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also, if you're trying to avoid the score, you can...

2008-10-31T13:04:00.000-05:00

also, if you're trying to avoid the score, you can probably dig through the media center's back end xml file and pull the direct stream link from there. the link to the xml file is:

http://www.mgoblue.com/Common/MultimediaCenterXML.aspx

uh oh, i'm skeptical of the mgoblue video feed...i...

2008-10-31T13:01:00.000-05:00

uh oh, i'm skeptical of the mgoblue video feed...i hope they aren't lying again, but it looks like they've set it up to point to the same stream address that they've been using for the audio streams the past couple weeks. fingers crossed for video though.

Oh my god, Yost on Halloween weekend last year was...

2008-10-31T12:51:00.000-05:00

Oh my god, Yost on Halloween weekend last year was incredibly entertaining. There was also a guy in a shark costume who would go over and taunt the BU parents every time Michigan scored, to chants of "Shark! Shark! Shark!" from the student section. Also, there were lots of ref costumes, but there was a group of three guys who specifically came as that night's officiating crew.

It's that extra bit of research -- the taking five minutes to look up who the refs will be that night -- that makes it art.

If you're going to Yost for Friday Night, I am hop...

2008-10-31T07:20:00.000-05:00

If you're going to Yost for Friday Night, I am hopeful that we will see a repeat performance of last year's epic Halloween effort by the Michigan student section. Watching the birth of the "guy comes in the Frankenberry" costume and then the penguin dancing to "I Can't Turn You Loose" was epic in scope. Plus, you know, hockey at Yost!