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I saw no reason to second guess the covering official.

On a play like this, the whistle is basically irrelevant. The ball is dead when the covering official determines, in his judgment, that the runner’s forward progress is stopped. Doesn’t matter when the whistle blew. Doesn’t matter when he started into the field of play. Doesn’t matter when he started to signal the clock to stop. All that matters is the location of the foremost point of the ball when he determines the runner’s forward progress was stopped. No. Play until the ball is dead. Then stop.

That’s a big reason Oregon went to their mix & match 100 uniform combinations when Phil Knight dropped a bundle on them.

It didn’t hurt that the game was in Nashville.

Jasper County is within the Chicago Metro area.

Not as far as you know. 😉

The Chicago Metropolitan Statistical Area had a 2019 population of just under 9.7 million. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_metropolitan_area By the way, you’re included in that number.

Watching both, and both are great. if you enjoy series where there’s not a single likable character in the whole cast and you root against everyone, try “Succession” on HBO.

Remember him well. Terrific player.

I’ve had all 3. What do you want to know? 😉

I’m a ref and a lawyer, but I’m not a fool. I don’t argue with my “ode lady.” 😉

No, but people’s sensibilities have changed. In the 70s and 80s, nobody put up a squawk at the prospects of traveling an hour to a game. Now it’s such an inconvenience that it’s unthinkable.

I thought contraction was a “player safety” issue.

To elaborate, UCLA’s obligations are no doubt spelled out in a lengthy contract … but that contract is not with “Wolfpack families.” It’s with the Bowl organizers. If anyone has a legal remedy against UCLA, it’s them,

No.

The operative word being “could.” There’s no denying that the road back to full participation after a program is shut down for a few years is much more difficult than after a pause, or a “step down” fo a JV program.

Canceling a single game due to a temporary situation, even a bowl game, is not nearly as big a deal as shutting down a program. But I certainly agree that safety comes first. Isn’t there a compromise between contraction and playing a full varsity schedule? Perhaps a “pause,” a term we’ve become all too familiar with in the post-COVID world? Or compete with only a JV schedule? Contraction is a permanent remedy for what may be a temporary situation.

Thinking about it, I bet he made as much $$ in his career from EA Sports as he did as a coach and broadcaster combined.

So was Joe Theisman … and some guy named Montana.

Didn’t realize this, but of all NFL coaches who coached at least 10 years, he has the highest winning percentage … just ahead of Vince Lombardi.

He and Summerall are the standard by which all sports broadcast teams are measured. And don’t forget his coaching career. Won a Super Bowl and over 100 NFL games as coach of the Raiders. A real giant of the game.

I’m sure you realize that the finalists in the 6A game the last two seasons have both been from what would be your small 6A group. So much for the hypothesis that schools from the bottom half of 6A can’t compete with the top half.

I find the inconsistencies here fascinating. Players take pride in “taking one for the team,” subordinating their own wishes for the good of the team. Players who sacrifice for the team are praised for it. Conceptually, what is the difference between playing in a big game when you’re not physically 100%, and getting vaccinated so that you’re available to play to the greatest extent possible, rather than sitting unavailable in extended COVID protocol because you’re unvaccinated? Is it because the whole COVID thing has become a political football (no pun intended)? Or because there is some difference between being out because of COVID vs. being out because of a sprained ankle? Either way, you’re unavailable to help the team. I don’t get it.

I hope you’re right. But the reason he’s starting is that Josh Lugg, who started all 12 games at right tackle, hurt his knee in practice and is having surgery.

I don’t want to slight anyone, as my memory isn’t as good as it used to be. So, I’m undoubtedly leaving some very fine coaches out. But the others that come immediately to mind are Mark Hoffman at Valpo and Craig Buzea when he was at Portage.