Just watched UK vs Mizzou and Oregon vs Stanford.
It’s kind of depressing but at the same time there’s some good college basketball to watch.
It’s kind of depressing but at the same time there’s some good college basketball to watch.
Anybody remember our last national televised game?
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What do you mean by national televised ? Isn't tonight's game Nationally televised on CBS sports ?
I’m not sure what national means anymore. Before it used to mean the big 3 traditional stations plus ESPN. But now...I’d think any ESPN family, cbssports... FSW, etc....
I believe it was in ’86. The undefeated Rebels were playing at Oklahoma. Gary Graham hit a jumper that replay showed to be clearly a three, but the refs declared it a two. Even Brent Musburger said it was over the line. The Rebels went on to lose their only game of the season 88-89 to Billy Tubbs squad.
Go Rebels!
In case it didn’t hurt you enough the first time around.I believe it was in ’86. The undefeated Rebels were playing at Oklahoma. Gary Graham hit a jumper that replay showed to be clearly a three, but the refs declared it a two. Even Brent Musburger said it was over the line. The Rebels went on to lose their only game of the season 88-89 to Billy Tubbs squad.
Go Rebels!
https://unlv.rivals.com/news/flashback-1987-robbed-in-norman
Thanks for the memories ...kinda. That clip shows that I was recalling the event from a somewhat shoddy memory.
I thought it was pre-conference, so I dated it as ’86, when it was in fact January of ’87. But most importantly, it was Packer who insisted it was a three. Musburger said they couldn’t tell from the angle. But had they seen the other angle, it was clearly a three.
We wuz robbed!
Go Rebels!
That game was impactful to any long time Rebel fan. I was so angry. I was 18/19 at the time, not a daily shaver... shaved that morning, I vowed not to shave until we lost again. Couple months later vs Indiana, all patchy, looking like a homeless person.Thanks for the memories ...kinda. That clip shows that I was recalling the event from a somewhat shoddy memory.
I thought it was pre-conference, so I dated it as ’86, when it was in fact January of ’87. But most importantly, it was Packer who insisted it was a three. Musburger said they couldn’t tell from the angle. But had they seen the other angle, it was clearly a three.
We wuz robbed!
Go Rebels!
I hated Packer and Musburger forever after that. And Norm Borucki. Even the Packer and Musburger did the championship call, Musburger’s last college game.
Thanks for the memories ...kinda. That clip shows that I was recalling the event from a somewhat shoddy memory.
I thought it was pre-conference, so I dated it as ’86, when it was in fact January of ’87. But most importantly, it was Packer who insisted it was a three. Musburger said they couldn’t tell from the angle. But had they seen the other angle, it was clearly a three.
We wuz robbed!
Go Rebels!
That was a bizarre play to say the least. From the air horn going off, to the official closest to Graham calling it a three after it went in being over ruled.
When CBS initially had the replay they superimposed the time clock on the replay but it blocked Gary’s feet and they went with it being a two.
During halftime CBS came up with a different replay which clearly showed it a three. To be fair Musberger informed the refs and tried to get them to look at it, but they declined. One of the officials, Rick Wuklow, erroneously claimed after the game replay could only be used for timing questions, not score, which wasn’t the rule.
All that said the Rebels had their chances to win. They came out of the locker room hot and took a couple of baskets lead early in the second half.
Billy pulled a fast one on Jerry late in the game. After Armon put the Rebels ahead with a little under a minute to play. Jerry thought Billy would call a timeout to set up a play, must coaches do, but Billy let them play on and the Rebels were confused defensively. Darryl Kennedy hit a pretty open jumper.
Rebels still had a chance at the end, Armon had a jumper from the elbow he makes 9 out 10 times but rimed out. Even then Jarvis had an excellent shot at a tip in, but instead of tapping it he tried to dunk it hard and the force popped the ball out as the clock expired.
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There is absolutely nothing that I enjoy as much (well maybe not absolutely nothing)as listening to longtime Rebel fans, reminiscing about Tark and the “Glory Years”. And you two, Joe and Ernie are two of the best. I try to keep up from a die-hard fan’s rapidly fading memory, but I’m clearly out of my league. Thanks guys
Go Rebels!
Let’s be honest here - if it wasn’t for those memories, how many of us would be here? If the memories weren’t so incredibly strong, how many of us would be here THIS long?;
There is absolutely nothing that I enjoy as much (well maybe not absolutely nothing)as listening to longtime Rebel fans, reminiscing about Tark and the “Glory Years”. And you two, Joe and Ernie are two of the best. I try to keep up from a die-hard fan’s rapidly fading memory, but I’m clearly out of my league. Thanks guys
Go Rebels!
I love hearing this stuff too. A really fun thing to do was listen to Tark talk. The stories. The dude didn’t try to be funny but he was hilarious. And even up until the end, his mind was sharp with the details. He really was one of a kind and I feel like one of the most misunderstood and misinterpreted/misrepresented individuals in college hoops.
That! Right there, is the thing that eats at me the most about the Coach's legacy. Every
time I read or hear some ignorant fan/sportswriter, make a reference to Tark, or the Rebels, with some some left-handed remark, about how “dirty” he was, I just want to eat the paper.
Their comments are rooted in pure ignorance. If they had bothered to study the man, or his career, they would have discovered his life was one of incredible successes, and never-ending battles. Constantly trying to right the wrongs inflicted on him by the NCAA. They also would have discovered a man with extreme humanity, and deep intelligence.
Most of us here, are well-aware of Tark’s accomplishments and his legal battles. But average fans, around the country, have been exposed to these never-ending slurs. I’ll bet that very few are aware that he was, despite his team’s being known for their high-scoring prowess, a defensive genius, who changed the game on that end of the floor, forever.
And, his reputation for taking at-risk kids from the inner cities overlooked the fact that he was giving chances to talented kids, who might otherwise never get out of the ghetto. Some will argue that he’s only helping them if they can play. That’s true, but he’s a basketball coach. Is he supposed to seek out chess players?
Having had the privilege to cross paths with the man on more than one occasion, I count them among the highlights of my life not to mention the joy of witnessing nearly every game from '77 to '91 in which he exhibited his prowess as one of the greatest college basketball coaches to ever prowl the sidelines.
If anyone needs a bit of education on this unique and incredible man, I found this NY Times piece, shortly after his death, to be enlightening, regarding his never-ending search for justice.
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/26/...-byers-adversaries-who-left-mark-on-ncaa.html
Go Rebels!
