Comments on: WTF??? http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/wtf/ falling indelibly into the past Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:06:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: DN http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/wtf/#comment-1799 DN Tue, 06 Jan 2004 06:10:34 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=787#comment-1799 <p>Oh, no, sure. I realize now that it was kind of dumb to try to explain that. Then again, after watching the game again (not that I spent my evening watching the game tape...heck no...) Oklahoma came VERY close to blocking one or two other punts late in the game, after the punt team had adjusted. And yes, hindsight is 20/20. Whatever. Read Wayne Drehs’ article at espn.com for the best assessment (sp?) of this team that I’ve seen all season. </p> Oh, no, sure. I realize now that it was kind of dumb to try to explain that. Then again, after watching the game again (not that I spent my evening watching the game tape…heck no…) Oklahoma came VERY close to blocking one or two other punts late in the game, after the punt team had adjusted. And yes, hindsight is 20/20. Whatever. Read Wayne Drehs’ article at espn.com for the best assessment (sp?) of this team that I’ve seen all season.

]]> By: KF http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/wtf/#comment-1798 KF Tue, 06 Jan 2004 00:09:33 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=787#comment-1798 <p>Yeah, I knew why he made the choice, but you gotta admit, it was a pretty bizarre play.  And yeah, it almost paid off, big-time.  But didn’t it seem at all odd to you how completely paranoid the team (and the coaching staff, even more) became about blocked punts, after that one got blocked?  I mean, they’d lined up for that one blocked punt with enough space between players to drive a Mack truck through; it was little wonder OU got through the line.  The nervousness about the punts that followed didn’t quite seem as warranted to me as the response suggested. </p> <p> But then, what do I know?  Nobody’s paying me $2,200,001 a year. </p> Yeah, I knew why he made the choice, but you gotta admit, it was a pretty bizarre play.  And yeah, it almost paid off, big-time.  But didn’t it seem at all odd to you how completely paranoid the team (and the coaching staff, even more) became about blocked punts, after that one got blocked?  I mean, they’d lined up for that one blocked punt with enough space between players to drive a Mack truck through; it was little wonder OU got through the line.  The nervousness about the punts that followed didn’t quite seem as warranted to me as the response suggested.

But then, what do I know?  Nobody’s paying me $2,200,001 a year.

]]> By: DN http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/wtf/#comment-1797 DN Mon, 05 Jan 2004 22:17:41 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=787#comment-1797 <p>That was just an effort for field position. Saban did not want to punt. One had already been blocked in the first half, so God aka Saban found other ways to give OK the ball without risking another block. (see Mauck’s bomb into double coverage on 3rd and long near end of first half) This one was almost a touchdown. </p> That was just an effort for field position. Saban did not want to punt. One had already been blocked in the first half, so God aka Saban found other ways to give OK the ball without risking another block. (see Mauck’s bomb into double coverage on 3rd and long near end of first half) This one was almost a touchdown.

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