Yahoo: Partridge Tried Getting Rid of Evidence and Booster Partially Funded Stalions

Innocent people usually don’t randomly delete evidence. 
 

Michigan didn’t even need to illegally steal signs. This is the dumbest way to go down. 

So we now have a cover-up and a booster involved.  I mean, did we not learn ANYTHING from the Fab 5 fiasco????

Yahoo! is still a thing?

Well.....now we know why Michigan called the dogs off. 

Not a great situation, but at the same time, all the pressure is now on OSU to win next week. Harbaugh won't be there, the LB coach and one of the ace recruiters just got fired. If after all of that they STILL lose.....Day could legitimately be dropped off at the MI/OH state line and told his services are no longer required. 

We suck at this. So hard

The board is losing it's mind...

Partridge can have no connection to the sign stealing operation, while also trying to cover up evidence once the investigation proceeded. Both can be true. 

My gut tells me there will end up being more things in plain sight and people say "huh...yeah...that was kind of weird we didn't notice that" regarding stallions. Sounds like from other sources Partridge may have seen or known of things occurring but was not involved in the scheme and then tried to cover it up. 

This program has turned into a clown show smh

Ok ok ok, how much more of this fucked up shit can our good guys endure before The Team implodes? I mean, these guys are tough. They’re fighting on that field every-fucking-game.  But how much of this “adult” grade bullshit can these kids handle before the confusion translates to the field. Shit makes me wanna scream. The bad thing is, we don’t know how much farther this shit is going to go.  Harbaugh is suspended and hasn’t announced it in respect of these kids, and the university. But you know he’s leaving this time.  

The downside is that this is bad.

The upside is that this actually doesn't take things much further than where they already were, just that we have a name for the person (who *could* be a relative of Stalions for all we know, and remember that he is well-funded and was a big Michigan fan as a teen when he briefly posted here) ponying up the cash that clearly didn't come from the athletic department. And we have one guy trying to hide it... who didn't know of the original plan... while everyone else didn't know. 

That's not great, but it could be worse if that's where it winds up. Maybe another assistant is involved. But if we keep it to the original issue, I'd be happy to get that out of the way. 

Relatively speaking. 

Jesus Christ, this is so dumb. 

I hope the morons suggesting to protest at Santa's house can now stfu.  I feel bad for him.  He was 100% supporting the team and turns out he was lied to by a member on the coaching staff.

To paraphrase Office Space; "You know what I can't figure out? How is it that these stupid, Neanderthal OSU goons can be so good at crime and smart guys like us can suck so badly at it??

Experience, I guess...  

This month has been a sick hit-job perpetrated by spineless hypocrites incapable of winning the game on the field, but they got us.  I hope to hell we do have a mountain of dirt to dump when the time is right, but I don't think Michigan is as good at mudslinging.

We have a hell of a team full of the best young men and coaches in the country.  Unlike our adversaries, our boys will prove their worth on the field...  Go Blue!

if this booster's last name is Martin I am going to start drinking, and then make the slow walk to I-96 from my office and then let nature take its course...

U think this weeks news is bad.  Wait until next week.  We can only imagine whats going to happen next.  

This entire “scandal” is stupefying. If you’re gonna break rules, however stupid they are, how can you be so brazenly idiotic?! At least two CFB coaching/staff careers ended because you do things like not have a burner phone or have your name on a Venmo or go to a freaking game in person. Also, if Partridge was covering for Stallions that’s just a serious lack of integrity. 

I don’t know if UM and Harbaugh shouldn’t just move on soon. The program is in a good spot culturally. If Sherrone excels in this position, then maybe just make him the guy. 
 

So he tried to tell players what to say in the investigation?  God I hate him and CS

I’ll refrain from using the actual adjectives I’ve heard about partridge from players, but he isn’t known to be one of the more stand up guys in schemmy

The compliance department has to start educating staff on digital forensics. Everything you do on a computer is traceable.  

I don’t want to say it, because I know I’m getting negged to Bolivia, but I think we could use more institutional control than we have. Like right now, it seems in short supply. Some might even say that there’s a distinct…dearth…of it…a shortage, perhaps a drought?

One salient thing people here aren't realizing is that Partridge just rejoined the coaching staff this year. He couldn't have been "involved" for very long, even if he was. And there's no evidence he knew about anything until Stalions was outed.

You have to believe Harbaugh is being truthful about not knowing this whole thing is going on. The rest of the staff better have been being truthful too. If they weren't, then this program is coached by the dumbest group of people on earth.

These are minor violations, there would be no reason to die on the "I didn't know" hill unless you were being 100% honest. If Harbaugh and the coordinators or other assistants knew, they should have just said that from the start and been like "yeah, Connor was the sign stealing guy, we found out he was having people tape games but didn't realize it was against the rule, it looks like a gray area to us but maybe we're wrong, but the rule is old and outdated and not a huge deal so yes, just give us our slap on the wrist and be done with it."

That's all they should have done if they knew about all this. If they chose to die on this hill, sued the Big Ten, saber rattled for 3 weeks, and they knew about the scheme all along, they turned a stupid minor violation into a big one and don't deserve to coach a Big Ten football team.

I have to imagine they're telling the truth, they can't be that dumb.

Who has been investigating with access to and the ability to know if CP 'attempted to destroy evidence'?   I can see an internal investigation getting there, but who would have access to identify that?