Dan, The visceral that was pointed towards the Michigan program for sign stealing is why the alumni and fan base gets mad. Until the Big 10 suspended Harbaugh, the pundits at ESPN, and you included, was calling for the program and Harbaugh to receive the death penalty, and saying the only reason Michigan won the last 3 years was because of sign stealing, but not because of changing the culture, offensive and defensive coaches, and the 4-5 stars that they brought in 2021-2023. Don’t get me wrong they should and is being punished for this infraction, but no way they should been overly punished for this infraction. If you truly know football and how it’s won at all levels, the offense and defense fronts, and having a good QB, is the proven and factual reasoning for winning. When Harbaugh has had all 3 he has won and competed at the highest levels.

Clutch them pearls, Danny. You too, Seton.

That's because what Michigan's scouts did is done by every single college team in the country. Harbaugh just angered someone, and they decided to go after him for a vague rule with a lot of gray area that is never enforced. That's the gist of this...and no I'm not a harbaugh or michigan fan. I'm a Buff. Just calling it like it is. It's a gigantic reach for the NCAA to remain relevant in college football.....like punishing him for buying hamburgers for players considering transferring because they were hungry, and they were there......so stupid.

I want to see Paul Finebaum and Dan do a podcast together to talk about this game where all they do is clutch pearls.

I'm a Michigan resident and think that Ohio State played a great game. These two programs are the pride of the Midwest. I grew up during the 10-year war and always looked forward to this game MUCH more than the Superbowl. This year was a goodie. Both teams should be proud.

People that don't know football, or jealous haters, are the only ones that clutch their pearls about sign stealing when it comes to Michigan. You know people don't actually care about sign stealing. They just cherish the chance to take a dump on Michigan. Even MSU's Harlan Barnett let the cat out of the bag when asked about Indiana stealing their signs and he said everyone steals signs and then said it's ok that Indiana does it because they did it "the correct way." That's like saying "Sure we all rob banks, but Michigan is the only one to use rifles instead of just handguns!"

It’s Michigan v The World. You are DP, Thamel, or Finebaum to think otherwise. The entire narrative was that M only won because of Connor Stallions.

Give Michigan credit. Barely, Dan. It hurts you to say it.

The last 22 years, whoever has won the rushing yards battle has won the game

No joke, Ryan Day going 6-6 but beating Michigan next season would absolutely save his job lmfao

The thing is you can’t bring up the sign stealing now… Stallions, long gone, LB coach gone. Harbaugh suspension that’s done. The icing on the cake was Michigan beating Ohio State. People can’t say shit now. Whatever the NCAA decides to do if they even do anything then we can talk about that… but right now. Please Dan, ESPN, everybody. Just shut up now.

Harbaugh is the greatest Michigan coach of all time and people are just jealous including this show host.

Wait. What back and forth? Ohio State never even lead.

As a Navy alum, I get it. The Army game is the only one that really matters.

With Michigan VS Everybody, the everybody is the NCAA, B1G, ESPN, and all the schools pushing hard to pay players as little as possible.

The reason why Michigan vs the world is legit is because as so many have said, EVERYBODY tries to steal signs, but they wanted to make Michigan the example. It all boils down to a bunch of little kids crying to the principal that Michigan was bullying them on the playground even though they were trying to be bullies too. They're mad because Michigan was the best at it!

Note: It's factually inaccurate at this point to say that "Michigan cheated." As that implies the program as a whole, or at least a significant percentage of it, was involved in improper advanced scouting. And all we know at this point is that one low-level Michigan staffer was engaged in such activity, with one lower-level coach attempting to hide that analyst's actions after the fact. Now, one could say that "someone at Michigan was cheating, and their team may have benefited from that, even unknowingly." Or "Michigan may have been cheating in an organizational way." But anything else is simply inaccurate, unless/until further incriminating evidence is produced. It's also not clear why the action sof Stalions or Partridge would "tarnish" Michigan's season this year, given that advanced scouting was clearly not a determining factor in any games this year. (Michigan blew out every team before MSU so badly that we know they would've won regardless. And they continued to blow out MSU and Purdue after they had a chance to change their signs. And also defeated PSU, Maryland, and OSU despite not having their head coach.) Anyone too clueless to realize this has no business participating in a sports show. And anyone with a sports show should try to speak more thoughtfully/accurately/intelligently. Finally, one could argue that advanced scouting (sign de-coding itself not being a violation) may have impacted some closer games in 2021-2022. However, there weren't really that many such games. And Michigan clearly simply physically overpowered Ohio State in 2021, and outplayed them in 2022, with a overwhelming 22 point victory. (Which would've been a 29 point victory if the refs hadn't mercifully blown a last-minute Stroud fumble dead.) With OSU apparently knowing about the sign-decoding prior to that 2022 game. I hope this helps. Try to be better and more accurate in the future.

Ohio was #1 in college football, stop trying to make them look like they were trash cause my Wolvies beat them lol

I’m glad we won the last meaningful game of this rivalry before realignment destroys it

The situation with Ryan Day hasn't been fully revealed as of yet he was under so much pressure that he resorted to engaging an investigation firm to look into his competitor in Ann Arbor and handing the information over to the NCAA it's not a good look if you can't trust your own team to winning on the field. He was successful in not having the coach against Jim Harbaugh but in the long run it backfired losing to a substitute coach.

Just like that Harbaugh is back to asking to share the revenue for the players. They'll find something else on Coach Harbaugh. The thugs that run college football just doesn't understand, he can't back down from them it's not in his DNA.

We love Ryan day in Ann Arbor. Go blue !

You glaze over Bama beating Auburn? They were lucky! Worth discussing. What do you mean back and forth in the Michigan game? Michigan led the entire game. Ohio State was tied for a minute or two, but zero back and forth.

2 years from now, none of this sign stealing stuff will matter and be forgotten. It’s overblown.

OSU fans are now worried that parity has come back to the rivalry. OSU recruits like a beast and Michigan was falling behind for years. Hopefully UM can keep putting OSU level talent on the field in the years to come.

I was just about to bring up John Cooper before he said it lol Way before my time but he was a good coach who won a lot of games. Just couldn’t beat Michigan so he got the boot. That’s how important this game is to us Michigander’s and Ohioan’s.

Tell us more about how Urb never lost to Michigan, yet they ran him out of town on a rail.....

Michigan didn't cheat tho... some random tool bag did..... that's why they feel like everyone is against them. Ppl like you and other internet heroes claim that Michigan as a team... meaning their players as well... were cheating. That's annoying bc it's not true.. hahaha. How do ppl not understand this?

Dan and your boys must not understand what a FAN is.. We don't stop being fans to please the haters..

“Cheated” give me a break.

Ironically the two coaches who recently have done well against Ohio State were born in Ohio, Bo Schembechler and Jim Harbaugh. Tom Bush

Michigan validated how they good they were the last 3 years

I’d go winless if it guaranteed a win against OSU. That’s how important the rivalry is between the two teams and fan bases.

Its not victim hood Dan, we want things to go the way every other investigation goes. To punish while its still going on is wrong. Punishment comes when you finish

I am just here to listen to the DP team melt

Colleges paying out these enormous guarantees shows you how much money they were hiding from the student athletes and alumni

WE DONT WANT "CRYIN DAY " TO LEAVE ........ WE WANT TO RUB MORE SALT IN THE WOUND AND PROVE THEIR FAN BASE YOU KEEP DOING THE SAME THING YOU GET THE SAME RESULTS !!!!! still the best high school team in the state of ohio

This is a 3rd rate pod cast lol

Saying the team is bad but they’re still top 5 is a joke….. blaming McCord is a joke. Ryan day is a recruiting master. Jim Harbaugh built a Great team and no one acknowledges it. They play with heart. How many blue chips does OSU need? This is why I love college football and not Pro

The Harbaugh response intrudes on sports talk attempt to control the narrative, whining about losing control of the narrative speaks volumes to the actual value of sports talk.

Come on 😢! Michigan they did not cheat …UCLA John Wooden players were played ..give us a break ! It’s not illegal to decipher signals and watching videos …it’s preposterously comical and non of you ever played football 🏈 on any level….Go Tulane

There are people fighting in Ukraine that had a FAR worse day than Ryan Day will ever have in his lifetime...

Ohio born and bred here. We lost simple as that. Too many mistakes on our end. Im not ready for Mr. Day to be fired. If there is a lost next year then a conversation must be had. 🅾️🅾️🅾️

Not only 1-3 vs Michigan, but I believe he's 1-5 against top 5 teams.

Haters will hate Pat

Who has the worst weekend? Ryan Day or Earth is such a great poll question lol 😂

Go Blue ✌️

I just don’t like how they throw around cheating so casually. No cheating affected anything this team has done. To say otherwise is showing football ignorance.

Urban Meyer was part of the Gene smith paying for players era.

Does Dan have an axe to grind with Harbaugh or Michigan? He seems too well versed in the politics of college football, the ncaa and the conference’s to not see this for what it is. Seems as if he’s agreed to jump on the bandwagon of the false narratives out there against Michigan and Harbaugh. He knows what’s going on….he’s just made a business decision it seems. I thought more of him…kinda disappointed.

Brian Griese beat OSU in 96 and 97

Ryan Day drowned his sorrow by going shopping and buying a new dress. 😁

In the same breath Dan poo poos the victimhood and also admits it's unfair. Logic not needed here, it seems.

Ohio State fans need to open their eyes and look at the big picture. Right now, coach Jim Harbaugh has a bit of an advantage being the better head coach when both teams play the big game. Some experience matters during these games. Ryan Day will eventually beat MIchigan, its just going to take time. I understand patience is extremely hard to control when instant emotions come to play after a huge impactful loss. Former Ohio State head coach Urban Myer had the tactical advantage over Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh when he was recently hired to turn the Michigan program around. Urban Myer won those big games despite the hype coach Harbaugh had due to his solid NFL head coaching experience. What Ohio State is adjusting to now is still playing these big games after Urban Myer due to Ohio State's solid success of often beating Michigan in the Big Game. I remembered a period when Michigan consistently beat Ohio State during the 1990's despite OSU having a way better record than Michigan leading up to the Big Game with some of the best players one can imagine on paper with former head coach John Cooper. At least two of those late 1990's Cooper led OSU teams were considered National Championship teams under coach Cooper, but for whatever reasons they were never mentally prepared to beat Michigan in the Big Game. Head Coach Ryan Day sort of reminds me of former head coach Tom Osborne when Nebraska had great teams during the 1980's but couldn't beat the Barry Switzer led Oklahoma teams in most of those big games. I think OSU would make a huge mistake if they fired head coach Ryan Day. Ohio State is still up there. A few tweaks here and there and OSU will win it all again. Right now, it's Michigan's time to shine in Big 10 country. In time, the pendulum will shift back to OSU. The only other program in the Big 10 that can possibly make a dent between those two elite programs is Penn State, and it's been evident they're a distant 3rd-tier program compared to Michigan and OSU.

Go Blue!

The last 22 games have been won by the team with the most rushing yards...

Bruce was plus 1

Go Blue!!

Next year it is absolutely a must win - or he’s gone the next morning. No doubt about it. Too much heat.

Dan, let me help you... stealing signs is not illegal. Travelling to other teams is. But you know good and well that the entire SEC has been paying players for decades which is a much bigger issue then stealing signs. Where are you other reporters when big rules are broken. Arizona, Kansas, and other hoops schools get caught on FBI wires discussing illegal payments and you and the media have reported on this silly sign mess more than fbi wire taps on illegal payments...signing off now

"This victim-hood is silly--you created this." With a little help from those who whispered in the NCAA's ear, about whom much will be revealed in the months to come, putting Michigan's offenses a somewhat different light, and perhaps even their "silly victimhood."

Didn't Brian Griese beat the buckys in 96 and 97? I could have sworn he qb'd at OSU in 96 and hit ty streets on that quick slant for a TD. Then 97 he was the QB who won the title

Dang Dan playing hurt

Dude! You're a Carnival Barker! Go Blue 💙 🏈 Chump!

As Brady Quinn stated, the sign stealing is a nothing burger. All the teams do it.

lololol they can't stand the fact M.U. won lolol and I loveeeee it lol

Did Michigan cheat these last 3 games? Knock it off with the nonsense. It was good that whatever was exposed in these last 3 games is in the eyes of the world fair and square. To continue to harp on that they cheated against bad teams is stupid and ignorant. Dan Patrick, be better than this. You sound like Paul Fine Baum, the anguish in your voice says it all.

Since Woody Hayes came to Ohio State in 1951, head coaches with Ohio roots are 37-17-1 vs TTUN. Coaches w/o Ohio roots are 3-13-2. Just sayin....

If Ryan Day gets fired, whoever made that decision should have their own college degree revoked. Representing a college, but dumb enough to do that. I'm a Ravens fan, if the Baltimore Ravens went 11-0 and then lost to the Steelers, we would not fire John Harbaugh.

Harbaugh's contract is still on the table and waiting for him.

The last 22 years the leading rushing team has won do you know any facts ?

"The Game," won't be *the game* anymore, in which it's for all the marbles, with the expanded playoff following. This was the last one, and Michigan won it.

Ryan day can beat Purdue, Rutgers, and northwestern all day. Who cares! Osu has so much talent those wins mean nothing

Patrick you are full of it. Retire

To hell with the B1G & NCAA

Ryan said "how much it means to a lot of people" because he knows how cruel the fans are going to be to him again.

What is the difference between non-staffers looking at signs and coaching staffs looking at signs and passing them on to next opponent? Stop the pearl clutching, Danny Boy.

For supposed "Intelligent" commentary, I am amazed at the ignorance and/or gas lighting. Sign stealing is not illegal. What Michigan is guilty of is violating the rule regarding advanced scouting by having peripheral people video other teams signs in person. The same information that is available by video. There is no actual advantage as Ohio State and other schools collude and share Michigan's signs. Yes, the actions of an overzealous Michigan staffer and illegal and self inflicted, but they don't provide an actual advantage. The inability of "football" people to understand this is staggering. Additionally, this Michigan/Harbaugh "scandal" attack just happens to occur as Coach Harbaugh calls for revenue sharing with the players on the heels of the largest TV contract in history. No wonder the long knives are out. Follow the money people.

Everyone steals signs. Michigan got hit politically. Harbaugh didn’t do anything worse than all the other coaches did so wake the F up. You’re smart, so stop being so dang stubborn. Michigan vs everyone!

Why is this a big deal I forgot ?

Sign stealing crap goes away now, or it should. They just beat Penn State & Ohio State on an even playing field. If the sign stealing was that significant, Michigan would’ve lost.

Well I thought this would be interesting but it’s the same shit the E$PN trolls have spewing. Screw this.

Any human can coach osu and get at least ten wins

Kyle McCord lost one game and hes out, Ryan Day has lost three times with 15-20 five star players and he keeps his job? Hahaha

Love that passive aggressive bs Michigan did when they had the flag tarps moving above them during their on field team meeting.

Funny……go back a few years, and the narrative was the same thing for Harbaugh…..

With a 12 Team Play off its all about everyone getting a 🏆 😅😂😆🤣

Why is this dude still around?????

Earle Bruce lost to INDIANA! nuff said....😏

Does this guy know anything?

I hope you are not a blue live matters fan.

If Ohio State had an Ezekiel Elliot they most likely would have won. That is what they were lacking.

If Michigan wins the national championship this year, Harbaugh will be the greatest college football coach of all time

Auburn knows how to lose !

Dan Patrick sounds lake an old guy drinking coffee at McDonald's trying to condescend to his casual football friends. Can't stand his tone and self righteous attitude.

Dan, you still working for ESPN? The bias is obvious. "Worst cheating scandal ever". Wow. I do not have the time, nor the inclination, of arguing with your inane take.

Dan, so bitter.

That came from Columbus and you guys press for punishment thinking you would win expelling m coach

Dan and his silly little crew can just fah cough. Their whining makes the win that much sweeter. Go Blue!

Oregon would boat race OSU