SDSU Gamethread

[havok58]

Stiegelmeier did UNI a favor by calling a TO when Strong got stopped at 2nd and goal. The way their Oline and Strong had been playing, he should have left the clock running to force Farley’s hand. They were going to punch it in regardless, even in the final seconds.

[vbfan19]

Dirty. I think plays like that should be defined as not part of the game of football. So you hit a guy like that and it’s assault. Go to jail.

what play are you referring to?

[vbfan19]

the only reason that the game was close was because UNI got lucky with the turnovers.

[run&blade]

It gets to the point where you can monetize the loss in revenue because of stuff like tonight. 15 years of ridiculous inexcusable losses because of coach / lack of coaching. You lose a couple dozen season ticket holders ever year it ads up and snowballs.

[sevelev711]

At least we have.......uh........someone help me out here.

[PantherAlum09]

what play are you referring to?

It was the play where Quan Hampton got flipped onto his head. It wasn't an especially dirty play, but the guy flexing and posing after wasn't great.

[vbfan19]

It was the play where Quan Hampton got flipped onto his head. It wasn't an especially dirty play, but the guy flexing and posing after wasn't great.

I didn't think the play was dirty. unfortunate, yes, but not dirty.
it's just physics. Sometimes when you jump up into the air in a contact sport, you end up getting hit in such a manner that flips you over.

[sivert]

What I saw from my seat was a kid in the air, defenseless, get hit so he literally could do nothing but land on his head, which is what happened.

I know football is a contact sport, but I am getting more and more sick of watching these kids risk suffering life changing injuries. Ruining a knee will end football, but brain and spinal cord should be protected. I don’t know what can be done about it and keep the competitive nature of the sport, but something should and I do think that certain types of play should be defined as not football plays. So if you do it, you can be charged with assault no different than if you attack someone on the street.

[UNIGrainer]

I just finished the game and am extremely frustrated. I’ll sum it up with this. Farley’s teams cannot win a close game. If the game is still in the balance in the fourth quarter they will lose and if they don’t it will be because the other team gave it to them. Its been this way for a decade. Its very tough to get excited about a football team when you know you’re going to get your heart ripped out every other week. God damn I’m tired of it.

[vbfan19]

What I saw from my seat was a kid in the air, defenseless, get hit so he literally could do nothing but land on his head, which is what happened.

I know football is a contact sport, but I am getting more and more sick of watching these kids risk suffering life changing injuries. Ruining a knee will end football, but brain and spinal cord should be protected. I don’t know what can be done about it and keep the competitive nature of the sport, but something should and I do think that certain types of play should be defined as not football plays. So if you do it, you can be charged with assault no different than if you attack someone on the street.

so you're saying that you basically want to outlaw defense or touching receivers at all?
or perhaps they should make it illegal for receivers to jump to try and catch passes (if they don't jump, then they won't get flipped over like that. why put it all on the defense?)

Making players susceptible to criminal charges for football hits will just mean that no one will be willing to play football (at least not defense). I'd be alright with the threat of criminal charges if someone did something egregious and outside of normal play (like when that NFL player pulled off the QB's helmet and then swung the helmet at him to try and hit him with it, or something like that). But from what I saw of this play on TV (which they replayed like 6 times in a row), it wasn't a malicious or dirty hit. Just the defender hitting the receiver after the receiver had contacted the ball, trying to break up the pass. Essentially just doing his job of defending. Hence why they didn't even call a penalty, because it wasn't against the rules of the game.

[PurpleCatFan]

Lot of people watching UNI football for the first time last night with it being the only game on TV Not sure how many will tune in again
offense is once again boring. Can run the ball. QB won’t stay in the pocket. WR can’t get open and most of them are under 6 feet tall. Could be a long season.

[UNIdad]

the only reason that the game was close was because UNI got lucky with the turnovers.

"Getting lucky with turnovers" is a nice thing to have. Despite everything else that people are complaining about, we were in a position to win at the end.

[vbfan19]

QB won’t stay in the pocket.

was there actually a pocket to stay in?

[vbfan19]

Despite everything else that people are complaining about, we were in a position to win at the end.

not at the end, but at least up until the point where the SDSU TE (or was it a receiver) was left wide open for a 40 yard gain that put them at 1st and goal inside the 5

[BCPanther]

We've got an offensive line problem. Again. We can't block a soul.

I get that Clanton is a good recruiter and seems to be an incredibly high energy guy but when we're going on 3 years of not being able to do anything up front of starts to become a real easy pattern to pick out.

We had a guy last year that might sneak into the first round of the draft and we STILL couldn't block anybody.

We have to constantly run 4 yard routes because we can't block anybody. Will is constantly running for his life because we can't block anybody. We averaged 1.1 yards per carry last night because (anyone?) we can't block anybody.