When it involves multiple players across multiple games, how can that not reflect poorly on the coaches?

Are you serious?

I too have questions concerning CCM, but free throw shooting to close games out? This comes down on the players imo. Gotta go up to the line and get it done.

Saw him live four times..... and he was in "true George" fashion three of the four (if you know what I mean).  Love this man's music!

Unique!  I totally agree with that.  A voice like no other.

Man, I'm getting old.

from:  http://www.usga.org/news/2011/April/Rule-Revised-On-DQ-For-Incorrect-Card/

"The R&A and the USGA Confirm that the disqualification penalty still applies for score card breaches that arise from ignorance of the Rules of Golf. As such, this decision reinforces that it is still the responsibility of the player to know the Rules, while recognizing that there may be some rare situations where it is reasonable that a player is unaware of the factual circumstances of a breach."

Well, keep in mind that The Masters is not technically a PGA Tour event- it is operated by Augusta National itself, and any of these rulings are at the discretion of AN officials.  So if this happens at the Masters again, then that would be a legitimate question.  If it happens elsewhere, it's apples and oranges.  Ditto for the US Open, which is run by the USGA, and The Open Championship (R&A).  The PGA Championship is the only major operated by the PGA Tour itself. 

That is true. Hence Ridley being involved in the decision.

So what happens the next time a player signs an incorrect card? Are they DQ'd unless the rules committee has already reviewed the issue and deemed it  OK?

Seems that unless a blatant or obvious disregard of the rules is shown, a DQ might not be warranted from here on out.

The drop was not on the spot of his last shot. He said so in interview. And that wasn't the line where he could go back as far as he wanted - that line would have been over next to the grandstand. The drop was not legal.

1st - we watch tour pros every week take forever and a day to play their shots. Last week I watched as Jeff Overton took what seemed like 3 or 4 minutes to play a shot from the fairway. We have all seen Na, Crane, and others play exceedingly slow. So how does the PGA battle this? They penalize a 14 year old amature for not playing his shots in the allotted 40 second shot window - yeah, I know he had been warned once, but no player has been penalized in a major in almost 10 years. You mean this kid is the first player in 10 years that is guilty of slow play in a major? Yeah, sure. This on a day where the average round was probably about five hours and thirty minutes. Disgusting and idiotic, imo.

2nd -Tiger may have taken an illegal drop on 15. He said after the round that he moved back 2 yards from the spot of his original shot and hit his fifth. Now, he was absolutely robbed by the golf gods on his original approach, but the shot must be played from the same spot (not a spot two yards further away), if that is the option that the player chooses to use. Interesting to see how this plays out.

My question: What were the Crafts doing there in the first place?

It's always been my understanding that Bruce had invited them. I could be wrong about that, though. Seems I read somewhere that Bruce even said that they were victims, and he should have informed them that it was a violation for them to attend the cookout. Again, though, I could be remembering wrong.

First rule of holes:  Stop Digging 

My shovel is shelved.

Whatever that means.  :o)

Since this is such a popular topic, let me give a specific example of why you don't ALWAYS drive in the right lane.

You're headed down the interstate and passing folks on the right.  You pass one clump of cars and approach the next.  As you do so, a semi tractor-trailer pulls into the left lane and strains to go even the speed limit to pass cars that are going below the speed limit.  As you approach the semi and slow down, another faster car approaches from behind you.  There is just barely room to squeeze into a narrow gap between the semi and the next clump of cars, should you care to risk your life doing so.  Instead, you continue to patiently follow the semi, who, although he is going agonizingly slow by your standards, is in fact passing traffic in the right lane.  In the meantime, a large SUV passes your smaller car, accerlerates very quickly on the right, and just manages to squeeze into the gap between the semi and the next car.  You then think to yourself "what a fizzleing idiot" and drive on.

Now, is anyone seriously suggestng that following the semi at a slower pace is not the best decision?  Let me tell you...I have been BOTH the car following the semi and the one third in in line, lol.  But I was the person squeezing into the gap mostly when I was much younger and stupider.

So IMO neither the semi nor the person first in line behind him have to give up their respective spots in line to the ahole that is third in line (who I freely admit is sometimes me, lol.)

THOSE are the cases I am referring to when I say "free to pass in the right lane".

Hope that clears things up.

I refer to folks who are 'first' in the left lane and have obvious faster traffic behind them, or even worse folks who permanently drive in the left hand lane. If someone is the 2nd, 3rd, etc vehicle behind this self-appointed left lane pace car, I have no issue as they are not the hold-up.

If they don't see the faster traffic approaching, the faster traffic is free to use the right lane and go around, and not tailgate or flash lights.

Do you have an issue with that?  Cause that's all I am saying.

If you are not passing someone, why in the heck would you be in the left lane? If you get back into the right lane after passing someone, noone need flash lights, etc. That's all I am saying.

This would of course be non-city driving. I can somewhat understand urban area reasons for driving in the left lane even when not 'in the passing mode'.

I hate to tell you, but if you are in the left lane on the interstate with the right lane wide open -- YOU should be in the right lane.  Nothing pisses me off more on the interstate is folks that ride the left lane when there is no traffic in the right.  The signs that say "slower traffic keep right" are there for a reason you know!  If you are not passing, you should be in the right lane -- NOT THE LEFT!      But when I do run into people riding the left lane, I simply pass on the right because you don't ever know when someone has a gun with them...I don't do the blinking light thingy....  By the way, check the law in YOUR state here :  http://jalopnik.com/5501615/left+lane-passing-laws-a-state+by+state-map

You mean that those people who drive in the left lane, even when the right lane is clear and faster traffic is approaching, do not have a God-given right to do so? I just always figured that those people were more important than the 'common folk' and were entitled to drive wherever the heck they chose. This is the age of entitlement,after all.

Ok, from that perspective I can see your reasoning.  As far as from being competitive in either, though, I see a correlation.

I want to state that I am not in the "trash Martin" mindset.  I saw great effort and good hustle through the end of the season stretch.  I also know that working with young people is challenging, especially so when trying to convince them to give their all for an effort.  That said, it is his job to find ways to motivate and inspire his players to achieve their best.  I simply do not feel that we saw that in the last two games this season.

Bowl games and the NIT is an apples to oranges comparison. Besides, I just didn't like Tyler Bray, so there's that...

One man's trash is another man's treasure.  I actually think the bowl game example is 'spot on'.  Playing for a lower level bowl or playing in a lower level tournament... seems relevant to me. 

Without Googling, tell me who won the NIT last season. 

Yeah, that's what I thought.

I understood your point. I simply disagree with it. Whether I care if they won, played well, gave effort or not - someone who is a 'winner' will never give less than their best effort in competition.

Whether or not I, you, or any other fan knows who won the NIT last season is irrelevant - the guys who played in that game know, and will never forget it.  For a true competitor, imo, the motivation is from within. I am reminded of the motto: 'If winning was easy, losers would do it!'

And yet only 4000 showed up. The fans don't care about the game and we expect the players to?

If I am competing against you I have one goal: WIN. Whether or not anyone other than the two of us ever knows about it, we will both know about it - and that's enuf motivation for me to play for nothing short of the W.

If Slammin'Sam couldn't putt from behind the ball, players shouldn't be allowed to anchor the putter. The rule about addressing the ball from the side was exclusively for Snead.

Hubbs also reporting it. Not sure if his 'sources' are Hyams or not, but he gave an afternoon report to the same effect - meeting scheduled for today in Fl was cancelled by JG.

I agree with Bandit.  I, like all of you, want UT to win.  Having said that, from a financial standpoint (which is what Hart and the university must consider) it doesn't make good sense to engage in a long-term contract with a huge buyout.  If the coach was a guarantee, the scenario is different - but there are not guarantees.  No coach is assured of winning here - no matter who it is.  There are factors that cannot be controlled that help determine that.

Now if the wording could be structured in the contract so that performance goals are used as contract determinants, then a longer contract and higher buyout might seem to me to make more sense.

To just go out and offer a guy a huge contract, with a huge buyout, to me makes no sense.  It is great if the guy works out, but does further harm to the athletic department if things go sour.  It could turn out to be just one more coach that we'd have to "pay me now, pay me later".

That may well have happened.  On the other hand, I was told by a former UT football player (several weeks before Fulmer was fired) that he heard from certain people that Lane Kiffin would be the next football coach at UT.

At the time, I didn't think much of this.  When Kiffin was indeed hired, I asked this guy where he had gotten his information.  He did not tell me.  So, did he (and therefore people inside the program) already know?  Did he make a lucky guess?  Who knows?

According to what I read on the gamecock board last night they were not going to do an MRI until today.

I hope that the twitter that was posted is incorrect.

I would personally like to see Worley get a chance to show what he can do. I have no faith that Bray is the qb that we need. That said, I do not have access to the info that coaches have - gotta trust that they know what they are doing.

Our D has, and continues to be, suspect. There is no doubt that there are problems with the defense that have to be corrected before UT will ever compete in the SEC.

Having said that, our offense, which was thought to be our strong suit, is stagnant. At first, we couldn't run effectively. Now we can't throw the ball effectively, but we are running it better. I think that Bray is a big part of the problem right now with our offense. He is not getting it done.

When you have problems on defense and you cannot keep them off of the field, you magnify those problems.  I would even suggest that part of the problems on D stem from the fact that they are on the field way too much. We are under-manned, and the amount of TOP they are forced to endure is a problem.

As an addendum, I also think that the hurry-up offense, with the issues we have on the defensive side of the ball, is quite possibly a poor strategic choice for this team.

Me too.  Poor decisions, poor throws, and does not respond well under pressure. I actually think he was better as a freshman.

I liked the way Lane ran the ball.

We still suck setting the edge. How can they not get that?

All I can say is every UT fan in that stadium is gonna be praying if a game comes down to us making a field goal.

Hahaha!  Hilarious, but true!