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KICKSTARTER IS A GO. "Statement" and "Sponsor" tiers close the 12th.

Come to the library. It says something about the AADL that it's going to host the Fullcast your kind donations have won.

(extremely michigan voice)

SHUTDOWN FULLCAST: LIVE! WITH ESTEEMED @MGOBLOG GUESTS

- JUNE 21, 2019
- 7 PM
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— Shutdown Fullcast, the world's only CFB podcast (@ShutdownFullcas) May 31, 2019

Also you can check out skeletons from them. Anyway: that. Preparation: minimal?

This week in probably unnecessary paranoia. There are enough outlets reporting that former St. Joe's head coach Phil Martelli is headed to Ann Arbor to become Juwan Howard's right hand man…

The source told NBC10 Sunday night that Martelli will work under new University of Michigan men's basketball head coach Juwan Howard, calling the move, “a done deal.”

hearing phil martelli to Michigan is done deal. so happy. will have to find my way to ann arbor. enjoy the ride, coach.

— Dick Weiss (@HoopsWeiss) June 3, 2019

…while it isn't done, it seems pretty likely to happen.

…that it seems done. I'm not pulling out the Hello post just yet.

My main concern is that none of this is coming from the Michigan side of things. Brian Snow, who's the third quote above, reached out to a Philadelphia source. Weiss was the NYDN college basketball guy for 40 years. And the NBC station in question is Philadelphia's. Philly's old boys network is notoriously tight and was furious that Martelli got the axe, so they might be racing ahead of the facts. One of their local blue check crew already did that a few days ago:

A source has told me former St. Joseph’s basketball coach Phil Martelli will soon be announced as the new coach at another college outside the Philly area. I wish him nothing but the best. #Big5

— Chris O'Connell (@CoconnellFox29) May 29, 2019

Probably a game of telephone there, but that dude seems to be reporting that Martelli's getting a head job somewhere.

So: yes, probably Martelli and probably not Mike Miller. I'm waiting for someone in Michigan to say it's happening before writing it up.

On the other hand this is tremendous content. Baseball plays for a regional championship tonight at 7 on ESPN2. That's what we're focusing on, not the fact that they went from 7-4 up to 11-7 down in the ninth inning last night.

[After THE JUMP: healthy WRs, suspended RB.]