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Wow. Absolutely amazing, but I am sure the "good old boy" network will take care of them and nobody will have to answer for anything.
The people in the replay booth, do they follow the crew that's on the field for every game?
Even the call on the field was terrible, the replay call / confirmation was even more troubling.
Even the call on the field was terrible, the replay call / confirmation was even more troubling.
i thought it was funny when I saw mora chuckling with nate. looked like he thought it was gonna be overturned.
Not sure, but Mora did say afterwards that he thought Gerry made a good play and he was surprised he was ejected for it.
How do they still have a job? Nothing will come of it either so they will be free to F up going forward as well.
Yes Mora told Nate it was a clean football play and was not targeting.
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Why would you expect anything to happen? It is obvious that whole industry will stop at nothing to protect each others incompetence.
I can see in live action how they made that call. I don't blame them for the initial call. Then to see a replay, in slow motion and to obviously see he didn't lunge, he turned his head to the side, and still confirm it as targeting is beyond me. So either they really don't understand the definition of targeting or they do and were intentionally trying to knock out a good Neb player to give UCLA the edge. (Sports betting is big business)
Coaches need to get together and start telling the NCAA they won't play games with certain crews.
They were just mad they got stuck with a 5-7 team and took it out in us the first chance they had, along with swallowing their whistle on the facemask/turnover.
You know, if they just came out and said something like that at least it would make some sense.
You know, if they just came out and said something like that at least it would make some sense.
Mora seem like a good guy. Hopefully he can last at UCLA for as long as he wants to.
The replay officials are the problem. They will not overturn the targeting calls, because they do not want it to come back and haunt them. They do not want to be the ones who overturn 50% or 60% of the targeting calls, even though 75% should be overturned. I still think the ejecting of the player is just stupid. Even if it is ruled targeting, have a 15 yard penalty and a warning. If they do it again, then eject them Why do they have to escort them off the field???
He and the Bruins were hammered in the LA Times today. I thought what Mora did with Nate was a genuine gesture of good sportsmanship.
I agree 75% or more should be overturned. That rule & penalty is simply too hard to enforce evenly & fairly throughout college football. One game will have several plays similar to Gerry's and no penalties will be called, and the next set of refs will throw the flag if the helmets even touch. Why not just throw a flag for targeting, penalize 15 yds, and let a review committee look at the collision and see if it's violent enough to warrant a one game suspension?
As I understand it, there is very little leway for the review official. All he can review was there forceable contact at the shoulder area or above. That's it, and that's freaking stupid. The way the rule is written, and what the rule and replay rules are, the replay official as of now, has no authority to use common sense judgement to over rule the call.
That's why I said last night the NCAA needs to make a change to the review process of that rule. If the booth official had the leway to use slow motion replay and make a judgement call on intent, then Gerry stays in the game.
It is absolutely clear by the video that Gerry clearly had no intent to cause helmet to helmet contact, but that isn't the criteria of what the replay official can take into consideration.
I don't blame the replay official, and you can't as it is today. I blame the process that doesn't allow that official to use common sense based on the available video replays, to make the proper judgment call, when everyone knows the split second decision made by the official was incorrect.
Fix the freaking stupid system NCAA. Forceable contact above the shoulders, fine, flag. Then review it and let the replay official determine if it warrants an objection. Did the defender launch? Was the defender reckless? Did the defender make a movement that appears to show a clear attempt to avoid forceable contact above the shoulders? What was the first body part to contact the 'defenseless' player? The chest? Helmet?
As it stands now, once the flag is thrown, the player is guilty and gone, and there is very little chance of that player staying in the game.
http://www.afca.com/article/article.php?id=2342
It wasn't the same crew...
Miami v Duke Officials: Referee: JerryMagallanes; Umpire: Terrence Ramsay; Linesman: Mike Owens;Line judge: Jim Slayton; Back judge: Robert Luklan; Field judge: Bill Dolbow;Side judge: MichaelMcCarthy; Center judge: Tracy Lynch;
Nebraska v UCLA Officials: Referee: Ron Cherry; Umpire: Mike Wooten; Linesman: Kavin McGrath;Line judge: Allen Andrick; Back judge: Barry Hendon; Field judge: Bill Dobow;Side judge: Angie Bartis; Center judge: Jeff Tomlin;
Miami v Duke Officials: Referee: JerryMagallanes; Umpire: Terrence Ramsay; Linesman: Mike Owens;Line judge: Jim Slayton; Back judge: Robert Luklan; Field judge: Bill Dolbow;Side judge: MichaelMcCarthy; Center judge: Tracy Lynch;
Nebraska v UCLA Officials: Referee: Ron Cherry; Umpire: Mike Wooten; Linesman: Kavin McGrath;Line judge: Allen Andrick; Back judge: Barry Hendon; Field judge: Bill Dobow;Side judge: Angie Bartis; Center judge: Jeff Tomlin;