Pete Thamel: No indication of timetable on B1G’s decision
Here’s the tweet:
Hoping they don’t wait until 8pm Friday evening.
November 9th, 2023 at 10:39 AM ^
This is the scenario I'm hoping for, sans #7
November 9th, 2023 at 10:40 AM ^
THE KNOWLEDGE?!?
November 9th, 2023 at 10:56 AM ^
Mostly seems plausible. Two things I'd expect to go differently are a bigger win vs PSU (though really in a game this big almost any win is not mundane), and Harbaugh will for sure get suspended more than one game. He was already going to get suspended for multiple games before any of this sign stealing happened
November 9th, 2023 at 11:01 AM ^
I am nervous about this game. "One track mind" and "tunnel vision" not withstanding, there is zero chance that this has not been a distraction for the team. Additionally, PSU is essentially a proxy for the rest of the BIG and like it or not, Michigan administration and fans have been talking mad shit about everybody as well. Penn State is coming off a get right game too. Lastly, I am not expecting many calls to go Michigan's way. I think the game is going to be a heart attack, and will require late McCarthy heroics. I think it is going to be a game where I have no intention on drinking, but run up to the store after the first quarter to get beer, ie last year Illinois.
November 9th, 2023 at 12:25 PM ^
I get the nervousness because anything can happen in College Football but…….Ohio State moves the ball with regularity against PSU. I am not going to definitively say our offense is better than theirs but it is at least equal so we are going to have opportunities to score points. However, I will definitively say our defense is better than Ohio State, so things are going to be very difficult for Penn State to score unless we have multiple bust plays on defense. Also, I would be a lot more worried if PSU had a mobile QB. They don’t and I am confident Minter has a game plan to limit Allar. Go Blue!
November 9th, 2023 at 11:41 AM ^
Michigan should not take the gamble that Pettiti won't act after the close of business Friday, as scummy as that would be. We should file a declaratory judgment action today, based on the B1G's threats of peremptory penalties, and seek an ex ex parte injunction from the Washtenaw Trial Court immediately, preventing any such action. No reason to let these fools play us for idiots.
November 9th, 2023 at 11:58 AM ^
Certain questions could be ripe for such an action, but it would likely not be immediate.
I doubt very much that the BIG is going to act before the game on Saturday.
November 9th, 2023 at 10:15 AM ^
Oooh Pete, nice pivot to "alleged" illegal signal stealing. Looks like someone got the memo.
November 9th, 2023 at 10:23 AM ^
still lame though. alleged illegal in-person scouting would be more accurate.
there will be a lot of dummies out there who think sign stealing (a) is illegal and (b) isn't commonplace.
November 9th, 2023 at 10:15 AM ^
Fuck Pete
November 9th, 2023 at 10:53 AM ^
Pete Thamel alleged horse buggerer.
PTB5H
November 9th, 2023 at 10:16 AM ^
I'm expecting Friday afternoon so getting a TRO would be hard. Or waiting a couple weeks to suspend for OSU and the big ten championship
November 9th, 2023 at 10:23 AM ^
I actually doubt this. That kind of petty behavior doesn't win you points in upcoming lawsuits.
November 9th, 2023 at 10:26 AM ^
Petty behavior has been the hallmark of this saga for its entire three years. Why stop now?
November 9th, 2023 at 10:27 AM ^
Unless I'm mistaken, tomorrow/Friday is court holiday in most/all states and the federal system.
November 9th, 2023 at 10:29 AM ^
Difficult, but not impossible. Correct?
November 9th, 2023 at 10:32 AM ^
I'm not a lawyer, but I don't think a judge would look too kindly on the conference acting in such a capricious manner to maximize the harm inflicted on Michigan.
November 9th, 2023 at 11:02 AM ^
…particularly in a case where the conference is likely going to have to work pretty hard to show that they aren’t acting in a capricious and biased manner.
November 9th, 2023 at 10:34 AM ^
It's going to be Veterans Day Observed on Friday. So I suppose the later today it gets, the more pissed off the judge is going to be if he waits much longer.
November 9th, 2023 at 11:17 AM ^
There is exactly 0 percent chance that Harbaugh gets suspended for the OSU game. Petitti is a TV exec by trade. He wants numbers. That week is rivalry week. People can choose to ignore that game in favor of other rivalries. He will want both teams at full strength. So if there's a Harbaugh suspension, it is either now and ending by OSU (unlikely because Warde will appeal), or it will be two games next year which includes Texas.
November 9th, 2023 at 10:16 AM ^
If the the decision does not come out today or tomorrow, the longer it takes to get a decision, the better it is for Michigan I would think.
November 9th, 2023 at 10:21 AM ^
I thought this too until you realize, if they wait until after this weekend to bring anything down, they will try to suspend Harbaugh for Maryland/OSU or OSU/BIG Champ game.
November 9th, 2023 at 10:29 AM ^
Your concern is valid only if you believe that Michigan and Coach have little to no chance of being granted a TRO. As others have said (or implied), the timing of any attempted suspension by B1G after this weekend should, in my opinion, help Michigan and Coach. Any actual or apparent focus by B1G on discipline/suspension for Nov 25th looks malicious and is bad business and politics.
November 9th, 2023 at 12:29 PM ^
Can you imagine what would be going on in 3rd base Day’s head if nothing happens prior to The game? Please Please Please let Lou Holtz chime in on what he thinks about this prior to The Game.
November 9th, 2023 at 10:29 AM ^
I think there justification for a suspension declines every game Harbaugh coaches.
November 9th, 2023 at 10:16 AM ^
So now this impending decision just hangs over the season like the sword of Damocles?
November 9th, 2023 at 11:06 AM ^
No kidding! I think the situation is worse if nothing is announced and the cloud continues to hang over the season.
November 9th, 2023 at 10:16 AM ^
Shut the fuck up pete
November 9th, 2023 at 10:17 AM ^
Fuck him
November 9th, 2023 at 10:17 AM ^
I don’t know but has he always used ‘alleged’ until now
November 9th, 2023 at 10:28 AM ^
If this isn't his first use of it when discussing Michigan I'll be shocked.
November 9th, 2023 at 10:17 AM ^
Thanks paul
November 9th, 2023 at 10:18 AM ^
Thamel was hooting and hollering about how the conference was definitely going to act soon and now he's saying it may take some time. He's so inept at his job that I'll almost feel bad for him when he's inevitably cut during the next round of ESPN layoffs.
November 9th, 2023 at 10:19 AM ^
My hunch is that if it a suspension doesn't come this week, it is not coming at all, at least this season.
I get the feeling this is fizziling very quickly, everybody wants out at this point.
November 9th, 2023 at 11:33 AM ^
Yeah, when UM came back with that letter I suspect Petitti realized he was dangerously close to finding out after fucking around for a while and didn't want that smoke.
Again, he can get his pound of flesh following the usual processes or he can get walloped in the courts and publicly by trying to circumvent them.
November 9th, 2023 at 10:19 AM ^
This reeks of a "suspend him at 10am Saturday morning right before the Penn State game so Michigan can't possibly file for a TRO in time" or wait until 10am the morning of the OSU game and do the exact same thing.
November 9th, 2023 at 10:22 AM ^
That’s what my gut is telling me as well. Hope we’re both wrong.
November 9th, 2023 at 10:31 AM ^
No problem, just have everybody put up an out of office for the weekend, and let them know we'll get back to them "as soon as we return Monday morning"
November 9th, 2023 at 11:45 AM ^
If they pull something that close to a real game time, can't we just say we already started the gameday routine and prep, have no time to prepare for a suspension and we'll start the suspension on Sunday morning, and then file the injunction?
November 9th, 2023 at 10:20 AM ^
What a waste of a post the B1G can’t do shit,
November 9th, 2023 at 10:21 AM ^
Source: Pete Thamel is an OSU shill cunt. He also is (allegedly) a pig fucker.
November 9th, 2023 at 10:42 AM ^
Oh that’s where I recognize him from!
November 9th, 2023 at 10:21 AM ^
I really wish that something would happen today because the suspense is killing me...
/s
November 9th, 2023 at 10:21 AM ^
Coming soon: Shuster shitting all over this
November 9th, 2023 at 10:23 AM ^
The Big Ten is reviewing the lengthy written responses from both Michigan and Jim Harbaugh
Lol of course Thamel had to add that in there. Last time I checked 10 pages is not that long for a formal legal response
November 9th, 2023 at 10:41 AM ^
Pete is used to things on post-it notes
November 9th, 2023 at 10:47 AM ^
...and 144-character tweets (what are they up to currently?).
November 9th, 2023 at 10:41 AM ^
Hey, it's lengthy for Pete, who has to sound out the words as he drags his finger across the page...
November 9th, 2023 at 10:47 AM ^
Pete can't believe it's 10 pages without any pictures.
November 9th, 2023 at 10:44 AM ^
Exactly right.