I woke up at 2am to be the first to watch the Connor Stallions documentary: here is my review

So I wasn't expecting much from the Netflix documentary about the Connor Stallions promotional poster scandal that completely changed not only the landscape of college football, but the way of life in this country as a whole. But I also know that if I don't keep people informed, the fraudulent fake news media will tell them the story. So I set my alarm for 2 a.m. Central Time, since Netflix had announced the film would be out at 3 a.m. Eastern Time. At least that's what they said…

Pretty rubbish if you ask me. It seems like Michigan did everything in its power to keep this from being made public, because even though the Stallions had a clear and obvious influence on how his story was portrayed, they still left behind incriminating evidence that showed he was a liar and that Michigan* cheated its way to a national championship. From the fact that he set up a spy network to quickly promote him from intern to full-time employee, to the part where the coordinators asked him about the plays, to the part where he was “rarely ever wrong,” to the point where HARBAUGH GAVE HIM THE GAME BALL AGAINST IOWA…

….it's clear as day that Connor Stalions wasn't the only one who knew what he was doing. In fact, Connor Stalions did everything he could to help Michigan succeed, so much so that there's no doubt in my mind that he would have died for Michigan if Harbaugh had asked him to. But when the shit hit the fan, he jumped on the grenade for the program and is willing to be the sacrificial lamb, even if it means the end of his career. And that's where I really feel sorry for him. It's clear everyone knew, but he took the blame and now they don't even want to talk to him….

And if the documentary ended there, I would feel very differently about it now. But it continued, and his statements to the NCAA confirmed that he is actually just a liar and a fraud. The two biggest lies told in the documentary are:

1. That he “doesn’t remember” whether he was on the sidelines for Central Michigan against Michigan State.

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Meanwhile, Dave Portnoy betrays the Stalions immediately afterward by revealing that Connor himself told him that he was on the sidelines…

And the NCAA has already determined it was the Stalions, so how can we take anything else he says seriously when he's obviously lying about it?

And lie #2: That he sent friends and family to other Big 10 games (back when Michigan played) because he loved college football. Not to steal their signs. Not to film their sidelines…even though they did and sent him the tape. Source: him

But he tells the NCAA he was just being nice by accepting those videos. According to Stalions, it's like an aunt giving you a crappy Christmas present and you say “thank you” for being nice. He accepted video footage of the other teams' sidelines at Big 10 games that he paid his friends to get into … because he was being nice.

Give me a damn break. Those two lies invalidate the entire documentary. They wanted to paint him as a victim, but it's clear he is not. It was meant to be a charade, but it did nothing but further criminalize both the Stalions and Michigan. All while using ONE Ohio State “fan” hiding behind a ski mask to make our fan base look crazy…

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The whole thing was so staged that I don't even hate the Stallions right now. I don't hate Harbaugh right now. And I don't hate Michigan fans right now. The people I hate are the ones who swallow it like it's a 100% true and fact-checked heartfelt feel-good story about a misunderstood kid. That's the problem with our society today. You saw a one-sided movie and changed your mind even though all the evidence shows otherwise.

Anyway, here is my official review of the document: