Officiating at the end of the Iowa game
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Everyone needs to watch Brock on that TD pass, completely negates Dejean's blitz.
Ignoring the atrocious offsides and unsportsmanlike conduct penalties on Iowa’s last drive, I can’t believe they picked up that flag on DeJean on ISU 4th down.
Initially I thought that was the right call but after rewatching it, the defender never turned around. Should have been an automatic penalty.
Initially I thought that was the right call but after rewatching it, the defender never turned around. Should have been an automatic penalty.
That is NFL, college defender does not need to turn their head. I need to rewatch the play sober, but I was drunk pissed when they picked up the flag.
Sure you can. How many PI flags got picked up in Manhattan involving Lazard? 3?
Here’s the deal on the sideline flag at the end. It’s a five-yard penalty even if it’s a second call for sideline warning. They called it a 15 yard penalty so it wasn’t a sideline warning that required a first offense warning.
The ref called it a sideline interference and that more than likely means it was the unsportsmanlike foul previously pointed out.
And my guess is someone bumped a side judge or impeded them while the fumble play was actively happening, like when the hit is made, the ball comes out, etc. we have all seen guys jump into the white sideline area when those plays happen and before the play is over. If we had a coach (because we have had an asst. coach do it before) or player do that, it’s going to get called if they contact a ref. It sucks but again, if we are going to preach win in the margins, you’ve got to avoid that crap.
Right -- is there video of the sideline? I was thinking that if it's excessive, then it might warrant skipping the warning. Like if it was basically going to be unsportsmanlike excessive celebration anyway.
Seems like whenever I see video of sideline warnings, its always extremely minor -- or it interferes slightly with an official. Warrants a warning, but not a flag.
The call was: "After the play was over, unsportsmanlike conduct against the Iowa State bench, multiple players came on to the field."
Which is effectively a celebration penalty.
It was a ******** flag. Especially considering the side judge in front of the Iowa State bench was pointing Iowa State football
I'm not debating the merits of the penalty. Just clarifying what the call was, since so many people have called it sideline interference (which it wasn't).
agreed, I watched it multiple times and couldn't tell for sure, I think if the refs had ruled it broke the plane and was a TD they probably would have stuck with that call. It was just that close. We should have beat them fairly easily but I'm happy with the result.
He needs to incorporate the Purdy pump-fake, I was always amazed at how effective that was at immobilizing a defender and allowing Purdy to get past them.
The coming on the field penalty is treated as a dead ball “unsportsmanlike conduct” penalty if the players enter the field and interfere with the ref while the play is still ongoing. The way the ref phrased it, it doesn’t appear they bumped him but you don’t have to bump him to interfere, especially on a fumble play like that and the ref either has to dodge you to get to the pile or you block his view of some aspect of the play.
In all likelihood, if a specialist comes on the field way at the end of the bench, it’s not called. If you have several players enter the field at or near the line of scrimmage before the play is over or blown dead, you are likely to get rung up with it.
FWIW I couldn't tell on that replay or on our sideline catch either way. Call on the field should've stood either way and that's what call on field was.
I could tell on our "neutral zone" infraction replay that if we were in the neutral zone they missed about 30-50 other flags for that the entire rest of the game. That's beyond bizarre to flag that on the last play when it's that razor close and apparently nobody else was in neutral zone the entire game even though it seems somebody lines up like that every play. Also that photo someone posted of McDonald getting dragged by his facemask without a penalty...so yeah, sour grapes.
That play you mention at the end there was a flag. It was the 4th down one, we declined it.
