MAC on Bolden Targeting
Was in a meeting this morning with a guy who is apparently a pretty good friend of a veteran MAC football official. They've talked the past few weeks, and it seems the MAC has given its officials a bulletin specifically on the Bolden vs. MSU targeting call, to the effect of, "Guys, that's not how we call it."
So there's that. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
November 2nd, 2015 at 2:39 PM ^
They really DO have a gif for everything. Nice.
[Edit: That damn gif gets funnier the more I watch it. Hilarious!]
November 2nd, 2015 at 3:10 PM ^
Upvote, but still think this version is funnier - during the middle of a football game no less....
November 2nd, 2015 at 3:59 PM ^
Commenting so I can find it later
November 2nd, 2015 at 5:20 PM ^
for no legitimate reason. Except that I can.
November 2nd, 2015 at 8:26 PM ^
Back at both of you!
November 2nd, 2015 at 8:38 PM ^
of line changes and face offs at squirt c hockey games. KIds just dancing away on the ice if they leave the music on too long. Hilarious, reminds you that it is just a game.
November 2nd, 2015 at 4:36 PM ^
I agree that the gif is hilarious, but I have no idea why. It's just a dude in a suit with a pizza giving a thumbs up.
November 2nd, 2015 at 3:34 PM ^
Dominoes.
November 3rd, 2015 at 8:23 AM ^
November 2nd, 2015 at 2:35 PM ^
I thought you were going to say that there are still Michigan Agricultural College Spartans crowing about it
November 2nd, 2015 at 4:36 PM ^
That's the first thing I thought of too
November 2nd, 2015 at 2:36 PM ^
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November 2nd, 2015 at 2:41 PM ^
November 2nd, 2015 at 2:52 PM ^
So please, continue...
November 2nd, 2015 at 3:57 PM ^
The miscalled targeting on Bolden ranks way up there with the many atrocities committed in this world.
November 2nd, 2015 at 2:43 PM ^
November 2nd, 2015 at 2:37 PM ^
which is nice
November 2nd, 2015 at 3:10 PM ^
I read that in a Nathan Fielder voice, which made it funnier.
November 2nd, 2015 at 2:38 PM ^
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November 2nd, 2015 at 2:39 PM ^
among just about everyone but the refs at that game. But the MAC official's opinion and $2 will get Joe Bolden a cup of coffee at Starbucks, and that's about it.
November 2nd, 2015 at 2:40 PM ^
Maybe a shotglass worth of coffee
November 2nd, 2015 at 2:41 PM ^
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November 2nd, 2015 at 2:46 PM ^
Aren't you from Rockford? The Meijer on 10 Mile, buddy. $1.98 out the door for a traditional bold coffee in the tall variety. Try it sometime.
November 2nd, 2015 at 2:48 PM ^
Their dark roast will put lead in your pencil. That is a fact.
November 2nd, 2015 at 3:28 PM ^
November 2nd, 2015 at 3:37 PM ^
Starbucks is shit, and dark roast is terrible.
November 2nd, 2015 at 3:44 PM ^
Never come to Washington, you won't find anything to your liking.
November 2nd, 2015 at 3:54 PM ^
Unless I'm making it myself, I rarely find coffee that I'm happy with.
Good fresh beans, medium or light roast. I like a lot of Central American coffee, and some African varieties as well.
Burr mill grinder (a good one)
French press
Distilled water
That is what makes good coffee. There are other methods, but this one works really well for me.
November 2nd, 2015 at 4:46 PM ^
...from Kona.
$ 30 per pound but primo.
Also Three Stone from the Big Island.
I have no financial interest in either, but admit I am friends with the grower/producer of the former.
November 2nd, 2015 at 6:38 PM ^
Whole Foods 365 city roast. 11 bucks for the big bag.
November 2nd, 2015 at 9:11 PM ^
I may check them out. I usually stick to stuff that I can get from $8-15/pound, but once in a while we'll splurge. Christmas, usually, so your timing is great. Thanks.
November 3rd, 2015 at 11:56 AM ^
going to grab one to test your assertion. I love me some dark roast for cheap.
November 2nd, 2015 at 2:42 PM ^
A tall coffee. Definitely not a venti.
November 2nd, 2015 at 3:04 PM ^
Question: What is the Italian word for "small?"
(also accepted: "not 'tall'"*)
The small-medium-large scheme has worked for hundreds of years for thousands of purveyors of retail goods. I don't see why Starbucks should think they've made it any better with their own terminoogy.
*also also accepted: "not tall"
November 2nd, 2015 at 3:23 PM ^
November 2nd, 2015 at 6:31 PM ^
November 2nd, 2015 at 3:37 PM ^
Tall is not actually the "small" size at Starbucks. It's the medium size, and short is the small. It actually goes: Short, tall, grande, venti, trenta. Short and tall used to be the only options available a long time back, but our good ol' insatiable American appetite for caffeine and excess changed that and caused Starbucks to have to wing it with the naming convention.
November 2nd, 2015 at 3:51 PM ^
It's less of American appetite than American Corporate greed of 'grow grow grow' which leads them to devise newer ways to charge consumers. Most people just stick to a portion size they are comfortable in. I buy the 'large' drink at McD because that's for a buck and I 'feel' I am getting a better deal buying that versus a small or medium.
Anyway, if there's someone to be blamed for excess size, it's the marketing department and not the consumer.
November 2nd, 2015 at 7:02 PM ^
What you decide to order is totally their fault. Un huh.
November 2nd, 2015 at 8:56 PM ^
November 2nd, 2015 at 4:41 PM ^
double shot of espresso, man.
November 2nd, 2015 at 2:39 PM ^
Yeah but where's the picture of his receipt from Van Boven to prove it?
November 2nd, 2015 at 2:40 PM ^
I would rather our games NOT be the ones used as "lessons learned" for the rest of the NCAA. I am sure Duke feels the same way.
November 3rd, 2015 at 8:01 AM ^
Play over flag?
Maybe covered previously but during our game with the Minny there was a play that was actually over and the refs huddled quickly following the play to discuss, and then the one ref drops the flag and we were penalized. Didn't pass the logic test to me. It would be easier to pick up a flag than to throw it after the play is over...because the play is over.
November 2nd, 2015 at 2:48 PM ^
November 2nd, 2015 at 2:50 PM ^
The targeting rule is a fucking joke. The ejection is also a fucking joke. Call a 15-yard penalty and give the automatic first down; I'm fine with that. Hell, make it a 20-yard penalty if it makes them feel better, but the ejection thing is a travesty.
November 2nd, 2015 at 3:01 PM ^