Auburn Gets Play Calls Stolen
You would have thought Loeffler would have learned to be a little more decpetive with his play calls after Northwestern stole them from us back in the day. I bet on MSU so I loved watching Auburn do their best job of channeling Debord on offense. Hopefully Scott comes up with something quick or he'll be 1 and done at Auburn.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/eye-on-college-football/20171623/
September 13th, 2012 at 9:44 AM ^
OT much?
September 13th, 2012 at 9:52 AM ^
Loeffler was our QB coach prior to the RR era.
September 13th, 2012 at 10:13 AM ^
I guess I'm just being a negative nancy today
Every party has its pooper thats why you invited me...party pooper
September 13th, 2012 at 1:54 PM ^
Maybe SlightlyBlue is more fitting if you don't know/remember Scott Loeffler. He coached guys by the name of Brady, Griese, Henson, Henne, and Navarre. After leaving Michigan he coached another guy you probably haven't heard of by the name of Tim Tebow.
September 13th, 2012 at 2:39 PM ^
TIMMMAAY!
September 13th, 2012 at 8:18 PM ^
W00T! Gotta get back down south real soon here...
September 13th, 2012 at 9:45 AM ^
http://www.al.com/auburnfootball/index.ssf/2012/09/mississippi_state_says_it_knew.html
Mississippi State co-defensive coordinator Geoff Collins said the Bulldogs knew Auburn's plays last week because they could they could recognize the signals quarterback Kiehl Frazier was shouting.
Western Kentucky was accused of the same thing against Alabama.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:55 AM ^
September 13th, 2012 at 10:01 AM ^
Unfortunately, only about as much as it helped Western Kentucky...
September 13th, 2012 at 10:06 AM ^
I would say 'accused' is a bit of harsh wording, and implies some impropriety on WK's part. Unless they were tapping into the headseats, if they were able to figure out the calls, it really should be "Western Kentucky was smart enough to do the same thing against Alabama."
September 13th, 2012 at 10:18 AM ^
Using extra cameras, technology or personell to steal signals? Against the rules.
Using your eyeballs and the space between your ears to steal signals? Intelligent game planning.
September 13th, 2012 at 10:25 AM ^
Good distinction and one worth noting. It would play out similar to poker - if you are using mirrors or cameras to see your opponents hand, not cool. If you can read his bluff on his face, totally acceptable and cool.
September 13th, 2012 at 10:28 AM ^
You are so right. Belichick was case example of the first part. If Western Kentucy managed to figure out a few calls, just by observing on field play, cudos to them as that is an example of the second part you mentioned.
September 13th, 2012 at 2:23 PM ^
If your cards are showing, I'm looking.
September 13th, 2012 at 10:33 AM ^
HELLO: DERRICK GREEN?
No, just kidding. Good for MSU, though, for figuring this out. I'm with the group that says this is fair game, given how it was done.
September 13th, 2012 at 11:04 AM ^
Don’t be shittin’ me, Turd. (sorry, just always cracks me up to say that. /s)
September 13th, 2012 at 10:33 AM ^
First of all, I'm not sure why defensive players/coaches would be announcing that they had figured out the signals. That's something I would want to keep to myself.
Secondly, I'm surprised this type of thing doesn't happen more often. I've figured out a few opposing teams' signals by watching their coordinators, and that's just mid-game. If you have game tape that you can play over and over of signals and plays, then I would think we'd see this happening frequently.
September 13th, 2012 at 10:35 AM ^
Putting your first and second paragraphs together, doesn't it seem likely that this does happen often but the defensive players/coaches just don't say anything about it?
September 13th, 2012 at 10:40 AM ^
Be careful about combining two good ideas.
September 13th, 2012 at 10:38 AM ^
Just last week in the game I coached, the opposing QB would yell the play number at the LOS. It didn't take long for my kids to figure out that a play ending in an odd number was going to our right, and even to our left.
September 13th, 2012 at 10:48 AM ^
would change our playcalling at the line at half time, just in case the other team started to pick up on it, which shouldn't have been hard, considering we started every game with calls of "green" being runs and "blue" being sky. Way too simple, in my opinion, but we would have different numbers that keyed in on whether the audible was legit or just Quarterback banter to confuse the defense
September 13th, 2012 at 10:57 AM ^
Agree. My question; why would players say they figured out the signals? Anyone see a benefit in admitting to it? Can’t believe coach Mullin is happy that his players aired this. Cheapens the victory at the least.
September 13th, 2012 at 11:17 AM ^
It doesnt cheapen the victory, as said above thats some damn good gamesmenship. Everyone plays the game to win and the fact that the coaches/players spent the time to figure it out, more power to them.
September 13th, 2012 at 12:10 PM ^
Yeah, Lloyd hired Loeffler instead of JIm Harbaugh for the QB coach.
September 13th, 2012 at 1:02 PM ^
I was wondering what the sentiments of the Auburn fanbase were toward Scot Loeffler seeing as how their offense has yet to show up two games into the season. He might be a good candidate to take over for Borges when the latter decides to call it a career, but not if he crashes and burns at Auburn...
September 13th, 2012 at 9:48 PM ^
The calls are the fire Chizic the head coach. The OC and DC are both brand new but the fans want to see Chiz gone and take someone like Petrino (without the motorcycle). It is not the OC fault when he has recruits taken for a spread offence and he is trying to run a pro set. The square pegs don't really go in those round holes.
Auburn just needs to buy another star QB in JuCo.
September 13th, 2012 at 1:30 PM ^
as all sports team try to recognize the other teams signals.
the only sport where its really harshly looked upon is baseball when the runner on second is trying to steal the catchers pitch signals.
If you don't like it, mix up your signals better
September 13th, 2012 at 1:40 PM ^
mgoblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/luther-van-dammit.html
An oldie, but goodie from Brian.
September 13th, 2012 at 2:16 PM ^
Man, I remember reading that post back when it was published and being so excited for the upcoming Rodriguez era.
*sigh*
September 13th, 2012 at 2:12 PM ^
"For his part, Auburn head coach Gene Chizik has doubled down on Frazier as his starting quarterback and told reporters Wednesday that any issues with signals would be fixed by Saturday's date with Louisiana-Monroe, fresh off its stunning, overtime upset at Arkansas."
For some reason, I have the feeling that Chizik is trying to purchase an Enigma machine at this very moment, and in kind, ULM will have a Turing machine at one end of the bench.
September 13th, 2012 at 4:25 PM ^
Nice WWII historical reference.
September 13th, 2012 at 2:34 PM ^
I'd look under Cam Newton's bed.
September 13th, 2012 at 2:44 PM ^
Anything under Cam's bed was LEGALLY PURCHASED (with money from Auburn boosters).
September 13th, 2012 at 2:39 PM ^
/cool story
September 13th, 2012 at 2:48 PM ^
except stealing signs from Indiana seems kinda unnecessary (or not, depending on WHEN you played for NU).