Auburn stealing FSU's plays during the game. Y! SPORTS It appears that some gamesmanship may have helped Auburn jump out to a 21-3 lead over Florida State in the BCS National Championship game. It came as a shock to anyone who had seen Florida State’s offense when the Seminoles sputtered offensively throughout the first half of play. A fake punt helped Florida State close the halftime deficit to 21-10, but after a three-and-out to start the second half, wideout Kelvin Benjamin came over to the sideline with some crucial information for head coach Jimbo Fisher and star quarterback Jameis Winston. In this video, dug up by The Big Lead, you can hear Benjamin saying “Dameyune calling all the plays, coach.” The person Benjamin is referring to is Auburn co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach Dameyune Craig. Craig was the quarterback coach for Florida State from 2010-2012, so it makes sense that he would be able to steal FSU’s offensive signals. For the rest of the game, Florida State staff members held up towels to prevent Auburn from seeing their signals. As pointed out by Tomahawk Nation, Fisher even addressed the issue on Monday. “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. The towels obviously helped too, as the Seminoles stormed back to win 34-31. So who is more at fault Auburn for blatantly cheating or FSU for being naive enough to believe Auburn wouldn't steal them?
Intercepting an opposing teams signals that they have made no attempt to conceal is cheating? That would be a really long list of offenders.
I am sure it would be... But to get caught doing it, then get annihilated for the rest of the game out and then lose is embarrassing. Remember how much crap the Patriots got for doing the same thing as Auburn?
It looks like FSU admitted it was their own fault for not doing a better job changing up their signals? Is it really "cheating" for a guy on the other team to be able to recognize the signals? I do agree that it doesn't seem very sporting What the patriots did is actually cheating per league rules
Sorry but this is nothing like what the patriots were doing. They were illegally taping the opposing teams for years. If a team is going to give you the plays, your a fool if you don't use that information. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk
The patriots were taping practices and stealing information. They had time to break it down and analyze it. If Auburn was smart enough to recognize what FSU was doing, then that's on FSU. Notice how the FSU coach didn't seem too upset. More than likely he would do it if he had a chance.
Sometimes, and the catcher and pitcher adjust for it. It is also a good way to get a high inside fastball too. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk
We used to do this all the time in baseball. Get the indicator from the 3rd base coach, and you had every hit and run, bunt, etc. pegged. I wasn't much on the 2nd base looking in on the catcher, but it happens all the time. I put much more blame on FSU than Auburn here.
no problem with it at all. its part of the game, just like baseball. if you dont switch it up then its your fault.
Was it visual or were they stealing audible signals? Visual....not cheating. Audio? Cheating. The Patriots were different, but they were def. cheating.
