I do believe Vadal's pushing was probably warranted. But like I said, the retaliator getting the flag is nothing new to football..it sucks, but it is what it is

Vadal should've known better and kept his cool

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Posted by GeauxTigerTM

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Posted on 11/10/14 at 11:40 am to GCTiger11

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I do believe Vadal's pushing was probably warranted. But like I said, the retaliator getting the flag is nothing new to football..it sucks, but it is what it is

No doubt...but would agree that in most cases you'd never see that flag thrown for what amounted to s shove in the chest and not a punch thrown in that instance? We're told all the time that officials DO, in fact, take into account how much a particular foul affects the play before calling it. I quoted Tom Ritter himself last week talking about how holding is the hardest call to make because you could throw it on every play but don't and therefore have to DECIDE when a hold really effects a play.

So I really don;t fault the official who threw it for throwing it. Maybe form him angle he simply did not see anything but what looked like some egregious shove by Vadal. But not either waving it off or calling it offsetting given the entirety of the play after getting together for nearly a minute to discuss it with the rest of the crew is simply not acceptable and I'd argue unjustified.

Did it cost LSU the game? As with most things, we'll never know. What we do know is it cost LSU two legit shots at at least going for a TD on that series. No coach in the country, even Miles, tempts fate and plays for a TD after being moved back to the 21 there. 2nd and goal from the 6 gets you two more shots running down BAMA's throat...something LSU had done all night.

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Vadal should've known better and kept his cool

I really would love to agree here, but I just don;t think what he did was bad enough to come down on him. We've had LSU played do exactly that in the past, and I've been pissed about it. I want to say Tyson Jackson did this at least once. Was Rasco the last do cost us doing this? I forget. Both in both of those cases what they did absolutely warranted the flag and it was clear they did something dumb and let their emotions get the better of them. Alexander did not even appear to being going after the guy or pushing him in anger. More like, "Get the frick off of me."

I see your point...I do. I just disagree.