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Post by WCHC Sports on Jan 9, 2024 10:40:12 GMT -5
An anecdote: the FBI had me submit timed runs and physical fitness metrics that I did on my own during training. I had to make sure I was meeting minimum obligations to continue to go forward. With that, had I continued with the process, I'd have to meet their standards, in their gym, and on their track, under their observation, in order to qualify. Everyone would be subject to those same requirements, no matter what prior preparation, genetic gifts, or resources they had available to them previously.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Jan 9, 2024 10:34:03 GMT -5
I thought the SAT, and all standardized tests, were racist, and that's why they were all dropped.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Jan 8, 2024 12:31:43 GMT -5
What's the logic of putting a game featuring the nation's top (or second) tv market and putting it where many, many folks are going to skip the aggravation of finding it? A check for $133 million signed by NBC Universal.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Jan 8, 2024 9:58:36 GMT -5
Not every year after RW. The HC "road warriors" did win a PL tournament title and an NCAA game in the not too distant past. Play-in-game doesn't have the same flavor, but we won't argue that here.
I remember that team well. Besides sharing a first name and a number (#22) with Champion, I liked his game and attitude. I was absolutely stone cold sober (not) at Stout FiDi watching that game. Even that season, the team was 15-20 overall (seems like most of us would PAY for that this year), including only 5-13 in league play (does not include the four straight PLT wins).
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Post by WCHC Sports on Jan 8, 2024 9:33:41 GMT -5
We scored nineteen points in the first half, and can't make free throws. You seriously can get kids at the park to play better basketball.
Is the appeal of A) an HC diploma, B) having to do arduous school work for four years, C) travel on a bus across Pennsylvania, and D) not get paid all worth it? Add to the mix: are the kids who can play basketball "smart" enough to get into HC?
Forget the last four years (the seemingly arbitrary time period prior posters are using to show progress/records/etc.)... HC basketball has been virtually embarrassing since RW left.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Jan 5, 2024 12:39:31 GMT -5
I don't see statistical evidence that Poffenberger is a better passer than Matt Sluka. He did throw a lot more passes, but I don't believe he waas more effective Stat= Poff/Sluka
Att= 472/197 Comp= 277/122 Yards= 3,603/1,728 TD's=36/20 INT=13/5
Rating=142.5/164.0 Comp %= 58.7%/61.9% Yds per Att= 7.6/8.8 TD %=7.6%/10.2% INT %= 2.8%/2.5%As a passer, Poffenberger covered twice the distance on earth with a marginal added risk in turnover %. You have to get their rushing statistics involved to try to get close to apples to apples.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Jan 4, 2024 16:57:48 GMT -5
I feel like these kids are better. . . . Raynor's roster in his last year included freshmen Ryan Serravalle and Pat Whearty, sophs Jared Curry and Juan Pegues, and Josh Sankes sitting out his transfer year. Believe Brian Wilson, who came in the following season, was also a Raynor recruit.
They would have mopped the floor with this year's roster.
I got guys at the House of Hoops in Ardsley that probably could, too.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Jan 4, 2024 9:10:53 GMT -5
Few pitchers in the entire game average over 7 innings per start. If you have even a single one on your team, it's unusual in the modern game. However, every starting pitcher accrues runs to build an ERA, and one whose ERA hovers around 2 is going to be the best starter on your team.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Jan 3, 2024 9:35:30 GMT -5
You are correct on that Sale didn't do much for the Sox after 2018. I have often wondered if the Sox did that to themselves by using Sale as a closer and a starter in the post season because Kimbrel was not reliable down the stretch. That being said, Sale was the #1 starter and best pitcher on the team that year. In my opinion, no way was he a coin flip #3 or #4., That was from memory. I looked up some stats to make sure my memory wasn't getting fuzzy Sale 2.11 ERA Price 3.58 ERA Porcello 4.28 ERA Porcello and Price both had more starts and wins than Sale (although Sale had a better win percentage) but it's hard to rank a starting pitcher behind another starter who's ERA is double his 27 starts, 12 wins, 158 innings pitched, 0 complete games.....don't think that defines a #1 An ERA just shy of 2 makes him a #1.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Jan 2, 2024 16:50:28 GMT -5
Don't confuse this with college hockey. The pay is so good, and you're on a college campus, it's probably better than being in the real world and in the NFL.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Jan 2, 2024 16:19:54 GMT -5
Quote directly from Dan Campbell today, which I did not read until now [my emphasis in bold below]:
“You’re not worried about the officials, because you’ve already explained it,” Campbell said Tuesday. “You’ve already explained the whole thing. It’s the defense you’re trying to confuse. They’re going to know what it is because the number’s going to be called out over the PA, you’re just hoping somebody falls asleep. They see (Dan) Skipper run out and they’re like, ‘Oh, it’s the jumbo tight end again,’ and they don’t realize that 68 is the one who reported eligible. If they’re on their stuff, it’s not going to matter, anyway. If they’re listening, they’re going to know 68’s eligible, unless it gets called wrong.”
So there you have it. He admits that he was trying to confuse the defense, but the refs were going to clarify what was actually happening anyway, and also acknowledged a vulnerability to his plan that the refs might call it wrong. Campbell is smart and knows this in hindsight. We've seen enough O-linemen catch TDs that he could have sent #68 solely, clearly, definitively to report as eligible and chances were good they'd catch the Cowboys napping anyway.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Jan 2, 2024 16:13:25 GMT -5
I think we'll win a third of our games. I'm not confident, but I think we'll be hotter later, than early, with underclassman featuring prominently.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Jan 2, 2024 15:46:36 GMT -5
Kinda, of course. But if Detroit didn't try to pull some shady sneaky stuff, which was an effort in futility in the first place, the refs wouldn't have had anything to get tripped up on (aside from the normal holding, PI, and other missed call nonsense on a play-to-play basis). If Detroit's scheme-- again, wouldn't have been allowed to throw Dallas off much anyway-- was dependent on the refs being Rhodes Scholars, then I think they deserve quite a bit of blame too.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Jan 2, 2024 15:44:04 GMT -5
We're starting to get into the "that guy is still playing" mode?Some guy on the Rutgers game at the Pinstripe Bowl a few days ago is like an eight or nine year player between COVID and multiple medical redshirt seasons. You're gonna have 32 year old players soon...
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Post by WCHC Sports on Jan 2, 2024 15:40:17 GMT -5
Detroit having no timeouts left is their fault for myriad reasons. They chose to confuse for reasons that are not allowed-- the ref is going to say who is eligible over a PA system to the whole stadium-- and only possible confusion that could legally occur, did: the refs got lost. Detroit was made to suffer the consequences.
I understand the logic of going for the win: you might never get the ball back, you might never be on the five or two or seven yard line in OT... but I like having multiple downs to make a play instead of a winner-take-all play after the letdown of the penalized and disallowed prior 2PT try. I'd kick the FG and hope to get the ball back in OT.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Jan 2, 2024 9:40:29 GMT -5
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh man you guys didn't know a Cowboys fan has been coming after these cold takes on Twitter all weekend. So here I am to stir the pot for a relatively dormant thread:
- The ref has many responsibilities, especially pre-snap while the play clock ticks down. He's running away from the cavalcade of Lions players while #68 attempts to report because he has a responsibility for the Dallas defense to know #70 (who the ref thinks is reporting) is eligible. It's the ref's gaff, but why did he mess up?
- #68, who after the game would not explicitly explain what he did, only that he did "what Campbell told him to do," was initially in the huddle. Goff sent him out of the huddle to go report. #68's "oh, #@*&$~!!" moment. So right away, let's not all think the Lions were spotless in their mindset and execution of this play from the start just because they told you that A) they practiced it all week and B) they told the refs about it in advance.
- Penei Sewell, mountain of a human being, is trying to stand between the Dallas defense and the head official, seen as #68 is trotting towards the same official. #70 (who had reported eligible multiple times earlier this game, perhaps setting up the trickeration of the final play) is running towards the ref from the sideline. Did #68 actually say "report" as he claims he did in the post game interview? (Of course, he would NEVER admit: "I forgot, and when Goff sent me out of the huddle to go tell the ref, I missed my chance to get his attention as the ref was running away thinking #70 was reporting again.") Did the ref hear him? Did the ref assume #70 was reporting eligible again? All important details left to chance/referee ineptitude that the Lions could have better controlled themselves.
- INSTEAD, they tried to deceive Dallas. None of the players did the traditional hand wash/jersey number erase motion with their hands clearly rubbing over their chests. Detroit knows this immediately keys the defense to at least CONSIDER the chance that that individual can catch a pass. The Lions knew that having a bunch of players stands around the ref would create some confusion for the Dallas defense.
- Yet, the ref announces over the PA that #70 is an eligible receiver. Why do they do this? (To quote My Cousin Vinny: "It's called DISCLOZYUH, you dickhead!") THE DEFENSE HAS TO BE TOLD WHO CAN CATCH A PASS WHEN THEY LOOK LIKE, DRESS LIKE, AND HAVE A NUMBER LIKE SOMEBODY THAT NORMALLY ISN'T ALLOWED TO CATCH A PASS! Does Dallas have to be told he WILL be thrown the ball? No. Does Dallas have to be told where that player will be in the formation? No. Does Dallas have to be told where he's going to run? No. Does Dallas have to be told his name, prior position, number of times he's run routes that game, etc.? No. They just have to know it would be permitted. Dallas didn't cover him, because the refs didn't indicate he'd be worthy of needing to be covered. Is the number/reporting rule "stupid" as said above? That's a matter of conjecture, but the rule is in place and has been in place as long as people wearing 60-79 have gone out for passes. The range of numbers actually decreased as the pros moved more towards a college-level flexibility on "skill players" or more specifically, ball-touching players' numbers.
- The Lions wanted to hide who was allowed to catch a pass. Leave aside for a second that the refs made a mistake on who they thought they were told/heard the Lions wanted to be eligible. Detroit sought to deceive what the rules make clear is supposed to be loudly, clearly, and publicly confirmed: any lineman-numbered person eligible to catch the ball on that play. In this move to deceive Dallas (understandable why they may have done so, of course), the Lions also confused the officials who confirm and bestow said eligibility.
- Once the Lions heard "#70 reporting as eligible," they could have and should have called timeout. Instead they moved forward with the play that "worked," but can be argued it only worked because it was illegal. The ref's flag holds that position that the play was impermissible as executed.
You can tell a ref "I'm going to do X, Y, and Z," beforehand, but that still doesn't mean they now have the obligation to remember all your iterations on the playbook 3 hours later and be on the lookout for it. It's different from calling out illegal actions that you see and should be flagged ("That OT on KC traditionally lines up off the line of scrimmage every snap," or, "Patrick Peterson is grabbing my guys' shoulder pads.") to indicate the potential for something that may or may not ever happen: "If the situation arises, I am probably going to do something that is legal but confusing for the other team so please let it go because I'm following the rules."
I think was extremely prepared and wise for Campbell to do this before the game. I admire him as a coach. Yet, there's no guarantee any ref is going to remember a pregame speech about play design quirks when you're launching smoke screens all over the most tense point of the game when the clock ticking. The head official was reportedly not even in that pre-game meeting.
Campbell still could have kicked the FG and went to OT. If it works out and they score the 2PT conversion, or win in OT, nobody's arguing that play anymore. We'd be hearing 500 talking heads on TV and radio call the Cowboys choke artists. Instead, the Lions, and the vast majority of other NFL fans who hate the Cowboys, are bitching about refs. What about the tripping penalty called a few plays earlier against Dallas TE Hendershot (#87)? The replay clearly indicates that Detroit DE Hutchison (#97) committed the actual tripping offense. Not only must have the head official confused/misheard "ninety-seven" with "eighty-seven" when told the offender by his referee counterpart, but he confused/misheard "Detroit" with "Dallas" too. If that penalty was correctly called, Dallas runs the clock out and Detroit doesn't get the ball back with nearly as much time, if any at all, to come back down the field and attempt to tie/win the game.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Dec 29, 2023 9:24:42 GMT -5
It's the likely latest class graduation decade of the average attendees.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Dec 29, 2023 9:14:13 GMT -5
A couple of noteworthy stats on Elms: 3) the largest crowd that Elms has played in front of this season is 254 Well the good news is that we're not going to break that record for them.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Dec 26, 2023 10:53:53 GMT -5
Quick shoutout to the Elms College employee responsible for covering the men’s basketball team. The Blazers, 2-11 overall and 0-2 in the conference, seem destined to fulfill the preseason prediction of finishing 15th of 15th. Scanning the team’s site, the headlines (below) make clear how the team has been overrun, fell short, been topped, keeled, been dropped, etc. but never “lost”. Doc Emrick moonlighting as their SID? He had an encyclopedia of verbs to define the way a hockey puck can be affected on the ice. One of my favorites to listen to in any capacity.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Dec 21, 2023 14:51:34 GMT -5
For all the talk about him, don't you have to include Gordie Lockbaum?
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Post by WCHC Sports on Dec 21, 2023 11:33:01 GMT -5
I'm sick of giving everyone chances. We give chances out for years. Then we retool, and have to give out more chances. We're like the second draw pile in Monopoly. I want to see results. And there are many of your that are far older than I am and have actually seen the glory days. I just want to be respected every year.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Dec 21, 2023 11:04:23 GMT -5
You think it can't get lower, and then it gets lower.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Dec 21, 2023 9:40:56 GMT -5
We have a game at 2:00 today. Anyone out there? Please remind the team.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Dec 21, 2023 9:37:57 GMT -5
He's gotta win football games having (likely) lost one of the most dynamic QBs and WRs in the history of the school, among others. Then I will agree that we are going to strength, still.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Dec 19, 2023 8:56:47 GMT -5
If Dave Paulsen can fix this program, and I’m not sure that he can, it’s going to take years. He’s one helluva salesman if he can convince any real D-1 prospect to come play here. I think things will get better each year under Paulsen. I don't think it's that heavy a lift to get kids to come to HC. We have some talented freshmen and evidently an even more talented class coming next year. Now they have to stay. I think we have more all rookie team players, even rookie of the year players, than we do all-league players, or PL POYs.
We can TAKE the reservation, but can we KEEP the reservation? (Do you want supplemental insurance?)
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