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Now, what I need from you is this - calmly, rationally, explain to me how one of the lowest level staffers in the entire program, is telling the head coach in game a call - and the head coach is listening and adjusting based on said low level staffers calls. All without questioning a single thing. Even maybe a "son, how did you obtain this level of information?". Like I said, willful ignorance and plausible deniability. UM coaches are on film using this information. So clearly there were members of the coaching staff, perhaps not Harbaugh, that had taken what Stallions gathered and verified if his work was bullshit or good. Otherwise he wouldn't be in the position he found himself in the above video - on the sidelines, having the coordinators and head coaches ear. Harbaugh might not have known, but he has coaches immediately under him who did. That's more than enough. If anything, playing dumb speaks to lack of institutional control. Spin it however you'd like. Edit: to be clear, the Bucks got their ass kicked in 2021. Straight up. They lost up front and it was real bad. 2022? Took a lead into half time and before you know it, UM DBs shade and overplay every single route called against a potential future #1 overall WR and the QB who is the major favorite to take home NFL RoTY. .... Then proceed to struggle against Max Duggan and second tier TCU receivers. I watched how UM structured some of their defensive calls and thought, at the time, they were incredibly ballsy/risky. Now it would make more sense they were dialed into the Bucks offensive signals.

Aaaaand it ended up being 60 today. Only in Ohio can you play 9 holes after work then go to a high school playoff game that's going to be 40-ish degrees within a few hours.

I'm not the one to say "raahhhhh fire the coaches after every loss" like 90% of fans are. There are clear times when coaching is the issue. Hue Jackson is the finest example on the offensive side of the ball. I'll never forget him calling empty with a rookie Kizer, down 6 points against the Ravens from the shadow of his own goal line. A look that we had failed on several times that game alone. Pittsburgh has struggled with Matt Canada calling the plays for 2 years now. They've had how many games with 375-400+ yards of total offense? One? I've watched their games rather closely, and between his calls AND his attitude when Kenny makes a check at the line that finds success, he is absolutely the #1 issue with that offense. In that same time frame, with a Hurt Baker Mayfield, Brissett and an XFL QB - Stefanski and the Browns have had 15 game with 375+ yards of total offense. I'm not saying he's Kyle Shanahan, but Stef is far from the #1 problem with this team. Right now, and basically since his tenure began, the QB is that #1 on the list of issues.

Excited to see Will Levis. Liked a good bit of his game at Kentucky, despite playing behind a garbage Oline. Reminded me of Benkurt in that respect.

Yeah, that one still stings.

First off, I started this post on Monday in another tab. Haven't had even remotely enough time to finish it. I'm on my way to go drop my car off for some work (pre-winter stuff too. Because, as luck would have it, mother nature is cool to be a bitch and snow the other day) I'll be at the gym, sort of writing more down mentally as I go. But first I wanted to apologize specifically to you for Sunday. I didn't mean offense or arrogance, but it came across as both and that wasn't my intent. You're a solid dude and post quality stuff. Again, that's my bad. Happy to have you as a part of the conversation. I have a post, like I said I started monday, that goes over some things. - Defensive tendencies for both teams - Defensive tendencies for the Browns against San Fran - Offensive tendencies and playcalls for those last few drives - Playcalls for that last series. I'm not arguing against the merits of what the alternative may have been, and just like the Watson trade, it's probably something I would have gone the opposite of. In Sunday's case, if I were calling plays, I would have dialed up that QB wrap... although I know what that could spell, and then punted. Again, NOT questioning the validity of the strategy. With the way this defense is structured and playing, I actually suspect there might be more last drive struggles ahead of them in these sorts of games. I know that isn't a popular or fun opinion, but I have good evidence to highlight it. I appreciate Stefs balls trying to ice the game. He didn't call it like he was scared. More importantly, I saw the designs he called and they were there against similar coverages from earlier in the game, no less. The throw(s) were there, the execution just wasn't. I'm only saying this - neither play would have been an absolute. Ever see Crimson Tide? Denzel and Gene Hackman? Great movie, check it out if you haven't. That's sort of how I'm viewing these debates. Ultimately we will (likely) end up on that 'agree to disagree'. And keep in mind, fellas - I'm perfectly fine with that. All I ask is that the reasoning, and the acceptance of counter reasoning, is still maintained.

Scouting is scouting, sign stealing THAT far in advance, especially with today's technical abilities to confirm and process in real time, is too much. Which is why this type of in person "scouting" has been illegal for over 30 years now. No, unless (it is) a coordinated effort, it is not just "available publicly". The guy bought tickets on his own account and digitally sent them to other accounts. Whom did they go to if this guy was so 'rogue?'. If you'd like I'd be more than happy to purchase the both of us tickets and you can do try to decipher signals in real time and use them. One of two, here or there, absolutely. But enough where your coach, who floats around .500 career in one score games at half is now .1000 the past couple seasons? Nah. Plus the spread covers, which hilariously enough I even noticed last year. Up until Rutgers, UM was a money train for me. I kept rolling those bets over weekly when they posted, was it six or seven straight? No low level functionary has access to the coaches in-game at nearly any other school like this. What's even more funny, is this guy is on the sidelines giving Harbaugh real time information. At no point did he think to himself "gosh, wonder how captain low-on-the-totem got this"? Which is wilful ignorance, an even worse sin. Seriously? You've never had anyone close to you that knew football or was military? If you've probed for Intel, you have to verify the integrity of said Intel. There has to be boots on the ground at some point. There are alleged contacts that Stallions had at CMU. And even if they weren't used, think it's difficult to forge a university pass off of your current sideline one and then laminate the CMU credentials over it? Most gameday security would look and go "alright, seems fine". Back to the Intel. Let's say you've gathered two years worth of signals on teams. You have the ability to travel, no far mind you, no ticket cost if you get in on tbe sidelines, which removes logistical concerns and no digital of paper trail record of buying tickets. Now you get to see what calls Sparty runs, and if they've changed. Now you get to see if you have gaps in your Intel that formed over the course of an off-season. Where it's now reasonable to infer you'll have gaps elsewhere from other coaches And what on? (Formation signals, personnel, protection, etc etc) Doesn't take much to piece together how that sounds like law enforcement agencies sharing data and Intel. The accusation is logically sound, which is exactly why fuck wad was on the sideline trying to be incognito. He's a program clinger, and an expendable one, hence the plausible deniability. Whatever he gathered, and those that helped him, was absolutely used by the UM coaches and there's evidence to more than just politely suggest as much. If this guy is rain man and remembering everything he sees from the sidelines? Fine with it, he'll be one of maybe a handful of people on planet earth with that capability. In which case, fuck getting him in trouble, pay him double and bring him to tOSU. But he isn't, or this network of advanced recon would be unnecessary.

Pathetic response. I actually expect better of you. Tressel got what he deserved - not for the tats part, but for misleading the NCAA and not informing the feds + them about an ongoing investigation. Had he done that, it would be fine. There is evidence of a systemic issue here, and all you have is to gaslight.

I'm already charting plays, I'll be back on tomorrow to reply to quotes and notifications. Wanted to hit you guys with something while I'm working. Just in case you like having conversations and you're willing to opened to changing your minds about things when new information comes to light. First off, Browns punting average is 45.4 yards. Given field position, that means the ball would have been around the SEA 26, instead of their own 43. A net difference of 17 yards. Now, this is where it gets fun. Seattle had 2 time-outs, but had 6 plays, 5 offensively ran, the 6th being an accepted penalty on the Browns, that covered those 57 yards for a touchdown. Took a grand total of 72 seconds, just under 1.3 yards per second. Meaning, had the Browns punted and gave Seattle the additional ground to cover, at that pace, Seattle scores with 25 seconds remaining and still keeps their 2 time outs. Of the Browns 3 games, where the defense was in a place to prevent a tie or a loss score on given field position, including field goals, they currently sit at 1-2 mark. The defense gave up a game winning drive to the Niners. Where San Fran had an 85.21% chance of hitting a 39 yard field goal. I don't know about you guys, but if I was given an 85% success rate at anything, I'd likely be a multi-millionaire. Mother Nature was on our side that day, and dealing with the elements is something both teams had to do. But point being, the Browns defense surrendered those yards when it mattered most. Obviously today counts, as the Browns gave up 7 points in just over a buck 10 in seconds, plus the penalty. Seattle has zero blocked punts last season and this season (so far) so that's likely not an issue here. I don't like working on hypotheticals to that exact, only stuff that's a bit easier to keep track of with some realistic trends to it. Only against the Colts have they secured a game winning defensive stop when the opportunity presented itself. Granted, my rant is a vacuum situation and I don't really like giving analysis as such. The defense could have given up a game losing FG to the Colts, but that same defense produced some turnovers and a defensive score that helped to win that game as well. Likewise for the San Fran game, where they got stops and produced negative plays to help our offense put some points on the board. It's an ecosystem and there has to be some give and take. My post here is to highlight the silliness of the absolute which is the "punt and play defense" being the right and definitive call. That "mythical" call which wins the game every time. Right now, under that scenario, the Browns have a losing record of yardage surrendered. Point blank. The defense gave up 3 scores in the 1st quarter today while dropping a sure-fire defensive score. In a game where the offense had to dig deep on the road early to keep us in it, to the point they ended up getting a lead. That same offense sputtered at points in the 2nd half when the Hawks made their adjustments. Are those all presumably the head coaches fault? We've been effusive in our praise of Schwartz, but we've missed out on including some of his good fortune while it's a 'what have you done lately for me?' world. If we punted and gave up said score, would the venom turn to the defense as it has Stef? Again - give with some take. Put things in proper perspective, Browns fans. This is an injury riddled team that took a chance on the road to ice a game against a defensive look they enjoyed some success against on previous drives. Apologies to all for not being able to get back to conversation tonight... but I've got grades to do. I'll pay that respect tomorrow with appropriate responses.

Defense couldn't hold them on the last drive, gave up a TD in ...45 seconds? I'm shocked it took that long. We had been spinning down a safety over their #2 for a few drives and got away with it. Probably because, to the shock of a lot of Buckeyes here (including myself) Smith Njiba hasn't been a real cog in the SEA offense like Olave, Wilson, Michael Thomas, Curtis Samuel, Scary Terry and the other OSU receivers are. So when Schwartz gave them the opening, Hawks finally took it. Worth pointing out, defense dug a two score hole early and the offense, Yes that includes Stef - dug us out when things were heading towards a blowout on the road. This gave time for the defense to catch their wind and the defensive staff to make their adjustments per drive. I just presume that also counts for nothing though? Look, I'm cool talking football with this board when I have the time. But that time is less and less these days, and my patience, looking for objectivity and football I.Q. , is even more finite. You can't give credit to the coaching staff for 99% of the game, putting us in a position to possibly win, then hang them for the other 1% when they don't. Especially when the defining play literally comes down to what we all know football as - a game of inches. Half the length of that ball to the right of the Dlines hand and it's likely a completion for a 1st down which ices the game. But as I'll go back to it, in the mind of the fans, the mythical "other play that ALWAYS WORKS AND WE'LL WIN RUNNING IT" is the correct one. edit: To be clear. Is that pass the call I would have made if I have the chart sheet? No. That having been said. That doesn't mean I don't understand the one that did happen either.

Sick to my stomach for PJ though. Despite him missing some wide open scores, the dude really gives 100%.

Offensive adjustments by the Hawks finally - going after Thornhill spun down over Jaxon. Been waiting for that.

And if it's a completion everybody goes "great call". That's the fine line the game of football is.

No shit? I had no idea. Look, the mythical "other play" has a 100% success rate in the minds of fans. What if Ford fumbles and we have a wide open pass on a coverage bust? I don't think anyone expected a tipped pass for the first time in 2 games that goes 30 feet in the air.

Cover 0 and you're running directly at Bobby Wagner. Much better chance of success going elsewhere, even on an incomplete pass.

Bad luck. Because Moore was on Jamal Adams and it was there.

That smoke to Coop at the top IS THERE. Take the cheap yards!!!

Coop turned to the wrong shoulder. Edit: man, at this point I have to question the penalties that far away from the throw.

DBs have been stemming top down and forcing Seattle to play patient and protect against our Dline. Going to be up to the pass rush if we keep this up.

Zadarius fucked that backside crash up and cheesed the boot.

PJ starting his reads away from Bobby Wagners leverage. Smart. Just follows it up with a bad throw.

Earl. His knee.

Taste of their own medicine. Browns attack the Hawks man coverage similar to how they did on the earlier slant.

I'm 50/50 on Moore breaking that look vertical. He's 5'9, to the boundary going against a 6'3 Woolen who runs a 4.3. Ultimately I hate using moore in that role. He doesn't have that long ball speed in that respect. Goodwin during his prime did.

Never heard of him.