CC: Breaking news from the Edge of the Internet

Submitted by pfholland on

One of the insiders on he Edge of the Internet is reporting that Jim Harbaugh is officially signed.  You may now return to your regularly scheduled family activities.

MGoUberBlue

December 24th, 2014 at 11:30 AM ^

It really has to leak out somehow in this age of no secrets.  Someone in this small city has to blab it to someone else.................on a confidential basis of course.

It is the hot topic at every holiday party in Ann Arbor.

Go Blue!

sierragold

December 24th, 2014 at 11:33 AM ^

Just curious what edge of the internet you got the rumor from. All rumors that are positive are GOOD ROMORS! I tend to completely ignore the edge of the internet that contains anything negative.

I accept your rumor!

Go Blue!

 

 

 

 

 

 

pfholland

December 24th, 2014 at 12:03 PM ^

I think that's only true if the source wants it to leak officially.  They may just want to tell a few people but explicitly want the broader media kept in the dark.  Of course that makes the leaked information inherently less reliable, which is why sources without a significant track record should not be trusted.

At least one of these sources has been around long enough to have a legit track record.  It's why I'm giving this more credence than the average internet rumor.

FreddieMercuryHayes

December 24th, 2014 at 12:07 PM ^

I guess that's just the rub for me.  If they don't want it known by a wide audience, then why put anything on the internet?  Just tell your spouse or something.  But instead they decide to tell other random people they don't know on an obscure message board so the info can be passed from board to board without any 'official' confirmation?  I guess that kind of motivation just doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

snarling wolverine

December 24th, 2014 at 12:47 PM ^

I think you're missing the point.  If they were to blab to a reporter, they'd suffer the consequences.  U-M doesn't want them leaking everything out.  

The Victors/Board 5 community goes back to the mid-1990s.  It's a small, tight-knit group that shares info they know.  It's not intended to be a mass-viewing website.  When lots of outsiders discovered them, they cut down on regular board posts and started restricting their info to chat sessions.

Incidentally, that community is where Brian started posting on the internet - and he still does post there (under the handle "funkymoses") to this day.  It's odd that people here are convinced it's a fraud when the guy who runs this site is part of their group.

Rodriguesqe

December 24th, 2014 at 11:34 AM ^

im imagining a scenario where its game 1 before kick off and the camera is frantically panning to see if Jim Harbaugh is on Michigan's sideline and our coach. The closer (or farther?) we get the worse this is getting. 

I am loving every second of this.