Athletic Department Buries "James Yoder"/"Ace Williams"
Letter from Ablauf in this tweet, confirmed by folks at 247.
January 11th, 2019 at 7:17 PM ^
Until this thread, I'd never heard of this guy. But I just googled him. I have copied the second item below (sorry, I'm an old guy; I can copy but not embed), and I would like to know: the #1 program in American what? American League? American Athletic Conference? American Kennel Club? American Express? American cheese? American Idol? American Eagle Outfitters? American flag (and long may it wave)? Anyway, here is what he says on google:
James Yoder - Michigan Football Report (@ChatWolverines) | Twitter
https://twitter.com/chatwolverines
James Yoder's show,Michigan Football Report, is the #1 most-watched Michigan Football program in American on digital programs. via @chatsports @ ...
January 11th, 2019 at 7:18 PM ^
I'll bet that there was a calculation here; on the one hand this is an exceedingly rare call-out/knockdown, and if Ace really had any skin in this, he might get a lawyer to sue the Regents. (You can make up whatever business tort you might want to dream up.)
But on the other hand, I've been seeing his stuff pop up on the 'net (by chance/accident/searchbots) and I kept wondering, "Wow, that guy is getting away with some abuse of Michigan images and trademarks!" I expect that this was not, uh, the only letter that was sent out with regard to Mr. AceWilliamsYoder. If you catch my drift.
January 11th, 2019 at 8:07 PM ^
I wonder what harming Michigan's brand is worth?
January 11th, 2019 at 8:42 PM ^
About one sportswriting career
January 11th, 2019 at 7:31 PM ^
Department of Athletics must be playing Chess today!!!
LOL
January 11th, 2019 at 7:54 PM ^
To be officially addressed by the athletic department as a douche bag is quite an accomplishment, I will give him that.
January 11th, 2019 at 8:03 PM ^
I must have missed he was Chat sports dude. He's been a thorn forever. I can't wait to see how he blames Sam Webb for this or something. He got roasted!
January 11th, 2019 at 8:00 PM ^
I think the most hilarious thing about this is that since Yoder isn't on the distribution list, without Twitter or real sports blogs covering it, the guy would never know this official letter is out there.
January 11th, 2019 at 8:01 PM ^
Yoder has entered the Transfer Portal.
January 11th, 2019 at 8:36 PM ^
The "Transfer Portal" always makes me think of the Sarlac.
January 11th, 2019 at 8:06 PM ^
I wonder if he was rolldamntide too. That's probably not even his kid in his twitter pic. What a joke.
January 11th, 2019 at 8:15 PM ^
I'm not sure about the validity of this. I think it only gets one Harbaugh head.
January 11th, 2019 at 8:31 PM ^
After reading that wonderful Yahoo article, Yoder is the kind of guy who is going to read the comments in this post 20x tonight while the rest of us are off to the bar or whatnot.
January 12th, 2019 at 12:38 AM ^
or while your writing posts on this board with your 20+ accounts
January 12th, 2019 at 2:09 AM ^
something yoder would say
January 12th, 2019 at 10:00 AM ^
@Smells.like.Victory: In your short time here you've displayed an inordinate amount of fascination with claiming other people are using alt accounts, have a problem spelling things correctly, have attempted to make fun of a user by accusing them of being a "20 year old Michigan student" (as if that's a bad thing on this blog) and have made at least one racial slur/statement that probably should have gotten you banned (something about a poster's Nigerian children).
You also started out your first month by posting quasi legitimate content to include screenshots- something a internet savvy blogger who didn't want to get labeled as a troll right away would do. That quickly devolved to your true nature, however.
That you come out of the shadows to try and bite me for saying something I am absolutely sure would make Yoder very mad, only confirms you are one of Yoder's accounts. That you were trolling internet blogs at 1am on a friday night is sad, really.
January 11th, 2019 at 8:34 PM ^
The Bo thumbs up GIF in the tweet comments is excellent.
January 11th, 2019 at 8:38 PM ^
Something needs to be done to prevent this asshat from harming the program.
January 11th, 2019 at 8:51 PM ^
Who? Isn’t that a brand of Swedish yogurt?
January 11th, 2019 at 9:00 PM ^
Yoder is a scumbag. Also, Greg Henson crushed him on Twitter about a week or so ago.
Lol.
January 11th, 2019 at 10:20 PM ^
Haha two certified assholes going at it on twitter !!
January 11th, 2019 at 9:29 PM ^
I've seen some people say Yoder went to Michigan, but in case you're wondering, he doesn't appear in the Umich.edu directory.
January 11th, 2019 at 10:14 PM ^
I think I read he's a Toledo alum. Also on his LinkedIn page.
January 11th, 2019 at 9:44 PM ^
That's a fantastic takedown!
January 11th, 2019 at 9:46 PM ^
Way to close the door on that nonsense, go Dave Ablauf!
January 11th, 2019 at 10:04 PM ^
At least we still have sam Webb’s fluff pieces that are likely approved after someone gets an old fashioned reach around
January 11th, 2019 at 10:07 PM ^
Yoder is not Yodi ... well that sets that straight.
January 11th, 2019 at 10:11 PM ^
Who has had a worse week, Yoder or Jim Acosta?
January 12th, 2019 at 12:29 AM ^
Federal workers at the tiny egotistical hands of Trump.
January 11th, 2019 at 11:08 PM ^
I have to ask.. Who the fuck is James Yoder?
January 12th, 2019 at 6:18 AM ^
Google search The Cauldron and Chat Sports. Then follow the yahoo.finance link. Scroll about halfway down to where the article starts talking about Chat Sports acquiring The Cauldron.
January 12th, 2019 at 12:09 AM ^
I wasnt online when the whole ace williams thing happened. how do we know that hes the
same guy as yoder?
January 12th, 2019 at 1:07 AM ^
Both were the Chat Sports UM “insider” both made inflammatory statements and bs accusations and called out other blogs. Looks like a rat and sounds like a rat...
January 12th, 2019 at 2:09 AM ^
thanks, i hadnt known about chat sports until early 2018
January 12th, 2019 at 9:20 AM ^
And as has been known for a long time, Chat Sports (is there a reason why we keep talking about "Chat Sports" even if/when it was just Yoder?) used pseudonyms for bylines. Brian Cook & co. were onto the phoniness of "Ace Williams" from the start, and Yoder eventually openly admitted that Chat Sports featured multiple fake writing names. As if that was a standard business practice. And they were some pretty great names. Pulp fiction kinds of sportswriting names.
January 12th, 2019 at 12:37 AM ^
Mineral King = James Yoder
January 12th, 2019 at 6:03 AM ^
The Ablauf ban-hammer is a supreme weapon.
January 12th, 2019 at 9:20 AM ^
January 12th, 2019 at 11:00 AM ^
I throw Yoder in that box with Henson. They may know someone that knows someone who knows someone that’s inside Schembechler Hall, but pass it off as if they are connected to the program. This fan base is thirsty for info about the team, so a bunch of twitter accounts have sprouted up claiming they have “inside” info as well. They need to be called out as well.
January 12th, 2019 at 5:43 PM ^
Dave Ablauf from the top rope with the finishing move!!! Glad they did something against leeches such as James T. Yoder.
Mods, I hope you pin this entire thread as sticky.