Separate sources also indicated that upon viewing the photos that
@TomOrr4
posted last night on Twitter, the belief inside the Ohio State program is that the laminated signal sheet in question was indeed OSU's signals.
Dallan Hayden has to play moving forward, redshirt be damned. This is a two-part deal:
1. You're competing for a championship. Anything that makes you even a tick better toward reaching that goal is worth doing over "saving" something for later.
2. If Dallan Hayden is an NFL…
Let me be clear. I don't care what happens to Jim Harbaugh and Michigan here. Doesn't impact me either way. But the notion that I shouldn't report on something that impacts Ohio State football when my job is to...uhhhh....report on things that impact Ohio State football is wild.
So we've crossed two more narratives off the propaganda board today. Michigan's lawyers eating the Big Ten for breakfast and Michigan leaving the conference (LOL). What's left in the world of fan fiction?
Michigan accepted the Big Ten's punishment and the Big Ten reserves the right to issue further punishment based on future NCAA findings. Spinning this as some type of settlement is delusional, yet par for the course.
The Texans win at home for the first time since December, 2021.
CJ Stroud: “That ain’t flying for me.
Stroud says it’s time for Texans fans to walk around with pride.
Stroud on the strong showing of the Steelers fans today: “We sent them home.”
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
Prediction: Folks who have been really unhappy with me in my mentions the last couple of days are going to be really, really unhappy with me by dinner time.
Two things on all of this....
1. I'm pretty confident in saying that OSU wasn't the school who initiated all of this.
2. Weird, weird obsession by the UM beat to find the school responsible and do a really bizarre form of "victim blaming". I mean if you find out this is going…
SOURCES: Michigan's alleged sign-stealing operation extended beyond just Big Ten foes. Buckeye Huddle has learned that Michigan staffer Connor Stalions also purchased a ticket to a 2022 Clemson home game.
Desmond Howard bringing his A game today, saying Herman (45 years old) didn't get along well with his players but that Sarkisian as a "younger coach" (46 years old) might.
Don’t expect any action by the Big Ten in the Michigan sign stealing case for at least the next 48 hours, as the league’s sportsmanship rules allow for a “reasonable” chance to respond to an institution or individual. Sources have told ESPN that they’ll be a legal battle if…
Five sacks for Jack Sawyer in the final 3 games of the season. If you "don't care" if he returns, you're delusional. Everyone should be intrigued to see him back in Columbus next year.
Someone other than Stalions was funding the expenses on these trips. Once that question is answered, that will likely dictate how bad this is going to get for Michigan.
Now I'm really "getting into the weeds" as
@Coach_Radcliff
would say. But why was the guy (Igbinosun) who just got here six months ago the most passionate player on the field today?
To believe the lone wolf theory, you had to believe that each week Stalions came to the staff with all of this information that they knew could not possibly be obtained by All-22 or broadcast video and that the assistants just "went with it" without asking any questions at all…
There is absolutely nothing in the NCAA by-laws that allows teams to go into another team's stadium and film its signals just because they aren't on the schedule that year. If you read the by-laws and came to that conclusion, you have the reading comprehension of a toddler.
The short answer is no. The long answer is that I've never seen more misinformation on NCAA rules than the constant flow of diarrhea I've witnessed on this app over the past couple of weeks.
There’s been some question as to whether Big Ten coaches sharing Michigan’s signs with each other is illegal. The short answer would be yes. Here’s why:
It’s illegal to have an in person scout at future opponents games. As soon as a coach shares that information he technically…
Landslide PR win for the Big Ten. Their authority is recognized and upheld and they don't have to continue to fuel the narrative that they are waging open war against a conference member by allowing the NCAA to continue its work before deciding on any further punishment. This is…
I said last summer that if Ohio State landed Julian Fleming, it would be one of the most impressive recruiting wins by Urban Meyer in Columbus. For Ryan Day to get that win, less than six months into the job, is borderline unbelievable.
#Buckeyes
Sources: On a Big Ten coaches call on Thursday, a vast majority of the league’s coaches encouraged commissioner Tony Petitti to punish Michigan amid its NCAA sign-stealing investigation. “Collectively, the coaches want the Big Ten to act,” per ESPN source.
I'm not sure what is better news for OSU, landing Caleb Downs or it now being pretty clear they are going to
#StopTheMadness
and move Styles closer to the LOS. I'm really not sure which is a bigger deal.
Big surprise. Another reporter who put a foot in their mouth about Ryan Day and is scolding him for fighting for his players is out gleefully covering a college football game today.
Here's a general concern I have right now about the program....is there a strong grasp of the personnel and what their strengths are? Sonny Styles is not a safety. Devin Brown is not a "dual threat". Trey Henderson isn't a scat back. Why do we think these three things are true?
Sonny Styles has a physical profile that is closer to Von Miller/TJ Watt/Khalil Mack/Josh Allen (Jags) than to any safety that has ever played in the NFL. Stop the madness.
It's funny, when OSU had investigations going on, Columbus based media was breaking news on the investigations and often times it was not good news for the home team. Any of that happening in Ann Arbor?
When OSU fans were gnashing their teeth about leaving the Big Ten during…
The leaks about Michigan having all of this evidence about other schools in the conference is just desperate posturing.
1. If they had it, they'd have already released it.
2. To claim they have it, with investigations pending, means they're going to be forced to release…
5*
#Buckeyes
WRs Carnell Tate and Brandon Inniss both indicated to me today that sticking with Ohio State was their best option developmentally, which they believe will, in turn, become their best option financially.
Michigan leaders were presented new evidence this week in the NCAA's investigation into its advance scouting scheme, sources tell
@DanWetzel
& me.
The materials, presumably, have altered its approach. UM dropped legal action vs Big Ten. Today, it fired assistant Chris Partridge
If you're a Jim Harbaugh loyalist, your venom should be directed at the leakiest athletic department of all time. Not at media and not at rival schools.
“Anytime coach Frye starts talking to me about playing tackle or his plans for me, I’m just like, ‘coach, I just want to play football’,”
#Buckeyes
OL signee Ian Moore ready to go.
What type of batshit crazy UM Beat propaganda have you been reading today that makes you confident to come into my mentions and think things have improved for Michigan today?
So in the past five days, Ohio State stole a Top 100 cornerback from Alabama that they offered in mid-June, landed the number one player in 2021, and beat out a slew of SEC schools for a Top 100 receiver from Georgia.
As usual, I think multiple things can be true at once.
1. Lou Holtz is an old, likely senile, Notre Dame homer who shouldn't really be taken seriously for objective analysis and probably isn't worth Ryan Day's time.
2. If you are aggressive toward someone or insult them, don't…
There was a time not very long ago where the Buckeyes had maybe one defensive back that you'd trust in a key situation. Now they have like six or seven and two of them are true freshmen. Eliano and Walton have done a really good job.
If you can't accept that it was Stalions on the CMU sideline, you are so far gone it's not even funny. It would have taken CMU no more than FIVE minutes to say "oh, that's Larry our recruiting intern", yet its been crickets for three weeks.
Had a former NFL player who has been in the recruiting realm for about 20 years tell me today that he hasn't seen a high school receiver like Jeremiah Smith in terms of the combination of physical talent and work ethic.
Pete Thamel just said on ESPN that sources have told him that Stalions previously bought tickets to Saturday's OSU/PSU game on both sides of the field. Yikes.
The defense was "good" on a day that it didn't force a punt in the 2nd half and gave up points on every single 2nd half possession? That's "good" at Ohio State now? My how the standard has changed.
Multiple reports
@OhioStateFB
coach Ryan Day is "open" to talking with Texas A&M. Given Day's record v
@UMichFootball
, I hope A&M hires someone else and Day stays in Columbus for years to come. Still, given the lunatic OSU fans, one could understand Day's desire to depart.
Would it be ethical for me to write a headline indicating that Jim Harbaugh personally hacked into Ohio State's video library, paywall it, and then debunk the rumor I started after you pay to sign up to read it? A simple yes or no will suffice.
I'll spare everyone the trouble on the next thing that people will talk about. College coaches consult with other college coaches in bowl/playoff prep. This is also within the rules.
I feel bad for people who believed that UM and Harbaugh were actually getting closer to a deal while he was simultaneously meeting with the Chargers. You really had to suspend disbelief to buy that one.
The Ryan Day only loses to great teams narrative as a negative against him is an interesting twist. Better to get housed by Purdue and Iowa? I'm confused.
If this is all about Ohio State competing for a national championship, it sure was nice of Nebraska players to file a lawsuit and it was REALLY nice of James Franklin, the head coach of OSU's biggest hurdle to B1G championship game each and every year, to make his comments today.
Isaiah 40:31: "But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary; they will walk and not be faint."
The irony here is amazing. Someone funded the ticket purchases. Someone funded any travel expenses associated with people using the tickets that were purchased. We know the tickets were used because Big Ten schools have already submitted video evidence to the NCAA. Reading is…
All the evidence and common sense pointed to the outcomes we are currently seeing. Sorry that reporting out of Columbus has been more accurate during all of this than the reporting out of Ann Arbor.
@MarcGivler
Crazy take but what if we just formed our beliefs on actual evidence instead of bias and rivalry. That’s what the university has said from the beginning and pretty simple to follow
The NCAA presented Michigan with evidence that:
A booster named “Uncle T” allegedly funded part of Connor Stalions scouting operation.
An assistant coach attempted to destroy evidence after the scandal broke.
Story w
@RossDellenger