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HOUSTON, TEXAS - JANUARY 08: Head coach Jim Harbaugh of the Michigan Wolverines celebrates after defeating the Washington Huskies during the 2024 CFP National Championship game at NRG Stadium on January 08, 2024 in Houston, Texas. Michigan defeated Washington 34-13. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)

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How Michigan’s Man On The Inside Got Caught

Tom Ley

The teams huddle up just before the start of the CFP National Championship game Michigan Wolverines and Washington Huskies on January 8, 2024, at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.

This Is So Stupid

Stalions’s People

Israel Daramola

Head Football Coach Jim Harbaugh of the Michigan Wolverines is seen on the sideline during the first half a college football game against the Purdue Boilermakers at Michigan Stadium on November 04, 2023 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Death To The NCAA

What Does Breaking The Rules Even Mean In A Sport Where Everyone Cheats?

Ray Ratto

Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh congratulates a player during his team's win over Purdue. Presumably everything was entirely aboveboard.

College Football

Connor Stalions Inspires Michigan Law Professor To Ask: Are Laws Even Real?

David Roth

New Vikings quarterback Joshua Dobbs exults after leading his team to a comeback win against the Falcons in Atlanta.

A Dad’s Guide To Joshua Dobbs Mindset


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Dan McQuade

An old-timey black and white photo of a man in a house showing off a vacuum to a housewife. It's from 1953. And I've photoshopped the head of Connor Stalions onto the salesman’s head crudely. It is in color, unlike the rest of the photo, and the head is clearly held on with scotch tape.

Report: Connor Stalions Was Low-Rated Online Seller Of Used Vacuums, Which He Stored On His Porch, Annoying His Neighbor Jeff

College Football: Ohio State Julian Fleming (4) in action, runs with the football vs Michigan at Ohio Stadium. Football analyst Connor Stalions and head coach Jim Harbaugh present in the background. Columbus, Ohio, November 26, 2022. In this photo edit, Stalion has been made black and white.

The Connor Stalions Affair Now Features A Double Agent

Conor Stalions stands on the sidelines at a Michigan game last year. He's in all blue, holding a big piece of paper. It's a split image, because on the right is a watermarked Photobucket photo asking God to "please make it stop" with a child praying. Stalions responds that someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.

It Appears Connor Stalions Was A Teenage Michigan Football Blogger

Someone who might be Connor Stalions on the CMU sideline.

Stalions Resurfaces

It’s Been Stalions All Along

The Ohio State University Marching Band performs prior to a game between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Penn State Nittany Lions at Ohio Stadium on October 21, 2023 in Columbus, Ohio.