The Ohio State football program had to deal with Connor Stalions' cheating in multiple versions of The Game. The NCAA punished him for illegally obtaining signals from the Buckeyes and many other teams over multiple seasons. He is currently serving a massive show-cause penalty.
Despite the fact that the NCAA has hammered both him and TTUN with penalties over this scandal, Stalions has maintained his innocence. He claims that nothing he did was against the rules. He has been filing appeals with the NCAA to overturn his penalties so that he can get back into coaching.
This is something that has not been going well for him. Stalions and Jim Harbaugh will likely never coach in college football again. Harbaugh is coaching in the NFL. Meanwhile, Stalions has taken another loss in his efforts to getting back into college football.
Connor Stalions loses appeal in sign-stealing case
Stalions has taken another L as the NCAA has denied the appeal of his punishments for his role in the cheating scandal. In fact, the NCAA has affirmed that it made the right decision. That means that Stalions will likely never be able to get another job coaching in college football ever again.
Fans of the Ohio State Buckeyes can continue to hold over TTUN that their national championship in 2023 has an asterisk next to it because of this scandal. They had to cheat in order to get to that point, something that the Buckeyes have never had to do in order to get a national title.
The fact that the Buckeyes won it all in 2024 made things even sweeter. Ohio State finally took down TTUN in 2025 to end their losing streak and further increase fans' boasting power. In fact, it looks like Ohio State is in a position to dominate Michigan for quite a while.
Stalions is getting exactly what he deserves for cheating. He is suffering the consequences of his own actions.