I have definitely never seen anything like that before.
I have definitely never seen anything like that before.
I'm focusing on the execution of the replay review. If you look at my first reaction to the play... I posted "nope."My impression is that you’re arguing that replay “works” because the officials made a ruling on the field, announced that the play “stands” (a subjective term of art), and nobody is throwing spears at each other for women and food stores. Conversely, they could have ruled the play was overturned and replay still would be considered to “work.” That argument doesn’t really get at whether he was over the line.
I’d say the long axis of the ball is at about a 10-15 degree angle from the sideline, and I think that’s a generous estimate. I don’t see how that really matters. The view from the sideline a few feet from the incident was more than adequate to show that the ball is touching out of bounds before it touches the pylon. Also, the view from high above the back of the end zone shows that the ball never made it inside the pylon. Both of those together make it impossible for the ball to have broken the plane.
It seems you’re arguing that replay “works” because the officials made a ruling on the field, announced that the play “stands” (a subjective term of art), and nobody is throwing spears at each other for women and food stores. Conversely, they could have ruled the play was overturned and replay still would be considered to “work.” That argument doesn’t really get at whether he was over the line.
Referees have to make calls on the field and then decisions on replay. I think they got this one wrong. Oh well. As someone pointed out earlier, when players don’t execute (28’s lack of situational awareness even though his and Franklin’s responses suggested he was told to get down), when you turn the ball over in your own territory, when you take a lot of stupid or untimely penalties, and when you miss a couple of pretty easy FGs, the answer can usually be found in a mirror.
I presume they are paying off those who took the other side of the bet. Which indicates they are doing this for promotional value.DraftKings isn’t crediting Indiana with the win and refunding all moneyline straight bets on Penn State.
I’m sure that’s a tiny amount of money but a sport book not recognizing the actual winner? Wow.
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The ball does not need to get inside the pylon to be a touchdown, the pylon is an extension of the goal line. If the ball goes over or touches the tiniest fraction of the outside edge of the pylon it is a touchdown.If the ball doesn’t get inside the pylon, which it didn’t, how does it break the plane if it’s touching the white out of bounds before it touches the pylon? You’ve described a scenario that didn’t exist on this play.
Indiana had taken two timeouts. No one on Penn State was capable of doing any math. 1 minute 47 seconds is 107 seconds. Not snapping the ball until there's one second left on the play clock (twice) is 78. So, all Penn State's 4 plays (which could include standing there and kneeling down when someone got close, in college ball you don't have to get tackled) had to do was kill 30 seconds. Not that hard to do; and if you flub up, the worst that's going to happen is you give them one play from 40+ yards out of field goal range.Penn State could have won the game if their RB doesn't score late in the game. That's on them. Ball don't lie.
DraftKings paid out Indiana bettors.My favorite part of Ford failing to drop at the one yard line was Fitz signaling touchdown in his face.
Oh...and fuck draft kings. If the ruling on the field had been that it was not a TD that would have stood. For the first time in forever Big Ten refs didn’t give the call to the ranked team.