A ref who did HS and college games told me a good crew never had to measure. They know where first down is and they either mark it as one or make it short.
F*** The Refs!
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The game highlights were posted recently in the Postgame thread. That Iowa field goal was never inside the goal posts in its entire flight. He kicks it from the left hash basically so it starts outside the goal post. It hooks left almost the entirety of its path. At best it went directly over the goal post. But from where it was kicked, it never was inside the goal post. That ref just was ready to raise his arms and only an obvious miss would have stopped him. People like that should not be referees.
We literally cannot tell when it hooked, because it hooked a ton seemingly after it went through. I’m not saying it was right or wrong, but there is no way anyone except the official directly under the upright could make the call.
KidSilverhair
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This is true, and it’s emphasized in official training. The line judges are supposed to have the line-to-gain pictured in their heads, and have a darn good idea if it’s been reached as they come from the outside to spot the ball as it’s downed.
You could be right, except about the ref being "ready to raise his arms", that's just dumb, but there is no angle that is better than the guy standing underneath the upright. Certainly the camera angle we had was no where near better.
Watch the kickers reaction immediately after hitting the kick. He drop his shoulders and his head HE thought he missed it.
That was tight. I believe the rule is if any part of the ball goes over the goalpost then the kick is no good. Looking at the replay, I'm not 100% convinced it was completely inside the uprights
But it's hard to argue with an official who is directly beneath the upright
And these were the same officials that never saw Iowa holding one time the entire game.
I noticed that and replayed it a few times. The ball ended up being placed far ahead of where he dropped the bean bag.
Review of the Field goal by the NCAA national refs
Refs didn’t drop passes or direct our running backs into three unblocked defenders for a loss. Yeah, the picked up PI sucked, but all Rocco has to do is throw it anywhere in the vicinity of Brahmer and we get that call. That pass looked like it was thrown by the field goal holder.
I agree that the interference didn’t affect the play. So then let’s assume the interception is good, but there is holding on the defense after. Was the ball intercepted in the end zone ? That would be a safety
