Question on "Ohio State and other Big Ten teams" collusion

Well. The NCAA just did this so it won’t matter soon. 
https://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/2023/11/08/sign-stealing-ncaa-helmet-communications-sideline-tablets-in-college-football-bowl-games/71501460007/

That strikes me as the same reasoning OSU fans are using to excuse why they lost in 2021 and 2022.  Way too tinfoil hat for my taste.

No -- just, no.

 For one thing, although I didn't see it in his article, Larry Lage came on WTKA and said that his source -- Mr. Former Sign Stealer for an unnamed team, but likely Purdue -- informed Michigan prior to the playoff: "hey, here's what's floating around out there."  (It then follows that the more recent follow-up was basically the receipts).

For a second thing, if Michigan didn't change up their signs, that's on them.  Be consistent -- it's not fair to say "OSU should have changed their signs if they thought Michigan had them" but then to complain if somebody had Michigan's signs.

Third, given OSU's question to the NCAA, advanced scouting of potential playoff teams doesn't appear to have been an NCAA violation, presumably because they weren't currently on your schedule (but more to the point, because it's not a big advantage)

Fourth, it really isn't that big of an advantage -- you still need to make the play.

And finally -- while I don't claim to be an expert, the postgame breakdowns on those plays cited poor footwork putting the ball in range of the defender instead of in a spot where only the receiver can get it.

TCU didn't steal that game from Michigan.  Michigan gave it to them.

Maybe… More likely a good cornerback that knows his reads combined with an “interceptable” throw.

So a new hire with no previous football background and an obsession uses private individuals to use cell phones to better observe signals versus plays than he could get from all the game film he already gets and then synthesizes it to help discern plays upon playing the teams recorded...allegedly. This is not a written NCAA rule by the way. This same person may have attended one game of a future opponent on his own time as yet still unproven.

Balanced in the interest of fairness and competitive balance against that is at least three Bigten schools already synthesized and charted on a spreadsheet signals of Michigan. Their professional coaches advance scouted sharing and acceptance of this with future opponents of Michigan in the biggest of games certainly trumps what the over zealous novice can come up with especially since UM acknowledged the signals documented were indeed accurate. The team central who did this and stood most to benefit from this competitive advantage is pressing the most to punish its rival and benefit further in record and recruiting.

Weigh that Tony.

One of the passes was underthrown and I don’t think JJ makes that error this year. The other was either a good play or nefarious advanced scouting. Don’t forget the goal line fumble and that weird run play at the goal line when we could have just ran a QB sneak. A lot of points left on the field of our own doing.

You’re the guy who makes M fans look like conspiracy nuts. They were both terrible passes. A db who knows the signs still can’t tell where a QB will locate a pass. Just stop it. 

I don't know.  Signs or no, TCU's entire game strategy was basically "Live or Die Explosively"

They did not have the team to grind out a win against Michigan on either side of the ball, Michigan preferred to grind teams to dust last year, and so TCU set up play such that Michigan could only win explosively.  You have to hand it to Dikes for that, it was a smart strategy.

Jumping inside running lanes, jumping short routes, quick strike scoring drives or nothing for them, monster explosive scores for us.  Everything in that game was explosive.  You can't blame jumping short lateral routes on sign stealing, because TCU was probably sitting on those the entire game.

I quote Gerald Ford a fair amount fwiw! ;)

OSU grad responsible for making sure the spot is correct.  WTF

And if Keith Olbermann is to be believed, Petitti is a spineless coward. When Petitti was the president of the MLB network, he reneged on an offer to bring Keith on board because the Yankees pressured him. The Yankees were upset with some of Keith’s critical coverage. Petitti caved. 

Conference loyalty is almost a uniquely SEC thing and has nothing to do with who the commissioner is and probably began around the time people starting shooting at Fort Sumter.

I still can’t come up with a rationale for handling on a conference call w/o Michigan.  What is the benefit?

Don't forget about One-Hand Edwards showing up Tommy Two Thumbs and the gang. Missing the staring RB, the backup, who is known for his pass catching, couldn't catch a pass due to a cast but still torched OSU.