#12 #14 and #18

[Rocky Style]

2 hours ago, Apis Bull said:

Baker uses penalties as the reason.  When both teams get a ton of penalties, maybe you should look at the officiating crew.

The refs were ridiculous.  A penalty every play is boring.

[charsibb]

12 minutes ago, Rocky Style said:

The refs were ridiculous.  A penalty every play is boring.

Don't blame it on the refs, blame it on the coaches for not stressing discipline, and the players for not following the rules.

Most of the penalties were for false starts and motion on offense (because we were trying to go too fast, I suppose?)

Defensive calls on Senat and Sawtelle were good calls.

If we don't clean up the penalties we're going to lose games because of them.

[USF Bulls Football]

Wrong on the Sawtelle call...

[USF Bulls Football]

Senat call was spot on though.

[charsibb]

2 hours ago, USF Bulls Football said:

Wrong on the Sawtelle call...

No, it was a good call. I explained it during the game thread.

If you lift a player in an upward direction, then drive them into the ground, it's a penalty.

No upward direction, no penalty on Sawtelle. But he did, so he got one.

[Triple B]

57 minutes ago, charsibb said:

No, it was a good call. I explained it during the game thread.

If you lift a player in an upward direction, then drive them into the ground, it's a penalty.

No upward direction, no penalty on Sawtelle. But he did, so he got one.

That describes a penalty during the play, not after. Illinois had an offensive pass interference on the play. Why then weren't the penalties offset and the down repeated? One way or another, the officials screwed up ...

[USF Bulls Football]

Didn't see it as a body slam.

[NewEnglandBull]

22 hours ago, Apis Bull said:

This is the real problem with pre-season rankings.  Losing to, or beating, ranked teams that maybe shouldn't be ranked creates an illusion of a teams worth.

Edited September 18, 2017 by NewEnglandBull

[NewEnglandBull]

12 minutes ago, USF Bulls Football said:

Didn't see it as a body slam.

The pusification of college football 

[GaUSFBull]

On 9/17/2017 at 1:01 AM, USF (QUESTION MARK) said:

Rankings don't mean anything. I'd rather secure a conference championship than a ranking. 

Rankings do mean something.  Top recruits want to play for ranked teams.