Inside Schembechler Hall Tidbits (O'Korn for MSU, Purdue locker room, etc)
I was listening to Sam Webb and JT Rogan's weekly podcast "Inside Schembechler Hall" at lunch and noticed a couple interesting tidbits:
JT Rogan seemed to spill the beans about who's starting for MSU, stating that they're taking advantage of the bye week to get the O'Korn transitioned from a back-up role to the starter, and coming up with a game plan for him. Not sure if there's an "in case Speight can't go" caveat that was unsaid, or if this was decided. Seemed like the latter from the way JT was talking about it.
They also discussed the visitor locker room conditions issue that flared up this week after Jim's Monday presser. When discussing Purdue's response, JT intimated that there were some additional issues with the conditions the team dealt with at Purdue that they kept private, and that any claims Purdue were making that they did as much as they could to be welcoming and accomodating were disingenuious at best.
Other parts from this week:
September 29th, 2017 at 1:43 PM ^
September 29th, 2017 at 1:47 PM ^
Secrets, secrets are no fun
September 29th, 2017 at 1:59 PM ^
Especially because they are no longer secrets at that point?
September 29th, 2017 at 4:57 PM ^
...the fastest way to get the word out.
September 29th, 2017 at 2:02 PM ^
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September 29th, 2017 at 3:05 PM ^
I got a secret!
September 29th, 2017 at 3:34 PM ^
I'm wondering who you are....
September 29th, 2017 at 3:35 PM ^
Strong enough for a man...
September 29th, 2017 at 1:53 PM ^
Speight starting versus Florida was the same thing.
But if you think Harbaugh's going to announce a starter despite the media asking him every change they get...you're smoking that good shit.
September 29th, 2017 at 5:05 PM ^
it in camp is such that I didn't know/feel like it was a done deal.
Even now, part of me nervously wonders if they are different enough QB's that there would be value in Rogan letting it out there that JOK is starting, when the plan is for Speight to be healed and ready.
But, on the whole, this sounds legit, and it does make me OH SO HAPPY that it sounds like there has been a decision that JOK is now QB1.
In the words of Jim's daughter, "GREAT GAME, JOHN O'KORN!"
May it be followed by many, many more.
September 29th, 2017 at 1:46 PM ^
When Harbaugh was interviewed about a potential QB controvery/competition, he responded by saying there isn't one until Speight is healthy. I'm reading between the lines to think Speight's injury is more serious and will keep him out for awhile, therefore JOK is the starter.
September 29th, 2017 at 2:58 PM ^
Honestly, I think that regardless of the genuine severity of the injury, they're going to exaggerate it, if need be, in order to allow Speight to save some face with regard to losing his starting role this year. Either way, it serves as a convenient explanation and lets Speight keep his dignity.
It's better to be the guy who lost his starting job due to continued injury than it is to be the guy who's healthy enough to play but got passed on the depth chart.
September 29th, 2017 at 3:21 PM ^
Wait, why do you think this? Has Harbaugh been known to exaggerate the impact of injuries before? Is he the sort to soft-shoe a guy losing through competition?
Harbaugh isn't forthcoming from the media, but that's different from deceptively overstating injuries to save face for a player. I haven't seen anything from Harbaugh or his associates to suggest that he would ever do that. If Speight loses the job, he loses the job. Harbaugh likes his QBs and doesn't relish them losing their jobs, but he's not the sort to play pretend, either.
September 29th, 2017 at 6:00 PM ^
Harbaugh might not be known to do this, but that's not to say it hasn't been done before. Famously, and until recently, I always thought Matt Gutierrez lost his spot to Chad Henne because of the torn labrum but I've recently heard that the extent of the injury was also exaggerated as the season went on to save face for freshman Henne having locked down the spot.
September 30th, 2017 at 3:36 PM ^
You "recently heard" about a would-be conspiracy to fabricate an injury to prevent a potential QB controversy that occurred 13 years ago? And you believe that it somehow informs the current situation?
September 29th, 2017 at 6:24 PM ^
I wouldn't put it past him to help a player save face to the public, he is very protective of his players to those outside of the program, especially QBs.
September 29th, 2017 at 11:15 PM ^
September 29th, 2017 at 3:58 PM ^
Speight is a good QB at times. I think he needs to make sure he's healthy and who knows that may be hurting his accuracy. A bit of time to sort things out and he might come back strong.
September 29th, 2017 at 9:49 PM ^
September 30th, 2017 at 3:20 AM ^
OK, no one else up or downvote Turtle's post PLEASE -
It's perfect just as is...
September 29th, 2017 at 1:47 PM ^
"JT intimated that there were some additional issues with the conditions the team dealt with at Purdue that they kept private"
The mind reels at what that might be.
Thanks for posting this!
September 29th, 2017 at 1:52 PM ^
They were forced to watch a loop of highlights from the Darrell Hazell era.
September 29th, 2017 at 2:01 PM ^
a 10 second loop keeps repeating over and over.
September 29th, 2017 at 2:29 PM ^
September 29th, 2017 at 4:25 PM ^
and her heavily Polish accented tunes.
September 29th, 2017 at 5:04 PM ^
September 29th, 2017 at 1:54 PM ^
There were only two toilets. Neither one had a door and neither one could flush. The "bus option" was not just for air conditioning but also for poops.
September 29th, 2017 at 2:38 PM ^
September 29th, 2017 at 3:33 PM ^
Where did you hear this?
September 29th, 2017 at 3:54 PM ^
former M player who was with the team
September 29th, 2017 at 4:28 PM ^
after Big Boutros relieves himself after his Souvlaki all you can eat buffet.
September 30th, 2017 at 3:29 AM ^
September 29th, 2017 at 4:52 PM ^
One of the players confirmed that they only had two toilets, although I didn't hear that they were out of service.
September 29th, 2017 at 4:14 PM ^
September 29th, 2017 at 6:03 PM ^
Raise your hand if you've taken a dump at Rick's before. 
September 29th, 2017 at 7:32 PM ^
1983.
September 29th, 2017 at 2:00 PM ^
Naked pin-ups of Drew Brees everywhere?
September 29th, 2017 at 2:11 PM ^
Bob Greise. They go old school at Purdue.
September 29th, 2017 at 2:18 PM ^
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September 29th, 2017 at 2:27 PM ^
My guess would be the toilets. With only 2 stalls for 70 plus players, they were probably lined up waiting to take their pre game dump.
I remember in HS with my basketball team and all 14 of us waiting in line for a pre game poop. I cannot imagine that scenerio playing out with 5 times as many players and the same amount of toilets.
September 29th, 2017 at 3:25 PM ^
I think some folks also mentioned the stadium's dumpsters were located right next to the visitors locker room, which had to be pretty rank on a 90 degree day.
September 29th, 2017 at 3:50 PM ^
And those are going to be some massive dumps...
September 29th, 2017 at 1:49 PM ^
