Michigan may seem like it is trying to do the right thing when it comes to the suspension of football head coach Sherrone Moore this upcoming football season, but really, it is just giving the university a bad look.
When the Connor Stallions' alleged sign-stealing incident broke two years ago, Michigan was adamant that everything was legal and no one did anything wrong. Even now, Michigan still tries to say that the innocent party in the whole matter, but now suddenly, this is the second suspension they have given out because of it. That just doesn't seem like something you do when you think you are innocent.
Clearly, ESPN's Peter Burns thinks the same thing as he completely throws shade at the university for the Moore suspension, saying what everyone is thinking.
Michigan football was so innocent of cheating in 2023 that they now have self imposed suspensions not once but twice.
— Peter Burns (@PeterBurnsESPN) May 6, 2025
Sherrone Moore received his suspension from Michigan for his involvement in the alleged sign-stealing incident
It was announced earlier this week that Michigan is self-imposing a suspension of Moore for his involvement in deleting a thread of 52 messages between himself and Stallions. However, it doesn't seem like much of a suspension if Moore gets to pick which games he gets to be suspended for. Moore will serve the suspension against Central Michigan and Nebraska in weeks three and four of the season.
Michigan fans couldn't care less about the suspension, but like Burns, they do question why the university chose to lie down and just do whatever the NCAA wanted them to do. Michigan has been trying to fight the NCAA with these allegations since they broke, yet they aren't shy in giving out suspensions for them.
Moore will most likely receive even more punishments from the NCAA before the 2025 season, as he didn't just get suspended by Michigan but also received some additional recruiting penalties.