@askewshades@BearInsider The time between the play ending and last shove was minuscule compared to the late hit on the Hawaii WR earlier in the game. The fight happened out of frustration at losing in the way they did.
@BlacktopBoiler Weaver averages 6 yds/pass with a long of 47 - he’s not someone Hawaii brings in only for “deep shots”. Hawaii could’ve also thrown short outs to shorten the FG as it was windy and Matsuzawa missed a 52 yarder earlier.
@NewsatTwm@RedditCFB It’s just very niche. Only roughly 100 high schools in Japan play AF and it’s said 18k give or take play it in some capacity. Compared to soccer (7.5m), baseball (7.3m), vball (6.5m), it’s tiny, so less sponsors and coverage. UH’s Tokyo Toe going to the NFL would definitely help.
@NewsatTwm@RedditCFB I think that’s the reason, plus Japan did pretty well in international competition which helped boost rugby. Spectators probably vary but I also feel like rugby is on TV more.
Interest and understanding of AF is also still quite low amongst general Japanese, unfortunately.
@Saveusall22 It’s control that matters.
His hands weren’t fully on the ball until he was out of bounds - you can see the ball spin towards the right by watching the laces, and the end closest to him fishtails out. You can see the gaps between his hands and the ball:
https://t.co/w8D0BTMKFG
@KcSmurthwaite Ching could potentially be expanded to ~22.5k for less. This is to entice new development w/o locals being a big priority, and existing infrastructure needs to be better maintained. When built out, it’s said to account for $30M annual net salary and 700 jobs, so only $42k avg pp.