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re: Pete Thamel tweet RE Michigan Investigation

Posted on 10/23/23 at 3:26 pm to
Posted by KosmoCramer
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Posted on 10/23/23 at 3:26 pm to
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Are they doing this with cell phones? Are they recording the entire game with full blown video cameras while sitting in the stands?

I'm just trying to understand the mechanism.


Unclear, but a good iPhone would likely get good enough video of the signals to make it worth it.

Going up a level, have a gopro strapped to your chest.
Posted by More beer please
Member since Feb 2010
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Posted on 10/23/23 at 3:28 pm to
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Everyone's doing it


Everyone is scouting other teams. Hell even sending guys to watch games. I literally did it as an assistant high school basketball coach.

But idk how many schools are doing that AND videotaping the games they are at.
Posted by TheChicotKid
Member since Sep 2023
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Posted on 10/23/23 at 3:29 pm to
When I was in HS we would send 3 or 4 coaches to our next opponent’s game. This is a big nothingburger.
Posted by KosmoCramer
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 10/23/23 at 3:31 pm to
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When I was in HS we would send 3 or 4 coaches to our next opponent’s game. This is a big nothingburger.


Did you videotape the sidelines of their signaling in the plays?
This post was edited on 10/23/23 at 3:35 pm
Posted by RLDSC FAN
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Posted on 10/23/23 at 3:32 pm to
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My point is that the NCAA may not be able to do shite against Michigan but the Big Ten certainly can.


What will the school do? You have a good team right now. Do you keep Harbaugh and risk having to forfeit games later on?
Posted by VADawg
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Posted on 10/23/23 at 3:33 pm to
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Part of the problem is that this dude makes $55k per year. The cost of travel and tickets to some 30 games over the last 3 years exceeds this guys income. So who paid for it?


Didn't he also claim to buy a house in Ann Arbor while still stationed in California? I don't know too many military officers who can afford second homes. He also claimed to fly back and forth from California to Michigan every weekend during the season. Seems kind of odd for a servicemember to get permission to travel that far away from base every weekend. IIRC, you have to get permission to travel more than 250 miles away from your home base when you aren't on leave.

Several things about this guy's story did not add up at all.
Posted by KosmoCramer
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 10/23/23 at 3:33 pm to
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What will the school do? You have a good team right now. Do you keep Harbaugh and risk having to forfeit games later on?


100% yes. This goes beyond Harbaugh, so if he coaches or not has no bearing.
Posted by Bjorn Cyborg
Member since Sep 2016
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Posted on 10/23/23 at 3:34 pm to
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When I was in HS we would send 3 or 4 coaches to our next opponent’s game. This is a big nothingburger.


In person scouting is against NCAA rules. You are only supposed to use the official game film or TV broadcasts.
Posted by Buckeye06
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 10/23/23 at 3:34 pm to
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Didn't he also claim to buy a house in Ann Arbor while still stationed in California? I don't know too many military officers who can afford second homes. He also claimed to fly back and forth from California to Michigan every weekend during the season. Seems kind of odd for a servicemember to get permission to travel that far away from base every weekend. IIRC, you have to get permission to travel more than 250 miles away from your home base when you aren't on leave.



I think for a period of time he was doing this as a "volunteer" and wasn't on the staff
Posted by EZE Tiger Fan
Member since Jul 2004
50556 posts
Posted on 10/23/23 at 3:36 pm to
Oh boy. Central Michigan and Eastern Michigan are gonna feel the NCAA’s wrath for this one.
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 10/23/23 at 3:41 pm to
Any school that uses stupid picture card signals deserves people to steal their signals
Posted by RLDSC FAN
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Member since Nov 2008
51875 posts
Posted on 10/23/23 at 3:45 pm to
I can see Harbaugh coaching the Raiders next year
Posted by StrongOffer
Member since Sep 2020
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Posted on 10/23/23 at 3:45 pm to
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LSU and OSU gotta be using this against them for Bryce Underwood like crazy
This is the only reason I hope they have some kind of issue. Honestly tho, I don't care they have somebody watching a televised game.
Posted by SoonerK
Member since Nov 2021
956 posts
Posted on 10/23/23 at 3:46 pm to
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Take a full game-long recording of both sidelines


Are they doing this with cell phones? Are they recording the entire game with full blown video cameras while sitting in the stands?

I'm just trying to understand the mechanism.

We will know soon enough as multiple schools have them on their stadiums surveillance footage.
Posted by KosmoCramer
Member since Dec 2007
76650 posts
Posted on 10/23/23 at 3:47 pm to
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Any school that uses stupid picture card signals deserves people to steal their signals


We are talking about the hand/arm signals from the guys standing on the sidelines with different color pennys on.
Posted by KosmoCramer
Member since Dec 2007
76650 posts
Posted on 10/23/23 at 3:48 pm to
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We will know soon enough as multiple schools have them on their stadiums surveillance footage.


It seems like they have copies of the actual videos taken and provided to this UM staffer. That's the real evidence that matters.
Posted by Crimson
Member since Jan 2013
1352 posts
Posted on 10/23/23 at 3:49 pm to
Wonder how many wins they will have to vacate and if it would make OSU or Bama have the most wins all time.
Posted by Geaux Tahel
Member since Feb 2006
6651 posts
Posted on 10/23/23 at 3:53 pm to
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Did we assign a specific ___ Gate to this scandal yet?


I think, considering it's Brady's Alma Mater, it clearly should be called SpyGate3
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 10/23/23 at 3:54 pm to
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We are talking about the hand/arm signals from the guys standing on the sidelines with different color pennys on.
No way you will get good video of this from the stands. Those guys will be blocked by other players and you will get their backs and not much of their hands
Posted by KosmoCramer
Member since Dec 2007
76650 posts
Posted on 10/23/23 at 3:55 pm to
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No way you will get good video of this from the stands. Those guys will be blocked by other players and you will get their backs and not much of their hands


You take the video from the other side of the field. This isn't hard to understand.
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