"Some of the text messages between Moore and Stalions paint a fascinating picture of the behind-the-scenes nature of Michigan's sign-stealing effort — one that, according to the school, is perfectly within the rules and is a fairly normal art among college football staffs," Yahoo wrote.
Many of the text messages were unrelated to any sign-stealing — such as Stalions reminding Moore of a recruit's birthday. But a few were tied to sign-stealing, though none in Yahoo's report indicated that Moore knew the lengths at which Stalions was operating his system. Stalions is accused of using a network of friends, family and fellow low-level staffers to scout 52 games in-person in an effort to obtain opponents' signals.
"The university notes none of the texts were specifically about the in-person advanced scouting system," Yahoo wrote.