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David (Spartan)
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Lover and spreadsheet maker of all things sports, physics, and Esports.

Former college marching mellophone and current assistant coach for the Grand Rapids Sled Wings. Hockey is for all, y'all.
Those last few years he had were rough, even looking outside of his failure to prevent hazing.

I really worry about what'll happen when Izzo retires based on what has happened to football.
December 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Any idea why guys like Graham Couch are so excited for this move, while most of the fan sentiment I've seen is the polar opposite? Usually our best writers are pretty aligned with the fanbase.
December 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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I seriously have no idea why you’d hire Pat Fitzgerald. He wasn’t a playcaller or strategic mind, his whole schtick was selling Northwestern Culture because he played there, and then it turns out that culture featured a brutal atmosphere of sexual hazing
November 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Voting with our wallets is the only way they will learn.
November 30, 2025 at 9:13 PM
A level headed take, feeling a lot of the same. A good guy, but not the right fit. I just hope we don't go down the Fitzgerald rabbit hole, I don't want a guy with baggage.

I wonder if the Ferris State coach is looking to make the jump to D1?
November 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I just worry that changing rules to help a specific team because you want them to be there sets a slippery slope where the big brand name schools will get even more of a leg up.
November 30, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Nah, the postseason should be about who deserves it, not who's theoretically the best.

Duke and Miami have the same number of conference losses, with the major difference being the strength of record of whom they played. It's silly for a conference to outsource their championship to the committee.
November 30, 2025 at 3:35 AM
S-tier Ivy League banter
November 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This was the first, and is likely the last, year that the Ivy League was a 2-bid league.
November 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
That's the Michigan Difference™️
November 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Ew
November 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM