Michigan State Athletic Director Threatens Central Michigan Over Failed Connor Stalions Investigation

Remember when former Michigan football staffer Connor Stalions appeared to get caught on the sideline at a Central Michigan game last season? Michigan State certainly does!

Spartans athletic director Alan Haller is threatening to distance itself from the Chippewas if they don’t soon come to a conclusion as to what happened.

Stalions, who was at the center of the Wolverines’ sign-stealing scandal, became something of a folk hero in Ann Arbor as Jim Harbaugh’s team marched its way to a national title at 15-0. The 28-year-old took the fall for all of the shenanigans, which essentially boiled down to this:

As the story goes, Stalions worked as a rogue agent (wink wink) who one day wanted to take over as head football coach at the University of Michigan. He graduated from the Naval Academy and is a a retired Marine Corps captain.

Somewhere along the way, Stalions got involved with the Wolverines’ program. His ability to translate the opponent’s signals quickly became crucial to success and kept the team one step ahead.

However, it went much deeper. Stalions created an elaborate system to scout future opponents in advance to gain an understanding of their calls. That is explicitly illegal per NCAA guidelines.

While all of this information started to come out, multiple suspicious videos and images surfaced online. It is hard to say that they do not show Stalions — in disguise — on Central Michigan’s sideline for its game against Michigan State. Assuming that it was actually him, he was obviously there to scout the Spartans.

One of the videos even appears to show a recording device on his sunglasses!