I am not one to blame referees for a loss, except in the most extreme cases (this is not one of those). This is more a curiosity than a complaint, but... Do NCAA rules permit a lineman to lift a quarterback off the ground and slam him down on his back/shoulder/neck/head? That's what Fairley (who played an incredible game) did to Jefferson on third down, which forced LSU to punt a few plays before Auburn's game winning TD. A personal foul penalty would have bailed out LSU with a first down across midfield. Auburn was clearly the better team and may very well have won anyway, but it's still fair to wonder how things would have played out. But, more importantly, is that legal? Gary Danielson suggested that the NCAA is going to have to do something to address that type of play, but it seems incredible to me that they don't already have a rule in place for such a thing (unnecessary roughness?). That would obviously be a penalty (and likely a hefty fine) in the NFL. I agree that the NCAA needs to prohibit that type of tackle, but I suspect that they already do.
It's been discussed, it just doesn't have it's own thread. Fairlay, i gotta give credit where credit is due, he is a freaking beast, i never realized how big and tall he is, but he is a dirty, dirty player. I probably wouldn't be saying that if he wore purple and gold, but he doesn't so i am.
I wondered about that play as well. As a matter of fact, I hollered "where's the flag" the minute it happened. I thought for sure that was going to be called a penalty. But I agree, it may not have affected the outcome of the game. Fair's fair though, and that seemed like penalty the whole way.
that should have been flagged, and the play where he drove JJ into the ground with his helmet when the whistle was blown for an LSU false start. He did the same thing to Ryan Mallett the week before.
Once again, a "funny" coincidence that the game is at Jordan-Hare and the home team doesn't get flagged on such blatant infractions. I thought there was a policy in place to protect QB's (or is that only in the NFL)? The play on JJ reminded me of the Bama game last year when he got a helmet to the chest and it wasn't called (definitely something about games in the state of Alabama). I'm not one to blame officials either, and certainly our offense was woeful enough in and of itself to lose this game. However, a personal foul call on a third down can give momentum to an offense. How many times have we seen that when it gets called on our D, and the opposing team ends up scoring? :geauxtige
I think it happened in Alabama Tennessee game right after ours. I saw a kick returner picked up and his head rammed into the dirt and it was a flag. I was also screaming for a flag when jj went headfirst into dirt. It was not necessary to pick up the player in that situation. They brought a more physical game plan than we did. I was wishing for us to hit newton hard, legally, once. Once would have changed the way he ran. That dude Fairly is a beast though, wow.
dude, i totally forgot about that one at Bama last year. Good point. I thought the officials did a decent job with replay, but over all i thought they weren't that good. However i don't think they effected the outcome of the game, and that is pretty much what you have to hope for when you travel to the state of Alabama.
Yes, and Yes. Still a THUG, though. Sign 'im up fast! Like the NFL doesn't have entire rosters of thugs......meh!
I thought the officiating was very fair, overall. I don't know if there was no flag on this play b/c the refs missed it, or if it wasn't quite egregious enough to warrant a penalty. If the latter, the NCAA needs to draft a specific rule to better protect players.
