Twitter Tuesday: 8/7/2012

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​It's day two of practice.  It's 25 days until gameday.  It's the best of twitter from Tuesday:

I remember when Wisconsin was Indiana.  Now they have been to 8 of the 67 Big Ten appearances in the Grand Daddy, trailing only Michigan (20) and Ohio State (14).  USC (32) is the only program that has been to the Rose Bowl more than Michigan.​

Yes Penn State, let's drag this out some more.  I will enjoy watching this play out in court with lawyers.  You're hemorrhaging money.​

Oh ya.  Practice play-by-play on radio is a great idea.​  But hey, I'll listen.

I'll take it.  I think.  Oh wait...in this era of 14 possible games, that means 9-5.​

Might be time to settle the referee labor dispute.​

Happy Belated Birthday, Tom

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Happy (belated) Birthday to Tom Brady, former Michigan quarterback, future NFL hall-of-famer and significant-other to supermodel Gisele.  Tom turned 35 on Friday, which means you are getting old.  

Tom has won multiple season and Super Bowl MVPs, has appeared in 5 Super Bowls in his 10 seasons at the helm, and won three of them.  But most importantly, he continues to represent the University of Michigan, despite a fanbase that refused to recognize his talent until the final game of his college career, and just wanted him to get out of the way of Drew Henson's impending Heisman campaigns (which went about as well as Ron Pawlus's).

Anyway, we love you Tom, and more importantly, we love to pretend we always did.  Happy 35th buddy.​

Weekend Roundup, "'Cause I Got a Golden Ticket" Edition: 8/6/2012

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They're here.  All six of them.  Smallest ticket package that has arrived at my home in some time.  The tickets are significantly smaller (as in not lanyard compatible like last year) and there's not many.  And the prices on them are exuberant.​  Seems like only yesterday we hit that $75 face mark....and now we've got a $95 MSU ticket.  This shit ain't getting any cheaper folks.

Here's what happened around the internets while you watched the tigers beat Ohio.​

  • You like the new Big Ten logo, or the new B1G logo?  Well, we we've got one on the home jersey now, and a pair on the field.  Maize and Blue Nation discusses the process, which involved cutting out a chunk of the field turf and replacing it with a new piece with the logo on it.
  • MGoBlog covers the new numbers for the incoming freshman as well as growing beard progress and "dread-flow."​
  • Speaking of tickets arriving, Dooley covers the team numbers and the guys being honored in each game.   This new patch every game, in my opinion, completely cheapens the whole legends ​jersey idea.  Anyway, he points out a glaring flaw in the Gary Moeller ticket...while I still ponder how we don't have egg on our face as an institution for firing a coach and honoring him 18 years later.  Weird?  Weird.
  • Sporting News has a nice article on the hoops revival in Ann Arbor.​
  • The first home game is Air Force.  A game that concerns me.  Now they're down 5 dudes, all starters or penciled in starters.  Now we can concentrate on the tailgate.​
  • AnnArbor.com profiles Matt Wile vs. Will Hagerup in the battle to see who 's gonna nail those coffin corners.​
  • 26 long years of waiting, and the Big Ten championship rings have arrived in Ann Arbor.​
  • ESPN reports on... Exit Justin Brown, the latest Penn State starter to see the light and get the hell out of State College.​
  • When I was 11 and I had a paper route, my mother was terrified I was going to be kidnapped.  What she didn't realize, is that I, at a robust 160lbs, I was the last kid they were looking to take.  Too much heavy lifting.  When I heard that Montee Ball got attacked, and that it was a random act of violence....I called bullshit from jump street.  Nobody looks to attack 5'11'', 210 pound muscle-bound football players.  Big surprise...ESPN says it looks like it was more than just random.  These boys are in some trouble, no doubt further weakening a Leaders division that already only has 4 teams eligible for postseason play.

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We Want It All

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(HT: Maize and Blue Nation) The MGoBlue.com video series "Countdown to Kickoff" highlighted Michigan's May trip to California where they trained for three days with the Navy SEALs.  It gets a little boring toward the end, but it's definitely worth watching.  Three takeways:

1)  Brady Hoke's old school Michigan polo now has a Rose Bowl pin or logo next to the helmet, either a sign that the team goal is the Rose Bowl, or something he pinned on for their trip to the Pasadena for a youth football camp.  I'm guessing the former.​

2)  The team motto is "We Want it All," revealed at the 3:05 mark.

​3)  There's a shirt emblazoned with "#EATING" which no doubt refers to Denard's two-handed post-big-play eating move.  It also is perfect for tailgating.  I will have one.

UPDATE:  ...or not, seems it's a shirt ​from Martavious Odoms Hope for Pahokee organization (Thanks to super team insider MGoJen for the info).  They're available, and they're for charity, so get one for yourself.