2024 non-GT games thread

stinger78

stinger78

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kg01 said:
Omfg skycast has changed my viewing life. Shout out @RamblinRed for the recommendation.

I think he hates me but I still appreciate the rec.
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Golden Tornadoes

Golden Tornadoes

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RamblinRed said:
Just wanted to add that I have been watching the playoff games on the Skycast version. That is definitely what I will do going forward.
Get the QB's POV on every play, get the stadium noise - crowd, bands, PA announcer and instant stat updates.
But no commentators. What a great way to watch a game.
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Great call @RamblinRed. I feel like I can actually watch a game that includes an $eC team without having the propaganda shoved down my throat. The ugag-ND game is fun to watch this way!
 

takethepoints

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stinger78 said:
That’s where the official’s judgement comes in and it can be decided by review. Tackling high can be more natural, and can be done legally. The point is to get the ball carrier to the ground, not obliterate him. That end has proliferated with each advance in equipment, it seems.

If a ball carrier lowers his head to a tackler, then call offensive targeting. They desire to punish an opponent goes both ways.
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What got me in the games yesterday was the number of penalties for facemark violations, both defensive and, especially, offensive.

Every now and then your hand will find a face mask and use it when you are tackling and you should pay for it, big time. What I caught more was D players using a face mask hold - "Just for a second! I let go!" - on WRs going down field well before the ball was thrown. Now that has to be a trained technique. It interrupts the route but isn't - "I swear!!" - an intentional foul. Horse pucky. It's a foul or should be.

Then there were the OLs doing the same trick to stop DLs on the rush or during the shoving matches we euphemistically call "blocking" these days (except at the academies, of course). This is "illegal use of the hands", a new and even more euphemistic way to call out a face mask penalty. And these definitely are trained behaviors; it's becoming more and more common to see it. And it should be sanctioned more than it is until it goes away.

I'd make face masking 15 yards and a loss of down. It's dangerous and it needs to be emphasized to the coaches that everybody sees it.
 
Northeast Stinger

Northeast Stinger

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kg01 said:
Omfg skycast has changed my viewing life. Shout out @RamblinRed for the recommendation.

I think he hates me but I still appreciate the rec.
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Pro football tried this several decades ago as an experiment. The difference was the camera view was the usual standard approach. Skycast is wonderful but I start to feel a little claustrophobic with the camera view.
 
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