FrisbeeĀ® wrote:
> "Big Blue Fan"
> news:1kk2g31iq6e23a79cllltavkq5a0mu7cuk@ ...
>> On Mon, 1 Oct 2007 15:44:26 -0400, "Joseph"
>> wrote:
>>
>>> "Big Blue Fan"
>>> news:t4j2g3ppuo7ob6tu28diu73uuhas85pl0o@ ...
>>>> You must be a Raiders fan.
>>>>
>>> How did you know? I've been a Raiders fan since I could crawl. We
>>> got stiffed by the rule, and won by the rule this year. I for one hate
>>> the
>>> rule.
>>>
>> I was thinking Frisbee was since he was defending bad sportsmanship.
>> :-) Well, you lost some points in my book for that. Niners fan here.
>
> I really don't consider it bad sportsmanship. Anything that does not break
> the rules at least wakes up the rules committee to fix it. As long as it's
> in the rules, why is it bad sportsmanship? Plus, as I mentioned, it was
> done at great risk. What if they had missed that first attempt? Even
> Tuberville didn't have a problem with it, quoted after the game.
>
>
Tuberville is in the same game. Many things are 'legal'; within rules.
So far we are only commenting that it seems to violate the spirit of
the game. Clearly other feel differently. Maybe the rules folks will
review or maybe they and all coaches are comfortable with it.
I just don't like it.
fm