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Week 6 college football thread: Calgorithm is Gonna Get You

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by dixiehack, Sep 30, 2024 at 9:37 AM.

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  1. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    At least a generation ago, the Noles fans I knew felt quite insecure, even with a couple of recent nattys in the bank. Because it didn’t admit for good until after World War II, there wasn’t the deep history of wealthy boosters that Florida and the other higher-end SEC schools enjoyed.
     
    dixiehack, Sep 30, 2024 at 8:21 PM
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  2. micropolitan guy

    micropolitan guy Well-Known Member

    Whether a receiver has a foot inbounds or has possession on a catch or is in the end zone is a judgment call too. But they review it. Pass interference, holding, etc., are subjective calls; offside isn't. You is or you ain't.
     
    micropolitan guy, Sep 30, 2024 at 8:35 PM
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  3. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    All penalties fall under they are not reviewable. Pass interference: Did he grab him or not with the ball in the air? Let's go to review! Inbounds/out of bounds have clear markings. Same with clock adjustments. It's pretty simple.
     
    MileHigh, Sep 30, 2024 at 8:39 PM
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  4. micropolitan guy

    micropolitan guy Well-Known Member

    Oh, I understand, but when a bad call is this blatant there should be some way to challenge it. Offside is an easy challenge; it's 180-degrees different than a bang-bang play like PI, clipping, etc. There's a LOS camera with a good angle on every single play.

    As usual, it sucked to be the Gophers.
     
    micropolitan guy, Sep 30, 2024 at 8:40 PM
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  5. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    The line has to be drawn somewhere -- and the line is all penalties are not reviewable. No matter how egregious. Ask the Saints against the Rams.
     
    MileHigh, Sep 30, 2024 at 8:42 PM
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  6. micropolitan guy

    micropolitan guy Well-Known Member

    Targeting is reviewable.

    I'm not being a dick here. Officiating is an impossible job. I just think offside is an easy review and perhaps an exception should be made.
     
    micropolitan guy, Sep 30, 2024 at 8:45 PM
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  7. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Targeting is reviewable for confirmation. There is still a penalty. It's why it's announced, "Personal foul, with targeting." If they take off the targeting, it's still a personal foul penalty, but the player is not disqualified -- a HUGE penalty. You're talking about offside vs. targeting.
     
    MileHigh, Sep 30, 2024 at 8:52 PM
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  8. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    Any proposal that boils down to “we should review more things” is 99 percent of the way to “No” for me.
     
    dixiehack, Sep 30, 2024 at 8:54 PM
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  9. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    If you look at the film, it's tight, but a Minnesota player appears to block a Michigan player before the ball goes 10 yards. That's a penalty in high school and college. No flag was thrown. So let's review that?

    If you're going to run a trick play -- and an onside kick is considered a trick play -- it's got to be 100 percent legal. And for onside kicks, the pane of glass theory is in effect. In essence, the 35-yard line is a pane of glass and if someone from the kicking team breaks that pane by crossing early -- that's any body part, including a hand/arm -- it's a penalty.
     
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    MileHigh, Sep 30, 2024 at 9:07 PM
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  10. BitterYoungMatador2

    BitterYoungMatador2 Well-Known Member

    Wasn’t it a teachers college until 1950-something?
     
    BitterYoungMatador2, Sep 30, 2024 at 9:11 PM
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  11. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    It was the Florida State College for Women until 1947.
     
    2muchcoffeeman, Sep 30, 2024 at 9:14 PM
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  12. BitterYoungMatador2

    BitterYoungMatador2 Well-Known Member

    Doesn’t leave a long tenure to foster old money.
     
    BitterYoungMatador2, Sep 30, 2024 at 9:19 PM
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