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re: Watson: "We we worked on that Pick All Year" ... And it was perfectly legal

Posted on 1/10/17 at 1:26 pm to
Posted by CubsFanBudMan
Member since Jul 2008
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Posted on 1/10/17 at 1:26 pm to
That was the only play that could have worked in that situation. With time expiring in either half, it's a benefit to the defense to intentionally hold the receivers at the line of scrimmage. If Alabama had held every receiver, then it may have forced Clemson to kick the field goal during an un-timed down, unless Clemson didn't want to risk overtime. If you watch the play carefully, the Clemson receiver that was setting up the pick was held right at the snap. Alabama just couldn't get to the other receiver. There should have been a penalty on Alabama on the play.

Something like this happened in one of the Saints games at the end of the 1st half. Every Saints receiver was held preventing a possible touchdown attempt and had to settle for a field goal on the last play of the half.

The rules committee needs to consider a possible 10 second addition in cases like this. The opposite of a 10 second run-off.
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