What is Michigan football’s ceiling for 2025 season?
USA TODAY columnist Dan Wolken shares insights into how the Wolverine’s football program may fare in the 2025 season.
Michigan football received four years probation and fines for a sign-stealing scandal from 2023.The NCAA previously sanctioned Michigan for exceeding practice time limits under Rich Rodriguez in 2010.Past scandals include Gary Moeller’s resignation after a drunken outburst and allegations against Dr. Robert Anderson.
Michigan football received arguably the biggest punishment in the history of the program on Friday, Aug. 15, when the NCAA handed out its penalties for the Conor Stalions sign-stealing scandal.
The program will be put on a four-year probationary period and pay fines that could amount to $20 million, though it also avoided a potentially devastating postseason ban. Coach Sherrone Moore will also tack on one more game to his two-game suspension, which was originally self-imposed by the University.
The penalties come to a program that has maintained a general reputation for fair play in its over 150-year history. And though Michigan has avoided the biggest NCAA scandals that have plagued other big-name schools like Penn State, Miami and SMU, Michigan’s football history is not totally clear of controversy.
Here are five scandals and infractions that have rocked U-M football over its history:
2010: Rich Rodriguez’s practice infractions
Former U-M coach Rich Rodriguez only spent three years at the helm of the program, but he left Michigan football with a stain — albeit a mostly forgettable one.
The NCAA ruled ahead of the 2010 season that Michigan was not in compliance when it exceeded its practice and workout times allowed during the 2008 and 2009 seasons. The University imposed sanctions on itself in May of 2010 as a result.
Rodriguez was fired in…
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