Wait, what did Bob Stoops do that makes you say that? Are you talking about the Rhett Bomar thing? Because that's really the only thing that comes to mind.
What i recall about Stoops and that incident is his post comments... the ncaa was given a gift in the form of court records under sworn testimony irt USCw, and did nothing. Carol refused to cooperate. Stoops self investigated and offered everything discovered- and the ncaa slapped them. Stoops said "the take away? Don't self report and don't cooperate with an investigation".
I tend to agree with him after that. Me agreeing with Stoops is a pretty big deal.
The ncaa was proven to selectively charge. They came after UT several times, and until tater head blew it, they've never found a thing. They made a rule, recently, and then tried to retro charge TN for it's violation- and lost... they have no teeth, now, unless you bend over for them. Truth is, they never had teeth people just thought they did.
Stealing signs? .... the only part i detest about that charge is if they were selling them as some suggested, or, if they were paving their road to the big dance by sharing them with opponents of possible opponents. That seems more than a little much... insofar as the signs themselves? Its part of the game.
As analogy- in the US you can be charged with satellite TV fraud by hacking their signal. Its a pretty serious charge. In Australia or Canada? The courts tell the broadcaster "uh, make a better encryption".... you're getting blasted with signals whether you like it or not, bit can serve jail time for capturing and using it? Huh... its still stealing. It should be considered "part of the game" for them, too. They're just mad someone cracked it.... just like UMs opponents are.
There was a time in the 90s when Nebraska could have announced over the stadium speakers "RB off strong tackle on three" and nobody could have done any better stopping it than of they didn't know. Execution was flawless. The components/players were right and in the right place. They were that good as a team. And it wouldn't have mattered if someone knew what they planned to do every play.
Madden once said "trick plays show a coaches insecurity"... and i think thats true. Knowing the play before execution obviously benefits- but if that team was well honed, it just about wouldn't matter. Its almost like a defensive trick play.
