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PurpleWhiteBoy
SimpsonElmwood said:
I am pissed about the reffing too but if you watch the first 5 mins of each half again, there is no question the Cats fouled more than Penn State.

Such hand check fouls usually police themselves by conference season. Players hand check less and refs relax. In the Penn State game, neither happened so we got what we all witnessed.

Cats’ guards’ D had a big role in making the game what it ended up being.
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Right - there was one ref who wanted to call the game differently than the mainstream refs. His obsession was those little hand moves that our guys use to slow the opponent down ever so slightly. Nicholson got called for one of those on Baldwin. My reaction was "If thats a foul then everybody will foul out of every game."

Bardo was pointing this out correctly. The refs are calling every little hand grab. Back off the point guard - make him shoot a jumper.
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Collins Post Game Press Conference

PurpleWhiteBoy
EagerFan said:
Who knows for real, but in the clip above Collins says specifically that he hasn't seen the tape and just has to trust that the three guys at the monitor got it right.
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Thats a mature response in the moment - if you haven't watched the tape why risk looking foolish.
But I'm sure when he watched the tape it made him angry.
In my opinion, he should find an opportunity or 3 to tell the media "We got the short end of that call. Basket should have counted. It cost us the game."
To a rational human, it makes no sense that Barnhizer's putback would be disallowed.
Whistle came after or just as he released the shot.

I would bet my life that Coach K gets that call.
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Yes Virginia, With 5 Wins the Cats would be bowling

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FanatiCat said:
From an article:
“To determine a replacement for Marshall, it came down to sifting through a ranking of NCAA APR scores of teams that finished the 2024 season with a 5-7 record. Top of the list were the likes of Cincinnati, Wisconsin and Air Force, but the committee ultimately landed on Louisiana Tech, who landed 16th out of 17 teams among the group. “

Almost certainly it was proximity to the bowl’s Shreveport, LA location. The rules about 5-7 teams probably only apply to the initial selection process. This way the bowl got to choose whomever they felt was going to fill the most seats on 2 weeks notice.

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Thanks for finding that. I guess we will never know if Northwestern would have been the replacement with a 5 win season. Now don't shake my faith in Santa too.

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EagerFan said:
Cats had 38 points in the paint on about 46% shooting. It wasn't 'only a few times'. They did get a few calls, including a technical that should probably have been a flagrant. But if the refs had called PSU's defense around the arc as inventively as they called the Cats, we'd have had a similar number of free throws.
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I am pissed about the reffing too but if you watch the first 5 mins of each half again, there is no question the Cats fouled more than Penn State.

Such hand check fouls usually police themselves by conference season. Players hand check less and refs relax. In the Penn State game, neither happened so we got what we all witnessed.

Cats’ guards’ D had a big role in making the game what it ended up being.
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IGNORE2 said:
In all seriousness, only a few time did NU start running g the ball into the lane to draw contact. And got some calls. I was really hoping they would do it more. If the zebras want to call touches, we have the horses now that like to play to contact.
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Cats had 38 points in the paint on about 46% shooting. It wasn't 'only a few times'. They did get a few calls, including a technical that should probably have been a flagrant. But if the refs had called PSU's defense around the arc as inventively as they called the Cats, we'd have had a similar number of free throws.
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Maybe the bye in the playoffs isn't an advantage.

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prez77 said:
If the point is to make sure the tournament includes everyone who might reasonably be expected to win it, then 8 is the number. If the point is that, plus making more money, then there needs to be a play-in round for slots 5 through 8 so that the eventual winner, who will be one of the top seeds in all likelihood, doesn't essentially have to play a second season to get it.
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Did not work ot as every top seed went down
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Maybe the bye in the playoffs isn't an advantage.

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NUCat320 said:
Let’s instead give Conference Champs the option of a bye or a home game. Zero programs would take the home game.

To say ASU didn’t deserve a #4 based on an OT loss to Texas — who only lost, twice, to Georgia — is silly. ASU was awesome, and also got robbed on the targeting call.

8’s enough, but also 4 was enough. The next option is 16 or perhaps 24, and I’ve got no interest in those.

Go Irish (ducks).
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They could have used a solid FG kicker as well
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Officiating in this game

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Hungry Jack said:
That sequence at the end was the epitome of a catch 22.

The whistle blew because it was goaltending.

Because there was goaltending, the put back does not count.

But we have to review the goaltending to make sure it was the correct call.

As it turns out, it was not a goaltend.

But because the whistle made the play dead, the put back does not count.

So there is no goaltending, there is no put back, and no basket for the cats.

Have a nice day.
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Exactly. Once the whistle blew the rest of the rules screwed us
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Poll: which is the least loyal fanbase in the Big Ten?

CatManTrue
fcmchi said:
Bob,

I agree that a bad product on the field keeps people away. But even though we had a good season in ‘23, especially given what transpired that summer, at least from my vantage point in the north end zone, we didn’t fill the stadium for any of the first three games. And that was at a point in the season when there was still hope.
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Yep. The lakeside stadium looked incredible on TV but talk about a bizarre solution to host a major minor league football brand from the Big Ten
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