Which horrendous call was your favorite last night?

I'm checking out of these ridiculous, whiny, "what ifs" and excuses threads. Serves no purpose other than to bitch and moan when the real problem lies with the HC and getting him out of here.

Feel free to discuss it all you want. My tone wasn't necessarily directed at you alone, you just started the thread. Here is where I'm coming from. I've lived and experienced these shitshows:

Mizzou football in the 80's and most of the 90's.
The Chiefs through the entire decade of the 80's.
Royals baseball for a full 30 years.

I just have no tolerance nor patience anymore for incompetence. You may have valid points about the refs, but any decent football team with a legit, competent coaching staff can get past that and win most of those games. Hell, this terrible coaching staff had them in the position to do just that.

You can discuss some of the horrendous in game decisions of this staff that help lead to the defeat too. I just think these type of threads, at this juncture, is just idle time used to bitching instead of the real reason of what's going on. You and anyone else is certainly entitled to sit here and play this game. It's just an effort in futility and a waste of time, but that's what fans do, so have at it.

The holding that wasn't called on the fake punt was ridiculous.

I'm still trying to figure out who the 5th player in the backfield was on the long 3rd down that Witter converted.

LT was to far off the line, made other receiver illegal, announcers didnt explain it very well and only circled WRs on replay

My only question and why I hate the targeting rule is, if the offensive player lowers his helmet, how is that the fault of the defender? Is he magically going to go lower?

Helmet to helmet, 15 yard penalty, ejection for 2 halves? It's ridiculous.

Maybe on your second infraction, but it's an absurd punishment.

I've still seen no clarification. Was not a "defenseless player". If that rule has changed, I'd like to know when.

Maybe it was the right call. I still hate it with a passion.

All true, it’s also true that if safety is the reason for the rule then the offensive player shouldn’t be allowed to lower his head and lead with the helmet.

I don't know if you've ever played football, but it's pretty much impossible to hit a moving target exactly where you want to. Now add in that these guys are world class athletes and it becomes even tougher.

Calling targeting on a play where the ball carrier is 1. Not defenseless and 2. Leading with his helmet is simply put horseshite.

I know it's just a ruse to show that they are doing something about concussions, but these rules have to be changed. It's very bad for the quality of the game.

I was watching the UNLV/SD St and a player was called for targeting for essentially hitting a guy too hard. His helmet did touch him, but it was off to the side in the chest area and he led with his shoulder.

He wasn't defenseless he had ran for about 10 yards before the hit.

I don't hate the targeting penalty or its intent. I hate the "all over the place" way it is called and enforced. I watched a Michigan player earlier this year hit the QB the same exact way Shane Ray hit the Bama QB in the SEC champ game. Ray ejected, Mich player - no call.

I hate that players on teams with smaller fan bases are pretty much automatically ejected, where players on blueblood teams may get the penalty but get to stay in the game sometimes.

This penalty is covered in BS.


Reporter Ben DuBose put it well on Twitter

The lesser team is going to get hosed by the refs more often most times. Just the way it is.

"Team with more wins, better shot at a bowl, playing at home gets benefit of doubt. Not rocket science to understand why."


MU is simply going to have successful seasons more consistently to get away from this 5th down, flea kicker, 18 seconds to spot the ball mire.