UMBIG11 on 247: "Gary news continues to flow in a positive direction"
I won't post screenshots because I don't know if that's allowed, but he says it's trending in a good direction. He agrees with another user, "BigShooter1", who supposedly has a good source saying that Gary has been practicing this week and is "going hard." He expects Gary to play, but it didn't specify whether this means he will play against MSU or just "he will play at some point this season."
October 18th, 2018 at 2:24 PM ^
flip flop... flip... flippitty flop
October 18th, 2018 at 2:29 PM ^
Nice work by UMBig11 here: now no matter what happens with Gary, he will be correct and claim to validate his insider credentials.
October 18th, 2018 at 2:38 PM ^
The UMBig11 hate lately is ludicrous--the guy has posted tons of updates on the board the last few years, the majority of them accurate and unknown before he posted, like for example that Speight won the QB battle, and more. It's mystifying, the blowback recently--we should be encouraging this guy, not running him off
October 18th, 2018 at 2:41 PM ^
He flew off the handle on here relatively recently and people are speculating that he lost his insider access because of it (supposedly the program scans all of the major sites regularly). Just an FYI on the blowback. I can't say that I have an opinion one way or the other.
October 18th, 2018 at 3:04 PM ^
IMO, he was sent by Harbaugh to help fan the raging over reaction after the ND game so the players would disassociate from the psycho fan base's opinion.
Now they have that intractable Us v Everybody attitude.
October 18th, 2018 at 4:23 PM ^
Shirley, you can't be serious.
October 18th, 2018 at 4:48 PM ^
Don't call me Shirley!
October 18th, 2018 at 4:21 PM ^
I was actually wondering this morning how higher ups in the football program feel about their fellow employees moonlighting as “insiders” for various football pay sites. I’m other words if UM Big11 has legitimate access to the program wouldn’t they tell him to quit disclosing information to the public for money or status?
October 18th, 2018 at 4:33 PM ^
This has struck me as interesting as well, considering he's mentioned that he has some kind of exclusive deal with Rivals during the season. It could just be a screen name for a writer that wants to post things anonymously, or it could be that he doesn't really have that much access or only has second or third hand info.
October 18th, 2018 at 9:05 PM ^
UMBig11 is Angelique. She just feigns ignorance about injuries during press conferences to troll us.
October 18th, 2018 at 10:19 PM ^
I don’t buy that for a second. He may or may not have insider info, but at best it’s a guess that any couple of drunks could come up with at a tailgate.
October 18th, 2018 at 2:51 PM ^
Yeah, that "speight won the qb battle" prediction was unbelievable. He had to be the only one that saw that coming.
October 18th, 2018 at 2:52 PM ^
I wonder if he's still sticking with "Peters is clearly #2, he's just injured this week"?
October 18th, 2018 at 2:57 PM ^
I hate to correct you with facts but the majority of the board revolted at that news and refused to believe that he beat out JOK, so there's that
October 18th, 2018 at 7:02 PM ^
Well you know that jpc joined 5 days ago, so he's kinda new around here or another, yet another WD account, I never trust any posters if they joined after 2013, 5 years. You been here 5 years? Ok, I might bite. Less than 5 years, don't take it personal.
Not talking to you W1987, everyone else in general.
October 18th, 2018 at 8:37 PM ^
I signed up due to the awesome redesign, and because I couldn't stand to passively read everyone's BPONE bullshit in the Wisconsin game thread.
I was here for all of Hoke's glorious tenure FWIW. Also, not WD - I actually went to Michigan. I got my PhD at Ross.
October 19th, 2018 at 3:20 PM ^
Had me floored, I can tell you that much. Never did I think it.
October 18th, 2018 at 2:52 PM ^
That is a pretty liberal definition of "hate". All I did is note that UMBig11's "insider information" tidbits he gave yesterday and today are completely contradictory.
I also don't like speculative "insider info" that could be construed by some as negative towards a player unless it's 100% true. For example, back when UMBig11 and another insider starting posting information before the 2016 season, there was a rumor started by one of them that Jabrill Peppers and possibly other DBs had been suspended for a half, a quarter, or a whole game against Hawaii. It was completely untrue, but it got back to Jabrill and he felt compelled to dismiss the rumor himself on Twitter.
October 18th, 2018 at 3:06 PM ^
I honestly don't care about insider info either way, but when you (a) try to leverage it and (b) call out kids/program when something negative happens (in this case losing to ND) it does dim one's perception of the person. Also, he's just been wrong the past couple of times he's posted, and so if you are going to bathe in the internet jacuzzi "insider info" gets you, you have to be able to handle the times when you're wrong and people rightly point it out.
October 19th, 2018 at 1:00 PM ^
Most of this board said worse than he did after the ND loss. Funny how people forget after a few wins.
October 18th, 2018 at 3:36 PM ^
I remember he had speight broken neck posted wayyyyy before anyone new anything about it, he continues to be an excellent insider and anybody that puts him down needs to just go, hes a great source
October 18th, 2018 at 4:04 PM ^
He is much better than BlueVod on Twitter . That guy is a clown.
October 18th, 2018 at 4:15 PM ^
But what is UMBIG11's take on jersey sales in Ohio?
October 18th, 2018 at 4:33 PM ^
That is big news . I thought Patterson was our QB1 . When did he come back? /s
October 18th, 2018 at 4:47 PM ^
It was a package deal with Jedd Fisch. Where have you been?
October 18th, 2018 at 2:41 PM ^
Hijacking this comment for a link to the screenshots (let us edit main posts). I figure since the posters are not being paid by 247 it should be fine, but mods obviously delete this comment if it crosses a line. Looks like it was another guy who said Gary was "going hard" rather than umbig11, but y'all get the point.
October 18th, 2018 at 3:07 PM ^
The one guy says he's playing, no equivocation. Another guys says believe that guy. UMBIG11 says yeah it's looking good, don't know what that was about yesterday, I subscribe to what first guy says.
October 18th, 2018 at 3:46 PM ^
He only changed his tune when someone with real connections called bullshit on the legend that is UMBig11 and his Gary intel.
October 18th, 2018 at 2:31 PM ^
You sound just like [Insert name of local politician here]
October 18th, 2018 at 3:11 PM ^
You're talking about Mayor Quimby and we all know it.
October 18th, 2018 at 5:21 PM ^
Did I, uh, hear the sound of a briefcase opening?
October 18th, 2018 at 8:30 PM ^
What’s that running tape recorder doing in there?
October 18th, 2018 at 2:38 PM ^
Second week in a row as well he's said someone is "out" then changed his mind, although this one is much worse as you could easily interpret his comments yesterday as "Gary is healthy enough to play but doesn't want to."
I posted about this back before ND, most hardcore fans CANNOT HANDLE INSIDER INFORMATION ABOUT INJURIES. This is one of the reasons why Sam Webb never discusses every little bump and bruise and who sat out a practice - people would completely lose their shit every day during the season. The other reason is that putting stuff like this out there gives a competitive advantage, no matter how small, to our opponents. And for what? What is really gained here? All I saw was a bunch of people turning on Gary and saying a lot of bad things about him in the last thread based off of this speculation. Injury speculation like this is bad, and umbig11 should feel bad.
October 18th, 2018 at 4:22 PM ^
And I’ve always wondered, if umbig11 is with the football team, why does he think it’s okay to go against what his boss feels is the best course? Is being big man on the internet that important?
I’m not hating on the guy, and I feast on his info whether accurate or not, but he confuses me....
October 18th, 2018 at 6:34 PM ^
Harbaugh's not his boss.
October 18th, 2018 at 8:32 PM ^
Better yet, Umbig11 is a current player on every UM football team. Someone simply hands the handle off to another player after a super secret meeting among the captains, and MurderWolv.
October 18th, 2018 at 4:41 PM ^
Exactly this guy is such a clown and only changed his tune when bigshooter1 posted a positive Gary update. Why do people still pay attention to him.
October 18th, 2018 at 11:03 PM ^
The better question is why haven't the mods banned you?
October 18th, 2018 at 2:25 PM ^
This seems like good news, but I thought he was leaving the team and prepping for the NFL? Ugh, rumors. Those should be left to Fleetwood Mac...
October 18th, 2018 at 3:34 PM ^
They only deal in rumoUrs and...no Lindsey Buckingham? NOT MY FLEETWOOD MAC!
October 19th, 2018 at 3:35 PM ^
Damn those guys have huge foreheads
October 19th, 2018 at 2:32 PM ^
Coaches have been at work “fixing “ the situation.
October 18th, 2018 at 2:25 PM ^
I vote you post the screenshots.
October 18th, 2018 at 2:26 PM ^
Uh no.
October 18th, 2018 at 3:17 PM ^
But counterpoint.... yes?
October 18th, 2018 at 3:03 PM ^
No. I prefer the whole article with comments.
October 18th, 2018 at 5:35 PM ^
Let me get my magnifying glass.
October 18th, 2018 at 2:26 PM ^
Supposedly the Edge of Internet is reporting this too.
October 18th, 2018 at 2:32 PM ^
Is Bono ok with that?