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Also, are Weston and Henderson really the best they can do for returners? Two slow possession receivers? No fast guys who you don't trust on offense yet?
The ESPN play-by-play guy just said that Levis looks "like some kind of Adonis" while lining up pre-snap. Get a room already.
Like, how on Earth do you throw a flag for that? Seriously. The dude had the ball in his hand at the initial contact.
But I really don't love giving up on that possession before halftime. I know they didn't have any timeouts, but make something happen!
So, halfway through the 3rd quarter, it's a tie game even though Richardson has been awful. Feels like it will only take a small course correction to win this.
This is the advantage you get playing UK, they will always give you as many chances as they can to beat them.
Thank goodness for The College Kicker, at least.
Well, any throw needs to be accurate, but I don't think it needed to be lightning quick. Richardson just rushed it. Probably would have been there if he'd just waited a split-sec, but he tried to throw it out there before the WR even made his break inside on the slant.
:)
I was looking forward to Baylor-BYU.
In the second half, with Patti in the game, Pitt ran 16 first down plays. The first three were handoffs between the tackles to Abanikanda. On the fourth handoff to Abanikanda they got called for holding, and on 1st and 18 Patti threw a pass. The next 12 of those plays were all handoffs to Abanikanda, all between the tackles. So 15 of the 16 first down plays in the second half and overtime were handoffs to the same running back, and the one outlier only came after that same play got called back by a penalty.
I mean literally every person in the stadium knew what they were doing. And obviously Tennessee figured it out, because the last seven of those plays, from the end of the 3rd quarter through the end of the game "gained" a total of minus four yards.
If Patti's injury had him so impaired that he couldn't do anything on first down other than to hand the ball to the same back time after time then they simply had to get him out of there.
That he unleashes a giant hook is both predictable and deserved.
You would imagine wrong. Alberts confirmed that UNL is paying the whole damn thing.
I was wrong. I couldn't conceive that someone could be that dumb, but here we are.
But hey, good news Nebraska fans! That's the guy that will be hiring your next coach!
Western Kentucky uses both of their remaining timeouts to, I dunno, ice the conversion try, I guess. Who knows? Indiana converts anyway.
So, tie game, WKU gets the ball back with 47 seconds left. Even more amusingly, the IU kickoff even goes out of bounds. Gee, it sure would be nice to have some timeouts left, wouldn't it??
WKU ends up getting a few yards, partly thanks to an Indiana PI, but end up settling for a 44-yard FG. Of course, College Kicker Syndrome kicks in, the kick goes way right, and the game goes to OT.
Way to go, anonymous WKU coach.
And then Purdue committed two MORE penalties to let Syracuse kick off from the Purdue 35!
My question is: with several seconds left, and Purdue with no timeouts, and Cuse kicking off from the Purdue 35, isn't an onside kick the obviously right move there? Even if it doesn't work, Purdue is starting from their 25.
turns out, the refs called offensive pass interference (for an illegal pick) instead, so now i'm logged in and i have nothing to complain about. you hate to see it.
I mean, what the hell is going on here.
I saw this on the ticker and thought it said "Missouri" instead of Missouri State ... and that was bad enough!
"Correction, the foul is on number 15 of the kicking team."
"Correction, number 15 on the receiving team is correct."
Good work, officiating team.
Also, Bryce Young is genuinely pretty good in these Fansville commercials.
Re-upped for relevancy.
nothing wrong with either!
so I got one of those "free bets*" just before the season started, and it's for 5 bucks with no "catch."
I have been advised that when it's someone else's money, think BIG.
so I noticed Penn State at 100 to 1 to win the national title, and reasoned, "well, if they win every game, then I win $500."
they won't. but until then, the champagne remains on ice.
:)
* - one of the big "Free Bets" in some states is, for example, up to $1,000 or more. if you win, you make $900 or so, depending on the exact "vig."
if you lose, no problem: you get a second $1,000 bet and if that wins, you get most of your money back.
and if the second one also loses? um, I hope you thought this through beforehand.....
Five first-half possessions -- four touchdowns and a 14-play drive that ended in a turnover on downs.
Props again to the official for helping out, this time slowing down the USF running game than the Gators have been able to all night. Fat lot of good it ended up doing, though.
- 73-yard Arkansas touchdown pass
- Three-and-out
- Arkansas returns the punt for a touchdown
- 38-yard completion to the Arkansas 37; false start and sack lead to immediate punt
- 80-yard Arkansas touchdown drive
Turning a 10-point lead into an 11-point loss in the blink of an eye.
ETA: I guess because it was 3rd down and he wanted the Gators to have time left if the FG was good. Actually a good move.
I say we all embrace it. Not like there's a bunch of other teams in the XII to root for, especially since Stoops left OU.
In other Sunshine State news, FSU QB Jordan Travis tweeted 'great news...let's go get it,' so hopefully his injury isn't as bad as originally feared. Nothing official from FSU yet, though.
How dare you impugn college kickers like that?
College holders, on the other hand, are notoriously unreliable.
And to be fair, Shrader did make a 49-yarder earlier. OTOH, his career long is 52 yards. With Florida undoubtedly playing off the receivers a bit, might have made some sense to try and pick up, say, 10 yards or so. Or just fling it deep and hope. It's not like the 2 yards they gained up the middle did anything.
Really, it was just a crummy position to be in and the bad snap left them with no good options.
One last chance to finish a drive in the final 75 seconds.
-- beat an undefeated SEC blue blood on the road.
-- still get ranked behind 2-1 utah.
-- penn state
eof
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