tOSU-Michigan Game Thread
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Pure silliness. You have assumed that the picture was taken at the apex of his forward progress. It wasn't. Watch the game tape.
Well, I object because this fact bomb of a post you quoted has a chance to seriously slow down the "quality" of this thread
This is a fan base as a whole that's still whining because MSU and 4 other schools voted OSU to the Rose Bowl in 1973. They are the biggest bunch of whiny, entitled douchebags on the planet. They make it easy for everyone to hate their fan base and University.
Thanks for the NCAA football officiating explainer.
I understand the logistical reasons for using crews from the region and admit being too strident about stating that "hometown" refs shouldn't officiate games. Like nearly everyone here, I've overstated my argument. In practice, it's probably impossible to have "neutral" crews. And I stand corrected about Dan Capron being an Ohio native. Seems he's from Illinois. My argument isn't that the refs were consciously biased; it's that bad calls cost Michigan the game and that every bad call (except the misinterpretation of the mouthguard rule) went against Michigan. They call it "home-field advantage" for a reason and it's not just because of crowd noise.
Good catch on the rule change, but I don't think that was even close to being the worst call in the game. The loss of a timeout hardly affected the game at all. Opinions about that, obviously, vary, but I don't think a lost timeout in the third quarter and a non-DPI call in OT or a generous, game-changing spot are even close.
I'm done. Unless some Buckhead flames me.
Congrats Ohio. Good luck against Clemson.
Oh man, you are most certainly not done. There is no chance of that. If you were done, you would go away without a comment. The person who says, "I'm done," is just getting started.
Nevertheless, this is a HOF thread and college sports has never had anything like it. Both Duke and UNC fans on this board should be ashamed of themselves that they could never muster anything close to this. In the end, we're all winners. But, in reality, there was one winner. And one whiney loser.
My contributions to this thread went on too long after I made initial points and I'm sorry for that. It was fun, but it's gotta end.
Saturday was a tough loss in a monster game that still feels stolen and I can't take some things back upthread. OSU fans would have felt - if not reacted - similarly. I lived it in the mid-80's through the 90's and sat next to them in both stadiums during UM wins and losses. Neither program accepts moral victories (unlike another B1G team UM plays).
As for whiney? This is an internet board populated by the whiniest fanbases fanbases in MLB/NFL. Shit. If I can't muck about here, then where?
Saturday was a tough loss in a monster game that still feels stolen and I can't take some things back upthread. OSU fans would have felt - if not reacted - similarly. I lived it in the mid-80's through the 90's and sat next to them in both stadiums during UM wins and losses. Neither program accepts moral victories (unlike another B1G team UM plays).
As for whiney? This is an internet board populated by the whiniest fanbases fanbases in MLB/NFL. Shit. If I can't muck about here, then where?
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Officiating grades should be made regardless of time/score. Missing a spot by three yards in the first quarter is worse than missing a spot by 3 inches in the 4th. And misapplying a rule will always grade out worse than a judgment call, since officials should be prepared to apply the rules but only get one look at a potential foul.
There is a chance that the officials applied the equipment rule correctly, and Meyer chose to take a timeout in order to keep his player in the game. However, in that case, I'd prefer the Referee to just announce a charged team timeout with no additional reasoning. Keeps the coach from looking foolish and little things like that keeps sidelines happy.
I've never been much of a college football fan. If you asked me my favorite D1 team for most of my life, I would have said Michigan (because "wolverines" was a bad-ass name to 10-year old me). I lived in Ohio for 7 years and grew to hate Ohio State. People in trailer parks who didn't graduate high school, let alone attend college, flying Ohio State flags on their porches struck me as batshit crazy when I first moved there, and it annoyed me that there was more Ohio State gear worn at Ohio University than there was OU gear.
I have a personal rooting interest in the career of Joe Burrow (tOSU backup QB), and really wish he had stayed committed to OU rather than bolt for tOSU, not only so I wouldn't have to root for tOSU, but so I could watch him light up the Mid-Atlantic Conference on his way to getting drafted. The kid is a fucking stud, and he'd be putting up video game numbers in the MAC. So I was begrudgingly leaning toward tOSU in this game.
As for the back judge, I know his family (his brother is one of the funniest people I've ever met), and I can tell you he takes that job as seriously as you can imagine. The idea of him intentionally calling a biased game is absurd.
I give all of that detail to say that I now consider Michigan my least favorite D1 team*, largely because of the whining by Jim Harbaugh. I can give the fanbase whining a little latitude, as everyone is guilty of that sometimes, but Harbaugh's tantrum was a pathetic display.
*Non child-rapist enabling division
I have a personal rooting interest in the career of Joe Burrow (tOSU backup QB), and really wish he had stayed committed to OU rather than bolt for tOSU, not only so I wouldn't have to root for tOSU, but so I could watch him light up the Mid-Atlantic Conference on his way to getting drafted. The kid is a fucking stud, and he'd be putting up video game numbers in the MAC. So I was begrudgingly leaning toward tOSU in this game.
As for the back judge, I know his family (his brother is one of the funniest people I've ever met), and I can tell you he takes that job as seriously as you can imagine. The idea of him intentionally calling a biased game is absurd.
I give all of that detail to say that I now consider Michigan my least favorite D1 team*, largely because of the whining by Jim Harbaugh. I can give the fanbase whining a little latitude, as everyone is guilty of that sometimes, but Harbaugh's tantrum was a pathetic display.
*Non child-rapist enabling division
Like a wise man once said, nobody finds whining attractive.
http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/story/jim-harbaugh-tweet-whining-rips-officials-112716
http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/story/jim-harbaugh-tweet-whining-rips-officials-112716
Bergs: Gee I'm really sorry to see you go. Even though some might say it's pretty milquetoast to not really have a favorite D1 team, or to switch teams like, ever, let alone switch because the coach, who is a well-known lunatic, acts like a fucking lunatic, it's tough to see so many of you jump on the OSU bandwagon but in the end I'm sure it's where you all belong.
If I revealed myself to be a UM fan would people be as mad at me as they were at CoRP? I'm kind of enigmatic, who knows.
It's not possible, you're not playing a role. Corp clearly was but the people who reacted to that are lousy. But it would be funny.
I hope dhappy dies in a fiery car crash, but not before he sees some loved ones fly past him through the windshield first.
Was there something confusing about "I've never been much of a college football fan"? Just wondering; I thought I was being fairly transparent about how "milquetoast" any D1 fandom I have might be. I mean, I kinda liked Michigan because they have the same moniker as my favorite member of the X-Men. That's probably not going to be very indicative of a strong identification with a team past the age of 13 or so.
As for "jumping on the OSU bandwagon," I believe I gave a pretty specific reason why I am currently following them without divulging particular interpersonal connections with the Burrow family.
Upon further reflection, I wonder if you actually read my post.
I've been reading this thread in amazement since yesterday and I have to disagree. If that happened it would be the most epic thing in the history of epic things. And if anyone other than dhappygilmore42 is the thread starter, it's a mistake.
Of course, the reality is that it's not going to happen. But I'll admit that I'm chuckling to myself just thinking of it.
But how will Michigan fans deal with the great injustice of losing again?
Or maybe that's what we all want to find out?
Or maybe that's what we all want to find out?
I dunno, sequels are never as good as the original. Too much organic greatness in this thread that I think would be hard to replicate or trying too hard to replicate.
This is pretty funny considering that UNC was the beneficiary of Webber's gift.
I read your out of nowhere post carefully. What I said you said is absolutely not exactly what you actually said but I have further reviewed it and determined that it was fair.
I think it has pretty much become a thread where anyone who has a beef with anyone else can just come in and fight, then CFB_Rules will come in and sort it out.
I did a double-take this AM while reading a WaPo article.
Help me out here. Am I missing something or is this a hide-in-the-open slam at Michigan football:
>>More people were in attendance as the Ohio State Buckeyes beat a high school football team in Columbus last weekend.<<
Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/12/01/donald-trump-will-be-president-thanks-to-80000-people-in-three-states/?tid=hybrid_experimentrandom_3_na&utm_term=.f6789d520519
Help me out here. Am I missing something or is this a hide-in-the-open slam at Michigan football:
>>More people were in attendance as the Ohio State Buckeyes beat a high school football team in Columbus last weekend.<<
Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/12/01/donald-trump-will-be-president-thanks-to-80000-people-in-three-states/?tid=hybrid_experimentrandom_3_na&utm_term=.f6789d520519
Quite correct. We can all agree that duke fans are the most obnoxious in all of sports, even more than Michigan fans.
Plus, their students are losers who sleep in tents. It's a synergistic combination of pathetic that can't be beat.