Ermanni set up by University of Michigan?

[Preacher_Boy]

Has it been thought all along that Draper was the leak source to the Freep?

Yes it has

[Marklar]

Then wouldn't we expect the false story to show up in the Freep?

Like 99% of conspiracies, this is utter bull**** cobbled together by people who can't face reality. In this case, the reality is that no one knows anything.

The freep ran the story eventually.

[KARLinCL]

yeah its out there, but there is some people with good connections running with it.

Its not that crazy, leak a rumor to get Draper to out himself. You can now remove Draper without any problem

Let's condense this:

Dave Brandon talks to Jim Harbaugh, who says he won't come to Michigan unless Scott Draper, a Lloyd Carr guy, is ousted. So Brandon slips Draper a hint that RichRod is going to get fired Tuesday, and when word eventually gets out, Draper is outed as the leak and is forced out, making the way for Harbaugh.

Fair enough conspiracy theory.

[pGekko]

Yes it has

And Brandon walks away into the distance...

[KARLinCL]

Then wouldn't we expect the false story to show up in the Freep?

So then Draper was the leak to Ermanni, too?

[robdiddy]

man this spit is getting more complicated then an episode of lost.

[SportsFromA2]

Let's condense this:

Dave Brandon talks to Jim Harbaugh, who says he won't come to Michigan unless Scott Draper, a Lloyd Carr guy, is ousted. So Brandon slips Draper a hint that RichRod is going to get fired Tuesday, and when word eventually gets out, Draper is outed as the leak and is forced out, making the way for Harbaugh.

Fair enough conspiracy theory.

and while this is going down, either Jim or Dave tell John to float out the story that he the Michigan thing isn't going to happen

[ChrisBrown]

So then Draper was the leak to Ermanni, too?

Yes, and he also killed John Wheeler III as a favor to the Navy, so when he's fired at UM he can get a job in Annapolis.

[Preacher_Boy]

So then Draper was the leak to Ermanni, too?

yes and has been for most of Ermani stories.


A part of this scheme though was that the leak to the Freep this morning about Harbaugh being unlikely for Michigan was a false leak and Draper leaked that. That is how it ties in to the Brandon/Harbaugh angle

[Willie Mays Hayes]

and while this is going down, either Jim or Dave tell John to float out the story that he the Michigan thing isn't going to happen

[Preacher_Boy]

and while this is going down, either Jim or Dave tell John to float out the story that he the Michigan thing isn't going to happen

That came later, all of this was a theory, not set in stone truth.

Honestly no one knows if John has talked to Jim last night of that was merely his opinion. There is so much information out there, that no end result surprised me at this point.



I will say this, if Clayton is right that Michigan offered 5.2 million and Harbaugh said no then Harbaugh is in the Zettel camp of never loving Michigan