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Agreed. ND’s “Subway Alumni” make these people look like rank amateurs. And there is nothing like wiping that smarmy, self-righteous smirk off Dabo’s face. It’ll be a pleasure.

OK, now even @temptationhas to admit that’s funny.

They talk some serious trash in the SEC. This is from the Facebook page of “Dawgnation.” But, is it a case of the pot calling the kettle black?

On this day in 1924, at the famed Polo Grounds in New York one of the most iconic groups in the early 20th century happened. This group lead the Irish to a 13-7 victory over a tremendous Army team. After the game famed sportswriter Grantland Rice wrote in the New York Herald-Tribune one of the most iconic articles in sports: ‘Outlined against a blue, gray October sky the Four Horsemen rode again. In dramatic lore they are known as famine, pestilence, destruction and death. These are only aliases. Their real names are: Stuhldreher, Miller, Crowley and Layden. They formed the crest of the South Bend cyclone before which another fighting Army team was swept over the precipice at the Polo Grounds this afternoon as 55,000 spectators peered down upon the bewildering panorama spread out upon the green plain below.’ The legend of the Four Horsemen was born.

The short answer to your question is that the new rule has not changed the spot of enforcement on a foul in your own end zone. Still a safety.

3 weeks?

Foul.

It doesn’t have the comedic value.

It’s been 8 years, and this is still my 2nd favorite college football play of all time.

I sure hope not.

Remember that night well. We dressed in the storage room where the band kept its instruments. As we were getting ready, some band kids walked in to pick up their stuff. I’m pretty sure most of them have completed the necessary psychotherapy by now.

If you put money on him in Vegas to win the Heisman, you’re kicking yourself. He went from -110 to +2200 overnight. Might be worth a flier at that price.

Our blood enemies have been vanquished. Always nice to send those punks back to La La Land with their tails tucked between their legs. Now, use this as a springboard to finish the season strong. We’ve got several items on the agenda, and the one I am most looking forward to is wiping that smug expression off Dabo’s face in a few weeks.

I bet most of the people reading this don’t know what you’re talking about. … But I do.

My “oh my” team of the week is 3A Hanover Central. They moved to a new conference this year, clearly stepping up a level in competition. Nevertheless, they blew through an undefeated conference schedule and last Friday completed a perfect 9-0 regular season.

Although most of this post was incoherent, I gather you felt the officiating left something to be desired. Can you be more specific? I likely can get access to the game video, and can look at a play or plays, if you can specifically point to them.

So, what happened here is easily explained, it turns out. After an administrative stoppage, the play clock is set at 0:25 and starts on the R’s ready for play signal. The linesman had not yet gotten to his position on the visiting sideline, so the R had not yet signaled the ball ready. Elkhart ran up to the line in a hurry to try and draw New Prairie into the neutral zone, and it worked. But since the ball had not been made ready for play, there was no foul. The R was yelling to the QB “wait, wait” but they started to run the play anyway. So, no foul. The U should not have moved off the ball until all crew members were in position.

Apparently, someone from the stands was shining a laser on the field. I’ve had it happen before. The more interesting development is the flag that was thrown for defensive encroachment, and then, apparently picked up, once they resumed play. I can’t figure out what happened. There is actually a potential foul on the offense for a false start by the man going in motion. Pretty obvious that the intent of the play was to cause the defense to encroach. But they didn’t enforce a penalty on the offense either. I actually know this Referee. I’ll see if I can find out more. One thing: the Elkhart head coach is lucky he’s not on the phone with the IHSAA explaining why he got an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. He might be upset, but he can’t be out at the numbers complaining to the officials. They gave him an awful lot of leeway.

The question is “who is #65 pushing?” From the replay, it looks like he was in contact with the tackler. No foul.

Since we moved to the 40 sec. play clock, on most plays R does not blow the whistle. On such plays, the ball is considered “ready” when the U has placed it and moved away.

I’ll be as unambiguous as possible. The tight end, assuming he’s on the end of the line, may put a hand or hands on or near the ground, and then pick up, without it being a false start.

Warsaw comes back with a drive of their own. Northridge goal line stand stones the Tigers at the 3.

Northridge takes the opening kickoff and goes on a 7:30 drive. 7-0 over Warsaw.

False start restrictions begin when the ball is ready for play.