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Bernie Smilovitz: Michigan sign stealing scandal is in vogue

Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh watches against Purdue in the first half of an NCAA college football game in Ann Arbor, Mich., Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) (Paul Sancya, Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

The sign stealing scandal has been the biggest story this year in college football.

Is anyone talking about Michigan against Penn State this week? The game is this Saturday at noon in Happy Valley.

The answer is no! People are just talking about Connor Stalions and his side hustle. By the way, Michigan is favored by 4 1/2, but I digress...

Now comes word that other schools have been doing it also, and they even have traded the signs they’ve stolen with other schools. At some point, all the information has to come out, and at some point, you may learn that this was either the biggest story in the college game in the last 20 years or a very large dud. Our pick is the biggest story.

But what happens after all the info comes out and the problem has been solved? There is only one thing for the NCAA to do, and do it immediately after they hand out their penalties.

Put a transistor in the quarterback’s helmet so he can get the play from the sidelines.

The only ones that will be angry will be the folks that work at Kinko’s, and even they won’t care because Kinko’s doesn’t exist. It was bought by FedEx in 2004 and dumped four years later.

Once again, I digress...

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