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We're gonna have to get him on the air and have a little challenge................that could be fun.

The "Michigan Man" thing came from Bo Schembechler when basketball coach Bill Frieder took a job at Arizona State just before the tournament in 1989 and thought he was going to coach Michigan in the tournament. Bo said no, he wanted a "Michigan Man" and Steve Fisher coached them to a title. Ironically, Bo Schembechler was more of an Ohio State Man than a Michigan Man when he got hired. When does the ink dry for Whit? Once it does can we finally clean house at the top. He's got to go. All of this nonsense has happened under his watch - he's just got to go.

like college sports.

They blocked me from my account because I used my on-air last name. That is how almost everyone knows me. In order to unlock my account they want me to scan my ****ing drivers license. WHAT? I tried that - by redacting the DL number and my address and they rejected it. I AM NOT GIVING YOU MY DL INFO - YOU CAN PROBABLY FIND IT ANYWAY. So I started a new account with Marc instead of Mark. They'll get around to shutting that one down too - and then I am done with them. I once was put in Facebook Jail for quoting Step Brothers. But hey, go ahead and post extremely stupid and dangerous conspiracy theories all day. The kind that make a normal 40 year old man believe his infant children are demons. His name is Matthew Coleman. Read about him at your own risk. What he did was absolutely horrible and it was all because he got sucked into conspiracy theories on Facebook and Twitter. He was a normal guy - never broke a law in his life and he got so pulled into stuff on FB and Twitter that he killed his children to save the world. That stuff is fine. No worries there, but quote Step Brothers or Letterkenny and you're in big trouble. And you can't appeal. There are no humans involved.

The Kelces. Just ****ing go away. Both of them. One is on a ****ing Chunky Soup can, another one can't be photographed walking off the field. Two of the most annoying people involved in sports. They're like the Paul brothers. Just..........go.............away. Jason, you and TayTay - go buy an island somewhere and just stay on it. Have supplies helicoptered in so we don't have to see either one of you again.

Problem 1 - Going from Ben Johnson to John Morton is trading a Ferrari in for a Golf Cart Problem 2- O-Line going from the best to barely functional. And Decker's retiring. Better fix that and quick Problem 3 - Injuries. Holy **** can this team get hurt. Problem 4 - Dan, you don't have to go for it on every 4th down. We get it, your balls are big. Okay. Jake Bates is great. Use him. I still strongly believe in this regime. Next year they'll have a 4th place schedule and that'll help - a lot. Remember, the 49ers were toast last year but came back strong this year. I think we just had the season they did last year. The Super Bowl window is far from being closed. And by the way, I could go look up my earlier posts from the last year and this year, but I thought this team might take a backwards step before making the big leap to SB contention. This was that year. But please - figure out a way to stay healthy. PLEASE! Okay - The Pistons are 24-6 - the best in the East (with NY only 2 games behind them). The Pistons aren't even a great shooting team. They could pick up a piece that gets them all the way to the Finals. I know, I know, trade deadlines are tremendous letdowns in this town. I think the Pistons buck the trend The Red Wings are in first. They're playing great. They have most people believing. But we've seen this before in recent years. Can we please avoid the March Malaise this season? As good as they've been, they're only 6 points away from missing the playoffs. Can't afford even a mini-collapse. We already know that no help is coming at the trade deadline. And the Tigers. Well, maybe Jace Jung can put it all together because they sure aren't reaching for anything to improve this team. Selling more tickets in the middle of the season seems to be the only real goal for Chris Illitch. Fill those parking lots.

Disaster of a season.

Why would anyone turn down a job where the AD could be fired at any time, there is no permanent President in place and it's only a matter of time before news of yet another scandal breaks. Oh, oh yeah, because it's an ELITE program. Sure it is.

Sacramento lead 12-11. And then never had the lead again. As great as this team is, at 24-6 -- there is room for improvement. They can get better with trade deadline add. They can afford to offer a couple of their players and get better. What a turnaround. J.B. Bickerstaff is so underappreciated in Detroit.

Grand Rapids Griffins 25-1-1 Out of a possible 54 points, they have 51. That's absolutely insane and VERY encouraging

Warde will probably name himself Head Coach with a clause in his contract that he is to be fired as AD for any reason that he gets double his Head Coaching salary and double the length and the buyout triples.

Having a birthday on the same day as Christmas is worse than that.

I said Gleyber Torres will be at 2B for 75% of the games this season. He'll be DH in the other 20% and get about 5% of the season off (if he stays health)

That's where the work comes in. But I totally trust this regime. They brought us out of the abyss and they can do it again.

Well, season's over, but assuming the Super Bowl window is closed is ridiculous. But Brad & Dan have a lot of work. I felt like before they really got all the way home that they would have a step-back year and this was that year, but they really need to get a competent OC - and they have to figure out how to stay healthy. What the hell are they doing with these guys? The O-Line was a major drop off this year and I have a feeling Decker's going to retire, so they have a lot of work to do on that and the defense, wow........tough to win with a MASH unit out there, but come on, man. Third-place schedule next year. Take advantage of it.

I actually don't think it's the worst idea. He's very plugged into Ann Arbor and the whole state and he managed to keep Jayru Campbell out of trouble for a few years.

Maybe that's why he's in no hurry. If he hires someone - he might be out. But since there is no University President right now, they kind of have to keep him. I doubt there is a strong #2 in the department (by design).

So the Tigers are not going after Bregman (and I don't want him at this point. He's good, but he's not THAT good). Bo Bichette doesn't seem realistic now. Right now we have a ton of questions for 3b / 2b. Torres is a lock at 2b for probably 75% of the games. But, for those two positions they have McKinstry, Lee, Jung, Max Anderson, Keith, and Trei Cruz with McGonigle lurking Do one of those guys step up? Does Jung finally put it all together at the MLB level? Does Keith starting hitting before mid-May? Was Max Anderson a one year MiLB wonder like Ryan Kreidler a few years ago? I guess this is why they won't spend on a 3b - because they want to look at all of the possibilities, but they are painfully close to getting to a World Series. If they had had just one more competent bat in the Seattle series they get to the ALCS. I mean, Bichette is a career ..357 OBP and career .806 OPS who has thrived in the postseason. Exactly what they need. So sign him and then you can trade Colt Keith and Jace Jung and get a serviceable starting pitcher, since they don't have enough of those right now. Is Harris going to sign Cobb again? I wanted them to sign Jose Quintana last year - then he signs a very affordable deal with the Brewers and has a really good season. We picked Cobb. It was a very Randy Smithish signing (Hey, I knew this guy with my old team). Who's left starting-pitcher wise? Tatsuya Imai, Zac Gallen, Ranger Suarez, Luca Giolito, Chris Bassitt, and the Verlander/Scherzer long goodbye tour? Right now it's Skubal/Flaherty/Olson/Mize/Melton/Montero. Isn't Gipson-Long transitioning to the bullpen? They need more. You know they are going to really limit Melton and probably 3 of those guys in the rotation are going ton the injured list at some point. They just need more. Sorry if Drew Anderson doesn't impress me. Plus - when is Melton getting his TJ surgery. Feels like it's only a matter of time for all those young pitchers. I'm just annoyed by this offseason. They can spend without being stupid about it. They are close to WS contention right now. They can make this better without sacrificing the future. Plus there's a chance that Skubal, Mize and Flaherty will all be gone after this season. 2027 (if it happens) and 2028 might be total resets. Come on, man. This offseason has been weak, very weak. They are just a couple players away. I know, I know..........just be good enough to sell tickets and fill those lucrative parking lots, right?

The White Sox. Huh? Really? I wasn't expecting the Tigers to go for him, but the White Sox? Um......okay.

I don't want him throwing anything but baseballs for the Tigers. Can you imagine he blows out an elbow throwing a t-shirt. Didn't Matt Anderson blow out his arm throwing an octopus?

Or, land on a number of Super Conferences either 4 with 20 teams or 8 with 10 teams or 8 with 8 teams. The champion of each conference goes to a playoff. Take voting committees out of it. Sorry Notre Dame, choke on it.

We already have Colt Keith. We didn't need another guy without a real position.

Oh, I think Taylor's gone. Burrow's complaining, isn't he? The Bengals were too wrapped up in one player. I don't think the Lions would fare much better if Goff got hurt, but the Bengals can't function without Burrow. And he's now a guy who you can start attaching the tag "injury-prone". But the Bengals will want a reset. And yes, Taylor might be the best fit for the Lions OC - and to replace Dan Campbell when the fans demand his firing when the Lions go only 7-3 next year.

Whatever Boxing commission or authority that allowed that fight last night are lucky that Jake Paul didn't get himself killed. What people think is entertaining these days is sad and bizarre, but it encapsulates the overall state we're in as a country. Can we stop it now? Can he just go back to being another annoying "influencer?". Non-Boxers shouldn't be allowed in a ring with real boxers. I don't care how much training he's done. It's something you need to have been doing since youth. It has to be in the DNA. It takes a lifetime of dedication to go into the ring wtih other boxers.

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