Harbaugh issues statement regarding investigation

You have my vote for being UM AD. Nice statement.

You have my vote for being the Special Violation Consultant to Warde.

Forget the TCU game. Just look back to the first quarter against Indiana. You telling me that a team who knows every single play of their opponent looks THAT bad??

It’s all fucking bullshit. 

How did we not pitch a shutout against the juggernauts everyone says we haven't played this year? I mean I guess the script is: We make it look competitive in the first half. Then just use our inside information after halftime and shut them all down. 

Well since we lost it’s bc “Michigan sucks.” If we win it’s because we either had a snack at Little Brown Jug or we stole signals 

Isn't it possible to steal signs by watching film instead of sending someone into an opponent's stadium filming surreptitiously? I've heard that the so-called "ALL 22" film provides a pretty comprehensive view. Isn't this all they have to say? "Yes, we were able to predict with some certainty what our opponents were going to do because we studied the film, and we believed were able to decipher some of their signs." 

Seems to me two things have to be proven:

1) Michigan sent a staffer to scout upcoming opponents

2) Michigan communicated opponents' intentions electronically

Perhaps the problem is that Michigan says, "We'll cooperate and take our penalty," while other schools say, "How much is it going to take for you to go lightly on us?" The NCAA likes their money and Michigan won't play ball. Worse yet, Harbaugh denies wrongdoing instead of offering mea culpas.

I don't get it either. In high school the only way to scout a team was to bring a camcorder to their stadium. And ESPN/ABC/FOX et al. broadcast every single Big Ten game. If there is a concern about videotaping the sideline, make a rule against that. There are dozens of legitimate reasons to scout a team in person, and only one illegitimate one. 

I confess to some confusion about the "electronic means" ban. So I take it that it's OK if a sideline coach looks across the field, sees the opposing team signal in the play, and says, "I recognize that signal, it's a draw play" and signals our D. On the other extreme, I guess it would violate the rules if we have some supercomputer database with 20 years of data and a camera on the other sideline that does the same thing and sends a text to the sideline. But, does it mean that someone in the press box can't do what I described in the first example and call down to the sidelines? 

Fleck and Schiano, Or Allen and Schiano. Schiano definitely comes off as a little bitch. Given Fleck's remarks after the game I don't see it being him but, you never know.

NCAA: "How about we settle on a 6 game suspension for Harbaugh next year and we'll call things good?"

Warde: "Done"

I think Michigan afterwards should just release all the names and everything involved. They should say who the coaches are, who at the conference was involved, everyone. The conference won't punish anyone since they're the ones telling people Michigan is cheating. 

Michigan should take it into their own hands and say, well Idiot 1, 2 and 3 accused us of this, Idiot A, B, C at the conference tried to do this, and their evidence was x, y, z.

They should play Woodie Guthrie:

As I was walking, I saw a sign there

And on the one side it said "No Trespassing"

But on the other side, it didn't say nothing

That side was made for you and me.

For anyone who wants to hear the original type "Signs The Five Man Electric Band 1971" into YouTube. I remember that song so well because my dad hated it. He called it, "One of those protest songs."  

The NCAA has no burden of due process because it’s not government and not accountable to anyone.

They do have an incentive to not shit where they eat, but they’re too much inbred nobility at this point to see their own madness.

Wolken is USA Today, which is part of the same network as FREEP and DetroitNews. But yeah, I leave all that crap alone on days like this.

And never will I travel or support the other two teams that made these baseless allegations!!!

He's a national writer for USA Today. I consider him a hack. His knowledge and analysis of the sport is atrocious. As demonstrated by this title, he's a tabloid football writer, not a journalist. Don't give that schmuck clicks. 

This is exactly why people use "FREEP" alerts when posting links to their articles.

It is probably because it's historically been dominated by two teams. Imagine if you were a fan of any B1G West team and every year you pretty much know you don't have a shot at anything because it's either going to be OSU or Michigan.