🏈 Week 11: Other Games Thread

[PhillyGirl]

Number 6 for Baylor was standing in the back of the endzone trying to rev up the fans while Oklahoma started a 4th and goal play hahah he got CHEWED OUT on the sideline.

 

[planomateo]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Source with knowledge of situation tells me Marcus Mariota has a partial sprain of his MCL <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23GoDucks&amp;src=hash">#GoDucks</a></p>&mdash; Collin Harmon (@Collin_Harmon) <a href="https://twitter.com/Collin_Harmon/statuses/398621949783322625">November 8, 2013</a></blockquote>
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[PhillyGirl]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Source with knowledge of situation tells me Marcus Mariota has a partial sprain of his MCL <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23GoDucks&amp;src=hash">#GoDucks</a></p>&mdash; Collin Harmon (@Collin_Harmon) <a href="https://twitter.com/Collin_Harmon/statuses/398621949783322625">November 8, 2013</a></blockquote>
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The plot thickens ..

 

[BamaFan615]

Targeting penalty and ejection .. Oklahoma's Shepherd still down after a big hit, not helmet to helmet, that stripped the ball. 8 trainers looking at him. 2 penalties on Baylor on the play (targeting and unnecessary roughness).

Shepherd still down after 3 minutes, golf cart coming ..

EDIT: ejection taken back after review. Interesting. It was shoulder to shoulder . And Shepherd is up!

Maybe it's because I'm still not used to these new rules against targeting, but I thought that was about as clean of a hit as it could have been. The hit was definitely shoulder to shoulder.

The commentator made the comment that the WR was defenseless, but yet the WR was able to duck his shoulder to protect himself. The WR was able to defend himself...he just got the wood laid to him.

To me, this is something that the refs will adjust to eventually. Right now, if it's a big hit, they see it as a targeting penalty. The way I see the rule, that is not the intent...and it's very annoying to me.

 

[BamaFan615]

TD Stanford 7-0.

VERY early in the game, but Stanford obviously made it a priority to control the LOS tonight.

 

[PhillyGirl]

Targeting penalty and ejection .. Oklahoma's Shepherd still down after a big hit, not helmet to helmet, that stripped the ball. 8 trainers looking at him. 2 penalties on Baylor on the play (targeting and unnecessary roughness).

Shepherd still down after 3 minutes, golf cart coming ..

EDIT: ejection taken back after review. Interesting. It was shoulder to shoulder . And Shepherd is up!

Maybe it's because I'm still not used to these new rules against targeting, but I thought that was about as clean of a hit as it could have been. The hit was definitely shoulder to shoulder.

The commentator made the comment that the WR was defenseless, but yet the WR was able to duck his shoulder to protect himself. The WR was able to defend himself...he just got the wood laid to him.

To me, this is something that the refs will adjust to eventually. Right now, if it's a big hit, they see it as a targeting penalty. The way I see the rule, that is not the intent...and it's very annoying to me.

Agreed. I really hope they change it so they can take back the penalty, not just the ejection, if it is not head to head. It's so stupid now. "Well, it didn't happen, but here's a penalty anyway".

 

[PhillyGirl]

Stanford's front 7 is eating Oregon up.

 

[bama alum]

Stanford's front 7 is eating Oregon up.

Yep! If Oregon wins this game and gets to face Bama (yes, I am fully aware...one game at a time), then CNS and staff will definitely be using this game as a blueprint.

 

[PhillyGirl]

I love Stanford's style of play. That's my kind of football.

Over in Waco, Petty is turning up the momentum.

And wow, Stanford just got a break: an interception at the 1 called back for defense e interference .. Got yards out of it instead of a turnover lol dang!

 

[PhillyGirl]

Stanford up 14-0 at 11:25 in the 2nd. Baylor up 24-5 at the half. Good games so far, though Baylor-OU started off slow.

 

[PhillyGirl]

Skov just caused a huge Oregon fumble at the Stanford 1! That's two trips to the red for Oregon and zero points to show for it.

 

[BamaFan615]

I've been switching back between the Baylor/OU and the Oregon/Stanford games. the quality of the broadcast between the two is night and day.

ESPN has it's downfalls, but the alternatives to ESPN are way too far behind.

 

[PhillyGirl]

The Fox network sucks. The announcers are terrible, the camera angles are weird, and the ads that box up the screen in steepen plays are annoying. Blech.

This Oregon-Stanford game though. Wow. Stanford is DOMINATING. Eating that clock, pounding the ball, controlling the game. How bout that "old man football"?

 

[PhillyGirl]

Oregon held scoreless in first half for first time since 2009.

 

[cjaytch]

I love it when HUNH teams run up against a tough, physical run/D team

 

[PhillyGirl]

I love it when HUNH teams run up against a tough, physical run/D team

Lovin every minute of it but there's still a lot of time to go!

 

[PhillyGirl]

Another Oregon/Mariota turnover ..

And Mariota is limping.

Baylor's Shock Linwood (I think he's a third string RB) is having a big day.

 

[BamaFan615]

Oregon picked the worst game of the season to play like a bunch of chumps.

I've heard it discussed of here numerous times before. We always talk about how important gap control is against the Oregon HUNH "Spread Option" offense. Stanford has controlled the LOS as well as their gaps.

 

[PhillyGirl]

Oregon picked the worst game of the season to play like a bunch of chumps.

I've heard it discussed of here numerous times before. We always talk about how important gap control is against the Oregon HUNH "Spread Option" offense. Stanford has controlled the LOS as well as their gaps.

Controlled? They have dominated it.

 

[BamaCore]

Oregon defense just bleeding yards now. They're tired...they've BEEN tired. Imagine what Yeldon and Drake would do to this defense.