The Winning Flop

LSU still would’ve won.

Saying this as objectively as possible. Not only was it a blind side block you can see that #5 went straight for Nuss’s head/helmet area. You can tell he knew he messed up too with the guilty “I didn’t do nothing” hands up right after he did it too.

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Not only was it a blind side block you can see that #5 went straight for Nuss’s head/helmet area.

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Since when is shoving a guy in the chest an illegal block?

Roughing the passer or high hit? I don't think so.

It was absolutely a blind side block though.

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Saying this as objectively as possible. Not only was it a blind side block you can see that #5 went straight for Nuss’s head/helmet area. You can tell he knew he messed up too with the guilty “I didn’t do nothing” hands up right after he did it too.

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Would you like to read the actual rule and try to be more objective?

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Blind-Side Block ARTICLE 18 No player shall deliver a blind-side block by attacking an opponent with forcible contact
(Exceptions: (1) the runner;
(2) a receiver in the act of attempting to make a catch )
(Note: In addition, if this action meets all the elements of targeting, it is a blind-slide block with targeting (Rule 9-1-3 and 9-1-4).

Blind-Side Block—ARTICLE 18 Approved Ruling 9-1-18

B44 intercepts the pass of A12 at the B-20 and turns back up-field on the return

During the return, B21 approaches A88 at midfield from the blind side and blocks A88
(a) with extended hands;
(b) with a screen type block;
(c) by attacking with forcible contact with his shoulder into the chest of A88;
(d) by attacking with forcible contact with the shoulder into the head of A88 B44 returns the pass to the A-20

RULING:
(a) No foul
(b) No foul
(c) Personal Foul, blind-side block, 15-yard penalty from the spot of the foul
(d) Personal Foul, Blind-Side Block with Targeting, 15-yard penalty from the spot of the foul and B21 is disqualified

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Reading that description and looking at this gif, Which one of those scenarios best applies? You HAVE to settle on scenario A. The scenario is RIGHT OUT OF THE RULE BOOK.



But, he wasn't called for blindside block. He was called for unnecessary roughness.

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Not only was it a blind side block

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It was not. Here is the rule:

First, the current rule on illegal blindside blocks as written in Rule 12-2-7:

It is a foul if a player initiates a block when his path is toward or parallel to his own end line and makes forcible contact to his opponent with his helmet, forearm, or shoulder.

The player used his hands.

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you can see that #5 went straight for Nuss’s head/helmet area.

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He hit him in the chest, not the head.

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You can tell he knew he messed up too with the guilty “I didn’t do nothing” hands up right after he did it too.

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He did that because he saw the referee looking at him and pulling the flag.

No offense, but you are wrong on this one.

It was a hard play and the refs aren't used to tough football anymore. It looked rough so it must be a penalty.

Personally I wouldn’t have hit the QB on that play, but the guy simply shoved him and the way he’s squirming on the ground like he took a targeting shot to the head is extremely pathetic

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Now, this could be a correct call. I don't believe Nussmeir had any chance to make the tackle

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If Nussmeier had no chance to make the play, then he should have stayed still. Had Kennard blocked him when he wasn't moving, I'd have no issue with the flag.

As it was, Nussmeier clearly makes 2-3 steps towards the ball carrier, who was likely just south of him at the time. As soon as Nussmeier makes a football move, he's a defender and is eligible to be blocked.

It was an atrocious call, and it took points off the board. You cannot say "well, just play harder and score more points" when questionable (at best) officiating takes 16 points off the board, and a crucial deep first down completion late in the fourth.

There's a part of me that would like to live in the alternate universe where these exact same calls went against LSU in a Bama game. They'd be livid.

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Now, this could be a correct call. I don't believe Nussmeir had any chance to make the tackle. I did a similar thing when I played, and a referee caught me and warned me not to do something like that again or he would call it.

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This is the ONLY thing that could have been called. However, lets look at the controlling rule:

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Contact Against an Opponent Out of the Play ARTICLE 12
a No player shall tackle or run into a receiver when a forward pass to that receiver is obviously not catchable This is a personal foul and not pass interference
b No player shall run into or throw themselves against an opponent obviously out of the play either before or after the ball is dead

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The applicable section is part b. No player shall run into or throw themselves against an opponent obviously out of the play either before or after the ball is dead. However, you can make the argument that when Pussmier starts moving toward the ball carrier he is no longer "obviously" out of the play.