Maybe they (UM) are getting in front of the NCAA on this issue, like with the cheeseburger suspension. Maybe a conference-imposed suspension on Connorgate will carry more sway with NCAA than the self-imposed earlier one.

I hope they got more from the deal, like Tony's resignation.

Maybe just maybe Harbs is taking one for the team to stop any further BS. We may never know. 

Hateful persecution won one. I understand the concept of giving the attention back to the kids. But you have to fight when up against hateful persecution. Sucks so bad. 

So we voluntarily withdrew our request for a TRO...which is different from reaching a settlement w/the B1G. I'm no lawyer and don't know why we would do that now, but my speculative guess is that the NCAA/B1G has more evidence that would have come out and made this whole thing worse. In any case the timing is very suspicious to me; if Michigan/Harbaugh were simply trying to limit distraction(s) then why wait until the day before they travel to MD?

The B10 statement is cramming salt into the wound.  Talk about rolling over.

Maybe I am being pedantic but I don't like the title of this article: "Litigation Dropped; Michigan Suspends Harbaugh".  Technically, the BIG10 punished the University of Michigan and the form of its punishment was to ban Harbaugh from being on the sidelines for 3 games. If I recall, the BIG10 in its letter admitted it didn't have evidence of wrongdoing by Harbaugh and its punishment of banning him from the sidelines was a punishment of the University, not him. The title makes it seem that the University is suspending Harbaugh which isn't the case. The University is simply not fighting the punishment the BIG10 (unfairly) administered against the University. 

This matters to me because I want the University to announce a huge contract extension for Harbaugh at the start of next week. That wouldn't be happening if the University was suspending Harbaugh. 

The university needs to sign him to a new contract asap or he is gone

What fucking world are we living in? Good god I understand there are far greater catastrophes happening minute by minute in this world but this shit just makes my head want to explode.

Fuck college sports.  Nobody cares but this is a big time pushing me away.

Petiti is a punk! MSU AD is an a*hole. May MSU/OSU athletic departments continue to suffer. 

Whatever. Just win.

WTF

I'm worried that it's jaybaugh 

Remember there were Venmo transactions of him paying stalions 

Utter bullshit. Fuck the B1G and their stupid fucking statement. Michigan rolled over and it's pathetic.

Fire Warde, worst “settlement” ever. We get bupkis, Pettiti gets to crow about his big win.
 

Sopwith, please report to take your negs (you seem like a nice guy but you apparently got deeply played by your source about “the binder” and we need a messenger to shoot). 

The result was inevitable. The timing was not. The Big 10 wanted to punish Harbaugh and it would have done that eventually. Michigan's due process arguments might have delayed things but it would not have carried the day in preventing punishment. I'd rather get it out of the way now rather than impact the Big 10 Championship game--because we are beating OSU--or a playoff appearance. 

Not what I wanted to happen, as a Michigan fan, but also not unexpected. 
 

Michigan gets to go forward knowing exactly what they have to do coaching wise and the players aren’t on edge not knowing whether Harbaugh will be there or not. Also, it seems on the surface, that any other “evidence” against Michigan related to this, of which there sounds like there have been rumblings about, that UM will not face any other punishment from the b1g. 
 

The b1g and vocal leaders against Harbaugh and Michigan get their stupid pound of flesh, without a lengthy and potentially bloody court process that would probably tarnish the entire conference and not just Michigan. 
 

For Michigan it sucks, especially for something that so many coaches and ex-players consider a part of the game. 
 

Im thinking the players will be able to put all of this behind them and focus completely on their next two games, which I imagine was also a consideration by Harbaugh. 

Nothing significantly new. Neither BIG nor UM liked dealing with the uncertainty of the courts which could burn either of them.

We get a cap on our losses, and we demonstrated that we stand by Harbaugh, as the offense is against the University, not against Harbaugh (though he manifests the punishment).

BIG realizes we do, in fact, have the capability of pushing back.

We get opportunity to beat Ohio without even needing our head coach physically present.

It's an enema for all involved.

And there will be behind the scenes payback.

But Harbaugh will be back. He doesn't go like this.

Oh, and it also opens the tiny crease of the doorway a little bit wider for demand for a rematch in the playoffs in the event of a narrow Michigan Harbaughless loss.

This is what we get? Anti-climax?

I don't understand the point of this when the NCAA investigation is ongoing. In litigation, typically defendants want to settle with everyone at the same time to limit exposure. Now Harbaugh could be subjected to double penalties.

Fuck you Michigan.  Neg me, but I'd rather see us go down swinging and risk vacating wins. I'd rather us lose with dignity than lay down and be a pathetic flaccid flapping piece of pathetic shriveled up balless sack skin 

To give in to a punishment from the Big Ten when they didn’t even do an investigation, with a potential punishment still coming from the NCAA, seems like a bad approach.  The Big Ten was scared of a public courtroom drama and we let Petite off the hook.  Weak sauce.

Hard to say if OSU is happy or sad about this. On the one hand, your nemesis isnt on the opposite sideline. OTOH, now the pressure is really on Day to win. If you lose this game you might get fired. That whole team before had an excuse to lose to Michigan, now theyre gonna get skewered if they do

I'm pissed about this surrender.   They should have at least gotten the suspension shortened to 2 games so he would be on the sideline for the Game.

I'm worried about what this portends, and also worried about how it looks.

Sherrone Moore: 2023::Steve Fisher:1989

I really expected Michigan to put up a fight this time. Guess I was wrong...

What's the best way to get throwup taste out of your mouth.

Not asking for a friend.

PS anyone know how to get asshole feeling better after taking up the ass?