Check out the live blog by Antoine Pitts on MLive right now, live from Oxford as the #2 Wolverines battle shell-shocked #1 Miami. Goals by Max Pacioretty, Aaron Palushaj (who has 3 points), Kevin Porter, and Louie Caporusso in a span of five minutes. Per Pitts, the students waited out all night to get into this one: Miami students, who get into the games for free, have been lined up all day. Some spent Thursday night in tents. They were let into the arena finally at about 6:45 p.m. Update: Michigan wins 4-2. Red Hawks tally two third period goals to make it interesting and get some momentum going into tomorrow. Great league win for the Blue.
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Snake Rod? Don’t think so
So Purdue Coach Joe Tiller is mad at the new kid on the block. You’ve certainly heard his quote directed toward Rodriguez after losing verbal commit Roy Roundtree: “If we had an early signing date, you wouldn’t have another outfit with a guy in a wizard hat selling snake oil get a guy at the last minute, but that’s what happened,” Tiller said. So many things bug me about this, some already said some not. First off, the suggestion that Coach Rodriguez is selling “snake oil” implies a RR’s master salesman selling a lie. Yes, he’s selling fantasies like Rose Bowls, the Rivalry, the NFL and Heisman trophies. Where does Rodriguez come up with this stuff? Tiller is selling the Old Oaken Bucket, giant percussion instruments and the Motor City Bowl. Second, it sure must have been some charming looking Wizard hat to conjure up that spell he put on the naive recruit. Rodriguez actively recruited for Michigan for THREE WEEKS…must have been some slick moves involved to change the mind of a verbal commit. Perhaps it had something to do with a receiver wanting to play in the Big Ten in a spread offense like Purdue’s, only better? For Tiller to put this on Rodriguez is weak. A charming way to welcome a new colleague in the league. Not…
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Recruit Brandon Smith wants 4 Buckeye scalps
WTKA and Sam Webb hosted their fifth annual Signing Day Extravaganza yesterday afternoon. They interviewed several players and coaches including Coach Rod. I caught some of the show on my 3 hour drive home from Lansing. My new hero? New Jersey recruit and now permanent Michigan Man Brandon Smith. During Webb’s interview Brandon Smith made four unsolicited references to beating Ohio State. The cocky multi-skilled Smith capped it off when he mentioned that a defining moment in his career would be his 4 wins over Ohio State! It was so great – I’ll look for audio but it was a beauty. He also is friends with Sam McGuffie and told everyone not to worry, that Sam would come around. Sure enough. Update: Second best thing that happened yesterday, Will Ferrell live at the Breslin Center on MSU’s campus. As Anchorman character Ron Burgundy, he did an interview with Tom Izzo and asked the Spartan coach if he was a legal dwarf.
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Paper: Pryor Not Announcing Today; Oregon Out
Just found this from the Pittsburgh Tribune Review: Jeannette quarterback Terrelle Pryor said late Tuesday night that he changed his mind and is not planning to sign a national letter of intent today. “I’m 100 percent sure I’m not signing,” Pryor said. “It’s a tough decision and I’m still trying to decide between Ohio State, Michigan and Penn State.” Pryor did say he has eliminated Oregon and told the Oregon coaches the school was too far from home. Pryor said he’ll probably make a visit to Penn State. It goes on to say Pryor will still meet with the media; just not make a decision.
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Hilarious
Left me rolling on the floor – from mgoblog today [full post]: — ——————————————————— I present this thing from the CBS Sportsline message boards: I just flew back from Pittsburg and guess who sat nect to me on the flight. Jerome Bettis. I sat and talked football with him for about 2 hours. Guess what he told me. Terrell Pryor is going to Michigan. Was never a doubt in his mind after the official visit. This was passed onto him from Charlie Batch who he had just been out with the night prior to his flight with me. As a Buckeye fan I’m crushed, and don’t want to believe it. It even took away from the fact that I was sitting next to an NFL future HOF player and talking with him. I can furnish a photo upon request of myself and “The Bus” if needed. I hate when Darth Rodruigez and the evil empire wins. The horrible grammar and spelling immediately raises suspicions until “As a Buckeye fan” explains them away. ———————————————————– Of course all you recruitniks are less concerned with Brian’s towel snap at the Buckeye than the validity of the story. So…read more.
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Rating the 2008 Super Bowl Commercials
A quick ranking on the on the Super Bowl commercials from 2008. Only new commercials, no TV show, music or movie promos: The Winner: – Baby speaks, talks about getting some coin and rents a Clown. Turns out to be a bit creepy. As much as I hate fake-talking babies, this was pretty great. (E*Trade) Top Tier: – Fellers stealth snacks spruce up lame cheese party (Bud Light) – Pocket stain interruptor (Tide stain stick) – Lizards do Thriller Dance (SoBe Life Water) – Sir Charles is a chatter box (t-mobile) – Mouse waiting game (Doritos) – Ferrell says Suck It (Bud Light) Mid-Tier: – Fire breathing sneezer (Bud Light) – Godfather/old luxury car in bed (Audi) – Sleeping Peeps, Mango (Diet Pepsi max) – Modern day warriors/shoes (Under Armour) – Jeter (Gatorate G2) – Giant Pigeons (FedEx) – Death Match circle (Cars.com) – Sleeping Badgers (Toyota) – Napoleon (Garmin) – Heart quits – too gross (CareerBuilder.com) – Never say never drawing (GMC Yukon) – Foreign guys drop lines on ladies (Bud Light) – Ugly gal tempts fellers (Planters nuts) – JT gets sucked (Pepsi) – Where’s Ted? (ideacast.com) – Get your story straight (NFL Network) – Witch Doctor (Cars.com) – Jockey Shaq (Vitamin Water) – Stewie, Underdog, Charlie Brown balloons battle (Coke) – Frist, Carville buddies around DC (Coke)…
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Friday from Yost
I finally made it out to Yost to see the Wolverines skate on Friday. It started off with a few sodas at Frasers and then we made it over to the game. Parking was a little brutal given the snow that rolled in this past week but we made it in with plenty of time. As we were looking for a spot we heard that Coach Berenson dismissed freshman Kevin Quick from the team so things were a little uneasy from the get go. The 3-3 result of Friday’s game [recap MLive] was a big disappointment but the action and play were not. I went in expecting an easy win over Northern Michigan but those guys played tough. After NMU netted the first score and then added a short-handed tally you knew it was going to be tight. All this said, Michigan had 20 more shots on goal (44-24, complete boxscore) and definitely had better chances. A few mistakes handling the puck and there you have it. Hobey Baker candidate Kevin Porter looked great, very nice puck handling, very quick… but I was really impressed with Travis Turnbull. He scored a great goal, added an assist and drew a key penalty on a breakaway. All in all another great time at Yost. It was then back to Fraser’s for postgame…
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WVU writer: Rodriguez “viciously and inexplicably forced” to leave
Has the Charleston Gazette writer that was very critical of Rodriguez when he first left for Michigan now done a 180? Read his article here. A few excerpts: * Now that I understand the facts, I feel it incumbent upon me to retreat and withdraw every petty thought, written or otherwise, I’ve entertained regarding West Virginia’s former football coach over the past month. * An apology is probably in order, too. After all, until Rodriguez’s legal team filed its response to West Virginia’s vitriolic and totally unnecessary original action demanding $4 million on the spot, it was difficult to see things from both sides and form a logical and reasoned conclusion. Now that I’ve been able to do that, I’m sorry. Yes, it drips with sarcasm from the local homer writer. But that’s what you get when you post during the Super Bowl.