Thankfully I spoke to my daughter today. A UM grad and AVID Michigan football fan
Had not spoken to her since this all started- she is in Denver and works a lot of hours/ nights in anesthesiology.
I was not going to bring it up- she is a happy, optimistic “ the world is my oyster” kind of person.
But she brought it up after telling me all her exciting stuff that’s she has going on.
She just said her and dozens of UM friends are totally embarrassed. She pointed out that she has heard all of the deflection and excuses, including the “it didn’t give them a big advantage.”
Her take was- if it did give them a big advantage- they are big cheaters. If it only gave them a small advantage- they are stupid cheaters. But either way- the most embarrassing thing was hearing all of the online chatter defending/deflecting/excusing/ rationalizing the cheating. She just wants them to be accountable for what they did, clean it up, and move on.
It was enlightening talking to a responsible adult about it. Made me proud- we raised her right.