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Post-'Game' Report

Well Ole Miss fans... wonder why 'game' is in quotations in the title? Games have a set system of rules, adhered to in the spirit of equitable competition. Then there was this 'game...' It started with 7 free points awarded to Wake. Apparently, it is a sound and legitimate strategy to push a punt return blocker into his returner after a fair catch, cause a fumble, and recover. Seven free Wake Forest points. Fine. Continue to the rest of the game, where Ole Miss beats Wake 28-20. No matter, however, officials to the rescue! Pass interference call on Marshay Green on Wake's late drive. Marshay has the position, and his eyes on the ball. Usually, pass interference on the defense does not occur in this situation, unless the officials have interest vested in the outcome of the game. 15 yards, automatic first down. Also, thanks for reviewing the obvious Ole Miss TD beforehand, just to make sure. Glad to know we're interested in the fair outcome. So then, with seconds left and 41 yards to the FG, Skinner drops back IN THE POCKET, throws the ball out of bounds, 15 feet over the receiver's head, and flags remain in pockets. While Wake fans are well-versed in rules involving double-dribbles and moving picks, they (and officials) might be surprised to learn that such a play is the classical rule-bending situation that constituted the inception of the INTENTIONAL GROUNDING rule. Penalty at the spot of the foul, loss of down. Instead, 10 free points. Wake (read: Duke basketball) fans may not be convinced, but Ole Miss wins this game with legit officiating 8 of 10 times. We are the better team. You have no Snead. You have no McCluster. You have no Bolden. You have no Hodge. You have an arbitrarily assigned pre-season ranking, protected as long as you are the only ranked ACC team. Enjoy it.
Ole Miss gets fucked out of a game a year, on average, and you've already cashed in.

While Ole Miss won this game on the field, here are a few observations that may have caused us to win by two or three touchdowns:

You have to wonder why we kept it in the Wild Rebel so often. Dex throws a stupid pick, we get stuffed a couple times... Also, why not run it more often on 1st and 2nd down? We have a clear physical advantage. We are better on both lines. Use it. Use Bolden to his strengths. Don't make Jevan win the game for us in the air. No doubt, Jevan did win us the game, but ended up losing the 'game.' Guess you have to play with the hand you're dealt, which meant giving Wake as few offensive plays as possible, even though we stopped them three times more than the scoreboard indicated (the personal foul kicker interference on Trahan was Busch League).

Tackle better. This is something that has improved more, but must improve more if we are to beat SEC teams. Watching Auburn today, the reason they won despite some turnovers was their sound tackling and quickness to the ball. We were lax in that department probably six or eight times, allowing a couple of first downs that shouldn't have been converted, and a sack or two that should've been wrapped up.

Whether you or an Ole Miss or a Wake fan, you have to agree: we have the players and the coach in place. This game was winnable, but, fair or not (I say bullshit), the breaks went Wake's way at home as the only ranked team in a BCS conference struggling for validity. Ole Miss will win some SEC games. Wake, an ACC title contender, would win three or four in the SEC.

I still feel good about the Rebs. Wake, enjoy your 'win' in this 'game.'

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While I hate the outcome of the 'game,' the officiating crew was from the SEC. Now, if we had been Alabama, we would have won the 'game' by 50+.

by Mr. Hill on Sep 6, 2008 8:20 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I couldn't have said it better myself, which, of course, is why I don't have a blog. Fuck the call on Trahan; the ACC is "busch league." After the game I asked a Florida State fan how he thought we would fare in the ACC. His response: "Thank God we don't have to find out."

by elise on Sep 6, 2008 8:52 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Fuck running it. We were throwing it all over them in the first half. Then we inexplicable stopped throwing it in the 3rd, only to start throwing it again in the 4th and retake the game.

I'm not saying we shouldn't run it, or even run it more. But the machine was stinking working in the first half, and then we changed it up for no reason.

by duning on Sep 6, 2008 10:19 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Fuck this game.


*goes back to my bottle of Evan Williams*

by Anonymous on Sep 6, 2008 11:44 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

We can blame calls, or we can blame two interceptions. "Might" never did. The thing to take away from this game is not some coulda, shoulda, woulda spiked kool-aid. Rather, I'd just note that for the first time since the Cotton Bowl, we didn't challenge a ranked team by "playing up." We didn't rely on superhuman performances that we might not get next weekend. We didn't rely on the poor play or mistakes of our opponents. Rather, we played well (if not perfectly). From this game, we can say confidently that a few of the games most of us considered absolutely un-winnable might, rather, be in the realm of possibility if we play up and our opponent does not.

by Ivory Tower on Sep 7, 2008 2:30 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

We are going to be fucked every week if anyone other than the god damn quarterback throws intereptions.

by Anonymous on Sep 7, 2008 6:02 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Losers blame the officials...come on, you're better than that.

by artiger on Sep 7, 2008 9:23 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Turnovers happen. There is a calculated risk every time you put the ball in the air. Yes, every close game has variables that determine the outcome. If we have zero interceptions, we win by a touchdown or so. If Wake doesn't fumble away a punt, they win by a touchdown instead of a last second FG. If both coaches don't call near-perfect games, the outcome is more lopsided either way. What gets under my skin here is that I can't think of a time during the game where I was pleasantly surprised by an officiating decision. I can't fathom how the call on the punt fumble was legit, I can't see how the pass interference call on Marshay Green was legit, and I can't see how the last pass by Skinner wasn't intentional grounding. To me, these were the 3 biggest decisions, and they all went the other way.

I yell BULLSHIT with the crowd, and I'll take all the bad calls in our favor that we can get, but I don't like to be the guy who blames the refs. However, in the most evenly matched game of the weekend, the officiating proved to be an advantage for Wake. No question about that.

by Whiskey Wednesday on Sep 7, 2008 10:28 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Are you forgetting the interference call against Wake on the preceding drive? That ball was nowhere near catchable, and it happened on third and long. Tell me that call didn't go your way.

by artiger on Sep 8, 2008 11:22 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Artiger,

Yeah, it did. I think the PI call after that was one of those "redemption" calls. They happen all of the time.

Also, with regards to the holding call that people are bickering about: holding happens on every single down. What entices refs to call it at certain moments will be one of those lifelong mysteries.

by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Sep 8, 2008 12:32 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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