Mike Weber's latest tweet
"Boy if I could do it all again"
Is it about Michigan after their loss last night?
https://twitter.com/mikeweber25?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%…
November 23rd, 2015 at 2:09 AM ^
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November 23rd, 2015 at 8:02 AM ^
Social media is both great and awful. He really could mean anything here. He could be publicly wishing he had gone to school elsewhere, and the context of the last 48 hours would seem to make that interpretation most likely. Or he may have just finished making sweet, sweet love and wants to do it all over again ASAP...
November 23rd, 2015 at 8:56 AM ^
is that if the tweet is talking about "changing schools", why!? I'm not trying to be all "get off my lawn" but as soon as a little adversity heads their way (or kids don't get what they want), kids these days just want to bail and take the easy way out. So you are not going to win a National Championship in your first year, big deal. If Weber was at Michigan right now, he would be in the same situation. You have a scholarship, you have your talent, and you have your health. Sometimes we make decisions that don't turn out how we wanted, that's called life young man, get used to it and keep it moving.
November 23rd, 2015 at 9:30 AM ^
I really don't think stuff like this is new at all, it's just that changes in communications technology mean we are able to see it more than ever before. Just 20 years ago, following college football recruiting meant getting a magazine once a year and buying that issue of the Detroit News where they listed the top X football players in Michigan and where they were going to school. Now, everyone has panic attack when they see a 17 year old leave a cryptic message on FaceSpace or MyBook...
November 23rd, 2015 at 11:02 AM ^
I have to laugh as I listen to my wife and 9yr old son play LIFE ...the board game.
He keeps getting pissed when having to pay taxes, etc and when unexpected things come up. We parents are both like, "yeah ...that is LIFE! Things happen you can't control but you have to deal with them and move on."
For every hat flipping, video production and Army All-American game, there are kids sitting on the bench longing for the days when they were BMOC in HS and rocking the joint.
But ...that's LIFE sometimes.
November 23rd, 2015 at 9:36 AM ^
I think Dr. Phil said that last sentence.
November 23rd, 2015 at 11:47 AM ^
November 23rd, 2015 at 2:09 AM ^
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November 23rd, 2015 at 7:50 AM ^
November 23rd, 2015 at 8:21 AM ^
Also, IIRC, there's no scholarship available for intra-conference transfers. I seem to recall that from the Boren transfer a few years back.
But to be fair, Weber's not the bad guy here. OSU's coaching staff actively mislead him into believing that their RB coach would stay put, and he took them at their word. The lesson for recruits is obvious, I suppose: don't take OSU coaches at their word.
November 23rd, 2015 at 8:24 AM ^
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November 23rd, 2015 at 8:30 AM ^
The story, as I recall it, is that Weber had assurances that any coaching change rumors at OSU were just that. He signed his LOI, and either later that day or the next day the OSU RB coach announced he was going to the Bears.
Weber got duped, plain and simple.
November 23rd, 2015 at 8:41 AM ^
That used to be the case, but the conference changed the rule.
November 23rd, 2015 at 9:04 AM ^
Need not look further than Rudock.
November 23rd, 2015 at 9:11 AM ^
That's good to know, especially with our shiny new coach (meaning that Harbaugh is more likely to draw interest from other B1G players than, say, Hoke). I thought Rudock was able to come over on a graduate transfer exception.
[Insert "The More You Know" .gif here.]
November 23rd, 2015 at 9:07 AM ^
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November 23rd, 2015 at 9:18 AM ^
TSUN -- That School Up North
TUN -- Team Up North
November 23rd, 2015 at 11:21 AM ^
School Thats Down South
(I'll let you figure out the acronym)
November 23rd, 2015 at 9:15 AM ^
TTUN = That Team Up North
It used to be TSUN, but apparently changed under Meyer.
November 23rd, 2015 at 10:17 AM ^
TTUNIGTKOATS
That team up north is going to kick our ass this Saturday.
November 23rd, 2015 at 2:14 AM ^
that's the last thing that team needs...
bring MOAR Buckeye drama.
STAT!
November 23rd, 2015 at 2:11 AM ^
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November 23rd, 2015 at 9:46 AM ^
I don't think it's related.
November 23rd, 2015 at 2:13 AM ^
November 23rd, 2015 at 2:17 AM ^
I'm enjoying the drama since a) the meteor DID NOT strike and B) OSU fucked up.
November 23rd, 2015 at 2:17 AM ^
I don't really look at it as bitching but just interesting with all the people pointing fingers at each other and what impact that could have on The Game and Ohio State's future.
November 23rd, 2015 at 2:34 AM ^
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November 23rd, 2015 at 7:25 AM ^
November 23rd, 2015 at 7:30 AM ^
It sure seems like they are more pissed off at each other than the other team, if the fallout from this weekend means anything.
November 23rd, 2015 at 8:16 AM ^
November 23rd, 2015 at 9:01 AM ^
Urban Meyer will be pissed. I don't know what the mindset of his players will be. If you think it's hard as a fan to get over a heartbreaking loss, imagine being a player.
November 23rd, 2015 at 2:21 AM ^
Yeah, you're missing the point entirely. This is about discord in 'paradise'--the snake oil turning to bile. And they face their big rival next week. One primed and ready to hand them a second straight defeat.
November 23rd, 2015 at 2:36 AM ^
Pit2047:
Maybe "we're bitching" about the fact that Weber was misled into signing with OSU instead of Michigan. The NCAA really should have intervened and let him out of his LoI.
November 23rd, 2015 at 3:05 AM ^
November 23rd, 2015 at 3:14 AM ^
Nobody would be paying any mind to this if it weren't for the fact that Weber is a local Detroit kid whose HS coach played for Michigan, but chose our most hated rival to play for and is now expressing what appears to be buyer's remorse. That's going to be a story line regardless of what you think, especially leading up to the game. It's not whining or bitching. If Malik McDowell was riding the bench and tweeted out a similar comment before the MSU game, it would have gotten a similar amount of attention.
In comparison to a large percentage of OPs, it's hardly the worst one.
November 23rd, 2015 at 4:55 AM ^
you are wrong.
November 23rd, 2015 at 8:03 AM ^
Nope. It was announced that the RB coach was leaving the day after Weber signed his LOI.
November 23rd, 2015 at 9:26 AM ^
All of the uproar from Weber's camp and in the media was about his being misled by Meyer and their outgoing RB coach. They announced he was leaving right after LOI day. Meyer then announced publicly that he had no idea his coach was leaving. That was only because he felt the need to defend hmself.
How you have managed to twist the facts in some other direction is mind boggling. This had nothing in common with other recruits' decisions and I've yet to see any comments lamenting what might have been if Weber had come here. This thread is about what is going on in Columbus.
November 23rd, 2015 at 7:54 AM ^
My wild speculation is that Zeke was a big part of recruiting Weber and was looked to by Weber as a role model. If that's true, and Weber is finding himself wishing he could walk away just as his role model is bailing in a moment of his own frustration, then I find this to be extremely interesting, and I hope the same second-guessing is permeating that whole locker room all week.
November 23rd, 2015 at 8:49 AM ^
In addition I recall Kareem Walker was also a friend and tweeted at him during the recruiting process, and it looks like he won't be there either.
November 23rd, 2015 at 9:22 AM ^
I don't think people are hoping he ends up here so much as they as fascinated by the apparent developing train wreck that seems to be their locker room. I think OSU will get things smoothed over, but possibly not in time for Saturday's game.
November 23rd, 2015 at 11:09 AM ^
This is correct for me. Him coming to Michigan hadn't crossed my mind until I saw some of the comments in here, and my reaction to those was that they missed the point. The key here for me is that people inside that program are both eager to leave and regretting their arrival. This is good for the good guys.
November 23rd, 2015 at 9:47 AM ^
I mean he's a good running back but let's not act like we missed out on Barry Sanders.I think it's not about if he's a future HOFer, but that he is good (in theory) and our RBs are sub-standard, including two 5-star recruits who aren't doing "diddly poo offensively."
November 23rd, 2015 at 2:29 AM ^
He's probably lamenting eating eggplant parmesan instead of chicken parmesan.
November 23rd, 2015 at 4:18 AM ^
the fact that i chuckled at this verifies i read this blog way too much
November 23rd, 2015 at 6:33 AM ^