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Posted on 09/18/2004 8:44:49 PM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
It's ALWAYS the second guy that gets called. ALWAYS. Have you ever watched much football?
Hey Diddle:
Never liked them GATORS much anyhow!
WAR EAGLE!
Watch out TENNESSEE!
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Hey guys, being a native Tennessean who actually attended UT I can tell you that this means absolutely nothing in the overall scheme of existence. IT'S JUST A FREAKIN' FOOTBALL GAME!!!
Yeah, but that happens because the ref doesn't see the first guy. The problem here is that the ref had a ringside seat and saw BOTH blows.
I'm saying exactly that. Whether Saban complained about it or not is immaterial. The call was still, BY RULE, wrong. Saban is also right in pointing out that the ref does have discretion. I think the ESPN guys made the point about the LOS and the proper application of the rule later on GameDay.
How do you know what he saw? In that particular ref's position he could very well have been looking up field at the ball. Once a ref sees that the ball is somewhere else on the field, they will shift their focus to that area as it pertains to their responsibility. Even if he did see it, the first shot WAS stupid, and shouldn't have been done, but easily falls into the "let 'em play" attitude of reciever vs safety. The second shot was retaliation, and you get called on that one EVERY SINGLE TIME.
I'm telling you it was revenge for the 2000 election. Florida stole the election from the "Tennessean" Gore, so Tennessee stole the game from Florida. </sarcasm>
Also, the crappy flag on the greatest play in the history of college football that preserved Colorado's tainted national a second time.
1991 Orange Bowl. Colorado 10, Notre Dame 9. 43 seconds to go; national championship on the line. Colorado to punt. Best punt returner in NCAA history, "Rocket" Ismail waits near his goal line.
It rarely comes to this in sports folks. A situation where the best are put into the most pressure packed situation possible and they come through. It is where legend are made. Think Franz Klammer, 1976 Winter Olympics downhill in Kitzbuhl, Austria. Heavy home country favorite, last on the course but it's been snowing all day. The course gets slower and slower. The early starters have the medal positions. Best downhiller in the world, maybe history, home country fans expect nothing less than gold, but nature is working against him. With every passing skier, the course is deteriorating. Klammer bursts through the starting gates. Several times he's totally out of control on the descent. Out of bounds here. One ski on the snow, the other above his head -- no way he doesn't fall -- watch the tape, you won't believe he recovered. Klammer: Gold.
Colorado punts, the Rocket fields the ball on his own nine and races to a ninety-one yard touchdown. Except it is called back because one official decided to make himself more important than the best play in the history of the game. Bad call: Colorado wins.
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