SB Nation User Blog: afrokinger

Logic in the Men's Basketball Polls?

afrokinger — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:17:27 -0000

Logic in the Men's Basketball Polls?

Last week, Texas was ranked #7 and Notre Dame was ranked #8. Notre Dame beat Texas 81-80 in Maui.

What do the pollsters do this week? Switch them!

That's too damn logical for my blood.

Chase Daniel on cover of this week's ESPN the Magazine

afrokinger — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:05:38 -0000

Chase Daniel on cover of this week's ESPN the Magazine

and not a Longhorn in sight!!! Must've been taken last week.

ESPN heroically claims "No college QB plays his position better than Chase Daniel." Nice.

Hold Much?

afrokinger — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:06:53 -0000

Is it just me or do they not call holding any more?

We can agree the officiating the past two weeks has been suspect. Missed calls (Oklahoma's illegal man downfield twice in one series), bad calls (Oklahoma's "late hit" when Colt slipped running out of bounds), and unbelievable calls (Missouri's TD of 4th and 7 when the receiver was clearly out of bounds) have been the only real negative so far in the season.

That being said, I still can't get over the lack of holding calls on our opponents. Loadholt and Missouri's LT (Elvis Fisher for anyone who cares) just tackled Orakpo any time he got by and neither were called for holding the entire game. I nearly had an aneurysm on Missouri's long pass play before halftime when Orakpo was tackled from behind while chasing Daniel.

My kingdom for a competent umpire!