They thought it was over. They thought the smoke cleared when Jim Harbaugh dipped for the NFL. But guess who just got dragged back into the flames of the NCAA? Sherrone Moore—the hottest name in college football coaching right now—is taking fire from the NCAA. On May 4th, word hit the street that Moore is facing a two-game suspension, a self-imposed sanction by the University of Michigan, stemming from allegedly questionable texting behavior related to the Connor Stalions sign-stealing investigation. But here’s the twist: ESPN just confirmed the connection, and it’s not what you think. It’s even wilder.

Turns out, way back when Connor ‘Spy Cam’ Stalions was getting heat in 2023 for allegedly having his buddies film opponents’ sideline signals to crack their play calls (and Moore was the offensive coordinator then), Moore apparently deleted a whole string of 52 texts with him. Even though ESPN’s Dan Wetzel said those texts were pretty tame, the NCAA is still ticked because they think Moore tried to hide something, which is why Michigan is about to hand him a two-game suspension for a Level 2 violation. And this is all happening while the NCAA is also looking into a bunch of other serious violations (like 11 total, with six being major ones) from that whole sign-stealing mess.

Dan Wetzel spilled the tea on The Rich Eisen show: “[Sherrone Moore’s] going to miss two games because he deleted it. If he hadn’t—there’s nothing incriminating in the text thread—but it was deemed a failure to comply, or that was the allegation. And so he’s going to get suspended. Now the interesting wrinkle—it is games three and four that Michigan want to suspend him for, not games one and two, which would make kind of more sense to most of us.” Translation? You get popped not for what you did, but for trying to cover it up. Classic NCAA move.

But here’s where it gets foul. Michigan chose Week 3 and Week 4 for the suspension—Central Michigan and Nebraska. Real quiet games. But guess who they play in Week 2? Oklahoma. And guess where Moore used to suit up? Exactly. His alma mater. So let’s get this straight: he gets caught deleting texts tied to a national scandal and still gets to coach against the Sooners? Wetzel couldn’t help but joke, “Perhaps he wants to coach at Oklahoma….Like a good Sooner, he doesn’t want to go to Lincoln.”

This isn’t Sherrone Moore’s first time holding the clipboard mid-chaos. Last season, Harbaugh caught back-to-back 3-game suspensions—first for COVID-era recruiting shenanigans, then for the Stalions soap opera.

Dan Wetzel aired it out on The Rich Eisen Show: “I mean, it’s really only about 57 text messages over a few years. So it wasn’t like they were in constant communication or anything. There were some ‘Hey, this is the blitz package’—I think there was something about a blitz package that Michigan State uses or something like that. But again, this would be normal text that an analyst, which I think would best describe Connor Stalions’ official role, and a coordinator would have. Right? Would be, ‘Hey, this is what’s going on.’ It was not Sherrone Moore saying, ‘Hey, make sure you scout the Buckeye game,’ or ‘Send your cousin to the Buckeye game to film the sideline.’ That did not occur.” 

And Sherrone Moore? He was the cleanup man. He was texting Stalions for years. Even if it was just ‘don’t forget this recruit’ type texts, it still smells funny when you hit delete after the feds come knocking.

Deleted threads and sketchy timing: Is Sherrone Moore on hot seat? 

This whole deleted text and sign-stealing saga low-key feels like Michigan’s 12-month documentary. One minute they are chasing a championship; the next minute they are on TMZ for espionage. And Moore? Man went from golden boy to the black list on NCAA’s radar. Deleting messages when the NCAA got boots on the ground? That move alone got folks raising eyebrows.

Let’s be real—Michigan thinks they’re clever. Dropping a suspension on Moore after the Oklahoma game is straight PR damage control. If it were about real accountability, they’d sit him against the Sooners. Instead, they throw him on ice against teams that won’t even make the news scroll. The NCAA sees it. Fans see it. Opposing coaches? Oh, they definitely see it.

Stalions wasn’t just some overzealous intern. The former Michigan staff was out here with disguises, burner laptops, maybe even a spy van. When the heat turned up, Sherrone Moore instantly hit delete. That doesn’t look innocent. That looks like a cover-up.

Let’s not forget: Jim Harbaugh took a one-year suspension and a four-year show-cause. That’s the blueprint. Moore’s already following in his shadow; now he’s stepping into his courtroom, too. The more this Stalions mess, aka the SignGate saga, is dragged back into the daylight, the more Moore’s halo begins to rust. So here’s the bottom line….

Moore better coach his tail off against Oklahoma, because the rest of the season might be murky. One more misstep, one more deleted file, and the NCAA might flip from probation to full-blown penalty mode. He already dipped his toe in the fire. Now it’s just a matter of how hard he gets burned.