Unfortunately, you would have had to be there to witness this... But it was incredibly astonishing,to say the least! I have always thought that TOP (Time Of Possession) was an OVERRATED and OFTEN misused stat...This could NOT have been more evident Thursday night here in Houston, as the TIGER defense seemed to always be on the field. Houston's offense methodically drove the ball downfield and proceeded to shred our run defense. Even after scores, as the TIGERS "BIG STRIKE OFFENSE" got into rhythm, as well as special teams plays. Our depleted unit was constantly put to a seemingly insurmountable task! But there is a factor the cannot be calculated that was a MAJOR factor in the outcome of this game, it's also a staple that the TIGERS can utilize for the foreseeable future!

Normally,it is a factor the sets the "tone" of the game from the kickoff and the team that excercises this dominance usually intimidates it's opponent. However, after getting pushed around and bullied for an entire half, the TIGERS came out with an intense level of physicality that was incredibly impressive,to say the least. The hits were so intense and kept getting intense throughout the game.... It was so impressive, as even the @COOGS crowd echoed the magnitude of the hits, anticipating flags for some type of restitution,but it NEVER came.....I REALLY feel that it's the reason why fans were throwing objects onto the field.... The refs would analyze the calls and correctly and politely withdraw the penalty...

I think this REALLY helped exacerbate the TIGERS enthusiasm as the hits got more and more intense....players were lying all over the field and receivers became timid in going after the balls....

There was a special teams block at the end of the game that was one of the BEST blocks that I had EVER witnessed! Ass the @COOGS player turned in pursuit of the returner, TJ laid into him with a "perfect" leveling block..... It was like a bomb went off " BOOM.....The crowd just knew it was illegal as the player laid there writhing in agony! But the refs properly reviewed the contact and deemed everything legal....

Kudos to that crew of refs! Was actually one of THE BEST OFFICIATED games I have EVER witnessed. They reviewed ANY/ALL questionable plays and made quick/proper decisions!

As for the TIGERS being able to bring that level of physicality in the second half after being dominated the whole game and exhausted from being on the field that much. Also after a VERY physical game with NAVY and a short week!!!!! WOW! I'm even more excited about what the future holds!

Keep doing gr8 work with your group coach Woodson! Those boys are a special unit! Hats off! KUDOS

I didn’t read any of that

I will provide cliffnotes.

TL;DR - Memphis laid the BOOM

Boom after Boom
#Boomers.

Best officiating game I've seen in a long time in an aac matchup.

Time of possession means very little he is right about that. Number of plays is what matters

I did read the whole thing. Thank you. Some people only want to read their own posts.

(10-21-2017 03:06 PM)tigerderek Wrote:  Best officiating game I've seen in a long time in an aac matchup.

Yep.

(10-21-2017 03:18 PM)macgar32 Wrote:  Time of possession means very little he is right about that. Number of points is what matters

fixed

(10-21-2017 02:10 PM)snowtiger Wrote:  Boom after Boom
#Boomers.

(10-21-2017 01:21 PM)thagr82008 Wrote:  Unfortunately, you would have had to be there to witness this... But it was incredibly astonishing,to say the least! I have always thought that TOP (Time Of Possession) was an OVERRATED and OFTEN misused stat...This could NOT have been more evident Thursday night here in Houston. As the TIGER defense seemed to always be on the field. Houston's offense methodically drove the ball downfield and proceeded to shred our run defense. Even after scores, as the TIGERS "BIG STRIKE OFFENSE" got into rhythm, as well as special teams plays. Our depleted unit was constantly put to a seemingly insurmountable task! But there is a factor the cannot be calculated that was a MAJOR factor in the outcome of this game, and it's also a staple that the TIGERS can utilize for the foreseeable future!

Normally,it is a factor the sets the "tone" of the game from the tipoff and the team that excercises this dominance usually intimidates it's opponent. However, after getting pushed around and bullied for an entire half, the TIGERS came out with an intense level of physicality that was incredibly impressive,to say the least. The hits were so intense and kept getting intense throughout the game.... It was so impressive, as even the @COOGS crowd echoed the magnitude of the hits, anticipating flags for some type of restitution,but it NEVER came.....I REALLY feel that it's the reason why fans were throwing objects onto the field.... The refs would analyze the calls and correctly and politely withdraw the penalty...

I think this REALLY helped exacerbate the TIGERS enthusiasm as the hits got more and more intense....players were lying all over the field and receivers became timid in going after the balls....

There was a special teams block at the end of the game that was one of the BEST blocks that I had EVER witnessed! Ass the @COOGS player turned in pursuit of the returner, TJ laid into him with a "perfect" leveling block..... It was like a bomb went off " BOOM.....The crowd just knew it was illegal as the player laid there writhing in agony! But the refs properly reviewed the contact and deemed everything legal....

Kudos to that crew of refs! Was actually one of THE BEST OFFICIATED games I have EVER witnessed. They reviewed ANY/ALL questionable plays and made quick/proper decisions!

As for the TIGERS being able to bring that level of physicality in the second half and being dominated the whole game and exhausted from being on the field that much. Also after a VERY physical game with NAVY and a short week!!!!! WOW! I'm even more excited about what the future holds!

Keep doing gr8 work with your group coach Woodson! Those boys are a special unit! Hats off! KUDOS

Great post and kudos for attending a road game. We need more Tiger fans to attend road games.

Road game attendance sets programs apart.

(10-21-2017 03:06 PM)tigerderek Wrote:  Best officiating game I've seen in a long time in an aac matchup.

yep, and it wasn't like we were ending up on the right side of questionable calls either. It was more like they actually called it fairly and without bias.

The "ref" calls actually were not all in our favor - or correct. They missed a lot of critical holds by Houston WR's on sweep runs and screens. The biggest call of the game was the late Houston int in the end zone. The ref did call it an int. The replay official overturned it. They also called targeting on the field on a kick return, IIRC, but it too was overturned by replay.

(10-22-2017 07:18 PM)Tiger87 Wrote:  The "ref" calls actually were not all in our favor - or correct. They missed a lot of critical holds by Houston WR's on sweep runs and screens. The biggest call of the game was the late Houston int in the end zone. The ref did call it an int. The replay official overturned it. They also called targeting on the field on a kick return, IIRC, but it too was overturned by replay.

Yep! I've heard from masters of the craft (Football) that holding could be called almost,if NOT EVERY play. Hence there is ALWAYS some form of holding going on whether it being from the Defensive/Offensive perspective....As for the hit, It was deemed "an illegal block below the waist" and as you stated was subsequently reviewed and overturned after analysis of replay.

I seem to think that the game moves INCREDIBLY fast,especially when you consider the pace that Memphis moves... I feel that the officials did a very admiral job in the way that calls were reviewed in order to conclude the proper decision...Holding is not a review-able play and refs are going to miss on some holding calls naturally. I think that's a GIVEN

(10-21-2017 08:08 PM)Hernando Hills Tiger Wrote:  

(10-21-2017 03:18 PM)macgar32 Wrote:  Time of possession means very little he is right about that. Number of points is what matters

fixed

Allsome!

(10-22-2017 09:07 PM)thagr82008 Wrote:  

(10-22-2017 07:18 PM)Tiger87 Wrote:  The "ref" calls actually were not all in our favor - or correct. They missed a lot of critical holds by Houston WR's on sweep runs and screens. The biggest call of the game was the late Houston int in the end zone. The ref did call it an int. The replay official overturned it. They also called targeting on the field on a kick return, IIRC, but it too was overturned by replay.

Yep! I've heard from masters of the craft (Football) that holding could be called almost,if NOT EVERY play. Hence there is ALWAYS some form of holding going on whether it being from the Defensive/Offensive perspective....As for the hit, It was deemed "an illegal block below the waist" and as you stated was subsequently reviewed and overturned after analysis of replay.

I seem to think that the game moves INCREDIBLY fast,especially when you consider the pace that Memphis moves... I feel that the officials did a very admiral job in the way that calls were reviewed in order to conclude the proper decision...Holding is not a review-able play and refs are going to miss on some holding calls naturally. I think that's a GIVEN

You are right on the kick return - I said targeting, but the ref called illegal block below the waist. Either way, it was overturned. As was the end zone interception.

The fumble was reviewed and rightly called a fumble as well - but I can't recall if the refs on the field got that right, or it was overturned.

And yes, you can find holding on any play that you want. If the hold is outside the tackles impacting the play, and the arms are outside the defenders' arms, then they are expected to call it. They did not on a few of those sweeping plays.

Point being - the refs on the field didn't do us any favors and in fact missed a lot of calls. The difference this time was the replay official got a few critical calls right for a change.

(10-23-2017 09:38 AM)Tiger87 Wrote:  

(10-22-2017 09:07 PM)thagr82008 Wrote:  

(10-22-2017 07:18 PM)Tiger87 Wrote:  The "ref" calls actually were not all in our favor - or correct. They missed a lot of critical holds by Houston WR's on sweep runs and screens. The biggest call of the game was the late Houston int in the end zone. The ref did call it an int. The replay official overturned it. They also called targeting on the field on a kick return, IIRC, but it too was overturned by replay.

Yep! I've heard from masters of the craft (Football) that holding could be called almost,if NOT EVERY play. Hence there is ALWAYS some form of holding going on whether it being from the Defensive/Offensive perspective....As for the hit, It was deemed "an illegal block below the waist" and as you stated was subsequently reviewed and overturned after analysis of replay.

I seem to think that the game moves INCREDIBLY fast,especially when you consider the pace that Memphis moves... I feel that the officials did a very admiral job in the way that calls were reviewed in order to conclude the proper decision...Holding is not a review-able play and refs are going to miss on some holding calls naturally. I think that's a GIVEN

You are right on the kick return - I said targeting, but the ref called illegal block below the waist. Either way, it was overturned. As was the end zone interception.

The fumble was reviewed and rightly called a fumble as well - but I can't recall if the refs on the field got that right, or it was overturned.

And yes, you can find holding on any play that you want. If the hold is outside the tackles impacting the play, and the arms are outside the defenders' arms, then they are expected to call it. They did not on a few of those sweeping plays.

Point being - the refs on the field didn't do us any favors and in fact missed a lot of calls. The difference this time was the replay official got a few critical calls right for a change.

That was a devastating, and legal hit.

(10-21-2017 10:36 PM)Nobody4Prez Wrote:  

(10-21-2017 01:21 PM)thagr82008 Wrote:  Unfortunately, you would have had to be there to witness this... But it was incredibly astonishing,to say the least! I have always thought that TOP (Time Of Possession) was an OVERRATED and OFTEN misused stat...This could NOT have been more evident Thursday night here in Houston. As the TIGER defense seemed to always be on the field. Houston's offense methodically drove the ball downfield and proceeded to shred our run defense. Even after scores, as the TIGERS "BIG STRIKE OFFENSE" got into rhythm, as well as special teams plays. Our depleted unit was constantly put to a seemingly insurmountable task! But there is a factor the cannot be calculated that was a MAJOR factor in the outcome of this game, and it's also a staple that the TIGERS can utilize for the foreseeable future!

Normally,it is a factor the sets the "tone" of the game from the tipoff and the team that excercises this dominance usually intimidates it's opponent. However, after getting pushed around and bullied for an entire half, the TIGERS came out with an intense level of physicality that was incredibly impressive,to say the least. The hits were so intense and kept getting intense throughout the game.... It was so impressive, as even the @COOGS crowd echoed the magnitude of the hits, anticipating flags for some type of restitution,but it NEVER came.....I REALLY feel that it's the reason why fans were throwing objects onto the field.... The refs would analyze the calls and correctly and politely withdraw the penalty...

I think this REALLY helped exacerbate the TIGERS enthusiasm as the hits got more and more intense....players were lying all over the field and receivers became timid in going after the balls....

There was a special teams block at the end of the game that was one of the BEST blocks that I had EVER witnessed! Ass the @COOGS player turned in pursuit of the returner, TJ laid into him with a "perfect" leveling block..... It was like a bomb went off " BOOM.....The crowd just knew it was illegal as the player laid there writhing in agony! But the refs properly reviewed the contact and deemed everything legal....

Kudos to that crew of refs! Was actually one of THE BEST OFFICIATED games I have EVER witnessed. They reviewed ANY/ALL questionable plays and made quick/proper decisions!

As for the TIGERS being able to bring that level of physicality in the second half and being dominated the whole game and exhausted from being on the field that much. Also after a VERY physical game with NAVY and a short week!!!!! WOW! I'm even more excited about what the future holds!

Keep doing gr8 work with your group coach Woodson! Those boys are a special unit! Hats off! KUDOS

Great post and kudos for attending a road game. We need more Tiger fans to attend road games.

Road game attendance sets programs apart.

my guess would be about 700-800 Memphis fans at the game
a lot of local Memphis transplant fans

There were also some hits to the face by their offensive and defensive linemen that were not called. I don't know if UH coaches teach that or if it was accidental, but it happened more than once.