Ryan Day Emphatically Denies Ohio State Buckeyes Shared Signs With Purdue Boilermakers
The Michigan Wolverines are embroiled in a sign-stealing controversy dating back multiple years, across the Big Ten conference and beyond, with new evidence mounting against them seemingly every day.
But according to reports from ESPN's Adam Rittenberg, Michigan was not the only school stealing signals - at least last season.
Per Rittenberg, the Big Ten received documents claiming that the Ohio State Buckeyes, Purdue, and Rutgers all communicated about Michigan's signals ahead of the Boilermakers matchup with the Wolverines in the Big Ten Championship game.
On Wednesday, Ohio State head coach Ryan Day refuted those reports.
"Nobody here did any of that," Day said. "We went through and made sure we asked all the questions and got our compliance people involved. None of that came back at all. I can answer very strongly that that did not happen."
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And when pressed in a follow-up question, Day once again shut it down.
"I'm not gonna comment on that," Day said.
That said, whether or not Ohio State is guilty of conspiring with Purdue is immaterial on multiple levels.
Setting aside the fact that it is not illegal to poach signals or communicate with other teams, (only the in-person advanced scouting and filming on an electronic device is against the rules), Michigan went on to dominate the Boilermakers 43-22 in Indianapolis.
Michigan then went on to the College Football Playoff, where they lost to the TCU Horned Frogs - who were tipped off that their signs had been illegally scouted by Michigan from multiple schools, including the Buckeyes.
Either way, Day is not concerned with that whole controversy, and just wants to focus on his remaining schedule, starting with Michigan State this Saturday.
"For us, the only thing that matters is playing right now and finishing the season the right way," Day said. "Anything else for us right now is a waste of time. If somebody asks a question or (Buckeyes AD Gene Smith) comes in, we'll talk about it. But other than that, it's all football."
