Jay Harbaugh tweet
That whole selling hope thing turned out okay I guess https://t.co/vZWpmgOSqt
— Jay Harbaugh (@JayHarbaugh) February 4, 2016
February 5th, 2016 at 4:51 PM ^
February 5th, 2016 at 11:46 PM ^
I am planning a trip to East Lansing to bask in some sweet, sweet revenge. I might have added about 10 more sweets, but y'all get the point.
February 5th, 2016 at 5:07 PM ^
1. Yes
2. You realize this was a response to something Dantonio said about recruiting, right?
February 5th, 2016 at 5:55 PM ^
That's kind of my whole point. I'm over celebrating recruiting classes. We always beat MSU in recruiting, but lately can't beat them on the field. Sure, whatever we were selling was obviously more appealing than whatever Dantonio was selling. Jay pointing that out doesn't mean anything to me. It isn't productive. And as we have seen, winning recruiting doesn't always translate to success on the field.
February 5th, 2016 at 6:24 PM ^
February 5th, 2016 at 6:44 PM ^
are seriously so perfect for your attitude on this thread.
February 5th, 2016 at 7:10 PM ^
Read the posting history. The fact he/she/it has 400+ points is kind of mindblowing.
February 5th, 2016 at 7:29 PM ^
It (perfect) needs a serious attitude adjustment. Who at the University of Michigan kicked it's puppy??
February 5th, 2016 at 7:48 PM ^
I attended UM from '08 - '12. Considering that maybe you can understand my attitude.
edit: so basically RichRod did something tantamount to kicking my puppy. at least I got to watch Denard play a bunch :)
February 5th, 2016 at 7:44 PM ^
What's so bad about my post history? You guys make me seem like I'm a troll just because I acknowldege that MSU is good and I'm not a complete homer, which I guess is what all UM fans are supposed to be now that we hired Harbaugh.
I just looked at my post history, and although I have had a negative attitude often I have also:
-Defended Beilein when some idiot said he would rather trade him for Crean.
-Called out an obvious MSU troll for his bullshit
-Tried to settle folks down who were getting worried about FSU getting Kareem Walker
-Created the thread about Cook snatching his award from Archie
-Talked about how I would love to hear the crowd show some love for Blake after the MSU game.
So disagree with me all you want, but don't act like I'm some kind of troll or MSU fan. I just have a different viewpoint compared to most fans here. I used to be optimistic. Not anymore. I'm just concerned with results now.
February 5th, 2016 at 10:12 PM ^
February 5th, 2016 at 10:21 PM ^
...this is coming from the guy with the username "Big Blue". I got news for you man: that ain't us.
February 6th, 2016 at 10:56 AM ^
February 5th, 2016 at 5:12 PM ^
In case you didn't know.
February 5th, 2016 at 5:49 PM ^
Dantonio''s dig was directed. MSU tried to flip Onwenu at the end and was negative recruiting with Hill too. That stuff matters a lot and don't tell me we have to wait 3 years to see if this class pans out. The only reason it was even this close is that MSU locked up some guys early where they had a big head start in building relationships. They are going to be very hard pressed to top this class.
If there's one guy in CFB that deserves to have his words thrown back in his face, it's Dantonio. We'll shut him up on the field soon enough.
February 6th, 2016 at 12:34 PM ^
Also, the last two years in a row MSU actually did beat us in recruiting too.
We don't "always beat them", not in Hoke's last class or Harbaugh's first.
So it's good to be back on top in that category
February 6th, 2016 at 11:20 AM ^
February 5th, 2016 at 3:07 PM ^
We did win ... until we didn't.
But seriously, we can talk smack to Sparty all we want.
February 5th, 2016 at 4:34 PM ^
of course they've won a lot lately, but not taking them seriously gets them angry in a hurry. It's highly amusing. I recommend it to everyone
February 5th, 2016 at 3:07 PM ^
Dantonio's quote was implying that they could recruit better than Michigan because they were selling Results instead of Hope. Michigan just outrecruited Michigan State, so in essense we just did "win" within the context. Jay's not saying we beat State, Jay's saying we can sell our programs to recruits better than State can even if we don't have as much recent success to point to.
February 5th, 2016 at 4:29 PM ^
February 5th, 2016 at 4:45 PM ^
I guess I missed that. Maybe you inferred it. Yeah, I think that's it.
Dantonio's quote implied facts: MSU has been more successful on the field lately than Michigan. That's a fact, Whether MSU draws in better classes because of it is a separate question, and one that Dantonio was silent on.
Nice to see Dantonio still living in your heads over here.
February 5th, 2016 at 5:15 PM ^
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February 5th, 2016 at 6:08 PM ^
February 5th, 2016 at 3:19 PM ^
1) Responding to smack with astute observation is not talking shit 2) Dantonio was talking specifically about recruiting so I'd say UM doesn't have to wait for anything and 3) fuck Dantonio...so love the timing and the tweet irrespective of 1 & 2.
February 5th, 2016 at 5:42 PM ^
I've always been in the don't talk shit camp. This is a classic as it slams the very premise of the shit talking crumudgen in EL without mentioning the shit talking crumudgen in EL.
February 6th, 2016 at 11:11 AM ^
When Mike Dantoni was talking that shit it was about recruiting (selling recruits on results) not winning that game. So after Jimmy and Co. wiped the floor up with his ass in this years recruiting Jay was simply asking. How did selling (recruits) results work out for you? Paraphrased. Obviously recruits answered him with the University of Michigan has been selling results since Mike was in high school. Not to mention Jim Harbaugh and co.are a far better bet to come out on top of Staee in the long run. If it wasn.t for the Ohio recruits flocking to Urban Myer like he was handing out free cars, I would dare to say Michigan would have wiped up the floor with OSU out recruiting them too!
February 6th, 2016 at 9:01 PM ^
"wait until you win to talk shit"
Since the tweet is about recruiting, I'd say that a Top 5 class and the #1 recruit in the nation is a "win".
Commence shit-talking.
February 5th, 2016 at 3:03 PM ^
Much better than cringey recruiting Jay.
/baller!
February 5th, 2016 at 3:03 PM ^
February 5th, 2016 at 3:43 PM ^
Exactly, I don't think Bo ever apologized to another coach.
February 5th, 2016 at 10:14 PM ^
One could only imagine Bo coaching against Dantonio...
February 5th, 2016 at 3:04 PM ^
Dantoni is so paranoid about Michigan it's pathetic. Whenever he makes some veiled attempted jab at Michigan it just makes him sound like a bigger d-bag.
February 5th, 2016 at 3:06 PM ^
"Our drama takes place ON the field"
*top-ranked recruit gets arrested on NSD*
February 5th, 2016 at 3:16 PM ^
where Michigan State almost got into field goal range to cut the Bama lead to 38-3. That was dramatic.
February 5th, 2016 at 5:10 PM ^
February 5th, 2016 at 6:12 PM ^
February 5th, 2016 at 6:24 PM ^
February 5th, 2016 at 3:05 PM ^
Too make sure everyone doesn't get all disrespekt'd, isn't every program selling hope to a recruit? I mean, they are not going to go back and play those games again so the recruit can be part of the results.
February 5th, 2016 at 3:05 PM ^
the balls to leave it up there. Not take it down in disgrace like some other coaches.
February 5th, 2016 at 3:11 PM ^
The self-righteous shall be humiliated in the postseason and continue to fail to attract the top talent even at their ceiling as a program.
February 5th, 2016 at 3:25 PM ^
Be a man and leave that shit up.
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February 5th, 2016 at 3:28 PM ^
Agreed. I wish Dantonio left up the tweet about righteousness.
February 5th, 2016 at 3:11 PM ^
Take the high road. Dantonio is going to say what he's going to say--at the end of the day, they were in the semifinals and we were playing in the Citrus Bowl. We are selling hope right now, albeit very promising-looking hope. They're in the position to sell results. We'll see what happens on the field next year when they won't need a flukey botched punt to win.
In short, step away from the twitter--it's the worst medium for talking shit.
February 5th, 2016 at 3:33 PM ^
February 5th, 2016 at 3:44 PM ^
February 5th, 2016 at 4:04 PM ^
February 5th, 2016 at 4:02 PM ^
10 wins isn't hope. Last offseason we may have been selling hope.
February 5th, 2016 at 4:16 PM ^
10 wins and a 34-point win over the SEC runner-up in their own state.
There's some results.