2023 Michigan Season Thread

[Honestbuckeye]

So the money behind the operation literally bragged about it on a UM message board, and expressly called it a competitive advantage.  This might be the most bungled cover up of all .

Granted, there is like a 50% chance these are photoshopped.

https://twitter.com/a_zinger/status/1725602063504343372

[Temp430]

Major.  A breach of basic sportsmanship. 

I would guess the NCAA gives Michigan the same penalty they gave Wake Forest for the same offense.

[Honestbuckeye]

Isn't multiple lone wolves, a Wolfpack?

[Cincydawg]

A 50 yrd liine ticket at he SEC CG is $2,000 up to $5K, lower deck.

[ELA]

Isn't multiple lone wolves, a Wolfpack?

A low level wolfpack though.  With private parking spots, and access to both coordinators

[ELA]

A 50 yrd liine ticket at he SEC CG is $2,000 up to $5K, lower deck.

Oh, they found the money today.  And UM scrubbed his profile already.  They have literally been 2 steps behind at every step of the cover up.  Honestly, if they had just owned it up front, it would probably be over.  But they keep denying and destroying computers, and wiping profiles after they've already been screen capped.

It's literally Watergate.  Its totally unnecessary cheating, run by the dumbest humans alive, followed by the most half assed cover up.  All for likely minimal gain...except the money behind it publicly bragged about what a strategic advantage it gave them

[MrNubbz]

Welp that's new info

[Honestbuckeye]

I would guess the NCAA gives Michigan the same penalty they gave Wake Forest for the same offense.

Could be.  But your batting average on this thing so far is pretty close to zero. 

I’m still waiting for the FBI to pull up an arrest the coach of Ohio State. 

[MrNubbz]

Never piss off a bunch of internet trolls who hate you, and have no reason to care about their own program this year

I've always loved the Red Cedar they and SurleyHorns are the most raucous yodeling rabble on the web 😎

[ELA]

Noted anti-UM guy NFL writer Ian Rappaport.  It truly is Michigan vs. Everyone.  Michigan cheated, and everyone else knows it.  And nobody except Michigan fans are even trying to deny it anymore


https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1725571748962177203?s=20

[Riffraft]

Tim Smith denies being Uncle T,

https://sports.yahoo.com/michigan-booster-tim-smith-denies-being-uncle-t-who-allegedly-funded-connor-stalions-sign-stealing-scheme-202933063.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

I found a couple of things interesting.  One he has been talking to Stallions since he resigned and two, Stallions spent over $100K of his own money to fund it. 

Of course, being a Michigan man he took the tack that Stallions did nothing wrong.

Oh and he (Tim Smith)was removed from being a member of the Champion Circle.

[ELA]

UM compliance: Well now with NIL, it's nearly impossible to commit an NCAA violation

UM boosters aka Uncle T:

[medinabuckeye1]

So I said above that the revelation that the money allegedly came from a booster is a relatively good thing for Michigan.  

Now I'll comment on something that, if true, I think is a relatively bad thing for Michigan.  A lot of Michigan posters were questioning why this guy who got fired today was involved since he apparently just rejoined the staff this season.  

The rumor is that he wasn't fired for being involved in Stalions' scheme nor even for having knowledge of it but for "destruction of evidence".  I'm guessing that the NCAA will be LIVID about that.  If they have some sort of proof that members of the staff destroyed or attempted to destroy evidence that is a REALLY bad look for Michigan.  

Upthread, @MarqHusker referred to "cooperating fully" as his "favorite utterance in the rolodex of the accused".  It was a funny comment but it really is a typical thing to say.  The accused wants to at least make it look like they are cooperating so as to minimize punishment but if a staffer of the University of Michigan has actually been caught destroying evidence that will put a serious dent in that "cooperating fully" argument.  

[MrNubbz]

If there's no evidence why are they deleting/destroy evidence?Remember when all of Michigan and their fans and media wanted the big ten to refrain from punishment until the NCAA investigation was done? Yea…. They might wanna take that one back.