Wish we could skip Wyoming game on Saturday

[Bo-4]

They're 1-6 and don't even have a head coach. Dave Christensen was suspended for this little outburst against Air Force Coach Troy Calhoun. Yikes...

[video=youtube;xhN38pt8SA0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhN38pt8SA0[/video]

Wyoming Coach Yells at Air Force Coach on Military Appreciation Night

Few outside the Rocky Mountain region took notice this week when Wyoming's Dave Christensen was reprimanded by the Mountain West Conference for a postgame tirade directed at Air Force coach Troy Calhoun following the Falcons' 28-27 victory last Saturday. Christensen had been upset at a play in the fourth quarter when Air Force quarterback Connor Dietz went down with an injury, was looked at by trainers for several minutes and left the field for one snap. Apparently, Christensen believed Dietz was not truly injured and Air Force used the delay to set up the next play before going on to take the lead. He confronted Calhoun about it during the postgame handshake in a conversation Calhoun described to reporters as "not a conversation I'd have with my mom."

 

[Alinvegas]

Heard about that. Such a deal. You guys won't have any problem with the cowboys...

 

[fairsheet]

Funny thing is...I have little doubt that the Air Force coach did EXACTLY what the Wyoming coach is accusing him of. But, it's clearly within the rules and it's the sort of thing that any coach worth his salt would and should do, if he thinks it will help his team win. I imagine that's the reason the Wyoming coach ended up in hot water.

If his tirade had been around a blatant and possibly injurious matter of cheating on the Air Force coach's fault, I don't suppose the tirade would've raised the same eyebrows.

 

[Alinvegas]

Dietz pulled the same thing against UNLV. Only we beat them anyway. LOL

 

[fairsheet]

I assume it "cost" them a timeout? And hey...one timeout may seem like a pretty cheap price to pay but...it IS the "price" the NCAA has assigned to it. That's why it's so upsetting when our team is forced to call an unplanned timeout. Those timeouts can be really valuable, if they're spent wisely.

 

[NightSwimmer]

If his tirade had been around a blatant and possibly injurious matter of cheating on the Air Force coach's fault, I don't suppose the tirade would've raised the same eyebrows.

I don't know... Even then, he should be capable of behaving like an adult. Otherwise, he shouldn't be retained in a position of authority. That's pretty adolescent behavior to be coming from a highly paid "professional".

 

[fairsheet]

I don't know... Even then, he should be capable of behaving like an adult. Otherwise, he shouldn't be retained in a position of authority. That's pretty adolescent behavior to be coming from a highly paid "professional".

I haven't reviewed this specific tirade. I'm talking in terms of unhinged tirades in general. And, I'd argue that the odd, properly-timed and focused unhinged tirade, has its place. After all...it IS just a game - a game in which guys go out and bash each other up on side and down the other. So...to suggest that a "rant" is untoward, is a little contradictory.

 

[NightSwimmer]

I haven't reviewed this specific tirade. I'm talking in terms of unhinged tirades in general. And, I'd argue that the odd, properly-timed and focused unhinged tirade, has its place. After all...it IS just a game - a game in which guys go out and bash each other up on side and down the other. So...to suggest that a "rant" is untoward, is a little contradictory.

The Head Coach isn't supposed to be doing any bashing up. If you don't believe me, just ask Woody Hayes.

I agree that his outburst would have been more understandable had there been a more egregious misdeed on the part of the other coach. Still... He looked like a fool. No way around it.

 

[LeRoy_Was_Here]

The Head Coach isn't supposed to be doing any bashing up. If you don't believe me, just ask Woody Hayes.

I agree that his outburst would have been more understandable had there been a more egregious misdeed on the part of the other coach. Still... He looked like a fool. No way around it.

For two years, I went to Michigan State University, and in one of those years, we played Ohio State in East Lansing. I went to that game. I saw some joker walking around the stadium with a big sign. It read:

Will Rogers never met Woody Hayes.

HA HA HA!!

 

[fairsheet]

The Head Coach isn't supposed to be doing any bashing up. If you don't believe me, just ask Woody Hayes.

I agree that his outburst would have been more understandable had there been a more egregious misdeed on the part of the other coach. Still... He looked like a fool. No way around it.

Hey...I'm generically pro-tirade, but not specifically pro-tirade!

 

[Bo-4]

Funny thing is...I have little doubt that the Air Force coach did EXACTLY what the Wyoming coach is accusing him of. But, it's clearly within the rules and it's the sort of thing that any coach worth his salt would and should do, if he thinks it will help his team win. I imagine that's the reason the Wyoming coach ended up in hot water.

If his tirade had been around a blatant and possibly injurious matter of cheating on the Air Force coach's fault, I don't suppose the tirade would've raised the same eyebrows.

You should have a look, it was quite a melt. The way i understand it, their player was walking off the field normally and uninjured, got some sort of a "go down!" signal from the sidelines and did a big ol' grab the knee in excruciating pain. It may be within the rules, but it's not very classy. I don't think you'd find our coach advocating such a thing.

 

[NightSwimmer]

You should have a look, it was quite a melt. The way i understand it, their player was walking off the field normally and uninjured, got some sort of a "go down!" signal from the sidelines and did a big ol' grab the knee in excruciating pain. It may be within the rules, but it's not very classy. I don't think you'd find our coach advocating such a thing.

Faking an injury is well within the rules and it will continue to happen on a regular basis -- unless there is a rule change made to take away the fast-paced offense gimmick of preventing substitutions on the part of the defense.

Obviously, that was not the motivation in this particular case. As for classless behavior, it's hard to top fans of teams like Oregon booing injured players because they assume that their fast-pace offense is being gamed every time someone on the defense goes down. It's a contact sport. People really do get hurt sometimes.

 

[Bo-4]

Faking an injury is well within the rules and it will continue to happen on a regular basis -- unless there is a rule change made to take away the fast-paced offense gimmick of preventing substitutions on the part of the defense.

Obviously, that was not the motivation in this particular case. As for classless behavior, it's hard to top fans of teams like Oregon booing injured players because they assume that their fast-pace offense is being gamed every time someone on the defense goes down. It's a contact sport. People really do get hurt sometimes.

Oregon did that to us once at Autzen.. and our defensive guy ended up having a torn ACL and was out for the year. They came over here in '09 and actually pulled an obvious fakey when we had 'em backpeddling. Our fans applauded the guy when he was "assisted" off the field. Two of the worst places for bad sport drunken fans? U of Nevada Reno and O Ducks in Eugene. Last time we played in Nevada, the Mayor sent our fans an apology!

http://voices.idahostatesman.com/20...o_mayor_and_nevada_president_boise_state_fans

 

[Bo-4]

I assume it "cost" them a timeout? And hey...one timeout may seem like a pretty cheap price to pay but...it IS the "price" the NCAA has assigned to it. That's why it's so upsetting when our team is forced to call an unplanned timeout. Those timeouts can be really valuable, if they're spent wisely.

If i'm not wrong FS an officials injury timeout is entirely different from a coach's timeout in CFB and they it buys the offense 40 seconds. I think they need to examine that rule because the fakes are becoming abusive.

You can spot a fakey a mile away.