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9 minutes ago, MWil23 said:

So they tried to help one of the teams who choked and lost so Ohio State couldn’t get in. The conference will all love that with their revenue sharing system.

I'll assume it was Tennessee and Clemson which is why South Carolina went from hobos to heroes overnight to end the year. That's my headcanon and you'll never tell me otherwise. 

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The very odd thing to all of this is you switched coordinators during this time.

So somehow you bring on new coordinators who were willing to partake as well?

That is part that I don't quite get. 
 

I can see a group of coaches and stuff doing this but you had to convince new people to do this as well 

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1 hour ago, titansNvolsR#1 said:

I'll assume it was Tennessee and Clemson which is why South Carolina went from hobos to heroes overnight to end the year. That's my headcanon and you'll never tell me otherwise. 

If they tried to help Clemson win and get in, death penalty, no questions asked

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https://www.mlive.com/wolverines/2023/10/michigan-football-planned-to-spend-more-than-15000-on-improper-scouting-report.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/10/25/michigan-computers-sign-stealing-evidence/

Some of this has been posted, but just to consolidate some of it...

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The sign-stealing investigation threatening to disrupt Michigan’s football season began after an outside investigative firm approached the NCAA with documents and videos the firm said it had obtained from computer drives maintained and accessed by multiple Michigan coaches, according to two people familiar with the matter, evidence that suggests the scandal’s impact could broaden beyond the suspension of one low-level assistant.

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While NCAA rules do not explicitly prohibit sign-stealing — the practice of decoding signals that opposing coaches use to send in play calls to players on the field — the organization does ban video-recording opposing coaches as well as in-person scouting of upcoming opponents. And according to the investigation conducted by this outside firm, Michigan football has been using a sign-stealing operation involving both in-person scouting as well as video-recording coaches, those people said, since at least last season, when the team went 13-1, winning a second consecutive Big Ten title before losing in the College Football Playoff semifinals.

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The outside firm’s investigation began this season, those people said, and involved interviews with people knowledgeable about Michigan’s scouting operations as well as reviewing documents and videos related to sign-stealing efforts.

Stalions played a major role in overseeing and coordinating sign-stealing efforts, the outside investigation found, but the firm’s evidence suggested he wasn’t acting alone. The outside firm did not present any evidence directly linking Harbaugh to the sign-stealing operation, according to the people with knowledge.

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Among the pieces of evidence the firm presented, those people said, was a detailed schedule of Michigan’s planned sign-stealing travel for the rest of this season, listing opponents’ schedules, which games Michigan scouts would attend and how much money was budgeted for travel and tickets to scout each team.

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In total, those people said, Michigan’s sign-stealing operation expected to spend more than $15,000 this season sending scouts to more than 40 games played by 10 opponents. According to the university’s public salary disclosure records, Stalions, listed as an administrative specialist in the athletic department, made $55,000 in 2022.

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The outside firm also presented to NCAA officials photographs of people investigators believed to be Michigan scouts in action — including current students interning with the football team. The photos showed these people seated at games of Michigan opponents this season, aiming their cellphones at the sidelines.

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No timeline has been disclosed for when the NCAA could conclude its investigation. Harbaugh, in his statement, said he and his staff will “fully cooperate” with the NCAA probe. The news came just months after an earlier NCAA investigation concluded with a finding that Harbaugh violated recruiting rules and failed to cooperate with investigators. The university suspended Harbaugh for three games at the start of this season as a result.

 

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Too bad we can’t resurrect the old site where we can take a peek into all of the outraged fans wanting sensible justice for Jim Tressell not forwarding an email that allowed those cheaters to get free tattoos who have been suspiciously quiet so far.

They haven’t even reached the denial phase of grieving yet, poor people.

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