Kansas State Accuses Auburn of Stealing Signals.

[joeybee12]

Kansas State switched up its offensive signals Thursday night because coach Bill Snyder believed Auburn was stealing signs.

"They're getting our signals," Snyder told ESPN sideline reporter Samantha Ponder, adding that the Wildcats changed up some of their signals during halftime.

Auburn coach Gus Malzahn denied any first-half advantage after the game, which the Tigers won 20-14.

"No, no," he said when asked if Auburn knew the signals.

Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher made the same claims against Auburn after January's BCS National Championship Game win, as the Seminoles reportedly used towels to block some of their signals.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/11551618/kansas-state-wildcats-coach-bill-snyder-accuses-auburn-tigers-signal-stealing

[KamaAina]

1. This is why the huddle was invented.

Back in the '30s, Gallaudet was a regional football power. Back in those days, the teams just lined up at the line of scrimmage and called plays. But Gallaudet's players, of course, were signing to each other, in full view of the other team.

That's when they started gathering in a circle to see the play calls. Other teams copied them, and the rest, as they say, is history.

[Elwood P Dowd]

2. If that was true, why did K-State have only 7 points in 2d half

and fewer yards in the 2d half than in the first half?

Anyway, stealing signals in football and baseball has been around forever. That's why you should constantly be changing them from game to game, and sometimes from the beginning of the game to the end.