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Official Bowl Games Thread
- Thread starter Duff Man
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"Utah's win over Utah" thing confused me, haha.
You're pissed. What about Phil Knight?
That qb is a sad excuse. Other than a 5th year transfer, he's the best they could do in 5 years?
Kind of amazed Lockie has been allowed to stick around that program for the last few years. Seemingly can't run well and definitely can't throw.
Grad transfer from Montana State.
add can't catch the snap to the list of things Jeff Lockie can't do
I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a team so dominant in one half along with another team so inept, completely reverse roles like I did in this game. Oregon woke up some in OT, but it was too late and TCU had some left in them.
Great game! A season of blowout bowl games ends with a 3 OT thriller!
well, at least it was an entertaining game.
Oregon has another 5th year transfer coming in, this one from Montana State
http://registerguard.com/rg/sports/...o-bowl-to-pack-up-and-move-to-oregon.html.csp
A lot of the schools are putting knee braces on as a protective measure. They are a type with a hinge that allows the leg to flex back in a normal fashion but blocks it from hyperextending forward and provides a lot of resistance to bending sideways. They don't stop all knee injuries but they prevent a lot of them from either happening or reduce the severity significantly.
I've seen a couple cases where a guy got his leg rolled from the side enough to break and jam the joint on the brace, They had to take it off to bend the leg but it prevented a blown out knee.
Why don't NFL teams follow suit then?
I've seen a lot of NFL players wearing them as well.
If there are fewer guys in the NFL wearing them it might be a couple things. One is that NFL players are a little less open to team staff simply mandating things like that. It's easier at the college level to just tell everyone they are going to be wearing them like it or not.
Other thing is that they feel bulky (or at least they did a long time ago when I wore one.) A lot of NFL players like to go to the "minimal equipment" approach feeling like any little thing that might get in the way of them performing is worth eliminating. This is why you see WRs wearing much smaller shoulder pads and a lot of WRs and DBs who up until a couple years ago wore no pads on their knees or thighs. The NFL mandated them a couple years back so now they wear the thinnest, lightest ones they can get away with.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2013/07/10/mandatory-thigh-knee-pads/2507311/
SuperiorBuff
Well-Known Member
That was hilarious! You can't tell me that Duck fans wouldn't take Kelly back. Helfrich completely blew that game.
I think you need to question their QB recruiting and/or development. Apsay is better than their backup.
SuperiorBuff
Well-Known Member
Agreed, but Oregon had one of the best RBs in the country and Helfrich is dumb enough to put that much pressure on a poor backup QB.