Source: http://ift.tt/q3gEmm --- Sunday, November 27, 2016
A couple of notes on peonage ball before we get to the real thing. First, this story about how Brian Kelly “is exploring options to possibly leave the Fighting Irish program” is an absolute classic EPSN beat-sweetener. Yes, it will be entirely his decision should he decide to leave a program that is surely thrilled with his performance. And second, the OSU/Michigan game yesterday was excellent, and the while the officiating was terrible it was no worse than, say, the Steelers/Bengals playoff game last year. But the NCAA overtime system is an utter abomination. And I particularly can’t stand the “but TIES!” justification for abominations like the NCAA football OT and the NHL shootout. Yes, ties. Ties in regular season are better than arbitrarily designating a winner by suddenly switching to radically different rules. It’s a shame that a game couldn’t have been finished with proper OT that would conclude with a tie if nobody could score after a period without getting the ball automatically spotted in field goal range. Anyway, are you ready for some EXOTIC SMASHMOUTH : Mike Mularkey made some mystifying mistakes in the Titans’ 24-17 loss to the Colts. But his fake punt early in the third quarter was so daffy that he must have found it in an old file cabinet labeled “DO NOT OPEN” in Jeff Fisher’s handwriting. After Brett Kern motioned out of punt formation to telegraph the play, rookie safety Kevin Byard took the snap and handed off ...
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