Sideline Rules (in KU/OU game)

[randomfan44]

The real question is will Kansas win on their own Saturday in Lubbock or will they have to cheat again?

The real question will be "will there be enough people in the stands for the game in Lubbock not to be so boring that KU plays flat and uninterested?" I hate the games in Lubbock. Their fan support sucks so bad that it's almost a positive for their team. Opposing teams are lulled into malaise and boredom and can get picked off.

 

[WastedTalent]

The real question will be "will there be enough people in the stands for the game in Lubbock not to be so boring that KU plays flat and uninterested?" I hate the games in Lubbock. Their fan support sucks so bad that it's almost a positive for their team. Opposing teams are lulled into malaise and boredom and can get picked off.

Excuses already rolling in

 

[randomfan44]

Excuses already rolling in

Nah, thought some would recognize that it happens since it happened to ISU there last year. Our 2009 team laid a stinker there as well that I still blame on flat out boredom. If KU has their legs back under them after Monday then I think we'll be fine.

 

[lakeliving]

Nah, he probably would have been called for a five second rule violation while jacking around and KU would be given the ball....

Honest question, are you a random fan on other Big 12 boards as well, or just here?

 

[carvers4math]

This thread turned onto Potential Ave.

And Tuco returns and it goes back to Troll Trail.

 

[jcyclonee]

Now we're going with a violation of the FIRE CODE?!? How much more pathetic can this possibly get? I heard one of the ushers might not have washed their hands after going to the bathroom. Maybe KU should probably forfeit the game due to public safety concerns.

Gross. Typical KU ushers.

 

[CTTB78]

It is clear they needed to give Mason a warning and told him to back up and not cross the plane. They missed it. I will say a game of that intensity with so many make/break calls, the crew for the most part did outstanding. There were literally thousands of judgment calls made and officials are destined to miss a few. They aren't robots. It just sucks that this one happened during a critical point in the game.

It's OK to stop after you said "They missed it".

 

[Doc]

Everybody does it, right?

 

[Cardinal2001]

Everybody does it, right?

Yep, they backed him off. I say we rename it the Mason rule.

 

[Cycsk]

I saw that. Wonder if the rule actually gets clarified for next season?

 

[awd4cy]

Funny. I thought OU should have been allowed to mug him like KU did to OU

 

[Cycsk]

So, the sideline rules came back to haunt OU again. Makes me wonder if the national attention given to the no-call on the violation at KU resulted in the refs being sharper to make the call against OU in our game. We will take it

Just glad it worked in our advantage.

Now, my dream for the KU game is us to win because Frank Mason bumps into the sideline video board (that is violates the 3 feet of space that is supposed to be provided) on an in-bounds attempt and tumbles over the table for a 5-second violation that gives us the ball and the win. It could happen.

 

[BuffettClone]

I was wondering when this thread would come back up after last night's game, I'm surprised it took this long

 

[WastedTalent]

Different situations though. Cousins was running toward the baseline, thinking he was gunna deflect the inbounds pass. He wasn't guarding the inbounder initially.

 

[Cycsk]

I paid attention to the sidelines at OU during the rematch on Saturday. OU seems to have the full 3 feet minimum. However, Duke's was very short like KU. And Indiana's was the shortest I've ever seen. There is barely room to stand by the scorer's table without your feet crossing the out of bounds line.

I wonder if there was some "grandfather clause" that allows these historic venues to violate the 3 foot sideline rule?

 

[randomfan44]

I paid attention to the sidelines at OU during the rematch on Saturday. OU seems to have the full 3 feet minimum. However, Duke's was very short like KU. And Indiana's was the shortest I've ever seen. There is barely room to stand by the scorer's table without your feet crossing the out of bounds line. I wonder if there was some "grandfather clause" that allows these historic venues to violate the 3 foot sideline rule?

AGAIN, they aren't rules, they are guidelines. If they were rules then every game played @Vandy w/ their bizarro team areas located at the ends of the floor and not the sides would have to be forfeited.