Urban Meyer Rips Big Ten's Ohio State vs. Michigan Punishment Decision

Urban Meyer knows all about life in the Big Ten. Specifically when it comes to Ohio State's heated rivalry with the University of Michigan.

Meyer dominated the rivalry during his tenure in Columbus, going 7-0 against "The Team Up North" — something his protege Ryan Day cannot say.

And just like others he saw what transpired after the Buckeyes' loss and he didn't like how the conference chose to respond to it.

"Stop with that," Meyer said on "The Triple Option" podcast. "It's like saying, 'Okay, let's take off wins from 20 years ago.' What do they call that? I used to die laughing when our AD would tell me some school who was cheating, yeah they [rescind] the wins or something like that. That's gonna do a lot. You gotta punish it. $100,000 fine. Okay. I think, I don't know."

Instead Meyer suggests punishing those who were actually involved rather than having schools pay a fine with money that school presidents can probably find under their couch cushions.

"Whoever grabbed the flag, that person is done for a game and the head coach is gonna be potentially suspended as well because he didn't enforce it. That's how I would handle it. The money, $100,000. Where does that money go?" the former coach asked. "I always crack up about that. It's a $100,000 fine. Okay Big Ten Conference, tell me exactly where the $100,000 goes, and who cares. That's not going to deter people from doing that. When someone's gonna get really hurt badly and it just looks awful for the greatest game that exists."