Irishman

The Sphere is unreal.......I cannot even do it justice with a post here; incredible experience.

Speaking of renovations....this just seems wrong lol

lololol Remember the exchange from Marley and Me, when Sebastian asks why is that funny? Sebastian says "I am just very immature". Seemed like the appropriate line to preface this:

Pretty cool

A high school friend of mine loves to post often about Notre Dame being overrated. While there are times they have been, I cannot think of another program that is as consistently overrated as Florida State. They were still ranked 10th after the loss to Georgia Tech. And them being overrated goes back to the Bowden era. On a similar note, did anyone notice the number of empty seats last night? It looked like an IU crowd.

I was texting an older brother during the game about how Kelly's teams never won big games. I made the comment that even at ND, he was always blaming someone else.

Yeah, I choked up a bit. https://www.facebook.com/share/r/yGeA1qp28g6nKene/

Nice road win…..way too many penalties and missed tackles on defense, but made some huge plays when needed. Offense was out of sync most of the night, but a young o line will get better.

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And probably have some of the coolest campuses in the Nation. One of my nieces just graduated from Montana State. While I never did visit her, the campus looks really cool. Her apartment had a great view of the mountains.

Packers trim the roster, and AJ Dillon has been injured with a stinger, and not designated to return is tough to take. That said, I am pretty sure I was saying keep Jones and move Dillon. Loved them both, but if this was an either or spot.....go with Jones. I am surprised to see Toure on this list. I really thought he was developing into a solid role player. Newman needed to go. he was a liability in the 9ers game. I was a fan of Sean Clifford as a back up QB as well, but understand that backups travel often. here is the link to the full team by team article https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41002911/nfl-cuts-tracker-2024-live-roster-updates-all-32-teams

Cut day....teams trim rosters to the 53 man roster. Team by team moves....I am always interested in seeing this list each season with the number of veteran players that teams let go. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41002911/nfl-cuts-tracker-2024-live-roster-updates-all-32-teams

Classic!

That is correct; if the ball did cross in this instance, it's the momentum of the kick that got it there. As stated earlier, in the high school game, when it comes to kicks and the goal line, it's where the ball is when touched, whereas college and pros it's where the player is when they touch it.

The ball first hit the field about 3 feet to his left

Colorado better have a GREAT season for that move to happen. he has building up to do after last season spiraled down the drain.

Had not considered the officials thought it touched him. The beanbag was thrown immediately, but the video quality is not good enough to see if it did touch. I would say the returner did not react like a player would if it had touched him. That said, the ball still crossed the plane of the goal line, before the Westfield player batted it back. And I still think it should have been CG's ball on the 20.

Fantastic game and finish to start the season as number 10 FSU goes down to Ga. Tech.

Watching ESPN's Gameday. Herbstreit just explained the playoff format. One HUGE flaw in the system is there will be no reseeding. I was surprised to see that.

Yep, should have been CG’s ball there. Here is my question though. It’s hard to tell from this angle, but if the ball crossed the goal line when it was tapped back, is it a touchback? It looks to me like it did cross the line. And if it did cross the line, then the tap back does not come into play; should have been blown dead once the ball crossed the plane of the goal line. I am thinking the concept of where the ball is and not the player is the factor in other kicks being called a touchback or not. Or does possession factor in?

I am pretty sure it would. I remember reading a scenario once that a player on a punt team taps the ball, a player on the return team picks it up and runs for about 15 yards and fumbles it, and the punt team recovers. The ruling was that the return team had the option of taking the ball at the spot the player on the punt team first touched it. The key is the punt team must have control of the ball. Not sure if my verbiage is exact, but you get the gist of it; that you are correct. Pretty sure I am missing something about the punt team touching it first being some type of illegal touching, but no flag is thrown. Similar scenario in a game I was an assistant in. We punt, cover it well, and our kids lazily slap at the ball and guys start running off the field. I see one guy running toward the ball, and I am saying in the headset 'that's a live ball' over and over and over and over again. the return team scored a TD. When coaches asked if I was sure, I said YEP, and then I asked, did any of you hear a whistle?

No worries.....thanks