re: Link to Melt of all Melts

I was sitting right there. There was pushing and shoving from both sides BUT our push was like a delayed push after a couple seconds and I believe that's where it made the difference on it just being a PF on us.

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Truthfully, the personal foul if called at all should have been offsetting.

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Agreed. Ritter saw the whole thing, 'Bama guy kind of tugging on Alexander, Alexander shove him away, and was not going to call anything. That's why I don't understand him not over-ruling the umpire by insisting it was a double foul which is certainly in his power to do at that point. They may still have had to settle for a field goal but the officials should not be influencing the game in that manner. By the way I was less than fifty yards away from the play on the ensuing 'Bama drive where the receiver caught the first down pass on his knees, falling forward. It did look like the ball was pinned against the ground and it was surprising that it did not draw a review.