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 3:25 PM ^
The coach thing was weird. He said some madness about their being 3 factions within the program starting to split, implying that Harbaugh was maybe on the hot seat.
It was total bullshit. Ever since then I take all of his info with a much larger grain of salt.
October 18th, 2018 at 7:14 PM ^
He's obviously John O'Korn
October 18th, 2018 at 2:39 PM ^
Have Gary against MSU, rest 4 weeks. OSU and B1G championship. Rest 3 weeks for CFP. Sounds like a good strategy to me.... ;-)
October 18th, 2018 at 2:39 PM ^
Someone mentioned Gary and the MSU episode of the Amazon series. Can someone describe in a few sentences what happened in that episode to suggest that Gary may be more motivated this week?
October 18th, 2018 at 2:42 PM ^
Gary was very emotional about the loss to MSU. That's basically it.
October 18th, 2018 at 2:43 PM ^
he was devastated after that game. angry and crying - you could tell it meant a lot to him
October 18th, 2018 at 4:01 PM ^
Makes sense. IIRC, he didn't get graded very well by UFR or PFF or somesuch, but I remember him flinging dudes all over the place.
Right up until the failed hail mary, I thought we'd win in spite of O'Korn, playcalling and the typhoon.
October 18th, 2018 at 2:55 PM ^
He was like...projectile crying after the loss.
October 18th, 2018 at 3:03 PM ^
This is so spot on.
October 18th, 2018 at 2:41 PM ^
you, my friends, can pretend to be an insder too.
1) come across an internet rumor
2) make post implying ‘insider’ sources
3) next day, make post that is the polar opposite of yesterday’s post
4)??????
5) profit
October 18th, 2018 at 3:10 PM ^
Umbig11 endows a scholarship. He’s an important booster who does have real connections and real info. He’s not always correct.
All of the above is true - you can do with it what you want.
October 18th, 2018 at 3:35 PM ^
Agreed - not sure why people are getting so offended by him this season. The guy cares, a lot.
Regardless, we will find out on Saturday if Rashan is playing or not. We all hope he goes out and helps beat the shit out of Sparty.
October 18th, 2018 at 3:53 PM ^
He's Braylon?
October 19th, 2018 at 9:07 AM ^
Well said. I remember when we were all debating on whether or not Coach was taking the the job or let alone even interested in it. There were 3 sources i followed daily Gregg Henson(twitter), John U. Bacon(twitter), and Umbig11. Each of them said the exact same things consistently and within hours of each other. I tend to trust those close to the program and have reliable sources. You don't like what he says or trust his opinion that's on you. I guess that's the nature of the internet today, praise someone when they are right and when they are incorrect or say something you don't like you then you blast them behind that keyboard anonymity we all benefit from. Just my 2 cents, I guess we will all find out Saturday after 12pm, but its nice to have a pretty good idea what to expect earlier in the week.
October 18th, 2018 at 2:42 PM ^
Did umbig11 just completely abandon this site and switch to 247? I always look for his/her comments here and it seems that he/she does not post with the same frequency as when I began reading this blog.
October 18th, 2018 at 2:45 PM ^
he’s full of shit - just another pretend ‘insider’
October 18th, 2018 at 2:45 PM ^
He's definitely used this forum to talk shit about Harbaugh while predicting another failure of a season.
He's been pretty silent after predicting a tough matchup against Nebraska.
October 18th, 2018 at 2:48 PM ^
To be fair, read the FFFF on Nebraska. Our own writers predicted it to be tough as hell.
October 18th, 2018 at 2:51 PM ^
Their predictions were ostensibly based on something besides "Harbaugh sucks and he's lost the team" which was how this "insider" shared his point of view.
October 18th, 2018 at 3:13 PM ^
To be equally fair, FFFF has been (perhaps justifiably) cautious about a lot of things this year. I think we also see what happens, especially with the early FFFF, when judging a team based on 1-2 games. Nebraska looked dynamite against Colorado until you dig deeper and realize Colorado is a mediocre team and Nebraska can't stop anyone to save their lives.
October 19th, 2018 at 8:33 AM ^
definitely SOUNDS like Braylon.......???
October 18th, 2018 at 2:49 PM ^
Not sure but I have no inside information and have been right more often than him lately. Have we been getting trolled by him all this time?
October 18th, 2018 at 3:46 PM ^
Maybe he’s embarrassed or something
October 18th, 2018 at 2:45 PM ^
Spath said today he expects Gary to play vs MSU and then reevaluate his status during the bye week. I hope this is true. Gary playing hurt to help us beat a rival is the thing of legend. Now just go play well Rashan !
October 18th, 2018 at 2:53 PM ^
Beat MSU, bye week off, Beat PSU, give him 2 weeks off (no reason to play him Vs. Rutger or Indiana), beat OSU, win B1G champ game, 3 weeks off until playoff, win Natty, get drafted 1st overall. Any questions?
October 18th, 2018 at 8:52 PM ^
My question is why use “natty” it’s worse than big blue.
October 18th, 2018 at 3:21 PM ^
In the same week that Bosa made the (IMO correct) decision to go on the shelf and prepare for the draft no less.
October 18th, 2018 at 5:20 PM ^
Could you imagine Gary with a game clinching sack late in the fourth quarter where he blows up the play even with obvious discomfort in his shoulder.
I can.
Leave your mark. This season is on the verge of being something very fricken special.
October 18th, 2018 at 2:50 PM ^
I have no desire to be an insider or claim to know anyone directly, but I have an acquaintance. I asked Rashans status, and he said, "Yes, I think Gary is playing. Tarik is week to week like it's been stated. The target date is PSU."
Who knows, we'll find out soon enough.
October 18th, 2018 at 5:51 PM ^
Number on end-of-username checks out
October 19th, 2018 at 8:16 AM ^
Not so fast my friend! Truth is, I know the person outside of the internetz. Just doing gods work and killing the rumor.
October 18th, 2018 at 2:50 PM ^
Well, UMBig11 is no Ace Williams, that's for sure
October 18th, 2018 at 3:13 PM ^
He could be Ace Ventura.
October 18th, 2018 at 3:03 PM ^
perfect. lets get him in for this game and shut him down again for Indiana, Rutgers and even Penn State if need be (could dress not play and even if we lost to PSU we in control of destiny)
October 18th, 2018 at 3:03 PM ^
So wait...an "insider" went from negative to positive in a day without any real substance behind it? I am *shocked* by this.
October 18th, 2018 at 3:04 PM ^
I prefer to believe this news and MSU should be worried.
October 18th, 2018 at 3:06 PM ^
Come Back Gary! Be Effective! And do no further harm!
October 18th, 2018 at 3:08 PM ^
If he is practicing this week, I'd have to imagine he is going to play.
October 18th, 2018 at 3:08 PM ^
It is hard to keep track of who to trust for information.
1. Sam Webb
2. Steve Lorenz
Is there even a third?
October 18th, 2018 at 3:17 PM ^
You can trust me Ken.
October 18th, 2018 at 3:47 PM ^
not until you learn how to use a comma... clearly a russian bot
October 18th, 2018 at 3:59 PM ^
There is no comma required in that comment.
October 18th, 2018 at 6:01 PM ^
For real?!
October 19th, 2018 at 1:25 PM ^
Whoops, I was looking at Ken's post. This site is a nightmare on mobile.
October 18th, 2018 at 4:25 PM ^
You can trust, me Ken.
You can, trust me, Ken.
You can trust me, Ken.
WHERE DO YOU WANT THE COMMA!?!?!?!?
October 18th, 2018 at 4:31 PM ^
you should have placed a comma before ken. as in "thank you, robby." there is always a comma between that is being addressed and who is being addressed.
October 18th, 2018 at 3:21 PM ^
who cares. just beat state. no one knows anything until Saturday at noon
October 18th, 2018 at 6:01 PM ^
That is not true. You don’t know who I am or where I received my information. It’s ok if you don’t believe me, I understand.
But, to say no one knows anything is not factual.
October 18th, 2018 at 3:25 PM ^
Gary. Will. Play Saturday.
Do not worry. He is good to go. I know I am no UMBig11, but I do have a source that has confirmed he will play. I have never given information before on here. You have no reason to believe me. I have no reason to lie or make information up. I want him to play as much as the next guy, but I would never come on here and make counterstrike crap up.
All I will say is that WHEN he plays Saturday, please remember that I was not lying.
October 18th, 2018 at 3:29 PM ^
It seems believable. I think Harbaugh saw that Wisconsin could be handled without him so he sat and rested for MSU.