JWG Wolverine

October 7th, 2020 at 12:53 AM ^

Today's video features a lot of action from #17...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko5Rq1GXK70

Given his bridge-burning response, I'm not hopeful, but here's to WD finding his way and a brighter future from last week's sad-all-around situation.

Enjoy.

Blue Vet

October 7th, 2020 at 8:39 AM ^

Yep. And it's STILL frustrating.

Another example of human failing: watching it again, I could see how a ref could take in the rapid sequence of events, add it to preconceptions about how plays like that usually run, see a defensive player go down at the same time as a smaller offensive player, and KNOW that it's holding, just like all other plays that look the same. AND I bet, our brains being what they are, the ref probably recognized it was a wrong call almost immediately.

Blue Vet

October 7th, 2020 at 9:22 AM ^

Well, maybe not "immediately." But soon.

Or maybe it's just me who makes mistakes and recognizes it right away. As an ump for our softball games, or for my son's games when the ump doesn't show up, every once in a while, I make a call, sense that it's wrong, and by the next play or next batter, I know it was wrong.

Blue Vet

October 7th, 2020 at 1:13 AM ^

Beatles: "She was just seventeen, y'know what I mean..."

Why seventeen? Because "sixteen" and "eighteen" have two syllables, putting the rhythm out of whack.

Sam1863

October 7th, 2020 at 8:15 AM ^

Blue,

Your guess was spot on. My great x4 grandfather's name was Sam, he served in the 24th Michigan of the Iron Brigade during the Civil War, and he was wounded at the Battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg.

So the name honors him, as well as my Dad, who was a Civil War nut, and who discovered all the info about Sam. It's also why I use the Iron Brigade monument as my icon.