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Examining the calls at the end of the game ...

Posted on 11/26/18 at 11:04 am
Posted by Buda
Member since Nov 2009
400 posts
Posted on 11/26/18 at 11:04 am
An attempt at an honest look:

1) The interception that wasn't. Good call. Replay clearly showed his knee was down while grasping the ball. It sucks, but that was a correct call.

2) The first down on 4th and 18. Good call.
The yellow line drawn by the network was incorrect. There are many articles on the web that show this to be true. The receiver was past the actual first down marker. Again, it sucks; but this was also the correct call.

3) The extra second added to the clock after the spike. Probably a good call (with a caveat). The slow-mo replay showed that they snapped the ball with 1 second left. Were they all set? And were there 7 men on the line? Tough call. I have tried to look at replays and best I can say is that they were OK. Again, tough one, but I think the call was correct.

4) The Sternberger fumble/incompletion. Very much a judgment call. The review was correct not to overturn because it was called incomplete on the field. The original call could have gone either way and, whichever way it went, the review would not have overturned. Unfortunate 50-50 call.

5) The PI on Williams. Horrible call! There virtually no contact. This one was the most suspect of all the calls late in the game. I don't know what Greedy said, but the ensuing unsportsmanlike conduct call demonstrates to me that the ref may have had it out for him from the start. This is the call that, in my opinion, made was the most blatantly incorrect.

6) JaMarr Chase no catch. Correct call. He did not control the ball to the ground. No real argument here.

7) The targeting call on Phillips. Questionable, but ... Targeting is like holding - you can call it or not call it on many plays. I personally think the whole targeting thing is bullshite. But, considering what the rule is, you can't really argue with this one as there was head-to-head contact. You could say it was minor and unintentional and should not have called at that stage of the game, but that's the (stupid) rule.

So...

One blatantly bad call and a couple of 50-50 calls that reasonably could have gone either way. The rest were correct in my opinion.

Flame away ....


Posted by GoldenBoy
Winning!
Member since Nov 2004
42010 posts
Posted on 11/26/18 at 11:06 am to
quote:

1) The interception that wasn't. Good call. Replay clearly showed his knee was down while grasping the ball. It sucks, but that was a correct call.



The problem is how it was enforced. They stop the clock and that allows Texas A&M to reset.
Posted by Teufelhunden
Galvez, LA
Member since Feb 2005
5582 posts
Posted on 11/26/18 at 11:07 am to
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The rest were correct in my opinion.


Including the no call on the false start?
Posted by Le Tenia
Member since Feb 2015
4459 posts
Posted on 11/26/18 at 11:07 am to
It is impossible to snap and spike with :01 on the clock and have no additional time run off.
Posted by Eighteen
Member since Dec 2006
33877 posts
Posted on 11/26/18 at 11:08 am to
What about the blantant missed false start? (How does that even happen?)

And

quote:

The Sternberger fumble/incompletion. Very much a judgment call.


quote:

PI on Williams. Horrible call! There virtually no contact. This one was the most suspect of all the calls late in the game


Are pretty huge deals. Just horrible officiating.



Posted by Godfather1
What WAS St George, Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
79664 posts
Posted on 11/26/18 at 11:08 am to
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The Sternberger fumble/incompletion. Very much a judgment call. The review was correct not to overturn because it was called incomplete on the field. The original call could have gone either way and, whichever way it went, the review would not have overturned. Unfortunate 50-50 call.



It was a fumble. End of story.
Posted by LsuTigers80
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2013
309 posts
Posted on 11/26/18 at 11:08 am to
Exactly what I've been telling everybody..
Posted by atltiger6487
Member since May 2011
18136 posts
Posted on 11/26/18 at 11:08 am to
quote:

The problem is how it was enforced. They stop the clock and that allows Texas A&M to reset.

but with a 10 second runoff, so it's a wash.
Posted by GoldenBoy
Winning!
Member since Nov 2004
42010 posts
Posted on 11/26/18 at 11:09 am to
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but with a 10 second runoff, so it's a wash.



Not really
Posted by Pahnew
Member since Apr 2008
5372 posts
Posted on 11/26/18 at 11:10 am to
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3) The extra second added to the clock after the spike. Probably a good call (with a caveat). The slow-mo replay showed that they snapped the ball with 1 second left. Were they all set? And were there 7 men on the line? Tough call. I have tried to look at replays and best I can say is that they were OK. Again, tough one, but I think the call was correct.


2 receivers were leaning forward and 2 were leaning back. However all 4 players feet are in the same place. It's illegal.
Posted by Voodoo_Tiger
Texas
Member since Mar 2018
120 posts
Posted on 11/26/18 at 11:11 am to
Thanks so much for a completely ridiculous breakdown. You clearly know very little about football, or how the rules are enforced.
Posted by Y.A. Tittle
Member since Sep 2003
101390 posts
Posted on 11/26/18 at 11:11 am to
quote:

The problem is how it was enforced. They stop the clock and that allows Texas A&M to reset.



Yeah, shouldn't the clock have started back up right after the call is made indicating the QB was down in the field of play? I'm pretty sure it's not typical on a play that wouldn't otherwise stop the clock, that the refs don't have to allow the offensive team time to set up before starting it again, is it? It seems to me, I can recall seeing the ref making the call, thereafter making the signal to start the clock in other scenarios.

What was the rationale for how they handled it there?
Posted by SammyTiger
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2009
66481 posts
Posted on 11/26/18 at 11:11 am to
Every 50-50 call went there way though and some that weren’t even reviewed.

I dont Think he has possession of the ball wile his knee was down.

A split second with a hand on the ball isn’t possession.

I do Think it was a catch,

The PI was garbage.

If just 1 of these 50-50 calls go our way we win.
If they don’t make a terrible call on the 2 pt conversion we force an 8th overtime.

Simply put, we got jobbed.
Posted by KiwiHead
Auckland, NZ
Member since Jul 2014
27484 posts
Posted on 11/26/18 at 11:11 am to
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The Sternberger fumble/incompletion.


The guy caught the damned ball and was tucking it moving upfield when Delpit nailed him. You'll never convince me ta it was 50/50.....I'll agree with all the other stuff
Posted by Pahnew
Member since Apr 2008
5372 posts
Posted on 11/26/18 at 11:13 am to
Also a whole game plus 7 OT's and only 3 penalties. I'm calling BS
Posted by Game2620
Canada
Member since Dec 2013
1245 posts
Posted on 11/26/18 at 11:16 am to
So does the clock stop on the whistle or the ball striking the ground? Big distinction between the two.

Does the clock start on the whistle or the actual snap?
Posted by uway
Member since Sep 2004
33109 posts
Posted on 11/26/18 at 11:16 am to
The damn thing of it all was that it was so many borderline calls and breaks that went against us, all in a row at the end of a close game.

I don’t know that I’ve seen anything else like it.
Posted by OceanMan
Member since Mar 2010
20018 posts
Posted on 11/26/18 at 11:19 am to
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but with a 10 second runoff, so it's a wash.


Not at all. If they call that on the field, the clock never stops running. It would have taken 10 seconds minimum just to get everyone back to the line, much less to get a play in. It would have been chaos, instead they got 5 minutes to talk over strategy. Any coach would trade 10 seconds for a timeout after a sack in that situation.

It may have been the right call, but there is no doubt that it was a huge break for aTm for several reasons and the breaks did not stop there. That’s why LSU fans are so bent over this, aTm received a gift, followed by being on the favorable side of every questionable call for the remainder of the game that saw nearly 90 points scored.

Posted by Y.A. Tittle
Member since Sep 2003
101390 posts
Posted on 11/26/18 at 11:20 am to
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So does the clock stop on the whistle or the ball striking the ground? Big distinction between the two.



I've never seen a definitive clock stoppage of a game determined by an instantaneous visual replay act. That's not how the timekeeping of a football game has ever been determined, as far as I'm aware.
Posted by CBLSU316
Far Right of Left
Member since Jun 2008
11392 posts
Posted on 11/26/18 at 11:21 am to
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The Sternberger fumble/incompletion


This was the worst call of the game to me. That is a 100% fumble anyway you slice. It’s the call that I can’t get over.

I didn’t like the other calls but I could live with them. The PI in Greedy was bullshite but, it is what it is.
This post was edited on 11/26/18 at 11:22 am
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