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[iam416]

I think it's established that M took sign stealing to an extreme level...and you don't know how great the benefit was. Minimize it all you want. You cheated. You went great lengths to do it. You got caught. End of story.

Everyone knows this. They’re a punchline. Dirty. Fucking. Cheaters.

[iam416]

Well, it seems like this where we stand:

(1) It's indisputable that M cheated for 2+ seasons and that cheating operation was run by a M staff member;

(2) It's indisputable that the M-staff member was working directly with both coordinators during games;

(3) It's indisputable that under the applicable rules the HC does not have to have actual knowledge of the transgression -- I'm sorry -- systematic cheating;

(4) M and its fans know, or should know, that this 3 years -- which coinicides with their systematic cheating -- is a blip -- pretty much like Dantonio's 2013-15 run -- and that starting next year and for the foreseeable future they return to being the same old M of the past 20 years;

(5) M and its fans know, or should know, this is going to be their only credible chance to win a national title in a long time; and

(6) M, despite the indisputable facts in (1)-(3), is going to fight tooth and nail to preserve it's last chance at a national title.

This should be a really entertaining week.

[iam416]

And I'm stilly praying to God that IF the B10 suspends HARBAUGH***** that M decides to seek a TRO and argue they'll prevail on the merits because, in part, HARBAUGH**** didn't know. To get that cheating sack of shit under an actual oath in a depostion -- oh, man -- that would be glorious.

[Mike]

The TRO would be based on Big 10 rules as I understand it. Sounds like the suspension is coming soon.

[iam416]

Re the TRO -- Yes -- M would have to say the B10 exceeded its authority and could NOT -- in any way -- assert innocence. The minute they get outside of B10 rules and start defending themselves on the facts they are in for a world of hurt -- in a lot of different ways.

[Mike]

Now, there's a WSJ article that claims the Big Ten will defer to the NCAA. Nobody really knows anything, IMO.

[iam416]

If I were the B10, I'd at least do the 2 games they can do under the rules, but what do I know.

The facts are pretty cut and dried at this point. And the HC's Sargent Schultz defense doesn't absolve him of no punishment under any circumstances.

I would do the 2 games and if they felt immense pressure, then go to the executive committee or whatever for approval for more. I think that's how the conference rules work.

[THE_WIZARD_]

Death Penalty.

[iam416]

Fair, yet not harsh enough.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Wiz-

"I saw the sign
And it opened up my eyes, I saw the sign
No one's gonna drag you up
to get into the light where you belong..."

[Dr. Strangelove]

Michigan should be forced to pay for the contracts of any fired Big10 coaches from the past 3 years as it seems evident now that they lost employment through Michigan chicanery.

Paging Mr. Frost...

[Mike]

Better yet. They all get their jobs back! Sorry Rhule.

[iam416]

I would simply settle for M being forced to hire Brian Ferentz as OC and Alex Grinch as DC. That seems like the surest possible way to insulate member schools from whatever brazen cheatery M is engaged in.

[Mike]

That's just death penalty by another name.

[iam416]

I'd rather have the team not play at all than watch 125 yards of offense and 750 yards of defense play.

I mean, I'm ALREADY stuck with a quasi-Brian Ferentz team -- OSU is bad, but we all know there's several layers of atrocious to get through before you get to Iowa. Thank god they occasionally stop someone.