He definitely took a knee. He took it with about 16 seconds left. He even put the ball down to help the officials out. It shouldn't take 16 seconds to spot the ball.
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He definitely took a knee. He took it with about 16 seconds left. He even put the ball down to help the officials out. It shouldn't take 16 seconds to spot the ball.
Well, this reinforces my pulling against ASU for the rest of the season.
That's shameful of ASU.
How is that "shameful"? Are you really going to blame ASU's defenders for thinking it was a fumble. Blame the refs all you want. If the players thought it was a fumble and jumped on it, that's a smart play.
You can use the fumble excuse all you want, but there's no need to lay on top of a ball with no one challenging you for 10 seconds. Delay of game on the defense.
But that's on the refs not the player. They either should've stopped the clock or called delay of game. I can't blame the player for wasting every second he can in that situation.
It could have been much, much worse for the Vols, if Helfrich hadn't called off the Ducks midway through the third.Tennessee's worst loss since 1910. http://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...34c5da-1da9-11e3-80ac-96205cacb45a_story.html
Tennessee's worst loss since 1910. http://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...34c5da-1da9-11e3-80ac-96205cacb45a_story.html
Lets pretend everything Stave did was correct (I don't think so...but let's pretend) - the friggin Wiscy players don't even attempt to line up until their are 3 seconds on the clock at which point they CANNOT spike the ball because of the new rule. So no matter what, Wisconsin screwed themselves, not some sort officiating malfunction/ASU delay of game crap (I considered that a fumble as well).It's a fumble, neither his knee or elbow was down. The refs were idiots for not signalling a fumble and incorrectly called the play a kneel down.
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I don't blame the ASU player for jumping on the ball - they're used to holding on to it until the refs tell them to give it up.
This is on the refs.
Lets pretend everything Stave did was correct (I don't think so...but let's pretend) - the friggin Wiscy players don't even attempt to line up until their are 3 seconds on the clock at which point they CANNOT spike the ball because of the new rule. So no matter what, Wisconsin screwed themselves, not some sort officiating malfunction/ASU delay of game crap (I considered that a fumble as well).
WTF was with Bielema's wife tweeting #karma after the game, anyway?
Wasn't it her husband that left Wisconsin hanging?