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Educate me on rules
Posted on 11/9/25 at 6:14 pm
Posted on 11/9/25 at 6:14 pm
I've been a player and student of this game called football for a long time but never have heard of something that I saw last night.
One of MVB's early plays saw the pocket collapse and he bolts upfield for a first down. He slides 2 yards past the line to gain. Officials review and rule him down where they determined his hips were starting to lower??? Shy 1/2 yard from first down! Next play procedure (of course) and we never do get a first.
I take it y'all have seen this before??? That has got to be the worst rule in this game.
One of MVB's early plays saw the pocket collapse and he bolts upfield for a first down. He slides 2 yards past the line to gain. Officials review and rule him down where they determined his hips were starting to lower??? Shy 1/2 yard from first down! Next play procedure (of course) and we never do get a first.
I take it y'all have seen this before??? That has got to be the worst rule in this game.
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Posted on 11/9/25 at 6:17 pm to Bayou
Nobody within 5 yards of him. He saw first down marker and started slide to keep drive going. Except the Ref cheated him.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 6:17 pm to Bayou
Unfortunately it was the correct call. He should have gone head first running like a banshee in the wind.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 6:18 pm to Bayou
SEC (Bama) refs make up shite as they go along. 
Posted on 11/9/25 at 6:21 pm to Bayou
Unfortunately it was a mistake from a young player. The call was correct that the player is considered “down” at the point where he slides and “gives himself up.”
This post was edited on 11/9/25 at 6:36 pm
Posted on 11/9/25 at 6:27 pm to Bayou
I would expect a student of the game to actually know the rules, but that's just me.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 6:27 pm to JiminyCricket
Posted on 11/9/25 at 6:28 pm to Bayou
It was absolutely the correct call.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 6:42 pm to vidtiger23
Well the officials on the field called it a first down.
My gripe was reviewing that in the first place.
My gripe was reviewing that in the first place.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 6:44 pm to JPLSU1981
It was odd for the officials to check the replay. It seems like that should have been a challenge flag kind of play.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 6:59 pm to Bayou
that’s been the rule since at least the 90s.
it’s not very often that the slide is literally within inches of the line to gain on a crucial down, so it rarely comes in to question.
but it’s always been the rule.
it’s not very often that the slide is literally within inches of the line to gain on a crucial down, so it rarely comes in to question.
but it’s always been the rule.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 7:01 pm to 62zip
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I would expect a student of the game to actually know the rules, but that's just me
Well, to be fair, he didn’t claim to be a student with a passing grade. Kind of like our QBs.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 7:02 pm to PlaySomeHonk
Maybe technically, but do you think for a second that if the bama qb did exactly the same thing that it go for review? and be ruled short? you are delusional if you do.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 7:03 pm to Bayou
Aren’t you down at wherever you give yourself up at? Or is that an nfl rule?
Posted on 11/9/25 at 7:04 pm to Nutriaitch
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that’s been the rule since at least the 90s.
Has it? I think it’s more recent than that.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 7:06 pm to PlaySomeHonk
No bud it wasn't. It's the correct translation tmof the rule ( hips dip and that's where the ball is placed). However, when he dipped his hips he was already beyond the first down marker ( ball as well).
Posted on 11/9/25 at 7:10 pm to PlaySomeHonk
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Unfortunately it was the correct call. He should have gone head first running like a banshee in the wind.
Guaranteed if that’s Bama making that play it never gets reviewed. The officials just move on and first down Bama. We saw that in the potential punt touchback not even being reviewed. That to me is the BS about the whole thing. No calls for Bama(personal fouls ignored), lack of reviews that might hurt Bama, and unlimited reviews against LSU.
This post was edited on 11/9/25 at 7:14 pm
Posted on 11/9/25 at 7:18 pm to Bayou
I'm pretty sure it's the Kenny Pickett rule. He faked a slide. The rule was changed to refs spotting the ball as soon as the QB starts their slide at the farthest point of the the ball.
The NFL rule is different.
The NFL rule is different.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 7:24 pm to Mo Jeaux
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that’s been the rule since at least the 90s.
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Has it? I think it’s more recent than that.
just looked it up … 1985
2021 they added wording to include “simulated slides” to cover the Kenny Picket play.
But the rule itself has been in existence since 1985 and the sliding player is down where they initiate the slide because that’s where they are “giving themselves up”
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