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I didn't watch that game. So I believe you. Officiating seems to get worse every year.
the media often apply a purity test to the athlete that is not applied to any other role in college football.
I don't think that's true. Any public figure is open to scrutiny of their actions, and people often speculate as to their motivations.
This is a component of celebrity. Student athletes have agreed to become public figures, and get the benefits, and the drawbacks, of the celebrity that goes with that. Coaches and other members of the organization are also exposed to this to varying degrees.
Not a lot of respect for him to start with but he got better over the years. He faked his resume to get jobs and shows.
Just realized I was logged out of ESPN. That why it didn't show up.
This is what AI says...
A player can remove their name from the portal at any time, but once they've entered, the scholarship and roster spot aren't guaranteed anymore.
As they're already enrolled at the university, nothing stopping them from continuing on their own dime.
They played as a cohesive unit that had played together for a few years.
Pretty rare in P4 football.
I don't disagree, but it doesn't appear they just bought the best players across the board. A good number of their starters last night were from JMU. Not saying those players aren't good, but you didn't hear of them poaching talent from the traditional blue bloods. Most of their players came from lower tiered programs.
It just seems their success was so much different than what we're used to seeing. They always seemed undersized and not as quick, but with chip on their shoulder. They played individually and as a team at an extremely high level. On paper, looking at rosters, they seemed like underdogs in the majority of their big games. Dunno, it just seemed different than what we're used to, which is the big dogs buying and hoarding 5 start talent. They kicked those guys asses.
Nuthin but Klass
Still zero ACC championships.
It looks like VT socials are making official posts for the transfer class this morning. So far they have one for Daniel Jennings, Matt Henderson, Bill Davis, Justin Bell, and Javion Hilson.
Maybe we'll get an official announcement for the staff sometime soon too.
Edit: Curtis Jones Jr. is listed as LB on the HokiesFB official posts.
Has anyone checked on Michael Irving? lol
Just when they were finally going to shut up about the PI against Ohio State in 2002....
JMU in particular with its $13K+ in 4 years for Athletic Fees
Really paid off.
For Indiana.
You were in 18th place(It just loaded really slowly)
I hope Franklin is taking notes, as this is the way.
How did Indiana turn their program around so damn fast?
Mark Cuban bankrolled them.
You have billionaire who wants to spend to win money bankrolling everything you do, you can turn the absolute worst programs into dominant powerhouses overnight
I noticed that this was the recipe that Rovert Irvine always taught the cooks at the steak serving restaurants he did on Restaurant Impossible. It's hard to mess up and it makes a great steak.
How did Indiana turn their program around so damn fast? I mean it's pretty amazing when you look at how bad they were and how quickly they vaulted up to the undisputed highest level. It seems there's several things at play that lead to their recipe for success:
1. The pay for play and unlimited transfers have spread around talent, not only making it available to individual teams but also, and perhaps more importantly, keeping it from being horded by SEC bagmen.
2. Their players had an average age of 23-24??? That doesn't seem possible and I don't know the real number, but the broadcast stated that last night. Obviously maturity, experience, development, and all the things that make adults more successful than adolescents comes into play there. Their level of play looked like a professional team.
3. They were extremely disciplined. Not a lot of stupid penalties, take care of the football, take what the other team gives you, make proper adjustments, etc. Probably a byproduct of all the above and below.
4. They were very well coached. They knew their assignments and were where they needed to be. They played sound fundamental football in all aspects of the game. They were in shape and played hard.
5. They did all this and overcame that fact that a lot of the better teams they played had more raw talent. It somewhat turns things on their head as to the way the game used to be played.
Curious what other's think. I'm not sure this recipe is easily replicated, however it's obviously working.
Indiana definitely benefitted as well and I'm sure they were getting coached up on the sideline by the 2nd quarter that the refs were going to let anything slide short of tackling the receiver.
When the refs are swallowing their whistles like that, i think the more undisciplined team benefits more as they aren't being punished for their typically wild play.
Indiana had it between the ears where it really counts and its why the came away with the win.
As soon as I saw BIG XII crew in the pregame, I was sure there would be poor officiating.
Thing is, it was so consistently bad that it really didn't benefit either team.
Pass interference and holding were just not penalties last night at all.
But the personal fouls really should have been called appropriately. The hit on Mendoza was, late, dirty, targeting and the kind of thing a decent crew can't miss. But Indiana also really benefited from the missed tripping call which was quite obvious as well.
Roughing the passer has become as subjective as targeting... the hit on Beck looked relatively clean and not late to me. But some Refs reflexively just throw the flag anytime the quarterback gets hit hard-- they've been trained with targeting that it can be reviewed so it doesn't really matter if they're right or not. RTP are not reviewed though. What made it more egregious was that they let the Miami player try and knock out Mendoza with the crown of his helmet in the first half.
Definitely poorly officiated, which will give Miami fans something to complain about for the foreseeable future.
I think Ohio State-Miami might have been worse. They didn't throw a flag for three quarters include some pretty obvious false starts. It was comical.
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I cant even see where I finished- stupid ESPN seems to have already closed the whole thing up.
No one's perfected being out of pocket quite like the Miami Hurricanes.
I do like a seasoning I use which is basically just salt and pepper, but it has some baking soda in it which tenderizes the meat if you let it sit a few hours.