2019-20 College Football Bowl Megathread (and Schedule)
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just do away with the "football move" nonsensical bullshit; he caught it, clearly had possession, did not bobble it, had it knocked out, fumble.
Just idiotic to complicate a simple thing.
Just idiotic to complicate a simple thing.
Right. If it was called incomplete on the field, you could understand not overruling the call. But it was ruled a fumble and TD. To overrule a TD based on a replay that shows a catch and three or four steps is inexcusable.
if that is the rule, that is nonsensical.
If the DB hits the WR and immediately pushes him back 2 yards after 3 steps and the WR goes down, by that language it is incomplete.
It’s not clear any of us has solid comprehension of the rule, so I’m not inferring too much into disagreement over the call.
It wasn't being bobbled, it was in his hands, he took at least three steps. Even if "a football move" is complicated, that call wasn't. It's not like he was going to the ground and it was unclear.
And the fact that they overturned it is even crazier, because they are saying it was indisputably not a catch. Which is bats.
We’re just never going to know why they overturned it because they didn’t explain their rationale, but it has to be because they felt he didn’t “maintain control of the ball long enough to enable him to perform an act common to the game, i.e. long enough to pitch or hand the ball, advance it, avoid or ward off an opponent, etc.” If that’s the explanation, then that would make sense. I’d hate to have had to make that call. It was close.
See Section 4, Article 3 of the NCAA rulebook.
See Section 4, Article 3 of the NCAA rulebook.
Move common to the game.
Secures control of a live ball in flight before the ball touches the ground, and touches the ground in bounds with any part of his body, and then maintains control of the ball long enough to enable him to perform an act common to the game, i.e., long enough to pitch or hand the ball, advance it, avoid or ward off an opponent, etc.
If 3 steps and taking the ball from overhead to near his chest isnt a common move this is absurd.
but again - even if borderline - how is that video indisputable, it looks more a catch on replay than live.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sbnation.com/platform/amp/college-football/2018/8/30/17481378/ncaa-catch-rule-nfl-differences
Secures control of a live ball in flight before the ball touches the ground, and touches the ground in bounds with any part of his body, and then maintains control of the ball long enough to enable him to perform an act common to the game, i.e., long enough to pitch or hand the ball, advance it, avoid or ward off an opponent, etc.
If 3 steps and taking the ball from overhead to near his chest isnt a common move this is absurd.
but again - even if borderline - how is that video indisputable, it looks more a catch on replay than live.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sbnation.com/platform/amp/college-football/2018/8/30/17481378/ncaa-catch-rule-nfl-differences
Safety isnt playing press on a slot receiver there unless he has serious man coverage skills (which college safeties really don’t). If he tries it, that play could be 5-6 yards open rather than 1-2.
He did what he should have, but he got beat physically and the throw was good.
That would be a legitimately weird concern. That might have just been a mistake by Ryan Day.
Yeah, it was a bad joke. Only reason I can think of is that it ensures another TD and extra point requires Clemson to score twice. Maybe there is some math that makes that a thing. Two field goals makes it 8 too but not really enough time to make that realistically a thing I don’t believe.