Michigan State claims Ohio State doctored game film

Joe Rexrode and Drew Sharp, Detroit Free Press | USATODAY

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi said Ohio State doctored the game film it was required to send to MSU before Saturday's game.



Narduzzi indicated that MSU complained to the Big Ten, but MSU associate athletics director John Lewandowski said MSU athletics director Mark Hollis and Ohio State athletics director Gene Smith settled the issue between them, with no Big Ten involvement.



Narduzzi told the Detroit Free Press that Ohio State cut off pre-snap motions and shifts before plays on film of its four games prior to Saturday's 17-16 OSU win at Spartan Stadium.

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"We had tape cut off all week, where they changed the tape, I'm not going to lie to you," Narduzzi said outside the MSU locker room. "They send you tape and they've got it all cut off, and you don't get to see shifts or motions or anything else."

Big Ten teams are required to provide game film to each other before they play, with footage shot by their respective video staffs. Narduzzi said MSU contacted Ohio State's non-league opponents and got film from them.



"A few other teams we talked to that they played, and we compared what they were looking at on tape to what we were looking at," he said. "We're like 'We don't see any of that. We see it on their tape but not on our tape.' So that's something I'm sure the Big Ten office will hopefully take care of."



Hollis and head coach Mark Dantonio declined to comment. The Big Ten did not immediately respond to an e-mail seeking comment.



Ohio State coach Urban Meyer told the Free Press he knew nothing about a video issue.



"I don't know anything about that," Meyer said after his news conference. "I don't handle the video. What are they saying?"



Told again about the accusation, Meyer asked someone from his staff if he knew anything, and the staff member said he did not.



Asked if he was concerned about a Big Ten inquiry, Meyer said: "There is no video issue here."



Narduzzi said MSU did not get full game film of Ohio State until Thursday.



"It doesn't help you," he said.