The Connor Stalions story broke on October 20, 2023. After the USC game (that Utah won) on Oct 21 Lincoln Riley and Kyle Whittingham both talked about sign stealing.

2021 through October 21 2023: 26-9

Oct 28 2023 to now: 6-7

Quotes from the story after the USC game ...

“(Utah is) an opponent we’ve played against multiple times and an opponent we know that does a good job trying to grab signals,” Riley said of the reasoning. “Just a way to try to protect a few of the things we do.”

Whittingham was asked about signal-stealing at his news conference on Monday.

“If your signals are being stolen in-game, that’s your fault,” the Utah head coach said. “If they’re that simplistic, that easy to read, and that easy to decipher, that’s a you problem, that’s not our problem.

“That’s like telling your guys, ‘Hey close your eyes when you come out in formations so you don’t know what the formation is.’ You want every bit of legal and above-board advantage that you can get.”