Last Days

It sounds like Stalions, when pushed or asked, wouldn't cooperate with anyone, even Michigan. Before he would be terminated, he quit. Thus part of the difference in reporting between fired/resigned.

we may have known this, but it also sheds some additional light to the lone wolf description used by many.

Ferris State

because two players were smoking cigars after a chamionship game last year on the field?

Hello friends in The Den. Did a write-up on QB commit Carter Smith. Really like his upside.

Well this just got interesting..

with a very obvious focus of a league & governing body having a vendetta to get Jim Harbaugh at any cost.

Furthermore, OSU will be exposed and central to this vendetta because their leadership doesn't believe
that they can beat Michigan at their own game.

These moves were required to in some way to give the cheating nuts an advantage which will prove to be a major disadvantage.

OSU crybaby fest...

In 21 Stroud and OSU cried that the weather made them lose to Michigan.
WELL it appears heavier storms have the likely hood to hit AA for THE GAME Thanksgiving weekend.

Check out the link below to the guy who I believe is the most accurate weather guy I've ever seen.
Furthermore, he's incredibly entertaining as well. He actually makes weather fun!

Ryan Hall Ya'll - Search for him on YOUTUBE - He's awesome

Four-star QB Carter Smith has announced his verbal commitment to the Wolverines.

He becomes the third verbal commit in Michigan’s 2025 class.

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listened to the latest Locked On Wolverine from Isaiah Hole (sp?) he explained the spreadsheet was not obtained from official sources. AND it was presented by belief within the Michigan program from OSU.

Four-star class of 2024 King George wide receiver Mekhai White committed to Maryland in August.

However, after touching base with White, he tells me he is not 100% locked in with the Terrapins and is keeping his option open, and has maintained a great relationship with Michigan.

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In fact, he said he and WR coach Ron Bellamy communicate one to two times per week.

I had a FutureCast in for White quite some time ago before his recruitment start to trend away from the Wolverines, but this will be one to keep an eye on.

As Josh reported yesterday, Gatlin Bair will also be worth keeping an eye on with the firing of Boise State’s head coach, as it’s possible he will get to Ann Arbor for the UM-OSU game.

White also said he may come to Ann Arbor for The Game but isn’t 100% sure yet.

Along with Michigan, White is keeping contact with Arkansas, Virginia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Oklahoma and a couple others.

I’m not 100% sure where things stand on the Michigan end of things with White, but the fact Bellamy has remained in contact in noteworthy.

No matter if he ends up a Wolverine or not, he is officially on flip watch.

Latest rumors about point shaving and betting

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…Treading a flimsy gray area in scouting (still lacking clear evidence) is worse than a gang assault misdemeanor (with clear video evidence) AND a cyber attack/hack felony. This guy… & of course no disagreement from Rico.

Lay it out for a dummy. What will this hearing look like? What are the potential outcomes? Will there be witnesses called and questioned? Give us a rundown.

This tweet prompted me to write this out.

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Michigan and the NCAA/Big Ten side are saying that Connor Stalions refused to cooperate with the investigation and, on the flip side, those on the Stalions side of the argument are vehemently arguing that the NCAA has NOT reached out to him to discuss the investigation.

It's the icing on the weird cake. Why would one side lie about this? And, to be fair, I am not taking sides here and suggesting one side is right or wrong, it's just the weird information you pick up along the way that you can't really use. Now, I had a reason to use it lol.

UGA, Bama, and Soft OSU.

On this date, November 14th, 1970, a chartered Southern Airways plane crashed while trying to land in West Virginia, killing all 75 people on board, including the Marshall University football team and its coaching staff.

Think about the lives changed that day.

I thought this was the purpose of this process—to intervene so harm does not occur.

It was clearly done against Jim s wishes and I assume Warde was hoping to win some good will with the NCAA for the future re "burger gate" - but NOW it is being used against Jim and the program "see. its his SECOND suspension this year" and now seeing how the Big Ten ( and prob the NCAA ) is treating Jim AND the university I wonder if Warde regrets the original suspension

Because he is a Tennessee guy and Woodson beat out Manning for the Heisman in 97, that’s it, will grind on him until he dies!

With the talks of U.S. Integrity being involved now the rival message boards are booming with talk of point shaving and staff betting on games. Surely that can’t be something the NCAA would just keep in their back pockets right? You’d think that would be front page news

…just watched his chase down of the Penn State RB in the 2nd Q…again!

“The family atmosphere is a priority and you can tell it’s a family oriented culture.”

Class of 2025 Brophy Prep OL Logan Powell breaks down Michigan and where the Wolverines stand in his recruitment after gameday visit to Ann Arbor:

Similar to when another Big Ten coach let his emotions dictate the postgame interview following a landmark win, some college football commenters weren’t as moved by Moore’s words than others.

Specifically Stephen A. Smith at ESPN.

“I don’t know what the hell you’re doing on national television crying for, like Jim Harbaugh got fired, like he lost his job. He got three days off because, remember, you’re allowed to be with the team and coach them throughout the week,” Smith said on First Take Monday morning.

Smith doubled down when challenged on his take explaining why Michigan shouldn’t be celebrating overcoming adversity when the penalty that suspended Harbaugh was ruled because they allegedly had an unfair advantage in the first place.

“Bottom line is, if the players received an advantage, that is a disservice to the other players at the other program,” Smith said.

I hope what I’m about to say is not categorized as being a Debbie Downer. I’ve thought about the situation a lot, so I hope the following can be accepted as realistic expectations.

With Regard To The NCAA—The NCAA has not completed their investigations. Their findings so far, which are the basis of the penalties meted out by the B1G Commisioner, appear to be sufficient to justify Level 1 NCAA violations. Looking at how such violations can be settled, it doesn’t appear likely that a Negotiated Settlement will be an option. More likely the violations will be headed for a full hearing by the NCAA Committee on Infractions. This kind of violation is new to the full COI hearing process, so there isn’t a pattern of penalties which might be expected from the COI. But Level 1 violations are serious and typically result in meaningful penalties.

With Regard To The Big Ten—However this Friday’s hearing on Michigan’s lawsuit requesting a TRO turns out, the Big Ten’s case will remain open. Based on the eventual ruling of the NCAA and their penalties, it’s reasonable to expect that the Big Ten will re-open the case to consider the totality of the NCAA evidence, ruling and penalties. Having only penalized Michigan with a 3-game suspension, the Big Ten would still have the full palette of penalties available to them to penalize Michigan. There have been so few cases of serious violations heard by the Big Ten, there is no prototypical pattern of penalties they might assess.