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What? I'm telling you the…

What? I'm telling you the subscription I pay for is not accurate. 

When/if they shut our season…

When/if they shut our season down over this, remember I said it was possible and Balas told you it wasn't. 

I'm not going to copy and…

I'm not going to copy and paste all my replies to the same questions here. If there's a question here I didn't address it's because I already answered it based on what I was told that day and got called a liar. It was fresh in my mind that day. I trust whatever I wrote. 

LOL. I came here for a…

LOL. I came here for a reason. I've spent more time on this board than anywhere else. Not giving that cockroach anything. 

I didn't ask for clarity on…

I didn't ask for clarity on that part and I didn't play so I don't know. My speculative assumption would be the coaches are also supposed to be in the team hotel. 

One step further - that was the last night Jim was available to talk game plan with the staff since he was suspended the next day. 

You actually quote the part…

You actually quote the part where I say I hadn't confirmed it yet. Thank you. 

That was from Monday. I don…

That was from Monday. I don't know if it is still on the table at this point. On Monday, no one knew Stalions had camera glasses on at that game. It's all different now. 

Of course I do. My source…

Of course I do. My source was not cool with me sharing his identity. So I am just sharing what I know to be fact from him in the comments of other threads. It is not ideal. 

I didn't copy and paste the…

I didn't copy and paste the whole post. Sorry. 

It's been confirmed that the…

It's been confirmed that the coaches bailed on the NCAA interviews and honestly do you still think the extension is on the table? We will be lucky to finish the season and some of you guys still think they're going to extend the HC. Give me a break. 

Basically that the extension…

Basically that the extension was being jammed through by Ono to add language protecting the school whereas the "insiders" were framing it as "fighting back." That Jim and the administration are squarely not on good terms despite contrary reporting, and some other stuff. 

"All in all, they’re trying to work it through quickly and frame it positively (I.e. as “fighting back.”). The goal is to finalize this before any/much more comes out.

If it turns out Stalions was at MSU CMU, there is fear that Jim would be implicated as being aware - it is nearly impossible for staffers to…go “awol”…the night before a game…without HC input. Accordingly, that development could lead to the B1G officially opening an investigation. They want these ducks in a row before that happens. Time will tell. Go blue. "

People called for me to get…

People called for me to get banned for sharing another update from my source a few days ago. 

I will be ready for the apologies whenever y'all are ready. Doubt if you want but Balas is spinning this, and I told you what was actually happening.

This tweet doesn’t say…

This tweet doesn’t say anything about the coach. 

Contract language can always…

Contract language can always be refined to spell nuances if desired. Not trolling, give it time. My first post was accurate, no one has refuted a single part yet. This is too. 

You don’t think there’s an…

You don’t think there’s an adversarial relation right now? Do you think university presidents like having to deal with this sort of repetitional damage? Many have already reported on internal politics and whistleblowers. Of course there’s an adversarial relationship. 

Give it time. See if he…

Give it time. See if he signs it this week. 

😂😂😂may have been!

😂😂😂may have been!

AFAIK, no one has refuted…

AFAIK, no one has refuted what my source said  about the coaches bailing. I believe him here 🤷‍♂️ The Twitter stuff I should have verified on my own. That’s my bad 

That was my fault . Shouldn…

That was my fault . Shouldn’t have posted until I talked to my primary source. Fwiw, still think if it happens it’ll be before the next game. 🤷‍♂️

I did hear from my primary…

I did hear from my primary source today. As always, you are free to believe or not believe this. Don’t shoot the messenger. Just sharing what I was told. Everything from Balas here is true. They are trying to move swiftly. Ono wants it done ASAP. My question was - Why?

My source says the reason it is an “ASAP” priority from Michigans side - to protect the school. Ono’s / BoR’s goal is to finalize the “extension” as previously negotiated, albeit tweaked with new termination language in case this all goes bad with the NCAA. On its face, it would be a “we stand with Jim” press release. Deeper, no one wants a contract dispute / lawsuit looming on top of an ncaa investigation. 

As Balas notes, “that depends on Jim signing” - CB indicates this is not a done deal even though both sides allegedly agreed to the overall terms already. So why would that depend if everything was already hammered out? It’s because they are adding this termination language. 

Why would Jim sign with the new language if it limits his contractual rights? Well, Ono and the Regents believe they have Jim in a tough spot. Whether he thinks he’s innocent or not, both sides want/need the extension done. Everyone realized after yesterday that putting it on hold was a bad look for recruiting and could be painted (rightly or wrongly) as indicative of the staffs “perceived guilt.” The NFL “blackball” situation remains fluid, and they feel he doesn’t have many other options anyways. Leverage exists, and they want to use it  

At the same time, this language will define the rights of both sides. If Jim doesn’t want to sign, it would be a bad look given his public comments indicating willingness to finalize (made yesterday). If he refuses to sign (perhaps because he knows he’s aware/involved and the new language may likely be triggered, and does not want to tie his hands, so to speak), I’m told plan B could include the addition of some sort of a settlement payment that triggers upon exercise of the termination rights/ under certain scenarios. My source didn’t know where JH is at in his thinking on all of this, and probably won’t until the language is drafted and sent to Jim’s team to review. 

All in all, they’re trying to work it through quickly and frame it positively (I.e. as “fighting back.”). The goal is to finalize this before any/much more comes out.

If it turns out Stalions was at MSU CMU, there is fear that Jim would be implicated as being aware - it is nearly impossible for staffers to…go “awol”…the night before a game…without HC input. Accordingly, that development could lead to the B1G officially opening an investigation. They want these ducks in a row before that happens. Time will tell. Go blue. 

All of his recruiting…

All of his recruiting/retweets have been removed. 

I am hearing Jim is out…

I am hearing Jim is out. Trying to confirm with my primary source. 

He also just purged his Twitter back to 2020. Not good. 

One last note from me today…

One last note from me today. Appreciate those of you skeptical of my information. You should always be skeptical of unverified info.

 

Unfortunately, my source was not cool with his identity being given to Bryan. He said he'll continue to update me and that he'll let me know if there are things I can't share. Since I can't give his name for verification, if and when I provide future updates it'll just be in a comment. I'm uncomfortable doing anything in thread form based on responses to date. I know I haven't been here in awhile and do not take it personally.

The waters are likely to get choppier before the seas calm down. There may be casualties along the way, and there might not be. My personal belief is that it would occur before the next game if it is happening at all this season. 

It is unclear to my source if the NCAA knows everything there is to know. It is unclear if the third party firm has more to provide to the NCAA. And it is unclear if we intend (or need to) to self report things that haven't been provided to the NCAA yet. These can all shift the outcome from the "99% no in season issues" which is the case today. 

With that said, we will get through this if we stick together. Hope everyone has a good rest of the weekend, hang in there and forever Go Blue.

I won't post his latest…

I won't post his latest thoughts. You should just pay for a sub. 

Generally, hacking is a term that can be used broadly. It is also descriptive of very specific actions. It is possible practice film was acquired by inappropriate means which do not fit the specific definition of "hacking" but that some could describe broadly as hacking.

Be careful with the wording when reading updates from the insiders. Their information continues to be accurate but incomplete. 

I have not heard direct…

I have not heard direct involvement. But it seems possible that they discovered something and reported it to a governing body (NCAA, B1G or CFP) which resulted in the third party investigation. That is personal speculation on my part. 

It is intensifying. Anyone…

It is intensifying. Anyone saying it isn't is incorrect. The NCAA just began collecting evidence Thursday. They will continue to collect evidence, interview the coaching staff (assuming they cooperate, which I'm told they have since the initial interview...snafu) and players, and investigate. There is more to come out still, and anyone saying there isn't is uninformed / has an incomplete view of the situation. 
 

It is never good when the NCAA gets to review coaches phones and computers, despite what some here believe today. 

His replies since the story…

His replies since the story was put up have begun to indicate he's learned more. 

Balas’s source finally…

Balas’s source finally filling him in. You owe me an apology. 

Balas’s source finally…

Balas’s source finally catching up to mine. Some of you owe me an apology. 

I wasn’t trying to state…

I wasn’t trying to state that as fact for the record just suggesting that part of the rumor explained the question sorry 

I am not trying to…

I am not trying to disseminate any information other than what I summarized this morning just to get people to stop emailing before anything got worse. All I've done in this thread is answer the questions asked of me because if I was on the other side that's what I'd want.
 

I don't care if you believe it or not! It might be bad info! Idk how many times I need to say that. I am not the source.
 

I can't verify the info without giving up my source and I'm uncomfortable sharing my source’s name without their permission. Not insane. I didn’t make a new thread. I’m not trying to break news. This wasn’t planned. If I get permission, I'll email Bryan. Some of you people need to chill 

"we don't know you" I've…

"we don't know you" I've been here longer than you have, by the way. I don't need your approval or affirmation 

The police may say it's not…

The police may say it's not connected. As in his actions had nothing to do with stalions. He wasn't arrested for anything implicating stalions. But it's possible his arrest led to the hiring of the third party IT investigation if you believe the rumor. I am not going to speculate. I have no update yet. I'm not the source. Im not a reporter. I'm just a guy sharing info

I'm not telling anyone my…

I'm not telling anyone my source unless my source says it's ok. Someone will be right when the truth comes out. My source could be wrong. I've said that. Believe what you want. I believe him, and I can't just out him. It's 100% not buckeye spin

 

Edit: and idk who the third party is or how they got the info. The thing we all hope is fake explains that kind of. I haven't talked about any of that with my source yet. I'm just speculating based on my earlier discussion

I didn't call my source and…

I didn't call my source and talk about Balas. I talked to him this morning to get an update and he told me what I summarized in the other thread. I don't know who Balas' source is. I haven't read Holes update. I don't know why their sources would say or not say anything. I can speculate that their sources didn't tell the whole truth. I.e. "the Weiss case is not related to the stalions case" is technically correct even if the Weiss case ended up resulting in the stalions case being discovered by a consulting IT firm. Both statements *could be* correct, just one is maybe short on relevant detail. "No coaches were interviewed" is correct, but my source added "because they no showed." Following?
 

I don't know what Balas knows or what he's sitting on. You should ask him that. I trust my source. He has a track record with me and that's good enough for me. You can make your own decision. He's still the only one I've seen so far that explained the coaching interview / non interview discrepancies. And so I posted it for a completely unrelated thread because I wasn't trying to break news or whatever and then this other thing came out this afternoon and it fit with what I was already hearing on JH skipping yesterday. So I said as much. If I confirm anything else, I'll say so. Sorry I don't have more. I've tried to answer questions as they come up this afternoon but I'm working today too

Believe what you want. They…

Believe what you want. They asked I answered. My source is working so I haven't confirmed anythungnas fake or fact. Just explaining why I'm nervous. 

I am talking about that…

I am talking about that. Hoping I can get a read on that at some point today and will report back if I can confirm it or deny it. 
 

My source and the insiders agree - it's early and no coaches interviewed yesterday. The difference is mine expanded with rationale. I won't rehash that here.

I am concerned because that alleged story hypothetically aligns well as a continuation of where my source left our talk. He couldn't say things. But like reading that made more of the talk I had this morning click into place. I can't describe it well, but things that he said that I didn't follow all of sudden make sense. So it's either really good fiction. Or not. 
 

Balas and my source agree the stalions part likely won't result in in-season punishment. But my source said something to the effect of "because it's not the focus." It was a phone call and I don't have a transcript obviously but I thought he meant the no show was the focus rather than the stalions stuff, and now I'm not sure.

No idea who Balas' sources are or if they'd expand willingly beyond his line of questions. I am sorry I referred to the stalions stuff as sign stealing. It's a short hand way to talk about it.

The moral is my source said there were other things. and this fits. It hypothetically would be the practice film that bites us...even before the lack of cooperation or "that other stuff." I don't want to spread it any more than I have without verifying. I'd already edited some posts to reflect that before this thread. Sorry

Angeliques reporting is consistent with my sources general thread here too. She's just incomplete relatively. No evidence has been presented by the NCAA so as far as "Michigan sources" are concerned, so nothing has implicated anyone yet. That doesn't mean they are not concerned about the rest of it.  It's a heck of a spin. 
 

The sign stealing isn't the…

The sign stealing isn't the issue we could be facing issues in season over. 

Jim is loyal to a fault :(

Jim is loyal to a fault :(

One response would tend to…

One response would tend to serve institutional desires, the other would be more legally tactical, knowing that personal responsibility for whatever transpires will mostly rise or fall when the full story is known. One response would also tend to signal the future the coach and his staff see for themselves no matter what happens next. There is no reason to legally respond to an investigation until you know what you are facing. 

 

This one. Jim is loyal. To a fault, this time, if what I think is going on is true. Not going to expand in detail until I can confirm the new info someone else just sent me with my source. I'll say that it would mean the sign stealing is not the worst part of this, and that this is...wild...when viewed in totality. It supports what I said here on Jim not showing. Unfortunately. 

This is consistent and also…

This is consistent and also not with what I just heard. 

If there are rumors coming…

If there are rumors coming out that support this as the truth do you think I should just make a new thread summarizing?  or should I wait for it all to be actually reported. I haven't been a regular here in a long time just curious on your thoughts 

If the thing I just read…

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Something just got "leaked"…

Something just got "leaked" on the OSU site that was sent to me. I can't verify (source is working so I can't call again and he doesn't leak stuff in writing so I can't asknover text) ...but it absolutely aligns with what I heard about him not showing up / cooperating. Really hope it's not true. 

Not from my source but just…

Not from my source but just got sent something from the rivals site that more or less supports what I heard. Gives a pretty bad reason for Jim allegedly not showing up. Weiss related 

I want Harbaugh to coach…

Edit - may be changing this stance. 

I'm not trying to break…

I'm not trying to break anything. I did post on other sites. I posted again bc I just didn't want people sending emails until this is sorted out. Someone is wrong. I don't know what insider or source is right. They're all reporting different things. I just shared what I learned personally from someone I trust. Next time I won't, message received. And I answered the proximity question as best I could at this point. Sorry 

Yes to your first paragraph…

Yes to your first paragraph question. Yes to your second question.

My interpretation is different - moreso that the NCAA has not told anyone at M what they know, so JH did not feel like he needed to talk to them until something is alleged. More of a "they can't ask if I was involved if I'm not there, and if they want to ask they can use their official process." Staff followed that lead. That is how it was described to me, but obviously I didn't talk to Jim and neither did my source so that is speculation and interpretation based on comments from those still in AA. 

I did not get the impression the contract was relevant.

Yes to the last part. I do think the ones that correctly reported "no coach interviews happened" are aware of this but maybe don't want to report until recruiting visits are wrapped. Would guess Angelique and I have sources running in the same circles. She worded very deliberately. 

The reason there's no evidence of JHs involvement is because the NCAA hasnt present any yet and JH declined to admit / share any yesterday. 

sorry should I delete? Can…

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Someone close enough that I…

Someone close enough that I stopped needing to get my info from here when they got hired. If/when the story comes out I can add more