Urban Meyer breaks silence on 'egregious' Michigan sign-stealing allegations

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One college football heavy hitter isn't buying that Michigan pulled off what it's accused of doing.

The NCAA has opened an investigation into the school's football program after it was alleged to have repeatedly stolen opposing teams' signs, and it seems like more damning evidence emerges by the day.

However, Urban Meyer, who coached Michigan rival Ohio State seven years, admitted he is "skeptical" of the truth to the allegations.

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Head coach Urban Meyer of the Ohio State Buckeyes, right, and head coach Jim Harbaugh of the Michigan Wolverines talk prior to a game at Ohio Stadium Nov. 26, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio.   (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

Meyer said on his podcast with Tim May he had "been asked over 100 times to comment" on the controversy, and he finally gave his thoughts.

"First of all, I’m very skeptical of reporters' reporting. My experience is they’re wrong most of the time," Meyer said. "And that’s not a shot at the media, but that’s reality. People say things that they’re reporting that’s just not true. So, I’m going to give the benefit of the doubt, saying, first of all, it’s hard for me to believe that is true."

However, if the allegations are true, it seems like Meyer believes the program should be punished.

A Michigan Wolverines helmet on the sideline during the spring game at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Mich., April 1, 2023. (Rick Osentoski/USA Today Sports)

"I also heard people say that 'Well, everyone does that.' And Tim, no one does that. I’ve never heard of that in 40 years of being around the game," Meyer continued. "There’s a very clear rule, and that rule,