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What about Richard Mullaney's heads up play?
Posted on 11/28/15 at 8:17 pm
Posted on 11/28/15 at 8:17 pm
He doesn't grab that ball and get it out of the endzone and it could have been disastrous.
Ritter signaled it was touched. I don't think it was, but if it's reviewable I'm not sure they would have overturned the call. Mullaney is pretty much my unsung hero of this year. Really glad he's on this team.
Ritter signaled it was touched. I don't think it was, but if it's reviewable I'm not sure they would have overturned the call. Mullaney is pretty much my unsung hero of this year. Really glad he's on this team.
Posted on 11/28/15 at 8:19 pm to FleshEatingSalsa
Actually, while it was a good reaction to pick up the ball, it would've been a touchback if he would've just grabbed it and downed it and we'd have had it on the 25...
Posted on 11/28/15 at 8:25 pm to FleshEatingSalsa
Good on him to pick it up, but know the rules. Don't run it out.
Posted on 11/28/15 at 8:26 pm to OldPete
Yeah pretty much the opposite of a heads up play. Still love dick though
Posted on 11/28/15 at 8:37 pm to OldPete
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Actually, while it was a good reaction to pick up the ball, it would've been a touchback if he would've just grabbed it and downed it and we'd have had it on the 25...
Gotcha. Didn't realize this at the time.
Posted on 11/28/15 at 8:53 pm to FleshEatingSalsa
Actually because the ball wasn't touched, it should've been a touchback as soon as it crossed the goal line because it's then a dead ball
Posted on 11/28/15 at 8:58 pm to Finkle is Einhorn
Yeah, but the ref was signaling that it had been touched.
Posted on 11/29/15 at 12:11 am to Finkle is Einhorn
Are you sure about that? I thought a KO was live until downed or out of bounds? He should have just downed it, if Auburn covers it, its a TD right?
Posted on 11/29/15 at 12:15 am to oilfieldcaptain
If no one touches it and it goes into the endzone, it's a touchback.
Posted on 11/29/15 at 12:37 am to pvilleguru
But if it is touched, the guiding principle is who put the impetus on the ball and caused it to go into the endzone. In this case, even though the ball was touched, it was the kick that caused it to go in. Mullaney should have downed it.
Everyone on kick receiving teams need to know the rules. Remember Jones's boneheaded play againzt OSU that almost was a disaster?
Everyone on kick receiving teams need to know the rules. Remember Jones's boneheaded play againzt OSU that almost was a disaster?
This post was edited on 11/29/15 at 12:39 am
Posted on 11/29/15 at 6:50 am to pvilleguru
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Good on him to pick it up, but know the rules. Don't run it out.
Eh, it probably isn't one of the standard rules they teach. I thought it would've been a safety until they explained otherwise, can't blame him for not knowing.
Posted on 11/29/15 at 7:01 am to AllBamaDoesIsWin
quote:That is a rule they need to teach every special teams player. If you don't, you're a shitty ST coach.
Eh, it probably isn't one of the standard rules they teach. I thought it would've been a safety until they explained otherwise, can't blame him for not knowing.
Posted on 11/29/15 at 7:03 am to pvilleguru
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shitty ST coach
Well we already knew we had a shitty ST coach
Posted on 11/29/15 at 7:11 am to AllBamaDoesIsWin
I know, but that's a rule you need to now before stepping on the field for ST.
Posted on 11/29/15 at 7:34 am to AllBamaDoesIsWin
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Eh, it probably isn't one of the standard rules they teach. I thought it would've been a safety until they explained otherwise, can't blame him for not knowing.
I disagree. It should be covered, but even if it usually isn't there is no reason for Bama players to not know it because Harris made the exact same mistake earlier this year.
Posted on 11/29/15 at 9:13 am to FleshEatingSalsa
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Mullaney is pretty much my unsung hero of this year.
The truth. I thought if Coker thrown it right in the first quarter, Mullaney would have gotten a TD, but instead, Coker opted to throw into the dirt. Mullaney has been money for keeping drives alive and blocking well on screens. Really wish we had him for another year.
Posted on 11/29/15 at 10:49 am to pvilleguru
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but know the rules.
The way that crew was officiating knowing the rules wasn't enough. I have zero doubts we would have gotten the shaft if he didn't run it out and by doing so take the call out of the refs' hands.
This post was edited on 11/29/15 at 11:01 am
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