NCAA coming for TN?
Let's hope there is something substantial because it always seems like the SEC can do whatever they hell they want to.
January 30th, 2024 at 1:45 PM ^
“Potential” nobody will care.
January 30th, 2024 at 2:50 PM ^
Nobody except MTSU who just may get the death penalty.
January 30th, 2024 at 4:34 PM ^
"Potential" that Warde will screw this up, too. His inaction on this issue is INFURIATING!!!
(Am I doing this right?)
/s, just in case
January 30th, 2024 at 5:47 PM ^
Hey, they could be facing a similar stiff punishment to what FSU received:
After receiving criticism for being unable to make the rules stick in the NIL/transfer portal era, this is at least the second significant case NCAA Enforcement has advanced to the point of potential sanctions. Earlier in January, the NCAA and Florida State reached a negotiated resolution on an infractions case that resulted in a three-game suspension for a Seminoles assistant coach and a three-year disassociation from the FSU athletic program for a booster connected to the Rising Spear collective.
Who says they aren't harsh when they need to be? FSU may as well pack up their things and quit football after that massive penalty.
January 30th, 2024 at 1:46 PM ^
blah blah player safety joke blah blah burgers blah blah
in all honesty though, when are they going after A&M, UGA, an Ohio State, etc.
January 30th, 2024 at 2:05 PM ^
and Miami (YTM), and...
January 30th, 2024 at 2:16 PM ^
Still patiently waiting on that Catapult investigation. There was a lot of smoke there, but of course when your rival doesn't hire a PI to investigate you and leak the information/narrative to the media in a calculated manner, those things tend to take longer
January 30th, 2024 at 2:45 PM ^
It would be cool if Jim did us a solid with all that new NFL $$ and hired of cadre of LA PI's, just to really twist the knife into Ryan Day's doughy chest
January 30th, 2024 at 5:13 PM ^
The VIP PIs are from NH, not LA.
January 30th, 2024 at 5:47 PM ^
"Forget it, Jim, it's Buckeyetown"
January 30th, 2024 at 8:25 PM ^
+1 for the Chinatown reference. How about this one?
"In this town, I'm the buckeye with the most coolers."
January 30th, 2024 at 2:55 PM ^
You'd think with all the bank OSU is widely reported to be throwing at players there might be something to check into there.
January 30th, 2024 at 3:44 PM ^
And.. I wonder if the word tampering might be used too. Some of their portal signings strike me as a bit more than coincidence.
January 30th, 2024 at 6:09 PM ^
"when are they going after A&M, UGA, an Ohio State, etc."
Probably when one of their main rivals secretly hires a PI firm because the rival feels threatened by the the other school's resurgence. (Expect A&M to get investigated if their investments start cranking out 11-2 seasons instead of 7-6.)
Was this Tennessee investigation initiated by their key rivals, Alabama or Georgia? Doubtful, because A) they don't feel threatened by TN, and B) they don't want to start a retribution war within the SEC. So a much different catalyst situation than U of M's 'Signgate' case.
January 30th, 2024 at 7:57 PM ^
If there was a retribution war in the SEC, we’d end up with Vanderbilt in the CFP for about 5 years in a row.
January 30th, 2024 at 1:47 PM ^
There is this choice line in the article:
"The NCAA also declined comment in a statement to SI. “With rare exceptions, the NCAA does not comment on current, pending or potential investigations due to confidentiality rules put in place by member schools,”
Except, of course, when it pertains to Michigan.
January 30th, 2024 at 1:52 PM ^
In fairness, NCAA merely wanted to avoid the appearance of slandering the hamburger industry, in accordance with Texas law.
January 30th, 2024 at 2:00 PM ^
Being a VOL fan seems punishment in and of itself.
January 30th, 2024 at 2:04 PM ^
Attractive couple.
January 30th, 2024 at 2:49 PM ^
These two definitely fucked, and it involved several bottles of Cheese Whiz and a hot dog roller machine.
January 30th, 2024 at 8:03 PM ^
I've seen that video.
January 30th, 2024 at 4:21 PM ^
That’s average Americana.
January 30th, 2024 at 2:30 PM ^
Yikes!
January 30th, 2024 at 2:03 PM ^
Great insight. I didn't see this angle to the story at all.
January 30th, 2024 at 1:58 PM ^
Should probably have said, "With TWO exceptions, the NCAA does not comment..."
January 30th, 2024 at 2:06 PM ^
I mean, the NCAA has always been a feckless, hypocritical organization but what's going to be funny is that Tennessee's violations are likely going to be way more egregious than anything dug up against UM and yet it'll get 1/100th the coverage mostly because the Vols are just assumed to be cheaters (and bad at it, given how frequently they get popped for it).
January 30th, 2024 at 3:03 PM ^
And I don't think Alabama or Georgia are kicking down Greg Sankey's door today weeping about the sanctity of the game
January 30th, 2024 at 3:46 PM ^
Please don’t overlook player safety…
January 30th, 2024 at 2:31 PM ^
If Warde wasn't such an incompetent asshat that wants all his programs to fail, he'd call out this hypocrisy in a news conference now. FIRE WARDE!!!!
(/s - Did I do that right?)
January 30th, 2024 at 3:10 PM ^
Wasn't it the Big 10 that blabbed to the other conference teams, and not the NCAA? Doesn't really matter I suppose
January 30th, 2024 at 3:30 PM ^
The NCAA commented on burger-gate for sure.
January 30th, 2024 at 7:31 PM ^
The NCAA kept leaking things, on then commenting on the leak. Meanwhile Jim was barred from speaking on it at all.
January 30th, 2024 at 7:59 PM ^
Speaking of which (all puns intended)….can Harbaugh now bomb away with impunity?
January 30th, 2024 at 1:51 PM ^
Perfect timing for this to drop. Why could this have not been during the peak of the season with the most important games of the season upcoming? Oh, it's an SEC team? Nothing to see here.
January 30th, 2024 at 1:55 PM ^
As long as they self report all investigations nothing will come of it. The Columbus approach.
January 30th, 2024 at 1:52 PM ^
I don't even have to read the article to tell you nothing will come of this. The NCAA picks and chooses who it will go after or who it will actually try to inflict punishment on.
More accurately, the NCAA picks and chooses the schools it will inflict punishment on by punishing the schools that still actually, you know, listen to them and defer to them as a responsible, dignified organization. Michigan seems to be one of the few schools left that gives the NCAA the deference it thinks it deserves.
Tennessee knows nothing will actually come of this. Nothing of substance, anyway. Meanwhile, if I'm Michigan I feel like I have to walk around on eggshells because if I buy a recruit a f*****g cheeseburger, I'm going to be threatened with Level I violations and lack of institutional control.
January 30th, 2024 at 6:12 PM ^
There’s probably nothing the NCAA can do. Yeah, Tennessee probably violated the rules. But to expect the NCAA to do anything about that is too much. They’re doing a terrific job governing college football, just like Warde has done a terrific job running the U of M athletic department and retaining talented coaches. Why so many “pile on the NCAA” comments here?
January 30th, 2024 at 1:52 PM ^
I've lived here for over a decade. The burgers aren't good enough for a suspension.
January 30th, 2024 at 2:34 PM ^
Stock and Barrell is not bad? Litton's in Fountain City is pretty good? Smash Burgers on central is decent.
But overall I would not say Knoxville is a great food town.
January 30th, 2024 at 1:54 PM ^
Meh, nothing serious like a cheeseburger. Don't get your hopes up.
January 30th, 2024 at 2:00 PM ^
multiple sports? I weep for the water polo team that gets probation!
January 30th, 2024 at 2:05 PM ^
Pearls across Columbus are clutching right now
January 30th, 2024 at 2:11 PM ^
Better suspend Coach Moore for the first 3 games next fall just to be on the safe side.
January 30th, 2024 at 2:33 PM ^
Man, STFU!!! You don't want Warde hearing you say that, might give him ideas...
January 30th, 2024 at 3:37 PM ^
Yeah, because the contact with a recruit during the dead period never happened nor did the analysts doing on field coaching. Oh wait, Harbaugh and Michigan actually did break the rules. It's debatable whether Harbaugh's I don't recall or don't remember defense rises to lying or misleading investigators, I can't fathom how it does, but all of those other rules Michigan and Harbaugh were accused of violating, they did.
January 30th, 2024 at 3:46 PM ^
I bet you give your kids actual coal for Christmas.
You probably complain about the liquor options at an open bar.
You've likely used your own tool from Amazon on a deli punch card to get free chips.
What I'm trying to say is I bet you're fun at parties.
January 30th, 2024 at 4:40 PM ^
I'll bet you hand out participation trophies and tell the kids they are winners. There are far too many people who claim righteous indignation over the bogus Level I violation and thus pretend that the Level II violations are also somehow tainted.
If making the whole thing go away by having Harbaugh sit out 4-cupcake-games, that would have been time, energy and aggravation well spent and in the rear-view mirror.
January 30th, 2024 at 5:35 PM ^
Harbaugh's gone. I coach my kids to have killer competitive instincts and good sportsmanship. It's the selective enforcement and relativism which rightly get (Michigan) folks upset.
Calmer than you are, dude.
January 31st, 2024 at 3:54 AM ^
Sure he is gone but I'm not looking to blame a strawman because he is. For all of that great coaching you do, what happens when your kids actually break the rules? Is it someone else's fault? Do you look around and try to find someone to blame?
As for selective enforcement, someone made the allegations. They were investigated and found to be true. Now I have no idea how a I don't remember or a I don't recall turns into a level I violation. But we don't know everything that went into that finding. As bogus as the level I violation sounds, the fact is that we don't have to have a level I violation if there were not any level II violations. Those happened under Harbaugh's watch. There was going to be punishment of some kind. Blaming Warde because Harbaugh was punished is disingenuous.
Finally, for all of your cool vibes, you were the one who came here and called me cheap, a bad father and a thief. But yeah, your one calm dude.
January 30th, 2024 at 3:49 PM ^
If the one NCAA rule that Michigan actually broke was an analyst having a Zoom call with a player during Covid - I think it won’t be a huge deal. Yes - an L2 infraction, I believe - but certainly far from a program wide issue.