Venture guy (“Get to see around corners/see the future”), Wolverine & Chippewa w/two Wolverine sons, lawyer & thinker about sports. Honeymooned at Fenway.
Michigan fans, so pleased to share news of a call just now from Jake Rudock sharing that he has just been admitted to UM Med. Jake rec’d some Rhodes Schlsp interest, but NFL came calling. Congrats to Jake & Emma!
Jim & Sarah popped in Sunday unexpectedly to deliver our little Neuroblastoma cancer patient, Grandson Knox, the Rose Bowl Game Ball in our victory over Bama after Jim & JJ dedicated game to him.
We also celebrated the National Championship win!
We are deeply grateful. 💙💛
No, I’m sorry. Our 8 mo. old grandson Knox was diagnosed Dec. 21 w Neuroblastoma, Stage IV. Jim & JJ dedicated Rose Bowl to Knox, then Jim surprised us by awarding Knox a Game Ball. We attended Rose Bowl where a “distraction” for us under circumstances became a dream come true.
Peeeete? PeeeEEEETE!
Pete!!
@PeteThamel
,
You haven’t been sitting on information helpful to Michigan to keep the clicks comin’ & UM looking bad, have you? Nice credibility, dude. How might the narrative be different w/o your bias?
If true, Pete must go, ESPN/SEC.
The legacies of Coach Harbaugh & President Santa Ono are now inextricably linked as National Champion leaders. He “had Football’s back” when it mattered most, when others would have cut & run.
Santa Ono, we love you & are so lucky to have you. Take a bow.
Regents, do likewise.
“But what’s happened here is a total novice (Petitti) getting spun up into treating a minor rule violation by a low-level staffer as a historical scandal and literal threat to the safety of football players.”
Jim has consistently advocated for the kids-
Summer Swarm
Signing With the Stars
His Letter to Football
Push for Xsfer Eligibility
Push for Economic Sharing
B10 coaches better have houses in order b/c this is about destroying someone they can’t beat with a rogue staffer moment.
People asking about my support for Jim Harbaugh when it gets tough don’t see the dedication to excellence, support for players & integrity I see.
Please listen to words of Coach Cam Cameron to better understand what we see in Jim: “John (Harbaugh) can’t say so I will. 1/6
Michigan fans, we only have a few days before JJ has to declare for the draft. Let’s bring him back with formidable NIL love!! Make it happen. Don’t leave him confused about the love. We need you now immediately!
🚨BREAKING🚨
JJ McCarthy stuns NFL evaluators at Michigan Pro Day. The predicted Top 10 Pick missed only 2 passes throughout the entire day.
One Former NFL Executive said he was "maybe he most talented prospect in his class."
#goblue
〽️
Our response needs to start with re-signing & supporting Harbaugh as we’ve promised.
His contract will deal with this, if appropriate.
I believe in Jim Harbaugh more than I believe in
@NCAA
process. It is embarrassing itself & causing harm. Little integrity left.
Folks, I worked ALL ‘22 on a large, 501c3 nonprofit NIL platform, The Winningest Team (named by Jim) to “unlock the sleeping giant of UM.” Planned to create a funded endowment to support NIL. Warde shot it down. Would NOT support our donors sharing their support with our players.
Very chaotic time for UM Football.
Stakes may be rising. If Harbaugh suspended tomorrow as reported hope UM sues to enjoin.
Then FUN begins. All B10 coaches confronted as to THEIR sign stealing files/practices AND “OSU & the Days” under oath & microscope as to their mischief.
As for Harbaugh, let me put a couple things to rest- never seen him LEVERAGE a situation to get more money. He “takes jobs” or not based upon whether he wants them, not based upon the money. No. 2, the athletes & his word mean everything to him. He gave them his word he’d coach.
We probably actually ARE the greatest ever, right? Most Wins of any CFB program, Most Big Ten Championships, 11 National Titles, arguably greatest NFL Offensive & Defensive Players of All-Time in Brady & Woodson, unbelievable graduation rates, best helmets, the Big House. Yeah.
Pete, now DO YOUR JOB & ask EVERY B10 HC if they’ve ever personally benefitted from illegally obtained signs. Get every single one of them on tape on the record. Ask Day & Walters to start.
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
Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I'm hearing that Jim Harbaugh is leaving Michigan for the NFL to coach the PackersBrownsLionsBearsGiantsColtsJetsDolphinsBucsBengals.
A massive negative PR campaign by ESPN humorously surfaces today! The network partner of the SEC all of a sudden weighs in including Finebaum, Greenberg, MacAfee & the biggest blowhard in sports, Stephen A. Protect the SEC brand, ESPN. They all “got the memo.”
How does
@bigten
live with this?
“But what’s happened here is a total novice (Petitti) getting spun up into treating a minor rule violation by a low-level staffer as a historical scandal and literal threat to the safety of football players.”
Michigan community, thank you. Here is the re-posted link to the 247Sports post that opened my eyes so that you each may draw your own conclusions about how the Harbaugh contract discussions got sideways & about who “owns” that derailment.
Authored by Coach Harbaugh himself!
He then persuaded UM legend James Early Jones to do the voiceover.
After being rejected by Jones several times Jim flew to NYC to convince the great one to lend his distinctive voice to our Football legacy. Leaders & best!
Bill Self at Kansas was involved in the Addidas shoe scandal where Addidas implicated in “pay to play.” 4 game suspension out of a 30 game Basketball season (13% of the season). For minor stuff Jim is being suspended for 50% of the Football season. Thanks, Petitti.
@TJA4Michigan
Honestly, if we know all that happened (i.e. nothing more comes out) 3 games is an egregious overstep. The guy got fired. Fine the school or something. Everyone steals signs and the advantage from advance scouting doesn't exist. It's all fake outrage.
The former Ohio State Director of Football video AND Assistant Football Video Coordinator are both employed by catapult as senior engineers. Very interesting stuff
Lacking an oversight rule making Jim responsible for staffer missteps like the NCAA rule “the Big Ten made up a new judicial process on the fly and suspended Harbaugh.” This is the rush to judgment by Petitti. Dangerous precedent. BIG ramifications.
Knox Jack Anson in good hands, the National Champion hands of
@CoachJim4UM
Knox is UM Class of 2043!
Nobody’s got it better than Knoxie with his great parents!
If
@PeteThamel
manipulated his reporting by filtering out critical facts inconsistent with his bash UM narrative carefully framed to get himself on Game Day/ESPN, itself biased in favor of its partner the SEC, ESPN needs to REMOVE Thamel forever from Game Day.
Congrats to Mr. & Mrs. Jake & Emma Rudock! Jake just took his MCAT’s & is headed to Med School barring more NFL interest. He vested in his NFL pension last year with Miami. Pretty wonderful evening in suburban Detroit. Where they met. This wedding was 9 1/2 years in the making!
If true, this is the stuff of defamation & negligence lawsuits & more against the NCAA. Gagging the person & program you’re defaming makes it even more attractive as litigation. That would smoke out the NCAA & B10 school leakers. Juicy stuff.
NCAA wise to immediately apologize.
Wonderful to see Michigan Strength Coach Ben Herbert getting his due after a 25-3 two-year run by the Wolverines. Here with JJ & the great Tom House. “Next-next level” QB training. Coach Ben is the genuine article. A major, major piece of UM’s greatness.
Harbaugh coached teams are the highest achieving teams academically in UM Football history. Michigan’s 1st-ever 990+’s the past two years. Only 3 B1G schools have EVER scored 990’s.
Florida loses a QB over coming up short on an illegal $13M commitment? No problem w/Ncaa. Harbaugh scores a free burger=felony charges. Fix NCAA’s credibility problem for you?
Negotiations between Michigan and NCAA have broken down, sources told Yahoo Sports. NCAA is demanding Jim Harbaugh admit he lied to them. Harbaugh won't, saying Level II violations occurred but that he didn't recall when initially questioned. So now what?
Hard for me to understand how this $13M QB deal by Florida doesn’t violate the NCAA’s “illegal inducement” to attend policy, but I guess the NCAA has hamburgers to fry.
This is the best piece I have read on Signgate. It captures the essence of this unprecedented situation. I will share a series of quotes with some commentary that resonate. 1/5
Please read folks- more evidence that Pettiti’s “rush to judgment” is not aging well & has resulted in a grow miscarriage of fairness to Harbaugh & UM.
"Several coaching sources confirmed to CBS Sports that they can figure out an opponent's signs to signal in plays from game film without in-person scouting of future opponents. That is allowed under NCAA rules."
Too bad there was no court hearing for Michigan and the Big Ten.
Watching Jim thru the CFP interviews is heartwarming. From a vision to bring him back to one step from the Top of the Mountain!
His contentment is apparent. He’s worked his entire life to create this moment for these guys. Fulfillment!
Go Blue.
UNFORCED ERRORS by UM:
I tire of my friend Coach Harbaugh taking all of the PR hits as panic sets in when they often seem misdirected. 247Sports story that broke yesterday is linked (likely Paywalled).
Quick Summary: Reports are
1/7
Let’s take it easy on Ryan Day, at least he showed up today despite his shameful past month.
@Petethamel
hid in the shadows. And
@finebaum
is to stupid to know how idiotic he now looks.
The untold story about the great jobs Harbaugh & Beilein are doing academically. UM FB is surpassing Stanford and joining the ranks of Northwestern academically.
UM leads state DI schools in NCAA academic awards via
@detroitnews
LEGEND!
This guy built it! And leaves with encouragement that his greatest moments still lie ahead from his mentors.
The very definition of “Michigan Man” who carried on what
@aidanhutch97
, et al. started!
With everything happening around
@umichfootball
and Jim Harbaugh, our humble host had to join the conversation on the B1G suspension from the middle of the Patriots walkthru in Germany.
All Buckeye put downs aside, that was NOT a soft OSU team we beat Saturday at the Big House. It was just a team not as tough as our Team 144. The leadership on this team has been incredible.
What can Stetson Bennett & Joe Burrough do that Ferris State’s Coach Annese can’t? Smoke a cigar after the Natty without NCAA sanctions.
#NCAAOutofControl
Can we first take a breath & see if any/all of it is true? Not being sarcastic. The NCAA has stated this only provides “minimal competitive advantage” & yet it’s getting this reaction?
The program needs our support until it’s proven our support isn’t justified.
@aiken_aaron
@TJA4Michigan
@NCAA
you should be ashamed of him. I thought we were all about integrity, its a bad look for the whole big ten. As an avid fan, Natty or no, I'm done watching and donating to this embarrassment if a program.
Jim,
“Dreams come true.” You made us believers again in our Football & our academics. You taught us “character matters” by winning w extraordinary young men. You showed us how to build a team for the ages & endure difficult times. You made us better. You are our GOAT.
Todd
Stealing Wiscy’s “Jump Around” energy was delightful, spontaneous brilliance. Just giving yourself the freedom to celebrate like that takes confidence!
Imagine being a 42 y/o SI writer & so desperate you publish the “Jim Harbaugh to the NFL” trope? Again. Really? Gems like “worn out his welcome” (yeah, 49ers lived to have their regrets, just ask ‘em). This is so reductive of SI. It’s become a Jr. Hi blog.
“Success has many fathers.”
@devingardnerXCI
is authoring for himself a brilliant young career in media following a 5 Star high school & record setting UM Football career that took him to the NFL. A talent spotted & developed by one of DG’s mentors,
@jbyle
.
Oh my!
This has been the Michigan beef all along!
If the program did something improper, we support accountability after a fair adjudicative process.
But this has been a railroad job of our program & Coach Harbaugh.
That stiffens our backs.
Michigan and Purdue broke the exact same rule - they used advanced scouting to steal a future opponent’s signals.
Why does the NCAA and B10 only care about one of them?
From the Yahoo Sports Read & React newsletter.
If we broke the rule there should be consequences. Absolutely. Should this be playing out in the social media apparently pursuant to an NCAA strategy with UM silenced & looking like a political hit job, no, I find that shameful. It further reduces NCAA credibility.
BUCKLE YOUR CHINSTRAPS;
LADIES & GENTLEMEN- IT IS NOW “OPEN SEASON” ON ALL B10 TEAMS’ SIGNALING PRACTICES!
PRESS & P.I.’S INVITED TO SNOOP AROUND!
PLEASE PROCEED LEGALLY!
Leading up to Big Game, Ryan Day held the advantage. If his fingerprints reveal his manipulations using P.I.’s, he took enormous risk & he’s likely cooked, having gone for his “Harbaugh kill shot” & lost. Ironic given he lost the game doing the opposite.
Arizona finishes 10-3. U of A’s best record in 25 years. Remarkable turnaround job by Jedd Fisch at a place that was riding a 12-game losing streak when he showed up. He's hit all the right notes from the moment he took over.
Michigan’s policy mirrors top private colleges in its “no online” classes policy. Our athletes are receiving the real thing. Only public P5 with this policy. Two CFP QB’s (Burrow/Fields) have never attended a class on their campuses.