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On 11/2/2023 at 11:02 AM, teachercd said:
Ha! Yes!
I just like making fun of wolf fans. They are sooooo annoying with their "We are the Harvard of the midwest" talk.
And "We have the most wins in CFB" garbage.
I thought you might enjoy this. He's not wrong. The fans that actually graduated from the university have an air of superiority about them and probably actually look down on the fans that are not graduates.
“This is the most obnoxious fanbase in America,” Finebaum said. “This is a fanbase that literally think the world revolves around the University of Michigan football program. You can’t judge a university by those who tweet about it, but I’m going to.
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36 minutes ago, Mavric said:
But that doesn't say that the reason the hearing couldn't be held was because of who the lawyer was.
And they only filed for the TRO on Friday.
They could not file for a TRO until the suspension was issued. It came out at 3:30pm ish on Friday while the team was on the plane, and Michigan had a judge ready for the TRO, but the Big10 wanted to object to the restraining order. The hearing could not be held in time on Friday afternoon. At least that is how I read it.
Joe Klatt, who was calling the game, has some timelines starting around the 24:34 mark if you are interested.
However, my point to Jaws was.... if Michigan is granted the TRO, it would put Harbaugh on the sideline for The Game. If they had been granted the TRO last Friday, it would expire before the game, unless they can get an extension. Of course, I have only ever been in traffic court...
The Big10 could turn around and suspend him from the championship game, if Michigan can make it that far. It seems like the Big10 could also levy a bowl ban. Seems odd to forfeit the money for the conference from playing in a good bowl game. Revenue is shared. Wouldn't it be interesting if Michgan beats OSU and makes the CFP, gets banned, and OSU is sitting number 5 to take their place. If Michigan loses, no one will care except for maybe the extra practices.
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5 hours ago, Mavric said:
I really doubt this is how it happened.
Let me re-post for you. The claim is that the Big10 hired a local lawyer to object to the TRO, but the hearing could not be scheduled on a holiday.
Regardless, the point is that I also read the TRO could be for two weeks, which if granted, would put Harbaugh on the sideline for the OSU game.
Do you know that supposedly Pete Thamel broke the suspension news on Friday before Michigan was notified. That is why the Michigan AD went all ballistic.
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On 11/11/2023 at 2:58 PM, Mavric said:
There is a zero percent chance no one on staff knew what he was doing.
I am sure someone knew. Not sure at what level. Either way, the statements coming out of Michigan are pretty emphatic about keeping their coach and they are lawyered up for a fight. If I had to guess, Harbaugh will be on the sidelines for the final two games. Then the TRO will expire and they could keep him out of the championship game should they make it. Not sure about the bowl games.
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On 11/10/2023 at 11:27 AM, jaws said:
I don't think 2*-5 Harbaugh is going to run Day out of Columbus. However, there is serious doubt that Harbaugh will be in Michigan next year. That might be good for Michigan in the long run.
I was just joking anyway. I figured the two week TRO would be granted and run out before the game, but I guess the big10 used some local lawyer that could not make the hearing and it was delayed until this Friday. If they get a two week TRO, he will be on the sidelines. I am sure FOX wants Harbaugh on the sidelines for the intrigue.
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On 11/10/2023 at 10:56 AM, commando said:
i am sure the lawyers on that board are totally unbiased also.
Not in the least. Not to mention, I should say that folks claim to lawyers on that board. I have no idea if they are for real.
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3 hours ago, Mavric said:
I suspect the reason Michigan is fighting this is because the staff had no idea what Stalions was doing. Poggi was on staff the prior 3 years. Everything will flush out in the end. I BET the Big10 ends up looking bad.
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No Stalions, no Harbaugh, no signs. M wins.
Edit: coach Moore got away with an F-Bomb and an S-bomb in the post-game interview. The Big10 will probably suspend him for the rest of the season.
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This is interesting. Although the dude is a off.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/north-korea-closing-embassies-world-suspected-financial-crisis
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I had no idea antisemitism ran so deep in these schools.
The same UPenn got lights how last night.
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16 hours ago, Mavric said:
That's why they get paid the big bucks...
There are a lot of lawyers on that board. I am not sure if they good ones. There are alot of Grammer Police on the board too. It's really annoying.
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2 hours ago, jaws said:
He better not be suspended for the OSU game. I want OSU/Michigan at full strength...without sign stealing of course.
Me too. It will be fun to have Harbaugh there for Ryan Day's last game for OSU.
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19 hours ago, JJ Husker said:
To answer your question, sort of, is obviously the more information a team has about their opponents signals, the more advantage they have. I mean that’s pretty self explanatory. It doesn’t matter if it’s Purdue, Ohio State, Michigan or the Lincoln East junior varsity.
And once again, it has absolutely nothing to do with determining if Michigan broke the rules and cheated.
It's more about what is the proper punishment. If it is forfeit all games and awards for the past 2.5 years I would fight it. If it's a show cause for Stalions and some punishment for the head coach because the NCAA can hold them completely responsible, that seems fine. If the head coach punishment is indefinite suspension I would fight that too. The NCAA punishment would be for illegally scouting future opponents. The Big10 is a sportsmanship penalty. No idea what that has been for that in the past.
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Haley is growing on me. Ramaswamy is a used car salesman.
Haley once again mixed it up with Vivek Ramaswamy, who accused her of being "d!(k Cheney in 3-inch heels."
"I'd first like to say they're 5-inch heels, and I don't wear them unless you can run in them," Haley shot back.
The two also sparred after Ramaswamy brought Haley’s adult daughter into a discussion about TikTok, accusing Haley of hypocrisy as she preaches the dangers of the Chinese social media app.
"Leave my daughter out of your voice," she said, before following up with, "You’re just scum."-
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4 hours ago, JJ Husker said:
This isn’t even remotely the correct question to be posing.
In this case, I am not asking about whether Michigan broke rules. I suspect there is enough evidence to link Stalions to paying people to video tape games for the purpose of helping him get better at stealing signs, and Michigan used him for that skill set. This beaks the NCAA rule for scouting or paying people to scout future opponents in the same season.
Now, for question my last question:
4 hours ago, JJ Husker said:IF Purdue, OSU and Rutgers had Michigan's signals last year, was there a competitive advantage in those games?
Notice I didn't mention the accusation that OSU and Rutgers shared what the had developed with Purdue. Coaches would share game tape all the time when I played. There have been comments on X that suggest this signal stealing was a huge advantage for M over other teams, but some of those teams are accused of having Michigan's signals too. So where is the advantage? Maybe it is that Stalions had more material to work with so it didn't take him as long to figure out the signals?
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1 hour ago, Mavric said:
What's wrong with telling to do the same thing you're admonishing others to do?
Did I accuse someone of something? I think I am just posting what other boards are saying (the bloggers and insiders could be wrong about a lot of it). What I think I know for sure is that Stallions is an odd duck and trust fund baby that paid people to film games and used that video to help him get better at stealing signs for Michigan. This violated the NCAA rule against scouting or paying people to scout future opponents in the same season. NCAA is investigating. Big10 served M with the allegations and M responded. M is also leaking their own allegations of sign stealing done by other teams. M probably has no intention of self punishment like they did for the cheeseburgers, and it seems like they are gearing up to fight it.
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3 hours ago, Mavric said:
Everyone is making quite the deal of the helmet communications - including Rhule - but I'm not sure that really changes much. The helmet communication lets a coach talk to the QB. But that would do nothing to change if teams are wanting to line up then look to the sideline for the coaches to adjust the play. Unless they're going to allow speakers in every player's helmet. But that's not how the NFL does it.
Looks like approval for helmet comms is starting.
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53 minutes ago, Mavric said:
Perhaps you should apply the same skepticism to a bunch of stuff you're getting from the Michigan boards.
What is wrong with posting what they are thinking or writing about? the bloggers and insiders might not be correct, so I try and preface the posts with the word 'IF'.
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2 hours ago, JJ Husker said:
This. UM is going crazy claiming other teams did the same thing…..but it wasn’t the “same” thing. Everybody steals signals but there are ways to do it within the rules and then there is how Michigan did it outside the rules. It’s actually pretty simple.
Now if we want to have the discussion of why any of it is illegal, we can do that. But just know what Michigan was doing and when/how/where it occurred was against the rules. Buncha cheatin’ whiners.
IF Purdue, OSU and Rutgers had Michigan's signals last year, was there a competitive advantage in those games?
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4 minutes ago, GSG said:
Tax deductions for business losses
Money laundering
Drug trafficking
Who really knows, but the more people keep digging into Michigan, the more slimy s#!t they seem to find.
You assume this is legit. We are in an age of anything and everything getting thrown out on the net.
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I heard that Michigan hired Williams and Connolly to go up against the Big10. They are a large firm. I guess this is going to war. It will be interesting to see how it all flushes out. I guess it's time to sit back, relax, and watch the dirt fly.
Michigan is known to just rollover and expose their belly for a nice scratch. Not this time. Maybe they just get booted from the Big10.
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21 minutes ago, Lorewarn said:
"That's something I'm not really into," Corum said. "Vacuums aren't my thing. I'm a clean person, but I'm not a cleaner. Vacuums aren't my thing. I don't know anything about that."
What a hilarious and suspicious phrasing.
Why would a running back who is probably getting paid more than he will in the NFL investing in a vacuum cleaner business? That is just weird. BI did see something about Stalions neighbors complaining about vacuums outside of his new house. That dude was really weird and has very rich parents that enable him. I am not sure how he made it through boot camp at Pendleton.
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1 hour ago, Mavric said:
Everyone is making quite the deal of the helmet communications - including Rhule - but I'm not sure that really changes much. The helmet communication lets a coach talk to the QB. But that would do nothing to change if teams are wanting to line up then look to the sideline for the coaches to adjust the play. Unless they're going to allow speakers in every player's helmet. But that's not how the NFL does it.
I haven't watched NFL closely enough to know whether they use signals from the sideline. I think Manning used to call his own audibles. Is it pretty much on the QB in the NFL? is it college that only does signs from the sidelines?
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so why don’t teams want headsets?
Last Friday, however, Michigan presented the Big Ten with evidence that someone on the Rutgers football staff provided Michigan’s defensive signals to Purdue in advance of the Boilermaker-Wolverine 2022 Big Ten title game. Meanwhile, someone at Ohio State handed over U of M’s offensive signals.
So in the Big Ten Championship Game, both teams had the other’s signals, both of which were gathered via advanced scouting. (Michigan won, 43-22.)
In Michigan’s case, the “advanced scouts” were Stalions’ band of iPhone-toting buddies.
In Purdue’s case, the “advanced scouts” were the professional coaching staffs of two other Big Ten teams that had just played the Wolverines, and thus could battle-test the signs they stole as accurate.
Which would you rather have? Raw cell phone footage that still needs to be broken down, or highly experienced coaches just handing over their work?
Everyone would choose the Purdue option.
Even if Ohio State and Rutgers acquired Michigan signs via NCAA-legal game film or during game action, it doesn’t matter. Purdue didn’t do that work. The Boilermakers received stolen signs from advanced scouting. They cheated as much as Michigan.
Michigan and Harbaugh under NCAA investigation
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They are not going to be the Big2 for much longer. And Michigan hasn't been part of that since Rich Rod showed up, although they act like it. What surprises me is that Michigan isn't known for fighting stuff like this.... At least not to their fanbase. The Fanbase thinks M just rolls over all the time and was going to again. This new President seems to have other ideas. It will be interesting to watch.