Nebraska DC accuses Indiana of stealing signs

Nebraska travels to Indiana Saturday in a Big Ten road contest, and according to defensive coordinator Mark Banker, the 10th-ranked Cornhuskers will have to mix up their play signals.

Banker accused Indiana of stealing their opponents' defensive signs, claiming the school does "whatever it can" to gain that advantage.

"If they don't get them during the game, they get them during the snap, and then actually call the play at the line of scrimmage," Banker said, as per Brian Rosenthal of Huskers.com. "That's not anything different or new. That's just something they really hone in on.

When asked how he knew this practice was going on, Banker responded that it's fairly common knowledge among coaches.

"Coaching is a very tight fraternity, word gets around."

Despite the comments, Banker didn't seem too bothered by the Hoosiers alleged sign stealing, claiming it happened all the time in his days as a Pac-12 coach. One example he cited had a Washington assistant taking pictures of him delivering signals.

So how does Nebraska plan on combating the potential of sign-stealing by Indiana?

"Play better than they do," Banker responded frankly to the question. "We do a lot of different things from a standpoint of giving dummy signals, even though it appears we only have one signaler."