Michigan Football Faces NCAA Scrutiny Post-Harbaugh Era

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00:00I want to start with Michigan football and the problems they're having after the fact

00:09after Jim Harbaugh left.

00:12Now it appears that the NCAA is sniffing around again and wants to mete out some suspensions

00:20and problems for the Wolverines.

00:22Does it sound to you like Sharon Moore's in trouble in some capacity or another?

00:28I think a lot of people at Michigan, including the administration, were hoping that since

00:33Harbaugh had left that the NCAA would cool off a little bit.

00:37It almost seemed like it was more of a personal situation with Harbaugh and the NCAA.

00:42Listen, Harbaugh could have admitted wrongdoing and or basically signed a piece of paper saying

00:49I didn't know but it happened, but he wouldn't even do that.

00:53And he's kind of left Sharon Moore and everybody out to dry a little bit.

00:57There's no coincidence that Harbaugh left at this time, right?

01:01Harbaugh felt as though the university really wasn't having his back enough.

01:06And long story short, they wanted, he wanted like full, you know, he wanted like full innocence

01:14and to play the innocent card.

01:15Well, we know that's a little bit naive.

01:17It's too bad.

01:18I mean, recruits that are on this football team have nothing to do with this, but it

01:23is what it is, Scott.

01:24Listen, I'm not losing sleep over it.

01:26I'm expecting more to get a couple of games.

01:28It is what it is.

01:29They did this to Michigan last year.

01:31And what happened?

01:32All it really did is motivate the football team and bring them together, Scott.

01:36You saw it.

01:37So it'll be the same thing right now.

01:38Us against the world, whatever it is going on in the college football world.

01:41This is the stupidest thing ever.

01:43All right.

01:44So they had somebody in the stands reading people's signs.

01:47So you're allowed to do that yourself, but you can't send someone to a game.

01:51It's, you know, the last thing about this, Scott.

01:54Even like Ohio, besides Ohio State, like who, you know, whatever.

01:59Everybody thinks it's the stupidest rule ever.

02:01Nick Saban himself said this is the dumbest rule ever.

02:03He goes, you're allowed to scout.

02:04Who cares if, you know, you got to change your signs up.

02:08So it is what it is, Scott.

02:09But in the big picture, I don't really think it affects very much, right?

02:12They're going to get another slap on the wrist.

02:14He might miss two, three games or something like that.

02:16And an assistant will have to step up, but they should get it over with and do it.

02:21Don't wait until two days before we play Fresno State to start the season, Scott.

02:24Like whenever you're going to do, freaking announce it and get it over with.

02:28Yeah.

02:29How many times did they suspend Jim Harbaugh?

02:33Do you remember how many times it was?

02:35Was it once, twice?

02:37This is the problem as well.

02:39Harbaugh, Michigan have never been punished by the NCAA, by all of this.

02:44So that's what I'm saying, that Michigan sort of telling the NCAA, what more do you want

02:48from us?

02:49We suspended Harbaugh last year for four games.

02:52We suspended him, right?

02:54Like Michigan, the universe, that's what Harbaugh didn't like.

02:58They said, listen, if we suspend you, maybe it'll calm the NCAA down, you'll miss a bunch

03:02of games.

03:03So they suspended him.

03:04And then the Big Ten came in, Scott, and suspended Harbaugh.

03:08So the NCAA haven't had their pound of flesh yet for Michigan.

03:11The Big Ten got their pound of flesh.

03:13Michigan themselves told Harbaugh to step aside for a couple of weeks.

03:18But now the NCAA wants more.

03:19So like, that's what I'm saying.

03:20If you add all this up, what do you want from us?

03:23Like this isn't a major violation.

03:25Like why they're dragging this out so much is beyond me.

03:30Is there any belief that the national championship will be in danger?

03:36No.

03:37I don't know.

03:38No.

03:39No.

03:40And if what?

03:41So what, Scott?

03:42Did Reggie Bush win out Heisman?

03:43You know what I mean?

03:44They can do whatever the hell they want to do.

03:48They can win the championship.

03:49But no, I don't think it'll go that far.

03:51It's not, this isn't the end of the world type of stuff that happened here.

03:55I think it was an overreaction.

03:57And I don't know why the NCAA, you know, the NCAA is kind of toothless now, Scott, to be

04:01honest.

04:02Like, I'm not, you know, in a year not too far away, they will have zero power over college

04:09football.

04:10They really do now.

04:11The only thing they are now, they're like the hall monitor, Scott.

04:14You're walking too fast in the hall.

04:16You're smoking weed in the back.

04:17Like, other than that, it's like, you're not the principal, you're not the administrator.

04:21Nobody cares.

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