Bobref

By rule, if there is an inadvertent whistle while the ball is loose from a fumble, the fumbling team may choose to take the ball at the spot where possession was lost, and have the down count, or replay the down at the previous spot. There is no “clear recovery” rule in high school. And it goes without saying that an official on one sideline has no business blowing the whistle on a play that’s on the other sideline.

You have my attention.

Summer weather and no full house. What a crappy home field advantage this turned out to be!

Andrean 28 Rensselaer 14 Bombers score 2 TDs in the final 3:43 to make it respectable.

Andrean 21 Rensselaer 0 Halftime

He did use some questionable language during our pregame discussion. 🤬

Andrean 14 Rensselaer 0 4:20 1st period

Andrean took the opening kickoff and scored on their 2nd play from scrimmage on a 65 yd. run. Andrean 7. Rensselaer 0. 11:02. 1st period

I’ll be checking in from time to time, as I’m observing the crew on the Rensselaer @ Andrean game and yes, folks, @Coach Nowlinis just as goofy in person on the field as he is on here.

Not as good as mine used to be. 😆 Which of the chain crew positions do you work?

You had me at Zima’s. 😂

A woman walks into a bar carrying her pet duck. She sits down at the bar and orders a glass of wine, and a beer for the duck. The bartender says “We don’t serve pigs in here.” The woman says “You idiot. That’s a duck.” The bartender says, “ I was talking to the duck.”

🤮🤢

A horse walks into a bar. The bartender says “why the long face?”

That rule was put in place as part of their resumption of competition plan, so I have to assume they were aware of the possibility. I believe they felt anything less would “water down” the conference championship game, and potentially damage the chances for a B1G representative in the playoff.

... or is it smoke? 😅

C’mon man! I highly doubt Wisconsin would cancel because they’re afraid of Purdue. Now they have no margin for error. There’s no more time for rescheduling, and if they miss another one — even if it’s the opponent who cancels — that would mean Wisconsin could not meet the B1G requirement of 6 conference games in order to be eligible to play in the championship game.

We could sure use some good old-fashioned South Bend November weather to greet those boys from South Carolina. But it doesn’t look like it’s going to happen.

In Saturday’s Florida-Missouri game, a cheap shot on the Florida QB on the last play of the 1st half sparked a massive brawl, that ended up with multiple players from both teams being suspended, and Florida coach Dan Mullen being fined $25K for “instigating” the fight by running onto the field and yelling at Mizzou players. When the dust cleared, one of the techniques employed by the officials was to assess an unsportsmanlike conduct foul against every player on both teams. That way, any subsequent unsportsmanlike act would result in disqualification. What do you think of this strategy? Obviously, there were some players on each team that did not act in an unsportsmanlike manner, but the officials painted with a really broad brush. Is this justified? Fair? What alternatives are available? Better?

My hope is that we do things like we used to do. After a hard fought campaign, once the result is in, we all join forces and stand shoulder to shoulder and get behind whomever wins. At bottom, whether we’re Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians, independents, etc., we’re all Americans. I just hope we act like it. Now, I’ll mount up on my unicorn and ride away.

No chance. And us “highbrows” would never get the opportunity to express ourselves, because there’s absolutely no possibility that ND is going to seriously consider a coach who has been featured in stories about player arrests, etc., at two different stops in his career ... I don’t care how many national championships he’s won.

Yes. A ball loose following an illegal kick is treated the same as a fumble.

And yet, here they are again this year, hanging around a playoff spot. Counting this season so far, they're record over the past 4 seasons is 39-6. I was never a Brian Kelly fan. But you've got to give credit where credit is due. And if you and @DT are correct that recruiting rankings have a strong correlation to football success, then he deserves even more credit.

They will this year. Probably 2 of them. I hope.

An interesting argument ... but there is no such rule. This is nothing. FYI, the reason the helmet rule is in place is to encourage wearing helmets that are properly fitted, so they provide maximum protection. If they wanted to, all 11 players in the huddle could take their helmets completely off, and then put them back on before the play without consequences.