New SI Article: Alleges Ball Boys Stealing Signs
https://wolverineswire.usatoday.com/2023/10/29/si-one-big-ten-team-alleging-michigan-football-signal-stealing-with-ball-boys/
Article goes on to say:
Multiple sources from one Big Ten school told SI that a coach at a different school called them before playing Michigan to warn them about Wolverines ball boys on their sideline listening to play calls and communicating information to the Michigan sideline—holding the football up in one hand to indicate an expected pass, and in the other hand to indicate a run, for instance. (Sources at the school that was warned said they experienced nothing in the game to implicate the Michigan ball boys.)
October 29th, 2023 at 9:59 PM ^
The paranoia is running deep in our opponents.
October 29th, 2023 at 10:03 PM ^
Into their life it will creep.
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I'm waiting for The Onion to post an article. It would a logical addition to the sequence.
October 29th, 2023 at 10:05 PM ^
Everything was said, we got nothing-The Onion
October 30th, 2023 at 5:23 AM ^
My uncle (satellite Jack) said the government stole his kidneys.
October 29th, 2023 at 10:06 PM ^
What happened in Columbus last year? Do Michigan's ball boys travel with the team?
October 30th, 2023 at 1:48 AM ^
Yes, pretty sure they do. (Otherwise visiting teams would always be suspicious of the home teams tampering with their..er..balls).
October 29th, 2023 at 10:15 PM ^
...it starts when they're always afraid.
October 30th, 2023 at 4:28 AM ^
…”nobody’s right, if everybody’s wrong”
(possibly the most applicable line from that song, regarding this whole stupid debacle)
October 30th, 2023 at 7:53 AM ^
Actually. The most applicable line is probably:
"There's something happening here; what it is ain't exactly clear. "
October 29th, 2023 at 10:50 PM ^
Michigan is the boogeyman of college football.
we have a team so good it’s incomprehensible
October 29th, 2023 at 10:05 PM ^
Our football team isn't just better than theirs. It's better than they think possible. And that psych out just makes it worse for them.
October 29th, 2023 at 10:07 PM ^
It's time to double the pay of the primary coaching staff, especially Ben Herbert.
October 29th, 2023 at 10:17 PM ^
I'm confident the team will play above the noise. I can't help but wonder if there is a tipping point where it will get into the heads of opposing teams.
October 29th, 2023 at 10:18 PM ^
LOL. Next will be the folks who feed water to the players.
Is this the other story that Hole said it may drop?
October 29th, 2023 at 10:42 PM ^
I wonder who that “one Big Ten School” is? Lou Holtz may have been the most right he has ever been in his life when he called OSU soft.
October 29th, 2023 at 10:44 PM ^
I had to re read that. It isn't multiple sources at a big ten school claiming they saw that. It is multiple sources at one big ten school that said a "coach from another school" told them. And they didn't see anything.
October 29th, 2023 at 10:51 PM ^
Ryan day still crying! This story has officially jumped the shark
October 29th, 2023 at 10:54 PM ^
I’m hoping osu spends extra practice time prepping against the ball boys from stealing their signs
October 29th, 2023 at 11:15 PM ^
JIM PLANNED THIS ENTIRE DISINFO CAMPAIGN!!
12D chess
October 30th, 2023 at 12:43 PM ^
OSU only plays checkers. No wonder their pissed.
October 30th, 2023 at 8:36 AM ^
Just enjoy the free rent.
October 30th, 2023 at 8:42 AM ^
Especially Karen Day
October 30th, 2023 at 8:52 AM ^
Love it. From now on its Karen Day!
October 30th, 2023 at 10:31 AM ^
Other possibilities: cRyan Day, Cryin' Ryan, Cryin' Day.
October 30th, 2023 at 11:43 AM ^
I don't get it - maybe I'm just too in on this: Cyan Day. I mean, Seth uses a cyan circle to point out the weak links in the opponents lineup. I think it fits perfectly.
Alas, I've tried to get this wave going, but it's just not happening! LOL!
October 29th, 2023 at 10:00 PM ^
uh I was told to expect 1-2 more bad things so let's count this plus the redefinition of "rescind" and call it a week? ok cool hook 'em
October 29th, 2023 at 10:01 PM ^
So, something totally within the rules and legal? Cool.
October 29th, 2023 at 10:02 PM ^
Yeah it really feels like they're grasping at straws now. Guess all the substantive content has already (hopefully) leaked
October 29th, 2023 at 10:01 PM ^
OH FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, STOP THE MADNESS!!!!
October 29th, 2023 at 10:06 PM ^
LOL. I HEAR YA!
October 29th, 2023 at 10:02 PM ^
An osu is going after ball boys now
October 29th, 2023 at 10:02 PM ^
Eye roll, exhales
October 29th, 2023 at 10:03 PM ^
Bwahahahahahahaha. Jesus Christ, don't forget about the bathroom attendants and the hotdog vendors. They were in on it too. Oh, and the ladies handing out programs. Program in the left hand meant run!!!! What a fucking joke this all is.
October 29th, 2023 at 10:07 PM ^
Don’t forget the people that were handing out pom poms - or - the cheerleading squad and dance teams.
I saw some people with cell phones at the B1G Cross Country meet too… they were wearing a variety of hats from different B1G teams.
October 30th, 2023 at 8:36 AM ^
The last time I was at a game, there were thousands of people yelling "Pass!" when the opposing QB dropped back to pass. That must be the vast network.
October 29th, 2023 at 10:19 PM ^
My late Aunt Nellie once lived in Michigan but never been to AA, so… I’m sure she’s about to be exhumed to check for any UM signal stealing evidence as part of this J. Edgar Hoover level investigation.
we did bury her with a “vast network” Tshirt… that might come back to bite us
October 30th, 2023 at 1:10 AM ^
Haven’t laughed out loud at a post in a while bravo
October 30th, 2023 at 8:37 AM ^
Uhhh...you're forgetting the 100K + network members some of which own recording devices...I mean cell phones. They're everywhere......ahhhhhhhhh. Oh no...the tunnel and the locker room and air...have you seen their sky? Should Ohio schizophrenics really be coaching a ohio university?
UM is inevitable.
October 30th, 2023 at 11:52 AM ^
The vast network is everywhere!
October 31st, 2023 at 10:46 PM ^
That, the Space Needle and Greenbrier are three of the best kept secrets.
October 29th, 2023 at 10:03 PM ^
Sorry, I looked at the original SI article. Haven't made it past the headline:
Michigan's Silence on Sign-Stealing Scandal Only Adds to Speculation
As the unbeaten Wolverines enter the homestretch, the school’s lack of public comment on the ongoing sign-stealing investigation is not making the scrutiny subside.
1) Harbaugh did make a statement.
2) NCAA won't let us talk about it.
Unbelievable stuff from the media. Just swell.
October 29th, 2023 at 10:08 PM ^
There are three ongoing investigations: Harbaugh was suspended three games for the impermissible recruiting case, with the potential for more punishment ahead; former offensive coordinator Matt Weiss remains under FBI and university police investigation for an alleged computer access crime that got him fired last January; and now the Michigan Manifesto author is on center stage.
(Singing Sesame Street song) "One of these things is not like the other...one of these things just isn't the same..."
Why not mention Dr. Anderson? Come on Forde, keep going! Don't stop with Weiss.
Also, the reason the cheeseburger case is still open is because NCAA refuses to close it. There's nothing left to investigate.
THIS IS SO FUN!
October 29th, 2023 at 10:13 PM ^
Does SI really count as “media” anymore? Truly disappointing what has happened to them.
October 29th, 2023 at 10:29 PM ^
It's Pat Forde - he lost the ability to engage in pure, objective, well informed journalism long ago.
October 30th, 2023 at 8:17 AM ^
He's arguably always been more of a showman (along the lines of Lee Corso) than a journalist.
October 29th, 2023 at 10:03 PM ^
4th and one plus a ball boy!!!
October 29th, 2023 at 10:03 PM ^
Got them so paranoid they're wasting practice time on conceiling and changing signs.
October 29th, 2023 at 10:03 PM ^
Won't somebody think of the ball boys?!?!
October 29th, 2023 at 10:12 PM ^
it's a cruel, cruel world for the ball boys
