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Dear xxx
How can you assume that this is “the epitome of bitter and east coast bias?”

Why should you be ashamed of my actions?

I truly believe that Delaware was beaten by an egregious administrative error by the officials. Mario Brown was clearly short of the first down in the fourth quarter. If the chains had not been moved, I firmly believe that he would have short of the first down and Delaware would have taken over on downs.

Although Eastern Washington won the game, Delaware dominated the first 40 minutes and Delaware dominated the game statistically. If the ball had been spotted correctly, Delaware would have won.

When the ball was spotted erroneously, it seemed like more than the UD defense could handle. They had been on the field for a long time.

I didn’t mean to disrespect Eastern Washington in any way. They won the trophy and they are the national champions. Their impressive come-from-behind rally was outstanding. The fact that it was accomplished against a terrific defense made it even more impressive.


Polls are opinions and not everyone is going to agree.


Dan

DJH wrote:I have no problem with someone voting Delaware #1.

Skjellyfetti wrote:Sounds like he forgets that Delaware got the ball back with plenty of time to get in field goal range... and failed. The loss can't be blamed on the officials. They didn't single handedly let EWU come back from 19 down.

Mvemjsunpx wrote:That's ridiculous reasoning. To say that Delaware was beaten solely on that call shows bias of some form. The officials screwed up in resetting the chains before the review (or at least by not setting some sort of marker before moving them), but it's still unclear whether Brown had the first down (all we can really go on is the yellow ESPN line, which of course isn't the official line). The nose of the ball appeared to reach the back edge of the yellow line.

Even if Delaware got the ball on downs, EWU still had enough time to stop them & get the ball back with a couple minutes left. That play alone didn't even come close to deciding the game. It sounds like O'Connell was looking for an excuse to vote Delaware #1 rather than thinking about it objectively.

DBlue wrote:It seems as though the Towson SID is as inept as the Tiger football team.

griz8791 wrote:Thanks to email, total strangers who you will never meet in real life can now chew your ass from 2300 miles away.

andy7171 wrote:What the hell is this about?

andy7171 wrote:What the hell is this about?

andy7171 wrote:What the hell is this about?

AshevilleApp wrote:

andy7171 wrote:What the hell is this about?

Apparently the Towson SID voted Delaware #1 in the post-season poll.


Or much ado about nothing.

Mvemjsunpx wrote:but it's still unclear whether Brown had the first down (all we can really go on is the yellow ESPN line, which of course isn't the official line). The nose of the ball appeared to reach the back edge of the yellow line.

CAA Flagship wrote:You guys are missing the point. This is not a story about polls, Delaware, EWU, first downs, etc. It is about Toddles. It's January. If they can't get publicity during the season, at least let them have some in the off-season.
Go Little Tiger Cubs.

CAA Flagship wrote:You guys are missing the point. This is not a story about polls, Delaware, EWU, first downs, etc. It is about Towson. It's January. If they can't get publicity during the season, at least let them have some in the off-season.
Go Tigers.

89Hen wrote:

Mvemjsunpx wrote:but it's still unclear whether Brown had the first down (all we can really go on is the yellow ESPN line, which of course isn't the official line). The nose of the ball appeared to reach the back edge of the yellow line.

Incorrect. The video evidence is very clear.