Ain't that a kick in the head?

[Born Boiler]

Not talking about going from second to sixth in four days. Not talking about scoring six points in 13 minutes at the Brazen Center. Nor the two points over 10 minutes at Mini-Tanka. Or the blown 12-point lead at the Land of the Nose. That's all lost steam under the bridge.



Instead, we're talking about the fancy foot-stompin' done by Brenda Dawson to the head of Dakota Mathias during the latter's swished three -- on the very next possession after Dawson had been stripped naked, embarrassingly so, by Dakota on a would-be breakaway. An accident? Coincidence?



And then the forearm to Dawson delivered by Sir Isaac Haas under the hoop just a couple of possessions later. Coincidence?



No one on Purdue radio, nor on BTN at the time, chose to call any of it a tit for tat, but all that happened inside two minutes of play - Dakota's strip at 10:41, Dawson's head stomps at 10:15, the Haas hack at 8:48.



No, no one's talking about possible games within the game, but I do know one thing. I'm wearing my old "I Like Ike" button.

 

[BBG]

Yep you stick up for your team mates. Dawson is a punk and ran in to someone that can and did lay him out.

 

[TwinDegrees2]

Originally posted by Born Boiler:



Not talking about going from second to sixth in four days. Not talking about scoring six points in 13 minutes at the Brazen Center. Nor the two points over 10 minutes at Mini-Tanka. Or the blown 12-point lead at the Land of the Nose. That's all lost steam under the bridge.



Instead, we're talking about the fancy foot-stompin' done by Brenda Dawson to the head of Dakota Mathias during the latter's swished three -- on the very next possession after Dawson had been stripped naked, embarrassingly so, by Dakota on a would-be breakaway. An accident? Coincidence?



And then the forearm to Dawson delivered by Sir Isaac Haas under the hoop just a couple of possessions later. Coincidence?



No one on Purdue radio, nor on BTN at the time, chose to call any of it a tit for tat, but all that happened inside two minutes of play - Dakota's strip at 10:41, Dawson's head stomps at 10:15, the Haas hack at 8:48.



No, no one's talking about possible games within the game, but I do know one thing. I'm wearing my old "I Like Ike" button.

Haas' shot to Dawson's head was pure accident. Dawson was coming in, Haas was going out for the play. Nothing more, nothing less.

 

[GemstateBoiler]

Originally posted by TwinDegrees2:

Originally posted by Born Boiler:




Not talking about going from second to sixth in four days. Not talking about scoring six points in 13 minutes at the Brazen Center. Nor the two points over 10 minutes at Mini-Tanka. Or the blown 12-point lead at the Land of the Nose. That's all lost steam under the bridge.



Instead, we're talking about the fancy foot-stompin' done by Brenda Dawson to the head of Dakota Mathias during the latter's swished three -- on the very next possession after Dawson had been stripped naked, embarrassingly so, by Dakota on a would-be breakaway. An accident? Coincidence?



And then the forearm to Dawson delivered by Sir Isaac Haas under the hoop just a couple of possessions later. Coincidence?



No one on Purdue radio, nor on BTN at the time, chose to call any of it a tit for tat, but all that happened inside two minutes of play - Dakota's strip at 10:41, Dawson's head stomps at 10:15, the Haas hack at 8:48.



No, no one's talking about possible games within the game, but I do know one thing. I'm wearing my old "I Like Ike" button.

Haas' shot to Dawson's head was pure accident. Dawson was coming in, Haas was going out for the play. Nothing more, nothing less.

I don't think it even looked intentional and I would say so if it did. There aren't many elbows in college basketball that could knock out Dawson as he is a body specimen. He just happened to be playing against one of the 3 or 4 biggest guys in the game. I hope he's okay. I don't like this concussion type of stuff. It can affect people for years.

 

[dwhitebash11]

None of it was intentional. Haas forearm to the head of Dawson, neither was Dawson head-stomp on Mathias. All of it was pure accidental. It's very tough to step on someones head the way Dawson did in the flow of a game. I like Dawson, wish we had him on our team 4 years ago, because he does play aggressive and would fit in perfectly with our scheme, but he's the type of guy, like Aaron Craft, like Chris Kramer, where if he's on your team, you absolutely love him, but if he's on the other team, you strongly despise him.

 

[SIBoiler2]

Yep, pure incidental contact of two dudes traveling in opposite directions and one's head was only elbow high on the other. I'd be worried about a facial fracture as well as concussion. Looked like a boxer that had taken a hard KO blow when he was on the bench before going to the locker room.

 

[Bill4411]

Interesting theory by the OP but none of it appeared intentional to me at least.

 

[Heller]

Yes, I'm worried that Dawson's career as an astrophysicist is in jeopardy.

 

[GemstateBoiler]

Originally posted by dwhitebash11:
None of it was intentional. Haas forearm to the head of Dawson, neither was Dawson head-stomp on Mathias. All of it was pure accidental. It's very tough to step on someones head the way Dawson did in the flow of a game. I like Dawson, wish we had him on our team 4 years ago, because he does play aggressive and would fit in perfectly with our scheme, but he's the type of guy, like Aaron Craft, like Chris Kramer, where if he's on your team, you absolutely love him, but if he's on the other team, you strongly despise him.

Does anyone remember the Brian Cardinal trip of the big dude for Michigan after a turnover while Cardinal was lying on the floor? Now that one was intentional but I never liked that Michigan guy so I laughed. Anyone remember his name? He ate like 10 Big Macs at one sitting.

 

[GodFamilyCountryPurdue]

Nope. Definitely would NOT want him on my team. He is a thug and a dirty player. It might not have been on purpose last night (I still haven't seen it), but he has a history of being a garbage individual. I'm glad he did not come here. That is not sour grapes. That is looking at his past and recognizing the type of individual he is.

 

[Heller]

Originally posted by dwhitebash11:
None of it was intentional. Haas forearm to the head of Dawson, neither was Dawson head-stomp on Mathias. All of it was pure accidental. It's very tough to step on someones head the way Dawson did in the flow of a game. I like Dawson, wish we had him on our team 4 years ago, because he does play aggressive and would fit in perfectly with our scheme, but he's the type of guy, like Aaron Craft, like Chris Kramer, where if he's on your team, you absolutely love him, but if he's on the other team, you strongly despise him.


Does anyone remember the Brian Cardinal trip of the big dude for Michigan after a turnover while Cardinal was lying on the floor? Now that one was intentional but I never liked that Michigan guy so I laughed. Anyone remember his name? He ate like 10 Big Macs at one sitting.


If you are talking about Tractor Traylor in the BTT that was Brad not Brian and it was after Traylor knocked him down.

 

[Purdue Grad in Texas]

Sadly, Traylor died of a heart attack almost four years ago. He could play for a large man.

Michigan later had to forfeit/vacate the title of that '98 BTT, which was the first one to be played.
This post was edited on 3/5 11:22 AM by Purdue Grad in Texas

 

[SDBoiler1]

Dawson ran into a very large limb of a 300 lb Sequoia tree.

 

[GemstateBoiler]

I think there is a disease when I can't remember details but I can't remember what it is

 

[Heller]

Like I said, watching Dawson sitting on the bench wondering what truck hit him was almost worth the loss.

 

[GemstateBoiler]

Originally posted by Heller:
Like I said, watching Dawson sitting on the bench wondering what truck hit him was almost worth the loss.

Aren't you a Pharmacist? I would hate to leave you a prescription if you didn't like me

Just teasin' with you.

 

[woggy718]

Originally posted by TwinDegrees2:

Originally posted by Born Boiler:



Not talking about going from second to sixth in four days. Not talking about scoring six points in 13 minutes at the Brazen Center. Nor the two points over 10 minutes at Mini-Tanka. Or the blown 12-point lead at the Land of the Nose. That's all lost steam under the bridge.



Instead, we're talking about the fancy foot-stompin' done by Brenda Dawson to the head of Dakota Mathias during the latter's swished three -- on the very next possession after Dawson had been stripped naked, embarrassingly so, by Dakota on a would-be breakaway. An accident? Coincidence?



And then the forearm to Dawson delivered by Sir Isaac Haas under the hoop just a couple of possessions later. Coincidence?



No one on Purdue radio, nor on BTN at the time, chose to call any of it a tit for tat, but all that happened inside two minutes of play - Dakota's strip at 10:41, Dawson's head stomps at 10:15, the Haas hack at 8:48.



No, no one's talking about possible games within the game, but I do know one thing. I'm wearing my old "I Like Ike" button.

Haas' shot to Dawson's head was pure accident. Dawson was coming in, Haas was going out for the play. Nothing more, nothing less.

Yea, but Karma's a bitch! I hope Dawson had a good Senior Day game. Anyone else want another crack at these jokers in the BTT?
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[Bruce1]

My Opinioin FWIW

1. I think Dawson was overplaying on the bench. He had just been embarrassed on the floor as the tough guy who received instead of dishing it out and was doing a little acting. I'm not saying he wasn't hurt.

2. Haas hit Dawson accidentally. Haas was just tryin to block a layin and Dawson was running into the post area. There is no way it was intentially

3. I think Dawson could have minimized the contact with Dakota. He first stepped on Dakota's chest so he knew Dakota was there. As he was falling down he stepped on Dakota's face. Rather than attempt to pull off of Dakota, he went ahead and let all of his weight on Dakota. To me this was similar to the Suh move on Rodgers although Dawson was off balance and Suh was not.

The fact is Dawson dishes out a lot of punishment because he is so big and aggressive. Ditto for Haas. The announcers were accurate in saying when someone mixes it up with anybody as big as Haas they should expect some contact. It is no different with Dawson except that Dawson is a huber aggressive player and has a history of confrontation. Haas is the opposite....so far.