Region 1 Playoff Thread #2

[Fightingscot82]

I didn't watch but nothing surprises me anymore when it comes to the immediate post-game.

D1 had a travesty of embarrassments this past weekend - at least 4 rivalry games ending in very ugly scenes (highlighted by OSU/MIchigan). Players in uniform received pepper spray on national television.

It's a real quick fix. Plant a flag and you (player) are suspended the rest of the season. Just eliminate all this bullsh!t already.

On our level, I wish they'd just make the post-game handshake lineup go away. D1 doesn't do it.

I don't care about the 'sportsmanship' angle some will play. I watch these games in person. These players beat the heck out of one another for 3 hours. They all taunt the whole time. They trash talk from warm-ups until the locker room door closes. They've just finished playing. By the way, go shake hands.

I'll say this ... every bad thing I've ever seen happen in D2 football or basketball has happened in the handshake line.

Guess what? There's nobody there to break it up. The officials who let the game get so out of hand? They are sprinting off the field the second has buzzer goes off. Security at our level? None. Maybe (1) rent-a-cop or the baseball team hired as ushers.

Tort's talked about it many times. Once it starts, there's little coaches can do to break it up. There's 100-some strapped up, helmeted players ready to explode and, what, 15 (much older) coaches? The IUP/Gannon brawl 6-7 years ago went on for 4-5 minutes before it was fully extinguished.

At minimum, the officials should have the power to block the handshake line when warranted. The IUP/Gannon brawl never should have happened. The whole stadium knew that was coming.

Wave at each other across the field. I don't know. It's getting worse by the year. Treat the post-game like the rest of society. Start a brawl and you get arrested. Act like an animal and get sent to the cage.

Agree. Some sort of supervised midfield meet & greet for those players with friends & family on the other team, coaching staffs, saying hi to players/coaches from the recruiting cycle, etc. Something special about our league is how familiar so many players and coaches are with each other. This coming Saturday, there will be SIX players from little Farrell High School playing in that game.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Agree. Some sort of supervised midfield meet & greet for those players with friends & family on the other team, coaching staffs, saying hi to players/coaches from the recruiting cycle, etc. Something special about our league is how familiar so many players and coaches are with each other. This coming Saturday, there will be SIX players from little Farrell High School playing in that game.

And if each team has say 60 players walk the handshake line ... about 56 of them on each side are there to shake hands. It's the 'lit' four guys in each line that cause the explosions. Once it starts, it snowballs quickly.