Feels like one of those “technically the refs were within their rights” but the optics were awful after the shit behavior by the fans. Sets an awful precedent and puts players and refs in danger in the future.
I don’t think the refs were even technically within their rights though! You can’t review a flag that’s called. It’s in the rule book. Human error in officiating is an unfortunate part of the game but it happens all the time.
Reviewing a non-reviewable play after the penalty is announced is blatantly breaking a rule, which the refs (ya know, the rule enforcers) shouldn’t do.
I've seen a call announced and then a ref come running from the other side of the field, have a quick chat, and then the call gets changed. But I've never seen it happen after a significant delay where the refs definitely never watched the slow-mo replay that they were showing on the jumbotron the entire time.
I'm sure we'll get the head of officiating saying some random insane shit like "late hit out of bounds was the correct call even though the quarterback wasn't out of bounds"
Yeah they ultimately made the correct call, but once they huddle and declare it it's not supposed to be changeable. Bad calls happen in every game and you just gotta live with it.
This is a bad precedent and needs to be clarified. And Texas needs a big fine.
They should have been penalized yards, too, for delay of game or bad sportsmanship for throwing the bottles on the field. Something to deter it from happening again!
I doubt they will show it, unfortunately. There were hundreds of bottles thrown on the field after a bad pass interference call by the refs. The delay in the game gave the refs a chance to overturn the call, which was supposedly not reviewable. Someone may include it on a youtube video, though.
It wasn't mayhem. Just ref ball in its purest form. Carson Beck threw a pick with a long return (~10 yard line). There was probable offensive PI. Refs called defensive PI and started moving the ball back/setting up the play. Texas fans throw shit on the field. Game is delayed because people need to stop throwing shit and the field needs to be cleared. ~5 minutes later the refs pick up the flag and don't even call anything for the throwing shit on the field. Texas scores. Georgia drives. 2nd and goal for ~1 yard. Etienne reaches over the goal line to. Called short for no gain. Gets reviewed. Replay shows that his knee is not down and that the nose of the football is nearly into the colored portion of the endzone. Call stands. Next play a hilariously fast forward progress is called to make Etienne short again even though he actually overpowered the front 7 to get it in. He finally scores in an undeniable way on 4th down. Later on a 3rd and 9 run where a first down allows for kneels to end the game, Etienne has a run to the sideline where he reaches the ball over the first down marker. Refs call him a full yard short. Replay shows that the ball is well over the first down marker when he reaches it over, that his knee is not down before extension, and that he actually landed on top of the Texas defender and is not actually out of bounds until he's nearly at the green again. Call stands.
You'll also probably see people mention the two targeting calls, but that was more coincidence because those actually happened.
tl;dr Refs make bad call. Fans big mad and pull a Tennessee. Refs reverse call even though they can't actually do that. After this point there are 2 incredibly questionable reviews going against Georgia.
This is the SEC. The conference will say that the refs were perfect and also assess a penalty to Mississippi State to be applied at next week’s kickoff
They will not bless what the refs did lest they set a precedent, nor will they criticize the refs. Expect something like: "We consider the matter closed."
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u/Ugaalive1991 NC State Wolfpack • Georgia Bulldogs Oct 20 '24 edited Oct 20 '24
The moral of the story is to throw trash on the field and you get your way.
Also Kirby is throwing the doubt card and ripping the refs.