Ole Miss Flop

[TNnative]

Ole Miss better do it while they can. I smell some rule changes in the off season to address flopping.

I suggest the firing squad or being drawn and quartered. Obviously, I am not a soccer fan.

 

[JALove]

Rule change must go further than sitting out the series or teams will simply insert designated “flippers” when they need a blow

 

[ru4real-really?]

a player who flops (CAUSES AN INJURY TIMEOUT) should sit out the rest of the possession! NO EXCEPTIONS!

 

[JALove]

Sorry meant floppers spell checker changed it twice to flippers

 

[Alto1]

a player who flops (CAUSES AN INJURY TIMEOUT) should sit out the rest of the possession! NO EXCEPTIONS!

This^ and the next possession IF inside the red zone………

 

[VOLINVONORE]

I watched the entire 3 hours of the SEC This Morning show and was very disappointed
that there was no mention of the obvious “ flops “ by Ole Miss during the Auburn game.
The game announcers even pointed out how deliberate it was. The same crap they
pulled against us.

Well the entire Ole Miss seems to have flopped since they played Tennessee.

 

[chuck0303]

Whatever the change it should only be for those that collapse well after the play. Not for those that are slow to get up after actually being hit, blocked, or whatever. I talking about those guys that jog to the line after the play then all of sudden go down.

So that way if the QB is slow to get up after being hit, he isn’t gone for the possession.

Nope. Treat all of the players the same, regardless of position; but they're going to have to do something about this flopping on purpose.

 

[ru4real-really?]

getting up slow does not usually cause an injury time out! If you get up slow enough to cause the time out, then you are done for that possession, QB or not!

 

[Fullfillmer]

So it's a Dobbs situation. I can relate.

It's a Dobbs situation with JG as the number 1 backup plan.

 

[USAFgolferVol]

A good coach would never teach his players to cheat the system. Remember to think before you post.

Playing devil's advocate here: how sportsman like is running up to the line of scrimmage and rushing a play before the defense has time to set up? I'm not talking about up-tempo. Not huddling and calling plays at the line of scrimmage is up-tempo. What we and some other teams do at times by rushing up to the line to run a play is beyond up-tempo. Don't be surprised if the rule changes affect the offense ad well

 

[Behr]

Kiffen and Mullin. They awesome!!

 

[onthehill71]

The use of "Kiffin" and "good coach" in the same sentence is dubious, at best. I will give him credit for exploiting a current gray area in the rules.

Belichick had his defense hold the Colt receivers all over the field to disrupt the Peyton offense . Worked till NFL told the league they would enforce the holding, PI rules. You break/push the rules till they start calling it. NBA is the same, hold, grab, walk, palm it, stay in lane, etc till they start calling it. You do what the officials let you do, take the win and move on.

 

[guido4198]

Only player that can be substituted, is the one that is injured, no more mass substituting during an injury timeout or meeting with coach.

Absolutely..!!! NO mass substitutions and NO sideline meetings. The injured player leaves the field, ONE player comes on to replace him.
AND... protect the players..!!
The injured player sits out that possession.
Want to see a rule change happen in record time..??
Our defense flops on EVERY play while we have sideline pep talks, and swap out tired players for fresh ones.

 

[vegasvolfan]

I watched the entire 3 hours of the SEC This Morning show and was very disappointed
that there was no mention of the obvious “ flops “ by Ole Miss during the Auburn game.
The game announcers even pointed out how deliberate it was. The same crap they
pulled against us.

It’s like those who avoid paying their taxes. It isn’t right, but it happens all the time because the loophole is there.

 

[number1volfanfrom76]

Nothing will happen! When Saban starts calling for a rule change, maybe then!

 

[nomads-11]

Defensive players only. I don't think I've ever seen the offense try to gain advantage like this? On top of that, the injured player needs to cause a delay of game in order to engage the rule. Getting up slow and taking the next snap within game clock is ok.

I like the idea of limiting it to the defense, as you are right, I've never seen an offense trying to "delay" a game for an advantage. Regardless, I like your view better....gets to the heart of the matter.

 

[nomads-11]

Whatever the change it should only be for those that collapse well after the play. Not for those that are slow to get up after actually being hit, blocked, or whatever. I talking about those guys that jog to the line after the play then all of sudden go down.

So that way if the QB is slow to get up after being hit, he isn’t gone for the possession.

I like @livefaith suggestion. This applies to the defense only, since an offense isn't exactly trying to do this for advantage purposes.

Maybe the only time I could see it happen is in the last 2 minutes of the game .... or last drive of the half/game where they have no timeouts left. But I do think there are rules for that which require a 10 sec runoff or the team has to use a timeout to prevent it.

 

[BanditVol]

I watched the entire 3 hours of the SEC This Morning show and was very disappointed
that there was no mention of the obvious “ flops “ by Ole Miss during the Auburn game.
The game announcers even pointed out how deliberate it was. The same crap they
pulled against us.

It seems like the SECN has decided that Kiffin is good for ratings and is rehabilitating him. Finebaum just can't stop gushing about him, it's like he's saban junior or something. It's pretty sickening actually, considering how low-character Lane has always been, but I don't think they want to criticize Ole Miss or any other SEC team too much, or at any rate not the ones drawing in the viewers.

 

[Fightmaker]

It’s like those who avoid paying their taxes. It isn’t right, but it happens all the time because the loophole is there.

It is not like that at all. People always try to pay only what is required by law. These players are literally lying in order to stop the clock. If it were legal to just lie down and refuse to move, they would just do that instead. But they are indicating that they are hurt when they aren’t.

 

[vegasvolfan]

It is not like that at all. People always try to pay only what is required by law. These players are literally lying in order to stop the clock. If it were legal to just lie down and refuse to move, they would just do that instead. But they are indicating that they are hurt when they aren’t.

haha you need to talk to more accountants.

 

[Fightmaker]

haha you need to talk to more accountants.

I have no doubt that people try to skirt the law, but an honest accountant won’t sign his name to that kind of stuff. Thus we have Lane Kiffin.

 

[UTblood4life]

Why are we still talking about Kiffin? Is it an obsession or infatuation? I could care less what he does and think we should turn our attention to scalding some Wildcats!

Who gives a $$&$ about kiffin

 

[temptn]

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[camp_steveo]

Playing devil's advocate here: how sportsman like is running up to the line of scrimmage and rushing a play before the defense has time to set up? I'm not talking about up-tempo. Not huddling and calling plays at the line of scrimmage is up-tempo. What we and some other teams do at times by rushing up to the line to run a play is beyond up-tempo. Don't be surprised if the rule changes affect the offense ad well

Going fast is not cheating the system to get unlimited timeouts, which is what flopping is. Bad comparison.

 

[Vol Main]

Their defensive personnel could stop the qb from scrambling all over the field. We continuously let them move chains on yardages we should easily contain.

Yeah, that really sucked.