Bama pays these kind of teams a ton of money to come to BDS. Contracts should call for substantial deductions for injuries caused by personal fouls such as the chop blocks. Perhaps they would refrain from coaching that if it was going to hit them in the wallet.
Western Carolina is/was a dirty team
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Good point. But that's a slippery slope when you start paying for calls (as it would be interpreted).
The best way to hurt their pocket is not to schedule them in the future. Shame on us if we ever schedule them again.
Yes, and put the word out about them so they won't be in such hot demand for other money games.
As I was watching the game I began to wonder if all of our injuries at the hands of a lower division team was a random event or not.:conf2:
Some of it had to be luck, but there has to be a clear message sent. I support FBS teams playing FCS teams for a variety of reasons, but there's no way any FBS teams should schedule and opponent that chooses to play dirty.
I have it from a credible source, the brother of the dog catcher that works in my next door neighbor's mother's county, that the barners paid UWC an extra 50K to soften us up a bit.
Yep. And I would put the word out to other Div. 1A teams that WCU plays to injure, and suggest that others not schedule them either.
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Other than the two chop blocks, I did not see any signs of dirty play. They were not hitting late, and they were not continuing the action after the play was dead. They did go low many times in the game, but every small player does this when faced with a much bigger player - even in the NFL.
The Cam Robinson injury was an accident - a player rolled on his ankle. The Cooper injury was an accident - normal tackle, low on a much bigger player. Fowler, Stewart and Vogler injuries were just football play injuries and not related to even low hits. Only A'Shawn's injury can be attributed to an illegal or dirty play.
The Cam Robinson injury was an accident - a player rolled on his ankle. The Cooper injury was an accident - normal tackle, low on a much bigger player. Fowler, Stewart and Vogler injuries were just football play injuries and not related to even low hits. Only A'Shawn's injury can be attributed to an illegal or dirty play.
I don't think anyone got hurt on the chop blocks. I hate to see those happen, but not sure if they were intentional. I missed most of the first half, but didn't see any dirty play. The low tackles on our WRs and RBs I blame more on the targeting rule. If you listened to the post-game comments by their coach, he doesn't sound like someone who was out to hurt our players.
Let's be honest, our guys were tired for that game. You could tell by watching Tyren Jones run like a mad man. And.. WC does not play in the SEC to be this fresh and motivated 11/12 of the way into the season.
I think that happened before I tuned in. Do you think it was intentional or maybe a miscommunication like someone on the OL didn't hear an audible?
I don't like these games either and if we have to play them, I'd rather us start the 2nd string and work on depth. But if CNS has an issue with how they played, we won't see them again.
The two chop blocks were inexcusable. You don't go high/low on a player without doing it on purpose, and you certainly don't do it twice with innocent intentions.
That said, that was the only sign of "dirty play" I saw, and I don't think it was team-wide or systematic.
That said, that was the only sign of "dirty play" I saw, and I don't think it was team-wide or systematic.
That is significant enough for me. My friend and called about several others before I started paying attention. I think there were more than (2).
Again, why do we support out of state schools who do this?
Ummmmm....how many does it take? A game injury is what it is, but chop blocks are planned (unlike most targeting, which are spur-of-the-moment) and involve two players. Getting called for two chop blocks in a game.....OK, somebody get me some numbers; how many times has that happened? I will wager not very dang many.....
WCU wrap-up: Alabama not getting its money’s worth from FCS opponents
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