Breaking: NCAA Ruling tomorrow

don't forget rosenberg.

For some reason I get the feeling that the result of Saturday's game will shape some people's opinion on the NCAA ruling.  It shouldn't be the case, but I'd imagine its hard to decouple for some.

....more like three to one.

You should probably work on your satirical or reading comprehension skills.

People have gotten worked up about this because they thought that the charges themselves were serious, that RR might be some sort of wild outlaw, and because they thought that Michigan could be getting into some monstrous sanctions.

That's all incorrect; clearly, you know better, and you're right of course.  People who thought those things were getting "too worked up."

The basic allegations, while "Major" in NCAA-speak, were some minor crap.  And, importantly, NOTHING like what the Freep alleged.

Still, for some mostly-illegitimate reasons, people were getting worked up.

This will be a very, very big deal tomorrow for these (expected) reasons:

• It ends this story;
• It will likely confirm something about the University's formal response language that stated that the initial media [Free Press] reports were "wildly exaggerated if not flatly incorrect."
• It might just declare Rich Rod INNOCENT of the Fifth Allegation; that he had failed to encourage an atmospehere of complaince.  That is HUGE huge.

Because remember -- the idea behind the Rosenberg/Snyder story of August 2009 wasn't to get after the Athletic Department's faceless functionaries about their overdue paperwork.  It was intended to attack the character of Rich Rodriguez and, don't forget, the character of Mike Barwis.  Complete with scowling photo of Barwis and much mention of his name and his personal style.  Nevermind that Barwis was virtually a non-entity in any violations by the time the NCAA completed its investigation.  Rosenberg specifically wanted to imply that Rodriguez and Barwis were a couple of merciless hillbilly mafia hardasses who were playing fast and loose with Michigan's great tradition as a clean program.  We now know that was a lie.

So yeah, for all those reasons, the final report is huge.

Fuck you, Rosenberg.  Fuck you, Snyder.  And fuck the Free Press. 

We have been found guilty for some time now, hence the self-imposed sanctions.

I think any news along the lines of the NCAA accepting/reducing the self-imposed sanctions and/or convinced that RR did actually promote an atmoshpere of compliance, can be considered good news, but no it is certainly nothing to write home about.

You wander around bitching though

Jon Gruden is an offensive coach.  I will suggest Bill Belichick or Tony Dungy instead.

Agreed.  What the freep says now is irrelevant.  They are about to lose whatever shred of credibility they had remaining.  They were the sole source of this story and I'm sure that will be pointed out in the next few days.  Let the shame and embarrassment commence.  The NCAA has spoken.

Rosenberg and Snyder know that they have been outplayed by Brandon, as they wrote in this article.

I love Short's and can't wait for it to come to Chicago full-time.  Sorry but I am going to have to do something similar with the Huma.  I have been looking for the perfect icon and I think I've found it.  

Bing-fucking-O.

This is it.  The final slapdown to the Free Press.

For anybody who hasn't done so, (ick -- this would require clicking on a Freep.com link) it is really worth going back to read the original story.  The passage of time, and the facts of the real investigation that the NCAA and Michigan did together, as opposed to the bullshit conducted by Rosenberg, makes it easy to forget that the original story was a real, personalized hit-piece on Rodriguez and Barwis. Re-reading it is astonishing.

Edit. -- Add this; remember now all of the baloney associated with fears that the NCAA's West Virgina investigation somehow meant that Rodriguez was going to be found to be some sort of unprecedented multi-insititution renegade.  That both Michigan and WVU would somehow be pulled into the void, all because of Rich Rod.

Fucking-a.

Garbage.  Done.  Finito.