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Penn State Cult (Joe Knew)

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I don't understand all the unhappiness about the overtime. I get the interception call - that was pretty bad and I'd be pissed if it were reversed. The non-delay-of-game call on the field goal - I get that, since it was more like 2 seconds than 3 or 4, as I've seen. I'd be pissed about that, too. But how many things do they get wrong about the extra point? 1. A defender who lines up off the line of scrimmage cannot jump and land on another player. That's a rule. It gets called. 2. Ohio State did NOT miss the extra point. If it were missed, Ohio State would have accepted the penalty on the try, re-kicked, and got the ball on the 25. Since the kick was made, Ohio State accepted the penalty from the 25, got half the distance to the goal (12-1/2 yards), and got the ball on the 12-1/2. Saying that Ohio State missed the extra point is as bad as saying that the referees gifted the 2005-2006 Fiesta Bowl to Ohio State after Notre Dame picked up the fumble and returned it for a touchdown. (It was NOT returned for a touchdown, AND the referees called holding on Notre Dame.) (Replay showed Gonzalez dropped the pass, making it incomplete, not a fumble.) 3. Putting the ball on the 12-1/2 is not "ensuring that Ohio State would win the game". It makes it easier, yes. But getting a first down in a first-and-ten situation is never automatic, so why would it be automatic to score from the 12-1/2?

Also... Penn State and Joe Paterno invented visting the White House?!? The President didn't invent that? I would have thought that the invitation would be required. Who can just go to the White House and demand to speak to the president? I guess that used to happen all the time, but that was in the 1800's. I can just see Joe Paterno leading his team off the plane, through Washington DC, up the White House lawn, cheering whatever lame chant was Penn State's cheer that year, and JoePa saying, "Hey everyone! SHut up!!!" The players (still wearing their uniforms and pads and helmets) get quiet, and JoePa rings the doorbell. President Reagan, himself, answers the door and his eyes light up like a 4-year-old on Christmas day. "JoePa?!? Is it really you?!?" "Yes, Ronny, it's really me." The team then picks up JoePa and leads him through the White House, trashing the place (mostly by accident), while JoePa giggles like Anderson Cooper, and Ronny just laughs at the fact that JoePa has graced him with His presence. And Nancy is running after the mob, complaining about the mess they're making, yelling to the president to get them to stop tramping around, breaking shit.

Hours after JoePa and his friends leave, George Bush runs over. "Are they still here?" Ronny still has a goofy grin on his face, and George just cries because he missed the opportunity to meet The One And Only JoePa.

Edit: Go to 2:44:52 to see the extra point.
 
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Chicago Tribune obviously doesn't know all the FAX or EVIDENTS and has a funny as hell reminder of even back then how weird those inbred mutants were

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But college teams rarely visited the White House before 1984 because, until then, it was against NCAA rules for member schools to pay for players` transportation.

Because of that, college football`s national champion wasn`t represented until early 1982, when Reagan entertained Clemson coach Danny Ford, quarterback Homer Jordan and wide receiver Jerry Gaillard.

Since the NCAA has allowed schools to pay, every women`s and men`s NCAA basketball champions have visited Reagan in the Rose Garden. Only two football teams have visited-Miami this year and Penn State in 1987.
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They snuck in the basement and were not allowed to leave by the front door

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Penn State`s football team, which visited last year, is believed to be the only team that entered the White House through the basement, although the reason for that remains a mystery. Mark Weinberg, assistant White House press secretary, said he did not know why and said to ask someone in presidential scheduling. The people in presidential scheduling said they are not allowed to talk to the media; they said to ask Weinberg.

A spokesperson, however, said the White House does not call the lower-level entrance the ``basement`` and prefers the term ``diplomatic

entrance.``

After entering through the ``diplomatic entrance,`` the Penn State players saw Rex, the Reagans` King Charles spaniel.

Quarterback John Shaffer said he and his teammates enjoyed their visit despite enduring five security checks.

``We were like little kids again on Christmas because we were trying to jockey for position to be closest to the podium and closest to the

president.``

And, incidentally, the Penn State team was not allowed to depart through the front door.
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Zurp said:
I don't understand all the unhappiness about the overtime. I get the interception call - that was pretty bad and I'd be pissed if it were reversed. The non-delay-of-game call on the field goal - I get that, since it was more like 2 seconds than 3 or 4, as I've seen. I'd be pissed about that, too. But how many things do they get wrong about the extra point? 1. A defender who lines up off the line of scrimmage cannot jump and land on another player. That's a rule. It gets called. 2. Ohio State did NOT miss the extra point. If it were missed, Ohio State would have accepted the penalty on the try, re-kicked, and got the ball on the 25. Since the kick was made, Ohio State accepted the penalty from the 25, got half the distance to the goal (12-1/2 yards), and got the ball on the 12-1/2. Saying that Ohio State missed the extra point is as bad as saying that the referees gifted the 2005-2006 Fiesta Bowl to Ohio State after Notre Dame picked up the fumble and returned it for a touchdown. (It was NOT returned for a touchdown, AND the referees called holding on Notre Dame.) (Replay showed Gonzalez dropped the pass, making it incomplete, not a fumble.) 3. Putting the ball on the 12-1/2 is not "ensuring that Ohio State would win the game". It makes it easier, yes. But getting a first down in a first-and-ten situation is never automatic, so why would it be automatic to score from the 12-1/2?

Also... Penn State and Joe Paterno invented visting the White House?!? The President didn't invent that? I would have thought that the invitation would be required. Who can just go to the White House and demand to speak to the president? I guess that used to happen all the time, but that was in the 1800's. I can just see Joe Paterno leading his team off the plane, through Washington DC, up the White House lawn, cheering whatever lame chant was Penn State's cheer that year, and JoePa saying, "Hey everyone! SHut up!!!" The players (still wearing their uniforms and pads and helmets) get quiet, and JoePa rings the doorbell. President Reagan, himself, answers the door and his eyes light up like a 4-year-old on Christmas day. "JoePa?!? Is it really you?!?" "Yes, Ronny, it's really me." The team then picks up JoePa and leads him through the White House, trashing the place (mostly by accident), while JoePa giggles like Anderson Cooper, and Ronny just laughs at the fact that JoePa has graced him with His presence. And Nancy is running after the mob, complaining about the mess they're making, yelling to the president to get them to stop tramping around, breaking [Mark May].

Hours after JoePa and his friends leave, George Bush runs over. "Are they still here?" Ronny still has a goofy grin on his face, and George just cries because he missed the opportunity to meet The One And Only JoePa.

Edit: Go to 2:44:52 to see the extra point.
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wait....are people saying we missed the XP now?
 
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BY the way, if anyone wants to view the "bogus" call in question, click here:


and go the 2:45:00 mark.

#43 initially lines up on the LOS, but backs off right before the snap to get a running start and leap over the long snapper.

And, as others have said - the kick was not missed.
 
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Jaxbuck said:
It's been a rule since the 2012 season

but who knows, maybe the NCAA sent the rule change memo on a Thursday?
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From your link:
There will also be a new rule prohibiting players from leaping over blockers in an attempt to block a punt. Receiving-team players trying to jump over a shield-blocking scheme has become popular for teams in punt formation. Receiving-team players try to defeat this scheme by rushing into the backfield to block a punt. In some cases, these players are contacted and end up flipping in the air and landing on their head or shoulders.
The Football Rules Committee raised concern about this type of action and proposed a rule similar to the leaping rule on place kicks that does not allow the receiving team to jump over blockers, unless the player jumps straight up or between two players.
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The way I read it, it was a penalty to do that on field goal attempts (or "place kicks") before 2012. 2012 was the first year players couldn't do that on punts.
 
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Zurp said:
From your link:


The way I read it, it was a penalty to do that on field goal attempts (or "place kicks") before 2012. 2012 was the first year players couldn't do that on punts.
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you are probably right

that was just the first thing that came up from a 5 second google search

You'd think people so dedicated to uncovering the TRUTH based on FAX and EVIDENTS would already know the rule book chapter and verse
 
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So BWI changed its format. Or is that Rivals? Anyway, nobody over there seems to be happy. I guess there used to be a setting that no longer exists. I don't understand what's so different, actually. You click on a post and then you read the thread. The end. What am I missing?
 
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