Ok, *real* Visual proof of Shady Referees

Uh, whether you like the guy or not, its not his call and that view you are showing is enhanced by cameras. It looks a lot different from the field. Also, despite what you may think, on that call he would have to defer to officials on the sideline as they make the calls on being in or out of bounds. Both had an abstructed view, so they called it out and turned it over to the replay official. The replay official should have the shot you are pointing at. In which case the ruling on the field should have been overturned.

It still goes comes down to the replay official screwing up the call.

 

Not as good of quality as I had hoped for. I can't see it well enough for it to change my mind about it being the right call (its the replay official in me :wave, but I still agree it is very tickytack at best, and could have been wrong.

I'll say this at least, I can live a call like this, even if it was during a important part of the game. He made it with conviction and came running in to stop the play even if nobody else saw it or him. It is nowhere near as bad as some of the other bad/tickytack calls and certainly not as bad as a replay official screwing up his job.

 

I agree that he threw the flag with conviction, that doesn't mean it was the correct call. It's nowhere near on the level of a replay official screwing up, he has all the time in the world.. but on 4th and 5.. a potentially game changing play.. you just can't make that call.

It's like the PI call against Miami vs Ohio State.. :insane:

 

So if the tables were turned and it was Bama needing the ball, you would have preferred a no call?

 

If it was Bama getting called back on a 4th and 5 (on a potentially game changing play) due to a non-existent false start, I'd thank my lucky stars.

Bottom line is that it should have been 1st and 10 on the 15 yard line, with the game up for grabs.