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https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/michigan-football-vs-western-michigan-set-to-take-place-in-germany-per-a-report/ar-AA1Jibe2?ocid=BingNewsSerp

 

McMurphy reports that the 2026 season opener against Western Michigan will no longer take place at The Big House and now will be played in Germany.

Michigan and Western Michigan will open the 2026 season on Saturday, Aug. 29, in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany, sources told On3.

The game will be held at Deutsche Bank Park, a 55,000-seat retractable roof soccer stadium that has hosted five NFL games.

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Michigan HC Sherrone Moore gives criteria for naming starting QB

By Andrew Kulha  |   Jul 24, 2025 

Most seem to expect that former No. 1 overall recruit and true freshman quarterback Bryce Underwood is going to be the starter for the Michigan Wolverines in 2025, but head coach Sherrone Moore is still not ready to make that decision.

In fact, at Big Ten Media Days, Moore was clear that a starting quarterback has not yet been named for the Wolverines.

"Before anyone asks, it’s an open competition,” Moore told the media.

Underwood has superstar potential, but, as mentioned, is a true freshman. Yes, he was a star at the high school level, but that doesn't necessarily mean that will all translate once the hits are for real at the college level, especially in the stacked Big Ten.

That's why Michigan went out and brought in two transfer quarterbacks this offseason in former East Carolina quarterback Jake Garcia and former Fresno State quarterback Mikey Keene.

They, as well, have never played Big Ten football and they'll never be confused for superstars in Ann Arbor, but they've at least thrown a touchdown at the college level.

Ultimately, talent is not going to be the final determining factor for Moore — at least here in fall camp.

It comes down to leadership for him.

"There is no starter. When they ‘have the team’ we’ll know we have our starter," Moore said.

If it comes down to pure talent alone, Underwood will likely be under center when the Wolverines open the season against New Mexico on Aug. 30. 

It is tough for a freshman quarterback to lead a football team, though, so it will be interesting to see which way Moore and his staff decide to go. 

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East Michigan Baptist is holding a press conference at 10 AM today to announce self imposed sanctions on its football team.

Head coach suspended first two games; lone football analyst suspended for the year; and no bowl game this season  

Nature of violations, if any, will not be announced.

 

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1 minute ago, BurntOrange&White said:

is a press conference common in these kinds of things? I don’t think I’ve seen one before?

I mean, it would seem odd for the NCAA to call a press conference to announce minor sanctions, unless their doing it to grandstand with some sternly worded remarks against Michigan's conduct to show they're being tough will handing down a slap on the wrist.

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3 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

is a press conference common in these kinds of things? I don’t think I’ve seen one before?

Has this scandal been common? Why would anyone expect the most covered college sports scandal of the past half decade to not be handled on this level?

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4 minutes ago, South Austin said:

I mean, it would seem odd for the NCAA to call a press conference to announce minor sanctions, unless their doing it to grandstand with some sternly worded remarks against Michigan's conduct to show they're being tough will handing down a slap on the wrist.

 

1 minute ago, closetojumping said:

Has this scandal been common? Why would anyone expect the most covered college sports scandal of the past half decade to not be handled on this level?

Malakai Lee, come on down. 

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Posted
4 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Has this scandal been common? Why would anyone expect the most covered college sports scandal of the past half decade to not be handled on this level?

I mean I get that I was just asking in general….was there a PC during the Penn St or Baylor stuff?

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6 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

I mean I get that I was just asking in general….was there a PC during the Penn St or Baylor stuff?

Baylor stuff? Which scandal? 

And, yes, for PSU. There were multiple PCs. 

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Sources: Among Michigan’s punishments in the NCAA COI ruling, per me and

@danwetzel

: *Michigan receives a significant fine, expected to be more than $20 million, from loss of postseason football revenue for the next two seasons. *Michigan coach Sherrone Moore is given an additional game suspension, which is expected take place in 2026. The school already proposed a self-imposed a two-game ban for this upcoming season, which is slated for Week 3 and 4.

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[Thamel] Sources tell me and @DanWetzel they'll also be a 10-year show-cause penalty for Jim Harbaugh and an 8-year show-cause penalty for Connor Stalions.

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Just now, Js1 said:

[Thamel] Sources tell me and @DanWetzel they'll also be a 10-year show-cause penalty for Jim Harbaugh and an 8-year show-cause penalty for Connor Stalions.

 Neither of them will ever coach in college again. Take THAT!

Also they’ll forfeit some postseason revenue and their coach will sit out a few meaningless games.

Ho hum. 

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31 minutes ago, Js1 said:

[Thamel] Sources tell me and @DanWetzel they'll also be a 10-year show-cause penalty for Jim Harbaugh and an 8-year show-cause penalty for Connor Stalions.

Razor Ramon 244 X 170 Gif GIF

61 year old multi-millionaire successful NFL head coach, who brought a national title back to his alma mater and will die a legend in Ann Arbor, won't be able to come back to college football, and neither will his gopher who no one was looking to hire anyway and is currently a HS OC. 

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https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/45986773/sources-michigan-gets-major-fine-add-moore-ban-sign-stealing

 

The NCAA's Committee on Infractions ruled on the University of Michigan's advanced scouting case on Friday with the school getting a significant fine including the loss of two years of postseason football revenue but avoiding punitive penalties like a postseason ban.

The NCAA also ruled an additional game suspension for head coach Sherrone Moore. Moore was expected to serve a two-game suspension in the upcoming season, which ESPN reported in May that the school proposed to self-impose.

The NCAA COI also levied an 8-year show-cause penalty for Connor Stalions and a 10-year show-cause penalty for former coach Jim Harbaugh, who is now coaching in the NFL. Those essentially act as barriers to schools hiring them in the future.

The size of the fine is expected to be considerable, although a finite amount will not be available. While there's variables on how much teams will get from football postseason revenue, sources expect that number based on past Big Ten revenues and projections to be more than $20 million and perhaps more than $25. Some of that will depend on both Michigan's performance the Big Ten's performance.

Multiple sources familiar with Big Ten projected postseason revenues told ESPN to expect that number to be easily north of $20 million and perhaps above $25 million, as the CFP revenue significantly increases for Big Ten schools with the new contract in 2026.

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Bringing in material from other websites like ESPN makes dark, illegible font sometimes. So I corrected font color. Also, fuck yo mother
Posted
15 minutes ago, lilMAC25 said:

3 game ban for Moore

8 year show cause for Stallions

10 yr show cause for Harbaugh

big fine (up to $25MM)

no post season REVENUE for 2 years

I believe you're making a mistake here. Or at least you're presenting it in a way that's confusing.

The "fine" IS the ban on past season revenue for 2 years. They're the same thing. They're not paying a 20-25 million dollar fine AND also getting no post-season revenue for 2 years. It's just the latter, and they expect it to be around ~20-25 million dollars.

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1 minute ago, SydneyCarton said:

I believe you're making a mistake here. Or at least you're presenting it in a way that's confusing.

The "fine" IS the ban on past season revenue for 2 years. They're the same thing. They're not paying a 20-25 million dollar fine AND also getting no post-season revenue for 2 years. It's just the latter, and they expect it to be around ~20-25 million dollars.

I was confused. Thanks for correcting it

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I don't really care either way, my interest level in college sports is way way down. But someone posted this elsewhere, thought it was interesting. 

Full report

https://t.co/WT1wVTCIgn

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Stalions purchased game tickets and transferred them to those individuals, who included another staff member, interns and acquaintances of Stalions. The network of individuals was referred to as the "KGB." While in attendance, they filmed the signal callers on the future opponents' sidelines and then provided that film to Stalions. Using the footage they collected — which Stalions referred to as "dirty film" — Stalions then deciphered opponents' signals. Stalions and other individuals involved in the scheme acknowledged or corroborated this process. Additionally, on one occasion, Stalions personally attended a future opponent's contest. In total, 56 instances of off-campus, in-person scouting of 13 future regular- season opponents occurred across 52 contests. Stalions' conduct resulted in a collective Level I violation of the impermissible scouting rule that expressly prohibits off-campus, in-person scouting of future opponents. 

By his own admission, Stalions expended significant resources and effort to plan the scheme, spending nearly $35,000 on tickets in 2022 alone. Through the scheme, Stalions collected, deciphered and documented thousands of signals for use by other staff members. Record materials demonstrated that Stalions had access to prominent coaching staff members, who he stood next to during football games. Once information became public, Stalions also went to significant lengths to attempt to conceal his efforts. Those actions are accounted for by his failure to cooperate violations. The panel noted that "the true scope and scale of the scheme — including the competitive advantage it conferred—will never be known due to individuals' intentional destruction and withholding of materials and information." The panel went on to note that while the scope may never be known, the intent of the scheme was to gain a competitive advantage over competitors, stating, "Regardless of whether it was Stalions or someone acting on his behalf, their physical presence at the game essentially gave them front-row seats to a key element of opponents' offensive and defensive strategies." 

Failure to cooperate

Throughout the investigation, Stalions, Harbaugh, Moore and former director of player personnel Denard Robinson each failed to meet the membership's expectations of cooperation. Their conduct ranged from destroying relevant materials to providing false and misleading information during interviews — including Stalions instructing an intern to "clear out" emails, photos, texts and videos related to the scouting scheme. The intern complied and then instructed a friend, who attended and recorded three games as part of the scheme, to do the same. During the hearing, Stalions stated that he did not recall telling them to delete any information. 

Stalions also admitted during the hearing that he disposed of his phone in a pond. In a recorded phone call, Stalions said his film was also at the bottom of a pond. Additionally, throughout the investigation, Stalions violated confidentiality requirements, disclosing information related to the investigation to the public. The panel stated, "In short, Stalions' multiple and repeated failures to cooperate are some of the worst the COI has ever seen." 

Additionally, following Oct. 19, 2023, media reports of Stalions' scheme, Moore deleted his entire 52-message text thread with Stalions off his personal phone. The following day, Moore deleted from his school-issued phone a single text that was part of a broader thread that referenced Stalions standing by Moore during a game. When questioned by the enforcement staff, Moore initially blamed the deleted messages on storage space, although he eventually admitted to deleting them as a reaction to the news.  

Harbaugh failed to cooperate by refusing to provide necessary records or participating in an interview with the enforcement staff. 

 

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God I hate the fucking NCAA. Just fucking go away already. This is there new position on post-season bans. So Oklahoma State basketball will have been the last program to get one--for something an assistant coach did to enrich himself and which provided the program zero competetive advantage. At least it didn't apply to Cade Cunningham's year, the only year OSU basketball has been watchable in the last 20 years. 

https://www.si.com/college-football/simple-reason-michigan-didnt-receive-postseason-ban-ncaa-connor-stalions-case

However, the panel determined that a postseason ban would unfairly penalize student-athletes for the actions of coaches and staff who are no longer associated with the Michigan football program. Thus, the panel determined a more appropriate penalty is an offsetting financial penalty instead of a two-year postseason ban. 

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40 minutes ago, PittsburghTiger said:

 

Okay, hear me out.  Sark coaches the Longhorns for another 10 years, picking up a championship here and there.  When he retires, Harbaugh's show cause order will have expired, we hire Harbaugh, he cheats his ass off to a couple more Longhorn titles, then leaves for another NFL job, and the NCAA hands down another 10-year show cause for Harbaugh, but does nothing to Texas except suspend our next head coach for the Rice game, leaving all our titles and wins in place.

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Posted
22 minutes ago, Baboontyme said:

I don't really care either way, my interest level in college sports is way way down. But someone posted this elsewhere, thought it was interesting. 

Full report

https://t.co/WT1wVTCIgn

 

The sports are boring but this is interesting? Autism is a hell of a thing.

Posted
4 minutes ago, 'stache said:

However, the panel determined that a postseason ban would unfairly penalize student-athletes for the actions of coaches and staff who are no longer associated with the Michigan football program. Thus, the panel determined a more appropriate penalty is an offsetting financial penalty instead of a two-year postseason ban. 

What a total crock of shit. As if those student athletes, now so more than ever, couldn't easily transfer elsewhere should they choose to do so.

Posted
5 minutes ago, Yesh said:

Is there any fanbase in the country that wouldn't trade these penalties for a national championship.

I can't speak for the entire fanbase, but I for one, sure as hell wouldn't want a Texas NC title at that cost. I don't think I am alone in this.

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4 minutes ago, sith_horn said:

I can't speak for the entire fanbase, but I for one, sure as hell wouldn't want a Texas NC title at that cost. I don't think I am alone in this.

I'd bite your hand off. The punishment is pretty much just money our donors would cover in a second.

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Posted
5 minutes ago, sith_horn said:

I can't speak for the entire fanbase, but I for one, sure as hell wouldn't want a Texas NC title at that cost. I don't think I am alone in this.

Money? That's literally all it's costing them.

Posted
2 minutes ago, texifornia said:

I'd bite your hand off. The punishment is pretty much just money our donors would cover in a second.

It's not about the money.

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Posted (edited)
42 minutes ago, sith_horn said:

It's not about the money.

If it’s not about money or a title then lol at you saying that. But if it makes you feel superior than others then you do you I guess. 

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Posted
27 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Their 2023 title needs to have a bigass * next to it

As someone said in the Recruiting thread, if you started doing that the national championship chart would look like a star map. Nobody really remembers after a few years.

Posted
22 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

If it’s not about money or a title then lol at you saying that. But if it makes you feel superior than others then you do you I guess. 

Feeling superior to you is a low bar to clear.

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