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re: Is stealing signs really considered cheating?
Posted on 9/19/14 at 3:15 pm to MrAUTigers
Posted on 9/19/14 at 3:15 pm to MrAUTigers
Why is that funny? Players are part of the game. Paying a coach to sit and watch for signals is not. I don't care what team is doing it.
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Posted on 9/19/14 at 3:15 pm to td01241
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If you relay your plays in from big signs in the sideline, don't be mad if someone figures out what they mean.
Absolutely.
It sucks... but if it's that easily exploitable, people are going to do it. If people are going to do it, then you have to do it to keep competitive advantages level. Which balances things out.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 3:16 pm to td01241
Have heard those boards are just formations. Not the play.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 3:16 pm to td01241
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These hurry up teams can't have their cake and eat it too.
It's not just hurry up teams that send in plays using signals from the sidelines. If you think I am wrong, just watch UGA and bama. There are hand signs used also.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 3:17 pm to MrAUTigers
Oh I know teams use sidelines but the hurry up teams that use the big boards a la Oregon would be easier to pick up on I would think.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 3:19 pm to MrAUTigers
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It's not just hurry up teams that send in plays using signals from the sidelines. If you think I am wrong, just watch UGA and bama. There are hand signs used also.
Makes me miss a good huddle. nohomo
This post was edited on 9/19/14 at 3:23 pm
Posted on 9/19/14 at 3:20 pm to td01241
Not sure about Auburn, but the Oregon boards are just formations. I noticed Auburn using hand signals from sideline and the big boards.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 3:20 pm to graves1
That would make sense since they usually line up and look to the sideline to change the play if needed.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 3:20 pm to graves1
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Why is that funny? Players are part of the game. Paying a coach to sit and watch for signals is not. I don't care what team is doing it.
You obviously never played baseball. There are 20 sets of eyes, including coaches, trying to pick up where the signs to the batter are coming from and what those signs are. They are also watching the opposing pitcher to see if he is tipping his pitches. Trying to gain a competitive advantage is a part of every single sport since the beginning of time. It's not cheating in any form or fashion.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 3:21 pm to justausedcarguy
it's a little shady imo but it happens whatever.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 3:22 pm to td01241
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Oh I know teams use sidelines but the hurry up teams that use the big boards a la Oregon would be easier to pick up on I would think.
Those signs you see are just for the formation. The play call is coming in from hand signals, or a number system, just like in every other O run.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 3:23 pm to justausedcarguy
Well, when another team hires a person that previously worked at another program, and puts him in the team box with binoculars to watch the coaches... Yes, that's cheating. But what else is new with the cheating team
Posted on 9/19/14 at 3:23 pm to MrAUTigers
Played three years at Jacksonville State University. Was a catcher. Coach Abbott did not care for it either.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 3:23 pm to MrAUTigers
I remember Grantham always having a towel boy cover his body when he was signaling plays 
Posted on 9/19/14 at 3:24 pm to Royal
Posted on 9/19/14 at 3:29 pm to justausedcarguy
Posted on 9/19/14 at 3:35 pm to beHop
Ole Miss knew he went to a rival team, so they should have changed the signals. This would be a serious question only among tards on the internet.
How could you really prove it in most cases anyway? Kansas State had fewer yards in the second half after changing their signals which would indicate Auburn was likely never stealing their signals to begin with
How could you really prove it in most cases anyway? Kansas State had fewer yards in the second half after changing their signals which would indicate Auburn was likely never stealing their signals to begin with
Posted on 9/19/14 at 3:36 pm to beHop
Im sure he was just looking for his family in the stands.
This post was edited on 9/19/14 at 3:38 pm
Posted on 9/19/14 at 3:42 pm to auburnphan23
Shut up, alter.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 3:46 pm to tmc94
They need to equip QB's with NFL technology where the coach can talk to the QB. That would solve it.
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