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Posted under Analysis

Mister Simpson has been granted a release from his scholarship, and is looking to enroll at the University of Cincinatti.

It doesn’t bother me much, since he have never seen the field, and it opens up another scholarship to give this year. The only potentially troubling thing is his close relationship with Cobrani Mixon, as people have been speculating that Mixon may follow him to UC. We are already out of the running for Eugene Clifford, so it shouldn’t affect us as far as recruiting Colerain kids in the future.

Best of luck to Mister Simpson, hope he tears up the Big Least.

Posted under Personnel

The win over Minnesota was the perfect game for Michigan to have at this point in the season. It was close enough that they won’t start thinking they’re invincible, but wide enough a margin that it was never really in doubt. If the Maize and Blue can utterly dominate a game in which they record no sacks and force no turnovers, the performances can only get better in other games, as those stats get back up to their normal levels. The team held one of the best rushing attacks in the country to just 108 yards. They have proven they can stop the run. Two passing TDs were given up by a player who was only starting because Morgan Trent was injured.

Thus far, there is the perfect balance of humility and swagger in this team.

Posted under Analysis

I’m not just advocating this because I want my school to be represented by the winner. Lloyd Carr, at least this far into the season, has proven to me that he deserves to be coach of the first four games. Extrapolating to the rest of the year yields interesting results.

Oops, did I say Lloyd? I meant “Oyd.”

Vote here.

Posted under Coaching

Commercials on ESPN have been hyping up a big feature on Mario Manningham that will air this weekend. This is surprising, seeing as how he’s so damned media-shy.

If you typically tend to avoid GameDay like the plague (as I know many people do), catch it this weekend at 10ET on ESPN.

Posted under Misc.

…but Colin Cowherd does not.

Here’s an MP3 of the relevant audio.

Posted under Misc.

James Kamoku, who tried to rip Steve Breaston’s leg off during Saturday’s game, is to receive no punishment from Bret Bielema, accoring to mgoblog’s Brian Cook.

If you don’t know what Kamoku did, take a look at this video clip, again provided by Brian. Eerily reminiscent of Ohio State’s Robert Reynolds trying to kill Wisconsin QB Jim Sorgi a couple seasons ago (and succeeding in crushing his trachea). The difference? Reynolds was suspended for a game. Even then, the very same Wisconsin Badgers who refuse to suspend a player in a similar incident, thought that wasn’t enough.

If you think this is absolutely wrong on the part of Bret Bielema and the Wisconsin football program (and it is), there’s something you can do about it! Let Bielema know you are upset, by e-mailing him (bab@athletics.wisc.edu). Please, if you actually contact him, keep the e-mails classy and respectful, unlike James Kamoku.

Posted under Misc.

I’ve been mega-busy, and therefore didn’t even finish my ND post, much less post anything else during the week.

Here’s what you missed:
We destroyed ND
We beat Wisconsin handily, by more than thescoreboard would indicate.

You may now return to your regularly scheduled programming.

Posted under Misc.

7:13 AM
Wake up 2 minutes before alarm is set to go off.

7:32 AM
After much mental preparation (read: a couple huge glasses of water), I finally get in the shower.

8:12 AM
After a couple trips back home to grab things I forgot (including, but not limited to, a Cottage Inn pizza acquired at 2:30 AM), I arrive in the WOLV office.

8:16 AM
Receive call from fellow roadtripper Paul. He’ll allegedly be ready to go around 8:45. Until then, I’ll gather equipment and instructions for getting to South Bend.

Posted under Misc.

I have a quick interview that I’m trying to upload, but I can’t get it to work. Here’s the transcript instead. This interview was given on the field after Saturday’s victory over CMU.

VB: What do you take away from this game?
JL: Well, these are pretty much warmup games, and they give us a chance to… get rid of some of the mistakes.
VB: What else do you think needs to be fixed before next week?
JL: Well, we need to watch film to really know, but there’s always something to improve on. After we watch the film, we’ll work on that in practice this week.
VB: Does this game get you ready for the Irish next week?
JL: Well, like I said, these are warmup games, and the real season starts next week.

Posted under Misc.