Michigan QB McCarthy Addresses Sign Stealing: 'Had to Adapt' to 'Get Up to the Level' of Ohio State

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Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy this week addressed the Wolverine's sign-stealing scandal, essentially admitting that Michigan stole signs in order to keep pace with other teams in the conference. 

"I feel like it's so unfortunate because there's probably, I don't want to say a crazy number, but probably a good number, 80 percent of teams in college football steal signs," McCarthy said during a teleconference ahead of Monday's national championship between No. 1 Michigan and No. 2 Washington. "It's a thing about football, it's been about for years. We actually had to adapt because in 2020, or 2019 when Ohio State was stealing our signs — which is legal and they were doing it a legit way — we had to get up to the level they were at and make it an even playing field.

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