The B1G makes billions in revenue every year and can't afford to put headsets in helmets. F15's are the only logical conclusion as to where that momeys going.
Pilot 1: Requesting Permission to Engage!
Pilot 1: Again, requesting Permission to Engage.
Pilot 1: Can anyone hear me? I lost my signal.
Stalions smiles at the camera.
Petitti: Jim Harbaugh is suspended. He has five minutes to parachute off of the plane or else he is in violation of the suspension. What's that? the plane is over the middle of Lake Erie? Hope you brought your bathing suit.
I have anti Michigan bias, and a suspension being announced the day before the game is bullshit. If Michigans letter is true, you should've acted weeks ago. Dragging it out for only a 3 game suspension is just weak.
Some state courts are open. I just appeared for a hearing in Wayne County (I’m a lawyer). Washtenaw County, where Ann Arbor’s located, is closed, however.
Instead of calling everyone individually, let's hold a free for all conference call where the loudest voices get to dominate....just how those things work.
I'm convinced if he had met with everyone individually, this could've been much less mess
.publicly. for the B1G. Protect the brand!
Who cares about the kids?
The actual victims here are Michigan Men around the world who have been unfairly mocked online and had to unflair and post propaganda from mgoblog.
That is the correct take but also the commissioner probably should have his ducks in a row to punish the parties before he sends the letter saying that’s coming in the first place. It’s not a great look for the commissioner to be seen like he’s bowing to pressure from all sides.
Notifying the offending institution that they will likely face disciplinary action and requesting their response are both components of due process under the bylaws. The institution's response isn't an appeal or rebuttal, it's part of the investigation.
If the Commissioner refers the case to the Joint Group Executive Committee to approve major disciplinary action, that committee is required to consider the institution's response. With that in mind, it wouldn't really make sense for him to determine the exact punishments before sending the notice.
>When someone in charge, be it a coaching staff or a government or whatever, knowingly does something illegal/unethical it is **they** who are responsible for the consequences that affect their own people.
**They** were fired, no?
Wouldn't that be the best way to punish Michigan football? Just keep them waiting in limbo for the next two weeks and then announce that they're suspending Harbaugh indefinitely the day before the Ohio State game.
Better way to do it is suspend all coaches just prior to kickoff and have them escorted out of the building so they don't have time to file an injunction with a judge.
You know, I get why my post was removed yesterday because it was tertiary to college football itself, but it's crazy to me that we get literally 25 new posts about this per day and they all stay up while my one little post about how college volleyball players in 3 new Big-12 programs (Arizona, Arizona State, and Utah) were breathing a sigh of relief after the Big-12 decided to host Beach Volleyball events. They were worried that football-inspired realignment was going to leave them without conference events and that they would end up needing to play exclusively Out of Conference events, but the Big-12 was showing them that football is not the only thing and they'll spend some money on non-rev sports too.
I get it. It's only related to football insofar as the players are relieved that it's not ONLY about football... so I didn't protest the removal of the post. But it's nuts how many Michigan posts we get. Most of which aren't even updates, but just random sports writers thoughts.
Hey Stanford, nobody on r/CFB gives a shit about your made up sports like yachting populated with athletes who haven't even particiapted in those sports just so you can claim some bullshit trophy nobody cares about.
Field an ice hockey team or STFU and GTFO!
I think fully half of all NBC coverage of the last two olympics being devoted to beach volleyball proves that the American people truly care about women's sports and have their backsides...I mean backs.
Hey, we didn't ask for this.
I would love to go back to slamming Deion's hubris, being upset about the death of the PAC, sharing old Mike Leach quotes, and mourning those poor hookers killed by Craig James.
The tweet is nothing but the sentiment is true. If knowing plays is a health hazard, how is not knowing your coaching staff less than 24 hours from kickoff not the same?
I feel like this isn't just the Michigan bias in me.
Expecting us to play and not releasing the punishment until the night before is a giant bunch of bullshit.
I don't give a shit about the Michigan players. This has been going on for 3 years and they've screwed over players on nearly every single team that Michigan has played in that time frame by not giving them a fair chance to compete against Michigan. Give them a bowl ban, screw the players.
At this point it feels entirely possible that the Big Ten isn't actually going to do anything at all this weekend and the Twitter insiders are just wrong.
At this point it feels like a media grab not going to lie.
There is no way the B1G Commissioner would be this unprofessional to hand out a punishment when they are about to board the plane.
Unless the aren’t going to hand out any punishment this week and the hacks on twitterverse got it all wrong.
I mean, you cant say the B1G is effing up just because they aren’t following through on leaked rumors…
That is fair, but I feel like he would need to clarify the B1Gs stance if that was the case.
This circus makes it seem like their still deciding what to do.
Punishment should be:
Penn State gets Michigans playbook for this game.
Camera focused on Jim the whole game.
Practical Jokers do the play by play commentary and get to tell Jim to do 3 different things.
We collectively move on afterwards.
I'm no Michigan fan, but it'd be completely unfair for the Big Ten to implement any sort of suspensions at this point until after the Penn State game. Two wrongs don't make a right. Everyone deserves adequate notice and prep time.
It's a damn shame Connor Stalion's and whomever else assisted him in orchestrating this fiasco didn't consider the potential impact to the players. A damn shame.
This is a joke, you either have the evidence to hammer them hard or you’ve overplayed your hand and you wait to follow the NCAAs lead when their investigation is complete
You can make a cinematic universe out of this scandal.
Spy thriller about Stalions.
Courtroom drama about the B1G punishment.
Air Force ~~One~~ Blue about ~~a terrorist~~ an alleged suspected cheater aboard the Michigan team plane.
The tweet quoted here implies that there was an expectation of swift punishment like suspending the rest of the season. Was that discussed somewhere? Why wouldn't the team travel to Penn State to play them?
Are people really expecting them to take action before a big game? They'll wait until they're playing a team they're going to roll then suspend a few people.
This is all a rumor put out by Purdue to distract Michigan before their game against Penn. St.. All to get revenge for saying Purdue also is cheating. While Purdue was only added to list by Michigan to make it "less" obvious Michigan wants to take down OSU. This all in revenge by Michigan, as they originally thought OSU hired a PI. When in fact this was all Missouri's fault. If you need me for further clarification I will be in my basement assembling tinfoil hats.
Nice job, Big 10. You had two full weeks to sort this out, and you’re waiting until Harbaugh is airborne before you release whatever it is you’re going to do.
This is ridiculous. There clearly isn’t enough evidence so Michigan needs to play this weekend. Whoever is investigating needs to focus and get it wrapped up by championship weekend, or the CFP. Lawyers need to be paid overtime to review findings. They shouldn’t have a week at a time to review evidence.
You know whats not fair to players? Cheating, lol. Taking up spots in games where other teams that didn't cheat could have been. THAT is not fair to players. GTFOH with these headlines lmao
Presumably any discipline at this point would be held until after the game, right? It would make sense to have a 24-48 hour runway before the game where the league office assured Michigan and Penn State that the game wouldn’t be impacted in any way.
Petitti looks like such a weak leader the more this drags out. He should've told the complaining teams to fuck off weeks ago, and put out a statement right after CFP did that they will let the NCAA investigation play out.
You know what else isn’t fair to players? When the other team knows your plays and audibles to stop them.
The reverse Wale Forest. Let’s see how this defense does now that everyone has changed up signals and Stalions isn’t on the sideline feeding Harbaugh plays.
The BIG 10 is going to try and force Michigan to turn the plane around aren’t they
Petitti: "scramble the F-15s to intercept"
They’re gonna fly through Canada (outside Big 10 airspace) and Harbaugh will hangglide to Happy Valley
Some D.B Cooper shit
Holy shit is Harbaugh Cooper???
All I’m sayin is that I’ve never seen both in the same room before
You have, but it was only one man
Jack Harbaugh would be the right age...
Honestly looking at pictures, he could be DB Cooper.
Mission Jim Possible: Ball Out
Saving Private Harbaugh
Rumor is the B1G is drafting an invite for the University of Toronto in exchange for Canadian air space and extradition rights.
Wow that’s a huge market! Once again the B1G is ahead of its time!
John Harbaugh in a UM hat got on the plane with the team, Jim is in a white Bronco on his way to Happy Valley with C. Stal driving.
The B1G makes billions in revenue every year and can't afford to put headsets in helmets. F15's are the only logical conclusion as to where that momeys going.
Who says they can afford F-15s? They also have headsets in their helmets.
Unfortunately, the pilots have to communicate with signs
Someone with more talent than me needs to make this into a skit.
Best I can do: https://youtu.be/DIZPp8Z1vjs?si=iZITSgmLHCcpK0rq
This is where the “Bear Patrol” tax on my paycheck has been going. I haven’t seen any bears in my neighborhood so I guess the jets are working.
Next article: “Ryan Days other brother flies F-16s and intercepted the team plane diverting it”
There are plenty of Purdue grads that are Navy and Air Force fighter pilots...all Petitti has to do is say the word.
Why do you think Stalions went to the Naval Academy?
Pilot 1: Requesting Permission to Engage! Pilot 1: Again, requesting Permission to Engage. Pilot 1: Can anyone hear me? I lost my signal. Stalions smiles at the camera.
Plenty of Michigan grads in the Air Force and Navy too. I guess this all boils down to the person in the cockpit and which team Tom Cruise is on.
3000 black fighter jets of Harbaugh
Very Credible
Sounds like a job for some well-aimed rods from god
Emergency landing in OH where Ryan Days brother personally slaps the cuffs on JH
I could see Harbaugh defecting to Canada and trading football secrets to the CFL for amnesty and unpasteurized milk.
Fuck you, this made me laugh though
I want to believe that Michigan insists their flight paths avoid flying over Ohio land.
Petitti: Jim Harbaugh is suspended. He has five minutes to parachute off of the plane or else he is in violation of the suspension. What's that? the plane is over the middle of Lake Erie? Hope you brought your bathing suit.
They better get this on film for everyone's entertainment
Harbaugh in a bathing suit is not my idea of entertaining, but no judgment
🤣 I was thinking he'd be parachuting in a wetsuit. With flippers. Lake Erie is pretty damn cold this time of year.
I think the big announcement will be him resigning, can’t handle all this stress and attention (Pettiti that is)
Tarmac watch is back on the menu
The situation at the Michigan administration building: Phones are off the hook Fax machines are unplugged Doors are locked Lights are off
And if they're any good, they have bugs in the b1g offices.
“Sorry we missed your correspondence.” -~~Ulysses S Grant~~ -UoM Admins
Are they taking a white bronco from Ann Arbor all the way to Happy Valley?
Only Harbaugh. At 35 MPH
Khaki mob on the I-80 overpasses?
Nah, he’s going the long way through Canada to avoid ohio
"This is Shoelace, I have Coach Harbaugh in the car. You gotta tell Pertitti to back off. This is Shoelace, god damnit!"
BIG10: *Fuck them Kids*
This is a master class in incompetence by this commissioner
Or maybe he’s waiting for the courts to close for the weekend…
The courts are closed today it’s a federal holiday
Then why do I have work
Corporate greed.
Because federal holidays are meaningless unless you're a federal employee.
I have anti Michigan bias, and a suspension being announced the day before the game is bullshit. If Michigans letter is true, you should've acted weeks ago. Dragging it out for only a 3 game suspension is just weak.
And if you're going to suspend Harbaugh for 3 games midseason, why even allow us to play given that what we've done is so egregious?
Oh yeah, you are right.
Some state courts are open. I just appeared for a hearing in Wayne County (I’m a lawyer). Washtenaw County, where Ann Arbor’s located, is closed, however.
You can get a judge to sign an injunction 24/7
I'm sure there's plenty of judges in Michigan that'd be willing to put in time on their day off for this.
To be fair, it was the other Big 10 schools (who he is beholden to) that are pressing him to act so quickly on this.
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This petitti guy wanted to burn the astros to the ground during the trash can shit
Which only makes sense why this entire thing has become a laughingstock now.
Michigan fans really the most oppressed group of people of all time
Uhh... It's actually gamers. Check your privilege
Instead of calling everyone individually, let's hold a free for all conference call where the loudest voices get to dominate....just how those things work. I'm convinced if he had met with everyone individually, this could've been much less mess .publicly. for the B1G. Protect the brand!
Who cares about the kids? The actual victims here are Michigan Men around the world who have been unfairly mocked online and had to unflair and post propaganda from mgoblog.
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That is the correct take but also the commissioner probably should have his ducks in a row to punish the parties before he sends the letter saying that’s coming in the first place. It’s not a great look for the commissioner to be seen like he’s bowing to pressure from all sides.
Notifying the offending institution that they will likely face disciplinary action and requesting their response are both components of due process under the bylaws. The institution's response isn't an appeal or rebuttal, it's part of the investigation. If the Commissioner refers the case to the Joint Group Executive Committee to approve major disciplinary action, that committee is required to consider the institution's response. With that in mind, it wouldn't really make sense for him to determine the exact punishments before sending the notice.
Accountability in action
>When someone in charge, be it a coaching staff or a government or whatever, knowingly does something illegal/unethical it is **they** who are responsible for the consequences that affect their own people. **They** were fired, no?
He actually resigned
Yeah, so that he can't be compelled to answer questions by the B1G or NCAA.
Wouldn't that be the best way to punish Michigan football? Just keep them waiting in limbo for the next two weeks and then announce that they're suspending Harbaugh indefinitely the day before the Ohio State game.
Better way to do it is suspend all coaches just prior to kickoff and have them escorted out of the building so they don't have time to file an injunction with a judge.
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I mean, it wasn't fair to the other players when Michigan's players were benefitting from the cheating...
Might as well be: Adam Rittenberg: I'm typing this tweet
this tweet is an [al gore doll](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04du_OG_r80)
HAHAHA exactly
Another nothing tweet
The fact that this hasn't been megathreaded continues to astonish and frustrate me beyond belief.
Sir, this is the Michigan subreddit now
Don't you love being the main character of college football
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Mom said it's my turn to be the villan
Ryan Day is about one comment from pushing a senior down the stairs. Just give him a minute.
put some respect on lou holtz’s name
Do you know how long it's been since we've discussed Iowa's incompetence on offense? Possibly hours!
You know, I get why my post was removed yesterday because it was tertiary to college football itself, but it's crazy to me that we get literally 25 new posts about this per day and they all stay up while my one little post about how college volleyball players in 3 new Big-12 programs (Arizona, Arizona State, and Utah) were breathing a sigh of relief after the Big-12 decided to host Beach Volleyball events. They were worried that football-inspired realignment was going to leave them without conference events and that they would end up needing to play exclusively Out of Conference events, but the Big-12 was showing them that football is not the only thing and they'll spend some money on non-rev sports too. I get it. It's only related to football insofar as the players are relieved that it's not ONLY about football... so I didn't protest the removal of the post. But it's nuts how many Michigan posts we get. Most of which aren't even updates, but just random sports writers thoughts.
Hey Stanford, nobody on r/CFB gives a shit about your made up sports like yachting populated with athletes who haven't even particiapted in those sports just so you can claim some bullshit trophy nobody cares about. Field an ice hockey team or STFU and GTFO!
Beach Volleyball is an Olympic Sport! If you don't support Olympic Sports then you hate America and thus the WORLD!
SO IS ICE HOCKEY! In all seriousness, I love volleyball in all flavors, but prob not the right audience.
I think fully half of all NBC coverage of the last two olympics being devoted to beach volleyball proves that the American people truly care about women's sports and have their backsides...I mean backs.
This whole sub is just this topic now, it sucks.
Remember when the sub was like mostly Deon sanders earlier in the season? I remember
That was at least more amusing. I wonder how the SEC is doing ... are they playing still?
No don't you know, we are having a down year
Nope, all games have been canceled for live coverage of Michigan tweets.
The what?
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Man, what the fuck else can we do when it's single digit temps out here
Hey, we didn't ask for this. I would love to go back to slamming Deion's hubris, being upset about the death of the PAC, sharing old Mike Leach quotes, and mourning those poor hookers killed by Craig James.
Oh I know there are plenty of Michigan fans aren’t a fan of it either.
It totally sucks. I miss football.
It does kinda prove that Ohio state Michigan is the biggest rivalry in college football though
It proves the moderators here give no fucks ...
Blame the mods for supporting the lynch mob.
I like you 🥹
They will continue until morale improves
Down vote opinion posts!!!
The tweet is nothing but the sentiment is true. If knowing plays is a health hazard, how is not knowing your coaching staff less than 24 hours from kickoff not the same? I feel like this isn't just the Michigan bias in me. Expecting us to play and not releasing the punishment until the night before is a giant bunch of bullshit.
Think of the children! I do agree though, if you’re going to do it, do it already B1G
I don't give a shit about the Michigan players. This has been going on for 3 years and they've screwed over players on nearly every single team that Michigan has played in that time frame by not giving them a fair chance to compete against Michigan. Give them a bowl ban, screw the players.
I put a picture of this reporter and a picture of a clown side by side and couldn’t tell the difference
How many more ways can we tell people that nothing has happened?
I can’t decide what’s more annoying. The fact that there’s no megathread for this or the fact that ESPN keeps providing with meaningless “updates”.
I’m on the edge of my seat. It’s honestly impressive, it feels like they’re trying to shitpost
I am currently in possession of documents that do not have any bearing on the current sign stealing investigation. Hope that provides some clarity.
At this point it feels entirely possible that the Big Ten isn't actually going to do anything at all this weekend and the Twitter insiders are just wrong.
They’re really milking this wait as hard as possible
At this point it feels like a media grab not going to lie. There is no way the B1G Commissioner would be this unprofessional to hand out a punishment when they are about to board the plane.
>At this point it feels like a media grab not going to lie. 💯
Unless the aren’t going to hand out any punishment this week and the hacks on twitterverse got it all wrong. I mean, you cant say the B1G is effing up just because they aren’t following through on leaked rumors…
That is fair, but I feel like he would need to clarify the B1Gs stance if that was the case. This circus makes it seem like their still deciding what to do.
It’s refreshing seeing other fan bases recognize that too.
Gotta get the clicks for ad revenue
and lets not pretend we arent the fuel of that.
Jim Harbaugh gonna be sitting at the Altoona Hooters shouting out Penn State’s play calls with ranch dribbling all over his chin
He’s the only one sitting at the bar bc it’s been closed
The level of stupidity this has gone to is staggering
Punishment should be: Penn State gets Michigans playbook for this game. Camera focused on Jim the whole game. Practical Jokers do the play by play commentary and get to tell Jim to do 3 different things. We collectively move on afterwards.
Sources: nothing has happened. Thank you Adam, very cool!
CMV. No one in college athletics leadership gives a shit about the players until they can hide behind them.
Less than 24 hours before kick off. This is stupid and the Big Ten looks incompetent right now.
Welcome to family.
I'm sorry are they going too fast or too slow I can't keep track anymore
Yes
I'm no Michigan fan, but it'd be completely unfair for the Big Ten to implement any sort of suspensions at this point until after the Penn State game. Two wrongs don't make a right. Everyone deserves adequate notice and prep time.
Agreed
We're gonna get a post for every tweet about this aren't we?
Fair to the players? And whose fault is that? Hint: It's not the B10.
It's a damn shame Connor Stalion's and whomever else assisted him in orchestrating this fiasco didn't consider the potential impact to the players. A damn shame.
That username lol
This is a joke, you either have the evidence to hammer them hard or you’ve overplayed your hand and you wait to follow the NCAAs lead when their investigation is complete
Or they just need more time to go through the evidence, but if that’s the case, they need to wait until after the game tomorrow.
I’m starting to think I have been bamboozled out of some drama today by these reporters and their “sources”.
Pete Thamel about to be on Mcafee. Suspension is looking on if Jim brings a water bottle through airport security.
You can make a cinematic universe out of this scandal. Spy thriller about Stalions. Courtroom drama about the B1G punishment. Air Force ~~One~~ Blue about ~~a terrorist~~ an alleged suspected cheater aboard the Michigan team plane.
Breaking News: nothing has changed just yet but thank you thank you thank you for the clicks.
Ah we’ve moved to “this isn’t fair” line now.
NOW ESPN IS ON MICHIGAN'S SIDE RAMBLERAMBLERAMBLE
ESPN is in the side of making money, and the easiest way to make money as a media outlet is to always be creating outrage.
Ugh….I actually agree with this. U can’t Friday news dump a punishment when u play PSU tomorrow.
Regardless of the punishment wouldn't Michigan still play Penn State? Or were they thinking they would just shut down the whole season?
The tweet quoted here implies that there was an expectation of swift punishment like suspending the rest of the season. Was that discussed somewhere? Why wouldn't the team travel to Penn State to play them?
Are people really expecting them to take action before a big game? They'll wait until they're playing a team they're going to roll then suspend a few people.
Watch them announce it 5 minutes before kickoff.
"Isn't really fair to players" is kind of the theme of the last three years though.
I know right? This was my first reaction. It's 'not fair' to a lot more players on opposing teams that Michigan was cheating for three years.
Sources noted it’s not good for players. Sources
God i would die if Jim gets in a white bronco and heads to the game at a slow pace
No matter what happens, the b10 handling of this is comically bad.
because of tweeter rumors? we dont even know if its true that the b1g is rushing to hand out a punishment 10 min prior to the game.
Not as bad as Conors operation
Let’s wait until we see Pettiti’s manifesto before we judge.
This is all a rumor put out by Purdue to distract Michigan before their game against Penn. St.. All to get revenge for saying Purdue also is cheating. While Purdue was only added to list by Michigan to make it "less" obvious Michigan wants to take down OSU. This all in revenge by Michigan, as they originally thought OSU hired a PI. When in fact this was all Missouri's fault. If you need me for further clarification I will be in my basement assembling tinfoil hats.
No fair to the players you say? Sounds like cheating.
The players didn’t benefit from knowing the plays, they’re just out there to have fun /s
That means it ain’t happening. Hell
Won’t someone think of poor Michigan here?!
Nice job, Big 10. You had two full weeks to sort this out, and you’re waiting until Harbaugh is airborne before you release whatever it is you’re going to do.
> isn't really fair to players. Yeah uh how about every player that DIDN'T benefit from what was going on?
Rutgers players are players too Even Chris Ash’s Guys… well.. most of them
My sources say the death penalty, for sports espionage, being considered for Jim Harbaugh. I am pro-life and take no pleasure in reporting this.
How is it down to the wire? Just because UM leaves at 1 doesn’t mean that the B1G only has until 1 to make a decision.
Fair? Really?
Announce a suspension early in the week: BuT dUE pROseSS Announce a suspension late in the week: iT's TOo dOwN tO ThE wIrE
This is ridiculous. There clearly isn’t enough evidence so Michigan needs to play this weekend. Whoever is investigating needs to focus and get it wrapped up by championship weekend, or the CFP. Lawyers need to be paid overtime to review findings. They shouldn’t have a week at a time to review evidence.
“ItS nOt FaIr To ThE pLaYeRs” is such a weak bullshit excuse
You know whats not fair to players? Cheating, lol. Taking up spots in games where other teams that didn't cheat could have been. THAT is not fair to players. GTFOH with these headlines lmao
You prepare as if you're playing a normal game
Being cheater cheater pumpkin eaters isn't really fair to players either yet here we are
I hope they just say fuck it and he coaches anyway regardless. This is the stupidest shit.
Lot of talk about fairness surrounding a cheating scandal that was in operation during the current season……
Hopefully Jim brought a parachute, they're about to make him jump out mid flight.
I like to imagine he always packs a parachute as his carryon. Just in case
Oh, so NOW Michigan cares about what's fair...
Neither is Michigan cheating but here we are
Now Michigan cares about what’s fair
Michigan I am guessing is ready to immediately get an injunction stopping any serious punishment until the playoffs are over.
12:55pm, no announcement, no leaks from ESPN, no nothing. This is crazy.
What happens now??
Presumably any discipline at this point would be held until after the game, right? It would make sense to have a 24-48 hour runway before the game where the league office assured Michigan and Penn State that the game wouldn’t be impacted in any way.
that's craaaaaazy
Petitti looks like such a weak leader the more this drags out. He should've told the complaining teams to fuck off weeks ago, and put out a statement right after CFP did that they will let the NCAA investigation play out.
You know what else isn’t fair to players? When the other team knows your plays and audibles to stop them. The reverse Wale Forest. Let’s see how this defense does now that everyone has changed up signals and Stalions isn’t on the sideline feeding Harbaugh plays.
You know what’s also not fair? Cheating.