The Dude

Our defensive line has been getting pushed around pretty consistantly all year. Blame the scheme all you want, they're not getting it done either way. We were a lot better off when Carl was concentrating on the line and Bo was taking care of the defense.

Wowzers. I almost for got how horrible our defense was that game. I know OSO has one of the best offenses yadda yadda yadda. But that's no excuse for the piss-poor tackling and standing there like a deer in the head lights while the ballcarrier runs by. Last years D could have held them under 20 easily. We're REALLY missing last years Seniors.

Nebraska 28 Mizzou - 24 Pass - 230 Rush - 190

Since it's in Ames my prediction is: NU: 49 ISU: 13

For a second I thought he was going to take it to the house. I was shocked by his speed and moves. I lol'd.

Zack taylor says HI Watson's words, not mine.

I'm surprised we haven't ran that speed option out of the shotgun, like we did all the time with Zac last year. Maybe Taylor can't make the pitch, I dunno. Seems to make more since with a running quarterback.

I think the expectation of the defensive line was way too high coming into the season. They're just not that good. Whatever their scheme is, they're not executing. Suh made a below average line look great.

Okie State gashed us for some points, but Gundy knows offense like Bo knows defense. I did not expect them to be held under 21. I don't know when the last time they were held under 21. The fact that we got out of Stillwater with a win is a great sign. Gundy knowing offense has nothing to do with our defensive line getting beaten like Brock Lesnar's face.

Yeah the wings are good.

Duly noted.

So basically if it WAS an illegal hit, the conference will go back and do something about it. In that case, me and everyone who said it was a clean hit would be wrong. I'll eat that crow if it's served up. I'm not holding my breath however. EDIT: or maybe I'm reading it wrong and it won't be reviewed since there was no flag. They would review it in the NFL, I don't know about the BIG XII or NCAA. I'm willing to admit it if I read it wrong.

Because you got owned and ran out of straws to grasp onto? Carry on.

Umm... no. As I showed you nearly an hour ago on video, "the refs" saw Martin's hit quite clearly, and didn't flag it. Your misinterpretation of this rule does not make your argument right. It makes your argument wrong for a reason you don't understand. Continuing to post the same thing over and over also does not make you right, it makes you wrong longer. Stop being wrong. Haha I like that. I'm going to use that one.

Again, please try to keep up. This has no affect on my argument, because I'm not arguing he was defenseless. He was fair game to be blocked. The block, though, was illegal. Or perhaps I should say the block falls into a rules interpretation that the refs will call if they see it. And the refs decided it was a legal block so...

The point of your post is...what? That part is explicitly covered in the rules in that you can't punch/forearms/yada yada to the head. The point we're discussing is not explicitly covered, it's an interpretation of more general rules, which is why there is debate. The point is why do you care about what happened to an OSU player, on a completely legal football play when OUR quarterback got uppercutted and his head slammed into the turf? It wasn't a legal play, it was an illegal hit. And hit on Taylor was flagged, wasn't it? The difference is the hit on Taylor was illegal, and the hit on the OSU kid wasn't according to... ya know... THE RULES. Which you are still ignoring.

Except he's not owning anyone since he's convinced it has to be explicitly stated in the manual to be covered in the game. It doesn't, the refs interpret those rules all the time, which is why they try to add the rule interpretations. But they don't cover everything or every situation. I've posted an example from the rules that covers the Martin hit as illegal. Again, you're grasping at straws and simply ignoring the rules. If it was illegal it would have been called. It wasn't, move one.

I hate the direction football is going.

Watson's words, not mine.

You're grasping at straws and simply ignoring the rules of the game. There's a reason it wasn't called.

And yet they didn't call the one in question. Which makes it hilarious we're even discussing it.

/facepalm

Best passer Watson has ever been around.

There's literally dozens of helmet to helmet hits in every game. Yet there's only a big uproar about it when it results in injury. Like that helmet shot Niles took on that weird option play that was reviewed. Nobody made a peep about that. All this controversy about helmet to helmet contact is just based on knee jerk reactions to injuries. If that kid Martin hit got up right away, we wouldn't have heard a word about it. Hit's like that happen all the time on kick-offs. But it's only a controversy when someone gets hurt? Gimme a break. And yes Matin's hit was clean. This controversy is based on the announcer's idiocracy.

Agree 100%. Those defensive ends will be exhausted chasing around Martinez all day.