Rules are put in regardless of whether it's football or safety at work for everyone's betterment. Sometimes what seems like a good rule doesn't turn out to be that way.
The NFL has for several years had a rule that a receiver had to maintain a hold of the ball all the way to the ground on an out of bounds play even after you hit the ground. This year they have made that rule for all catches, inbounds or not.
There are not many plays when receivers don't hold on to the ball once they are slammed to the ground. The ball pops out a lot after contact with the ground. Talk about disrupting the game. Just about every pass play where the receiver is knocked to the ground will have to be reviewed to see if he held on.
The NFL needs to scrap this rule quick.
Last night the Gryphon soccer team opened conference play with a 4-0 shutout of Nash Central. My recollection was that the soccer team lost a lot of seniors last year and were not suppose to be this good this year.
Tonight Volley ball has a match with a team from just down the road Northern Nash. If they win they will have made it through the first round of conference play going undefeated. Varsity plays at 5.30 or just after the JV match at 4.30pm.
North Carolina is 3-0 so far this football season. They jump into the ACC fires this weekend playing Georgia Tech. Tech had their lunch handed to them last Thursday night against Miami. You can bet they will come out inspired. This is a really good test to see how good Carolina really is.
N C State is not getting much love after two weeks of FCS competition. Pittsburgh and the Big East comes to Raleigh Saturday and if the Wolfpack can manage a win you will need to start paying attention to the Wolfpack. But they must win.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
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