[NU Sports] Penalties

[Roy Lamberton]

I thought we came out pretty fired up - especially after getting a turnover
right after CJ's first INT.

But then the flags started flying, and our D had to back down from being overly
aggressive.

Its seemed that the D was flat after Dinard's 15 yarder, and played poorly until
the 2nd half.

rsl

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
> Behalf Of DPENDERG at aol.com
> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 5:07 PM
> To: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Penalties
> 
> 
> I know there's a temptation to play the loss on the refs, but the fact is
> that we did not deserve to win. As I feared, the Cats came out flat and
> uninspired, while the Blue Devils were prepared, motivated, and ready to
> break  their
> streak.  The Cats undoubtedly were the better team, but last night  the
> difference was coaching (similar to the UNH debacle last year).  There
> should be
> some real soul-searching by Fitz and his staff on why they did not  have
> had
> the team better prepared for a game that was certainly winnable  (in
> contrast to
> what we face the next two weeks).  Our bowl hopes are now  in ruins.  Maybe
> our talent is not at the OSU level. but we're definitely  better than Duke.
> The coaches -- not the refs -- were our downfall.
> 
> As a former high school football official, I have to defend the  zebras.
> Especially at the college level, these guys are experienced,  constantly
> evaluated, and trying hard to do the best they can in a fast-paced  blur
> you cannot
> imagine.  They will miss some (and they really missed that  pass
> interference in
> the end zone at the end), but any deliberate bias toward  one team is
> impossible.
> 
> 
> In a message dated 9/16/2007 12:14:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> johnl at mac.com writes:
> 
> Naturally I booed the refs a lot last night for all the penalties
> called against us.  But from the stands, it's hard to really judge  the
> calls.  For those watching from home, did we really deserve 125  yards
> in penalties or were there a lot of bad calls?  Given that we  were the
> least penalized team in the Big Ten last year, and in the first  two
> games of this season we were averaging 4 penalties for 40 yards, I
> thought 125 yards of penalties was a lot.  I was especially annoyed  by
> a couple of the refs last night who would throw in a flag after the
> play was over and call holding or a block in the back.  I mean, what
> took so long to decide to throw the flag?  (I thought there were also  a
> couple of bad penalty calls that went in our favor, but many more calls
> and no calls went against  us.)
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