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December 6th, 2009, 1905 hours, is a date & time which will live in Realm&#153 infamy.&#160 Mark that date & time and remember it well, Denizens.

For it is the moment that I officially changed my mind on the BCS, and decided we needed a national playoff.

#20 Nebraska 12, #3 TU Shortdicks 10, Big XII/BCS Conspirators & Rule Violators 3

Denison 49, Sulphur Springs 35

Denison 28, Aledo 40

Wisconsin 51, at Hawai’i 10

Dallas 24, at NY Football Douchebags 31

at Dallas 17, San Diego 20

Dallas 24, at New Orleans 17

Denison stopped Sulphur Springs in a shootout, as DJ Jones caught four Jordan Taylor passes for 112 yards and a couple of touchdowns.&#160 Taylor & Jones were also forces on the ground, combining for 391 yards on 42 carries.

Denison would lose to eventual 4A Div II champion Aledo the next week, as they simply could not stop Jonathan Gray (27 rushes, 185 yards, 4 touchdowns).

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Memo to UHawai’i:&#160 Next time you have a quality head coach who makes noises about going elsewhere if you don’t upgrade the program…upgrade the damned program, hm?

June Jones’ squads might have had a chance against Bucky.&#160 This motley crew will settle for not being manhandled back into Oblivion&#153.

Jonathan Clay gashed the Rainbow Warriors for 172 yards and three touchdowns as Bucky shoved them aside and said “Out of the way kids, we’re going bowling.”&#160 QB Scott Tolzien was 16-20-253.

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Believe it or not, Romo’s actually played well the last three weeks.&#160 Pity he has only one win to show for it.

Special teams and defense failed the Cowgirlz against the Douchebags.&#160 Dominique Hixon (yes, the spelling’s deliberate, thank you) took a Mat McBriar punt back 79 yards on a punt return, and Widdle Brandi Jackoff took a swing pass and waddled 75 yards for a score.

(How does Brandi Jackoff run 75 yards on a swing pass?&#160 I don’t give a shit if he is&#160 6’4″, 265 – I’d&#160 take a shot at the pussy, and the C’girl defense is supposedly bigger/stronger than I am.&#160 There’s flat-out no excuse for that.)

They didn’t play much better against San Diego.&#160 Jason Garrett suffered a brain fart in the second quarter, attempting to pound Marion Barber three straight times over Leonard Davis at right guard from inside the one.&#160 And was stuffed each time.

Then, after a Phillip Rivers interception, Nick Folk missed yet another&#160 field goal, making it five straight (at the time) where he’s missed at least one attempt.&#160 (He would go on to miss a chip shot against the Saints this past Saturday night, fueling speculation that he won’t make the trip to Warshington.)

(UPDATE:&#160 Wasn’t that hard of a call to make – as expected, he’s done.)

Rivers would lead the Chargers on scoring drives of 75 & 73 yards, for a touchdown and field goal respectively, to put the game away after Dallas had tied it in the fourth.

Against New Orleans, Dallas – a prohibitive road dog – jumped out to a 17-3 halftime lead, then added another touchdown in the third.&#160 Drew Brees led the Saints on two fourth-quarter touchdown drives, and was on his way to a third when Demarcus Ware sacked him and stripped the ball.&#160 Anthony Spencer recovered, ending the threat, the game and NO’s bid for a perfect season.

MERLIN:&#160 Weren’t you saying something to the effect of “does anyone really&#160 think they have a snowball’s chance”?

VENOMOUS:&#160 Soemthing like that.&#160 Not the first time I’ve enjoyed being wrong like that, y’know.

MERLIN:&#160 Point.

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Others have said this, but I’ll say it again:&#160 The Cornhuskers won the Big XII championship.&#160 They simply got screwed out of it by a half-assed conference that couldn’t bear&#160 to not see the TU Shrimpdicks in the BCS Championship.

(Some background, in case you either didn’t watch the game or have forgotten what happened:&#160 With seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, and TU trailing 12-10, Widdle Coltie McCoy dropped back to pass, was rushed, rolled out and threw an incomplete pass out of bounds as the clock went to 0:00.&#160 The replay official buzzed down to the referee and had 0:01 placed back on the clock, whereupon TU kicked a field goal.&#160 This field goal was illegal, as I’m about to show.)

Here is a direct quote from what used&#160 to be on the Big XII’s website regarding instant replay rules:

Article 3. Miscellaneous reviewable plays include:

a. A runner judged to have been not down by rule. (Note: If a runner is ruled down, the play is not reviewable).

b. A runner’s forward progress with respect to a first down.

c. Touching of any type kick by any player.

d. The number of players participating by either team during a live ball.

e. A scrimmage kicker beyond the line of scrimmage when the ball is kicked.

f. Clock adjustment when a ruling on the field is reversed. (Emphasis added – DV)

g. A fumble recovery by a Team A player during fourth down or a try and before any change of possession.

I, and a helluva lot of other Nebraska fans, are still waiting for the explanation of what call on the field was reversed that supposedly warranted a review of time left on the clock.

Now, there are some pro-TU Shortdick assclowns that are trying to claim that further down that list of rules, there is a clause that states – and I quote:

ARTICLE 6. No other plays or officiating decisions are reviewable. However, the replay official may correct egregious errors, including those involving the game clock, whether or not a play is reviewable. This excludes fouls that are not specifically reviewable (Reviewable fouls: Rules 12-3-2-c and d, 12-3-4-b and 12-3-5-a).&#160 (Emphasis added – DV)

In the first place, this is the dictionary definition of “egregious”:

1. extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant: an egregious mistake; an egregious liar

There was nothing “extraordinary in some bad way”, “glaring” or&#160 “flagrant” about an extra second running off the clock after pass went out of bounds at that point of the game.&#160 Were that the case, time would have to be put back on the clock for each & every incomplete pass anywhere, anytime, during any football game ever played.&#160 Ever.

No other call was reversed during that last play.&#160 Hence, the Big XII was clearly in violation of its own rule in putting that one second back on the clock.&#160 The game should have been over; Nebraska should have been awarded the Big XII title; Texas Third Pro Team&#153 should have had to slink back to Austin again&#160 having failed to win the conference championship.

Oh, and you know where I said where those instant replay rules used to be&#160 on the Big XII site?&#160 Go there now and you’ll find the page fucking blank.&#160 Nothing but a fucking link to an NCAA FAQ about “Football Rules”.

Almost as if the Big XII had something to hide, hm?

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So, the Big XII pussies get what they wanted – their honeyboy butt-buddies in burnt orange in the BCS title game.&#160 Where – and I’ll go out on a limb here – ‘Bama will kick their shortdick T-sip asses all over Pasadena.&#160 You heard it here first.

And where does TCU get to go?

TCU, in their first-ever BCS bowl, draws the Fiesta Bowl out in Arizona.

Against Smurf Turf State&#153.&#160 The same Smurf Turf State&#153 to whom the Froggies spotted a 10-0 lead last year in the Poinsettia Bowl, then went and kicked their asses up the field and back down, allowing only two field goals the rest of the way while scoring 17 on the Broncos in the meantime.

In other words, sportz fanz, we have already played this school once in a bowl game.&#160 And beaten them.

But because the Powers That Wish They Were&#153 don’t want the possibility of another Utah-‘Bama Sugar Bowl debacle, they take the easy way out and schedule the only two non-automatic-qualifying BCS-buster schools against each other.

Somewhat akin to sending the little kiddies off to the corner table to eat Thanksgiving dinner.

Up until that point, I was a staunch defender of the BCS and the bowl system.&#160 I would beat playoff advocates over the head with their shortsightedness over how they would determine playoff seedings, and congraulate myself for my ingenuity in destroying their argument.

No more.

Congresscritter Joe Barton (R-TX) is attempting to bring the BCS bastards to account, putting them on the level with “cartels” (of which type, I’m not sure, but no matter).

I hope to Hell&#153 he succeeds.&#160 Enough with the big schools getting bigger, the NCAA haves continuing to get, get, get – and the have-nots being shoved aside like the thorn in WC Fields’ side. (“Go away, sonny, y’bother me…”)

The fact is that the best college football team in this state is in Fort Worth this year, not&#160 Austin.&#160 TCU could – and would – kick the T-sips’ asses all the way back to Weirdville, given the chance.&#160 And it’s high time they, and other deserving schools, got that chance.

Bring on the playoff.

This week:&#160 3-4.&#160 Overall:&#160 54-26.

Keep your eyes peeled for the Bowl Edition of the PFW.&#160 I’m not sure whether I crank it out this week or next – depends on when the first team plays (and yes, HDD, Bucky will be included in the list).

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One response to “PFW:&#160 Screwed by their own conference (UPDATED)”

1. HDD says:

   December 21, 2009 at 1:37 pm

   Take it easy on the Fiesta Bowl. Of all the culprits in this (yearly tradition) BCS fiasco, they’re the least culpable. The Fiesta Bowl, under the BCS system, likes to try to set up the most intriguing match ups it can. Note: I did NOT say “match up between the two best teams”. It was the Fiesta Bowl, last year, that paired Utah and Alabama against each other, because the Fiesta Bowl thought fans would want to see how Utah stacked up against a traditional power! (for the record, Nicky “The Weasel” Saban was upset his Crimson Tide had to play “someone that hasn’t played anyone all year”…and then, coached his ‘Tide to an 18 point defeat.) Yes, Texas Christian played the Smurf Turfers last year, and beat the Smurf Turfers last year. BUT, it was in the Poinsettia Bowl, which was attended by about 78 people, and watched by about 26 more. The Fiesta Bowl, bless their pointy little heads, thought college football fans would like to see the ‘Frogs and Smurf Turfers present their side of the argument in a bowl that would be televised and watched by a HUUUUUGE chunk of the nation. Sure, I’d like to see the Frogs take a shot at the big boys, and I’d also like to see the Smurf Turfers do the same. BUT, right now, with the debacle that is the BCS in place, we’re going to have to take what we can get.

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