Connor Stalions caught lying in Netflix doc about Michigan State vs. CMU game

The Netflix documentary into the story behind Connor Stalions and Michigan’s sign stealing scheme has officially come out, and Stalions did what everyone outside of Ann Arbor thought he would do.

Lie.

Lying has become the norm for the Michigan program throughout all of these investigations, so it’s no surprise that Stalions is attempting to do the same with the entire world watching this documentary.

But the only problem is that his lies were so obvious that nobody will believe them.

ESPN wrote a piece on this Netflix documentary and it confirms without a doubt that Stalions was lying in the documentary.

In the ESPN article, they go into how Stalions was asked by an NCAA investigator if he attended the season opener between Michigan State and Central Michigan last season while wearing CMU gear on the Chippewas' sideline. According to ESPN, this is what Stalions had to say.

"He didn’t recall attending a specific game."

- ESPN

A lie like that can’t get any more blatant and obvious. Just look at this picture and tell me it isn’t Stalions.

But we live in America where you’re innocent until proven guilty, and even Stalions deserves that in this investigation. But that innocence gets thrown out the window immediately based on what Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy shared.

"Barstool Sports owner Dave Portnoy said in the documentary that Stalions admitted to him being on the Central Michigan sideline."

- ESPN

So what does this mean? Obviously this confirms without a shadow of a doubt that Stalions was on Central’s sideline illegally. But Stalions response to the NCAA’s question leads me to think something else might be true.

I don’t think this is the first time he’s done this.

If Stalions doesn’t remember being at a specific game like he said then doesn’t that imply that he’s done this more than once? Because if he’s only illegally attended a game on someone’s sideline once then I find it hard to believe he forgot which game that was.

The only way Stalions can destroy this narrative is if he comes out and says he lied in the documentary. I think we all know that isn’t happening.

I however am not the only one to come up with this theory that Stalions has been on multiple sidelines beyond the game between MSU and CMU last year. Josh Pate, host of the Josh Pate College Football Show on CBS Sports, said he’s heard rumors that Stalions has done this more than once as well.

"Was that the only time? Was that the only time he (Stalions)pulled that off? It’s one of the questions I have, because I’ve heard rumors to the contrary."

- Josh Pate

This theory has not been proven at this time, but it’s becoming more and more likely to be true.

Regardless, Stalions and Michigan as a whole deserve to be justly punished. Stalions lied, Harbaugh lied, and the Michigan program has lied, what world are we living in where those actions (on top of the many different proven examples of cheating) get rewarded with a national championship?

The NCAA needs to do the only right thing here and vacate Michigan’s titles.