Same as Desmond Howard the next day on sEcSPN Gameday. Mention once… then shut up. You know they were warned.Probably not but make em "review" it anyways. Mightve caught someone with a crisis of conscience and decide to do the right thing.
'They' probably gave him a stern look off-camera ....
Well, I saw it and it was obvious. The replay showed it too. But … this is now water under the bridge.
Watching live I got excited cause I saw our lineman tip it and even assumed they would have picked up the flag or fixed it on a review (you know cause I still liked to believe in integrity in the game). It wasn't until the refs lined them up and let them snap the next play that I went ballistic.
If we get rid of conference refs, every ref will be an $EC ref. The better way to handle this is to have conference refs officiate games within the conference and have third party refs officiate inter-conference games. COFH likely has a different outcome if Big Ten refs officiate it.
Spurrier loved playing them then. He said they always have a few good players suspended. Ha!
I have thought about this recently and I agree that this is the way to handle it. This is something that can be implemented easily next year across college football without any major systematic changes.
Do you think our players and coaches would want them off of the schedule? I don't believe they would.
I don't think they want it off the schedule but it is also not fair to the players and coaches that the refs can continue to take these wins away from us as this is not the first time. I haven't listened to the interview yet, but based on what I read above it sounds like he basically said it's pointless to challenge because there is no way we will win against an SEC officiating crew.
AND we don’t get them in Bobby Dodd again until 2027.
That may be a blessing in disguise. I think having Bobby Dodd overtaken by opposing fans messes with the players’ heads. They’re used to Bobby Dodd granting home field advantage. When it does the opposite, I think the subconscious starts sending signals of “Something is wrong here” throughout the whole game, and that causes the players to not be at their best. In hostile environments, their subconscious can easily square away that it’s an away game (even if it’s technically a neutral site), and there’s no subconscious internal conflict taking up processing power. Based on this theory, I think we have a better chance of winning COFH in the Benz than in Bobby Dodd until we get to a point where COFH has more Tech fans than dwag fans in the stands.
At the rate the program is progressing, that may be in 2027.
Things I hear from that interview:
Georgia Tech HC Brent Key - Cellini and Dimino
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I have thought this myself many times. Even an iso with an Hback leading the way.
I made mention to this in another thread, but losing that game will provide more motivation, determination, and hatred than if we had survived the collapse. Those kinds of games builds up a mentality that nothing else will and it will pay dividends in the future. I really think we are on the verge of a long win streak in the rivalry.
We just need to get so good we literally flatten them beyond all recognition so we can squeak out wins every year. We know we need to beat them by at least 17 pts to have any chance of winning. Problem this year is we only beat them by 14, hence the OT debacle.
