Sherrone Moore jailed hours after being fired at Michigan | SC with SVP

And it was stunning news out of Ann Arbor as the University of Michigan has fired Sharon Moore as its head football coach earlier Wednesday following an investigation into Moore's conduct with a staff member. Following his dismissal, Moore was detained by police in Saline, Michigan and was later in custody at the Washtenaw County Jail as a suspect in an alleged assault. Police said he remains in custody.

At this time, we welcome in Dan Wessel, ESPN senior writer and contributor to the college Game Day podcast based in Michigan and Dan. There are a number of layers to this story,

which you have been reporting throughout the day. Let's work our way backwards with the timeline which now includes a police report that sheds a bit of light. What do you understand about that timeline,

as I say, working our way backwards?

Okay, so Michigan concluded an investigation into Sharon Moore earlier Wednesday and determined with credible evidence that he had had a inappropriate relationship with a staff member against university policy and his own contract,

and he was immediately fired for cause. Soon after that, at about 4 10 p.m., Pittsfield Township Police, just outside Ann Arbor, responded to a call to residents where they were there to investigate an alleged assault. Sharon Moore had left the place at that time and was later detained, as you said, by the Saline Police Department,

which is another town a little bit outside of Ann Arbor, which then brought him back to Pittsfield Township. At 8.40 tonight, or 8.30 tonight, I'm sorry, he was brought to the Washtenaw County Jail where he is in custody due to the alleged assault and actual charges will be determined

by the Washtenaw County Prosecutor's Office in the next day or so.

All right, so those are the very serious issues related to this storyline and we will wait for the clarity and the details as they are forthcoming in the coming hours and days. As for the story, as we work our way back to what you mentioned, which is the firing of Sherome Moore,

and I just wanna be frank here, I mean, in college football circles, this was not a closely held secret. There was a lot of smoke, a lot of innuendo, but you all aren't in the business of reporting what I'm going to ask as dismissal in the investig

that Michigan really felt in the business of needin

head coach? Well, I think uh, began, you know, rece this, this part of the in own Morris conduct and le ago. Uh, and least this, into Sharon Morris conduct a week ago. Uh, and you k said in their statement,

evidence to make a firein cause of this situation. very sensitive situation And so that's when it too there was a lot of rumore gossip.

It wasn't necessarily a closely held secret, but Michigan had their investigation. This is when they came up with here in early December.

And again, there are so many layers to this, some legal and some as it just relates to the football program. And just to focus on the football piece of this, you've just had signing day. You've just had this wild cycle that's seen jobs at Penn State and LSU and Florida

and on and on and on come open. And now here comes Michigan, which is one of the crown jewels in the sport. And I don't know who will be making the hire. There's a lot of questions regarding that, but just in terms, Dan, of the names

that a program like expect to be a

who might we be looking a here isn't the best for M this, you know, had this opened a month ago, they been the prime jobs to pe in a different candidate

one of them. It is a scho resources and potential, a lot of money, biggest stadium in the country, huge fan base, all of that. So it is an attractive job. You know, the names that get thrown out right away,

you hear about Kaelin DeBoer at Alabama, but I've been told he's very comfortable there. He's got a great recruiting class coming in, alignment portal, he seems pretty happy there. He's got a great recruiting class coming in alignment portal. He seems pretty happy there. There's a number of other possibilities. Um, you know, whether it's Jed Fish up at Washington or Eli Drinkwits at Missouri or who knows really any of those types of guys might be in, uh, or they could go the NFL ranks. The issue for Michigan is a number of high

profile coaches and really desirable coaches just sign new deals either at the school they were at that may prevent all these guys that I just mentioned or took new jobs. So instead of being the pick of the litter, they're coming in late on this cycle. But this is a very attractive job. I wouldn't be surprised if there was NFL interest in it. Harbaugh kind of proved that you can win big there and set up a system. So we'll see it's gonna be an interesting job hunt but it's not the perfect of timing for the Wolverines.

He joined the Wolverines as an assistant in 2018, served as an interim head coach for four games while Jim Harbaugh was suspended in 2023. He was then hired as the team's head coach following its national championship campaign, served a self-imposed two-game suspension of his own this season, and then on Wednesday, the university fired him for, quote, credible evidence that he was involved in an inappropriate relationship with a staff member, close quote.

He was detained by police shortly thereafter. We welcome ESPN College football analyst, Greg McElroy to the program. And Greg, with the understanding, it's admittedly difficult pivot from the seriousness of the news to the football piece,

but obviously understanding that the football piece is your area of expertise, let's focus on Michigan as a job. Where it is on the top 10 or top five, wherever you wanna put it, it doesn't matter to me, it it is on the top 10 or top five, wherever you want to put it in lists, doesn't matter to me. It's one of the best.

How do you think they should proceed at this time, given the fact that so many folks have now been locked up in other gigs?

Well, I think that's the challenging of the timing, Scotty, is that there would be a lot of really intriguing candidates is that we already had kind of passed through the coaching carousel. So most of the most attractive guys that you would consider this time of year have been locked up to long term deals, significant extensions and significant

bonuses and boosts. So I think that's going to be very interesting is how do you navigate a possible buyout of someone that just got extended? Is that something that's on the table for Michigan? But let's be real. If you look at where the Big Ten is right now, and the gap that exists between the top of the Big Ten,

and I would go as far as to say that Michigan is absolutely in the top versus the bottom of the Big Ten, or even the middle of the Big Ten, the pathway on an annual basis to get to a college football playoff game is more manageable in the state of Michigan, at Michigan.

And I think many view that if you look at the Big Ten scheduling, you win one or two games, you're gonna be in the mix for a playoff spot just about every year. And you're of course gonna have ample resources at your disposal to try to staff the program appropriately

and go get the very best players that you can afford. So it's a remarkably attractive job. And with the gap that is continuing to grow at the top of the Big Ten, I think it's getting more attractive by the day.

I just wonder, given the fact that there was significant chatter out there about this, if there is a candidate that might have held his name back from other possibilities, if something like this were to happen, we'll get some clarity on that in the coming days and weeks as

that situation plays out. Let's talk playoff, thankfully, the games that we've been waiting all season to see. And you've got, I think, the best one of the opening round and that's A&M and Miami. We had Dusty Dvorak in here talking about the maroon goons

going up against that rugged B line for Miami. Line of scrimmage game's a cliche, but isn't that what we're looking at in College Station, Greg?

I'm not sure, if I could type into an AI algorithm, hey, give me the best possible line of scrimmage matchup I can find in the first round, I think I might get this matchup between Miami and Texas A&M. I mean, if you look at the pros on the line of scrimmage for both defensive lines

for both Miami and A&M, I mean, they have five or six guys that could hear their name called in this upcoming draft. There are so many quality pieces along both defensive lines. And I don't think we should overshadow

the offensive lines as well. You mentioned the Maroon Goons, that's Texas A&M's group. They're amazing across the board. Veteran, deep, athletic, good in pass pro and in the run game and they've done a great job protecting a very active quarterback in Marcel Reed all throughout the season. But I'm gonna be honest with you, Scotty, I don't think Texas A&M, and they play in the SEC, I don't think they've seen a defensive end duo like they've seen in the team,

as a door and Ruben Bain that they'll see next Saturday morning. That will be an absurd matchup between that offensive line and that defensive line. And then on the other side, Miami's got Francis Maui Noah at right tackle.

It might be one of the first tackles off the board going against Cassius Howell as a double digit sack guy in the SEC. That's a matchup that's just made for NFL draft gurus. So it is a line of scrimmage game, but the quarterbacks and the personnel at wide receiver should not be overshadowed

because there's a lot of juice at wide out for both teams and both quarterbacks when playing well can play as not as good as anyone in the country.

Greg McElroy, look forward to the calls

throughout the playoffs. A fantastic season you've had already. Have a great Christmas if we don't talk between now and somewhere between that throughout the playoffs. A fantastic season you've had already. Have a great Christmas if we don't talk between now and somewhere between that

holidays and the new year and all the rest. Be well brother.