Officiating
September 14th, 2008 at 10:57 AM ^
September 14th, 2008 at 11:06 AM ^
September 14th, 2008 at 11:07 AM ^
September 14th, 2008 at 11:04 AM ^
Trent's PI in the end zone was pretty questionable. Warren's was bullshit, that was a legitimate breakup. Mathews had a TD; the ball bounced when it hit the turf but it looked like he had possession.
With 6 turnovers, it really doesn't matter anyway.
September 14th, 2008 at 7:23 PM ^
September 14th, 2008 at 11:06 AM ^
September 14th, 2008 at 11:09 AM ^
September 14th, 2008 at 11:14 AM ^
September 14th, 2008 at 11:21 AM ^
The ball was obviously catchable - if you argue that Warren "barely" pushed him, and Warren caught the ball with a foot down in the endzone, isnt the ball by definition "catchable"?
As far as the other calls - Warren's PI on the pass before the bomb was, indeed, BS. Matthews' catch - I'd tend to think that the replay wasn't ver conclusive - however it was called on the field was how it was going to stand.
A question, though - on Grady's fumble, Matthews had recovered, and seemed to be lying on the ball, both knees down. Then, a ND player ran over and punched the ball out - couldn't Matthews have been called down there?
September 14th, 2008 at 11:39 AM ^
September 14th, 2008 at 11:44 AM ^
September 14th, 2008 at 12:03 PM ^
September 14th, 2008 at 3:33 PM ^
September 14th, 2008 at 12:06 PM ^
September 14th, 2008 at 12:25 PM ^
September 14th, 2008 at 2:08 PM ^
I think the impact of the "iffy" calls early in the game was quite significant. When our guys make a good play, particularly on defense, and it turns out to be a PI call, they are forced to play less agressively because they're afraid of getting flagged.
I for one believe that Warren had a pretty good day, despite all that was going against him. That flag in the back of the end zone SHOULD have been a no call because 1) the ball was not catchable by the ND reciever, and 2) while Warren did put his hands on the guy, it was so lightly that the guy didn't even move! All of this was while Warren was making a play on a ball that Clausen was TRYING TO THROW OUT OF THE BACK OF THE ENDZONE!
The intent of the pass interference penalty is to ensure that both players have a fair opportunity to make a play on the ball. It pisses me off when we play good defense and the other team gets rewarded for our effort.
September 14th, 2008 at 5:35 PM ^
September 15th, 2008 at 12:27 AM ^
At first I thought that the Trent PI was a case of two guys fighting, but I Tivo'd it and it was pretty clear that only trent had his hands on the other player. Legit Call.
The Matthews TD, I think that he caught it, but the replay wasn't enough to over turn the call either way.
The first Warren PI down the right side line was absolute crap. Even the homer announcers agreed.
The Warren PI in the back of the endzone I thought was crap at first, but with the replay, that ball was possibly catchable (highly unlikely, but not impossible). Its always seemed that the have the PI overrulled by uncatchable, it seems to need to be beyond a doubt.
September 16th, 2008 at 4:10 PM ^
The first PI on Warren didn't matter, since ND scored a long TD on the next play anyways, and that would have been a TD from 99 yards.
The second PI on Warren was a legit call and a terrible play by Warren. The ball would have been nearly impossible to catch anyways, although not uncatchable enough to pick up the flag (that is really rare). All Warren has to do is jump for the ball instead of pushing the recevier and it's incomplete.
The Matthews call was really borderline and next to impossible to make out at full speed. Tough to overturn on review either.
The call that I thought was inexcusable was the one where McGuffie almost gets his neck broken by a facemask, and the ref who is a few yards away doesn't even throw the flag!!