Jim McElwain on indefinite suspensions: Will last “till it’s resolved.” Not necessarily through the Michigan game.

Be hopeful that he won't play, but plan like he will. 

In the end, I have a hard time believing that McElwain will re-neg on the suspension. His credibility would take a huge hit, and it would be a BAAAAAAAD PR move for him. Callaway is a repeat offender and has recently committed credit card fraud. Not a lawyer but I assume that's a felony in at least some states. McElwain could try and talk his way out of it all he wanted, but he'd get massacred in the media by anyone not named Paul Finebaum. 

And then think about if he inserted Callaway into the game and they still lost. He couldn't go back to the fans and boosters and say "well hey at least we won!" They'd still be 0-1, and that bad judgment call would still follow him wherever he went. 

If the situation was reversed and Harbaugh was backtracking to let his best player play, it's all ESPN would talk about from now until game time.

PG-13 version:

This is poor reporting by SECCountry.

The relevant bullet is:

• To clarify, the suspension from team activities of the 7 guys lasts “till it’s resolved.” Not necessarily through the Michigan game.

If paired with McElwain's prior statement that the players were "indefinate" this just means they will be back on the team at some point (so before or after the M game, but the reporting doesn't get into that).

By the time kickoff rolls around on Sept. 2nd Callaway will have been rehabilitated to near sainthood status. This is the SEC.

He'll probably try to sneak Tebow in as a grad transfer the day before too. We'll still win.

Bring it, Sharkhumper!

My bet is that they're suspended. He's just trying to play mind games with Michigan so we're forced to prepare for either situation. But then again, it is the SEC...

I would guess he's talking about restitution. He didn't want to suspend them at all -- they are ineligible until they pay back the fraudulent charges.

Went to listen to the actual bit to make sure I got it right (recall I was the one asking for sources pretty thoroughly when this was announced). The actual question, if you want to hear it, is at roughly 5:30 of the video.

It was something to the effect of: "The [suspension, including from all team activities], does it go all the way through the Michigan game, or could they be back at practice sooner?" 

McElwain: "No, till it's resolved."

If any of them play in the game, it's garbage. But my existing hypothesis still looks good--he doesn't want Michigan to know that Callaway is out, he wants us to take reps practicing for the possibility that we have to defend him. Reps spent working on Callaway packages are reps not spent on anything else. 

But if Callaway plays, that's pretty junky.

Can someone who's going to the game in Dallas please bring a sign with a picture of him hugging a shark?

That he's another SEC clown.  We will destroy them with or without Calloway and the others.  Come with whatever you got.

GO BLUE!!

They will be down more players soon....

It's a legal matter not a team or NCAA disciplinary issue, right?  Isn't it pretty normal for coaches to suspend a player from the team until the legal matter is "resolved"?  I think we might be blowing this out of proportion.
 

All it sounds like to me is him saying they could be suspended much longer than the Michigan game. Until it is resolved. He allready suspended them for the Michigan game and they will be out until it is resolved. I highly doubt it is resolved in the next two weeks anyways. Know if this was that complete piece of shit Saban or the completely immoral Freeze well there in. Saban and Freeze are interchangeble as to who is the biggest lowlife in college football. The Baylor coach would be in there, but he resigned. I highly doubt Mcelwain is rescinding the suspensions he just laid out. He would lose a lot of respect and would not have laid out the suspensions in the first place. I am sure there are some coaches in the sec teaching morals and values to there players. Saban and Freeze are on a whole other level and anyone who has any respect for either of those two pieces of dog feces really are on the same level with them.

I live in Florida and can attest that Gator fans are irrational and don't give two craps about if players are obeying rules or not. I'm sure there are some fans who care, I just haven't met them yet.
I was at the grocery store, wearing my Michigan stuff for no reason other than I love it, and a guy makes a comment about how Michigan is overrated because they don't play in the SEC. A bystander chimes in to say that Michigan is the winningest program in NCAA history. This Florida joker says "that's because they don't play in the SEC". I cared about September 2 before, but now I want to humiliate those clowns.
They don't care if Callaway smokes a doobie in the locker room before the game. They just care about the conference.
Also, can someone actually explain why people in the south root on any SEC team? I hate every B1G team other than Michigan because they aren't Michigan. I don't get the love for the conference thing that all morons in the south have.

Gators will announce starting Qb tonight

Callaway might make it a "respectable" loss but they're getting pummeled on Sept. 2nd. Love how Coach Harbaugh is making the SEC twist in the wind.

I think this is an example of the beat writer taking liberties. "Till it's resolved" could easily and more likely mean that if charges are pressed that they could miss much more than the Michigan game. I think the writer is interpreting with hopefully bias.

McElwain seems like a pretty solid guy morally.

I dont think hes going to backtrack.