I don’t know what pass interference is anymore

Normally you get some of those calls, but I don't remember any really egregious no-calls. I need to go back and look at some of the ones from Tennessee.

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that was overturned because there was a slight bobble as he pulled it in towards the sidelines

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I don't think he had control of the ball before he hit the ground/went out of bounds, did he?

Agree. Our receivers are going to have to get more separation against the better teams in order to make a catch, otherwise, it appears the refs are allowing defenders to be draped all over receivers.

It's kind of like targeting. Outside of the really egregious, obviously dirty hits, no one really knows what it is (or at least the refs frequently act like they don't).

"Did he launch?" "Did he lead with the crown of the helmet"? What?

A defender has to go low to get leverage on most tackles. Helmets sometimes makes contact. Especially when the ball carrier lowers his head. The interpretation of the rule allows for way too much gray area and subjectivity.

The correct call was made... it was not a catch. When he landed he didn't have a firm grasp on the ball anymore, he *regrabbed* it, but he was already out of bounds at that point... I no more want that ball to be a catch for us than I want it to be a catch for anyone else... There are plenty of "close calls" and thankfully replay generally helps sort those out more often than not. Unlike say the offsides call on Tyler Simmons in the NCG...

People who complain about targeting this year must not have been paying attention last year. Last year, there were people getting ejected for calls that objectively weren't targeting. This year, despite flags getting thrown, how many ejections for targeting have there actually been. They probably went the wrong direction giving a bit too much leniency. This is why many of us were arguing for 5/15 variations, or a targeting with vs without ejection. The blindside block + targeting for Tennessee was stupid... because they ONLY called targeting, the blindside block was ignored and the flag was picked up. I think there is plenty to still work out on targeting, but it's better this year and hopefully will continue to improve all while training players to at least attempt to not use their own skulls as battering rams, or knock other peoples heads off...

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It's kind of like targeting.

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Replay official are reversing targeting more this season then ever before, which is a good thing.
But there needs to be a few targeting calls on offensive players when they lower their head on a defender. I actually saw one of those called in some minor west coast game a few weeks ago.

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I think Cager or someone came down with what looked like a clean catch for a big play against UT that was overturned because there was a slight bobble as he pulled it in towards the sidelines.

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You have to possess the ball fully, in bounds, with no bobble. There are a couple things that we could complain about. This is not one of them. Was clearly incomplete.

Also, there’s a lot of complaining about the refs right now in games we’re winning. There was probably one egregious PI against Pickens but outside of that it hasn’t been that bad.

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you're talking about Cager's catch at UT, he didn't have control in any sense of the word until he was out of bounds.

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Semantics. But it looked like he had control until his elbow hit. Then he had to regain control, but he was already out of bounds. Both college and nfl require maintaining control through the ground on a reception. Incompletion was a good call from the booth.

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I don’t know what pass interference is anymore

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Whatever the ref calling it says it is. Nothing more, nothing less.

I've seen many no-calls this season where both the WR and the DB are pushing hands off their bodies. As long as the official doesn't see any grabbing of arms or jerseys they are allowing lots of action. Makes the game more fun to watch.