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It was almost 20 years ago. Let it go.

SI just tweeted this a few moments ago. We need to tell them to let this go too, right?

 

 

Not even close to the same thing. I thought you were smarter than this, but I guess not. The thread topic did not happen "on this day", it was just randomly started for no apparent reason other than to whine about having to share the title. The tweet is simply stating a fact or two that happened on this date. It is not trying to rekindle a controversy that cannot possibly be resolved. I agree with the opinion that we would've rolled Michigan, but that does not make it a fact.

It was almost 20 years ago. Let it go.

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failed tweet imbed. Trying to show the picture of Osborne and others at the funeral from Lars Anderson twitter account, same guy quoted above.

Chamberlain, the attorney who was representing Phillips ... expressed disbelief that Phillips would have killed himself about 12 hours after a preliminary hearing during which a judge ruled there was enough evidence to try Phillips on murder in a case where he faced the possible death penalty.

 

“All of a sudden he comes back from his court hearing and he kills himself? I find that incredibly skeptical,’’ Chamberlain said. “I’m going to pursue this thing a long way, I can promise you. Because what I’ve seen so far, it does not seem correct.”

There are some things that make me skeptical about whether this was a suicide, but losing his bid to have the case thrown out and facing a murder trail does not in the least make me incredibly skeptical. Just the opposite.

Dominance as defined by the poll? Extremely doubtful. Could we get back to winning some conference championships, being fairly regular in the top 10, making a big bowl or playoff as many years as not, maybe even winning a national championship? Sure, decent shot. The fan in me says Yes, but I wouldn't bet serious money on it.

That was a prison gang killing.

 

LP himself warned it would happen.

You state that as fact, yet I doubt you have any at hand. I wouldn't be surprised if it were true, but few details have been released. They said there was a note. Should be easy to compare the writing to the letters he's already written, though they aren't even releasing it to his next of kin. It's just premature to make such a declarative statement when you know virtually nothing. Unless you have something to back this up other than a dead man's prediction.

And let's get real. Phillips got a free education including tutoring and whatever help he needed, anger management counseling, and a multi-million dollar contract, as well as personal help from people like Osborne, Vermeil, and Darlington. What do you think would've worked for him?

It varies based upon state, federal prison or jail, etc. but let's get real, even $1000 and a bus ticket in no way prepares anyone who just missed out on 30 years of outside life to be reinserted into society. You can knit pick the details but our prison system doesn't work. http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/06/21/3667851/like-walk-jail-alone/

You'd have made you case better going with that in the first place rather than making something up based on what might have been the case 50 years ago, if even then.

Very sad to hear this news and I agree with what everyone here seems to be saying. I also have to add our prison system is very messed up with over-crowding, long sentences, little to no hope, lack of rehabilitation, and I think in the end this all added up to Lawrence taking his own life. I don't condone anything he's done but it's tough for me to sit here and judge him as I have never come close to anything he's experienced in his childhood or life. We too easily forget about those who "break the law" or are sent off to jail as they are out of sight and out of mind. I'm still floored to this day that a prisoner who serves say 30 years, is finally let out and given a bus ticket, $5 and a think a bible. Really?

No, not really. If something sounds unlikely, google it to see what the truth is. Can't say for sure this link is accurate, but it's more believable than what you claim. http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/hardtime/gatemoney/

Someone released from a California jail gets $200 and transportation. I would assume they also get a parole officer and a place at a halfway house to at least give them a chance to get going. I'm sure there are many stories to be told about those things being no help at all, but it's not $5 and a bible.

Congrats, RedTex. Fun contest, thanks, Mav.

How is it that people still get so bent out of shape over Texas getting :01 back on the clock in the B12 CCG, but no problem that 0:01 got put back on for us at this game?

You're right, I went back and watched the last series on you tube and saw that we didn't have to rush the snap.

In Bennett's case, there was a lot of mayhem, getting the refs to acknowledge that the clock should've stopped for the 1st down, getting everyone off the field, getting the ball at the right spot, getting the FG team on, etc. After all that, the refs (correctly, IMO) went right into game mode meaning that as soon as they got the ball spotted and markers moved, the clock started so we had to instantly snap it. It wasn't like coming out of a timeout at all. Easy to see how the kick would be rushed. I was very disappointed but never blamed Bennett.

The Huskers actually called a timeout with 1 sec left on the clock; otherwise there wouldn't have been time to even snap the ball.

I don't understand people hating on kickers for losing games. Field goals are what happens when your team fails to score td's, and you always know that even the close field goals aren't guaranteed. And I say this having grown up a Bills fan, lol. Always felt terrible for that kicker.

Lots of reasons. Kickers aren't "real" football players so they don't get much respect. A decent percentage are foreigners, which further promotes that since they aren't "like us". Often they are undersized outsiders. Alex Karras used to imitate kickers, saying "I'm going to keeck a touchdown!" They look at sometimes are treated like not really being part of the team, so human nature is to turn on them when they miss.

And they are totally replaceable, so they make for an easy scapegoat. Lose a close game? It's hard to swap out a QB mid-season, or any other position really, or a coach. But would even the holder or snapper do anything different for a new kicker? You feel obliged to change something to acknowledge the problem of losing, so why not show you know how to "fix" the loss by replacing the kicker? If NFL GMs are blaming the kicker, why wouldn't fans?

At the end of many close games, teams don't actually fail to score a TD, but rather choose to run down the clock and set up for a FG attempt. This gives the impression that it's a sure thing, so a failure is unacceptable.

A lot of that is hogwash because it often ignores everything else that happened in the previous 59+ minutes. A baseball reliever gives up a homer in the bottom of the 9th in a 10-9 game, and he's the one who blew the game.

In Bennett's case, there was a lot of mayhem, getting the refs to acknowledge that the clock should've stopped for the 1st down, getting everyone off the field, getting the ball at the right spot, getting the FG team on, etc. After all that, the refs (correctly, IMO) went right into game mode meaning that as soon as they got the ball spotted and markers moved, the clock started so we had to instantly snap it. It wasn't like coming out of a timeout at all. Easy to see how the kick would be rushed. I was very disappointed but never blamed Bennett.

Dylan McCaffery will be a senior next year. He's a quarterback and very good. Just what we need. He has a pass efficiency rating of 163.5.

The downside is that he's not a big guy. He's either 6'3"/ 170lbs, or 6'5"/ 215 lbs.

LOL, which is it, or is that before or after a big meal?

 

https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/status/684873994537975808

That absolutely shocks me that no other #1 pick is in the hall.

 

Keep in mind the draft wasn't started until 1965. Griffey was drafted in 1987, so you really wouldn't expect anyone later to be in yet. That's only 22 guys who didn't make it. A lot of them were drafted out of high school, and it's even more of a crap shoot for a high schooler to make it big. Still, you'd think a couple more would've made it, but very few were even remotely close. Harold Baines and Darryl Strawberry were probably the closest. Baines topped out at 6%, not sure how close Strawberry got but not very. A lot of no-names and journeymen players on the list:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_first_overall_Major_League_Baseball_draft_picks

For the future, Chipper Jones looks likely? ARod has the numbers obviously but the roids probably keep him out unless sentiment changes. Too early to say on Joe Mauer or other younger guys.

Let's look at this a little more:

 

SEC Wins:

13-1 Alabama (SEC Champ) over 12-2 Michigan State (B1G Champ)

10-3 Ole Miss (3) over 10-3 Oklahoma State (T-2 Big XII)

9-3 LSU (T-4) over 7-6 Texas Tech (T-5 Big XII)

9-4 Tennessee (T-4) over 10-3 Northwestern (T-4)

10-3 Georgia (T-4) over 7-6 Penn State (7 B1G)

8-5 Arkansas (T-4) over 6-7 Kansas State (8 B1G)

9-4 Mississippi State (T-8) over 7-6 NC St. (T-9 ACC)

7-6 Auburn (T-10) over 9-4 Memphis (5th in AAC)

 

SEC Losses:

8-5 Texas A&M (T-8) loses to 8-5 Louisville (T-5 ACC)

10-4 Florida (2) loses to 10-3 Michigan (T-4 B1G)

 

Alabama is legit. Credit to them. Other than that, the SEC had one win over a team that finished better than 4th in their own conference. They can only play the games in front of them but they only beat one team that finished higher in a P5 conference than the SEC team they played. And only one other one even finished in the same spot. They had a lot of favorable matchups. Auburn only got into a bowl game because they play nobody out of conference. Florida won the SEC East despite having the #113 offense in the country - and the fifth-best offense in the state of Florida. Last year Indiana beat the SEC East Champ.

And I can easily flip that around to make it look neutral.

The top 3 teams had two blowout wins and one blowout loss. They played an equal, a team above them (with respect to conference standings), and a team 2 spots below.

The T-4 teams are actually T4 thru T7. Two of them played equals, the other two played just one notch lower, as did T8.

T9 played 4 spots higher (biggest mismatch of all games and it was unfavorable) and lost a close game.

T10 played a higher team but in a mid major conference so that's about a wash, and they won.

So of the 9 P5 matchups:

- 3 equals (4 if you count the game vs. the AAC)

- 3 1 spot favorable

- 1 2 spots favorable

- 1 1 spot unfavorable

- 1 4 spots unfavorable.

That comes out to dead even. I know there are a couple things here you could pick at, but it's a lot less slanted than your anti-SEC view. My point is that you looked at this and drew the worst conclusion you could. Figures don't lie, but liars figure.

And they went 8-2.

Big 10 had a much tougher haul, but only went 5-4. Also impressive, I'd say. Maybe just as much as the SEC.

That was close. I'm locked into Clemson by 3. Since it's a 4x game, there could be as much as a 28 point swing so the next 5 can catch me, but you'll have to figure out how to beat both me and RedTex after he gets his pick in.

And the egg has been laid. If I lose the late game I'm going to claim the right to change my NCG pick. Otherwise RedTex can just match my pick and win.

Kind of regretting not going with the safer Alabama pick for the final, but this forces anyone who wants to catch me to pick an SEC team to win the championship so I'm sticking with it. Unless Oregon lays an egg in the 2nd half I'll have the lead going into the NCG.

Ha! They got their punt blocked. Oh, never mind, recovered it and got a first down.

I figured they'd win even before Boykin got suspended. They finished well with a healthy QB.

Better than the Big 12 by a long shot.

 

Well....looks like my playoff watching is over. Hope Clemson wins but no desire to watch it.

Same here

 

Pretty clearly the top two college teams in the country. I don't get why any football fan wouldn't want to watch it. Oh well, don't watch it if you don't want to. I sure am going to.

Clemson by 3

It also helps to be the only one to pick Clemson, in a 4x game. Taking MSU over Bama may make it a wash though.