It wasn't "as soon as the ball was in his hands" though, which is why the refs viewed it differently than a normal hit. He was late, just a tad late, but late enough that it didn't look right. Hence the flag.
Just putting it out there as an example that shows it's really hard to determine a play when you're looking at one-off screen grabs. Most officials will say, if something LOOKS like penalty, it is a penalty. Did it look like a penalty when you saw it live? It did to me. Did it look like the...
The push from the UNC player was hardly flag worthy which is why it received no flag. No harm was done at all on that play. No advantage gained. As for UNC fans or broadcasters saying it was a late hit, well, they are idiots.
I, too, am interested in an explanation for this? Of course, people will say that it doesn't matter because there wasn't enough time for a pass play but that's not the point. What if (for the sake of argument) there *was* still time left on the clock after completing a pass play and then being...
Butch Davis has done wonders for a UNC football program which had been on life support the previous last ten years.
However, since he's arrived, Davis is 0-6 against UNC's biggest football rivals, UVa and NCSt. If you can't beat your biggest football rivals even once in three years, that is...
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