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mrussel1

F Me In The Brain said:

Who is the lone team in the Big 10 that Harbaugh didn't think it was worth having his team spy on?
That is a funny note against that school.

Awesome that the other coaches all warned TCU.

I'm foggy in the years but I think it was way back in the first year when Karl Dorrell was the head coach at UCLA.  After the game when USC demolished them, the players were all saying after the game that the advance word was that UCLA was using the same calls they had used the previous year, under their previous coach.  I think that not only was bad but that USC had a defensive coach on staff that was on the former UCLA coach's staff....so that they would not only have their scouting and game tape from the prior yesr but also someone who was on the staff and knew all of the signals.

Could have the coaches mixed up but I know this scenario occurred.  And I recall the players all laughing saying that is was like taking candy from a baby.  Knowing the play calls in advance is a gigantic advantage.  
Harbaugh should get the death penalty as a head coach!    

A similar thing happened in the Bucs-Raiders super bowl in 2004?  I think that was it.  Anyway, remember Gruden left Oakland and went to Tampa.  Callahan didn't make any material changes to the play design and signals.  Lynch and Brooks were calling plays on the field right before the snap.  They knew everything Gannon was going to do.  That was a defensive team with four future HOFers and needed no extra help. 

Wobbie

how’s it make you feel, F’me, that they’re saying harbaugh may “pull a pete carroll” if this shit gets real?

F Me In The Brain

Wobbie said:

how’s it make you feel, F’me, that they’re saying harbaugh may “pull a pete carroll” if this shit gets real?

Jim Harbaugh nest pas Pete Carroll

darwinstheory

Wobbie said:

how’s it make you feel, F’me, that they’re saying harbaugh may “pull a pete carroll” if this shit gets real?

Post of the year right there. But tread carefully, some believe F'me jas a greater fondness for Harbau.....I mean "the Pete" than he does for his own family. 

F Me In The Brain

darwinstheory said:

Wobbie said:

how’s it make you feel, F’me, that they’re saying harbaugh may “pull a pete carroll” if this shit gets real?

Post of the year right there. But tread carefully, some believe F'me jas a greater fondness for Harbau.....I mean "the Pete" than he does for his own family. 

Almost as high a regard!  I love The Pete....now and forever.

https://theathletic.com/5001932/2023/10/27/pete-carroll-seahawks-team-meetings?source=user-shared-article

F Me In The Brain

Saw your coach on the Macafee show today. Wobbie.
I gotta say....he is a coach I really like.  A badass, despite his ownership of the Trojans

mrussel1

Michigan did have TCU signals.  The team confirmed they were warned by Ohio state and took counter measures.  They said they worked mostly but in short yardage,  Michigan was more successful.  This is pretty embarrassing for them. 

https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-state-football/2023/10/142152/ohio-state-reportedly-warned-tcu-of-michigans-sign-stealing-ahead-of-cfp-matchup-horned-frogs-used-dummy-signals-in

darwinstheory

mrussel1 said:

Michigan did have TCU signals.  The team confirmed they were warned by Ohio state and took counter measures.  They said they worked mostly but in short yardage,  Michigan was more successful.  This is pretty embarrassing for them. 

https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-state-football/2023/10/142152/ohio-state-reportedly-warned-tcu-of-michigans-sign-stealing-ahead-of-cfp-matchup-horned-frogs-used-dummy-signals-in

That's freaking awesome! 

mrussel1

What??  Central Michigan investigating whether Conner Stallions was on the sideline for CMU vs Michigan State at the beginning of the year, scouting Sparty.  Apparently CMU has several ex-Wolverines on staff.  

https://www.elevenwarriors.com/the-big-ten/2023/10/142350/central-michigan-investigating-potential-sideline-appearance-of-michigan-staffer-connor-stalions-for-chippewas-season

Wobbie

harbaugh didn’t know!!! stallions went rogue!!!

mrussel1

Wobbie said:

harbaugh didn’t know!!! stallions went rogue!!!

Two years ago, he's on the hot seat.  Suddenly they can't lose and he's negotiating an extension. 

Wobbie

brian kelly is one of the few coaches who can make me root for saban. harbaugh would be another.

mrussel1

Hmmm. Tough break there Harbaugh.  The whole conference is pulling for him since he's such a great guy.  

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/38864724/sources-big-ten-ban-michigan-jim-harbaugh-field

Wobbie

I predict an injunction.

mrussel1

Wobbie said:

I predict an injunction.

There is some serious evidence:  https://www.elevenwarriors.com/the-big-ten/2023/11/142775/ncaa-knew-and-could-prove-michigan-conducted-in-person-scouting-scheme-using-master-spreadsheet-as-evidence

MICHIGAN’S “MASTER SPREADSHEET” DETAILS SIGN-STEALING ACTIVITIES

The NCAA obtained what it described as a “master spreadsheet” from Michigan that “included a very large amount of detailed information regarding the impermissible scheme.” Per the notice of disciplinary action, the spreadsheet included the following items:

• a large and detailed chart listing the names of various individuals assigned to attend past and future football games involving the University’s scheduled football opponents 
• similar in-person attendance assignments for past and future games involving highlyranked, non-conference football opponents (presumably potential University football opponents in post-season games)
• notations showing whether in-person attendance at non-conference games would be necessary depending on different win/loss scenarios
• the 2023 game schedules of the university’s scheduled football opponents
• color-coding to reflect past games actually attended by assigned individuals and future games for which individual assignments were still needed 
• the names of individuals assigned to certain cities and locations 
• monetary amounts associated with certain assigned games

Connor Stalions’ name was “prevalent” in the master spreadsheet, per the league’s disciplinary notice.

Between Oct. 20 and Nov. 4, the Big Ten received additional documentation from conference numbers that indicated Stalions purchased tickets to at least four games in 2021, 13 games in 2022 and five games in 2023 involving future Michigan opponents at other Big Ten schools. SEC commissioner Greg Sankey also informed the Big Ten that Stalions purchased tickets to the SEC Championship Game.

darwinstheory

What an expectedly weak punishment. 

F Me In The Brain

I have 2 Michigan friends who are massively pissed off....and I don't blame them.  They didn't enjoy, however, when I shared that I thought this was wayyyyyyy too little of an overall punishment.
Rushing to do it, Big 10 is fucking it up.

Wobbie

F Me In The Brain said:

I have 2 Michigan friends who are massively pissed off....and I don't blame them.  They didn't enjoy, however, when I shared that I thought this was wayyyyyyy too little of an overall punishment.
Rushing to do it, Big 10 is fucking it up.

jim’s gonna “pull a pete carroll.”

pjhawks

F Me In The Brain said:

I have 2 Michigan friends who are massively pissed off....and I don't blame them.  They didn't enjoy, however, when I shared that I thought this was wayyyyyyy too little of an overall punishment.
Rushing to do it, Big 10 is fucking it up.

It’s wild how much Michigan fans now sound like Patriots fans.  It’s not being a bad fan to admit the obvious,  your team cheated and got caught. Stop excusing it 

F Me In The Brain

Wobbie said:

F Me In The Brain said:

I have 2 Michigan friends who are massively pissed off....and I don't blame them.  They didn't enjoy, however, when I shared that I thought this was wayyyyyyy too little of an overall punishment.
Rushing to do it, Big 10 is fucking it up.

jim’s gonna “pull a pete carroll.”

Jim's never gonna be even remotely like Pete Carroll.
Jim is an asshole with no friends and no nattys.  

pjhawks said:

F Me In The Brain said:

I have 2 Michigan friends who are massively pissed off....and I don't blame them.  They didn't enjoy, however, when I shared that I thought this was wayyyyyyy too little of an overall punishment.
Rushing to do it, Big 10 is fucking it up.

It’s wild how much Michigan fans now sound like Patriots fans.  It’s not being a bad fan to admit the obvious,  your team cheated and got caught. Stop excusing it 

Agree.  The whining made me want to puke after the game.  "When your back is against the wall....when everyone is against you...."
Fuck the hell off.  You knew the plays of the teams you were playing.  The punishment should ve worse than anything we've seen from joke NCAA.  I'm sure they will now do nothing given what the Big 10 did and the reaction everyone is having