Blinkin

October 24th, 2023 at 2:56 PM ^

And that you can just go "buy Purdue's best players."  He's absolutely right, that is completely normalized now.  We have a rule about in-person scouting meant to "protect smaller schools," but using the smaller schools as a G-league for up-transfers bought with NIL money, that's just the virtues of the market.  

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Robbie Moore

October 24th, 2023 at 3:07 PM ^

Just the outrage of someone running a vast conspiracy while sitting in the stands with a shaky iPhone with 75,000 other people also recording shit on their iPhones. Sheesh...

I was pretty spun up yesterday about this whole thing. I have come back to sanity today. This is just:

  • The NCAA having a vendetta against Harbaugh because he doesn't bend the knee.
  • Rivals who are butthurt that Michigan is better than they are. Much better in most cases. Aside: and doing it without the same star quality recruiting classes. Hmmm...maybe better coaching? No, that can't be it, so it must be something nefarious.
  • Self important writers and media "personalities" (hello The Athletic and ESPN) who spend the better part of most days morally preening.

 

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UgLi Eric

October 24th, 2023 at 3:40 PM ^

@Wendy, read it and weep? 

According to NCAA Bylaw 16.5.2.2.2, which deals with permissible incidental benefits, "A student-athlete may receive meals in an amount consistent with the normal student menu at his or her institution or the actual cost of the meal." This includes bagels. However, it's important to note that "extra items, such as cream cheese, are not considered a part of the normal student menu."

You can access the NCAA Division I Manual online, and specifically, this rule can be found in Section 16 - Bylaws Related to Eligibility and Amateurism.

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MGoOhNo

October 24th, 2023 at 11:38 PM ^

Not calling you out in particular, but generally people need to stop with the NCAA-invented phrase “student-athlete” because that gives credence to the NCAA argument they don’t have to pay players, etc. 

That term was coined by the NCAA to avoid treating team members as employees, which was nonsense then and is nonsense now…

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Durham Blue

October 24th, 2023 at 7:37 PM ^

I have always liked Colin Cowherd, despite the semi-majority here that doesn't like him.  He is engaging and interesting, and also pretty funny.  He tends to talk about the teams and players that get a lot of public attention.  And Michigan is typically one that he talks about on the college football front especially since Harbaugh took over.  As a Michigan alum and huge sports fan, I find it flattering when he includes Michigan in his discussions, maybe because it validates the notion that Michigan IS a very important piece of the college football landscape.

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Colt Burgess

October 24th, 2023 at 2:45 PM ^

Who is "outraged" over this? Writers, the NCAA, and rival fans. Basically, anyone who hates Harbaugh and/or Michigan. Who isn't? Everyone else who has ever played or coached football. 

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NeverPunt

October 24th, 2023 at 2:53 PM ^

Not enough is being said here to put this in perspective so  I liked this piece. OSU can pay recruits whatever they want to bring them VISIT campus. OSU can pay players whatever they'd like to commit to play for OSU. OSU can buy the players they want off of others team to transfer to their school. They can keep their players out of the classroom, never setting foot on campus, so they can focus on football like professionals. 

What we are talking about with Stallions is essentially glorified film study. QBs can sit and study game film for hours to look for tendencies that might tip a blitz. DBs can watch film for hours and see what a route combo might look like based on a certain formation and jump a route for a pick. That's all legal, and part of the game, and to the hardest worker go the spoils. Was Stallions doing something entirely "allowed"? maybe not. But what's the real advantage gained here? Maybe a play here or there? The players have still execute, and looking at our historical RPS metrics in the past few years, we apparently suck at using this intel to our advantage. We're talking about maybe a nudge in the direction of success here or there. 

Meanwhile OSU has the #3 talent composite ranking this year. We're 14th.  in 2022, they we're again 3rd, and we were 13th. In 2021, they were, again, 3rd, and we were 15th.  So who is taking advantage of the rules here? The team who can do somethign that is essentially not prohibted by the rules that might give you a play or two advantage here or there but still requires your team to go out and outplay and out execute the other team? Or the one that's leveraging every legal and illegal strategy to lure in top 3 talent EVERY. SINGLE. YEAR. and treating their team like a pro squad, only to lose to us over and over. 

GET BENT OSU. 

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Billy Ray Valentine

October 24th, 2023 at 3:53 PM ^

Never has it been more clear that we are living rent-free in the Buckeyes heads. They are devoid of accountability and critical introspection, and they are oblivious to how pathetic they have become. When did their fanbase, especially the online variety, become completely overrun with snivelers? The Tressel-led Ohio State program would have said, "Steal our signals all you want -- hell, we'll even tell you what we're about to run -- you can't stop us." They were a juggernaut. Today's Ohio State is a Festivus of Entitlement and Excuses. They believe they are entitled to win, and if they don't win, it's someone else's fault, or the weather's fault, or the flu's fault, or Stallion's fault, or the referees' fault. PATHETIC, they have become (-Yoda)!!! I fear them no longer.  

When it was discovered that we had our signs stolen by Northwestern in the 90's, Brian's reaction was to criticize the Michigan coaches for letting it happen. This is the opposite reaction to the Buckeyes. 

https://mgoblog.com/content/luther-van-dammit

Before his post-Notre-Dame-game emotional meltdown, I thought Ryan Day was an above-average offensive-minded coach that was likely to soon figure out how to maximize his team's never-ending talent advantage. I now believe we will win 75%+ of the games against them as long as he's their coach. Tressel and Meyer >>>>>> Karen Day. They knew about Stallions before last year's game. We still demolished them. That's 100% on them. I wish we played them tomorrow. And next week. And the week after that. I hope we play them twice this year (regular season and CFP), and smear them twice. And I would have never said that before this year.     

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Bo Harbaugh

October 24th, 2023 at 3:01 PM ^

All true.

The difference is, OSU has an unhinged, born on 3rd, soft as Charmin coach that goes full Karen - and Will Call The Manager!

Given NCAA's already rocky relationship with Harbaugh, perfect storm to create a PR blitz of bs to take away from Day's lack of spine and erosion of what Urban (man of great honor and integrity) built, into a collection of 5 stars creating the best version of Texas Tech we have ever seen. Now the focus is on UM "cheating", not Day's imminent 3rd loss in a row to UM.  

He's tough!!!! But will cry to the manager (On Clemson, UGA, UM) when getting bullied.

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