ND fans can shutup now. (with PICS!)

I was thoroughly reached. I had scattered opinions about all of these plays, but appreciated the consolidated pictorial. Thanks BlueSeoul!

got a late start on reviewing the tape.

I think we need to focus on our next opponent.

Come, how about some EMU bashing?

I have said a number of times (as have many others), in light of the fact that none of us play for UM I don't see how us focusing on EMU is going to help or hinder the teams performance Saturday. I liked the diary and the pics that do a great job showing how insane this ranting ND coaches and fans are doing. Thanks man!

The player holding has a fist full of jersey like in most of these pics.

Weis has front butt. I'm done with ND until next year. Bring on the real EMU.

I was having a discussion with "Irish" earlier where he posted up some bogus uncalled holdings on michigan. I wanted to show him some more blatant examples.

So some of the ones up there might be marginal, but they could all be called. But the one on ROH wasn't even close to being marginal as brian pointed out in the UFR.

"...the first three pics you show starting with BG are not really worthy of getting called."

As far as your snap shot argument, I'll assume you watched the game like the rest of us or have seen replays of it. That O-lineman didn't shoot his hand across BGs chest and then insta-retract it. You know how funny that would look? It would look like a karate chop (or an uppercut) which would draw a flag anyway. No, dude had a nice little chokehold on BG almost every single time they showed that matchup.

I applaud you for playing O-line somewhere and all that, but the argument that these are just "stills" holds litle water with me.

Nice job by the OP putting everything together in a single spot for debunking the whining. Haters can be directed to this post and we can get on with discussing all the tasty UofM goodness out there.

2007 NCAA Football Rules Rule 9 SECTION 3. ARTICLE 3.
Use of Hands or Arms by Offense

ARTICLE 3.
a. A teammate of a runner or a passer legally may block with his shoulders, his hands, the outer surface of his arms or any other part of his body under the following provisions.

1. The hand(s) shall be:
(a) In advance of the elbow.
(b) Inside the frame of the opponent’s body (Exception: When the opponent turns his back to the blocker) (A.R. 9-3-3-VI and VII).
(c) At or below the shoulder(s) of the blocker and the opponent (Exception: When the opponent squats, ducks or submarines).
(d) Apart and never in a locked position.

2. The hand(s) shall be open with the palm(s) facing the frame of the opponent or closed or cupped with the palms not facing the opponent (A.R. 9-3-3-I-IV and VI-VIII).

PENALTY—10 yards from the basic spot (Exception: Offensive team illegal use of hands fouls behind the neutral zone are
enforced from the previous spot. Safety if the foul occurs
behind Team A’s goal line).

b. Holding or illegal obstruction by a teammate of the runner or passer applies to Rule 9-3-3-a:

1. The hand(s) and arm(s) shall not be used to grasp, pull or encircle in any way that illegally impedes or illegally obstructs an opponent.
2. The hand(s) or arm(s) shall not be used to hook, clamp or otherwise illegally impede or illegally obstruct an opponent (A.R. 9-3-3-I).

PENALTY—10 yards from the basic spot (Exception: Offensive team holding fouls behind the neutral zone are enforced from the previous spot. Safety if the foul occurs behind Team A’s goal line)

I too played college football as an OT, but a DII school and anytime you have an arm in front of someone impeding their progress, it is a holding call and normally will be called. In the first pic, the ND OL most definitely has his arm in front of Graham across his body and has a hold of his shoulder pad. What looks like happened is that the ND OL's punch and hold of Graham's shoulder pad was made, and he beat the ND OL to the inside. That is a hold, but may not be called because it looks to be on the interior of the line. The back judge has a very difficult time with that one.

The others are very similar. Holding can be called on almost any play at any level, but there were some very obvious ones that were not called on ND.

BTW - I still remember an upperclassman taking me aside and teaching me how to hold and not be obvious. Priceless.

Sigh...I can't believe we are still talking about this but...

These examples from SEE at ND Nation are a mixed bag at best. Let's (painfully) go through them one by one.

A) the play clock on the screen is from the network and not the official play clock. The official clock is on the field (or on the stadium, etc.). It's entirely possible that they were minutely different. That being said, I'm willing to give you that one.

B)I think this one could have been called and I probably wouldn't have argued at the time. But...remember also that Warren has a right to the ball too and that snapshot doesn't show that Tate is slowing down and ramming back into D Warren to fight for position. The hand holding probably trumps that but only marginally.

C) This pic is the same play as the last pic and can't be counted twice.

D)Pic #4 is a terrible example. Who's interfering with who in this pic? Both guys have their arms around the other guy...and only barely on both counts. This is a classic example of a good "no call."

E)Pic #5 is yet another horrible example. As already pointed out in the main post, time clock does not stop until the ref waves him arm and then you have to build in some reaction time for the clock operator (unless it's at MSU and there is only one second left in the game). In addition, it DOES NOT MATTER if some guy is calling for a timeout SOMEWHERE on the sideline (regardless of who it is)...you don't get to review that and then they set the clock at the exact moment that the person's fingers touched the palm of their hand. It just doesn't work that way. The guy calls TO, then the ref sees him, then the ref waves his arm, then the scoreboard operator stops the clock. You really think all that can happen in one second? (or whatever fractions of a second happen to be left on that clock). We've all seen - like a gozillion times - someone franticaly waving for TO to avoid a delay of game and by the time the ref sees him it's too late. That's called "in the flow of the game" in the rulebooks...it's just a part of life.

Bottom line on this (and I can't believe we have to say this AGAIN), all the calls were a mixed bag, you got hosed on some - maybe (pass interference, delay of game), we got hosed on some - maybe (holding by the OL all day long). That's football, folks. Live with it, accept it and move on

...and this time I mean it.

You can't call a time-out until the play is blown dead. The fact that people are signaling for time-out with 1 second left is irrelevant since the sideline judge hasn't signaled the play is over.

i'm not sure any of those "pass interference" plays should have been called. and i'm glad they weren't. both players have a right to the ball when it's up for grabs. hell, it looks like warren knocks the ball away on each pic. curious why you didn't include the actual pass interference call where the ball is about 10 ft over the receivers head at midfield; clearly uncatchable, but called anyway.

also, your clock pic shows the ball still in their air. thus, not out of bounds yet. unless it already bounced on the chalk.

of any relevance to claiming a bad call is the first -assuming it's not shopped (that would be sad, and thus I'll assume it's accurate).

Never mind that pics 2 and 3 are from the same pass, either or both cannot be construed as interference one way or the other. This is normal hand-fighting.

Sure, if the ref had a good view and was able to watch Warren initiate an underarm hooking motion, that would be worthy of a pass interference call. Clearly, the ref couldn't see much of what the inside arms were doing - bodies in the way and all. If Warren was interfering and got away with it on this play, that's just good D.

Likewise, if the ref had a good view and was able to watch Tate push Warren back and see Warren grab the offending arm to keep from getting knocked over or out of the play, then that too would be grounds for an offensive interference call. Again, clearly the ref didn't have such a view and if Tate did the interfering, that's just good positioning by him.

The bottom line; from these 2 pics of the same pass that are intended to depict two different plays, you can't determine who's to blame and 90% of the time that coverage is tight (i.e. - good), this sort of contact is occurring.

Pic 4 - whether or not it's another angle on the same pass as above - see the same explanation. If anything, Tate is much more actively grabbing Warren than the other way around, but this is meaningless hairsplitting.

Pic 5 - seriously? Since when did the clock ever stop the INSTANT the ball may have landed out of bounds? You lose a second at a home game, nevermind a minimum of 2 on the road. Bringing this one up just crushes credibility.

In sum... sorry ND got called for a delay of game they didn't earn. I can't believe it! At least it allowed them to pad their total offense from 485 to 490 yards gained.

The most amazing part of all of this is that, you, Irish, who typically provide such reasonable and well thought out posts would bother to say anything other than "hey... it didn't all go as we would have liked, but we just couldn't get the job done despite all the opportunities. Maybe Weiss is better suited as a coordinator than a head coach."

Ok, a tiny bit of sarcasm at the end, but I truly have thought that of Weiss from day one of his ND tenure. As a UM fan, I hope he sticks in South Bend for a long time. It can only bode well for the Wolverines.

I was at the game and it clearly was a delay of game. The TV clock is not the clock the refs use, so sorry. On the field it was at zero for a second before the refs called it. You know it was the right call when a coach on the sideline rips off his headset!

I think the pass interference non-call was because both guys were grabbing arms and then the gap between them closed making both arms pinned between both guys.

I'm not saying the refs were not terrible. They missed calls all game! But I think the refs missed calls to both sides and they more or less cancel out.

Play better next time

"-As to your no call, the OLineman's hands are not outside his frame, and he isn't grabbing onto anything"

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Now I know you're dreaming, or you need your eyes checked. get a friend, try to re-enact that pose, then look at where your arms are. "not outside his frame" ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ What would you define as his frame? the playing field? "isn't grabbing onto anything" Sure, the 5 on his jersey is just obscured and twisted because of...oh I don't know... let's say "gremlins"

you really do live in an alternate reality, don't you?

"#3
-The actual penalty yards are not what ND fans are angry about its the amount of offensive yards that were negated, upwards of 180 if your interested."

Seriously? I haven't watched these plays a million times or anything, but usually when there is a holding penalty on the offense, that means that the defense was illegally being restrained from disrupting the play, making a play on the ball, pressuring the quarterback or tackling a ball carrier.

In short - to whine about lost yardage on plays that you gained the yardage through illegal means is astoundingly ludicrous logic.

wait until the play is over before assessing whether or no to call the penalty?