More reported about Ohio State in Michigan’s sign-stealing allegations: Buckeye Breakfast

 

 

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – If alleged Michigan’s sign-stealing scheme was kept hidden from the public for years, opposing coaches were well aware of it.

According to a Thursday night revelation from Yahoo! Sports, TCU coaches were notified of the Michigan sign-stealing before the College Football Playoff semifinal last season. According to the report, TCU utilized “dummy signals” in the game to confuse the Wolverines and win 51-45.

“Sometimes we froze a play before the snap,” one TCU coach admitted to Yahoo!. “We’d call a play and then we’d signal in another play with an old signal but we told players to run the original play.”

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Connor Stallion, the suspended Michigan analyst, was the staffer that flew to several games in what has been revealed to be a colossal scandal that has rocked the whole college football world. Furthermore, Ohio State was one of “several” Big Ten colleges that approached TCU before to the game, according to the article.

According to the paper, it was widely known that Michigan’s sign-stealing program was sophisticated.

TCU coach Sonny Dykes devised a game plan in the semifinals to avoid the problems that have beset other programs that had faced Michigan.

Every day, it seems, another news about the depth of the Michigan inquiry is out, and on Thursday, it was revealed that most programs were well aware of what was going on.

On Wednesday night, 2025 linebacker Eli Lee committed to Ohio State, giving the Buckeyes four existing pledges in a class that is projected to increase dramatically over the next few months.

Tavien St. Clair (No. 28 composite), Blake Woodby (No. 84 composite), Jayvan Boggs (No. 259 composite), and Lee (No. 433 composite) are the quarterbacks. With an average ranking of 93.22 per recruit, the Buckeyes have the No. 9 class in the 2025 class.

Early signing day for the class of 2024 begins on December 20, which means that when high school football seasons conclude, more and more players will join the class of 2025 for Ohio State.

And, if the last several pledges are any indicator, the Buckeyes will move up in the rankings in the coming months.

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Ohio State Buckeyes Have ‘Best Resume in Country’ Says Analyst Joel Klatt

 

This season, the Ohio State Buckeyes have racked up some outstanding victories.

Few programs can boast they have a College Football Playoff-or-Bust mentality heading into each season, but that’s what keeps the Ohio State Buckeyes among the best in the country year after year.

This season is no exception.

No. 3 On Saturday, Ohio State (7-0) will travel to face the Wisconsin Badgers (5-2) in a contest that should raise a few upset-hungry eyebrows, but the Buckeyes have already shown calmness in important games while crushing inferior competition. This is a winning formula, especially if you want to impress the CFP committee with rated victories and blowouts.

This season, the Buckeyes have done both, with one-score victories over then-No. 9 Notre Dame and then-No. 7 Penn State, as well as double-digit victories over the other five unranked opponents they’ve faced. This is one of the reasons college football pundit Joel Klatt believes the Buckeyes have a stronger resume than No. 1 Georgia and No. 2 Michigan.

“Obviously they’ve got to feel great about this,” he remarked. “They now have the best resume in the country.” Two top-ten victories, one on the road against Notre Dame and now against Penn State. Those are two excellent football teams.

 

 

A dominant win against Penn State may say more about this Ohio State team’s future than it does about the Nittany Lions and the potential for a “overrated” moniker in Happy Valley.

“Penn State is still a really good football team, folks,” remarked Klatt. “There is no doubt in my mind about that. And the reason they feel so good about the Buckeyes is that they won both of those games in a way that had people wondering if they could accomplish it, which are two slugfest low-scoring, defensive-oriented, run game-oriented, toughness-oriented slugfests.”

Winning the regular season, which would presumably include a win against Michigan in the final week, may conceivably secure the Buckeyes a CFP spot based solely on record and credentials, regardless of whether or not they win the Big Ten Championship. Consider last year.

Coach Ryan Day and company undoubtedly want to win the conference championship, but the Buckeyes have built some cushion in the event of a loss thanks to their strong resume, which might only improve by the end of the regular season.