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Lots of news dropped at 7 PM Friday.
Chris Balas says “no chance” that Harbaugh is signing his extension. More to come - new evidence was shown to Michigan today.
Hurry up! Contact the Big Ten! pic.twitter.com/pgBcV8k3eL
— Jeremy Birmingham (@Birm) November 3, 2023
Connor Stalions officially fired.
The University of Michigan has fired recruiting analyst Connor Stalions, a source tells Yahoo Sports. He was previously suspended with pay during the NCAA investigation into in-person scouting.
— Dan Wetzel (@DanWetzel) November 3, 2023
Segment on ESPN Radio illustrating just how much of an advantage Michigan still has.
Bobby Carpenter: Devin, jump in here since I'm an OSU guy, and I don't want to be seen as piling on, but having to change all of your signs mid-year is a huge deal.
Jacob Hester: It's huge, particularly in college football. In college you only get 20 hours a week with your players, and after OTA's you don't want to spend time on signs again mid-season.
Carpenter: The signs are like learning a new language. You learn the language, it takes time for it to become locked-in. Then if you add a few more signs it's manageable, but even then it's a challenge particularly in an up tempo situation when you're moving fast. It's like when your trying to speak a new language fast. Then if you have to implement an entirely new sign system as opposed to just a few new signs it's like learning an entirely new language. It takes a lot of time, and even then everyone probably isn't going to be on the same page if it's a rush 2 minute drill or something.
Hester: Again there's only 20 hours a week to get this done in college. You're spending time that you would normally be using to run plays for the game and install new schemes, but instead you're doing signs. And these are college students not professionals so they have other obligations. It's not like they can just go home and study signs the rest of the night.
