Michigan football's Sherrone Moore 'looks forward' to release of Connor Stalions texts

Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore says he isn't worried about texts messages he sent with alleged sign-stealing mastermind Connor Stalions being released. In fact, he welcomes it.

Last week, a draft notice of allegations looking into U-M's alleged sign-stealing scandal was obtained by ESPN. Among the details was evidence that suggests Moore could face a suspension and other penalties after he reportedly deleted a thread of 52 text messages with Stalions back in October 2023.

Moore did his best to get ahead of questions about the various probe's surrounding his team, saying in an opening statement that he "understands" that there are questions, however there was only one main comment he wanted to make.

"We're cooperating with the NCAA fully, have in the past, will in the future and will continue to do that," Moore began. "Right now, it's an on-going case and we need to preserve the confidentiality of the proceedings."

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Though he implied he didn't want to speak about it, Moore was given a chance to clarify about his particular involvement and the former tight ends coach turned offensive line coach turned co-offensive coordinator and now head coach did gently take the bait.

"I look forward to them being released," he said of the texts. "That's it."

Though Moore is only charged with a Level II violation (lesser than than the Level I offense which led to Harbaugh's suspension), there is a chance he could fall under the NCAA's "repeat violator" category. His first infraction came when he agreed to serve a one-game suspension last year for his part the program's COVID-19 dead period recruiting saga.

"When you're at the bottom they don't respect you. When you're in the middle, they ignore you, when you're at the top they hate you," Moore said. "So for us, we're just going to keep rolling."

Moore was asked how he felt about where his team's cultural perception lies within the game and whether he feels he has to do any damage repair from the recent scandals and various messes which have spilled across Schembechler Hall.

Much like his predecessor, Moore didn't pay them much mind, but instead talked about job No. 1 − football.

"We're great, we're excited about Game 1," Moore smirked. "Can't really control what people say about us."