?[LOCKED] Additional background on why the Purdue game was played despite Stefanovic's positive COVID-19 test
Stefanovic tested positive yesterday after having tested negative the previous day. Nonetheless, Stefanovic had been quarantining and had not had any contact with anyone else in the program since the team returned from their game at Ohio State. Purdue apparently informed Michigan (and Ohio State, which they had just played) of Stefanovic's positive test as soon as they learned of it on Thursday. Per Howard and the players, Purdue was fully transparent and gave Michigan the the option of postponing the game. Howard consulted with the players and with the doctors, and Michigan asked that the entire Purdue team take PCR tests. Purdue honored that request. When all of the results came back negative, Michigan decided to proceed with playing the game. Howard and the players praised Purdue for their transparency and cooperation.
[LOCKED the thread because a few too many MGoUsers took it in the wrong direction by making unnecessary personal attacks on others. I'll be issuing warnings later in the Mod Sticky thread, once I completely combing thru the thread after lunch.]
Teeba
January 22nd, 2021 at 11:25 PM ^
Wow, it’s almost as if we’ve learned something.
https://twitter.com/AceAnbender/status/1352818120273121281?s=20
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jdizzle
January 22nd, 2021 at 11:46 PM ^
Ace sucks
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BlueCE
January 22nd, 2021 at 11:56 PM ^
Agree
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Jeff_GoBlue
January 23rd, 2021 at 1:06 AM ^
Oh but Seth came to his rescue on the other thread. Why, I have no idea.
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mgoblue0970
January 23rd, 2021 at 1:21 AM ^
But what's the deal with air horn emojis?
They're bad? Why?
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Jeff_GoBlue
January 23rd, 2021 at 1:27 AM ^
Basically he was commenting that Ace bashed the league and teams for playing the game but then goes on twitter cheering the updated stats.
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yossarians tree
January 23rd, 2021 at 11:32 AM ^
If it was up to Ace the season would never have been played, which is why his giddiness after every blowout win is off-putting.
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AZ_blue
January 23rd, 2021 at 12:36 PM ^
The deal is that they don't exist. There is a megaphone emoji.
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BlueCE
January 23rd, 2021 at 1:45 AM ^
Not sure, but I do like Seth
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evenyoubrutus
January 23rd, 2021 at 7:18 AM ^
Seth is a nice guy. I wish there were more Seths.
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WindyCityBlue
January 23rd, 2021 at 8:51 AM ^
Because they’re buds and have worked together for years. No harm in backing him up IMO. Setting aside Ace’s comments (with which I totally disagree), both Ace and Seth are incredible sports writers on this blog.
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Teeba
January 23rd, 2021 at 11:54 AM ^
Your last statement is half correct.
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wolvorback
January 23rd, 2021 at 12:53 AM ^
I hope no one accepts him back when Michigan is a football school, again.
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duce anklebender
January 23rd, 2021 at 10:32 AM ^
The only one who accepts him seems to be that dog he’s always hanging out with.
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bsand2053
January 23rd, 2021 at 1:26 AM ^
Well, snowflake, you should probably find a safe space because he’s one of the cornerstones of this site. We wouldn’t want you to get triggered again
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wolvorback
January 23rd, 2021 at 2:40 AM ^
How clever. You used snowflake, safe space, and triggered in a way that makes me believe 92% of your edgy Facebook posts look similar to this comment. Get fucked and then GDIAF.
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B-Nut-GoBlue
January 23rd, 2021 at 2:50 AM ^
You seem angry about something that shouldn't make you so...angry. I've no opinion otherwise.
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wolvorback
January 23rd, 2021 at 3:00 AM ^
Not angry at all. Just replying to a comment. If I was angry, I’d have put more thought into it instead of just typing a standard response.
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1of12MattDamons
January 23rd, 2021 at 4:56 AM ^
A standard response from you includes "Get fucked and go die in a fire"? Lmao you do indeed sound pretty angry, dude.
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MgoHillbilly
January 23rd, 2021 at 8:13 AM ^
This is my standard response when people casually ask me how I am.
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wolvorback
January 23rd, 2021 at 11:43 AM ^
IKR?
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wolvorback
January 23rd, 2021 at 11:41 AM ^
Pretty much. I’m pretty lighthearted and if I’m being honest, I don’t care if he lives or dies. It’s pretty irrelevant to me.
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bsand2053
January 23rd, 2021 at 3:27 AM ^
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RickSnow
January 23rd, 2021 at 10:07 AM ^
Are you Chernobyl’s 4th burner account?
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The Fugitive
January 23rd, 2021 at 7:33 AM ^
Agree. Haven't clicked any of 'its/their' posts on here in at least a year.
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Broken Brilliance
January 23rd, 2021 at 9:23 AM ^
Which number is greater? The amount of comments on this thread and the game recap or the number of hits on the Ace pod? The kids and manchildren call that a ratio.
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duce anklebender
January 23rd, 2021 at 10:19 AM ^
He/him could possibly the biggest white knight snowflake on Twitter. He’s an embarrassment to mgoblog
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MgoHillbilly
January 23rd, 2021 at 10:24 AM ^
Brilliant
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RickSnow
January 23rd, 2021 at 12:05 AM ^
Half of us have been blocked by Ace so we can’t read that (the other half will be blocked after this thread is finished).
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NYC Fan3
January 23rd, 2021 at 12:12 AM ^
His view around not wanting any sports to be played the past year appears to be as popular as his not wanting to pay rent during a pandemic.
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duce anklebender
January 23rd, 2021 at 10:40 AM ^
Think he’s ok with womans college basketball. Couldn’t live without that excitement.
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Wolverheel
January 23rd, 2021 at 12:09 AM ^
Absolutely incredible that you haven't been blocked by him yet. I got the hammer by replying "lol, are you serious?" when he called people racist for saying Cade was better than Milton during the Rutgers football game this year.
The dude is an extremist and I'm surprised Brian gives him a platform. Oh well. I'm hooked on this site because of UFR, but I'll continue to go elsewhere for basketball (UMHoops is a good value, people) until there's a change in coverage here. What happened to that guy Alex that they had for hoops a couple years ago? He was pretty good. Knew the game a lot better than Ace and had infinitely less baggage.
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Darker Blue
January 23rd, 2021 at 1:17 AM ^
Ace is an internet gangster
Irl as soon as shit got real that dude would tuck tail and run.
That's all I need to know about a person
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MgoHillbilly
January 23rd, 2021 at 8:47 AM ^
That's 95% of people online sadly. The more time they spend on a computer the more out of touch they become with real life and how the real world works. Those people then lash out at the things that might force them out of their imaginary make believe online lives to deal with real life.
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East German Judge
January 23rd, 2021 at 9:56 AM ^
Sounds like the QAnon crowd.
/ducks
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MgoHillbilly
January 23rd, 2021 at 10:15 AM ^
I'll just say that it applies to the majority of people who can't stay off their phone or get out of the house for 5 minutes. They end up in echo chambers with like-minded people and feed off each other in unhealthy ways. Breeds a lot of intolerance on both sides of the aisle when people don't choose to interact in real life with people who have the decency not to vomit their ideologies everywhere. When they do log off and step outside, the world they see frightens them and they don't know how to conduct themselves with decency.
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Red is Blue
January 23rd, 2021 at 9:47 AM ^
Always love how he and Brian are so elitist about music. Anything mainstream obviously sucks and anyone who was once "approved" and has started to get more popular has "sold out". You can like whatever music you like, but looking down on someone because they like something you don't is pretty high school cliqueish bullying.
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Other Andrew
January 23rd, 2021 at 3:24 AM ^
You are clearly having a lot of success in your endeavor to ignore Ace’s extremist basketball coverage and tweets. Well done!
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TruBluMich
January 23rd, 2021 at 1:15 AM ^
The content is free so not much to complain about. I can look past his graphical, biased and one sided opinions on things completely unrelated to Michigan sports. This is not an attack on Ace either, because he has a talent for writing and a passion for Michigan that I enjoy reading. Just needs to ditch the "angry" about everything he disagrees with. Would also be AWESOME if he could start being a little more professional in regards to his opinions and stop attacking the visitors of this site who he has a difference of opinion with.
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teldar
January 23rd, 2021 at 5:07 AM ^
I think this is probably an appropriate way of spring goods ability to write while criticizing good propensity to use the platform to cram good opinions and she down other people's throats.
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Blue@LSU
January 23rd, 2021 at 11:46 AM ^
Ummm, what?
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NotADuck
January 23rd, 2021 at 9:33 AM ^
The last sentence is especially appropriate. I think that is one of the biggest problems with people across the world today. Not just Ace.
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WalterWhite_88
January 23rd, 2021 at 9:25 AM ^
The main thing that annoys me about Ace's take, and others, is that they think they know better than the two basketball programs and their doctors that were involved in this situation. Perhaps if Ace had waited until all of this information was out, he might have toned down his rhetoric. Instead he jumped to conclusions without knowing all the information. Sounds like Purdue was very transparent and Michigan and their doctors were satisfied.
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duce anklebender
January 23rd, 2021 at 10:26 AM ^
He is the Jemele Hill of Mgoblog
she/her
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Indy Pete - Go Blue
January 22nd, 2021 at 11:26 PM ^
Truth wins again - go blue!
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viewfromalbany
January 22nd, 2021 at 11:27 PM ^
Well said. I watched the post game interviews with Painter and Howard. UM knew Thursday. All other Purdue players took PCR tests on Thursday. All negative. Everyone should just watch the interviews.
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ak47
January 23rd, 2021 at 11:25 AM ^
This would be great if a negative pcr test on Thursday guaranteed you wouldn’t be contagious on Friday. Unfortunately all it does is tell you you weren’t contagious on Thursday.
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Rickett88
January 22nd, 2021 at 11:27 PM ^
There’s also a thread on Zach Shaws Twitter with Brooks and Livers talking about why they played too.
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njvictor
January 22nd, 2021 at 11:33 PM ^
While the incubation period, time when you start being contagious, and time when you're symptomatic for Covid are all weird and confusing, this gives me some confidence. Hoping for the best
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Montana41GoBlue
January 22nd, 2021 at 11:48 PM ^
Best to always trust the experts and not the inter-webs, hearsay and speculation.
On to Happy Valley! PSU beat Rutger this week and have Northwestern tomorrow.
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