Ryan Day responds to accusations Ohio State collaborated against Michigan
offensive signals from Ohio State and defensive signals from Rutgers. Day said the program “asked all the questions, got our compliance people involved and none of that came back at all.” “I can answer very strongly that that did not happen,” Day said.
Ryan Day responded on Wednesday to allegations that Ohio State collaborated with other Big Ten schools to share information about Michigan’s signals.
ESPN reported on Tuesday that Michigan sent evidence to the Big Ten that Rutgers, Ohio State and Purdue collaborated to share information about the Wolverines’ signs in the 2022 season.
Both Rutgers and Ohio State had played Michigan in November 2022. The schools allegedly shared information they gathered about Michigan’s signs prior to Purdue’s battle with the Wolverines in the Big Ten Championship game on Dec. 3.
The Big Ten is being pressured by its member athletic directors and schools to take some action against Michigan for the sign-stealing scandal. If the Big Ten were to punish Michigan, the discipline would come under the context of the conference’s sportsmanship pact.
Michigan’s argument would be that you can’t discipline us on grounds of the sportsmanship clause when other schools were ganging up to steal our signs.
