Matt Rex

Dad - Pizza aficionado - Chicago sports fan - Arizona Wildcat - professional tailgater - Fish Farmer - Professor - Cannabis Researcher

[Mark Valorian @markvalorian]

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.

[Matt Rex @FishFarmerRex]

Whatever changes they made to the watermelon @eegees flavor has completely ruined it. Pretty obvious they swapped out real fruit for cheap, artificial crap and assumed we wouldn’t notice. All in the name of profits, I guess! #Bringbacktheoldrecipe #saddayintucson #endofanera

[Matt Rex @FishFarmerRex]

Like most people I never understood why @PopTartsUS never frosted the whole pop-tart, but WTF is this crap? #poptarts

[Matt Rex @FishFarmerRex]

Refs doing everything they can to keep Kansas in this game. They really need to be held more accountable. #Big12MBB #arizonavskansas

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@TrumpRealDaily B

[Matt Rex @FishFarmerRex]

@DonaldTNews No

[OptaSTATS @OptaSTATS]

Tetairoa McMillan of @ArizonaFBall is the first player in FBS history to have a game with:

10+ receptions
300+ receiving yards
30.0+ yards per reception
4+ receiving TD

[Matt Rex @FishFarmerRex]

It is quite unbelievable how bad USC and UCLA men’s basketball have been this season considering they were both picked to finish top 3 in the Pac-12 and now neither is likely to sniff the tourney. I guess this is a form of Karma for destroying the Pac-12
#yikes #Pac12MBB #Karma

[Matt Rex @FishFarmerRex]

@jasonscheer How would that even be possible? Why would he leave a top program with far more resources under a coach he knows well to come back to the same position at U of A?

[Matt Rex @FishFarmerRex]

@Barstoolhuskies “Had to”? Two wrongs don’t make a right. College football is the only sport where a coach that is under contract can be stolen away from another team. #NoLoyalty

[Dane Miller @DaneMiller_SWS]

Arizona was set to return 18 of its 22 starters and enter the season as a Top 15 team with legitimate Playoff aspirations.

But Jedd Fisch decided to chase money instead. Can’t imagine what the players are going through.

[Matt Rex @FishFarmerRex]

@ESPNCFB @ReceDavis What makes Alabama a better job than Oregon, Washington, etc? The only reason anyone would consider it that is because the former coach made it that way. Yes they have strong fan support and a rich history, but those can be built over time at many programs.

[Matt Rex @FishFarmerRex]

@GeorgeSavaricas @ChicagoBears Is it completely out of the box to entertain the idea of replacing him with Belichick?

[George Savaricas @GeorgeSavaricas]

The @ChicagoBears are such a trash organization, only with the McCaskeys running the show could Matt Eberflus go 10-24 and somehow keep his job into Year 3.

[Matt Rex @FishFarmerRex]

@Ladyred23__ @MikMcDaniel Video in the huddle shows otherwise

[Matt Rex @FishFarmerRex]

@CollegeGameDay @PeteThamel Why would you leave a conference when there will be an automatic bid to the college football playoff starting next year?? If you are a fan would you rather have more money and maybe never get into the playoff or less money and probably get in the playoff every other year? 🤷‍♂️

[Matt Rex @FishFarmerRex]

@azpalmsmarkt @MHver3 Robbins wasn’t even a year into the job…I’m sure there were others influencing that decision. I would say he recovered nicely with promoting the hiring of Jedd Fisch and Tommy Lloyd.

[Matt Rex @FishFarmerRex]

Follow up. It has been almost 2.5 hrs since we were supposed to take off and we have been sitting on the plane for probably close to 3 hrs. Flight attendants did not ask once during that entire time if anyone needed anything #Failing @SouthwestAir

[Matt Rex @FishFarmerRex]

I have the worst luck flying. Been sitting on a plane for almost two hours waiting for a repair and then the pilots timed out. This plane doesn’t even have an outlet to charge your phone. Is @SouthwestAir becoming the new Frontier Airlines? 😬 #alwaysdelayed

[Matt Rex @FishFarmerRex]

My students hard at work building their aquaponics systems #aquaponics #aquaponicsdesignclass #uarizona #CEAC #BiosystemsEngineering