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Michigan's accused sign-stealing ex-staffer Connor Stalions is subject of upcoming show on Netflix

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Connor Stalions is set to share his side of the story from an alleged sign-stealing scheme within Michigan's football team before the Wolverines went on to win the national championship. Netflix announced Monday that the fourth season of “Untold” will include “Sign Stealer,” on Aug. 27, when Stalions breaks his silence on the scandal that shook college football. Stalions was on coach Jim Harbaugh's staff until resigning in November, accused of purchasing tickets to scout future opponents and sending people to those games to digitally record teams signaling in their plays.

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Michigan’s ex-sign stealer Connor Stalions says in Netflix documentary he did not break NCAA rules

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “If I’m a bad guy, then everyone in football is a bad guy,” Stalions said on the latest release of “UNTOLD” on the streaming service. NCAA rules do not prohibit stealing signs, a role Stalions appeared to have on former coach Jim Harbaugh’s staff with the …

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Michigan receives notice of allegations from NCAA related to sign-stealing investigation

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Michigan has received the final version of a notice of allegations from the NCAA related to an investigation into an in-person scouting and sign-stealing operation being run by a football staffer, the NCAA and the school said Sunday. Michigan previously received a draft of the NOA …

5 months ago

NCAA hands former Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh a 4-year show cause order for recruiting violations

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The NCAA said Harbaugh, who left his alma mater to coach the Los Angeles Chargers after last season’s undefeated national championship, “failed to promote an atmosphere of compliance and violated head coach responsibility obligations.” “Harbaugh engaged in unethical conduct and failed to cooperate when he denied …

5 months ago

Jim Harbaugh: ‘I do not apologize;' Coach again denies knowing about Michigan sign-stealing scheme

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh on Monday said he has no reason to apologize as he continued to deny having any knowledge of the impermissible-scouting operation that triggered an NCAA investigation of his Michigan program during its championship run last year. Harbaugh could …

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Michigan’s accused sign-stealing ex-staffer Connor Stalions is subject of upcoming show on Netflix

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Connor Stalions is set to share his side of the story from an alleged sign-stealing scheme within Michigan’s football team before the Wolverines went on to win the national championship. Netflix announced Monday that the fourth season of “Untold” will include “Sign …

1 year ago

Michigan QB McCarthy says sign-stealing saga masked work of players who ‘did things the right way’

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The sign-stealing scandal that has hung over Michigan’s season has overshadowed the work the team has put in to go unbeaten and reach the College Football Playoff championship game, quarterback J.J. McCarthy said Wednesday. Michigan plays Washington for the national title in Houston on Monday as …

1 year, 1 month ago

Fired Michigan assistant coach Chris Partridge says he had no knowledge of sign-stealing scheme

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Former Michigan linebackers coach Chris Partridge said Monday in a social media post he had no knowledge of the alleged in-person scouting and sign-stealing scheme for which the NCAA is investigating the Wolverines and that he was fired for failing to abide by the school’s directive …

1 year, 1 month ago

Michigan booster Tim Smith denies involvement with Connor Stalions in sign-stealing scheme

New York Times

Tim Smith, a local businessman and prominent Michigan donor who used to sit on the board of Champions Circle, an NIL collective for Wolverines athletics, denied Friday that he had any involvement in the school’s sign-stealing scandal. Reached by The Athletic, Smith said he received notice from his attorney and his daughter recently that his name was being linked to …

1 year, 1 month ago

Ex-Michigan staffer Connor Stalions did not file any expense reports, AP’s FOIA request finds

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Connor Stalions, the former Michigan staffer at the center of sign-stealing investigation by the NCAA, did not file any expense reports during the 17 months he was formally employed by the football program, according to the school. The NCAA has documented plans …

1 year, 2 months ago

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh suspended three games over alleged sign-stealing scheme

LA Times

The Big Ten banned Jim Harbaugh from coaching at Michigan’s three remaining regular-season games on Friday, defying a warning from the second-ranked Wolverines in an extraordinary confrontation over an alleged sign-stealing scheme that has rocked college football. The Big Ten said the school had violated its sportsmanship policy by conducting “an impermissible, in-person scouting operation over multiple years” that resulted …

1 year, 2 months ago

Michigan is accused of stealing other team’s signs. Here’s why its coach just got banned for 3 games

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Both the NCAA and the Big Ten Conference, of which Michigan is a member, have been looking into the claims for at least three weeks while the second-ranked Wolverines continue their season. Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti, who has had the job for about six months …

1 year, 2 months ago

Ex-college football staffer shared docs with Michigan, showing Big Ten team had Wolverines’ signs

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A former employee at a Big Ten football program said Monday it was his job to steal signs and he was given details from multiple conference schools before his team played Michigan to compile a spreadsheet of play-calling signals used by the …

1 year, 2 months ago

Big Ten notifies Michigan of potential disciplinary action for in-person scouting, sign-stealing: Sources

New York Times

Michigan received a formal notification letter from the Big Ten on Saturday of potential disciplinary action in response to the school’s in-person scouting and sign-stealing scandal, a university source confirmed to The Athletic on Monday. Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti met with Michigan officials Friday to discuss the matter amid calls from other Big Ten schools to punish Michigan for …

1 year, 2 months ago

No. 2 Michigan routs Purdue 41-13 despite potential distractions of NCAA sign-stealing investigation

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “All that outside noise is just noise,” said Michigan’s Heisman Trophy-candidate quarterback J.J. McCarthy, who was 24 of 37 for a season-high 335 yards. “We were already super close as a unit, but with more stuff coming in — the noise — we just think of …

1 year, 2 months ago

Connor Stalions, the Michigan employee at the center of the NCAA sign-stealing investigation, quits

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Connor Stalions, the low-level Michigan football staffer who is at the center of an NCAA investigation into sign stealing and alleged scouting improprieties, resigned Friday. “We’ve had to teach our guys a new language.” Earlier Friday, Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti met with Michigan President Santa …

1 year, 2 months ago

NCAA investigators interview Jim Harbaugh’s staff about sign-stealing scheme, AP source says

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! ANN ARBOR, Mich. — NCAA investigators interviewed members of Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh’s staff Thursday about a sign-stealing scheme, a person familiar with the governing body’s visit told The Associated Press. The firm presented evidence to the NCAA and suggested Connor Stalions, a low-level staffer …

1 year, 2 months ago

Report: Outside firm gave NCAA evidence of Michigan’s sign-stealing scheme to trigger investigation

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The NCAA’s inquiry into a sign-stealing scheme by Michigan’s football program was triggered by an outside firm’s investigation, which turned up videos of and documented plans and budgets for impermissible scouting of the Wolverines’ opponents. The Washington Post, citing two people familiar with the matter who …

1 year, 2 months ago

Jim Harbaugh promised a ‘gold standard’ for Michigan football NCAA compliance. What now?

New York Times

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Five weeks ago, Jim Harbaugh stood in front of reporters and talked about setting a “gold standard” for rules compliance. Though he considered Michigan’s compliance to be exemplary, he talked about implementing new policies to “make sure I don’t ever get sidelined again.” “We’ve done an incredible job,” Harbaugh said then. Even if the facts are …

1 year, 2 months ago

Ticket buys to multiple Big Ten games found in name of suspended Michigan staffer, AP sources say

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Ticket purchases to football games in the name of a suspended Michigan football staffer who is the focus of an NCAA investigation into an alleged sign-stealing scheme have been found by multiple Big Ten teams. One school found ticket purchases under Stalions’ name to at least …

1 year, 2 months ago

Investigation of Michigan for sign-stealing stems from NCAA rules made to curb financial advantages

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! There are rules against using electronic equipment to record an opponent’s signals, but what’s mostly at issue with Michigan is NCAA Bylaw 11.6.1: “Off-campus, in-person scouting of future opponents is prohibited.” Wolverines coach Jim Harbaugh, who served a three-game, school-imposed suspension earlier this season for a …

1 year, 2 months ago

What rule is Michigan accused of breaking? What are possible penalties? Explaining sign-stealing in CFB

New York Times

By Nicole Auerbach, Austin Meek, David Ubben and Chris Vannini Michigan football is under investigation by the NCAA for possible rules violations related to in-person scouting of opponents. The NCAA’s 2023 football rule book prohibits “any attempt to record, either through audio or video means, any signals given by an opposing player, coach or other team personnel.” Using an electronic …

1 year, 2 months ago

Michigan suspends football staffer Connor Stalions amid NCAA’s sign-stealing investigation

New York Times

Michigan has suspended football staffer Connor Stalions pending the conclusion of an NCAA investigation into sign-stealing allegations, athletic director Warde Manuel announced Friday. One source who was briefed on the allegation said Michigan is being accused of using a “vast network” to steal opposing teams’ signs. In his recently deactivated LinkedIn bio, Stalions said his military background is useful in …

1 year, 2 months ago

NCAA investigating allegations of sign-stealing by Michigan. Harbaugh denies knowledge, involvement

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh denied any knowledge or involvement in plotting to steal opponents’ play-calling signals by sending representatives to their games and said he would fully cooperate with an NCAA investigation into the allegations against his program. “I do not have any knowledge or information …

1 year, 2 months ago

NCAA investigating Michigan football amid allegations of sign stealing

LA Times

2 Michigan is being investigated by the NCAA for allegedly trying to steal the play-calling signs of its opponents, the latest rule-breaking allegation against coach Jim Harbaugh’s program that is among the national championship favorites. The Wolverines, who started their season with Harbaugh serving a university-imposed three-game suspension for a still unresolved NCAA infractions case, play at Michigan State on …

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MAC commissioner calls for NCAA to crack down on ‘behavioral trainwreck’ in college sports after flag-planting brawls

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CNN — The Mid-American Conference commissioner wants the NCAA to crack down on what he calls “abysmal behavior” at college sports events, which he said has shown a “lack of respect for norms and traditions.” The letter, sent on Thursday from Jon A. Steinbrecher to NCAA president Charlie Baker and shared with CNN, argued that sportsmanship and ethical conduct are …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Big Ten taking no further action on Michigan-Michigan State scuffle after review

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The Big Ten said it reviewed footage of the skirmish that broke out at the end of Saturday’s Michigan–Michigan State football game but determined that it will take no further action. “While the confrontation was a disappointing conclusion to the contest, the conference appreciates the efforts made by staff from both teams, security personnel and game officials to rapidly de-escalate …

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