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We’re dumping the notebook today. No news is new enough to lead with, but the weekend leftovers ain’t bad. Today, we snap-judge Michigan, the only college ever to charge me to pay to park for a football game I was covering. Fifty bucks, believe it or not. Apparently, the Wolverines $202 million athletic department budget needs pocket change.
We’ll judge harshly UC’s decision to throw for two points, we’ll judge practically the Reds decision to part with Joey V., we’ll try to make November basketball seem interesting. We’ll applaud Ohio’s effort to eliminate Standard Time. We’ll ponder the obsolescence in the NFL of the chain gang. First off, Michigan, which. . .
RESPONDS TO ITS SIGN-STEALING PROBLEM BY BLAMING OHIO STATE. At least that’s what the website On3.com is alleging. Yahoo:
On3.com’s Michigan site, The Wolverine, reported Friday that Michigan is “currently in possession of documents” which may link the investigation to Ryan Day’s brother, who runs a private investigative firm in New Hampshire.
Yeah, OK, except on Monday the NCAA shot that down. No one with blood ties to Ohio State coach Ryan Day had anything to do with ratting out Michigan. Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh denies knowing about any sign-stealing or trashcan-lid banging or James Bond sightings.
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