The latest developments of Michigan’s sign stealing investigation are that several other B1G teams (Ohio State, Rutgers and Purdue) shared the Wolverines’ play calls for last year’s B1G Championship. While ESPN has been all over slamming Michigan and how they are cheating, you would think the ‘World Wide Leader’ in sports would tell the latest developments. However, there has been nothing from ESPN on their website:
For those who aren't aware: Larry works for the AP. Sites like ESPN can (and do) subscribe to the AP and can use that AP content on their site at their leisure. In fact, the vast majority of non-UM stories in ESPN's "top headlines" right now are AP stories. pic.twitter.com/vf2pFpvOPL
— Scott Bell (@sbell021) November 7, 2023
What is currently up on ESPN’s CFB section is a video of Finebaum saying sign-gate is a very bad look for Harbaugh, and Pat McAfee and Stephen A. Smith debating if Michigan should be banned from the CFB Playoffs.
Reece Davis on GameDay last weekend:
"Nobody is out to get him…he's responsible for what goes on in his program. That's just life."
Rece Davis pushes back against the idea that a media vendetta is driving the coverage of Michigan's cheating scandal: pic.twitter.com/Af2D1d0D26
— Paul Finebaum (@finebaum) November 6, 2023
On Pete Thamel who broke the story for ESPN and seems to be a talking head for the Buckeyes:
Paging @espn President James Pitaro. Jimmy, you have a @PeteThamel problem. The reputational damage he tried to inflict on @UMich at behest of @OhioStateFB is nothing compared to the sh*t storm coming to ESPN if you don’t clean this up. https://t.co/tCG2JInE1z
— David Shuster (@DavidShuster) November 7, 2023
Unfortunately, I can hear @ESPN @PeteThamel @OhioStateFB with their usual bias. Watch them claim that when UM gets signs from rivals, it is "sign stealing." But when OSU, Rutgers, Purdue, and others conspire to steal UM signs, it is "decoding signs." https://t.co/KQ45V2HD16
— David Shuster (@DavidShuster) November 7, 2023
Relatedly, there has also been some blowback internally at @ReceDavis @espn for his “those who stay will be suspects” comment on Saturday. In other words, not all ESPN is rotten. #NCAA #Bigten #Michigan https://t.co/IaCQF22bxl
— David Shuster (@DavidShuster) November 7, 2023
