There have been so many questionable, at best, game deciding calls/no calls in college football this year that we can't sit here with straight faces and call it coincidence. Conference affiliated referees represent entities with vested financial interest in outcomes of certain games.
The clock starts when the timekeeper starts it. Further it does not go to 3.999- at that instant. blah blah
Speaking of BS: no, altitude does not lead to airing throws. As I posted earlier, I live at 5518 feet above sea level. Yes, things which go high in the air with high velocity carry further: a kicked football (maybe three to five yards), golf shots, baseballs hit with a bat. Things that do not carry further or somehow defy gravity: thrown baseballs and footballs, basketball shots, etc. do not go further or just fail to drop/float around as if it is outer space.I haven't read any of this thread because I know its full of bs
BUT (and I'm sure someone has already said this), I feel like that altitude played a huge role in Carr missing multiple throws. He usually doesn't air mail that many throws downfield.
BYU had a great gameplan that they saw in how UNC attacked on offense, and they pulled the Boise State (in the heyday) plays of trickery. This was their super bowl, and they showed up.
I'm only pissed at the fumble in the first half that was caused by a BYU player, and the missed PI and second on the clock at the end. The refs don't F that up and we're having different discussions.
Denbrock is vanilla though, and Ash wasn't ready for the big moment.
My two cents.
I’m not going to argue with you but science says you’re wrong. It’s not an excuse for poor play but on long throws the ball will absolutely travel farther.
I’ve been arguing with asshats for two days about this. Yes the clock started late but these people are sitting there with stop watches timing it. Clock operation is one thing we’ve all agreed for 100 years that has human error involved. If they want to make that claim then we should go back to every play of the quarter and see when the clock stops after each incompletion etc. I would bet we can come up with 15 secinds
Yeah you're wrong dude, there is less air resistance which causes a ball to travel further. Hence, me saying that the altitude may have played a factor in some of his overthrows that he usually hits.
And if history serves, he will never be this good of a thrower ever again…
I'm at 5,430 feet, but more imporrtantly, I've watched football for decades. Do you really think it's an incredible coincidence that the mountain schools tend to recruit the best punters time and time again?
Exactly. There’s a reason airplanes prefer to travel at the highest altitude they can reach
I thought denbrocks game plan was blah and player usage was terrible. With that said, if CJ carr plays average in the first half ND puts up at least 17 (TD to faison and FG at minimum to end half). Average CJ carr in the second half and ND puts up 17 as well, we hit another TD instead of a FG, but don't go for 2 poin conversion. That's a 34-28 game.
As I said, things higher in the air with higher velocity (kicked footballs were one of the examples) will travel further. We're talking 3 to 5 yards. Golf balls travel maybe 10 yards further. Baseballs and footballs thrown are not high enough or fast enough to hang for any significant amount of time which really impacts anything. A fade thrown from the nine yard line is not going three feet over somebody's head because of altitude. That's pure horse crap.
100% Gilbert is good against the average teams. I want to see what Burress can do, I think you get the ball to him in space he's gonna put up 75-100 yards a game. Lets see what Burress, Fitzgerald and Frazier can do.
As O’Malley stated, “you don’t trust Matt Jeffrey enough w/ the playbook to spell Faison for 10 or so snaps?!”
Freeman is on this message board, doesn't like you, and does not want you to be right about burress.
That assumes football referees and their conference-backed entities want more transparency.
I tend to agree. The philosophy/identity, whatever you want to call it is avoiding negative plays and staying on schedule. It's boring and frustrating when the team is built to be so much better than "don't beat yourself." But it is what it is until it isn't, and it's not worth getting riled up about it at this point.
Nevermind that Jeffrey probably blocks better out wide than our TEs we seem insistent on flexing
