Ohio State football coach denies sending Michigan signs

Yesterday, new reports surfaced, which state that the Buckeyes — along with the Rutgers Scarlet Knights — stole and shared signals used by Jim Harbaugh and Michigan football with Purdue ahead of the 2022 Big Ten title game. Today, Ohio State football coach Ryan Day denied that anyone in Columbus is involved in such a sign-stealing and sharing scheme.

Ohio State football coach denies sending Michigan signs

The sign-stealing scandal keeps getting more and more interesting, and with a huge game for Michigan football this weekend, it sounds like the Wolverines are simply 100% locked in on beating Penn State. Off the field, however, Michigan football just set its letter back to the Big Ten in regard to the conference’s notice of potential punishment, which could mean a suspension for Jim Harbaugh or something else is coming.

Yesterday, things got more complicated for the Big Ten, as Michigan football reportedly turned over evidence that Ohio State and Rutgers stole Michigan’s signs, giving them to Purdue ahead of the 2022 Big Ten title game. Michigan is also reportedly in possession of other evidence against member Big Ten schools.

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Today, Ohio State football coach Ryan Day was asked about the reports and denied that anyone at his program sent information about Michigan football to the Purdue program to help with its prep for last year’s conference title game. Day also stated that OSU got involved and found nothing that incriminates itself, according to Steve Helwagen of 247 Sports.

“Nobody here did any of that,” Ryan Day said. “We went through and made sure we went and asked all of the questions. They got our compliance people involved, and none of that came back at all, so I can answer very strongly that (the sign-stealing and sharing) didn’t happen.”

That said, it sounds like there is some evidence out there, and until it is confirmed what exactly the Big Ten has on Ohio State and Michigan football, I am sure that this will become a huge debate on social media. Regardless, things just continue to get more and more interesting with the sign-stealing case by the day.

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