We actually dropped to 24th in the Galactic Poll, so I doubt it.According to ancient alien theory...It must be aliens.
Aliens are notorious big ten SEC elitists, especially the lizard people illuminati controlling the CFP.
We actually dropped to 24th in the Galactic Poll, so I doubt it.According to ancient alien theory...It must be aliens.
The QB is protected from getting hit once he starts his slide, the problem is not them doing it, it is in the marking of when he started the slide. Really wish they would be willing to call down from the booth to make sure that it is marked at the correct spot. Talking officials here not the team.They have to do this. Otherwise, there will be more hits on the QB to stop them from moving forward during the progression.
Huh, we were close enough, UCF was gassed, we had all momentum, players that are calm and coaches that don't seem to panic. As soon as we got the ball back, I was 99.7% sure we were winning that game. We didn't need the extra downs and we didn't need the entire clock they granted us. Easiest drive in a long time!!!Not the smartest play call with that much time left but much better than rushing a bad play and/or turnover from being rushed.
My high school coach always told us to hand the ball to the ref. I guess Iowa 2A is a different beast than NCAA Div 1 ball.I need someone in human psychology to do a study on how this continues to happen. It makes absolutely zero sense to me. What is the upside? And it’s happened so much the players have to have been coached in it.
Hand the ball to the ref. Throw it into the stands. Kiss a cheerleader. Kick the mascot in the nuts.My high school coach always told us to hand the ball to the ref. I guess Iowa 2A is a different beast than NCAA Div 1 ball.
I know, I corrected myself in a previous post. Brain cramp on my part, just like that UCF player who had a brain cramp.What do you mean? UCF scored on the next play since Iowa state never recovered it.
Yeah, I can't fault players for not noticing. For one most are trailing the play, secondly nobody expects a doofus is gonna do the early drop. Can't believe that still occurs after all the attention it has received for several years.Not so easy as you are running down the field and then behind him would give you a poor angle to see clearly. You can see a lot more in the stands than the field or sidelines generally. Plus a lot less emotion.
IIRC, the rule is different in the NFL than in college. In the NFL it would have been called a touchbackI rewatched that a couple of times. I s didn’t see any view that showed the refs signal. Did they signal touchdown or blow the whistle? If either of those thing happened I don’t blame anyone for not picking the ball up.
Imo it’s a rule that needs to be clarified some. You don’t want players scrambling for every ball that’s dropped close to the goal line, so, if the refs signal touchdown or blow the whistle before anyone covers it, it really should be a touchback.
Again, I don’t see any signal, so if there was not one, then it is on the D. Live and learn. If it happens again, I bet we recover it.
Yes, and I get the rule. There just wasn't a shot of the refs on TV to see if they signaled TD or not and I couldn't hear if they blew the whistle. I'm not complaining as much as saying I don't blame the D for not covering it up if there was a TD signal and or the whistle blew.IIRC, the rule is different in the NFL than in college. In the NFL it would have been called a touchback
That wouldn't have helped in this case since it was offensive players pursuing the ball carrier...Yeah, I can't fault players for not noticing. For one most are trailing the play, secondly nobody expects a doofus is gonna do the early drop. Can't believe that still occurs after all the attention it has received for several years.
I suppose defensive players could be taught extra awareness to watch for it and, when in doubt, jump on the ball or pick it up, just in case. Kind of like times when a kick returner doesn't officially down a touchback, sometimes a defender notices and takes advantage, sometimes not.
Treat it the way they did when our guy altered his stride before he scored and they called it unsportsmanlike conduct.A lot of people clamoring for the rule to be changed to give the ball to the team that didn't have possession before the fumble. However, not that long ago weren't there a ton of people clamoring for the rule that a fumble that goes into the endzone and out of bounds be changed so that it would no longer be a touchback?
@Cloneon , @StPaulCyclone , and @nrg4isu:Yeah and we were incredibly lucky we weren't called for illegal procedure on that touchdown play. Someone on the left side (Neal?) jump so early he was already in the end zone when Rocco received the snap.
I have watched the first go at the last field goal multiple times first looking at the whole line, then looking at one side, then looking at the other side. I fail to see where someone false starts. They didn't call a number so we don't know who they called it on. Luckily the same guy who blocked the PAT jumped early on the next attempt so ISU got the 5 yards back.@Cloneon , @StPaulCyclone , and @nrg4isu:
Disagree with this post all you like, but the replay clearly shows that on the winning touchdown play, Neal jumped well before the ball was snapped. You could see it easily in real time, so I was surprised it wasn't flagged by the refs.
It's very possible (probably likely) we would have still scored even if the correct call was made, but it was definitely a botched call in favor of ISU.
That's funny because one minute earlier ESPN said ISU's chance of winning was 1%.Huh, we were close enough, UCF was gassed, we had all momentum, players that are calm and coaches that don't seem to panic. As soon as we got the ball back, I was 99.7% sure we were winning that game. We didn't need the extra downs and we didn't need the entire clock they granted us. Easiest drive in a long time!!!
@Cloneon , @StPaulCyclone , and @nrg4isu:
Disagree with this post all you like, but the replay clearly shows that on the winning touchdown play, Neal jumped well before the ball was snapped. You could see it easily in real time, so I was surprised it wasn't flagged by the refs.
It's very possible (probably likely) we would have still scored even if the correct call was made, but it was definitely a botched call in favor of ISU.