Ricky Bowers Ejected

[owlbooster]

It has been confirmed that the crew was from Memphis.

And the significance of this is ???  Bowers" "reputation" is statewide.  Doesn't  matter where the refs came from.  Playoff games are always called by an "out of town" crew.  Which is why I get so peeved when sometimes fans complain about getting "homered" in a playoff game.  Odds are the crew for the MBA-MUS game was from Chattanooga or somewhere other than metro Memphis or Nashville.

Edited November 23, 2013 by owlbooster

[JohnJacob]

It was brought up in an earlier thread if the official were from Middle TN or from another region (i.e "neutral"). I was answering the question. Don't be so touchy, Owl. I know the inferiority complex you Memphians have. And no, I am not attacking your wonderful referee association that throws people out of football games with the best baseball style I have ever seen.

[Footballfan27]

Take a knee and none of this happens.

[Tornadoes78]

Take a knee and none of this happens.

Take a knee and BA gets the ball back - ok, with only 8-9 seconds.  Why give the other team a chance.  Don't make a late hit out of bounds and none of this happens.

[owlbooster]

It was brought up in an earlier thread if the official were from Middle TN or from another region (i.e "neutral"). I was answering the question. Don't be so touchy, Owl. I know the inferiority complex you Memphians have. And no, I am not attacking your wonderful referee association that throws people out of football games with the best baseball style I have ever seen.

Excuse me?  "MY referee association?"  Sounds like you're the one being touchy.  And rude.  I stated I didn't think the ref's behavior was justified.  Maybe your "superiority complex" is more real.  I have lived a significant part of my adult life in Nashville.  You are not alone in this regard..

Edited November 24, 2013 by owlbooster

[owlbooster]

Take a knee and BA gets the ball back - ok, with only 8-9 seconds.  Why give the other team a chance.

Scoring 9 or more points in 9 seconds would have been quite a feat....

[rollredroll]

Well, no doubt it was a late hit, a cheap shot.  The EHS broadcast crew deemed it "low class", but I did find some of their own commentary rather interesting and hypocritical:

 

http://deadspin.com/coach-ejected-and-suspended-for-title-game-after-late-h-1470310849

 

0:10 second mark: Derisive laugh

0:48-0:51: "Have fun playing at UT, bud.  Have fun losing."

0:54-1:00: "Have fun losing, buddy. That's all I am going to say to you.  Bye, Bye.  Have fun playing in Rocky Top.  What low class." (As if we didn't get the message 10 seconds earlier?)

 

Class manifests itself in actions and words.  Pot and Kettle need to take that into consideration; they're young, they will learn. They also may have forgotten that they were inadvertently but effectively taking some digs at some former EHS players (Carter and Richardson, if not more) who play at UT.

 

As for the post-game confrontation with the official, if Bowers's ejection/suspension from the next game is not overturned, it will be an injustice, at least based on what we could see/hear from the Fox news clip.  I would appeal, sue, do whatever; that official overstepped his bounds in my opinion (and conveniently walked away like a wussy, or some derivation of that word.)

 

 

 

[crimsontide43]

Bowers is the golden child of TSSAA and the media. No article can be printed about HS football without a Bowers quote. Both he and the official should be suspended. 

[Tornadoes78]

Scoring 9 or more points in 9 seconds would have been quite a feat....

Yes - I agree it would be quite a feat.  Having seen Sanders and Swofford - to me - don't give them a chance.  I have a lot of respect for them and their line.  

[owlbooster]

rollredroll - always great when you pop up with insight from your unique perspective.  Don't be such a stranger

[BigOwl]

Well, no doubt it was a late hit, a cheap shot.  The EHS broadcast crew deemed it "low class", but I did find some of their own commentary rather interesting and hypocritical:

 

http://deadspin.com/coach-ejected-and-suspended-for-title-game-after-late-h-1470310849

 

0:10 second mark: Derisive laugh

0:48-0:51: "Have fun playing at UT, bud.  Have fun losing."

0:54-1:00: "Have fun losing, buddy. That's all I am going to say to you.  Bye, Bye.  Have fun playing in Rocky Top.  What low class." (As if we didn't get the message 10 seconds earlier?)

 

Class manifests itself in actions and words.  Pot and Kettle need to take that into consideration; they're young, they will learn. They also may have forgotten that they were inadvertently but effectively taking some digs at some former EHS players (Carter and Richardson, if not more) who play at UT.

 

As for the post-game confrontation with the official, if Bowers's ejection/suspension from the next game is not overturned, it will be an injustice, at least based on what we could see/hear from the Fox news clip.  I would appeal, sue, do whatever; that official overstepped his bounds in my opinion (and conveniently walked away like a wussy, or some derivation of that word.)

Film is not always the best thing from a TSSAA standpoint.  Ask Father Ryan who appealed the ejection of one of their players with video evidence that they threw out the wrong guy and they denied it and said the ref had a better angle than the camera.

 

As for the clip, Bowers asked him a question that I can't make out and the ref says yes I am if I hear it right.  Was anyone else ejected for the pushing and shoving.  That could be the question he asked.

[fredjones]

Take a knee and BA gets the ball back - ok, with only 8-9 seconds.  Why give the other team a chance.  Don't make a late hit out of bounds and none of this happens.

There isn't a nine point play in football.