ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit caused a commotion during Tuesday night’s College Football Playoff ranking show with some of his analysis regarding Ohio State, Michigan and teams using COVID-19 as an excuse not to play.
Michigan did not hold in-person team activities Monday and Tuesday after returning at least one positive test in the program. The Wolverines (2-4) are scheduled to host Maryland on Saturday and play at Ohio State on Dec. 12.
“I still think Michigan waves the white flag, potentially avoids playing Ohio State next week,” said Herbstreit, a former Ohio State quarterback. “Is that fair? Michigan could opt out basically of that game and could keep Ohio State out of six games to qualify for the Big Ten championship.