A Crazy Night of Football "Day After" Snowflakes Thread
November 8th, 2015 at 10:07 AM ^
College Football is the greatest sport in the world.
That is all.
November 8th, 2015 at 2:34 PM ^
I feel this way also, but I feel like the inept refereeing is hurting the sport. B1G needs full time refs, and not a promotion of the current refs from part-time to full time.
It was destiny that Sparty would get screwed on a bad call that was not overturned after benefitting so many times from the same scenario.
Delaney should be fired. Head of refereeing should be fired. Replay booth officials should be professionals, not retired casual observors who happen to know the guy doling out Big Ten assignments.
Old men who ran college football for years, refusing to change the old bowl system, are now evidently in charge of refereeing. I am an old guy myself, but if I see one more old guy out there blowing another call, I am going to puke.
November 8th, 2015 at 10:07 AM ^
November 8th, 2015 at 10:09 AM ^
Today, we are all Huskers.
November 8th, 2015 at 10:54 AM ^
November 8th, 2015 at 11:16 AM ^
November 8th, 2015 at 11:20 AM ^
Excellent analogy. +1 to you.
November 8th, 2015 at 11:53 AM ^
Either we one-shot you with azithromycin, which works just fine, or you can take tetracyclines for a week. Both ways work, it comes down to if you can keep up the antibiotic regimen.
November 8th, 2015 at 11:30 AM ^
November 8th, 2015 at 10:45 AM ^
November 8th, 2015 at 10:52 AM ^
I don't know if the Big Ten refs are horrible. I do know they have a tough job; overseeing a game and ensuring the rules are followed every play by all involved. There is so much that goes on every play, so much to look at, so many rules to know. Their job is scrutinized as it's done, by hundreds of players and coaches, thousands and thousands of fans in the stadium, and millions and millions of people watching on t.v.. So many ways to go wrong, so many ways to be thought of negatively. The decisions made are done in real time and there is no do over; they have to go with what they saw and how they understand the rules. The play with the wide receiver going out of bounds yesterday in Lincoln is a great example; there was contact but was it enough to force the receiver out of bounds? Well the play is over, the moment is over and the call was made. As some one pointed out, it doesn't take much to get you off your line when you are going at top speed; maybe it was the right call. What really resulted was a blown up issue where everyone has an opinion and folks in EL brandished pitchforks and torches and did what they do.
Their jobs are tough and it's got to be stressy knowing every call you make is potentially going to be looked at under a microscope, over and over, in real time, in slow motion, from different angles. Until you've walked a mile in their shoes - and in a game's worth of time that is probably pretty accurate - I think we should keep the vitriol against the refs to a minimum.
November 8th, 2015 at 11:02 AM ^
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November 8th, 2015 at 11:41 AM ^
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November 8th, 2015 at 12:45 PM ^
November 8th, 2015 at 12:42 PM ^
The biggest shock for Jim Harbaugh coming back to college after a long time in the NFL isn't the player talent or the recruiting or the schmoozing boosters . . . it has to be the stunningly inept refs.
He constantly has that Alice-in-Wonderland I-can't-believe-what-I'm-hearing look when he has to deal with them. Like being the only sane man in the aslylum.
November 8th, 2015 at 4:10 PM ^
November 8th, 2015 at 10:10 AM ^
For pure entertainment value, it's been a great season so far, and why I love college football.
November 8th, 2015 at 10:12 AM ^
MATCHUP | TIME (ET) | NAT TV | LOCATION | |
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#3Ohio State | Illinois | 12:00 PM |
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Memorial Stadium , Champaign, IL |
Maryland | #7Michigan State | 12:00 PM |
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Spartan Stadium , East Lansing, MI |
#4Alabama | #20Mississippi State | 3:30 PM | CBS | Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, MS |
#17Michigan | Indiana | 3:30 PM |
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Memorial Stadium , Bloomington, IN |
#13Memphis | #25Houston | 7:00 PM |
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TDECU Stadium, Houston, TX |
Arkansas | #2LSU | 7:15 PM |
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Tiger Stadium , Baton Rouge, LA |
Oregon | #11Stanford | 7:30 PM | FOX | Stanford Stadium, Stanford, CA |
BYU | Missouri | 7:30 PM |
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Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, MO |
#15Oklahoma | #6Baylor | 8:00 PM |
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McLane Stadium, Waco, TX |
Minnesota | #9Iowa | 8:00 PM | BTN | Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA |
#12Utah | Arizona | 10:00 PM | Arizona Stadium, Tucson, AZ | |
Washington State | #23UCLA | 10:45 PM |
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Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA |
November 8th, 2015 at 10:14 AM ^
Not going to waste my time with OSU or MSU...no shot either of them lose.
Michigan at 3:30.
I like that Houston/Memphis game for an hour at 7p before Baylor/Oklahoma.
While OSU and MSU will ease to victory, I look for Iowa to struggle. Although at this point we want them to win.
I could also seeing Utah lose, which also hurts us while helping us (makes our loss to them look worse, but it allows us to hurdle them if we keep winning).
November 8th, 2015 at 10:32 AM ^
November 8th, 2015 at 10:38 AM ^
I secretly could see Nebraska, I thought it needed to be a lower scoring game.
Maryland, no shot, they're just not good and not nearly as talented or well coached.
Sure, anyone COULD lose to anyone, but realistically, I just don't see either OSU or MSU losing next week.
Now PSU? I could see PSU beating MSU, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Iowa, NW, Michigan and OSU...all of those teams. But you're talking about Maryland...one of the worst teams in the country. They have one great player and that's it.
November 8th, 2015 at 10:43 AM ^
November 8th, 2015 at 11:21 AM ^
I didn't say it was impossible, anyone can beat anyone.
I just said that I personally, do not see it happening.
I see both OSU and MSU winning boring B1G games by a couple of scores in unimpressive fashion.
November 8th, 2015 at 11:48 AM ^
November 8th, 2015 at 10:30 AM ^
BYU can and should beat Missouri. They barely beat San Jose State by stopping a 2 point conversion at the end, but for our SOS purposes, they need to win that one and hopefully by 2 scores.
November 8th, 2015 at 10:34 AM ^
4-5 Missouri is a special case this year...over half of their team is not participating in football activities unless the University President resigns. It's an interesting and depressing story. SI and CBS have ok articles on it.
November 8th, 2015 at 10:39 AM ^
Which is why I included that game on the list.
November 8th, 2015 at 10:43 AM ^
Half the team isn't going to play.
November 8th, 2015 at 2:15 PM ^
I'll probably only pay attention to Baylor and Oklahoma. Maybe I'll watch some random MAC game at 12.
November 8th, 2015 at 2:46 PM ^
Am I the only one actually worried about Indiana next week? I realize, "It's Indiana... wah-wahhh".... But the Hoosiers have given OSU, MSU and Iowa all they could handle in games this year.
Given that it's late in the year, chances for Indiana to have a signature win are getting few. I'm hoping the defense comes ready to play, because I think we'll have our hands full too. These next two weeks are going to be sneaky ones to get through, especially since OSU will likely be favored to beat MSU. Crazy to think we may still control our own fate!
Go Blue!
November 8th, 2015 at 10:10 AM ^
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November 8th, 2015 at 11:01 AM ^
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November 9th, 2015 at 9:12 AM ^
November 8th, 2015 at 10:12 AM ^
I'm betting that we get that crew for the OSU game, because of course our two biggest games would get them.
But seriously...the Oregon state game, the MSU game, and now this? Are you serious? I know other crews have issues, but they are the worst and it's not close.
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November 8th, 2015 at 10:13 AM ^
November 8th, 2015 at 12:33 PM ^
November 8th, 2015 at 10:15 AM ^
They can't ask the refs to win all the games for them!!!
November 8th, 2015 at 10:18 AM ^
November 8th, 2015 at 10:26 AM ^
Colin Kaepernick was DESTROYED by the media by not doing exactly what Rudock did.
Doesn't care if it's a run play. Scan the field, check your matchups and if you see a wide open WR...you get the ball to him.
Now was it planned? Maybe.
But it wasn't illegal.
It wasn't the kid that faked a stroke to distract the defense.
Butt was in the huddle...the players subbing out left the field.
Butt broke the huddle early, but ALL WRs do. Literally look at every team. Look at the NFL today. The WRs all leave the huddle early and jog out to their positions.
Rutgers completely missed him, didn't account for him.
Rudock turns to the back judge and seems to recognize Butt right away and tells him what he's going to do. Or maybe he was just saying "watch this"...regardless, there was some communication.
Rudock takes the snap and gets it out to Butt for the big gain.
November 8th, 2015 at 10:27 AM ^
November 8th, 2015 at 11:15 AM ^
yeah I know you entered that in twice but damnit it still deserves an upvote for truthiness
November 8th, 2015 at 10:34 AM ^
November 8th, 2015 at 10:44 AM ^
November 8th, 2015 at 10:18 AM ^
Is spending the morning talking about the officiating when talking about the Nebraska/MSU game.
November 8th, 2015 at 10:19 AM ^