Legal Commentary

Texas Bowl : Navy vs Missouri : YPPSYS NCAA FBS College Football Bowl Game Predictions 2009 / 2010 Season

By Andis Kaulins

18. Texas Bowl, Houston, Texas, Navy vs. Missouri, 3:30 pm

YPPSYS ranks Missouri 32nd with a rating of -0.5 and Navy 61st with a rating of -1.8, a difference of 1.3 x 9 = 11.7 points. That separation is smaller however when the schedule-adjusted margin of victory is considered. Missouri is favored by 6 points.

We are not fans of Navy or Air Force football at all because they intentionally use potentially dangerous cut blocks (blocks below the waist - e.g. at the thighs, knees or ankles) to run their offensive system, blocks which are known to be avoidable sources of player injuries, and in fact have been made illegal on the line (no chop blocks permitted), so why should they be allowed elsewhere? Football is a game and there is no excuse for putting young men in danger of serious injury for a block that is absolutely not necessary for the game of football.

Our call: We call it for Missouri 34-24.

Full post as published by LawPundit on December 28, 2009 (boomark / email).