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Huckleberry

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  1. It's not retroactive, but this is going to be a big deal. I also think it's a great rule change. Restricting transfers seems like bullshit to me even though unlimited transfers would ruin continuity. That argument doesn't outweigh what is the right thing to do for the individual athletes in my mind.

    But this change is the right way to approach it. Give those young guys playing time, give them a taste of the action, let them play against an opponent with their teammates. It won't eliminate freshmen wanting to transfer, but it will lower the number.

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  2. 10 minutes ago, Bone3421 said:

    I havent been on texags in like a year....but damn is it a funny read
    They could beat us 9/10 if we both played our A games... Lucky draws for texas and tech...etc...

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    Well they have a bit of a point there what with the weak ass #3 seed we got in our regional.

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  3. 8 minutes ago, JBJ said:

    It was also the right thing to do.  The responsibility is supposed to belong to congress.

     

    4 minutes ago, Viper said:

    but, isn't that one of the reasons for having to ask congress to begin with?

    I was referring to the "I don't have to but I'm going to anyway" aspect of it. If he had just said that it was Constitutionally required then I'd be all in favor of the move. But the way he explained it made it perfectly clear he was only doing it for cover.

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  4. Yeah, it was a chickenshit move to avoid bearing the blame if things went wrong. It was the political equivalent of figuring out where to go eat dinner with your wife. She acts like she doesn't care but then shoots down five hundred options until you eventually say the one she wanted all along. That way when the service sucks or the food is bad she can give you that look to let you know it's your fault.

    Or so I've heard.

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  5. http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/23694912/vince-young-headlines-college-football-hall-fame-ballot

    Former Texas quarterback Vince Young, who led the Longhorns to the 2005 national title and finished as the Heisman Trophy runner-up, highlights the first-time players on the 2019 ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame, which was announced on Monday by the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame.

    Former USC quarterback Carson Palmer (who won the Heisman Trophy in 2002), Syracuse wide receiver Marvin Harrison, Wisconsin tackle Joe Thomas and Arkansas running back Darren McFadden are among other players making their first appearance in the FBS Hall ballot.

    The late Rashaan Salaam, who won the Heisman in 1994 for Colorado, and 2001 Heisman winner Eric Crouch on Nebraska are back on the Hall of Fame ballot, along with SMU running back Eric Dickerson, Miami linebacker Ray Lewis and Notre Dame receiver Raghib Ismail.

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  6. So never heard back from you.

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    Did they iniciate the review based on their rules... to determine if the player was in the restricted area or not? The rule is called "restricted area block/charge review" and although they can do whatever they want after review, the review is for when they are not unreasonably certain if the defender was inside or outside the restricted area. Is 3 feet away from the area not enough?

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    You didn't hear from me because I'd already addressed that a half dozen times and I thought you could read. Yes, the idea that they were unsure whether he was in the restricted area is absurd. Either it is bullshit or they are terrible officials. YMMV.

     

    I tend to have very little sympathy for the argument that "the bad call in our favor shouldn't have been corrected." Especially if it's allowed by rule to be corrected.

  7. 15 minutes ago, Sidney Sherman said:

    They have a script to follow. The rules dont matter because most of the fans dont know the details on the rules, they can do whatever they want.

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    They didn't go by the rule as an excuse to overturn the call in favor of GSW. Huge suprise.

    Just like they waved off a 3 Harden made while getting fouled in game 7. Its so obvious they just call the game however they need to for the desired outcome.

    4th annual Lebron vs. GSW finals is off to a great start. I'm sure Draymond will be reprimanded for constantly playing dirty and running his mouth.

     

    Did you not read what you posted? Here, I'll highlight it for you.

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    You posted it in black and white and still don't understand it. They can call it a block for not being in legal guarding position regardless of position in or out of the restricted area. OR they can call it a block for being in the restricted area.

  8. lulz Alito. "So if he can look at it when it's on public property and not the citizen's private property, why is it any different for the officer to enter the citizen's private property?"

    Gee, that's a tough one. It's like the fact that both the road and driveway are paved just blows his mind. Nobody tell him that most houses are build on top of a concrete slab and that many times it's a continuous surface from the driveway to an attached garage's floor to the foundation below the bedroom.

  9. Just now, 52-80 said:

    there are other instances to rail against officiating - like how golden state is never called for their LOVE of holding/grabbing/pulling when setting their screens.  

    Yep, but another issue is the moving screens committed by every big in the entire league when trying to dictate the matchup. They'll get still for the initial contact of the screen and then grab/push the smaller defender toward the lane so they can't decline the switch.

  10. 2 minutes ago, BigVegasHorn26 said:

    At the end of the day, the right call was made.  It wasn't a charge - Lebron slid under him.  

    Also, wake me when they call a push off on Lebron or an offensive foul for any of the many times he lowers his shoulder and plows through a defender.  

    Lebron fouls defenders a lot (clearly shoved Livingston out of the way on the way to one of his dunks). But he also gets fouled a lot with nothing called. When you're that big and strong that's the way it is. Shouldn't be, but it is. So I don't really have a problem with it when he gets away with contact because he has to deal with it more than nearly any other player.

    Just now, d2o said:

    What about all the other calls that were wrong that weren't fixed?   Bad calls happen.   I'm good with that.    "Fixing" one in that time/situation and not fixing the others is the problem I have.

    Well there is a rule that explicitly allows certain plays to be reviewed at certain points in the game. If they allowed reviews and reversals for all 48 minutes of a game then people would bitch about that instead.

  11. It's a judgment call only in terms of human perception. The rule clearly states that if you haven't established position before the shooter begins his upward motion then you haven't beaten him to the spot. It's 100% a block. Durant actually began his upward motion at this moment:

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    As for being allowed to overturn judgment calls I have zero issue with that in any sport if it's allowed in the rules. And in this case it's allowed in the rules to review that aspect of the play if they've gone to the monitor. That part of the call was absurd, James was clearly not in the restricted area even watching live, but that's the rule. In fact I thought they were going to come up with some lame excuse about how they got confused by Jeff Green's feet being near the restricted area.

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  12. The part that makes it funny to me is that there are dozens of calls in an NBA game that are incorrect. It's 10 huge fast athletes being watched by three guys who are usually old. That leads to incorrect and missed calls.

    Meanwhile people are in here arguing one of the demonstrably correct calls.

    WTF? We've got a situation where Tristan Thompson may miss a game with the root cause being a horrific phantom elbow flagrant 2 being called. That's actually also the root cause for people wondering about Kevin Love's status too.

    But y'all want to talk about the call that was made correctly.

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  13. Just now, MNLonghornFUKM said:

    Why are you defending that they literally reversed a judgement call?

    NFL refs can't reverse a pass interference. But they can go back and call 12 men on the field. I've seen calls like lebron leaning get called charges and  blocks 

    This keeps getting better. Now we're using precedent from an entirely different league. Holy shit.

    You guys are a bunch of butthurt babies. It's hilarious.

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  14. Just now, Thatguy said:

      The restricted area is the only reviewable piece they are allowed to go to the monitor for.

    lulz

    This is also wrong. What a clown show on this thread.

    The debatable portion they have a right to bitch about is how in the hell the officials were unsure regarding James' presence in the restricted area. That was silly.

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