October 29th, 2023 at 9:47 AM ^
A Day is at "4th-and-1"? Expect a jet sweep.
or
He told his brother his new PI firm would be "running screens" on it's targets and Ryan told him, well that's what you do on 4th-and-1, brother!
October 29th, 2023 at 10:11 AM ^
Imagine that TV Show!
Not quite Magnum PI but people in Ohio will at least watch it.
October 29th, 2023 at 1:14 PM ^
Shocked that OSU's "4th and 1 Investigations" actually ran with this investigation. They usually pass in that situation
October 28th, 2023 at 11:46 PM ^
When I thought it couldn’t get more wild….
Let’s see how long it takes the media to pick this up though. I won’t hold my breath.
October 29th, 2023 at 2:18 AM ^
It should have been in the WaPo article. I want to know why they didn't have it in there.
October 29th, 2023 at 10:26 AM ^
Harbaugh's name sells. Not any other current B1G coach including Ryan Day. If Urban is still the coach at OSU, his name would sell.
October 29th, 2023 at 9:51 AM ^
The mainstream media has yet to mention what Isaiah Hole reported - most of the BigTen steals their current opponent's signs and then trades them to get the signs of their future opponents.
October 28th, 2023 at 11:47 PM ^
I don’t know if this is serious, but there is NO WAY this is real.
Right?
Well, fudge, this could be real. Haha. What a world we live in right now.
October 28th, 2023 at 11:53 PM ^
It's real, alright. This should backfire on them harder than a twin turbo civic with Vin Diesel driving.
October 29th, 2023 at 12:31 AM ^
Real and Spectacular
October 28th, 2023 at 11:48 PM ^
If you hire your brother to investigate your rival, is that off campus in person scouting of a future opponent? Asking for a friend.
October 29th, 2023 at 9:43 AM ^
Especially when such investigation can likely lead to exposure of Michigan practice footage and signals
October 29th, 2023 at 9:52 AM ^
Good point.
October 28th, 2023 at 11:50 PM ^
If this is true, and it can be proven Ryan Day's brother had any involvement in an illegal breach/seizure of University of Michigan property, that's both:
1. An actual criminal case - not some extrajudicial NCAA infraction clown show. "Intentionally damaging by knowing transmission" can get you 10 years.
2. Will ACTUALLY result in the "vacate wins, fire everyone, burn the program down" that idiots on twitter think will happen to UM.
Beating their ass 3 years in a row + UNO reverse-carding their bitch ass into a cybercrime criminal conviction + subsequent lawsuit would be more than payment back 😆 what an amazing timeline that would be. 👏
Edit: those OSU-homer pieces of shit over at r/CFB issued me a 1-day ban for even mentioning "this is a possibility." Wtf is going on?
October 29th, 2023 at 12:10 AM ^
+1 for the UNO reference.
October 29th, 2023 at 9:44 AM ^
r/cfb thinks they are smart because they go on reddit. An echo chamber of anti-Michigan news
October 29th, 2023 at 10:50 AM ^
Unsubstantiated rumors are only allowed against UM. It is in the fine print
October 28th, 2023 at 11:50 PM ^
I'm so proud of this Blog for discovering this! Great job OP. You all are the best!
Edit: I see others have pointed out that credit needs to go to Sam Webb! But I still am proud of this Blog!
October 28th, 2023 at 11:51 PM ^
It was first reported by Sam Webb.
October 28th, 2023 at 11:55 PM ^
I stole it from Dave portnoy who looks like he stole it from Balas who looks like he stole it from Sam webb
October 29th, 2023 at 12:13 AM ^
Ok, NOW this is actually a pretty funny image.
October 29th, 2023 at 12:38 AM ^
You're going to need to find a picture of Chris Day to add now.
October 29th, 2023 at 1:58 AM ^
I assume he’s very gray around the temples and chin. Call it a hunch.
October 28th, 2023 at 11:57 PM ^
It's all but confirmed the PI started with OSU.
At this point...two things need to happen.
1. They need to lose @Rutgers or to Minnesota...not going to happen, but would be hilarious and prove that a loss to Michigan isn't what killed their CFP hopes.
2. Michigan dominate OSU. Just like MSU, sign stealing doesn't mean shit when it's 49-0. Go dominate everyone and prove how silly this is.
October 29th, 2023 at 12:01 AM ^
49-0 being the halftime score, right?
October 29th, 2023 at 1:26 AM ^
Let's hang 100 on them.
October 29th, 2023 at 8:59 AM ^
You don’t need to know the defensive plays when our offense is only gonna have 2 plays. Plow straight ahead and bomb the shit out their secondary. Right up until the clock strikes zero.
October 28th, 2023 at 11:57 PM ^
Something tells me the Day boys are trying to compensate for all the time they spent stuffed in lockers with their underwear tied around their heads.
October 28th, 2023 at 11:58 PM ^
Also, get a look at Dave Portnoy’s Twitter tonight! fantastic!!
October 29th, 2023 at 1:10 AM ^
That's a handle worth avoiding. I'm sure we can find info and "us-on-the-offensive" material elsewhere.
October 29th, 2023 at 7:03 AM ^
I'd invite you to step into a more complicated moral universe. It's interesting and occasionally fun.
EDIT: Possibly more fun than I'd realized.
https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1716839520224579783
https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1718447278912926127
https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1718421893697462765
https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1718469099636838414
https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1716602137285681478
October 29th, 2023 at 7:06 AM ^
i’d rather drink bleach.
October 28th, 2023 at 11:58 PM ^
Sam's post is losing contain quickly so let me just point out that he says that it's "unlikely that [Christopher Day] or his firm would’ve conducted this investigation," and everyone seems to think it says "Christopher Day conducted the investigation." https://t.co/sYOVcUBt3U
— mgoblog (@mgoblog) October 29, 2023
October 29th, 2023 at 12:02 AM ^
"unlikely?" You're telling me there's a chance???
I'll take it.
October 29th, 2023 at 12:05 AM ^
Why not just run with it like they did and force them to out who started the real PR campaign. There's no way that Ryan Day isn't behind this and he would have someone come out with names to save his brother from looking bad if he truly wasn't involved.
October 29th, 2023 at 7:05 AM ^
That's where I am. Two wrongs don't make a right, but it would be nice to have OSU unnecessarily spend some cycles on damage control, too.
October 29th, 2023 at 12:05 AM ^
Maybe they weren't that dumb but it might be a breadcrumb.
Like a call to an old FBI contact or someone else in the PI business to not be too obvious.
October 29th, 2023 at 12:41 AM ^
I agree. Chris Day didn't use 4th and 1 but handed it off to First and Ten or someone.
October 29th, 2023 at 1:11 AM ^
3rd and forever?
October 29th, 2023 at 9:02 AM ^
After seeing what Stallions did I won’t give anyone to much credit anymore.
October 29th, 2023 at 8:27 AM ^
So what does "losing contain" mean in the Twit-X world? That people are taking it out of context? In which case, yeah, it's Twitter. Or that people are reading something else into it? In which case, yeah, it's Twitter. Or that people aren't reading anything into it? In which case, oh wait...
But seriously, what's it mean?
October 29th, 2023 at 9:53 AM ^
Pretty sure Mgoblog tweet means that the link to Sam's post is getting passed around with everyone going "LOL Ryan Day's brother investigated Michigan" when the reality is that Sam Webb did NOT say that, and in fact suggested the opposite.
But more than that, it was MGoBlog being able to send out a moral high-ground tweet that directs traffic to our buddy Sam's post, while also pointing out "LOL Ryan Day's brother probably investigated Michigan--oh I mean, uh, probably didn't."
October 29th, 2023 at 10:17 AM ^
Best of all worlds.
October 30th, 2023 at 8:10 AM ^
I think his "suggesting the opposite" was pretty crap actually. What's the point of any of that if he doesn't think Day's brother was investigating Michigan. I'm not saying he should have said he thinks it's true, but saying "I don't think this is true, but here's all the evidence that it is" just smacks of the lamest CYA.
October 29th, 2023 at 12:00 AM ^
When the beatdown by your hated rival is again inevitable for 3 yrs in a row and your job is potentially on the line, you take the risk and do what you think is necessary to protect your future.
I mean, I wouldn't like the demotion to coach Montana State either.
October 29th, 2023 at 8:48 AM ^
I think all of the speculation that Ryan Day did it is a bit of fan boy fantasy, BUT it’s a pretty great genre of entertainment. Think about it, Day was born on 3rd base at OSU and is probably getting $8 to $10MM a year. If he beats Michigan 50% of the time his cushy gig goes on indefinitely. If he loses to Michigan a third year in a row, the Cooper talk starts. Urban Meyer is just sitting there along with 100 other coaches who would kill for the job. Imagine Lance Leipold at OSU…
If Day gets fired he’d get a job at a power five school, but it wouldn’t be OSU, Bama, GA and he’d have to start on first base or the batters box. He’d trade an 11-1 floor for no safety net. The motivation is there.
October 29th, 2023 at 10:21 AM ^
If he beats Michigan 50% of the time his cushy gig goes on indefinitely.
That seems a little questionable. OSU gets the RECRUITZ (top five by average player score for basically forever), and for much of their fan base, losing to Michigan (partly because of RECRUITZ, partly because of memory deficits) does not compute. They could tolerate, at best, losing every five years (like Alabama and Auburn). Three in a row would result in thousands of cooler explosions.
A little off-topic, has the national sports media ever been kinder to OSU? (They've been generally kind, but never this much.)
October 29th, 2023 at 12:00 AM ^
The internet never sleeps and it sees all.