An absolutely ridiculous ruling by Replay to determine this is not a targeting foul. He literally launches and makes forcible contact to the head/neck area of a defenseless receiver.
It would be Level 2 DQ in a 2-tier model.
This was just a patently egregious missed offensive holding foul.
Game, time, score are all irrelevant. It should be called anytime and every time it occurs.
To be clear:
1. He took aim at an opponent for purposes
of attacking with forcible contact that goes beyond making a legal tackle or a legal block or playing the ball.
2. He led with his head.
3. He made forcible contact to the head/neck area of a defenseless receiver using his
There are actually two issues here:
1. It is a foul for an illegal block in the back.
2. The receiving team player being block is considered “passive” since he is not actively engaged with the kicking team player. That block forces him into the ball. Since he is considered
That's not remotely close to how this works. He very demonstratively requested a timeout. The official looked directly at the HC requesting a TO and granted it. He was not "clapping" to the official, he was requesting a timeout. His "clapping" act started after the timeout was
After reviewing the Kirby Smart timeout deal…
Auburn DB was clapping (simulated snap). Smart wanted a penalty and was clapping to official but eventually called a timeout. Head ref knew clapping should be a flag so he didn’t charge timeout. Ball reset.
It’s a foul. It’s always been a foul and it will always be a foul regardless of game, time, score, or situation.
The embarrassing and shameless on-field actions and press conference rant of the Utah AD should result in severe consequences. His behavior was despicable.
Hold or not a hold?
Sideline judge had a clear line of sight.
Defensive back grabbed the outside of the the shoulder pad and almost pulled WR to the ground.
Should he call an objective hold in a critical situation such as this?
This seems to be the running theme from the opposing viewpoint. So, for fun I looked into it.
I've looked at every pass play in the entire game. Every complete route on the all-22. Nothing even remotely close to defensive holding occurred against either team.
Nothing anywhere
In an earlier post I mentioned I would have reversed the Auburn fumble to TD. I did that based on the sync'd 2-box below that seemed to clearly indicate the ball was beyond the goal line before it came loose.
I've had a chance to look closer, and the two angles used there were
It is not illegal for a player lined up within 1 yard of the line of scrimmage to leap.
Moreover, in college, to be illegal, the leap must be above the frame of an opponent. This was in the gap.
