At the 47 sec mark, he clearly stepped out at the 13. He needed to get to the 12.
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At the 47 sec mark, he clearly stepped out at the 13. He needed to get to the 12.
Yes, a terrible call. Could we have used a timeout and request they look at the spot, or can that not be done?
Also didn’t help the ref moved the ball up a yard from where he was standing. I had flashbacks to the Michigan game in the outback bowl.
That was weird.
It did not look like he got it, but I'm not sure a camera angle could comfirm it. Anyway, if it was short, they would have accepted the offsides.
We did seem to get the short end of the stick on many of the ref calls. Particularly the DK fumble. That gave them a TD.
He put his foot down at the 13 and then put the ball at the 12.. ridiculous
I thought that should have been challenged.
That was a terrible spot but I don’t know if you can even challenge it. I honestly wish we didn’t call the time out on the previous play.
Spurrier challenged the Spot vs Mich but replay official said it was spotted correctly.
Another issue I had was with these intentional grounding calls... again. There was a play where the ECU qb clearly threw the ball OB while still in the pocket. Yeah there were some recievers and defenders over there, but it was pretty clear he was not throwing to them IMO. Now they have been pretty quick to call grounding so far this year, but in that case, they never even considered it. At that point, felt like we had to beat more than just ECU.
What has been always a curious matter for me is the sideline official is generally never at the spot where the player goes out of bound ... if you recall on this play, the official was trailing the play (which makes sense) and from 10-15 yards behind he know exactly where the ball was when the receiver goes out of bounds? He immediately went to the marker and planted his foot there for the spot ... it strongly appears he is assuming that is where the ball went out since they needed to get to that spot for the first bound ... I, too, was asking for a challenge ... a very bad spot ... overall, USC did receive short end of the stick calls (DJ fumble and intentional grounding) ... it was good to see the Gamecocks overcome this and their own implosion moments (stupid penalties) ...
Of course, it’s where the ball is, not the foot. But he turned away from the field, not toward the field, so the ball should have gone out BEHIND where the foot went out. Sigh.
The sideline camera had a very good angle. Watched it in slomo and the ball shold have been at least a yard farther back, it wasn't even close.
I thought they should have challenged that - but then you look at the other three huge reviews and I then I thought: "what's the point?" The refs were calling the game one way.
I give USC so much credit - it's hard to pull off a "W" when the other team has 16 men on the field.
When have we ever gotten a break from SEC officials
Agree I thought it was a generous spot live but didn`t realize it was that bad. Should have looked at it.
And brought up 4th and 9.
At the time I thought he was a yard short, but sideline catches are hard to see. The ref looked like he took the ball from someone on the sideline and then moved it forward a yard. That was the only play where I felt like there was home cooking. But again, sideline catches are hard to see.
D Joyner fumble after targeting? I don't think it was home cooking as much as incompetence.
I thought the officials officiated a prissy game. They came charging out of the gate intent on getting a player for targeting and kept it up the entire game, ignoring any ECU infractions (like the one on the Joyner “fumble” where the guy literally launched himself crown first projectile-like into Joyner). I know many have a hardon for Cam Smith, but I’ve seen worse “taunting” in a girls volleyball game and the unsportsmanlike on our sideline interception was comical.
I watched the replays. They had to make those targeting calls and leave it to the review team to sort it out. Even the announcers (as bad as they were) said they had to make those calls.
Vann fumbled the ball before he crossed the end zone.
Cam Smith's antics won't be tolerated in any games this year. We need to get used to it. Standing over a guy after you tackled him and flexing in his face is unsportsmanlike conduct.
The refs were right there when DK was tackled. They didn't call targeting. I've watched the replay. It was close but it was not clearly targeting.
The refs were far from perfect, but I've seen worse officiated games. Much worse.
That makes it worse!! They’ve had a hard on for us, every since SOS !😎
🤣 One sentence you said those targeting calls had to be made and let the video booth figure it out, but then you say the hit on DK wasn't. Haha. Which is it? If those 4 against us deserved flags and reviews, the one against them surely did. I noticed Bell got away with about 5 holds on JuJu's good runs, so it goes both ways. They all hold, just some get away with it better than others.
Does anyone know if there are any repercussions for the officials if there is a poorly called game? Examples include the Michigan first down against the Gamecocks and the Florida/USC game a couple of years ago with the o-line movement and the hold for 50 yards down the field. Do they have anything to lose for such bull crap calls??
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Yep. When the refs royally screw us during the games, they end up getting raises and assigned to better games.
OOPS didnt realize the field Position, DUH, Would have ATTEMPTED a FG... LOL
Dude, I KNOW you did not just use those announcers as justification for the stuff you posted.
I see you left out the laughable “targeting” call against Muse on the sideline.
My friend, the stripes came out LOOKING for “targeting”, it’s the sexy call now, and they came out looking to call it on South Carolina for whatever reason.
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