re: Worst officiated games this year

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The video shows a player being decleated by a blind side hit. He didn’t see the SC guy and got nailed by him

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With his hands....which is legal.

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.

Note: It is not a foul for a blindside block if the forcible contact occurs in “close-line play” prior to the ball leaving that area. The ball is not considered to have left that area if the player who takes the snap, either from a shotgun position or from under center, retreats in the pocket immediately or with a slight delay, and hands the ball to another player, or runs with the ball himself. This exception does not apply to any action other than a designed play. Any forcible contact in “close-line play” is still subject to the restrictions for crackback and peel back blocks.

Okay, so it looks like it wasn’t even a blind side block by the so-called letter of the rule book. Glad someone is looking at this somewhat objectively.

I don’t understand how any serious football fan can look at what transpired on that play and think that it was a just or reasonable ruling. Unless you are an LSU fan and your team directly benefited, that is. I mean the game was basically decided for the other team because a guy got pushed down to the ground (in a tackle football game). That’s ridiculous. Anyways, we will all have to just agree to disagree ultimately.

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He was blocking for the INT return. And pretty much just pushed the QB on top of that. I've watched this over and over again, and i still don't understand it.

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I have to agree.

Pushing a player with hands is never considered an illegal block unless a player is out of bounds. And it was quite clear that the QB was reacting to the play and not a defenseless bystander.

Its too bad that it wasn't reviewed. It would have been a TD.

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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.

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Where did you get this? Blindside block is under rule 9.

Rule 9-1-18-1:

No player shall deliver a blind side block by attacking an opponent with forcible contact.

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Blindside block is under rule 9

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RUlE 9 / CondUCt oF PlayERs and othERs sUbjECt to thE RUlEs Fi-75
Blind-Side Block—ARTICLE 18
Approved Ruling 9-1-18
I 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


Based on this section.... use of the hands is (a) no foul.

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SEC officials went from being some of the best in the country the past couple of decades

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Alabama fan

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Harry Boutte

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What other badly officiated games have there been?

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Oh, I'd say about........10,000 or so over the years. I stopped counting.

Ga/Tech followed by SC/LSU