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The Game will be known…

The Game will be known henceforth as A Game.

The bullshit over…

The bullshit over cheeseburgers and Big Ten corruption was, indeed, infuriating.  But the way the players rose above all of that made the end result even more satisfying.  I'd never want to see a bunch of players go through the adversity Michigan's players did this year, but the fact that they overcame the efforts of so many to steal their season makes me all the prouder to be a Michigan fan.  

In retrospect, I think that the players may come to realize that the increased challenge made victory all the sweeter, even if it didn't seem like it at the time. 

And the agnostic dyslexic…

And the agnostic dyslexic insomniac lies awake at night pondering the existence of dog.

I suspect that the Hart…

I suspect that the Hart departure had more to do with health issues than coaching issues.

Just as an FYI, Brown…

Just as an FYI, Brown graduated from Syracuse in 1956, and Davis matriculated in 1958.  They didn't play together.

Because the schools cannot…

Because the schools cannot engage in activities that don't support their educational and research activities and remain tax-exempt educational entities.  Professional football players, e.g., don't support those missions, and you can't require a professional football player to be a student because of restraint of trade laws.

Universities often spin off activities that go beyond the research and educational missions and could do the same for pro sports teams.

There's no evidence that the…

There's no evidence that the guy ion the CMU sideline was Stalions.  That guy had hair, and CS shaves his head, so I think it unlikely.  Paying for game film is explicitly allowed, and there's no requirement that the film you pay for be made by All-22.

The burger incident was…

The burger incident was about Harbaugh allegedly providing illegal benefits to recruits (i.e. the burgers).  As it turned out, he didn't buy them burgers, and said so.  The burgers were comp'd by the Brown Jug.  Harbaugh did, however, charge the tip the players would have paid had they actually bought the burgers to his university credit card (so the servers didn't get stiffed on the tip).  Harbaugh didn't recall paying the tip and then it was discovered in his card statement.  That was the sum total of the "misleading statements."

The scouting "violation" (which isn't even yet alleged by the NCAA) was that CS paid for film of other teams by having his own people make the film.  Buying game film is perfectly legit but staff actually doing the filming is illegal.  Unless CS actually attended those games there's nothing there. 

Great example of incoherent…

Great example of incoherent objections.

If the players are employees…

If the players are employees, then the university cannot require them to be students - that's restraint of trade.  Employers cannot impose job requirements unrelated to the job itself.

The case of grad and research assistants is different because attending school is directly related to their jobs.

Contracts won't work,…

Contracts won't work, because the school couldn't possibly enforce them.  If they are student-athletes, then the university can't constrain their academic decision-making (like whether to transfer) and if they are employees, they'll be able to successfully argue that the contract was invalid because the university has no remit to contract with professional football players (running a pro team does not support the educational or research missions of the school and so is not allowed).

"College" football and college no longer can co-exist under the same roof.  Maybe once the pro teams are spun off from the universities, college football can restart as a recreational activity for students.

Getting pressure with 4 guys…

Getting pressure with 4 guys is much better than needing to blitz to get pressure.

No shit?  Is this a commonly-held assertion?

The NCAA had nothing to do…

The NCAA had nothing to do with Signgate other than to note that there was grounds for investigation, so there's no way Manuel could have "stood up" to them.  Manuel was standing up to the B1G when he had his legs cut out from under him by the Partridge affair. 

I don't think that Michigan should retain Manuel when his contract expires in two years, because I think that Michigan can do better and deserves better.  However, there are no reasonable grounds for termination, and I don't want to see Michigan become one of those institutions that dumps employees because emo.

No.  The $4 million was the…

No.  The $4 million was the buyout if Michigan wanted to let him go under the new contract.  Under the original 7-year contract buyout amounts tapered down to nothing after 5 years.  Either side could have walked away for free after the 2020 season.

This is pretty much 100%…

This is pretty much 100% wrong, except where it is naked unsupported opinion.  He wasn't fired, didn't refuse to cooperate with anyone, knew that what he was doing was entirely proper, but didn't think that his work on his own time was worth bragging to his superiors about.  He gave up his dream job just to avoid being a distraction to the team.

That wasn't CS.  The guy on…

That wasn't CS.  The guy on the CMU sideline had hair on his head.  CS shaves his head.

Is there any evidence that…

Is there any evidence that CS was actually involved in that bizarre LLC?

I 100% do not understand…

I 100% do not understand this mindset in any way.  By all accounts he was using funs from the Bank of Dad to go that extra 1% because he could.  He wasn't "sloppy" about it, he just didn't try to hide anything because there was no reason to hide anything.  He was no more doing this "behind the back of his superiors" than an equipment manager goes behind the back of his superior by not informing Harbaugh about the source of the last shipment of socks.

As far as I can tell, the Blake LLC thing was just another false flag operation.  Other than the fact that someone submitted a vague business application and signed themselves "Conner Stalions" there's no evidence that CS was actually involved.

I'm not saying that Stalions should be lionized.  But I will point out that he gave up his dream job without attempting to fight the bullshit because he knew that defending himself could have saved his job but would have been a distraction to the team.

People seem to love to hate because they just love to hate.

A million times this.  I…

A million times this.  I cannot believe that there are posters here who still subscribe to the OSU fiction about Conner Stalions.

Read the fucking rulebook.  It says nothing about paying for game film, and their rational for eliminating the advance scouting restrictions included the fact that teams could and did pay for game film.  There's no difference between the "vast scheme" and All-22.

The fact that Tiny PeTeeny bought into all that bullshit doesn't mean that people here should.

Mindless shitposting on…

Mindless shitposting on MGoBlog doesn't make Manuel's public utterances "posturing."  People seem so desperate to blame Manuel for anything that they apparently won't even stop to consider that what we have in the Harbaugh contract negotiations is a man with a very strong hand pushing the university to its limit in order to get everything he can in terms of job security.  Why wouldn't Harbaugh (or any coach) try to make it harder to fire him?

Of course, they were the LA…

Of course, they were the LA Chargers before they were the San Diego Chargers...

Don't think of it as…

Don't think of it as anticlimactic so much as post-climactic.  Just enjoy the denouement of our heroes coming back from the Heroes Journey  and embarking on their own individual quests.

This season was such an absolute delight that more games could not add more enjoyment.

People don't seem to…

People don't seem to understand that NIL laws are on a state-by-state basis right now, and Michigan has one of the most restrictive laws, complying with the NCAA recommendations.  That means, e.g., no NIL offers to recruits and no NIL offers conditional on attending a specific university until the offeree is a student.

A national NIL law is needed, but we won't get one soon because the states that worship football and don't give a damn about fair play (looking at you, Texas) want to retain the advantage of being completely unprincipled.

I don't see why it is true…

I don't see why it is true that Minter is definitely gone if some NFL team offers him.  He can command big dollars at Michigan as well.  Depends on how he feels about coaching pros verses students.

Harbaugh has made more in…

Harbaugh has made more in each of the last three years than any of the previous seven.  Some salary cut!

Your use of "obvious" in…

Your use of "obvious" in this context makes it obvious that you do not understand what the word "obvious" means.

I mean, wrong on both of…

I mean, wrong on both of those counts.  Luckily, Jim Harbaugh lives in the real world, not your world.

The you can Venn diagram…

The you can Venn diagram that split with the split between those who think Warde Manuel has unlimited power and thus must accept unlimited blame, and those who understand how universities work.

As is typically the case,…

As is typically the case, the regents must approve the contract and cannot delegate that authority to the AD.

Zero???? Please tell me it's…

Zero???? Please tell me it's zero!

Could be worse; in Iceland,…

Could be worse; in Iceland, they are getting volcanic vinegar.

Winners win because that's…

Winners win because that's what winners do.  

and sanitation.

and sanitation.

You are making lots of…

You are making lots of assumptions here without any basis.  The holdup may well be the two sides agreeing on adequate safeguards against unforeseen events, but could well be nothing like that, such as guarantees for assistant coach and staff salaries, or facilities, or what access Harbaugh will have to NFL offers, or something we cannot guess at.

That's not going to be…

That's not going to be Manuel's call.  That's going to be a BoT decision.  They are not going to allow Manuel to make decisions on potential tens of millions of dollars of UM obligations.  That's not how organizations like this work, and you are just assuming that Manuel has that authority because it fits the "blame Warde" narrative you have assembled in your mind. 

Is cereal aficionado a thing…

Is cereal aficionado a thing?

Yes, and so is simultaneous aficionado.

I don't buy for a moment…

I don't buy for a moment your assertion that Harbaugh's suspension at the start of the season was a "unilateral decision" by Manuel.  Something like that would have been negotiated, and I think that the evidence suggests that Harbaugh argued the proposed four-game suspension (rejected by the NCAA) down to the three non-con games when Michigan (Warde and ONO) decided to steal the NCAA's thunder by imposing the suspension themselves.

I also don't believe for a second that you are familiar enough with Harbaugh to tell us who he trusts and doesn't trust, or who he believes has his back or does not.

PSU won't weasel their way…

PSU won't weasel their way into the B10 CG.  They won't even be the third-best team in the New B10.

Yeah, kicking the ass of…

Yeah, kicking the ass of those whiny bitches (coach and AD, not players or fans) was great.   I'll be interested to see if it will still be Michigan they go to Teeny Tipetty about, tall ear-streaked and snot-nosed, begging him to do something RIGHT NOW lest M win the Big Ten, or if they will pick a team on their schedule to stain their diapers over.

It wouldn't even be out-of…

It wouldn't even be out-of-state tuition, because Alexis DeBoer has established residence in the state, and has a softball (partial) scholarship.

Luckily, neither Warde nor…

Luckily, neither Warde nor Jim shared your interpretation of the 2020 contract extension.

He was overjoyed to be…

He was overjoyed to be miserable all through the playoffs (look at his post history) but he's never indicated that he wanted Michigan to lose.  Just that he expected them to lose because every player was bad.

So your argument is that,…

So your argument is that, based on your experience which includes that you "have seen a tackle or hit that causes an injury that would be considered more severe than playing other sports than football," our public policy should be to allow children to participate and risk such injuries?

Any argument has two sides;…

Any argument has two sides; we could argue about whether 12-and-unders should be able to drink alcohol or not, for instance.  Whether parents can simply decide that their children won't get an education, for another.

The reasoning that supports a governmental ban on these types of issues is that a typical parent does not have enough information on which to make a rational decision for their child.  One can certainly argue this in the case of tackle football and CTE.

There can be a separate argument about whether age 13 is the appropriate age for allowing tackle football, but that is another issue about which parents lack the knowledge to weigh in.

Or,

3. Stalions and Corum…

Or,

3. Stalions and Corum were never involved in the Wyoming LLC and it's all a con put up by whatever organization has been floating all of the other lies about Stalions and the "illegality" of "sign stealing."

We are pretty sure he did…

We are pretty sure he did not, unless he grew some hair and appeared on CMU's sideline before shaving his head again the next day.

Impossible shoes to follow. …

Impossible shoes to follow. 

And a hard act to fill.

Don't know what "2 top…

Don't know what "2 top middle" means in a line of 5, but the guy in the middle of the top row is Kris Jenkins.  

Unfortunately, I'm sure Jim…

Unfortunately, I'm sure Jim takes him along for the ride if he leaves. 

I'm not sure BH has any interest in coaching in the pros.  He seems to love the "build strong players and characters" role, and pro players are not going to buy into what he does best.

I think that the OP was…

I think that the OP was deliberately doing exactly what the posting etiquette sticky was telling everyone not to do.  It cannot be accidental that the OP and title were so bad.