MGoFriday Night CFB Bowl Drinking & Discussion Thread

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Wake Forest 		LIVE ESPN
WatchESPN		   Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, NC  
BELK BOWL
#24 NC State 		LIVE CBS   Sun Bowl, El Paso, TX  
HYUNDAI SUN BOWL
Kentucky 		4:30 PM ESPN
WatchESPN		   Nissan Stadium, Nashville, TN  
FRANKLIN AMERICAN MORTGAGE MUSIC CITY BOWL
New Mexico State 		5:30 PM CBSSN   Arizona Stadium, Tucson, AZ  
NOVA HOME LOANS ARIZONA BOWL
#8 USC 		8:30 PM ESPN
WatchESPN		   AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX


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Hail Harbo

December 29th, 2017 at 6:36 PM ^

I don't know that it is clear that the ref was trying to help him up.  My first thought before the ESPN crew started with their self righteousness, was that the ref was putting his hand down to protect himself from the players rolling on the ground.  

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Ajcoss

December 29th, 2017 at 5:44 PM ^

Hate officials who try to make an impact in a game. They gotta find a way That teams can challenge something like this. No way should Snead be tossed in this game. He simply didn't take the hand of the official to be held up. Ending a guys season/game for that should leave this official to get a fine equivalent to the pay of this game. Basically working for free. Sad stuff when officials do this crap!!

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FGB

December 29th, 2017 at 5:45 PM ^

"bogus ejection" is putting it mildly.    The RB gets gang tackled after the whistle including some NW player barreling in to knock the whole pile over WAY after the whistle.  And then the ref bends over the Kentucky guy, holds out his hands to help him up, and the Kentucky guy basically does "nah, i'm good" with his hands to the ref. 

There was no aggressive contact, and what little contact there was the REF INITIATED IT!!

I'm not pulling for SEC teams but Kentucky got effed big time by that call, if there's any fairness, they'll call every questionable call in Kentucky's favor the rest of the game.

 

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Ajcoss

December 29th, 2017 at 5:48 PM ^

At least some of the bogus targeting calls might be to try and protect player safety. Simply sometimes football is so fast and so violent hard to avoid. This simply was a joke. When I saw the replay I about lost it. Can't believe Stoops didn't go crazy. Feel bad for the kid. Think about all the time and effort you put into this game and your bowl game. Ends by an official screwup!

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PapabearBlue

December 29th, 2017 at 5:48 PM ^

Ref grabbed Snells chest pad with left hand and holds out right hand to help up Snell. Snell had just gotten tackled by like 6 guys, 4 of them well after the whistle. Snell grabs the refs wrists and pushes him away. Ref ejects him for this.

This all happened so fast that it seems like Snell probably didn't realize it was a ref.

But why the fuck is a ref grabbing a player on the ground? He wasn't hurt or anything like that, wtf? Refs can just grab whoever they want on the field?

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TrueBlue2003

December 29th, 2017 at 5:53 PM ^

He thanked the fans for "showing up in the rain, in the snow and in the desert...er at the beach."

Judging by the attendance and ratings of that game doesn't sound like the fans knew which bowl they were in either.

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tlo2485

December 29th, 2017 at 5:53 PM ^

Is there something I'm missing as to why Todd Graham is coaching Arizona State in this game? He was fired, correct? Announced retirement or acceptance of a different job, ok. Fired? weird.

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mi93

December 29th, 2017 at 6:09 PM ^

after the ejection and that questionable uncalled roughing on the UK QB, I'm asking the refs how much they bet on the game.

If the defender let's go, okay no call.  Riding him to the ground?  Coulda/shoulda been called.

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Avant's Hands

December 29th, 2017 at 6:19 PM ^

I actually agreed with the refs on that one. Borderline possibly but I wouldn’t have called that roughing. No idea on the penalty after that though. Don’t know who said what. If a player chirped in it’s just a penalty. Always is. If it’s on the coach that’s just bad.

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mfan_in_ohio

December 29th, 2017 at 6:23 PM ^

Seriously, I don't know what they expect Fisher to do. He planted his head in the guy's chest and wrapped up. I don't know what targeting is anymore, but it's not like anyone else does.

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LSAClassOf2000

December 29th, 2017 at 6:24 PM ^

I mean, holy shit, is Frank "Enrico Palazzo" Drebin on the crew for the Northwestern-Kentucky game? Could they not find the crew and they just grabbed a few guys from the stands? What the actual hell is going on here?

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bluebyyou

December 29th, 2017 at 6:44 PM ^

The game of football is turning into a complete shitshow.  At some point, and it is getting closer, I'll find something else to watch if reffing continues to erode.

Ejecting a kid when he doesn't want to be helped up?  Targetting?  

Jesus H.

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tlo2485

December 29th, 2017 at 7:22 PM ^

I was thinking that too, but in the new set up it doesn't really seem to be the case-- at least this year. OSU and Bama pretty much just would have swapped spots in the NY6, I think. I don't think any B1G team outside of OSU, PSU, or UW would have made the NY6 in either scenario. We also theoretically hopped MSU and NW in the B1G heirarchy. This gave them easier matchups while we drew a "higher" bowl opponent from a really bad SEC east. 

MSU/NW/UM were always going to get favorable matchups due to the level of talent drop off and lack of depth in the SEC and PAC this year.

The one difference if OSU made the playoffs is that a B1G team would be playing in the Citrus bowl instead of the Orange.

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