Weekend Roundup Says Leave Harbaugh Alone

Here’s what happened around the internet while you booed Andrew Luck, which, by the way, you can totally do. Dude was the franchise, played his ass off, suffered a bunch of injuries, and finally decided it was better to hang it up. Maybe he gave it all he could, putting his health on the line trying to bring a title to Indianapolis, but he he walked out with two weeks to go before the opener and got paid $100 million…there’s nothing that says you also have to be nice to him.

• Jim has been on the receiving end of quite a few click bait motivated gems in the past week.

  • First the manufactured feud with Luke Fickle, the Adam Sandler-looking doofus auditioning to for the post-Dantonio MSU job. Luke tried to get Jim to lie to get Hudson eligible. Jim didn’t do it. So twitter decided Jim was responsible and an asshole. And the line blurs to where people are thinking Harbaugh is blocking transfers, which is not the same as a transfer eligibility waiver, and doesn’t matter BECUASE THE COACH HAS NO BEARING ON TRANSFERS OR ELIGIBILITY. But that narrative doesn’t make for more clicks, so instead Myles Sims family sees the Hudson story and says “Hey! That must be what happened to us! Harbaugh!” So that story comes out too. So now we have a (unfounded) pattern, and a growing number of angry Tennessee fans that are still pissed that Charles beat Peyton are coming out of the woodwork thinking Harbaugh’s next victim is Aubrey Solomon.

  • Second, the new John U. Bacon book Overtime, which you can buy right here, has some blurbs that when taken out of context came off a little arrogant and inflammatory. My favorite part however, is that Harbaugh is quoted as saying “It’s hard to beat the cheaters,” which sent the SEC into an uproar. Funny thing is, he never mentioned the SEC. Hmmmm. Anyway, Wolverines Wire has a nice recap of all the controversy manufacturing.

• The Wolverines are a “heavy favorite” (obviously) going into Saturday’s game with Middle Tennessee State. You taking the Speed in Space Wolverines minus 34???

• Freep takes their best guess at a depth chart.

• Michigan’s future running back Blake Corum is an inch shorter than Mike Hart and had 4 TDs on national television Saturday afternoon. Maize and Brew rounded up the videos for your enjoyment.

GAME WEEK! LET’S GO BLUE!!!

Weekend Round-Up: By All Means, Let's Only Talk About Basketball 3/5/2018)

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A roundup of the things that happened while king of excuses Tom Izzo ran out of them.

• ESPN's John Gasaway gives us The 343 teams that will not win the national championship and Michigan is one of them.  Wojo disagrees.
• A recap of the tourney from CBS Michigan wins Big Ten tournament: Wolverines at it again with 2nd straight title covers all the bases and has the rights to all the videos you want to see
• MgoBlog says what you wish you had the ability to (like RBUAS used to):  Snips, Fingernails, And Spartan Dawg Trails
• All bullshit aside, barring some kind of real craziness, Michigan is going to be a Top-10 team going in to the NCAA Tournament.   DetNews: UM vaults to No. 7 in AP poll; MSU drops to No. 4
• And an SBNation-heavy look at what we did to 4 fanbases:
  • Black Heart, Gold Pants: Michigan 77, Iowa 71: End of the Line
  • Corn Nation: Michigan Stomps Nebraska Basketball In Soul-Crushing 77-58 Loss
  • The Only Colors: Roundball recap: MSU basketball ousted from Big Ten Tournament
  • Hammer and Rails: Big Ten Tournament 2018: Purdue 66, Michigan 75

Weekend Roundup Hits the ATM

I don't typically endorse vandalism, but when I do...it's on this loser.

• Kind of old news now, but Yahoo Sports clearly teamed up with ESPN OTL in what is obviously a zero evidence which hunt of the Spartans.  So much disrespekt.  The list of cheaters provided by Yahoo is long and distinguished, but includes details of cash to Miles Bridges mom.  I'd like to say that they will have to vacate their recent victories against Michigan...but they don't have any.  NCAA seems to be looking the other way anyway.  I mean, Miles says it never happened, and Graham Couch, who certainly has a history of burning a few (couches, that is), says he believes him.  Surprisingly, Michigan State got out ahead of this issue and did a full investigation months ago.   Obviously, getting ahead of issues is not their strong suit of late.  If it's sexual assault, they are a wait and see organization.  If it's Miles Bridges might not be able to play, it's all hands on deck.
• In other cheater news, Louisville had their appeal denied, and they officially had to vacate the 2013 National Championship (which they won on a bullshit foul call on a Trey Burke clean block),  Rick Pitino (remember when we tried to hire him?)  thinks they should sue the NCAA.  I like Greg Marshall's suggestion.
• Five key plays at UMHoops is my favorite recap/highlight reel after a hoops game.  Here's the one from Saturday's drubbing of Maryland.  Michigan is a 5-seed in the BTT, and projected as a 6-seed in the NCAAs on both CBS and ESPN.
• Off-Tackle Empire takes on the Big Ten tournament thread-style.  There's some discussion of less motivation this year for the Maize and Blue due to already knowing they're in the tournament...but surely JB will be selling them on possibly moving up to a 3-seed.
• Big Ten Schedule and week-early Big Ten Tournament was stupid, says the guy who made it happen.
• I'm a big fan of swag.  These boys have it.  Side note:  People really hate Mo Wagner.
• Drevno is out.  Jimmy cut his best bud.  More proof that all he wants to do is win.  He was replaced, at least from an OL coaching perspective, by former Buckeye Ed Warriner, who shared (almost certainly without permission) the Spring Practice Schedule.
• Spring Training is underway, and I was really surprised how many Tigers I noticed on this lineup that for some reason has 2 center fielders and 2 3rd basemen.  I thought we got rid of everybody?

While You Were Drinking: Makin' Bacon Edition

Here's what happened on the internets while you let your 13-year-old grandson drive drunk because you were drunker.

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• Predicting the College Football Final Four is pretty re-damn-diculous in August, but it looks like everybody is doing it.  Sports Illustrated has us.  Jerry Palm does not, and leaves out the Big Ten entirely.  By the way, the Peppers "regional" SI cover actually is distributed in 25/50 states, including Ohio, which makes me happy just thinking about those toothless bastards putting Playboy style covers over the copies in the liquor stores - of which they have the most per capita.
• Zach Gentry is a man with a cannon and a 250 pound frame.  But Michigan is a team with a bunch of quarterbacks, and only one can play, so Coach told Zach he's going to be a Tight End.  Zach is accepting it, which probably makes him a better (Michigan) Man than you or me.
• Imagine what it must be like to continue to support one of the most infamous pedophiles in American history...that's the life of a Sandusky family member.  Jerry finally spoke - says his lawyers f'ed him.  Fill in your own pun here about tit for tat, etc.
• Alex at MGo profiles the B1G West, which is a hot mess of teams that would finish 5th in the East.  Personally, I like the Wildcats coming out of that side before Fitz runs off into the sunset for one of the big openings.
• Bo had open heart surgery 40-years ago, then basically did Michigan Replay while jogging during his recovery.  Why?  Because he's tougher than you.  And that's why he lasted another 30 years.

While You Were Drinking: Camping Edition

Here's what happened this weekend while you snuck in 40 drinks at last call:

• Fall camp commences today.  Listen man, we've been around the block together many times.  We've won that pre-season paper Big Ten Championship and pre-season paper National Championship more than anyone.  This year, we ran away with it.  Typically (read: always) that's a recipe for disappointment.  However, the team is not backing down from the lofty predictions.  They have seemed to take on the personality and confidence of their Coach, which I can't imagine being anything but good.
• On the flip side, tough to get all gaga over a team that doesn't have a quarterback, as the battle for signal caller re-ignites between O'Korn and Speight today.  Tough to judge, and might be tough to deal with as the season progresses with our fairweather fanbase.  Handling demands to play the backup as soon as the starter shows a hint of weakness won't be fun.
• Jordan Kovacs made it to Hollywood.
• Jehu Chesson's mystery injury was that he tore his PCL in the bowl game.
• Buckeyes are classy.  So are their moms.
• Isaiah Livers, a four star forward, has committed to John Beilein over Michigan State.
• Go get yourself a copy of Enthusiasm Unknown to Mankind...it's beautiful.