Quarterback 2015??

[vbfan19]

Re: Quarterback 2015??

complete hearsay (and thus not admissable in court), but on OPR today, Rima stated that he heard that the Cal Poly receiver spit on Dorleant, which prompted him to retaliate.

[panther1]

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complete hearsay (and thus not admissable in court), but on OPR today, Rima stated that he heard that the Cal Poly receiver spit on Dorleant, which prompted him to retaliate.

While that's pretty stupid, it's no reason to take a swing. Trying to punch a guy with football pads and a helmet is probably the dumbest personal foul to take in sports...

[TravelingPanther]

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I heard none of the QBs are playing this week. Is Farley crazy?

[claw]

While that's pretty stupid, it's no reason to take a swing. Trying to punch a guy with football pads and a helmet is probably the dumbest personal foul to take in sports...

Adrenaline and fight/flight response in the heat of the moment don't give a damn. Chances are it happened so quickly there was no delay to think. Just natural human instinct taking over

[Born-a-Panther]

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complete hearsay (and thus not admissable in court), but on OPR today, Rima stated that he heard that the Cal Poly receiver spit on Dorleant, which prompted him to retaliate.

Spit on him while also calling him a name I can't put on a message board. But you can guess it.

[Kyle]

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While I believe there is always time to think, sometimes a player needs to make these types of decisions before the situation occurs, especially if their instincts can't be trusted.

For some reason it seems like our DB's are always very aggressive and hot headed while our linebackers tend to be well-disciplined.

[vbfan19]

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For some reason it seems like our DB's are always very aggressive and hot headed while our linebackers tend to be well-disciplined.

having defensive backs that tend toward the aggressive/hotheaded side is hardly unique to UNI

[Kyle]

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I suppose you are right, but I still find it strange.

[MnPantherFan]

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Spit on him while also calling him a name I can't put on a message board. But you can guess it.

Probably said he played for NIU!

[Gocats15]

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I suppose you are right, but I still find it strange.

I think its a mindset thing. Playing LB is mostly all about assignment football. Filling the correct gap and playing with discipline is the most important thing. A position like corner, while also needing assignments, is mostly involved with 1 vs 1 matchups, so corners adopt a me against the world mindset. In pretty much every game, its the corners and receivers going after each other, and getting in scuffles, talking trash etc. Our receivers lately haven't done much of this, but the corners always seem to be in the middle of it every game.

[UNIdad]

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I think its a mindset thing. Playing LB is mostly all about assignment football. Filling the correct gap and playing with discipline is the most important thing. A position like corner, while also needing assignments, is mostly involved with 1 vs 1 matchups, so corners adopt a me against the world mindset. In pretty much every game, its the corners and receivers going after each other, and getting in scuffles, talking trash etc. Our receivers lately haven't done much of this, but the corners always seem to be in the middle of it every game.

CBs do seem to have to worst attitudes. Perhaps it is because when a CB gets beat by a receiver, everyone blames the CB. When a receiver gets beat, most blame the QB!

[jegbomb52]

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having defensive backs that tend toward the aggressive/hotheaded side is hardly unique to UNI

read the hometown of every starting defensive back in the country on a division one football team, you probably won't find a lot of "Carlisle, IA" or "Pleasantville, TN."

There is a reason defensive backs are the most penalized subgroup in sports, traditionally they come from the lowest socio-economic areas of the roster and are not raised with a ton of discipline. Not everytime, but a lot. Also see that most of them play on special teams return teams, the most penalized play in sports. "holding," "illegal block in the back." You get the gist

That being said, the second most penalized group is O-Lineman and a lot of them come from rural areas so who knows...

[panther1]

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read the hometown of every starting defensive back in the country on a division one football team, you probably won't find a lot of "Carlisle, IA" or "Pleasantville, TN."

There is a reason defensive backs are the most penalized subgroup in sports, traditionally they come from the lowest socio-economic areas of the roster and are not raised with a ton of discipline. Not everytime, but a lot. Also see that most of them play on special teams return teams, the most penalized play in sports. "holding," "illegal block in the back." You get the gist

That being said, the second most penalized group is O-Lineman and a lot of them come from rural areas so who knows...

Defensive backs and offensive linemen (and arguably special teams return teams), in my opinion, are at the largest strategic disadvantages. Defensive backs are running backwards against an equally talented person who is running forward with a QB who knows where they are headed everytime (in theory...). Offensive lineman are typically backpedaling for pass blocking, while anywhere from 1 to 11 guys are running full steam to get past them. There I made D-backs and O-linemen similar.

[claw]

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Defensive backs and offensive linemen (and arguably special teams return teams), in my opinion, are at the largest strategic disadvantages. Defensive backs are running backwards against an equally talented person who is running forward with a QB who knows where they are headed everytime (in theory...). Offensive lineman are typically backpedaling for pass blocking, while anywhere from 1 to 11 guys are running full steam to get past them. There I made D-backs and O-linemen similar.

Yeah. I don't think S.O.S. has anything to do with it. I think it has more to do with the fact that the defensive backs have had every rule chance work against them the last 5-10 years. OL with holds, false starts, hands to the face, chop block, etc... is easy to see why they are second.

[jegbomb52]

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With my comments about Defensive Backs I should have specified, I mean penalties of the personal foul nature...