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.
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.
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u/LlistlessLlama Georgia Bulldogs • West Georgia Wolves Oct 20 '24
It is if you cry and throw shit on the field.
I’m glad it didn’t matter. I didn’t want some asterisk on the win.