Question - would it have been smarter for Florida to interfere on that last touchdown?

The rule is the ball is placed on the one.

 

False.

CFO Central Hub - Notes from Rogers Redding - Pass Interference Penalties

 

Looking back they absolutely should have taken a penalty. I think Les goes for it anyway.

I also think they would have ran a running play and maybe Meyer figured he'd take his chances with forcing LSU to throw for a TD rather than rush for one(which worked twice with JJ in this game before).

 

no fool, it says the penalty wont move it past the 2 if its outside. if you are already within the 2, it doesnt apply.

we were on the 3 so it goes to the 2. you dont have to buy anything.

 

correct. the placing it on the 1 is nfl only. unless the doug flutie league uses it as well.

 

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.

 

Using 20/20 hindsight of course an intentional PI is the right choice, how can anyone possible believe otherwise since it proved to be a game winning play? How is this even debatable?

In do-over universe, from Florida's perspective of course you want LSU to have to run another play to win it. One more chance for our offense to screw something up or their defense to come up with a big play. Possibility that commits a LSU penalty on the same play creating offsetting penalties and the time has expired. Best case scenario is a turnover and Florida wins. Not an outlandish possibility. Worst case scenario already happened, an LSU TD pass and a loss. More than likely if the PI had been committed, LSU has a first and goal from the 2 with only a few seconds remaining. Possibly a FG attempt and overtime at home. I'm sure they like their chances with that. Possibly an incomplete pass or stuff the run and escape with the victory.

If that play were replayed their DB is told to tackle him coming off of the line of scrimmage.

 

I think they tried the first time, and I think they realized the refs weren't having any of it.. It was do or die for them or us. Sounds good anyway. I think they wanted to interfere the second time but the mismatch was so great it didn't matter. Toliver was like a foot taller than that guy.. lol