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Huckleberry

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  1. I'm not the one being obtuse. The entire theory you're describing depends on the defensive players paying a lot of attention to one guy but not the other two guys going up to the ref and then also ignoring what the ref says to them. No matter what the Lions do theatrically it all depends on the Cowboys not paying attention to what the ref says. No matter how you try to describe it, the misdirection by the Lions was completely pointless. It's probably even likely that not all the Cowboys paid attention to what the ref told them. But that has nothing to do with the Lions having 3 guys go to the ref and creating confusion over there. They wouldn't have listened to the ref either way. The only thing their theatrics could have possibly caused was for them or the ref to screw up the eligibility reporting. And that's what happened. The Cowboys would have paid attention or not paid attention to the ref either way. Furthermore your claim that the Cowboys would be paying more attention to personnel packages defeats your own argument. The Lions still had 6 offensive linemen in the game. The only way to run a legal play with that personnel package is for one of them to be eligible. 70 lined up in an ineligible position so it can't be him. The Lions can't hide that.
  2. This explanation makes even less sense. So the theory is that the defenders aren't paying enough attention to hear what is being said to their face but they can be tricked because they're paying enough attention to player movement by the other team. No, that's still incredibly stupid and pointless.
  3. You're strangely upset about this. For the record I think the ref screwed up but that his mistake was more than partially caused by the Lions attempting some confusing misdirection that was totally pointless. The Lions screwed themselves by being idiots and creating a confusing situation that has zero potential benefit (the referee tells the defense who is reporting eligible) and a pretty severe risk that came to fruition. Furthermore the referee's mistake could also very well be why the first two point attempt was successful. Because the ref only told the Dallas defense that 70 was reporting eligible that meant to them that 68 was ineligible. There's no reason to cover an ineligible receiver.
  4. There are plenty of videos of Allen looking right at Skipper as Skipper is running on the field directly at Allen. Then he points at Skipper, then he nods, then he tells the Cowboys that 70 reported as eligible. And yes the Lions screwed up because they caused there to be confusion in the first place. They were trying to confuse the Cowboys about who was reporting eligible by having Skipper yell at the ref as he ran on the field while Decker tried to quietly tell the ref he was reporting. The screwup is that there is no fucking point to doing that because the referee tells the defense the number that has reported eligible. Campbell completely Aggied up the situation. All they had to do was have 68 and only 68 walk up to the ref but they tried to get cute for no reason whatsoever.
  5. That ref is going to deservedly get held over the coals. Not only for tonight's mistake but also for being part of the crew for those two other games. Why is he even bothering to explain his side when the replay clearly shows it couldn't have happened that way? Huh? The video clearly shows Allen looking at and pointing at Skipper. Why are y'all posting screenshots instead of video?
  6. Dude it's been clarified that 70 was recognized as reporting eligible, the refs told the Lions that was what happened. And the referee clearly points at Skipper and nods at him and recognized him before your screenshots.
  7. The receiver was off the line.
  8. No, if Decker had reported and been recognized the formation was legal.
  9. Yep and again that's stupid. The referee tells the defense the number that is reporting eligible. Any attempt to be sneaky about it is stupid Aggie shit from Campbell.
  10. After watching it more times you're right, it's weird. Skipper wasn't in an eligible position. Only 68 needed to report, but it is 100% clear from the replays that the referee pointed at and recognized Skipper as eligible.
  11. Something else I just noticed. The Lions had 4 eligible players by number on the field for the play. They can't therefore announce both 70 and 68 as eligible because you can't legally have 6 eligible players on any play. I'd have to see the formation though, but don't eligible numbers have to report as ineligible in the NFL? In college formation determines eligibility.
  12. Correct because it's pointless. The referee announces to the defense any eligibility changes before the play. You can clearly see the ref tell the Cowboys about Skipper after he recognizes him.
  13. He was never acknowledged, that's certain. The referee never looked at him, pointed directly at Skinner then went to the ball to announce the reporting.
  14. No shit they liked the old model better, but only because there were fewer competitors. Now that everything is above the table their willingness to cheat is no longer an advantage.
  15. If y'all don't like it then just leave, nobody is making you Romaine here.
  16. McCord took starter snaps all season. This is the 2023 Ohio State football team, the guy playing right now was the 3rd string QB for this team. Not only is it not worth worrying about it's also accurate. Edited to add that McCord is not playing for Syracuse right now so your premise isn't correct. McCord will play for the 2024 Syracuse team.
  17. Yep, several runs on the last two drives where the Mizzou blockers just wrapped up their guy in a hold. Particularly their receivers.
  18. One example from two years ago versus dozens of open letters every month on Texags. He doesn't even try anymore.
  19. The fact that you think it's very fair to essentially praise college football players for not quitting says all that needs to be said about their program. Also, we have a long line of mediocre white safeties who would love to have been treated as well by our fans as some of y'all are treating A&M's scrubs. Praise for effort, wow that's a stark situation over there.
  20. That's great, man. We're all really happy that you loved what A&M put on the field last night. Please regale us more with tales of how great they are compared with some irrelevant specific past team that Texas had. Great post.
  21. Best thing I saw here from today was those goobers decrying the cult of personality shit because the staff wore Elijah Robinson shirts. You know, as they're busy ramping up the Elko cult of personality. Cults are what those idiots do and it's one of the things they can't stop themselves from doing that always bites them in the ass. The administration had no concerns whatsoever signing those ridiculous Jimbo Fisher contracts because they knew as soon as it was done those morons would start with the "Don't Care. Got Jimbo." shit.
  22. This would be the most insightful and self-aware thing you've said in this thread if you had realized it was self-referential.
  23. I learned that my 2 year old niece is insisting on being called Birdie right now instead of her name. Pretty cute when you're 2.
  24. Hard working Elko getting around to reaching out to one of their commits 3-4 weeks after being hired.
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