Another angle to the reversed flag.

While everyone seems to be concentrating on whether the tip came before or after (obvious to anyone who sees the pic below) I can't help but wonder why on Earth that would have mattered to the officiating crew given that they picked up the flag completely. What I mean is, the rules merely state that after a player has made contact with a pass, pass interference rules do not apply. The rules do NOT say that the game then becomes a free-for-all where you can get away with bloody murder. You still have to conform to normal blocking rules. From the NCAA rulebook:

A "hold" in this case simply becomes another type of penalty. You don't just pick up the phucking flag and say "nevermind."

 

There's another topic that I think should be addressed. That being the change from PI being "of the spot of the foul" to "15 yrd penality + first down". I think Tubby basically told his defenders to get PI anytime LSU got around the endzone. Much better to take 15 yards instead of a TD.

I think this rule should be changed back to stop from encouraging teams to commit PI.

 

All you have to do is tackle a receiver. Then have another defender stand there and bat down the ball after. It's legal per Saturday's game. Teams across the nation should start doing this!

 

I've been watching college football for 40 years and I don't recall it ever being a "spot of the foul" penalty. Are you sure? When would you say it was changed? It's been a "spot of the foul" penalty in the NFL for as long as I can remember, but I don't recall it being other than a 15 yarder in college. Or, were you thinking those were two NFL teams out ther Saturday afternoon?! They did look like it, didn't they?! :wink:

 

I disagree.

This keep officials from flagging good coverage in the endzone to get the team on the 1 yard line. If those refs who blew it yesterday officiated with that rule back, it would have been first and goal a lot. Auburn would have just thrown it deep all game, as soon as Cox could throw it to the endzone.

Besides, if the shoe were on the other foot, and the only way of saving the TD is by using PI (without being stupid) and giving them a first (and not on the 1 yard line), I'd do it, and I would expect them to.

But that's just me...

 

But shouldn't the penalty fit the punishment. If there wouldn't be an interference then the received would have a chance of catching the ball. How is it that the team commiting a penalty actually has a penalty against them work more in their favor?

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/gamedayFinal?page=gamedayFinal3&campaign=rss&source=NCFHeadlines

he also mentiones the OU screw job but says the whistle had blown before OU picked the ball up which is false.

 

they should give the coaches one "penalty" review....this would not lenghten the game too much and the coaches could save it for a play like this...

 

Coaches do have 1 review per game. The problem was PI is not suppose to be reviewable. What happened Saturday was a complete joke. It was called PI, REVIEWED ON THE FIELD and then overturned.

Either they should make PI plays all reviewable or not allow ref's to review it on the field.

There's no way the SEC is even going to make it up to LSU. This is what should be done though: Ref's fined/fired, and LSU / Auburn game get scratched off the W - L. I'm just wishful thinking ofcourse though.

 

You can look at any angle that you have. This one bad call did not make us lose the game. Iam not one to bash the coaches but Lsu got out coached in this one.