The NCAA banned in-person advanced scouting in 1994 in part because not every school could afford to do it. Now Michigan is being investigated for a sign-stealing scheme that allegedly involved people secretly being sent to record opponents’ games.
There was a time in college football when it was not uncommon to see a coach at a game involving a future opponent, taking notes and gathering intel. “When I worked for Jimmy Johnson at Oklahoma State, when they had a game Saturday, I was at the next (opponent). I was scouting the next game,” recalled Houston Nutt, the former Arkansas and Mississippi coach who worked under Johnson with the Cowboys in the early 1980s.
There was a time in college football when it was not uncommon to see a coach at a game involving a future opponent, taking notes and gathering intel. The NCAA banned in-person advanced scouting in 1994 in part because not every school could afford to do it. Now Michigan is being investigated by the NCAA for a sign-stealing scheme that allegedly involved people secretly being sent to record opponents’ games.