Recent content by altgeld88

I don't disagree and didn't claim otherwise. But it's entirely irrelevant to my point.

Human nature doesn't change, only the environment that channels it does. Prominent imperfection is the hallmark of great figures, of which Hayes is indisputably one.

Take a look at the video I embedded in the previous post. It's the immortal Bob Ufer, Michigan's radio man, doing the play-by-play leading up to led to Woody destroying those yard markers. Best explanation I've ever heard of the head space these coaches inhabit, and I'd never seen that video...

Thanks. I've never seen that doc and will tuck into it this summer. Yes, the diabetic hypothesis seemed to explain a lot. He was also infamous for destroying yard markers (back in the quaint days when such things existed): That Time Woody Hayes Shredded Michigan Stadium’s Down Markers in 1971...

Were they different from any other coaches successful to such a substantial degree? What made Barry Switzer at Oklahoma different from, say, Bob Devaney and Tom Osborne at Nebraska? The cultural milieu of those two states and Switzer's necessity to mine the TX/AR/LA markets for recruits? The...

Truer words... And applicable to all topics involving anonymous online interaction, not only those involving sports.

It's difficult to overstate how conflicted the alums I meet are about those two titles, the concurrent scandals, and the inability/incompetence of Warde Manuel regarding hanging on to Harbaugh and May. For example, the Sherrone Moore debacle, and many others as egregious but less publicized, in...

lol. I was talking to a colleague who's a UM alum as he bemoaned the state of the athletic dept and university leadership. I noted that if they don't lock in Boynton stat, then they're looking worst-case sitch at a post-Wade (v.1) LSU debacle in which they have 2-3 players left, one of whom is a...

It'll be Boynton for at least a year. They'll shop around next season and lock in someone proven thereafter, I'd guess, having diligently scanned his Instagram account for OnlyFans followings/followers. May its AD remain Warde Manuel in perpetuity, may its scandal-plagued athletic dept never...

Sorry to multi-post as I catch up this morning. IIRC, Kansas was Self's white whale that he actually landed. He grew up in the Big 8 when Kansas was the thing, wanted to play there and wasn't good enough (despite being HS POY in OK), and settled for OK State. His college career was...

The narrative is sticky at various programs, Michigan and Ohio State included.

The nexus of a manipulative narcissist with sycophantic sports reporters having a pervasive herd mentality.

And now I'm remembering Izzo and Bruce palling around before IL-MSU games 15 yrs ago and need a strong palate cleanser.

Spot on, brother. It's powerful branding and I'm so here for it.

Props. Never thought I would write this on an Illini site: Athens 4ever.