Bizarro play prediction

gtrower said:
Tech up 21-20, UGA 40 yard line, 1:30 left in the 4th, 4th and 1.

Running triple right, JT keeps, jukes, and then pitches late. Snoddy has poor pitch relationship and gets too far up the field. JT pitches it as he's passing the line of scrimmage and getting hit causing the pitch to hit the ground and roll to Snoddy. A group of UGA players from the bench spill onto the field celebrating the crushing hit on JT. Snoddy starts to pick it up to run, but the ref right next to him cuts between him and the ball to signal incomplete forward pass and then throws a flag. Refs discuss it for awhile while the commentators assume that it's a 15 yard penalty on the UGA bench for being on the field during the play setting Tech up with a 1st and 10 from the 25. Game is essentially over as UGA has no timeouts left so Tech will be in victory formation. Ref turns on the microphone and says the call on the field is an illegal forward pass that was incomplete - 5 yard penalty and loss of down - UGA ball. Commentators lose their mind.

Booth radios in for a review of whether it was an incomplete pass or a pitch. Commentators talk us through the play that shows the ball clearly being pitched backwards regardless of where JT was in relation to the LOS. "So what do we do about the play? Play it over? Can the flag even be picked up? And where was the flag on the UGA bench??" Ref trots back onto the field.

"The call on the field is reversed. The runner was not past the line of scrimmage and lateraled the ball." Tech fans start cheering. "A whistle was blown, but there was a clear recovery by Georgia. First and 10 Georgia."

Announcers lose their mind and run the replay again. They need a second camera angle to see the ref cutting in front of Snoddy followed by a UGA defender walking over to pick up the ball behind him 5 seconds later and then walk out of bounds and hand it to the guy holding all the balls. "Well, the ref cut Snoddy off from the ball, but I suppose that technically is a clear recovery. Wow."

UGA takes over, drives 23 yards on 3 plays to set up a 54 yarder to win. CPJ calls our final timeout. During the timeout the commentators take us back to the bizarre play one more time. They notice that the UGA defender who recovered the fumble wasn't even on the field when the play started. He was part of the group that had jumped out onto the field while celebrating the hit on JT before realizing JT had gotten the pitch off and picked up the ball because he heard the whistle. Replay cuts out as UGA hits the game winning field goal.
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Did I just meet the author of my nightmares?
 
GoldZ said:
Ok guys and gals, let's have it---your serious best guess at what bizarre play/officials call, will happen Sat. Because it has happened for several years now. I don't have to list them, because you know what they were, and almost all were game changers.
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I'll bet it is not a 53 yard field goal to force overtime.
 
andrew said:
Yes, the refs were SEC last year so presumably they will be ACC this year.

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I don't think so. ugag refuses to play with ACC refs and wisely so.
 
PlanPrepareExpect2Win said:
Hoping we get Penn Wagers (if he indeed did come to the ACC). He hates Richt. Would be much nicer than the usual "We're trying so hard to appear impartial that we're helping uga" that GT usually gets from ACC officials. (Removes tinfoil hat.)
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That's the exact same logic Duke basketball fans use to explain why refs are biased against them :).

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GoldZ said:
I don't think so. ugag refuses to play with ACC refs and wisely so.
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I've never heard that before.

It might be the case, but my understanding was that >2-3 years ago, the referees were from the visiting team's conference. And then 2-3 years ago, it was switched so that the refs were from the home team's conference. I don't really know the reason for the switch.
 
- JT held motionless for 30 seconds at the 1 yard line while 5 uGA players attempt to strip the ball, one eventually does and runs it back for a 99 yard TD, leading to a 14 point swing.

Am I doing this right?
 
Deke said:
I don't really know the reason for the switch.
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Home team hires and pays officials in college football.

It was always a courtesy during COFH that the home team hired the other team's officials. One season, without warning, uGA refused to hire ACC officials and demanded SEC officials, which gave uGA SEC refs 2 years in a row.

It's up to GT whether we continue to hire SEC officials or if we select ACC officials (or neutral officials) for this game.
 
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GoldZ said:
I don't think so. ugag refuses to play with ACC refs and wisely so.
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Nope. When the contract was renewed, Ugag insisted on SEC officials at home, so we get ACC officials at GT (not that those clowns have ever helped GT in a game).

FWIW, the UF/FSU series also has the home team's conference officials setup.
 
johncu said:
Game is tied with 1 minute left. We get a stop at midfield to force a punt. Punter drops the snap and barely gets off a 19 yard punt. We are ecstatic until the punt hits one of our blockers in the back and is recovered by UGA. We stop them again but they make a 45 yard field goal to win.
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This one wins. Entirely frighteningly plausible. Just the kind of dumb thing we'd do to undermine our good work.


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Uga comes out pregame and stomps our midfield logo. Our team comes out to defend our turf - referees come a' runnin and throw an unsportsmanlike on our entire team. Uga awarded 15 extra yards per snap for their first 85 plays.

Miraculously, we still manage to tie the game at 55 with one second left.

We kick off, UGag player catches ball on 1 inch line and runs all the way across field out of bounds at the two yard line. Clock never started. Tech players, thinking game is over, take off helmets in celebration. Uga awarded one more snap. Entire Tech team must sit out one play for no helmet. Ugag player runs 97 yards but trips and falls at Tech one yard line BUT a Tech player stepped on the sideline during play thus triggering an "illegal participation" penalty. Uga scores. Game over.
 
The Rambling Wreck steering linkage breaks and runs over half the mutts. We win.

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the game is called accurately. we have no fumbles, ints or injuries. we win.
 
JT pitches to Clinton Lynch for a 35 yard TD but the call is challenged by Richt as an illegal forward pass and we lose by 6.
 
Huge down pour strikes BDS GF with 1:00 to go in the 4th QT, game is tied 7-7. You really cannot see across Grant Field. Thunder and lightening strike the area around campus, the BDS goes lights out. All of the GT campus is without power, wish that Nuke Reactor was still on campus. Game ends in a 7-7 tie. Refs have to fight their way out of BDS, no Police escort. If you were at the VT game years ago you remember that rain and storm. Same but no lights. Who cares what ESPN sports guy has his car hit.

Riots start in Hell (Athens, GA) spread down GA 316 and into Bass Pro where the UGA types stop to eat Moon Pies and forget what the issue was that started them rioting. UGA Head Coach is fired and moves to Washington to campaign for Hillary. Paul Johnson has a cigar. AJC Sports department has massive heart attack. Yea, nothing to do but day dream.
 
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