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January 11th, 2013 at 2:21 PM | 
Lost & Found
Lost & Found
January 11th, 2013 at 2:25 PM |
Overrated?? C'mon now. I'm
Overrated?? C'mon now. I'm
Overrated?? C'mon now. I'm annoyed by the negative publicity Michigan is getting on this one as much as the next guy but: (1) it was a great hit, and (2) Clowney is a beast, at top 5 pick in next year's draft unless something drastic happens. He's far from overrated.
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January 11th, 2013 at 3:13 PM |
Somewhat disagree
Somewhat disagree
Overrated may have been a poor choice of words. But, he has gotten an ungodly amount of hype since that game, a game in which anybody who watched knows that Taylor Lewan won "the battle." Yet, if you watch espn you'd think Clowney was the one who dominated the game.
January 11th, 2013 at 3:59 PM |
He did pick up his game at crunch time.
He did pick up his game at crunch time.
Clowney is not a no talent ass clown.
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January 11th, 2013 at 6:05 PM |
I think overhyped
I think overhyped
is the right word choice in this case. The hit is overhyped. It should have been their ball anyway. We came back and pulled ahead in that game after the hit and subsequent touch down off the turnover. Clowney was kept in check most of the game.
January 11th, 2013 at 3:20 PM |
he's a top 5 pick if he left
he's a top 5 pick if he left
he's a top 5 pick if he left THIS year
January 11th, 2013 at 2:41 PM |
There is a lot of butt-hurt
There is a lot of butt-hurt
There is a lot of butt-hurt in this thread. People need to grow thicker skin or stay off the internet.
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January 11th, 2013 at 2:57 PM |
Agree 99% (-1% for use of the
Agree 99% (-1% for use of the
Agree 99% (-1% for use of the phrase "butt-hurt").
I don't know if it's an influx of new users or what, but this board has gotten outrageously homerish lately. People need to calm down and try and maintain at least a tiny bit of perspective.
January 11th, 2013 at 6:07 PM |
Don't see too much butt hurt
Don't see too much butt hurt
I see more banter.
January 11th, 2013 at 2:44 PM |
If you don't think this is
If you don't think this is
If you don't think this is just a little bit funny your wound way too tight. Yes it was an overrated hit, but it is kind of clever. Unfortunately our team is just on the receiving end of it this time.
January 11th, 2013 at 3:00 PM |
My wound
My wound
way too tight?
...confidence is the stain they can't wipe off...
January 11th, 2013 at 3:23 PM |
...for Vietnam (or New
...for Vietnam (or New
...for Vietnam (or New Orleans).
January 11th, 2013 at 3:10 PM |
It isn't going away
It isn't going away
Every college football fan who doesn't bleed maize and blue acts like this hit was one of the greatest plays in the history of the game. It sucks to the foil for someone else's highlight poster, but as long as Clowney is still in the game, especially in the promotion for the Outback Bowl, we are going to have to look at it until its "shelf life" runs out.
They finally stopped showing the Kordell Stewart abomination after about ten years. I have a feeling we may not be a lucky this time.
January 11th, 2013 at 3:44 PM |
dbl post :-(
dbl post :-(
January 11th, 2013 at 3:59 PM |
I called the Uncle Louis's to
I called the Uncle Louis's to
I called the Uncle Louis's to make a reservation for Vincent Smith.
[EDIT] We should all call claiming to be Mr. Smith LOL.
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January 11th, 2013 at 3:59 PM |
Well, this seems to fully
Well, this seems to fully
Well, this seems to fully justify the ill-willed, high-speed race I was in with a car with a South Carolina sticker yesterday as we both hurtled down I-81 towards the Carolinas (I have a Michigan sticker on my car, and it was clearly "on"). I'm happy to say that I won, but in a race between two SUV's, I think the real loser was the environment. I'm also sad to report that I did not reduce the other car to a smoldering wreck. Had I known of this grevious insult to Michigan, I would've edged them off a mountain road somewhere in Virginia.
I mean, I also won because I went to Michigan. *cracks beer.*
M '11
January 11th, 2013 at 4:00 PM |
Moes sports facebook reply
Moes sports facebook reply
This was posted on their FB page today. http://m.facebook.com/?_rdr#!/190150380525/timeline/story?ut=69&hash=7452819535078189971&wstart=1357027200&wend=1359705599&ustart&ref=stream&__user=0
Hope that works dont know how well it will since I am on my phone.
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January 11th, 2013 at 6:45 PM |
They're just pulling his
They're just pulling his
They're just pulling his (game)cock. Kinda funny
For a' that, an' a' that,
Our toils obscure an' a' that,
The rank is but the guinea's stamp,
The man's the gowd for a' that.
Our toils obscure an' a' that,
The rank is but the guinea's stamp,
The man's the gowd for a' that.
January 11th, 2013 at 7:06 PM |
Such a BS play...
Such a BS play...
Unblocked, my grandma could have made that tackle. Probably not the hit stick, but for sure the tackle. Clowney got HANDLED ALL game by Lewan, and he makes 3 plays the ENTIRE game and he is the hero and player of the game. Deep down inside as any lineman who's ever played competative football knows he's saying...Wow that boy was good, and he handled me. Whoever put that in the paper is an idiot. Probably some dumb MSU fan with no life. Vincent Smith did all the intangible things that DON'T show up on the stat sheet, and made some big plays for us in his career. It's sad to me that this is what people will remember about him. Not the pass protection, toughness, and the fact that he HOPED up like a champion right after the hit. Pisses me off.
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January 11th, 2013 at 7:29 PM |
Your grandma
Your grandma
Would NOT have made that tackle. That's just arrogant.
Bo' Money Bo' Problems
January 11th, 2013 at 8:30 PM |
...Does your grandma have any
...Does your grandma have any
...Does your grandma have any eligibility left?
M '11
January 11th, 2013 at 11:23 PM |
It was an incredible hit and its definitely
It was an incredible hit and its definitely
one of college football's greatest. Yes it sucks because its a massive hit against Michigan but remember if any Ohio St or State fan gives you shit for this point them in the direction of Clark throwing down Miller and Brandon Graham leveling Glen Winston
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January 12th, 2013 at 12:36 AM |
Shouldn't the play have been
Shouldn't the play have been
Shouldn't the play have been dead when the helmet came off? That is what the rule states I thought. It's clearly leading with the helmet as well.
Am I missing something there? People keep telling me it's a clean hit. No it wasn't IMO ... he led with the head.
The ball should be dead in the air when the helmet is blown off Vince's head. Educate me please.
January 12th, 2013 at 1:53 AM |
I think VS never really had
I think VS never really had
I think VS never really had possession of the ball in the first place, initially I thought the same exact thing, that he should have been ruled down in the air when his helmet flew off and no fumble, but he never really got the handoff. As for the head-to-head thing, that is just for qbs and defensless recievers I think.
January 12th, 2013 at 12:06 PM |
He had possesion prior to the contact...
He had possesion prior to the contact...
The rule states...
ARTICLE 9. a. If a player’s helmet comes completely off through play, other than as the direct result of a foul by an opponent, the player must leave the game for the next down. The game clock will stop at the end of the down....
c. If the ball carrier’s helmet comes off as in paragraph a (above) the ball is dead (Rule 4-1-3-q). If the player is not the ball carrier the ball remains alive, but he must not continue to participate in the play beyond the imme- diate action in which he is engaged. Prolonged participation is a personal foul (Rule 9-1-17). By definition such a player is obviously out of the play (Rule 9-1-12-b).
http://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/FR13.pdf page 56
The helmet exploding play caused the ball to come out. Does that make Vince not the ball carrier? That seems silly.
The guideline from 1976 is the precedent setting for discouraging spearing.
http://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/MD11.pdf
This is F'd. The adulation is the problem. We haven't learned anything from Daydrion Taylor's hit. Nobody wants to take action and when the action is taken they don't enforce the rules.
In this case the ball should be dead when the helmet came off by rule...Michigan ball just as if it had rolled out of bounds.
They should clarify this so that fumbles should not be allowed when helmets are removed due to the contact that caused it.
The play itself seemed to fit some balance given the 9.9 yard first down previously enforced - which was a case of extreme paralax on the part of the media. I never heard the officials chime in on that either. It looked like the official ruled the chain and not the stick was the 10 yard marker...or else the Clowney hit was just divine justice.
We found an overrated DE who had been missing for 3.5 quarters. If he is yours, please pick him up from Taylor Lewan who now owns him.