Urban Meyer adds layer to Michigan-Ohio State rivalry, deems sign-stealing a 'tremendous advantage'

Zain Bando

Urban Meyer adds layer to Michigan-Ohio State rivalry, deems sign-stealing a 'tremendous advantage' image

Former Ohio State coach Urban Meyer has stood firm on his thoughts regarding the Michigan sign-stealing scandal and how detrimental it is to college football.

Meyer, of course, has a personal vendetta against the Wolverines after years of dominance. Having become an analyst over the last few years, Meyer has begun to let loose about Michigan than ever before.

“Everybody needs to understand that when you say signals, there are only a couple signals you can get that fast in real time,” Meyer said on "The Triple Option." “Is it a run or a pass? Is that significant? Hell yeah it is — it’s a tremendous advantage. It changes the entire technique of your defensive front, linebackers. The second everybody knows it’s a pass, that’s a completely different story. And then the whole right or left, if they know it’s a run to the right or run to the left. And that’s why I understand what the advantages are.”

Meyer says the Wolverines should be stained for this saga regardless of what happens next.

“Whether other coaches have done that before in the past … I’ve never heard of this before. A lot of this is to be determined on the surface, but is it a competitive advantage to know the signals of your opponents illegally? You got them illegally,” Meyer said. “Of course it is.”

Differences aside, both teams will meet Thanksgiving weekend to settle the score and possibly determine who plays in the Big Ten title game in December.

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Zain Bando

Zain Bando is a freelance writer for The Sporting News. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism. Over the years, Bando has written about various beats surrounding Illinois, Northwestern, and Kansas State Athletics but sticks to the Big Ten as his primary expertise. Outside of collegiate reporting, Bando covers MMA and boxing for MMA Knockout On Sports Illustrated and hosts/co-hosts two podcasts as part of the Empty The Bench Podcast Network – Bando's Breakdowns and The MMA Outsiders, which air weekly on YouTube and are distributed on all podcast platforms Wednesday nights and Friday afternoons. Bando is a Chicago Suburban native and a member of the FWAA and USBWA, continuing to hone his professional skills as a sports journalist and media personality. Since June 2019, Bando's byline has been featured in numerous media outlets, including MSN, Yardbarker, Deadspin, FanSided, BJPenn.com, Bridge Media Network (Sports News Highlights), Mike Farrell Sports, Reuters, and more. When Bando is not writing, he binges on old UFC fights, spends time with family and friends, memorizes every Super Bowl, and manifests all the places he still has to travel to (even while bringing his laptop).