VeeOhElEsYes
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Maybe I don't understand holding, but damn it sure did seem like Bama was doing a lot of it.
Maybe I don't understand holding, but damn it sure did seem like Bama was doing a lot of it.
They basically made holding legal a few years back...as long as you keep your hands inside...
So you saw plenty of examples of bama's receivers grabbing the DB and driving them out of the play. As long as they keep their hands inside their chest area, it's not holding...same on the line...the key is for the defender to be able to get some lateral movement to force the blocker's hands to come out...but Bama's guys are well practiced and they were able to maintain legal position even while our guys were fighting to get free...
They basically made holding legal a few years back...as long as you keep your hands inside...
So you saw plenty of examples of bama's receivers grabbing the DB and driving them out of the play. As long as they keep their hands inside their chest area, it's not holding...same on the line...the key is for the defender to be able to get some lateral movement to force the blocker's hands to come out...but Bama's guys are well practiced and they were able to maintain legal position even while our guys were fighting to get free...
I really thought he punt return flag was going g to be on them for tripping. The guy that eventually tackled AK, was falling and flung his legs back to trip him up.
One of the flags was for tripping. It was a weird situation they way it all shook out. There was the flag for tripping on Bama, and the holding on us. We had to make a choice. If both fouls are assessed, they are offsetting and they would have kicked again. We decided to decline the tripping penalty and the yardage shook out to somewhere between the 35 and 40. If we had made them re-kick, they could have pinned us down. We made the right call, but I was confused with the sequence...especially since the ref misspoke and said facemask in his initial call.