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Urban Meyer said Michigan punishment will ‘go down in the history books’

Cory Nightingale

By Cory Nightingale

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Urban Meyer spent 7 seasons between 2012-18 as the head coach at Ohio State, which automatically means he has some history with Michigan.

Meyer led Ohio State to a national championship in 2014, so he’s done it at the highest level, and he’s been in the biggest pressure spots imaginable when coaching against the Wolverines. His Ohio State and Big Ten history aside, Meyer is a well-known college football analyst for FOX Sports, and he made sure to give his take on the polarizing penalties there were handed down on Michigan last Friday in the program’s sign-stealing investigation.

During The Triple Option podcast that Meyer hosts with former Alabama running back Mark Ingram and Rob Stone, Meyer had bold words for the Michigan probe, saying it was a landmark ruling in the history of college football.

“This is one that will go down in the history books. This is something, in my lifetime, I have not seen this,” said Meyer.

Meyer, who is familiar with dealing with NCAA sanctions, believed that Michigan’s sign-stealing scheme not being punished when it came to the record books, or regarding its 2023 national title, was inconsistent with previous NCAA rulings.

The now 61-year-old who also won 2 national titles at Florida was speaking as a college football analyst, not as the former Ohio State coach who went head-to-head with Michigan on a yearly basis. On these sanctions though, he believes the college football world has never seen anything quite like it.

[H/T On3]
Cory Nightingale