Not sure how they missed such an egregious hold. I believe the call on Gray was holding early in the route which he did. Shuler clearly committed what used to be called "face guarding" . Gotta turn your head. The rule is pretty clear.
First holding call on Gray was legit. The late PI call was dog water. Didn't stop the receiver from going for the ball and there was minimum contact and McElroy needs to be punched in the throat.
I agree, but did they call the first one PI or holding? It was clearly holding to me. I don't necessarily think McElroy deserves to be punched, but once in awhile you can call out the refs for a bad call.
I know the rule changed that made face guarding legal. I looked all over last night and everything I read stated it is legal. Yes, he held early in route but it had zero effect on the play. That penalty could be thrown almost every play.
Which one? I thought they got away with countless holdings. They missed holding on both sides.
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1st int. I understood but 2nd int was bs. Shuler made at best made minimal contact & didnt effect the play.
Last 2 minutes there were all kinds of clock errors. Like waiting two seconds to start the clock after the snap.
Totally agree with your take. And the clock at the end of the game was pure bs, and couldn’t understand why the tv announcers didn’t point this out. First there were 12 seconds on the clock, then adjusted up to 14; then we run two running plays and the clock wound down a total of two seconds.
He has to turn his head and look for the ball. When the ball is in the air you have to play the ball not the man. It's how officials are taught. Just how I saw it.
Big 12 crew. If OSU wins I'm guessing SEC crew. If Texas wins likely Big 10 crew.
I was just watching some highlights and in the first quarter, Leonard throws to Evans down the sideline, and it appears to me that the Penn State defender is doing exactly what Shuler did on Kizer's interception. Evans caught the ball for a big gain, so it didn't matter, but think the ref was over zealous in calling PI on Shuler because contact was minimal and the ball was under thrown.
So severely underthrown that the PSU player would have had to go thru Kiser to even get close to the ball.
The first PI was correct and actually called defensive holding, which was correct. The 2nd PI in the 4th QTR was flat awful. There was minimal contact and the ball was well underthrown
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