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[dublinirish]

the way he's going as a ND fan, you'd want Harbaugh there as long as possible because he has them trending down wonderfully

 

[Legacy]

Otis Reese signs with Georgia.

Does Michigan have offensive line concerns after a small 2018 class? One signee

Should Michigan fans be worried about a “Down Year” on the trail?

 

[Luckylucci]

**** Michigan.

This makes the day that much better.

 

[Cpnd1]

Looks like Michigan will finish with a 247 score of 230.56, which would be the lowest score of a class in the BK era. Next year is looking like a make or break year for Harbaugh. Looking forward to September 1st.

 

[Luckylucci]

Looks like Michigan will finish with a 247 score of 230.56, which would be the lowest score of a class in the BK era. Next year is looking like a make or break year for Harbaugh. Looking forward to September 1st.

They have a couple of guys is their class that I like quite a bit. But top to bottom, this is a YUGE fail for Harbaugh.

 

[Henges24]

Tom, please tell us your thoughts in 42 paragraphs that nobody reads.

 

[GrangerIrish24]

So is Harbaugh a colt yet?

 

[Cpnd1]

They have a couple of guys is their class that I like quite a bit. But top to bottom, this is a YUGE fail for Harbaugh.

For sure, they still got us on some head to heads(McGrone and Ryan Hayes), but we did quite well against them this cycle (Tremble, Patterson, Simon). Week 1 is about the be a battle IMO, their defense is looking real nice next year. I see it being very similar to the 2012 game, just a defensive shitshow. I still think they lose at least two games next year. If they lose to OSU, MSU, and us, I find it hard to believe that Harbaugh will be around past next year.

 

[IrishLion]

It's gonna be super hilarious when Harbaugh does take another NFL job, and all the scUM fans try to explain it away as "he wasn't what we thought he would be..."

 

[IrishTusker]

I spotted this comment about ND on MGOBoard:

I visited there in the fall of 2016 when my daughter was picking schools. That campus, while pretty, was one of the most depressing places I had ever been. None of the kids were smiling and the whole place just seemed repressive and backwards. A stark contrast to NU, where all the kids were happy and obviously brilliant.

I just don't understand a kid choosing ND over Michigan. Even my super Catholic kid hated it.

It’s easy to be happy when you don’t care about how the football team does. Students are pretty depressed after a loss, and we all know how the 2016 season went.

On the other hand, maybe he should talk to the 60% of HS students who, when given the option between ND and UM, choose ND. (And that number would go up if you only looked at applicants who aren’t from Michigan)

And they say ND fans are delusional…

 

[IrishLax]

I spotted this comment about ND on MGOBoard:

It’s easy to be happy when you don’t care about how the football team does. Students are pretty depressed after a loss, and we all know how the 2016 season went.

On the other hand, maybe he should talk to the 60% of HS students who, when given the option between ND and UM, choose ND. (And that number would go up if you only looked at applicants who aren’t from Michigan)

And they say ND fans are delusional…

I mean regardless of how the football team is doing that anecdote is nonsensical. I lived through that '07 shit as a soph... my roommate was on ESPN saying "well if we just beat Navy..." and then we freaking lost to Navy for the first time in forever and he got trolled by a bunch Midshipmen on old school Facebook for like a solid year afterwards. Those were dark times.

All that was going on and we were still having a great time and "smiling" when walking around campus. The idea that he stepped foot in, say, LaFortune during a normal school day and "none" of the kids were smiling and it seemed "repressive and backwards" is just such obvious, terrible, make-believe nonsense. He's either making it up because he hates ND so much that he needs to project his insecurities with made up stories, or he left out the subtext of "my daughter didn't get it." Those are the only explanations.

Either way, I thought that comment was so funny I posted it in Patterson's thread and emailed it around to my ND co-workers here. So much salt... so much delicious salt...

 

[Rack Em]

I mean regardless of how the football team is doing that anecdote is nonsensical. I lived through that '07 shit as a soph... my roommate was on ESPN saying "well if we just beat Navy..." and then we freaking lost to Navy for the first time in forever and he got trolled by a bunch Midshipmen on old school Facebook for like a solid year afterwards. Those were dark times.

All that was going on and we were still having a great time and "smiling" when walking around campus. The idea that he stepped foot in, say, LaFortune during a normal school day and "none" of the kids were smiling and it seemed "repressive and backwards" is just such obvious, terrible, make-believe nonsense. He's either making it up because he hates ND so much that he needs to project his insecurities with made up stories, or he left out the subtext of "my daughter didn't get it." Those are the only explanations.

Either way, I thought that comment was so funny I posted it in Patterson's thread and emailed it around to my ND co-workers here. So much salt... so much delicious salt...

Or it was the same day as a Calculus test for the freshmen.

 

[MNIrishman]

I spotted this comment about ND on MGOBoard:



It’s easy to be happy when you don’t care about how the football team does. Students are pretty depressed after a loss, and we all know how the 2016 season went.

On the other hand, maybe he should talk to the 60% of HS students who, when given the option between ND and UM, choose ND. (And that number would go up if you only looked at applicants who aren’t from Michigan)

And they say ND fans are delusional…

Yeah, I have no idea what happened on this guy's visit. I'm guessing he's either making shit up (this is basically how Michigan fans think ND is...a colder, more depressing BYU, which couldn't be further from the truth), or he's just bitter like LAX said. If you look at those same numbers for ND and any university in the Midwest, you'll see cross-admits prefer ND. Obviously doesn't apply to kids who get into Michigan but not ND.

 

[phork]

NY Post, yes, but still fun to pile on.

https://nypost.com/2018/02/07/jim-harbaugh-is-a-big-loser-on-national-signing-day/

 

[Meatloaf]

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[Veritate Duce Progredi]

To be fair to Tommy, I wouldn't show up when a message board is gloating about the implosion of my program.

Yes, he's guilty by association but he's been mostly fair on here (besides showing up for the occasional gloat). I'm sure he'll be back to resume discussion. We'll need at least one skunkbear to talk with as the first game approaches.

 

[ThePiombino]

To be fair to Tommy, I wouldn't show up when a message board is gloating about the implosion of my program.

Yes, he's guilty by association but he's been mostly fair on here (besides showing up for the occasional gloat). I'm sure he'll be back to resume discussion. We'll need at least one skunkbear to talk with as the first game approaches.

Maybe. Maybe not. But if he wants our respect, he's going to need to do better than to show his face only when he has good UM news to rub in ours. See TTT...

 

[Ndaccountant]

 

[MNIrishman]

To be fair to Tommy, I wouldn't show up when a message board is gloating about the implosion of my program.

Yes, he's guilty by association but he's been mostly fair on here (besides showing up for the occasional gloat). I'm sure he'll be back to resume discussion. We'll need at least one skunkbear to talk with as the first game approaches.

I don't come to an ND board to hang out with losers.

 

[connor_in]

Muck Fichigan

That is all, have a nice day

 

[BoredIrish]

Muck Fichigan

That is all, have a nice day

If ND can win the season opener, things are going to get real interesting in Ann Arbor.

The only thing better than watching a Michigan tire fire is ND being the match that lit it. A loss to ND coupled with a couple in season losses in the Big 10 and the inevitable loss to OSU to end the season could spell the end for Jimmy boy.

Icing on the cake would be if Jimbo was fired from UM and Brother John got hired at ND... but now I'm just getting carried away.

 

[ab2cmiller]

Under-performing but recruiting well = Another year

Over-performing but under-recruiting = Another year

Under-performing and under-recruiting = Time to update resume

 

[GowerND11]

Reading MGoBlog like...

 

[NDShark]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Michigan's official visitors for the OSU game this year. They whiffed on all of them.<br><br>Nicholas Petit Frere<br>Eyabi Anoma<br>Jamarr Chase<br>Jayson Oweh<br>Tal Hufanga<br>Tommy Tremble<br>Tyler Friday</p>— Shawn L. Martin (@ShawnLMartin) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShawnLMartin/status/961224335598997505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 7, 2018</a></blockquote>
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It's been a fun day.

I thought McGrone was re-evaluated to be close to 5-star status? I guess it depends on which ranking your considering and that doesn't really dilute the point being made anyway.

 

[GowerND11]

Can I also add that MGoBlog might just be a worse place to navigate than NDNation...

 

[Irish#1]

F@ck Michigan!

 

[irish4ever]

F@ck Michigan!

You got that Sh*t right! Sweet to see their recruiting class end up being crappy!

 

[T Town Tommy]

I spotted this comment about ND on MGOBoard:



It’s easy to be happy when you don’t care about how the football team does. Students are pretty depressed after a loss, and we all know how the 2016 season went.

On the other hand, maybe he should talk to the 60% of HS students who, when given the option between ND and UM, choose ND. (And that number would go up if you only looked at applicants who aren’t from Michigan)

And they say ND fans are delusional…

Well... when I visited the campus in the 80's walking around I wasn't smiling either. I was freaking cold. Was only happy to finally be led to the Joyce Center for the basketball game. However, it wasn't named Joyce Center when I was there iirc.

edit: Just realized my OP read a little different than I intended. I loved walking around seeing the campus, visiting the bookstore, etc. But it was freaking cold for a November day. The visit was a bucket list item no doubt.

 

[ulukinatme]

To be fair to Tommy, I wouldn't show up when a message board is gloating about the implosion of my program.

Yes, he's guilty by association but he's been mostly fair on here (besides showing up for the occasional gloat). I'm sure he'll be back to resume discussion. We'll need at least one skunkbear to talk with as the first game approaches.

Why you gotta be a buzzkill? Lets enjoy ourselves here, no need to dirty the place up with rodent fans.

Maybe. Maybe not. But if he wants our respect, he's going to need to do better than to show his face only when he has good UM news to rub in ours. See TTT...

You respect a rival, you don't have to respect an enemy. USC is a rival, scUM is the other.

If ND can win the season opener, things are going to get real interesting in Ann Arbor.

The only thing better than watching a Michigan tire fire is ND being the match that lit it. A loss to ND coupled with a couple in season losses in the Big 10 and the inevitable loss to OSU to end the season could spell the end for Jimmy boy.

Icing on the cake would be if Jimbo was fired from UM and Brother John got hired at ND... but now I'm just getting carried away.

That's basically what happened when they went through the last coaching search. This was the match that lit the fire:

 

[IrishLion]

#RememberTheSix