UM fined $10,000 for comments following OSU game; Jim Harbaugh publically reprimanded by B1G

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Just in: #B1G reprimands Jim Harbaugh for violating the Big Ten Sportsmanship Policy, fines school $10,000. pic.twitter.com/F8UlnbyJNb

— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) November 28, 2016

Worth every fucking penny.

 

Edited forum topic to appropriately reflect press release.

MayOhioEatTurds

November 28th, 2016 at 5:07 PM ^

film assistants put together a mix-tape illustrating all the one-sided calls from that game. 

All the non-calls on OSU defenders that killed M drives.  (Please circle nearby referees so it is obvious refs could see the play.)

All of the questionable calls that extended OSU drives.  (Please overdub the rape-scene music from Pulp Fiction for full effect.)

Post it on Youtube, explicitly requesting justice or another fine. 

MGoGrendel

November 28th, 2016 at 5:12 PM ^

and will include the Targeting on Weber.

Let's start a funding campain where everyone gives $1.  Let the B1G know how many people agree with Jim - and how quickly we get this fine fully funded.  Give them any extra over $10 G's just as a big FUCK YOU to the the B1G rulez guyz and ref pickerz

lbpeley

November 28th, 2016 at 7:42 PM ^

I saw awhile back of of a World Series not too long ago. Don't recall if it was the Marlins or Dbacks. Something like that. Anyway the poster must have been a fan of the AL team that lost but he made quite a compelling argument for the bias against his team. He had a bunch of clips of pitches to the NL team where the batters were watching pipes right down the middle being called balls and the AL batters watching pitches way out of the zone getting rung up like Frank Drebin was behind the plate.

MGoDoughnut

November 28th, 2016 at 5:52 PM ^

Nick Baumgardner is probably stoked. Every time I hear his podcast, it becomes abundantly clear that he dislikes Harbaugh in the extreme and generally takes every opportunity available to criticize Michigan football as a program. He'll always deny that though, since he makes his money providing content to Michigan fans.

Everyone Murders

November 28th, 2016 at 5:15 PM ^

 

The Big Ten determined that Harbaugh's postgame comments regarding officials were in violation of Big Ten Conference Agreement 10.01, which states in part that "The Big Ten Conference expects all contests involving a member institution to be conducted without compromise to any fundamental element of sportsmanship. ... "

Last I checked, having the game officiated by (a) two admitted OSU-fanboys and (b) one ref who has been previously disqualified as incompetent sorta compromises a fundamental element of sportsmanship - i.e., fair play.  The conference should be reprimanding itself.

Whatevs, Delany.  Thanks for shining a light on Harbaugh's comments again, so the sports talking heads can discuss this yet again.

saveferris

November 29th, 2016 at 11:28 AM ^

To:  Big Ten Conference

From:  Michigan Athletic Department

Re:  Levied 10K Fine for Comments Made by the Michigan Football Coach on 26 November Regarding the Quality of Officiating in the Michigan / OSU Game

To Whom It May Concern:

In regards to the $10,000 fine you have levied againt the University of Michigan Athletic Department for comments being made by Coach Harbaugh this past Saturday, our response is thus;

Kiss the darkest part of our ass.  You can have your money over our collective dead bodies.  Don't like it?  What are you going to do about it?  Expel the most lucrative program from the conference?  Be our guest.  In 24 hours we'll have the other four power conferences killing each other to get us to join.  On the bright side, you'll still have Rutgers.

Your move.

Regards and Fuck You,

Warde Manuel