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Associated Press
Jul 13, 2025, 01:37 PM ET
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Former Michigan shot unit subordinate Connor Stalions, whose actions triggered an NCAA probe into sign-stealing, says helium knew astir each awesome opponents utilized successful 7 games implicit 2 seasons.
Stalions shared those details Saturday connected societal media, responding to TCU manager Sonny Dykes telling On3 that his squad changed immoderate signs successful beforehand of its triumph implicit the Wolverines successful the 2022 College Football semifinals.
"We got immoderate favorable matchups due to the fact that of that and, yeah, determination was immoderate large plays successful the game," Dykes said successful the On3 report.
Stalions bristled astatine the latest effort to suggest Michigan won oregon mislaid games due to the fact that of his sign-stealing relation with the team.
"There were 7 games successful my clip astatine Michigan wherever I knew astir each awesome the full game: 2021 MSU, 2022 MSU, 2022 PSU, 2022 OSU, 2022 TCU, 2021 Georgia, and 2021 Wisconsin," Stalions wrote successful his post. "We mislaid 3 of those games due to the fact that we didn't tackle well, and Georgia was historically good. We won the 4 different games due to the fact that we dominated the enactment of scrimmage & tackled well. Blocking, shot security, tackling, tally fits & sum tools.
"That's football. This is not rocket science."
Nearly a twelvemonth ago, the NCAA alleged successful a announcement relating to Michigan's sign-stealing probe that existent manager Sherrone Moore violated rules arsenic an adjunct nether former manager Jim Harbaugh, who served a three-game suspension successful speech for the Big Ten dropping its ain probe into the allegations aft the 2 ended up successful court.
Moore besides was accused of deleting substance messages with Stalions, earlier they were recovered and provided to the NCAA. Moore has said helium has and volition proceed to cooperate with the NCAA's investigation.
Michigan is prepared to suspend Moore for 2 games during the coming season. The NCAA volition determine if that self-imposed authorisation is capable to code allegations that Moore failed to cooperate successful an probe that rocked assemblage shot during the 2023 title play with Harbaugh connected the sideline.
The schoolhouse had a hearing with the NCAA's Committee connected Infractions past month. The governing assemblage takes 3 months connected mean for contested cases to marque a last decision.
The Wolverines unfastened the play connected Aug. 30 astatine location against New Mexico State and past spell to Oklahoma, wherever Moore was an violative lineman, connected Sept. 6.
The NCAA does not person rules against stealing signs, but it does prohibit schools from sending scouts to the games of aboriginal opponents and utilizing physics instrumentality to grounds different team's signals. Records from different Big Ten schools showed that Stalions bought tickets to games involving aboriginal opponents, sending radical to digitally grounds teams erstwhile they signaled plays.
Stalions initially was placed connected permission by Michigan and later resigned. He did not enactment successful the NCAA investigation.
The NCAA antecedently enactment Michigan connected 3 years of probation, fined the schoolhouse and implemented recruiting limits aft reaching a negotiated solution successful a recruiting lawsuit and banned Harbaugh from coaching assemblage shot for 4 years.
