Never let it be said that the UT womens program does'nt care about winning.......They care enough to stop the clock with .02 left on it for at least a whole second. Long enough to get a foul call and win by one. As if having Cadice Parker isnt enough...You have to cheat?!?!

BG

bhg3212 Wrote:Never let it be said that the UT womens program does'nt care about winning.......They care enough to stop the clock with .02 left on it for at least a whole second. Long enough to get a foul call and win by one. As if having Cadice Parker isnt enough...You have to cheat?!?!

BG

Please elaborate on how you suspect they cheated.

wouldn't you much rather talk about your lady tigers?

WHO CARES!!?? I think it'd be great if we completely ignore everything orange from this point forward. Oh how that would royally piss off that orange bunch. I'm talking about not one word about them. Who's in??

TigerTitan Wrote:

bhg3212 Wrote:Never let it be said that the UT womens program does'nt care about winning.......They care enough to stop the clock with .02 left on it for at least a whole second. Long enough to get a foul call and win by one. As if having Cadice Parker isnt enough...You have to cheat?!?!

BG

Please elaborate on how you suspect they cheated.

No obsession..Seeing is believing...

I think the video evidence shows that Rutgers was screwed.

Actually- Obsession is a utk fan constantly reading these MEMPHIS boards.

Mr. Summitt's intimidatory bullying tactics resulting in referees too afraid to remedy a clear clock issue is a sports story that will likely have all 100 women basketball fans unhappy.

Let alone regular sports fans who like fair play.

Enjoy the MEMPHIS board. Obsessor.

F UT and all their hillbilly fanbase. This just reinforces the belief nationwide that UT and the sec are the biggest cheaters in all of college sports. Makes you sick to watch the lady vols celebrate after cheating Rutgers out of the win they earned. Typical ut and sec bs.

The officials made an official statement to the media via pool reporter to explain the in-bounds rule and how a game will end with tenths of a second left (a tipped ball will end it).

They also reviewed the tape frame by frame and determined that:

1. A foul did occur when Nicky was pulled to the floor.

2. Time remained in the game when the foul occurred and when the official blew the whistle.

That time was two-tenths of a second.

That was explained to the coaches before the foul shots.

As has been discussed, there is no clock operator at TBA. The clock stops when a whistle blows. It will restart when an official - any of the three - hits the battery pack. That is why it restarted after .2.

The determination was that both the call and the clock were correct. And the game should end on a tipped ball on the in-bounds play.

BigOrangefan Wrote:The officials made an official statement to the media via pool reporter to explain the in-bounds rule and how a game will end with tenths of a second left (a tipped ball will end it).

They also reviewed the tape frame by frame and determined that:

1. A foul did occur when Nicky was pulled to the floor.

2. Time remained in the game when the foul occurred and when the official blew the whistle.

That time was two-tenths of a second.

That was explained to the coaches before the foul shots.

As has been discussed, there is no clock operator at TBA. The clock stops when a whistle blows. It will restart when an official - any of the three - hits the battery pack. That is why it restarted after .2.

The determination was that both the call and the clock were correct. And the game should end on a tipped ball on the in-bounds play.

The clock stopped on 0.2 seconds before the ref blew the whistle and before the foul occured. Unless they're clairvoyant, it never should have happened.

Typical Vol fan...nevermind anything like fairplay and integrity when you can look the other way. Linda Bensil-Myers found out the hard way that integrity is MIA in Knowxville.

There is no clock operator at TBA and there was no clock malfunction. Ref sees foul, ref blows whistle, clock stops with .2 seconds left, Anosike hits 2 free throws, Lady Vols win....it's as simple as that...live with it.

How are your lady tigers doing this year?

BigOrangefan Wrote:There is no clock operator at TBA and there was no clock malfunction. Ref sees foul, ref blows whistle, clock stops with .2 seconds left, Anosike hits 2 free throws, Lady Vols win....it's as simple as that...live with it.

How are your lady tigers doing this year?

Thats BS and you know it. You're trying to convince yourself that that was the right call and it wasn't. The clock clearly stopped at .2 secs before the young lady came down and touched the floor for the rebound and THEN she was fouled. ESPN doesn't do much right, but they proved that game last nite was a sham and a farce.

I'm sure that this will be turned in to the NCAA for their review and when the film is viewed and all the facts are in, their conclusion will be that the officials made the right call. As an aside, it's gratifying to know that so many tiger fans watch the Lady Vols.

BigOrangefan Wrote:I'm sure that this will be turned in to the NCAA for their review and when the film is viewed and all the facts are in, their conclusion will be that the officials made the right call. As an aside, it's gratifying to know that so many tiger fans watch the Lady Vols.

Question. If the clock stops with the whistle, why did it start back? It has been played on ESPN time and time again and the clock clearly stops and starts...not stopped. It also clearly shows that the foul was after the game should have been over. On FIRST TAKE, every head agreed when the film was replayed several times. You can't polish this turd...

NCAA will have the final say and they will determine that the proper call was made. I'm sorry it happened to Rutgers. Vivian Stringer is one of the classiest ladies in the business.

99Tiger Wrote:I think the video evidence shows that Rutgers was screwed.

Probably be the only time.

BigOrangefan Wrote:NCAA will have the final say and they will determine that the proper call was made. I'm sorry it happened to Rutgers. Vivian Stringer is one of the classiest ladies in the business.

That crew made Linda Lovelace look like an amateur.

BigOrangefan Wrote:The officials made an official statement to the media via pool reporter to explain the in-bounds rule and how a game will end with tenths of a second left (a tipped ball will end it).

They also reviewed the tape frame by frame and determined that:

1. A foul did occur when Nicky was pulled to the floor.

2. Time remained in the game when the foul occurred and when the official blew the whistle.

That time was two-tenths of a second.

That was explained to the coaches before the foul shots.

As has been discussed, there is no clock operator at TBA. The clock stops when a whistle blows. It will restart when an official - any of the three - hits the battery pack. That is why it restarted after .2.

The determination was that both the call and the clock were correct. And the game should end on a tipped ball on the in-bounds play.

I think it was Mark Twain that said "Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience." I have always tried to remember that, but I'm going to ignore it in this case.

Rutgers was screwed.

I don't think anybody disputes that the game can end on a tipped ball. With only 0.2 seconds left, that is all you have time for.

I think the tape clearly showed that a "foul" occurred before the clock hit 0.0.

I also think that the tape clearly showed that the clock stopped on 0.2 seconds for about 1.5 seconds while Candice Parker was shooting and the rebound was coming off the rim, before the "foul" on Nicky occurred. The point being, for the benefit of BigOrangeFan, that time should have expired before the "foul" occurred. If one of the ref's did indeed blow his whistle at the 0.2 second mark, why didn't they have someone else shooting the foul? Why did one of the ref's start the clock if there had been a foul called?

Having said that, I don't think that there was necessarily a conspiracy to give the Lady Vols additional time to win the game. The refs should have corrected the mistake on replay. that's what it is for isn't it? To "get it right".

I think the Rutgers coach should be given an award for how well she handled it. She was a lot calmer than I would have been.