Is ourselves. Our football program is under a coordinated attack. Private investigators and daily leaks from the NCAA infractions committee? Seriously.
And what this attack found was that we cheated. Yup we cheated, we gathered information on opponents signs through in person scouting.
OK, what’s the severity of the penalty? I argue it’s minor because the value of an obtained signed is nowhere near what people are making it out to be - primarily because competent staffs should be changing their signs - and they all know it. And relying info on signs to the field to change alignment pre snap is risky and you can be wrong. It’s just one small piece of an overall scouting process of which the rest (tendencies, etc) are much more important.
Anyways - THAT is the discussion. Let’s have it out in the open.
Let’s NOT over react and start tearing down banners and firing coaches. Hopefully we’ve got some cool hands on the wheel.
And what this attack found was that we cheated. Yup we cheated, we gathered information on opponents signs through in person scouting.
OK, what’s the severity of the penalty? I argue it’s minor because the value of an obtained signed is nowhere near what people are making it out to be - primarily because competent staffs should be changing their signs - and they all know it. And relying info on signs to the field to change alignment pre snap is risky and you can be wrong. It’s just one small piece of an overall scouting process of which the rest (tendencies, etc) are much more important.
Anyways - THAT is the discussion. Let’s have it out in the open.
Let’s NOT over react and start tearing down banners and firing coaches. Hopefully we’ve got some cool hands on the wheel.
