FBI getting involved with Matt Weiss.
October 26th, 2023 at 6:24 PM ^
This is the one thing that doesn't bother me.
Michigan fired him for unauthorized computer access.
October 26th, 2023 at 6:36 PM ^
WHICH HE WAS USING TO SIGN INTO “THE DRIVE” AS THOSE USERS.
I’m gonna need more tinfoil.
October 26th, 2023 at 6:24 PM ^
Stapleton seems to be working a lot of OT these days
October 26th, 2023 at 6:29 PM ^
ESPN has been hemorrhaging money for years, they have to make up for it somehow.
Don’t you notice them slandering the Big Ten at will once they lost their TV deal with them?
October 26th, 2023 at 6:35 PM ^
OSU, Penn St, UM and even USC have all piled on each other when its their turn. Funny thing is its the same teams on the NCAA's wheel of sanctions!
October 26th, 2023 at 6:30 PM ^
At some point we need to accept that this is on Harbaugh and Warde. I’d hate to see Harbaugh go because he finally has this thing humming and I’d love to see him spite the ncaa.
but… they’ve made three horrible hires between Weiss, schemmy, and Stalions. It’s now a pattern. The scary thing is that Stalions is the least problematic character of the three and he’s batshit
October 26th, 2023 at 6:33 PM ^
Weiss' transgressions were not predictable, Shemy was fired immediately upon being "hired," and what evidence is there that Stalions is a "horrible hire?" Perhaps he has his issues, but calling the victim of a targeted smear campaign a "horrible hire" is pretty pathetic.
October 26th, 2023 at 6:40 PM ^
At a minimum Stalions was very reckless. I don’t know the guy, might be a good guy, but all of this was avoidable in like 27 different ways.
October 26th, 2023 at 6:41 PM ^
Bad PR lasts a week, maybe a month. Coach Harbaugh is doing legendary shit.
Ask any college football fan about about stretch gate and they will have no clue what you are talking about. (Obviously OSU/MSU trolls not included)
You think bosses dont have tons of bad employees? Also Stalions made 55k is that a position you want Harbaugh to take several days looking at as hire running a $100 million a year program. Grow up.
October 26th, 2023 at 7:27 PM ^
Was Harbaugh involved with those hires to the extent he vetted their past? That is what HR is for. Doubt he has time to do that.
October 26th, 2023 at 6:31 PM ^
The "multiple states" thing really has me wondering what he did. I always assumed he just accessed some area of Michigan's computer system/records that he wasn't supposed to. Maybe because he was looking at confidential records of students from different states, and that makes each occurrence a separate crime? I dunno.
October 26th, 2023 at 6:44 PM ^
Bringing in multiple states is always an interesting nuance (RICO!!). If he accessed an email account and sent an email to someone in another state I think that counts as interstate criming.
October 26th, 2023 at 6:35 PM ^
Weiss hasn’t been associated with Michigan for the better part of a year and UM Police have been working on this with the FBI for months. This isn’t a new development.
Trying to figure out what the issue is. Unless you’re an OSU fan which means we should all be in jail.
October 26th, 2023 at 6:37 PM ^
Just win baby.
October 26th, 2023 at 6:43 PM ^
Very old news, but people will just read the headline and automatically associate it with the "sign-stealing" farce.
Smear campaign.
October 26th, 2023 at 6:49 PM ^
Yep - this is all part of a coordinated negative PR campaign / information operation being waged against Michigan right now. It doesn't matter that there's no "news" in it. It's just there to keep the negative news cycle going to create pressure and hope Michigan reacts stupidly and starts suspending or firing people to quiet the critics.
October 26th, 2023 at 6:44 PM ^
“For all I know, you’re the rat.”
October 26th, 2023 at 6:47 PM ^
No such thing as bad publicity, amirite? Right guys????? Right?!?!?!?!!
October 26th, 2023 at 7:54 PM ^
Is that you, Mel?
October 26th, 2023 at 6:57 PM ^
Honestly, I know this won't happen, but I'd love for the University of Michigan to file a libel tort claim against these "journalists" who are painting everything so negatively. Of course this would be after the dust settles on all of this. I understand the principles behind the tort claims, so I understand I'm reaching. But I want to see a scorched earth approach after this.
October 26th, 2023 at 7:08 PM ^
I said this elsewhere but the fact the FBI is involved and it crosses state lines isn't particularly surprising - if you try to scam someone/use interstate services that exist in other states then it's not a surprise the FBI might get involved. It's as much a jurisdictional issue as anything else. For example, crypto scams are considered something the FBI would investigate because it's crossed state lines and the "FBI" is the Federal Bureau of Investigation - they're the investigative arm of the federal government . So while this does sound serious for Weiss the fact he's not in jail makes me think this isn't necessarily sinister as much as shitty.
October 26th, 2023 at 7:13 PM ^
PR Manager: "What do you have for us today NCAA?"
Stapleton: "Sorry guys, I've gotta get out a statement about a 'writer'."
PR Manager: "Okay Tough Guy, watcha got"
Day: "Sorry fellas, I'm coaching Third Base for my nephew's game today."
PR Intern: "Hey, did you guys hear about the FBI involvement in the Matt Weiss deal?"
PR Manager: "Didn't the FBI get involved a long time ago?"
PR Intern: "Yeah, but does anyone know that other than Michigan and its rivals?"
PR CEO: "Love it! I'll get this to our friends at ESPN. Let's try and do better tomorrow."
October 27th, 2023 at 12:13 AM ^
I'm coaching Third Base for my nephew's game today.
Love it.
October 26th, 2023 at 7:46 PM ^
I would put a huge asterisk next to this as this is coming from Tony Garcia. Looks like Rittenberg just copied and pasted Garcia's article.