Urban Meyer Gives Odd Take On Michigan Football Sign-Stealing

When news of the Michigan football sign-stealing scandal first broke, Urban Meyer was quick to state that he was not confident in the reporting surrounding the Wolverines and what had happened. That said, on a recent episode of ‘The Herd’ ahead of this weekend’s Michigan-Ohio State game, Meyer took time to share some updated thoughts, including the fact that Jim Harbaugh may not be Michigan’s head coach when the 2024 season rolls around.

Urban Meyer breaks recent silence on Michigan football sign-stealing scandal

Jim Harbaugh will not be at the Big House this weekend when No. 3 Michigan football takes on No. 2 Ohio State in an epic battle for the Big Ten title and a spot in the College Football Playoff. That said, the Wolverines are still in good shape and are currently favored by both the ESPN Football Power Index and Las Vegas betting odds to overcome the Buckeyes and improve to 12-0 for the second season in a row.

Jim Harbaugh out at Michigan due to sign-stealing allegations? Meyer’s take:

On Tuesday, just days before Michigan and Ohio State face off on the gridiron this weekend, ex-Buckeye coach Urban Meyer took time to share his latest thoughts on Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan football sign-stealing scandal. Included in his latest comments is some interesting speculation about Harbaugh’s future in Ann Arbor.

“I’m skeptical to make a comment because — how deep does this really go? I’ve heard that (the Michigan football sign-stealing scandal) is deep-deep, and I’ve heard that it is not that deep,” Urban Meyer told Colin Cowherd. “That it was just a rogue guy (Connor Stalions) doing it. Which is kind of hard for me to believe — just some guy is up there on the sideline talking to your coordinators, and no one knows what he did. I want to remain to be seen, but if it’s as deep as I am hearing, I’ve heard that there is a chance (Jim Harbaugh) won’t be coaching (at Michigan) next year.”

Vacating wins is “silly”

Another talking point that has been used a lot on social media by rival fans, whether or not it has any accuracy or relevance, is that Michigan football and Jim Harbaugh will have to vacate wins. Well, ex-Ohio State legend Urban Meyer thinks that is a “silly” idea.

“I think the vacate stuff is silly,” Meyer said. “I talked to (ex-USC quarterback) Matt Leinart about that; I think they (USC) had something vacated. They don’t consider it vacated — the players (still) did it.”

"If it's as deep as I'm hearing… There's a chance he won't coach there next year." @CoachUrbanMeyer discusses Jim Harbaugh's suspension pic.twitter.com/nDbCgXOJiD

— Herd w/Colin Cowherd (@TheHerd) November 21, 2023

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