Meet the Man Behind the Michigan Football Sign Stealing Scandal

The Michigan Wolverines are mired in a sign stealing scandal, one masterminded by suspended staffer Connor Stalions.

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00:00 Will this man bring down Michigan football?

00:02 Meet Connor Stallions, the suspended staffer

00:04 at the center of the Wolverine sign-stealing scandal.

00:07 Stallions reportedly purchased tickets to numerous games,

00:09 allegedly to film the sidelines

00:11 of future Michigan opponents.

00:13 Sign-stealing itself is not illegal,

00:14 but advanced in-person scouting is.

00:17 And video of Stallions apparently relaying signals

00:19 during games has since surfaced,

00:21 with SI's Richard Johnson obtaining text messages

00:24 allegedly sent by Stallions saying,

00:26 "I'm close with the whole staff,"

00:27 pointing out a relationship

00:28 with special teams coach Jay Harbaugh, the son of Jim,

00:31 with a previous Venmo exchange

00:33 between the two also emerging.

00:34 All this as Stallions apparently had grand plans

00:37 to run the football program,

00:38 claiming to have put together a document

00:40 hundreds of pages long labeled "The Michigan Manifesto."

00:43 Jim Harbaugh continues to declare

00:45 he does not condone anything against the rules,

00:47 but it's not hard to see the signs

00:49 that this will get worse and not better

00:51 for the team currently ranked number two in the country.