Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel said in a video on Wednesday that he's furious about comments from Kirk Herbstreit, who implied the Wolverines could use the coronavirus as an excuse to get out of playing rival Ohio State.
“I still think,” the ESPN analyst said on Tuesday, "Michigan waves the white flag and doesn't play Ohio State next week.”
While he did apologize and gave clarification later in the evening, that didn't stop the fallout that would come for both programs.
When asked if there was a "covert agenda" to not play games, Manuel said that "it's ridiculous.