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Dan Lyons

USC’s Lincoln Riley Says Utah ‘Does a Good Job’ of Stealing Signs

The Michigan sign-stealing scandal has dominated talk around college football this week, with a number of top coaches reacting and weighing in with ideas to counteract similar schemes.

While the alleged scheme concocted by Michigan staffer Connor Stalions certainly seems beyond the pale, many around college football have acknowledged that in-game sign stealing is the norm. According to USC coach Lincoln Riley, one program that is particularly good at it is one of his Pac-12 nemeses: Utah.

During last weekend’s USC-Utah game, a 34–32 win for the Utes in Los Angeles, Riley was seen sending in signals to quarterback Caleb Williams from behind a screen. 

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