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[lineygoblue]

They must not have been playing under NFHS rules. The clock runs in the 2nd half when the opponent is up by 35.

I think that rule should be expanded to where the game is ended at ANY time with a 50 point lead. It would stop a lot of that statistic building crap. And I haven't heard of very many games where a team was trailing by 50, and came back to win.

[THE_WIZARD_]

Nebraska once had a high school rule in 8 man football that at 45 lead by half or anytime in 2nd half game was over. I think 35 point running clock solves most of this crap...it really shortens a game ( you know the acronym liney...SPIT...only stops for scores, penalty, injury or timeout).

[AlabamAlum]

They must not have been playing under NFHS rules. The clock runs in the 2nd half when the opponent is up by 35.

That might be why they “only” scored 23 points in the second half.

[THE_WIZARD_]

That's what I'm thinking. Hard to get more than a handfull of possessions with a running clock...

[Mike]

That might be why they “only” scored 23 points in the second half.

The DC made fantastic halftime adjustments. Anyone know his name? I’ll add him to my coaching search.

[THE_WIZARD_]

Yes the DC told the OC to run the :40 clock to :01 on every offensive play thus reducing the possessions of the opponent to just 3 in the second half.

Bold strategy.

[froot loops]

The team I worked with for 20 years had a lot of games where we scored 42 points. You get to the running clock and maybe the backups score a TD. A lot of the teams in the conference were small schools that struggled to field teams. It would suck when inevitably missed a PAT to that would mean that you can't get to 34.

[lineygoblue]

( you know the acronym liney...SPIT...only stops for scores, penalty, injury or timeout).

Here in Michigan the MHSAA told us to remember "TIPS" (time-out, injury, penalty, score) but I like yours better.

I remember working a youth league where the local officials association agreed to WAIVE the 35 point rule "so all the kids could play". We got into a game where a team was leading by about 48 points and the coach was trying to get another touchdown with about 40 seconds to go/

We decided that we'd had enough of that stupidity, and started dropping flags on every play for 'holding". When he finally got into something like a 2nd and 50 YTG, he finally got the message and took a knee to end the game. I was the "U" in that game, and I remember looking over at the sideline and saying, "Coach is going to tell his QB to take a knee, so we'll protect his quarterback, .. right Coach??" The coach nodded and said, yeah, okay ...

Idiots.

[JRB]

College football jokes, Week 9: Jim Harbaugh is the Main Character (usatoday.com)

[THE_WIZARD_]

heh

I saw a team up by 40 onside kick...on their last TD the opponent had a roughing which we tacked on the kickoff...they recovered the onside...but were suddenly penalized every play after...

fuckers

[froot loops]

Anytime I've seen a team try to run it up on an outmatched opponent in either football or basketball in high school the refs take charge. The aggressor starts getting a much tighter whistle.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Jason, if you're around, is Justin Fuente done after this year?

[JRB]

VT has had buzzard's luck since upsetting North Carolina week one, with three last-minute losses and some key injuries. Having said that, I don't think the bad luck excuse is going to help Fuente's case enough. Attendance is down, and much of the fan base has turned on him. I don't like it, because I think Fuente is a good coach, and I'm not sure VT wants to be in the market for a head coach this year. There's not an obvious fit for the job out there. If Fuente wins out, maybe he can still save his job, but that doesn't look likely.

[JRB]

Down goes Wake Forest, done in by an injury-riddled defense and too many uncharacteristic mistakes. Oddly enough, this loss doesn't hurt them in the ACC standings, as this wasn't a conference game.

[AlabamAlum]

Glad to see it.