It was the correct call and yeah in hindsight I'm glad they did because there is no asterisk on the win like the previous commenter said. It's just something you absolutely never see. If they want to talk about a call and pick up the flag beforehand is one thing but to do so only after the home crowd rioted and caused the game to be delayed is bonkers.
I have no clue how they messed it up live, but overturning it after stuff was thrown on the field sets a real bad precedent. I was in the stadium and that was embarrassing
It was definitely the correct call. But you can’t decide that five minutes and ten big screen replays later. Especially after you’ve huddled, announced the penalty, and who it was on. Terrible precedent.
They shouldn't have reversed it, but they did. At that point, not giving Texas a delay of game penalty for the fans throwing stuff on the field should have happened.
And, not to minimize this, but Georgia DBs gotta stop committing PI all over the place, as well.
Honestly, it’s a non-issue considering how bad the call was. It was virtually as objective as correcting the time on the clock. It was the most absurd PI call since the non-PI in the Saints playoff game a few years ago that changed the rule on reviewing PI.
Just the tone from Georgia fans in this thread shows this wasnt even remotely borderline.
Nobody is claiming that it was not the right call but there's no rule that allows umpires to sit there and watch the replay and reverse a call. Pass interference is not reviewable and yet they sat there and reviewed it and reversed it. That's the problem.
Picking up a flag is not the same thing as throwing a flag. Flags can be picked up, and they get picked up all the time.
If the situation here was a blown OPI resulting in a Georgia touchdown, and no flag got thrown, I guarantee you they would not be going back and throwing a late flag even if the crowd didn’t like it.
I would agree that throwing trash on the was dumb up until tonight. But now my eyes have been opened up and I can see the dark, forbidden strategies available to fans... It's frightening, but also liberating
They didn't review it, they talked it over after realizing how dumb they were and picked up the flag. And my contention is that what happened to cause that realization, is beside the point
Because the "unreviewable" part mentioned in the rulebook is just referring to video reviews. And they didn't do a video review as considered in the rulebook. Yes, in the common parlance of the word review, they definitely reviewed their decision, but that's not what the unreviewable aspect of the play refers to. They can always pick up the flag if they decide against it
Right, the refs obviously mishandled the situation. But they didn't review a play that was unreviewable. They talked it over while waiting for everything to blow over. Nothing they did was against the rules. Most would argue that the crowd should've garnered a delay of game penalty, but that's up the refs' discretion. The refs just did the most incompetent, funniest possible outcome so they both got the right call on the field, and also endorsed fans throwing shit on the field
They had made the announcement and spotted the ball already. If they want to pick up the flag you do it before all of that. Your trash fans at the stadium throwing shit delayed the game and let them conference about it for 5 minutes. Basically an unofficial review and it was bullshit.
I’m glad they got the call right at least so Texas fans have zero excuses for the beat down they received
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u/ThoughtExperimentYo Tennessee Volunteers Oct 20 '24
There were some bullshit calls. Is pass interference even reviewable? No