The Weekend Roundup: You Can Hear A Pin Drop Edition: 12/10/07

​It's been all quiet at Fort Schembechler since the UMTailgate.com media blackout. OK, just kidding. Rumors are still flying.

From the coaching front:

• There's a deal on the table for Les, for less. Rumor has it we have put 2.5 million out there, just a million shy of LSU's guarantee if Les wins one more game this year. A million less to be forced into a couple of shitty assistants, have the former coach that hates you in your mentor's old office down the hall, and take over a team that lost to Appalachian State. Oh, and take all the time you need Les, as long as you make up your mind this week. [Call it a Comeback - MGoBlog]


• Steve Starkisian...welcome to the jungle, and Tedford is back in the mix according to a paper that is written 2100 miles away. [Finally A Blip - MGoBlog]


• Oh, and then there's Marvin...Marvin Lewis. [Marvin Lewis to Michigan - Fanhouse]


• Combine piss, vinegar. Lather, rinse, repeat. [Miles Old Teammates are Livid with Search, Carr - MLive]


• The question is, does Bill want to play nice anymore? [LSU AD Tries to Put Miles-to-Michigan talk to Rest - MLive]


• Let's use Les as a fall back...and go after all of the dream coaches we can. Sounds good. Great write up here: [Who Will Be Michigan's $4 Million Man - The Conquering Heroes]


• You like Brady Hoke? You won't after this, my third link to MGoBlog. You really should start going over there on your own people. Oh, you do already? Ya, that's why I'm still at a desk from 9-5. [Profiles in Cronyism - MGoBlog]

The rest of the weekend internets that you missed because you were  dizzy from inhaling pig brains.

• Coaches are doing very well these days. Be sure to click the link to USAToday within the link to the boys from Evanston. [CFB Coaches Salaries Average $1 Million - Lake the Posts]


• Next time you ridicule me for playing guitar hero, remember Zumaya...and Jake Long. [More Important Things Than Coaching Search - Varsity Blue]


• Johnny Cleveland would like to dedicate the following song to CJ. [The Cornhole Song - YouTube]


• It's going to be cold. It's gonna be dark. And it's gonna be Ohio State. [Big Ten to Extend Season... - Freep]

The Weekend Roundup: The Aftermath Edition: 12/3/08

So, there's a house for sale in Barton Hills then, right.

Herbstreit's fault says Terry Foster.

Here is the sad thing. Miles wanted Michigan. Michigan wanted Miles. But somehow an Ohio State man ruined it. I just don't understand how this could happen.

If Herbsteit did not report this story Athletic Director Bill Martin would be speaking to him today about coming to Michigan.

Impartiality from ESPN's analyst? I think not. Here he is trying to defend himself (from WDFN via MLive):

All I can tell you, at the end of the day," he said, "what happened was I really believe that he was going to be announced as Michigan's coach and LSU felt that they were tired of hearing about this, and the fact that it was on national TV, and their players were sitting around, and there's all this speculation. They needed to do something quickly, and they did."

Ya, thanks. You'll probably get a fresh set of gold pants for that one.

The rest of the internets on this BCS weekend:

• A gorgeous flash presentation of how each coach voted on USA Today. [Coach Voting - USA Today.com]


• The Realest's ask "Why not App State's Jerry Moore?" as they pick the top ten candidates for the Michigan job. [Top Ten Michigan Candidates - The Realests]


• Penn State hates the BCS, and the Big Ten. [The National Title of BCS Crap - TINNOMJ]


• "I did not talk to Les Miles or his agent this past week in accordance with the wishes of Skip Bertman and the LSU Athletic Department."-Bill Martin. Now that it's over Bill, the appropriate question would be...why? [Martin Press Release - MLive]


• Sports Gone South reminds us that we should be filling out our brackets right now. [Santa Claus, The Easter Bunny... - SGS]


• At least somebody is happy. [Michigan Dodges Bullet - Heismanpundit]


• Illinois, with three losses, including one to the team that lost to App State, is celebrating going to Pasadena. [The Sweet Smell of Roses - Illinitalk]


• Alex Legion has decided to transfer from Kentucky. What an asshole. [God Changed His Mind Again - The Conquering Heroes]

The Weekend Roundup: "One More" Edition: 11/13/07

​'Tis Ohio State week. And as poop stained as the marbles may be, this Saturday is still for all of them.

What you may have missed over the weekend while you were "bringing the heat."

• Michigan Against the World provides us with some OSU memories, and reminds you that Nothing Else Matters...which includes Chad doing the soulja boy dance in an animated gif for the ages.


• The Dead Schembechlers, now known as the Bastard Sons of Woody, may be making an appearance this weekend in AA. [Band is hinting at UM gig - DetNews]


• Mark Snyder says we need a little Dutch Boy, and he's not referring to Doug Dutch. [UM Talking Points - Freep]


• Nothing warms my heart like shattered dreams. [BuckeyeXtra - Columbus Dispatch]


• The definition of grasping at straws. [It's Not Over Yet - Buckeye Battle Cry]


• When you glance at 1000+ posts from 200+ websites every day, sometimes things catch your eye...like Charlie Weiss having email and phone conversations with ChristCrist. [Wearing O' the Green - Blue-Grey Sky]


• It's 1991...and Herbstreit feels the wrath of a Tony Henderson splash. Don't let Herbie fool you...he hates us. [Realest of the Week - The Realests]


• Eight in a row for Michigan Hockey after a sweep of Alaska. [Weekend Recap... - Blog That Yost Built]


• The hot dog griller brought to you by MZone. [Latest Tailgate Accessories - MZone]

The Weekend Roundup: To the VICTORS Go the Spoils Edition: 11/6/2007

​Much has been made of the "war of words" between Mike Hart and Mark Dantonio. For the second time this season, a coach has responded to comments made by Mike Hart. Isn't that embarrassing for the coach? I mean, what kind of headway can you make as a leader of men when you are bantering back and forth with a student-athlete in a "I know you are but what am I?" fashion. Perhaps there's a case to be made that Mike needs to grow up. Fortunately for him, he's young and literally needs to grow up. As for Harbaugh and Dantonio...they ARE grown up, and they are acting like a couple of bitches more interested in winning a conversation with a 22 year old than winning football games. The Spartans and Cardinal(s) are basically lucky to get the national attention they are getting from Mike shitting on them. Get that fellas? Mike poops, and the location of his poop becomes news. You sirs, you are just toilets. Shut up and win.

Of course, this topic has been run through the ringer in the blogosphere. I will direct you to the post by MGoBlog, which continues my streak of linking to MGoBlog pretty much every time I write a post. He has a good take on it, and also links to the rest of the good takes across said blogosphere. (Spartans, Your Profession is Loser - MGoBlog):

But seriously folks, the one thing the Michigan State program needed was a monomaniacal focus on Michigan. It needed a coach who would install a countdown clock to their eighth straight loss in the series. It needed a man who would stand up and say "you know what, guys? All those other games we play are stupid and we shouldn't try very hard in them." It needed a guy who would teach his resilient troops to follow his example by bitching to the assembled media a full two days after his team blew it again. It needed a man who could forge them into a cohesive unit capable of picking up critical personal fouls at the very worst time possible. See, the problem with Michigan State is that occasionally they enter the fourth quarter of games leading. And Michigan State needs a man who can blow that lead, preferably in really, really painful fashion.

Friends, Mark Dantonio is that man.

I dream of writing shit like that. Damn you mgoblog! Other takes on Hart vs. Dantonio to look at when you are not on a quest to find every abandoned Chi-Chi's in the nation: 

• Michigan Sports Center analyzes Dantonio line by line.


• Blah Blah Blah provides a solid timeline of evidence that the Spartans are a bunch of dicks.


• The Hoover Street Rag reminds you what it's all about


• Bleeding Green whines like the bitch that it is about a coach getting his ass kicked by a band member.


• Michigan Against the World covers the glorious "Moment of Silence" and the coins the nickname "Douchebagtonio."


• The Lansing State Journal is so fair and balanced. Ya.


• The Detroit News reports that Dantonio says "it's not over." Actually though, it is. I was there. It was 28-24.

The rest of the news around the internets that you missed while building your ownCharlie Weiss Jabba the Hut.

• Lost in the shuffle of choking on the football field was the #8 Spartans falling to Grand Valley State in basketball. [Michigan State is Overrated - With Leather] or [Division II Grand Valley State... - ESPN]


• Meanwhile, the Wolverine cagers took care of business against Ferris. [Beilein Era Begins With Win - MSC]


• In a test to see if a link to a link to UMTailgate.com can result in a link to a link to a link to a link to UMTailgate.com, I give thanks to Michigan Football Saturdays for the shout out on our tailgating prowess. I then begin to contemplate identity theft insurance based on the amount of information he knows about me. [Tailgating Like A Champion - Michigan Football Saturdays]


• Money, power, respect...money. They should really give me the Big Ten network for free. In fact, they should come and install a dedicated flat panel tv broadcasting it in my home. [Big Ten Football Means Big Money for Michigan - MLive]


• Wisconsin knows we're coming...and Mike Hart doesn't want a tie. [Wolverines Have Clawed Back - Wisconsin State Journal]


• Crable is a modern day Jimmy V. [Never-Give-Up Turnaround - The Sporting News]

Weekend Roundup: Ranked Above USC Edition 10/29/07

​It's an amazing thing, this college football. An entire sport, an entire system, predicated on the way you finish, not the way you start. And so goes 2007. Michigan #12 BCS, USC #19 BCS. Who would've thought that after App State and Oregon that Michigan was on the road to the Rose Bowl (maybe Citrus?), while USC would be thinking about a trip to San Diego for the Holiday Bowl. Like I said though, it's how you finish, and we're not finished yet...not by a long shot.

As for the Big Ten Championship, Michigan can still lose one of their next two and find themselves playing for it on Nov 17th. Everyone else has at least 2 Big Ten losses. First tiebreaker is the head-to-head matchup, and fortunately not who lost to a 1AA team. Yessir...all the marbles.

What you missed this weekend while planning your time behind bars:

• Who tailgates best...NCAA, NFL, or NASCAR. Well, just ask the Fayetteville Observer, of course. [Which Fans Throw the Best Party - FayObserver.com] via The Ultimate Tailgater's Blog


• Mark your calendar for November 13th. HBO will premier a documentary on the Michigan - Ohio State rivalry at 10:30pm.


• Michigan Against the World discusses how MSU has overcome adversity, just by going to MSU. Quote of the day: "Thin Letters Build Character". [MSU Overcomes Adversity As Well - MATW]


• The rallying call for Michigan vs. Michigan State for all eternity....NEVER FORGET 2001. [2001 MI vs. MSU - Michigan Football Saturdays]


• An amazing edition of separated at birth in which Lloyd Carr is matched with John Kerry is up on The Wizard of Odds. Seems fitting for Lloyd considering his recentMaureen Dowd lovefest referred to in the Communist Times. Bo is rolling over in his grave yet again. As for me, I'm just rolling my eyes. Stephen might find this to be the last nail in the coffin for this coaching staff. [Separated at Birth - Wizard of Odds]


• The Hoover Street Rag celebrates the 10-year anniversary of the greatest interception of all time. Charles Woodson...not human. Worth watching again...and again....and again. [Charles Woodson--Praise Be - Hoover Street Rag]


• Courtney Sims released, will try out for Shock. [Pacers News - NBA.com]


• Autumn Thunder reminds us that Mike Hart is saving the world everyday...and he does it with amazingly crappy photoshop that for some reason you can't turn away from. [Revenge of the Son of Mike Hart for Heisman - Autumn Thunder]


• Michigan Football Saturdays reminds you that you were NOT part of "the largest crowd watching a football game" three times this year. DOH! [Fans in the stands - Michigan Football Saturdays]


• Lions want some money back from Charles Rogers. Think he still has that $10.1 million to give back? Ya, right. [Lions Attempting to Reclaim $10.1 million - YahooSports]


• Take some time to study absurd victory chains. Amazing. [Team A>Team B - Fanblogs.com]