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2026 scUM Shenanigans, Arguments, Arrogant Twatwaffles, Emasculated Cucks, Feckless Marmots, Dirty Cheaters "Mid"chigan

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jarv said:
Will Whittingham clean up the Michigan football program?

Or will the Michigan football program corrupt Whittingham?

Compared to the culture in the state of Utah, he's basically living in Gomorrah now. And to think Michigan is actually trying to clean up their act instead of just hiring a coach with a clean rep as a PR move is foolish. Look what Moore and Harbaugh were allowed to get away with. The AD is the same and they still don't have a president, do they?
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I think that Whittingham will neither clean up the program or become corrupted by the program, they will still continue to try to run shady shit behind the scenes behind his back. I think tensions between him, and the Michigan people are gonna start pretty quickly. Hard to see him being there for more than 3, 4 years tops, he's not gonna win at a high enough level for them to brush off the culture clash for too long. It's not the awful complete opposite fit that Rich Rod was from a on the field level, but it's a completely terrible fit when it comes to everything else.
 
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buckeyemania11 said:
I think that Whittingham will neither clean up the program or become corrupted by the program, they will still continue to try to run shady shit behind the scenes behind his back. I think tensions between him, and the Michigan people are gonna start pretty quickly. Hard to see him being there for more than 3, 4 years tops, he's not gonna win at a high enough level for them to brush off the culture clash for too long. It's not the awful complete opposite fit that Rich Rod was from a on the field level, but it's a completely terrible fit when it comes to everything else.
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Yup, they need a proper Michigan "man" willing to look the other way
 
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RhodeIslandBuck said:
Yup, they need a proper Michigan "man" willing to look the other way
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The moment that Whittingham decided to just bring all of his Utah/Mormon coaching sphere buddies along with him was the moment this was cemented into being a non-success. I guess the ultimate goal for scUM though was to "rebuild" their reputation, they will be ok with it for a couple of years which is long enough for most of the public to forget about the shenanigans that led to this point.
 
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ORD_Buckeye said:
When the very core of your cultural identity consists of the ironclad belief that you're special, superior, can never do wrong but rather are always the victim, it gives license to engage in all kinds of disgusting behavior and show zero reflection or self-awareness for that behavior.

Whittingham will probably run a clean program for the 3 years that he is there, but he will fundamentally change nothing about the place.
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This.

They have to protect the narrative of superiority at all costs and feel justified in doing so because….wait for it…the narrative tells them so. They are better people and doing a little bad for the greater good is ok.

See Penn State and the Cult of Paterno.

Not quite as sick but same principle.

An honest dealer in for a couple of shifts at the black jack table doesn’t clean up the casino.
 
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Jaxbuck said:
This.

They have to protect the narrative of superiority at all costs and feel justified in doing so because….wait for it…the narrative tells them so. They are better people and doing a little bad for the greater good is ok.

See Penn State and the Cult of Paterno.

Not quite as sick but same principle.

An honest dealer in for a couple of shifts at the black jack table doesn’t clean up the casino.
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They have been shown guilty of the biggest cheating scandals in my adult lifetime in football (maybe a tie with SMU), basketball, baseball and hockey, These happened over multiple decades, Presidents and Athletic Directors. That is institutional rot at the deepest level.
 
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Steve19 said:
^^^ As he said, total pond scum.
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And let's not forget that this shit dates back for well over a century. From Fielding Yost using teams of paid mercenaries who had used up their eligibility at Eastern colleges to beat up on high school teams to the university backing Yost in his refusal to follow Big Ten rules in the 10's to put the football program under the authority of the administration and faculty resulting in them being kicked out of the conference until they complied...the original sin of lack of institutional control.

The entire historical DNA of that athletic program is one big dangling chromosome of dirt.
 
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Zurp said:
I love how this sounds so made up, but it very much is not made up.

mgoblue.com

Michigan Football All-Time Records vs. Opponents - University of Michigan Athletics

Michigan football records vs. opponents through 2020 season
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(By the way, I found a couple of web sites that decided to remove some of the teams they've played.)
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You aren't being fair to the true story if you take "beat up on high school teams" out of context like that.

Full context: They beat up on high school teams who they literally just showed how to play the game, beat them, and counted the win.
 
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BuckeyeNation27 said:
You aren't being fair to the true story if you take "beat up on high school teams" out of context like that.

Full context: They beat up on high school teams who they literally just showed how to play the game, beat them, and counted the win.
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Same thing they did to Notre Dame. Crazy that teaching football to the Catholics isn't even top 5 sins for tsun smh
 
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I think there are two questions here: 1. Will he be successful? 2. Will he beat Ohio State?

It's hard not to be a success at Michigan. Why? Facilities, huge stadium, strong alumni program, loyal following, money, tradition.
You can scoff at the tradition part, but even if you go back to 1920 and compare its something like 64-57 in their favor. Those four losses '21-'24, cheating or not, still sit on the books.

Do I think Whittingham can survive 3 seasons? Yeah, because the rest of the Big Ten and the MAC schools that will make up his schedule all but assure him of a winning season and at least one 10 win season.

Do I think he'll beat Ohio State? Think of how fast this season's game could have been 14 - 0. It was still a game into the third quarter and not a sure thing until half way through the 4th. They will always be able to draw kids either from recruiting or the portal because of FSAFMT.
 
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cincibuck said:
I think there are two questions here: 1. Will he be successful? 2. Will he beat Ohio State?

It's hard not to be a success at Michigan. Why? Facilities, huge stadium, strong alumni program, loyal following, money, tradition.
You can scoff at the tradition part, but even if you go back to 1920 and compare its something like 64-57 in their favor. Those four losses '21-'24, cheating or not, still sit on the books.

Do I think Whittingham can survive 3 seasons? Yeah, because the rest of the Big Ten and the MAC schools that will make up his schedule all but assure him of a winning season and at least one 10 win season.

Do I think he'll beat Ohio State? Think of how fast this season's game could have been 14 - 0. It was still a game into the third quarter and not a sure thing until half way through the 4th. They will always be able to draw kids either from recruiting or the portal because of FSAFMT.
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"successful" depends on what you define success as.

Their schedule's the next 2 years are quite a bit of a step up from the gifts they've gotten handed the last couple of years.

2026
Oklahoma
Iowa
Indiana
Penn State (think Campbell will have them at least decent)
@ Oregon
@ Ohio State

2027
@Texas
@Indiana
@Iowa
Oregon
Penn State
Ohio State

I think 9-3 is probably the ceiling in 26 & 27

2028 they get a break again in the conference schedule. They get Ohio State and USC and that's about it, the next "toughest" games are Nebraska and Washington.

I don't think Whittingham is going to be a Rich Rod level disaster, but I don't think it's going to be as great as a lot of the DFBIA thinks it's going to be. They probably won't tank to sub .500 levels, but they probably aren't going to be in "serious contender" territory.
 
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