With the way the game was going? Very possible.
It would have given our offense a drive they probably would have scored on and it would have taken away a drive A&M scored on. Tie game.
What happens after is anyones guess.
Please explain the onside kick
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It would have given our offense a drive they probably would have scored on and it would have taken away a drive A&M scored on. Tie game.
What happens after is anyones guess.
I recorded it on my camera....but I didnt get it cause I was too excited and jumping around. Then to find out we "didnt get it". Sorry :unsure: However, there is a good picture of Mahoney's reaction when he thought they recovered it on the Rag website:
I think its kind of sad when our kicker shows more enthusiasm and emotion after making (or missing plays) than most of the team including the coaching staff. I dunno if you saw him after his 51 blew just right, but he looked pretty chapped out there. Some might say thats just a kid who cant control his emotions and lets things get to him...looks like he bounced back decently in the second half from his misses.
I think its kind of sad when our kicker shows more enthusiasm and emotion after making (or missing plays) than most of the team including the coaching staff. I dunno if you saw him after his 51 blew just right, but he looked pretty chapped out there. Some might say thats just a kid who cant control his emotions and lets things get to him...looks like he bounced back decently in the second half from his misses.
I recorded it on my camera....but I didnt get it cause I was too excited and jumping around. Then to find out we "didnt get it". Sorry :unsure: However, there is a good picture of Mahoney's reaction when he thought they recovered it on the Rag website:
I think its kind of sad when our kicker shows more enthusiasm and emotion after making (or missing plays) than most of the team including the coaching staff. I dunno if you saw him after his 51 blew just right, but he looked pretty chapped out there. Some might say thats just a kid who cant control his emotions and lets things get to him...looks like he bounced back decently in the second half from his misses.
I recall one of our players saying once that Chizik always preaches the phrase, "Don't let them see you sweat".
Unless they had a different defense waiting in the wings it wouldn't have mattered. A&M scored on that possession and they would have scored on their next even if we got the onside kick.
Even the original call wasn't that clear. The ref in front of the Cyclone bench pointed aTm's direction once, then immediately pointed ISU's direction three times. It looked like he got confused as to who was going which direction, but he finally emphatically pointed ISU's direction. That would indicate that the on-the-field ruling was ISU's ball. They went to the review which I assumed was just standard prodecure for on-side kicks after the OU-Oregon game. Then they announced that the ruling was confirmed, A&M ball. All the players had to run off the field, both ISU's offense and A&M's defense, and as they were switching up the referee's had a second review. We figured that the booth was going to tell them "Hey, it's ISU's ball, not A&M's." All they said that that the ball is spotted on the 37.5.
I agree, but I'm not just talking about negative reactions. If youve ever watched him after a good kickoff or either one of the onsides, the kid gets jacked up. I guess I just wish there would be a little more energy from some of our players. I understand the "business as usual" mindset, but sometimes I think an emotional spark is exactly what this team needs.
GC didn't seem to get on the officials much after the call, particularly for a call that occurred right in front of him. I call remember a couple times last year where he just went ballistic over a call.
I don't know if that means he agreed with the call, or that he just decided not to push it.
I don't know if that means he agreed with the call, or that he just decided not to push it.
Yes, but I am saying if we got the ball we could have scored on the drive instead of A&M.
That would add 7 to our score and take 7 from their score.
35+7=42
49-7=42
Just saying it was possible.
I think you're missing the crux of the argument here.
A lot of the problem is the original call of ISU ball by the side judge was overruled on the field by the referee. Who changed it to A&M's ball, which became the official "call on the field". Thus, when they went to replay they had to prove A&M didn't touch it, however, if that was the case we should of had a penalty called on us.
You are right, they did a very poor job explaining it but they did an equally poor job calling it as it happened. Part of me wonders if they got confused themselves with the ruling...
Wow. Just saw the replays that WHO had from field level. It is plainly obvious that the ball hit A$M's #11 on the facemask and then Darks recovered it.
Eerily similar to the "TD" at ku a few years ago, when we were playing for the Big XII north championship. Blythe caught what appeared to be a TD. They set up the ball for the extra point attempt, so it was obviously called a TD. Shortly before they snapped, the officials met and determined that it was actually an incomplete pass. then, the play was reviewed. and since there was not enough evidence to overturn it, it was "confirmed". That was one of the craziest things I've ever seen in a college football game.
That was, of course, before the play about a quarter later, where we seemingly stopped a QB sneak at the goal line on 4th down. They did a review where the football was not in plain sight, yet somehow they were able to overturn that call and gave ku the TD. Yeah, we still blew it in the end, but we sure got screwed out of that championship, IMO.
AFter the ref in front of the bench signalled ISU, 3 refs got together and the head guy (white hat) signalled A&M ball. Then they went to the review. Thus, the ruling on the field before the review was A&M ball.
Not only from that video from Channel 13 is it obvious it hit him but Lane even looked like he hit it with has hand after it hit him in the head. There can't be any team that has had as many calls gotten wrong even after being reviewed since it's inception as Iowa State.
Re: Please expalain the onside kick
You forgot Kansas scoring a basket in the middle of ISU shooting two free throws.
You forgot Kansas scoring a basket in the middle of ISU shooting two free throws.
