Two Hand Touch?
While Barry Alvarez applauded BB's clock-killing scheme at the end of the first half, espn.com's Rod Gilmore (a third rate play-by-play analyst) declared Bielema's strategy "unsportsmanlike and totally indifferent to unnecessarily exposing Wisconsin and Penn State players to additional harm."
I understand football is a violent game, but I think Gilmore is a little over the top with his comments. PSU could have declined the first penalty and the officials could have given the Badgers an unsportsmanlike conduct. In addition, an injury could happen on any play, so under Gilmore's reasoning maybe the rules should be changed so that all penalties do not result in a replay of down.
posted by Sherby @ 6:37 PM
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Coaches reacted with a collective I told you so in response to Bielema's clever manipulation of the recent rule changes regarding clock management. According to the JS:
""All the guys that put together all these rules, maybe they should consult coaches a little bit more to find out if it is a good rule," Michigan State coach John L. Smith said. "Everyone knew that was going to be the case and that was going to happen before the season was out."
The rules committee also decided to start the clock after a first down after the ball was set rather than on the snap. The rationale, according to the NCAA, was that it would shorten the game by about 5 minutes.
"I think it's a little bit of charade in the sense that we talk about shortening the game and yet we have the most popular game that we've ever had with regard to the interest we have in college football today," Purdue coach Joe Tiller said."
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