Bobref

I hear you!

I love your field. Never seen that type of turf grass on a football field before.

I did, indeed. Was treated very well.

Wow! 12 high stakes games, and I haven’t seen a single complaint about officiating. Must have been a relatively quiet night for the teams in the stripes.

You’re the one who started it by putting out the insightful observation that NFL and college officials are better than high school officials. Why you felt the need to enlighten us all with that shocker, I don’t know.

Just starting with common sense: There are many, many highly qualified officials at the high school level who are as good in terms of officiating ability as those who find their way to D1 or even the NFL. I have worked with many D1 and NFL officials over the years, and I know this to be true. The difference is in the training they receive and the way they discipline themselves to utilize it. But there are many high school officials who could rise to that level, given the opportunity. Some don’t want to. Some can’t, for important reasons like family or employment situations. Some don’t get the opportunity - there is some luck involved. So, to your point, the fact that you see someone is out there on Friday night, rather than on TV on Saturday or Sunday, tells you exactly ZERO about their officiating proficiency.

I can’t even begin to list the number of things wrong with that statement.

There. Fixed that for you.

I’ve seen them in person twice. On offense, they are big and fast. A couple of good running backs, not overly large, but fast and they break tackles. Both legitimate home run threats. QB is pretty good and can stretch the field with his arm + big, fast receivers. They will run outside zone, jet sweep, bubble screens, and they will go deep. They have something of a propensity to shoot themselves in the foot with penalties and turnovers. Hard to stop them unless they help by stopping themselves.

I was a crew chief for an NCAA D3 playoff game at St. John’s in Minnesota when the legendary John Gagliardi was their head coach. He held that job for 59 years, retiring in 2012 at the age of 86. Can’t recall the year, but he was a crotchety old man by then.

Muda said that using the military “should be illegal.” I was supplying information responsive to the question implicit in his “opining.”

My theory on deer hazards is the same as my theory about fog: Go as fast as possible. That way you spend less time on the road = less chance of mishaps. Makes sense, right?

Let me make it clear: I don’t care about any of this. I was just answering a legal question.

Arguably, it would violate the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits the use of active duty military personnel to enforce civil laws. There are certain exceptions like disaster relief.

He can pretty much do whatever he wants.

It’s no different. It just remains to be seen if he can do it.

The real entertainment is going to be watching Deion try to manipulate it so that he controls where Shedeur goes. The NFL Draft doesn’t generally work that way. And not even Jerry Jones is stupid enough to hire Deion to be an NFL head coach.

Checked out their menu. Nice. And they have axe throwing!

Ummm … no disrespect intended. But I think he’s aiming a bit higher.

From the north on I-69.

Yes, that’s correct.

Folks, I will be at this one Friday night. Looking for some recommendations on a place to chow down locally before the game. Never been to Heritage Hills before, but I’ve heard a lot about it. Really looking forward to it.

He has said he wants to give the NFL a shot, and more power to him. But I have a feeling this young man is going to accomplish much, much bigger things in life than playing a few more years of football. Mark my words, he is really going places.

Think “workers’ compensation” benefits for injuries arising out of and in the course of employment. But I do think unionization is the big fear. And it would be inevitable. Think about a wage scale for college athletes, and how hard it would be to formulate that.

Streaming.