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He's Ross Dellinger.

He's been busy.

Yahoo Sports senior writer covering college football and Michigan's in a little bit of trouble.

Or at least, they appear to be in a little bit of trouble.

Ross joining us now.

Ross, how'd this story come to light?

Let's see.

It happened pretty quickly as these things do.

It was probably Wednesday late afternoon.

We got a tip at Yahoo, Dan Wetzel and I about it and started to pursue it.

And Wednesday night didn't really have it, but we understood what happened, which was the NCAA had started an investigation into Michigan,

a separate investigation from the one they were already conducting.

And they had alerted the Big Ten on late Wednesday afternoon or Wednesday evening.

And in the Big Ten, the Big Ten alerted Michigan's opponents, future opponents, including Michigan State.

So that's kind of how the word leaked out, so to speak.

Walk me through the accusations.

Well, the main, you know, sign stealing is pretty prevalent in college football.

It's not illegal.

It's not against NCAA rules to steal a team signs from the broadcast or during a game in signaling them in.

I mean, none of that is illegal.

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