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[923] Of Michigan is 8-0

I slept through the ball game and so, damn me. Nevertheless, the first time I did after I realize wasn’t dead yet was to log on the internet, go to Yahoo! and shouted from the top of my lung, Yahoooooooo-ooo!

Michigan steamrolled over Iowa:

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Mike Hart kept his legs churning and his knees chugging, plowing into an Iowa defense stacked to stop him.

It took a while, but Michigan’s little engine finally broke through — and the Wolverines’ defense did the rest.

Hart and Michigan brushed off the burden of being No. 2 by bullying the Hawkeyes around the Big House in a 20-6 victory on Saturday.

The 5-foot-9, 196-pound tailback ran for 126 yards and two second-half touchdowns on 31 carries, and linebacker Shawn Crable and crew put together another punishing defensive performance.

With Iowa (5-3, 2-3) out of the way, only three losing teams stand between Michigan (8-0, 5-0) and top-ranked Ohio State on Nov. 18.

Let’s see how it looked like on the field!

Fair Use. By AP Photo/Al Goldis, from Yahoo! http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/photo?slug=54568a82a9c0423ca1f8b40ed874cbfe.iowa_michigan_football_aas106&prov=ap
Iowan Mattison to Henne: “Please, please, gimme the ball! I’ll do anything for you!”
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Hawkeyes: Get him!
Hart: So long suckers!
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Touchdown Michigan!

I look forward to November 18 2006.

In the meantime, Ajax is up against Feyenoord. Ajax should not have too much problem, seeing how deep in shit Feyenoord currently is right now. LOL!

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[921] Of between the Wolverines and the Hawkeyes

This is the last tough match before The Game. If Michigan defeated Iowa, the NCAAF sets to witness the most explosive college rivalry in recent times. Michigan will meet Iowa on the field at 1500 EST; that’s 0300 MST. That’s roughly 12 more hours to go.

I plan to stay up and listen to the game online.

Not too long ago, there were 14 undefeated teams. Three weeks later, there are only seven, inclusive of Ohio State and Michigan. After this weekend, I bet only six will survive. Two undefeated teams West Virginia and Louisville are set to duke ’em out against each other.

On related note, presenting to you, the new Big House:

Preliminary schematic designs for renovation and additions to Michigan Stadium were shared with the public today (Oct. 23). Once the designs are finalized over the next several weeks, they will be presented to the Board of Regents for consideration.

Athletic Department officials will hold public presentations in Ann Arbor, Flint and Dearborn to share the plans with the community. Detailed information, including the designs, can be found at www.umich.edu/stadium.

The best thing is:

The two proposed structures would rise to a height of 85 feet above the concourse, 10 feet higher than the scoreboard in either end zone. Martin notes the structures also will help direct crowd noise back onto the field, providing a greater home field advantage.

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

The Michigan Daily has more coverage on it.

The Big House is already the largest college football stadium in the United States. This is how it looked like in 2004, during the Miami Ohio game:

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Let’s Go Blue!

p/s – bless the ITD. Listen to the pre-game trash talk, previous games, etc. The ball game should be on when it should be on.

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[906] Of yesterday’s DAP forum

I was at a DAP forum yesterday. I came earlier than most people and sat in the third row.

I really don’t want to comment on it but I have a picture that I wanted to share.

Some rights reserved. By Mohd Hafiz Noor Shams

Nope. There’s no mistake in the photo. The focus is intentional. This is how I felt after the forum started to drag on and on with odd questions in form of speeches. Somehow, some people have trouble differentiating between questions and statements. I went straight to bed immediately after I reached home.

While I chose photography to express myself, Patrick Teoh chose a more immediate media to express his frustration at the flow of the forum in a very frank manner.

I came to the forum because of two reasons. One was to return all materials a project — that I was in — had borrowed from a friend; second, just curious why on earth we want to set Pak Lah free.

I of course came with a typical libertarian mindset – I want to be free.

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[895] Of the haze returns after a respite

Just when we all thought the worst has past for this year, the haze returns to Kuala Lumpur . But then, the meteorological department did warn us all that the haze would return after the raining season ended.

Last Friday’s night, I had the luxury of dining at the top of PNB Darby Park. The view would have been magnificent, if it wasn’t for the haze:

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The haze gives the Petronas Twin Towers some interesting “natural” effect:

Mohd Hafiz Noor Shams. Some rights reserved

With El Niño’s here, I have a feeling that this part of the year is going to be the toughest for us all. In term of climate, that is.

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p/s – The Little Brown Jug has safely returned to Ann Arbor. With Michigan’s 28-14 win against Minnesota, we and some school called Ohio State are 5-0 — the only undefeated teams so far in the Big Ten. Because of the win, I expect Michigan to move from #6 to #5.

Other undefeated teams nationwide (I mean the US) are Boise State, Florida, Auburn, Georgia, USC, Oregon, Missouri, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Rutgers, West Virginia and Louisville. All together, there are 14 undefeated teams so far. Out of 14 teams, I think 11 would stay undefeated after next week’s matches, including Michigan and (unfortunately) OSU.

Next’s Michigan State. Bush would say “Bring ’em on”.

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pp/s – oh yeah, new banner. The image was manipulated by me; original picture is produced by the USDA. Taken from Wikipedia.

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[870] Of Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Kuala Lumpur

Some weeks ago on a Friday, I sat in a park by the Petronas Twin Towers, watching pretty people walked by for hours . Somehow, I think I saw more foreigners than Malaysians there.

Anyway, several recognizable structures are observable from the park. The Mandarin Hotel is one of them.

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This was caught before the haze crossed over the Malacca Straits from Indonesia to haunt all Malaysians.