Thank you Lane Kiffin for the warning

#26
#26
He watches film and sideline signals. It’s legal and he is very good at it.
It's an ideal task to assign to AI.

It will continue until opponents begin using the signal theft to intentionally misdirect defenses into yielding easy touchdowns.
When DCs realize they're being played, then they will go back to regular ol' football in a different direction. Football always follows the developments in war tactics.
 
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#27
Lane Kiffin did not issue a general "warning" about Oklahoma to Tennessee. Instead, he made comments implying that
Oklahoma's defense is very good at deciphering opponents' sideline signals, a statement which led to Tennessee taking extra precautions ahead of their own game against the Sooners.
Kiffin's specific comments, made after his Ole Miss team beat Oklahoma, were:
  • He told Auburn coach Hugh Freeze after the Tigers' game against Oklahoma that Freeze "might want to switch his signals".
  • He noted that a middle safety for Oklahoma was "running down the field to steal slants" because "It looks like they have the plays," adding, "It's phenomenal prep. Film study of signals. I'll just tell you how it is, I think they do a great job of that".
These remarks were interpreted by media and the Tennessee program as a serious implication of sign-stealing, prompting the Volunteers to implement "extra precautions" regarding their signals for their upcoming game against Oklahoma. Kiffin's comments were part of a larger, ongoing war of words and jabs with Oklahoma head coach Brent Venables.

Whoa! This is something to look at, huh?
You use it against them is how you break that habit. Signal one thing do another a few times and it screws them up. We did this in baseball all the time when guys thought they had our signals.
 
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#28
You use it against them is how you break that habit. Signal one thing do another a few times and it screws them up. We did this in baseball all the time when guys thought they had our signals.
Yep. Stealing signs- as long as you're not doing things like going in practice recording them or receiving them from some kind of dirty espionage like having them handed to you by someone on the opposing staff or someone otherwise stealing them from the inside (i.e., Stallions) is just part of the game.
 

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