FTW Article re Spring Break and the Hypocrisy of NCAA Rules
Another article, but I thought it nicely encapsulates how some posters (including myself) feel about this:
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/02/jim-harbaugh-michigan-bradenton-spring-camp-kirby-smart-georgia
February 26th, 2016 at 10:30 AM ^
The NCAA stands for Hypocrisy
February 26th, 2016 at 10:33 AM ^
Psst, you don't know how acronyms work...
February 26th, 2016 at 10:34 AM ^
I don't know how anything works.
February 26th, 2016 at 10:55 AM ^
February 26th, 2016 at 11:21 AM ^
I was hoping would could become my tutor
I can only learn while naked and sometimes I need to touch myself.
You can touch me too if you'd like.
February 26th, 2016 at 11:37 AM ^
February 26th, 2016 at 11:38 AM ^
February 26th, 2016 at 3:18 PM ^
February 26th, 2016 at 5:09 PM ^
I know this, but you sound way less pretentious quoting Akeem from Coming to America than Nietzsche... ;-)
February 26th, 2016 at 10:31 AM ^
February 26th, 2016 at 10:31 AM ^
This is hilarious that coaches were expected to follow unwritten rules when so many were secretly violating the rules that are written down.The point, in a nutshell, many of us have been making since all this noise started from the SEC.
February 26th, 2016 at 10:32 AM ^
Nice Article. The last two lines are perfect:
"Harbaugh is dancing among the wreckage, celebrating the loopholes in the ridiculous rules and doing everything he can to build a great football team. Other coaches and programs hate him, but as someone with no rooting interest, it’s been a joy to watch."
As someone with a definite rooting interest, it has been fucking fantastic to watch.
February 26th, 2016 at 10:33 AM ^
Opinions are about Jim Harbaugh are like a$$holes - everyone seems to have one, and most of them stink (and look like a starfish?).
February 26th, 2016 at 10:35 AM ^
February 26th, 2016 at 11:32 AM ^
Not many things on this earth are more beautiful than a woman's perfectly shaved butthole.
/don't judge me
February 26th, 2016 at 12:05 PM ^
bleached too.
February 26th, 2016 at 12:51 PM ^
February 26th, 2016 at 12:55 PM ^
Fucking hair starts sprouting from places you didn't think it was possible to grow hair from. I could wake up tomorrow with hair on the bottom of my feet and it wouldn't surprise me.
February 26th, 2016 at 1:00 PM ^
February 26th, 2016 at 2:04 PM ^
*rubs nipples, re-reads thread*
EDIT: Intentional double post; had 2 sets of 2 to rub...
February 26th, 2016 at 4:55 PM ^
I stand by my comment. I get weird hair all over the damn place, but I'm a dude.
February 26th, 2016 at 10:40 AM ^
Why would anyone have an opinion about Harbaugh's butthole....?
February 26th, 2016 at 10:46 AM ^
February 26th, 2016 at 10:59 AM ^
February 26th, 2016 at 10:33 AM ^
this article gets right to the heart of the matter-harbaugh is just shining a light on the hypocrisy that is big time college sports. Amateurism! what about the children! I hope Jim does this at Michigan for another 25 years....
February 26th, 2016 at 11:14 AM ^
February 26th, 2016 at 1:54 PM ^
Harbaugh is only supplying the rope. They are hanging themselves.
February 26th, 2016 at 2:30 PM ^
This, of course, won't stop the college football world from taking sides when the NCAA eventually gets around to SEC and ACC-induced legislation aimed at stopping Harbaugh from doing what others feared or dared not do before. If anything, he is the fucking man when it comes to pushing the outer limits of what is permissable.
You either walk through life with a relaxed confidence about your ability to lead and direct the future of a program to where you always envisioned it could rise under your leadership,(and a daydream believing Harbaugh did that as a young David in the chair of Bo's lion king office, , or you pretend that compromise and misdiredtion is the art of powerful persuasion.
In the end, action always speaks louder than words, and those fawning protection of the masses in order to preseve their own place in the world like Greg Sankey and Kirby Smart.
February 26th, 2016 at 10:39 AM ^
I do have a rooting interest, and it has been a joy for me also.
February 26th, 2016 at 10:42 AM ^
The thing the SEC hasn't figured out is that they are doing JH and UM a HUGE favour by making this a national story...one that is making JH/UM the biggest story/winner of yet another off-season. I mean PSU/Franklin did the satellite thing, no one complained and it was hardly even noticed. Harbaugh does it..albeit with the Harbaugh flair and they freak out..from the Commish to Saban on down. I mean you know you are on to something when the Conference Head and its NC winning coach are discussing your actions. In that way, its good that Delaney had stayed out of it...JH gets to reap all the benefits (from his calculated 'gamble').
At this point, the SEC would be better off zipping it and hoping to get JH/UM on the field..but then again that didn't work out so well for them either (41-7).
February 26th, 2016 at 11:15 AM ^
It extends all the way to a first time HC's very first question at his team's very first media day! LMAO!! The first question out of the gate for Kirby Smart is about Harbaugh... That is just beautiful!
February 26th, 2016 at 7:37 PM ^
What's beautiful is Bama wins the National Championship and 3 days later nobody remembers because Jim Harb. is climbing trees and having sleep-overs.
February 26th, 2016 at 1:01 PM ^
February 26th, 2016 at 10:45 AM ^
February 26th, 2016 at 10:48 AM ^
Harbaugh must love living rent free in the collective heads of the SEC and ACC higher-ups.
I bet he just chuckles...
February 26th, 2016 at 10:52 AM ^
Let's not forget, not only is Harbaugh pushing the envelope off the field, but also looking for any advantages on the field as well.
February 26th, 2016 at 10:55 AM ^
I don't care what everyone else says...that was a legal play to me. I don't see how they can blame Michigan for the lack of attention by the defense.
February 26th, 2016 at 11:01 AM ^
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February 26th, 2016 at 11:46 AM ^
For real. And arguably the BEST tight end in the nation. You'd think they'd have multiple eyes on that Butt fella.
February 26th, 2016 at 12:43 PM ^
No rule against it
Executed perfectly
Oposing team (conference) surprised
Authority steps in and stops it because it's "unfair"
February 26th, 2016 at 7:31 PM ^
Nothing unfair about them not paying attention.
February 26th, 2016 at 10:53 AM ^
The coaches and fans who hate Jim tactics are just haters...plain and simple. They're jealous for not being as innovative. Just imagine when Michigan starts winning even more. Oh, fun times are ahead, that's for sure.
February 26th, 2016 at 11:02 AM ^
February 26th, 2016 at 11:03 AM ^
This is the same type of stuff Saban did when he arrived at Bama (probably a different take on the bag men angle though). Saban knew the rules inside and out and worked his ass off to the letter of the rules.
I vaguely recall that there were limitations on calling players, so he had the players Skype him. He couldn't meet players, but "bumping" into them at their school was acceptable, so Nick went on the road to research players at their schools.
Saban decided he was going to outwork everyone else. Combine that with the fact that he is a really good coach, at a school with tradition and resources and you have multiple national championships in a very short period of time.
HARBAUGH is doing the exact same thing -- Out working other coaches. And the benefits are already visible. HARBAUGH just has a lot more fun with it than Saban does.
February 26th, 2016 at 11:28 AM ^
Looks like they plagarized my mgoblog diary.
February 26th, 2016 at 12:59 PM ^
Your comment is almost as bad as whining when people down vote your posts.
February 26th, 2016 at 1:02 PM ^
Have you right here at 2:27 of this clip.
February 26th, 2016 at 11:29 AM ^