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The way Seth and Sam…

The way Seth and Sam suggested something would have come up if they did a thorough background check on Shoop makes me think this wasn't COVID related.

Ben Hall?

Ben Hall?

I looked it up and of the…

I looked it up and of the other two fast kids Harbaugh tweeted about, Connor Easthope is a QB at Harvard and Addison Coquilard appears not to play college football although my google skills may be lacking there. I'm hoping Harvard's working on a triple option package to use Easthope's speed.

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Finkle is Einhorn

Inaugural facts?

Inaugural facts?

His job title has been…

His job title has been filled. The spot he opened up on the coaching staff by leaving has not been filled.

 

You can have 11 on field coaches. Harbaugh, Minter, JayBaugh, and Partidge leaving brought us down to 7 such coaches, asssuming everyone else is staying. Yes, we have a head coach, but as of Brian's post, we hadn't hired anyone to fill those 4 empty spots in our allowed number of coaches. That's what he means by Harbaugh still needs to be replaced.

It’s listing the 4 people…

It’s listing the 4 people who have left who have yet to be replaced by someone external, I.e. Sherrone replaced Harbaugh; Newsome replaced Sherone; but no one has yet replaced Newsome, so the opening created by Harbaugh leaving is still available even if his specific job isn’t.

Eyes closed, head first. Can…

Eyes closed, head first. Can't lose.

Denard for OC! He's already…

Denard for OC! He's already on staff!

It should be noted here that…

It should be noted here that nearly every koala has chlamydia. People should be careful before considering giving Joe what he asks for.

I don't understand that at…

I don't understand that at all. In what way could/would Minnesotta be our most impressive win?

I think Craig's opposition…

I think Craig's opposition to the buyout is ideological: the buyout is a restraint on the employee's ability to move jobs and Craig has always been a pro-employee guy. I don't think he's wrong in principle, but buyouts in coaches contracts are ubiquitous so I don't quite understand why thought it wrong for Michigan to want to include one in the contract.

Also, I must have misunderstood Craig because it seemed to me he was saying that Michigan was trying to put the immunity clause in the contract when I thought that was Harbaugh's doing (Jim wanted immunity from being fired for cause if the NCAA or Big10 suspends him more for past infractions.)

Mike Sainristil: warlock…

Mike Sainristil: warlock. Made a pact with some powerful creature enabling him to come out of nowhere to play both offense and defense at a high level. Also very charismatic. Also only needs to sleep for an hour before getting all his abilities back. OK, I might be making up that last one.

I was ambivalent about…

I was ambivalent about whether to fire Warde or not but his refusal to use an Oxford comma has put me firmly into “Fire” camp.

So we know the one spot in…

So we know the one spot in the draft he won’t be going.

I forgot how fun it was to…

I forgot how fun it was to watch Hassan Haskins hurdle fools.

Thanks for the video and the diary!

Balvenie 21 for me but sadly…

Balvenie 21 for me but sadly not out of Michigan glass.

And bring back Gold, Irons,…

And bring back Gold, Irons, and Steele to be analysts or something.

Herbie is a good in-game…

Herbie is a good in-game analyst (although not as good as Klaat) but is a lousy talking head during the rest of the week. If I never had to hear from or about him except during a televised game, I'd like him much better than I do currently.

Or FSU, which is 53rd now.

Or FSU, which is 53rd now.

Freshman early enrollee,…

Freshman early enrollee, perhaps?

Here’s hoping he transfers…

Here’s hoping he transfers somewhere where he gets another chance to whoop OSU ass. My favorite walk-on ever.

No mention of Waller in the…

No mention of Waller in the list of CB2s in the projection. I assume this is just an oversight and not because Waller won't be with the team, but my paranoia makes me worry.

Cade

Cade

Great news about the Boy!…

Great news about the Boy! Gifts purchased for Mott in celebration!

The most innocuous…

The most innocuous explanation for why this broke now: someone noticed Sanderson wasn’t with the team on Sunday, asked their insider sources if something was up, and heard about the ‘altercation.’ Then a game of telephone turned it into a fist fight.

Did Colston have to chop off…

Did Colson have to chop off his pinkie to qualify for the award?

edit: I edited this post to amputate a stray t that autocorrect added to Colson’s name.

If JJ leaves, I would…

If JJ leaves, I would absolutely want to replace his with Kyle McCord so we can go down to Columbus and beat OSU. He’s also a pretty good QB especially if his ability to throw under pressure in the Michigan game is real rather than a flash in the pan.

Also, it seems Brian is saying Tuttle has a year of eligibility left. Why wouldn’t he stay and be our stopgap if JJ leaves?

Two pick-twos on Michigan 2…

Two pick-twos on Michigan 2 point conversions?

RIP Louis Nix.

RIP Louis Nix.

My favorite Rickey story is…

My favorite Rickey story is when he went up to his teammate John Olerud when the As were in the field and said to him, “Rickey used to play with another play who wore his batting helmet while playing 1B” and Olerud replied saying “Yes, Rickey, that was also me.”

This news just makes me more…

This news just makes me more confident in my recent decision to be constantly drunk all the time.

This news just makes me more…

This news just makes me more confident in my recent decision to be constantly drunk all the time.

I'm glad I was already…

I'm glad I was already drinking when I saw this.

It was a "check with me" i.e…

It was a "check with me" i.e. the check the sideline to see if the coach has a signal, before the snap.

Reed is just such a large…

Reed is just such a large man and very athletic for his size. I’d love to see what he could do at TE next fall.

I think they’re certainly…

I think they’re certainly going to be a fun team to watch regardless of how many games they end up winning. I thought this would be a defensive slog of a season but this is a fun team on both ends.

Our alumni association…

Our alumni association watches games at the same bar as Penn State's alumni association. Very nice group of people even when we're playing each other. Same resigned shrug at Frames's play calling on Saturda

I'm surprised "It's either…

I'm surprised "It's either Hitler or Woody Hayes" wasn't the tag or title of the podcast.

I had a plane to catch later…

I had a plane to catch later that afternoon so I was rooting for them to go for two because I wouldn't be able to watch OT. I wish they had converted, of course, but I think it was the right decision even if I was biased.

Baby Graham has a determined…

Baby Graham has a determined look on his face like he’s staring into the soul of the QB before the snap making him realize he’s going to get sacked.

When your paid analyst is…

When your paid analyst is providing the same material as Twitter response guys, you probably should stop paying them.

They clearly weren’t calling…

They clearly weren’t calling holding which hurt Michigan more than Penn State, they screwed up the running into the kicker, and the PI call on Johnson was ticky tacky but not egregious. Still, I don’t think they were biased so much as just the usual Big10 ref incompetent.

The conspiracy theory part…

The conspiracy theory part of my brain (which I’m usually able to ignore but I’ve been drunk for the past 7 hours or so) says that they ran the entire the second bc they were confident they would win but wanted to keep the game close so they could make a better case at Friday’s hearing that not having Harbaugh hurts the team. If they had won by 30, it would be harder to argue the suspension hurts them.

The sober, rational part of my brain would claim I’m not being serious, but that part of the brain left the building a long time ago.

I agree with you. Live,…

I agree with you. Live, Inthought it was a fair call but on replay I thought it was tickytack. Not the worst DPI I’ve ever seen by any means, but definitely not enough contact to really merit a flag.

The Michigan alumni…

The Michigan alumni association here watches games in the same bar as Penn State alumni association. There was a similar quiet resignation in their fans today when he went for on 4th down at the 30. You could tell the expected Frames to do something dumb and their wasn’t so much anger as there was rueful befuddlement.

It’s a step up from the time…

It’s a step up from the time he got out coached by Hoke, at least.

My friend speculated that…

My friend speculated that before the game, the refs designated one player to be allowed to hold whenever he wanted  and this week it was Fashanu. His hold in the intentional grounding play was especially egregious.

Living in Florida, I know a…

Living in Florida, I know a lot of Miami fans. They are all Touchdown Timothy.

Jacobi said that report wasn…

Jacobi said that report wasn't verified enough to report publicly but he felt comfortable posting it on a message board? Either he doesn't understand how the internet works or he's just playing CYA but wants credit for breaking it if it turns out to be true. Either way, I'm not impressed.