A former football staffer at an unknown Big Ten school revealed Monday that he was employed to steal signs and put together a spreadsheet of Michigan’s play-calling signals used in the 2022 season with information provided by other conference programs, according to the Associated Press.
The employee, who chose to remain anonymous in fear of jeopardizing his coaching career, shared documents with the Wolverines’ program last week that included pictures of Michigan’s signs and plays, as well as screenshots of text messages between employees at other Big Ten programs.
The staffer shared the information with Michigan in hopes of helping the program amid sign-stealing investigations being conducted by the NCAA and the Big Ten.
The unnamed staffer believes that Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh and his coaching staff are being unreasonably held accountable for the actions of former recruiting analyst Connor Stalions, who resigned on Saturday while serving a suspension for allegedly performing illegal in-person scouting for the Wolverines. Stalions’s apparent behavior is not allowed in college football.
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If the investigation into the claims regarding Stalions and the program is found true, Michigan could be cited for violating the Big Ten’s sportsmanship policy and potentially face the possibility of disciplinary measures.
Although controversy surrounds the Wolverines’ program, Michigan (9–0, 6–0) is currently tied for first in the Big Ten East with Ohio State (9–0, 6–0) and was ranked No. 3 in the first College Football Playoff rankings last Tuesday.
Michigan will seek to remain undefeated on Saturday when the Wolverines go on the road to face Penn State (8–1, 5–1) in a huge Big Ten East clash.
