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Posted on 9/15/19 at 2:52 pm
Posted on 9/15/19 at 2:52 pm
I know everyone always bitches about the officials but I really don’t understand what happened yesterday. The replay official in the booth has one job: review every play, and if it’s a close call that needs to be looked at, you buzz the guy on the field and stop play to determine the outcome. Twice on Saturday that didn’t happen and it cost both teams a potential touchdown. We might as well scrap review if they can’t do any better than that. I just don’t understand why you didn’t stop things and at least take a look.
In another vein, I saw more targeting calls Saturday throughout the day in various games than I think I’ve ever seen. It’s out of hand. The purpose of the rule was to stop the vicious headhunting on defenseless receivers going up for the ball over the middle when they couldn’t protect themselves. Now, if helmets collide regardless of how or who initiated it, someone is getting tossed. It’s ridiculous. I’m all for player safety but it’s a contact sport. Barmores play is a perfect example. There was nothing that made that tackle outside the normal parameters of play. It’s got to stop.
In another vein, I saw more targeting calls Saturday throughout the day in various games than I think I’ve ever seen. It’s out of hand. The purpose of the rule was to stop the vicious headhunting on defenseless receivers going up for the ball over the middle when they couldn’t protect themselves. Now, if helmets collide regardless of how or who initiated it, someone is getting tossed. It’s ridiculous. I’m all for player safety but it’s a contact sport. Barmores play is a perfect example. There was nothing that made that tackle outside the normal parameters of play. It’s got to stop.
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Posted on 9/15/19 at 3:21 pm to phil4bama
i was blown away by the barmore call. i still dont get that call.
i agree, they should have at least reviewed the other 2 plays.
i agree, they should have at least reviewed the other 2 plays.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 3:25 pm to crimsontater
I hate when we get Hubert Owens crew. He's terrible and flag happy. I remember we had his crew for the 2016 Ole Miss game and they threw a lot of flags. There were also several reviewed plays which affected the flow of the game. Yesterday's game felt eerily similar.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 3:29 pm to phil4bama
I don't really see the problem about the Scar goal line play. It was the correct call. It would've been a waste of time to review it.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 3:38 pm to Funky Tide 8
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I don't really see the problem about the Scar goal line play. It was the correct call. It would've been a waste of time to review it.
I think the call on Tennison's was the correct one too, but if you're talking about a quarter of an inch being the difference between a TD and not a TD they need to take a look at it.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 4:17 pm to Robot Santa
Ditto the S Carolina non-touchdown. It was the right call that he didn’t score. But I think it was spotted wrong in SC’s favor. The ball wasn’t spotted where it was when his knee went down. Also, if they stop play for review, they get a chance to talk about the next play instead of shooting from the hip like they did.
This post was edited on 9/15/19 at 4:20 pm
Posted on 9/15/19 at 4:29 pm to phil4bama
I'm gonna take a little bit of a contrarian view:
Has anyone seen a conference with better officiating?
I haven't.
Has anyone seen a conference with better officiating?
I haven't.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 4:46 pm to bamatide07
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I hate when we get Hubert Owens crew. He's terrible and flag happy.
Spot on. Hands down the worst crew in the conference. They are flag happy, but that would be ok if they were consistent. They are not. Instead they throw questionable flags but then err on pretty clear stuff like the Bama TD.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 5:31 pm to Robot Santa
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I think the call on Tennison's was the correct one...
Posted on 9/15/19 at 5:33 pm to TidalSurge1
I don't see any green between his foot and the stripe.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 5:37 pm to Robot Santa
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I don't see any green between his foot and the stripe.
You don't have to see green in between his foot and the stripe for him to be ruled in bounds. You have to see that some of his foot is outside of the green and on the white for him to be ruled out of bounds. I don't see any of his foot beyond the edge of the white stripe.
Even though the edge of the line is grainy in the zoomed photo, it looks to me like there's a smidgen of green between his foot and the line. It certainly does not appear that the edge of his foot is even a smidgen over the edge of the line.
This post was edited on 9/15/19 at 7:53 pm
Posted on 9/15/19 at 5:41 pm to TidalSurge1
It was a touchdown. Anyone with good eyesight and a brain can see it.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 5:41 pm to Robot Santa
Even max zoom there’s a green line all the way down between his foot and OOB. It’s not in your face obvious, but he’s in bounds. Definitely see nothing to denote he’s OOB.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 5:43 pm to JustGetItRight
I think Alabama must've had 130 yards in penalties yesterday. Its one thing to call the game within the rules but his crew threw so many flags that it affected the flow of the game. And it's not the first time that they've done it in an Alabama game. 2016 Ole Miss game was ridiculous.
This post was edited on 9/15/19 at 5:46 pm
Posted on 9/15/19 at 6:34 pm to Robot Santa
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I don't see any green between his foot and the stripe.
You may want to get your eyes checked.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 6:44 pm to Robot Santa
quote:Yeah. There's no way they overturn the call on the field based on that.
I don't see any green between his foot and the stripe.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 7:29 pm to JustGetItRight
Is Owens the one that was calling out the penalties? If he was then he called the wrong penalty out at least twice in the game.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 7:37 pm to Syd
But doesn't that at least need review? Right or wrong, that's a damn close call either way and it's a scoring play that could definitely affect the game. It needs a closer look and that didn't happen.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 7:52 pm to Syd
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Is Owens the one that was calling out the penalties? If he was then he called the wrong penalty out at least twice in the game.
Yep, that would be him. The guy who enforced a penalty on USCe’s punt team and proceeded to announce it was a x yard penalty and an automatic first down for USCe.
I have no idea how he keeps his job.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 7:58 pm to phil4bama
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But doesn't that at least need review? Right or wrong, that's a damn close call either way and it's a scoring play that could definitely affect the game. It needs a closer look and that didn't happen
The refs blew it dead and called him out so just like the USCe play by rule there can be no review.
That’s actually a bigger problem than no review. The on the field refs aren’t supposed to blow the whistle on a play that is really close like those. They’re supposed to let it play out and review for accuracy. Instead they stopped both plays and thus created the potential for an uncorrectable mistake.
If there had been a foot of green visible on that sideline and that loud rooster clearly visible between the USCe back and the ground neither call would have been reviewed or changed because Owens’ crew failed in one of their main responsibilities.
This post was edited on 9/15/19 at 7:59 pm
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