"They can't do that!"

[MD Longhorn]

I'm curious to see what happens the next time the Buccaneers have the ball and the lead late. If this was baseball, I know what would happen... but what's the football equivalent of a fastball in the ribs?

[Maineac]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

I'm curious to see what happens the next time the Buccaneers have the ball and the lead late. If this was baseball, I know what would happen... but what's the football equivalent of a fastball in the ribs?

Oh there are a whole bunch of them, and they don't necessarily need to wait until TB has the ball and the lead late. "Accidentally" smoking a guy who signaled a fair catch. "Playing to the echo of the whistle" by hitting someone late or out of bounds to name a couple. I know these are both violations of actual written rules. But in my opinion violating the unwritten rule of the kneel down like TB did won't be cause for much consideration at "payback time." I'm not advocating these happening, BTW, just saying TB shouldn't be surprised if/when karma comes their way. Schiano and his supporters apparently see this as "hustle" and trying to win the game. Coughlin and his supporters see it as dirty and violating an unwritten rule. Maybe they're both right.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Maineac

Schiano and his supporters apparently see this as "hustle" and trying to win the game. Coughlin and his supporters see it as dirty and violating an unwritten rule. Maybe they're both right.

Perhaps the most cogent thing written so far in this thread. I'm not normally an advocate of the middle (sometimes the truth, or best answer, is on the far extreme of an argument) for its own sake, but this may be one case where the truth lies somewhere in the middle.

Yes, the players in the league play to win, and playing to the final snap is important and expected. Every sport, however, has its unwritten rules (basketball seems to have fewer), and this seems to be one of them.

Sure, the Bucs should have an opportunity to win, but they did, and they found themselves down, and out of timeouts, at the last snap. Apparently, the convention is to acknowledge defeat at that point.

There's nothing dirty about going against convention, but there are often times consequences for doing so. This happens more in baseball than the other sports, but the other sports have it, too.

[Multiple Sports]

Is the former post from Adam the Moderator or his alias Snackwells just a regular poster ?????????

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Multiple Sports

Is the former post from Adam the Moderator or his alias Snackwells just a regular poster ?????????

Snaq Diesel has retired.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Adam

Snaq Diesel has retired.

My spell check will certainly miss Inkwells.