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J. Brady McCollough: In Michigan sign-stealing saga, NCAA calling a play USC should recognize

LOS ANGELES — In a matter of hours, the Michigan football team went from very possibly the best version of itself in the program’s proud history to the nationally lampooned “Cheaters and Best.” Did an elaborate sign-stealing network of agents — or just one low-level staffer, a former Marine Corps officer with a design on domination of the college football world — really turn Jim Harbaugh’s ...
Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh talks to quarterback J.J. McCarthy during a break in the action against Indiana at Michigan Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

LOS ANGELES — In a matter of hours, the Michigan football team went from very possibly the best version of itself in the program’s proud history to the nationally lampooned “Cheaters and Best.”

Did an elaborate sign-stealing network of agents — or just one low-level staffer, a former Marine Corps officer with a design on domination of the college football world — really turn Jim Harbaugh’s disappointing product of 2020 into back-to-back Big Ten champions and Buckeye beaters in 2021-22 and the nation’s No. 2 team in 2023?

That’s the question that matters most to me, a Michigan alum who has passionately followed this team’s ups and downs for nearly 25 years now.

But the question that should matter most to the

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