Re: I'll put all of this in one thread.

>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (BPeugh11) wrote in
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: 
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>> Alan Mundy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (BPeugh11) wrote in
>>>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: 
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>>>>  Alan Mundy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>>>>>
>>>>>P.S. The refs stole a down from FSU after the fumble on the goal
>>>>>line. 
>>>>>
>>>>>That play was first down. The personal foul should have been an
>>>>>automatic first down, but the ref called "half the distance to the
>>>>>goal, 2nd down." 
>>>>>
>>>> 
>>>> The foul signalled/announced  was not Personal Foul but
>>>> Unsportsmanlike Conduct. 
>>>> 
>>>> I do not know if UC is an automatic first down in NCAA rules, but it
>>>> struck me as odd that the down was announced as 2nd. I just assumed
>>>> that all 15 yard defensive penalties were automatic first downs.
>>>> Maybe there is a difference between it being a dead ball foul and
>>>> live action foul? 
>>>> 
>>>>  You seem to have a rule book handy most of the time. Maybe you can
>>>>  find the 
>>>> rule to determine if this was yet another screw up by the refs or a
>>>> perfect addition to the "Football Rules Myths" page.
>>>
>>>The call was correct.
>>>
>>>Unsportmanslike conduct *can* be a personal foul if it involves
>>>another player (i.e. taunting,etc.). When it doesn't, it's not a
>>>personal foul and is merely 15 yards tacked onto the end of the play
>>>(no automatic first down).
>>>
>>>--
>>>Alan Mundy
>>>
>> 
>> Alas, it's not like the down actually mattered.
>
>Since you were at the game

Actually no. I was in Oviedo at my brother-in-law's (wife's brother) house
watching on TV. November 29 is my wife's birthday. Going to the game was
something that would have made things difficult around the house for weeks.   


> you probably missed it, but right after third 
>down Rix was looking over at the coaches, hitting his chest with his 
>fist begging for the ball.

I saw that.  Wondering if the Gator players saw it and thought it was a set up.
LBs seemed to be looking for a handoff and didn't react to Rix going over the
top until he was already pulling the ball back.

>
>The kid is flat out dumb sometimes, and he's one of those people with 
>such a huge ego that he doesn't even *know* he has an ego, but there 
>aint an ounce of quit in him.
>

You say that like it's a bad thing. It certainly was for us.

bp

"It's much better to go 7-3 than 9-1. When you go 7-3, the fans talk about the
games you won. When you go 9-1, they talk about the game you lost."

Doug Dickey (Evidently Ron Zook's Spiritual Mentor)