Planted it where you would expect him too. Come on, you must be visually impaired. He obviously stuck out his foot farther than he needed to hoping to catch Mirk going by.
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I thought it was obviously a foul to the body by Carr. No doubt. If you don’t call this, you can’t call the body foul on Tomi later.
He does not get ball here. We can see his fingers over top of Keaton’s arm:
Even if he does that’s 100% a hack on the wrist.
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What I found interesting was that LaTulip actually mentioned the call on the rebound (literally 10 seconds after this Wagler play) as the "worst call of the night."
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Initially I thought they got Mirkovic, but who knows.
Here's the replay of that one:
These same fans as well as Izzo would be screaming from the rafters if an opposing player did that garbage to State players.
The refs were not going to give Fears a F1 trip on Mirk. The refs would have had to have police escort after the game. When the one ref went to Izzo after the call he got in the refs face screaming. The tv cameras focused on the refs decision. I thought Fears was getting a F1. I also kept wondering why KW wasn't getting any calls on his driving to the basket. Home cooking.
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blackdog
- Champaign
So Fears initiates the contact and the bump by using his elbow to clear Tomi's arm. Its a really smart move to create space but also not a defensive foul.
What happened is that Kohler bumps him and he goes flying into the cheerleaders.
Don't know if it was already discussed, but what I found comical is that at the beginning of the broadcast, Steve Smith actually said "poor Jeremy Fears..." before launching into his unabashed defense of his character.
His elbows or feet will definitely cause some opponent to miss games before the season is out.
Mostly because Michigan State is adept at turning a blind eye to bad behavior.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
100% Fears initiates the contact, which makes it a bad call, but there is contact.
The next possession he literally is not touched.
The odds of them playing that physical in the NCAA tournament and getting away with it are around 1%. Can't imagine a trip from a known dirty player doesn't get a foul when all eyes are on the game. They'll still be a tough out if they play that hard, but I gotta believe they won't get as many calls as they did in this one.
Thanks for firing me up again! This one was the most egregious among many bad ones. Don't think you can justify this one as a "hand is part of the ball" type of contact!
1m4tr
Cliffmas
Coen Carr makes considerably more contact on this play than Tomi when he fouled out. So messed up.
I guess it's possible he doesn't actually hit the ball, but it looks like it to me, plus the ball rotates backward after that. And if he gets ball first, then contact to the wrist is allowed. It doesn't even matter since there was still the swat to the head earlier in the drive and (even more obvious) Carr's jump into the body that you can see here.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
These gifs are great where are these coming from?
In spite of the bad calls, we would have won by 15+ if we didn't brick so many shots.
I think MSU got in our heads and we didn't focus enough when shooting.
I think MSU got in our heads and we didn't focus enough when shooting.
Watch out Grandma. You might be a bucket but someone could try to trip you. Not good at your age.
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