football should just be like basketball where refs are not tied to conferences. I am not one for conspiracies, but Saturday sure felt like big ten refs helping the big ten team.
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drop kick =/= punt. I needed to look up the difference between them myself, but a drop kick is kicked as the ball hits the ground
They won't grade out as an A, Cyclones won. Maybe get a C+. They maybe should have waved off our TE catch as a some sort of "dead ball" for being tipped twice before the reception.
Supevsiors might make them go watch the ISU/KSU vampire game for how to manage end of game situation.
You may be for conspiracy theories a little bit it seems.
as @AllInForISU pointed out. I think Mizzou was punting for the hangtime to prevent KU from returning it well. If you can't get a touchback might as well try something that will let your team get down there before they return.
I missed it though since i was still on my way back from the Cyhawk game.
Yes. I can understand the advantage it would create. I guess my question is why did Missouri even think that was an option? Or did they do it on purpose and just tried to pull a fast one on the refs?
As long as there were commercials before and after each kickoff, I'm fine with it.
KidSilverhair
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I mean… that crew was just toeing the company line. Nothing to see here.
KidSilverhair
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My guess in this situation … Mizzou was penalized and was kicking off from the 20. Since that was the same area as a post-safety free kick (where punting is allowed), some people got it in their heads that it was the same thing, so they went with the punt option.
It seems incredible to me that the Mizzou staff would be so devious as to do this intentionally while knowing it was illegal; seems like just a misinterpretation because they were kicking from the 20. But, coaches can be extra-devious in getting around the rules, so maybe … (Speaking of which, did you know there’s still a rule on the books requiring knee pads that actually cover the knees for all players? Given the epidemic of shorts being worn by players nowadays, I bet you didn’t).
Given all that, though, it’s inexcusable for the officials to allow a punt on a post-score kickoff situation where it is explicitly not allowed.
It seems incredible to me that the Mizzou staff would be so devious as to do this intentionally while knowing it was illegal; seems like just a misinterpretation because they were kicking from the 20. But, coaches can be extra-devious in getting around the rules, so maybe … (Speaking of which, did you know there’s still a rule on the books requiring knee pads that actually cover the knees for all players? Given the epidemic of shorts being worn by players nowadays, I bet you didn’t).
Given all that, though, it’s inexcusable for the officials to allow a punt on a post-score kickoff situation where it is explicitly not allowed.
It does. Drop kicks and punts are not the same. Drop kick has to hit the ground first.
Oh no, we're just gotten to where we can consistently do kick offs pretty well. Don't need to introduce a new facet to the game.
While I agree, we certainly still have plenty of accusations of refs leaning toward preferred teams and outcomes in basketball as well.
Maybe this shi* would stop if after an obvious bone headed call the referee crews cell phone numbers and emails would be allowed to be posted on the scoreboard.
