2023-2024 NCAA Football Season Thread • Page 167

pepetito what are your qualifications for interpreting the ncaa rulebook

 

Reading it. Same as anyone else. The applicable portion is one sentence long.

 

Not that it really matters but I’ll just say, as a Michigan fan, every day there’s a new leak that makes it look worse and worse.

 

What rule are you reading? Genuinely curious.

 

Don't want to speak for the person above, but I think what some people (UM fans) are arguing is a technicality about the rule. The NCAA rule specifically states that someone working for the school needs to be the one doing the off campus scouting, aka capturing the video. From what I have read, Stallions is not the one in the seats doing the video. It's people not with the school, using the seats he bought and taking the video.

 

This is what i am referring to yes. Thats why its an interesting case study. On a side note, its horribly written.
NCAA bylaw 11.6.1

 

see above.

 

“You can’t arrest me for robbery! I never set foot in the bank. I just picked the location, planned the heist, hired the team, purchased the supplies, and got the money in the end.”

 

There’s reports now that Stallions also attended a game in person. So much for that technicality!

 

Where did you see that? I haven't seen any reporting that he was at the games. I thought he was mostly on UM's sidelines. I am not sure how much that part actually matters when there is already a bunch of evidence pointing in a certain direction, but I am just curious where the additional information is coming from.

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/s/WusPK528fY

 

That would certainly change the calculus if this occurred when he was employed by the University.

 

They found evidence that someone from Michigan came to a Tennessee home game last year since it was a playoff possibility.

 

Should’ve gone to TCU instead

 

lmao I just got a TikTok (not from a Vols fan, surprisingly) that is insinuating Michigan helped South Carolina beat Tennessee and Clemson to knock them out of the playoffs by sending them the signs as statistically they never should’ve won those two.

I’d love to blame that shitshow on cheating, but we were just ass that day.

 

That is some tinfoil hat for sure. Why would Michigan help two Non-Con schools?

 

I think the theory is they helped South Carolina to not have to face Tenn/Clem OR to have a chance at getting in as a one-loss team over them?

 

I havent really read into any of the Michigan stuff, but is this Connor guy a lone wolf or just a patsy?

 

THE GRASSY KNOLL

 

I don't know how you can be a lone wolf with this when you look at team results?

 

That's what I dont get about the whole thing. There's just no way this guy would just up and go steal signs at games.

 

Pepetito only posts in this thread to defend shitty coaches

 

it is SO weird that it's happened twice