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Offline dammitbobby

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Military Bowl Brawl
« on: December 28, 2024, 09:21:09 PM »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9aV7WIzWLA

The instigators (both of them) managed to not get tagged for ejection, although in all 8 of their team mates did. 

Can (Should?) replay provide assistance to onfield officials when there's a massive fight like this to make sure that the right players receive the right penalties?  I thought they could, but after this, I'm not sure... what's the correct process for this?

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Re: Military Bowl Brawl
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2024, 08:44:02 AM »
Just me but likely should have DQ’ed all of them and go to locker room
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Re: Military Bowl Brawl
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2024, 09:30:58 AM »
It may just be me (I don't think so), but, IMHO, college football is rapidly turning into gang warfare. These types of skirmishes used to occur only once every few years. They are nearly weekly, now, with "in your face" confrontations occurring in virtually every game. The NCAA has no control on this. They lost that the moment they approved NIL. The transfer portal was bad enough, before NIL, but with that, these guys will go to the highest bidder, annually, and will behave as they want. And forget about playing in the post-season, unless it is a CFP game.
The only game I enjoyed watching this year was an FCS playoff game between Montana State and South Dakota. Very well behaved players. Very well played, and coached.
Sad to watch the decline, and I'm afraid we ain't close to the bottom, yet.

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Re: Military Bowl Brawl
« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2024, 04:58:06 PM »
It may just be me (I don't think so), but, IMHO, college football is rapidly turning into gang warfare. These types of skirmishes used to occur only once every few years. They are nearly weekly, now, with "in your face" confrontations occurring in virtually every game. The NCAA has no control on this. They lost that the moment they approved NIL. The transfer portal was bad enough, before NIL, but with that, these guys will go to the highest bidder, annually, and will behave as they want. And forget about playing in the post-season, unless it is a CFP game.
The only game I enjoyed watching this year was an FCS playoff game between Montana State and South Dakota. Very well behaved players. Very well played, and coached.
Sad to watch the decline, and I'm afraid we ain't close to the bottom, yet.
SADLY, I wholeheartedly agree with your assessment. Sadly, your assessment also applies to the relatively new practice of players making silly spectacles of themselves, either alone or in formed groups of players, when they do SOMETHING/ANYTHING right, calling attention to themselves prancing like little "sisters".  That nonsense started (& seems encouraged) more at the NFL level, but is seeping it's way into televised NCAA level games and (God forbid) find it's way into NFHS and even Youth football. (YES TV is a contributing factor.)
It could be easily stopped by a CONSISTENT (Initial) flag of DOG, accompanied by a stern, personal assurance that any repeat offense would be considered UC, including disqualification.
(Dance practice & routines are reserved for "intermissions" and/or post game discussions. It would also help if Coaches actively helped in discouraging such childish (Player) behavior on and off the playing field & sideline areas before, DURING & after games.

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Re: Military Bowl Brawl
« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2024, 05:30:03 PM »
The light shows enabled by the LED stadium lighting doesn't help things as well. There have been instances where the stadium goes black after a score right in the middle when a scuffle is breaking out.

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Re: Military Bowl Brawl
« Reply #5 on: December 29, 2024, 05:39:35 PM »
The light shows enabled by the LED stadium lighting doesn't help things as well. There have been instances where the stadium goes black after a score right in the middle when a scuffle is breaking out.

The NCAA issued a video interpretation that such blackouts are not acceptable, but it will take somebody getting seriously hurt or killed to get it stopped. The institutions take the attitude of “make me” on those issues, because they know the NCAA has no will to take these things seriously, and take effective action against the conferences or individual institutions. That’s why we have players wearing Bermuda shorts, and no hip pads, etc. But, the light blackout thing can affect spectators, and somebody is gonna get hurt/killed.

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Re: Military Bowl Brawl
« Reply #6 on: December 29, 2024, 06:04:12 PM »
With the onset of NIL money being paid to the players now, I would be in support of players being fined for acts such as this. Similar to a professional athlete. Hit them where it hurts. NCAA collects the money and donates it to charitable causes.

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Re: Military Bowl Brawl
« Reply #7 on: December 29, 2024, 07:17:30 PM »
NCAA collects the money and donates it to charitable causes.

Hahahahahahahahaha. NCAA…charitable causes…. Now that’s funny! I don’t care who ya are. Larry the Cable guy has nothing on you!

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Re: Military Bowl Brawl
« Reply #8 on: December 30, 2024, 03:25:12 PM »
With the onset of NIL money being paid to the players now, I would be in support of players being fined for acts such as this. Similar to a professional athlete. Hit them where it hurts. NCAA collects the money and donates it to charitable causes.
Equipment violations (bike shorts, no knee pads, no hip pads) can be addressed with fines. This will take the onus off the officials.

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Re: Military Bowl Brawl
« Reply #9 on: December 30, 2024, 03:49:10 PM »
Equipment violations (bike shorts, no knee pads, no hip pads) can be addressed with fines. This will take the onus off the officials.

And if the NCAA wants that, they can make it happen. I ain’t holding’ my breath until it happens. They just want scapegoats.