While I understand perfectly there is nothing wrong with anticipating plays or dissecting film to predict tendencies as being part of the game and certainly within the rules of the game. You notice a tendency of a player or recognize a signal for what play is always run and that is just good preparation. However, It's far more complicated than that. ........ FSU changes its signals for every single game. And FSU's signals are not the same signals that FSU used when Craig was here. Signals are like language, though, you can't just learn a new language every week. There is a code and methodology to Jimbo's signals that stays constant. But the window dressing gets changed every week. This prevents teams like Clemson from being to able to break down FSU film and decipher FSU signals easily. However, when a coach like Craig...who used to be one of the guys signaling in plays for FSU...breaks down FSU film with the intent of deciphering FSU signals, he does so equipped with the code-key to break the code. He knows, based on his intimate knowledge of Jimbo and the FSU program, which signals are likely just the window-dressing, and which are the real thing. It wasn't just an issue of Craig standing on Auburn's sideline and seeing Jimbo's signals and thinking "damn, man ain't changed his signals...I'm gonna use this to help us win." He spent a month breaking down film and breaking the code in order to gain an unfair advantage on the field for Auburn.To me that really taints what should have been viewed as a great Auburn defensive effort the first half that really fell off in the second half when the towels came out.Coach Craig Stealing/TOWELS NOT OUTYards Plays0 318 66 34 266 110 3TOTAL: 94 yds on 28 playsAvg. Yds/Play: 3.357Towels OUT/No StealingYards Plays59 967 11-4 328 556 580 7TOTAL: 286 yds on 40 playsAvg. Yds/Play: 7.15I realize many disagree and feel that if you aren't cheating you aren't trying and put the blame on Fisher for not realizing this might be done. Miami also had the same advantage with Coley but UM chose to play it straight.Bottom line if it was something to be praised why isn't Craig seeking awards and acclaim for his guile and wisdom in managing to tell the defense exactly what play FSU was going to run during the game? if it is such a great way to play the game. Why the silence from Craig?Why isn't Craig being lauded for his craftiness?As I said I would have loved to believe that Auburn played outstanding defense the first half of the game against FSU but that thought goes into the dumpster. HEY IT IS ALL GOOD! FSU WON AND CHEATERS DIDN'T PROSPER... Heck, arguably one of the most dynamic drives in BCS history might not have happened had Craig not done what he did. Great Win! great comeback for one of the truly great teams of the last 30 years.
A) It isn't cheatingB) FSU does cheat, and does it with the best of them
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/auburn-coach-stealing-florida-state-offensive-signals-during-195811709--ncaaf.html “They had a couple of our signals a couple times and were getting to them. That happens, people do it, and that’s our fault. You’ve got to change them, constantly rotate them, being able to get them in different ways. That’s part of the game. I don’t have a problem with that,” Fisher said.Like Fisher said, things like this happen and it’s on Florida State to change the signals, especially when they have a former staff member on the opposing sideline.
A) It isn't cheatingB) FSU does cheat, and does it with the best of them (including my Rolling Elephants)
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A) It isn't cheating disagree.. Not the least bit surprising since we are polar opposites when it comes to ethics integrity and honesty.B) FSU does cheat, and does it with the best of themAh yes! the everybody does it excuse for dishonesty. Again and this has to do with Auburn stealing signals and plays the first half ? Wasn't everyone astonished by Auburn's defensive performance in which you have stated more than once "AUBURN DEFENSE SUCKS" if I many paraphrase your commentary on Auburn?I am just providing the rest of the story on Towels down and Towels up confirming the assertion and tainting the Auburn defensive performance the first half.Hey FSU won despite the handicap the first half. Blame Fisher? I would rather blame the cheater.. JMO Still waiting for Craig to stand up and take credit for the great first half...Yet he remains totally silent? hmmmm?
A) It isn't cheating disagree.. Not the least bit surprising since we are polar opposites when it comes to ethics integrity and honesty.
Well, you're wrong. There's no rule against it, and any team that can do it, will do it. It is not cheating.
B) FSU does cheat, and does it with the best of themAh yes! the everybody does it excuse for dishonesty.
That wasn't the point at all. I am pointing out your hypocritical nature. You whine about other teams cheating, and turn a blind eye to the dirtiness that is FSU athletics. What was that about ethics, honesty, and integrity, again?But again, what AU was doing was NOT cheating, and there is no argument that it is.
Again and this has to do with Auburn stealing signals and plays the first half ? Wasn't everyone astonished by Auburn's defensive performance in which you have stated more than once "AUBURN DEFENSE SUCKS" if I many paraphrase your commentary on Auburn?
AU's defense does suck, and this game would have been nowhere near close, had they not performed the completely legal practice of stealing FSU's signals.
I am just providing the rest of the story on Towels down and Towels up confirming the assertion and tainting the Auburn defensive performance the first half.
No you aren't. You, as a fan of one of the dirtiest football programs in the country, are claiming "cheating", when there was none to speak of.If you want to have the discussion, then have it, but don't call the practice something that it isn't.
Hey FSU won despite the handicap the first half. Blame Fisher? I would rather blame the cheater.. JMO Still waiting for Craig to stand up and take credit for the great first half...Yet he remains totally silent? hmmmm?
They could have done something to stop the signal stealing earlier. Fisher just wasn't listening to those telling him that it was going on.Also, if you think for one second that FSU has never stolen signals or attempted to steal signals, then you are a special kind of stupid.
A) It isn't cheating disagree.. Not the least bit surprising since we are polar opposites when it comes to ethics integrity and honesty.
Well, you're wrong. There's no rule against it, and any team that can do it, will do it. It is not cheating.So Alabama knew every play Auburn was running on offense before they ran the play? Damn Bama was far worse than I thought! LOL
B) FSU does cheat, and does it with the best of themAh yes! the everybody does it excuse for dishonesty.
That wasn't the point at all. I am pointing out your hypocritical nature. You whine about other teams cheating, and turn a blind eye to the dirtiness that is FSU athletics. What was that about ethics, honesty, and integrity, again?What dirtiness? When has FSU been charged with a "LACK OF INSTITUTIONAL CONTROL"?But again, what AU was doing was NOT cheating, and there is no argument that it is.
Again and this has to do with Auburn stealing signals and plays the first half ? Wasn't everyone astonished by Auburn's defensive performance in which you have stated more than once "AUBURN DEFENSE SUCKS" if I many paraphrase your commentary on Auburn?
AU's defense does suck, and this game would have been nowhere near close, had they not performed the completely legal practice of stealing FSU's signals.As explained earlier it wasn't just signals it was the exact plays that were being run and as soon as the towels came up Auburn's defense returned to their actual weakness on defense.
I am just providing the rest of the story on Towels down and Towels up confirming the assertion and tainting the Auburn defensive performance the first half.
No you aren't. You, as a fan of one of the dirtiest football programs in the country, are claiming "cheating", when there was none to speak of.If you want to have the discussion, then have it, but don't call the practice something that it isn't.Dirtiest program in the country? You really are full of sheet..
Hey FSU won despite the handicap the first half. Blame Fisher? I would rather blame the cheater.. JMO Still waiting for Craig to stand up and take credit for the great first half...Yet he remains totally silent? hmmmm?
They could have done something to stop the signal stealing earlier. Fisher just wasn't listening to those telling him that it was going on.Also, if you think for one second that FSU has never stolen signals or attempted to steal signals, then you are a special kind of stupid.Again I am not against stealing signals I am against knowing the exact play that is going to be run.
Look you have already been shown to be a liar so I am not the least bit surprised by any comment you make my "Little Pinocchio" What is laughable is any Alabama fan having the unmitigated gall to call any other school cheaters! Just because Bama got embarrassed by Oklahoma and beaten by "GOT A SECOND I WOULD LIKE TO RUN SOMETHING BY YOU" Auburn is no reason to be so envious and jealous of FSU. Bama has had a fine program over the last few years no need to be so butt hurt over someone taking the title this year.
A) It isn't cheating disagree.. Not the least bit surprising since we are polar opposites when it comes to ethics integrity and honesty.
Well, you're wrong. There's no rule against it, and any team that can do it, will do it. It is not cheating.So Alabama knew every play Auburn was running on offense before they ran the play? Damn Bama was far worse than I thought! LOL
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B) FSU does cheat, and does it with the best of themAh yes! the everybody does it excuse for dishonesty.
That wasn't the point at all. I am pointing out your hypocritical nature. You whine about other teams cheating, and turn a blind eye to the dirtiness that is FSU athletics. What was that about ethics, honesty, and integrity, again?What dirtiness? When has FSU been charged with a "LACK OF INSTITUTIONAL CONTROL"?
FSU is one of the dirtiest college football programs there is. If you disagree, take it up with the DOZENS of writers of all the articles that pop up in a google search and name them one of the dirtiest.
But again, what AU was doing was NOT cheating, and there is no argument that it is.
Again and this has to do with Auburn stealing signals and plays the first half ? Wasn't everyone astonished by Auburn's defensive performance in which you have stated more than once "AUBURN DEFENSE SUCKS" if I many paraphrase your commentary on Auburn?
AU's defense does suck, and this game would have been nowhere near close, had they not performed the completely legal practice of stealing FSU's signals.As explained earlier it wasn't just signals it was the exact plays that were being run and as soon as the towels came up Auburn's defense returned to their actual weakness on defense.
And it's not illegal, therefore, not cheating.
I am just providing the rest of the story on Towels down and Towels up confirming the assertion and tainting the Auburn defensive performance the first half.
No you aren't. You, as a fan of one of the dirtiest football programs in the country, are claiming "cheating", when there was none to speak of.If you want to have the discussion, then have it, but don't call the practice something that it isn't.Dirtiest program in the country? You really are full of sheet..
Then I guess it's a good thing I didn't call them the dirtiest program in the country
Hey FSU won despite the handicap the first half. Blame Fisher? I would rather blame the cheater.. JMO Still waiting for Craig to stand up and take credit for the great first half...Yet he remains totally silent? hmmmm?
They could have done something to stop the signal stealing earlier. Fisher just wasn't listening to those telling him that it was going on.Also, if you think for one second that FSU has never stolen signals or attempted to steal signals, then you are a special kind of stupid.Again I am not against stealing signals I am against knowing the exact play that is going to be run.
Doesn't change my statement above
Look you have already been shown to be a liar
Link or blow it out your ass
What is laughable is any Alabama fan having the unmitigated gall to call any other school cheaters!
Because Bama cheats, I can't mention that anyone else does? Are you freaking retarded? While I may call another team a cheater, or another program dirty, I have no problem admitting Bama is a dirty program........ Which is a HELL of a lot more than anyone can say for you.You are a fan of a dirty program, that won't own up to it, and you are calling out another team for cheating, over a practice that isn't even cheating at all.You are pathetic.
All that drivel and rhetoric ......just a silly butt hurt bama fan that obviously can't produce a single example of a lack of institutional control charged by the NCAA.Instead claims dozens of writers claim FSU is the dirtiest program in CFB yet fails to produce a single one. Perhaps because if any exist they aren't credible.Just calling FSU the dirtiest or a dirty program doesn't make it so... Show me the proof with such a wild accusation? LOL"Miyagi" at the keyboard"
such an angry little Pinocchio boy!
All that drivel and rhetoric ......just a silly butt hurt bama fan that obviously can't produce a single example of a lack of institutional control charged by the NCAA.
I didn't know a program had to be charged with a lack of institutional control to be considered dirty. I consider a seven time violator, and the school responsible for the biggest case of academic fraud ever to be dirty.This would qualify any other school as "dirty" in your eyes, as well, but we're talking FSU here.
Instead claims dozens of writers claim FSU is the dirtiest program in CFB yet fails to produce a single one. Perhaps because if any exist they aren't credible.
Do your own work. Google "dirtiest college football programs", "dirtiest college athletic programs', or "dirtiest college sports programs", and your screen will be full of articles naming FSU. DWI
Just calling FSU the dirtiest or a dirty program doesn't make it so...
I never called them the dirtiest.
Show me the proof with such a wild accusation? LOL
Wild accusation? LULZThis is a matter of opinion, and if you can't accept the seven violations they've been charged with, including the academic scandal that caused Bobby to vacate twelve wins as proof that FSU is dirty, then you just have lower standards than myself. However, we know this isn't the case, and you would consider any other school with similar violations as dirty. You're just full of $hit.When talking dirty programs, FSU is consistently thrown in the mix. DWIRuntroll's feelings of me busting his ass up all the time around here:DWI, clown
FSU beat the 1987 SEC champs 34-6FSU beat the 1988 SEC champs 13-7FSU beat the 1989 SEC champs 22-14FSU beat the 1993 SEC champs 33-21FSU beat the 1994 SEC champs 23-17FSU beat the 1996 SEC champs 24-21FSU beat the 2000 SEC champs 30-7FSU beat the 2013 SEC champs 34-31 Even with Auburn knowing the plays the first half! LOL"Miyagi " doing his thing!"You are clown! DW! pathetic! fsu is dirty !! dirty! I tell you!" ....... I Miyagi am just a butt hurt Bama fan! :D
Meanwhile, I just laugh and smile at "my little" Pinocchio 
Chin up lil bama trooper! Bama will be back....
Didn't think you'd have anything else.Busted your ass up AGAIN.DWI
Know what I found MORE interesting? The cooperative effort between Malzahn and his OC on the sidelines. OC read the secondary, told Gus, and he made adjustments based on FSU's defensive alignments. Solid idea, well executed, nearly beat us. As an FSU alum and fan it was frustrating to be out-coached like that but hat tip to Auburn.
Didn't think you'd have anything else.Busted your ass up AGAIN.DWI
What more do I need for my little Pinocchio? So full of envy and hatred because his beloved Bama took the gas pipe twice to end the season.. lolAnother interesting fact.. FSU is the only team in the FBS that played and BEAT 8 bowl teams! :DYour fascination with my Ass is a bit troubling should we add that to your list of character flaws? Sorry, I am not interested in that life style... Now go watch Deliverance or Broke Back Mountain to get excited with your type... Girlie boy! lol
