I want nothing more than to see their fans miserable and their dejected team lose its recruiting edge. I would expect nothing less from them in return.
An OSU win only hurts Michigan. Why cheer for that?
- January 07, 2008 7:39 AM
- Doug said...
I would say, "Bleh, you've gone soft," but even as a Georgia grad, I was rooting for Florida to whack the Buckeyes last year.
The common thread here, though, is that tOSU sucks. Geaux Tigers!
- January 07, 2008 8:44 AM
- DaBraylon17 said...
Two things:
1) I will never support OSU. Unlike many "Big Ten fans," I don't give a shit about the sake of the conference. When people make fun of the conference, I turn away and say, "I really don't give a fuck." All I care about is Michigan. Now when people make fun of Michigan, that pisses me off. I know this might piss Yost off, but I love the SEC. Don't get me wrong, I am maize and blue all the way and will do almost anything to watch a Michigan football game, but I simply don't care when people make fun of the conference.
2) I also don't give a shit about the OSU comments. It's easy for them to support Michigan in our bowl game because they wanted to see the team that humiliated them on national TV get beat. Not to mention, they have dominated the rivalry recently, so of course it's easy to support your rival in their bowl game when your team is in the championship game. Should Michigan be in the title game and OSU in the Capital One bowl, I will admit, I would probably have rooted for them. So I guess when I said, "I will never support OSU," I was exagerrating (spelling?) a little bit. The rare time they actually said something nice about Michigan was when we beat the team that they couldn't. These are the same fans who completely tried to destory our spirits when we lost to Appy. State and Oregon.
Let me tell everyone who does not know, I live in Ohio, so it's very difficult for me to support OSU. Do you think a Michigan fan living in Ohio wants to hear until next season, "Oh what up! Two national titles in 7 years and three title game appearances in 7 years!" I for one just don't want to hear that. You Michigan fans who don't live in Ohio have it easy and I envy you guys (or gals). I simply emvy you.
And thus, here come the OSU fans: "You're such a baby. Take your loss like a man. Grow up. There is more to life than football." OK, why don't you people try being a Michigan fan living in Ohio. Then we shall see how you react.
- January 07, 2008 8:53 AM
- DaBraylon17 said...
And might I add that Jeremy (see above) is exactly right? OK, I will add it.
Jeremy is exactly right. An OSU win will hurt Michigan. We want Pryor (and other recruits as well) to think that OSU can't win the big game, and losing the title game back-to-back will help that a little bit.
- January 07, 2008 8:55 AM
- Out of Conference said...
Why don't we all just hug and sing cum-ba-yah.
I'm guessing Benny is against all of this pro-tOSU crap. Of course he's locked away in a writer's sweatshop working under tyranical censorship and his "Frie" thoughts will never make the light of day.
I'm rooting for LSU, but more than that, Glenn Dorsey. While I don't want him to hurt anyone, I want someone on the Bucks team to go home after the game and slap their Daddy through tear-filled eyes for ever taking them to Pop Warner football signups back when they were just a little kid.
- January 07, 2008 9:23 AM
- WingRG said...
i don't have to agree with your opinion, but i respect it and i even see some actual reasoning behind it.
let's hope the Bucks represent Big 10 football as well as the Wolverines did. It's going to be tough in the Kittens' back yard.
- January 07, 2008 9:39 AM
- Jeremy said...
And on a personal level, here's your "conference pride."
You just expressed your desire for these people to be really happy again.
- January 07, 2008 9:41 AM
- Hemlock Philosopher said...
Win or lose I get the sense that there are going to be fires in Metnal aka C-Bus tonight.
The recruiting/ trash talk argument is stronger than the Big 10 vs. SEC argument for me - especially since I live here. Hopefully it's a close and hard fought victory for the mad Hatter.
- January 07, 2008 10:06 AM
- Eric said...
Your ideas are rational and logical... and that's exactly why they don't make sense. This is college football, baby, logic need not apply. Funk the Buckeyes, I root for them to lose every game they play... especially this one.
I didn't forget the annoying OSU fans laughing at our misery at the bar during the App State game.
- January 07, 2008 10:15 AM
- B.A.M. said...
Maybe I'm the minority around here...but I could really care less who wins this game. Why? Because I don't think we're seeing the real national champion playing tonight. LSU lost twice, OSU is not that great. Someone please tell me, could either of these teams hang with USC at this point? And while we're asking...isn't the question itself make this game pointless?
SEC fan will not shut up, no matter who wins the game. The Big Ten is down...and if OSU wins, you still can't argue that.
I don't mean to sound argumentative, but thats just how I feel. And since I am a die-hard Michigan fan, I will cheer for LSU...because I simply can't stand Jim Tre$$el.
- January 07, 2008 11:28 AM
- Corey said...
o$u fans/alumni show the conference pride at every Michigan game (NOT!). I have to agree with Jeremy and db17 FUCK the buck$ ... GO TIGERS!
o$u fans came down to our alumni club's bar (LoDos in Denver) for Appy State game to rub it in and then returned for the Oregon game to rub it in again. And then last week a couple showed up wearing Florida garb expecting Florida to just trounce us... so to you Mr. $uckeye fan/alumnus FUCK YOU and GO TIGERS!
Before this year I would have been cheering on o$u for conference SAKE, but not anymore. And I know how DB17 feels ... I lived in the Cleveland area for the past 3.5 years and have finally got the hell out that shithole of a state.
- January 07, 2008 12:01 PM
- harry hasselhoff said...
Screw that, Geaux Tigers and Michigan Man Lester!!!
I could care less about this SEC vs. BigTen business, because Michigan is 6-1 against the SEC and that's all that matters to me. More importantly, no true blue Michigan fan roots for OSU unless they are playing against Osama bin Laden.
- January 07, 2008 12:11 PM
- brian said...
I hope OSU does give a much better performance in the NCG for the sake of the conference.
- January 07, 2008 12:15 PM
- Crock said...
I'll be cheering for LSU tonight - what I really want to see is tOSU fans get a little taste of how they treat fans in Columbus, since it's pretty close to a home game for the Tigers.
Win or Lose - tOSU fans will start stuff with LSU fans.
After the Capital One Bowl, we were waiting for the shuttle back to the parking lot - picture this - hundreds of Michigan & Florida fans in pretty close quarters- waiting, people being civil, WITHOUT any issues. I mentioned to my brother how that could NEVER happen with tOSU fans - regardless of their opponent.
That's why I'm cheering for LSU, oh, and Les is so much more fun to watch than the sweater-vest.
- January 07, 2008 12:31 PM
- Jim said...
Yeah, I can't do it either. I don't know if it's chemical or just psychological (though you could argue those are two sides of the same coin, but I digress...), but it's just not possible for me. The Big 10 thing is just what I'll use to make myself feel better if tosu actually wins, "Meh, at least the Big 10 won."
As annoying as Les Miles was during the coaching search, at least he's a Michigan Man. I can live with the SEC trolls, we took care of our business.
- January 07, 2008 1:01 PM
- beast in 'bama said...
"Win or Lose - tOSU fans will start stuff with LSU fans."
If the LSU fans don't start it first. The LSU fan base and the OSU fan base are very similar. Given the location of the game, OSU fans will be outnumbered and on the defensive all day and all night.
- January 07, 2008 1:09 PM
- DaBraylon17 said...
to Beast in bama:
not according to Corso and all the buck fuck faithful. According to them, their "fan base travels the best and more than any out there."
um, ok...
are there statistical reports that prove this? while i don't give a shit if their fans travel more than any others, i would still like to see proof of that. since it's not possible, i don't buy into that for one second.
- January 07, 2008 1:20 PM
- TitleIX said...
Nice intellectual post, Yost. While true that the buckeyes on this blog have been respectful and kind regarding our victory and that a Big 10 bounce of the SEC would be nice....
on a visceral level I
I can't
I hate the Buckeyes.
I won't root for them.
I just won't root against them.
And--as Andy pointed out, those F'ers better show up and play in a title game lest they shame themselves and this conference one more time.....
No two ways around it--today is a sad day. College Football comes to an end again, and tOSU could win a national championship...again. double piss.
- January 07, 2008 1:50 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
Jeremy, et al, have a point. Can't argue that. The bigger the win for OSU the greater the edge in recruiting.
Also, one can't argue their bad experiences at the hands of Buckeye fans. It is what it is. I for one am sorry these experiences are true.
"This is a rivalry, and why the hell would you ever root for them to have an edge?"
I think it's called "sportsmanship." An attitude that seems to be fading from the culture. I'm sorry for that also.
We have the greatest rivalry in college sports. It should be emotional and intense. Too bad so many bad apples have ruined it to the point that sportsmanship is an historical asterisk.
Anyway, I loved your victory over the Gators; more for your program's sake and Carr's legacy than to revenge our loss last year.
Hard to believe, I know.
- January 07, 2008 2:02 PM
- srudoff said...
- January 07, 2008 2:04 PM
- Jeremy said...
I don't see what sportsmanship has to do with it. Sure, I want OSU to be 11-0 when we play, but after that, who cares? If I'm cordial to fans and wish them well and invite them to my house to watch the game but still hope like hell that the team loses, does that make me a bad sportsman?
You love it because you're 6-1 under Tressel. Did you love it when we won the Rose Bowl in '98 vs Wazzu?
- January 07, 2008 2:18 PM
- DaBraylon17 said...
Wow Jeremy. I agree yet again with your post. Brilliant. Simply brilliant.
- January 07, 2008 2:28 PM
- --Chris said...
to hell with tofu...oops...i mean tosu. Win it for the Big 10 my ass. I agree with dabraylon...who cares about which conference has a winning bowl record? What does that get you? Every "big" bowl game any Big 10 team plays is down south or out west - a virtual away game - so what do you expect?
Screw tosu and the vest. Go LSU!
- January 07, 2008 2:48 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
Your latest entry sounds good to me.
I understand sportsmanship as the overriding of one's visceral reactions toward a rival by choosing to wish them luck. It may go against my base nature, but it's a choice in the promotion of a higher ideal--much like the fading behavior of the "Gentleman."
Maybe this illustrates it better: you are in your local sports bar watching your team play and I, your rival football fan, saunter in. Instead of rubbing in the fact that your team is losing and making a complete ass of myself, I choose to buy you and your buds the next round while discussing how the rest of the season may turn out for both our teams.
- January 07, 2008 2:52 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
Oh, I forgot.
No, I didn't love it when you beat Wazzu. Not because I'm an OSU fan, but because I lived in Washington for much of my youth.
- January 07, 2008 2:54 PM
- dabearbus said...
Got to love the rational outpouring in response to this post. Go B… I can't even get it out on paper, even mockingly. Yost, respectfully, you're naive to think that the support issued by tOSU fans was anything but gratitude for our boys in blue providing them with some ammunition to combat all the SEC speed claims they are undoubtedly hearing down in New Orleans right now. I get tired of "the Big Ten is dead" talk as well, but c'mon, these are the same bucks that bought out all the Appy State gear from the Appy State bookstore. There can be nothing in your heart but hatred and contempt for that. Like some of these other folks have pointed out, this is a rivalry, one so strong that you should never have been able to utter the title of this post, let alone actually pull for bucks tonight.
Fruther, Jeremy definitely hit the nail on the head. The real issue at hand here is the recruiting. Yost, you watched the HS All American game, so I ask you, how many of those top recruits' names popped up on the bottom of the screen followed by the words "Committed to Ohio State"? Lots. Too many. Especially in comparison to every other program (Michigan included) with the notable exception of the Domers. Don't worry about the ND recruits, Charlie "Can I get fries with that?" Weis will have them on the chocolate cake diet by August and all future development hopes will be lost. But Tressel, on the other hand, does not have the same affinity for baked goods or the ego of a communist dictator to drive his players into total mediocrity. Don't look now (I've been trying not to) but this tOSU program is the real deal. They reload. Every year. Without fail. The only hope of preventing them from running the table from a recruiting standpoint (and even scarier, on the field) this year, and in subsequent seasons is for tOSU to continue to lose these games, badly, and for Rich Rod to continue what Lloyd and staff showcased in the Capital One bowl win, namely implement a devastating spread offense and beat the very same "SEC speed" that tOSU falters against. For those keeping score, Ohio State is 0-7 against SEC teams in bowl games, including the absolute trouncing by Florida last season for the title. Meanwhile, Michigan is a cool 7-1 all time (6-1 if you exclude the win over clearly non-representative Vanderbilt last season). Think of the recruiting line for Rich Rod. Michigan is dominant in inter-conference play, even regularly topping the highly touted "SEC speed," while in contrast tOSU pulls a choke job whenever playing anyone from south of the Mason-Dixon line. Recruits have to notice. It's great to get to that title game, but if you can't beat the best competition (which, for better or worse, is widely considered to be in the SEC) what good is that? "Great coach! We can get embarrassed every year, and on national television no less! Thanks!" Scratch that, the bucks can't spell embarrassed or tell you what an exclamation point is, but you get the idea. It looks bad, it feels worse, who would want to subject themselves to that ever, let alone in back to back years?
Yost, I respect your views, your love of the Big Ten and your generally rational coverage of Michigan Athletics, your site is a daily addiction of mine, but to wish for tOSU success is to wish for Michigan failure. I can't do that. Tonight I'd like my Buckeyes deep fried and injected with creole butter. Go Michigan Man Les! Geaux Tigers!
- January 07, 2008 3:01 PM
- Bigasshammm said...
Yet again I will avidly be praying for another Bucks demise this evening. You can preach all you want to support the Bucks because they are a BT team and all but you say this from the mouths of people who don't live in OH. I being one of the many supporters of MI stuck in this Purgatory that is OH will be screaming and cheering LSU this evening. 12 months of shit is encapsulated into 1-2 games a year and I love it when they are destroyed. Now granted I don't like LSU anymore than I like tosu but it's just the fact that they aren't the Buckeyes that I will support them.
Go Suck OSU
Go Tigers
Can tosu survive 3 NC losses in 366 days or whatever it amounts to?
- January 07, 2008 3:18 PM
- beast in 'bama said...
"you are in your local sports bar watching your team play and I, your rival football fan, saunter in"
DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT attempt that maneuver ANYWHERE in the state of Oklahoma!
- January 07, 2008 3:42 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
Point taken. I read the story about the testicular relocation performed on the Texas fan.
- January 07, 2008 3:45 PM
- Vadatripp said...
I've read this blog for a couple of months now and have never posted, but please allow me to share my thoughts on tonight's game:
Eat sh!t and die Suckeyes. Seriously, this blog (god bless it) has a lot of topics showing videos of Suckeye fans insulting/degrading/injuring/taking pleasure in the misfortune of/delivering pizzas to Michigan fans and I take it with a grain of salt and good-natured chuckle. But I think my tolerance ends about there.
I'm sure that the blogs in C-bus were glossing over the Florida-UM game because they couldn't decide who they despise more.
Well, I don't have any such struggles with tonight's game. I hope Miles and LSU kill OSU so bad that Sweater Vest punches himself in the face out of frustration (a la Woody). Go ahead SEC fans - rip the Big Ten. Michigan has still owned you in its last 10 or 11 games against the SEC, so what the hell do I care?
Die, Suckeyes, die!
- January 07, 2008 3:54 PM
- Bigasshammm said...
Amen Vada amen.
- January 07, 2008 4:28 PM
- michiganstudent said...
I find it to be complete and utter blasphemy what you just said. There is never a circumstance where I will ever cheer on Ohio State. As a student at the University of Michigan, I feel that it goes against everything this rivalry is meant to be to cheer on the Buckeyes.
You may say that it's a win for the Big Ten. Yet I say who really cares. Since when does our conference dictate how we are as a team. We won our bowl game, that is enough for me. I don't need Ohio State, or Penn State, or Wisconsin or anyone else in the Big Ten to win their bowl games to make me love and appreciate my Wolverines.
You may say that the Buckeye fans on this blog were kind and hospitable after we won our game. I say that if the times were different we that wouldn't have happened. I'm not saying that the Ohio State fans who read this blog are all jerks, but if we had one the last four games against them and they hadn't gotten smacked last year by Florida, there is no way that they would be congratulating us for anything.
There is also another huge factor to this game, Terrelle Pryor. He may say that whether a school wins their bowl game or not won't effect his decision, but I say he's an impressionable 17 year old kid. Even subconsciously, don't you think that if of the two schools he is seriously thinking about, one of them beats a formidable Florida team, the previous team of the coach of the previously mentioned school smacked a highly favored Oklahoma team, and the other school he is considering looses their game, don't you think that would sway his choice.
You may say that you will cheer for Ohio state for any number of reason. But I say that you shouldn't call yourself a Michigan Man. That may be a harsh statement. So be it.
I will never cheer for an Ohio State Buckeye for as long as I live.
- January 07, 2008 4:43 PM
- Edgar said...
From the land of the Pac-10 we know the rule is always Pac-10, Big-10. The only time I violated that rule was when Texas played Ohio State.
Go team that is playing that other team from the SEC!
- January 07, 2008 5:29 PM
- Feelin' Blue said...
Great point about Les Miles. If OSU loses tonight and we lose next year, we will have to deal with OSU fans mocking us for "failing" to get Les Miles. But then again, they already beat him in the 2004 Alamo Bowl.
It sucks rooting for OSU, but think about how much better in the long run it will be. The Big 10 will have that one National Title that could have gone to the SEC. And then we have to realize that 4 of those Big 10 titles have been won by OSU in the past 40 years. Fuck.
- January 07, 2008 5:41 PM
- michiganstudent said...
I don't see why you guys keep trying to justify cheering for Ohio State. If you have to convince yourself so much it must be wrong.
We don't need to have a "win for the big ten." This should be a moot point.
Absolutely everything and anything that is bad for Ohio State is good for Michigan. As a student, as a fan, as anything having to do with the University of Michigan.
Stop all of this nonsense. You are all making me sick.
- January 07, 2008 5:49 PM
- Feelin' Blue said...
Another thing:
Whether OSU wins a natl title or not will have no effect on Terrelle Pryor's decision. He says so, and I really believe him. I'm pretty sure that he's well aware of what OSU has done in the past 6 years. In fact, I bet that OSU getting beaten badly would motivate him more toward going to OSU, if anything. That would show that he can make even more of a difference there.
If he enjoys his visit to UM, count on him playing in a winged helmet next year, IMO.
- January 07, 2008 5:56 PM
- Joshua said...
+1 to you. Absolutely fucking hilarious. I bow to you sir, good show!
I'm sorry man, I just can't do it. You happen to be the exception rather than the rule, and while I'd gladly let you buy me a beer and discuss football as the civilized gentlemen we are, I've had too many poor experiences with tOSU fans. If more were like you it'd be easy, but it just isn't. Another factor: I want to text my ex roommate and rub it in when the Tigers crush you guys. That lowlife still owes me $500. Fucker.
Feelin' Blue,
I'm sorry but Pryor is a 17 year old kid, you can't tell me this game won't effect him in some way shape or form. Something to think about though, is what if the Buckeyes win tonight? Todd Boeckman comes back as a NC winning qb, no chance of Terrell starting next year. With us, that's not such a problem.
See there I go, using that thar noggin' again.
Yost, while I respect your opinion and appreciate your blog (finally! another reason to have a free pron viewer- oops I mean computer) I just can't bring myself to do it. Too much stupidity in Buckeye Nation, and I love watching Stupid cry.
- January 07, 2008 7:10 PM
- Jim said...
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- January 07, 2008 8:58 PM
- Jim said...
I'm with Joshua. The "good" Buckeyes I know are a drop in the bucket compared to the truly obnoxious ones I've encountered. Whets, you've always been an honorable guy on the board, but the "gentleman/sportsman" speech borders on condescension. I thought that was a Michigan thing?
- January 07, 2008 8:59 PM
- TitleIX said...
NEVER trust a Buckeye...
- January 07, 2008 9:57 PM
- Corey said...
personal foul ... personal foul ... personal foul ... personal foul ... GO TIGERS!!! No poise or classless $uckeye$
- January 07, 2008 10:53 PM
- MGoBlue93 said...
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- January 07, 2008 10:54 PM
- MGoBlue93 said...
The concept of keeping it in the conference is not lost on me.
HOWEVER, does this forum really think a tOSU win will restore national respectability to the conference?
It WON'T. The B10 could have gone 8-0 in bowl games this year and the national media would still be perpetuating conference myths.
Hell, even Drew Sharp is getting national exposure on the Jim Rome show.
- January 07, 2008 10:56 PM
- Feelin' Blue said...
The SEC is OSU's kryptonite, much like the Pac-10 is to Michigan.
Anyone else notice the huge victory for Michigan tonight? I was thrilled to find out that Trinity won the Pontiac Game Changing Performance award and not Appalachian St! Now we never have to see that clip ever again!
Crap. Boeckman just threw an INT. Does anyone know if LSU fans will be classy and not bug us for not getting Les Miles?
I still think that RR is a better hire than Les Miles.
- January 07, 2008 11:34 PM
- Walt said...
This is so bittersweet. On one hand I O-State winning another national champ. would have been unbearable. On the other hand ESPN is already startin the SEC love fest that wont end until the Big Ten starts beatin them head to head.
- January 08, 2008 12:12 AM
- Joe said...
Ah. Another BCS Title Game. Another OSU team. Another SEC team. Another SEC national championship win.
Go SEC!
- January 08, 2008 12:54 AM
- Joshua said...
So who breaks out the "Sweatervest can't win the big one" column first?
- January 08, 2008 1:06 AM
- RTBDTHRTR said...
So.... as the legions of two-toned 1980's stationwagons head toward I-59 and Columbus... after checking out of the Motel 6's and Super 8's this morning, and loading up all the laundry baskets full of their precious belongings... those big-boned, 180+ pound women will start on on their husbands... "Whose idea was it to come down here in the first place, and spend all that money? NOT MINE!"...
What a site. Hehehehe....
Well, it had to be. That's all there is to it. It had to be that way.
Man, it must SUCK to be a tOSU fan.
- January 08, 2008 1:39 AM
- Jessica said...
The 8-billion lateral play won? There is a god after all.
This game was kind of a lose-lose (or a win-win, depending on how you look at it) for me. On one hand, I hate the SEC. On the other, I hate tOSU. Why couldn't have both teams lost?
But no, really, I'm sorry for your loss, Buckeyes, if for no other reason than that we'll now have to deal with yet another year of ESPN sucking off the SEC every Saturday when fall rolls around.
- January 08, 2008 4:14 AM
- MaizeandBlueinValpo said...
I didn't really care one way or the other about the game. I know people have been talking about Mallett, Arrington, and Manningham. It looks like they are all gone. http://michigan.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=759477
- January 08, 2008 9:00 PM
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- January 08, 2008 9:13 PM


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Saturday, October 14, 2006
Michigan - 17, Penn St -10...Yost just had a heart attack
Leave us your thoughts.
UPDATE: Ok, breathing back to normal. Just about to sit down and watch College Football Final on ESPN. Some quick thoughts on the game:
* Is there a better big game player in the country than Mike Hart? Besides always getting the tough yards, with the game still on the line on Michigan's last drive - with everybody in the stadium knowing it's a running play to Hart - he still picks up the first down. Gutsy, gutsy kid.
* Steve Breaston makes big plays but - as a counter point to Hart - he needs to make that catch on Michigan's final drive. It hit him right in the hands. Both hands. He catches it, game over. Those are the plays he's lacked.
* First, the good about Penn State fans -- how loud was Beaver Stadium? Wow. And it definitely had a negative effect on Michigan, especially in the first half (hence those early procedure penalties). Props to PSU fans (and I didn't see one damn set of keys the entire game).
* On the negative side, Penn State fans may be the whiniest in the country. Did you see the guys with the ":02" painted on their chests? Jesus, get over it.
* Biggest play of the game was almost the PI against Morgan Trent with 3 minutes left in the first half. If he doesn't make that mistake, PSU is kicking out of its own endzone and I bet the game is a blowout. Instead, PSU drives the field and gets points, making it a game. We need to stop letting teams do this at the end of the first half.
* Morelli was knocked out of the game on a clean hit. At regular speed, it was throwhit. Sure, when you slow it down it looks later but so do 145 mph serves in tennis in slo-mo, too.
* Except for one mistake at the end, they were outstanding. But, unless you blow out a team, just ONE mistake can cost a team their shot at the BCS. There is NO room for error in the college game. Great job, overall.
* Henne looked very good. Very poised. And did you see him in the huddle at the end? He was a leader firing up the squad.
All in all, well done.
More tomorrow.
36 comments:
Yost you need to believe in this team. This was an easy win and we came in and did that. Whether or not you like it, good teams finish games. We did that.
- October 14, 2006 11:24 PM
- Benny Friedman said...
This was a little more stressful than it had to be, but once we got to 17 it was over. Penn State's offense is horrible. The only way they were going to score again was on special teams or defense.
- October 14, 2006 11:27 PM
- Benny Friedman said...
Even though the game was essentially over, as I said above, this was one of the most stressful days of my life. I watched the Tigers game, which was tight all the way and ended about 5 minutes before the Michigan game. Then, thanks to Morgan Trent's idiotic interference penalty, I couldn't even relax at halftime. So it was about seven consecutive hours of yelling, pacing, and swearing. My back is killing me. But at least I got two wins out of it.
- October 14, 2006 11:40 PM
Penn State was annoying, but UM had this in the bag. Nevertheless, we must develop a better killer instinct and win these games more easily. Can't keep letting teams you have dominated stay around like that. Sooner or later it'll get us. I wonder if Iowa will come in Sparty-like after that upset loss or if they will come in refocused hoping to get a signature win after that embarassing loss?
- October 14, 2006 11:47 PM
Man I hate USC, I have such a bad feeling if they go undefeated, Blue gets hosed. I'm sorry but there is no way in hell that that pass was catchable against Trent. Does Miami have their swagger back or what. Now they fight the guys who weren't good enough to play at the U. on the way home I think they're gonna jump Troop 326 for some thin mints.
- October 15, 2006 12:12 AM
- srudoff said...
Troy Smith is so much better of a big game player than Hart that it's not even funny. Seriously
- October 15, 2006 12:12 AM
- srudoff said...
also, it's funny to see the same people that still bring up the police dog search 3 years ago crying about fans that "should just get over it"
- October 15, 2006 12:15 AM
What's srudoff talking about? weren't we talking about the PSU game? Maybe I missed something Benny did I miss something?
- October 15, 2006 12:18 AM
- CrimeNotes said...
This defense is a concussion machine of awesomeness and fury.
We missed Manningham more than I thought. Henne was poised and focused and Hart is a bowling ball.
But otherwise -- this was a day of bloodshot chaos. I'm happy for Indiana and its staff but I feel like Iowa losing to Indiana makes the Big 10 look bush league. Miami: Imprison that team and its coaches. Auburn: Beating what I thought of as a charasmatic and likeable Florida team without a single offensive touchdown. Ugh. Adrian Peterson: Sad as hell, made sadder by the fact that it happened from a showboating dive.
I couldn't be more pleased with Michigan, but this was an ugly day for college football. College Football Final is like "Faces of Death" tonight.
- October 15, 2006 12:26 AM
- WickedWolverine said...
srudoff, seriously man, let the hate go or else I'll tell Branch to pound you into the ground.
- October 15, 2006 12:34 AM
- Andy said...
Phew. I am going to bed. Wea re #2 no doubt.
- October 15, 2006 12:37 AM
- Benny Friedman said...
I thought the play calling against Penn State was really good. I was afraid they'd go into a shell without Manningham, but they didn't. They allowed the players to make plays, and most of the time they did. Great job by Arrington, Hart, Henne and the O-Line.
Howard21, we don't have to worry about USC. At worst we're #3. If we win out we're in the BCS title game without question.
- October 15, 2006 12:54 AM
- harry hasselhoff said...
Srudoff, to add to your poorly photoshopped profile pic, you have a ridiculous obsession with Michigan. Why don't you concern yourself with your own team until, say, November 11th through the 18th.
Perhaps I have you pegged wrong, and you are simply aiming to earn the title of "Official Lame-Ass tOSU Troll of the MZone" (which requires that you grow a Buckstache). In that case, carry on. Otherwise, why don't you head back to the Ozone where you belong?
- October 15, 2006 1:00 AM
- Yost said...
Here's the difference, Sru...
PSU fans are bitching about a play that they THINK cost them the game.
M fans, nor this site, NEVER ONCE have said the dog search BULLSHIT cost Michigan the game two years ago. Instead, Michigan fans bring it up to illustrate what liars Tressel and the OSU program are since they said they did it to all other teams but did not.
Please note the difference in the future.
- October 15, 2006 1:08 AM
- Sports on a Schtick said...
Didn't see Penn State-Michigan since I was too busy having a mild coronary from the USC-Arizona State game, but...
Was that just one idiot complaining about the :02 thing, or is it something ingrained into Nittany Lion nation? In my experience, Penn State has some of the classiest fans.
Hart might be the most clutch RB in the nation, but I'd take Troy Smith in a big game over anyone.
- October 15, 2006 1:21 AM
sports on a schitick,
The :02 thing is a particular sticking point for the unhinged PSU fans who post on some popular message boards. They have many varied and creative theories of a vast UM/B10 conspiracy to keep them down.
And no way in hell the ball in that PI call against Trent was catchable. That and the non-call for offensive PI against Hall late in the game. Fortunately we're good enough where it didn't matter, but the Trent call was a big momentum boost for them. Without that they're forced into a punt to put UM on a short field potentially giving UM a 17-0 halftime lead.
DeBord's playcalling was excellent. PSU was going all out to stop Hart early and so instead of "run or die trying", we actually made them loosen up with the passing game. Great job.
Finally, we (cleanly) knocked 2 QB's out of the game. Our D-line is just filthy.
- October 15, 2006 1:37 AM
- Sports on a Schtick said...
Thanks for clearing that up brad.
Too bad rabid PSU fans didn't put up a billboard that read "No :02"
I'm guessing it would confuse a good 99.5% of the population.
- October 15, 2006 1:52 AM
Why did they keep saying that Henne was having trouble calling plays at the line? I don't think they realized that Henne always audibles like he's having a seizure, crowd noise or not.
- October 15, 2006 2:06 AM
Is there a better big-game player in the country than Mike Hart?
Yes, maybe you've heard of him. What's his name...You know, the quarterback for Ohio State, has ripped Michigan the last two years? Oh that's right, you know who he is.
Mike Hart? Please.
- October 15, 2006 2:30 AM
It was noisy at Happy Valley when Michigan visits.
Do ya think?
Could it be because it was a.........................
Noise happens in Ann Arbor, too...
Last I checked --- CMW,EMU,WMU,Ball State, Indiana, etc. have NEVER come to A2 as undefeated, top 5 teams.
I wonder what Happy Valley sounds like when THEY come to town.
- October 15, 2006 3:01 AM
- Yost said...
If you honestly think that The Big House is as loud as Happy Valley was tonight for ANY game -- OSU last year, ND last year, MSU this year, any -- then you need serious medical attention.
Please get help.
- October 15, 2006 3:33 AM
- Yost said...
PS I'm not saying nor have ever said it needs to be that loud for the Ball States of the world. However, do you EVER see the other teams QB struggling to audible like Henne was tonight? Or the two straight procedure calls due to noise?
- October 15, 2006 3:34 AM
I think it is going to be Meatchicken at number 2 today. USC struggled so.... We'll have to see, it will be close thanks to those ass-darts from the SE-MotherFucking-C (thats how they say it down here in Georgia). OSU #1 and Mich. #2 getting ready for the game on Nov. 18th. Man is anybody else excited??
- October 15, 2006 10:21 AM
- srudoff said...
gotcha on the difference so i'll submit the michigan state clock fiasco that i still hear my michigan friends bitch about. also my profile icon isn't photoshopped, it's actually a real plate
- October 15, 2006 11:25 AM
- PeckHorn78 said...
Watch- UM will be #3. The sportswriters, etc. are a little bit too in love with USC, and on paper the 17-10 win doesn't look too impressive. I was listening to ESPN, and one of their pundits were pretty much saying the same thing....but then again, it won't matter. Running the table and a win at tOSU will put UM in the BCS Title Game.
- October 15, 2006 11:28 AM
Most of the media may be in love with USC, but we have at least one guy on our side. Did you hear Herbie giving Brent a hard time for saying it's a three-way race for #2 (before UF lost)? "How's that ASU team doing this year...must be doing well to be hanging with USC" and stuff of that nature.
Not bad for a buckeye.
- October 15, 2006 11:54 AM
I don't want the Wolverines to be #2, every #2 in the country this year has bowed out. Call it superstitious but am I wrong?
- October 15, 2006 12:26 PM
- Yost said...
I agree, Anon -- put us at #3!
- October 15, 2006 1:05 PM
- TitleIX said...
can vouche for srudoff...
I've seen the plate around town, and when I first saw it, it made me laugh.
another fun fact about those M plates...
Michigan doesn't get a dime for 'em because Tom Goss (in another of his brilliant moves)didn't bother to get the 'licensing' fees with the Sec of State's office. So--the State gets to use the Block M for free.
just a random aside.
- October 15, 2006 1:13 PM
Am I the only one still troubled by the dropped/missed catches? There were several balls that could have been caught last night (one for a touchdown, a few for firstdowns) that wasn't. Henne threw a couple that wasn't catchable, but for the most part he was very good last night. Is there any specifc reason why they wouldn't be able to catch or hang on to the ball? Maybe the WR need to start doing some drills in just catching in practice...
- October 15, 2006 1:57 PM
I don't really care whether we are #2, #3 or whatever this week. As long as there are no slip-ups the next four weeks, the winner of the November 18 game will be in the Fiesta Bowl.
- October 15, 2006 1:59 PM
Re sodoff's license plate: appears to be an entirely accurate descriptor for the driver and his passengers. I imagine this was his second choice because "COUCHBURNER" wouldn't fit.
- October 15, 2006 3:28 PM
I thought LSU fans were the whiniest since they did not not wish to be co-champions with USC.
- October 15, 2006 3:44 PM
I don't care about being #2 (which we are in the new AP). The reason the other ones lost? They weren't that good. I think we are. And I'm usually one to think we're overrated.
- October 15, 2006 5:18 PM
- IC said...
Re. the :02 seconds: with all the whining by PSU fans and complaining about the whining by M fans, one important point is often overlooked: the refs made the right call by adding the time to the clock. I can understand the frustration of Nittany Lions fans, but they lose me when they claim they were cheated in the '05 game.
Re. our receivers: all of them were solid with the exception of Breaston. I really like Breaston--he's an electrifying return man and he has had a great 4-yr. career--but he is an awful wide receiver on passes beyond five yards. Get him the ball on screens or maybe quick slants, but I'm starting to feel that we should leave the other passes to anyone but him.
- October 16, 2006 10:47 AM
- IC said...
One more thought about which I'd love to hear from PSU fans: Does JoePa really coach the team anymore? It seems he just stalks the sidelines by himself, never communicating with the booth or even others on the sideline.
I believe it was Brent who described an PSU assistant's response to a question on how JoePa is handling the stress of coaching: "Joe doesn't handle stress, he creates it"; the implication being most everything is delegated and his job consists of not coaching but rather just being JoePa.
- October 16, 2006 10:53 AM


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The group's website — featuring the county's emblematic white squirrel wearing a gas mask, chirping "Burning Biomass Is Nuts" — quotes the N.C. Academy of Family Physicians as saying that biomass plants produce air emissions known to increase lung, brain and kidney diseases and the risk of cancer and diabetes.
"In light of mounting research and the concerns of so many citizens, the commissioners need time to really understand the full range of costs associated with the proposed biomass facility," said Danna Smith, a People for Clean Mountains volunteer. She said those costs need to be fully analyzed before the state issues permits.
Without zoning in place, however, County Manager Artie Wilson said the county couldn't impose a moratorium without commissioners first creating an ordinance that controls certain industries such as asphalt plants, chip mills, medical waste facilities or other "high-impact land uses."
Wilson has researched similar ordinances used by Allegheny, Alamance and Macon counties and talked at length with experts at the UNC School of Government. Bottom line, he said, "the board of commissioners can't just go out and do it. There's a process you have to go through that involves notifications, hearings and some amount of time."
He added that commissioners would also have to weigh the possibility that plant developers might sue the county if a moratorium was placed in their way. When Transylvania County's board put a moratorium on new communications towers in 2000, while pondering a 1996 tower ordinance, the county was sued by a company proposing a tallerthan- usual structure.
"Honestly, it's a real struggle to look at something that might land us in court," Lemel said. "Transylvania County has been in court over a racetrack. Is that the highest and best use of taxpayer's money? I'm not sure."
Lemel said one other alternative the county has is "we could not allow them access to our waste stream. But that is only 30 percent of what they're looking for."
As part of its "due diligence," Wilson said, the county has requested more information about pyrolosis facilities from Ross, N.C. State University and the Biofuels Center of North Carolina. He said solid facts are scant, since the technology of gasifying solid waste for electricity production is new and existing plants are few.
"That's where the rub comes, because the information regarding all the issues like emissions, residue and such, we don't have much factual information to go on," he said. "At this point in time, I can't make any recommendations to the commissioners one way or another, until we get more responses to our questions."
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Continued parity would make for a happy New Year
By Richard Justice
Happy New Year, everybody, and by that, I mean let's hope 2013 provides as much as 2012. Like having 20 teams within five games of a playoff berth at the All-Star break and 14 of them still in the mix on Sept. 1. Like having four of the six division races settled in the final week and every best-of-five Division Series go the distance.
It would mean having some new teams in the mix, too. In 2012, the Orioles and A's reminded us how fun that can be, so here's to the Blue Jays, Royals, Padres and others in 2013.
Happy New Year indeed. Baseball has never had this much parity, and neither has any other professional sport. At least eight teams are in the "Best Team in Baseball" discussion: Blue Jays, Tigers, Angels, Nationals, Reds, Cardinals, Giants, Dodgers.
Has it ever been like this before? And did you notice the Yankees and Red Sox weren't on the list? When was the last time we had a discussion like this without including them?
If you didn't know one other thing about the state of Major League Baseball on this New Year's Day, the Yankees and Red Sox opening Spring Training with fewer questions than the Reds, Nationals and a bunch of other teams would tell you plenty.
Here's the deal about the Yankees and Red Sox: If either of them won the World Series, it would surprise almost no one.
At the moment, though, they appear to be part of the next group of teams, nine of them in all, that expect to be in the postseason. Besides the Yankees and Red Sox, the Rays, Rangers, A's, Braves, Phillies, D-backs and Orioles are on this list.
And there are others. The Royals believe they're going to vault into contention after a productive offseason. The Pirates and Indians also made significant additions this offseason, and the Padres and Mariners have so many highly regarded young prospects that it would be a mistake to overlook them.
The Brewers? We're not forgetting them, either. They score runs in bunches, and general manager Doug Melvin shored up his bullpen this winter. If those young starting pitchers are as good as a lot of people think, the Crew should be in the mix.
Get the picture? So far, I've mentioned 23 of 30 teams, and that's the larger story in all of this. No sport has the kind of parity baseball has right now. Every team has a chance to contend.
Yes, there are wide gaps in revenue from top to bottom, but general managers like Oakland's Billy Beane and Tampa Bay's Andrew Friedman have proven that smarts can overcome a lot of challenges in other areas.
That's why nine franchises have won at least one World Series the last dozen years, and their average payroll rank was just 10th. Over that same period of time, 15 of baseball's 30 teams have won at least one pennant.
Wait, there's more. In the last three seasons, 14 of 30 teams have been to the playoffs at least once, and I'm not counting the 2012 Wild Card teams. In the last five seasons, 20 of the sport's 30 teams have been to the postseason.
In the final 30 days of the 2012 regular season, the big-money Yankees and upstart Orioles were neck-and-neck in the American League East.
In the AL Central, the Tigers and White Sox weren't more than three games apart after July 16. Pause for a moment and roll that thought around in your head.
The Tigers and White Sox pushed one another, tested one another, each refusing to give in. There's a wonderful, exhausting tension when two teams are that close together for that long. The Tigers finally took over first place for good in the 145th game of the season and clinched in the 160th. In the AL West, the Rangers and A's settled the race on the final day of the regular season.
These last two seasons have changed the dynamics at the July 31 non-waiver Trade Deadline. Rather than have buyers and sellers, teams on the edge of contention didn't want to be seen as pulling the plug on their season.
If the Rays and Cardinals can come from 10 games back, as both did in 2011, during the final five weeks, then why can't other teams do it? Maybe that's why the Royals were willing to part with one of baseball's best prospects, outfielder Wil Myers, in a trade that brought them two starting pitchers, James Shields and Wade Davis.
The Royals have been carefully and smartly reconstructed from the ground up. General manager Dayton Moore decided it was time to go for it. Plenty of others -- the Padres, Mariners and Indians -- believe they're not far away.
Remember the 2012 A's? They weren't expected to contend, either, but when they were right in the middle of things at the Trade Deadline, Beane was asked if this changed his thought process.
"Oh yeah," he said. "When you've got an opportunity like this, you go for it. You owe it to your players and your fans."
He ended up having about as much fun as he has ever had in the game, as the A's ran down the Rangers in the 161st game of the season and passed them in the 162nd. As Beane said, these opportunities don't come around that often. But they're becoming more and more frequent for more and more teams. Happy New Year, everybody. Enjoy the ride.


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A lawyer representing the estate of Ruth Danis — one of several accounts former attorney Sam Neill admitted embezzling from — had the winning bid Thursday at the first auction of Neill's residential property.
A lawyer representing the estate of Ruth Danis — one of several accounts former attorney Sam Neill admitted embezzling from — had the winning bid Thursday at the first auction of Neill's residential property.
Another auction — for Neill's 5,000-square-foot home and 1.59 acres, including a boathouse and access to Lake Summit, at 200 Camp Windy Wood Road in Zirconia — will be held at 10 a.m. Friday.
An adjoining .81-acre parcel on North Lake Summit Road, containing a septic field and driveway, was auctioned off Thursday at the Henderson County Courthouse in Hendersonville. A Superior Court clerk found June 14 that Neill and his wife, Nancy Hayes, defaulted on a deed of trust associated with the tract, which has an assessed value of $310,600, and authorized its sale at auction.
Phillip Feagan, an attorney and administrator of the Danis estate, opened the bidding with a pledge of $750,000 for the property. No other bid came from the small crowd of bystanders on the courthouse steps.
As required by law, the sale will be held open for 10 days for any upset bids.
Neill was executor of the Ruth D. Danis estate and improperly disbursed $850,000 in 2008 to himself, Andrew Pappas, special agent with the financial crimes unit of the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation, said Sept. 17 when Neill pled guilty to five state charges of felony embezzlement.
As part of restitution, Neill filed a deed of trust and promissory note including 5 percent annual interest, Pappas added.
According to court documents, a deed of trust was attached to the property on Sept. 29, 2011 to Lora Baker, a trustee for Feagan. The deed secured five promissory notes Neill made to the Danis trust on Sept. 29, 2011, July 21, 2008, Sept. 1, 2008, Oct. 15, 2008 and Dec. 15, 2008, for a total principal amount of $975,000.
Neill signed an affidavit June 7 that acknowledged he owes the Danis estate and its administrator a little more than $1.1 million as of May 31, with interest collecting at about $116.45 per day.
On June 19, a Superior Court clerk found Neill, 63, had defaulted on a $1.69 million note with Mountain 1st Bank secured by a deed of trust and the foreclosure sale of three separate tracts that make up Neill's home overlooking the lake.
County tax records indicate Neill's home is assessed at $418,000 and the land, including a lakeside strip with boathouse, is worth $402,500.
In April, a U.S. District Court judge sentenced Neill to three years in prison for federal tax fraud. Neill was later sentenced to six to eight years in state prison for embezzling close to $2.5 million from clients between 2000 and 2010. He began serving his federal prison sentence June 10 in a medium-security facility in Jesup, Ga.
Before his sentencing, in an attempt at making restitution, Neill signed over promissory notes on his Lake Summit property and other real estate.
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"We will continue to work closely with the community to move forward on building the most efficient Air Rail Link for the region," stated Metrolinx. "We aren't that far apart in our goals from those who advocate electrification; with the EA in progress, we are on the path towards electrification of the air rail link."
Work is underway and the ARL service will be delivered by summer 2015. Part of The Big Move, Metrolinx's regional transportation plan, the ARL will take 1.2 million car trips off the road in its first year, reducing congestion and harmful emissions in our communities.
ARL service will use technology to provide clean passenger diesel trains. The ARL vehicles are fully convertible to electric and the track upgrades and spur line are being built to allow for electrification.


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Joe Torre says baseball belongs back in Olympics
Joe Torre says baseball belongs back in Olympics
Apr. 11, 2013
LA VISTA, Neb. (AP) — Joe Torre's first experience in international baseball convinced him that the sport should be back in the Olympics.
Torre managed Team USA in the World Baseball Classic last month and said he was impressed with how invested the players were in the games even though they had to leave spring training to participate.
The Americans lost in the semifinals of the 16-nation tournament. The Dominican Republic defeated Puerto Rico in the championship game.
"The World Baseball Classic has showed you the three times it's been played that other countries have caught on and done a pretty good job of playing baseball," Torre said.
Torre was in the Omaha suburb of La Vista for a banquet celebrating the unveiling of a statue of his St. Louis Cardinals teammate and Omaha native Bob Gibson. Former Cardinals Tim McCarver and Bill White also were on hand.
The statue of the Hall of Fame pitcher will stand at Werner Park, the home stadium of the minor league Omaha Storm Chasers.
Torre is a Major League Baseball executive vice president but not directly involved in MLB's efforts to return the sport to the Olympics.
Baseball and softball have been out of the Games since 2008 and have merged in a bid to return in 2020. They are competing against seven other sports for a single spot on the program.
The IOC board will meet next month in St. Petersburg, Russia, to select one or more sports to submit for final consideration to the IOC general assembly in September.
"I'm a realist. I'd like to believe it will happen," Torre said. "The reason I can't give you better than that is because I'd like to be sitting across the table and trying to make a case for it, and I'm sort of on the sidelines. That's not a criticism. That's the way we're set up in MLB."
Torre said that while Japan, Cuba and Taiwan along with the United States, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic are the elite baseball-playing nations, the Netherlands and Brazil are among the nations improving rapidly.
"To me, it's really disappointing if we don't get people's attention by what's been going on in the world and how many more countries are getting interested in promoting the game of baseball," Torre said.
Though the WBC was overshadowed by spring training and the NCAA basketball tournament in the United States, WBC organizers said the event exceeded global broadcast and ticket sales targets.
"You look at how they filled the ballparks in Puerto Rico and Japan when they were playing there," Torre said.
Torre said there probably isn't a better time of year to play the WBC, which will next be held in 2017. He said it would be too much to ask major leaguers to play the WBC late in the year after many of them had played 200 spring-training and regular-season games and playoffs.
"Right now, unless somebody says something to me that sort of strikes a chord, we're just going to have to keep doing this," he said.
Torre said he would not be in favor of eliminating the All-Star Game and putting the major league season on hiatus for three weeks at midseason in years when the WBC is played.
"I've heard rumblings of that," he said. "You can't stop baseball for three weeks. I know they do it in hockey (in Olympic years), but we really can't do it. There's a rhythm to our game."


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There's an American tradition of speaking pseudonymously, most prominently exemplified by The Federalist Papers. Why not listen to what is being said and apply your judgment? Have we lost the ability to judge without seeing who's saying it? If our critical thinking is that poor, what's the point of letting us vote?
And listen to how desperate Obama sounds here:
They're fighting back. The empire is striking back. To win this election, they are plowing tens of millions of dollars into front groups. They are running misleading negative ads all across the country.Why not just argue on the substantive merits of the issues? He's inviting us to think in stark good versus evil style — straight out of fantasy movies. You need to know who is saying something, not what is being said, because you should side with the good guys — his government — not think in any detail about the issues.
I hope you notice that Obama is not talking about the identity of campaign donors. He's talking about independent speakers who don't want to reveal the names of all their donors.


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Why wasn't here there at the State of the Union address, mouthing "not true" along with Justice Alito?
I don't go because it has become so partisan and it's very uncomfortable for a judge to sit there. There's a lot that you don't hear on TV — the catcalls, the whooping and hollering and under-the-breath comments.
One of the consequences [presumably of Alito's display] is now the court becomes part of the conversation, if you want to call it that, in the speeches. It's just an example of why I don't go.


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Wednesday, October 17, 2007
For our female readers...
Best of all, our female readers are a very understanding group of ladies. Seriously. Between the Blog Co-ed Showdown posts, the healing pics and just about any other excuse we use here to put up attractive women, somehow we've managed not to offend our female readers to the point of not reading.
Thus, ladies, for your patience and understanding, I give you Hawaii QB Colt Brennan...
You're welcome.
(Of course, if there are any female readers who prefer the healing and Blog Co-ed Showdown pictures to the shot above, please email. Immediately.)
Ed. Note: Okay, that will be the last time I ever search for "hot college guys" on Google without the filter setting on. I hope you ladies really, really, really appreciate this post. Because I need to now go watch about nine hours of girl-girl porn just to try to erase some of the images no straight man should ever have to see.
48 comments:
- tabithasaysgoblue said...
I want you to know I came out of "lurking status" just to thank you...nice pic and it is about time!!!! I think you should definetely post equally for the males and females....:)
- October 17, 2007 12:45 AM
- Amy said...
Thanks from another loyal female reader! :)
- October 17, 2007 3:05 AM
- Katie said...
Mmmmmmm............now that is what I am talking about! Now it is apparent to me why Hawaii has been ranked so high all season.......he is yummy!!
Thank you Yost!
- October 17, 2007 4:27 AM
- Kate said...
Wow--thanks for that, Yost! I am definitely a loyal reader and this was a brilliant move on your part to keep your female fan base happy.
- October 17, 2007 6:16 AM
- TitleIX said...
mmmmmmmm Colt .45
me likey six-shooters.
- October 17, 2007 6:58 AM
- Crock said...
This is so much better than Brady Quinn and Clausen pics--
thanks for thinking of your female readers!
- October 17, 2007 7:17 AM
- j said...
Yost, keep this up and Lloyd isn't the only one who will be replaced.
- October 17, 2007 7:47 AM
- Da Braylon said...
oh my god, he is sooooo dreammmmyyyyy....
wait....what am I saying?
i'm just kidding by the way...I have a woman.
- October 17, 2007 8:50 AM
- BSD said...
He has no forehead. I can't tell where his hair line ends and his eyebrows begin.
- October 17, 2007 9:05 AM
- Katie said...
Hey now you men, don't spoil the post for us girls.....we let you have your girls......you just be nice now.....I love his scruffy look.....like T9 says......mmmmmm Colt .45.....his scruffy look fits his name. Now...go back to the aggie girl and let us enjoy ;o)
- October 17, 2007 9:26 AM
- Nikki said...
this i appreciate my friends
- October 17, 2007 9:42 AM
- whetstonebuck said...
And the feminization of American culture gets an unexpected boost from of all places...The MZone.
Apparently the loss to Appy State did more damage to host Yost's testosterone level than predicted. The term "Michigan Man" has lost its edge. Rumor has it that "Michigan Guy" will be the new moniker.
It has been reported that there are plans to adorn the "Leave Your Comment" box with curtains. Yost was overheard saying "mauve would be mauvelous."
Reverberations were heard even in Columbus where Buckeye fans gleefully commented, "We told you so!"
- October 17, 2007 9:49 AM
- Q1Go said...
I really appreciate it - now i'm making this my desktop photo!
You can continue to work the Showdown and the healing, but every once in a while, it's nice for you to throw in this for the ladies. :)
- October 17, 2007 10:06 AM
- Katie said...
Whetstone, I thought you were my friend!!! *pout*
- October 17, 2007 10:27 AM
- whetstonebuck said...
A real friend stands on principle.
- October 17, 2007 10:33 AM
- Katie said...
What about the principle of keeping the girls happy......I thought men learned that principle early on in life ;o)
And...I don' like Mauve....my vote is for Olive Drab :P
- October 17, 2007 10:39 AM
- whetstonebuck said...
"I don' like Mauve....my vote is for Olive Drab"
*Sigh* And so it begins.
Katie, a man can't truly keep a woman happy by acting like a girl. Strong men love strong women and vice versa.
Look, you all have the magazine racks at the supermarket checkout stands. We're not demanding equal time with that gauntlet of horror.
(shaking fist...curse you Yost. This is your fault)
- October 17, 2007 10:49 AM
- Kaytlyn said...
I appreciate that on an early Wednesday morning.
- October 17, 2007 10:49 AM
- Katie said...
Why My Dear Whetstone, I do believe you are intentionally pushing my buttons!
Out of respect for Colt (mmmm) I will toss in the white flag now. Peace.
- October 17, 2007 11:03 AM
- surrounded in columbus said...
my 13 & 15 yr old daughters tell me that's officially called the "scruffy/preppy bad boy" look. i first came across this while watching golf one sunday this summer and discovered both of them hovering (something they never do during golf unless they desperately need cash).
seems a couple of the younger guys on the tour sport this same look and it's considered "hot" (at least by the teen set, which as everybody knows, is the final arbiter of cultural trends in modern america).
- October 17, 2007 11:07 AM
- whetstonebuck said...
Moi? Pushing buttons? I protest.
Oh well, back to the ol' grind.
I suppose I'll shave the scruffiness before getting down to work.
- October 17, 2007 11:16 AM
- WingRG said...
shake your keys at him (instead of your fist) it'll get his attention :-) And just for the record, i'm with T9:
"mmmm Colt.45" (drools on keyboard)
- October 17, 2007 11:32 AM
- Katie said...
SIC, my boys (20 and 22) sport this look....it actually takes WORK (and messes up the bathroom, LOL). It isn't as easy for guys these days.....looking scruffy takes much more work!
(don't act inoccent Whetsone!)
But I digress........Colt....mmmmmmmm
- October 17, 2007 11:34 AM
- The Masked Wino said...
I certainly don't have a problem posting all the ladies, but this is a welcome addition. thanks guys.
- October 17, 2007 11:49 AM
- Tara said...
We love it! Hey, what about some hot ones of Braylon Edwards?! At least he's a Michigan man, and he has been showing off quite a bit lately.
- October 17, 2007 11:56 AM
- kristy said...
luvmgobluemymgoblueAgain, the Michigan MEN show true class and humor by including the female fans of the Great Maize and Blue!!!
Sooo, google hot, half naked men was it? I'll have to try that.
- October 17, 2007 12:57 PM
- kristy said...
Would we be hard pressed (no pun intended) to find some hot men down south of A2?
Tom Brady, Michigan man-yummy
- October 17, 2007 1:01 PM
- Shelley-belly said...
Ditto. This loyal PSU lurker appreciates the pic.
- October 17, 2007 1:22 PM
- SA said...
Thank you Yost. Thank you.
- October 17, 2007 2:01 PM
- zen wizard said...
You have a lot of alcoholic readers, also--so how about a picture of Colt-45?
- October 17, 2007 4:36 PM
- Kimberly said...
I had been lurking too. And while I appreciate the pic, I'm here for the sharp wit and commentary (and the hilarious buckstache pics). Now please give me some fodder for all the annoying UofI fans I'm going to have to deal with this weekend!
- October 17, 2007 4:59 PM
- Amy said...
hahaha MAHALO! Thanks tons....I actually get to see this guy since we live on Oahu....hot hot!
- October 17, 2007 6:02 PM
- jeester said...
Another lurker. Thanks for embracing your female fans, although funny, witty posts > shirtless pics of Colt Brennan any day!
- October 17, 2007 6:27 PM
- WingRG said...
that's what i'm screaming. Maybe BCS should also stand for Beer Championship Showdown (and i use the term beer very loosely, since Colt is technically a malt liquor)
- October 17, 2007 6:30 PM
- MGoBlue93 said...
kristy... I always heard women didn't have "visual" fantasies (like men do)... perhaps that is a bunch of bunk eh?
- October 17, 2007 6:41 PM
- srudoff said...
You might want to enroll in this - unless of course you've already taken it ;)
you too braylon after that comment! :)
- October 17, 2007 7:02 PM
- Katie said...
93, I can answer that......all I need to say is...................did you notice how long his fingers are?? ;o)
- October 17, 2007 7:16 PM
- MGoBlue93 said...
ohhhhhh katie!
- October 17, 2007 9:14 PM
- Katie said...
needs a comment monitor------------->
I swear I need to not post until I have thought about it for 24 hours!!
- October 17, 2007 10:10 PM
- MGoBlue93 said...
Katie... no no no... don't sensor your comments... keep 'em coming!
I don't know if I could have found the time or need to Google "hot college guys" but this post sure has brought the ladies out of the woodwork!
- October 17, 2007 10:21 PM
- tabithasaysgoblue said...
BSD-Who's looking at his forehead or his eyebrows...?
Kimberly-That's like 'we only get Playboy for the articles', right?
Seriously though, looks like Yost has started something here. Now we may have expectations...
(more, more, more)
- October 17, 2007 11:23 PM
- TitleIX said...
oh c'mon girls, you know they can only do it ONCE.....
- October 18, 2007 10:26 AM
- Jennifer said...
Since I am probably old enough to be his mom (if I had been knocked up at a VERY early age), I think the thoughts I'ma thinkin' would get me major jail time and require me to register with the state!
Thanks, man. Way to show your loyal female crew some love.
War Eagle.
PS - i have some hot ones of Brandon Cox too - for next time, you know - so you don't have to go looking. He is a cutie patootie. Just email me...
- October 18, 2007 12:10 PM
- TitleIX said...
with a name like Cox, it has to be good.....
SORRY could not resist and Katie seems to be away ;-)
- October 18, 2007 3:30 PM
- Katie said...
T9, you make me proud! ;o)
- October 18, 2007 4:39 PM
- TitleIX said...
thanks KT
much love
- October 18, 2007 9:48 PM
- thistlewarrior said...
A little late here, but just wanted to thank you Yost for lovely picture & for actually recognizing us loyal females.
Please, please don't let this be a one hit wonder!
You know, you wouldn't necessarily have to search for the pics yourself. You could ask some of us ladies to search for you. :)
- October 18, 2007 10:05 PM
- i rub howard's rock said...
i don't know. i think his eyes might be too close together...
- October 19, 2007 11:07 AM


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China's Treasury Holdings Approach Record After Taper Delay
China, the largest foreign creditor to the U.S., increased its ownership of Treasuries in October to almost the record level reached in July 2011 after the Federal Reserve unexpectedly opted not to slow bond buying.
Holdings rose $10.7 billion, or 0.8 percent, to $1.304 trillion, according to Treasury Department data released yesterday. China held a record $1.314 trillion in July 2011. Total foreign holdings of Treasuries rose $600 million, or 0.01 percent, in October to $5.65 trillion.
Fed officials surprised traders and roiled markets across the globe on Sept. 18 by maintaining $85 billion in monthly purchases. Policy makers won't start curtailing quantitative easing this week either, according to 66 percent of economists surveyed Dec. 6 by Bloomberg. China's demand for Treasuries rose as foreign currency reserves jumped 4.7 percent in the July-September period and the People's Bank of China sought to keep the yuan within its managed trading range.
"As money enters that country, that gets turned into intervention, and that intervention gets turned into Treasuries," said John Briggs, a U.S. government bond strategist at RBS Securities Inc. in Stamford, Connecticut, one of 21 primary dealers that trade with the Fed. "When they didn't taper a lot of pressure came off of those markets and some money flowed into emerging markets, including China."
China's yuan traded at 6.0712 per dollar as of 11:41 a.m. in Shanghai, from 6.0715 yesterday, China Foreign Exchange Trade System prices show. The currency has appreciated 2.6 percent against the greenback this year and touched a 20-year high of 6.0703 on Dec. 10.
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U.S. government securities held by overseas investors have increased 1.4 percent this year, on track for the slowest rise since the Treasury began releasing full-year data in 2001.
Foreign holdings rose even as U.S. lawmakers faced an impasse on the spending and borrowing limits that lasted until a day before the Treasury's statutory borrowing limit was reached Oct. 17.
"It was some pent-up buying post shutdown resolution," said Shyam Rajan, an interest-rate strategist in New York at Bank of America Corp., a primary dealer. "People wanted to buy after the no-taper decision, but probably didn't go all-in because they had the debt ceiling and shutdown to be resolved."
Treasuries held in custody for foreign central banks by the Fed have climbed 1.9 percent, or $54.8 billion, in the eight weeks since Oct. 16, central bank data show.
Japan, the second largest foreign lender to the U.S., reduced its holdings of U.S. government debt for the first time since June by $3.7 billion, or 0.3 percent, to $1.17 trillion.
Annual Increases
China has increased its holdings 6.9 percent this year through October and is on track for the biggest gain since its stake in Treasuries rose 30 percent in 2010.
PBOC Deputy Governor Yi Gang said last month that it's no longer in the nation's interest to increase its foreign-exchange reserves. The holdings are the world's largest and surged $166 billion in the third quarter to a record $3.66 trillion.
The monetary authority will "basically" end normal intervention in the currency market and broaden the yuan's daily trading limit, PBOC Governor Zhou Xiaochuan wrote in an article in a guidebook explaining reforms outlined at a November Communist Party meeting. The exchange rate is allowed to diverge a maximum 1 percent from the central bank's daily fixing, which was set at 6.1108 per dollar today.
Japan has increased its position in Treasuries by 5.7 percent through October and is on track for its sixth annual rise in holdings of the debt.
Hong Kong boosted its Treasury ownership by 7.8 percent or $9.8 billion, to $136.3 billion, Treasury data show. Hong Kong's stake in the securities had fallen 15.4 percent to $120 billion in July from $141.9 billion at the end of 2012.
Luxembourg's position in Treasuries fell 5.5 percent, or by $7.8 billion, to $133.3 billion. U.S. government securities held by investors in the country have declined 14 percent since December 2012 from $155 billion.
Holdings by members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries fell 3.7 percent to $236.6 billion, the lowest since May 2011.
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Waaay back in January (ok, maybe just a little back) I got my hands on the much-anticipated limited edition Resort Palette by Sigma Beauty a little ahead of the curve. I've been so excited to share my thoughts about it with you all because to me, it's everything a colorful palette should be.
Seriously, let me explain.
Ok, so when you see this palette, you immediately think "fun" and "colorful". However, it makes sense. I've said it a hundred times, but one of my biggest peeves is when a fun and colorful eye shadow palette has no "workable" colors. Colors that you use to deepen and define the shades and the eyes (black, gray), brighten the eyes (highlight shades), and blending shades (tans). No matter how fun and colorful of an eye I create, I ALWAYS pull for those shades as well to make it work. So excited that this palette has it all. Not to mention a blush shade (think Nars Orgasm without the frost), a versatile liquid highlighter, and a fun double-sided eyeliner with an awesome pop of blue.
So when I travel or if I just want an easy go-to palette I can grab for everyday, I can reach for this and pack light. No need to pack separate "natural makeup" and "fun makeup" products. It's all there. Love it.
The pigmentation of the colors is awesome.
|Muse, Fawn, Luna, Topaz
|Papaya, Moonbeam, Neela, Midori
|Dual-Ended Liner Pencil in Daydream & Earth Goddess
|Liquid Highlighter in Luminesce
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Equity Northern Ireland open meeting for members
Start:23 February 2014
LocationJohn Hewitt Bar, Donegall Street, Belfast BT1 2FH
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Northern Ireland members' open meeting
All Equity members living in Northern Ireland are invited to the Northern Ireland Annual General Meeting to be held at 2.30pm on Sunday 23 February 2014 at John Hewitt Bar, Donegall Street, Belfast BT1 2FH.
This is your chance to influence Equity's policies. This meeting can submit one motion to Equity's Annual Representative Conference and motions can also be sent to the Equity Council.
If you would like to submit a motion please send it in writing to Drew McFarlane, Equity, 114 Union Street, Glasgow G1 3QQ (firstname.lastname@example.com) by Monday 17 February 2014
Any member or student member who ordinarily resides in Northern Ireland may attend, vote and propose and second motions. Any member who is working in Northern Ireland but not resident may attend and speak but shall not be entitled to vote or propose or second motions. Admittance shall be by 'in benefit' Equity card only.
Members will find it useful to bring to this meeting the union's accounts for 2013 which were included with the Spring edition of the Equity magazine.