Technically possible, but no official is throwing a flag on a Hail Mary unless defenders are blatantly tackling guys with the ball in the air. Even then odds are whistles get swallowed
Hail Mary, Houston wins.
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Didn’t see what he did for the penalty, but he was chirping and waving at the fans after the TD
From the postgame comments I found, sounds like he removed his helmet while still on the field
I don’t like Houston, but how fun for their fans. If I had been there I wouldn’t have slept all night.
Between this and GT, it was a crazy week for impossible endings.
Probably true. Heck the guy who caught the TD bowled over his defender just before his teammate tipped it. That is why the defender couldn't defend it - he was trying to regain his balance. On a normal play there is a chance that gets called OPI, but on a Hail Mary, no chance.
WVU failed. had small guys defending tall guys. they shouldve subbed in some bigger players.
there were lbs 10 yards off the ball-neither blitzing qb or in deep coverage.
they had several run stuffers in game rather than best pass rushers.
lots of blame to go around, but a total failure of the defensive staff to defend a hail mary. This is the story of the NB era--poor in-game coaching.
there were lbs 10 yards off the ball-neither blitzing qb or in deep coverage.
they had several run stuffers in game rather than best pass rushers.
lots of blame to go around, but a total failure of the defensive staff to defend a hail mary. This is the story of the NB era--poor in-game coaching.
I saw that! I have no interest in either team, but that was a blatant disregard of the rules by two refs. And from what I watched, the refs helped out KC more than just that time. With the money involved, gambling included, NFL refs need to be impartial and enforce the rules. Those refs were so bad.
But as ISU fans know, you can't point out refs being wrong. You may get some apology letters, but you'll just aggravate the problem.
They were bad, but especially noticeable late in the game. Picked up a DPI flag on a pretty egregious and obvious DPI on KC. Again, as the Vikings were trying to drive down the field to win or at least tie. But your 2nd paragraph rings true. No outcomes were ever changed by ******** about how poor the officiating was.
There's some things they could do but frankly it's 99% bad luck, it happens. I'd be sick to see ISU lose that way.
The LB's are there so your best tacklers can handle a lateral play. But I get it, I bet if you ran the numbers it's better to rush 5 or 6, especially in college.
It appeared to me that some Houston fans stormed the field in the celebration. I presume Dana addressed these unprofessional fans to lead off his press conference and will address it again with an apology at next week’s media teleconference.
I was going to say, from the looks of it just casually flipping thru channels last night, if I hadn't seen the recognizable WVU colors and uniforms, I might've thought I was watching a game at a high school stadium.
That 4th quarter was the most exciting football game I've seen in many years. I had no rooting interest and I found myself sitting up and yelling in those final 2 minutes.
I think the key aspect preventing that penalty (aside from refs not wanting to call it) is that all the defenders are pretty much squared up with their eyes toward the ball in flight. There can be all sorts of legal contact in that scenario.
There was also very obvious holding on a Houston O-lineman on the hail mary play. And it really did inhibit the defender from pressuring the QB.
I know it's hard for refs to call a penalty that 99.5% won't matter, but ... oops!
