End of Half Non-Call for Kicked Football Explained to Harbaugh
Saw this posted on Maize N Brew regarding the end of half football kicking non-call.
https://www.maizenbrew.com/football/2018/11/17/18100680/watch-jim-harbaugh-shares-why-refs-didnt-flag-iu-for-kicking-football-out-of-refs-hand
Harbaugh stated this is what he was told...
“I asked them ‘did they kick the ball?’, and the response from the umpire was ‘he didn’t mean to’. So I further asked, you know, ‘that doesn’t seem like a judgment call’, the ball was either kicked by one of their players or not in my opinion,” Harbaugh said.
For the integrity of the game, these refs need to start getting some serious discipline for this kind of B.S.
November 18th, 2018 at 3:15 PM ^
Prior to 2008, the NFL had an incidental facemask penalty, specifically for instances in which no intent was obvious. Nonetheless it was still called.
November 18th, 2018 at 3:15 PM ^
The kicking of the ball was so clearly 100% intentional claiming it wasn’t is laughable.
November 18th, 2018 at 3:25 PM ^
There are about 7,000 snaps per Big Ten season, and that is the first time I’ve seen an opposing defender kick the ball.
what are the odds? 1:7000 on the snap where it would have a meaningful impact on the game.
Inadvertant, I’m sure.
November 18th, 2018 at 11:59 PM ^
This is the sort of thing they can/should use the instant replay technology for: run it back, see what time the ball should have been ready for play, and put the time back on the clock.