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Emus lose opener in an “electrical” event

sitedad — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:22:32 +0000

I wasn’t able to attend last night’s EMU vs. Army football game, which is a shame since it is the only home night game on the schedule, and the night games can be kind of fun. But a loyal EMUTalk.org reader did go and I was happy to receive the following report:

“Eastern Michigan [...]

“It’s hard for me to say I’m sorry…”

sitedad — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:12:21 +0000

Here’s the latest quote about Ron English’s foot-in-mouth about single mothers, from “clickondetroit” channel 4, “EMU Coach Defends His Words About Single Moms.” Here’s a quote:

Eastern Michigan University’s head football coach Ron English said he wasn’t attacking single moms.Earlier this summer, English said he wants recruits that have fathers in their background [...]

EMU Football MAC Media Day Stuff

sitedad — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:46:56 +0000

Also in non-strike EMU news (well, sort of) is the above video and this link to EMU’s Ron English (and a couple players) talking Media Day stuff with the MAC folks.

I say “non-strike” news, but it is hard for me not to flinch/remember the stuff that the EMU-AAUP has been saying about [...]

Four thoughts on this billboard

sitedad — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:25:05 +0000

I guess you’d call this a billboard; it’s hanging on the Student Center right now. Anyway, my four thoughts (please add your own in the comments):

I would really prefer if our students did not cheer their brains out as they might need them for classes. As an overweight white guy myself, the [...]

EMU Professor one of Michigan’s best Senior Olympian pole vaulters

sitedad — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:27:34 +0000

It’s Sunday morning, and this seems like a nice and happy feature story to share around EMUTalk.org: from Annarbor.com, “Eastern Michigan professor Howard Booth, 67, one of state’s best Senior Olympian pole vaulters.” The opening lines:

Howard Booth was curious. He cut down the sapling in his three-acre backyard and shaped it into a [...]

“English pens letter on single moms remark”

sitedad — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 03:33:20 +0000

I’ve been out of town for much of last week, but apparently English has tried again to apologize for his “single mom” snafu. From ESPN’s College Football Nation comes “English pens letter on single moms remark,” which was a “letter to the editor,” though the piece doesn’t say which paper. Anyway, read it yourself.

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Ron English’s bad attitude about single moms (and some assigned reading)

sitedad — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:51:45 +0000

A loyal EMUTalk.org reader sent me this from the Freep.com, “Eastern Michigan coach Ron English sells single moms short,” which is a column by Mick McCabe where he (obviously) takes issue with English’s less than brilliant observation. Here’s a quote:

In a July 31 story in the Detroit News, English said: “We wanted guys [...]

“Eastern Michigan football coach Ron English tears his team down to properly rebuild his program”

sitedad — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:09:56 +0000

This from yesterday’s annarbor.com: “Eastern Michigan football coach Ron English tears his team down to properly rebuild his program.” At first, I thought this was going to be a story about Ron English getting emotional and crying, but it turns out to mean “tear down” as in “rebuild.” Here are the opening paragraphs of [...]

“EMU Football Picked Sixth in MAC Football Poll”

sitedad — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:03:43 +0000

As noted on the EMU Athletics web site, “EMU Football Picked Sixth in MAC Football Poll.” I don’t want to be a a pessimist here, but this kind of seems like wishful thinking….

Second annual NCAA Men’s basketball pool and the moral of the story from this year’s tourney

sitedad — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:00:10 +0000

The second annual EMUTalk.org College Basketball Tournament Pick’em pool kind of ended in the form of a massive tie, mainly because all 10 participants picked either Kentucky or Kansas for the win. Regardless of our collective lack of pick ‘em prowess, congratulations to MyBracket and Mehmet’s 2010, the tied winners at 63 points and [...]