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Clemson’s final ‘pick play’ was perfect, legal, and should remain so
Fox Sports ^ | January 10, 2017 | Nate Scott

Posted on 01/10/2017 8:18:13 AM PST by C19fan

Clemson beat Alabama in the national championship game on Monday night, 35-31, a thrilling end to a very good college football season. The Tigers won the game with a play run with just a few seconds remaining, when quarterback Deshaun Watson rolled to his right and found 5-foot-10 receiver Hunter Renfrow wide open in the corner of the end zone.

He looked almost a little too wide open. And thus began the scrutiny.

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1 posted on 01/10/2017 8:18:13 AM PST by C19fan
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Looks like a valid play to me. Alabama had chances to stop Clemson earlier in the final drive but didn’t. No controversy Clemson won.


2 posted on 01/10/2017 8:30:13 AM PST by tflabo (Truth or tyranny (agent Able Deplor))
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“Here’s the thing: Pick plays are legal. As long as no offensive pass interference occurs, there’s nothing wrong with having two receivers run routes that are meant to make things difficult for DBs. It’s been happening forever.”

letter of the law is the receiver performing the pick is suppose to be facing the QB as a legitimate target...this receiver was nothing more than a pure blocker and he did in fact interfere with Bama’s DB ability to defend the pass...


3 posted on 01/10/2017 8:31:32 AM PST by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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I am glad Clemson won, but “pick plays” were not always legal. I first noticed them at the rise of the Patriots. They were definitely not always acceptable either. If the receiver is not in a position to make a catch, or doesn’t even turn towards the ball while impeding a defender, that was commonly called pass interference. Yes, I did have money on last nights game, and I won straight up, and would have won if the play came up short, so this is a “clean” opinion.


4 posted on 01/10/2017 8:32:28 AM PST by Glad2bnuts (If Republicans are not prepared to carry on the Revolution of 1776, prepare for a communist takeover)
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To: C19fan

Well, now you’ve done it.

I was having a good day, but now I am mad.


5 posted on 01/10/2017 8:40:17 AM PST by T-Bone Texan (Merry Christmas and God Bless!)
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To: C19fan

It’s pure sour grapes. How many times has Alabama run a play like that? Too many to count.


6 posted on 01/10/2017 8:50:35 AM PST by Brilliant
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To: God luvs America

Thanks. I didn’t even know what a pick play was. Great game.


7 posted on 01/10/2017 8:51:03 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life ~ Vote!)
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To: Glad2bnuts

I think there was a penalty called for a pick earlier in the game, I was bored until the last 8 minutes, then it became one of the best national championship games ever. Two great teams, inconsistent play, I expected bama’s last, touchdown, even predicted it out loud, Clemson scratching right back was awesome. My Huskers are at least one coach and ten years away from playing at that level again, (if ever).


8 posted on 01/10/2017 8:53:51 AM PST by All Blue State
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To: C19fan

The bottom line is, Bama finally went up a against a good QB and their defense got exposed.


9 posted on 01/10/2017 8:53:57 AM PST by dfwgator
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Remember Notre Dame’s would-have-been game winning TD against FSU called back in 2014 - this looks pretty much the same to me. The NCAA is so much better than the NFL overall when it comes to rules but to me this is an example of having ill-defined rules that leave too much discretion with the officials.


10 posted on 01/10/2017 8:55:06 AM PST by Stingray51
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It was a very good play, perfectly executed. Clemson deserves the national championship. They went toe-to-toe with Alabama and wore them down. Then ran over them in the 4th quarter. A really great game.


11 posted on 01/10/2017 8:55:54 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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IMHO my team lost because our coaches played too conservatively especially after they lost their main weapon, RB Bo Scarborough, to injury. Yes Jalen Hurts is a freshman but they needed to open up the offense like they did late in the fourth quarter much earlier. All of those three and outs early in the game wore down our defensive line and they couldn’t pressure Watson later in the game to stop their comeback. This one is on the coaches.


12 posted on 01/10/2017 8:57:11 AM PST by vigilence (Vigilence)
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To: God luvs America
"...It’s been happening forever.”

Indeed. Back in the days of Alexander the Great, they were called 'sappers'.

13 posted on 01/10/2017 8:58:27 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted. It belongs to the brave. - - Ronaldus Magnus Reagan)
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To: Stingray51

I still can’t get over that play.

I’ve lost interest in football ever since. I think Notre Dame has too.


14 posted on 01/10/2017 8:59:27 AM PST by PeteyBoy (The wall. Build it and they won't come.)
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To: dfwgator

Heard on the radio last night that almost every Bama defender who’s name was called last night is either graduating or going pro for this coming season.


15 posted on 01/10/2017 8:59:38 AM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: God luvs America

If there was a penalty on the last play, it was defensive holding. The alleged “pick” receiver was practically tackled by the DB in front of him.

The Clemson TD earlier in the game (the fade route to the right corner) was a blatant pick with a token turn-around to look toward the QB after the contact was made and the ball was thrown. If I was an Alabama fan, rather than a die-hard hater, I might have been whining about the no-call rather than celebrating it.


16 posted on 01/10/2017 9:05:13 AM PST by Gil4 (And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, ax and saw)
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I was having a good day, but now I am mad.

Well our work here is done.

/s

17 posted on 01/10/2017 9:09:02 AM PST by BipolarBob (I thought money was burning a hole in my pocket but it was just my Samsung Galaxy 7.)
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All I know is SLING is getting cancelled at our home. ..couldn’t see the last few minutes of the game as it went on the fritz...my husband was NOT HAPPY


18 posted on 01/10/2017 9:12:01 AM PST by goodnesswins (Say hello to President Trump)
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It’s smart by Clemson. They know no official has the guts to make that call on the most dramatic play of the game.


19 posted on 01/10/2017 9:25:05 AM PST by skinndogNN
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

Bama will reload as always.


20 posted on 01/10/2017 9:28:21 AM PST by dfwgator
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