Ann Arbor ― Michigan’s current players certainly had a vested interest in learning the NCAA’s punishment of the program for an investigation into an illegal scouting scheme, particularly whether that would yield a postseason ban that would affect them.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Anticipation is important for quarterbacks, and having played the position before, Ohio State football coach Ryan Day clearly still possesses the trait. In his opening statement during Monday’s press conference, Day got ahead of any questions asking him to comment on the NCAA’s punishment of Michigan for its sign-stealing scandal.

NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions handed down a severe punishment to the University of Michigan's football program. Among the consequences for the Wolverines' involvement in the Connor Stalions sign-stealing scandal: a near $30 million fine,