Simms Interception on The Volleyball Play

**Go2Guy** · 10-27-2009, 01:52 PM

Originally Posted by brother bob

check this one out...Simms INT

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That's a great pic and thanks for posting. I noticed it was from the Husker site.

Unless we see a sequence of pics we can't determine if the knee was down at the same time Sims made the interception - this pic appears to be a split second after.

As other noted, after reviewing the DVR, they saw the knee hit first - without the ball, then Sims raising his knee off the ground; making the interception; and running the ball out the 16-yd line. No way the refs could have over-turned and spotted the ball on the 1-yd line.

**Cydkar** · 10-27-2009, 01:54 PM

Originally Posted by Brentwood

His knee was down, but it was back up by the time he had control of the ball.

This is how I saw it as well. Very close but certainly not reversible unless we were playing Florida or Alabama.

**Clonegrad07** · 10-27-2009, 01:56 PM

I was sure it was an interception, but I thought his knee was down on the 1.

**San Francisco Cy** · 10-27-2009, 06:04 PM

Originally Posted by Go2Guy

Just reviewing the game and I noticed Simms interception in the 2Q - the volleyball pass that got batted around.

No question it was an interception, but did it look to you that Simm's knee was down when he caught the volley? He ran the ball out to the 16, instead of being down on the 1

I know the play was under review, and the refs did the right thing in not overturning the play because there was no refutable evidence, but just wondering how everybody else saw the play?

I sure thought his knee was down when he caught it, and was surprised he wasn't ruled down at the time...

**Wesley** · 10-27-2009, 06:09 PM

The faces of NE fans after every ref review was PRICELESS.

**JustRedman** · 10-27-2009, 06:29 PM

Originally Posted by Brentwood

His knee was down, but it was back up by the time he had control of the ball.

That is how I saw it. His knee was down, but not when he had possesion.

Too bad he only has 19 more games as a Cyclone.

**StLouisClone** · 10-27-2009, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by Wesley

The faces of NE fans after every ref review was PRICELESS.

This year's NU game made up for a few games in which the replay refs screwed ISU. The one that comes to mind was the NU game played at Jack Trice in 2006 in which Austin Flynn caught a pass in the endzone before he went out of bounds. However, the refs on the field ruled it no catch and the replay booth never even reviewed it.

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**Rick** · 10-27-2009, 08:06 PM

It was pretty clear to me that Sims knee had come up off the ground before he had possession and yes Oconnell would have scored. He had a head of steam and I think the fast players from Nebby were in the endzone on their back. I wondered the same thing as it played out.

**cyclonenate** · 10-27-2009, 08:43 PM

I thought That Helu Jr fumble on like the 2 wasn't a fumble but after replays it was pretty clearly a fumble

**Rick** · 10-27-2009, 08:47 PM

Our guys were really digging at the ball. And the fuskers were nice enough to cough it up. Even though it felt like they were driving into our territory all the time we gave up less than 400 yards or over 100 yards less than against KU

**Tre4ISU** · 10-27-2009, 08:51 PM

Originally Posted by DRCHIRO

Not complaining, but we got screwed over when OConnell picked up that fumble. Play should have never been blown dead.

Theres no way you call that a fumble in real time. The problem was he came down onto the ball so it really never looked like he lost it until he hit the ground. It was the call every ref would have made there.