Or, if DeJean prefers, we can go back to blowing up the PR into next week regardless of any arm waving, balance attempting, pointing or farting for all I care. The rules were put in place to protect his stupid ass, not for him to try to take advantage of it. Let him get demolished once or twice. Bet he doesn't pull that shit again.
I don't know that he thought they had pulled a fast one on that particular play but he was more thinking that once again they were going to escape with a win in a game they had zero business winning. Happens for them over and over and over again, especially against Minnesota.
It was called in the TN-Alabama game yesterday. Wasn’t called in the UNC game. That missed call netted them an extra 5 yards.
This. You can see at least a couple of Gophers explicitly letting up, and then flat footed as DeJean makes his move, reacting late to his surprising take off after motioning that he would not. That’s why the rule is there, as the ability to feign a fair catch signal to get the defenders off-guard is a clear and deceitful advantage. Further, the ”invalid” FC signal rule is in place because the only alternative for an otherwise confused defender is to tackle the guy, and if the ref deems a proper FC signal, then the defender is flagged 15 yards. (An extra 15 yards on that play would have essentially put them in long FG range already.) So waving hands around, no matter the motion, has been ruled as dead ball. As it should be.
And this x1000. Had he not been farting around with his excessive hand motions he very well might have been lit the F up on that play. Several Gophers had slowed down pursuit.
Bingo.
Those were the same ones I saw. I didn’t know that it wasn’t called on UNC. I thought it was marked where he caught it. I think it was also called in the ASU-Wsh game.
Which is why the rule needs to be changed to include a penalty for invalid fair catch. Signal has to be clear. Unclear and ambiguous signals that include trying to return the kick needs to be penalized, increasing risk of faking something intended to keep players safe.
It’s like that fat-arsed PSU kicker that thought he was linebacker. Remember what happened to him? Tit for tat and he cried like a baby.
Yup. One Iowa player stops and runs to his sideline, another runs off to the Gophers sideline, and multiple Gophers basically start jogging. This is such a stupid debate.
If you’ve seen the Iowa offense the last 3 years, it nothing extraordinary.
You want more entertainment, go read the Iowa fb forum:
I don’t disagree right the rule.
The online discussion is endless goal post moving.
The new one I’ve seen is that because the officials told the coaches they were reviewing if he stepped out of bounds, they can’t review or change anything else. They absolutely can. That’s why the ref announces that the play is under review.
Also it was the TV guys going on about stepping out of bounds… I think some folks took that as gospel.
The official only says “the play is under further review” over the loud speaker. Supposedly both coaches afterwards said the officials told them specifically they were reviewing if he stepped out of bounds. I have no idea if that is actually true or not. Even if it is, that doesn’t matter unless it was a coach’s challenge. Which it wasn’t.
Sure thing. And you are / were an official also. Meanwhile, back in reality..............
Was an awful penalty and ejection.
Have you officiated? You should if you haven’t. We can use more passionate people who used to play D1 football to give back to the sport we love.
Do they not realize this is just entertainment? It is not like their total lives would revolve around Hawkeye football. Oh wait. You win some and you lose some, get over it. As my dad used to say it is just a bunch of guys throwing the ball around on a Saturday afternoon.
I’d be pissed at the rule, not that it was called.
Invalid Signal
Correct. OJ getting away with murder doesn’t mean homicide should be ignored.
