Posted on 10/30/2011 2:58:17 PM PDT by FlJoePa
Great field level camera work that shows you what it is actually like to be on the field at the end of a game like that. You hear every sound and see every player chest bump.
You can see the students in the south end zone begin to come together in an effort to distract the kicker.
Ill's kicker is one of the best in the country. He's usually automatic.
You can’t get fans to your stadium because of snow? That’s sad.
40,000 fans didn’t show up because it snowed? 40,000?
Fairy Guy?
Faulty Gun?
Foolish Grandma?
Failed Golfers?
Fracking Geologists?
Foolish Goofballs?
Funny Girls?
Foamy Giants?
Dang, man! Be specific!
That game was won a few plays before the kick — on a phantom, BAILOUT-HOMEJOB pass interference call.
No way did that play warrant that call, especially when it really was the difference in the ballgame.
Well, Penn State is in the middle of nowhere and the roads are not the easiest to use in the snow. Several inches of snow are a real problem on most roadways.
Frivolous Geriatrics?
Feral Gnus?
Forrest Gump.
Has to be.
Oh, I’m sure it makes things difficult, but the whole idea just makes me envision Joe Paterno telling his players, “Ok, boys, we got a tough one today. The weatherman says it’s gonna be cloudy.”
futuristic gravitologist
field goal
flagelistic godologist
Cars were sliding off the road all over the place and at one point a big 18 wheel tanker truck in front of us and stopped because of the snarled traffic, started sliding backward and right toward us. My husband’s friend said, now’s the time to see how good your four wheel vehicle really is. We also witnessed a large camper that caught on fire and we were stuck behind it for over an hour. By the time a fire truck got there, all that was left was a smoldering pile of ash. We were only about an hour from Penn State but it took us five hours to get into town. It was one of the scariest drives I’ve ever been on.
The snow squalls and bitter temps along with 40 mph wind gusts continued through game day. Even though I was dressed for cold weather; thermal underwear, ski socks and gloves, etc. by half time I couldn’t feel anything from the waist down. We went back to the car at half time to warm up and ended up staying there until the game was over, listening to the game on the radio.
I watched it 10 times. It was clearly interference. Both officials immediately threw flags. I don’t know what you were watching.
It was clearly a bailout. Period. At that stage of the game, PSU was throwing a desperation pass. It was a bailout. It decided the game.
I was watching it as a neutral observer (other than the $100 I had on Illinois; they covered, so no prob). I just think they’d have never let a PI on PSU have decided the game if the roles had been exactly reversed.
I hate bailouts.
About 40 years ago, Alabama got screwed over on a flagrant out of bounds call at PSU that allowed them to beat Bama. It was so bad, Sports Illustrated did a story on it complete with pictures and diagrams.
If there is one thing Seahawk fans know about - it's getting screwed by the refs.
The defender had Moye’s right arm tied up the entire end of the play. Moye would have to have made the catch one-handed, left-handed.
It was the right call. Good play on the defender’s part, because if he doesn’t commit the penalty, its a touchdown.
Joe Paterno is a great coach and outstanding human being, but there are several games left in the season...it wouldn't have hurt to have his 409th win come in the next game. It would have given them another chance to get all worked up over the "409" bit.
Most importantly, the Illini wouldn't have lost...
Well, there’s only 3 games left in the season. PSU is running out of games to lose.
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