Izzo, Hollis unhappy with reaction to Nix-Zeller incident
@joerexrode: To summarize, Izzo wasn't happy with how Nix-Zeller thing was overblown, and Nix had no comment. #groingate
@joerexrode: Izzo on the tape: "You watch it, you view it. But I didn’t appreciate the way it was handled. For Derrick, I think he's been through enough"
@joerexrode: More Hollis: "I watched many different angles ...I can state with confidence Derrick played the game the way it is supposed to be played"
@joerexrode: Hollis: "There should be no perception that Derrick plays the game any way other than with a spirit of good sportsmanship and effort."
February 21st, 2013 at 8:16 PM ^
It's so unfair,
Tom
February 21st, 2013 at 9:20 PM ^
Izzat you, Tom Gholston?
February 21st, 2013 at 9:47 PM ^
February 22nd, 2013 at 8:36 AM ^
February 22nd, 2013 at 5:19 PM ^
Watch this over and over again. It's hard to say for certain, but it really looks to me like Zeller pulled Nix's arm.
February 21st, 2013 at 8:14 PM ^
February 21st, 2013 at 8:56 PM ^
I believe there was a second nutter in the upper bowl.
February 21st, 2013 at 8:15 PM ^
He dong punches just as good as any player in the country.
February 21st, 2013 at 8:16 PM ^
February 21st, 2013 at 8:16 PM ^
Either way, I hate both schools and hope we smash on both of them before we make our March Madness run to the final four.
February 22nd, 2013 at 1:29 AM ^
If you really think a lanky kid can control the forearm and upper arm of a 325 lb fatass to the point where he slightly nudges his balls... Well, I've got a Ford Pinto to sell you. Guarantee you'll love it.
February 22nd, 2013 at 3:51 PM ^
I know this, because the commentators are constantly pointing it out.
Can't really tell by looking, though
February 22nd, 2013 at 8:38 AM ^
February 21st, 2013 at 8:17 PM ^
As the guy who just wrote a front page article about Derrick Nix...
February 21st, 2013 at 8:33 PM ^
February 21st, 2013 at 10:04 PM ^
You shouldn't have to apologize for watching Winnie the Pooh.
February 22nd, 2013 at 7:38 AM ^
You were watching to see if Nix got stuck in Rabbit's front door?
February 21st, 2013 at 8:18 PM ^
February 22nd, 2013 at 6:08 AM ^
Yeah I moded Flamebait, but this post still made me laugh. Unfortunately for you, it wasn't in the "with you" sort of manner.
February 22nd, 2013 at 6:51 AM ^
Did you say "arm" services? I do believe you mean Armed Services. And no, being in the Armed Services does not establish dual residency. Your records indicate one home of record, one "legal" state of residency. If that is or is not the same as your state of domicile, then so be it. During my 20+ yrs in the military, even though I was never stationed in the State of Michigan, I still filed a Michigan tax return.
February 21st, 2013 at 8:19 PM ^
These are the same people who thought that Gholston did nothing wrong. It was Denard's fault for letting Tom twist his neck after the whistle had blown.
February 21st, 2013 at 8:58 PM ^
If the Gholston crap was a 10, the Nix/Zeller thing was a 0.
February 21st, 2013 at 10:24 PM ^
If the Gholston crap was a 12,789, then what would the Nix/Zeller thing be?
February 21st, 2013 at 10:48 PM ^
February 22nd, 2013 at 2:19 PM ^
Still a zero.
February 21st, 2013 at 8:20 PM ^
Their kid got played by Zeller. I don't blame them for being mad at the initial reaction to the incident by Vitale and all the others who jumped on board the "Nix as the culprit" train. Hopefully this will teach Dickie V and other loud mouth announcers to keep their mouths shut when they don't have all of the information.
February 21st, 2013 at 8:20 PM ^
gonna ball.
February 21st, 2013 at 11:28 PM ^
Izzo is a good coach but a poor sport.
February 22nd, 2013 at 7:43 AM ^
He is really classy, but only if he wins.
February 21st, 2013 at 8:23 PM ^
That poor Nix. If a guy can't hit someone else in the crotch without criticism, where is society headed?
February 21st, 2013 at 8:32 PM ^
I think they're essentially right. My initial reaction was similar to Vitale's...But later in the broadcast, ESPN put both "groinings" on back to back; and in my opinion - Zeller was executing a little gamesmanship 101.
Just too much evidence works against Zeller...His hand is on the inside of Nix', as such, if Nix had originated the force, Zeller's hand/arm wouldn't follow it to the target, certainly not simultaneously. And check our Nix' hand/arm, it's completely limp at the onset, and the way the wrist bends initially suggests that it's being pulled, imo. And while some folks like to compliment the "acting job" Zeller executed, ESPN had a great baseline look (behind the play) and the shocked look Nix gives TV Teddy right after it happened, it was all, "What the hell is this moron trying to pull!"
The most interesting aspect, imo, is that I was convinced that the first incident was simply a basketball play, wrong place wrong time...Now I'm less certain.
February 21st, 2013 at 8:38 PM ^
Also, watch how Zeller's arm flexes right before Nix's arm beings to move. He's pretty clearly exerting a pulling force on the arm.
February 21st, 2013 at 8:46 PM ^
Back..... and to the left.
February 21st, 2013 at 8:58 PM ^
And finally, follow Zeller's hand all the way through the frame. It says right on Nix's arm, which would not occur if the movement from Nix was unexpected.
February 22nd, 2013 at 8:41 AM ^
February 21st, 2013 at 10:39 PM ^
February 22nd, 2013 at 6:50 AM ^
February 22nd, 2013 at 7:49 AM ^
There was no second player. It was a magic hand.
February 21st, 2013 at 8:25 PM ^
After the alleged nut shot, did you see how Zeller, not showing any pain while bent over turned around and looked at the ref to see if he was going to call anything. His "flop" was just an attempt to try and get a call.
February 21st, 2013 at 9:09 PM ^
February 21st, 2013 at 8:30 PM ^
February 21st, 2013 at 8:32 PM ^
Eh I'm in the camp that thinks Zeller completely flopped here. That said, Izzo and Hollis have got to be the biggest pair of whiners in the league. You don't have to respond to every single negative thing anyone says about your program.
February 22nd, 2013 at 8:29 AM ^
Is Tom like 1a? Especially after the rather douchy, "Oh where does winning fit into Player of the Week voting?" Man he comes across like every parent who's whined there kid didn't receive student of the week...
February 22nd, 2013 at 11:50 AM ^
I agree. I don't think Nix intended anything and Zeller may have initiated it himself with the arm pull. Not even clear Zeller was hit in the nuts.
February 21st, 2013 at 8:33 PM ^
Someone should tag Izzo in the nuts. As a matter of fact, I just put that on my bucket list.
February 21st, 2013 at 9:10 PM ^
A specific list of public figures that i vow to kick directly in the nuts if i ever see them in public. It's been decades and no one has yet knocked Jimmy Buffet from the #1 spot. Still, Izzo seems like a nice addition to the list.
February 21st, 2013 at 11:34 PM ^
February 22nd, 2013 at 8:44 AM ^
February 21st, 2013 at 9:16 PM ^
Hollis: "I watched many different angles..."
Izzo: "But I didn't appreciate the way it was handled."
This must qualify as front page news in east lansing. Hillarious. Surely Hollis is pressing the NCAA to investigate.
February 21st, 2013 at 9:43 PM ^
could have a double meaning there.