*2024 tCun Shenanigans, Arguments, Cobras, Feckless Marmots, Fake Pandas, Dirty Cheaters

[NFBuck]

Some updates over on 11Warriors from PD.

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This is the biggun...

Life got in the way here for a few weeks, and I apologize for leaving you all hanging a bit. We had a chaotic end to our band/football season (first year in Div I made the playoffs fun!), I turned 40, went to Disney, got COVID, and settled in for a stretch of 4 tech weeks in 5 weeks in 3 different theaters.

Anyways.

We're a few days from UM's deadline to reply. An extension has not been requested, which is unsurprising as it was pretty well telegraphed during negotiations that one would not be granted.

Their reply will not immediately be made public, though I do expect our usual CFB cast of characters to report confirmation of the filing and likely some loose characterizations of it. These will almost certainly be sourced by UM-adjacent folks, so grains of salt et al.

UM's FOIA coordinators have confirmed for several of us that their preliminary anticipated release date of the NOA under FOIA to be in mid-December. Deposits have been paid, so now we all wait. They could probably get away with dragging this out a bit longer, but they've been consistent with the timeline so far.

A few weeks ago, I shared that there was an actual proposed resolution on the table... the only one in this whole saga I know of to be formalized and vetted. I told you that it had several hurdles to clear, and ultimately it did not. I think I know what happened but it's all from one source, so we wait for corroborating accounts. Once the book is written about this entire mess, this one little nugget could prove interesting.

Enforcement staff has been moving to prepare for the COI hearing throughout UM's reply window, so I would expect something to be scheduled relatively soon after the response is received... at least sooner than the 90 days allowed by policy.

As we prepare for a top 5 showdown in the Shoe this weekend and another chance for our Buckeyes to prove to be a true team of destiny, our neighbors to the north have swapped their school colors for Honolulu Blue and Silver. Their coach is losing the team, their AD has lost control, and their president has lost the plot. Crying "COPE" in all caps on Twitter, they cling to the faded banners of their ill-gotten spoils... banners soon to be tossed in the shameful dustbin of history.

He remains pretty steadfast that the hammer will fall.

 

[BB73]

The Shithouse is going to be a ghost town for Saturday's pillow fight.

Tickets for NW Game Available for $17; Cheapest Since the 2014 Coke Game? | mgoblog

StubHub currently has as many tickets as you want for Saturday's game against Northwestern available starting at $17. That means they'll probably drop to less than $10 by game time.

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“Interestingly, this is the 10-year anniversary of the 2014 "Buy Two Cokes, Get Two Free Tickets" Dave Brandon promotion for that year's Minnesota game.”

Good times.

 

[Thump]

This is the biggun...


He remains pretty steadfast that the hammer will fall.

 

[ScriptOhio]

Some updates over on 11Warriors from PD.

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Their coach is losing the team, their AD has lost control, and their president has lost the plot. Crying "COPE" in all caps on Twitter, they cling to the faded banners of their ill-gotten spoils...banners soon to be tossed in the shameful dustbin of history.

Just sayin': I sure hope so.........

 

[Captain Buckeye]

Again, I don’t see how they don’t lose everything.

Just too serious what they did to not pay the maximum price. I’m shocked TCUN didn’t self impose a bowl ban but maybe they can’t do that since they aren’t bowl eligible yet lol

 

[NFBuck]

Again, I don’t see how they don’t lose everything.

Just too serious what they did to not pay the maximum price. I’m shocked TCUN didn’t self impose a bowl ban but maybe they can’t do that since they aren’t bowl eligible yet lol

I was surprised they haven't rushed to get a conclusion so this year could be included in any penalties since it's gonna be a popcorn fart bowl anyway. But then they've handled all of this about as poorly as possible, so not really surprising they didn't.

 

[buckeyemania11]

I was surprised they haven't rushed to get a conclusion so this year could be included in any penalties since it's gonna be a popcorn fart bowl anyway. But then they've handled all of this about as poorly as possible, so not really surprising they didn't.

Yep it's not surprising at all, "Michigan Man" arrogance won't allow them to come to any deal that is anything but them getting maybe a light slap on the wrist. You know those clowns have likely been showing the same "we are really in charge the NCAA should be bowing to us" attitude that their insiders have been portraying during the actual talks.

 

[Captain Buckeye]

I was surprised they haven't rushed to get a conclusion so this year could be included in any penalties since it's gonna be a popcorn fart bowl anyway. But then they've handled all of this about as poorly as possible, so not really surprising they didn't.

Yep it's not surprising at all, "Michigan Man" arrogance won't allow them to come to any deal that is anything but them getting maybe a light slap on the wrist. You know those clowns have likely been showing the same "we are really in charge the NCAA should be bowing to us" attitude that their insiders have been portraying during the actual talks.

Yeah that’s all it is… just arrogance from start to finish. Hilarious they went through all of this with the mind set that they’ll just get a little fine and maybe a suspension.

Man the distraught they’ll feel when it’s all taken away is going to be just amazing to see.

 

[NFBuck]

UTQTFS

 

[buckeyemania11]

Reading the GoBlow recruiting threads are good entertainment. They still think they are green pastures.

Wisconsin does kinda suck but Michigan is in no place to be labeling others as being in "dire straits" under their coach, they aren't even 1 full year into Moore and he's reportedly already lost the team and they are in a tailspin overall when it comes to that coaching staff and the team.

Perkis-Size Me


November 21st, 2024 at 7:24 AM ^

Given that Wisconsin is in pretty dire straits under Fickell, this kinda sorta tells me (through my maize and blue tinted sunglasses, to be fair) that Michigan cooled on him and encouraged him to start looking elsewhere.

If he decommitted and went to OSU, Georgia, Texas, Alabama, etc., then yeah I’d say he just wants to get out of Dodge and head for greener pastures.

 

[NFBuck]

Reading the GoBlow recruiting threads are good entertainment. They still think they are green pastures.

Wisconsin does kinda suck but Michigan is in no place to be labeling others as being in "dire straits" under their coach, they aren't even 1 full year into Moore and he's reportedly already lost the team and they are in a tailspin overall when it comes to that coaching staff and the team.

If I had to choose situations, it'd be cheese without even having to think about it.

Cheese > Rotting Rodent

 

[sparcboxbuck]

If I had to choose situations, it'd be cheese without even having to think about it.

Cheese > Rotting Rodent

TBH, even in the best of non-cheating times, why would you even consider tsun over cheese. Cheese is a great school and if you're worth a damn, the league will find you. Candidly, that'd be my pitch if I was Fick.

 

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[Onebuckfan]

Underwood flipped to scUM so..:.

 

[buckeyemania11]

Underwood flipped to scUM so..:.

Doesn't matter, they likely had to give him enough money where he couldn't say no. Without a competent OL, running game or WR core it's likely Underwood will be a 1 and done at scUM anyway. They can act like it's some kind of "program changing" recruit all they want, but given the circumstances it took to actually get him for the moment, it's not. They also set a stupid precedent for themselves, kid's are gonna shun them for not emptying the bag for them as well.

This has absolutely nothing to do with Moore or any of the coaching staff, this is purely a $$$ transaction win.