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It's because the referee indicated forward progress had stopped prior to Phillips going out of bounds. Had Phillips maintained forward downfield momentum while going out of bounds, the clock would have indeed stopped. However, since Phillips' forward momentum ended while he was still in the field of play, then Phillips retreated upfield in the act of going out of bounds, the official game him forward progress to spot the ball and wound the clock since forward progress ended inbounds.
Ultimately I think this situation should give rise to a rule change. Under two minutes, the team who has to ball should be given the choice of taking forward progress with a running clock or accepting the spot where the ball carrier stepped out of bounds with a stopped clock.
However, it is a catastrophic failure on the part of Frank that he did not see that time was running and scream his head off for a timeout. Lefty has already said in a postgame interview that he saw Cam step out, assumed a stopped clock and started prepping the next play. The OC is too busy in that situation to play clock police. That falls to the big whistle, and Frank fucked up big.
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# | Duke Downs Tech 45-43 in Gut-Wrenching 4 OT Loss, Ratcheting Up Pressure on Frank Beamer This is a fine position to take, and understandable.
However...
I have this sneaking suspicion that people who are taking this position of the bowl streak being meaningless now will later be using the fact that we broke to bowl streak as an arguing point. That would be disingenuous.
Not saying you specifically will do this. I've just noticed a lot of belittling the bowl streak on here lately. And that's fine. People are entitled to think the bowl streak is meaningless. But if those same people then harp on the fact that we didn't make a bowl, that's hypocritical. You can't have it both ways. Either the bowl streak means something, or it doesn't.
As for my own two cents, I would/will hate to see the bowl streak die. It is certainly true that bowls do not mean what they once did. However, a bowl streak means that forwl however long it lasts, regardless of the ups and downs you endure, you never lost more than you won. Obviously we want to be at a higher point than we are now, but it still means something to be able to say that we haven't posted a losing record in 20 years. To be able to say that at our lowest, we were still going bowling...yeah, to me that's worth something, and it will be sad when it's gone.
I'm guessing three true freshmen.
something like $2 mil a year for 8 years.
$250,000 a year for 8 years, $2mil total value.
Whatever this season's motto was, this should replace it.
Eh, Stanford isn't Stanford anymore, either. The pecking order of college football can change.
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10 years 8 months
# | Duke Downs Tech 45-43 in Gut-Wrenching 4 OT Loss, Ratcheting Up Pressure on Frank Beamer 
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10 years 8 months
# | Duke Downs Tech 45-43 in Gut-Wrenching 4 OT Loss, Ratcheting Up Pressure on Frank Beamer Yeah, its almost like Bucky is learning how to play receiver... /s
Can't hate on God's Gift. Even with a sophomore slump, he's playing his heart out. You could see it in his eyes after he dropped the third down conversion, he was inconsolable. As long as he shows fire like that, I'm fine with him having some stumbles along his learning curve. It's his second year as a tight end, but let's be honest, it's really his first year as a wide receiver.
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10 years 8 months
# | Duke Downs Tech 45-43 in Gut-Wrenching 4 OT Loss, Ratcheting Up Pressure on Frank Beamer Oh good. We needed something to burn in effigy. Thanks for volunteering.
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10 years 8 months
# | Duke Downs Tech 45-43 in Gut-Wrenching 4 OT Loss, Ratcheting Up Pressure on Frank Beamer That one I actually don't mind at all. McMillian is used to taking shotgun snaps from high school. It avoids the possibility of a handoff snafu. Travon can just take the snap and build up a full head of steam by the time he gets to the line. But if you're gonna do it, you do it when you need to catch the defense by surprise.
I honestly wouldn't even call it desperation. I don't think Beamer believed for one second he'd make it. I think it was more a capitulation by Frank that he had no fucking clue what to do.
Despite how hard these last four years have been to watch, no matter how harshly all our hearts have been ripped out by this slide into mediocrity, if this is true, North Carolina better god damn fucking well be a sellout.
And we'd better rip Virginia's heads off and shit down their necks.
When Slye trotted out, I said, "This is a fake." Made sense. Already tried the idiotic onside-that-wasn't-an-onside kick, so why not go for a fake on the last play?
Why Slye kicked it I literally said, "You've got to be fucking kidding me."
Then Buzz's mission is clear...
That gave Michigan State/Michigan a run for its money.
And that's why you don't go for 2 earlier. It now forces us to have to go for 2.
To clarify:
WE SHOULD HAVE RUN THE FUCKING BALL.
God, Motu. Fucking seriously?
Forget that Bucky had an inexcusable drop there. That ball should have never been thrown.
So you cap the best drive this season by putting Brenden Motley in to attempt the fade to the corner on a day where our O line is allowing more penetration than Sasha Gray, then get a five yard penalty on an ill-advised onside kick attempt.
Just your typical 20 play, 95 yard touchdown drive.
I didn't know McMillian looked so much like Usher.
So based on our performance against those offenses and defenses last season, we'll win 31-0? I'll take it.
Any chance of salvaging anything out of this season rests on the shoulders of the offense. Brewer is going to have to outscore opponents and pray for a critical stop or two by the D to make the difference. I think we're going to see a lot of this type of score down the stretch. Maybe not 45-43, but I see a lot of 31-28 type scores in our future. The difference between 3-9 and 7-5 is in the hands of Scot Loeffler and Michael Brewer.