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I am right now! I thought the game started at 9:30 EST, but I tuned in and it's halfway through the 2nd quarter. What gives?
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Sep 15, 2014 02:33
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Sunday Night games are at 8:30 EST.
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Sep 15, 2014 02:35
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Overall though...bad news. They would probably be expected to start the season 1-1, but last week was supposed to be the win and this week the loss. Even if they win this one, losing to the Bills is not a good look. This was supposed to be a year they could at least make the playoffs, they have some pretty awesome talent on offense.
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Sep 15, 2014 02:36
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Liam Emsa posted:So, how are the Chicago Bears going to fare this year in their matches? The Bears will finish last in their division. They may be the worst team in the nfl.
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Sep 15, 2014 03:31
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R.D. Mangles posted:The Bears will finish last in their division. They may be the worst team in the nfl. Raiders & Jaguars & any NFC East team.
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Sep 15, 2014 04:47
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Trin Tragula posted:q Curious as to what the result was here. From the description you've given the ball was tipped multiple times without hitting the ground before being caught in the end zone by an eligable receiver? Isn't that a straight TD call or is there more to it than that outside of the obvious 'did anyone else just see that?' side.
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Sep 15, 2014 11:42
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Spork o Doom posted:Curious as to what the result was here. From the description you've given the ball was tipped multiple times without hitting the ground before being caught in the end zone by an eligable receiver? Isn't that a straight TD call or is there more to it than that outside of the obvious 'did anyone else just see that?' side. A75 does not begin the down as an eligible receiver; Team A players wearing numbers 50-79 cannot touch a forward pass until after the pass touches an opponent or official. From back judge (under the posts on the end line) I had a reasonable view of all the tips and touches at the end (and I was certain that A75 had completed the catch in the end zone), but I couldn't be entirely sure who it was that touched the ball first; if it was A75, it's illegal touching, and if no Team B player touched it before A75 did, it's also illegal touching; so I'm going to check with my mates who had a different angle to see what they've got before I do anything. Much better to do that proactively than to stick your arms in the air, and then someone else appears going "WAIT WAIT WAIT what about..." and now the coach is yelling "you gave us the score and then took it away!!!!" and throwing his hat around. The other thing to consider is that we snapped from B's 4, and A75 was then about two yards deep in the end zone when he made the catch; so regardless of who touched the ball first, was he an ineligible downfield at the time the pass was thrown? None of the deep officials knew, because we were all watching receivers until the pass was crossing into the end zone, so we needed to go see if anyone else could help. (Fortunately our umpire had his head screwed on, and before we could get into any of that stuff, he came up and told us that the pass had also been tipped by a defensive lineman in the backfield, which solved both problems at once; that touch made A75 eligible, so it didn't matter who touched it first in the action I'd seen; and it also meant that the pass had not crossed the neutral zone untouched, so we couldn't have ineligibles downfield; so all we're left with is a completed pass in the end zone, and Team A kicked the point by a coat of paint inside the left post to win 21-20.) Trin Tragula fucked around with this message at 13:35 on Sep 15, 2014 |
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Sep 15, 2014 13:32
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Gotcha. I had somehow mentally added tipped 'by a defensive player' in to the story on my own bat which is obviously the difference maker here. A lot harder to determine on field than on replay of course!
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Sep 15, 2014 14:22
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My Google-fu is weak, so I'm asking it here. When an NCAA player has to sit out a year for academic reasons, and has already played a season, can they still (if available) use a redshirt for that season or does that count as one of the 4 years of eligibility? I thought of this during the Notre Dame game, because the announcers were nice enough to remind me why Gholston missed last year (academic eligibility).
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Sep 16, 2014 06:39
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CannonFodder posted:My Google-fu is weak, so I'm asking it here. Yeah, the redshirt year isn't required to be your first year on campus or anything. Works the same if you have to sit a year for transfer or injury.
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Sep 16, 2014 13:51
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Going along with that, there are also cases where you can have multiple redshirt years.
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Sep 16, 2014 20:14
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KICK BAMA KICK posted:Yeah, the redshirt year isn't required to be your first year on campus or anything. Works the same if you have to sit a year for transfer or injury. Only if the player hasn't already used a redshirt for any other reason. If somebody has already used their redshirt they wouldn't get an extra redshirt year due to being academically ineligible.
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Sep 16, 2014 20:48
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Thanks. I knew about using a redshirt for injury but I didn't know if it could be used for academic reasons.
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Sep 16, 2014 21:15
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turbomoose posted:Going along with that, there are also cases where you can have multiple redshirt years. It's not common but it happens, usually when someone redshirts for a normal reason and then gets a medical redshirt for injury later on.
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Sep 16, 2014 21:19
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So... as an outsider to the NFL I'm finding it hilarious that all of a sudden in the past few weeks players are getting kicked off teams left and right for crimes. Ray Rice, Adrian Peterson, and now Jonathan Dwyer. Is it just a coincidence that these are all happening at once, or do these usually get swept under the rug and now the NFL is knee-jerk reacting?
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Sep 18, 2014 01:51
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Ray Rice was a pretty big story anyway, it just blew up into an amazingly huge one when the video inside the elevator was released. I think Peterson would have gotten quite a bit of attention because he's such a huge star, although we wouldn't have gotten to the point where sponsors get involved. Dwyer seems like the exact type of story that would be quietly swept under the rug if none of the other stuff happened. Not a star, no video involved, incident happened in July and was reported to the police last week if I'm reading things right. Maybe a 2 or 3 game suspension depending on how bad the facts are, maybe nothing. There'd be a few stories but only the people who really pay attention would notice or care.
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Sep 18, 2014 02:04
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In a trade like the recent Logan Mankins one, how much say does the player have in the matter? Could he demand or refuse to be traded?
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Sep 19, 2014 14:18
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CzarStark posted:In a trade like the recent Logan Mankins one, how much say does the player have in the matter? Could he demand or refuse to be traded?
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Sep 19, 2014 14:23
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A thought occurred to me: Back in the days when you could tie in college ball, how common was 'playing for the tie?' Did ties negatively impact teams in the polls?
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Sep 20, 2014 23:03
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Sash! posted:A thought occurred to me: As you might expect, a tie was intermediate between a win and a loss. Lower ranked or away teams would play for the tie, higher ranked and home teams were expected to go for the win. A weak team pulling a tie against a much better team was almost as good as beating them. Ties between similar teams were essentially no-games, to somewhat net positive for both. If winning is 10 and losing is 0, a tie rated about a 6 or 7.
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Sep 20, 2014 23:07
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Sash! posted:A thought occurred to me:
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Sep 20, 2014 23:09
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After watching this clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxDdGASwvpU Is that something that could legally occur in the NFL? Does the ball have to be kicked through the uprights, or can it be done any way? Like.. could a player theoretically run towards the uprights and dunk it over?
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Sep 22, 2014 21:39
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Liam Emsa posted:After watching this clip NFL rules: quote:SUCCESSFUL FIELD GOAL So no, it's not legal in the NFL. The NCAA changed their rule in about 1912, I don't think they changed it back since then. That's probably a rule just for the high school or youth league they're in. Deteriorata fucked around with this message at 22:45 on Sep 22, 2014 |
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Sep 22, 2014 22:33
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Make drop-kick alley-oops over the crossbar worth 10 points. Watch as Doug Flutie is signed out of retirement at 7 figures.
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Sep 22, 2014 22:42
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I'm only seeing a touch by the guy in the end zone, it seems like it's gone clean through the heads at the line and then off that poor kid's shoulder and over the bar.
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Sep 22, 2014 23:03
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Trin Tragula posted:I'm only seeing a touch by the guy in the end zone, it seems like it's gone clean through the heads at the line and then off that poor kid's shoulder and over the bar.  I could have sworn I saw it bounce off the ground and go through. Yeah, it actually hit the defender and bounced through. That's legal.
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Sep 22, 2014 23:09
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I don't know why on long field goal attempts teams don't just stick the tallest guy or whoever has the highest vertical reach to try and block it. I mean, I know you have a return guy, but there are some circumstances where you want to commit to the block, like if its a FG to tie the game as time expires. Then a return is worthless, just stick your project 6'8" WR back there to try to block it.
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Sep 23, 2014 00:19
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I believe that the NFL has a rule against goaltending. NCAA doesn't, unless the guy climbs the posts and turns it into an unfair act.
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Sep 23, 2014 00:22
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Trin Tragula posted:unless the guy climbs the posts and turns it into an unfair act. Want to see that. Is it actually against the rules anywhere that says "don't go climbing the goalpost" or is that one of those blanket things like "don't drive a car on the field" that's so against the rules that its not even codified.
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Sep 23, 2014 02:02
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swickles posted:I don't know why on long field goal attempts teams don't just stick the tallest guy or whoever has the highest vertical reach to try and block it. I mean, I know you have a return guy, but there are some circumstances where you want to commit to the block, like if its a FG to tie the game as time expires. Then a return is worthless, just stick your project 6'8" WR back there to try to block it. Is this post from before the Iron Bowl?
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Sep 23, 2014 02:10
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Henchman of Santa posted:Is this post from before the Iron Bowl? That FG was for the win, not to tie the game up. So putting a guy back to return makes more sense, and it worked out.
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Sep 23, 2014 02:23
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Deteriorata posted:NFL rules: I never noticed that the  fair catch kick had to be made from the actual spot of the fair catch, not just the line. That's pretty cool.
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Sep 23, 2014 03:09
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swickles posted:I don't know why on long field goal attempts teams don't just stick the tallest guy or whoever has the highest vertical reach to try and block it. I mean, I know you have a return guy, but there are some circumstances where you want to commit to the block, like if its a FG to tie the game as time expires. Then a return is worthless, just stick your project 6'8" WR back there to try to block it. Why doesn't a team draft a 7'2" high jumper whose sole job is a special team FG blocker?
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Sep 23, 2014 03:11
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Sounds like Margus Hunt.
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Sep 23, 2014 03:19
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GrumpyDoctor posted:I never noticed that the Fortunately, they're now allowed to use a holder for the kick. Gouging a hole in Astroturf with their heel to mark the spot and tee the ball would be a little tough.
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Sep 23, 2014 03:49
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I'll be in New York next month, and am looking for a good pub place that will let me stay there all day Sunday watching the NFL while drinking beer and eating wings (or whatever it is that happens when you go out to watch sport in the USA). Any recommendations? We're staying just off Times Square.
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Sep 24, 2014 18:36
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Gambrinus posted:I'll be in New York next month, and am looking for a good pub place that will let me stay there all day Sunday watching the NFL while drinking beer and eating wings (or whatever it is that happens when you go out to watch sport in the USA). Any recommendations? We're staying just off Times Square. If there is a particular team or game you want to see I would recommend trying to find their bar in Manhattan. If you just wanna watch football look for places advertising the Direct TV package(usually a huge banner). I can't suggest a specific place, but you should have trouble finding a place like this on drat near every block.
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Sep 24, 2014 19:19
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Ozu posted:None. You can refuse to report like Richard Seymour did when he was traded to the Raiders, but eventually they realize they have no say in the matter and being paid is way more important. Seymour didn't refuse to report. He just didn't say anything to the media for a few days while he was getting his poo poo together. There was a lot of speculation, but he ended up saying he'd won a Super Bowl, and had a great career. His kids were starting school, his family was settled in. It swept his legs out from under him, and he was going to make sure his family was taken care of first. But all the same, he was traded for on I think Thursday, and was playing on Monday.
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drunk leprechaun posted:If there is a particular team or game you want to see I would recommend trying to find their bar in Manhattan. If you just wanna watch football look for places advertising the Direct TV package(usually a huge banner). I can't suggest a specific place, but you should have trouble finding a place like this on drat near every block. Green Bay or Minnesota, or both (haven't checked the fixture list for that weekend yet.
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