Connor Stalions and Dave Portnoy (Photos via UnnecRoughness/Twitter)
“Sign Stealer,” released as part of Netflix’s “Untold” series, perfectly illustrates how insane the Connor Stalions scandal was and continues to be.
The Connor Stalions documentary was released on Tuesday, and it quickly went viral.
Stalions is the Michigan football staffer responsible for the in-person sign-stealing scheme that sparked an NCAA investigation on the entire Wolverines program.
He ended up resigning shortly after the investigation began last year, and Michigan continued with their historic season. They went on to win a third straight Big Ten championship and the national title.
One of the biggest parts of this scandal in 2023 happened when Michigan State was hosting Central Michigan on a day that Michigan football weren’t playing in a game.
Nobody noticed anything odd at the time until the investigation broke, and people began to realize Central Michigan had someone on the sidelines that looked awfully similar to Connor Stalions when they played the Spartans.
In the documentary, Stalions was asked if he was on the sidelines during the NCAA investigation, but he claimed he did not remember.
Unfortunately for him, Barstool’s Dave Portnoy ratted him out and stated that it was him because he told him.
“An NCAA investigator asks Stalions whether he was the man standing in Central Michigan’s bench area, wearing team-issued gear and sunglasses, for the 2023 season opener at Michigan State, which took place the night before Michigan’s first game in Ann Arbor,” ESPN‘s Adam Rittenburg said.
Stalions replies that he didn’t recall attending a specific game, although Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy says in the documentary that Stalions admitted to him being on the Central Michigan sideline. Central Michigan has told ESPN it continues to cooperate with the ongoing NCAA investigation.”
Connor Stalions: I don’t recall attending a specific game
Dave Portnoy: Yeah that was Connor on the sidelines… he told me
— Unnecessary Roughness (@UnnecRoughness) August 27, 2024
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Central Michigan Releases Statement On Connor Stalions Amid Netflix Documentary
Untold: Sign Stealer, released on Netflix, tells Connor Stalions’ side of the scandal that rocked college football last year.
Midway through the documentary, Stalions is shown a picture of an unidentified staffer on Central Michigan’s sideline that is allegedly him.
The scene then cut back and forth between Stalions and Dave Portnoy.
“Well, I know the answer to that because he told me,” Portnoy said as he revealed that it was indeed him in that picture.
The clip went so out of control that even Central Michigan released a statement on the matter on Tuesday morning.
“We are aware of inferences made in the new Netflix documentary regarding former University of Michigan football staff member Connor Stalions accessing the CMU sidelines during our opening game last September,” Central Michigan said in a statement. “For the past ten months, CMU has fully cooperated with the NCAA’s ongoing investigation, and we will continue to cooperate with the NCAA as it works to complete its investigation. NCAA Bylaws expressly prohibit CMU from publicly commenting on the details of the case at this time. We are eager to bring this matter to a fair and prompt conclusion and to share what we know. We appreciate the patience and support of our community.”
