2023 Michigan Football

[Hongbit]

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[gehringer_2]

6 minutes ago, Hongbit said:

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NCAA is an ossified, obsolete, unworkable organization. Jim Harbaugh is a whack job (even if he can coach football). A match made in media heaven. 

[buddha]

2 hours ago, Hongbit said:

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"lied."

[Hongbit]

Every Michigan fan should love this move.  It’s them standing up and giving the NCAA the finger.   

Honestly, it’s impulsive and dumb. It outlines the complete lack of leadership.    

It’s just not worth it.  There’s nothing positive that can help the program from honoring him.  There’s plenty of bad that can come while waiting on potential punishments from two different cases.  Why purposely agitate the organization that is in the process of forming judgement on the program.  This is where adults take a step back and look out for their long term interests over current emotions.   

[gehringer_2]

Do people know why Warde still has his job? Because the $$ keep rolling in, and what move like this does is keep the $$ rolling in. And that is one thing they care a lot more about then what the NCAA thinks about anything.

[Hongbit]

25 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

Do people know why Warde still has his job? Because the $$ keep rolling in, and what move like this does is keep the $$ rolling in. And that is one thing they care a lot more about than what the NCAA thinks about anything.

Winning championships is what keeps the money rolling in.  Warde has very little to do with that.   

[buddha]

harbaugh is a hero to michigan.  he will likely always be.

so let them honor him.  big deal.

[Hongbit]

No harm waiting until next season to honor Harbaugh after the NCAA has spoken.   They obviously want to poke the bear to show off.  Hope this isn’t another case of F around and find out but this is exactly how all of those start off.  

Edited August 10, 2024 by Hongbit

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, Hongbit said:

Winning championships is what keeps the money rolling in.  Warde has very little to do with that.   

It helps, but they've won 2 football championships in 34 yrs, they make money every year.

[MichiganCardinal]

I'm kind of intrigued honestly. No one has ever told the NCAA to **** off like this so publicly. Most schools just kiss the ring, fake an apology, and move on.

The NCAA is probably going to try and go nuclear on Michigan at this point.

[buddha]

19 minutes ago, MichiganCardinal said:

I'm kind of intrigued honestly. No one has ever told the NCAA to **** off like this so publicly. Most schools just kiss the ring, fake an apology, and move on.

The NCAA is probably going to try and go nuclear on Michigan at this point.

tennessee was involved in the largest pay for play scandal in history.  pruitt got a show cause order and the university got a fine.  why?  because tennessee sued them.

miami has sworn testimony of guys buying hookers and crack.  they got nothing.  ohio state has sworn testimony of fake jobs and boosters spending thousands on fake jobs. urban meyer covered up domestic abuse.  they get nothing.e nothing happens. 

michigan had one "booster" (he wasnt even a booster) giving kids money (who was also giving kids from other schools money) and the school put themselves on probation and begged forgiveness and the ncaa STILL nailed them to the wall.  richrod practiced for 15 minutes extra (which everyone does) and the ncaa put michigan on probation.

michigan always gets ****ed no matter what they do.  **** the ncaa.  michigan should build harbaugh a god damn statue.

[gehringer_2]

34 minutes ago, MichiganCardinal said:

I'm kind of intrigued honestly. No one has ever told the NCAA to **** off like this so publicly. Most schools just kiss the ring, fake an apology, and move on.

The NCAA is probably going to try and go nuclear on Michigan at this point.

I see two possibilities - either the $$ commitments tied to not walking away from Harbaugh are large enough that it's more important to them - (and if the NCAA did try to get arbitrarily punitive enough Ono would gladly support taking them into court) or the other even more intriguing though far out possibility is that M has reason to think that the NCAA and it's football authority as currently constituted are living on borrowed time and so are not a long term concern.

Edited August 10, 2024 by gehringer_2

[Hongbit]

10 days away from the Michigan opener and still no new season thread.   I’m a little surprised at the lack of interest in Team whatever number they are on especially as defending national champions.

[Sports_Freak]

How to lose a football game...UM 2nd half play calling. 3rd down and 2? Run right into the teeth of their defense and...don't block. 3 plays and out, punt it and give up a TD in 3 plays. Pathetic.

[Motor City Sonics]

That's a TD for Minnesota. 

If they don't overturn that call, then the refs are corrupt. 

[Motor City Sonics]

27-24 now..................get ready for the Obscene Kick.  

[Motor City Sonics]

What a TD catch by Minnesota................That was incredible. 

[Motor City Sonics]

Minnesota touched it before it went 10 yards.  

[Motor City Sonics]

Are they going to give Jaydn Davis a shot at QB? 

[Motor City Sonics]

Wow.   Michigan's offense is a disaster.   Mullings is the only thing saving it.  

 

That Minnesota player on the onside kick was not offside, but a Minnesota player touched the ball before 10 yards anyway. 

 

Refs are in the bag for Michigan. 

[gehringer_2]

worst clock management I've even seen. This coaching staff is some kind of clown show for Orji to be snapping the ball with more than 10 seconds left play after play when they are trying to run the clock. Multi-model failure. That means your head coach doesn't have control, your O coordinator isn't getting through to your QB, and your QB is so dumb he doesn't have sense enough to run the clock down before the snap on his own. 

[gehringer_2]

37 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said:

Wow.   Michigan's offense is a disaster. 

Orji's decision making is slow, this throws are late and mostly behind his receivers. But M was outplayed both on offense and defense. They won the game on two short field turnovers. They aren't going to give it back, but just more evidence it's not a very good team.

[buddha]

1 hour ago, gehringer_2 said:

Orji's decision making is slow, this throws are late and mostly behind his receivers. But M was outplayed both on offense and defense. They won the game on two short field turnovers. They aren't going to give it back, but just more evidence it's not a very good team.

they were outplayed in the 4th quarter, they dominated the first half.  

they won because minnesota is a mediocre team.  and they barely won.  that win over u$c isnt looking so special right now.

michigan is a bad team.  from the coaching staff on down to the players on the field.  

[buddha]

i have a friend who is a big buckeye fan, and they have this conspiracy theory idea that michigan is playing 4 d chess this year.  that they know theyre getting sanctioned and are using this as a throwaway year with moore, then they'll fire him when he gets sanctioned by the ncaa and hire a real coach next year.

its the kind of stupidity i come to expect from buckeyes and also hilarious in their assumption that michigan's leadership has the ability to play checkers, much less "4 d chess."

[gehringer_2]

4 minutes ago, buddha said:

its the kind of stupidity i come to expect from buckeyes and also hilarious in their assumption that michigan's leadership has the ability to play checkers, much less "4 d chess."

LOL - correct. The part about Moore is nonsense, they don't operate that way. OTOH, the idea that there has been a decision to conserve resource commitments in a year when all the tickets are already sold and the future is still is in so much flux is not so crazy. Whether just because of the logistics of Harbaugh's exit or not, they certainly made no big effort on Moore's hire, or at the portal, or NIL splashes. So the idea that the program is in some kind of coast mode this year probably has some of truth to it, but more out of circumstance and their normal financial conservatism than any great strategic plan.