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2011 College Football: Occupy GameDay!

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Allow me to tip my hat to ESPN.

On their Sportscenter crawl last night, with the lead stories for CFB, they mentioned:
- LSU and Alabama staying undefeated to see up a battle of the unbeatens in two weeks
- Wisconsin and Oklahoma getting beaten
- OkSt, Boise, and Clemson staying undefeated

Did they by chance leave any other top teams out of that analysis?? No geographic bias there!
 
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French Rage said:
Allow me to tip my hat to ESPN.

On their Sportscenter crawl last night, with the lead stories for CFB, they mentioned:
- LSU and Alabama staying undefeated to see up a battle of the unbeatens in two weeks
- Wisconsin and Oklahoma getting beaten
- OkSt, Boise, and Clemson staying undefeated

Did they by chance leave any other top teams out of that analysis?? No geographic bias there!
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They definitely should have mentioned USC's big win at South Bend ;)

Speaking of, ESPN is sending GameDay to Los Angeles for the Stanford-USC game. I think we all know where they will be November 5.
 
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I really need a MSU loss, but I loved seeing how uncomfortable, and almost uncertain on what to do Beilema was throughout that whole game. He got out-coached badly and I love it. He's the biggest dbag in the conference.
 
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I saw it. It was a lateral and then played forward - I wouldn't call it a fumble because you must have possession to fumble the ball. Only in college football would there be a rule that says a ball played forward after a lateral is spotted where it crosses the sideline. Recall that in the NFL if the ball is fumbled out of bounds, it is returned to the spot of the fumble. There are also rules regarding fumbling on fourth down in the NFL. And only Nebraska could get this strange rule to work in their favor.
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Apologies for being late to the party, but I need to say it: This rule must go.

The team with possession should never gain yards via a fumble or a muff. Sure, the would-be receiver never individually had possesion of the ball. But the QB who threw the lateral certainly did. If I'm missing something here, I'm willing to learn. But I can't think of any reason for loopholes.

It seems to me that the current rule is the craziest option of all. By what theory do we forbid gaining yardage via a fumble, yet hold that it's somehow appropriate to reward a muff with yardage? Are we really saying that if there's a bad lateral, suddenly lawn bowling is a legal tactic? Or how about volleyball on grass? Can QBs lateral a "set" to the tallest guy on the roster, who can then "muff-spike" the ball twenty yards down the sideline?:eek::)

By all accounts, the officiating crew applied the current rules correctly. So credit where credit is due. But before the next edition of the Football Rules Book comes out, the decisionmakers need to fix this.
 
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There's lots of rumors circulating that Iowa is going to bring in Mike Stoops to help advise the defense the rest of this season and then take over as the defensive coordinator of the Hawkeyes at the year's end. Current Defensive Coordinator Norm Parker, one of the best, is battling his diabetes, and may have to take a more limited role coaching, as he now coaches from the press box.

It's interesting. I could see it, but then I couldn't. Coaching stability is huge for Kirk Ferentz, and I don't know that he'd bring someone from the outside in. We have a few guys who have been offered defensive coordinator jobs at other BCS schools and declined.

I could see it though, as Stoops alma mater was Iowa, and his career coaching began here.
 
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MavHockey14 said:
There's lots of rumors circulating that Iowa is going to bring in Mike Stoops to help advise the defense the rest of this season and then take over as the defensive coordinator of the Hawkeyes at the year's end. Current Defensive Coordinator Norm Parker, one of the best, is battling his diabetes, and may have to take a more limited role coaching, as he now coaches from the press box.

It's interesting. I could see it, but then I couldn't. Coaching stability is huge for Kirk Ferentz, and I don't know that he'd bring someone from the outside in. We have a few guys who have been offered defensive coordinator jobs at other BCS schools and declined.

I could see it though, as Stoops alma mater was Iowa, and his career coaching began here.
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uhm, most defensive coordinators are in the press box...
 
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And he hardly seems like an "outsider" if he is an alumni and he has coached there previously...It doesn't seem like that would be rough transition.
 
Shirtless Guy said:
uhm, most defensive coordinators are in the press box...
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I guess I've never really thought of this outside the Iowa program, and I've grown up with Norm as our defensive coordinator and he has always been on the sidelines prior to midway through last year. He liked to be on the field, interact with players, etc.

On paper the transition seems smooth. Stoops is very emotional when he coaches, and the current staff at Iowa really isn't at all, and is more of a "professional" approach. I don't really see this as a problem, as I think defense can use emotion, and that with how Kirk Ferentz is, this would create good balance.

I guess it's just an interesting thought, as I believe this current staff, for the most part, has been together atleast the last twelve years, as Ferentz is huge on stability.
 
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Score 34 points and get blown out of the game. Was Greg Robinson coaching the defense?
 
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You know. Those guys in the other colored uniforms chasing the guy with the ball into the end zone on a regular basis.
 
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Hammer said:
You know. Those guys in the other colored uniforms chasing the guy with the ball into the end zone on a regular basis.
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They were allowed to play defense? Why didn't anyone tell them?
 
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