PSU Blown Fair Catch on Kickoff--Why 30 Yard Line?
Ok, so it was obvious from the replay that Penn State didn't actually call for a fair catch on that one kickoff--the guy was just pointing at his blockers. That kind of incompetence from Big Ten officials doesn't surprise me anymore--I just expect them to outright blow calls all the time, and in the grand scheme of things, making up a fair catch that didn't actually occur is only about a 3 or 4 on the "what the f*** are you looking at???" scale.
But did anyone catch why they then put the ball at the 30? Fair catches on kickoffs are put at the 25. Was there a 5 yard penalty on us that TV didn't talk about? Were we offsides or something?
Just curious if anyone understood what went down there, because that whole sequence was really confusing. Luckily it was 100% unimportant to the game, as was the "hey every official on the field thinks this was targeting, and if it was a Michigan defender it would definitely be targeting, so of course we will reverse it."
November 5th, 2018 at 5:59 PM ^
Looked like a fair catch to me. I was sitting right there.
November 6th, 2018 at 9:33 AM ^
This is not on the officials. You simply cannot raise your hand and point to your blockers. That is a fair catch. That was dumb....of the player....and indicative of coaching. It is also illegal to run after catching a fair catch. But the officials realized it was not fir to call that penalty.