FearTheRoo

In Orlando on business, but the plane lands at 6:30 Friday! Hope to be there on Friday!!

ya know, you could click the little 'edit' button and fix that!!!!

Hell while we are at it, the last I heard the School of Business held the same level of accredidation (sp?) as the Harvard Business School.Oh, thanks for reminding us that you are an ingnorant ASS A$$holio. I really have no idea what you are talking about when you compare campuses. Maybe 15-20 years ago, but our campus is nothing like a dirty downtown. And you don't need to hitch up a haywagon to get from one end to the next!!GO back in your hole.

Let's not look past them, but I am encouraged after beating them twice this year. The last one on their turf was a good ass whoooopin'!

That is a great point. The problem with these awards as they recognize standout players. WHen you have a balanced attack like we do recognition is difficult.

I voted for NCAA but only because we would be eliminated farther down than the first round! Geeze!!! I don't know much about the NIT, so I am not sure if making it far in that tourney would be big or not. Hell, maybe we would make it to the final vs. Notre Dame!!!

Good Boy!

I agree that much of the work will be done on the court to get butts in the seats next year. We here need to keep inviting, bringin and forcing friends and family to games. I took many people to their first ZIPS game this year. We also need to buy season tickets to suppor the team. If you can't make all the games, then sell or even GIVE away the tickets. Don't look at it as a financial loss for yourself. Look at it as the cost of a true fan pays to support their team.

I see Bowler and Haynes, but how you can put Haynes on the list and put Travis on the 2nd team makes no sense to me....and the writer doesn't explain/justifiy his/her reasoning.

I would expect nothing less from Tri-C (Can't Community College)!I toured Can't State when I was choosing colleges. I was so unimpressed with the people and the campus that it was a done deal for me. I was accepted there, but chose not to go.Has anyone Can't visited our campus?? That is what a college looks like. Granted, in the past it resembled more of a downtown city, but over the last decade plus we have invested MILLIONS into renovations and a ton of new buildings. If you look at Can't State, it is obviousl by the architecture when their last expansion was....1960's and 1970's!! Except for their recreation center, that's it!!! They keep raising tuition (another 6% hike just announced!), but where does it go??!! Vintage is good in fine wine, not in Can't State! :macc:

RedSteve (The real one!),Welcome!!Beat Can't State!

He will...he will! :macc:

Great post.I agree. We will squeek a few hundred out of the community as the word continues to travel, but the students have to make a bigger showing next year. I know others have said that as they build more dorms it will get better since there is such a high commuter factor, but there are thousands who already live in dorms! We need to find ways to get them out. Winning is always the number on e way. We need to come up with number two, three and four!

No, it doeasn't.

Agreed!

Same thing at the game too! The very few Ohio fans were much louder than the Can't fans. There were a few hundred of the Can't fans. Not very vocal even in the first half when their team was winning!

Yeppers!But once we win the MAC Championship, most will support us at The Dance. The ones who don't are just scum.I root for the MAC team in the tourney when it is not Akron.

Check this out....I made this identical post over on MACbb and "flushFan" had it moved to the general Mid-American Conference section!!! What a sore loser. As if this topic has 'gerneal' MAC tones. It was specifically directed at the Can't State trash-talkers and they had it moved!I made a comment about credibility and why we don't frequent the MACbb often. Can't Read, Can't Write, Can't trust 'em either.

That's why they pay us to be there and the fans PAY to be there! As for calling it regardless of the game situation, you have to. Otherwise you will lose control. There were over 5,600 fans screaming at three guys. Not an easy job! But if it is a bad-called game, then it is just that! I replayed the Futch call a few times on TIVO when I got home. I can't figure out what he saw. My only guess (and we will never know!) is that he maybe previously talked to Futch and others about all the 'crap'. He may have warned that the next malicious contact would be an ejection. Futch may have just done the wrong thing at the wrong time for the wrong official....i don't know.....I am just speculating.

I don't see any misspellings!

JP, good questions.I don't really have an answer to your first one. Partially, I think it appears that they are making calls at critical moments because that it only what everyone remembers. Keep in mind, the team fouls were pretty even at the half! We know that when it comes to officiating, the only thing (typically) that fans and players will remember is the last two minutes of the ball game AND that is only IF we blow a major call. Otherwise, no one even remembers we were there....and that's how we want it! As for the ticky tacky stuff in the MAC, I don't know. There is a tremendous difference as to what you see when you are on the baseline 8 feet from the action compared to even just 25 feet away in the seats. That being said, I have seen a lot of touch fouls calls in the MAC when body fouls go uncalled. Your guess is as good as mine. When I work a game, I let them play....for the most part. Many times you'll get a "late" whistle. That usually happens when the official wants to see the entire play. If there was light contact on a shot for example, but the ball goes in, I won't call a foul because the shooter was not disadvantaged any way. Now obviously if there is significant contact and it goes in, the shooter deserves a bonus shot. As for your second question, talking to the players is GOOD OFFICIATING! I call it preventative officiating. Believe me, I don't want to blow my whistle. Besides, I don't get paid by the hour and everytime I blow the whistle the clock stops! (joke!) Seriously, the refs obviously knew this was a huge rivalry. We talk about this. Any time we see anything that can remotely lead to trouble, we talk to them. You know how it goes, small stuff leads to big stuff. The last thing you want is punches thrown! I have used this example before, a lead official (baseline) will talk to the post players if there is too much contact. Let them know to knock it off. Also, if someone is in the key too long, we'll tell them to get outl If they don't, then we have a lane violation (noticed it is not called 3 seconds because it actually ends up being 5-6 seconds!).I didn't like the way the game was called today. Some of the complaints are warranted, but some are not. Hope this helps. I don't mean to be a 'rules nazi', but sometimes a little education makes us all better fans. If an official blows a call, let them know...the right way. Your ticket is not a pass to berate them, but we also understand that an occasional 'vocal opinion' is part of the game!

(other than the MAC Champs emoticon!)

You are the only Can't person to post that on these message boards. Everyone else (including "A$$holio Gates") talks as if the season is over and Can't is MAC Champs. The Tourney is what matters. Starting Monday, everyone has a record of 0-0. Even playing feel. new ballgame.

Here's my perspective.Some of you know that I am a basketball official. I work college mostly, although not at the D-1 level. I am also a die hard ZIPS fan. I must admit up front that even I have trouble viewing the game (when I am a spectator) as an objective witness. I too have a 'homer' perspective.The crew on the game was probably one of the better crews in the MAC. I know one of them from some of the development camps that I attend to improve my skills as an official. That being said, I am a bit shocked today. Not so much with some of the calls, but some of the no-calls.Let's clear up a few questions circulating here:Matt Futch's ejectionFrom the NCAA Rulebook:Rule 4-26 Art. 4. Flagrant personal foul, live ball. A flagrant personal foul shall be a personal foul that involves severe or excessive contact with an opponent orinvolves contact that is extreme in nature while the ball is live.The rule book does not require an ejection. That is the judgement of the calling official.I witnessed Futch's foul in person and on TV when I returned home. As I said, this was a judgement call on the official. In his judgement, it was a flagrant personal foul and deemed it was worthy of an ejection. Keep in mind, player ejections for flagrant fouls (except fighting) do not require the player to leave the court. I personally do not agree with the call. Futch was moving his arms up, both at the same time, and made contact with the face of the Can't player. Yes, it was a foul, but in my opinion, nothing more. I don't know, maybe this is the reason why I don't work D-1 ...yet! here's my other concern on the Futch issue: the calling official used the replay monitor. What for? Here is what The Book says on using replay. The entire rule is a couple of pages, but this is the portion that may pertain to today:Section 5. Officials Use of Replay/Television EquipmentArt. 1. Officials may use courtside replay equipment, videotape or televisionmonitoring only in situations involving:a. A determination if a fight occurred and the individuals who participatedor left the bench area;re rest of the rule is for correctable errors and timing mistakes.Since there was no fight, I have no idea what he was looking at!!!Intentional Foul on Dials to stop the clock at under a minuteJoyce bringing the ball in bounds from the baseline, Dials fouled without the ball before it was brought in bounds. Many wanted an intentional foul.NCAA Rule 4-26 Art. 6. Intentional personal foul. An intentional foul shall be a personalfoul that, on the basis of an official’s observation of the act, is not a legitimateattempt to directly play the ball or a player. Determination ofwhether a personal foul is intentional shall not be based on the severityof the act. Examples include, but are not limited to:a. Fouling a player who is away from the ball and not directlyinvolved with the play.b. Contact with a player making a throw-in.c. Holding or pushing an opponent in order to stop the game clock.d. Pushing a player from behind to prevent a score.e. Causing excessive contact with an opponent while playing the ball.In this case, Dials was involved in the play because he was one of the players to potentially receive the in-bounds pass. Therefore, it is not an intentional foul.Joyce's Intentional FoulAgain, by the rule above, Dru was pushing a player from behind to prevent a score. Remember: an intentional foul is determined by definition not by severity. Severity comes into play with a flagrant foul.Lastly, my biggest problem, as I said, was the no-calls. One thing we try hard to do as officials is to call an even game if the players allow for it. If something is a foul at one end, then we need to make it a foul at the other end. There were too many shoves from behind (a.k.a. over-the-back) and too much contact on the shot against Akron that were not called when Akron was on defense. Again, keep in mind, I am a ZIPS fan, so I may not be as objective as I should.Hope this helps!GO ZIPS!Either way, Can't still sucks!!!!