Will NCAA strip Michigan of national title? ESPN Insider reacts to Sherrone Moore’s two-game ban

ESPN college football insider Dan Wetzel believes the NCAA will have a hard time stripping the Michigan Wolverines of their national title in 2023.

The Wolverines suspended coach Sherrone Moore for two games as a self-imposed suspension due to the Connor Stalions investigation. Although Michigan gave Moore a self-imposed suspension, the investigation is ongoing, but Wetzel thinks the NCAA will have a hard time doing much due to the current landscape in college football.

"They will finally have their hearing, and the NCAA will issue their punishment after that," Wetzel said on The Rich Eisen Show (1:00). "Will they strip victories, would they do a future postseason ban? I don't know. Generally, there isn't a lot the NCAA can do anymore in this era of revenue sharing and NIL that can impact, like cutting the number of scholarships.

"Your quarterback is getting paid seven figures to go to Michigan, I'm pretty sure he can afford to be a walk-on if necessary. I don't know what they are going to come up with."

With the NCAA investigation still ongoing, Michigan still is the 2023 national champions, but whether or not that will change is to be seen.

Urban Meyer believes Michigan's Sherrone Moore is done as a coach

Former Ohio State Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer believes Michigan Wolverines coach Sherrone Moore is done as a coach.

Meyer believes that if a coach is caught lying to the NCAA in an investigation, they should be fired.

"If you lie, as a college football coach to the NCAA, in my personal opinion, you're finished," Meyer said about Moore on his 'Triple Option podcast', via AthlonSports. "You're done, that's not making a text message, that's not going to lunch with someone your not supposed to go to lunch with...

"When they got you and they say did you do this, and they refuse to cooperate, or they lie, in my very strong opinion, you're finished coaching in Division I college football. Guess what happens? The risk now is too high, and I don't think you ever see this stuff again."

Although Meyer thinks Moore should be fired, he is still the Wolverines' coach. But, Michigan handed Moore a two-game suspension.

Moore replaced Jim Harbaugh as the Wolverines' coach after he took the head coaching job with the Los Angeles Chargers in the NFL in January of 2024. Moore led the Wolverines to an 8-5 record which included upset wins over Ohio State and Alabama in the bowl game.