COLUMBUS, Ohio — The convergence of college football team allegiances and anxiety about the coronavirus pandemic has spawned an increasingly ridiculous batch of conspiracy theories. © Nathan Baird, cleveland.com/cleveland.com/TNS Former Ohio State quarterback and ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit apologized for suggesting on ESPN Michigan would use COVID-19 as a reason to avoid the Buckeyes this month. Nathan Baird, cleveland.com Kirk Herbstreit spiked the football Tuesday night. Spiked it so hard it bounced back up, hit him in the face and forced a most modern of apologies via selfie video. During the lead-in to ESPN’s reveal of the College Football Playoff rankings, Herbstreit suggested Michigan would use its recent COVID-19 cases as an excuse to lay off The Game against Ohio State on Dec. 12. Not in the name of player safety, but because the Wolverines are cowards. “I still think Michigan will wave the white flag and not play this…
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