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MSU announcers down 42-0 "give home fans something to cheer about" throws interception "Let's go Blue" chants
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MSU announcers down 42-0 "give home fans something to cheer about" throws interception "Let's go Blue" chants
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Mister Terrific
It’s in the name
Issiah Hole Update: what to focus on
Punchline: leaker likely inside the program not someone most of us would recognize. The WuPo piece said the outside firm got documents through someone NOT currently at UM. Link to video in MGo link above. It’s long but listen to it at 2x speed if you’re impatient. Summary also on MGo link and below. Beat Perdue!
Summary:
Here are the highlights if you don't want to listen to the 30 minute video.
Isaiah knows who the leaker is. The person who is the whistle blower/leaker is someone some of us may know but most fans won't know about him.
Confirms Matt Weiss thing is definitely 100% unrelated. It is bad but it's not as bad as child porn or anything like that.
Confirms Michigan did not ever use or see OSU practice footage per source inside Schembechler Hall. It's completely false. Doesn't mean Weiss didn't hack the footage and have it on his computer (he doesn't know) but it was never disseminated to the rest of the team or used or seen by any coaches. It’s bogus.
He would bet his money Stapleton has something to do with all of this, but can't confirm. He's not focused on that part of the investigation. Stapleton isn't that close to the football team and isn't the leaker though.
This thing is an orchestrated political hit job /psy-op. Expected 2 more bad news things to drop soon or at some point. Probably at max opportunity before a press conference from UM on Monday or before games tomorrow.
His sources are very very good, but can't tell us everything due to not wanting to burn his sources and get them in trouble during an active investigation. WaPo piece is important and is what to focus on. Insinuates they're probably working with OSU people or others with motive (maybe disgruntled UM administrators). There's a connection there. Calls it a Michigan fan fever dream
Focus on who hired the private investigation firm and who is paying them. Piece together the motives. WaPo reported that the investigation firm had a document from Michigan that no one currently at Michigan handed over.
Punchline: leaker likely inside the program not someone most of us would recognize. The WuPo piece said the outside firm got documents through someone NOT currently at UM. Link to video in MGo link above. It’s long but listen to it at 2x speed if you’re impatient. Summary also on MGo link and below. Beat Perdue!
Summary:
Here are the highlights if you don't want to listen to the 30 minute video.
Isaiah knows who the leaker is. The person who is the whistle blower/leaker is someone some of us may know but most fans won't know about him.
Confirms Matt Weiss thing is definitely 100% unrelated. It is bad but it's not as bad as child porn or anything like that.
Confirms Michigan did not ever use or see OSU practice footage per source inside Schembechler Hall. It's completely false. Doesn't mean Weiss didn't hack the footage and have it on his computer (he doesn't know) but it was never disseminated to the rest of the team or used or seen by any coaches. It’s bogus.
He would bet his money Stapleton has something to do with all of this, but can't confirm. He's not focused on that part of the investigation. Stapleton isn't that close to the football team and isn't the leaker though.
This thing is an orchestrated political hit job /psy-op. Expected 2 more bad news things to drop soon or at some point. Probably at max opportunity before a press conference from UM on Monday or before games tomorrow.
His sources are very very good, but can't tell us everything due to not wanting to burn his sources and get them in trouble during an active investigation. WaPo piece is important and is what to focus on. Insinuates they're probably working with OSU people or others with motive (maybe disgruntled UM administrators). There's a connection there. Calls it a Michigan fan fever dream
Focus on who hired the private investigation firm and who is paying them. Piece together the motives. WaPo reported that the investigation firm had a document from Michigan that no one currently at Michigan handed over.
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Coli Prophet
Dude posted this on the boards with this caption .. "At Northwestern, for their game against Maryland. UM plays MD week 12. Got 50 yard line front row seats for 25 bucks, across from the MD sideline. You know what I gotta do
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I feel Roman has gotten so much better with his route running this year.
Do you guys feel he can play himself at least into a 2nd rd pick or later
Do you guys feel he can play himself at least into a 2nd rd pick or later
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Coli Prophet
I think he could. He's never gonna have MHJr type numbers.. because of the offense he's in.. but all dude does is score and move the chains.I feel Roman has gotten so much better with his route running this year.
Do you guys feel he can play himself at least into a 2nd rd pick or later
I can see him maybe going second if he keeps this up.I feel Roman has gotten so much better with his route running this year.
Do you guys feel he can play himself at least into a 2nd rd pick or later
That’s classic
Dude posted this on the boards with this caption .. "At Northwestern, for their game against Maryland. UM plays MD week 12. Got 50 yard line front row seats for 25 bucks, across from the MD sideline. You know what I gotta do
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That’s classic
I sure enjoyed that Washington / Oregon game from the 40 a few weeks ago
1 more piece to the puzzle. Tick tick tock
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Coli Prophet
As the geyser of stories on sign-gate continue to spew, the most pressing question for Michigan fans continues to be when will Jim Harbaugh’s new contract be done? The Wolverines’ headman is in year two of a five-year, $36.7 million contract that reportedly netted him upwards of $10 million with incentives last year. But his base salary put him behind Ryan Day, Mel Tucker before he was fired, and James Franklin… all coaches who he outperformed en route to back-to-back Big 10 championships and college football playoff appearances. The market demands an adjustment. One seemed on the horizon back in the winter after resolution of the NCAA infraction case dealing with coaching and recruiting violations. But the NCAA refused to let the case be resolved, thereby pushing contract extension talks into the fall. That said, checking in with a few sources on the inside remained confident the extension would get done “before the new year.” No specific fall window was given, however.
That changed when John U Bacon reported contract terms were expected to be reached by the end of October.
I checked in with a few of my sources in the immediate aftermath of that report and was told it was accurate. But an obvious question followed – “if everyone is in agreement that Jim will be the highest paid coach in the league, why is the timeline by the end of the month? Why not by the end of the week? End of day, even?”
A source privy to negotiations explained that, “it’s not about the money for Jim at this point… he’ll be the highest paid in the league… it’s the other details. Assistants pool, NIL, and even things like jet time.”
I asked about the buyout and was told it won’t be a deal breaker.
“But that all has to be hammered out. But you aren’t hammering them out with an agent.”
I knew that, but hadn’t accounted for it in the admittedly exasperated tone with which I asked the question. No, Harbaugh doesn’t have an agent, but he does work with agents. Then there are his lawyers. And finally, his family. Being reminded of that, I began looking toward the bye week as the exact timeframe for the extension getting done. I’m confident based on all the feedback I’ve gotten that this would’ve been the week.
Then sign-gate happened and that became an urgent priority.
Which brings me to my dip in optimism. There was an air of inevitability when talking to the two sources who confirmed Bacon’s extension timeline. When I asked for an update earlier this week, neither source was as confident. Both cited the NCAA’s apparent obsession with Harbaugh and his frustration over the apparent preoccupation with him as the reason.
One went so far as to say, “I expect for Jim to be coaching in the NFL next year.”
The other source wasn’t quite so defeated, saying, “I think he wants to be here. I still don’t think he’d leave for just any team.”
The problem in that source’s view is speculation continues to swirl about the Chargers and Bears, two teams many believe Harbaugh would entertain if they were seriously interested. NFL sources continue to be mixed on how hot Harbaugh’s will be. A former NFL front office source I connected with doesn’t believe the interest will be hot at all due to the amount of control Harbaugh almost certainly would want after dealing with the headache that was Trent Baalke. Then there was the NFL.com story this morning that almost read as a deterrent for potential NFL suitors. I tend to think the interest in Harbaugh would be even higher this year after another successful season, possibly including a Heisman Trophy winning quarterback and a national championship. That said, the best strategy for Michigan is to not let it get to that. And I’d be shocked if that wasn’t a part of today’s agenda in Warde Manuel’s meeting with the Board of Regents.
My gut tells me one of the other talking points was the vetting of potential hires moving forward. red flags have emerged, some publicly, leading to removals. That has some in university leadership looking for a filtering process that goes deeper than recent background checks.
But back to the extension timeline, my sense is that there is still a desire to get an extension in front of Harbaugh soon. If he doesn’t sign it right away, then his level of frustration will be clear. Bringing the board up to speed on where things stand with sign-gate was a necessary step towards getting the extension process back on track.
I’ll have my ear to the ground for an updated timeline in the coming hours and days.
That changed when John U Bacon reported contract terms were expected to be reached by the end of October.
I checked in with a few of my sources in the immediate aftermath of that report and was told it was accurate. But an obvious question followed – “if everyone is in agreement that Jim will be the highest paid coach in the league, why is the timeline by the end of the month? Why not by the end of the week? End of day, even?”
A source privy to negotiations explained that, “it’s not about the money for Jim at this point… he’ll be the highest paid in the league… it’s the other details. Assistants pool, NIL, and even things like jet time.”
I asked about the buyout and was told it won’t be a deal breaker.
“But that all has to be hammered out. But you aren’t hammering them out with an agent.”
I knew that, but hadn’t accounted for it in the admittedly exasperated tone with which I asked the question. No, Harbaugh doesn’t have an agent, but he does work with agents. Then there are his lawyers. And finally, his family. Being reminded of that, I began looking toward the bye week as the exact timeframe for the extension getting done. I’m confident based on all the feedback I’ve gotten that this would’ve been the week.
Then sign-gate happened and that became an urgent priority.
Which brings me to my dip in optimism. There was an air of inevitability when talking to the two sources who confirmed Bacon’s extension timeline. When I asked for an update earlier this week, neither source was as confident. Both cited the NCAA’s apparent obsession with Harbaugh and his frustration over the apparent preoccupation with him as the reason.
One went so far as to say, “I expect for Jim to be coaching in the NFL next year.”
The other source wasn’t quite so defeated, saying, “I think he wants to be here. I still don’t think he’d leave for just any team.”
The problem in that source’s view is speculation continues to swirl about the Chargers and Bears, two teams many believe Harbaugh would entertain if they were seriously interested. NFL sources continue to be mixed on how hot Harbaugh’s will be. A former NFL front office source I connected with doesn’t believe the interest will be hot at all due to the amount of control Harbaugh almost certainly would want after dealing with the headache that was Trent Baalke. Then there was the NFL.com story this morning that almost read as a deterrent for potential NFL suitors. I tend to think the interest in Harbaugh would be even higher this year after another successful season, possibly including a Heisman Trophy winning quarterback and a national championship. That said, the best strategy for Michigan is to not let it get to that. And I’d be shocked if that wasn’t a part of today’s agenda in Warde Manuel’s meeting with the Board of Regents.
My gut tells me one of the other talking points was the vetting of potential hires moving forward. red flags have emerged, some publicly, leading to removals. That has some in university leadership looking for a filtering process that goes deeper than recent background checks.
But back to the extension timeline, my sense is that there is still a desire to get an extension in front of Harbaugh soon. If he doesn’t sign it right away, then his level of frustration will be clear. Bringing the board up to speed on where things stand with sign-gate was a necessary step towards getting the extension process back on track.
I’ll have my ear to the ground for an updated timeline in the coming hours and days.
