"Bigger suspension is coming" - CFB analyst predicts Michigan HC Sherrone Moore to face dire consequences after two-game ban 

Earlier this year, Sherrone Moore was slapped with a two-game suspension for the 2023 sign-stealing scandal that rocked Michigan during Jim Harbaugh's last season. The reprimand came from the school itself and not from the NCAA or the Big Ten, with analysts expecting this to be a way for the school to atone before a potential official investigation is relaunched.

The decision took some by surprise, as Moore wasn't in charge of the Wolverines when the sign-stealing scandal took place. However, the host of "Locked on Big 10," Craig Shemon, believes that everyone should brace for a bigger suspension than the two-game self-imposed Michigan one.

"They (Michigan) know that a bigger suspension is coming, so they put a lower number out there," Shemon said on Tuesday (Timestamp: 4:20). "Maybe a starting point for negotiations, maybe they think it's going to be a six-game, half the season. So they say two. Michigan offers two, the NCAA wants six. They split the difference, maybe it's only four games."

He said that some analysts expect Jim Harbaugh and Connor Stalions to be the main affected parties by the ban. However, in Shemon's opinion, they won't be the only ones affected by whatever punishment the NCAA decides to hand out.

Pete Thamel believes that the NCAA and Michigan are involved in negotiations over Sherrone Moore's suspension

Another college football insider who believes that the University of Michigan is involved in negotiations with the NCAA is ESPN's Pete Thamel. On the "College GameDay" podcast on Monday, Thamel had this to say:

“When you’re negotiating, you don’t do too much,” Thamel said on the "College GameDay" podcast.

“Clearly, that’s a signal from the other side that the NCAA seems like they think he should be suspended for more, and it’s a negotiation. They’re going to meet in the middle.”

It's important to remember that this wouldn't be the first suspension related to the matter. Jim Harbaugh was suspended for several games in the 2023 campaign by the Big Ten. While he has never admitted to partaking in the scandal, he was reprimanded by the conference for allowing it to happen under his watch in Ann Arbor.