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META: Comments and such

In the slowly evolving world of Touch the Banner, I have finally decided to make commenters sign in to post.  I have the sometimes tedious task of moderating comments; deleting e-mails, marking comments as spam, etc. has become too cumbersome for me to continue, so I changed the settings.  I apologize to those of you who enjoy commenting anonymously, but that’s how the internet goes.

I have also purchased the domain www.touch-the-banner.com, which simply redirects you to the Blogspot address, something I plan to update during the offseason.  I am not savvy when it comes to programming and such, so those kinds of upgrades involve enlisting help from others.

Also, if you have any suggestions for post ideas, upgrading the site, etc., please let me know via comments or e-mails.

As always, thanks for visiting the site.  It’s a lot of fun to discuss Michigan football with you all.

Thanks!

I would like to thank this blog’s readership for their generous contributions.  Between donations and ad revenue on Friday, I was able to purchase a $120 gift card from Target.  The card will be delivered to the family of a co-worker who lost their home in a recent fire.

Thanks again!

Site News

I will be heading out of town for the next few days, somewhat unexpectedly.  I’ll be gone from this afternoon until probably sometime on Sunday.  I have a couple posts ready to go, Andrew will be posting a couple things, and I’ll be online occasionally.  I’m not expecting any commitments in the next few days, but if there’s any breaking news, you might have to wait until Monday or Tuesday to get any kind of in-depth analysis.

2012 Nike Coach of the Year Clinic

I don’t know whether to be happy or sad about the fact that I’ll be sitting through a Nick Saban presentation on Friday evening.

I’m leaving this afternoon for the Nike Coach of the Year Clinic in Allentown, PA, and I’ll be there until Saturday.  Speakers include Steve Addazio (Temple head coach), Bob Surace (Princeton head coach), G.A. Mangus (South Carolina quarterback coach), Larry Fedora (North Carolina head coach), Bill O’Brien (Penn State head coach), and Nick Saban (Alabama head coach), along with several other college and high school coaches.  I have some posts ready to go in my absence, but obviously, any breaking news in the next couple days will probably not be covered until I get back on Saturday or Sunday.

Last year’s clinic was summarized in sections from Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3, so check those out if you’re interested.  In particular, check out [former] Yale coach Tom Williams’s comments on Michigan from Day 2.  If you’re relatively new to reading the site, football hasn’t changed much in the last year, so you might still find it relevant.  Last year’s speakers included Danny Hope (Purdue head coach), Kirk Ferentz (Iowa head coach), Mike McQueary (Penn State’s former receivers coach), and Paul Johnson (Georgia Tech head coach), among others.

I will be posting a summary of the presentations next week (or sometime soon).  In the meantime, look for tomorrow’s scouting report on Murrieta (CA) Vista Murrieta athlete Su’a Cravens.

Donate! Or don’t.

Yesterday I received an e-mail from a reader asking if Touch the Banner  had a Paypal “Donate” button so he could make a donation to the blog.  I had been thinking about this for a long time, but I had never followed through because I thought the button might just sit there and collect dust.  But since I received a request, I created a Donate button and placed it on the left sidebar.  Please feel free to donate, but I didn’t create this blog to become rich.

TTB Andrew and I would like to thank our first donor.  All proceeds from Paypal will go toward Andrew’s collection of Chia Pets.