Wednesday, October 24, 2007

MU's View

A nice interview with Mizzou's
QB Daniel
where one of my questions coming into the season is
confirmed: Gene is running the same schemes he ran at Auburn and UTA,
but with inferior athletes. Either the talent level is going to have to
come up, or the schemes will have to evolve. Would that be "Coaching
Down" is Gene's view?

Also mentioned is href="http://thewizardofodds.blogspot.com/2007/10/did-he-or-didnt-he.html">this
photo which reveals the critical holding call from last year.
I recall seeing a photo from a moment earlier where you can clearly see
handful of jersey instead of hooked arm. Regardless of the technical
rule, when one a blocker is perpendicular to a defender and holding on
to any part of his body he is screaming for a flag.

But I love the next part:

"Either way, Missouri’s gripe wasn’t necessarily that there was no hold, but that a hold was called on a goal-line play in the first place."

What, the offense can do whatever is wants in the Red Zone? Does that mean
pass interference shouldn't be called in the end zone, either? I just
don't get the logic, and I also don't understand why the officials
apologized for it later. If it is the right call at the 50, its the
right call at the 5.

Besides, ISU has been on the short end of enough official calls in the Red Zone over the years that it is going to take a dozen more going ISU's way to even the karma, so to speak.

Peterclone

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