Official 2017 NCAA Outdoor Day 4 Live Discussion Thread

FredGSanford wrote:

After watching USF 10k Champ Charlotte Taylor interview, GF sez "she could be on Downtown Abbey."

(She makes me watch it, tradeoff for TV track)

Funny. Smart girlfriend. Bit of "priming" with the power of suggestion there!

Downton Abbey was good for 2-3 season and then straight out soap opera with English Accents.

It was thrilling, wasn't it

First, I didn't think she could do it.

We had an 800m runner versus a woman who placed, what, 3rd, in the 400m final? Or a 400m finalist at any rate.

In the post meet recaps one shared that Coach Johnson had told her not to lay it on the line and pass until 100m to go!!!

Rodgers who legs are built like heptathalete-strong almost, went with her instincts and took the lead at 200m, obviously with 200m to go.

Coming into the home stretch you knew the "superior" 400 meter runner from USC was going to go after it. ...And she gained...and then she didn't...and then she gained...and it looked like she would get there if Rogers faltered at all...and it almost seemed like Rogers was going to get caught...and then Rogers gave it a little more with 30m or so to go...and boom victory.

Rogers said that she was glad she didn't get passed because her legs "were wobbling all over the place."

She laid it all out there for her team and put them on her back like a champ. I couldn't help but feeling her age group track, youth track high school track, all played into how savvy and confident she took that lap and race...to the house.

Just an unreal finish to ANY track meet let alone an NCAA Championship where the home team is going for the Triple Crown. I'm still buzzing over it 9 hours later!

Dummy Alert wrote:

kimani wrote:

WHAT?! She murdered Purrier over the barriers, what race were you watching? Her form was among the best in the field.

Totally WRONG. Go watch the first 5 laps of the race, and catch up with reality.

She hurdles like a sprinter all race I've watched all of her races

I'm no Oregon fan, but I can't believe all the FANS who want to see a team, any team, lose on a technicality. "The rules are rules" crowd. There is only black and white...ignore the gray.

Well life is lived in the gray for those dealing with reality. Grasshopper has spoken.

As a post script: what is with the Oregon girls (and others) clown face lipstick and heavy makeup? I'm calling a flagrant fashion foul.

At first I was totally on Georgia's side. I thought Stevens had simply walked off and was being a sore loser. This would have made it a DNF and prevented her from running 4x4. But I thought about something that changed my mind. Lets say Stevens fell, then scurried across the line to score points for her team. Georgia would have immediatley filed a protest. They were watching every Oregon competitor closely. They would have won the protest and gotten Stevens' one point removed from the team total. This would have opened up the opportunity to run the 4x4, thereby making it all irrelevant. I believe the miscommunication came from her being mistakenly listed as a DNF the whole time.

Dazed & Confused wrote:

At first I was totally on Georgia's side. I thought Stevens had simply walked off and was being a sore loser. This would have made it a DNF and prevented her from running 4x4. But I thought about something that changed my mind. Lets say Stevens fell, then scurried across the line to score points for her team. Georgia would have immediatley filed a protest. They were watching every Oregon competitor closely. They would have won the protest and gotten Stevens' one point removed from the team total. This would have opened up the opportunity to run the 4x4, thereby making it all irrelevant. I believe the miscommunication came from her being mistakenly listed as a DNF the whole time.

The protest Georgia filed referenced a dq. There was no miscommunication.

Professional protester wrote:

Dazed & Confused wrote:

At first I was totally on Georgia's side. I thought Stevens had simply walked off and was being a sore loser. This would have made it a DNF and prevented her from running 4x4. But I thought about something that changed my mind. Lets say Stevens fell, then scurried across the line to score points for her team. Georgia would have immediatley filed a protest. They were watching every Oregon competitor closely. They would have won the protest and gotten Stevens' one point removed from the team total. This would have opened up the opportunity to run the 4x4, thereby making it all irrelevant. I believe the miscommunication came from her being mistakenly listed as a DNF the whole time.

The protest Georgia filed referenced a dq. There was no miscommunication.

Consider myself corrected. Just speculating. That explains Johnson's frustration if they're protesting the classification of Stevens as it pertains to the 200 result.

Dazed & Confused wrote:

Consider myself corrected. Just speculating. That explains Johnson's frustration if they're protesting the classification of Stevens as it pertains to the 200 result.

Sounded as if Coach Johnson was more irritated at the delay on the other protest (impeding) since there was no flag raised.

In any other sport we'd have a complete explanation from the officiating crew as to exactly what transpired by the following day at the latest.

kmaclam wrote:

In any other sport we'd have a complete explanation from the officiating crew as to exactly what transpired by the following day at the latest.

We do. The protests were(are) on flotrack.

No impeding. DQ thus Stevens eligible.

Check the reports wrote:

kmaclam wrote:

In any other sport we'd have a complete explanation from the officiating crew as to exactly what transpired by the following day at the latest.

We do. The protests were(are) on flotrack.

No impeding. DQ thus Stevens eligible.

A screenshot of the paperwork that was filed is not a complete explanation from the officiating crew. It's like getting a screenshot from a coroners report. After the field of 64 is chosen for the NCAA B Ball tourney, we get a long interview with an official representative from the selection committee explaining in detail what they took into account in making their decision. After investing 5 1/2 hours watching the Women's competition, I'd love to hear from Ga. coach and from an official. Would just be very interesting to hear what they were thinking is all.

kmaclam wrote:

Check the reports wrote:

We do. The protests were(are) on flotrack.

No impeding. DQ thus Stevens eligible.

A screenshot of the paperwork that was filed is not a complete explanation from the officiating crew. It's like getting a screenshot from a coroners report. After the field of 64 is chosen for the NCAA B Ball tourney, we get a long interview with an official representative from the selection committee explaining in detail what they took into account in making their decision. After investing 5 1/2 hours watching the Women's competition, I'd love to hear from Ga. coach and from an official. Would just be very interesting to hear what they were thinking is all.

You got more in those two snapshots than you typically get in any NFL/MLB/NBA or NHL game from a game official. That's the comparison not who's in the meet.

Freshman Katie Rainsberger, Senior Samantha Nadel make history!

Only 2 women in NCAA history to score points for Cross/Indoor/Outdoor for a team that won the Triple Crown!

Just too think with Stevens in the 200 and she finished that's 8-10 points 4 by 100 team that's 8-10 points and Hannah Cunliffe in the 100 and 200 that's at least 10 points and yet Oregon still wins WOW what a great day Saturday was. GO DUCKS

Onewhoknows wrote:

[quote]Johnny Karate wrote:

I hope they lose by one point. All she had to do was get up and walk across the finish line. What a selfish brat.

She's always been selfish

And, she's a litter bug. She took off her hip numbers and threw them on the track. What's up with that?