Imagine being OSU
Imagine having to orchestrate an NCAA investigation because you are going to get blasted for the third straight year. Imagine having the best receiver in the country and still snapping pictures of empty seats in the crowd to try to avoid playing your biggest rival or have the game not count.
OSU sucks now. And all they can do is shadow-run an investigation because they are going to get embarrassed. And all of their fans support it. Scared. Very scared they are.
October 23rd, 2023 at 7:35 PM ^
Nice thread
October 23rd, 2023 at 7:35 PM ^
Thank you.
October 23rd, 2023 at 9:19 PM ^
Imagining what's it's like to be an osu fan...
October 24th, 2023 at 9:09 AM ^
Buckeyes aren't bugs!
Alright, who's doing the "Go Blue" chant? You chowderheads or me?
October 23rd, 2023 at 10:21 PM ^
NO! Terrible thread.
Never want to imagine being OSU.
October 23rd, 2023 at 7:37 PM ^
Op be like....
October 23rd, 2023 at 7:42 PM ^
Well let’s see if they want to play. Or what they have to say about it. This was obviously lead by Ryan Day and Greg Schiano. So what does Ryan Day have to say about it. Do they want to play Michigan? Let’s here them say it. They are going to get their ass kicked, so I wouldn’t blame them if they said no. It would be a good move for them.
October 23rd, 2023 at 7:52 PM ^
I don’t think schiano was involved. He doesn’t seem that type considering he’s a little shady himself. And he pretty much made it clear the other day as well
October 24th, 2023 at 11:10 AM ^
October 23rd, 2023 at 7:56 PM ^
He literally said during his press conference “How did I get dragged into this?”
He could have said “no comment” or “I have nothing to add at this time.”
He is not involved.
October 23rd, 2023 at 10:19 PM ^
Sounds like something someone who's involved would say
October 23rd, 2023 at 10:47 PM ^
User name checks out
October 23rd, 2023 at 7:40 PM ^
F*CK ohio
October 23rd, 2023 at 9:37 PM ^
Imagine being OSU
October 23rd, 2023 at 7:43 PM ^
So we know it was OSU? This thread sucks. Would be fine with mods deleting this. We’d be calling for heads at OSU if this was the other way around… oh wait we’ve seen that before.
October 23rd, 2023 at 7:46 PM ^
They had cameras at the seats that were supposedly reserved for Stalions dudes at Ohio Stadium to confirm they were empty?
All signs point to OSU. Because Michigan is going to beat them down. Again. Again.
October 23rd, 2023 at 7:50 PM ^
Every stadium has cameras everywhere.
What would have been funny - Stalions put the tix on StubHub real cheap Friday night, some random OSU or PSU fan buys them, that person starts videoing a play* with his phone and security drags him away. The fan would have definitely been "WTF????"
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* this play would have been either a punt, an Allar incomplete pass or OSU rushing the ball for 1.9 very tough yards.
October 23rd, 2023 at 7:53 PM ^
PSU and OSU coaches need to come out and say that this is a joke. Michigan is going to blow Penn State out anyway. I’ve know you on here for a while now. You are a honest guy. This is a joke. You should say it is a joke.
October 23rd, 2023 at 8:06 PM ^
Michigan's on their own on this one. The opposing coaches aren't going to say anything.
You say "Michigan is going to blow PSU out anyway", and that implies this sort of scouting has only marginal (if any) benefits. But then why do it?
I'm not unsympathetic here - if PSU was in line for a Championship season, I couldn't imagine it being overshadowed because some folks were against-the-rules scouting games like "Minnesota @ Northwestern" (NU played Minnesota the week before PSU). But at the same time - I'd be mad at the folks who were putting everything at risk for that. You're better than those teams anyway!
October 23rd, 2023 at 8:12 PM ^
I.E. “we know you guys are going to blast us this year so let’s create some doubt somewhere instead of taking it on the chin when it is obvious that Michigan is going to blast you.
YOU ARE PENN STATE
October 23rd, 2023 at 8:18 PM ^
Fair enough. My response is my response.
October 23rd, 2023 at 9:28 PM ^
And I agree. We are dominant. A boa constrictor. And we have some low level guy doing something like this? WHY?
October 23rd, 2023 at 10:00 PM ^
Nittany. You’re a reasonable guy. I dig it.
October 24th, 2023 at 7:06 AM ^
My bad.
I had too much to drink last night.
October 24th, 2023 at 12:26 PM ^
No worries, nothing taken personal.
October 23rd, 2023 at 8:16 PM ^
Why do it? Stalions was an impassioned self-promoter and fan who followed the team around, on his own dime, for years. He was a guy who wanted to make himself useful.
October 23rd, 2023 at 8:20 PM ^
Sure - "groupies" exist. But if/when you put him on the payroll - it does become different.
October 23rd, 2023 at 9:34 PM ^
and that implies this sort of scouting has only marginal (if any) benefits. But then why do it?
I said this somewhere else a few days ago and some people didn't like it. Maybe it was my tone, so I will try to be calmer.
Yes, it's a marginal advantage, but probably mattered very little and didn't earn a single extra win.
So why do it?
Because people--especially highly competitive people--are nuts and want every single edge they can get, no matter how small. It's an obsession.
October 23rd, 2023 at 10:57 PM ^
I didn't think about it that way --- but it makes sense. Michael Jordan would be the classic example of this - that dude was insane.
Craziest story I heard on his competitiveness: Pippen was supposedly bigger "down there" than MJ. Well, MJ couldn't really do anything about that, but he still couldn't lose. So he propositioned the women Pippen was bedding (including Madonna!), telling those women he would satisfy them better.
October 24th, 2023 at 9:19 AM ^
Secret out: You can actually do a lot about that. Takes time, just like working out any other part of your body. You are all welcome!
October 24th, 2023 at 12:27 PM ^
The classic response "user name checks out!" appears to fit here!
October 23rd, 2023 at 8:59 PM ^
Stallions would be a good name for a strip club.
October 23rd, 2023 at 9:26 PM ^
"You say "Michigan is going to blow PSU out anyway", and that implies this sort of scouting has only marginal (if any) benefits. But then why do it?"
This poor fellow thinks Penn State somehow has a chance. He wants to believe Michigan must've had our signs. That's why we couldn't stop them from running right through us.
Penn State's offense is going to die vs Michigan defense, sorry. Just like it did vs OSU.
October 23rd, 2023 at 10:04 PM ^
Sorry, man, some Michigan fans aren't on their best behavior recently.
And, yes, I agree with both you and the response below. It's actually very similar to Barry Bonds -- he was in line to be a Hall of Fame caliber player, but he wanted to push for an extra edge anyway.
October 23rd, 2023 at 10:56 PM ^
Penn state scouts too
October 23rd, 2023 at 11:35 PM ^
It is one guy. That is all we know so far. One guys actions is dragging down hard work by so many
October 24th, 2023 at 3:17 AM ^
Not just "one guy" but one seriously low level "who is that?" Guy on a 55k salary hanging onto the lowest of threads of a multi billion dollar operation.
College football is an out of control monster.
October 24th, 2023 at 11:50 AM ^
Elite/Winning people and teams investigate all avenues where possible. Most R&D money proves something doesn’t work. The Captain was chasing an angle, pursuing a hobby, testing theories for himself. As a data geek myself, I relish any opportunity to get more data (hopefully at an affordable price and in an ethical way)
I believe Harbaugh didn’t know because the scouting didn’t produce any results. Harbaugh was never so impressed to say, “How did you know/do that?”
October 23rd, 2023 at 7:59 PM ^
Every stadium has high-res cameras everywhere now.
I remember during the 2010 South Africa World Cup, they had a function that allowed people to zoom in on themselves in the stadium, so they can “snap” a photo of themselves watching the match.
The tech 13 years later probably allows them to see your individual nose hairs now in the stadiums.
October 23rd, 2023 at 8:03 PM ^
What does this have to do with OSU being as big of a joke as they are right now?
October 23rd, 2023 at 8:23 PM ^
Huh? I was responding to your post about OSU intentionally filming the empty seats assigned to Stalions, and how these days it doesn’t have to be intentional anymore.
October 23rd, 2023 at 9:36 PM ^
Don't worry about him. He's having a moment.
October 23rd, 2023 at 7:56 PM ^
Watch mmqb with Sam and Devin Gardner on YouTube. Sam's theory definitely holds water, probably holds a lot more than that.
October 23rd, 2023 at 8:27 PM ^
"So we know it was OSU?"
There seems to be some smoke coming from that general direction. Didn't their message boards light up early? Also, would you be surprised?
October 23rd, 2023 at 10:14 PM ^
Honestly, it sounded much more like a MSU thing to me at first, but I forgot to consider the Ryan Day Factor.
The true Buckeye fans have respect for Michigan. Ryan Day is a poseur, which why the Third Base comment stung so much.
October 23rd, 2023 at 7:44 PM ^
Ryan Day should be investigated for being a third baseman impersonating a head coach.
October 23rd, 2023 at 9:53 PM ^
Their coach is so soft and fan base so fragile. The fact that this is what they are grasping onto tells you everything you need to know about that program.
He’s now cried about Clemson, UGA, and UM cheating and stealing signs.
The idea that some super fan and his army buddies with iPhones could topple the billion $ football factory that is OSU is the ultimate 3rd base mentality
October 24th, 2023 at 6:21 AM ^
* Marine buddies