Michigan is entering a new era with head coach Sherrone Moore. However, the program still can’t get out of the way regarding the cheating scandal that former staff member Connor Stalions started in 2021.
Last October, the Wolverines sign-stealing scandal was released to the public, making other teams and fanbases aware of why Micigan’s program turned so quickly over the past three years. Now, when it seems like the scandal started to die down with Jim Harbaugh no longer coaching the program, it started back up because Sherrone Moore was hit with violations from the NCAA on Sunday.
Michigan and Sherrone Moore Could Be In Big-Time Trouble
ESPN’s Dan Murphy and Pete Thamel published an article on Sunday stating.
New Michigan head coach Sherrone Moore is one of seven members from the 2023 football program accused of violating NCAA rules in a draft of the NCAA’s notice of allegations obtained by ESPN. https://t.co/Zyz7hHbnpq
— ESPN College Football (@ESPNCFB) August 4, 2024
“New Michigan head coach Sherrone Moore is one of seven members from the 2023 football program accused of violating NCAA rules in a draft of the NCAA’s notice of allegations obtained by ESPN.
The draft, which could be subject to change, states Moore could face a show-cause penalty and possibly a suspension for allegedly deleting a thread of 52 text messages with former Michigan staffer Connor Stalions in October 2023 on the same day that media reports revealed Stalions was leading an effort to capture the playcalling signals of future opponents.
The draft states that the texts were later recovered via “device imaging” and Moore “subsequently produced them to enforcement staff.” Moore is accused of committing a Level 2 violation, according to the draft.”
Moore was named co-offensive coordinator for the Wolverines in 2021 when Stalions started his sign-stealing operation. Moore and Stalions had to cross paths because the offensive coordinator needed to know what signals the opposing defensive team was running so he could adjust his offensive plays accordingly.
Moore has not received any punishment so far and became the interim head coach for the last three regular-season Big Ten games after Jim Harbaugh was suspended by the conference for participating in the cheating scandal.
There is a chance now that Moore and other Michigan staffers will be punished by the NCAA because deleting 52 text messages to and from Stalions is tampering with evidence, and you only tamper with evidence when you’re trying to hide a crime.
Michigan is not going to get away with this one, and they could get the death penalty for all the crimes they have committed.
