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Most of us believe it's going to be Kalen DeBoer, but I think if he turns it down, it's going to end up being Biff for a year. Probably a better choice than committing five years and a ton of money for a second-choice. Re-set for next year. Maybe Elko is in the mix. I can't believe Elko is only 48. He's weathered. But let's say DeBoer turns down Michigan to stay will Alabama. Every year you lose more than 2 games people will be screaming for his head and there will always be uncertainty. There will always be pressure to live up to Saban, which is pretty much impossible, especially with guys jumping into the portal constantly. I think he'd be more stable at Michigan. But then again, he'd be getting hired by a school currently without a President and an AD that might be (and should be) fired. The timing on all this is just brtual. Another part of this is that Michigan has to have a coach with a squeaky clean past. They can't hire anyone who is the least bit risky. Problem with that is EVERYONE has something in their past that can be exploited for negative press.

The Pistons are a good shooter away from being totally elite. Some are available.

My dad co-owned a little four-seater and I went up there a few times with him (he didn't get a pilot's license until he was 56 or 57). It was awesome. My dad said "can I do a few rolls?" My sister freaked out when he said that. I got the joke.

My first crush (of someone I knew) was my older sister's friend who looked just like the girl in Jaws that points to the pond and yells "the shark's in the pond, it's in the pond" I was 12 and she was 17, and I looked like I was 9 and she was cool and I was a little dorky kid. The first woman that gave me tingles, pre-puberty, was Batgirl in her purple suit. First absolutely celebrity crush was Valerie Bertinelli.

Hey Michigan, Brian Smith is available. I'm sure he learned a valuable lesson and would never do it again !

Bunch of degenerate gamblers getting their fix.

LOL. And then there was the DNA.........Oh, that pesky DNA.

Thank you Admiral Ackbar. Planet Kolab is visible tonight.........but only to Joseph Smith. Not disagreeing with you, by the way. Every back-to-back is a trap.

I started hating it years ago. I kind of hate what's happened to college football, in total.

Also, keep this in mind. The Wings have 41 points. 15th place out of 16 teams is at 34 points. But there are some good signs. The defense has been MUCH better in the last 6 games, Two shutouts. John Gibson has been a lot better (but still gives up some softies). Another positive is that they are getting scoring from someone other than Larkin lately Alex DeBrincat is now tied for 5th in goals with 20. They need to figure out what's going on with Kasper.

I'd like to break up the monotony of all this non-stop non-news to bring you a musical break courtesy of Dennis Dale McLain. The second song, I'm not sure if Bob Gibson's guitar is even plugged in.

We have Justice Bigbie. Who cares about the rest?

I had a roommate named Tony Geary. He had epilepsy but never told me. One night we're watching basketball and he has a seizure. Scared the crap out of me. One of his friends came over when this was happening and explained it. Then when Tony got his wits about him he told me a joke that I couldn't repeat here because if it was linked to me I'd probably lose by job - but it was really funny. When Tony was in High School he was a really good pitcher. He was warming up before a game and had a seizure - and obviously didn't pitch that day. The next time he faced that team a few weeks later the lead off hitter mocked siezure movements when he stepped into the batter's box. Tony plunked him in the helmet. The kid's coach told him "you deserved that".

Let's be honest. The way the two power conferences want it - it should be 24 teams in 2 conferences and half the teams make the playoffs. That's what it feels like with the SEC and Big Ten stranglehold on everything. Oh, and nice move Diego Pavia. Class act. Did you not know you weren't going to win going in? Complete jackass.

Go to a four-conference set up. 20 teams in each conference. MAKE IT REGIONAL. East/Central/West/South. (let them all keep their silly names ACC/BIG 10/SEC/Big 12 or PAC). However the individual conferences decide their championship games - that's the first round of the playoffs. 8 teams. If you didn't get to your conference championship, you have no gripe. Notre Dame - join a conference or go pound sand. Nobody cares anymore. To Hell with the Big Ten. To Hell with the SEC and To Hell with Notre Dame. Just go ahead and start treating this like a minor league for the NFL since that's what it is now. Enough with this bullspit altruistic lie about "STUDENT ATHLETES". They're paid employees now. The other "Group Of Five" or whatever they are called can have their own playoff system so they can play for a title on their level rather than go to the big playoff and be a sacrificial lamb. James Madison and Tulane deserve to play for some sort of title but they are going to get brutalized in this playoff. This isn't like basketball where some small school can shoot the lights out for a couple of games and get into the Sweet 16. These big conference schools can come at the smaller school with wave after wave of playerscch How come a stupid cartoon by a couple of very very smart, but immature yuck ups like Matt & Trey can paint it so clearly but the rest of us can't?

Not fire him, but just move him to a different situation. He might be better-suited as a college coach. Michigan - a Top 5 job in the country?> I'm not so sure about that anymore. Michigan wants you to believe that, but there's a lot of things they want you to believe that simply aren't true and haven't been since Lloyd Carr retired.

Yes, the coach of the Dolphins. Mike MacDonald would not want it, and Michigan would be absolutely tone deaf to hire anyone who has anything to do with Jim Harbaugh. Not saying they wouldn't, but it would be a very stupid move. They need to completely cut ties to Jim Harbaugh - COMPLETELY. (And I guess, in a strange way, Stephen Ross owns the Dolphins and he basically bankrolled Harbaugh's nonsense, so McDaniel could be out). They could end up with Biff for a year. He's basically the modern take on Steve Fisher. I do think Michigan is going to go young with the next coach, unless they just can't find anyone Uncertainty with the AD doesn't help. But they also have an interim president. What a ****in' mess.

This Is Spinal Tap The Princess Bride Stand By Me. Those are all perfect movies, in my opinion. They all had the perfect amount of humor and heart and every single joke lands. And Rob set aside his ego and let improvisers improvise. Those movies were all perfectly-cast. When Harry Met Sally, Misery, A Few Good Men..........man, that's a list.

Killed by their own son? Oh, man.

I have an out-of-left-field name. Mike McDaniel

Already wondering if it was a political thing.

Chris Illitch is not going to spend big money on player payroll. He spent it on development and he's probably telling Harris (and Yzerman) - build from within - that's they only way you're gonna do it.

18-15 with a Goal Differential that looks like a Wind Chill temperature.

4-1-1 is absolutely terrific when you consider they went 3-1 on the West Coast swing. Being on a long roadie can build team unity. Sometimes it works. And it doesn't matter if Seattle, Vancouver and Calgary aren't good this year. West Coast sings are tough Now, based on the last few years, when are they going to go into that tailspin? Can we maybe avoid that this season and be consistent?

This Jensen move - feels like it's going to be Joe Nathan 2.0, And Joe had a 3.2 WAR season the year before joining the Tigers. I hope it turns out better.