Don’t think I’ve ever seen a play where a guy is tackled yet the defender flips him over his body without touching the ground and he gets back up and keeps going for another 40 yards. That play won the game. A true fluke. I wonder if naything like it has ever happened before. Still, Auburn looked the better team to me throughout the game.
An offensive player rolling on top of his tackler happens rather frequently. It happened in, i think, the LSU game friday.
It happens much more often than you think. LSU lost a game because a player who fumbled was ruled not down because he was kneeling on another player’s back. There were others this year that I seem to recall... one in the NFL.
THIS is funny.
I was watching a high school football game on ESPN a few months ago. Two schools in Orlando. One team's quarterback was ranked number one high school recruit in the country, which is probably why ESPN showcased the game.
Anyhow, on this one play the offense chose a running play. The kid running with the ball was SEEMINGLY tackled by an opposing player. But what happened was that the opposing player grabbed the ball carrier and flung him down to the ground OVER HIS BODY. Ball carrier's knees never touched the ground. No whistle from the ref on top of the play. The ball carrier bounced up and kept running for the score. Great call on the field and the ESPN replay clearly showed that the runner's knees never touched.
Thought I'd never see such a thing again. And what do you know ..... :-)
Did you notice that on Dyer's almost touchdown there at the end of the game that the SAME TACKLER, Oregon #11, tackled him in the exact same way at the 1yd line and Dyer almost scored a TD because of it.
Yes, I have seen it happen before, (both college and pros) but never in a championship game.
Give the Zebras credit. They called it right.