They seem to be much better. Will we have more difficulty scoring on them this year?

If the CFP ranks Michigan lower than its current AP ranking when they’re released this evening.

This has NOTHING to do with the NCAA investigation, they’ll use strength of schedule as a knock on Michigan.

The first rankings of the year don’t mean anything in the grand scope of what’s left to be played for, just want to point it out that a 3rd or 4th ranking is likely and to not freak out.

This couple comes in decked out in Georgia shirts , golf bags the whole nine yards. I got to talking with them . They are season ticket holders and shocked me a little . I told them I was a fan of Michigan. The guy said it’s talked about between his friends that sit around them at games. Michigan is the one team they hope NOT to meet in playoffs this year. All I said we shall see how it goes.

More reinforcements for the offense.

After talking to some people tonight, I am expecting evidence to come out that suggests that Connor Stalions was on the sidelines of the Michigan State-CMU game this season.

I don’t know who invited him or how he ended up there, but that evidence is accurate.

I have previously reported I expected more evidence to come out that he was at a game, but this is a new confirmation.

I expect more information to come out that he has been at other games, too.

More when I have it.

I’m finally posting my 1000th message. Looks like I have to “up my game” a bit!

So many 🤡🤡 moments. They may well beat these 3-5 now Raiders, but soooo many “Old LIONS” moments !

Is an investigation by CMU really necessary ? And a bit redundant ????

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Won't even name the article or writer. I just read of said article... Alabama guy. Said Michigan cheated. They should just be left out of the college football playoff conversation. For the integrity of the game 😂 it's one thing to tell me it's raining or to pee on my leg... But don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining!!! You can't buy integrity but you can buy a lot of things down south. For example, recruits. F them all. Ohio against the world? What a load of s*** 💩!!!!! It's us against the world fellas. The team, the team the team! The bought and paid for team of Alabama 😂

He has been in the doghouse at times, not the same back this year. Henderson and Trayanum have led them, but for a team that needs to run the ball better against Michigan to win, having all your horses would have been nice.

Have received word from our friends over at the Texas Rivals’ site (OrangeBloods) that class of 2025 four-star TE Bear Tenney is expected to be visiting Ann Arbor this weekend for Michigan’s game against Purdue under the lights.

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Waiting to hear from Tenney directly, but this would be his first visit to Michigan since his freshman year of HS.

In August, Tenney announced a top 12 with the Wolverines on that list, saying his commitment would be “coming soon,” as I wouldn’t be surprised to see him make a decision by the end of the calendar year.

Stayed tuned for a running list of visitors for the weekend.

Guess it wasn’t all that ground breaking if they’re waiting all day into the evening. When the last one dropped around this time it garnered mostly shrugs.

The NCAA Bylaws prescribe four ways how alleged violations can be resolved. The highest and least desirable method is a full-blown hearing (trial) by the Committee On Infractions (COI), usually used for the most serious violations. The easiest and most frequently used resolution is a Negotiated Settlement (plea bargain).

Maybe negotiations are underway. Maybe the NCAA has evidence of more serious violations than the minor off-campus scouting bylaw. Maybe the NCAA is seeking settlement terms more punishing than Michigan feels appropriate. Or maybe the NCAA investigators actually want a COI Hearing. But wouldn't a Negotiated Settlement would be less damaging and more desirable than the constant, daily, drip-drip-drip of news which is not necessarily new or involving anyone other than a rogue low-level analyst, but keeps Michigan and Jim Harbaugh in the intense negative light of an unfriendly media publishing click-bait "news"?

Wouldn't agreeing to a settlement with more penalties than Michigan would like or feel appropriate permit the season to go on, where we will get good media coverage if the team performs as expected? Wouldn't settling permit us to go on and sign Jim Harbaugh to a healthy extension as both parties say is desirable? We probably wouldn't get everything we want in negotiating a settlement resulting from violations by lone wolf Connor Stalion breaking rules, but isn't that why they call it a negotiated settlement?

Or should we just buckle up, hope the public tires of reading "no new news" on Michigan sign-stealing, and let NCAA investigators continue to discover new violations to charge Michigan?

Do you think Michigan regent Jordan Acker would be clowning on random Buckeye trolls if he thought anything negative would come out of the NCAA situation?

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...have been changed. One is analyst not being able coach on the field during practice but grad assistants can? Majes no sense.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think that was one of the infractions from our 1st go round with the ncaa? What's funny is its now legal for analyst to coach during the week.

Btw a LOT of programs got caught with analysts on the field during covid but self reported so nothing happened.

Now how does the ncaa try and enforce that level 2 infraction when they made it legal. It's like getting sent to jail for a Marijuana charge and now it's legal. Those people for the most part got released.

The opposite is true when the ncaa had to make the Harbaugh rule for satellite camps because Harbaugh was revolutionizing recruiting. Which was great for evening the playing field in recruiting and also got a LOT of under recruited kids some incredible exposure that could get them a free college education and change their entire futures. Maybe even their family's futures.

Now it's more than possible Michigan did nothing against the rules or it will result in a minor punishment but the ncaa will have to change a very antiquated rule.

I posted a couple of weeks ago that the ncaa was considering helmet communication for the bowl season. If that were to come to fruition this year or the next year or 2 how in the hell would the ncaa uphold any sort of punishment on Michigan IF IF IF Michigan were found to be in violation of this obscure antiquated rule?

isu fans point to tattoo gate but it went much deeper than that and it was also 15 years ago so you can't undo that.

All in all I will wait and see but Im pretty optimistic about future outcomes.

one banana if it was a pass and two protein bars if it was a run call. Big Ten coaches were warned about this"---Pat Forde

To watching how this plays out with the players this Sat and beyond. I think it motivates them even more and it shows up on the field with more dominance! In the end maybe this is a good thing, this team certainly didn’t need any extra motivation but I would love to see some of our leaders play with anger! Could become very scary for our opponents moving forward!

Am I going to bed tonight shaking in my boots about what’s going to happen after this latest Stalions news has picked up steam? No.

Am I going to spread doom and gloom to concern troll for clicks? Absolutely not.

As I said, this information existed before the regents meeting, before the NCAA was in town. I’m not worried about anything until I have a reason to be.

I suggest everyone take a deep breath and let this thing play out. You can’t live and die with the ebbs and flows.

I have to be careful with my wording here as this is a sensitive situation and I don’t want to betray trust of my sources.

However, this might be the first “positive” update I have posted on this thing for quite some time.

We confirmed last night that a meeting between the regents and Warde Manuel happened yesterday, it wasn’t of the “emergency” variety and it didn’t happen last night as some hypothesized.

I can only describe this meeting as a very positive one, as everyone is officially up to speed about the NCAA investigation and the path forward.

I also can describe the meeting as a positive one for Jim Harbaugh, too. Remember last night when we discussed that the contract talks weren’t “rescinded”, rather tabled?

I expect that table to be revisited in the near future. I can’t speak on much more than that as I have sources to protect but I suspect you all can read between the lines here.

More when I have it.

ridiculous and comical.😂🤣

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And that he was nervous. Good Lord. He acts weird during every press conference.