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 21st, 2023 at 8:39 PM ^
Apologies for the broken links; I meant to delete them but the MGoBlog editor failed me.
November 21st, 2023 at 9:50 PM ^
November 21st, 2023 at 10:26 PM ^
Dang that is dark and it still cracked me up.
November 21st, 2023 at 8:42 PM ^
I bet Tonnor Scalions has all the answers. 🕵️
November 21st, 2023 at 9:44 PM ^
That account has been cited to be legit per Scott Bell, Hole, Clayton sayfie, henshcke and Balas
November 21st, 2023 at 10:01 PM ^
It’s not for real until Hole says, “I told you so.”
November 21st, 2023 at 10:04 PM ^
For anyone not on Twitter, is there a good way to get updates from the account? I had assumed if it was really legit I'd see more about it here. But it seems like it isn't quite confirmed enough for MGoBlog?
November 21st, 2023 at 10:09 PM ^
The question is, who is behind that account? He (or she) has been dropping some gems this week and if any of them are legit, it could lead to an NCAA scandal like we’ve never seen before. Most of the focus has been on Ryan Day but there are accusations of several other non-B1G programs too. Get out the popcorn!
November 21st, 2023 at 10:23 PM ^
OSU has also been implicated. They paid for the investigation into Michigan, per TS.
November 21st, 2023 at 10:43 PM ^
My wild speculation is Partridge. No longer affiliated with the program, but knows all the dirt from B10 and SEC.
November 22nd, 2023 at 12:36 AM ^
The only doubt I have with this speculation is that Partridge may not want to burn all the bridges.
November 22nd, 2023 at 1:02 AM ^
It could be CS right? He doesn't have any bridges to preserve right?
November 22nd, 2023 at 1:13 AM ^
Possibly. Not sure if he would know the gossip from other conferences though.
IMO, I can't imagine Partridge not being given a show-cause penalty after trying to hide info from the NCAA. That's their first commandment.
November 22nd, 2023 at 7:54 AM ^
If it were CS the account would actually be "Connor Stalions," not "Tonnor Scalions."
November 22nd, 2023 at 1:32 AM ^
Pretty tinfoil, I know, but: What if the reason for getting fired was to intentionally get him outside the program to be able to drop all the dirt but have no association anymore with M? Wouldn’t be that hard to orchestrate and create an “anonymous” outside source to leak to for dropping bombs left and right.
November 22nd, 2023 at 7:43 AM ^
Aluminum foil. Tin foil. This post has all the foils!
Why go outside and use an anonymous account? If those goods actually existed, why wouldn't Michigan just drop them instead of dropping the litigation against the B1G?
November 22nd, 2023 at 8:13 AM ^
Because the last time Michigan dropped interesting items like this to the B1G, they were dismissed and swept under the rug.
November 22nd, 2023 at 8:44 AM ^
Because the hard evidence is on Catapult's servers, or their engineer's laptop or phone, and this gives them no choice but to find it if it exists.
November 21st, 2023 at 10:14 PM ^
That’s awesome. But is the account going to be able to provide evidence for any of their claims? It’s cool information to know but if none of it can be proven it’s not very useful outside of giving Michigan fans dopamine hits
November 21st, 2023 at 10:34 PM ^
Yeah, if there aren't multiple sources to back up the claims or any kind of paper (e-paper?) trail, its just some fun.
November 21st, 2023 at 11:11 PM ^
B1G commissioner does not need proof. Just wild speculation and fake outrage. You have higher standard than the suit who makes millions.
November 22nd, 2023 at 7:44 AM ^
You think he acted in a vacuum? Dude had the other 13 schools pushing him HARD on this. He didn't act alone...
November 22nd, 2023 at 7:54 AM ^
I think he knew where to get the vacuum... gently used, well refurbished.
November 21st, 2023 at 10:50 PM ^
From what I understand, whoever runs the account is someone whose identity is known (but not publicly) and plausibly would know this information. However I have yet to see anyone vouch for the veracity of any of the posts themselves. Either this is good info that is being teased, or just rumors that are being spread without basis. I suspect a mix of the two.
November 22nd, 2023 at 12:12 AM ^
It’s Jordan Acker.
November 22nd, 2023 at 12:15 AM ^
Its Big Boutros
November 22nd, 2023 at 11:19 AM ^
I don't know who it is, but if it was Jordan Acker, that would be a really good thing because I would assume he is privy to any investigations that UM has initiated.
November 21st, 2023 at 11:07 PM ^
I mean, cool?
Until there's any shred of proof to back up the claims on this account, who cares? You gotta remember that these guys are motivated to sell clicks and subscriptions and all this stuff sounds like fan fic. Show me some actual proof of anything.
November 22nd, 2023 at 10:26 AM ^
You're not wrong. But what, of any of this, has sounded like anything but fan fic? Sometimes the truth really is stranger than fiction. I'm convinced all of this has been orchestrated for the juiciest of juicy 30 for 30 documentaries (obvious /s is obvious).
November 22nd, 2023 at 5:30 AM ^
And yet the guy is all over Buckeye boards bragging and laughing about how he is trolling UM fans. Probably a troll who is trolling BOTH fanbases.
November 21st, 2023 at 11:17 PM ^
Drop some #StalBombs on me, baby.
November 22nd, 2023 at 1:51 AM ^
"Tonnor Scalions" was a pretty dumb name to choose if he wants to be taken seriously.
If there is any legitimacy at all behind this account, I hope they were smart enough to find and preserve the evidence/proof before they started tweet-blasting all of these allegations. If there is any connection between Ohio State and Catapault, you can be sure they are destroying the evidence as we speak.
November 22nd, 2023 at 2:09 AM ^
The name on the X account and his tactics undermine any credibility he gets from Hole and others. The guy running this comes across as an idiot. As a start, you don’t drop completely different unrelated stories every day. You have to create one simple narrative and slowly add to it. You don’t make everyone an enemy. You don’t pick a stupid name and write “we are coming after you”. It sounds like a HS kid. If this is real, it’s not helping, it’s actually hurting. Journalists will roll their eyes at this even if it is true.
Some of the stories are credible but the only thing they have with this Catapult story is that a couple of Ohio guys work there. That is no better than a random chance. It’s not worth releasing without something more substantive.
I would hope Michigan has hired a professional PR firm by now that knows what the heck they are doing. I doubt Michigan will want to do anything this week because it would distract from the actual game. I could be wrong on that last point.
November 21st, 2023 at 8:42 PM ^
Safe to say that OSU would stop at nothing to win a championship. They went full SEC when they hired Urban. I'l bet he already has the first two series scripted for Saturday's game.
November 21st, 2023 at 8:46 PM ^
They may have usurped the SEC when they hired private investigators.
Saturday is prison day and OSU is bunch of fucking rats.
Visiting fans are no longer welcome.
Michigan Stadium is going to blow its top.
My dog who doesn’t bark or even make a sound growled at Kirk Herbstreit today on TV. It was weird.
November 21st, 2023 at 8:58 PM ^
And he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
November 21st, 2023 at 8:59 PM ^
ohio was fully SEC when woody was there. they used to tape money to the underside of pete johnson's seat in the locker room. tressel was just as bad. meyer is the definition of an amoral snake. day, probably a slightly 'cleaner' guy in that respect, maybe a bit like our steve fisher who was a aware but not fully aware of the shenanigans going on around him and surprised at how well he recruits...
November 21st, 2023 at 9:08 PM ^
XM, are you talking about the same guy who said we need 13 million for players?
November 21st, 2023 at 9:10 PM ^
sure, but it's legal to do that nowadays. he was referring to NIL $. heck, we might need $13MM to close some big deals. for that matter, i could use the $13MM. can you spare a dime?
November 21st, 2023 at 9:29 PM ^
You are not allowed to use NIL as an inducement. But everybody’s doing it and there’s no enforcement so it’s out of control.
November 21st, 2023 at 10:03 PM ^
if you give me $13MM i promise not to tell anyone. it'll be totally on the down-low.
November 22nd, 2023 at 5:57 AM ^
I’m not greedy, I’d take $1300. Hell I’d take $13 and add another dollar of my own and use it for a 12 pack for Saturday. Yes, I drink cheap beer.
November 21st, 2023 at 11:02 PM ^
Steve Fisher was no dummy. Don’t let that “awe shucks” fool you.
November 21st, 2023 at 9:28 PM ^
osu doesn’t want competition in the conference
November 21st, 2023 at 9:37 PM ^
OSU thinks theyre SEC, but theyre more bully who cries the first time someone punches him back. SEC schools dont go tattling for every low level violation out there
November 22nd, 2023 at 1:03 AM ^
OSU is Scut Farcus...other BIG members are Grover Dill
November 22nd, 2023 at 6:00 AM ^
They've tried, but their commissioner was an actual adult in the room and told them to sit down and shut the fuck up.
November 21st, 2023 at 8:43 PM ^
Let’s CATAPULT those bucknuts into the Copper losing streak days!
November 21st, 2023 at 8:44 PM ^
There's just something about these anonymous sources that seems so much more trustworthy than anyone Dellenger and Thamel have been getting information from the past month. Can't quite put my finger on it.