Awesome!!!!!Originally Posted by HogDawg
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Awesome!!!!!
Hah!
Rice 20 Marshall 0
Ga. Southern 20 FAU 3
The two, "oh, look at us [kiss, kiss], aren't we just great!" east CUSA squads got pummeled today. Got so sick & tired of MU and FAU fans posting how great they are and how much better the east division is, blah, blah, blah...well, news flash! You are in CUSA, which means you suck too!
Oh, how those arrogant fans liked to post that the east division winner will cakewalk over the west division winner in the CCG. Rice showed 'em they ain't much better, (no better!) than the west. We are all in CUSA, we all suck collectively.
And look at Coastal...wow! but they have been at this stuff a long time. Why, this is their 4th season in FBS, ya know! I suppose when Louisiana Tech has that many years to build a program, we might be good too.
Talking about going forward. Never has seemed fair that a team can benefit by using an illegal kick to give up just 2 points instead of turning the ball over deep in its own territory.
What are you talking about? So, you seriously have a problem with a football team --forget that it's ULL for a minute-- ANY FOOTBALL TEAM, taking a proactive safety to get out of poor field position? It's a strategic part of the game, and it's been around since the dawn of football time. If you think that's "illegal", you probably have a problem with a lot of other long-time rules too.
Just because something may have been around since the "dawn of time" doesn't mean it shouldn't be changed. Perfect examples are the forward pass which was originally illegal from when the first official rules were formulated in 1876 until 1906 or when 4th down was added in 1912.
It's one thing to take a safety when the player is in possession of the football. That is a "proactive" safety.
I'm talking about a loose ball not in possession being illegally kicked or illegally batted which are 10 yards plus loss of down penalties. The defense should have the option of taking the penalty with loss of down if the ball goes out of the end zone. On any down other than 4th down, the defensive team will take the safety every time. But the defense should have the option of the 10-yard penalty from the previous spot when that would give the defensive team possession if the foul happens on 4th down.
So.....you're talking about a play OTHER THAN the ULL safety at the end of their Appy St game? Because the play I saw with approximately 1:30 left, nobody kicked or illegally batted the football. It was not a loose ball. The ULL QB simply took the snap and headed for the end zone behind him.
On the previous ULL possession when the Cajuns were up by 7 their punter kicked the ball out of the back of the end zone after one of the several snaps went over his head. That is the play I am talking about.
Intentional safeties with ball in possession like the ULL QB gave up to cut their lead from 5 to 3 are a perfectly legitimate strategy.
Rice ground up UAB's depleted defense in a 19-play drive for a FG on its opening possession. UAB has two 3-and-outs. Rice up 3-0 with 13:00 left in the half and is driving again.
Rice adds another FG to make it 6-0 with 10:09 left in the 2nd.
Blazers offense woke up with a long pass play to start a TD drive. 7-6 UAB 6:55 2nd.
Rice retakes the lead 13-7 after a long drive aided by two UAB penalties. And that's halftime.
UAB is now torching the Rice secondary. Two quick Blazer TDs have made in 21-13 with 10:16 left in the 3rd.
Of course, I may be biased... but Army won best uniform this year. But it was very close.
It must be me. With about 4 min left, I tuned in to this game, and Rice has done nothing but go backwards.
- On 1st down the Rice QB threw the ball out of bounds.
- On 2nd down, a UAB defender batted the ball down at the LOS.
- On 3rd down, the Rice QB took a 12-15 yd loss on a sack.
Looked like more a typical Rice team to me.
Rice QB got knocked out of the game in the 4th quarter, and UAB holds on to win 21-16.
So did UAB use nunchucks or brass knuckles?
Forearm to the gut. Couldn't tell if there was a cast involved like in The Longest Yard.
UAB showed its class (not) at the end of the game after sacking the Rice backup QB in the last few seconds. After the sack one of the Blazer defenders starting doing snow angels where the ball needed to be spotted. White hat Rodney Burnette correctly stopped the clock and let Rice spike the ball to have a final play.
Their 2nd string QB went out, so the 3rd string came in and did nothing.
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