Notre Dame robbed by refs in Tallahassee

I really, really wanted FSU to get beat, and even I could see that the receiver committed a blatant penalty. It wasn't a bad call by the ref. It was a incredibly stupid play by the receiver.

Don't know if you've ever played football, OP, but it's a pretty basic rule that you aren't allowed to block downfield on a forward pass play.

ND WR\'s just blocked on that play. Had to be called. It was an illegal move. If they had run interference with their hands in the air as if trying to get around defenders, then it would have been fine. But they didn\'t even make an attempt to sell it as anything but a blocking play. Had to be called. Get over it. The Irish are lame. NBC\'s college football ratings just tanked for the rest of the year.

WR blocking should have been called on Notre Dame's first TD too. The first one that Corey Robinson caught. Watch the replay. The other WR was blocking. It just wasn't quite as obvious. Basically, Notre Dame couldn't score without doing illegal moves.

Hey joedirt, did you go to Notre Dame or live in South Bend? Or are you just one of those bandwagon fans?

have to ask wrote:

Hey joedirt, did you go to Notre Dame or live in South Bend? Or are you just one of those bandwagon fans?

Oh please. There are a hundred valid reasons to root for a college football team.

Quit thinking you're clever by asking that q.

That play happens all day every day in college and pros.

In college games they talk about a "rub" in pros they call it the bubble screen

ND just had it happen in front of 106,000 fans in the wrong color.

The flag wasn't even immediate as on all pass interference calls.

Talk about a HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE.....

That play happens all day every day in college and pros.

In college games they talk about a "rub" in pros they call it the bubble screen

ND just had it happen in front of 106,000 fans in the wrong color.

The flag wasn't even immediate as on all pass interference calls.

Talk about a HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE.....

If Golson was not a turnover machine, they would have a better chance of winning every game.

Loved it!!! That win was for all you Winston haters who are questioning his ability. Will he make it in the NFL? HELL YEAH!

This is a running site.

How are ND and FSU's X-C teams doing?

You weren't complaining about the phantom pass interference call against Pitt in South Bend two years ago were you??? That one saved the season and allowed the big money blowout vs Bama.

ND-Fan wrote:

That play happens all day every day in college and pros.

In college games they talk about a "rub" in pros they call it the bubble screen

ND just had it happen in front of 106,000 fans in the wrong color.

The flag wasn't even immediate as on all pass interference calls.

Talk about a HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE.....

joedirt wrote:

I'm sorry, but when a corner is playing press, I have a hard time trying to figure out who is engaged with who. You can't make that call if you're the ref. Even the FSU defensive backs were mad at each other for not making the correct adjustment on the coverage if you watch the tape. Now the only hope is that the FSU win is thrown out prior to the end of the season when Winston is declared inelligible so ND can make the playoff. Heck of a game from the Irish.

The receiver made no attempt to run a route. Had he, it wouldn't have been a penalty. He went at the DB like an OL.

It was an easy call that only a Notre Dame homer would question and I was rooting for the Domers.

Amateurs!

Spare a square? wrote:

have to ask wrote:

Hey joedirt, did you go to Notre Dame or live in South Bend? Or are you just one of those bandwagon fans?

Oh please. There are a hundred valid reasons to root for a college football team.

Quit thinking you're clever by asking that q.

In other words the answer is bandwagon.

Ps yes the ref might have had a hard time making that call in south bend but that IS part of home field advantage. If ND doesn't like it they shouldn't have let it come down to that situation. Only idiot Catholics would question that call. Thank god your team can't ruin the playoff like they did the title game 2 yrs ago

vivalarepublica wrote:

If Golson was not a turnover machine, they would have a better chance of winning every game.

If Golson wasn't playing, ND would be 4-3, 5-2, at best, right now. Those turnovers just made things close in every game. His play elevates ND to consideration for the playoff. Without him, ND is playing on Christmas Day, not on New Year's Day or after.

ND ran the same play on the first play of their second series. Incomplete on the left side. Same set up, same "blocking". The corner covering Robinson ran underneath the "blocking" receivers and caused an incompletion. On the last play of the game he ran over the top of the "blocking" and would never have made it to Robinson regardless of the "blocking"/holding. They run that play ALL the time...

...and on 3rd and goal with :13 to go, in Tallahassee, with the defending BCS champion on the ropes, they throw the flag for the FIRST time all night, the FIRST time all year.

The referees called a great, CONSISTENT game all night and ruined it in the last :13. If they had called that all night, ND would have run the play differently and probably would not have interfered (it was really holding).

By the book, that was the correct call. In the context of the game, it was a ghastly, awful call.

I was rooting for ND, and the call was the right call. The wrong call was to throw in that situationon. ND has an athletic QB. Why not bootleg to the right, and score? It would have probably worked. Bad play calling on ND's part.

Sorry about the typo--I meant "situation."

You are so dumb wrote:

Spare a square? wrote:

Oh please. There are a hundred valid reasons to root for a college football team.

Quit thinking you're clever by asking that q.

In other words the answer is bandwagon.

Ps yes the ref might have had a hard time making that call in south bend but that IS part of home field advantage. If ND doesn't like it they shouldn't have let it come down to that situation. Only idiot Catholics would question that call. Thank god your team can't ruin the playoff like they did the title game 2 yrs ago

ND didn't ruin that game. There wasn't a team in the country that could have been within 21 points of Bama on that night. As an ND fan (for the past 30 years), I appreciate Saban pulling back in that game and not embarrassing one of college football's historically important/relevant programs any further. They could have scored 70. And they could probably have scored 70 on any team in the country that night. Saban with a month of prep time and a completely healthy team was not going to be denied.

And ND came out of it a better program. Kelly got his feet wet, the bar was reset for ND, and recruiting has benefited.

Rufus Washington wrote:

Loved it!!! That win was for all you Winston haters who are questioning his ability. Will he make it in the NFL? HELL YEAH!

He looked very ordinary, if not mediocre, in the first half. He didn't recognize any of the blitz packages and defensive shifts and didn't find the right reads on his own. Didn't change protection to help out his O line. He had to be told at halftime. And he (his coaches) only found one hole, the crossing route in the soft spot over the middle, behind the linebackers. He got nothing on the perimeter and nothing deep. Good pressure and he was turned into a pedestrian quarterback. If he makes the next step, sure he could be okay. Another reason (gaping holes in his character being the other) to stay in school for another year. He is more raw than you think. The size and the arm are there. He is still a sophomore from the neck up.