2023 Michigan Season Thread

[FearlessF]

neil young and crazy horse "toast"

[betarhoalphadelta]

A Southern man don't need him 'round anyhow...

[GopherRock]

Better to burn out than to fade away.

My my, hey hey.

[Hawkinole]

Michigan's sign stealing program must not be very effective.  Iowa scored 14 points against Michigan in 2022 on two offensive touchdowns. 

[ELA]

Michigan's sign stealing program must not be very effective.  Iowa scored 14 points against Michigan in 2022 on two offensive touchdowns.

Most Iowa touchdowns are offensive

[ELA]

https://twitter.com/NFL_DovKleiman/status/1717681726166610048?t=SYCRmsMYZ4piAEkKZdNr4Q&s=19

[ELA]

Also, per the Athletic, Michigan cutoff negotiations on a contract extension that was going to make him the highest paid coach in college football. The greatest tax savings to Michigan residents this year, is the fact that the two largest universities got out of paying a boatload of money to two assholes

Gretchen Whitmers needs a campaign ad where she sells what she's doing for Michigan's middle class is Lance Leipold.  Does he have a Brand Binder, or a Manifesto?  No.  But he will save taxpayers so much money for decent results.

[medinabuckeye1]

No, nobody is saying they are connected.  But that would explain how this information the Washington Post reported last night might have gotten out.  Just like Tattoogate.

I've been wondering about the source here for a while. I've seen multiple Michigan fans blame Ryan Day / Ohio State but that seems extraordinarily unlikely to me.

Just for clarification, I'm not saying this defensively. I wouldn't hold it against Day if he was behind it. Michigan was cheating and if Ohio State's coach managed to prove it, good for him.

Before the WaPo revelations dropped I considered it a possibility but now no way.

I didn't read the full WaPo (paywalled) but apparently an "outside investigative firm" went to the NCAA with documents and videos proving Michigan's cheating. The evidence allegedly came from "computer drives maintained and accessed by multiple Michigan coaches." That almost has to be related to the Weiss termination. AFAIK, Weiss was terminated due to computer access crimes.

So what is going on?

Is Weiss a whistle blower?

Is Weiss a disgruntled former employee with an ax to grind?

My totally off the cuff thinking is that whoever found this had to know what they were looking for which is why Weiss seems like an obvious possibility.

If it wasn't someone who knew what they were looking for then it almost had to be an investigator with the resources to study entire drives, but why?

It seems like knowing what Weiss is accused of would clarify a lot of things.

[ELA]

https://twitter.com/TonyGerdeman/status/1717707481038692645?t=Yg84CeX7HaQcKn1X56Mn7A&s=19

[FearlessF]

[Brutus Buckeye]

None of the above. 

Their top ten seasons were back before the Civil War. 

[Hawkinole]

The evidence appears very damning in part because he claims he didn't know, which dovetails into "lack of cooperation" because it is hard to believe Jim Harbaugh didn't know.
I voted "Gone at end of season." However, as I ruminate on this a bit, I suspect the rule changes and scouts will be allowed at NCAA football games, and open practices, and this will be viewed as a very minor matter.
That said, Iowa could use an offensive coordinator, and Harbaugh, who grew up in Iowa until about age 7, (his dad was an assistant coach here), would fit right into the OC  or HC positions. Smile.

[OrangeAfroMan]

Idk what the big deal is.  I assume every program above middle school does this.  

[847badgerfan]

Neil Young sucks.

That is all.