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I look forward to learning…

I look forward to learning what additional young defense genius in the Ravens orbit then shakes out to carry the mantle at M DC.

100% the confetti one.

100% the confetti one.

I'm really jealous of the…

I'm really jealous of the students who got those maize and blue taco bell-sponsored scarves in teh student section. Those looked awesome on TV and I'd frame one of those bad boys ASAP if it were me (still have a collection of the season T's and UTL shirts for decoration somewhere someday).

Brian (and Seth) have put…

Brian (and Seth) have put together one heck of collection of sports writers on this blog over the years.  End of this one got me in the feels and humming The Yellow and Blue under my breath.

Agree, I’ve wanted him to be…

Agree, I’ve wanted him to be HC here since his upperclassman years, but really needs a run at full coordinator and maybe another smaller HC gig first. I’d hate to lose him, but would be happy to see someone in a P5 take a flier on him as OC this offseason or see him move up if Moore ends up at the top Spot.

That’s a fair point, we…

That’s a fair point, we should probably refrain from cheating schemes in the future because dear lord are we bad at it.

Sigh, once you got a shady…

Sigh, once you got a shady booster with a tie to a coach on something stupid like this, it’s certainly not impossible there were other stupid shenanigans going down.  If we get caught illegally funneling money to players in the NIL era where everything could be easily handled legitimately, we truly will deserve to get hammered for being idiots.

If it’s related, it probably…

If it’s related, it probably means Stallions brought this thing to him after he came on board and he did nothing to stop it.  It’s a bummer because Partrige is a great coach and a great story, but I think it’s sort of inevitable given where this thing went.

My guess is the next…

My guess is the next iteration won't be any of the legacy conferences with their baggage (both administrative and in ties to non-major revenue schools).  My guess is the next step will be formation of an elite superleague that can offer all of its participants much bigger stakes with lower overhead, but that probably comes together halfway through the existing TV contracts while the big dogs hash it out.

That's sort of how I took it…

That's sort of how I took it, you have LBs having to read a not commonly seen front and having trouble in real time picking where they should fill.

Yup, looks like they used a…

Yup, looks like they used a pretty common malapropism. Would guess that would have gotten caught and sanded out if the filing wasn’t being done at warp speed.

I don’t know, I think there…

I don’t know, I think there was going to be a lot of talk between the big money programs about creating a top tier super conference for the next round of TV contracts anyway, and I think this put us a lot more firmly at that table regardless of what happens with the B1G.

Presumably Home Essentials…

Presumably Home Essentials was the vaccum biz, right?

The address is on the public…

The address is on the public Wyoming legal entity registry, so I don't think its that big of deal to post here.  Its not really a serious fraud thing if Stalions listed BC as a manger of his LLC improperly (technically could be violative of the WY business entity statute) unless he was doing to same for bank apps or marketing some sort of business scheme to third parties, but BC definitely has a reputational damage argument against Stalions for doing i with the way everything has played out. 

Having someone on the…

Having someone on the coaching staff and player involved in the same business venture definitely would create some issues for a compliance nightmare, even if there are paths it would be fine.  That said, with all thats come out so far, it does seem more likely Stalions was doing more weirdo things on his own.

It does in that this is an…

It does in that this is an even further brick in the "Stalions is deeply odd dude" tower

Has anyone who actually knew…

Has anyone who actually knew him chimed in on what he was like in person?  I’ve got a mental image of him based upon the manifesto and hindsight review and all of that, but it’s also possible in person he didn’t come off quite as intense and unbalanced.

I think the moral of the…

I think the moral of the story generally so far is that this dude was not above not reading and/or playing fast and loose with rules though.

Yup, BigLaw rates now are 1…

Yup, BigLaw rates now are 1,500 to the low 2,000s for partner time and most of the associates are now at/above 1k, so would guess pretty good odds something like this gets over 1M in fees if it is t already.

This article format is…

This article format is awesome.  Really easy for those of us who don’t follow recruiting closely but want to get up to speed from time to time to catch up on everything quickly.

I don’t think it’s entirely…

I don’t think it’s entirely unfair to give OSU some of extra credit after the last 10 years, but if we beat them again this year and make the playoffs two years in a row, I’d hope that starts to fade going forward.

But a culture where the…

But a culture where the insider club can't react to smaller bad conduct is one that ends up with Sandusky/Nasser/Strausses.  

Pretty sure the lawyers…

Pretty sure the lawyers advice would be git rid of the whole lot, you have a great opening with the contract expiring to do it without noise/drama.

Yup, and you could have…

Yup, and you could have probably got rid of him at the start when that was found out without all the bad press for the AD and really for him if you were inclined to try and protect him.  Just no comment, going a different direction after the end of the contract.

Good idea.

Good idea.

Maybe, but I am fully…

Maybe, but I am fully confident that if either of my grandfathers who were form that era were told their 10 year old sons were given an anal probe and had a doctor fondle their genitals, their reaction would not be to tell their kids to be quiet (and one of them would have probably knocked some teeth in).

This is a stupid year and a…

This is a stupid year and a stupid season and I just hope everyone is okay.  B1G was right initially calling the season off, this testing nonsense isn't working and clearly hasn't been since as soon as the season started.

Yay!  I was hoping for…

Yay!  I was hoping for something like this to become a regular site feature.

Not that the MGoBlog comment…

Not that the MGoBlog comment section is likely to mean much overall, but I went to school and worked in student government with Travis Radina for Ward 3 and can attest to the fact that he is sharp, independent minded guy who always was extremely good at that intangible skill of listening to lots of people and bringing them together to make decisions.  I'm over a decade out of residing in tree town and don't have a dog in the fight personally, but he'd be a good addition to that council.

It's Ann Arbor, so party…

It's Ann Arbor, so party labels mean a lot less than policy prerogtaives, and Brian's interests have always on this stuff have always been more concretely focused on a pro-local growth policy than anything that really maps onto party lines.  If you were trying to map it onto a national perspective (which is mostly irrelevant) there are republicans and democrats leaning into the positions in different places all over the country.

Not after soul-crushing OSU…

Not after soul-crushing OSU losses though, and this felt kind of like one of those.

Not after soul-crushing OSU…

Not after soul-crushing OSU losses though, and this felt kind of like one of those.

Not after soul-crushing OSU…

Not after soul-crushing OSU losses though, and this felt kind of like one of those.

We will get those with and…

We will get those with and after the UFRs.  This was something fundamentally broken on top of the soul-crushing nature of it, and probably best to let the feelings sort themselves out for a couple days before trying to figure out whats wrong and if it can be fixed on any reasonable timeline.  I read this blog both to learn about the team and to share feelings with a community of fans (and one particular fan whose analysis and writing have inspired us all to gather here), and I'm down with wallowing the feelings side of fandom on this one for a bit.

I don't know, there were a…

I don't know, there were a lot of genuine emotions during both basketball and the awesome baseball run.  I guess the reasons most of these types of blogs have fallen away over the last decade or joined a media borg though is that the founder doesn't want to keep devoting their life to running the business side + constantly creating content.

Thoughts yet on the new…

Thoughts yet on the new Banner Society adventure?  It feels like Spencer and some of the other great minds in this space trying to capture some of the early days spirit instead of the clickbait morass that is most of SB Nation.

On a related note, it is kind of surprising how bland and formulaic SB Nation has become, give that the Vox platform really has some good original and creative blog platforms in other areas that stay fresh.

It's a job and he's still a…

It's a job and he's still a fairly young coach working his way up the ladder.   

I genuinely enjoy these…

I genuinely enjoy these sidebars into life in AA.  It's been a decade+ since I graduated and I haven't been able to make it up to a game in a couple years, but really enjoyed everything about living in that town and the few times Brian puts up articles like this, I feel a little bit like I'm back there.  Any reccomendations for AA-news resources other than MLive?

Maybe, but I honestly don't

Maybe, but I honestly don't see a lot of Sparty's out defending this guy or the situation.  What I've heard from most Sparty's is shock/anger about Nasser (but waiting until the multiple investigations get the full story out about how this guy was able to stay so long and do so  much harm), immense dissatisfaction with Hollis (approaching DB levels), and the opinion of "if these players/coach commited or helped cover up sexual assault, fuck them, good riddance"

This is a good, if

This is a good, if depressing, point.

Thats kind of what I'd heard

Thats kind of what I'd heard about MSU's athletic department, its a real instutional good ol' boys network and things like team performance or discipline don't matter if you are in with the long-time adminstrators.  I don't know for sure, but I'd suspect creep-o Nasser was well connected with that group and people were willing to ignore rumors that kept coming out based on it.

Wow, that's a little guy. At

Wow, that's a little guy. At least you know without a doubt that the little guy is a heck of a fighter, and any adversity he faces there on out will be a cakewalk.

He's a good kid and I wish

He's a good kid and I wish him the best, but as choppy as O'Korn looked in his start this year, if he was able to compete at this level I think he would be playing under Harbaugh. Good luck to him and we will always be grateful for the work he put into the program.

ND doesn't usually screw

ND doesn't usually screw around with this stuff and generally take the student conduct pledges pretty seriously (except, arguably, with respect to sexual assault). I suspect everyone is gone or at least the first time offenders are done for most if not all of the season.

I feel like if it was a CO2

I feel like if it was a CO2 leak, the answer would have been "we have no idea what happened, we both started were disoriented and the doctors are trying to figure it out".  The "I was just sleepy" answer + ruling out alchol sounds like drugs.  :-(

I went last year and it was

I went last year and it was an awesome time. As a tip, bring along a couple of rare bottles of different kinds if you have them. There is a big tradition of swapping sips in the lines, so if your willing to let some strangers try whatever you have, you can pretty much try every other kind of rare beer on earth. Good luck on getting a golden ticket!

Agree entirely, but would

Agree entirely, but would also add Carol Hutchins to your pantheon list.

I don't entirely get the

I don't entirely get the metaphor. Is that an embarrassing situation, hence the comparison? With the physics of cramming air into offices, I'd assume that is just a thing that happens.

He is, and kept a house there

He is, and kept a house there to spend time with his mom and was very active in a lot of community organizations.

You have too many words

You have too many words spelled correctly to be believable.