Brady Quinn Says The Jim Harbaugh Sign Stealing Allegations Are a Non Issue

going a little crazy right now but uh some other folks are going crazy as well there's Michigan fans there's Buckeye fans there's a fans across all college football who are going crazy because you know the allegations against the Michigan football program for the Conor stallion Scandal yet Jim Harbaugh has continually denied any knowledge of what was happening or taking place despite the fact he along with six other coaches have received received uh level one or two infractions and Jim Harbaugh now the head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers talked about this about his involvement uh at the uh Chargers training camp take a listen yeah I do have a comment on that um Never Lie never cheat never steal I was raised with that lesson I have raised my family on that lesson I have preached that lesson to the teams that I've coached no one's perfect if you stumble you apologize and you make it right today I do not apologize I did not participate was not aware nor complicit in those set allegations felt like we had a little more meat on the bone there Lee did we just cut that one off a bit short or what happened there sounded like he was on some Bill Clinton type stuff I did not have relations with that woman she popped up from under the desk um this is this is have sexual relations to that woman sound like Miss Linsky sound like coach I never told anybody to lie not a single time never sound like coach yeah well there you go you get a vivid uh recollection of that I I was young when that happened but I do recall the accent and him denying it yeah I didn't recall the second part was like I never told him to lie yeah I was raised tell the truth not to lie cheat or steal I raised my family on that we really doing this though again this year why did he feel like he needed like you tell me why like you're not even there anymore well I think I think he was asked about it so you know he I've been like I already like you already know like that's that's in that's in the rear view you know and spaceships don't come equipped with rearview mirrors they they go forward you know no the uh the the thing that I was a little upset we cut off there uh reason why I was pointing this out to Lee is he usually finishes off like some sort of motivational like line like you know attacking each day with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind it's like it's something like that that he like would finish the the sound bite off with and I always laugh because what Jim Harbaugh finishes the quote with is what you end up paying attention to because you're like what the hell did he just say right you're like that that sounds good but yeah okay like anyway not to get off on a tangent what was that Lee I do have the end of of that quote if you want to hear it real quick here it is participate was not aware nor complient in those said allegations so for me it's back to work and attack him with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind there you go there you go I love it like first off he's the only coach that that in my time once I got into uh broadcasting all that he would he would say that he would say other things similar to that and I would always be taken back by like all right like if you say it every day you say it enough eventually everyone starts kind of buying in believing it too it's just you know who you are it's part part of that but uh it always like struck me as like what the hell did he say before that I can't remember I'm so attracted to the attacking each day with enthusi unknown to mankind I I don't even know what he said before that so anyway I I just I can't believe we're doing this again and and my stance on this last year and it's hasn't changed and just from knowing probably too much is again people who want to look at Michigan and say oh well they were doing this for years and look at their success and and and look I I grew up in Columbus Ohio I understand one of the reasons why this narrative still continues is because there's a lot of bucke fans out there who are not happy with how the Ohio State Michigan game has gone in the past three years and here's the truth okay if Conor stallions was was helping you the previous two years okay this past year he wasn't on the sidelines he wasn't helping he wasn't there during that season and I've I've continually told teams that and fans that have an issue with this be careful what you saying you wish for because often times you point the finger you got four- point right back at you and I know of some programs that have some guys that have done this sort of thing and they haven't gotten in trouble or they haven't been exposed because it's that rampant and for all the people who keep showing these clips of guys in the sidelines who look across the sidelines and then they're still you know they're signaling back into their defense there's one with CJ Stout and the Ohio State Michigan game and everyone's like oh see this clip see this no that's that's actually allowed you're they're actually allowed to steal signs on these Sidelines so stop showing the clip because it doesn't matter and most teams if they're smart enough they know and I I promise you this from covering the Big 10 championship game that Michigan's been in the past two years each of their opponents knew they knew exactly what was going on this past year they didn't have styan so it didn't matter didn't really need him but two years ago the teams knew and I won't go as far as saying what other teams in the league did to compensate that because it was pretty messed up too but I would just I would caution people like be careful of what you wish for because if you want to open up this Pandora's Box everyone had their hand in the cookie jar and everyone was doing some fashion or form of advanced scouting and figuring this all out and trying to get it Edge that that's how Sports work work folks everyone's trying to get an edge everyone's trying to find a way of taking whatever is gray and for forcing the NCAA or or the conference to make it black and white you can or cannot do this and and and the best teams by the way usually do that bill bich is notorious for always taking a rule and saying well let's really put the officials you know to to the grinder here to see if they can actually come up with how they're going to call this consistently because we might feel like we have an advantage or a loophole that we could take advantage of that's how it usually works it works in the business world like this so I I hate that we're you know rehashing this again and I know it has everything to do with the uh time of year and the NCA coming out and saying hey sh Moore might be suspended or what have you let's move on let's move on we have coached the quarterback now we don't need this we we will not need this moving forward so it should be a non-con conversation it didn't play any role in my opinion in Michigan winning the national championship last year when they needed to have Conor stallions the most they didn't have them and they still won they went undefeated they beat their best opponents without their head coach without their head coach too they not only did not have the Scout that was helping they didn't have their head coach give them their credit where credit is due that's that's that's all I'm saying like let's move on from all this that that's my take on it yeah again sign sign stealing it that there was the idea of it I I guess you you made the point of it yesterday that the investigation was still on going I just think that it should have been to to the benefit of the NCAA and I just feel like the fact that this is continuing to linger on it just leads me to believe like or not I won't say believe it it makes me question where is where is the push coming from like is there someone that is a decision maker that is a pro Ohio State person is there some type of background conspiracy theory is there something going on that leads to the reason why this would continue on into the next season because stallions is been gone the head coach is now gone what's the like close the investigation it's it's it's not like this was a to me this is not a legal situation it's not it's not there's nothing here to me that is at this point tremendously egregious where there should continue to be a microscope put in place on Michigan or or its new head coach that's my take on it and the more it persists the way that it is it's almost like are you witch hunting for a reason in particular because the ultimate the ultimate punishment that could be levied against Michigan outside of losing scholarships or or you know suspension of games vacation vacating of games would be to lose your coach and oh by the way they have a new head coach the coach left so what else is there like we're going to continue on oh let's get let's get the current head coach let's see if we can set them back for at least a game or two cuz really all that's going to happen is there's going to be a penalty levied against the head coach correct this isn't this isn't anything else Beyond they want to look at text messages or whatever from or seen text messages from shiron and now they want to they want to suspend him as well if this was the case then to me you should have did it all last season right it just doesn't make sense to carry it on into this season knowing that they have a new head coach and and it's a new season it just seems like there's something here the deck is seems seemingly loaded against against Michigan for some reason and I'm not sure it makes you wonder it makes you wonder and and look I again I understand that going back to last year when you look at the timeline of things again the initial suspension to Jim Harbaugh to start the season something different well and it was it was self-imposed it it was self-imposed it was yeah during that that contact super egregious you know disqualifying of breaking the rules like you brought you was is that what it was he bought some burgers or something for recruits it's something along those lines I think there's a little bit more okay but but that being said that was in essence um what that initial suspension was for where shiron Moore and another of coaches on their staff actually rotated the head coaching responsibilities and then it was more from the pressure of the Big 10 that caused Jim Harbaugh to miss those pivotal games uh during the course of the regular season so then that became part of that story line but we knew the NCA could eventually uh lay down their punishment this this past spring however it it extended further into the summertime before the season so that's why we're at where we're at that's why this is recycling resurfacing back up the news but one of the reasons why it's continually being asked about is because for Jim horah Who You'd think like hey if if things don't go well with the Chargers he's young enough and has been successful enough at the college level he would have an opportunity to come back back to college football uh however with these sorts of level one infractions that show cause like that could prevent him from doing so so and maybe that's the reason why he made that statement is to to set the stage for if that were to happen him to possibly return and look he he wasn't compliant in the investigation by the NCA at least that's one of the accusations so if that's the case I can only imagine how much harder he's going to make their life coming all the way across the country to LA to try to interview him as the head coach of a National Football League team and how busy he is so there's there's that element to where if you thought it was difficult to get hold of him back when he was coaching at Michigan just wait now just just wait out now how hard it's going to be if he tries to appeal and they try to you know go through that the rigorous process of figuring this all out it it again we will see if you know what the punishment is and and what Michigan decides to do from there maybe they're just you know happy with the fact that let's just get this over let's let's move on from it college football has adapted now the coach the quarterback where they have the Radio Systems in their helmet so this really shouldn't be necessary anymore to continue to have these issues with science stealing there there's always elements of that I mean even in the NFL I mean you're allowed to look at game film and if you see stuff that a player or a coach is doing on the game film you're provided you're allowed to look at that and say hey this is their signal for this if we shift or motion and they do this signal that's what they run I mean it it's it's happening right now in training camp you have the offense versus the defense you don't think every offense on their team knows their defensive signals that's how it works that that's you're always trying to look for an advantage so I'm hoping this goes away sooner rather than later that may upset some Buckeyes fans but again I would just I would say this like if you're Ohio State you know you don't need to have like an excuse or an asteris next to why you beat them this year you know you want to blame something you know like you you want to beat him you want to beat him in Columbus fair and square where that game is going to be played that's at least how I would want it you know I wouldn't want to say oh well they really beat him because of this they didn't have their head coach or they didn't have this and and the you know the team was in a state of chaos you'd rather say like no we we we took their best shot and we beat them we're the better team and and I do think Ohio state will beat them I do think they're the better team but that rivalry is that big that's one of the reasons why I think this perpetuates this conversation honestly so well I I think that that gives Michigan tremendous motivation to be prepared if they didn't need any more it just seems like it's them against the world and they took that and they rode that and won a national title so I wouldn't be surprised if they did it again well I would be only because of how much they've lost I think it's going be a tough people realize for Michigan absolutely so a lot a lot of things in transition a lot of moving parts