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 Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 12:50 pm Post subject: Duke and Its Refs Strike Again!!! |
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In case anybody missed it, Duke had a 3 point lead with 5 seconds remaining, and the ball. They inexplicably through the inbound pass to a Clemson player right behind the 3pt line. He grabbed the ball, lined up the shot, and Swish!, game tied. Unfortunately the Duke timekeeper had never started the clock. After reviewing it, the refs put 4.4 seconds back on the clock. Duke subsequently executed a nice play and won.
If you take a stop watch and start it at the point the Clemson player touches the ball until his shot goes through the net, it is approximately 2.5 seconds. A player grabbing a ball, setting his feet, and shooting in under .6 seconds would be quite fast. There's no way all of that and the flight of the ball would take that little amount of time.
Considering that the refs had all the time they needed to look at the play, time it, etc., its hard to say this wasn't deliberate. Having seen this type of thing countless times with Duke, it's getting real hard to deny their is something real strange going on.
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The game is 40 minutes long... Clemson played D for 39 minutes and 56.4 seconds... know way you let Duke go coast to coast for a game winning LAY-UP....  Suckas!!! Go Duke!!! |
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| TACH wrote: | | The game is 40 minutes long... Clemson played D for 39 minutes and 56.4 seconds... know way you let Duke go coast to coast for a game winning LAY-UP.... Suckas!!! Go Duke!!! |
You have to admit that without the extra 2 seconds, that coast to coast would have been more of a long heave and hope.
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| Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 2:18 pm Post subject: |
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| 24 wrote: | | TACH wrote: | | The game is 40 minutes long... Clemson played D for 39 minutes and 56.4 seconds... know way you let Duke go coast to coast for a game winning LAY-UP.... Suckas!!! Go Duke!!! |
You have to admit that without the extra 2 seconds, that coast to coast would have been more of a long heave and hope. |
Yeah, they've never done that before. Just ask Rick Pitino.
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ACC Admits Timing Error
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| Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Exick wrote: | | 24 wrote: | | TACH wrote: | | The game is 40 minutes long... Clemson played D for 39 minutes and 56.4 seconds... know way you let Duke go coast to coast for a game winning LAY-UP.... Suckas!!! Go Duke!!! |
You have to admit that without the extra 2 seconds, that coast to coast would have been more of a long heave and hope. |
Yeah, they've never done that before. Just ask Rick Pitino. |
I was thinking the same thing.... |
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