How in the hell were the refs not aware? Shouldn't that also be their responsibility?

The NCAA will just let them sit him first half next week, I'm sure.

But the refs should ABSOLUTELY be aware of any ineligible players and there should be a 15 yard penalty after the play.

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Posted by MizzouBS

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Posted on 9/1/23 at 10:19 am to pankReb

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How in the hell were the refs not aware? Shouldn't that also be their responsibility

College refs have a lot of pregame responsibilities and checking for players eligibility is not one of them. Crew’s start meetings usually a day or two before the game. Just like teams and players refs watch film on both teams. The day of or night before they usually will have meetings with someone from the coaching staff to tell them things they have noticed and what they need to cleanup.

Refs and crews get a grade from the NCAA and they also watch film on things the crew have missed and things that they can do better.

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Posted by twk

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Posted on 9/1/23 at 11:02 am to pankReb

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How in the hell were the refs not aware? Shouldn't that also be their responsibility?

The NCAA will just let them sit him first half next week, I'm sure.

But the refs should ABSOLUTELY be aware of any ineligible players and there should be a 15 yard penalty after the play.

It's not the the ref's job to do eligibility checks. Basically, that's up to the opponents. I've actually seen this happen once, but in baseball. A&M was playing at Oklahoma State and OSU had a kid in the lineup who was not on the 27 man roster for that series. A&M coaches pointed it out after his first at bat (took them a little time to confirm what they suspected). Just a paper screw up, but a 100% ineligible player.

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