Bobref

Agree 100%. Never play the “prevent” when the opponent also gets the ball first to start the second half. They got “Belichick’d,” i.e., score in the closing seconds of the 1st half, go in, make adjustments, and then score on the opening drive of the 2nd half. They had the game in hand. But I don’t care who the QB is or what he does. When you rush for < 50 yds. in the game, you don’t deserve to win.

Go ahead. Get it off your chest. I can see some similarities … but also some important differences between the two situations.

There went your credibility.

There are likely different reasons for different people. But I think a common thread running through them is that if you want to play in the NFL, these schools are the best training grounds. But I would not discount the possibility that NIL is a factor as well.

Just thinking how old this makes me feel … because I remember him well as a player.

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.