Last weekend, the No. 3 Wolverines improved to 9-0 on the season after downing the Purdue Boilermakers 41-13 — it was the first time that these two teams had met since the 2022 Big Ten title game last December, which U-M won, 43-22. Today, John U. Bacon dropped another bombshell report, stating that conference commissioner Tony Petitti has been informed that Rutgers and Ohio State were feeding Michigan football signals to the Boilermakers ahead of last year’s matchup.
Ohio State, Rutgers reportedly gave Michigan football signals to Purdue
Yesterday, the AP News reported that a former Big Ten staffer, who was a sign-stealer and had been part of a network of schools that stole and shared Michigan football signals last year, had come forward and turned over the evidence to the University of Michigan. He reportedly did so because he believed that Jim Harbaugh and his staff were being blamed for the actions of one rogue staffer — Connor Stalions — and hoped that this intel would help their case.
Today, new reports surfaced right as the Big Ten is about to decide what to do with Jim Harbaugh and his Wolverines — tomorrow, it is expected that the conference will levy some form of punishment.
That said, John U. Bacon just reported that the Big Ten — more specifically, conference commissioner Tony Petitti — has been informed that other Big Ten schools were stealing and giving away signs for Michigan football ahead of last year’s conference title game.
Per Bacon’s report, which has been confirmed by other insiders such as Josh Henscke of Rivals, Rutgers and Ohio State are the sign-stealing culprits here, and they reportedly turned over the stolen signals to Purdue in hopes of giving the 8-4 Boilermakers an advantage over Michigan football in the 2022 Big Ten title game. Obviously, that did not work too well, as the Wolverines ultimately won by three touchdowns, improving to 13-0 on the year and advancing to the College Football Playoff.
Now, as Bacon — and others — pointed out, it is unclear whether or not this was against the rules; however, this does make an impact from the “competitive advantage” standpoint, which has been heavily debated over the past few weeks.
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