Delaney won't comment on Harbaugh/Sankey
February 20th, 2016 at 11:49 PM ^
February 21st, 2016 at 6:23 AM ^
February 21st, 2016 at 7:45 AM ^
I support this a billion times over. It would be a GREAT move for the conference.
However, I feel like they'd never do it because he was just a sitting AD at a member institution.
February 21st, 2016 at 7:59 AM ^
February 20th, 2016 at 11:52 PM ^
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February 20th, 2016 at 11:53 PM ^
Easily the worst comissioner in conference history.
February 21st, 2016 at 12:04 AM ^
Harbaugh has more of a voice than Delaney ever will. When Delaney's mouth moves, the entire country laughs as the Midwest facepalms.
February 21st, 2016 at 4:51 AM ^
Delaney has 14 schools that he is answering to, and only one of them is named Michigan. Are you so certain that most of the teams back Harbaugh? Dantonio seemed to agree with JH's stance, at least publicly, and maybe Meyer, but how about everyone else?
What Harbaugh has on his side is that so many sports travel on holidays to participate in games and tournaments that the NCAA has to throw the baby out with the bath water to change the rule so there probably isn't much they can do. That our players get a long period of time to study after the spring game and before finals is a good countering position JH has available on top of the fact that all the whining is BS.
I suspect there is resentment from many of the coaches about the amount of press coverage JH has received since coming back to Michigan as its coach, and they won't be supporting us in things like this trip because they may not want to put in the effort nor have the resources that Harbaugh has available. Taking a football team to Florida for a week is not free and other than a handful of teams in the B1G, the athletic departments run in the red.
February 21st, 2016 at 7:56 AM ^
I get your point, but that hasn't stopped Delaney from supporting a team in the past. You are giving him way too much credit. He would care less about consensus in the conference before he speaks out about an issue, just not on this one...
February 21st, 2016 at 8:21 AM ^
I'm not giving Delaney credit for anything. What I am suggesting is that Delaney may be caught between opposing factions within the B1G.
On top of that, he really doesn't have to say anything about this issue because, it would seem, that the NCAA can't be arbitrary and stop Michigan without also stopping all of the other holiday tournaments, games and, potentially, bowl games. Emmert's language the other day supports this contention.
The summer camp question is where I think there may be more of a battle, and that is where Delaney may have to weigh in. Why waste your political capital when you don't have to?
February 21st, 2016 at 9:20 AM ^
February 21st, 2016 at 3:29 PM ^
Harbaugh doesn't need defending. Check. The ESPN backed SEC--with its abundant histrory of flagrantly disregarding NCAA rules--trotting out their Uncle Caleb spokesperson on a HIGH-HORSE is what needs a thorough comeuppance. NOT checked. Our Big 10 Commissioner needs to have the fortitude (its Sunday, so no mention of the specific male body part envisioned) to take down this Trojan Horse of a horse's ass conference and commissioner.... Speak the truth, Mr. Commissioner, and have the spine to point out the hypocrisy of the SEC not just when Mr. Harbaugh is attacked, but EVERYTIME that conference raises its ugly, false, shameless head to dare lecture anyone about NCAA rules or caring about student athletes.
February 21st, 2016 at 10:52 AM ^
February 21st, 2016 at 6:33 AM ^
Wayne Duke would take exception to this.
February 21st, 2016 at 7:49 AM ^
Eh.....he's made his schools a lot of money and was at the forefront of the TV revenue movement. I give him credit for that.
His time has passed and BTN now sucks.
February 20th, 2016 at 11:54 PM ^
February 21st, 2016 at 12:35 AM ^
He licks his finger, sees what direction the wind blows. Only once he senses extra-territorial consensus will he move.
Meanwhile, he lets coaches in his own conference twist in the wind.
Fuck Delany. Hope the B1G gets an actual leader.
February 21st, 2016 at 12:01 AM ^
- Added Rutgers.
- Proposed the return of a rule thrown out 40 years ago
- Murdered the CCHA and in return treats Hockey as if it's a non-revenue sport and unimportant. Spoiler: Hockey makes money at half of the schools in this one-bid league.
- This.
- Has done nothing and will continue to do nothing about this league having the worst officiating--across all sports--nationwide.
February 21st, 2016 at 12:57 AM ^
You had me until the officiating. It's terrible all over.
February 21st, 2016 at 1:06 AM ^
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February 21st, 2016 at 8:03 AM ^
February 21st, 2016 at 8:03 AM ^
However, after the Bolden incident, I started watching more closely (CFB only)...for this year, I found that the Pac-12 officials were best of the P5. And when they did so something wrong, the conference suspended them or demoted them.
SEC and Big XII were next.
ACC was 4th (see Duke/Miami).
B1G was dead last and it wasn't even close. I saw the B1G get the targeting call right ONCE all year. It was OSU/Hawaii and the foul was on Bosa. He orginally called targeting, it wasn't...they didn't eject him, but they still tacked on the 15 yards for late hit (which it was).
I honestly don't think the officials knew you could do that, not ejecting the player doesn't automatically wipe out the penalty. It CAN, if you want it to, but it doesn't go from ejection to nothing. You can still throw a flag for unnecessary roughness or late hit or whatever.
February 21st, 2016 at 1:01 PM ^
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February 20th, 2016 at 11:59 PM ^
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February 21st, 2016 at 12:03 AM ^
He's another UNC goober that somehow garnered a position of power he is not qualfied for.
February 21st, 2016 at 12:04 AM ^
February 21st, 2016 at 12:16 AM ^
February 21st, 2016 at 7:58 AM ^
Exactly. He didn't ask all the universities how they felt before supporting the cheaters. He does whatever he thinks is good for the conference. It does not matter what teams in the conference think.
February 21st, 2016 at 1:35 AM ^
Delaney fehlt männliche Geschlechtsorgane.
February 21st, 2016 at 12:06 AM ^
Why don't we just join the SEC, take it over, and burn it to the ground like Sherman. Problem solved.
February 21st, 2016 at 12:27 AM ^
If you combine Michigan and Northwestern's endowment alone, you could probably buy out Texas A&M (worth huge amounts), and burn the rest of the SEC down into the ground.
February 21st, 2016 at 12:10 AM ^
Weak. OK at money grubbing, but that's it. Not much of a leader. How does he keep his job?
February 21st, 2016 at 12:20 AM ^
Unfortunately as long as the league is making money, he'll be there until he wants to leave. All this conference cares about is making money.
That's why they added teams that aren't even from the Midwest.
That's why the B1G Basketball Tournament will be ripped away from the fans the next two years when it's moved to Washington D.C. and NYC.
Everyone is making money off of the people who aren't making any money whatsoever. I'm not an advocate for paying players AT ALL but the money every school is bringing in from BTN revenue is absolutely absurd. Especially the projected revenue in future years.
The only people happy with the way this league is operating right now are the ones in charge of finances.
February 21st, 2016 at 9:34 AM ^
Read some story about Jabrill last year having to eat Ramen noodles during the summer. these guys need to eat to maintain body weight year round and protein supplments are expensive too.
February 21st, 2016 at 12:11 AM ^
If you worry about anything other than money, Delaney is worthless
February 21st, 2016 at 12:11 AM ^
Is becoming at black eye to the B1G and the university. He acts like a juvenile.
February 21st, 2016 at 12:16 AM ^
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February 21st, 2016 at 12:24 AM ^
Just not on here. I am hearing Jim better win this year or this might be it. He is acting bigger than university it won't be tolerated long. Take off your homer glasses.
February 21st, 2016 at 12:28 AM ^
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February 21st, 2016 at 12:41 AM ^
Would know this is gonna end bad.
February 21st, 2016 at 12:28 AM ^
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February 21st, 2016 at 12:40 AM ^
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February 21st, 2016 at 12:56 AM ^
Losing to your rivals feels like a win to you and all these harbaugh minions on here fine. I am saying there are very influential people that are sour on his act.
February 21st, 2016 at 1:40 AM ^
February 21st, 2016 at 12:59 AM ^
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February 21st, 2016 at 12:22 AM ^
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