OT: Pryor removing his helmet after the failed 3rd down bomb
Did anyone catch Pryor removing his helmet after failing to convert the huge 3rd down bomb in the 4th quarter - the one right before his 4th down scamper to set up the winning TD?
I wonder why he wasn't flagged for that. Thoughts?
Cue NCAA Bylaws:
(f) Removal of a player’s helmet before he is in the team area (Exceptions: Team, media or injury timeouts; equipment adjustment; through play; between periods; and during a measurement for a first down).
. . .If committed while the ball is alive, these fouls are treated as dead-ball fouls.
PENALTY — Dead-ball foul or live-ball foul treated as dead-ball foul. 15 yards [S7 and S27] from the succeeding spot. Flagrant offenders, if players or substitutes, shall be disqualified [S47]. If a player or an identified squad member in uniform commits two unsportsmanlike fouls in the same game, he shall be disqualified
November 20th, 2010 at 6:54 PM ^
cares?
November 20th, 2010 at 6:59 PM ^
November 20th, 2010 at 7:01 PM ^
I'm guessing no.
November 20th, 2010 at 7:20 PM ^
November 20th, 2010 at 8:26 PM ^
Id be wiping my ass with rough paper towels...or my hand...ewwww.
November 20th, 2010 at 7:02 PM ^
He is the QB for a top 10 team that is about to roll us next week. Ya, his comments have been ridiculous, and if you wanted to argue that he was dumb, I probably wouldn't protest too much. But come on, man.
November 20th, 2010 at 7:23 PM ^
"about to roll us next week"
how about you fuck yourself?
November 20th, 2010 at 7:29 PM ^
Language isn't a problem. Language directed at other posters is a problem. Easy there.
November 20th, 2010 at 7:23 PM ^
He's made some mistakes but FAR more big plays. Take off the tinted glasses and appreciate his talent. And his record.
I bet Denard would disagree with you, too. So would Coach Rodriguez.
You should respect your rivals, then compete with them and beat them. The failure to respect them is a sure path to defeat. I guarantee you Bo respected OSU and its players before he beat them.
November 20th, 2010 at 7:40 PM ^
Yes, he has a ton of natural ability. But as a 3rd year starter, at this point you should expect better technique & decision making.
November 20th, 2010 at 7:43 PM ^
I can't believe you guys are arguing about how good motherfucking Terelle motherfucking Pryor is. Wow
November 20th, 2010 at 9:19 PM ^
He's very talented, but he would not have handled the losing well at all the past couple of years. Maybe this team wins one or two more games over the past couple of seasons with Pryor at the helm, but 2008 would have been rough with a freshman signal caller behind that line, and those 2009 and 2010 defenses still would have featured a slew of undersized freshmen and "meh" upperclassmen. Pryor strikes me as a guy with a massive ego, and ego guys hate to lose. He'd have thrown the other players under the bus at the first hint of a losing streak, and probably would have been ostracized by the rest of the team rather quickly. Personally, I'm very happy he never came to UM, and I said that well before he signed with OSU.
November 20th, 2010 at 7:03 PM ^
on a technicality not in the spirit of the rule.
November 20th, 2010 at 7:10 PM ^
I think it is the spirit of that rule. He was trying to bring attention to himself, IMHO. (in the, 'I made a great play and my teammate let me down' sort of way) I agree it would have been a crappy place for a call, but I was thinking the call should be made.
November 20th, 2010 at 7:06 PM ^
He'd failed to convert a pass so the play was over. So really it wasn't a big safety at risk issue. He can just say "I needed to adjust my chin strap" or something and claim the equipment adjustment exception of that rule.
November 20th, 2010 at 7:08 PM ^
Is it really surprising? They didn't call anything on that screen where it was obviously pass interference, if not spearing as well. I suppose the refs wanted to let the game be decided by the players and not calls.
November 20th, 2010 at 7:23 PM ^
I could not believe that no-call. I should really not watch next week's game, then :)
November 20th, 2010 at 8:16 PM ^
that was as blatant a no-call as you're going to see
November 20th, 2010 at 8:28 PM ^
That was a bad call, but there were two PIs that were called on Chekwa that were suspect at best. Not to mention the clear facemask/facerake on Philly Brown. Officiating was bad both ways.
November 20th, 2010 at 7:08 PM ^
Good thing he plays for The Vest and not Coach Eric Taylor.
November 21st, 2010 at 12:36 AM ^
I +1'd you but I wanted to +57 you. Just for the record. Any good FNL references should be applauded in my opinion.
November 20th, 2010 at 7:13 PM ^
Based on this article and the officials' explanation, it sounds like it should have been called.
Regardless, let's knock Pryor's helmet off next week.
November 20th, 2010 at 7:18 PM ^
He does this a lot and never gets flagged so it is no surprise
November 20th, 2010 at 7:22 PM ^
CHEATING!?!!1!
November 20th, 2010 at 8:44 PM ^
YOU CAN'T SPELL "OHIO STATE CHEATS" WITHOUT OHIO STATE1!!!111!!!!!!
November 21st, 2010 at 12:34 AM ^
Also "I Hates Too", "A Heist Too," and "Hi, Eat Soot."
November 21st, 2010 at 12:37 AM ^
Not many good ones for Michigan, other than "Ham Icing" which is oddly appropriate today. We kind of got the ham icing from Wisconsin.
November 21st, 2010 at 12:48 AM ^
Actually Michigan State has far better ones, like "Maniacs Get Hit," "He Masticating," "I Shat Magnetic" and "Get Him Satan."
November 20th, 2010 at 8:22 PM ^
Back on topic, I noticed it as well. Might they have called a timeout between 3rd and 4th down? I can't remember right now and I didn't dvr the game to go check what happened. Looking back on it right now, I would imagine that they did in fact call a time out just because everything was on the line.
November 20th, 2010 at 10:24 PM ^
giving a shit about Pryor...or his helmet.
November 20th, 2010 at 10:31 PM ^
Honestly, that basically never gets flagged.
November 20th, 2010 at 11:26 PM ^
He has a bad attitude. His best receiver drops a sure t.d. and the first thing he does is take off his helmut. He has alot of talent but doesn't act much like a team player.
November 21st, 2010 at 12:17 AM ^
I wouldn't either, if I had to wear a helmut.
November 21st, 2010 at 1:00 AM ^
It was bout to be 4th and 10, and he was walking to the sidelines when he took his helmet off. Pretty sure he thought they were going to punt (not unreasonable assumption given 4 mins left, all 3 TOs, midfield, Tresselball). He always takes his helmet off while walking to the sideline - doubt it had anything to do with trying to "upstage" his WR as some have stated in this thread.