The Blue Board

That is why I like MrWoodsons 4-team pod format if the B1G goes to 16 teams. One off, three on with all teams.

Edit: with all teams not in your pod. You play the teams in your pod every year.

Merry Christmas, from a friend of mine who is a U of M grad. He's funny as hell and each year I get great cards from him. One year he was out for the Rosebowl, and walked by a group of people protesting meat eaters they were PETA i think, so he bought a bunch of steaks at a store, some Milk, and held them up in front of the PETA group with a "Merry Christmas" to all of us.

Anyway, this years card.

Good job.

Evans maybe the biggest prize out of the kids that are already committed.

Man, looking it, Wisconsin was off to a nice start for the 2014 class.

That's a great card. Do you have a problem if I save a copy of that and send it to a friend of mine.......and MGoBlog......and Dave Brandon?

Went to the Barclay Center yesterday for a Nets game...

Pretty nice looking arena from the outside. Sort of reminds me of a Gheary building but with tons of hi def screens and lights all over it. Very good site lines, and you feel pretty close to the game because of the angle seating sections.

The interior is also loaded with screens and anyone that ever rips MSU for advertising on their new stadium boards is out of touch with reality. They were constantly flashing McDonalds, Starbucks and Barclays advertisements the entire game.

Also, I hadn't gone to an NBA game in years but is it normal to play music during the game?

The entire game they played hip hop during the action and it was really bad stuff.

BOOM CRASH BOOM CRASH BOOM BOOM CRASH BOOM with some MC in a call to arms style chant going BROO KLUN BROO BROO KLUN.

The repetition of it was maddening to me, I needed a frigging Tylenol by the end of the 1st half.

If you are ADD, have a yen for loud rap music and a t-shirt cannon that can reach the top of the stadium I think you'll have a great time.

The Knicks still have the best team, tradition and arena IMO.

Oh, don't play coy. You know the meltdown would be 2-3 times the activity of a commitment. Might as well prep some popcorn for that.

It only takes one player to defect after a coaching change for a wave uncertainty to wash over the rest of the committed players. I think the teams trying to flip players actually have a big advantage in that there is so little time left for a decision to be made and for visits to be had. If this all went down earlier in the year then the coach would have plenty of time to build a relationship with the committed players. However, under the current circumstances, opposing coaches may have a stronger relationship with the players considering how much longer they've been recruiting them. Additionally, they can easily use one of their official visits so that there is no financial burden looking around. Wisconsin is a in a very interesting predicament.

I think MSU stands the most to gain from the coaching change at Wisconsin. It seems like you guys battled for a lot of the same recruits in this cycle.

Yeah, I think their 2014 class was the highest ranked in the B1G thus far.

You know what they say about blind squirrels..

No problem. Background on the guy, he's a michigan grad, his Dad was ND, and his mom was MSU, he ha a position in our State that is fairly important. His sense of humor is beyond funny.

You can use this one too. Remember the Rather hall brawl? This one was the card from that year. I love the "Peace on Earth" part of it. Sorry the top is dark, he's wearing a ski mask.

Yep, I won't even go to the board. By all accounts and by the SI article I read from the kid last year, he's just an outstanding human being. He said "Basketball is what I do, it's not who I am". He does a billion great things as a person, not just a basketball player. That's why any idiot on the RCMB who says one bad word about him will hit my ignore button for the rest of the time. The kid, by all accounts will weigh out what is best for him. At that point, leave him the hell alone.

BTW, I'm thinking the other schools he shuns will be just as disapointed.