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To: LibertarianInExile

I understand you are upset, and you have legitimate greivances, but I don't understand what you want Oregon to do. "Okay, you guys deserved that one, so we'll take the L and you get credit for the W."

Or "let's play double super sudden death to see whose champion of the universe!"

If the refs are handing you a victory, any team would take it.


297 posted on 09/16/2006 5:00:43 PM PDT by Cyclopean Squid (Clockwatcher Extraordinaire)
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To: Cyclopean Squid
I understand you are upset, and you have legitimate greivances, but I don't understand what you want Oregon to do. "Okay, you guys deserved that one, so we'll take the L and you get credit for the W."

You can't change the score after the fact, but for me, satisfaction would be to place the entire referee crew on midfield at halftime of the screwed team's next homegame, then the PA announcer tells the crowd who they are, and then says that there will be no cops or stadium security for the next 15 minutes as said cops and stadium guys walk off the field. Use your imagination...

306 posted on 09/16/2006 5:06:01 PM PDT by ABG(anybody but Gore) ("By the time I'm finished with you, you're gonna wish you felt this good again" - Jack Bauer)
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To: Cyclopean Squid

"I understand you are upset, and you have legitimate greivances, but I don't understand what you want Oregon to do. 'Okay, you guys deserved that one, so we'll take the L and you get credit for the W.'"

Okay, I'll take that one. If Bush turns out to be ineligible, they'll do that to USC's victories. Why shouldn't they do the same here? And why would a team that plays by the rules accept a victory that wasn't? Answer: they don't play by and don't care about the rules.

So much better for the game to see a team lose if it can't play by the rules, because the game isn't about winning at all costs, but winning within rules that apply equally to all.


327 posted on 09/16/2006 5:20:19 PM PDT by LibertarianInExile (After this weekend, the NCAA should apologize to LSU. They should pay reparations to Oklahoma.)
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