This NCAA football season, the Michigan football team has drawn a lot of attention, and not only because of their perfect record and top rating. One of the greatest issues in college football this season is the Wolverines’ current investigation by the NCAA for improper in-person scouting. Since Michigan defeated Ohio State and won the Big Ten for the third consecutive year, the story has been less and less prominent because it was evident that their advantage from sign-stealing was probably not that great. Nevertheless, some people still bring up the subject on a regular basis.
One individual who has brought it up recently is Eli Drinkwitz, the coach of the Missouri football team. Drinkwitz and his Tigers are preparing to take on Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl. While he was talking about the game on ESPN, Drinkwitz feigned to receive a call from Connor Stalions, the Michigan football staff member in charge of the sign-stealing plot.
Still, it didn’t end there. Drinkwitz appeared to be making a lighthearted jest when he made the first remark about the Stalions and Michigan, but when he was speaking recently about the College Football Playoff, it sounded like he felt that the controversy may prevent the Wolverines from qualifying.
“Let me ask you a question if we’re going to have some really difficult talks. Will a playoff-bound club be eliminated and Florida State added back in if a great player on that team gets hurt? According to Drinkwitz on SiriusXM Radio. That seemed like a very absurd justification to me. Even though I’m an SEC person, that one really got to me. It also appeared like we were picking and choosing which lens we were going to look through, failing to take into account the possibility that a team (Michigan) would have an unfair advantage in some of their games.
