Shot:
Chaser:
Between the scandals, a cheated National Championship, and the cluster that was the first expanded CFP selection process, Warde Manuel deserves nothing but the worst in his retirement. Somehow, though, I feel he’ll land on his feet afterwards, in some other school where his kind is welcomed. I’m thinking:
Cheating sucks…and so does Auburn.
Finally he gets the credit for their natty that he deserves.
He’ll probably become the permanent head of the CFBP committee.
Auburn on line 1, consultancy on tap. The Barn is the place for cheaters and they know it and it doesn’t bother them in the least.
I thought the way Michigan went about stealing signs was totally cheating. The flip side is if you don’t want your signs stolen, change them regularly.
The other thing is just do what we did to them … out-execute them with superior athletes for 60 minutes.
Changing your signs all the time sounds great in theory, if you have unlimited time to do stuff like that; in the past, NCAA student-athletes have not had that unlimited time. Would also add that, the advent of cell phone video cameras, computers (and now AI) have probably lowered the cost of stealing signs to near zero, whereas in the past it was a significant and time/resource consuming undertaking. Everyone could (theoretically) do what Connor Stallions did fairly easily, which is why the rules prohibited it and why it is/was cheating.
In the era of headset communications, you shouldn’t need as much signaling as in the past. Also, switch up which signal caller is actually calling the play. With as many TV timeouts as there are, you could switch that on every possession if you want.
Is the money and lifestyle really that good to justify in one’s mind the lying, cheating and stealing…which always gets discovered…worth ruining your reputation and that of those around you? Maybe in Ward’s mind but the University president? How did he think a coverup was his best course of action in front of a room full of lawyers?!
The world has gone to hell. Good luck kids.
Here’s the thing: most people in positions of power and authority aren’t very smart. But they are conniving and self-serving. They’ve degraded the system to the point where the money and lifestyle really are all that matter. A good reputation? If presenting the image of one enables their grift, fine. If it makes no difference, they’ve clearly demonstrated they don’t care.