U of M thread (in the Lions Forum) :)

[Rocky Bleier]

He wasn't blocked into the punter.

And why is that so hard for some to understand? He was not blocked or pushed INTO the punter. He may have been knocked off balance, but what carried him into the punter was his own forward momentum. What's really stupid is taking a chance on a punt block in that situation.

[*JD*]

It looks like tonight's game is going to be a breeze. We are currently up 24-6, after being down 6-5.

Quite a run!

[*JD*]

Michigan To Wear Special Jerseys For Sugar Bowl

I don't know why Pizza Boy is so gimmicky but those actually might not be so bad. I'm not a big fan of our current road design anyway. Those aren't bumble-bee shoulders at least.

[SeattleLionsFan]

Fifth different jersey this year. We are rapidly becoming Oregon. Brandon sucks.

[SeattleLionsFan]

Brandon makes me wish he would run for soemthing so i could move to Michigan and vote against him.

[*JD*]

He's done some other stuff well but I hate most of his marketing ideas.

[*JD*]

The hoops team let off the gas last night and only scored 3 points in the last 7+ minutes. They still won by 13 and the game was never in doubt.

Smotrycz had 16 points & 8 rebounds and Trey Burke had 15 points and 7 assists. Matt Vogrich had his first good game of the year with 11 points off the bench, including three 3 point baskets. He entered the game shooting 1 for 13 from behind the arc.

TH Jr. bit on a pump-fake and landed on his tailbone. He only played 19 minutes but I don't think it will be that serious of an injury. Probably just a big bruise.

Jon Horford did not play. He's had a foot injury that has slowed him down since Hawaii. He's been wearing a walking boot around campus over that time, from what I've read.

Smotrycz has been playing a fair bit better this year but he still needs to work on not turning the ball over so much (mostly on the dribble) and cutting down on fouls.

[Jamie H]

He's done some other stuff well but I hate most of his marketing ideas.

I have the feeling that Brandon just rubber-stamps whatever bullshit Adidas wants to do, kind of like most of the Nike schools do.

Brandon is a mixed bag. Night games at Michigan Stadium = good. Bazillion different clown suit uniforms = bad. Hiring Hoke = good. Bitching to media about OSU for no good reason = bad.

I really don't know what to expect from him next, but it will likely either be awesome or terrible.

[nhwbrooklyn]

I'm actually happy he bitched about OSU's unfair advantage

While I think Hoke was a good hire, I thought the process was pretty poorly managed (at least from an outside perspective). I mean look at OSU. They got Urban Meyer lined up and their old and new coaching staff recruiting away double speed.

[Masspartan]

So apparently this is how Delaney treats the conference members who get caught cheating ...

give them special exemptions. unreal.

If Delaney had anything to do with that absolute garbage decision to allow the suspended players to play in the Sugar Bowl he should have been dismissed from his position.

[SeattleLionsFan]

The waiver is from the NCAA, not the big ten. But Delaney does suck

[Masspartan]

So apparently this is how NCAA treats the conference members who get caught cheating ...

give them special exemptions. unreal.

[*JD*]

While I think Hoke was a good hire, I thought the process was pretty poorly managed (at least from an outside perspective). I mean look at OSU. They got Urban Meyer lined up and their old and new coaching staff recruiting away double speed.

I agree. Brandon cost Michigan 6 weeks in recruiting for 2011. There's no reason RR shouldn't have been canned after the ohio and Josh Grobin debacles. We might've been able to keep Dee Hart, Kris Frost and one other blue-chipper whose name I can't recall as commits, as well as add some others.

[*JD*]

Yeah, these look fine. The stripes (if you are going to have them) are in the right place.
I hope it winds up being a new Away jersey and not an alternate. 2 versions (Home/Away) is enough.

[SeattleLionsFan]

I don't mind the jersey. I mind having 5 jerseys in 13 games. To put it into perspective, they have played 5 road games and had three jerseys for them.