Herbie and Mussmouth are idiots. Hell all announcers are when it comes to any personal foul related to the head, helmets, facemasks and the like. They all are a bunch of Safety Sally pussies. Just listen to the clip of the Gump DE going WWE on the Mizzou RB. Gary Dense-as-shit and Verne Oh-my-god sound like two old church ladies witnessing a prison rape. Herbie's dumbass analysis of why the flag was thrown has many of you thinking it was a BS penalty. If he was flagged for intent then I agree it was a poor call. Bottom line is that intent had nothing to do with it. In two of the three plays prior the Carolina bench was lobbying hard for personal foul calls. They were close but no cigar. Heck I don't blame them for trying to lobby such in the situation they were under. It's 15 yards and a fresh set of down the easy way, a smart coaching move if you ask me, a bit chickenshit but still smart. The fact is Loston did touch the Carolina receiver out of bounds. Even though it wasn't with malice and it was ever so slight, Loston left his feet in doing so. That will draw a flag every time. If he had stayed on his feet and made an attempt to check up, he probably could have made more contact and not drawn a penalty.
Dude, he f'n grazed him. That wasn't a penalty. Wasn't close, wasn't even within the realm of being considered a penalty. In fact, there should have been a flag thrown on that official and he should be ejected and fined.
I agree it was a weak call. In fact I personally feel that Loston left his feet with the intention to prevent knocking the shit out of the receiver. It's a pussification of the sport but it is, has been and will continue to be a foul to leave your feet and make contact, however so slight.
Refs already legislate intent on the field. Classic example is defensive PI. If the defender doesn't turn to look for the ball and contacts the player during the catch, it's PI. If he turns to look for the ball and initiates the exact same contact, it's not. One is considered playing the ball, the other isn't.
Do they still call that? Isn't that called face guarding? Maybe I'm wrong but I thought that was an NFL rule. Maybe even an old rule that doesn't exist anymore. I could very well be wrong I can't really remember. If it is still called its a stupid rule. Basically saying its illegal to block a receivers vision unless the defender sees the ball. Defenders should be able to break up a pass play anyway possible as long as he does not contact the receiver, maybe that's just me though.
You are correct. The rule book clearly states, "Physical contact is required to establish interference."
