Category Archives: Big Ten Football

TFW spell check isn’t an editor

Big Ten dude at Saturday Down South has this observation in a piece about how Monken’s departure could open the natty doors for Michigan and Ohio State:

Yeah, dumb typo, and all.  But I’m not sure that harping on the departures at ‘Bama and Georgia, while downplaying Stroud’s departure at OSU, is that much smarter.

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Filed under Alabama, Big Ten Football, Georgia Football, Media Punditry/Foibles

The places NIL can take you now.

I’m not saying this is my style (pretty tacky, honestly), but I can see how all the whining in certain corners has given somebody a bright idea on how to turn a buck.

Georgia-based memorabilia business called More Than Sports is selling two different signed photos of Javon Bullard’s hit on Marvin Harrison Jr. that knocked the OSU wideout unconscious during the Buckeyes’ College Football Playoff loss late in the third quarter on New Year’s Eve.

On both photos, which are being sold for $129.99 each, Bullard has inscribed the phrase “Night Night” along with his signature.

Oh, the humanity.  That ought to fuel enough outrage to keep the Buckeyes going for months.

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“The worst call in College Football history”

Siri, is it possible to get group therapy for an entire fan base?

Asking for a friend…

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Sour grapes on steroids

OMFG:  “Steve Says: Lack of transparency on targeting call brings credibility of national title into question“.

I really don’t want to excerpt from the piece, because the whole thing needs to be taken in its entirety to be fully appreciated.  Suffice to say it makes some of Finebaum’s tin hat callers seem rational.

A classic of the genre, in other words.  Make sure you read to the finish.  The last three paragraphs are perfection.

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Filed under BCS/Playoffs, Big Ten Football, Georgia Football

Winners win.

Losers bitch about the officiating.

Ryan Day wanted an explanation.

The non-targeting call on Javon Bullard’s third-quarter hit on Marvin Harrison Jr. in the Peach Bowl might have cost Ohio State a chance to play in the national championship game. While the play was initially ruled targeting following a third-down pass from C.J. Stroud to Harrison in the end zone, the call was changed after a subsequent review. Harrison was sidelined for the rest of the game, Ohio State had to settle for a field goal and Georgia ended up winning the College Football Playoff semifinal matchup by just one point.

Immediately after the game, Day said “I’d have to see the replay” before coming to a conclusion about the non-call. A full month after the fact, Day’s had plenty of time to review the controversial play, and it’s no surprise where he stands. During a press conference at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center Wednesday, Day said he sought subsequent clarification from officials on the ruling but didn’t get the answer he was looking for.

“I made a lot of calls after the game. I felt like it was targeting. In the moment, and when things are moving fast and you can’t see the replay, it’s very hard to see,” Day said. “The hard thing for me is to see and understand that and have our medical staff let us know that he was knocked unconscious, and that’s why we’re not going to put him back in the game. Yet the flag gets picked up for targeting.”

Day said he talked to Big Ten coordinator of football officials Bill Carollo before speaking with the Pac-12, who supplied the officiating crew for the Peach Bowl. Day then spoke with national coordinator of officials Steve Shaw, who told him it was not a direct hit to Harrison’s head.

Day disagrees.

“I spoke with the officials in the Big Ten and had a great conversation with Bill. I then called at the Pac-12 to find out an explanation there. The explanation that was told to me was that it wasn’t forceable enough,” Day said. “I then asked to speak with the head of the officials, Steve Shaw. He explained to me that the hit didn’t go right to Marvin’s head, that it wasn’t a shot right on his head, it was to the shoulder. I completely disagree with that. But that was the decision that was made and those are the two explanations I was given.”

Allow Marvin Harrison Jr. to retort.

The other thing Day conveniently fails to mention is that Harrison Jr. went out of the back of the end zone before coming back in to try to make the catch, which should have resulted in at best (from Day’s standpoint) offsetting penalties.

Ah, well.  At least he’s got this year’s Metchie and Williams story to comfort him during the offseason.

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