Yes, I am. I assume that you have an issue with the Rutgers and Maryland games?
Smith Targeting Call
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Yes, I am. I assume that you have an issue with the Rutgers and Maryland games?
So if we put you in charge of the Big Ten, you'd split up Ohio State and Michigan and look for a way to get them to play less? Let me guess, if you're running the ACC, you'll try to find a way for Duke and UNC to only meet once a year in hoops?
You are correct that there was no penalty against PSU. What is even worse, however, is that there was a warning issued which took the crowd right out of the game. It was ridiculous, like we weren't allowed to beat the sacred Wolverines!
yeah...because 14 teams on equal footing will contribute to larger paydays than a single game in November. Baseball learned that and that's why the American League is no longer the Red Sox vs Yankees.
So? why can't Um and tOSU play in September? Isn't there a B1G championship game?
The very act of giving special consideration to two teams for football is proof positive that the B1G is and continues to be the Big 2 little 8 (or 10 or 12 or whatever it is today).
I'll grant you that. I thought my statement that I disagreed with the call was sufficient. Many here saw the call as egregiously wrong after seeing replay, seeing nothing close to intent. Im ok with that. But I stand by my convivtion that they err on the side of safety.
Upholding a bull$hit call, that runs completely contrary to the written provisions of the Targeting Rule itself, is not "erring on the side of safety". Regardless of how many times you repeat this nonsensical, illogical claim, it doesn't make it any more true. LMFAO.
In fact, the NEW Replay Review Rules for Targeting Penalties allowing the Replay Official to re-officiate the play and completely reverse the call - AS WELL AS phone down a review of a hit for "Targeting" not flagged by officials - would only be THWARTED by your suggestions that Replay Officials should ignore the correct call??? Your continued claim in no way promotes "health or safety", it only promotes corrupt, agenda-based officiating and bull$hit calls that are then "intentionally" and "wrongly" upheld by cronies in the Replay Booth in contravention of the NEW 2016 Targeting Replay Review Rules??? How precisely does that promote "health and safety"??? The only thing it promotes is the bull$hit contravention and thwarting of the rules as clearly written by corrupt officials! LMFAO!
And it's not as much fun..... There are too many interleague games that have diluted the World Series.
No, the party who claims that officials intentionally thwarting CLEARLY WRITTEN rules (including the NEW Replay Rules for Targeting Calls in 2016) to do the diametric opposite is "Good Officiating" and somehow promoting a "culture of health and safety" is the nonsensical tool from their own planet.......a planet called b1g shizhole-ville where you defend b1g shizholians regardless of the stupidity or absurdity of your statements....
The last game of the year in the Big 10 includes traditional games such as Purdue vs Indiana, Illinois vs Northwestern, and Minnesota vs Wisconsin, all of which have long-standing trophies and all of which are well over 100 years old.
yeah..if you believe that pile of horsecrap, I've got a bridge......
smokescreen to keep tOSU and UM the last game of the year. don't forget they also tried to manufacture rivalries (ours was supposed to be Sparty, but they moved them to the west [again to preserve um tosu] when they expanded with MA and Rutgers).
It was actually the Nebraska expansion that pushed them over. They came back to us with the additions of Maryland and Rutgers.
And why wouldn't they preserve that game? That game is worth a lot of TV $$ and has been on that date for decades. The Big 12 made the mistake of separating Oklahoma and Nebraska--and that was likely one of the reasons (and the U Texas financial dominance) that Nebraska was willing to leave the conference.
In any case, the other schools take this trophy stuff pretty seriously and some of those trophies are close to 100 years old--the series go back further. Minny's played Bucky 125 times. Purdue-Indiana? 118 (and that game was preserved even though they are in different divisions). Both have been played more than Army-Navy, in fact.
Because it is giving special considerations. So if your rhetorical question is "why not preserve that game?" The next rhetorical question is "why not preserve that game for the B1G East Championship by 'assisting' them?"
One small step from gaming the schedule to gaming the game. They can't be wondering why people think "fix" when they do these things.
Especially when they make such ridiculous rullings, even after reviews have been put in place.
Delaney negotiated to have the tat 5 play in the Sugar Bowl because the Big, namely his beloved Ohio State were embarrassed repeatedly when they faced an SEC team.
Delany did indeed go to bat for both scUM and tO$U with the NCAA in regards to the initial "internal investigations" and light sanctioning of the initial self-reported infractions of both the Fab5 / Ed Martin Affair and the Tryell Pryor / lying Sweater-vest-boy Tatt-gate Affair.....in stark contrst to the way PSU treated after scumbag Corbutt's "False Narrative" Presentment - Statement of Lies was released. Delany initially lobbied for both scUM's and tO$U's light-sanctioning as per their initial "internal investigations" and self-reporting....and in fact, both scUM and tO$U, received light-sentencing initially just as you say. tO$U even received all their b1g shizhole bowl-revenue share while on NCAA bowl-ban and sanctioning unlike PSU in 2012 and 2013 - go figure!?!?
