From the moment the Michigan sign-stealing scandal spilled into public consciousness roughly 21 months ago, it has served as the ultimate Rorschach test for college sports tribalism, for the pettiness of longstanding rivalries, of our voracity for social media conspiracy theories and how quickly controversy can turn into celebrity.

Just imagine if you had told anyone with a working knowledge of Michigan’s football program August of 2023 that they’d win a national championship and the person who got a Netflix special out of it would be … Connor Stalions ? I rest my case.

And now, as Michigan braces for the findings and penalties stemming from its NCAA infractions case on Friday, we will hear all of it again regardless of the outcome: Complaints from Ann Arbor over selective enforcem

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