Miscellaneous And Off Topic Subjects

[Optimus Prime]

Shouldn't he brandishing a 12 gauge?

Appalachian mountain types care chide?

[hack]

I feel like that photo was done as a gag. Why would the person taking it frame it so that Chizik is even in it?

I thought that too. A sign of our times.

[Ghengis Jon]

No, this is a sign of our times. Prepare to empty the contents of your stomach.


Former Alabama quarterback A.J. McCarron and (other-than-banging-an-athlete-why-is-she-famous?) "celebrity" Katherine Webb are making their July 11 wedding into a reality show, starting now with the planning stage.

[Tony G]

GJ, she's not even famous for banging the QB. She's famous because Mooseboy got a hard on for her on air.

[lineygoblue]

The Michigan Women's Softball team completed a 3 game sweep of MSU today in East Lansing by a score of 14-0.

Michigan is ranked #5 in the country and is undefeated in the Big Ten. They are currently on a 19 game winning streak.

We are officially a softball school ... :-(

[hack]

Well if we can't beat them in football, we can be a basketball/softball school for now. That's fine with me.

[hack]

http://www.rantsports.com/clubhouse/2014/03/05/14-hot-pictures-of-michigan-wolverines-cheerleaders/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=Outbrain&utm_term=Title5

I don't know how this came to be, but chrissakes Michigan's cheerleaders are anything but hot. Number 19 is actually John Beilein in a wig. #4 is Izzo's daughter the rowing team captain. Shudder. Some of them are somewhat cute.

[lineygoblue]

Maybe my standards are too low, but I thought most of them were fine looking young ladies.

[hack]

Some of them quite handsome.

[Tony G]

http://www.rantsports.com/clubhouse/...tm_term=Title5

I don't know how this came to be, but chrissakes Michigan's cheerleaders are anything but hot. Number 19 is actually John Beilein in a wig. #4 is Izzo's daughter the rowing team captain. Shudder. Some of them are somewhat cute.

Maybe my standards are too low, but I thought most of them were fine looking young ladies.

Some of them quite handsome.

I agree in principle with Liney but I bet none of them could get into USC or FSU

[Tony G]

Players Boycott Return Of Coach Fired For False Child Porn Charges

25,990 Barry Petchesky



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The story of Todd Hoffner, the former Minnesota State-Mankato football coach who was fired after being falsely accused of possessing child pornography in 2012, took a strange and sad turn today as he attempted to reclaim his old job—and players refused to practice for him.
Hoffner was a victim of bad luck and horrible timing. It was just a month after the release of the Freeh Report, and Jerry Sandusky was very much on everyone's mind, when an IT professional at MSU found photos on Hoffner's phone when he brought it in for repairs. They were rumored to contain videos of nude children, and Hoffner was quickly arrested. Everyone, including us, assumed the worst.
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But the videos turned out to be of Hoffner's own children taking baths. The charges were dropped, and Hoffner was cleared completely—but too late to save his job.
Hoffner took a job at Minot State in January, even as he tried to return to MSU. Last week, an arbitrator ruled that he had been wrongfully terminated. Yesterday, Hoffner announced his intention to return to the team. "I'm not interested in revenge," he said. "I'm not a spiteful person."
MSU was legally bound to name Hoffner head coach—under the obvious specter of a lawsuit—but that was not welcome news to Mankato players, or to Aaron Keen, who had coached the team in Hoffner's absence.
As Hoffner reported for his first practice this afternoon, players showed up out of uniform to read a statement. They would refuse to practice, they said, and want Keen reinstalled as head coach.

"Throughout this process, our voice has been silenced. It's time our voice was heard. We want information, we want answers, because this is our team. As a unit we have decided not to practice because of the changeup in the coaching situation."



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MSU Mankato player Sam Thompson read statement - team won't practice, because players prefer Coach Keen to Hoffner
[ame="https://twitter.com/JohnCroman/statuses/456537499880259584"]4:59 PM - 16 Apr 2014[/ame]

Just a shitty situation all around. Hoffner wants to be MSU coach, but Mankato doesn't want him. The players want Keen, and Keen wants to coach them, but the university's hand is forced. This will undoubtedly take more turns before it's over, but it's almost assured that it won't have a happy ending.

[hack]

Geez how awkward and ugly.

[Jeff Buchanan]

This is what should happen ......

Hoffner should step aside and honor his player's wishes. He should press for an arbitrated settlement over his unlawful firing ..... and the university should pay him a bundle. I'd say 15-20x his annual salary and other damages.

Finally Hoffner should find another career. Is that fair? No, but it is a smart and respectable move for all concerned.

Life is not fair. Move on.

[hack]

I mean, in truth the players should be told to STFU and get to practice. But, yeah. Maybe it's too far gone for that.

[Tony G]

The school could have avoided this if they had waited for an actual verdict. He should get a settlement and move on. I see no reason he can't still be a football coach though