MichiganCardinal

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.

Wings with a couple chances here in OT, Habs playing it very conservatively for 3x3.

I chuckled a bit at seeing social worker turned businessman turned AD Warde Manuel's signature at the end of what was effectually a legal brief, likely written by either the Office of General Counsel and proofed by W&C, or just done by W&C directly.

Today is the 12th anniversary of the Penn State Board of Trustee's terminating Joe Paterno's contract effective immediately, in the same meeting where University President Graham Spanier resigned rather than face termination of his own. But yes, this is the worst scandal in B1G history or something.

If Marvin Jones doesn't fumble the ball inside the 15, the Lions likely score another 3 there too, if not 7. Who knows how many additional sacks and pressures the Lions generate if Jaawan Taylor was held to the same standards as the 63 other starting offensive tackles in the league? Even if we are just looking at drops, the Chiefs had four, but the Lions had three (two by MJJ). KC's were brutal and more memorable yes, but I don't think it's right to discount a win over them just because he Mahomes was missing one of his targets or because his receivers didn't catch a few passes either. I don't even necessarily disagree with your second point, but I don't think that's an indictment on the Lions or their defense. There are extraordinarily few really good QBs in the NFL, and those that are really good are generally on really good teams. The Lions should beat the mid-tier and worse QBs on mid-tier and worse teams, and if they do, they will succeed and make the playoffs, and likely even advance in the playoffs. The QBs they play(ed) this year are Mahomes, Geno Smith, Desmond Ridder, Bryce Love, Baker Mayfield, Lamar Jackson, Jimmy G, Justin Herbert, Derek Carr, Russell Wilson, Dak Prescott, Jordan Love x2, Justin Fields x2, and Josh Dobbs x2. If they just beat the teams with QBs outside the top tier, and lose to all QBs in the top tier, they'd go 14-3, even if I put Herbert in that top tier... Even if I go beyond that to QBs who I would put in a good-not-great tier (Geno and Dak), that's 12-5... There are just not that many great QBs in the NFL, and especially not in the NFC. So I think to say "they struggle to beat great QBs" is just to say "they struggle to beat the best teams in the NFL", which.... sure. I'm okay with that, so long as we are beating the teams we are supposed to beat, which we are.

I think they work best when the other one is also on the field. They really have complimentary skills. Montgomery is going to be the "take the air out of the ball" back. If we get the ball up three with five minutes left, he is going to be the guy to deliver death by a million runs up the middle... Gibbs is more the guy you want to get in space. Runs to the outside, screens, designed routes, etc. Yet they can each do the other's skill as well (Montgomery catching passes, Gibbs going up the middle), and they can both block. In a drive with the season on the line, in an ideal world, I think you have Montgomery, Gibbs, ASB, LaPorta, and... dare I say it... Jamo? all on the field at the same time. With those five weapons, you can really pick your poison and, if you're taking care of the ball, you're going to move it downfield. Opposing defenses can't shut down the entire field, and that's what's open to you between those weapons.

Best on best. How it should be.

The "haven't beat a tough QB" argument is always going to be a hard one to sell me on. There just aren't that many good to great QBs in the league. The Lions have played two and they beat one (I don't really care for the he-didn't-have-Kelce argument, he still had his legs). Is Herbert in that class? Does it really matter either way? The remaining QBs the Lions will see after Herbert before the playoffs are Fields/Bagent x2, Jordan Love, Derek Carr, Russell Wilson, Josh Dobbs x2, and Dak Prescott... If you can beat mid-tier NFL QBs, you'll rack up a lot of wins... but I don't think it's right to say based on what we have seen this year, both of Herbert and the Lions defense, that Herbert will "shred" the Lions defense.

I mean... they held Mahomes to 226 yards and the lowest completion percent he's had all season. They struggled against Lamar, but that was team-wide, not some "oh god we are playing a good quarterback let's collapse". Baker is probably the third best QB they played and they performed well against him.

It’s not even Sunday yet!

Plenty of drugs in LA. Any fans the Chargers have must spend their time doing those instead of supporting their team because no one goes to the games.

I was surprised to see we are top ten in giveaways. I guess just because they come in bunches with six between two games.