November 16th, 2023 at 3:32 PM ^
This is fucking embarassing. We've all stood by you. We've all defended you. You make us all look like idiots and you embarrass the legacy of the season now.
fuck this. Fuck this.
November 16th, 2023 at 3:36 PM ^
Who is "you" in this rant?
November 16th, 2023 at 3:38 PM ^
The university. Stand up for the team. Don't roll over to allegations!
November 16th, 2023 at 3:51 PM ^
It’s not about you.
November 16th, 2023 at 3:57 PM ^
News flash....you are not important
November 16th, 2023 at 3:32 PM ^
I'm surprised they didn't either negotiate the suspension down to two games or follow through with the litigation. His absence will make a difference in the finale.
November 16th, 2023 at 3:32 PM ^
Welp, confidence level in beating OSU just dropped tremendously.
November 16th, 2023 at 3:53 PM ^
Actually I feel it will be the other way around. Talk about 100 players locked in and focused on delivering.... Yay play the team that they believe was the source of all this BS with an opportunity to actual play a football game.....
November 16th, 2023 at 4:16 PM ^
Head coach also isn't crucial to have on gameday either, as evidenced in the PSU game. Especially so if he's not a playcaller on either side of the ball. Yeah, it definitely helps to have Harbaugh there, but it's not the end of the world if he can't be.
November 16th, 2023 at 5:52 PM ^
I get the search for optimism, but if playing sans the head coach was helpful, teams would actually do that like ever.
November 16th, 2023 at 5:22 PM ^
Don't be soft
November 16th, 2023 at 3:32 PM ^
So does this mean there will be no future punishments for next year.
November 16th, 2023 at 3:40 PM ^
It sounds that way (from the Big Ten anyhow, the NCAA is a different story).
November 16th, 2023 at 3:32 PM ^
Not closed with NCAA. Just B1G.
November 16th, 2023 at 3:33 PM ^
Fuck this. My only guess is that petty Petiti threatened to keep them out of postseason play, but this is bullshit IMO.
November 16th, 2023 at 3:33 PM ^
Boo. I hate the BigTen. It will be harder to win the game without Jim there.
November 16th, 2023 at 3:34 PM ^
you guys. this is positive. the two sides needed to come back together at some point. Clearly there have been tons of conversations behind the scenes and the fact that the big ten is closing their investigation is huge. 'Time served' for Harbaugh is going to go a long way when it comes to the NCAA levying their own penalties.
November 16th, 2023 at 3:37 PM ^
I admire your positivity, but I am not there. This season is the best chance at a national championship in 25 years. You absolutely fight to keep Jim on the sidelines and you do not give in to this pathetic conference.
November 16th, 2023 at 3:47 PM ^
Dude it says until after the GAME! 6 days out of the week he will be there! Give it a rest. Like we can levy any of your feelings on the situation. Case closed. We will win no matter what!
BET
November 16th, 2023 at 3:52 PM ^
I mean I agree with the principal of not backing down but Harbaugh or no Harbaugh winning the next two comes down to one thing. Executing at a high level, if they do Jim is back for the Big Ten title game.
November 16th, 2023 at 3:41 PM ^
Time served??? Bullshit, JH had nothing to do with it and everyone agrees on that. This is a scam just to give OSU an edge. UM needs to leave this fucking conference!!!
November 16th, 2023 at 3:50 PM ^
yall are being so naive and short sighted. The ncaa rule is the head coach is responsible for everything within the program. If the NCAA wants to, they could use that to bury us. The more we cooperate, the more lenient the ncaa will be. There's good chance now that the only penalties will be this suspension and probation. And who the hell cares about that? That's the best case scenario.
No one is going to give a shit about a 3 game suspension when we still beat osu. We should be worrying about vacated wins and a bowl ban which now those things are a lot less likely to happen. Those penalties would forever tarnish the program. We're about to celebrate 1000 wins. We don't want that taken off the books in months/years time
November 16th, 2023 at 3:55 PM ^
And MGo, you're forgetting one thing...THEY DIDN'T BREAK ANY RULES!!! The B1G said they were punishing the university not the coach. Then fine the AD $1M. Taking the coach off the field punishes the entire team. If we lose to OSU, which is now a possibility, this whole thing was a giant waste of time. So much for innocent until proven guilty.
November 16th, 2023 at 3:56 PM ^
The NCAA was not going hammer Michigan especially if they saw Michigan tear their own conference apart in court. Even if they do, I rather they punish Michigan in 4 years than do anything this season. The Fab Five era was still a great era in Michigan basketball and people remember the players and the games not the stupid shit after.
Showing your belly doesn't work, fighting back does. All the schools that have fought back against the NCAA have won. Nothing happened to UNC, or Tennessee or Kansas and they had much worse issues.
We have a way less likely chance to beat OSU which was the whole fucking point of OSU doing this and pushing the B1G to punish us. They win, they all win, and Michigan gets nothing out of this. They couldn't even reduce the suspensions.
November 16th, 2023 at 4:34 PM ^
Kansas, Arizona, Tennessee, and North Carolina did not cooperate they threatened to sue!
November 16th, 2023 at 3:43 PM ^
Why does he need to "serve time" in the first place? The Wake and Baylor head coaches didn't get suspended.
November 16th, 2023 at 3:57 PM ^
Because the ACC and BIG 12 have real conference commissioners...
The BIG TEN...... Not so much....
November 16th, 2023 at 3:49 PM ^
I'll consider this a positive if all the alleged "dirt" we have gets released. Get them to agree to close their investigation, then dump everything we got so they have to either go after other schools or prove to be giant hypocrites.
November 16th, 2023 at 3:52 PM ^
I took it as a positive as well. Honestly felt relieved as a fan because I was NOT looking forward to refreshing Twitter non stop tomorrow with a pit in my stomach about what the out come would be. I would have rather them settle and close the investigation instead of dragging it out as much as possible because even getting the restraining order was no guarantee. Imagine how we would all feel after the hearing if the injunction wasn't granted. We'd be sick and angry. And those losers threatened to put more punishment on Michigan if they felt like it. So, with them closing the case Michigan can 100% focus again on the rest of the season though I don't doubt they weren't going to be ready to go this weekend and next regardless. Remember Jim can still be with the team during the week.
November 16th, 2023 at 3:53 PM ^
There is no B1G investigation. The B1G does not have any investigative authority per their own rules. The NCAA is the body that does investigations. The B1G just takes whatever the NCAA gives this. This solves nothing for the future.
November 16th, 2023 at 4:21 PM ^
I wouldve conceded that if they brought it back to 2 games hut suspending him thru OSU is a naked attempt to kneecap Michigans best season in years with still no evidence against Jim. It remains utter BS that punishment has been executed without investigation
November 16th, 2023 at 3:35 PM ^
This removes all confidence I had that we beat OSU.
November 16th, 2023 at 3:43 PM ^
We literally just beat a top ten team on the road with less than 24 hours notice of the head coach being suspended.
Im disappointed but I don’t think they would compromise here without good reason. Michigan still gets Harbaugh the other 6 days of the week to coach and game plan. The team is experienced enough to handle it, even against a team like OSU.
It’s not great news, but the year isn’t done guys. Win it all anyway, get Harbaugh’s contract signed, fuck the haters.
November 16th, 2023 at 3:47 PM ^
Sorry but from what I've gathered, Harbaugh was going to sign it because he felt the love. If Michigan rolled, I don't think he's going to sign a contract.
November 16th, 2023 at 4:25 PM ^
Day is a really good coach; Frames isn't. Let's not pretend that this is the same situation. We saw issues with play calls getting in, and Harbaugh is a top coach in all of football for a reason. He provides real in-game value. The team played pretty differently in the first game he was back versus the four he was out.
November 16th, 2023 at 4:43 PM ^
The chances of OSU beating us are WAAAAAY higher now. Day is a better head coach than Franklin by a mile, and I don't trust Moore against him.
OSU weakening Michigan is the whole point of all this. OSU doesn't care about us beating fucking Maryland or Purdue, they cared about Michigan not beating OSU. This gives them a huge boost, and they get what they want.
If Michigan wasn't willing to stand up to this, then they'll never stand up to anything and they'll always be a second class citizen in this conference. Now Pettiti and OSU know it for sure.
November 16th, 2023 at 3:54 PM ^
Why? At the end of the day Harbaugh or no Harbaugh if they players execute they are better than OSU.
November 16th, 2023 at 3:36 PM ^
i don't get it, it seems like we didn't get anything out of the agreement
November 16th, 2023 at 9:04 PM ^
It may have been about not losing anything more . . .
November 16th, 2023 at 3:36 PM ^
Pettiti is such a bitch. I hope he gets stuck in an elevator for 28 hours with explosive diarrhea.
November 16th, 2023 at 3:55 PM ^
I'd feel bad for the explosive diarrhea getting stuck with him.
November 16th, 2023 at 3:36 PM ^
probably tied to why Clink deleted his twitter account today....
November 16th, 2023 at 3:49 PM ^
Our DB coach Steve Clinkscale
November 16th, 2023 at 3:36 PM ^
Outrageous, egregious, preposterous
November 16th, 2023 at 3:37 PM ^
I sure hope this doesnt mean that theres some fat evidence out there for the NCAA to bring the hammer.
November 16th, 2023 at 3:37 PM ^
I assume there is more to this than what's public. Unless B10 has agreed to stand all the way down and rely only on B10, this does not feel like a wonderful deal for us.
November 16th, 2023 at 3:50 PM ^
Assume you meant NCAA. And that's where I am. if this is a "global settlement" on this matter, I guess I get it. But doubt the NCAA would formally or even informally send the signal that the 3 game suspension satisfies them ... so yeah what do we get out of this? In the end, it's the same old Michigan rolling over.
November 16th, 2023 at 3:38 PM ^
UM showed face to appease the base, and it worked. Effectively rolled over and showed the B1G our belly in the end, but at least we had all that rhetoric to tide us over.
And more importantly, Jim probably feels good about the AD/Pres standing behind him heading into that new contract... which I expect wouldn't be touched until B1G Championship week at this point
November 16th, 2023 at 3:38 PM ^
Either the UM side is spineless in this or the B1G has some real dirt. This is embarrassing.