OT: Is there possible juicy news????
October 23rd, 2014 at 9:54 AM ^
Hope he wasn't the boss of anything too important
October 23rd, 2014 at 9:59 AM ^
I like to take those assholes for a ride - pretend I'm interested, give fake account information, act like I don't know how to wire money, etc. It's pretty entertaining how much they'll interact with you and how much research they do - they once gave me the address of the nearest Western Union to the fake address I gave them. I figure that my entertainment is at least taking up their time and maybe stopping them from harassing a more gulible person.
October 23rd, 2014 at 8:31 AM ^
Harbaugh could tweet "Go Blue! Beat MSU!" to someone on the team.
That's about as much a shout out as any of us would need for the party to start around here. That, and pulling daisies:
"Harbaugh's loves us, he loves us not... Harbaugh loves us, he loves us not..."
October 23rd, 2014 at 8:34 AM ^
I got the same email. It's legit.
October 23rd, 2014 at 8:42 AM ^
Maybe WD came through with the original email from his "friends' aunt".
October 23rd, 2014 at 8:45 AM ^
October 23rd, 2014 at 8:55 AM ^
It clearly revolves around Brandon. Much too early to be about coaching. If I had to guess, I'd say it's an email from a regent about Brandon.
October 23rd, 2014 at 10:52 AM ^
I hope it's juicy news, but I also hope The news is broken AFTER the game.
October 23rd, 2014 at 10:52 AM ^
October 23rd, 2014 at 8:56 AM ^
Not That There's Anything Wrong With That
October 23rd, 2014 at 9:12 AM ^
But my wife is a manager in a very prominent department at UM. (Her boss answers to the president) She gets emails regarding job openings at the U. She said over the last week, there have been a lot of open job postings in the athletic department. This could be two things, there are a lot of jobs being created, or there are a lot of people leaving (which would signal a change is coming)
October 23rd, 2014 at 9:17 AM ^
The listings over at UMJobs.org are pretty sparse for Athletics right now (unless you want to be the facilities manager for pretty much the entire football universe), but this seems at least plausible.
October 23rd, 2014 at 12:55 PM ^
I find that picture and your signature line sadly fitting. "Those who stay will be champions...of the bottom of the Atlantic..."
October 23rd, 2014 at 8:45 AM ^
There is no such thing as the Internet Police. Just because you were looking at leaked iPhone pics/vids does not mean you're going to jail.
October 23rd, 2014 at 11:04 AM ^
But it does mean you're a sleazeball.
October 23rd, 2014 at 8:50 AM ^
OT, not meaning to hijack a thread but I can't start my own... Saw this and thought it was not just a coincidence that it happened during a "Branding" class. Dave Brandon could have used a page out of this playbook. Too late now hopefully.
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152792529739894
October 23rd, 2014 at 8:53 AM ^
October 23rd, 2014 at 8:54 AM ^
Perhaps the FOIA request from a few weeks back was returned and he's trying to authenticate various portions of it.
October 23rd, 2014 at 8:57 AM ^
There wouldn't be much to authenticate in a really focused FOIA request asking about a specific email.
My guess is Brian got forwarded some stuff and is putting his ducks in a row about whether or not it's real before he does anything with it.
October 23rd, 2014 at 9:02 AM ^
without doing anything with it.
October 23rd, 2014 at 8:57 AM ^
what the fuck is going on here
October 23rd, 2014 at 10:37 AM ^
you're on a need to know basis.
October 23rd, 2014 at 8:58 AM ^
Isn't Brian an IT guy? And wouldn't he have dozens of friends or contacts to discuss this with? Sending out a twitter blast seems... odd.
October 23rd, 2014 at 9:50 AM ^
That is not the same as "IT guy".
October 23rd, 2014 at 10:50 AM ^
...if your degree has the word "engineer" in it, then you're an IT guy.
October 23rd, 2014 at 11:05 AM ^
Damn. I don't want people thinking I'm a computer janitor.
October 23rd, 2014 at 1:46 PM ^
Would you rather be known as the guy who drives the train?
October 23rd, 2014 at 12:02 PM ^
But more like if your degree has the word "computer" in it, you're an IT guy. As in:
"MGoBlog got its start in 2004 as a side project for Cook, a U-M computer engineering graduate and software developer, to vent his fanaticism about all things Michigan sports."
http://www.semichiganstartup.com/founders/briancookmgoblogannarbor.aspx
Maybe this article is wrong, but I read this or something like this in the past.
October 23rd, 2014 at 12:27 PM ^
someone is a software developer doesn't mean they are an expert in email security. There are specialists within the field.
October 23rd, 2014 at 3:21 PM ^
i don't know jack about how the internet works. except for magic.
and i have the same degree as brian. maybe even the same year (02). although, he runs a blog, so yeah, he should have a general idea about how the internet works (with email being a subset) - or at least know a guy who does.
October 23rd, 2014 at 8:58 AM ^
Got to be from an @umich.edu address...otherwise why worry about vetting the domain?
October 23rd, 2014 at 9:00 AM ^
Stuff like this gives me hope. A tiny light in an otherwise black tunnel.
October 23rd, 2014 at 9:20 AM ^
You hope it's good news anyways. He could've recieved word that Hoke just got an extension.
October 23rd, 2014 at 9:47 AM ^
Or Brandon got one...
October 23rd, 2014 at 9:04 AM ^
don't believe ANYthing until its on the front page of MGoBlog. Nuf said.
October 23rd, 2014 at 5:42 PM ^
Sometimes not even then, like WD's fake email.
October 23rd, 2014 at 9:14 AM ^
The answer is no.
October 23rd, 2014 at 9:15 AM ^
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
October 23rd, 2014 at 10:23 AM ^
I think I just got a probable, mild erection.
October 23rd, 2014 at 9:20 AM ^
they practiced really, really good this week.
October 23rd, 2014 at 9:21 AM ^
October 23rd, 2014 at 9:29 AM ^
So the answer is yes.
October 23rd, 2014 at 9:30 AM ^
Maybe he's trying to verify if the CEO of Stubb's BBQ Sauce really offered him free meat
October 23rd, 2014 at 9:40 AM ^
Copy the entire header into the message analyzer here:
https://testconnectivity.microsoft.com/
Everything will be nice and plain english, mostly. The most important thing is to know the ip address and whether that ip address/domain is an open relay, because that makes masquerading much easier.
Also, you might want to check the SPF record, if they even have one, for the domain. That tells you whether they write in stone, and in public, how strict their standards are for sending email from their domain.
Open relay test: http://mxtoolbox.com/diagnostic.aspx
SPF check: http://mxtoolbox.com/spf.aspx
October 23rd, 2014 at 9:38 AM ^
He's got his team asking Nick Burns for tech support?
October 23rd, 2014 at 9:44 AM ^
or is this all meta-spoofing?