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luvdimtigers · Oct 14, 2010

They did interfere on the play before the touchdown and it wasn't called.

So, interfering again probably would have been smart, it probably wouldn't have been called again.

LSUGraduate2002 · Oct 14, 2010

Pass Interference: What’s The Penalty?
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Fans often ask questions about the penalty for pass interference. It can be confusing when the referee sometime announces that “the penalty is fifteen yards from the previous spot” and other times he says “first down at the spot of the foul.”
Let’s start with the simple things. When the foul is for offensive pass interference, it’s easy: the penalty is fifteen yards from where the ball was snapped (officials call this the “previous spot”) and the number of the down stays the same. But for pass interference by the defensive team, then things are more complicated. Here’s the story.
Defensive pass interference always includes an automatic first down for the offense. The location of the penalty enforcement depends on the where the foul occurs in relation to the previous spot. If the foul takes place FEWER than 15 yards beyond the previous spot, then the penalty is simply an automatic first down at the spot of the foul, and no additional yardage is assessed. If the foul takes place 15 OR MORE yards beyond the previous spot, then the penalty is 15 yards from the previous spot plus an automatic first down. So for example, if the interference takes place seven yards downfield from where the ball was snapped, then the next play is a first down at that spot (officials call this a "spot foul"); but if the foul takes place, say, 25 yards beyond where the ball was snapped, then the officials will step off 15 yards from the previous spot--again, with an automatic first down.
Things get more complicated when the offense gets near the opponent’s goal line. The two-yard line takes on special significance. If the ball is snapped outside the defensive team's two-yard line, defensive pass interference will never place the ball inside the two-yard line. So, for example, if the offense snaps the ball at the 12-yard line and there is defensive pass interference at the one-yard line or in the end zone, the offense gets a first down at the two-yard line. Think of the two-yard line as a sort of "wall" for enforcement of the penalty.
Furthermore, the half-the-distance rule is also different for defensive pass interference. For most fouls, a penalty will not cause the ball to be snapped closer than half the distance from the enforcement spot to the nearest goal line. However, this is not the case for defensive pass interference when the ball is snapped outside the defensive two-yard line. For example, if the ball is snapped at, say, the 18-yard line and there is defensive pass interference in the end zone, then the officials will step off the full 15 yards from the previous spot, and the offense will have first down at the three-yard line. If the ball is snapped on or inside the two-yard line, then the half-the-distance rule does apply.
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Granted it is a mute point since it was a 3 yard pass, but this quote is in regard to the DPI question that was asked that occurred at the 1.

onceanlsufan · Oct 14, 2010

BrettStah said: ↑

The rules should be changed, in my opinion, so that any defensive penalties committed in the last 30 seconds (or something along those lines) would cause the game clock to be reset to the time on the clock when the play started. That will take away the incentive a team in Florida's position to commit a penalty on purpose with the intent of simply burning off time off the game clock.
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Yeah ... like make similar to Basketball. You can intentionally foul, but the other team is going to the foul line for a free chance at points. I've never seen the intentional foul thing work in a basketball game because of this rule.

If I rewrote the rule ... if you intentionally foul in the end zone in the final 60 seconds of the game, thus destroying a TD, the other team gets a foul shot of a field goal worth 6 points.

StaceyO · Oct 14, 2010

tirk said: ↑

not sure my heart could have taken the anxiety of going for it on the final play. the damned review on the fake fg was enough as it was.
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Man, you must be getting old.

tirk · Oct 14, 2010

StaceyO said: ↑

Man, you must be getting old.
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that was the best way I can describe the anxiety. But really we were just discussing how the refs were going to screw us despite the video non-evidence. The screwjobs led the vote 7-1 over the no ways they overturn it.

We forgot we werent in Auburn.

OkieTigerTK · Oct 14, 2010

tirk said: ↑

But really we were just discussing how the refs were going to screw us despite the video non-evidence. The screwjobs led the vote 7-1 over the no ways they overturn it.
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its a coin toss on if the replay booth is gonna get it right whenever we are talking sec officials. because im pretty sure a coin toss is the determining factor in the booth.

sec replay gives me more anxiety than just about anything.

tirk · Oct 14, 2010

OkieTigerTK said: ↑

its a coin toss on if the replay booth is gonna get it right whenever we are talking sec officials. because im pretty sure a coin toss is the determining factor in the booth.

sec replay gives me more anxiety than just about anything.
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and on that note, theres no way we win in Auburn. Even Lucky Les cant overcome that crap. god can only do so much, kids.

lsudolemite · Oct 14, 2010

LSUGraduate2002 said: ↑

Granted it is a mute point since it was a 3 yard pass, but this quote is in regard to the DPI question that was asked that occurred at the 1.
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That's correct. From the NCAA rulebook,

If the previous spot was on or inside the two-yard line, first down halfway between the previous spot and the goal line.

So PI outside the 2 places the ball at the 2, inside the 2 is half the distance. Guess I learned something new today.