Video: Marshall's Dago Pena Takes Out UCF's A.J. Rompza
by Adrian Mac on Mar 7, 2011 5:11 PM MST
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The Marshall and UCF game was a real bruiser. A sellout crowd in Huntington watched as 7 technical fouls were called in the Herd's 83-69 win. The video above shows Marshall guard Dago Pena elbowing UCF's A.J. Rompza. Pena was called for a flagrant foul and ejected. But, as noted in the Dig, Pena was not suspended by the C-USA for the cheapshot. There is some bad blood between these schools, which was obviously intensified when Donnie Jones left Marshall to take the head coaching job at UCF. After watching the video, I can't help but think that Pena got off easy. C-USA fans probably dislike Rompza more than any other active player but this looks like a suspendable offense to me. What do you think? Did Rompza get what was coming? Or did Pena deserve to be suspended?
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No matter what Rompza has done on the court
Thats cheap as fu, nevermind, won’t finish that, but its cheap. He definitely should’ve been suspended. There’s no place in cbb for that kind of garbage. I will say though, that he probably didn’t get suspended because when you really look at it, it seemed so horrible because they guy receiving the blow weighs like 110, soaking wet. Do that to someone with some size, and they surely aren’t hitting the floor, and would be right back returning the favor.
C-USA definitely failed to send a message in this situation. The Tim Floyd incident was one thing, but this is MUCH worse IMO.
Pena intentionally threw an elbow at Rompza. He could have been seriously injured. It is one thing to swing your elbows while clearing out and accidentally hit a guy in the face, but this was obviously not an accident. The conference should have suspended him for the wednesday game, just to send a message to ALL players that this will not be tolerated. Hopefully, Marshall steps up and doe something about it.
"BCS does not apply to basketball. It's football. You can't tell me Memphis is a mid-major. You can't tell me UTEP, with its history of players, crowd attendance and NCAA Tournament berths, is a mid-major. Same for Gonzaga and St. Mary's - it doesn't apply. These are high-major programs that can play. All we can do is win games and hope others recognize. … We should pass the eye test - if anybody ever watches us." - Tim Floyd
I think I've watched it 5-6 times now
And there’s no way Pena should be playing Wednesday. It was so clearly after the whistle and so clearly dirty.
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Yep, I did the same thing.....
I just finished watching it for the ~7th time and there’s no doubt about it, it was dirty. He even goes as far as to stand over Rompza for a split second until the whistle cleared him. That is no doubt a suspendable action and I’m disappointed that this wasn’t issued by the league.
Additionally, any comparison of this to CTF’s ejection would be ridiculous! There is no parallel to these incidents.
Whoops-=
Agree Floyd getting upset completely different than a player throwing a blow like that. Completely uncool
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You're completely right
The more you watch it, the dirtier it looks. He definitely should’ve been suspended.
Full Disclosure: I'm a UCF fan that reads the Rush.
I thought I might share how the Marshall fans are looking at this. They’re saying that there was no contact and that Rompza flopped (which I think is untrue). They also think that AJ Tyler (# 25 for UCF) should also have been ejected for pulling down a Marshall player in that same video, even though the foul was already called on him.
No way was that flopping
That’s clear as night and day. As for Tyler- its clear there was mutual contact and he was tangled up. I don’t see a flagrant there or anything worthy of more than a foul.
Welcome Knightline! Good username too.
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Honestly I'm not even sure anymore
First of all that’s also a dirty play on Tyler. It may not be as flagrant as Pena, but still that’s how players get hurt….Now, the more I watch this video, and I actually watched it then kept clicking back to about 14 seconds watching it over and over, but the more I watch it, it does seem like Pena doesn’t really make contact, at least with his elbow. I really wish I could slow it down, but either way, he should’ve been suspended even if just for his intentions.
Welcome KnightLine, nice to have you....
I stand by my first assessment of this incident, he deserved a suspension. Even if he didn’t make contact, it was flagrant enough to draw the technical and ejection along with the movement to stand over him. Cheap and dirty!
Tylers foul was agressive and hard, which I believe looks worse than it is due to the entaglement and do believe it could be debated if it were dirty or not. Regardless, nothing that a simple foul call doesn’t address.
I agree with your assessment on Pena
But I completely disagree about Tyler. Imo, its clear that Tyler wraps his arms around Allen’s, and pulls him to the ground. I don’t buy the tangled up argument, Allen’s back is to Tyler and Tyler wraps him up. Imo, just as dirty as Pena, but by the rules, pulling down doesn’t warrant an ejection or suspension like a flagrant elbow does.
That game got out of control, I understand why some Marshall players might have been upset with Donnie Jones or whatever, but that does not mean they should come out and pretty much throwdown on the floor.
Both coaches should have approached their players about the situation before the game, and the schools should dish out one-game suspensions, but that is probably not going to happen.
"BCS does not apply to basketball. It's football. You can't tell me Memphis is a mid-major. You can't tell me UTEP, with its history of players, crowd attendance and NCAA Tournament berths, is a mid-major. Same for Gonzaga and St. Mary's - it doesn't apply. These are high-major programs that can play. All we can do is win games and hope others recognize. … We should pass the eye test - if anybody ever watches us." - Tim Floyd
by jakeprobst on Mar 8, 2011 5:08 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
Agreed!.....
Jake you hit it right on the the head….and
Asalom, that’s what you gotta love about the Rush….educated, knowledgeable and insightful fan base! I have no idea what I’m gonna do during Baseball season! haha
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