Nearly two years after it first came to light and with suspensions still on deck next year, the Connor Stalions advanced scouting, sign-stealing scandal has seen the University of Michigan issue its final, in-house verdict.
The Wolverines will fight no more.
On Monday, the school announced that it no longer would contest the findings from the NCAA's Committee on Infractions -- a faction of college athletics' governing body that ruled Michigan's program had committed numerous Level I violations, the most serious charge from the NCAA.
The fallout from that scandal, which unfolded amidst Michigan's run under then-head coach Jim Harbaugh to the College Football Playoff Championship, resulted in a record-long NCAA show-cause punishment for Harbaugh and additional de facto suspensions, as well as fines, for Michigan athletics.
Moore, who like Harbaugh and former Wolverines defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald, also were previously punished over a separate NCAA probe into impermissible recruiting tactics at the school.
"After careful consideration of the prolonged impact of an appeal on Michigan and our student athletes," University of Michigan officials said in a Monday statement, "we have withdrawn our appeal of the NCAA's infractions decision and penalties.
Moore already served a two-game suspension this season and also has accepted a suspension for his team's 2026 season-opening contest at home against Western Michigan.
In his second year guiding the program after serving as Harbaugh's offensive coordinator, as well as offensive line coach, a role he rode to earning FootballScoop's Offensive Line Coach of the Year award, Moore rallied the Wolverines through the scandal and rebuilding efforts in 2024 to close out their year with a win against eventual CFP champion Ohio State, as well as a romp past Alabama in the postseason.
This year, Michigan is 6-2 and climbed to No. 21 in the latest AP Top 25 Poll. The Wolverines lost by double-digits in early September at Oklahoma, Moore alma mater, in an intersectional clash before being routed earlier this month at USC, in its second year as a Big Ten Conference program.
Michigan hosts Purdue this week before facing consecutive road games at Northwestern and Maryland. It concludes its regular season with a home contest against Ohio State, a team the Wolverines now have beaten four consecutive times.
If the Wolverines run the table in their next three Big Ten contests before their regular-season finale against Ryan Day's Buckeyes, they'll enter that contest with a chance to become a College Football Playoff participant and potential participant in the Big Ten Championship game.
Top-ranked Ohio State and second-ranked Indiana right now are the league's only two undefeated teams in Big Ten play.