2008 College Football

[Andy]

ND hired Georgia Tech blitz architect Jon Tenuta as assistant head coach/defense yesterday. After the destruction his guys wreaked on Irish offensive lines the last two years, I'm pumped to see what he can do with the ND front seven. Great hire.

[TruffleShuffle]

That Jeramy Stevens story makes me want to vomit.

[Guest]

I'm sure others have seen this already but Appalachian State will open at LSU next year.

[stuy119]

I'm sure others have seen this already but Appalachian State will open at LSU next year.

 

That should be interesting, especially with Perriloux running the team as his own.

[da bears]

There was a rumor floating around on a couple boards that LSU was interested in scheduling Mizzou for that spot. That would have been very interesting.

[fiver]

ESPN's Schlabach releases his 2008 college football top 25:

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=schlabach_mark&id=3240529

 

1) Georgia

2) Oklahoma

3) Ohio State

4) USC

5) Mizzou

6) Texas

7) Florida

8) LSU

[da bears]

ESPN's Schlabach releases his 2008 college football top 25:

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=schlabach_mark&id=3240529

 

1) Georgia

2) Oklahoma

3) Ohio State

4) USC

5) Mizzou

6) Texas

7) Florida

8) LSU

 

I know these don't mean anything at all, but I could definitely get used to Mizzou being in the middle of this group of college football powers.

[Guest]

I think ASU is a bit too high in that ranking, but that's me.

[Derwood]

Penn State is perpetually ranked somewhere between 16-23 every single preseason

[Jon]

Proposed rule changes:

 

NCAA.org[/url]"]The NCAA Football Rules Committee is proposing a change in the timing of the game after a play in which a runner goes out of bounds. The committee, which met February 11-13 in Indianapolis, is proposing that except in the last two minutes of each half, the game clock will start on a signal from the referee, rather than on the snap.

 

The change is one of two the committee is proposing that would affect the length of games. The other is a 40/25 second play clock system approved after a year of consideration in an effort to standardize the pace of play. Unless the game is stopped for administrative reasons (for example, change of possession or injury), the offensive team will have 40 seconds to snap the ball after it is declared dead.

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The rules committee also proposed changes intended to enhance and more strictly enforce rules related to student-athlete safety. The committee addressed helmet contact, players that target a defenseless opponent, horse collar tackling, and enhanced rules dealing with dangerous chop blocks.

 

“A main charge of the rules committee is to enhance the safety of our student-athletes,” said Clark. “In recent years, the committee has attempted to address head-down contact and dangerous helmet contact in general. The committee is directing game officials to strictly penalize head-down contact as well as players that target defenseless opponents.”

 

The committee has proposed adjusted wording to curb the incidences of dangerous helmet-related contact. In this change, the committee is giving game officials better guidance to penalize these hits.

 

“The committee is giving our game officials more tools to penalize potentially dangerous contact,” said Rogers Redding, coordinator of officials at the Southeastern Conference and secretary-rules editor of the committee beginning March 1. “Specifically, the committee is addressing players that use the crown of their helmet and players that target defenseless opponents when making contact above the shoulders.”

 

A proposal relating to the chop block rule clarifies this area and will assist in officials and coaches in the understanding of this foul.

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Another safety proposal deals with a dangerous tackle – commonly referred to as a “horse collar.” Any player will now be prohibited from grabbing the inside back collar of the shoulder pads or jersey, or the inside collar of the side of the shoulder pads or jersey, and immediately pulling the runner down.

 

The committee also made the following proposals:

 

In the rules relating to instant replay, plays where a fumble leads to an immediate recovery may be reviewed.

 

In replay rules, a coach that challenges a play and is successful will retain the right to challenge one more time for a maximum of two.

 

When a kickoff goes out of bounds, the receiving team may accept the ball at the 40-yard line instead of the 35.

 

The incidental five-yard face mask foul was removed. All face mask fouls (pulling, twisting or turning) will be a 15-yard penalty.

 

A yardage penalty for sideline control was instituted.

[da bears]

Why do they continually try to shorten the game? I don't understand what the big deal is. And I'm not a huge fan of the all face masks being 15 yards. If a player gets one finger on the helmet accidentally, that should suddenly be 15 yards? I don't like it.

[CubColtPacer]

Why do they continually try to shorten the game? I don't understand what the big deal is. And I'm not a huge fan of the all face masks being 15 yards. If a player gets one finger on the helmet accidentally, that should suddenly be 15 yards? I don't like it.

 

They aren't making all the face masks 15 yards. What they are doing is making the incidental face mask not a penalty whatsoever. If a player just grabs and releases the face mask immediately, he will not be penalized next year if the rule change goes into effect.

[Guest]

They should just make the game 5 minutes long.

[CuseCubFan69]

I'd like to see the 40 or 35 second rule like the NFL has and not the 25 second thing the refs control.

[NCCubFan]

Why do they continually try to shorten the game? I don't understand what the big deal is. And I'm not a huge fan of the all face masks being 15 yards. If a player gets one finger on the helmet accidentally, that should suddenly be 15 yards? I don't like it.

 

They aren't making all the face masks 15 yards. What they are doing is making the incidental face mask not a penalty whatsoever. If a player just grabs and releases the face mask immediately, he will not be penalized next year if the rule change goes into effect.

That was my interpretation too. Basically no harm, no foul.

[CuseCubFan69]

They should just make the game 5 minutes long.

 

Isn't that the total amount of action in a football game?

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

LSU has suspended Ryan Perrilloux indefinitely for violating team rules.

 

Link.

[shnsajax]

LSU has suspended Ryan Perrilloux indefinitely for violating team rules.

 

Link.

 

#-o . Its amazing just how stupid this kid is. As much as I wanted him at Texas, and as pissed as I was for the way he conducted things, I am glad he decommited.

[Derwood]

Tyrelle Pryor got into it with some fans at his basketball game on Saturday. we'll see if there are any ramifications. apparently, police were involved but no arrests were made

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Ryan Perrilloux may be the reason Chase Daniel is at Mizzou, so I will love him no matter how many shenanigans he gets himself into.

[shnsajax]

Ryan Perrilloux may be the reason Chase Daniel is at Mizzou, so I will love him no matter how many shenanigans he gets himself into.

 

I never thought of it that way. More reason to hate him :banghead:

[TruffleShuffle]

Terrelle Pryor got into it with some fans at his basketball game on Saturday. we'll see if there are any ramifications. apparently, police were involved but no arrests were made

 

no ramifications. he was jawing at fans who were jawing at him.

 

btw the final of the game was 64-54 and pryor had 24 points, 24 rebounds, 8 blocked shots, 7 assists. he's a pretty good athlete.

[imb]

Terrelle Pryor got into it with some fans at his basketball game on Saturday. we'll see if there are any ramifications. apparently, police were involved but no arrests were made

 

no ramifications. he was jawing at fans who were jawing at him.

 

btw the final of the game was 64-54 and pryor had 24 points, 24 rebounds, 8 blocked shots, 7 assists. he's a pretty good athlete.

 

lol, is he playing in the christian school league or something? damn.

[snoodmonger]

he's a 4* hoops recruit, #10 player at his position according to scout

[Mephistopheles]

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