OT: Big 10 releases official statement on OSU situation (spoiler: they support them)
“We support the findings of the investigative team led by Mary Jo White, the recommendations of the Board of Trustees and the decision made by President Drake in consultation with the Board.”
August 24th, 2018 at 2:17 PM ^
Jim Delany knows who he works for.
August 24th, 2018 at 3:31 PM ^
Does anyone have an email address for the Big Ten? This is just beyond bullshit.
August 24th, 2018 at 2:17 PM ^
Oh good we're all collectively assholes, not just individually.
August 24th, 2018 at 2:19 PM ^
Witty proclamation of appropriate outrage [Here].
August 24th, 2018 at 2:24 PM ^
pathetic. I wish there was some way UM could come out and be like nope, the B1G's stance doesn't reflect our opinion.
August 24th, 2018 at 2:33 PM ^
Would be interesting if Michigan and other B1G schools could sue the conference for damaging their reputation, but I'm sure conference bylaws don't allow it and not sure how they could prove a damaged reputation. But there should be talks among thee non-scandal plagued teams to change leadership and support more punitive measures.
August 24th, 2018 at 2:37 PM ^
on the flip side, you know if a member school spoke out against this comment, they would get the shit fined out of them
August 24th, 2018 at 2:47 PM ^
I think the alumni would band together to pay any fine.
August 24th, 2018 at 2:57 PM ^
Can we sue ped state and staee also???
/asking for a friend
August 24th, 2018 at 4:06 PM ^
A simple U of M statement confirming that the B1G’s statement wasn’t shared, reviewed, or agreed to by the individual member institutions seems reasonable to me.
August 24th, 2018 at 2:25 PM ^
Beyond this ruling this should just show how all rules and regulations in the NCAA are just cum against the mirror, reflection be dampened.
-M Go Dead, 4/14/16
August 24th, 2018 at 2:27 PM ^
Not surprising in the least. This is, after all, the same organization that clearly didn't want Michigan to beat OSU in 2016, so they paid the referees a bonus to not make the proper calls.
EDIT: This is insane to me. I mean, of course the Big Ten is going to say that, as they don't want to lose the second best coach in college football, but come ON, man. EVERYONE outside of OSU and the Big Ten front office are saying Meyer should have been fired for this. What does that say to you, Big Ten and OSU? Here's a hint - you're flat the fuck out wrong.
August 24th, 2018 at 2:29 PM ^
Big Ten officially endorses wife beating now. Good to know!
August 24th, 2018 at 2:37 PM ^
Seriously would love it if Manuel came out and made a contrary statement.
Edit: I say this knowing full well it would result in more phone calls between Delany and the refs before each of our games
August 24th, 2018 at 2:38 PM ^
Yup, the B1G is now the SEC, except far rapier and less graftier...
August 24th, 2018 at 2:39 PM ^
Schlissel really ought to start a move to fire Delany.
August 24th, 2018 at 2:44 PM ^
I hope he's armed to the teeth because he'll have to fight PSU, MSU, and OSU in the process.
August 24th, 2018 at 3:18 PM ^
I'd put Michigan law school up against those 3 combined. But if Michigan wanted to go against the B1G, they'd be smart to get Northwestern and Wisconsin on their side.
August 24th, 2018 at 4:33 PM ^
And I think that would be the case as well.
Whereas there's animosity between us and OSU, MSU, and PSU, Northwestern and Wisconsin have generally been friendly competitiors. Heck Fitzgerald and Chryst have both publicly stated admiration for Harbaugh (Especially Fitz. When Harbaugh first showed up, Fitz publicly said he intended to pick Harbaugh's brain about football. Smart move).
August 24th, 2018 at 7:36 PM ^
I wonder if he would pick his nose, put it in his mouth and spit it out.
August 25th, 2018 at 6:50 AM ^
And you know OSU will come out swinging
August 24th, 2018 at 2:42 PM ^
"Better to be thought a (tone-deaf, inept, kowtowing to THEE) fool (of an organization), than to (issue a statement) and remove all doubt."
August 24th, 2018 at 2:44 PM ^
This decade, 5 out of the 7 schools in the Big Ten East have had a coach either fired or suspended for ethical reasons. Ohio State has had two. MSU hasn't, but maybe should. And Hoke could/should have for the Shane Morris debacle.
August 24th, 2018 at 2:50 PM ^
If anyone outside of the big landfill gave a shit about Molest U, Mork would have been at least sanctioned for all the rapes
August 24th, 2018 at 2:46 PM ^
not surprising, but can we get non native ohio refs for the game this year? asking for a friend
August 24th, 2018 at 2:46 PM ^
Wouldn't it have been better if they had said nothing at all, rather than this?
August 24th, 2018 at 2:46 PM ^
The Refs from the 2017 Michigan v. Ohio state Game have also come out in support of Urban Meyer.
August 24th, 2018 at 2:49 PM ^
It was the 2016 game.
The refs from last years game were also bad, but more just garden variety incompetence instead of intentional interference with the outcome.
August 24th, 2018 at 6:15 PM ^
HOLDING!!! Maurice Hurst’s last name read “Hu” all game and especially on the scamper by Duane Haskins in the third or fourth quarter when we had them in third and long! It’s BS every year!
August 24th, 2018 at 2:48 PM ^
Suddenly, 2016 in the Horsesh(itter)oe makes a lot more sense!
August 24th, 2018 at 2:49 PM ^
There was a thread yesterday about leaving the conference. I thought it mostly in jest and didnt give it much actual thought.
I am now officially embarrassed to be associated with this conference. Edit to say I am also embarrassed it took this long. And to where my original point was going... I support leaving the Big Ten 100%. We are better off independent if that is the only other option. Just in case Warde and co are reading this.
August 24th, 2018 at 2:55 PM ^
Maybe we grab ND NW Stanford Texas and start the Big Brain Coference. Hell even take on Dook for basketball
August 24th, 2018 at 3:21 PM ^
Duke has the single crookedest program in the NCAA in their basketball program.
I rank them ahead of Kentucky and Louisville because those schools don't pretend to be honest.
August 24th, 2018 at 2:50 PM ^
/wanking motion
August 24th, 2018 at 2:54 PM ^
Said the Big Ten: Accepting the findings of the investigation required us to eat no more than what we hold to be an acceptable amount of shit.
August 24th, 2018 at 2:58 PM ^
Is there a back story to why Jim Delany doesn't like Michigan? I read comments periodically that he is always trying to undermine UM's success. The reason I'm asking is it seems to me Michigan and Ohio State should be the crown jewels of the conference and it would make sense for him that both perform well. I understand his support for all things OSU, but why not UM? It seems like if Michigan were one of the best teams in the country that would be good for the Big Ten as a whole, moreso than say a successful MSU or Wisconsin.
August 24th, 2018 at 4:29 PM ^
I don’t think anyone other than he knows for sure. But, his first conference commissioner position was as AD of the Ohio Valley Conference, so that time may have played a role. Here’s a good article on the beginning of the Michigan-Delaney distrust: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1990-08-16/sports/9003080807_1_wayne-duke-supervisor-of-football-officials-commissioner-jim-delany
August 24th, 2018 at 3:00 PM ^
Yeah, yeah, yeah. What would you expect from an organization that's right at the epicenter of the movement in the U.S. of big money sports without integrity. Right along side the NCAA and NFL.
August 24th, 2018 at 3:11 PM ^
This is so strange. Why not just stay silent on the issue? Why are they tripping over themselves to defend OSU’s support of domestic violence?
August 24th, 2018 at 3:49 PM ^
Almighty. Dollar.
August 24th, 2018 at 3:18 PM ^
Delany....beyond a worthless piece of shit.
August 24th, 2018 at 3:20 PM ^
I think the women's organizations on each campus that OSU visits needs to protest the day of their game with them. . .
August 24th, 2018 at 3:24 PM ^
I think some of those sex toys Zach ordered were also for Delaney.
August 24th, 2018 at 4:07 PM ^
Is Jim Delany actually an older Zach Smith time travelling from the future?
He just grew back out those stupid side hair tufts? Would make a ton of sense why the B1G seems to love OSU and fuck us over
edit: ugh cant embed just google a picture
August 24th, 2018 at 3:28 PM ^
Every media outlet and journalist, outside of ohio, has publicly blasted the outcome of this circus. Here comes the B10 and their decision to give osu some company, sitting next to them on the stool of public shame, wearing the morally bankrupt dunce hat.
WTF?
There should be a bunch of phone calls happening between AD's around the B10 agreeing to a group statement disavowing the B10's support of this shitshow.
August 24th, 2018 at 3:32 PM ^
This seems dumb to me. On what basis do they support the findings of the investigative team?
August 24th, 2018 at 4:17 PM ^
Exactly! And an in-house investigative team with the sole agenda of figuring out how not to fire Meyer.
August 24th, 2018 at 3:36 PM ^
This is a disgrace. I would love to see Michigan leave the Big Ten at this point. Sickening.
Brian's words on WTKA really speak to me. I paraphrase: "If you support Urban Meyer, you are a bad person." And "God damn it" in utter disgust. "This is exactly why women do not come forward".
The Big Ten backing Ohio State is the tipping point for me. This is the spot where I have gone from excited about football, to disgusted with the slime. If Michigan does not speak out otherwise, at this point they are complicit. And that idea makes me sad.
God Damn It.