Other Games Thread for Week 3 - September 14

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I know the answer to the trivia question on CBS.

Who was the last team to win 3 National Titles in a row?

How many folks outside our fan base would get that right? I'd guess .004%
 

Part of the reason people hate guys like Manziel and Tebow is because of the salivating of the media with these guys.

If anyone is watching the game, Manziel scrambled, eluded the defender, and threw the ball high in the air about 30 yards down field. It was literally a hail mary. Texas A&M comes down with it and they're all up his @ss about what a great play it was. No it wasn't! It was a horrible decision and he got totally bailed out. Sure he showed a lot of athleticism getting away from the defender but that doesn't take away the fact he made a very bad decision.

Then he throws an INT a few plays later and they're surprised by his bad decision. Give me a frickin break.
 

Sparlimb said:
I know the answer to the trivia question on CBS.

Who was the last team to win 3 National Titles in a row?

How many folks outside our fan base would get that right? I'd guess .004%
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It's got to be NDSU, right?
 

GophersInIowa said:
Part of the reason people hate guys like Manziel and Tebow is because of the salivating of the media with these guys.

If anyone is watching the game, Manziel scrambled, eluded the defender, and threw the ball high in the air about 30 yards down field. It was literally a hail mary. Texas A&M comes down with it and they're all up his @ss about what a great play it was. No it wasn't! It was a horrible decision and he got totally bailed out. Sure he showed a lot of athleticism getting away from the defender but that doesn't take away the fact he made a very bad decision.

Then he throws an INT a few plays later and they're surprised by his bad decision. Give me a frickin break.
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At least Tebow wasn't an asshole.
 


afurry91 said:
At least Tebow wasn't an asshole.
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I definitely agree. I'm just talking about on the field stuff. Once a guy, especially from the SEC, is deemed great, the media is so far up their @ss it is ridiculous.
 

What a horrible call. Now defenders can't go for the ball.

They should be able to overturn the penalty then if it is determined it wasn't one.
 

Sparlimb said:
I know the answer to the trivia question on CBS.

Who was the last team to win 3 National Titles in a row?

How many folks outside our fan base would get that right? I'd guess .004%
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WOO! National exposure!!!

And I hope that the Roll Tide mess Johnson Football up real good. Not win another NC though......because it is nice to be recognized despite that honor being nearly 80 years ago. Oh, and we beat Bama in the last head-to-head matchup. They are still waiting for that revenge game.
 

Iowa St.'s offense has looked just awful today. I hope Jeff Jones is watching. They may not win more than 2 or 3 games this year.

Purdue is up 7-0 on Notre Dame early on.
 



Akron was jobbed by the refs. Easily a first down, not even close. The refs were looking for any way to stop Akron and succeeded.

I think Pellini is going to get canned.
 


cncmin said:
What was worse at the end of that Michigan game - the officiating or the Akron coaching from inside the 1 with 24 seconds left - you decide:

Officials call a very touchy INT call against Akron that sets up Michigan's final TD. But they're not done there, throwing a couple more questionable flags against Akron on their last drive. But, Akron still manages to get the ball just inside the 1, 1st down, 24 seconds on the clock, and a Mich player comes off of the field for an injury timeout. Then what happens next is so very predictable when it comes to $$$,$$$,$$$ programs.

There are 24 seconds left on the clock, clock is stopped for injury. Akron inexplicably doesn't spike the ball, instead let's 9 seconds run off the clock, and is just about to finally start the play. Suddenly the officials whistle the ball dead and, after a good minute or two time delay, decide to "review the previous play", though there was absolutely nothing to review. They also don't put time back on the clock to do this, instead forcing Akron to wait to start the play until the clock restarts. Now, in theory, this requires a good 2 seconds (unless you are Purdue at Minnesota and want to put your whole FG kicking team on the field to kick a tying 53-yarder, in which case the crew will give you all the clock you want), since the official setting the ball needs to back out of the players' way. Even so, Akron has now had about 3 minutes to get their play ready, and to snap the ball as soon as allowed. However, they run a horrific motion play, which takes another 6 seconds off of the clock before the play starts. What's worse if they run a goal-line power toss sweep from inside the 1 against a much more athletic Mich defense, which predictably breaks through the line and snuffs the play for a 3 yard loss. Akron isn't given a TO until 5 seconds left on the clock.

Now, Akron could still get in two plays if they are quick about it. They run a pass play to the back of the end zone, however, which doesn't come close to completion and the ball lands on the ground with 1 second left. At which point the clock is allowed to run to zero, the Michigan defense takes off their helmets and the rest of the Michigan team runs onto the field to celebrate; and Akron coaching staff makes no argument while the officiating crew doesn't bother to actually review THIS play to figure out whether or not time should actually still be on the clock.

RIDICULOUS. Still not sure who was paid off more to let Michigan walk away with the win in this game - the referees or the Akron coaching staff.
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The last Akron play was on 4th down, so the clock did not matter as it relates to the incompletion. Everything that happened before that was a debacle.
 




How did we miss out on #84 WR for WMU v Northwestern? He just went 75 yards for a td and outran Northwestern dbacks. We don't have receivers that can do that.
 

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Go Gophers!!
 

Mack Brown will be gone by the end of the season. They are getting crushed by Ole Miss tonight.

I'm not sure if it was just ND playing bad, but I was impressed with Purdue. They definitely looked a lot better than the first two weeks.
 

Back to back pass interference penalties on the Badgers gives ASU a chance to take the lead!

Go Gophers!!
 

cncmin said:
What was worse at the end of that Michigan game - the officiating or the Akron coaching from inside the 1 with 24 seconds left - you decide:

Officials call a very touchy INT call against Akron that sets up Michigan's final TD. But they're not done there, throwing a couple more questionable flags against Akron on their last drive. But, Akron still manages to get the ball just inside the 1, 1st down, 24 seconds on the clock, and a Mich player comes off of the field for an injury timeout. Then what happens next is so very predictable when it comes to $$$,$$$,$$$ programs.

There are 24 seconds left on the clock, clock is stopped for injury. Akron inexplicably doesn't spike the ball, instead let's 9 seconds run off the clock, and is just about to finally start the play. Suddenly the officials whistle the ball dead and, after a good minute or two time delay, decide to "review the previous play", though there was absolutely nothing to review. They also don't put time back on the clock to do this, instead forcing Akron to wait to start the play until the clock restarts. Now, in theory, this requires a good 2 seconds (unless you are Purdue at Minnesota and want to put your whole FG kicking team on the field to kick a tying 53-yarder, in which case the crew will give you all the clock you want), since the official setting the ball needs to back out of the players' way. Even so, Akron has now had about 3 minutes to get their play ready, and to snap the ball as soon as allowed. However, they run a horrific motion play, which takes another 6 seconds off of the clock before the play starts. What's worse if they run a goal-line power toss sweep from inside the 1 against a much more athletic Mich defense, which predictably breaks through the line and snuffs the play for a 3 yard loss. Akron isn't given a TO until 5 seconds left on the clock.

Now, Akron could still get in two plays if they are quick about it. They run a pass play to the back of the end zone, however, which doesn't come close to completion and the ball lands on the ground with 1 second left. At which point the clock is allowed to run to zero, the Michigan defense takes off their helmets and the rest of the Michigan team runs onto the field to celebrate; and Akron coaching staff makes no argument while the officiating crew doesn't bother to actually review THIS play to figure out whether or not time should actually still be on the clock.

RIDICULOUS. Still not sure who was paid off more to let Michigan walk away with the win in this game - the referees or the Akron coaching staff.
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Once it was decided to review the play, why weren't the 9 seconds added back to the clock for Akron? They would have had time for 3 plays instead of 2, assuming they got the first down. Is there some rule I'm not aware of? The BTN/ESPN didn't even bother to mention how huge that was. Of course, Michigan is one of the golden boys (so sick of hearing about how Michigan is "back", when they've really done nothing to prove it), so we wouldn't want to shed light on the fact that the refs (potentially) screwed up in their favor.
 

SelectionSunday said:
Once it was decided to review the play, why weren't the 9 seconds added back to the clock for Akron? They would have had time for 3 plays instead of 2, assuming they got the first down. Is there some rule I'm not aware of? The BTN/ESPN didn't even bother to mention how huge that was. Of course, Michigan is one of the golden boys (so sick of hearing about how Michigan is "back", when they've really done nothing to prove it), so we wouldn't want to shed light on the fact that the refs (potentially) screwed up in their favor.
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Yup. And it's not like the announcers didn't realize it either. They were talking about it during the review how Akron would get those 9 seconds back, but they didn't say jack when the clock stayed at 0:15 afterwards.
 

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