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[fordman84]

Thought about starting the Week 8 LOL thread and posting this, but it's not a for sure LOL yet. The oven is pre-heating though.

 

[Red_Alert]

Thought about starting the Week 8 LOL thread and posting this, but it's not a for sure LOL yet. The oven is pre-heating though.

I pondered the other day how much of this 'parity' has to do with helmet communications now being a factor?

It's no mystery that sign stealing was a thing, particularly for teams with larger budgets that could have a slew of 'analysts' onboard to review game-film.

The difference between those other teams and Michigan is that those teams were doing it the legit way of just watching tv to get the signs.
Michigan illegally sent a staffer to future opponents games to video the entire sideline for 60 minutes and get a leg up on the sign stealing.

 

[fordman84]

I pondered the other day how much of this 'parity' has to do with helmet communications now being a factor?

It's no mystery that sign stealing was a thing, particularly for teams with larger budgets that could have a slew of 'analysts' onboard to review game-film.

The difference between those other teams and Michigan is that those teams were doing it the legit way of just watching tv to get the signs.
Michigan illegally sent a staffer to future opponents games to video the entire sideline for 60 minutes and get a leg up on the sign stealing.

I think the helmet comms have already started to, and will continue to, separate the athletic freaks of nature QB's from the mental-QB that can read the defense pre-snap. Now you need to be able to adjust to defensive alignments in the last 10 seconds of the playclock instead of lining up real fast then staring at the sideline while someone relays in what the defense is lined up in. They still can do that, but harder to decipher than just stealing defensive hand signals.

 

[Red_Alert]

I think the helmet comms have already started to, and will continue to, separate the athletic freaks of nature QB's from the mental-QB that can read the defense pre-snap. Now you need to be able to adjust to defensive alignments in the last 10 seconds of the playclock instead of lining up real fast then staring at the sideline while someone relays in what the defense is lined up in. They still can do that, but harder to decipher than just stealing defensive hand signals.

I've always said that playing great QB is 50% mental.

 

[fordman84]

I've always said that playing great QB is 50% mental.

Now it is. Before with the hand signal play calling it was just about knowing the blitz is coming, the coverage, or something else given to you by someone with the mental capacity to understand it.

 

[Hu War Yu]

Mmmmm, that's GOOD self-ownership

 

[williewilliejuan]

I've always said that playing great QB is 50% mental.

Only half of it is.