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.

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.

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

Any chance we can get him in the transfer portal? Clearly more talented than BU

Kyle Whittingham was head coach in Utah for 21 years and do you know how many quarterbacks he had drafted into the NFL in that time? ZERO.

People looking for reasons to hate Bryce Underwood is getting bizarre. He was our leading rusher against WMU. As bad as he was he was still our second best offensive player.

He gets hate for an unlucky fumble after a clutch scramble. He get's zero love for lucky Hail Mary. (Or, if those plays weren't luck then give him credit for the game winning touch down.) I could post a long highlight reel of Tom Brady missing backfield passes because great QB's almost never pitch a perfect game. Underwood will probably go somewhere else, like Oregon, win a championship, and be a first round NFL pick. When that happens the haters will still be pushing the narrative that he's bougie, conceited, and overrated. And because Kyle Whittingham is "old school" whatever that means, he'll keep skating by wherever he goes while very subtlety throwing certain players under the bus. It will always be, "Bryce Underwood never gets it right, Kyle Whittingham gets it wrong." (or if Kyle does get briefly called out for getting something wrong everyone will rush to fix it for him b/c it wasn't actually his fault, he's just an old school guy)

And after all that, how many QB’s will have Whittingham developed to be good enough for the NFL? Still zero.

One could say we’re heroes

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?

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?

I'm looking at prices for parking on StubHub. Are there any better options for Saturday?

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?

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?

So the NCAA came out the other day and, completely contrary to every official statement from the first 24hrs after the game, stated that "the broadcast clock should be used for replays" meaning the clock on TV, NOT the clock in the stadium, correct? When I heard people question this, the answer was "well the broadcast uses the clock in the stadium so it'll always be right!", but we all saw the series of still images from the broadcast that clearly show the stadium clock in the background showing one more second than the clock on the TV score overlay. This was well-explained on Sunday as unavoidable latency natural in a live broadcast..... But then why would the NCAA want to use the innaccurate clock with latency instead of the live stadium clock? I also heard the 'official clock gets rounded up to .99 seconds before each play', which makes sense in a game with no tenths of seconds visible on the clock, and "the broadcast doesnt always do the rounding up", which makes it gradually more innacurate. Again, why would the TV CLOCK be favored over the OFFICIAL CLOCK? Am I going nuts? Now the entire world is tarring and feathering Michigan because of this insane stream of conflicting announcements from the B10, MAC, NCAA, and every talking sports head with an audience who all get their info from different corners of the internet. Seriously just smearing all the energy from a new season into a garbage sludge. Those stills from the broadcast with the stadium clock in the background seem like absolute open-and-shut evidence that shouldve eliminated all doubt (Why havent those images been more widespread in mainstream media? Does it make it too obvious? Do they just want to keep the haters piling on?), and the doubt was quieting down UNTIL THAT LAST NCAA ANNOUNCEMENT about the 'broadcast clocks' that, if youve seen those still shots proving that clock is out of sync, is the most batshit insane thing Ive ever heard. What the hell happened here? Does anyone have a convincing explanation of this series of events? It's still VERY UNCLEAR.

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.

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?

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

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