Divers!

[siouxman68]

Never before have I seen such obvious diving on the part of a college hockey team (Gophers) as I did this past weekend. Twice on Saturday night Gopher players after being touched by a Sioux stick skated a stride or two and then decided to fall. Both were called hooking on the Sioux. Even Doug Woog called one of them a phantom hook. I'm curious if Hak even talked to Campion durning the game about the diving.

DG

[airmail]

And here I thought they just couldn't skate.

Seriously, if "embellishment" against a hard nosed UND team was part of the game plan, it worked... look at the power play differences. Lots of questionable calls, and some obvious dives.

[FIRE HELMET GUY #26]

"Robbie Earl Syndrome" is very contagious. Must still be floating around!

[siouxnami]

Never before have I seen such obvious diving on the part of a college hockey team (Gophers) as I did this past weekend.

Wisco 2006

[PCM]

"Robbie Earl Syndrome" is very contagious. Must still be floating around!

I hear that teams incapable of scoring even-strength goals are especially susceptible to it.

[FIRE HELMET GUY #26]

I hear that teams incapable of scoring even-strength goals are especially susceptible to it.

That sure was proven over the weekend, thats for sure!

As Siounami pointed out, Wisco '06. I still have the "Dive, Earl, DIVE" flag. Wish that guy would have come back just so I could have broken it out again this year.

[Vegas_Sioux]

I hear that teams incapable of scoring even-strength goals are especially susceptible to it.

It's a good thing we've got the antidote Robbie Bina's shorty's

[mikeypat15]

Who was it that went down on Friday night when Genoway didn't even touch him. Genoway couldn't believe it.

[Sioux_Hab-it]

Who was it that went down on Friday night when Genoway didn't even touch him. Genoway couldn't believe it.

Carmen???

[scooterex]

"Robbie Earl Syndrome" is very contagious. Must still be floating around!

That guy was the worst, he was a good player but I had no respect for him because he always dove instead of trying to make a play. At the Final Five last year before he was called for diving I yelled out "Hey Earl, it hurts less when you wait for the ice to melt." It got the whole section laughing.

[mikeypat15]

I still remember was it the national title game where Robbie dove, realized there was a no call then went and scored, that was just a sad display. The announcers believed he was truly hurt and that it was an unbelievable feat. This is because they knew nothing about college hockey

[Goon]

Kyle Okposso is a classic diver.

[AZSIOUX]

if the refs are going to call it tic tac then this will make for more diving with no negative result on the earl, i mean diver

[siouxnami]

What would you think of suspensions for diving based on video tape review (even if the refs missed it)? European soccer is talking about this. I love the idea, it would cut it out immediately. Of course with a stiff penalty like this, it would need to be certain / no doubt, and I'm not sure if any this weekend would fit the bill.