Baylor to keep stats for shortened game? WTF NCAA
Baylor destroyed Stephen F. Austin on Saturday by the score of 48-0, with RGIII having another incredible game. However there was a 41 minute lightning delay in the first half and the game was called after three quarters - kind of.
During the delay the coaches agreed to skip halftime and reduce the final two quarters to 12 minutes each - is that even allowed? The game continued in the second half, but with 3 minutes left in the (shortened) third quarter more lightning was approaching the stadium. The two coaches met at midfield and agreed to let the clock run out in the quarter (without running any plays).
As we know after the WMU game, since three quarters were completed the game is official according to NCAA rules and all stats will apparently be kept. This seems ridiculous to me because the game really only lasted 39 minutes, 42 including the 3 minute runoff. Compare this to the UM-WMU game where 43 1/2 minutes were completed, but the stats were not kept by the NCAA.
So WTF NCAA? Why should Baylor get to keep their stats but not Michigan? Why couldn't the last minute and a half of the 3Q magically run off the clock for the UM-WMU game? I WANT ANSWERS.
Sincerely,
Brandon Herron
http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=312600239
September 18th, 2011 at 3:11 AM ^
is like trying to find sanity in Lou Holtz, you're just not going to find it.
September 18th, 2011 at 3:26 AM ^
but I guess they found a loophole, likely as a result of our predicament.
We will know better next time, I guess.
September 18th, 2011 at 7:00 AM ^
NCAA consistency. Oxymoron. Ohio State screwed up so badly that they busted Boise State for LOIC. Nothing those clowns do surprises me anymore.
September 18th, 2011 at 8:10 AM ^
Only mystifying behavior from the NCAA. These are recurring themes, you know:
X violates multiple rules. Y is punished.
Rule C is applied to Team D, but not to Team E in a similar situation.
Team G's varsity squad for Sport H is investigated, but Sport J is punished.
The NCAA has become a sad, Pythonesque parody of itself.
September 18th, 2011 at 8:20 AM ^
I read the article you linked and other articles on the game, and nowhere can I find anything saying the NCAA already ruled that the stats will count. How do you know this has already been decided?
September 18th, 2011 at 8:29 AM ^
But why miss a chance to bash the NCAA?
September 18th, 2011 at 8:41 AM ^
It was reported on the front page. From Ablauf:
We (Michigan) and the Big Ten will count the stats toward our team records. The NCAA will not because of a rule that states that you must complete three quarters of play for the statistics to count for NCAA purposes.
September 18th, 2011 at 8:47 AM ^
I wasn't talking about the NCAA ruling on the stats of the Michigan-WMU game, I was talking about the NCAA's supposed ruling on the Baylor-SFA game. I can find no evidence that the NCAA has made any ruling about the stats for the Baylor-SFA game.
September 18th, 2011 at 5:29 PM ^
OH YOU GET THAT WEEPING ANGEL THE HELL AWAY FROM THIS BOARD
September 18th, 2011 at 9:13 AM ^
Sounds like the Baylor staff put together a good plan. The NCAA not keeping stats is just dumb. What does not finishing a game have to do with what already took place in the game?
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<br>Don't know, but I got tickets for next weeks McGuffie vs RGIII...can't wait.
September 18th, 2011 at 9:29 AM ^
September 18th, 2011 at 11:15 AM ^
September 18th, 2011 at 11:29 AM ^
I don't want to be that guy, but honestly why do people care about this? (Other than the obvious inconsistencies with the NCAA) Denard would be the first to tell you that he doesn't care about his stats, and only cares about the team winning.
September 18th, 2011 at 12:20 PM ^
So WTF NCAA? Why should Baylor get to keep their stats but not Michigan?We can (and we are). It's just that they aren't going to be in the official NCAA statistics listing. These kinds of ambiguities have happened before. For instance, for many years the NCAA did not officially include bowl-game statistics in its record books, but all the schools counted them.