Dan Lanning Shades Michigan After Kyle Whittingham's Comments About Oregon's NIL Spending

Ahead of Michigan's matchup with Oregon on Saturday, Wolverines' head coach praised his counterpart, Dan Lanning, though added that it "doesn't hurt that you have $50-plus million dollars at your disposal to, in essence, outbid everybody."

Lanning, unsurprisingly, responded to those comments on Wednesday.

"I've got nothing to say to Coach Whit other than I think he's an unbelievable coach, and I get it," Lanning told reporters. "They're spending more of their money right now on their coaches that they're letting go, so maybe it makes it hard to sign players. But I know they've signed a couple of guys that we weren't able to compete with what they decided to do, and maybe a lot of that money is tied up for them in another player. I don't know. But Coach Whittingham is an unbelievable coach. He's a Hall of Fame coach. I've got nothing but respect for him."

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