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Going through this every…

Going through this every fucking year after he repeatedly said that wouldn't be the case is really a bad look for the program and Harbaugh and sucks as a fan.

No sane org is going to guarantee someone $100,000,000.00 even if they break rules and can no longer do their job. That gross fiduciary irresponsibility.

Be accountable and sign a reasonable contract, or go.

A longer season is going to…

A longer season is going to mean more injuries. The buffoonery with the selection committee, where they dropped FSU after winning because of injuries they already had when they had been ranked 4, is going to have to get fixed.

I really don't think the committee should be ranking anyone based on their opinions of what might happen in the future. "Existing body of work by the team this season" is the only rational metric.

November 12 of 1956 is…

November 12 of 1956 is pretty good, too. I have this one hanging in the man-cave.

IIRC, Harbaugh has it in his office, too.





Yeah, Miracle on Ice. Bigger…

Yeah, Miracle on Ice. Bigger upset that App State aka The Horror, but in a good way.

How does this affect their plan to build the abomination on Main Street??

A reminder that Vegas odds…

A reminder that Vegas odds are about balancing bets, not what they think will happen.

Right now it all comes down…

Right now it all comes down to shitpiles of money.

How is this not about money?

How is this not about money?

he's a straight shooter

he's a straight shooter

The thing is, he's not. He wasn't straight with investigators about the lunch thing and he's twice said he'd stay as long as the school would have him. The school has made it abundantly clear for years that they want him to stay, and yet every off-season we endure his dalliances with the NFL.

I'm glad to have him as coach, but he definitely suffers from some integrity lapses.

Not sure what else Michigan…

Not sure what else Michigan could do.

Have the head coach not threaten to leave every fucking year?

It's not just about pass…

It's not just about pass attempts. It's about reading defenses, adjusting (and even knowing) the plays, being a leader, and having the game slow down.

The 2024 schedule is unforgiving and it's a rebuild year...I'm just hoping for some reasonably competitive football. Throwing a true freshman to the wolves is not part of that.

Should he leave, we can find…

Should he leave, we can find a suitable replacement

Recent history suggests that is harder that you make it sound.

You insult horseshit by…

You insult horseshit by comparing it to whatever the fuck nutjob musk has turn $44,000,000,000 into. 
 

But I strongly support your general point: Don't be an echo chamber for horseshit. 

Maybe Saban will come out of…

Maybe Saban will come out of retirement for them.

/s

I think yes. The UW athletic…

I think yes. The UW athletic department is in some financial difficulty, which led to them having to find a richer conference. That doesn't seem to be the case at Alabama. The latter is also somehow unfettered by having to follow,  you know, rules.

Yeah, I'm seeing some "See…

Yeah, I'm seeing some "See what joining the Big 10 did to us!" type stuff out here (Seattle), as if that has anything to do with the gigantic financial and success disparity at the very top of college football right now.

Unless he has his ego…

Unless he has his ego hitched to his salary, I don't think it's about money for Harbaugh. He has more than enough to last forever, for himself, his kids, and their kids.

I count myself fortunate to…

I count myself fortunate to have grown up in an era of great announcers, who JUST CALLED THE GAME, and great color commentators, who provided interesting facts (not a bunch of half-baked opinion).

The down side is that it makes listening to games these days a bit like sitting in a room full of fingernails dragging down a chalkboard.

Thank you Keith, Al, Ernie, and the rest. You are the standard.

The severity of the…

The severity of the punishment is out of whack and has me wondering if it's retribution for them openly disagreeing with the CFP Committee. 

Got you covered.

Got you covered.

For the TL/DR people, two…

For the TL/DR people, two people DIED in a UGA vehicle driven drunk by a staffer, the staffer and a player. Did I miss the part where there was an immediate on-campus investigation followed by a late Friday suspension of the head coach?

Yeah, right after OSU and…

Yeah, right after OSU and Alabama. Investigation will start the 32nd of Nevuary.

More like "He apprenticed…

More like "He apprenticed with Saban so we'll play Russian Roulette with him as our coach."

I don't really think his…

I don't really think his decision will be weighted heavily by money. How many tens of millions of dollars does a person actually need to have anything they ever wanted forever, and the same for their kids and grandkids?

I had a high school (Huron)…

I had a high school (Huron) girlfriend tell me "Puns are the lowest form of humor". We didn't last long after that.

I still wear the jersey,…

I still wear the jersey, including last night. I've never since eaten a lemon or done a shot of Everclear.

That speaks to my opinion of which is worse. FAR worse :)

As a lousy ingrate, I've…

As a lousy ingrate, I've upvoted this post.

"Ever" is a long time and a…

"Ever" is a long time and a long yardstick of measure. He's exceptional, and there have been some others in the past, Yost, notably.

I hope he stays, and stays and stays and stays.

Those Who Stayed Are…

Those Who Stayed Are Champions.

Those who stayed ARE…

Those who stayed ARE champions. 

Pen-who?

O-dont-ze?

This…

Pen-who?

O-dont-ze?

This whole defense brought it ALL season and stood on their own shoulders tonight. 
 

HAIL

Hail yes!!!

Hail yes!!!

And the name of the tornado…

And the name of the tornado is Blake Corum.

Nope. I was a big Seahawks…

Nope. I was a big Seahawks fan until the NFL did what it did toward Kaepernick. They could have been a leader in addressing the issue and instead silent-blacklisted him for a silent, peaceful protest. That was the end of my NFL fandom.

And Harbaugh leaving after twice stating he wouldn't is a significant integrity issue; hard to get excited about someone doing that.

I find myself drifting into…

I find myself drifting into BPONE here over a winnable game capping a great season and then losing the coach who said he'd stay as long as the school would have him. And next year is going to be a meat-grinder.

Live for today, I guess, or Monday.

So the schools are fucking…

So the schools are fucking season ticket holders, most of whom also pay the mandatory 'donation', in order to make more money selling seats to brokers?

Among a huge pile of fucked up things with college football, that's about the worst.

Transfer and eligibility…

Transfer and eligibility lack-of-rules is way past absurd.

I know how I would feel…

I know how I would feel going to work every day, making the same effort and sacrifices, using up my body, etc. and paying $60k+ a year in tuition and housing as a walk-on while the 18 year-old next to me is getting paid millions.

Setting aside all the other conversation, the wealth inequality in this country, including college football and basketball, is obscene and unsustainable.

I'd like Michigan to dump…

I'd like Michigan to dump the Penn State-esque carnival barking.

+infinity

Another failure of the…

Another failure of the announcers to, you know, announce the game. They were too busy with quasi-flowery unrelated verbiage to actually tell the audience what was happening with the actual game.

That's a take based on…

That's a take based on experience from the last 10-15 years where 1-3 teams were, every year, WAY better than everyone else. Likely because they were better at paying players and getting away with it.

That sort of disparity didn't exist in the 70s, 80s, and 90s, at least as consistently as it did recently. There was no Alabama-type dynasty back then.

I don't think they as good…

I don't think they as good as that OSU lineup, and I don't think Penix is as good as many of the OSU QBs. And they aren't playing behind an O-line of five star future NFL starters.

If we clean up special teams and the D shows up like it did yesterday we'll win and I'll change my avatar from the Everclear/helmet that I set it to during the worst of the BPONE/RR era when I ate a lemon.

They have squeaked through a…

They have squeaked through a lot of games against not-great teams. If their RB is out that will further limit them on offense. If we take away Odunze like we did Harrison, it might not even be close.

the defender got him by the…

the defender got him by the collar, not the mask.

That's also a penalty. Also uncalled. Also ignored by the announcers. They were too busy calling Anthony Thomas "Anthony Thompson".

 

Herbstreit was actually…

Herbstreit was actually calling it for the refs. When Thaw muffed the punt he stated (no conjecture) that it was inside the 1/2 yard line. It was entirely NOT based on the replay he'd already seen several times.

This current crop of color commentators just say things to fill space; accuracy and relevance are not factors they seem to consider.

I don't like Herbstreit. He…

I don't like Herbstreit. He presents opinion as fact too much. "If they hadn't done XYZ, this would have happened." I'd rather have the color commentator talk about plays that actually happened or present quick backstories on players, etc.

And yes, the lack of a flag on that late hit on McCarthy was egregious and not discussed at all. And Alabama had ZERO holding calls all game against a team with six sacks? Right. It's almost like they we ordered to not discuss officiating (unless a Michigan player brushed the leg of a punter who reacted like he'd been hit by a truck).

Shut down Odunze, which I…

Shut down Odunze, which I think we can do, and Penix becomes a lot less fancy. 

Are you suggesting that…

Are you suggesting that there is no paperwork involved in a full-ride+ scholarship to play football? I don't actually know, but I'd be surprised if there wasn't.

Seems easy: You opt out, you give back 1/13th of that money.

EASY: You get paid to play…

EASY: You get paid to play the games. If you don't play the games, you don't get paid.

You can't be a paid player and also not do what you're getting paid to do.

So you sit, you give back the NIL and scholarship percentage for the game(s) you sit.

He seems like a player who…

He seems like a player who would really benefit from one more year. His pass blocking was marginal all season. 

Cool that Catapult is under…

Cool that Catapult is under investigation...but what about OSU for exploiting it?

Exactly. Isn't this like investigating the cameras that whatshisface's people used to record the sidelines? Catapult isn't the issue, it's the hackers that exploited it that are the problem.