Onderwerp bekijken
| alf. Georgia Tech drove for Justin Moores 41-yard field goal with exactly one minute left. After the ensuing kickoff, Thomas threw deep to Coale on th | ||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||
 alf. Georgia Tech drove for Justin Moores 41-yard field goal with exactly one minute left. After the
|
|
| wanglili |
Geplaatst op 03-07-2015 03:33
|
 Guru  Berichten: 1263 Datum van aanmelding: 28.03.15 |
NEW ORLEANS -- The NFL on Thursday provided a federal judge with what it says is evidence Commissioner Roger Goodell did not improperly pre-judge the four players suspended in the bounty investigation. The evidence includes a copy of a letter the NFL Players Association sent the league on March 7 asking Goodell to delay punishment of players implicated in the bounty probe. It also includes a sworn declaration from Goodell in which he states he was prepared to hand down player discipline at the same time he announced suspensions for coaches and executives on March 21. Goodells declaration states he held off after verbally agreeing to do so in a phone conversation with union head DeMaurice Smith. Attorneys for Vilma, who has sued separately, and NFLPA lawyers representing the three other punished players have argued Goodell showed improper bias with comments he made before sending the players notice of their suspensions on May 2. Attorneys for the players have been given until Friday to file their own evidence and briefs on the matter. Vilmas consolidated lawsuits include a defamation claim against Goodell. Vilmas attorney, Peter Ginsberg, has argued Goodell made reckless and false statements about Vilma being the ringleader of a bounty program that offered cash for injuring targeted opponents. Vilma has asked U.S. District Judge Ginger Berrigan to grant a temporary restraining order that would allow him to return to the Saints while his case proceeds, and the judge has said she would be inclined to rule in his favour, but will hold off until she is comfortable she has jurisdiction to do so. Berrigan has indicated that she might prefer to see how separate proceedings called for in the leagues collective bargaining agreement play out. One item still pending is the NFLPAs appeal of system arbitrator Stephen Burbanks ruling that Goodell had the authority to serve as arbitrator on the bounty matter because of the commissioners stance that the violations represented "conduct detrimental" to the league, as opposed to standard on-field violations, which would call for an arbitrator other than the commissioner. A three-member appeal panel is expected to review Burbanks decision late this month, and if it rules in the players favour, that could negate the need for further action in federal court. In the meantime, the judge has urged all sides to try to settle the matter with the help of a federal magistrate. Vilma has been suspended the entire season and he is currently barred from Saints headquarters, where he was hoping to rehabilitate from off-season knee surgery. Saints defensive end Will Smith has been suspended for the first four regular season games and is currently participating in training camp. Two former Saints who are still active also were suspended: Green Bay defensive end Anthony Hargrove was penalized eight games and Cleveland linebacker Scott Fujita three games. Goodells discipline of non-players included a full-season suspension for Saints head coach Sean Payton, a half-season suspension for general manager Mickey Loomis and a six-game suspension for assistant head coach Joe Vitt. Former Saints defensive co-ordinator Gregg Williams has been suspended indefinitely. Goodell also fined the Saints $500,000 and docked the club second-round draft picks in 2012 and 2013. The NFLs initial bounty reports, made public in early March, described Saints players taking part in a bounty pool that lasted from 2009 through 2011. The reports also said the Saints specifically targeted several star players for injury, including quarterbacks Brett Favre and Kurt Warner in the 2009-10 playoffs. However, during hearings for the players lawsuits, seven current or former Saints, along with Vitt, have testified under oath that there was no pay-to-injure program. They have said they only took part in a pay-for-performance pool that provided cash bonuses primarily in the hundreds for big plays such as sacks, forced fumbles and interceptions, and collected fines for missed assignments and penalties including unnecessary roughness. They have also testified that violent sounding terms coaches used to track pool payments, such as "whacks, knockouts and cart-offs," were all for clean tackles. Still, Goodell has seized upon the fact that player testimony indicated that "cart-offs," while legal, described hits that caused tackled players to take themselves out of games, at least briefly, to gather themselves or be checked by trainers. Goodell said during the weekend of Pro Football Hall of Fame inductions that players have essentially acknowledged the Saints performance pool paid for injuries wholesale jerseys . The response from Korver and the Hawks, especially in the third quarter, earned postgame praise from the first-year coach. jerseys from china .J. -- The New York Jets have signed first-round draft pick Quinton Coples to a four-year contract. http://www.cheapjerseyssafe.com/ . Former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar will take on top contender Junior Dos Santos in front of the crowd at Rogers Arena, according to a report by MMAjunkie. cheap jerseys from china . Instead, the defending champs used veteran leadership to hold off the Utah Jazz 94-91 on Thursday night. "We hung in there," said Mavs forward Shawn Marion. nfl jerseys china . The Toronto-born midfielder was voted to the MLS All-Star Fan XI team and named to Major League Soccer Best XI after leading the Timbers to a first-place finish in MLSs Western Conference with a 14-5-15 record.ATLANTA - Logan Thomas was bigger than most of the guys trying to tackle him. Georgia Tech simply couldnt bring down Virginia Techs towering quarterback, even resorting to throwing a punch. When Thomas was done, Virginia Tech had a clear path to the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game. The six-foot-six, 254-pound sophomore accounted for five touchdowns, while David Wilson rushed for a career-best 175 yards as the No. 10 Hokies eliminated 20th-ranked Georgia Tech from the ACC race with a 37-26 victory Thursday night. "When you get to November, you want to be playing for something," said Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer. "You want to be playing for championships. And these guys have put us in that position." Thomas threw three touchdown passes and ran for two more scores. Wilson had his seventh straight 100-yard game, already the longest streak of Beamers quarter-century as coach. The teams went back and forth through the second and third quarters, scoring on eight of nine possessions in one stretch. But Virginia Tech (9-1, 5-1 ACC) took advantage of a huge personal foul on Jeremiah Attaochu and a fourth-down gamble by Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson that didnt pay off. The Yellow Jackets (7-3, 4-3) were eliminated from the Coastal Division race, while Virginia Tech can assure its fifth division title in seven years by winning the next two games. Georgia Tech quarterback Tevin Washington ran for three touchdowns, but the Hokies took the lead for good on Thomas 12-yard run in the final minute of the third quarter. The play was typical for the big QB, who simply lowered his head and bulled his way to the end zone. The Yellow Jackets just couldnt bring him down. "Hes a load," Beamer said. Added Thomas, "We just keep battling and battling." That touchdown was set up by Attaochus huge blunder, which extended a possession that seemed to be over deep in Virginia Tech territory. On third-and-19 from his own 17, Thomas was flushed out of the pocket and corralled by several Georgia Tech defenders. But he wouldnt go down and, apparently out of frustration, Attaochu threw a punch into the side of the quarterbacks helmet. "I just had an overdose of adrenalin," said Attaochu, insisting he was actually trying to cause a fumble though he didnt come close to the ball. "When I made contact with him, I was mad he wouldnt go down." Instead of a knockout, he drew a personal foul gave Virginia Tech a first down -- and very well could lead to a suspension for Attaochu after the ACC reviews the play. More important on this night, Wilson got loose for a 44-yard run and Thomas scored on a third-and-one play that was designed to merely pick up the first down. He took it all the way to the end zone, giving the Hokies a 27-26 lead after a two-point pass was incomplete. Then, it was Johnson who left himself open to second guessing when he decided to go for it on fourth-and-one at his own 31 early in the fourth. Washington tried to get it on a keeper, but he was stopped about a foot short. "I felt like we needed to score," Johnson said. "I thought we could make a yard and we didnt." For there, Virginia Tech moved in for the kill. The Hokies converted their own fourth-and-one, aas Thomas bulled his way for a five-yard gain, and then hooked up with Chris Drager for his first career touchdown, a 14-yard pass on third down that made it 34-26.dddddddddddd "Weve faced some good ones," said Georgia Tech linebacker Julian Burnett, who gave away eight inches and 32 pounds to the opposing quarterback. "Probably not as big and strong as that guy." Cody Journell sealed the victory, knocking through a 23-yard field goal with 3:02 remaining. "When you get two good football teams together, youre going to have some momentum swings like that," Beamer said. "Im glad we got the last one." After a wild final minute to the second quarter, in which the teams combined for three scores that left Virginia Tech with a 21-13 lead, the Yellow Jackets took the second-half kickoff and drove it right down the field. Washington broke off a 35-yard run and also benefited from a personal foul penalty on Jack Tyler, who whacked Embry Peeples as he was running out of bounds, sending him flying toward the Yellow Jackets bench while yellow flags flew in from all directions. Washington finished it off with a one-yard touchdown run, but he was stuffed on a two-point conversion to leave Georgia Tech trailing 21-19. No one, it seemed, could stop anyone at that point, but Virginia Tech stopped itself. With the Hokies driving for another score, Wilson had the ball stripped away by Burnett and Isaiah Johnson recovered at the 16 for the Yellow Jackets. Back came Georgia Tech, reclaiming the lead with lightning-quick 84-yard drive that took only seven plays. Peeples went down the sideline for a 39-yard run and Washington nearly took it in with a 29-yard gain, before finishing it off with his third TD of the night on a one-yard dive. That would be the last hurrah for the Yellow Jackets, who were coming off an upset of then-unbeaten Clemson that sent fans storming the field at Bobby Dodd Stadium. This time, they filed out quietly on a cold night, while Virginia Tech and its contingent of fans celebrated the Hokies extending their ACC-record road winning streak to 12 in a row -- currently the nations longest run of success away from home. The winner of this game has gone on to take every Coastal Division title, and Virginia Tech controls the race now. Rival Virginia, with two ACC losses, is the only team that still has a chance to catch the Hokies. "We worked all season to work our way back in the ACC," Washington said. "Its just a letdown. But theres nothing we can do now but go out and try to win the next two and try to put ourselves in position to just have a decent record." Virginia Tech was up 14-7 before a back-and-forth finish to the half. Georgia Tech drove for Justin Moores 41-yard field goal with exactly one minute left. After the ensuing kickoff, Thomas threw deep to Coale on the very first snap. The receiver beat Louis Young, cut back to avoid Rashaad Reid and dove over the goal line after a desperation trip by Rod Sweeting for a 63-yard touchdown. But the Yellow Jackets werent done, either. Washington connected with Stephen Hill on a 41-yard pass and Moore booted through another field goal on the final play of the half, this one from 36 yards to cut the Hokies lead. cheap jerseys wholesale jerseys cheap jerseys cheap nfl jerseys cheap jerseys ' ' ' |
|
|
|
| Spring naar forum: |
