Dave Briggs
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Sports columnist for The Toledo Blade. AP Top 25 football voter. Email: dbriggs @theblade .com.
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Michigan DT Kris Jenkins on Ohio State's Cotton Bowl debacle: "Yeah, no, I didn't like that at all. That wasn't the team we played. I mean, I'm a hater, so I don't really like to see them win, but I don't want to see them go out like that, either, That was rough."
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To play devil’s advocate, asked an epidemiologist what he would tell the fans who wonder what’s the big deal about letting the coronavirus run through a team of healthy college athletes.
“You can print this: F--- you.”
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Updating the Harbaugh numbers. Michigan will kick off 2018 season Sept. 1 at Notre Dame having not beaten a team with winning record in 665 days.
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Remember that quote about Michigan being the only school “that competes with the bluebloods athletically” and “academically”?Figuring UM would want to tout this, I filed a records request for the average ACT/SAT scores of its football players. UM denied it
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Briggs: For better or worse, the mythology of the Michigan Man is now dead
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Briggs: The hypocrisy of Jim Harbaugh and Michigan football
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New Ohio State coach Jake Diebler, who grew up all over NW Ohio: "When people ask me where I’m from, I tell them I’m from the 419.”
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In latest NCAA academic report, we were reminded which power programs at least make an effort with academics and which don't pretend.
Football Graduation Success Rate (% of players who earn degree within six years):
Clemson 99
Alabama 93
Michigan 89
Ohio State 87
...
Georgia 41
Briggs: Yes, it's true, Toledo football is graduating players at same rate as Ivy League programs via
@toledonews
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Gov. Mike DeWine just renewed his OSU season tickets. I asked if he anticipates Buckeyes will play this fall.
“I would certainly think they could figure out how to do a season...Can we go watch them? I think it's much too early to be making that [call].”
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C.J. Stroud showing off his artistry at Peach Bowl media day.
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Source: Bowling Green State University women’s basketball coach Robyn Fralick has informed her team she is headed to Michigan State.
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In appearance in Toledo last night, Peyton Manning dropped in a great story about his older brother Cooper visiting for one of his Tennessee football games.
Sorry, Big Blue Nation 🤣
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During the 2021-22 school year, the OHSAA reported a $5.6 million profit, and now has a surplus of $20.3 million.
That might be smart business, but when will enough be enough for the not-for-profit organization?
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For the first time in more than 19 months, the gates at Fifth Third Field will open for a pro baseball game today. Cubs-Tigers playing an alternate site exhibition (and rematch of the 1945 World Series!).
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Add the MAC to the line of leagues pushing hard to come back. ADs met last night. Hope is for 6 to 8-game season, beginning Oct. 24, with title game at Ford Field. Presidents meeting Saturday. “We don’t have a choice,” source said. Details w/
@NickPBlade
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Big news here. Toledo is hiring Mount Union coach Vince Kehres as a defensive assistant, per sources. Role not finalized, but will be either linebacker coach/asst. head coach or defensive coordinator.
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Just a couple of Toledo guys getting ready for a ballgame.
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Briggs: A year in the life of the Ohio State-Michigan rivalry through The Blade's obituaries via
@toledonews
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DeShone Kizer on the red carpet, accompanied by his sister, Maelyn.
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Jim Nantz name-dropping Inverness on CBS broadcast of The Memorial.
“They need to get another major.”
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In a little-reported arrangement, LPGA tournaments are required to pay $500,000 to subsidize the cable telecast of their events.
They're paying to be seen.
But what happens if no one can see them? What the hell are they paying for then?
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Per ESPN, previous NBA record for 3s through eight playoff games was 90. Cleveland has 118 through seven games.
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Ohio State now 8-1 as the underdog in the Urban Meyer/Ryan Day era.
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Big news here. In response to report of alleged off-campus hazing incident, Bowling Green State University preparing to announce that three hockey players have been suspended and coach Ty Eigner has been placed on administrative leave. Investigation ongoing.
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When 2 starters urinated in public, Urban Meyer dropped the hammer.
When star QB drove drunk? Suspension, lost scholarship. When Carlos Hyde was investigated in alleged assault? Didn’t matter no charges filed. 3-gm suspension. Zach Smith? Annual raises.
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A spokesman for the JD Vance campaign weighs in on Rally-Gate:
“J.D. will definitely check the score frequently while these great Ohio programs are playing."
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Four years after BGSU eliminated baseball to cut costs during the pandemic—only for hundreds of alums to crowdfund the program back to life—look at the Falcons now.
They’re not just hanging on.
They're authoring one of the best stories in college sports.
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Briggs: The OHSAA is making huge profits. Where the heck is the money going? via
@toledonews
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John Beilein on Jay Wright: “At the end of the game, he’ll still look like George Clooney and I’ll still look like Columbo.”
#FinalFour
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Warde Manuel said Michigan would be open to playing Ohio State next week.
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Briggs: Hallelujah! Toledo-Bowling Green football game expected to return to Saturday via
@toledonews
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Jimmy Haslam owns two companies. One of them — Pilot Flying J — fleeced trucking companies. The other is the Browns. For the fans at the Perfect Season Parade, there's no doubt which is the bigger case of consumer fraud.
@Reflog_18
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Briggs: Yes, it's true, Toledo football is graduating players at same rate as Ivy League programs via
@toledonews
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How's this for a cool
@bgsu
connection to the Super Bowl?
Both defensive coordinators in the game—Steve Spagnuolo (Chiefs) and Steve Wilks (49ers)—are former Bowling Green football coaches.
Spagnuolo was DB coach in 96 and 97; Wilks the DB coach in 03.
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Briggs: Something magical is happening with Bowling Green State University baseball via
@toledonews
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Bottom line: Games like Toledo-BG are a public trust, and if the students, boosters, and taxpayers who subsidize MAC football can't fully enjoy the game they most anticipate, what's the point of having a money-losing athletic department in the first place?
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J.R. Smith on the transition from the Knicks to the Cavs: "Talk about starting from the bottom, and now I'm here."
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Awesome, and so cool for Greg Kampe. Defiance native. Bowling Green grad. Former Toledo assistant.
"Just go shoot it, baby. You're the best."
- What Oakland coach Greg Kampe told Jack Gohlke
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Picture a horse and buggy with a broken GPS weaving through traffic on the highway.
If the carriage was also on fire, that would be the Big Ten.
I’d tell it to speed up and pick a lane, but that would assume the league is still on the road.
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Didn’t realize LeBron’s groin injury required a procedure that removed his spine, too.
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Bowling Green State University basketball coach Michael Huger has been fired, sources tell The Blade. Huger -- who has two years remaining on his contract -- was informed this AM.
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As noted before, Jimmy Haslam owns two companies.
One of them fleeced trucking companies in a fuel rebate scam that resulted in guilty pleas by 14 former employees.
The other is the Browns.
It's not clear which is the bigger case of consumer fraud.
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When the boss approved a road trip to visit the best group of college football receivers in the Midwest, we didn’t have to go far.
@ToledoFB
the first program in NCAA history to return three players with 10 TD catches in a season.
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In response to report of alleged off-campus hazing incident, Bowling Green State University preparing to announce that three hockey players have been placed on interim suspension and coach Ty Eigner has been placed on administrative leave. Investigation ongoing.
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OSU's combined 311-78 record in football and basketball over past 8 yrs (.799 winning pct) leads nation. Florida second (303-96, .759).
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FWIW, as of today, one top Vegas oddsmaker said Ohio State would be a 13-point favorite over Michigan in Columbus.
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Wow. The Toledo women's basketball team stuns fifth-seeded Iowa State. Biggest tourney upset (by seed) in school history.
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Briggs: New Toledo AD meets with — GASP! — the diehards on the Rockets' message board via
@toledonews
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With respect to John Denver … Saturday Night in Toledo, Ohio was pretty damn awesome.
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Toledo’s Jason Candle was recently mocking the culture of paranoia in CFB when he extended an offhand invitation to opposing teams.
“I can send you the playbook if you want.”
This week, I asked to take him to up on that.
“OK, what do you want to see?”
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Harbaugh confidant Todd Anson: “Is Jim Harbaugh the happiest he’s ever been? Not at 8-3. I guarantee you, no. But is he very, very happy in Ann Arbor? ... Yes.”
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A Bowling Green team that reintroduced fun, winning basketball to Falcons fans did itself proud to the end
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Home run hire for Michigan State. Needed just three seasons to turn a down-and-out Falcons program into MAC champions. Teams play fun, run-and-gun, in-your-face style.
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Briggs: The real reason Ohio State had its heart ripped out, and what to do about it via
@toledonews
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Ohio State AD Gene Smith: "You find out who your real friends are in times like this." And Michigan may be its best.
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I don’t want to say something special is happening with this Bowling Green hockey team.
Not just seven games into the season. No, sir, we are too LEVEL-HEADED!!!
But ...
Fine, something special is happening.
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If you felt the earth shiver today, it was the gap between the region’s tectonic football plates — Ohio State and Michigan — growing wider.
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One man's AP Top 25 vote: 1. Bama, 2. Miami, 3. OU, 4. Clem, 5. Wisky, 6. Auburn, 7. UGA, 8. Ohio St, 9. TCU, 10. OK State 11. ND, 12. UCF, 13. WSU, 14. USC, 15. PSU, 16. Memphis, 17. Miss St, 18. Stanford, 19. Washington, 20. Sparty, 21. UM, 22. WVU, 23. ISU, 24. LSU, 25. Boise
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More Bowling Green hockey news:
Per sources, star forward Austen Swankler — who was not one of the suspended players — has entered the transfer portal.
Swankler is the CCHA preseason player of the year.
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There are many things open to debate in this world.
Whether Notre Dame star Grace VanSlooten is one of the top high school girls basketball players in northwest Ohio is not one of them.
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Robyn Fralick went 104-3 as the head coach at Division II Ashland.
At BG, she has rebuilt the Falcons into MAC champs in her third year (with 3 freshmen in starting lineup).
Moral: Great coaches are great coaches and Fralick continues to prove just that.
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👀
Inverness now the top-rated course in Ohio in Golf Magazine’s latest Top 100 U.S. rankings.
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Briggs: Sorry, but it's a joke Toledo marching band has to ask for donations to attend Arizona Bowl via
@toledonews
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Urban Meyer after Michigan last year: “My AD at Florida used to always tell me, ‘If you can’t get [one yard], you’re not a championship team. We used to talk about that all the time, and I agree with him. ... If you can’t get that, we’re not a championship team anyway.”
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OSU WR Michael Thomas said he has not made up mind on NFL. Focus is on game, "don't want to be selfish."
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And on the first night of MACtion, the football gods said, “Let there be snow!”
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“This could have been a once-in-a-lifetime team.”
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One thing working big in OSU's favor: Buckeyes have as many wins over FBS teams with winning records (7) as TCU and Baylor have combined
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Bo Ryan: "For Ohio State (football) to do what they did was huge. ... We're going to try to represent the Big Ten, for sure."
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An NHL game in Bowling Green, how 'bout it?
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Toledo AD Bryan Blair: "Zero excuses for everybody in Toledo not to be here. Turn off the lights, kiss your dog goodbye, get down the highway, and be here, because you can make the difference. ... Let’s go make it happen, not wait for it to happen.”
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OSU sold out 13,000-ticket allotment to Sugar Bowl in less than day; Buckeyes fans holding own against Bama on secondary market.
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Jim Harbaugh was the savings bond of college football.
Just wait, we were told.
Wait until he recruits his own players.
Develops his own QB.
Chaperones his team on a spring vacation to every continent.
Just wait.
It will pay off down the road.
Well ...
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With no college offers, he spent his first year out of school bouncing between jobs.
Dunkin' Donuts. ShopRite. A bread warehouse.
Five years later, he's set to report for another job, this one with required Sunday hours.
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When LBJ returned in 14, was at a Panera in CLE w/
@BenAxelrod
, who hyperventilated at the news. “I thought you won the lottery,” a woman said. “We did!" he cried. "We all did!" Four yrs later, we know it was true. James gave city the ride of a lifetime.
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ESPN—and the MAC—either needs to value UT-BG rivalry enough to broadcast game on one of its main networks or leave it alone to be played on Saturday afternoon in October where it belongs. Wednesday night was a farce
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Following up on
@TonyPaul1984
's report...
ESPN has agreed to "protect" four MAC rivalries: Toledo-BG, Akron-Kent, Miami-Ohio, and CMU-WMU.
Rivalry games will rotate in and out of weeknight MACtion, two years on, two years off (on a Saturday).
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One of the Cleveland Indians' secret weapons? A front office filled with ... former baseball writers.
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Good news on BG linebacker Demetrius Hardamon, who was carted off on backboard during Falcons’ game at Michigan. Scot Loeffler said Hardamon underwent successful surgery. May be able to play again.
Loeffler said Jim Harbaugh visited Hardamon at UM hospital multiple times.
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Ed Heintschel: "I know for the haters or whatever, there’s no good time to retire. If I go when Vince goes, it’s, ‘Oh, he got out just in time.’ If we have a bad year and then I go, it’s, ‘Oh, I can’t take the losing.’"
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If there's one sports hill I'll die on ...
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If Ohio State had decided on a search to replace Urban Meyer, its top four outside candidates were Iowa State's Matt Campbell, Syracuse's Dino Babers, Bob Stoops, and a current NFL coach, per source.
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A lot of blaming of everybody but the drunk driver in Dispatch letters to editor today
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Not a bad opening night for MAC basketball 👀
NIU—picked to finish last—wins at Washington
Miami wins at Ga. Tech
Akron falls on buzzer beater at No. 17 Ohio State
Eastern Michigan takes Indiana to the wire
Ohio routs Belmont
Toledo beats Valpo
CMU makes Missouri sweat
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CFP executive director Bill Hancock: "The committee had significant discussion about Toledo" this week.
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The
@Toledo_MBB
team's first game at Savage Arena remains its biggest: a 59-57 win over defending champ Indiana in 1976 that ended Hoosiers' 33-gm streak.
A gracious Bob Knight: "Hell, I'm not surprised at anything that happened. Bobby Nichols is a hell of a basketball coach."
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Is it possible the Walleye have the best atmosphere in minor league sports?
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Food for thought ...
Ryan Day (last 50 games): 43-7, 1-3 against Michigan, 2-5 vs top-five teams.
John Cooper (1995 to 1998): 43-7, 1-3 against Michigan, 3-4 vs top-five teams.
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Matt Kregel: "Our message is to have some compassion because the people who do get it, it's terrifying. Good friends of ours will say things like, ‘This is no worse than the flu. I don't understand why we’re so afraid.’ Trust me, it’s worse than the flu.”
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Bowling Green coach Scot Loeffler said Jason Candle was the first coach to reach out to him after his health scare.
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Briggs: Here's the unheard-of promise BG coach Scot Loeffler made his bosses via
@toledonews
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Bowling Green AD Derek van der Merwe made strong men's and women's basketball hires last year. Another big search coming with hockey.
Have said it before, but BG should be all-in on hockey, the one sport in which it has won an NCAA title and realistically can aspire to again.
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Just talked to QB guru George Whitfield on Cardale Jones: "I haven't seen anything like his arm, and I've been around a lot of quarterbacks"
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