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We're losing track of the indisputable fact that Michigan was tossed out of the Big10 for refusing to clean up its program and reign in Coach Yost who had gained control of the entire university by that point.
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M with Yost was competing against other programs in the East that had 'paid' coaches while dominating the B10. M's competition was more the programs in the East that the B10 at the time. After the B10 implemented this rule to 'punish' M for being so dominating, 3-4 other B10 programs started to 'pay' coaches by the time M came back to the conference.Comment
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Not sure if "Fact" can be used in the same sentence as "tossed"....
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I posted this exact link upthread. That's as friendly a source as you could find, and even it had this to say:Originally posted by madootra View Post
Near the end of the 1906-07 athletic season the conference held to its guns and, depending on your perspective, Michigan either willfully exited or was booted from the Western Conference for not complying with the new rules.
On April 14, 1907 the New York Times headline blazed, ?CONFERENCE OUSTS MICHIGAN?. The opening paragraph read:Michigan University was to-day ruled out of the Western Conference athletics because of its refusal to observe conference rules, and all relations between the university and the other colleges composing the conference were severed?.The representatives of Michigan declined to promise that the university would observe these rules.
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Yeah.....thanks for pointing out, for a third time, that being "tossed" is not a "fact".Comment
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It's indisputable.Originally posted by madootra View Post
A Michigan-friendly, uberhomer site can't even bring themselves to say Michigan withdrew on their own.
That means, without a doubt, that Michigan was given the old heave-ho. For cheating. For refusing to live up to the standards of amateurism. For emulating the practices of the "eastern" schools, the SEC of its day.
Michigan eventually came crawling back when they struggled to draw crowds to games against Lawrence and Mount Union.
Interestingly, Michigan State (then called Michigan Ag School or whatever) helped Michigan out by playing them annually in their time of need. Michigan would repay this debt in the 40's/50's by doing everything in its power to crush the surging MSU program and keep them out of the Big10 (to no avail). That's the Michigan way, the Michigan code of "honor".Comment
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Nah DSL , Stan referred to you as a "MFer" upthread which was outlandish and even overboard IMO..besides, I highly doubt you actually care for women anyway.....but then again it is northern Kentucky.
RefuteLast edited by Optimus Prime; May 20, 2012, 07:56 AM.?I don?t take vacations. I don?t get sick. I don?t observe major holidays. I?m a jackhammer.?Comment
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That seems indisputable.Comment
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also irrefutableComment
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I had to edit the thread title to encompass all that is the The ohio fan.Comment
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Thanks JD, obviously most painful for DSL. My favorite part and who the hell are they kidding?
But that's what we look for. We want an environment where our staff and coaches understand that you're going to make inadvertent violations but you need to report them.?I don?t take vacations. I don?t get sick. I don?t observe major holidays. I?m a jackhammer.?Comment
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I liked that Meyer was photographed talking to Noah Spence then only two days later fesses up to talking with his coach.
To be a professional means that you don't die. - Takeru "the Tsunami" KobayashiComment
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Thanks for again and again posting that link to the information regarding U of M being a CFB "independant" for 10 seasons (1907 thru 1916), effectively clearing up the difference between actual "fact" versus "fiction, conjecture, assumptions, hypothesis, etc.".
Regardless of what happened back then, I'm sure former U of M President James Dudderstadt would have taken sides against Yost and in favor of those damn meddling professors!Comment
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