Isiah Hole: No New Evidence Was Found; Michigan's Move Today Doesn't Make Sense

I don't think he deflected. He was very upfront about saying he doesn't know what's happening, his sources have gone dark, and he knows no more than your average fan at this moment.

I'm not interested in this ticky tack going after coaches to get an advantage crap. It's petty from any side, and it damages the sport. Any amount of injecting bullshit into the sport takes away from it. We've moved on from a simple war of words between rivals, and stepped it up to cloak and dagger, and it's sickening. 

Why would you want a guy who throws WR screens on 4th & 2 to be out for The Game?  That's like wanting Franklin out, when he's really an asset to us.  

I'm hoping they don't care because they are about to give the B1G notice that we're leaving the conference.   

Next step is to release the evidence that they have on OSU either before The Game or in the off-season to get Day suspended for the game/this postseason/next season. 

This stuff doesn't exist people. I kept using the word IF every time a "leak" came out saying Michigan had X, Y, and Z on this program and that program. If they aren't interested in using that to hold others accountable when it appears that they were held accountable by others "leaking" things (to the Big Ten, PIs, whoever) then it's pretty obvious all of this was bluster or just not provable. Michigan isn't swallowing this pill because they believe in the Big Ten and don't want to tear it down by taking other programs down with them. They just don't have the ability to do that in the first place.

That being said, they produced proof that their signs were stolen by other programs in a coordinated effort (something I can't believe people aren't pounding the table about) and that sign stealing in general is pretty straightforward given all of the camera angles that teams have access too (filming of the sidelines, the scoreboard which is showing the sideline, etc). This thing is overblown just based on what we've come to learn over the past month. Shit, most people didn't know you couldn't advance scout because you can in high school and the NFL.

Regardless, the "insiders" have to rely on their sources, that's all fine and good, but at this point it's pretty safe to say insiders don't really sense-check their sources and just repeat what they're hearing. And for that, they're not really useful in any meaningful way. If they're given "feelings" and "what we should do" type stories from people, that means nothing. Either have better sources, challenge what you're hearing, or be ignored.

It would have to be fairly significant to get another suspension. Trust or not, you're gonna argue the merit of a new case.

I think Tony Petitti and the Big Ten had egg on their face after handing down this sentence. ESPN supported them but plenty of other national news outlets (like SI and Fox Sports) did not as well as plenty of their talking heads (Wilbon, Howard, I did not see Herbstreit state anything in particular but I doubt he liked it). Especially if Michigan keeps winning. It just makes them look like whiny babies. And don't forget Petitti still needs to contend with any potential fallout about putting it in writing that sign stealing can cause injuries. 

How could delaying our counterattack to the offseason possibly be advantageous? 

Let's just assume Michigan's mythical binder on OSU is real and they leak it all in February. That gives OSU and the Big Ten half a year to do nothing and let the media lose interest. The story will have died on its own by Week 1 of 2024, and OSU will get away with no punishment. Even if they do get punished, it's a punishment for their non-conference games. Meanwhile, Harbaugh was forced to sit out for our most important 3-game stretch.

I'll believe we have dirt when we release it. Seems like the only arrow in our quiver was the AP report on the OSU/Rutgers/Purdue collusion to decode our signs. And that was a bombshell that should have exposed the Big Ten's hypocrisy, but sadly the suspension and aborted TRO have drawn all the attention away from that.

If they did not contradict the official Michigan statement that they were closing the investigation, well, first of all that's weird Michigan said it if they didn't have some statement supporting that and then also the Big Ten will look like they went back on their word because they did not contradict it and everyone is reporting it as the end of the investigation by the Big Ten. Something really egregious would have to come out I think. 

They have actually said to the contrary. I believe they said this is the end of it unless the NCAA can prove other coaches were involved. It’s getting harder and harder to believe nobody else new how some of these signs were being gathered. If somehow that could be proven things will definitely escalate with both the NCAA and the B10.

There's nothing good about Michigan not even trying to stop the 3 day suspension......that they PUBLICLY said that they were going to fight (SEVERAL times).  The conference got EXACTLY what it wanted.  Michigan is actually in a WORSE position than they were last Friday, because they essentially just admitted that they did something wrong.....without an investigation being completed.  Any non Michigan fan IMMEDIATELY now assumes that, "well, I guess they are guilty and are cheaters".

There's nothing good about Michigan's head coach not coaching for it's 1,000th win, or coaching against OSU, during our best chance for a national championship, since 1997.

Spin the narrative all you want, but there's NOTHING good about this.  Just shows that the Michigan athletic department continues to be a bunch of spineless fools, who are the ONLY athletic department that would allow this kind of shit to happen.

Tennessee had 200 violations, and 18 (!!!!) of those were level 1.  They got nothing for that.  Yet, Michigan just continues to bend over and take it.  Because.......reasons.

Makes me have flashbacks of the Ed Martin thing, and it's complete bullshit that it's happening again.

Wtf was his press conference all about then ? He wanted to talk he wanted to prove his innocence he wanted to be heard !!! Why get everybody pumped up and galvanized as one then drop a hammer on us three days later !!! 

It does have that rule, but it's so overreaching that, at some point, it's going to get challenged in court. 

I had the exact same thought re time served. 

Something that struck me about the legal issue was that it is clear now that the only point to UM was getting the TRO. I thought the TRO was unlikely as soon as we beat PSU.  It is hard to argue irreparable harm when you are 4-0 without Harbaugh on the sidelines. So maybe these negotiations started sooner than it seems like to us. If Michigan got the Big Ten to back off then dropping the actual lawsuit makes sense. Because it's pretty clear that outside of anonymous quotes it is primarily the Big Ten that is out for blood. 

Petitti is not a god. He must have gotten HUGE pushback for the stealing signals leads to injuries statement. And he definitely got pushback in the national media for what he did in general. People without blinders on can see he jumped to action before an investigation was complete. I doubt the NCAA is happy either. For all we know he is desperately trying to hold onto his job, and the NCAA may be coming down on him. In the era of now we know what concussions do and CTE does football really need any more bad publicity regarding causing injuries in college kids?

I think Harbaugh chooses or has chosen to go because of this. The rest of the B1G will continue to persecute with him here.

I am so mad at the conference right now, and will be furious if we lose to OSU because Sherrone cannot focus on the offensive play calling between series, and Harbaugh is not in the field.