There is always a push and pull on these rankings when it comes to deserves vs analysis. I just think they leaned into the deserves side of the coin too much. Georgia and FSU have both beaten some decent teams this year so I would give them the nod. It's all meaningless at this stage in the season and next week they very well may go the other direction.

I think I'm going to buy this, paint it yellow and blue, and hide it the next time I go to my Michigan friend's house.

He may also have been wearing smart ray bans on the sideline

See the blue dot on those shades our guy was wearing well past sunset? pic.twitter.com/izpQn79GMx

— Josh Pate (@LateKickJosh) October 31, 2023

Now I am starting to get interested in this sign stealing story. Can we get a photo of him in a team huddle?

How about talking to Harbaugh in a conference with refs?

https://twitter.com/MattatechS/statu...43143124803959

I don't understand the people who think it didn't help. I get you don't know the exact play, but even knowing for certain if it's a run or pass is a pretty big help.

It's like knowing what type of pitch is coming in baseball. There's still a decent area where the ball can go left/right/up/down, but it's still one less variable you have to worry about. Or even which side a penalty kick is going to in soccer.

If anything the placebo affect of even thinking you have a leg up has to help with a player's confidence at the snap.

The Athletic did a survey of 50 coaches and the results mirror what you say here.

In college football, how much does knowing an opponent’s signals matter? Coaches weigh in - The Athletic

I don't think that anyone believes that it would not help. I think people believe that everyone does it at some level. So the question is where do individuals draw that line. I do think that there has been a rush to get to the everyone does it phase of things that happen when someone is caught breaking one of these rules. I don't know if Michigan is the first school to be accused, investigated etc. for sign stealing but if they are I feel like there is supposed to be lots of morale outrage over a violation to the integrity of the sport blah blah blah. Like we all knew that players were receiving extra benefits but whenever the first ones or twos came to light, we would all clutch pearls and demand the death penalty. One day, usually when our favorite school got caught, we all would decide that getting the extra benefits were not that big of a deal and then we would enter the everyone does it phase so there was no big advantage gained.

If everybody does it, I hope they are at least covering it up better than these chuckle-heads.

That requires no effort whatsoever. There is no imaginable rankings which wouldn't have that effect.

Release the Manifesto!!!

Connor Stalions and his attorney have provided statements to The Athletic. https://t.co/jVsOruIILV pic.twitter.com/OKXD1LzscJ

— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) November 4, 2023

Caught the end of Syracuse-BC (in case anyone was curious of how excited I am for an in-seasom NBA tournament) and saw the incredible stat that Dino Babers is now 0-32 at Syracuse when his team scores less than 20 points. Even in an era of high scoring offense that seems ... bad.

I hope Stalions got a huge payday for falling on his sword.

It's completely unbelievable that he spent all that money and then directly enhanced the gameplan without anyone else noticing.

This season has been a shit show and will continue with a lame duck OC. The rest of the schedule is boring. Its a good thing we have an elite punter and defense. Makes it watchable.

Time to shut down all of this nonsense. Harbaugh and the rest of the coaches knew nothing. Stalions was a rogue operative. Do you not trust the word of a Marine? Case closed!

Time to go back to our regularly programmed schedule of beating up on a bunch of nobodies.

What dumb season this has been.

I think it is possible this was running this without the knowledge of Harbaugh, but Harbaugh definitely knew this guy's primary job was sign-stealing. I think he could have ran the scouting program out of pocket and had the staff convinced he was breaking codes from just game-film.

It would still be a team violation because he was a staff member doing it, and they still could be hit with LOIC because of it.

Possible but do you think it was probable? I'd go like 99.9% he knew that more than tv copy was used to build their laminated cheat sheets that they produced before each game.

I would say 80/20 that someone else on staff above him knew what he was doing. I would say Harbaugh himself knew is probably 60/40. I think the strongest possibility is Harbaugh knew in a wink and a nod sort of way. He wasn't informed of everything going on, but he knew something was probably not up and up, and not to look at it too hard.

This was the proper response from the beginning. You should be the next SID.

That last part is what I was including in my 99.9%. I think he knew but I tend to think he didn't know specifics. The CMU angle is what has me wondering if he had even more insight considering shark boy worked at UM with Harbaugh before taking that CMU job.

According to one of the Michigan beat writers, Michigan received an overwhelming amount of evidence yesterday and that totally changed the situation. There's no telling what all we'll learn eventually.

But I was told this was all invented by Ryan Day's brother, so this will all end up with OSU getting the Death Penalty. At least that is what the Michigan boards are saying.

Give Cleveland State the death penalty and be done with it

They're calling for Day to get arrested on RICO charges. It's great entertainment.

I think we are seeing the end of the NCAA as a ruling body. I imagine conferences will take care of their own going forward.

Notre Dame playing a real team this week are going to get boat raced it seems.

Coaches never ever learn that underdogs don't win upsets by kicking 20 yard field goals. It's so infuriating.

Its Schiano though. Did you really expect anything else?

I was just going to say, I got excited when I saw Rutgers up 9-7 and then saw they have FGs of 20, 21, and 22. Three shots inside the 5 and no TDs. Seems like an easy bet to lose in the 2nd half.

It seems clear now that Stallions only resigned at UM so he could take a new job at Rutgers.

Ohio State is so bad in every first half but at least they usually have a small lead. That fake punt was so, so bad.

35-9 final.

ND has had three consecutive possessions with a chnace to tie and have gone 3 and out each time. Let’s see if they do it again.

Edit - sorry, on the second possession they picked up 20 on first down. Then went three and out.

Make that 4 in a row.

I’m fine if Sam Hartman doesn’t play again after this game. And Parker is a terrible OC

And here we go again - 5th time?

Also, dumb of Clemson to not run that to at least keep the clock running

There are few programs who seem to hate any whiff of prosperity in a game more than Ole Miss.

"OleMissing" is pretty much a verb now, like Clemsoning.

Drive 5 with chance to score - thrown int.

Let’s see how attempt 6 goes

Drive 6 - Hartman throws to random positions of the field that have no players. Turnover on downs.

3 carries for Estime this half. Seriously, wtf

FSU without Keon Coleman AND Johnny Wilson and predictably struggling on offense. Yeah, it's Pitt, but you take away like 75% of the WR targets and that's tough.

Well, FSU is on serious upset alert. Pitt should be up a TD but the rest of our WRs are young and have no idea how to fight for a ball. Yeesh.

They really need to join a conference……..the MAC.

last six drives for ND gained 56 total yards.

Where are the GTech guys at? Y'all just won two game in a row for the first time in I don't know how long, and this game in pretty convincing fashion. Looks like Brent Key has the program going in the right direction.

Don’t get me wrong, happy GT won but this messed up the lose one, win one thing that would have resulted in us beating Clemson and uGA

Is uGAs field built on top of a sandbox?

We don't have to worry about an undefeated Air Force anymore.

Dude, it was Virginia, a team that I'd guarantee doesn't make the playoffs in half the Class 7A regions in the state.

Are they better than some recent teams? Yeah, probably so.

Do I have any delusion whatsoever that they're a) relevant and b) ever will be relevant? None at all.

As much as people hate on Gary Danielson and Brad Nessler, these guys calling the Georgia-Missouri game makes them look like the best commentator duo to every work.

I'm not watching, but I turned it on for a few minutes and didn't understand what I was listening to. I haven't heard enough to know if it's bad, but it just sounds wrong.

Worst football game ever? 😅 pic.twitter.com/tT50sTd0WX

— theScore Bet (@theScoreBet) November 4, 2023

The stats from this one are unbelievable. Neither team threw for 100 yards. Combined they didn't reach 150.

Total yards for the game was 339. They combined for 82 rushes for 193 yards. They were a combined 10-29 on 3rd downs. There was 101 yards in penalties in this game.

The over/under was 29.5 to 31 depending on where you looked and they didn't come close to it.

The O/U dropped to 19.5 at half time and everyone was like, "Still take the under!"

Was looking pretty bleak for Coastal Carolina today-started their #3 QB, a freshman-he wasn't very impressive in the first half, with just 80 yards passing and then a 3rd Quarter INT lead to an Old Dominion touchdown, and looked like the game was out of reach at 21-6, but the freshman responded in the next series, running 75 yards for a TD.



That sparked the team and they were tied until a late ODU FG. But with less than 2 minutes left, the freshman drove 75 yards and threw a game winning TD with 23 seconds left. Crazy finish. Freshman had 170 yards rushing for the game and a 180 yards passing.

Iowa had the 4 lowest over/unders in history. All have gone under.

Iowa - Northwestern was the 7th highest scoring game at Wrigley Field this year.

The other 6 were Cubs games.

Oklahoma St. beats Oklahoma 27-24 and as the fans stormed the field, played “We’re never ever, ever getting back together” & “Happy trails to you” at the final Bedlam game.

At least our OC is going to have "fun" these last games.

How much does this Miami coaching staff hate Emory Williams?

Watching WVU the past 2 weeks it feels like one of the old Folgers commercials except they secretly replaced our offensive coaching staff instead of coffee.

That TD by USC was amazing. What a fresh take on the typical flea flicker.

Here it is.

Yep that’s one of the coolest plays I’ve ever seen �� pic.twitter.com/2zhbcsnbJd

— Max Olson (@max_olson) November 5, 2023

Please get TVD out of there. I just don't understand how they can keep playing him at this point.

They're doing the rope-a-dope for FSU next week. I guess?

This Bama-LSU game is living up to the hype.

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So is USC's defense.

Bama/LSU. Wash/USC. Miami/NC State https://t.co/hJfNsMx3ue pic.twitter.com/MbG7wO4Rtw

— Sweep The Leg (@SweepTheLeg337) November 5, 2023

Some team's fans is going to be so pissed by all this damn running Caleb Williams does.

Odds are that team can't pass block, so they'll need the mobility.

That was a nasty hit on Jayden Daniels.

I don't even know if it was a penalty. Guy just got blasted.

That hasn't stopped the complaints from happening in the past.

It looked like a high hit/hit to the head/neck area at a minimum, if not targeting.

Daniels out for the game, and I would guess one or two more.

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This guy probably has the greatest Twitter account of all time.

The Massacre of the Innocents, by Cornelis van Haarlem, 1590, �� via @edsbs pic.twitter.com/LZBWRFRDLV

— ArtButMakeItSports (@ArtButSports) November 5, 2023

USC might have the worst defense of any team to become bowl eligible in the history of college FB. And with a Heisman winner on the roster, no less

Yeah what an embarrassing loss. I stand corrected they were imposters. Pretty down after that loss.

Usually you talk about yards after contact. Well, UW's RB has 256 yards on 26 carries, 199 yards BEFORE contact.

Simply unbelievable.

NC State didn't play well at all, but they're going to walk away with a victory because Miami's coaching staff refused to put in a competent QB.

That was the most pleasant WVU game I have been to in years.

Also, BYU fans were really, really great. I think today was probably the most visiting fans I can remember seeing and they were super nice.

I've decided I want to see an Iowa vs. USC bowl game. No offense vs. No defense on one side.

And an elite offense v. an elite defense

At least he's free for Christmas.

Rutgers @ Iowa over/under opens at 28.5, a new record low. Third straight week the Iowa game sets a new record low u/o (under hit in both previous record matches).

— Carver Cone (@CarverCone) November 5, 2023

Can Iowa make it 4 in a row when they play Nebraska?

They fired grinch just in time to get nothing out of calebs career

I missed the Jimbo Fisher discussion from earlier in the season. I just saw a clip of him from this weekend in which he said that his team has the talent to win a title. It was not clear if he meant a division, conference or national title. At this point the school just forcing him to stay on the sidelines against his will, right?

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They absolutely will because they have Illinois next. Bieema vs. Ferentz? 10-7 would be a high scoring affair Im afraid.

College football is so dumb and I love it

https://www.thebiglead.com/posts/con...a-01hengk875ys

Not long after Connor Stalions moved to Ann Arbor in 2022, his HOA sued him for allegedly running a business out of his unit (note the vacuums). In legal documents, Stalions said the suit was the design of a Michigan State fan hoping to distract him.https://t.co/cAKUK9OPS7 pic.twitter.com/tHRWS5pwQM

— Laine Higgins (@lainehiggins17) November 7, 2023

I don't know, I don't really buy the Michigan State angle. I think it's much more likely that an anti-veteran person was responsible. Those anti-veteran folks are everywhere!

Also, he bought that house for $500k with a salary of $55k? No way that house is worth half that much, it looks like it's about to collapse. And what the hell is wrong with the lending market? There's no way a single guy can afford that mortgage on that salary. Is the market about to collapse again or are we just way too frugal?

I can't address the mortgage part but the price of the house seems on par with what I see elsewhere.

I mean, the Ann Arbor market has to be a little more upscale than my exurban (still virtually rural) hometown in north Georgia ... but I found a smaller house there that looked to be similar/worse condition going for $241/sq ft (twitter had the final sale stuff on Stallions place which went for $171/sq ft)

He got a sub-Prime mortgage.

Not exactly sure where this goes, but I see that the University of Arizona miscalculated its cash on hand and just recently realized they were off by $240 MILLION and only have COH for about 97 days. There is a LOT of talk about draconian cuts required and many people looking at the athletic department. No way FB is directly affected, but they are talking cutting sports programs as part of the fix.

What's the point of having a billion dollar endowment except for something like this?

Is UofA lying about how well-endowed they are as well?

I hate to say that this was planned all along buuuuut ... "We have 23 sports programs, the B10 average is only 17" sure feels like an answer they already had handy.

As I understand it, only required minimum distributions are actually used from endowments. They are mostly used as a fundraising tool and are not liquid.

Not all of an endowment is accessible. Restricted funds have to be spent on things they were marked for. Unrestricted funds can go anywhere, but most endowments have the bulk of their money in restricted funds.

Seriously. Connor Stalions is a god damned Marine (there are no ex-Marines) and nobody is respecting him or his word. He has made everything clear. This investigation should be over! The case closed.

This whole thing is so stupid.

Someone on Reddit was talking about a pretty badly written Michigan support piece by saying we would all feel the same way if it were our team. My response was:
"I love my team, but all I would feel if this were Georgia is shame. Shame and anger that they would cheat so stupidly. I'm not naive. There is probably a scandal coming someday about something. I just hope it isn't one this level of blatantly stupid."

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The Big 10 is suspending Harbaugh from being on the sidelines for the remainder of the regular season.

I honestly can't see Harbaugh staying at Michigan. He's not getting fired, but those NFL openings will look really good this offseason.