MichiganCardinal

I think USC and UCLA will struggle mightily entering the B1G. The game is completely different and we actually play defense in this part of the country.

If Ole Miss upsets Georgia I wonder if Michigan jumps Ohio State in the rankings to #1. If it’s an 11-0 vs. 11-0 1v2 matchup, Michigan should be #1, on principle of the last two years alone.

I don’t think he was hurt I just don’t think they respected Penn State’s ability to stop the run. And they proved themselves right.

It’s being used differently here. There is “yo my mom can pick us up after school” “aw bet that’s sick” and then there is ”The B1G just suspended your head coach 20 hours before the biggest game of the season” ”bet. Watch this.”

This is going well.

In fairness, if you surveyed Ann Arbor residents with a graduate degree, I would guess more than 70% probably have had some connection with the University.

I think they moved the goalposts though. M’s argument wasn’t ‘yeah but what about them they do it too’, it was ‘you’re rushing to judgement about something you don’t understand, this investigation should be much larger than it is if you really want to pick this fight’ Still has a flavor of whataboutism, but the substance of the argument isn’t what the B1G characterized it as.

They filed in Washtenaw Circuit.

A few days ago I said that the idea of Michigan leaving the B1G would be ridiculous. Now? I’m less certain. I don’t see them irrationally joining the ACC or SEC, but it wouldn’t shock me to see them explore the idea of independence. The B1G’s media deal needs Michigan more than Michigan needs conference affiliation. There is no conference loyalty anymore. They could be the next Notre Dame, other than the part where Brian Kelly killed a kid.

A point I saw on Twitter that is actually pretty funny and probably at least a sound legal hypothetical surrounding the penalty to “the institution, but not Jim Harbaugh” Jim resigns as HC, they name 84-year-old Jack Harbaugh as HC. Jack’s first move is hiring Jim Harbaugh as his Assistant HC. Jack then accepts the B1G’s suspension, steps aside, and names Jim the acting HC for the rest of the season.

I’ve been waiting for ESPN to announce the competing lines from FanDuel and BetMGM on whether the injunction gets granted.

Looks like it was typed in a Notes app from an airplane.

This is some bizarre "evidence" they've got. "The Conference also reviewed photos and videos from the public domain (and thus available to the University) that show the staff member dressed similarly to University coaches standing adjacent to and communicating with coaches during games in timeframes in which the impermissible scheme occurred. One photo was taken from the staff member’s since-deleted Instagram account showing him during the October 2, 2021 game at Wisconsin standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the University’s then-defensive coordinator. The photo shows the coordinator focused on the field and the staff member looking intently in the direction of the opposing sideline. There is also video of the staff member watching the opposing sideline during the November 26, 2022 game at Ohio State and then gesturing to the Michigan defense in reaction to the signals being provided to the opposing offense. The Conference also reviewed a video of the staff member during the December 31, 2022 game against TCU standing shoulder to shoulder with the University’s then-defensive coordinator and talking to him while intently watching what was happening on the field and/or on the TCU sideline." So in the Wisconsin game.... a staff member.... in Michigan clothing..... is pictured on the sideline.... next to other coaches? And the OSU video shows him standing on the sideline.... facing the other sideline (i.e., the field)...... and giving signals to others..... And the TCU game... he was on the sideline again..... and he was talking to others...... while "intently" watching the game...... What???

That's not the same email that's in the signature. UMIDs have to be eight characters or less, all letters. Which makes life difficult for the John Smiths of the world. "WardeManuelAD" probably re-directs to an administrative assistant, or another account shared by multiple individuals, to screen out all the nonsense emails that probably get sent his way. The one in the letter is his direct email, with his UMID.

Also classy to publish a letter online with the Michigan AD's email address in the header.

Waiting until 4:00pm on a Friday is........... interesting.

Normally Doug and Gator play Switzerland and don't call out other shows. I was laughing my ass off this morning when they had an exchange like "this will probably come out in the afternoon show", "oh, do you think they'll talk about it?" ... long pause... "Mike will probably say he doesn't want to talk about it and then talk about it for four hours"

At least they're teeing up Valenti's show nicely for this afternoon.

Prime would have been better served giving the TNF broadcast team the week off and playing this in their place.

I agree with all of this. I do think Montgomery and the extra 25 pounds he has on Gibbs probably gives him an ability to better avoid injuries while being a bruising up-the-middle back. Monty's rib cartilage injury was kind of a freak thing where he landed on the ball in just the wrong way, but otherwise he's been very durable in his time in the league.

Terrible give away there. They really should have lost for that.