CLOSE Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel answered questions from a U-M media reporter about the football team’s pause on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. Detroit Free Press Warde Manuel saw what Kirk Herbstreit said about Michigan football on Tuesday night. And Michigan’s athletic director was not pleased. “I think it’s ridiculous,” Manuel said Wednesday of Herbstreit’s comments. During ESPN’s College Football Playoff rankings show, Herbstreit — the renowned analyst and a former Ohio State quarterback — implied that the Wolverines, who are 2-4, would not want to play the fourth-ranked Buckeyes and could cite coronavirus concerns in canceling the Dec. 12 matchup in Columbus, which would prevent Ohio State from reaching the Big Ten championship game. “I still think Michigan waves the white flag (and) potentially avoids playing Ohio State next week,” Herbstreit said on the show. “Is that fair? … Michigan could opt out, basically, and keep Ohio State out of (playing) six…
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