excessive celebration?

[Allen Koholic]

What I don't understand is why the ESPN guys kept saying that it was a call that affected the outcome of the game. The fact of the matter is that the extra distance wasn't the cause of the missed field goal. The entire BYU line broke through and blocked the crap out of the kick. If he had pulled the kick or missed it short, I would understand.

Regardless of whether the call was right or wrong, it didn't affect the outcome of the game.

You cannot say if it did or it didn't. Lou Holtth argument was the best. If they wanted to go for two and win the game there, that was taken away. The point is that the officials may have impacted the outcome of a game on a bad call. Add the fact that it's the Pac-10, and they have a history of bad calls, and you get an issue.

 

[GTFanJeff]

Do you really think they would have broken through on a normal pat? The bad call (yes it was bad because it was poor judgment, rules be damned) broke Washington's momentum and generally disheartened them. I am sure it also made BYU put a little more backbone into trying to break through and block the kick.

Most teams seem to just accept the extra point is already made after the opposing team scores a TD. It seems like no effort is spent trying to block the ball.

There is no doubt that the call affected the blocked kick.

 

[beej67]

The point is, they've called it on US before, so SCREW Washington.