Relationships between former OSU staffers and Catapult Sports practice film archives
Catapult Sports is a software company used by many college football teams to analyze practice video and game tape. It turns out that Joe Stanek, OSU's former Director of Football Video (2017-2020), and another former OSU assistant football video coordinator (2016-2020) now work at Catapult.
This could be a total random coincidence. But there are unsubstantiated allegations that OSU acquired Penn State's practice film from Catapult prior to their 2022 game. Does anyone in the Vast Network have information that could substantiate these claims?
November 22nd, 2023 at 5:58 AM ^
Definitely seems to be confident in the drops and in the know. I agree.
but then again, id take anything that would make those fuks question themselves like we’ve had to.
November 21st, 2023 at 8:45 PM ^
What might James Franklin have to say about this?
I wonder if Catapult has a Blockchain secured data environment to ensure / track authorized chain of custody and possession / access of all they have in their archives.
It wouldn’t surprise me if what we hear out of Columbus is.. “No comment”.
November 22nd, 2023 at 6:02 AM ^
Imagine frames having an out on his “football for dummies” play calls. The fanbase would lose their shit if punting on 4th and 1 was the actual right call, or going for it on 4th and 18 on your own 30.
November 22nd, 2023 at 10:25 AM ^
Ya Frames has other things to worry about.
His seat is getting warmer.
November 21st, 2023 at 8:46 PM ^
I was just about to post this. Check out Tonnor Scalions on twitter(x). I thought this guy was total bs at first but the insiders at on3 are vouching for what he's saying.
November 21st, 2023 at 9:08 PM ^
The plot thickens. Drip drip drip
November 21st, 2023 at 9:10 PM ^
Now that’s real dirt
November 21st, 2023 at 9:27 PM ^
I’m surprised the Yood connection hasn’t gained steam until now. There always had to be someone from with the program who was feeding info. to NCAA/OSU.
November 21st, 2023 at 9:41 PM ^
The Big Ten's letter to Michigan announcing Harbaugh's suspension said,
It is rare and outside the NCAA’s typical protocols for the NCAA to disclose information about an active investigation to institutions other than the institution under investigation. However, the NCAA stated and believed that the disclosure was necessary due to the unprecedented scope of the then-alleged scheme, and because of the significant impact the impermissible scheme could have on competition during the current football season. It was also extraordinary that the NCAA president arranged for and participated in the call, underscoring not only the severity of the allegations but the immediate impacts.
November 22nd, 2023 at 1:00 AM ^
Maybe we need to take NCAA to court for anti-trust.
November 22nd, 2023 at 7:44 AM ^
Or RICO.
November 21st, 2023 at 10:11 PM ^
Wait… is the implication of these tweets that Alex Yood’s and his MA doctor father hired the PI firm because Yood was salty about being fired?
November 21st, 2023 at 10:37 PM ^
My take on this is that they were interviewed by the PI OSU hired. And now they're the NCAA's main source.
November 21st, 2023 at 11:12 PM ^
This is juicier than day time drama.
November 22nd, 2023 at 12:44 AM ^
Alex who? Come on…
How soon are we going to see leaks from Michigan stadium ushers and food vendors?
November 22nd, 2023 at 8:01 AM ^
Alex Yood, dude. He was in episode 6. You have to stop fast forwarding through the shows.
November 21st, 2023 at 8:47 PM ^
There’s a ton of dirt.
Again, poo-poo all the smoke, but there’s fire there. The NCAA and B1G know about a bunch of shit and have generally ignored anything without hard evidence in their hands - also, Petitte is new to this, and why it spun out of control.
I am shocked and disappointed that UM has not leaked stories to the media. We got caught with our pants down and lost the PR battle. Need to win the game, then run a slow leak on OSU׳s shenanigans
November 22nd, 2023 at 8:02 AM ^
Most importantly the B10 members need to rally 'round to save Cryan's job. Oh wait...they already have!
November 21st, 2023 at 8:48 PM ^
At this point, it seems fairly obvious that there is an absolute connection between OSU and the shit storm that has occurred over the last month. Clearly this is a hit job. Unfortunately, I don’t think anyone outside this blog (and obviously the university) cares. Trying to have a rational discussion about what is actually known and the vast amount of information that is unknown with anyone but a Michigan fan, typically ends poorly.
At this point I don’t give a shit about the perception of the program on the outside. The perception of lack of integrity couldn’t be more false. A fucking firm was hired to dig up dirt and the best they could come up with is this maniac Stalions (which apparently is done at EVERY other program). I’m actually pretty impressed and pretty proud of this program that Jim built. It is clean. Couldn’t give a shit if anyone else ever agrees with me. Just fucking win on Saturday. Win 1001 for Harbaugh
November 21st, 2023 at 9:05 PM ^
BET MI.....LMFG BLUE!!!
November 21st, 2023 at 9:13 PM ^
Somebody with a ton of money, and not a donor, should hire an army of a PIs with the sole mission of following anyone associated with OSU around watching and waiting.
Fuck OSU this shit is so dirty and then for their fans to act like the way they are…
We actually may demolish this team. I can’t imagine how fired up our team is for this game.
November 21st, 2023 at 9:40 PM ^
Even better- half of them could be Stallion-like plants to “create” evidence and the other half PI’s to “discover” it…and as we can already see, Day wouldn’t even have to be aware of it to get suspended by the B1G.
November 21st, 2023 at 9:52 PM ^
Isn't that the point of the current drip? Maybe nobody but Michigan cares about OSU and their PIs, but anyone that paid Catapult for services isn't going to be happy if they find out they were paying to have their practice video sent to Columbus.
November 21st, 2023 at 10:50 PM ^
Someone in the media would absolutely publish this story if the NCAA won't do anything about OSU. I assume that UM is getting everything together before they tell the NCAA either they punish Ryan Day or they are telling Sports Illustrated everything.
November 21st, 2023 at 11:20 PM ^
Even assuming it would be possible to bring this to a head quickly, I think there's an advantage to slow playing it. Nobody believes any of this now...but they're wondering. OSU didn't have our practice video last year. No way. Did they?
Eventually some Catapult customers start digging around. Or they bring it to Catapult and they're put in the same position: this can't possibly be true...but what if it is? Their whole business is in question.
Ideally, I'd want to drop convincing proof of one thing, just to establish a little credibility, and then let the pack of wolves fall on each other. They'll start digging up stuff we didn't even have a sniff of. And surely breaking up the pack is the goal here, isn't it?
November 22nd, 2023 at 8:05 AM ^
I'm starting to fear that you're right that even if this is reported eventually as fact, people won't care, especially the further we get away from the story breaking.
I used to think that, even if nothing came of it, everyone else would at least view OSU as pathetic and pitiful for hiring the PI. I'm no longer confident about that.
November 21st, 2023 at 8:49 PM ^
I'll believe Michigan has any dirt when it's being discussed by lawyers on here
November 21st, 2023 at 8:56 PM ^
Iconic.
November 21st, 2023 at 8:53 PM ^
If the bulk of this stuff has any merit, then I'd have to assume that Jim Harbaugh has absolutely made almost every enemy outside of people who are at Michigan.
As more and more is revealed it sounds like everyone has a network of videos/spies on literally everyone and are basically passing everything around like it's an extended family potluck.
Yet the fact that the hammer would go so swiftly onto Jim + Michigan feels like he/we have made (or naturally acquired) A LOT of enemies over the years. Which actually sounds right considering Harbaugh has vocalized paying players since way before the NIL, has a metric ton of NFL connections (unlike any of the other HCs), could take an NFL job in a second, and has a brother who has been feeding him coordinators, etc. who have been lights out.
I hope we destroy Ohio this week.
Nothing could be a sweeter revenge to shut them and all the supposed "sports analysts" talking out of their ass.
It really is Michigan vs. Everybody.
November 21st, 2023 at 9:01 PM ^
It's obvious that this has nothing to do with buying burgers during a covid dead period or advanced scouting. It's all a concerted effort by the NCAA, big ten and competing programs to take down Jim Harbaugh.
November 21st, 2023 at 9:08 PM ^
And that's why nothing Michigan could bring up will move the needle with the NCAA. The only type of thing that could hurt OSU is something brought to light by another program.
This sounds more and more like the company that uses obscure things to get rid of someone that isn't liked. There's very little benefit in fighting it head-on.
November 21st, 2023 at 8:53 PM ^
I hope this picks up enough steam quickly. I'm still skeptical, but enough smoke with naming names.
November 21st, 2023 at 8:56 PM ^
The dude is a fun follow. Not sure how credible it is; seems like this site doesn’t believe much as 2/3 of these posts were taking down. ON3 are following him, so maybe this is where they got their info from their “sources.” FWIW, it looks like it’s about to roast Greg Schiano shortly
November 21st, 2023 at 8:59 PM ^
I was told that they could prove it and that proof was forthcoming. 🤷♂️
November 21st, 2023 at 11:15 PM ^
It's the "forthcoming" comment here that I feel is odd. Good timing is a payload of dirt being exposed BEFORE the game against OSU, not after. And well enough in advance that the negativity gains momentum to the point that it impacts OSU's focus and prep. Bringing provable wrongdoing to light after the game is still great but it doesn't help Michigan right now when we need it most.
November 21st, 2023 at 8:59 PM ^
I just read that Sports Illustrated article in the thread below and it occurred to me that there's been so much back and forth between both schools that maybe we don't want to engage anymore in retaliatory stuff. We may have the proverbial binder of stuff against OSU but using it means that they're going to come right back at us, and if the schools in the Big Ten have now come together in solidarity against us, we may be saying not worth it anymore.
November 21st, 2023 at 9:09 PM ^
How quickly does that solidarity waver if its found that half the allegations this account is posting are true?
November 21st, 2023 at 9:16 PM ^
Sorry Wendy. Let em get away with it and they will do it again.
November 21st, 2023 at 9:20 PM ^
and if the schools in the Big Ten have now come together in solidarity against us
That article confirmed my thoughts that it's not only *now* that B1G schools are coming together against Michigan.
On June 23, 2021, a high school placekicker from Hartland, Mich., named Nathan Dibert used Twitter to publicly thank Michigan coaches Bradford Banta and J.B. Brown for working him out in Ann Arbor.
But Banta and Brown weren’t coaches. They were analysts. They were not allowed to work Dibert out.
Multiple other schools turned Michigan in for the apparent rule violation, a person familiar with the ensuing investigation told SI.
For working out a placekicker? Really? That's what we're going to start ratting on each other for now?
November 21st, 2023 at 10:04 PM ^
This is my point. Because everyone does it and everyone knows about everything everyone else does, it will never end.
November 21st, 2023 at 9:24 PM ^
I'm sure Michigan could take some more hits by retaliating, but look at it this way: In the Court of Public Opinion, OSU is much farther from its floor than Michigan (who's been beaten up the past several weeks). They have more to lose. IMO that would be reason enough for retaliating.
November 21st, 2023 at 11:30 PM ^
That ship has sailed. Like the line in Parenthood "your going to say something worse than..."
November 21st, 2023 at 9:02 PM ^
Holy shit. Is this actually real? A quick YouTube search found multiple hits from Penn State Sports Performance and sure enough, they're using Catapult products.
November 21st, 2023 at 9:02 PM ^
I love this. Even if this isn't true, the more and more people look, eventually they'll find something. When that does happen, I can't wait for the shit storm Michigan fans will rain down on them.
November 21st, 2023 at 9:13 PM ^
Exactly. Keep posting all this shit.
the crap osu has done , is doing , dwarfs any of this sign stealing non sense. I hope people keep leaking all this and i hope it’s not even tied to us, like this news. That’s when other will start to get pissed off , outside just M
November 21st, 2023 at 10:06 PM ^
No one cares. We live in a weird world.
November 21st, 2023 at 9:11 PM ^
It wouldn't surprise me at all that a company that hosts football video data hires people that worked as video coordinators at client teams.
That's nothing. That is exactly who such a company would hire. There needs to be something beyond employment history to support any allegations.
November 21st, 2023 at 9:15 PM ^
I agree. The employment records along don’t prove anything. They need actual proof that OSU has PSU practice film.
If they do OSU is in deep shit.