UNTOLD: Sign Stealer

You Can’t Make This Up

Netflix

True Crime, Documentary, Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Film Interviews

4.2 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Michigan football assistant Connor Stalions had an uncanny knack for the art of sign stealing - the perfectly legal practice of deciphering opponents’ signals to gain an on-field advantage. Stalions credited hard work and research for his success. But the NCAA believed he’d broken the rules by sending friends and family to other games to illegally scout teams in advance. The scandal rocked the sport, launched a thousand memes, forced Stalions out of football, and cast a cloud over Michigan’s undefeated season. In UNTOLD: Sign Stealer, Stalions tells his story for the first time, showing his methodical preparation and answering questions about whether he went too far to give his team a leg up. It asks was Stalions the best who ever did it…or was he a cheater? It also probes why college football was willing to turn a blind eye to the practice until now. In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, host Rebecca Lavoie interviews director Micah Brown. SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched UNTOLD: Sign Stealer yet, make sure to add it to your watch-list before listening on. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts.

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0:00.0	I'm Rebecca Lervoy and this is you can't make this up is the podcast where we uncover the true stories behind
0:18.9	your favorite Netflix documentaries and films. On today's episode we take a closer look at the film from volume four
0:25.8	of the Netflix Sports Documentary Series, Untold, Sign Steeler.
0:30.1	College football has always been driven by scandal.
0:34.5	Your team never really loses.
0:37.2	Your rival just cheated.
0:39.0	Today we're talking to director Micah Brown.
0:42.0	Michigan football staffer Connor Stallions
0:44.3	had an uncanny knack for the art of sign stealing,
0:47.7	the perfectly legal practice of deciphering opponent's
0:50.4	signals to gain an on-field advantage.
0:53.0	Stallions credited hard work and research for his success,
0:56.6	but the NCAA believed he'd broken the rules
0:59.5	by sending friends and family to other games
1:02.0	to illegally scout teams in advance.
1:05.0	The scandal rocked the sport, launched a thousand memes, forced stallions out of football,
1:10.3	and cast a cloud over Michigan's undefeated season.
1:14.0	In untold sign-stealer, Stallions tells his story for the first time,
1:18.8	showing his methodical preparation and answering questions
1:21.9	about whether he went too far to give his team a leg up.
1:25.7	It asks, was stallions the best who ever did it or was he a cheater?
1:30.4	It also probes why college football was willing to turn a blind eye to signs dealing until now.
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