Real Pod Wednesdays: Premierdrum Discusses His Reporting on Michigan Sign-Stealing Scandal, Potential Punishments for Wolverines

If you’ve been following the TTUN Scandal threads on Eleven Warriors‘ message board, you‘re undoubtedly familiar with the name Premierdrum by now.

For those who haven’t, Premierdrum is one of several Eleven Warriors site members – along with Brohio and 22buck, among others – who have taken it upon themselves to dig into the Michigan sign-stealing scandal and share what they’ve learned from their investigative reporting in the 11W forum. Premierdrum, who formerly worked for multiple Columbus TV stations, has used his background as a media member to uncover information about the NCAA’s investigation into Michigan and potential punishments the Wolverines could face as the NCAA awaits Michigan’s response to its Notice of Allegations. (Disclaimer: Premierdrum is not an employee of Eleven Warriors and his reports have not been confirmed by Eleven Warriors staff unless otherwise stated.)

Premierdrum’s posts have drawn thousands of daily visitors to Eleven Warriors as his reporting has garnered attention from Ohio State fans and others following the scandal, so we invited him onto this week’s episode of Real Pod Wednesdays to share how and why he started reporting on the scandal, what he’s uncovered through his reporting and why he believes major sanctions and a possible coaching change could be coming for the Wolverines. (Note: This podcast was recorded before Michigan announced Wednesday that Sherrone Moore had officially signed his contract with the school.)

Following our conversation with Premierdrum, Dan and Andy delve into the trouble Michigan is facing on the field after suffering a 31-12 loss to Texas this past weekend. Ohio State, on the other hand, looked like a championship-caliber team in its 56-0 win over Western Michigan, and we wrap up the show by talking about what impressed us most from the Buckeyes’ dominant performance against the Broncos.

The full rundown for this week’s show:

• 0:00 Intro
• 1:11 How Premierdrum Became An Investigative Reporter on the Michigan Scandal
• 4:45 Why Reality Could Be About to Catch Up with the Wolverines
• 6:56 The Evidence Against Michigan
• 11:05 Why “Three Goofballs on a Message Board” Are Worth Listening To
• 13:46 Potential Punishments (And A Coaching Change?) for Michigan
• 18:04 Why the NCAA Wants to Make An Example of Michigan
• 22:36 Could Michigan Self-Impose A Postseason Ban?
• 27:06 Premierdrum’s Thoughts on “Untold: Sign Stealer” and Connor Stalions
• 29:02 Premierdrum’s Excitement to Be in the “Find Out” Phase of the Scandal
• 31:38 Premierdrum’s Closing Thought: Support the Ohio State Marching Band
• 32:18 Dan and Andy React to What They Heard from Premierdrum
• 38:45 Michigan Doesn’t Look Like A Team That Will Be in the CFP This Season Either Way
• 46:31 Ohio State Looked Like A Championship-Caliber Team Against Western Michigan
• 49:57 Offensive Line, Chip Kelly’s Playcalling Among Ohio State’s Week 2 Standouts
• 51:58 Ryan Day Making Bigger Impact on Other Units With Chip Calling Offensive Plays
• 54:22 Is Oregon Still the Second-Best Team in the Big Ten After Slow Start?

You can watch this week’s episode of Real Pod Wednesdays in the video at the top of the page or listen to it in the audio player below. All episodes of RPW are also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Eleven Warriors’ YouTube channel.