Connor Stalions has long maintained that Michigan didn’t break any rules
Michigan has never interviewed Stalions about his role in the advanced scouting operation. He contends that he didn’t break any rules, and certainly buying tickets for people to attend college football games isn’t against a rule. Neither is recording something while at the game as a fan.
So we’ll see what evidence the NCAA has, and what role Stalions has to play in all of this. It could be good for Michigan. It could be bad. But things did get more interesting now that Stalions is in the building.Records from other Big Ten schools show Stalions bought tickets to numerous games involving future opponents and the NCAA alleges he sent those people to digitally record teams when they signaled plays.
Stalions, though, insisted some of those tickets landed in the hands of people who sent him unsolicited video clips from games and refused to budge when asked about it by NCAA investigators.
“I don’t ever recall directing someone to go to a game,” he said, adding he sold some tickets and transferred others to friends.
Stalions told the NCAA that he didn’t need videos of signs sent to them because he had already memorized them.
In the documentary, Stalions shared details about how he deciphered signs from opposing teams by creating a database with thousands of images of him performing thousands of signals.NCAA rules do not prohibit stealing signs, a role Stalions appeared to have on former coach Jim Harbaugh’s staff with the Wolverines, but the governing body does ban advance scouting.
“I did not obtain signals through in-person scouting,” Stalions told NCAA investigators during a virtual meeting that was recorded and incorporated into the film.
When investigators asked Stalions if he attended the Central Michigan-Michigan State game on Sept. 1, 2023, he said he didn’t recall.
At another point in the documentary, Stalions was shown alongside an image of a man wearing Central Michigan gear and sunglasses during a night game against the Spartans ahead of their game against Michigan.
“I don’t even think this guy looks like me,” he said with a smirk.ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Connor Stalions broke his silence on Netflix.
The former Michigan football staffer, who resigned amid a scandal last season, was heard publicly for the first time in “Sign Stealer” on Tuesday — two days after the school received a notice of allegations from the NCAA about his operation.
“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
