zn wrote:

sdram wrote:
If you’re going to change the informal poll contest rules then I want a potato chip crust on my tomato pie too.

Well I didn’t CHANGE them, per se. I took advantage of the bye to improve them a little. You know, just tinkering. All this came about after watching hours of film on informal polls and how they work.

Wait a minute.

It was never clear that there was any deadline at all. Now you say there is, and it’s an “improved” deadline.

It makes a difference to those of us who are serious about pie. I was waiting for the proper moment.

For example, if the deadline had been set at, say, right about now, I would have answered 10.

…now I’m just gonna scroll back a sec…and…yup!…10 on the nose.

So I want pie. Pumpkin.

mfranke wrote:

RamView, September 21, 2014
From Row HH
(Report and opinions from the game.)
Game #3: Cowboys 34, Rams 31

* Upon further review: This game wasn’t refereed as much as it was bungled, and the Rams continue to be the rare home team in sports that gets consistently screwed over by officiating, getting called for 119 penalty yards to Dallas’ 15. Clete Blakeman handed Dallas three points (the winning margin) before halftime with a ludicrous call on Sims for roughing Romo, calling a blow to the head for touching Romo’s shoulder, just like Dunbar got called for (and even more ridiculously, fined for) last week. Davis was roughed up worse than that a couple of times without a call, not that I would have called it, but Blakeman should have, if he was planning to treat both #9s fairly. Later, Britt got called for holding a DB who went to the ground completely on his own. Sims got a holding call late in the game when he should have gotten credit for a brilliant sack of Romo. He was completely within his rights holding up the receiver at the line. Sims didn’t do anything Jeremy Mincey didn’t do on Kendricks’ TD catch. The game was called neither evenly nor competently, and the main job of Blakeman’s crew appeared to be making clutch calls to keep the Cowboys in the game or ahead.

— Mike
Game stats from espn.com

He doesn’t even mention the egregious non-call on the holding/tackling of Langford on Bryant’s TD. Get that blatantly obvious call right, and the Rams are probably 2-1 in spite of everything else.

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wv wrote:

I think James Harris should start.
No wait, I mean Jaworski.
Not Haden though ; he’s too short.

…What if Hill starts and
throws for 400 yards —
what then?

w
v

Well…the Rams will still lose by 6 points, due, in part, to a critical delay of game penalty called on Eugene Sims while he is standing on the sideline.

zn wrote:

Zooey wrote:
I will say one thing about Davis. He seems to go through progressions better than Bradford does.

Oh I don’t believe that for a second. Bradford went through progressions, and if anything, they have scaled back the number of options Davis has per pass play. What Davis has that Bradford didn’t is the 2014 Rams receiving corps…which is just better.

All I know is I see Davis drop back and look at two or three guys before he throws quite often, and I don’t see Bradford doing it as frequently.

I am forgiving Cook for this.

I’m guessing I’m not the only one looking forward to having Bailey on the field.

I’d like to see more action with Britt, too.

And Trey Watts.

Alex Bayer while I’m at it.

Some points would be good.

nittany ram wrote:

wv wrote:

Coy Bacon – 1972

That image of Coy Bacon is from a stamp in the “NFL Action 72″ stamp book. You got some stamps when you purchased gasoline at Sunoco stations. Thanks to my dad and one of his friends I have the complete collection.

Thanks to Snowman, I have a bunch of those stamps, too. He had some kind of contest on the board, and I won. I don’t remember what the contest was, but I remember the stamps and his generosity. Pretty cool.

I’m surprised Dunbar got fined for that hit. I assumed the ref just didn’t have a good angle, but on film, it looked like it was incidental contact.

6.66 is a good number for Fisher in many ways, but if that number represents him, why haven’t the results been better so far?

Faustus won the World Cup in his first year, bedded all the cheerleaders, and got a $250 million dollar contract from Reebok.

He gets an A- for drafting from me, though there are some whiffs.

He gets an A for coaching hires, although I don’t think those coaches get As for their production.

He gets a C for coaching. Done some good things. Still has tattered cohesion.

6.66

That was awesome.

I see that his appeal worked.

Yeah, I’m liking TJ. I can definitely get used to having that guy back there.

I hope he doesn’t turn out like Toby Wright, though.

Reminds me of TJ Rubley

I just posted this in another thread before I saw this one, and it really belongs here.

Wagoner is right. This kind of crap just has to stop. The Rams are not good enough to overcome this showing. I expect more discipline than this in Year Three, even if the Rams remain the youngest team in the league. Every one of these penalties is on a veteran.

2-7-STL49
(11:25) M.Cassel pass short right to A.Peterson to STL 40 for 9 yards (R.McLeod). PENALTY on STL-R.Quinn, Roughing the Passer, 15 yards, enforced at STL 40. Penalty on STL-A.Ogletree, Defensive Holding, declined.
1-10-MIN9
(6:56) PENALTY on STL-C.Long, Neutral Zone Infraction, 5 yards, enforced at MIN 9 – No Play.
I just posted this in another thread before I saw this one, and it belongs here.
3-10-STL39
(12:39) (Shotgun) PENALTY on STL-R.Saffold, False Start, 5 yards, enforced at STL 39 – No Play.
1-10-STL48
(7:04) S.Hill pass short right to B.Quick pushed ob at MIN 31 for 21 yards (C.Munnerlyn). PENALTY on STL-B.Quick, Face Mask (15 Yards), 15 yards, enforced at MIN 31.
2-10-MIN41
(5:51) S.Hill pass short right to C.Givens to MIN 41 for no gain (C.Munnerlyn). PENALTY on STL-C.Givens, Offensive Pass Interference, 10 yards, enforced at MIN 41 – No Play.
1-10-MIN8
(4:39) A.Peterson right tackle to MIN 8 for no gain. PENALTY on STL-R.Quinn, Defensive Offside, 5 yards, enforced at MIN 8 – No Play.
1-10-MIN31
(12:03) PENALTY on STL-D.Joseph, False Start, 5 yards, enforced at MIN 31 – No Play.
G.Zuerlein kicks 72 yards from STL 35 to MIN -7. C.Patterson to MIN 12 for 19 yards (C.Reynolds). PENALTY on STL-D.Bates, Taunting, 15 yards, enforced at MIN 12.
3-6-STL24
(:46) (Shotgun) PENALTY on STL-J.Barksdale, False Start, 5 yards, enforced at STL 24 – No Play.
2-9-STL24
(13:44) (Shotgun) A.Davis scrambles right end ran ob at STL 25 for 1 yard (A.Barr). PENALTY on STL-S.Wells, Offensive Holding, 10 yards, enforced at STL 24 – No Play.
2-19-STL14
(13:29) (Shotgun) A.Davis pass short middle to J.Cook to STL 25 for 11 yards (C.Greenway). PENALTY on STL-J.Cook, Offensive Pass Interference, 7 yards, enforced at STL 14 – No Play.
4-4-STL42
(7:44) J.Locke punts 37 yards to STL 5, Center-C.Loeffler, downed by MIN-J.Robinson. PENALTY on STL-C.Reynolds, Roughing the Kicker, 14 yards, enforced at STL 42 – No Play.
1-10-STL28 (7:33) M.Cassel pass short right to R.Ellison to STL 6 for 22 yards (T.McDonald). Penalty on STL-J.Jenkins, Defensive Holding, declined.
1-10-MIN16
(2:14) (Shotgun) B.Cunningham up the middle to MIN 8 for 8 yards (A.Exum). MIN-S.Floyd was injured during the play. PENALTY on STL-C.Harkey, Offensive Holding, 10 yards, enforced at MIN 16 – No Play.

• This reply was modified 10 years, 3 months ago by Zooey.

InvaderRam wrote:

excellent. then let’s improve it more. 135 and 4.7.

i think they should pattern themselves after the seahawks. strong running game and ypa.

edit. strong running game. and a strong yards per PASS attempt.

seahawks despite ranking very low in TOTAL yards per game passing had a strong yards per pass attempt.

I agree.

135 points per game would be awesome.

And only 4.7 points allowed?

That would be a dominant team, for sure.

The thought of losing to the Vikings is totally unacceptable.

Rams win.

I will add the Raiders, Cowboys, and Washington to that list.

Rams are 4-0, and the season hasn’t even started.