That no-call on the block in the back

[bulldognation]

Could have been a huge pivot point.
If grinning Dan had showed up instead of intense Dan... does the team fold at that point?

A visor got tossed.

 

[BossDawg78]

Dan went ape ****. I was actually very, very pleased to see him that livid. He blew a gasket and I was afraid a ref was about to get murdered right there on the field. I think he launched his headset across the field, too.

 

[thatsbaseball]

I have a feeling with the addition of Cohen "grinning Dan" may have been retired

 

[Xenomorph]

We just watched it again on ESPN3 here in the office. It was fun to read the lips of students shouting that it was a block in the back. The final two were some dudes sullenly talking to each other... One was like... huh, that was a block in the back. Other dude staring blankly into space..... Sho'wuz.

 

[KurtRambis4]

This thinking

is absolutely dumb. I've seen several suggest it, too.

 

[coach66]

He reacted appropriately.

nm

 

[pmdawg]

Did anyone get a video of this? At the game, I was so pissed off that I didn't see all of Dan's reaction. Caught the tail end of it

 

[thatsbaseball]

Forgot to add ** but I do believe there`s gonna be a "new sheriff in town"

 

[Maroon'12]

It still boggles my mind we even kicked to him. How do you not know the guy had already returned 3 TDs this season already from punt return?!

Also I'm still in shock over this victory, I said on here I thought we were going to get murdered. So happy to be wrong.

Lastly, anyone else at the game catch Dan waiting at the end of the tunnel at half to give the refs more crow? I really enjoyed that & 17 them anyways.

 

[Xenomorph]

Now I agree with that... the word to the punter should've been.. I don't care if we only get 20 yards out of this. Punt it out of bounds.

 

[coach66]

I said the same thing.

nm

 

[ShrubDog]

Our kicking game is our biggest liability.

 

[Shamoan]

he tossed his head set AND his visor. it was refreshing.

 

[Xenomorph]

It was a nice change of pace from salad.

 

[KurtRambis4]

My

mistake. However, my point remains that it's dumb for those that have suggested that and honestly believe it.

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

Fat Dan is back

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

https://www.google.com/amp/www.foxs...a-punt-93-yards-for-touchdown-110516.amp.html

 

[hullabaloodog]

It still boggles my mind we even kicked to him. How do you not know the guy had already returned 3 TDs this season already from punt return?! .

I'm so happy that we won the game, but I was worried like hell that this was going to end up costing us big time. We were averaging like 7 yards per carry on that drive and then for some reason decided to pass the ball? Incomplete passes on 2nd and 3rd down forced a punt that should not have happened. In the case that you do have to punt the ball with a few seconds left, PUNT IT OUT OF BOUNDS. I thought I was going to throw up.

 

[DawgsOnTheWing]

I listened to the end of first half interview with John Correro and DM was frustrated and said "I don't know what our kicker was doing" as if Logan failed to kick as directed or was not told where/how to kick it.

 

[hullabaloodog]

That makes me feel better.

 

[bruiser.sixpack]

"Most" punt returners would not catch a ball at their 6, let alone be able to take it to the house! That has happened to MSU twice that I can recall: LSU in the failed jump pass game, and Saturday.

Had the ref called the block in the back, aTm would have had the ball around the 5 with 19 seconds to go.

I am sure a lot of blocks in the back occur on kick returns that never get called. I know a bunch ARE called.

Re-watch Trevor Knight TD run. You will see 2 holds by aTm.

Fitzgerald threw 2 end zone INTs.

That game "could" have been the blowout most expected, except, MSU could have been doing the blowout.

Sumlin typically only saw the issues that affected HIS team.

Mullen had a right to be pissed!

 

[NCDawg.sixpack]

Who is the guy always with Mullen and grabbed him by his belt tugging him back?

 

[dawgstudent]

Jon Clark

http://www.hailstate.com/coaches.aspx?rc=459&path=

 

[FlotownDawg]

We had a holding penalty that backed us up to either 1st and 20 or 2nd and 20. We tried to pass for the first down instead of continuing to run the ball and kill clock. I don't think it was a bad decision, seeing that A&M had two timeouts they could have used to stop the clock anyway if we had kept running it. The punt was terrible however. Should have been angled to the sideline instead of right down the middle.

 

[EngDawg]

We just watched it again on ESPN3 here in the office. It was fun to read the lips of students shouting that it was a block in the back. The final two were some dudes sullenly talking to each other... One was like... huh, that was a block in the back. Other dude staring blankly into space..... Sho'wuz.

If they had put the camera on me, it wouldn't have been quite so G rated.

 

[Junction John]

Ah, there he is. Love that guy. Think I'll wear Angry Dan around this week in tribute.

 

[DirtyDog]

I definitely got the impression that the punt was supposed to be angled to the sideline, probably directional kick OB, but it wasn't executed. Nice punt, and we shouldn't crucify our punter or special teams for a play that was clearly missed by the officials. My seats are on the other end of the field and I clearly saw it live so I don't know how 3-4 officials could have missed it. Our guys were in position to make the play even with not kicking it OB. I'm just glad Dan showed some emotion and the team showed enough character to not let it get them down at halftime.

 

[Swede39]

Logan put it right where he was supposed to on that one. We were always coached to angle our punts to hit the numbers. Never had a punt where we intentionally punted it out of bounds. They may now but I doubt it. Can't tell from the camera angle but it looks like aTm set up a wall and we lost contain. The block and the back didn't help either.

 

[thekimmer]

If we were playing bama we'd have been assessed 15 on the ensuing kickoff for illegal contact to the hands with the back.

 

[bulldogbaja]

Does anyone have a working video link?

I think it's been scrubbed- black helicopters**

 

[Resolved]

Jon Clark is apparently Mullen's closest friend on the staff. I'll never forget he was the first guy Dan hugged after the AU victory in '14. Sounds like Clark does Rockey's job...but better.