With a 31-28 win over Cincinnati, Rutgers coach Matt Mowell sealed up the 2012 Big East Championship and appears poised to claim his first National Championship. But while New Jersey celebrates, Cincinnati coach Taylor Raines is still fuming. With 3 seconds on the game clock, Bearcat kicker Michael Cooke lined up for what would have been the game tying field goal, but Mowell called a timeout to ice the senior kicker. On the subsequent try he missed, and the rest as they say, is history.
“It’s bush league,” said Raines. “At least give me a chance to get it to overtime so we can decide the game like men. It’s bush league. When you are playing pool and you are going for the last shot, the 8 ball, and your opponent puts his face down by the pocket, its a bush league move. This was the same in my book.”
Coach Mowell took the high road-sort of. “I love Taylor as both a coach and a person and I know he means well,” said the Rutgers coach. “I completely understand why he is upset. He is frustrated, both by the outcome of this game and the fact that he is 2-7 against human opponents in the Big East.”
Said Coach Raines in reply, “If I see [Mowell] I will literally murder him. I am going to kill him with a trident.”
It wasn’t all bad news for Raines though. Following the loss, his sixth against humans and seventh in two seasons, he inexplicably signed a 4 star and a 5 star recruit. When asked why he wanted to attend a program that continues to lose games at an alarming rate, 5 star CB Michael Brittain responded “I’d really like to play for a program that actually had a shot at a conference title, but the rules are set so that I have to sign at a program that is historically “better”, even though I know in my heart they are not. It’s unfortunate, but it is what it is.”
So what say you dynasty? Was the icing legit, or is it a cheap tactic that shouldn’t be employed by real men?
Seeing as I did the same thing against West Virginia in our game, this USF head coach is in favor of the icing the kicker feature. It is basically the only true home field advantage. The squiggly route lines don’t really bother me. Also it looks hilarious when it switches to that view.
I personally think that the home field advantage is more than just squiggly lines and the icing thing. I think you are more prone to turnovers on the road. Of course I am sucking it up right now so I cant really say anything.
TANNER QUIT BEING A BITCH ABOUT YOUR RECRUITS ITS NOT THAT BAD, YOU SAID YOU WANTED A CHALLENGE NOW FIND SOME CHEAP EXPLOITS TO WIN LIKE YOU DID LAST YEAR. I HATE THIS FUCKING GAME BY THE WAY IT IS RUINING MY LIFE