@0Christian3_@truhabby@BudElliott3 Did you forget that Deboer took Washington to the national championship? Also Kiffin wasn’t coaching the team in the playoffs, doesn’t get to take credit for it
@HoosierCash@RecruitsBama You won a natty with proven transfers that you paid a lot of money for. It’s disingenuous to pretend like they’re just average 3 star high school recruits
@finn_tabulous@aldotcomTide This was during the season. Burrow was good, but forgive Saban if he has to think through history a little because the guy literally coached against Newton, Tebow, Watson, Lawrence, Stafford, Brady, Manziel, Prescott, Daniels, Eli Manning. That’s not even counting his NFL career
A critical element that the "rulebook purists" arguing Balogun deserved a red card are conveniently overlooking:
BALOGUN was the one who was challenged from behind.
The Bosnian player played *through* Balogun from behind and placed himself in the path of Balogun's natural step.
When he begins taking that step, Balogun has no idea the Bosnian player would even be in front of him. In that sense, you can't really even consider his move a "challenge." It was simply a step that incidentally landed in the same place the opponent's foot did.
In fact, the reason Balogun's step came down so hard is *because* the Bosnian player challenged into him and knocked him off balance.
This is not "reckless" or "excessive force" by any stretch of the imagination.
The red card was *obviously* unjustified from the outset. The only thing FIFA got wrong here is not immediately suspending the red card after the match.