Former Ohio State star Cade Stover reveals stunning example of Michigan stealing signs in wake of Connor Stalions Netflix doc
The Michigan sign-stealing saga won't go away for the Wolverines. Former Ohio State Buckeyes tight end Cade Stover added fuel to the fire this week when he was asked about Netflix's joke of a documentary on former Michigan staffer Connor Stalions. The Houston Texans rookie even gave an example of Michigan knowing something they shouldn't […]
The Michigan sign-stealing saga won't go away for the Wolverines. Former Ohio State Buckeyes tight end Cade Stover added fuel to the fire this week when he was asked about Netflix's joke of a documentary on former Michigan staffer Connor Stalions.
The Houston Texans rookie even gave an example of Michigan knowing something they shouldn't have. When Houston-based reporter Landry Locker spoke to Stover about watching the documentary, Stover engaged in a not-safe-for-work description of his feelings on it.
“No, I knew enough about that BS as it was, I’ve got so many stories."
Indeed, Stover elaborated on a specific play that raised several red flags among the Buckeyes. He mentioned that during a particular iteration of "The Game," Ohio State had planned to execute a tight end screen from a completely new formation, never previously used for such a play.
However, this strategy didn't deceive anyone, as Michigan had anticipated a screen play even before it commenced:
“I don’t want to get into it, but we tried to throw a TE screen (against Michigan) from a formation we’ve never used before — ever,” described Stover. “As soon as I line up out wide that we had one play from… when they started yelling ‘screen’ when we’re running a TE screen, that’s when you know ‘What the (bleep) is this? We haven’t ran this before.’ But I don’t have a lot of room to talk, I didn’t do much. They beat us, so.”
It's true that Michigan won handily enough and in a manner that likely makes it hard to argue that sign-stealing is why the Buckeyes lost. But it's an interesting addition to the proof that Michigan benefitted from its illegal activities.
