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2015/2016 Saturdaily College Football Thread

By LIHoosier, in Indiana Hoosiers Football

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KingPG21    6,584

KingPG21
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They also picked up a flag for block in the back too which isn't review able. Lol

Okay... yeah that is what I thought. They mentioned it in the highlights of the game and I was like "But that isn't suppose to be reviewable......" 

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KingPG21    6,584

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Instead of just screwing over Miami when they play Duke in basketball, the ACC has suspended the officiating crew and replay official from last night's game.

In other news, congrats to BTB'er Yogi's Bicep for his new job at the U.

 

https://twitter.com/MiamiHurricanes/status/660875508176044032

Wait was their explanation that the refs got too caught up in the heat of the moment? ..... Cause that is completely what ended up happening. 

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mdn82    25,510

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Lol, it is ESPN but they made a list of everything the refs got wrong on that last play.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/14026475/acc-suspends-field-officials-replay-officials-wild-miami-duke-finish

The crazy thing is the ACC acknowledged and still didn't reverse the win. Knee was down. Game over. Pretty hard to dispute that.
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Naturalhoosier    15,434

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Lol seriously. What kind of punishment is that?!?! Lame.

 

Edit....he's already counting his paychecks from the NFL.  He doesn't really have to care much about college and all of it's rules.  Plus, w/the DUI, DWI, OVI,whatever it is under his belt, he's fitting right in w/the NFL persona.  Break some rules, beat some women, drink some booze.  Good to go!

 

I kid I kid of course, so don't all of you 'nah-uh that's not how NFLers really are' people fire back!  :)

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MartintheMopMan    7,765

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I can't decide here.

 

On the one hand, I do generally think it's not the school's job to administer the punishment for these things. We have a whole legal system, we don't need schools reacting to every arrest. I think of it like a job, I don't need my boss punishing me too for something that happened outside of work.

 

On the same hand, I think schools should be able to administer whatever punishment they want regardless because the student is definitely a representative of the university and they should be able to teach them a lesson about how they want to be represented. Again, like employers may not want to be associated with people who commit certain crimes. Totally cool. School should be ready for criticism of it's decision but willing to make the choices they want.

 

On the other hand, maybe people who say the NCAA should mandate stricter punishments are right. I mean, what can the legal system really do to him? The biggest punishment for a first time DUI is the $10,000 in fines, legal fees, and insurance coverage over the course of a few years. That doesn't harm someone like Barrett who can expect to make easily that in the near future. It's a common criticism for how the legal system punishes the poor worse than the rich. So, what really hurts him? Taking away the sport he loves and the exposure he receives from the sport.

 

On a third hand, does a suspension or whatever actually hurt him? In a "love of the game" kind of way sure. But, I don't think sitting out the rest of the season would hurt his draft stock. All it hurts is the team around him, and then we hope the team properly blames him instead of blaming the NCAA or school. Except we see all the time with punishments this isn't the case (I mean, look at SMU). And now we've made the NCAA an agent to mandate morality in a way I'm a little uncomfortable with.

 

Unfortunately, what I think I'm saying, is there isn't really a way to punish a guy like Barrett. A suspension might bother a player who isn't as well known and who doesn't have their future sewn up, but not someone like him. The most effective punishment is one that Ohio State may have started inadvertently. Public shaming and outcry. The worse his reputation and opinion of him at the end of the season, a few teams may think a little longer before drafting him and exposing themselves.

 

I don't know if I formed a cogent point in any of this, but I'm not going back and rereading it to see. I just like making words appear on the screen. I think the summary of my point is, the legal system can handle legal issues, and if a school wants to face the public outrage of one of it's representatives totally getting off unscathed for a serious incident, then that's the school's business. It's our job as the public to get outraged.

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KingPG21    6,584

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And he expresses his appreciation by trailing Illinois at halftime 27 - 7 at home no less.

Seems like they made the right move. I mean it isn't like Illinois is incredibly mediocre. If only they were starting their backup QB who had barely played....

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