Yahoo article on AD meeting

Fuck the NCAA as a conglomerate and association!

I am starting to believe that a likely outcome of this, for this year, is that Harbaugh will be suspended for two games.

I have been saying from the beginning that this isn't really a rules violation case, at least in the normal sense of the word. This is a PR effort to damage Michigan, to essentially "cancel" Michigan.

This has played out consistently on other issues, it hasn't really touched college sports, but the script is always the same. The target person or organization either commits some sort of what most would typically brush off as a minor transgression, but in this case well-connected people with a goal in mind drum up a media firestorm, control the narrative, and push for IMMEDIATE harsher punishments.

The mob on social media and other parties that could stand to gain by take down of the target then pile on and demand action. More news comes out every day, never really changing much but always packaged and spun in the most outrage inducing way to keep the fire hot, and the cycle repeats until whatever entity has power over the target acts.

The leaks coming out of the most recent meeting seems to indicate that the league is "considering options" but don't want to "hurt the players," so a suspension of Harbaugh has "been discussed." This is a perfect get out of jail free card for the Big Ten to act in a spineless fashion. They won't nuke Michigan and ban them from the championship, but they'll suspend Harbaugh and issue a $10k fine so they can say they "did something" to appease the mob.

Of course, this will be unlikely to appease the mob. They will then point to the suspension as "proof" that Michigan is guilty of major sins and turn their attention to the CFP. Whether they cave or not is anyone's guess.

MSU MSU CAN EAT A BIG FAT DIIICCKK…Ryan Day can eat a big fat dick!!!  Thamel can eat a fat dick!!

With the avalanche of news tweets,can someone help me find one from last week?   I remember someone reported that a number of t

Big ten teams were not only stealing signs but the sharing that info.  MSU and a couple schools were unaware.

I am trying to look for the source of that story.  Seems very relevant with the Big Ten coaches all complaining to the AD.

Who’s squealing to Yahoo about this is what I want to know. It isn’t the B1G office, I’ll bet. It’s one or more of the coach’s underlings (for purposes of denying).  They don’t have the guts to put their names on this cowardly act. It is highly likely, however, that the bad actor schools will become known to Michigan through back channels and Harbaugh (and the rest of the program) will remember. We will visit a terrible wrath upon them. 

It's amazing how this staff, team and program are being dragged through the mud on a daily basis, on the biggest platforms out there, and fat ass Warde is just being silent.

Allan Haller, who had information about his pervert head coach for nine months before being forced to act by a USA Today article, should really not be commenting on any forum, public or private, about Michigan’s situation.  

All the reporting from this meeting seems to imply the big ten is considering leveling penalties this year and splitting the difference by just hitting Harbaugh and not the program

Tony Petiti is going to meet with Santa Ono tomorrow. I wonder if this two-game suspension is materializing.

He is also in Ann Arbor for the Big Ten Field Hockey semifinals.

Was it mentioned yet that the msu AD says he's worried about players getting hurt 😂😂

If Michigan accepts any type of punishment without any conclusive evidence from the NCAA investigation then they deserve all the hurt and repercussions that occur !!! Like Jim saying fuck you to his spineless superiors!!! 

Brian Cook said that he has good Intel that of the B1G tries to punish Michigan this year before the NCAA investigation is through, that Michigan would take legal action. The B1G would be incredibly foolish to do this. Why do they care so much what these other lower rung school ADs that suck on the teet of Michigan and OSU think? Why would they want to give into the mob mentality and ruin their chances at getting more of that $$$ from Michigan? Michigan needs to threaten to leave the B1G if this happens, even if it's a small punishment. The SEC wouldn't pull this bullshit with their fellow schools. 

Thamel's piece had more info than Yahoo. Or at least additional info. Here's the situ:

• Petitti never had any intention of doing anything.
• The B1G coaches threw a shit fit, acting like little children.
• The ADs came in and were much calmer, but had the same message: It's very important, young Petitti, that you do something. We are here to guide you and tell you what to do, but it's up to you! But we'll help. We support you. You're a good boy.
• Petitti still doesn't want to do anything because he doesn't have the facts (literally this is his concern). But he is obviously feeling the pressure now.
• He wants to talk with the NCAA more, he wants to talk with Michigan more, he wants to talk with the Presidents.

In other words, he's not ready to do anything, he's paralyzed with indecision, he doesn't want to do anything, but now he's afraid he's going to get yelled at. He's not acting quickly, which means by the time he's ready to finally cave and give the ADs what they want, Harbaugh's suspension will be just in time for the OSU game.

I think it's going to be hard for the big ten to even suspend a coach without allowing a conclusion to the investigation and a formal response from the university. Current big ten coaches have the right to be pissed if they were impacted by a close game in previous seasons but there is no chance Michigan would have lost any of the games to date even without the signs. Moreover, Penn State and Ohio State now have plenty of time to prepare so there should be no fear or excuses moving forward. So it makes little sense for the big ten to do something impulsive that impacts this season.

Being objective, the stalions stuff is bad enough (especially with the CMU sideline appearance and another appearance that might be announced shortly) that it probably does warrant a coaching suspension and possibly more if there is clear evidence Harbaugh and other coaches knew exactly what was going on. I just don't see how the big ten could suspend without a completed investigation.

A lot of people are hard on the Michigan AD for not being more supportive of Harbaugh, but none of us really know the true extent of this. Hopefully the rogue staffer theory holds, but I'm not going to lie and say there is a risk this could be really bad.

People willing to accept punishment for Michigan from the conference? What the hell is wrong with you?

Nothing has been proven yet. Hell, it hasn't hardly been *investigated* yet. And people are saying, "hey, I'm fine with a 2-game suspension"? For what? A bunch of media outrage and vendetta?

I'm with Klatt.....protocols need to be followed. You can't disregard procedure just because of loud voices and manufactured outrage. Or because you just don't like someone. 

I have an idea, Michigan should join the Pac 2, make it the Pac 3 and get this shit poppin.  Pick off Clemson , fsu, notre dame , Duke, etc  

TV would come a runnin 

why not at this point ? 
 

all these ADs/coaches crying in their grape nuts because Michigan is embarrassing them and they can’t accept it. 

Or, ya know, give us actual evidence. You can’t be like: Jim Harbaugh eats babies…oh yea…here’s a photo of a guy that looks like Jim and he’s NEAR a baby. Ok but do you have anything proving that? Well, look! It’s Jim alright. Ok…do you have any babies missing? Oh yea tons of ‘em. Okay any names? Nah we don’t need to get into that. Ok, so do you have any REAL proof of anything? No, you don’t because you’d be screaming at the top of your lungs if you did. Crazy world and despicable “journalism”. 

2 games ?  I'll take that. Cheeseburgers and signs.

It's actually helping us by giving our coaches some experience as the top guy 

No nothing! No fine or suspension, and State fire your AD for hiring yet another failure for your football program!

I would think the BIG10 suspending coaches at this point open up a whole new level of toxicity in the conference.  I would think multiple firms would be under retainer at this point doing nothing but monitoring every program and considering how to best coordinate coverage of any and everything found - how long until videos of players at parties, coaches doing god knows what, etc make it out into the PR space.

Any money on how long it would take to dig up dirt on just about any program?

From Forde's article about the AD meeting:

"That leaves the Big Ten, which thus far has showed no sign of wanting to derail a potential playoff bid for one of the league’s flagship programs.

“That couple of million extra bucks that we make when we put two teams in the CFP is awfully nice,” an administrator at a Big Ten school says, when asked for a reason why some ADs would not want to ban Michigan from the conference championship game."

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Sign stealing is very wrong and Michigan hurt the integrity of the game and blah blah blah, but well we don't want them to be banned from the CFP because that means more money for us. Cheating is ok if it means more money for us. What a crock of shit.