SEC Network’s Paul Finebaum tweeted the following after news hit that the Wolverines were landing Ole Miss QB Shea Patterson:
Jim Harbaugh just poached one of the SEC's best QBs in Shea Patterson. If the NCAA allows him to play in 2018 the Wolverines become a title contender. #CFB
— Paul Finebaum (@finebaum) December 11, 2017
As many have noted, ‘Poaching’ as Finebaum wrote in the tweet, is illegal. It was believed that Patterson reached out to the Wolverines first after the NCAA penalties on Ole Miss were revealed.
"Ole Michigan it might be by the time this offseason is over. It sounds like there might be a couple other guys Patterson brings up there with him" – @DanMurphyESPN pic.twitter.com/ZzwHcLwktF
— Paul Finebaum (@finebaum) December 11, 2017