Choice and Smith Speak

Review of the Boston College game film confirmed what wide receiver Greg Smith already knew - officials missed calls on two important plays he was involved in.
The first was a juggling catch officials ruled incomplete on a third-down play in the first half. Replays showed Smith got his hands underneath the ball as he fell to the ground, but the replay official refused to overturn the call, citing the lack of "indisputable" evidence.
The other call Smith disputes is that he stepped out of bounds after spinning away from a BC tackler and running up the sideline for a first down in the second half. Replays showed the outside of his foot hit very near the sideline - within an inch - and the replay official again elected not to overturn the call.
"It was pretty amazing how you can see yourself do something, know that you did it and then have somebody tell you that you didn't do it," Smith said. "It's pretty amazing.
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macon said:
"It was pretty amazing how you can see yourself do something, know that you did it and then have somebody tell you that you didn't do it," Smith said. "It's pretty amazing.
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It's pretty amazing that a D1 defense can't make any adjustments. It's pretty amazing.
 
It's pretty amazing that every one of nedleeds' posts slams our players or coaches. It's pretty amazing.
 
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The first was a juggling catch officials ruled incomplete on a third-down play in the first half. Replays showed Smith got his hands underneath the ball as he fell to the ground, but the replay official refused to overturn the call, citing the lack of "indisputable" evidence.
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With the many referee miscues that took place in the third quarter --I totally forgot about this play.
 
You know what's amazing? Modern discussion board technology.
 
It's pretty amazing that a football columnist thinks that replay officials can overturn a call and give a player the yards he ran after the whistle on the field blew. Maybe he knows something we don't.
 
gth816f said:
It's pretty amazing that a football columnist thinks that replay officials can overturn a call and give a player the yards he ran after the whistle on the field blew. Maybe he knows something we don't.
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The whistle didn't blow until after Smith was out of bounds past the first down line. He was ruled out of bounds shortly after. Then the play was reviewed. Why would the play have been reviewed if it could not be overturned?
 
If he blew the whistle where the ball was marked, then it would've been a 1st down because they obviously didn't stop for the whistle. 15 yards, dead ball personal foul.
 
It's pretty amazing that...this is something I saw in one of the replays.
There's no way I'm going to watch it for a 3rd time to find when it was. But there was a play going to the right(TV or West stands(around our own 45)) where TC ran straight into the back of our O-line when if he had cut back.........he would have gone for at LEAST 20 yards.
I'm sure he saw it too. Hopefully, he'll be able to make an adjustment;) and not have a repeat of the BC game.
 
I think that was one of the plays TC was talking about when he said he missed some holes and didn't blame his OL.
 
GTWannaBee said:
The whistle didn't blow until after Smith was out of bounds past the first down line. He was ruled out of bounds shortly after. Then the play was reviewed. Why would the play have been reviewed if it could not be overturned?
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Agreed, just watched it last night. I can't get over some of those terrible calls by the ref, I mean it was almost blatant, especially the G. Smith call and the Guyton PI call.
 
It's a stupid rule, I agree, but as far I know if a player is called down(or out of bounds) on the field, it is impossible, by the rules, for him to be given any yards run after that. That is why you will hear announcers talking about officials erring on the side of letting the game go on, so that they can go back to the replay afterwards.
 
gth816f said:
It's a stupid rule, I agree, but as far I know if a player is called down(or out of bounds) on the field, it is impossible, by the rules, for him to be given any yards run after that. That is why you will hear announcers talking about officials erring on the side of letting the game go on, so that they can go back to the replay afterwards.
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Which is what happened and why it could have been overturned.
 
GTWannaBee said:
Which is what happened and why it could have been overturned.
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??? I said that because he was called down on the field the replay officials aren't allowed to give him any yards gained after that, and you say that's why it could have been overturned? Don't quite follow that.

EDIT: Never mind, I see what you are saying...that they let the play go on so that replay could overturn it. But they didn't do that; they called him down on the field, even if the whistle didn't blow until later. Once the on-field result of the play is an out of bounds ruling, anything that occurred after the time he supposedly went out of bounds is gone forever.
 
gth816f said:
??? I said that because he was called down on the field the replay officials aren't allowed to give him any yards gained after that, and you say that's why it could have been overturned? Don't quite follow that.

EDIT: Never mind, I see what you are saying...that they let the play go on so that replay could overturn it. But they didn't do that; they called him down on the field, even if the whistle didn't blow until later. Once the on-field result of the play is an out of bounds ruling, anything that occurred after the time he supposedly went out of bounds is gone forever.
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I may be interpreting this wrong:

Side Line, Goal Line, End Line
Article 1. Reviewable plays governed by a sideline, goal line or an end line include:

c. A runner or pass receiver ruled in or out of bounds.
 
What Would Be Amazing

What would be amazing would be if that white-haired Field Judge didn't have a financial interest in the game's outcome.

He didn't make the awful holding calls and non-calls, but his fingerprints were all over the other drive-killing (if GT) or drive-sustaining (if BC) controversial calls.
 
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