Shockers at Redbirds Game Thread

[Awesome Sauce Malone]

So I see some of their fans are admitting to things being thrown, including roll-up banners at our team and the refs. Some of them are condoning it (not all, of course). And they have the nerve to call others classless.

What I find sad in this whole thing is the total lack of understanding of human behavior. If the situation was flipped around, they would be acting like us and us like them.

The part I find hilarious is how they complained of Marshall "whining" about the kick and "talking his way out of a loss" by convincing the refs to review the play. The only rational conclusion is that they would be fine if Mulluer sat on his hands and didn't do everything within his power and the rules to put his team in a position to win.

Of course, we all know that's BS. Any coach who would so such a thing isn't qualified to lead a D1 program.

speechless

[shoxlax]

Hey we've got another game in 4 and a half hours, peeps. Time to bury this one and quit looking at the wreckage and dead bodies.

[pogo]

Hey we've got another game in 4 and a half hours, peeps. Time to bury this one and quit looking at the wreckage and dead bodies.

So you're saying let God sort em out?

[BOBB]

Hey we've got another game in 4 and a half hours, peeps. Time to bury this one and quit looking at the wreckage and dead bodies.

+1
Hope our players are more focused on the Trees than we are the Birds.

[shoxlax]

So you're saying let God sort em out?

Pretty much.

[ShockerPrez]

Hey we've got another game in 4 and a half hours, peeps. Time to bury this one and quit looking at the wreckage and dead bodies.

Yes. Time to replenish heaven with new souls today from Terre Haute!!

[dregn]

Hypothetical, if you tried the old "my player is hurt bit" if EO was on the line after a normal foul at the end of the game the opposing coach gets to pick the shooter. Could that coach pick Derail forcing us to burn his redshirt.

[Cdizzle]

Hypothetical, if you tried the old "my player is hurt bit" if EO was on the line after a normal foul at the end of the game the opposing coach gets to pick the shooter. Could that coach pick Derail forcing us to burn his redshirt.

He can only choose from the players on the floor.

[shoxlax]

Yes. Time to replenish heaven with new souls today from Terre Haute!!

I was thinking more along the lines of purgatory.

[GoShockers89]

I think he's forced to pick a player on the court, not off the bench right?

[jdmee]

When an injured player is unable to attempt a free throw try(s),
one of the four remaining players on the playing court shall be selected by the
opposing coach to attempt the free throw try(s) unless the committed foul was
either intentional personal or flagrant. In such a case, the injured player’s coach
shall select any player or team member to attempt the free throw try(s).

[im4wsu]

One thing I absolutely hate is reviewing the clock to add 0.4 from 4.8 to 5.2 seconds. Unless there happened to be a timeout, the clock would not be reviewed normally and even in the last minutes where the clock is supposed to stop on made shots, it is NEVER stopped the millisecond the ball dlears the rim. the HUMAN scorekeeper (even if it is Ill St employee) cannot be perfect, so why just on a shot where there hapeens to be a timeout?

[ShockerFever]

I've at least found solitude that every site I've read talking about the game, whether it's non-Valley, or Valley (minus the Redturd fan site) pretty much universally thinks the kick looked intentional and most are shocked suspensions weren't forthcoming. I think a lot of people pretty much have our side on this one, except of course, the IQ-challenged Redturd fans. They are infatuated with Marshall (I guess he's the bad guy for calling the officials out on a missed flagrant), the free throw switch, and Carl Hall raising his hands into the air instead of realizing their team folded like a cheap suit in the final minute. They haven't thought about the quick, dumbass 3 pointers, or unforced turnovers, or WSU making big shot after big shot in the final minute. To them, it was all "stolen" of them by Gregg Marshall, the MVC, Gerry Pollard, and a universal conspiracy.

It's beyond comical and honestly worse than anything I've seen lobbed in quite a while, including Creighton fan-related.

Sorry, I had to get that off my chest before moving on.

[Dave Stalwart]

I don't know why there is all the bird hating going on. I put some thought into it and really, they gift wrapped us a nice little present at the end of the day. There isn't a team in the valley we should LOVE more than the red birds.

Lets take a look. They choked bad early and removed themselves from being a contender. They proceeded to get hot and wreck the seasons of every other valley contender EXCEPT for us. When they had the chance to wreck it for us as well they returned to being chokesters (granted we had everything to do with that). Then they threw big fits and upped the blood pressure and resolve of our team to close out this season before we could leave the building. Then they went out and laid down the next game.

Anyone else notice that if the birds fall to the 7 seed, which they are attempting to do as we speak, we will likely be facing them Friday in St. Louis?

If there is one team we will not be going to sleep on in St. Louis on a Friday, it's them. I look at that like a positive if I'm thinking about how to win that tournament instead of not show up for a winnable game and get surprised.

The birds might be our best friends in this league.

[GoShockers89]

I don't know why there is all the bird hating going on. I put some thought into it and really, they gift wrapped us a nice little present at the end of the day. There isn't a team in the valley we should LOVE more than the red birds.

They went full retard on MVCFans.com.

Anyone else notice that if the birds fall to the 7 seed, which they are attempting to do as we speak, we will likely be facing them Friday in St. Louis?

If there is one team we will not be going to sleep on in St. Louis on a Friday, it's them. I look at that like a positive if I'm thinking about how to win that tournament instead of not show up for a winnable game and get surprised.

The 1 seed faces the winner of the 8-9 game on Friday.