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Crowd booing already.

The Don!!!! Shows up for the biggest games.

A very encouraging drive. Maybe they figured out a few things already.

Big hold. Surely Penn St will kick.

“No foul”. First big reffing decision goes against Michigan.

Second straight 3rd down where Michigan offensive line gets dominated.

Running game may not be able to get it to 3rd and 2 as often as we are used to.

Good opening series in defense for Penn State.

Joint BIG and NCAA would commence Saturday night into allegations that Stallions and Harbaugh were feeding info to the coaching staff from offsite, including use of an elaborate network of walkie talkies with one hidden in a bottle in the Gatorade tub and another concealed within a cheerleader’s bra.

Just coach without him at this point. The team is ready. Beating Penn St without the head coach makes the whole thing look even sillier. Looks like Sherrone will be the stand-in.

Texas-Oklahoma-USC-UCLA-Stanford-Washington-Oregon- Notre Dame-Michigan would be fun new conference.

Wilson: Michigan broke rules but the rules are nonsense. Stunned conference did what they did.

Yeah the BIG document, read objectively, makes it pretty clear that the NCAA is on its way to a guilty finding and a not insignificant punishment. So why wouldn’t the BIG just let that play out instead of doing NCAA’s dirty work and quite possibly blowing up their own conference in the meantime.

Right. I think Michigan understands that if they engaged in illegal activity, they should and will be punished in due course by the NCAA. But the basis for the BIG’s sense of urgency and need for emergency early punishment was so-called player safety and competitive advantage. Which other widespread sign “decoding” blows out of the water.

In the words of Bob Ufer, 50 years ago this month, that can apply to Petiti and the Little 13 today: "They will meet a dastardly fate...they have the audacity, the unmitigated gall"

Writes Rosenberg in that article: Tony Petitti has no idea how badly he just botched his job, but here is a hint: In a meeting last week, Michigan’s regents discussed possibly leaving the Big Ten if Petitti suspended coach Jim Harbaugh without what the school considered due process, a person familiar with those discussions told Sports Illustrated. That may sound like an empty threat, but the fact it was even discussed should tell you how angry Michigan is right now about how Petitti has handled this. The process that led to Harbaugh’s three-game suspension was a clumsy execution of mob justice, and it is by no means over. Michigan is expected to take the Big Ten to court Friday night to try to allow Harbaugh to coach Saturday. (A Michigan spokesperson declined to comment publicly Friday night.) Michigan should be angry. Petitti fell for the dodge. He got suckered into thinking he is standing up for the integrity of the game, when he is really just revealing how little he knows about college football. The Big Ten commissioner suspended Harbaugh for three games, including the two most important ones of the season, for a sign-stealing scheme, even though:

Hmm, Cowherd saying someone within the “Michigan family” might have been the one who first notified the BIG. And that the people within Michigan who knew about Stalions might be wider than previously thought. Also suggests that Michigan is unified behind Harbaugh for now, but that could be fluid if things get even messier or if Michigan starts losing games this season. He also heard that it could be a 3-game suspension, so he got that right. Does call this whole thing silly, overblown, a suspension deliberately disruptive and a very personal vendetta against Harbaugh. Also says this will be very emotional for the players and how will they not unravel, even though they are a great team. Cowherd is no hater, by the way.

That would actually be hilarious. SEC pays to create chaos, watches BIG take bait and implode.

Michigan’s response: https://x.com/NicoleAuerbach/status/1723088070197510465?s=20

There was some vote this morning, per the end of the letter. I’ve been scrolling through the letter to see the definition of JGEC, but haven’t found it yet. Probably ends in “Executive Committee” for the EC part.

Right, Michigan has never denied that Stalions was on the payroll. That’s what staff do -watch games and talk to other coaches.

Ha, I think it has broken Mgoblog, link through seems to be dead. That site used to go down regularly.

As does trying to be clever by punishing the institution by not allowing their head coach to be present, rather than suspending Harbaugh directly.