Fiesta Bowl Pass Interference

**tvolsfan** · 08-25-2007, 12:05 AM

Was it a penalty?

YouTube - Ohio State vs Miami - Pass Interference? Replay + Analysis.

Try to ignore the comments of commentators or the person who posted the video.

I have argued this with about 100 Buckeye fans. I enjoy them getting angry too much to not bring this up every time I hear them talk about 2002.

**tvolsfan** · 08-25-2007, 12:07 AM

I obviously said no. I always thought it was close and maybe Sharpe had interfered with him and then I saw it up close and Sharpe did absolutely nothing while the ball was in the air. People argue it was holding, but all contact before that seemed pretty incidental, and both guys were touching each other. I just think both Gamble and the official choked.

ukvols · 08-25-2007, 01:17 AM

Gotta love the ref's story of how he "replayed it in his mind to confirm his call." That was his explanation for the delay in throwing the flag.

**hatvol96** · 08-25-2007, 01:21 AM

That call is college football's version of the '72 Olympic Basketball Gold Medal Game.

**VolinArizona** · 08-25-2007, 01:33 AM

I voted good call, but would like to change to tough call.

**tvolsfan** · 08-25-2007, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by ukvols

Gotta love the ref's story of how he "replayed it in his mind to confirm his call." That was his explanation for the delay in throwing the flag.

Also have to love him letting the other official change the call and not have him do anything about it. People argue it was holding. The call was pass interference. It shows how confident that ref was if he just let the other official change his mind like that. Rick Reilly did a great article on that.

truefan · 08-25-2007, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by hatvol96

That call is college football's version of the '72 Olympic Basketball Gold Medal Game.

Good call. Wasn't it Alexander Belov who made the winning basket after time was restored?

**Lexvol** · 08-25-2007, 11:01 AM

Horsecrap call by an incompetent ref.

**milohimself** · 08-25-2007, 12:08 PM

It would have been a tough call on the field, but replay should pretty clearly show there was no pass interference. The video does seem to be correct about the facemask, but that's not what was called.

**tvolsfan** · 08-25-2007, 12:41 PM

I think his hand may have touched his face mask, but it didn't seem like Gamble's face or helmet even moved... I'm pretty sure he didnt' grab it or anything. In slow motion the it seems like his hand was up there for a while, when even Gamble didn't seem to notice. He just tried to come up with some excuse for the obvious dropped ball.

And all this time I have wondered why I disliked Gamble so much..

**GAVol** · 08-25-2007, 03:51 PM

One of the worst calls in a big spot in college football history.

**hatvol96** · 08-25-2007, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by GAVol

One of the worst calls in a big spot in college football history.

It is part of the Holy Trinity Of Awful College Football Officiating, joined in that pantheon by Colorado being given 5 downs at Missouri in '90 and the multitude of idiocies in the OU-Oregon game last season.

**hatvol96** · 08-25-2007, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by GAVol

One of the worst calls in a big spot in college football history.

I bet Larry Coker really thinks so about now.

**tvolsfan** · 08-25-2007, 04:13 PM

I'm still not sure how Ohio State didn't lose 4 games that season...

**GAVol** · 08-25-2007, 04:15 PM

...and the way you know it's a bad call is to just watch who did and didn't throw the flag. The flag came in - very late - from the back judge. Yet the Head Linesman who basically spent the entire play 15 feet or less from the receiver and cornerback didn't see fit to throw a flag.