we added another writer to BGS, kevin
by Jay 
, San Diego, Thursday, February 19, 2009, 09:29 (6082 days ago)
The occasion caused me to look back through the BGS archives, specifically at the articles abandoned in "draft" mode over the years.
We have 157 posts still sitting in various stages of draft going back to 2004. Some were simply placeholders or reminders. Others, half-assed efforts that never got off the ground. Still others are good ideas just waiting to blossom.
It's like rummaging through some crazy person's attic.
Devolution of an Offense 3/1/09
Beating Phil to the Punch 1/0/00
Recruiting to Win 2/18/09
back for 2009 2/15/09
play action passes 2/15/09
running on empty 1/20/09
Living on a Thin Line 1/16/09
Pollin' and Pickin' 1/15/09
Death by Simplification 1/5/09
hawaii notes ------- re: Clausen -- awesome game... 1/5/09
BlogPoll Record 12/18/08
Diagnosis 12/2/08
hopalong 11/26/08
elite coach post 11/26/08
plausible scenarios 11/24/08
wanny pictures 10/31/08
back to the lake -cruise way to normal - boo ty... 10/28/08
clausen improvement 10/15/08
defensive review 10/14/08
the Butch Davis comparison 10/14/08
SkyWriting 10/6/08
What a difference a day makes 9/28/08
Team on Wire 9/21/08
http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/1147811,lo... 9/6/08
First things first 9/3/08
1. eric gordon (msu) 2. justin Kershaw (MSU) DL 3... 9/1/08
Where are the Irish ranked? 8/29/08
drive starts 8/28/08
scheduling roundup 8/28/08
Watch List 8/12/08
Trivia 7/14/08
temp OL penalty post 7/2/08
Summer Service project 7/1/08
Top 50 recruits review 6/22/08
bejingirish 6/20/08
SMQ freshman QB stuff 6/16/08
Post Spring Cleaning 6/5/08
no Charlie travels (link) new rule Saban rule Z... 5/25/08
One of the common thoughts for all Irish fans this... 4/9/08
Back From the Dead 4/9/08
St. Patrick's Day 3/17/08
Post Ideas 3/9/08
How about the other guy? 2/20/08
Wayne Edmonds 2/17/08
Recruiting the future 2/11/08
moving up, moving down 2/10/08
All Signs Point South 2/4/08
Running with the Bulls Scheduling 1/24/08
The Worst of the Best 1/7/08
Omar no more 1/1/08
ND stories 12/25/07
fiasco - the '07 Y.I.R. 12/23/07
Megatrends 12/19/07
All-American Lists 12/10/07
You Be the Judge 12/3/07
Going Once, Going Twice 11/30/07
Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo 11/27/07
Ugly 11/25/07
Statisically Speaking - Duke 11/22/07
More musings 11/19/07
BCS Breakdown 11/9/07
Pitch Right 11/6/07
letter to charlie 11/4/07
What in the hell was he thinking? 11/4/07
Potential Quotes 10/25/07
offensive examination 10/15/07
Together as One (and Six) 10/15/07
bc bullet points 10/14/07
ND roundtable 10/11/07
30 Game Check-up 10/2/07
South Bend Transfer Project 10/1/07
the defensive grind 9/17/07
thoughts & notes 9/16/07
Willingham versus Weis articles 9/15/07
defensive notes 9/12/07
This Wolverine Life 9/12/07
Everybody's Got a Hungry Hart 9/12/07
drive efficiency, conversation, etc 9/4/07
appalachian state mea culpa 9/3/07
Low expectations 9/1/07
Opponent Position Preview: the Summary 8/30/07
untitled screen game post 8/29/07
Snapshot 8/29/07
Sky Writing 8/29/07
ND Position Preview 8/29/07
The McMonologue Group 8/28/07
GT stuff 8/28/07
defense: what to look for 8/28/07
Watch Lists 8/23/07
Long TDs 8/21/07
Meet Corwin 8/10/07
What if the Bush Push were called correctly? 7/23/07
corrigan article for future reference 7/23/07
Heart vs. Brain 7/1/07
the Corwin Effect 6/28/07
Season Predictions 6/15/07
green jersey debate (for a later post) 6/11/07
Scheduling 201 6/8/07
Michael Harper Phantom TD 4/26/07
Hey Ma! Brady's on the Tee-Vee! 4/25/07
Because his lips are moving 4/4/07
Gassers 3/21/07
Sons & Fathers 2/22/07
the ones that got away 2/10/07
vannie's post 1/28/07
the rubicon 1/27/07
Conference Call 1/10/07
Bedraggled 1/8/07
Tracking the Heisman trackers 1/7/07
pythagoras 1/5/07
minter? 12/2/06
Bowl Prep, Take Two 12/2/06
The Ratings Game - Swiss Edition 11/29/06
A senior moment 11/13/06
Ramblings from the Road 10/30/06
Stalled in First 10/26/06
Quinn in the Clutch 10/26/06
Going for it on 4th? Stats for the season. The k... 10/25/06
Relatively Speaking 10/17/06
stanford notes 10/9/06
pep rally post 10/9/06
the conversation 10/8/06
PSU notes 9/12/06
The more things change..... 9/6/06
Deconstructing the 12-game schedule 8/28/06
the Science (and Art) of Scheduling 8/22/06
Ludicrous Efficiency! 8/21/06
In Defense of the Defense 8/2/06
shirt update 7/27/06
YouTube Irish 7/23/06
Where would they be without wishful thinking? 6/26/06
srsly ppl 6/24/06
Tracking Weis 5/31/06
The Wrong Way To Do The Right Thing 5/19/06
Point differentials 4/22/06
scheduling Georgia? 3/27/06
The ones that got away 3/9/06
Excitement Factor 2/18/06
news and notes 2/11/06
the Entertainers 2/6/06
Things I've Learned 1/27/06
An Open Letter to Coach Weis 1/26/06
My Man Mitch 1/17/06
Third down 1/13/06
The Committee to Re-evaluate the American Playoff ... 12/10/05
One Year Ago 12/3/05
Why the Fiesta is right 12/3/05
Coaching Comparison 11/10/05
Altering History 10/27/05
Southern Cal Clearinghouse 10/19/05
The Game 10/18/05
These Guys Know Something About Football 9/13/05
A telling scene... 7/30/05
Play Like A (Cold-Weather) Champion Today 6/6/05
Monk's Ledger 5/16/05
System vs. System 4/12/05
Graduation Rates 2/26/05
pop culture Irish 1/1/00
That reminds me
by Jeff (BGS) , A starter home in suburban Tempe, Sunday, February 22, 2009, 09:35 (6079 days ago) @ Jay
I've been meaning to dust off that "Running on Empty" post. With all the talk about needing improvements in the running game lately, it's actually probably more timely now then when I started it.
What's scary...
by domer.mq 
, Thursday, February 19, 2009, 12:03 (6082 days ago) @ Jay
is that is just a list of stuff you didn't post.
Our list of things we haven't posted in the last 2 years totals, I think, 8.
I don't know where you guys get the time.
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Speaking of old stuff...
by Kevin , Thursday, February 19, 2009, 10:59 (6082 days ago) @ Jay
What in the hell was he thinking?
(Warning: bad language follows. This is an R-rated post -- please skip it if you are sensitive. If you choose to read it, please picture Chevy Chase in Vacation, or Steve Martin at the rental car counter in Planes, Trains and Automobiles, and you should get the sense and tone of my exasperation here. Mom, I'm sorry.)
BUG-EYED mad. Pissed off. Spitting bullets. Even after a night of sleeping on it, I wake up supremely angry. Maybe even angrier than when I went to sleep. So mad I can't even see straight.
I can't figure it out. You have a chance to WIN THE GAME IN REGULATION and you just pass on it....
I think that was the only post we ever put back on the shelf
by Jay , San Diego, Thursday, February 19, 2009, 11:10 (6082 days ago) @ Kevin
edited by Jay, Thursday, February 19, 2009, 12:07
after it hung out there for a day. It seemed like a good idea in the morning; by the evening, I was rethinking things. Then my actual mom actually did post a comment in the thread taking me to task.
Luckily Brian Cook thought he was being cool by copying and pasting it to mgoblog and then going off in some geektastic orgasm about how "you can't put the internet back in the bottle stupid BGSers!!1"
If only Brian understood the internet...
by domer.mq , Thursday, February 19, 2009, 12:04 (6082 days ago) @ Jay
enough to look up and see that Matt Lovechio didn't play QB for Ty.
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do you still read him regularly?
by Jay , San Diego, Thursday, February 19, 2009, 14:17 (6081 days ago) @ domer.mq
I admit I dropped off over a year ago.
We get a lot of e-mails every time...
by domer.mq , Thursday, February 19, 2009, 19:32 (6081 days ago) @ Jay
he mentions ND in any way.
Guess we made ourselves the resident MGoBlog cattle prod or something.
I dunno, it's sort of a fun shtick.
I do read his AOL or Yahoo stuff a lot, whichever it is. It pops up in the various RSS feed I built using Yahoo Pipes to search the net for news. The national stuff is at least fairly prolific.
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how do you like using Yahoo Pipes?
I haven't built any pipes, but the idea is pretty interesting.
I like it pretty well...
by domer.mq , Friday, February 20, 2009, 08:56 (6081 days ago) @ Pat
It's a bit tricky sometimes. A lot of trial and error, really, but you'll get the hang of it. The only thing I don't like is that there isn't a "really advanced" option that would let me define certain things with some strong knowledge of scripting or something.
If you want, I think they let you share pipes. I can share a couple I use so you can take a look. Let me know.
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I only read his defensive breakdowns
by Spesh , Los Angeles, Thursday, February 19, 2009, 14:42 (6081 days ago) @ Jay
and that's only for the few games before they play us. After that, I don't read him at all.