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Devils vs flyers

My moms word of the game is fuck

#NJDevils  starters versus Flyers:

→ Clarke-Hischier-Bratt

→ Hughes-Marino

→ Kahkonen

First period

Something brewing between Kurtis MacDermid and Travis Sanheim... so keep your eyes on that matchup

Graeme Clarke nearly just scored his first NHL goal but goes off the post after Nico Hischier made an incredible play through the middle of the ice.

Erik Haula going to the box for interference as he "trips" Nick Seeler, who had just rammed Dawson Mercer into the boards.

Looked more like interference, if anything. But also it could have been incidental contact.

Haula mouthed "What?!" when the ref blew the whistle.

Smith going to the box now for a high-stick.

So #NJDevils  will be be down to 3 players for 1:13

. Hischier, Siegenthaler and Marino start the 5-on-3 for #NJDevils 

Haula out of the box and right into the play.

#NJDevils  Hischier, Marino and Siegenthaler played the entire 1:13 down 3-on-5.

#NJDevils  kill off both penalties.

We got a Siegnthaler and Nico fight!!!

End of one.

#NJDevils  and Flyers deadlocked in at zeros.

Shots 11-6, PHI

Second period underway!

A point-blank save by Kahkonen on Owen Tippett keeps the score at zeros.

Palat back on the ice with Hischier and Bratt.

1-0 Flyers

Konecny was able to breakaway out of the neutral zone and released that shot so fast.

Shorthanded and #NJDevils  have another minute on the PP.

Palat-Hischier-Bratt on that last shift.

Got another Nico fight!

Have to imagine Travis Green will shorten his bench with #NJDevils  trailing.

Palat-Hischier-Bratt

Meier-Tierney-Mercer

Bowers-Haula-Holtz

Foote, Clarke and MacDermid have only played a handful of shifts in this season period.

End of two.

#NDevils trail the Flyers 1-0.

2: ✖️ Konecny (Laughton, Seeler)

Shots 17-11, PHI

Third period

#NJDevils  starting the second with Palat-Haula-Mercer

A strange bounce off the back boards catches everyone by surprise and the puck lands right on Travis Konecny's stick. He had a brilliant opportunity buy Kahkonen was sharp enough and quick enough to make the save. But that was a 😳 moment

Holtz semi break… fumbles the puck.

#NJDevils  pull Kahkonen for the extra attacker... 1:30 left

Devils lost 0-1

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Six biggest takeaways from Saturday’s Elite Eight games

The Elite Eight sneaks up on us every March. After enjoying multiple games each day, tiring out our television remotes switching from one match-up to another, suddenly we have singular showdowns dominating our brain space.

Every game feels like life or death, but all of the sudden we have a trip to the Final Four on the line. Saturday’s two games lived up to the billing, with both coming down to the wire. Here are six things to glean from 80 minutes of fantastic college basketball action:

1. Texas Tech makes history with Final Four appearance

It is hard to find anyone in the college basketball world more deserving of praise than Chris Beard, head coach at Texas Tech. In just four seasons as a Division I coach, Beard now has 139 total wins, 3 tournament appearances, 7 tournament wins, and a Final Four appearance on his resume.

Many will begin to connect Beard with higher profile jobs (like UCLA), yet we shouldn’t let that distract us from recognizing just what he’s done in Lubbock. The Red Raiders were picked to finish 7th in the Big XII before the season, after losing four starters and more than 50 points per game to graduation and the NBA Draft. Beard and his team responded by earning a share of the Big XII regular season title and playing the best defense in all of college basketball.

Texas Tech ranks first in the nation in defensive efficiency, and it showed on Saturday. The Red Raiders forced top seeded Gonzaga into 16 turnovers and 27 percent shooting from 3-point land.

2. Gonzaga ends another season without a championship

Since Mark Few took over as head coach at Gonzaga, he has consistently had the Bulldogs among the best teams in the nation. The Zags have been so good in recent years that any statement about Gonzaga’s success no longer requires any qualifiers. Gonzaga is not just the best mid-major or the best program on the West Coast; Gonzaga is one of the best programs in America, full stop.

The Zags have made the Sweet Sixteen in five straight seasons, most in college basketball. Gonzaga has made the NCAA Tournament every year for two decades, winning 31 tournament games in that time.

Finally in 2017, the Zags made their first Final Four. Two years later, Gonzaga’s only hurdle remains the biggest hurdle in the sport: a national title. Few has had the talent, opportunities, and chances in recent seasons. Until Gonzaga can pull off that feat, many will still look down upon the Zags as a lesser program among the blue bloods and power conference giants.

3. Referees miss a crucial call in Anaheim

With 67 games played under a rigorous spotlight, the officiating in the NCAA Tournament is always going to be nitpicked endlessly. Yet time after time in this March’s Big Dance, the zebras have made crucial mistakes down the stretch.

In the Sweet Sixteen, Purdue benefited from an iffy foul call on the final possession in regulation. Virginia Tech got a final look to tie the game because refs missed Kerry Blackshear’s foot touching the out of bounds line.

In the Elite Eight, Gonzaga was on the wrong end of a pivotal call. With Texas Tech leading late, Tariq Owens made an incredible leaping block, then saved the ball to a teammate before the ball could careen out of bounds. Before Owens touched the ball, however, he had been standing out of bounds. Refs totally missed this detail, which is not reviewable.

For a sport that has an excessive amount of replay reviews that can delay the game for minutes on end, college basketball also has a heaping helping of missed calls that are not reviewed or are unable to be reviewed by rule.

4. Virginia moves on and erases last year’s demons

It’s hard to compare what faced Virginia entering this tournament to what faced every other team. The Hoos were haunted by their upset defeat in the first round of last season’s NCAA Tournament, the first and only first round loss by a No. 1 seed. Tony Bennett’s coaching style and schemes were attacked. Good players like Ty Jerome and Kyle Guy were blamed and mocked.

This season, Virginia showed no effects of last year’s painful ending. The Hoos lost just three times before the NCAA Tournament, playing just as slowly and methodically as they always had.

Even in Saturday’s game, an all-time classic, when trailing by three with under ten seconds left, Virginia didn’t quit. When Purdue fouled Ty Jerome, Virginia perfectly executed under late-game pressure. Jerome’s second free throw was missed perfectly short off the front rim, was back tapped by the Cavaliers to Kihei Clark, who rifled a perfect one-handed pass to Mamadi Diakite. As the buzzer sounded, Diakite sank a floater to send the game to overtime, where Virginia gutted out a win.

If this team can survive that dire situation, last season’s memories are ancient history. Virginia is not going to the Final Four as a victory lap to prove last year was a fluke. The Hoos are going to cut down the nets in Minneapolis and have a real chance to do so.

5. Purdue loses, despite Carsen Edwards’ magic

After a great all-around performance for four games, Purdue’s journey ended Saturday in the Elite Eight. The Boilermakers played well enough to win the game, yet came up short in crunch time and fell behind in overtime, with a crucial late turnover sealing their fate.

Purdue was only in the game late due to the marvelous play of Carsen Edwards, who finished with 42 points on the game. Edwards put forth one of the greatest shooting performances in NCAA Tournament history, making 10 shots beyond the 3-point arc. Edwards hit step back jumpers, fadeaways, and even banked one in. He scored more than half of Purdue’s points, with no other Boilermaker adding more than seven points.

In the end, the lack of secondary scoring left Purdue on the losing end Saturday.

6. Kyle Guy’s shooting slump has ended

As Edwards rained in threes throughout the game, he was matched nearly shot-for-shot by Virginia’s shooters. Ty Jerome sank four outside shots but was notably outdone by his teammate Kyle Guy.

Guy had been one of college basketball’s best shooters all year long before the NCAA Tournament. Through the regular season and ACC Tournament, Guy sank 46 percent of his 3-point attempts, on more than seven tries per game.

The Big Dance had been a different story. Through three rounds of play, Guy was shooting 3-26 from long range. His shot looked the same as always, but he couldn’t buy a bucket or a soft bounce off the rim. Saturday, he ended that slump with a red hot night. Guy sank 5 of 12 from deep, sparking Virginia’s offense throughout the push and pull of game that was decided in the final moments.

Shane McNichol covers college basketball and the NBA for Larry Brown Sports. He also blogs about basketball at Palestra Back and has contributed to Rush The Court, ESPN.com, and USA Today Sports Weekly. Follow him on Twitter @OnTheShaneTrain.

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The Hater’s Goodbye to Tony Romo

Arguing for Romo as the Cowboys’ best-ever QB isn’t nearly as fun as shouting about his failures.

“This is the way your career ends. Not with a bang but with an Adam Schefter tweet at 6:35 a.m.”

—T.S. Eliot

On April 4, 2017, we woke up to the news that Antonio Ramiro Romo, statistically the greatest quarterback in the history of the Dallas Cowboys, was done. In a shocking turn of events that no one could have predicted, the 10-year starting quarterback for one of the NFL’s flagship franchises turned in his pads. For a CBS blazer. A CBS blazer that he pried from the cold, relentless grip of Phil Simms’ dead hands in some poetic, circle of life shit. Romo’s NFL career ended in the same way his broadcasting career will begin: The novice with zero experience will supplant the veteran who never saw it coming.

Sorry, Phil. When it’s your turn, it’s your turn.

A well-known Canadian-Jamaican-British-Houstonian poet once said, “They scream out my failures and whisper my accomplishments.”

That line should be inscribed on the plaque under Romo’s bust in Canton.

Yes, Romo is a Hall of Famer. To think otherwise is absurd. I mentioned he was statistically the best quarterback in Cowboys history in the opening paragraph because I know the Aikman crowd would chime in with “RANGZZZ.” The MOST touchdowns Aikman ever threw in a season is 23. The FEWEST touchdowns Romo ever threw in a season where he started 13 or more games was 26. Romo also owns just about every Cowboys passing record worth noting. He is flat out the best quarterback to ever wear a Cowboys uniform. Period.

The aforementioned accolades of Romo’s tend to get whispered. Let’s get to the stuff that’s fun to scream about, though. Some of the failures that Romo has never been able to shake free from. We’ll run through a few:

Wild Card game: SEA vs DAL (Jan. 6, 2007)

There’s nothing to be said about this botched hold play that hasn’t been said already. Something of note, however. The second-string quarterback usually holds the snap on extra points to keep defenses honest and prepared for the fake. Romo started the season on the second string. He moved up the depth chart to starter in Week 8. Jon Kitna should have been holding snaps for 10 weeks by this point. Romo wasn’t even supposed to be out there. Poor guy can’t ever catch a break.

Divisional playoff game: NYG vs DAL (Jan. 13, 2008)

Dallas went 13-4 and secured a Wild Card bye. This game came down to Dallas having the ball on the Giants’ 23 while trailing, 21-17. Romo threw a 4-yard completion to Jason Witten, two incompletions, and the game-clinching interception to R.W. McQuarters. There’s not a single soul on the planet who even knows what the hell R.W. even stands for. Not even R.W. McQuarters himself.

Week 17: DAL vs PHI (Dec. 28, 2008)

A win-and-you’re-in game. For all the marbles. Season, division title, and a playoff spot were all on the line. Romo went 21-of-39 for 183 yards and put up a 55.8 passer rating. Longest pass of the game was from Witten to Owens and to this very day I still don’t think that was a drawn up play. Dallas got its ass WHUPPED. 44-6.

Divisional playoff game: DAL vs MIN (Jan. 17, 2010)

Favre-led Vikes steamroll the Cowboys 34-3 and for the second season in a row, Dallas gets sent home with Romo failing to lead his offense to a touchdown or hit 200 yards passing.

Week 17: DAL vs NYG (Jan. 1, 2012)

Win-and-you’re-in game for the division title and a playoff spot. Dallas loses. 31-14.

Week 17: DAL vs WAS (Dec. 30, 2012)

Win-and-you’re-in game for the division title and a playoff spot (stop me if you’ve heard this one before.) Romo goes 20-of-37 for 218 yards and two TDs. He also throws three INTs, including the game-clinching pick late in the fourth quarter.

Divisional playoff game: DAL vs GB (Jan. 12, 2015)

Dez caught it. Or not. This one is on the refs and the rulebook, but of course Romo throws the most controversial incompletion in NFL playoff history. Some guys have all the luck.

To be clear, Romo came through far more than he blew it. It just so happens that he blew quite a few games where Dallas’ season was on the line. However, it’s a new regime in Dallas now, and even the most diehard Romo supporters will begrudgingly admit that they prefer the measured, risk-averse style of Dak Prescott and his 23:4 TD to INT ratio to Romo’s heart attack-inducing, Favre-esque relapses. The highs might not be as high with Dak as they were with Romo, but the ride is much smoother. Romo was a rollercoaster. Dak is a Cadillac.

We’re peculiar about who we give passes to and who we decide will permanently bear the blame, no matter the circumstances. There’s usually no rhyme or reason on why or how we dole out these designations. Some people are Ferris Bueller. Others are Meg Griffin. That’s just the way shit goes.

Unfortunately for Romo, he drew the shitty end of this deal. However, Romo is no hapless victim here. Throwing the season-ending pick in a home playoff game to a division rival cornerback who has a name like a Secretary of State in the Rutherford B. Hayes administration will linger longer in peoples’ memories than pulling off a 2011 Week 12 game-winning drive against the Dolphins.

Quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys is the single most scrutinized position in all of sports. No matter how loud the whispers of Romo’s success become, they will never drown out the screams of his failures, even in retrospect. This may seem unfair. It might appear that Romo caught a raw deal. It may seem as if Romo doesn’t deserve this legacy. But as a well-known head of security and transportation for a grassroots Baltimore pharmaceutical corporation once eloquently stated, “Deserve got nothing to do with it.”

Sorry, Tony. When it’s your turn, it’s your turn.