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We've got an ORANGE BALL ALERT in the RSL/LAFC game!

17 hours ago, BrySmalls said:

 

This is an embarrassment for all of US Soccer. The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup is the oldest club cup that we have and it's a fantastic way to grow the sport. It should be given more respect by MLS!

Just because the MLS owners might own the clubs...

...doesn't mean the clubs belong to them.

Dean Smith coaching a soccer team in North Carolina. Wow.

Welp, the Eagles making the playoffs this season is like Alabama making the College Football Playoff.

It's probably going to happen, but that doesn't mean it's right.

10 hours ago, Ted Cunningham said:

Next year should be an improvement as essentially you'll have the top 10 getting in (covering the Power 4 champs and the 6 at large teams) plus two lower-ranked conference champions. And I'm sure there will be arguments made about how they should just take the top 12 and how nos. 11 and 12 are better than a no. 19 Sunbelt champ and no. 24 CUSA champ. But, the criteria are clear: those last two "other champion" spots go to conference champs, not necessarily the best teams (however the latter is determined).

Point of order: it's going to be a 5+7 model next year thanks to the Pac-12 demise. Also they're forcing the top 4 to be conference champions so even if Notre Dame goes 12-0, they can't be seeded any higher than fifth.

25 minutes ago, CS85 said:

TL;DR:  the college football "how to choose a champion" methodology was dramatically botched one final time before playoff expansion, and the NCAA looks forward to screwing around again in the coming years.

Point of order: the NCAA has nothing to do with this.

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Beginning next year, high school basketball teams will shoot two free throws for common fouls when in the “bonus.” This change to Rule 4-8-1 eliminates the one-and-one scenario and sets new foul limits each quarter for awarding the bonus free throw.

 

Rules changes were approved by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Basketball Rules Committee at its annual meeting April 24-26 in Indianapolis. The recommendations were subsequently approved by the NFHS Board of Directors.

 

In addition to awarding two foul shots for all common fouls, teams will reach the bonus when their opponent commits five fouls in each quarter and team fouls will reset at the end of each quarter. Previously, teams were awarded the one-and-one bonus when their opponents committed seven fouls in a half and two foul shots when 10 fouls were committed each half.

 

“The rules committee studied data that showed higher injury rates on rebounding situations and saw this as an opportunity to reduce opportunities for rough play during rebounds,” said Lindsey Atkinson, NFHS Director of Sports and liaison to the Basketball Rules Committee. “Additionally, resetting the fouls each quarter will improve game flow and allow teams to adjust their play by not carrying foul totals to quarters two and four.”

 

The throw-in procedure for front-court violations was simplified in Rules 7-5-2 through 7-5-5. When the ball is in team control in the offensive team’s frontcourt and the defensive team commits a violation, a common foul prior to the bonus, or the ball becomes dead, the corresponding throw-in by the offensive team will be at one of four designated spots determined by where the infraction took place. The designated spots are either the nearest 28-foot mark along each sideline or the nearest spot 3 feet outside the lane line on the end line. The one exception is when the defensive team causes a ball to be out of bounds, the throw-in shall be the spot where the ball went out of bounds.

 

Throw-in administration was also addressed in a change to Rule 7-6-6. When an official administers a throw-in to the wrong team, the error can be fixed before the first dead ball after the ball becomes live unless there has been a change in possession.

 

Other approved rules changes include:

 

• Rule 2-1-3 establishes the official placement of a shot clock operator at the scorer’s table for those states utilizing the shot clock.
• Rule 3-4-5 clarifies that multiple styles of uniform bottoms may be worn by teammates, but they must all be like-colored and adhere to uniform rules outlined in Rule 3-6-2 regarding logos and trademarks.
• Rule 3-5-6 addresses undershirts and allows teams to wear a single solid color or solid black for visiting teams with dark jerseys. This provides an opportunity for schools with hard-to-find colors to have all players wear a black undershirt.
• Rule 9-3-3 was amended to allow a player to step out of bounds and return to the court if the player gains no advantage. A player is penalized only if, after returning inbounds, the player is the first to touch the ball or avoids a violation.

I found this interesting; my season is about ready to start in just 9 short days, and this leaves men's college basketball, I believe, as the only iteration of the sport that still uses the one-and-one bonus. 

I'm not sure I believe the argument that it is a safety issue, but I do find it interesting.

3 minutes ago, burgundy said:

 

 

 

I refuse to carry water for the most overrated team in the nation.

Drop Notre Dame out of the top 25 already. They struggled against freaking Duke.

Absolutely DOMINANT performance by the Scarlet and Gray over those frauds from South Bend. How were they even ranked in the top 25?!

7 minutes ago, Rockstar Matt said:

 

They were kinda, but not like this year. Last year had 6 teams all with legitimate contender status (Packers, Bucs, Cowboys, Rams, Cardinals and to a lesser extant the 49ers (I do distinctly remember them being undervalued all year). This year it's clearly just the Eagles, Cowboys and Niners who are the contenders.

 

Maybe I should have worded my original statement differently saying I've never known a NFL with Dallas and San Francisco as favorites until these past two seasons. 

Erm, the Vikings (today's loss notwithstanding)?

On 11/16/2022 at 2:07 PM, Jer15 said:

Just saw that, for TFC anyway, a season ticket will also get you a subscription for Apple's MLS service. 

That's all MLS season ticket holders.

...well, that touchdown just pushed the game. The line was 11.

Just now, BBTV said:

 

How could you call it a success?  I mean, a Super Bowl is cool and all, but this game ruins the season no matter what happens the rest of the way.  Super Bowl win, big parade, whatever.  Bad referee calls in week 10 is ALL I'll remember from this season.

You assume there'll be a parade. Nobody remembers the teams that don't go perfect.

1 minute ago, BBTV said:

 

Why stop there?  Lurie should sell the team, or just give it away.  It's really the only way to salvage the season.

Do you really think if they go 19-1, Eagles fans can call this season a success?

Horrible, horrible loss for the Eagles. If I'm Lurie, I fire Sirianni immediately after this game. It's clear he just doesn't have it.

Washington 30 minutes away from making this a failed season for the Eagles. They're pretty much 20-0 or bust.

3 hours ago, Digby said:

 

Escalated quickly. Seems weird to me that a consensual relationship with a co-worker, while bad, would merit the same punishment as the owner who was harassing every woman in the office for years.

Considering that if I ever had sex, I'd likely be fired from my job no matter who I had sex with, he got off easy.

Tuchel out at Chelsea after the Dinamo Zagreb loss; Tedesco out at Leipzig as well after a 4-1 loss to Shakhtar Donetsk.

...gosh darn it, Herbstreit, stop pretending Notre Dame is a good team. They're not. They're definitely not one of the top 25 FBS conference members. We all saw it clear as day tonight.

Watching the game in Columbus and wondering why are the Irish even ranked, much less fifth? Ohio State in cruise control mode, smoking Notre Dame.

1 minute ago, dont care said:

When you aren’t even ranked what right should you have to be in the playoffs. See works both ways. I’ll take the route they are going with over yours where 8-4 coastal Carolina gets in based on playing in a conference of losers and then having Alabama drop 100 on them.

Yeah, but if all conference champions are invited, you'll never see any of the 124 NCAA FBS conference members win every game they play and not make the playoff.

I still think it should be a 10-team playoff - the ten conference champions. If you don't win your conference title, what right should you have to be in the playoffs?

Most years, you can be a good team, play like crap, and still beat FC Cincinnati.

Not this year.

We played like crap and FC Cincinnati beat us 3-1.

Pat Noonan is doing a very good job with them.

Not only did the US U-20 men's team win the CONCACAF championship...

They scored 31 goals in 7 games, winning 6, drawing 1.

15 of those 31 goals were scored by current players for the Philadelphia Union.