I'd guess BU Baseball will at least be in the mix as well, but barring a Johnnie collapse down the stretch I think it's too far out for us to close that gap.

My 6th grade son's basketball season came to close, reason for the board to care ... one of his coaches was none other than OneArmedScott.

OAS was a little more gentle with the refs than he used to be in his glory days pacing MAC games dressed up as a blind ref 

Quote from: OzJohnnie on February 05, 2025, 06:11:11 PMSo, the NFL is coming to Melbourne.  It looks like the Rams will host the Eagles at the MCG in a week one contest that will fall in the bye week before the AFL Grand Final.

My mates are very excited and already planning to go.  I'll go with them, I guess, but the MCG is huge, and we'll be soooo far from the action.  Anyways, we'll see.

Saw this and thought of you Oz. But now that you say the field stuff that makes sense. Sorta like watching football games in baseball stadiums, there can be some really weird seats that are 30+ yds from the sideline.

Quote from: GoldandBlueBU on February 10, 2025, 10:25:16 AM

Quote from: DuffMan on February 10, 2025, 09:36:32 AMThe vibe at the gathering I was at was, "Who the hell is Kendrick Lamar?" 

Asked the kids on the way home, and they of course, are familiar with him and enjoyed the show.

First time that I have not been familiar with a single song of the halftime performer.  My 15 year old nephew knew all the songs, however.  Lamar himself isn't super young, but apparently he's for the kids.

Yup, compared to a few years ago when it was all 90's Hip Hop and I knew every word ... this year I knew KL was a celeb but had zero familiarly with his music. Definitely felt old, also definitely didn't care 

I'd guess a lot of teams will have to do some rebuilding. This was the last season of the COVID super seniors.

Congrats to NCC. A dominant playoff run capping off a dominant Lehnen era. The cupboard looks awfully full, with some key elite pieces to replace.

Quote from: DuffMan on December 22, 2024, 08:56:00 AM

Quote from: faunch on December 22, 2024, 08:17:40 AMThen start the season a week earlier and get the championship game done before Christmas.

That's not feasible because it puts a huge financial burden on every D3 program--they cover the cost of feeding and housing their teams prior to the start of the school semester.

That and I have no problem giving the Stagg teams a few weeks to heal up and prepare. It's a gauntlet to get there, give both teams a shot at having all their guys healthy.

Quote from: Johns Knees on December 20, 2024, 02:52:44 PM

Quote from: hazzben on December 20, 2024, 11:32:39 AMJung is officially committed to Wisconsin. He also had visits lined up at Minnesota and Northwestern (older Bro's former coach at NDSU is at the latter). Hope he balls out and makes the leap. Twitter comments showing the ignorance of quality D3 talent that is out there.

On another note, ref in Sus game apologized to the Bethel AD after seeing the replay of the final play. FWIW

Safe money in these semifinal games feels like NCC vs. Mount. JHU D could make it interesting. I don't think Sus has enough on D to hang with NCC. And if you get after their QB, his accuracy takes a nose dive. Hoping we get some competitive games.

Apologized for calling a hold? Or for saying the game was over?

Both from what I understand. But the replay was of the hold.

Jung is officially committed to Wisconsin. He also had visits lined up at Minnesota and Northwestern (older Bro's former coach at NDSU is at the latter). Hope he balls out and makes the leap. Twitter comments showing the ignorance of quality D3 talent that is out there.

On another note, ref in Sus game apologized to the Bethel AD after seeing the replay of the final play. FWIW

Safe money in these semifinal games feels like NCC vs. Mount. JHU D could make it interesting. I don't think Sus has enough on D to hang with NCC. And if you get after their QB, his accuracy takes a nose dive. Hoping we get some competitive games.

Quote from: Pat Coleman on December 17, 2024, 03:55:11 PM

Quote from: sfury on December 17, 2024, 02:59:25 PMJung enters the portal. Figure big bucks are coming his way at a bigger school.

Or even more NLI money at Bethel.

Bethel doesn't do NIL money

Quote from: DriftlessDuhawk on December 14, 2024, 03:40:50 PMImpartial observer here...

Any time a shoulder pad is able to be seen due to a jersey being pulled a holding call typically follows.

I also do not think it impacted the play but yeah that's normally a flag.

Yeah, but they didn't call the preceding 20 of them during the game. They let it slide all day, in plays where the BU (16 and 34 probably got jersey pulled 6 times alone) defender was literally touching the ball carrier. Here the DE had no clear path to Drews. 

Quote from: USee on December 14, 2024, 04:21:14 PM

Quote from: Johns Knees on December 14, 2024, 03:45:52 PM

Quote from: sfury on December 14, 2024, 03:38:07 PMAsked my uncle, who's a football official. I pointed out the jersey tug. His take, take it as you will:

"I saw that in the video. To me that's not enough for a flag because it didn't really impede the D end."

Did you show him the false start? I'm still trying to figure that one out. Seemed clear the defense came across the line and then the lineman moved.

You obviously didn't see the St John's game last week. In college, if the DLine enters the neutral zone and the OL jumps, its a false start on the offense. Different rule in the NFL (would be a defensive penalty). 77 on Bethel should not have moved and if you snap the ball its a free play and offsides.

No what they called last week was that if the OL jumps from the other side of the center it's by rule a false start. The explanation the ref gave in the SJU game was that the OLineman who reacted wasn't the player directly across from the defender.

Quote from: sfury on December 14, 2024, 03:17:07 PMYeah a tug for sure. Ref probably gets more grief if you don't call this.

https://x.com/MartyDietz50/status/1868023390428123601

The issue is they didn't call that stuff the entire game. I could go back and find a dozen jersey grabs on Sus Scrambles that were no calls. He wasn't getting to the qb past Janes (#58). It had no bearing on the play. And again, you let much more egregious holds go the rest of the game. 

Quote from: BiggieSmalls on December 14, 2024, 03:08:44 PM

Quote from: Johns Knees on December 14, 2024, 03:03:26 PM

Quote from: BiggieSmalls on December 14, 2024, 02:56:14 PMI believe the hold was on the RB who was helping with the RT. He grabbed jersey of DE. Probably didn't need to as that DE was not likely to make a tackle on QB by his release.

I thought they called it on the tackle before the RB engaged. But who knows.

Agreed. I didn't see the RT hold, but the RB who was helping the RT did tug the jersey of DE.

https://x.com/sickoscommittee/status/1868021681295708522?s=61&t=c8LwTNLp_oVjLrgDCyIjrA

First that wasn't a hold. Second they hadn't called a hold all day and there were times they could have. You establish how you're calling the game and let the players play.

More than that. They blew the neutral zone/offsides on 4th and 4 the drive before. Should have been 1st and 10 and bethel deep in Sus territory.

Having said that. Great game and more so great season Royals. Loved this senior class. So many big plays in key moments. Including a walk off TD in the quarterfinals. Love what this coaching staff has cooking. Loved our fight and physicality all year long.

Great day to be a Royal!!

Quote from: Retired Old Rat on December 14, 2024, 02:43:21 PMCrushing loss. Where was the hold?

There wasn't. It was a total screw job.