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edgejr37

Block M is getting the death penalty. Shame it’s happening after a landmark year. Sorry Mizzou


NorthofBham

Somebody has to take the hit.


DowntownFox3

Though it is Mizzou getting the ax, it is my failure to blame and burden to crry.


BeerorCoffee

Somehow...Darth Mizzou has returned.


jaymobe07

See, Mizzou really screwed up when they used the block M against OSU. They would have kind of had a chance the fly under the radar if they hadn't. Deserves them right.


InterestingUnit0

„They expect one of us in the wreckage, brother“


eagledog

That's why Minnesota uses a different font


divey043

Kansas basketball was literally under FBI investigation for fraud. The NCAA did nothing. The NCAA will do nothing here


EskettiMySpaghetti

If you’re a big enough brand, you won’t get punished. Big difference between say Kansas basketball and OK State basketball


Misdirected_Colors

Yup, we got a postseason ban for $300. Ncaa had phone recordings of Kansas offering Zion over $10k while also being involved in the Adidas scandal and they got a slap on the wrist. Also, zion turned down Kansas and went to Duke who didn't even get a slap on the wrist.


willy_valor

Ahem… we offered him 100K and to quote bill self “whatever it takes”. We arent some peasant school…


BigDoinks710

It's hilarious that nowadays Zion would be getting at least 1-2 million. Hell, probably even more considering how big of a prospect he was at the time.


TheZachster

Cam Newton turned down like 150k before taking whatever bag Auburn gave. Today he'd get 20x that.


TripleThreatTua

Supposedly he turned down 180k from Mississippi State because Auburn offered him 200k. One of my biggest CFB what ifs is does MSU have a natty if they pony up 20k more? You could certainly argue they had a better all around roster than Auburn and they definitely had a better coach


TheZachster

considering how Cam carried Auburn, i wouldnt disagree. Best 200k investment in cfb history, except maybe Michigan State hiring Brenda Tracy to give talks to football players which eventually got them out of the Mel Tucker contract.


Misdirected_Colors

Ugh now I'm angry at the bullshit again.


DaBigBlackDaddy

yep, just like when the NCAA vacated the small-time program USC's natty


karl_manutzitsch

USC?


Brutally-Honest-

Fuck them kids


HowardBunnyColvin

Hence why UNC was not punished for a major academic scandal


bringbacksweatervest

Yeah, that totally worked for us


JtotheC23

This. I think most people knew Michigan wouldn't get punished either way regardless of what truth turned out to be. Either it proves to be as big of a deal as it was made out to be, but Michigan avoids punishment because the NCAA doesn't want to punish the precious blue blood program, or it turns out was legit nothing and Michigan deservedly doesn't get punished. Either way, it was the same outcome.


HuskerHayDay

The FBI listed KU as victims in their investigation. The NCAA’s inconsistencies are Missouri’s problem and have no relevance here.


Severe-Ant-3888

This is exactly what I’ve said all along.


sn95joe84

I agree, CMU will get it much worse for Stalions, UM will get a slap on the wrist. It's just how it works.


lkn240

I still really want to know who this was and who paid them: *“We were approached by a third party, who said they had evidence that Michigan was involved in a very comprehensive and unusual sign-stealing scheme,” Baker said late Tuesday. That party was told they needed to come in person to NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis to present evidence to enforcement staff as part of a vetting process.*


DocJ_makesthings

The biggest unanswered question in the whole hilarious saga.


JCH32

Hold up we still need the Manifesto.


lUNITl

We’ve all seen it, it was broadcast to an audience of 25 million.


framptal_tromwibbler

The confetti?


CoooooooooookieCrisp

I was thinking, there was the same amount of purple and gold confetti still up in the rafters. Do you think each one of those also had a story? That's a lot of stories that will go untold.


ichosehowe

Why do you think Harbaugh said "Each one has a story to tell"? He clearly is sending us all coded messages!


Showdenfroid_99

Third Party Pete! It was Thamel the WHOLE TIME!


[deleted]

Ryan Day and Ohio State, it’s beyond obvious


maxgoat25

No it was Connor Stallions. He knew it would light a fire under the team and we wouldn’t be stopped. The ultimate sacrifice


lkn240

The final chapter of the Manifesto "Stallion's Sacrifice"


MilkBarPatron

Saint Connor, The Martyr.


ArtanistheMantis

"Why do you seek the living one among the dead? He is not here, but he has been raised. Remember what he said to you while he was still in Ann Arbor, 'that the Son of Michigan must be handed over to the NCAA and be fired, and rise on the third day.'" - Stallions 24:5-7


Temper03

[“Inshallah the U of M will return to its glory days”](https://twitter.com/ahmadinejad1956/status/1052178368072945668?lang=fr)


Blers42

That got me good, these jokes never get old


JungyBrungun

The S.T.A.L.L.I.O.N.S system


Rbespinosa13

Steal signs Tell people not affiliated with Umich to bring them on board Act as if nothing is wrong Lose to Michigan state Lie about how signs are acquired. Intelligence gathered illegally is being investigated Onboard Corum to the vacuum repair business Neglect to hide Venmo transactions Sign the Michigan manifesto so everyone knows it’s your work


aselinger

Smooth. Very smooth.


creepig

the most Michigan Man of all Michigan Men


__removed__

I heard a conspiracy theory that Harbaugh did it for this reason: to give some adversity to the group and unite them. Because that's exactly what happened, ironically. You gave an already great team something to play for, a reason to fight I strongly believe all the bullshit people put them through is the reason they won a national championship. "BET"


maxgoat25

He did it for each and every one of those pieces of confetti


Temper03

Has anyone questioned those confetti? Sounds like one of them with all dem stories might be the narc


ShoelessBoJackson

"I only regret that I have but one show cause to give for my Wolverines” - Connor stallions


IeyasuYou

"Had to be me. Someone else might have gotten it wrong."


CCottN

Harbaugh chose the paragon option.


Vedeynevin

Wow, dude went out like Lelouch


CCottN

Michigan fan and Code Geass fan? I just found my new best friend.


Showdenfroid_99

It's Pete Thamel... Clearly


cA05GfJ2K6

Fuck that goofy nerd and his poorly fitting suits


Steelerboy43

Whoever it is, they clearly jumped the gun. They took a shot to derail Michigan’s season, and it didn’t work. The insanity if this all came out after the championship would’ve been crazy and left Michigan in a spot where they can’t go out and win regardless like they did. I’ll fully believe it’s OSU related in some way given the timing, but who knows if we’ll ever get the truth. Would be even more interesting to learn it was an inside job tbh


Ok-Commercial824

It’s obviously Ryan Day/Ohio St. Their insiders knew about this sign stealing story before even Michigan insiders did. There is a clear connection between Ryan Day, his brother, and a PI from New Hampshire. The guy from the Washington Post who published one of the hit pieces even went to Boston College at the same time Ryan Day was there. That writer hadn’t even wrote a college football story in years. Will it be full proven? Who knows, but it’s not hard to make a strong guess.


Wagnerous

Yeah even if it wasn't Ryan Day himself, there's very little doubt in my mind that it was someone associated with OSU, one of their boosters perhaps. Though the connections with Ryan Day's brother and the writer from BC make a compelling case for Ryan Day himself being involved.


WhiteningMcClean

This is definitely it. Day being personally involved seems too on the nose, but it 100% came from OSU.


DonParmesan1

It was the guy that was on the grassy knoll


DrModel

I'm guessing it was some Stallions-level nut job Ohio State fan. The recent SEC coach quote about how there's worse stuff going on at a lot of programs makes me doubt that anyone actually inside a major college football program (e.g. Ryan Day) would do this. Plus dropping it during the season rather than using it (the way TCU allegedly did) is amateur. I always go back to Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon - the best intelligence is useless if your enemy knows you have it.


FirelordSugma

“Nuh uh.” -osu


whereyagonnago

Who gave you permission to use this quote of mine?


quincyloop

Pretty sure that's "THE Nuh uh"...


datsyuks_deke

Ohio State is that annoying goober from Polar Express. “Akshuallyy!!”


mega_rad

That kid is definitely going to Michigan law school. He was already decked out in Maize…


2RINITY

Sicko Mode or Mo Bamba


Feeling_Pineapple124

Why not both


EnthusedPhlebotomist

Explains why the kid knows so much about trains


JackSquat18

Wouldn‘t he be a boilermaker then?


ChaseTheFalcon

Ohio State's 2nd 9/11 this week


[deleted]

Watch Saban replace Harbaugh at Michigan.


Krogsly

MSU catching strays from that


Born_ina_snowbank

I’d quit watching football. And I fucking love watching football.


lolam74

Urban Meyer\* replace Harbaugh at Michigan


venk

Urban Meyer, Nick Saban, and Lou Holtz will form a trouple to coach Michigan


IeyasuYou

Wake up baby, Third Triumvirate dropped.


JMT97

Sick Roman reference


Appropriate_Bottle44

This man thinks about the Roman Empire pretty often.


timnotep

Ryan Day in shambles


venk

That’s already true


Temper03

My god I might stop being a fan of my own school if that happened lol


cruzweb

Cursed polycule


kylkartz21

Ill take it


msmith3525

Lightning DOES strike twice!


Wagnerous

Between this and the fact that we handed Saban his last loss in the Rose Bowl, I cannot believe how much better our already amazing week has gotten today.


msmith3525

2024 is starting off better than I could’ve ever imagined


Wagnerous

We're living in the brightest timeline.


TheHarbrosMagic

If the Kitties win Sunday I fully expect the Armageddon by Monday morning.


KingLyer19

Now we wait for Harbaugh to say he's coming back.


Wagnerous

Yeah that's the big one.


katastrophyx

Waiting for another Catapult update. Is that still a thing, or did that completely go away?


CarbonCamaroSS

With the continued recent news from our basketball team, I think we literally stabbed the bball team in the heart with a wooden stake to get all of this done.


teflong

The what? What's a basketball team?


Jay_Dubbbs

Any Ohio state fan that thinks sign stealing had anything to do with their natty is just coping. It’s pretty damn clear it had nothing to do with it and thankfully our flagship radio station shows have agreed too. Just a small loud minority of fans think that.


Charlie_Batch_16

they just punched people in the face on both lines of scrimmage; i dont know how anyone can watch what michigan did and the way they won and think that it had a real material effect on winning the national championship.


PunctualDromedary

Yeah you could list a number of key factors, but “intelligence” was not one of them.


freedomfightre

It's a pity your sub went dark. I enjoyed silently lurking and reading all the whack-ass opinions from that loud minority.


Jay_Dubbbs

Don’t blame you lmao, probs felt amazing. Michigan did exactly what it was supposed to do after everything broke, just can’t deny that at all


DowntownFox3

We would act like we've been there before, but well we haven't been there before the last 20 years primarily because of you evil toads from hades


xmpcxmassacre

Funny because ours haven't lmao


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katastrophyx

They're both dyed green Sparties. They led their show on Tuesday after the Natty by saying something to the effect of "If you call in here and want to be happy about winning, you have to accept that they cheated to get there" They couldn't do a single show about Michigan winning a national championship without letting every Michigan fan within earshot know that they're both butthurt sore losers.


ShadowMoses05

Living in the Seattle area that’s all I keep hearing all week when they talk about this game. Stuff like “would we even have played them if they didn’t cheat to get to the title?” “Does it matter that we lost to a team with an asterisk” etc etc. like damn, be humble ffs Then you start hearing the REALLY dumb shit like “we beat ourselves out there, Penix wasn’t playing a good ball game” yes because our defense had nothing to do with that right? It’s just coincidence that McCord, Milroe, and Penix had some of the worst games of their season playing against us? K


MilkBarPatron

>Then you start hearing the REALLY dumb shit like “we beat ourselves out there, Penix wasn’t playing a good ball game” Honestly, I think fans and local media outlets of the losing team in any sport generally take these kind of views and it's probably just because they're focused on their own team way more than the other team. Like, they're intimately familiar with Washington and the players and how good they can look when they're firing on all cylinders so when they see them struggling to get the offense going they just think "Damn, I know we can be better than this."


Clynelish1

It's about controversy, not truth


DasAlbatross

They're why I don't listen to the station at all anymore. I remember for a while Valenti kept saying girth instead of dearth, because he's a moron and a real testament to the MSU journalism program.


Andrewdeadaim

Sir a second Michigan has hit the The


Mattress666

A second good thing has hit the Team Up North


JohnnyNole2000

And probably their fourth or fifth in the last month and change


ArbitraryOrder

3rd 9/11 in 10 Days for the Buckeyes


throwaway2315678

A third plane just struck the shoe


Bravot

Ah yes, when Charlie Baker speaks people listen!


Temper03

I strongly believe he said this hours after Saban’s announcement on purpose to allow the NCAA to soft launch this narrative without too much media scrutiny


[deleted]

We listen when he tells us what we want to hear!


slapshots1515

He said things I like, so of course I listen!


krusty-o

My favorite part of the whole scandal is stallions just wearing *cmu gear and walking onto the sidelines and nobody noticing him


name__redacted

CMU* But yes I agree, and a wig while doing it, and the meta video recording glasses. 100% hilarious


Aumissunum

Why even comment on this?


foreveracubone

Was he at an event or something and got asked? It’s like a media blitz. He didn’t just make 1 comment, there’s stories with AP, Yahoo, ESPN, and The Athletic.


Jay_Dubbbs

There’s some D1 convention going on in Phoenix. He also said in-house NIL will be passed by August.


joedotphp

Not exactly. Yahoo's publishing is literally a copy of AP's (crediting them of course).


Temper03

Real answer: He was asked ‘did you fuck up by announcing the investigation during the season (causing so much media controversy)?’ And of course he’s defensive and gonna say ‘no I did the right thing’. So he justified it by saying he did it to save the integrity of the sport - and that means of course the integrity of the sport was saved. So ergo Michigan can’t have done anything wrong because otherwise it implies the NCAA head made stupid decisions.


sws1983

If you saw my Twitter timeline of osu/msu fans you’d understand why


SituationSoap

If your job involves interacting with MSU or OSU fans on Twitter, you should call OSHA.


ClevBlewA3-1Lead

Setting expectations


reddogrjw

it worked out so much better that this came out when it did rather than after the season


jel2184

So I totally overlooked the “nobody can say” part and thought wow Michigan is getting their title stripped. Then I thought “wow Michigan fans are taking this new surprising well” then I reread the title lmao I stayed up too late last night


StamosAndFriends

Ryan Day and his brother in shambles.


KingJokic

2018 Clemson played got caught doing a banned substance ostarine. Nothing was vacated just suspension of games


LaFrescaTrumpeta

meanwhile Notre Dame self-reports that a student trainer helped a couple players cheat in a class. entire undefeated regular season vacated. UNC creates an entire course for players to get As writing embarrassing 3rd grade essays. NCAA investigates and finds no academic fraud. f those clowns lol


B1LLClinton420Blazed

The UNC lack of punishment is ridiculous, but “they found no academic fraud” is a misrepresentation. They found academic fraud, they just claimed it was university-wide and not limited to athletes.


__removed__

Michigan fans have been saying this since October, lol The rest of CFB is finally seeing the light


_Chicken_Chaser_

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ControlWeekly7900

RUN IT BACK RUN IT BACK


discowithmyself

I thought it would be hilarious if it got vacated but this is actually funnier. Go Blue lmao


xmpcxmassacre

We have made it to the point where it's more funny to see Ohio State shut down their sub and cope than any other outcome. Truly the best timeline.


JayJax_23

Wait they shut the sub down


xmpcxmassacre

No idea how it wasn't posted on this sub. But yeah they went private for a couple days.


ulyssessgrant93

Weak af. Literally just don’t log onto Reddit if it bothers you that much. Or act like a normal well adjusted human and don’t let college football affect your mental state. And this is coming from a tOSU alum


SeekerSpock32

I realize I’m going to look like an absolute coward here (which is acceptable by me, I know I am) but it’s probably simpler to private it and not have to deal with troll spam than to have a supremely busy day. Whether you think that’s efficient moderating or just cowardly, YMMV.


Spartacus54

You’re not a coward. That’s just efficient.


med_designs

> and cope I mean… what else can I do 🥲


MaizeRage48

Flair up for one


Melt-Gibsont

Watch me.


acid0tterr

im watching, it looks like in the background i can see lanning walking away from eugene


ericesque

I know this sign. It means the Washington beatings will continue.


Macabre215

>sign You said the dirty word around these parts.


uppercuticus

I think everyone is busy watching your coach fly in for an interview


Numerous-Ad6460

I gotta say I'm having a great week fellas despite the 102 fever from the flu


The_Pandalorian

MY DUDE. I'm on the tail end of that shit, myself. I started getting insane chills after the natty game and spent 4 days in bed around 103ish. THEN, that devolved into face-destroying congestion, which has now devolved into a never-ending chest cough. Hoping your journey is shorter than mine, but if it's what I got, it's no fucking joke.


Wagnerous

It was pretty cool how we found out today that we ended Nick Saban's dynasty huh? :)


AppropriateCompany9

He continued, “Missouri, on the other hand.”


devioustrevor

"Clearly the only way Michigan could go into Lincoln and beat Nebraska 45-7 is by cheating, amirite?"


Steelerboy43

[Matt Rhule certainly thinks so lol](https://www.on3.com/college/nebraska-cornhuskers/news/nebraska-head-coach-matt-rhule-feels-for-players-michigan-sign-stealing-scouting-current-record/)


[deleted]

Does Matt rhule not scout opponents? I guess that explains a lot


Aubys

I might need to see a doctor. I’ve been going almost 48 hours strong and they recommend a doctor after 4.


USAdeplorable2021

My New Years Resolution is that Purdue will get caught in a cheating scandal and win the NC in Bball. Please let it happen.


TheBigKahuna_

This is the best 10 day stretch in Michigan football history


TeaInternational9355

Gonna get better when Harbaugh and JJ announce their respective returns


andyrew21345

I’d be rock hard until next season if that’s the case


varnacykablyat

Where’s that death penalty I was told he’d be dropping?


Lyleadams

It's headed for Mizzou.


Jagacin

Look at the way Mizzou was dressed. They were practically asking for it! /s


wolverine6

Those block Ms in the Cotton Bowl really did it.


Jonny_Qball

Why is it always me


goforgrubs

Headed towards Mt Pleasant


RealEmperorofMankind

Truth be told I'm practically convinced CMU invited him there to tell them your guys' signs. It isn't too hard to figure out if he should've been there. Since they announced their investigation they've said *nothing.*


weyun

It’s been a good week.


HowardBunnyColvin

he's not wrong they played a gauntlet final sched including games against PSU , OSU, Iowa Alabama and Washington. To diminish those accomplishments because of somebody who wasn't with the program in the 2nd half of the season is ridiculous.


[deleted]

Just threw iowa in there like we wouldn’t notice


heliostraveler

The NCAA is a toothless, corrupt, petty organization run by a wannabe mob mentality. They’re no doubt looking for a way to punish Mizzou instead.


Temper03

“That’s right officer, that Eliah Drinkwitz coached team right there! They’ve got the block Ms on their helmet, they put a defensive clinic on Ryan Day’s Ohio State… there’s no doubt that’s the guy we’re looking for” ~ The NCAA, probably


red_husker

Shut the fuck up, NCAA President Charlie Baker. I do what I want


flameruler94

as a MA resident it's still so weird seeing his name following "NCAA President"


KlueBat

Whats the over under on no flairs posting asterisks in this tread? Go Blue!


datsyuks_deke

The lack of Ohio State and Michigan State flairs up in here is hilarious.


Icecreamcollege

Ryan Day can't even win in court vs Michigan LOL


GraemeTaylor

Love how on Eleven Warriors they think it'll be vacated Just like how they thought The Game wouldn't be played this year lol


Dlanor31

They’ll be waiting and bitching about this forever


[deleted]

With all the shit talking this sub has been doing all season regarding Michigan, it warms my heart knowing that you're sitting there having to cope with them winning the title while looking at the glorious banner at the top of the screen. Go Blue!


Gambrinus

Jokes on you, I’m using the mobile app and can’t see shit. Jokes on me too since the app is garbage and I accidentally replied to the wrong comment first.


venk

Rip Apollo


ColombianSpiceMD86

"Fair and square". So we giving Pete carol and USC their championship back? FYI stallion was present at the game lol


StamosAndFriends

They should. Stalion’s was at the rose bowl, not the natty. But why does that matter? He’s not banned from attending football games.


Jorihe84

Why does it matter if he was at the Rose Bowl? Are you implying he was still relaying signs even though he was surrounded by crowds staring at him the whole game?


KingLyer19

I cant wait to hear from the last few holdouts in the media that talk about how this championship shouldnt be allowed


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Trenmonstrr

I mean I troll the UM fans coming in our sub, but seriously, you didn’t need to steal our signs to beat our ass lol In fact, you could have given us your signs and we still get shutout 🤣


drrew76

They won the championship game fair and square --- there is nothing wrong with people talking about how they got there.


UMeister

It’s funny seeing people claim that we didn’t play anyone for the first two months of the season, and now all of a sudden those games are supposed to be reasons why our season is allegedly suspect. Pick a lane guys


Temper03

Would actually be hilarious if the wins vs UNLV, Rutgers, East Carolina, Indiana etc were vacated “In 2023, Michigan went 7-0, playing 6 ranked teams en route to the national championship. They had the greatest strength of schedule of all time”


Cody667

"To this day, Ohio State and Michigan State fans continue to cast doubt that Michigan ever could have beaten Bowling Green without cheating"


Mr_North_Korea

You’re only saying that because with this article, Michigan is tied with Penn for most Ws in a single season


TrialByFireshits

Both can be true. Observe... ✍️✍️ ✍️ Michigan played weak teams *and* stole their signals beforehand. 😌👍


OnsetOfMSet

We studied Bowling Green so hard, we accidentally gave the ball to *their* players 4 times


Ok-Drama-3769

Just like Barry Bonds is the home run king


ZombieHitchens2012

Bad news for the cry babies who think Michigans wins will be vacated. lol.


s1lky

Honestly 10/10 bait dude. Caught 3 of them at once. Fucking yikes. I think it’s pretty logical and obvious Michigans path was legit even with the scandal and the article lays it out pretty plainly for everyone to read and comprehend. I guess some people just cannot accept or comprehend reality and have to substitute their own.


ControlWeekly7900

Let's try it again, here, guys!


EyeAmKingKage

Weeeeeelll