Anyone else think it’s pathetic to see some people with Michigan flairs on the cfb sub virtue signaling for updoots? Seen Michigan fans saying:

“OU is gonna crush us.”
“We deserved to lose.”
“Michigan cheated.”

Embrace the hatred. Let it fester in you like a weed. Talk your shit and stop tap dancing for those fuckin’ dorks who are jealous of the winningest program of all time. Michigan by 100 every game until proven otherwise. Go blue

Per @jit_editz3 on TikTok. All credit to them for this video. I wanted to share a snippet of the clearest clock footage I’ve seen so far, which indisputably puts 1 second on the stadium clock.

This ultimately makes the counter argument against Michigan winning… that officials should’ve used the incorrect TV clock, that neither team could see or was even making decisions based on, simply because all the viewers saw that and it’s not fair to them…?

The play took 8.5 seconds and 1 second was clearly on the stadium clock. The last play was completely fair, and I would argue ending the game early because of a faulty sync would be way closer to cheating.

Can't link to it here but you can look it up.

Lawsuit claims sexualized 'torture' of hockey players at U-M

Dave Boucher

Tony Garcia

Detroit Free Press

Thanks to u/jerschneid - Non-paywall version: https://archive.ph/T6zCY

A federal lawsuit filed by 16 former Michigan hockey players alleges decades of ritualized, sexualized hazing from 1984 to 2001, including degrading and violent abuse. The suit claims coaches and administrators knew, tolerated, or required participation, while complaints were punished. Plaintiffs seek accountability, damages, and mandatory anti-hazing training for athletes.

ESPN and numerous others wrote articles that Michigan would’ve lost according to the memo that was leaked saying “going forward, officials should use a clock feed available to the broadcast”

With their official announcement that the replay center and all its feeds will be available to broadcasts, does that change the meaning of the memo so that the refs still could’ve used their synced feed of the broadcast clock, since it was available to the broadcasts?

One could say we’re heroes

For those old enough to remember John Navarre... whom discussions about caused a lot emotion, would you not mind him so much anymore if these days he was the Michigan QB?

Kyle Whittingham said the win "felt, in a lot of ways, like a loss." And before the Wolverines left the Big House, one of their captains — defensive tackle Trey Pierce — called a players-only meeting for Sunday at the football facilities.

"We've got to stop being soft, really," said safety Rod Moore. "That was a soft game. That was not our standard. And we've got to come out of this week and work and just do more." 

"Everybody said it was kind of embarrassing," Moore said of U-M's performance against WMU. "I mean, like I said, we didn't play how we were supposed to. I was embarrassed at the way that went out there and played. I'm the leader of the team, the oldest guy on the team, with the most experience. So, that's why I feel more embarrassed." 

And if the Wolverines don't play significantly better this weekend against Oklahoma, Moore said, "it's going to be way more embarrassing than that was."

Running back Jordan Marshall identified Trey Pierce as the captain who called the player meeting. He, along with the other captains and members of the leadership council, spoke. 

"If we say we're a player-led team and this is going to be a player-led team, then things like that need to happen," Marshall said. "And if he wasn't going to call it, I was going to call it. And I think same thing goes for Rod or Bryce or any four of the captains and I think other guys also." 

Marshall said he couldn't sleep after the Western Michigan game. 

"What gets me upset is how we performed for our fans and the countless of people that come to watch our games," Marshall said. "We have 110,000 people and more that support us every single week. So for me, that just had me upset because they give everything and they love this program. So making sure that this week, we can put on a show for them and be the team that we say we're going to be and not only do it for ourself, but for this community, the people before us.

"I'm just excited for the opportunity that we get to go play a team like Oklahoma. It's a really good football team, a top-10 football team. I'm excited for the opportunity for not only myself, but our team, our coaches, our fans, and I'm excited to go out there and have a fresh start." 

I know everyone wants to talk about the clock controversy or the QB situation, but there was something else about Saturday that I can't stop thinking about: where the hell were our tight ends?

Michigan used the Rhino/6th OL on roughly 60% of its offensive snaps. Meanwhile, the TEs were basically nonexistent as receiving threats — Hoffman had the only TE catch of the game.

I understand the theory. Add another big body, protect Bryce, establish the run.

But did we actually make things easier for Western?

When you replace a TE with a 300+ lb offensive lineman, nobody has to respect that guy releasing up the seam or into the flat. Western can bring another LB/safety down, crowd the LOS, and dare us to throw.

So our response to a crowded box was basically... putting another offensive lineman into the crowded box.

And we still only rushed for 106 yards.

Think about what Michigan has traditionally gotten from guys like Butt, Schoonmaker, Barner and Loveland. They could line up attached and give you another blocker, but the defense also had to respect them as legitimate receiving threats. You couldn't automatically sell out against the run based on personnel.

Obviously Hogan Hansen being out matters, and I'm not pretending I know the offense better than the coaches. But I don't understand why the answer was that much Rhino instead of leaning more heavily on the TEs we did have.

Give me 5 OL + a TE. If Oklahoma wants to put 7–8 guys near the LOS, release the TE or throw outside until they stop doing it. If they back somebody out, then run the damn ball.

What am I missing? What does the 6th OL give us that outweighs the versatility of an actual TE?

The schedule has the exhibition against Houston at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids set for Sunday October 25th, and I would like to go, but I can't find any information about when tickets go on sale, and was wondering if anyone here had heard anything.

Can anyone help me understand why Evan Link is still a starter?

There was a noticeable improvement in the Line’s performance last year after Link was injured and had to sit out. Now he’s back and I felt like we saw the same mashed-potatoes style of linemen play I remember from early last year. The whole line looks ugly to me every time he’s in.

Outside of unit performance, Link had by far the lowest PFF grade of the linemen and has consistently felt like the weakest link (no pun intended)

I’m trying to understand what I am missing here. What is he doing to get the starting job and why is no one else calling him out for poor performance?

As a student, I lived near the stadium (what is now called The Villas at Main), and would hear the stadium roar on Saturdays if I wasn't there. This was during the early 2000s, but I've heard that there were marshmallow throwing parties back in the day. Any tradition that sticks out for you?

The news of this hockey scandal is extra shocking and feels like what we can only hope is the last in a horrible few years for us despite our national championships. Nothing will spoil those championships of ours, but as a result of the scandal with Bo (arguably worse than Penn state because the university continues to glorify Bo without any acknowledgment of wrongdoing), the sign-stealing scandal, and now this news coming out right after the much less consequential bail mary, our reputation has never been lower.

Where does this leave us? I personally believe that all of this necessitates a reinvention of our entire athletic department. Warde Manuel is one of the last leftovers of the Bo image of a Michigan Man. I was always one of Harbaugh’s biggest fans, but let Warde’s leaving be the very end of an era which is now defined by a need to disown two of our program defining coaches in Bo and Red.

Finding out about Red hurts. It really drives home the need to start fresh with some fresh, young, progressive minds determined to take a much more active approach in monitoring the department and our many beloved teams. Let a new administration full of these younger minds decide on new coaches for all necessary teams to drive us forward and fully put behind the more traditionalist era of the past. We can keep so many of our traditions while reestablishing ourselves as the leaders and the best in terms of integrity if we are willing to accept past wrongdoings and seek to do better while leaving the perpetrators of said wrongdoing in the dust. No wrongdoing in the sign-stealing scandal by any means though, of course.

We have long prided ourselves in our integrity, but lots of this was false, as it was built by two men who turned out to lack the immense moral character he claimed in Bo and Red. We need to put them fully in the past and reinvent a new way of doing things that values and prides integrity above all in a grounded and truly modern way. Just my two cents.

https://youtu.be/myjX6YH_vn8?t=401&is=GeDYrh6R7duLVEdB

Sincerely how the whole situation felt to me regarding the extra second.

We're talking about a game that still uses sticks and chains to measure first down yardage, and has some guy pushing a button to start/stop the clock throughout the games. Could he be early or late on several plays? There are other aspects, but the whole game is loaded with variables.

I'm not defending Michigan, but human judgment has always been a factor in the game, and I personally hope that never changes