Snap Judgement: When A Truck Changes Your Luck
by JohnRadcliff on Jan 30, 2012 10:20 PM EST
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I'm being a bit facetious, because the refs didn't cost us this game. But the technical on Huggins sure didn't help things. The weird thing about it was that for the first time in my memory, the ESPN commentators seemed to go out of their way to point out every time a call didn't go West Virginia's way. It was the like some alternate universe that Spock sported a goatee. So confusing.
In case you didn't get to watch the game. West Virginia was down 39-31 with 17:40 left in the second half. Truck Bryant committed a foul and Huggins screamed out his name. Unfortunately Jingleheimer Joe didn't think he said Truck, and gave Huggins a technical foul. What followed was almost a very ugly situation. The refs refused to go to Huggins and explain why they assessed a technical foul on him. This made Huggins even more mad which made the fans mad. The fans started throwing objects onto the court and I believe we were just seconds away from something truly awful happening.
Mercifully, the referees worked up enough courage to look Huggins in the eyes and explain the situation. If you're a lip reader, you could see coach saying "Truck" to the referee in much the same way one would say something to a person that doesn't speak English. As if saying the word louder will help them understand. But by that point the call was made and it wasn't going to be changed.
Pitt shook off a sloppy start and did what they needed to do to win the game. The call itself didn't change the outcome. I'm not here to call this a conspiracy. But I don't think it's too much to ask of the referees for some consistency. You swallowed the whistle Saturday and today you called a technical foul like Frank Drebin calls strikes before the ball gets to home plate. Just try to live somewhere in between those two extremes, guys. M'kay?
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The fans started throwing objects onto the court
You guys sure do love your stereotypes.
http://www.syracuserugby.com/
did you copy and paste the wrong sentence?
I have no idea what you mean.
by JohnRadcliff on Jan 30, 2012 11:49 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
http://www.lostlettermen.com/6-17-2011-west-virginia-top-10-unruly-fanbases/
Athletic director Oliver Luck has received complaints about the atmosphere at football games, and basketball coach Bob Huggins – a WVU alum – has been on the public address system more than once in recent years to tell fans to stop throwing objects on the court. In fact, a Pittsburgh assistant was once hit in the face with a quarter.
http://www.syracuserugby.com/
The only thing I saw thrown
was one of the towels. I could be wrong about smaller objects, as I was in the upper section.
Not that that is a good thing.
It is just a varying degree of bad compared to a chunk of ice to a coach’s face.
The call
The call was definitely unfortunate and I think Huggins really got a raw deal there.
The one thing, I found interesting, though, was that it seemed to really spurred West Virginia on. At that point, I think Pitt was up by about ten and the crowd seemed to have been taken out of things at least a little.
But after the T, they really got into it and it was an incredibly loud crowd. I understand the tech cost WVU a few points, but in the grand scheme of things, I really believe that West Virginia benefited from it since it really got the crowd riled up. Pitt was able to maintain some composure, but I think it really helped WVU’s ability to rally.
Either way, it was definitely a bad call and the second game should be a good one.
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It did
It’s just not the kind of thing you can sustain. Especially when you’re not shooting well and not defending the three point line. Cant wait for another shot. Hopefully we learned from it.
by JohnRadcliff on Jan 31, 2012 12:14 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
So you guys missed Tray Woodall just a bit?
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by Country Roads on Jan 31, 2012 7:23 AM EST up reply actions
Just a bit
A shame he was gone for so long. With a healthy Woodall at the very least we don’t lose to teams like Wagner, Cincy, or Depaul.
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by oaklandzoo12 on Jan 31, 2012 8:40 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Yeah
I really can’t believe how much different the team is with just one guy (who was even considered somewhat of a question mark this year as a new starter), but it really appears that way.
Other players have stepped up and played better, too, and the other thing is that underclassmen who have been logging regular minutes are improving a bit. But Woodall has made a monumental difference – something I didn’t expect.
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I agree with you, John; I don't it's a conspiracy either....
I just apply Hanlon’s Razor to whatever the Big east refs do anymore.
Hanlon’s Razor: Never attribute to malice what can easily be explained bu stupidity.
2012 Orange Bowl Champs: "I haven’t seen a Tiger take a beating like that since Elin grabbed her 9-iron."
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