Michigan stars, alum Tom Brady have one-word response to Jim Harbaugh's punishment

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It seems like the Michigan Wolverines are going to do their best to shake off Jim Harbaugh's three-game ban.

The Big Ten announced on Friday that Harbaugh will be barred from the sidelines for the remainder of the regular season, stemming from the investigation into sign-stealing by the football program.

Before the Wolverines took off for Penn State (and before the punishment came down), Michigan players wore shirts that read "MICHIGAN VS EVERYBODY," a clear message that they know they are the talk of college football, and maybe all of sports.

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J.J. McCarthy and Tom Brady (Getti Images)

But once they landed in western Pennsylvania, their current quarterback wanted to send out one more message.

Shortly after the announcement was handed down, J.J. McCarthy sent a post on X, formerly Twitter, with just one word: "Bet."

The term has become slang for "OK," especially when accepting a challenging.

Tom Brady, Michigan's quarterback in the late 1990s, saw McCarthy's post, shared it, and echoed it.

Several Wolverines posted the same message, including defensive lineman Kris Jenkins, offensive lineman Zak Zinter, defensive back Mike Sainristil and plenty of others.

The conference announced Friday that Harbaugh will not be allowed to coach for the remainder of the 2023 regular season after it said that Michigan "has been found in violation of the Big Ten Sportsmanship Policy for conducting an impermissible, in-person scouting operation over multiple years, resulting in an unfair competitive advantage that compromised the integrity of competition."

Head coach Jim Harbaugh of the Michigan