Weekend Open Thread: Late Games
by cocknfire on Oct 10, 2009 3:30 PM EDT
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Continuing our discussion of SEC football with the following games.
Alabama at Ole Miss, 3:30 p.m. ET, CBS
Florida at LSU, 8 p.m. ET, CBS
We'll definitely be arond for these matchups. There's some guy that might or might not play in that last game. One of the quarterbacks or something.
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Tim Brando just made some joke about David Carr playing instead of Eli Manning, while Archie looked like he was ready to cry.
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So, for someone forced to listen to the first half on a car radio (did I mention I hate my power company?)
Were both offenses as incompetent as they sounded, or what it just Ole Miss?
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Eh
Alabama couldn’t score in their red zone and had to settle for three field goals, before Ingram broke a long score. Ole Miss on the other hand, has been dreadfull on offense.
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This division would be so much easier to understand if Auburn had just won
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Ole Miss was awful on offense
Bama was less than impressive, especially considering some of their field position.
If OM could have managed even a couple first downs, it would have been much closer.
Snead kinda….sucks.
Okay
I think we can officially say that Oklahoma simply isn’t that good. They’re only up 14-7 on Baylor in the third quarter with Sammy Heisman playing.
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I actually think I picked Baylor against the 30-some point spread
They’re better than the usual and I thought they’d play OU close — but not that close.
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They are really not good because Baylor lost their starting quarterback and biggest weapon Robert Griffith for the season.
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I'm not sure there is one
It looks like a completely normal taco with a black shell.
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So it makes it even more interesting on the way out
I studied for a week about Taco Bell in my insects class. Let’s just say…holycrapI’mgonnapuke.
This game is incredibly boring. It’s like they…….HOLY GOD IN HEAVEN! HBO IS MAKING A BAND OF BROTHERS SEQUEL. DID YOU PEOPLE KNOW THIS?!
That seriously just made my month. And I was worried about Tebow.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 10, 2009 5:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Here you go
A crunchy black taco shell filled with seasoned beef, zesty pepper jack sauce, shredded lettuce and a blend of three cheeses – cheddar, pepper jack and mozzarella.
From GrubGrade
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Side note
Base jumping is a new phenomenon to the 60 minutes crowd.
“Up next! A portable telephone?”
by Giant Catfish on Oct 10, 2009 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Better question
You think CBS is bribing Meyer to not make an official announcement before the game starts?
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Not a chance
He’s BFF with Belichick. He has learned from the master.
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Did Michael Oher play all five positions on Ole Miss' line?
They can’t protect Snead for anything this season.
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Ole Miss has fifteen minutes to make this interesting, or I’m switching to Mexico-El Salvador on whichever Spanish-language channel is carrying it.
You’ve been warned, Nutt.
So are you prepared to murder thousands in protest of the USA/HON TV situation
like I am? As a longtime USA fan, I’ve been beaten down into utter repression when it comes to stuff like this…but I swear if we clinch tonight and I can’t see it, there’s gonna be some head bustin’s going on.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 10, 2009 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions
I assume you should tell our friends at the NSA that you're joking.
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Snead ran like his offensive line is playing like his offensive line
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I’m impressed – that was even nastier than mine. (What do you say about schools you actually dislike?)
We haven’t had much cross-conference mockery today, so I present for your amusement : Virginia 37, Indiana 0
Unless you meant to type "Virginia Tech," that's a mighty bad score for the Big Ten
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Anyone else get annoyed by the long, sweeping handoffs like that last one? They bug the crap outta me.
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It certainly seems just dreadfully slow
after watching Urban’s Gators.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 10, 2009 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Also, wasn’t Rice kinda decent last year? Because they are truly dreadful right now – we’re talking the kind of team that would be thrilled to have Bobo and Martinez join the staff. [cue rimshot]
Yeah
But that’s because they lost their quarterback and best receiver to the NFL (!).
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They lost their starting QB and Jarett Dillard
Who would have been a Heism@n candidate if he started at a BCS school.
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Losing McCluster could make Ole Miss the last SEC team to play in Shreveport
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This game seems like it’s been dragging on forever.
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He probably wishes he was texting somebody right now.
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by 49er16 on Oct 10, 2009 6:06 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
This is the kind of day it's been in the SEC
We’re counting on South Carolina defeating Kentucky and Alabama blowing out Ole Miss to restore balance to the universe.
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So, it looks like one of the goals was set on fire – there’s a dude out there with a fire extinguisher right now. You don’t get that in the SEC, baby!
(I’m speaking of Mexico-ES, you understand.)
Speaking of hair
I’d rather be bald than sport Bama bangs. Does is not occur to them that they look like perpetual 8 year olds?
by Giant Catfish on Oct 10, 2009 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions
"Why, yes, we prepare all of our gloves with Crisco."
We find it makes them slide on easier.
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Close.
Another lost kickoff fumble would have iced it. Not that Ole Miss is really going to come back and win.
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Until "Dexter McCluster" comes back on the field
And we find out later it was Darren McFadden wearing extensions.
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So, uh
It looks like Dustin Doe discovered Photo Booth and iMovie.
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Side note, now that this is over:
CBS, a couple ideas.
1) Generation X is over. Well over.
2) Base jumping is not a new phenomenon.
3) Never, ever change that music. That sweet, sweet music.
You're forgetting that CBS's target demo is 58-to-65-year-olds
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So, the Salvadoran players need to be covered by cops with riot shields when they take corners. The SEC is clearly falling behind here, people.
Snead: 8/27, 0 TDs, 4 INTs, 87 yards
WOW. Boy am I having fun with my Rebel friend tonight. He argued all summer about a Ole Miss winning the SEC and Snead in New York.
Yeah, throwing three picks against Vandy wasn’t a good sign.
Any theories out there about the Decline and Fall of Jevan?
No protection
Not as much talent around him as we thought
Impatience
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Sporting News says
Tebow is starting.
We knew about him playing. The story here is about who gets the first snap (unless they change it up and have Joe Haden or someone take it).
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I'm still concerned that the noise will set off symptoms
I hope Brantley is ready to go mentally, even if he doesn’t start.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 10, 2009 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions
After calling it an important game, I almost felt like I had to write more than one line
But your summary would work almost as well.
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Pac-10 games on FSN would be so much easier to watch if anyone else did their color analysis
Say, Dr. Lou
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Be happy with what you have.
My channel guide says Oregon – Stanford, but is actually giving me a f***ing NHL game.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 10, 2009 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions
...and Ole Miss bows out of the race
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by Richard Pittman on Oct 10, 2009 7:28 PM EDT reply actions
That, also
Would have done just as well as my recap. But, again, I have to use more words or it’s not a legitimate post.
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Nevermind on the review
XP good.
7 – 0 Colorado
by Giant Catfish on Oct 10, 2009 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions
If CU defeats Texas, the world is going to spin clear off its axis
I’m serious. That would be App State-Michigan-esque. Maybe worse, because I’m not sure Colorado could win the FCS title this year.
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Texas has done this all year
Tease their pitiful opponents, then come out crush worlds and souls in the second half.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 10, 2009 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions
DID YOU KNOW THAT JORDAN SHIPLEY IS MCCOY'S ROOMMATE?
THAT IS SO INTERESTING I HAD NEVER HEARD THAT BEFORE. Maybe you could tell me another 8,687,499,239,029,897 times.
The next entry in our “whatever happened to them?” file – Utah, last seen going into halftime of a 3-3 game with Colorado St. (And yes, I know the answer is basically the same as Rice – whole bunch of guys graduated. But still… Colorado St!)
Anyone else want to speculate on Mark Richt's job security?
I would say it is sitting at medium-low right now. Not irretrievable, but if this is a 6- or 7-win season, the noise will get awfully loud.
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by Richard Pittman on Oct 10, 2009 7:48 PM EDT reply actions
Yeah
Much as I like the Mayor, I think he might be wrong on this one. It’s hard to see Richt holding on if this season gets much worse, though he might buy a year by firing Bobo and Martinez.
Sad thing is, I actually saw a shot of Richt on the sideline one of the times I flipped over to that game and thought to myself, “He’s beginning to look a little like Jim Donnan.” Not much, but just enough.
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Just so
I think that Richt himself has earned a considerable amount of slack – it’s the coordinators who are on the really toasty seats. If he’s willing to cut them loose, then he can survive a lost season. But if he isn’t, then things get dicey… will the fans be more willing to jettison a head coach who refuses to fix his staff, or to tolerate a staff that is no longer trusted in order to retain a HC who is?
That's a question I don't think anyone knows the answer to
Kyle, whom I trust most to represent the level-headed Georgia fan, says he doesn’t see Richt walking the plank for his assistants. But if Richt does decide to remain loyal to the death, then I think the non-rational fans might take over. At which point all bets are off.
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the thing is, the level-headed fans don't necessarily control things
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by Richard Pittman on Oct 10, 2009 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions
ok, CBS let's be clear here
if tebow is superman it means he’s an illegal alien and would not be eligible to play NCAA football.
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i'm pretty sure if you are not a legal resident
it’ll affect your eligiblity status. but the point here was pointing out the absurdity.
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14 Oregon State 0 Stanford
I don’t know what it is about Corvalis, Oregon, but visiting teams have a tough time playing at there.
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I do think we've forgotten that this is Stanford we're talking about
And I include myself in that, seeing as how I might have ranked them somewhere in my last BlogPoll. I really don’t recall.
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21-0 Oregon State
Your forgetting that Stanford was undefeated in Pac-10 play and only has one loss this season.
/Man the Pac-10 is average this year
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At this point I’m willing to overlook any and all polling indiscretions. Simply finding twelve teams in no particular order that I liked for the Mumme Poll was brutal – putting twenty-five in a reasonable ranked order is the next thing to impossible.
That said
If Ole Miss is still ranked ahead of South Carolina this week, I’m going to start picketing newspaper offices.
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Okay so
I’ll be watching Florida – LSU with my wife, so my contributions here will be few and far between. I have just a few pregame thoughts:
1. From a purely football standpoint, Florida’s defense renders the quarterback questions pretty much moot.
2. I’m actually not nervous at all. Excited? Yes. Nervous? No.
3. If LSU plays like they did against Georgia, they’re going to get smoked.
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First Verneism of the night:
“The fourth-seeded LSU Tigers.”
Seeding? March sure came early this year!
Yes, LSU has defensive playmakers all over the field
That’s why they gave up well more than 400 yards to Washington
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Anyone else think Charles Scott and Holliday have a big game tonight? Tennessee was able to run on Florida, why not LSU?
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This is the problem for the Gators, IMO
They haven’t played a real offense all year. What happens when they do? We just don’t know yet.
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it's like they were still figuring out who is covering who when the ball was snapped
but it couldn’t tell if it was just being disorganized or something weird in the lsu lineup.
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Is LSU a real offense?
I don’t think we know that either. They had their struggles against UGA, who just got lit up by Tennessee
by Giant Catfish on Oct 10, 2009 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Fair enough
But when the other teams you’ve played are Charleston Southern, Troy, Kentucky and Tennessee, it doesn’t take much to represent a step up.
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The punt means it's gone about as well as it could for LSU without a score
They proved they could move the ball and gave Florida a long field.
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They got to midfield, which is important
LSU’s offense goes hand-in-hand with big returns by Holliday, so I think that was important.
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Um
Tebow doesn’t have his usual composure here. Not sayin’. Just sayin’.
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LSU defense is a little too excited. Watch them get burned………
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watch them get ton of roughing the passer penalties
from overzealous refs concerned about what will happen to them if tebow gets hit again.
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i'm less interested in what the refs actually do
than the way the players perform in light of the situation.
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Remember, no "public hangings" in the SEC
Mike Slive much prefers private waterboarding.
That said, Penn Wagers was in Columbia today, so we know that the crew on this game is no worse than the second-worst in the conference.
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This whole concussion thing has been overblown for this game
How many thousands of players have played after concussions? How many had issues?
The media suggests this is both the first and the worst concussion in history.
He’s fine.
Lots of those players have been permanently injured, though
The NY Times has done some great reporting (they actually have a pretty good sports section) on just how badly some NFL players have torn up their brains with repeated concussions.
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I know there is a risk for permanent injury
and I’m not suggesting it isn’t serious. I’m just saying for this game, on this night…he’s fine.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 10, 2009 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions
well, a good example is the guy calling the alabama game
over at rbr we noted that mr. beuerlien’s famous meeting with cornelius bennett which gave him a concussion. but he played the next week with pretty much zero controversy.
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I'm interested in seeing how it goes more so than rooting for anyone at this point
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I'm only interested
In seeing how an over-pursuing, poor tacking defense will do against Florida. No reason, just wondering.
If I were cheering strategically, it would be for UF
Because if they lose this game, the rest of the season will be a harvesting of dreams and any small hopes my Gamecocks might have of ambushing the Gators will be gone.
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CU now leads Texas by 11
If the Longhorns drop that one, whoever wins this one is pretty much assured the No. 1 spot in all polls come Sunday.
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I don't know
That’s a very good question that I hadn’t fully considered. Alabama’s win over Ole Miss might give them the edge if LSU wins. But it will be a very thin one.
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At this rate, Florida will have a higher run percentage than Georgia Tech.
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It’s freakish seeing a team not named ‘Air Force’ or ‘Navy’ on top of the rushing rankings this late in the season.
Only because they've been playing better defenses than Florida
Couldn’t resist
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I actually have a disturbing crush on Pauley Perrette, too
But Cote is probably still No. 1
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Or, suspended due to lightning.
Either way.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 10, 2009 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Samwise = Rudy
….
Waaaaaaait a second.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 10, 2009 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions
There are some good ones here… and when I reflect how long it’s been since the movies came out, I’m wondering if the whole ‘SEC football’ thing at TSK isn’t actually a front for a LOTR fan-site.
As someone who's only read The Hobbit and half the first book
I can assure you that’s not the case. Yes, I’m going to read them all eventually.
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So when does Les go Riverboat gambler and start going for it on 4th down?
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At least the second quarter
Actually, I wonder if he’s trying to stay away from that sort of stuff. Remember, one of the reasons Florida was scoring 40-plus on everyone at the end of last year was that teams took too many chances out of the belief that that was the “only way” to defeat Florida
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When did all these 65-year-old people starting using laptops, mobiles and IM?
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Well, you know, my dad’s just north of sixty – fifteen years ago he wouldn’t use the microwave, now he uses more gadgets than I do. So it happens, especially if the working environment requires it (though he is employed by an organisation that still uses the term “cables” for certain important transmitted documents – hell, for all I know, they are cables – so some of it is definitely just him.)
dunno
but i really wish they didn’t type so damn loud.
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Seems like Brantley would of been better suited
Tebows just managing the game, Brantley could of done that
If we can get ahead a little bit
and quiet the crowd, I think Tebow will be much more effective.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 10, 2009 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I think they want to see how he reacts to getting hit a few times
If he’s okay, they might start using him on the run a bit more
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Can’t we just skip the rest of these games and get to the SEC championship between Florida and Alabama?
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not really a rule but...
whenever an announcer says “storyline” or “the story is…” you can prepare to hear a steaming plie of bullcrap
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you'd be drinkin too
if your offense played a game like that one today.
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Look at it on the bright side
In that Arkansas game a few years ago, you would have killed for Leigh Tiffin to be the MVP
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GO FOR IT
if they cant run Tebow up the middle on 4th and 2, he shouldnt be in the game. i know i know the water he has to get used to it
Stupid playcall by Urban on 4th and short
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that right there is what drives me nuts about the officiating
i’d much prefer them tossing flags for those penalties that concern player safety and overlooking more of these bizarre unsportsmanlike conduct calls.
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I'd prefer they not diminish the importance of the player-safety fouls by having ULC being 15 yards
So, yeah, I agree with you. But it’s not going to change as long as “proper” men like Mike Slive and Delaney are running the show.
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This has suddenly become a very dangerous week to be undefeated
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Thunder again
So if I disappear at some point, that’s why.
I’ve lost power at least three times since moving here nine months ago. I think my utility company put a lightning rod on its power plant.
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It was. However, this is starting to look like the same kind of thing that happened against Tenn – it’s a foul for thee, but not for me.
It's possible they're trying to shield themselves from exactly the accusations that kleph was forecasting
Call Florida more than LSU, and you can’t be charged with protecting Tebow.
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i sometimes wonder
why the h-t-h and horsecollar tackle rules were ever created. the are never, ever called.
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Yeah – they’re pretty straightforward, so there’s no excuse for such subjectivity. I wonder myself sometimes if the stiffer penalties – fifteen yarders, and grounding with the loss of down – aren’t called more precisely because they are so devastating (esp to an offence; OPI and personal fouls simply wreck drives.)
Horsecollar tackles get called when there's not a horsecollar tackle
They just never get called when they’re actually there.
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Gary, give up the Tennessee story
Obviously, you’re the only one who wants to hear it
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key difference so far
LSU pounds the rock on the 4th down FL goes for the gimmick with a lilttle guy
I still don't get that play call
If you don’t want to use Tebow, run it with Emmanuel Moody, no?
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I would actually like to see Bigfoot try to tackle Tebow
Unless you can show me that, get rid of the Jack Links’ sponsorship
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I was thinking the same thing
I miss the old Les Miles.
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How many quirks can you fit in a home field:
1) 80’s era “eye of the tiger” logo
2) Yard numbers every 5 yards
3) antique, way too tall with two legs goal posts
4) asymmetrical upper decks
what am I missing here?