Smartarse22

Only been wrong once... that was the time I thought I was wrong.

[Smartarse22 @Smartarse281153]

Long read for those interested…

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@unaveragefan But I do enjoy the argument that Ohio State was dropping bags for players like crazy, but then the players had to barter and trade their own possessions for tattoos.

Did Ohio State follow every rule at all times? No. But NO school was. And that includes UM.

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@unaveragefan One would know this if they weren’t trying to be a biased hack and actually read the 2011 infraction decision.

But I am 💯 correct that the violations were about tattoos. As they were the reason the NCAA investigated.

Sorry you don’t like the facts.

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@unaveragefan And what do you think had a greater chance to impact games?

Players getting tattoos for memorabilia or the Stalions operation?

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@unaveragefan I am sure there was more but the tattoos were all they were busted for.

Kind of like Woodson being caught after the statute of limitations on receiving impermissible benefits while playing at UM.

All sorts of players were getting paid under the table. Including UM.

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@KevonMcCalister @jblmass @DarkoStateNews You don’t know if it is overblown or not. You believe it is, but we will never know the reality.

There was a coach once that said, if you cheat then you already lost.

Maybe we should believe that coach.

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@unaveragefan Please feel free to cite the reasonings if I am wrong.

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@unaveragefan So what were the violations?

It literally was that they exchanged memorabilia for tattoos which was considered an impermissible benefit that made them ineligible and the games vacated.

Tressel got punished because he didn’t disclose that he knew it was happening.

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@unaveragefan @WolverineWOP Are you saying Ohio State and Michigan couldn’t be rivals if they didn’t play each other in the 1800s and 1900s?

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@unaveragefan @WolverineWOP It is important to those that want it to be important. The early 1900s are meaningless IMO to today.

You can brag about all of those wins if it makes you feel better.

The record that matters to me is going 1-0 in November 2026

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@unaveragefan @WolverineWOP No it isn’t shifting anything.

You said History is important as if all history is important.

I am pointing out that not all history is important.

You believe that UM beating the school for the deaf the 1890s is important today. I am asking for why is it important.

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@unaveragefan @WolverineWOP History is important but not all history is important.

What impact does beating teams in the early 1900s have on the 2026 season?

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@unaveragefan @WolverineWOP This is a typical UM response…

Always living in the past. Driving their own team value, not by what is done currently but by what was done 100 years ago and think it is SO important.

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@unaveragefan @WolverineWOP Nah, honestly I do not care what happened in the 1900s.

I only care about what has happened since I have been alive.

And I have always felt that way, even during the Cooper years

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@unaveragefan @WolverineWOP It is not important to anything other than to people that feel it is some type of badge of honor that their school won tons of games against high schools and deaf colleges.

The only reason OSU fans want the All time wins record in the sport is because you value it

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@unaveragefan @WolverineWOP That is fine, I mean, it was a completely different sport. No forward pass, no integration, leather helmets.

Beat your chest over it if you must, but I think it looks silly.

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@unaveragefan @WolverineWOP Honestly I don’t like going anything prior to the start of BCS.

Or if one doesn’t like that, then the 85 scholarship limit.

And in a decade it will be useless to go back to pre-NIL

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@unaveragefan @WolverineWOP Any boasting about records All-Time when the sport was completely different is dumb.

UM fans like it because you get to ride off the dominance 100 years ago. The only other program that can kind of match that is ND, so it is comical when you both argue about early 1900s.