Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

[CL82]

CL82...it was high culture a half century ago...like reading a sci fi Catcher in the Rye.

I wouldn't read it now...I'd as soon read Silas Marner or Atlas Shrugged (yech).

But, to be culturally literate...you should at least Cliff Note it.

Do you have a favorite, or at least a least disliked.

A lot of writers cite RAH as an influence. I may get around to it.

 

[billybud]

Oh, I went through my Henlein and Asimov phase early...my early 20's.

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress is much in the vein of Stranger...I liked his short stories in Analog Magazine better.

I read now for pure recreation...love Dave Robicheaux novels by James Lee Burke...his setting of place, the use of sound and visual imagery I like a lot.

His characters are more than a cardboard cutout...

 

[billybud]

You also may like Louise Penny...Her books feature Inspector Armand Gamache...set in the small towns of Quebec province...notably Three Pines.

Typical who done its...but with a nice writing flair.

 

[CL82]

Oh, I went through my Henlein and Asimov phase early...my early 20's.

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress is much in the vein of Stranger...I liked his short stories in Analog Magazine better.

I read now for pure recreation...love Dave Robicheaux novels by James Lee Burke...his setting of place, the use of sound and visual imagery I like a lot.

His characters are more than a cardboard cutout...

I just finished the Scalzi Old Man's War series (plus a couple more), which was a good summer read. He cites Henlein as a role model. I may go read one. It's been a summer of fiction for me. I read Scalzi, Martin's Dreamscapes and the most recent Lee Childs most recent Reacher novel (good read if you like the series). I'll probably switchback to nonfiction in the fall but I have time to knock off one or two more before then.

 

[atom58]

I read only "the Door into Summer" by RAH, in HS - about a guy in suspended animation "waking up" some 30 years in the future although I did see the movies "Starship Troopers" and "the Puppet Masters" based on his books of the same name. I recall seeing the book "Revolt in 2100" about a 2nd American Revolution (against Communist China who had taken control of North America). I read the Ray Bradbury anthology "R is for Rocket" and did enjoy most of the stories (fantasy more than technical sci fi) but A. E. van Vogt was my favorite short story writer, in particular "Ressurection" and "the Replicators" ("the creature was mighty but it could be killed - again and again and again"). The late Forest J. Ackerman of "Famous Monsters of Filmland" (and the phrase "sci fi") fame was a friend of AE but some didn't like his more hard core style. Novels included "Slan" and "Voyage of the Space Beagle", which introduced an alien creature like the red wasp - the idea later appeared in the "Alien" sci fi horror film series - I understand there was an out of court settlement.

 

[Guapo]

 

[uconnbaseball]

ACC officials have typically done a nice job with our games when their teams are in town. Only 2 bad calls I can remember.

2009 game vs. UNC - phantom holding call in the endzone gifted UNC the go ahead safety. We lost by 2.

2016 home game vs. UVA - obvious late hit on us not called in the first quarter in the red zone as UVA was driving. UVA had to settle for a FG which was missed. We won by 3.

 

[billybud]

The ACC guys are death on targeting calls (if it looks anything close, well, call it)..are puzzling about when they do or do not call pass interference...and are also very inconsistent on holding calls.

A hands to the face will get a flag...any flinch will get an illegal motion penalty.

 

[Husky25]

The ACC guys are death on targeting calls (if it looks anything close, well, call it)..are puzzling about when they do or do not call pass interference...and are also very inconsistent on holding calls.

A hands to the face will get a flag...any flinch will get an illegal motion penalty.

Seriously?

Hands to the face is a legitimate penalty and nine times out of ten, flinching is illegal motion.

Targeting calls get reviewed. Anything close SHOULD be called. 99.24% of these young men are 18-23 years old only 1% (at best) get drafted, let alone will go on to get paid a living wage to play football for any length of time. It's quite an entertaining game, but equally violent. There is no sane reason to encourage these guys to scramble each others' squashes than they have already signed up for.

 

[billybud]

There are hands to the face on every other play...like holding on every other play....the refs choose when to call....just saying that in the ACC, hands to the face are almost called every time...linemen learn quickly.

Flinching is illegal motion...I have noticed over the years that conferences call a "flinch differently"...some crews don't call unless it is an obvious bob or movement of feet....others will call a slight flinch if it is discernible.

 

[billybud]

The targetting calls that I object to is where the defender is going for the tackle lower than the chest and the RB lowers his head and body to attack...and the defender gets called when the heads collide.

 

[Husky25]

The targetting calls that I object to is where the defender is going for the tackle lower than the chest and the RB lowers his head and body to attack...and the defender gets called when the heads collide.

If the defender's helmet would have ended up in the RB's (in your hypothetical) numbers, the defender would technically be leading with his helmet = targeting.

Calls go both ways and mostly even out. Perhaps it's not the officials' fault. Like UConn, maybe Florida State has simply been sub-par for the past decade.

 

[billybud]

Hardly ever, ever, do you see a RB called for lowering his head...it just is not called.

Your sub par comment is off subject...IMHO...

FSU has been down, I agree, but it has only been three seasons that have passed since they finished Top 10 AP in 2016.

And were ranked in the Top 15 in 2015, Top 3 in 2014, #1 in 2013.

Subpar for decade?...An exaggeration or lack of knowledge, I reckon......OK...subpar last three seasons, I'll buy that. ..not sure that I would compare to UConn yet.

 

[Husky25]

The targeting penalty states that "No player shall target and make forcible contact to the head or neck area of a defenseless opponent with the helmet, forearm, hand, fist, elbow or shoulder....When in question, it is a foul."

I suppose the penalty can be called on either side of the ball, but the offense generally gets the benefit of the doubt. A ball carrier lowers his head and bowls his pads to his helmet to protect his neck. The defensive player is typically looking directly at the ball carrier and is therefore not considered defenseless.

Good players with disciplined technique generally don't draw a large number of penalties.

 

[billybud]

Many times I see the defender lower his body for a text book frontal tackle around the thighs...RB's will often then lower their heads and attempt to bull through them...

Having the low center of gravity is beneficial both ways.

Not many targetting calls are called relative to the number of plays....but I have never seen a RB called on a head to head collision. You are right in that it is the offensive player more often being "protected".

 

[UConn Dan]

It's conference realignment SZN and no one has resurrected this classic.

Maybe instead of 10 threads use this one for real news?

 

[Waquoit]

Maybe instead of 10 threads use this one for real news?

IIRC, the Key Tweets thread was for news that affected UConn directly. I'm thinking the Non-key tweets thread is more apropo here.

 

[Husky25]

IIRC, the Key Tweets thread was for news that affected UConn directly. I'm thinking the Non-key tweets thread is more apropo here.

I thought key tweets were for realignment news from reputable reporters.

Non-Key Tweets was for speculative types tweets from The WV Dude, Fluguar, Hank the Tank, etc.

 

[Waquoit]

I thought key tweets were for realignment news from reputable reporters.

Non-Key Tweets was for speculative types tweets from The WV Dude, Fluguar, Hank the Tank, etc.

That sounds correct, I cite the lockdown for my confusion.

 

[JMick]

That sounds correct, I cite the lockdown for my confusion.

I forgot too. Non-key tweets is definitely more entertaining anyway

 

[CAtlantic]

 

[CAtlantic]

Andy updated his chart to include Tennessee

 

[CAtlantic]

 

[CL82]

So what if "The Alliance" leaves the NCAA and sets up there own regulating body with championships, etc. If they made an offer the Big East to join, would it?

It would pretty much leave the SEC out on an island.

 

[bobbyinaz]

So what if "The Alliance" leaves the NCAA and sets up there own regulating body with championships, etc. If they made an offer the Big East to join, would it?

It would pretty much leave the SEC out on an island.

The Alliance really can't go anywhere without the SEC. There are too many valuable schools there.

It just gives them a better chance at dictating some of the rules when they do breakaway